The next day, before leaving the Sucheng base, the couple met with the psychics sent from other bases.
"Has anything happened here? Recently, a group of zombies attacked the base and humans, and several people in the base were injured.
These zombies are different from the previous ones. We suspect they might be a backup plan left by the people at the Linhai base."
The words of the psychic undoubtedly verified Ying Xixi's guess.
Sure enough, there are some fish that slipped through the net!
But these fish are moving too fast, they have already attacked everyone in other bases.
"Someone in our base was attacked by zombies outside the base. From their description, it's very likely that the zombies that attacked them are the same ones that attacked you."
Shen Que said in a deep voice.
"Damn it! We should have set fire to the Linhai base before! I didn't expect those bastards to have a backup plan!
They've turned zombies into indestructible puppets that only know how to kill. Our companions have fought zombie puppets and were completely defeated!"
The psychic gnashed his teeth and wished he could travel back in time and set fire to the Linhai base.
“Anyway, I came here to tell you about this, and since something like this has happened here, I’ll leave first.
Please be more careful, if there is any news we will send someone to tell you."
After the psychic finished speaking, he left with more than a dozen companions.
The arrival and departure of the psychics did not alarm the people in the Sucheng base.
At the same time, Chen Que and Ying Xixi also clearly instructed the two injured people not to tell other uninformed people in the base about their encounter with the zombie puppets, so as to avoid causing greater panic.
What Chen Que and Ying Xixi didn't know was that not only did the people at the base know about it, but what they knew was also misleading because of the deliberate actions of someone with ulterior motives.
After the group of psychics left, the two of them left the base and prepared to wander around Su City to see if they could encounter zombie puppets.
During this period, they also watched the group of psychics leave Su City safely.
However, the two of them traveled around Su City and did not encounter any zombie puppets.
The entire Su City was silent, without a single sound or movement.
Shen Que even tried to summon zombies, but there was no movement and no zombie appeared.
Shen Que and Ying Xixi looked at each other suspiciously, and could only drive back to the base.
What they didn't know was that after they left, a pair of dark red eyes that seemed to glow in the darkness stared sinisterly in the direction they left.
“Chen Que, when you summoned zombies last time, were there any zombies left in Su City?”
Back in the villa, Ying Xixi asked Shen Que about this matter.
Shen Que nodded affirmatively, "Yes, not many, there are about forty or fifty zombies, and it's only been half a month since I last summoned zombies.
It is impossible that those forty or fifty zombies disappeared in just half a month.
Without my order, they will not leave Su City on their own."
Ying Xixi rubbed her chin and thought seriously, "Could it be that those zombie puppets ate them?
According to what the psychics said just now, these puppets created by the Linhai base have already developed self-awareness, can think about problems, and avoid danger.
Maybe they saw us just now, but they were hiding on purpose.
The zombies could only have been dealt with by them."
"That's possible. I tried to contact them while summoning the zombies, but there was no movement. In other words, there are indeed no zombies in Su City."
Shen Que fell silent after he finished speaking.
The problem they encountered this time was obviously more difficult than zombies.
"It's okay. When the enemy comes, we will fight him with our soldiers. When the water comes, we will block it with earth. We just need to be prepared. The puppets didn't show up in front of us today. Maybe their target is still the Sucheng base.
We should try our best to ensure that everyone in the base is safe and does not leave the base easily, and have the psychics guard the base as well."
Ying Xixi tried to comfort Shen Que. Just as she finished speaking, Ying's father came back in a hurry.
"Dad? Did something happen? You don't look well."
Ying Xixi was sensitive enough to notice at a glance that something was wrong with Ying's father.
Father Ying looked at Shen Que with a complicated expression.
"Everyone in the base is spreading rumors that you, Xiao Que, ordered the zombies to attack humans. Some are even saying that the three people killed by zombies outside the base were killed by the zombies because they discovered your secret."
"What?! How could such a rumor still exist? That day, we specifically instructed the two injured people not to tell anyone else at the base to avoid causing further panic.
I was afraid that after they told the story, other people who didn't know about the zombie puppets would think it was a serious problem.
I didn’t expect those two people would actually say it!”
Ying Xixi gritted her teeth, "No! I'll go find them now! If this rumor isn't clarified immediately, there's no telling how it will spread!"
She was about to leave angrily after saying that, but Shen Que held her back.
"Xixi, you don't have to go."
Shen Que's expression was very calm, "No matter how we explain it now, the people in the base won't believe it, and they might even think we're quibbling.
Everyone knows that I am the Zombie King, so it is normal for them to have doubts.
Unless we can prove that the zombies those two encountered were puppets transformed by the Linhai base, and not zombies that can be controlled by me.
But there's no need for us to prove ourselves. The more we prove ourselves, the more they'll think we're making excuses."
Ying Xixi knew that what Shen Que said was right, but she was still angry.
"So we're just going to say nothing now? Just let them make up rumors?"
Shen Que did not answer, but looked at Ying Xixi with an ambiguous expression.
"Xixi, do you feel tired after living in the base for these days?"
Ying Xixi didn't know what Chen Que meant by suddenly saying this, and she thought about it seriously.
"It would be a lie to say I'm not tired. Managing such a large base, with so many people coming to you for help, and juggling all these things is really tiring.
It’s the end of the world, but I still feel like I’m working from time to time.
Why do you ask this suddenly?"
Shen Que smiled and said, "It's okay, I just suddenly remembered it. Xixi, Dad, let's just leave the rumors as they are for now. We don't need to clarify them for now. Let others say whatever they want."
Ying Xixi and Ying's father looked at each other and had to agree without further persuasion.
Shen Que did not respond to the rumors.
This caused the rumors about him to intensify in the base, and some even said that he didn't respond because he felt guilty...
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