After his initial excitement, Zhong Jianzhou calmed down.
He found a stool and sat down, remaining silent as he slowly processed the information I had just told him.
After a long silence, he finally asked, "Where is my daughter now?"
I said, "She's staying somewhere in Mingzhu City now, it's very safe, don't worry."
Zhong Jianzhou looked uneasy and said directly, "Take me there!"
I said, "No rush. If all goes well, it won't take long to get there from Jiajiang. Before we leave, there's something I need to confirm with you."
Zhong Jianzhou asked, puzzled, "What is it?"
I asked, "Why are you still alive?"
Zhong Jianzhou's expression turned serious. "What do you mean?"
Du Xu, standing to the side, was also confused and asked, "Xiao Nan, what do you mean by that? What do you mean by 'why are you still alive'?"
I glanced at Du Xu, signaling him to shut up, and continued asking Zhong Jianzhou, "I remember back in Hangzhou, you and Li Qiming got into trouble outside. Only Li Qiming and the others came back, but you were bitten by a zombie outside, right?"
Zhong Jianzhou's expression remained unchanged, but his eyes began to show signs of panic.
Hearing this, Du Xu panicked and said, "Xiao Nan, what nonsense are you talking about? If Zhong Jianzhou had been bitten by a zombie, he would have died long ago. How could he still be here?"
Following Du Xu's lead, Zhong Jianzhou tried to save face, saying, "That's right. If I had been bitten by a zombie, I would have died long ago. How could I possibly be here?"
I squinted at him and then gestured for him to go into the security room.
Then, the two of us went into the security room and left Du Xu alone outside.
I looked at Zhong Jianzhou and said, "No need to hide it anymore. I know you were bitten by a zombie, and I also know you have to take medicine every day, otherwise the zombie virus hidden in your body will take effect, right?"
Upon hearing this, Zhong Jianzhou was utterly shocked and asked in bewilderment, "How do you know about me! Could it be... that you're from the research institute?"
I shook my head and said, "I wish I were someone from the research institute, but I'm not."
"Then how do you know these things..."
I said, "Don't concern yourself with how I know these things. I'm asking you, do you know where this research institute is located?"
Zhong Jianzhou shook his head and said, "I don't know."
I stared at him intently. Since he answered so quickly, he couldn't be lying. It seemed he really didn't know.
I then asked, "Do you remember what happened at the research institute? How did you get in? And how did you get out?"
Zhong Jianzhou frowned and thought carefully for a moment. Instead of answering me immediately, he asked, "Why do you want to know these things? Is that research institute important to you?"
I said, "Yes, that's important. I have a friend who seems to have been taken to the research institute, so I want to know the specifics and location of this institute."
Zhong Jianzhou frowned and said, "I don't know the exact location, but I can tell you about the situation inside. However, after I tell you, you must take me to find my daughter immediately."
I said, "No problem, we'll head to Mingzhu City then. I think the little girl will be very happy to see you."
Zhong Jianzhou's expression softened, and he immediately began to recount what had happened to him at the research institute.
It turns out that after Zhong Jianzhou was bitten by a zombie, he lost consciousness shortly afterward.
When he regained consciousness, he found himself locked in a liquid chamber, and he said he almost choked to death.
Fortunately, the liquid in the tank was drained in time, otherwise he would have really died. However, when he was fully awake, he felt something was wrong, because he knew he had been bitten by a zombie, but he was still alive, which he found unbelievable.
Moreover, he discovered that the places where he had been bitten by the zombies had healed, leaving only some scars.
After that, he began living in the research institute. He said that there were many people like him who had been bitten by zombies in the institute. They had all been cured and continued to live in the institute. The researchers told him that there were still residual zombie viruses in their bodies, so they had to stay there for treatment.
They will be released once they have fully recovered.
At first, Zhong Jianzhou didn't believe it, but after he saw someone revert to being a zombie while eating, he finally believed what the researchers said.
After that, he began to actively accept their treatment, but during the treatment, he would always fall into a coma and then lose his memory of that part of the memory. When he woke up again, he would be very tired, as if he had been climbing a mountain all day, so tired that he could not even walk.
At first, he was puzzled as to why this was happening, but later he realized that he would turn back into a zombie during treatment.
Chung Chien-chou said that later, he discovered that many people like him in the research institute began to die one after another, for reasons unknown. According to his own speculation, it was because the zombie virus in these people's bodies could not be suppressed, which is why they died.
He was relatively lucky because when almost everyone in the research institute who was infected with the virus had died, the institute developed a new type of drug. As long as they took the drug on time, the zombie virus in their bodies would not take effect, and there would be no problem for them.
After several months of experimentation, Zhong Jianzhou survived.
Furthermore, the research institute thoroughly approved the drug and then allowed Zhong Jianzhou to leave the institute.
He had no idea he was leaving the research institute. He simply fell asleep and woke up the next day in a completely different place.
I asked, "Did they ask you to do anything when you left?"
Zhong Jianzhou said, "Yes, after they let me out, they told me to look for people who are not afraid of zombies, but I haven't found any such people yet."
I nodded and asked, "And what about the medicine? How did they deliver it to you?"
Zhong Jianzhou said, "They will leave the medicine at a location for me to pick up myself."
What he said was similar to what Zhang Jianzhou said, so this matter should be true.
I asked, "How much medicine do you have left?"
Zhong Jianzhou said, "I just received it this month."
I nodded, then pondered for a moment, "Could you take me to the place where you get your medicine?"
Zhong Jianzhou became puzzled and hesitated.
I said, "Don't worry, I won't do anything dangerous. After all, you still need these medicines to survive."
(End of this chapter)
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