Chapter 827: The Second Son of the Wen Family
"Wasn't it you, my good sister, who killed Zhou Xue personally?" Tang Bai's eyes were extremely sharp on his expressionless face, as if they could see directly into people's hearts.
The expression on Lin Ya's face froze instantly, and then slowly returned to being wooden as if it was frozen in time.
Tang Bai glanced at her and turned away.
The island in Yueban Bay has been restored to its original state, but the houses on it have not been rebuilt. They did not leave behind even a mutant tree. All that was left were broken walls and ruins. They were even worried that they would be coveted after they left. The entire island was nearly fifty meters deep and was made up of a mixture of various bricks, stones, sand and soil. Whether it was for planting or construction, it would require manpower and material resources to rebuild it.
The remaining people returned to live on the island again. Knowing that they might not return for a short time, Zhuang Mingxu assigned them a lot of tasks in a short period of time.
From the extraction of sea salt to the catching of seafood, the number of water-based ability users redeployed reached more than 3,000. The increase in numbers made the entire base look lively again from afar.
The people from each team set up a temporary market on the coastline. Ning Yuan led his men to transfer the counted supplies back to the island. The difference was that this time all the teams chose to exchange money for goods - after all, with Lu Weiyi's unpredictable means of transfer, everyone was afraid that they might lose both the wife and the army.
As the richest of all the teams, the Mengbei base has a say that is unmatched by other bases. All they want is the zombie-releasing potion.
After checking the supplies and finding no problems, Wen Jing did not ask for any animal supplies, but directly asked to see the effect of the medicine.
"Before the apocalypse, when doing business, we talked about the effect before we discussed the price. Our two teams have cooperated more than once or twice. Now that we have the supplies in place, shouldn't we also appreciate the extent of what the potion can achieve?"
Wen Jingti’s request was not excessive at all, but Ning Yuan was not directly responsible for this area. The zombie research direction has always been followed up by Zhuang Mingxu. After he left, the research institute has not made any progress.
Ning Yuan didn't pay too much attention to it. The next news he received was that they had already developed the medicine - by then Zhuang Mingxu would be returning to the team, and Ning Yuan didn't take the responsibility on himself.
This resulted in him only knowing that this thing was effective, but he had no idea how to use it specifically. Fortunately, they were all veterans in the business world, so he did not show his weakness on the spot. He calmly said "of course" and prepared to go back to discuss countermeasures.
Who knew that Wen Jing took a look at his team, and immediately someone brought out a cage about one meter high with a person imprisoned inside. If Ning Yuan had not known him for a long time and knew Wen Jing's character, he would have suspected that this guy was playing some restricted game.
The person inside looked very quiet, with his eyes closed and not saying a word, but when you get closer you can see that he is bluish-gray in color, with capillary-like lines occasionally running across his face, like live worms crawling under his skin.
"What's going on?" Ning Yuan took a look and immediately looked for suspicious places on his body. As expected, he saw a black laceration on his shoulder.
"He is an S-level mutant, and was injured by a zombie of the same level. We have tried our best to expel the zombie energy in his body, but some energy is still left." The speaker was a man who had been guarding the cage. In today's world, he still wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and his slender and slightly weak figure made him look particularly gentle.
He looked up at Ning Yuan and smiled gently, "Long time no see, Vice President Ning."
"I forgot, now you should call him Commander Ning," the man added.
Ning Yuan was surprised, "Wen Xing?"
Wen Xing, the second child in the Wen family, is rumored to be a gentle person, but he is crazy and cruel in nature. He is Wen Jing's older brother.
This man had been in poor health after an accident when he was young. After the apocalypse, the captain of the ruthless team and their eldest brother Wen Yan had never leaked any news about Wen Xing, and they assumed he was dead. They didn't expect him to appear at this time.
Judging from Wen Jing's attitude, it was obvious that he was as respectful as in the past. Just when Ning Yuan was wondering whether it was because of brotherhood or something else, he saw Wen Xing's fingers on the shoulders of the man in the cage. As he made his move, the man let out a painful groan.
Then the opponent's palm flew over, leaving finger-long scars on the man's body. Black dirty blood slowly flowed out from the wounds all over his body until it became lighter. Then he stopped and summoned a healing psychic to heal his wounds.
During this process, the expression on Wen Xing's face did not change at all. Until the man's skin recovered, he reached out and stroked the man's arm, like a silent comfort, with inexplicable tenderness.
Ning Yuan looked at the men calmly, but he knew too little about them to have any way of analyzing them.
"Do you want to use him to test the medicine?" Ning Yuan asked bluntly.
"Yes," Wen Xing spoke slowly, as if he didn't care about the person in the cage at all. He met Ning Yuan's eyes, and the curve of his lips seemed frozen, "I believe that the medicine produced by Yuebanwan will not let us down."
“……”Ning Yuan.
He thought he heard a threat.
"Sorry, I need to communicate with the person in charge to change the drug test personnel."
Wen Xing made a gesture of invitation and glanced casually at the various supplies piled up behind them, "I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation."
“……”Ning Yuan.
He felt threatened again.
I don't like dealing with this kind of people at all. Usually, Qin Jin and Zhuang Mingxu are the ones who deal with such treacherous partners. I didn't expect that they would have to take on the responsibility in the end times.
At once……
It's quite off the mark.
With the emergence of the ruthless team, many people in the team hope to see the effects with their own eyes, regardless of whether they are interested in exchanging for zombie energy release potions.
Some people who are trying to take advantage of the situation have begun to spread the word that medicines are unreliable. The most important excuse is that the research and development of medicines before the end of the world takes several years, from drug discovery to clinical trials and then investment. Each step requires a long time to lay the foundation, and now the time is really short.
Many people thought that such rumors would prompt the people of Yueban Bay to explain, but they did not react at all, which made many onlookers unsure of their thoughts.
Ning Yuan himself had already hurriedly looked for Lu Weiyi, informed him of Wen Xing's request, and asked what to do.
Everyone had their own tasks. In the temporary living area, only Lu Weiyi was resting leisurely and communicating with Zhuang Mingxu about the situation on both sides. Xu Sa and Liu Rui were responsible for protecting the two therapeutic systems who were resting in the basement. Gu Qingyue was preparing lunch. When they heard the news, they all gathered in the living room.
All they brought were people with special abilities of various attributes, and there were really no professional researchers. And judging from what Wen Xing said, if that person couldn't be cured, they might not only face the termination of the cooperation, but this matter would not be so easy to resolve.
"He was bitten by a zombie. Even if he can't recover, it has nothing to do with us, right?" Gu Qingyue asked in confusion when he saw that no one spoke in the hall.
Even after so much time, his thoughts are still easily influenced by the education he received in peacetime, and he occasionally still has some slightly naive ideas.
Ning Yuan shook his head, "That's because you don't understand him. He may look like a decent person, but deep down, all that stands in his way are other people's problems."
Afraid that they didn't understand clearly enough, Ning Yuan gave an example, "There was a rumor before that Wen was walking and answering the phone and his shoulder was rubbed by the wall. He stopped and looked at the wall for a long time, and finally said that the wall was built in the wrong place. A few days later, the wall was demolished."
"The shopping malls in the city center have been replanned and renovated." Ning Yuan forced a fake smile and spread his hands. "His madness will be reflected in everyone standing opposite him. He will not hesitate even if it means killing a thousand enemies and losing two thousand of his own."
"When we started our business, the Wen family still had a place in Wenxing. At that time, Zhuang Mingxu reminded us not to go against him. We should try our best to negotiate and make necessary compromises."
"Brother Mingxu, is there still such a... moment?" Xu Sa was too embarrassed to say anything insulting, so he hinted vaguely.
"He was kicked out of the family at that time. Not only did his family suppress him, but people in his family who wanted to please him would also suppress him openly or secretly. The first two years were not easy." Ning Yuan couldn't help but sigh when he thought of the past.
"So what happened to him later...?"
"Due to physical reasons, it seems that the Wen family contacted Taoist Master Tianning because of him. However, Wen Jing has killed fewer people, so he is more favored by the Taoist Master."
"Then should we cooperate with his arrangements?" Gu Qingyue asked.
“……”.
No one said anything.
In the end, Lu Weiyi looked at them in confusion and said, "Cooperate with us. We don't have any drug testers prepared. It would be a waste not to use what is delivered to your door. Our medicines are put into use. We are not cheating people. Why do you look so guilty?"
He rolled his eyes at Ning Yuan and said, "I have asked Zhuang Mingxu to assign a few specialized experts to come and conduct the testing in person later, but..."
"There are requirements for the environment, and some specific testing instruments will be used. These things are relatively expensive. You should ask Li Zhuang to build the testing room as soon as possible to prevent the instruments from being affected by radiation. It would be a waste of time and effort."
"In addition, we are gathering several experimental subjects of different levels. Experts will differentiate them according to the differences between their levels, so that they will be careful, lest they get them but fail to use them. We can then talk about the effect later."
"But..." Lu Weiyi smiled, "Tell Mr. Wen that we have received news that personnel from other bases will arrive in the next few days. In order to achieve the best results, the drug trial demonstration may have to be done in a few days. He is welcome to send the test subjects over at that time."
"In order to show his thoughtfulness and cooperation, we can also give them a discount, just..." Lu Weiyi thought for a while and said, "Twenty get one free."
“……”Ning Yuan.
He suddenly felt that Lu Weiyi seemed to have the sinister character of Zhuang Mingxu. Not to mention that this man had been infected by the zombie energy and it was a question whether he could last for a few days, the buy twenty get one free deal sounded a bit stingy.
But when Ning Yuan thought of the person who was annoying him, he immediately became happy, and even looked over eagerly to build a relationship with him. "Captain, you see, since we have introduced preferential policies, shouldn't everyone in our team have one?"
"Of course," Lu Weiyi stretched out his hand to him, "The initial price is five hundred crystal cores each, A-level."
Ning Yuan turned around and left without saying a word, causing Xu Sa to laugh.
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