Boss Huang was stunned.
Qin Mo felt a chill in his heart.
I originally thought that Gao Chen would refute with reason and evidence to clear himself of the blame. But in this case, Boss Huang already had a preconceived idea. No matter what Gao Chen said, his credibility would be greatly reduced.
However, Gao Chen did not do so.
He simply brushed aside the question of guilt and acted as if "I'm very useful, please make use of me."
Qin Mo moved his lips, but he didn't know what to say. Gao Chen was a doctor by profession, he took out the vitality agent on his own initiative, and the remaining stock was all in his hands. These were all facts.
Boss Huang, who was standing beside him, became interested. "Is this true? A panacea that can cure all diseases?"
Gao Chen smiled slightly, "In fact, I don't have an antidote. It's just that the potion can cure all diseases, so I cured the residents who were attacked by zombies."
Then, he said word by word, "I'm the only one who knows where the remaining potions are hidden."
Boss Huang suddenly felt a tightness in his chest and a bit breathless. He roughly untied his tie and said coldly, "The medicine can cure all diseases? Oh, why should I believe what a liar says!"
But my heart was pounding. What if it was true...
Gao Chen said nonchalantly, "I can provide you with a bottle of medicine for free for your experiment. In fact, I would be even happier if your medical staff could research the specific ingredients of the medicine and then replicate it perfectly."
Suddenly, Qin Mo felt a chill.
The next second, Gao Chen glanced at him and said nonchalantly, "In order to show your sincerity in cooperation, why don't you help me get rid of this guy first? I never like betrayers."
"Huang..." Qin Mo was about to say something, but he saw Boss Huang wave his hand. Immediately, the guards raised their guns and surrounded him.
"Damn it!" Qin Mo cursed in a low voice.
Unfortunately, all his explosives and grenades had been used up in the previous copy, and the mall was not open before this round of game. After entering the game, he was busy with layout and had not yet traded with the exchange... Therefore, he could only fight back with a gun in a panic.
Besides, we are running out of bullets...
"Getting rid of him should show my sincerity, right?" Boss Huang took a sip of tea.
"Of course." Gao Chen answered without hesitation. But after a brief pause, he added, "There are still a few people. It would be better if we can get rid of them all at once."
"If it was those people who were following you around and asking for medicine, they should have been dealt with by now." Boss Huang pursed his lips, "Thanks to someone who tipped off."
"That's great." Gao Chen smiled brightly, but he was thinking in his heart, as expected, the so-called temporary teammates are not trustworthy.
In the last virus copy, these people were among the players who shouted at everyone to go to the hospital isolation room with bad intentions and then ran away on their own.
So even though they formed a temporary team at the beginning of this round of the game, Gao Chen never let down his guard - these people just wanted to take advantage of his intelligence and could not be trusted at all. Once an accident occurred, they would definitely run faster than the other.
Gao Chen thought, what kind of companions are there in the game? It's just a relationship of mutual use. As long as there is value in use, you will be treated kindly.
If his temporary teammates believed him, he would protect everyone, and then use the vitality potion to negotiate with Boss Huang and obtain the caravan's protection. But now...
Gao Chen raised his lips and whispered, "I spent so much effort to set up the situation and control the situation, but in the end, I was messed up by a bunch of idiots and couldn't even get revenge. How could I make such a stupid mistake a second time?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Mo's shoulder, brow, temples and other parts were hit by bullets, and then completely turned into white light.
Gao Chen smiled and said, "The guy who was in the way has been cleared away, now we can continue chatting..."
**
Shelter Underground Research Institute.
Assistant Wang reported the situation, "After taking the semi-finished product, Subject 1's condition improved slightly, Subject 2 showed no reaction, and Subjects 3 and 4's conditions worsened... Subject 9 is recovering well and may regain consciousness at any time."
Jiang Lao paused and almost dropped the test tube. He thought he had misheard and turned back to confirm with his assistant, "Test subject No. 9, isn't that a little girl you picked up on the street?"
"It's her, no doubt." Assistant Wang nodded, looking rather strange. "It's very strange. All the test subjects were fed the same drug, but she was the only one who had an obvious reaction after taking it, and her condition improved."
"Could it be that she has produced antibodies to the virus?" Thinking of this, Mr. Jiang could no longer sit still and quickly ran to draw blood for testing for research.
But he was interrupted just after he was busy for a while, "Mr. Jiang, the boss has a new medicine. Please hand over the work at hand to someone else to study the performance of this medicine."
Mr. Jiang was very unhappy, "Do you know how important what I am doing is to mankind?!"
The visitor spoke in a gentle tone but with a very firm attitude, "I'm sorry to interrupt your work. But this potion is more important to the boss."
Mr. Jiang, "..."
The boss provides food and accommodation, so it seems unreasonable not to give him face.
He had no choice but to take the medicine reluctantly and change his research project.
**
At 9:00 a.m. on the 8th day, the system's mechanical voice announced, "There are 793 players, 1,134 NPCs, and 648 zombies remaining in Shelter I22 (the server where the player is located)."
Every day, people die due to lack of medical treatment; some people run out of ammunition and food and die of hunger; theft and robbery occur frequently, and conflicts are constant, resulting in the death of many residents.
Su Han sat quietly beside the tent in a daze, wondering in his heart, when will this instance end? Watching fresh lives passing away every day is not an interesting experience.
Fortunately, there are only 648 zombies left. Find them all and kill them all, and the instance will end.
“Can you be a little more motivated?” Zhong Rui glanced at his friend with disdain, “Although the white coats have entered the circle of the shelter, if you are determined, you still have a chance.”
"But I don't plan to cause trouble." Su Han sighed.
"I only want to deal with the scammer gang, and don't want to drag in all the survivors in the shelter."
"Now the white coat gang is likely to be protected by the caravan. Dealing with them is equivalent to becoming the enemy of the caravan. No matter how you think about it, it's very troublesome."
Su Han thought to herself that there were already enough guys who liked to stir up trouble in this round of the game, so there was no need to add her.
"Someone has already taken the lead." Zhong Rui said suddenly.
Su Han glanced sideways, "What?"
Zhong Rui said calmly, "The zombies have been almost cleared out, and some people can't wait to take action."
"The white coats have vitality drugs in their hands, and the caravan warehouse has countless supplies. It's very tempting, isn't it?"
"What's worse is that the white coat gang deceived the people and tricked them into committing suicide. The caravan knew they were guilty but deliberately covered them up. There are too many handles, which can easily cause dissatisfaction among the people."
Su Han thought quickly, "Was it done by a few insiders? They helped to cover up the lie in the early stage and made the scam go smoothly. Now that the zombies have been almost cleared out and the number is under control, they can't wait to turn against us. Do they want to join forces to overthrow the caravan and then empty the warehouse?"
"What a good calculation." At the end, she couldn't help but shake her head and sigh.
"But why not wait until the 10th day, when you can leave the instance at any time?" Su Han felt strange. But soon, she realized, "Today is only the 8th day. The residents in the outer circle have consumed too much energy and can't hold out for long."
Without enough NPC residents to charge into battle, things would be much more troublesome. So after comprehensive consideration, we had to do things in advance.
"It's currently a stage of inciting public opinion and causing anger. Let's go and take a look together?" Zhong Rui invited his friends. "If you get into the inner circle, you might be able to get some money. There's also a chance that you'll run into the white coat gang."
Zhong Rui didn't know that except Gao Chen, all members of the scam team had been eliminated.
Su Han remained silent. She didn't like to use others for personal gain, but from the current situation, the other capable players in the dungeon didn't care. They could treat the other players and NPCs as pawns and manipulate them at will without any psychological burden.
It was as if she and Zhong Rui, who stuck to their bottom line, were the outliers.
"Luckily, the one I chose was you." Su Han sighed in a low voice. She felt from the bottom of her heart that if Zhong Rui had the same character as these people, the two of them might have started to quarrel with each other a long time ago.
Although the voice was soft, it was heard.
Zhong Rui raised the corner of his mouth, his expression was indifferent, but his tone was very serious, "I won't do anything that makes you feel disgusted."
That's good.
Su Han quickly cheered up and returned to his usual calm expression, "Let's go and join in the fun."
Unexpectedly, Zhong Rui grabbed Su Han and said seriously, "If you don't want to go, don't force yourself." Anyway, there is enough stock and no worries about food and clothing.
"No need to force it." Su Han said indifferently, "Think carefully, neither side is a good person. So never mind, just make trouble and wait for an opportunity to take advantage of it."
It's a normal tone.
Zhong Rui felt relieved and responded casually, "Well, let's go."
**
Seven days later, the once bustling outer circle has become deserted. Many tents and thatched houses are empty and no one lives there.
After another look, Su Han discovered that there were about three hundred people left in the outer circle, less than one-tenth of the original size.
Should we blame human greed, or the current situation of material shortages? Or both? Su Han didn't know. She just witnessed with her own eyes what it meant to be depressed and devastated.
In the distance, a man stood on a stone and gave an impassioned speech, "...He said that crystals can be exchanged for rice. He said that many lucky people have made the exchange, but where are the witnesses? Is there anyone who dares to stand up and say that they did pick up crystals after hunting zombies?"
Everyone shook their heads.
The man's tone suddenly became extremely sad, "We have all been deceived! There is no crystal in the zombie's head at all. He just wants to trick us into dying!"
"But why?" Some people were puzzled. "We have no hatred or grudges against each other, why would we lie to each other?"
Before the speaker could answer, someone next to him interrupted with a sneer, "If we clear out all the zombies, won't the young masters and young ladies in the inner circle be safe?"
This sentence touched the sensitive nerves of the residents in the outer circle and immediately caused great dissatisfaction.
"Yes! The residents in the inner circle live comfortably, while the victims in the outer circle suffer through untold hardships just to make a living!"
"I just wanted to have a good meal. Who did I offend? You tricked me into fighting zombies..."
"I thought it was weird. No matter how many zombies I killed, I couldn't see the crystal. It turns out it was all a lie!"
"You know it's dangerous to clean up the zombies, but you're reluctant to let your own people do it, and you deliberately cheat the poor people. How can you have the heart to do this!"
At this time, someone slowly spoke up, "As far as I know, the man in the white coat who can make medicine went into the inner circle and never came out again. I guess he may have retired after completing his mission and was hidden by the caravan boss..."
Everyone was shocked. This was tantamount to accusing the caravan owner of being the mastermind behind the incident.
Before the residents could refute, another person stood up and said, "Although the man in the white coat lied about the crystal stone, many people saw with their own eyes that the residents who were injured by the zombies quickly recovered after drinking the potion he gave them."
"Think about it carefully. These days, apart from the caravans that have a dedicated medical team, everyone else is busy making a living, so how can they have the spare energy to study medicine?"
"The white coats are from the caravan, there is no doubt about that."
After a pause, he looked around and said in a sonorous and powerful tone, "The caravan is not leaving us any chance to survive! If we don't unite and resist, we will surely die!"
Instantly, the crowd was agitated, and the residents loudly rebuked the caravan and expressed their dissatisfaction.
Su Han watched coldly, allowing certain people to hide in the dark and work together to anger the crowd.
"Tsk tsk, all kinds of dirty water can be thrown on the caravan." Zhong Rui sighed softly, "Some of them are just nonsense."
"This is what happens when you incur public outrage. No one will investigate whether each charge is correct. The residents only know that the caravan's crimes are unforgivable." Su Han felt mixed emotions.
"They thought they made a rational decision, but in fact, their actions were controlled by others from beginning to end. They were lured by the white coat gang to clear out the zombies. Now they are instigated by someone with ulterior motives to attack the caravan. They are all being used."
"He is clearly a puppet, but he doesn't know it. How sad and lamentable."
However, on the surface, they pretended to be indignant, as if they were dominated by anger.
In just a short while, the public's dissatisfaction was aroused to the greatest extent. More and more people gathered around, including players and NPCs, all clamoring to seek justice from the caravan.
Those who were interested exchanged knowing looks with each other, which meant, it’s done!
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