Chapter 186
"This place has completely fallen, there's nothing left to explore, it's best to leave. But before I go, I hope you can take me to retrieve my data, it's very important, it contains my research records on the zombie virus!"
Before Rong Rong could speak, Fang Jianming spoke up anxiously.
Ling Xi didn't reply, still looking at Rong Rong. Fang Jianming's face twisted instantly; he had never been ignored like this before.
"Go get the documents." Rong Rong ignored Fang Jianming; whether he was good or bad, she had to get her hands on the documents.
The group left the laboratory and returned to the elevator to go to the next floor.
When the elevator doors opened, they were greeted by the roars of zombies.
However, this time there weren't as many zombies as before, but they were much stronger.
Xiao Mingxu and his team were having a tough time, but no one gave up. They knew that having that information could potentially help them develop a cure or vaccine for the zombie virus.
Furthermore, even if it weren't for the information, they would risk their lives to get anything Rong Rong wanted.
Yin Wang followed Rong Rong closely, not daring to relax for a moment.
After passing through a large hall, they finally arrived at their destination, a laboratory that was similar to but much larger than the one upstairs.
As soon as they entered, Fang Jianming directed the two young men to search for documents, and he himself was also rummaging through drawers and cabinets looking for them.
Upon seeing this, Rong Rong's eyes flashed, and she suddenly became suspicious of Fang Jianming.
The layout and arrangement of items in this laboratory are much more orderly, a stark contrast to the mess upstairs. It is well-organized, clean, and tidy, looking like the laboratory of someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
This indicates that the owners of the two laboratories are not the same person.
Furthermore, Fang Jianming said he came to pick up some documents, but he's just rummaging around here. Doesn't he even know where he put his documents?
Did he take his own experimental data or someone else's?
Before Rong Rong could think further, a voice suddenly came from the side, "Watch out!"
Immediately afterward, Rong Rong was grabbed and shoved to the side. The spot where she had been standing was hit by something, and a large, corroded hole appeared in the floor, hissing and smoking.
Xiao Mingxu took Rong Rong to a corner before letting her go, then turned around and rushed forward to stop the pursuing figure.
Wang Tao, Ling Xi, and the others instantly engaged in combat with the enormous figure.
Rong Rong stared intently and saw a humanoid monster that was 3 meters tall, more than 1 meter wide, and whose head reached the roof.
Its body was rotting, yet its muscles were bulging. Its hands were claws with long, sharp nails that could easily leave ten deep scratches on the wall with a single grab.
It also had a considerable amount of hair, which seemed to be falling out but was sparsely hanging on its head. Its wide-open mouth contained two rows of sharp, pointed serrations, and its long tongue hung straight down to the ground, corroding everything in its path.
"Ugh." Ruan Qing's retching sound came from the side.
"Nuwa has appeared!" the girl among the two young people screamed.
Everyone was shocked. Wang Tao roared, "You call this Nuwa? And you say it's beautiful?"
The monster was very strong, much stronger than any of the monsters we had encountered before; it was clearly a highly evolved zombie.
Xiao Mingxu and his companions dodged and attacked with difficulty, and every now and then Wang Tao's cries of pain could be heard, but fortunately he was not directly injured by the monster.
"This is the perfect goddess you created? I suspect you're all out of your minds!" Wang Tao had never been so angry before.
If he gets eaten by a zombie, he can say it's just bad luck, but if he gets killed by a man-made monster, he'll feel incredibly wronged.
"Nuwa wasn't originally like this. She was just infected with the zombie virus and injected with the X drug," the boy explained shyly.
"What is the X drug?" Rong Rong pressed, knowing that the research institute conducting illegal experiments would eventually run into trouble.
If such monsters were to escape, how many people would they kill? If the so-called X-drug were to leak out, what would the zombies look like? Would humanity still have any hope of survival?
The two young men exchanged a glance but didn't dare to speak. Fang Jianming's fiery voice interrupted, "It's a potion that turns ordinary people into superhumans and allows superhumans to evolve!"
"Is this what you call a superhuman?" Rong Rong pointed at the monster.
Even if it weren't infected with the zombie virus, its 3-meter height, muscular body, serrated teeth, long tongue, and sharp claws made it look nothing like a human. If it were injected with the drug, it would become such a terrifying creature. Even if it would have great power, who would want to become like that?
"Why don't you inject yourself with the drug and become a superhuman?" Rong Rong sneered.
Fang Jianming's breath caught in his throat, his face contorted. "She was just infected with the zombie virus! It shouldn't have been like this!"
"Are you sure?" Rong Rong's gaze was icy; at this moment, she was utterly disgusted with the other person.
Fang Jianming stiffened and muttered, "The X drug is not mature enough yet."
"But I'll be able to create a fully-fledged X-potion very soon! As long as I find the data! I'll succeed soon! I'll succeed soon!"
As he spoke, Fang Jianming began searching again, his movements becoming noticeably more frantic, and he no longer paid attention to the monster beside him.
Several times the monster nearly hit Fang Jianming, but fortunately Xiao Mingxu and the others managed to stop it in time.
"Damn it! Are you out of your mind?" Once again, Wang Tao stopped the monster's tongue and saved Fang Jianming, finally unable to hold back his roar.
He was almost pierced through by the monster's tongue. If this person hadn't been a biologist who was involved in the research of the zombie virus, he wouldn't have cared about the other's life or death!
However, Fang Jianming ignored all of this and just kept searching for information in a daze, almost like a madman.
The two young people continued their search, as did Ruan Qing, who was extremely excited and actively looking for information.
Even if Fang Jianming were to discover a cure for the zombie virus in the future, the X-drug that could only evolve superhumans would still make Ruan Qing drool.
The reason Xiao Mingxu and the others don't care about her now is because her healing ability is only so-so. She can only heal one person at a time. If her superpower becomes stronger and she can heal a group of people at the same time, she refuses to believe that others won't take her seriously!
The four of them frantically searched the lab for the data, while Rong Rong watched everything with a cold eye. Finally, Fang Jianming exclaimed in surprise, "Found it!" and reached out to take the data from the drawer.
Suddenly, a gunshot rang out, and Fang Jianming was shot in the calf and fell to the ground instantly.
"Yin Wang, go get the documents!" Rong Rong pointed the gun at Fang Jianming.
The gun belonged to the two young men who had been in the gun; they had no idea when it ended up in Rong Rong's hands.
Yin Wang obediently went to get the documents, but Fang Jianming glared at him and tried to snatch them away, shouting, "The documents are mine!"
"Bang!" Rong Rong fired another shot at Fang Jianming's foot, and he cried out in pain and fell to the ground.
Yin Wang successfully took the documents.
"Doctor!" Two young men rushed over and helped Fang Jianming up. Ruan Qing shouted, "Why did you steal Dr. Fang's information?"
"The data will be kept by Yin Wang. We'll discuss the rest in Beijing. I don't trust you. If the data gets destroyed, that would be terrible."
Rong Rong smiled, pointing the gun at Ruan Qing again, "Or are you saying that you ordinary people who can't even kill a chicken are more reliable than people with superpowers?"
Ruan Qing felt a lump in her throat, staring blankly, speechless.
When it comes to protecting data, powerful superhumans are naturally more reliable, but could she say she didn't want the data to fall into Rong Rong's hands? She originally planned to leave with her people and part ways with Rong Rong and the others?
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