Zhuang Wugui stood up from his seat and extended his hand to Ning Yu and Shen Yiyue.

Ning Yu walked forward and shook hands with him first.

I held it for several seconds, but nothing happened.

?

Didn’t Ji Mengyao say that he was intellectually awakened? But now there is not even a hint.

Through physical contact, the system can determine the other party's origin and corresponding awakening ability.

That means that the Zhuang Wugui in front of him is not an awakened person at all.

So where did his knowledge come from? Why did he tell others that he was an intellectually awakener? Zhuang Wugou was not aware of Ning Yu's reaction, but instead held Shen Yiyue's hand again.

"Since she brought you here to see me, it seems that she has decided to join the Ark's exploration team?"

"Welcome!"

His face lit up with an enthusiastic smile, and he looked happy to have someone join the expedition.

However, Ning Yu could not see any joy on the man's face, nor could she see any kindness or malice.

It was as if he had no emotions, and that smile was just a movement of his face.

"Can you tell me why you want to join the Ark?"

"With your abilities, you should be able to live a simple life outside, right?"

After shaking hands, he looked at Ning Yu and Shen Yiyue. The smile on his face had not yet faded, but it was obvious that he had entered a state of scrutiny.

However, Ning Yu and Shen Yiyue had already thought about all this before coming.

Ji Mengyao told them that Zhuang Wugui would ask this question.

"We think the concept of the Ark is great. The situation outside is getting worse and worse, with terrifying mutant monsters running rampant."

"If we don't unite as a group, it's almost hopeless to fight something like that."

Shen Yiyue answered according to Ning Yu's instructions.

When Zhuang Wu Gou heard the words 'If we don't unite, there is no hope', his eyes lit up: "Well said!"

He couldn't help but speak, nodding his head, seeming very satisfied.

"Is this also the purpose of your creation of the Ark?"

Shen Yiyue followed up with a question.

"Yes, I don't know how this disaster started, but what's more important right now is that if we want to survive, we must stick together for warmth."

Zhuang Wugou's eyes became deep, and he seemed to be thinking about a very serious topic.

"Why do you want to carry such a heavy burden on your own?"

When Shen Yiyue heard Zhuang Wugou's words, she felt a sense of unreality. Could there really be such a great and glorious person?

“Hahahaha, good question.”

Zhuang Wujiu suddenly burst into laughter, and this time Ning Yu could see that he was genuinely happy.

"It may sound funny, but I've always wanted to be a partner of justice since I was a kid."

He joked to himself in a casual tone.

"For me, the survival of humanity at this moment is absolute justice that nothing can compare to."

Ning Yu's mouth twitched a little. "My friend, your ideal is very dangerous, my partner of justice."

"Besides, I didn't shoulder this burden myself."

He changed the subject and pointed his finger at Ji Mengyao: "They are all my comrades-in-arms. All of them gathered here for similar purposes."

“So I’m not carrying this burden alone.”

Ji Mengyao, who was standing by, was playing with her nails out of boredom. She was suddenly called out and felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

After all, I have never thought about such a serious topic.

"By the way, Lao Zhuang, the two of them want to visit the underground power generation layer, is that okay?"

Ji Mengyao seemed to have suddenly thought of something and asked Zhuang Wugou.

This was what Ning Yu mentioned before, and she was a little curious about how this genius idea was realized.

"oh?"

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Wugui looked Ning Yu and Shen Yiyue up and down.

“This is the first time anyone has shown any interest in this.”

"Yeah, I didn't expect those living dead out there could be used in this way."

Ning Yu pretended to be innocent and spoke.

"Haha, no problem. I'll take you to see it."

Zhuang Wugui laughed and walked out of the office on his own initiative.

"Lao Zhuang, after hearing what they said, I also want to go and have a look."

Ji Mengyao happened to have nothing to do at the moment, so she asked to go together.

"Come on, follow me."

Zhuang Wujiu made a gesture, indicating that he should follow him.

Several people followed Zhuang Wugou's footsteps and came to the elevator of the building. Unlike other apartment buildings, this place actually had an elevator going downwards.

After entering the elevator, Zhuang Wugou pressed the -2 floor button, which should have been the second floor of the double-decker underground parking lot, but it should have been renovated.

"The air down there is very bad, you have to be mentally prepared."

While the elevator was still rapidly descending, Zhuang Wugui spoke up to remind everyone.

Sure enough, when we stopped at the -2 floor, we could already vaguely smell the familiar stench of rotting zombies.

“Ahhh!”

"Ugh!"

As the elevator door opened, dense and noisy zombie roars were heard.

Shen Yiyue and Ji Mengyao suddenly tensed up, as if they were about to enter combat mode.

"Don't worry, they're all locked up."

Zhuang Wujiu seemed to have noticed the state of the two people and spoke with a smile.

There was no change in his expression, and he didn't even frown, as if he couldn't smell the stench of decay.

Several people walked out of the elevator, passed through a small corridor, and came to what was originally an underground parking lot.

As soon as they reached the door, Shen Yiyue and Ji Mengyao widened their eyes.

Looking across the entire second underground floor, it was filled with iron cages neatly arranged in many rows.

There was a zombie in each of those cages.

They were placed on a machine that looked like a treadmill, but their hands and feet were tied to something on the machine.

There was a piece of smelly rotten meat hanging in front of the machine, dangling in front of it by a mechanical arm.

The zombies looked at the food so close and roared with desire, waving their limbs wildly to get closer.

Unfortunately, it takes a lot of effort for them to bite off even a tiny bit of meat.

Before I could enjoy it enough, the meat was cleverly moved away.

So they could only continue waving their hands and feet, trying to get closer to the rotten meat again.

The zombies in all the cages kept repeating this process.

Several people stared at this incredible scene.

"How long can each one last?"

Shen Yiyue asked the first question while approaching an iron cage.

When the zombie in the iron cage saw fresher meat approaching, it waved its hands and feet more wildly and worked harder to generate electricity.

There was a roaring sound coming from his mouth, but it couldn't scare Shen Yiyue.

"Well, that depends on the supply of meat. The current supply method has already calculated the best ratio. One meat can be used for several weeks."

Zhuang Wugui did not give a specific number, but just gave a vague answer.

"So what happens after it's used up?"

Shen Yiyue continued to ask.

"Use it all? Once they run out of energy, they will die completely, and the T virus in their bodies will lose its activity due to the lack of nutrients."

"When the time comes, just throw it away and replace it with another one."

He described these zombies as if they were ordinary industrial consumables.

Ning Yu's ears were keenly aware of a familiar word: "T virus".