Chapter 99 Dare or Not
Bai Chenzhu was inexplicably petted by the gray wolf for a long time, and when she woke up, she was still a little confused to see the cobweb-covered ceiling in the corner.
Jiang Ye stretched and yawned, looking quite satisfied.
This dream is so bizarre. Bai Chenzhu thought, rubbing his forehead.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Ye leaned closer, smiling with narrowed eyes. He looked exactly like the wolf in my dream, and then he asked, "Did you sleep well? You must have slept pretty well."
Bai Chenzhu's face was expressionless. "No, I dreamed about zombies."
Jiang Ye's expression turned somewhat strange. "It shouldn't be, right?"
"Otherwise what?"
Jiang Ye tentatively asked, "Shouldn't they have seen wolves?"
Bai Chenzhu looked up and met his gaze. In just a few seconds, he quickly realized, "Jiang Ye!"
"Hey, I'm here!" Jiang Ye said in a drawn-out tone.
Bai Chenzhu took a deep breath, relieving the helplessness of being tricked into petting someone's fur for so long, "Where is that?"
"Here it is." Jiang Ye pointed to his head with a grin. "Who would have thought that you'd get so used to it after just one time? Your mental energy went straight into my head. But doesn't that prove you're in good shape? At least your mental energy doesn't show any signs of depletion, otherwise I would have been worried to death."
"So you want me to stroke your fur?"
"I can give you a massage next time."
The door was slammed shut with a loud bang.
Bai Chenzhu didn't expect there to be a third person in the room. When she turned around, she only saw the door tightly closed.
Jiang Ye went over and opened the door. Standing in the doorway was a girl with a stern face, barely taller than Jiang Ye's shoulder—it was Zhou Mengmeng. Her cold expression lasted no more than two minutes before her eyes furtively glanced at the two of them, her gaze caught by Jiang Ye's half-smiling expression.
Jiang Ye deliberately put on a cold face to scare the child, "The door was only ajar. If you don't want people to know you've been here, don't slam the door so loudly, or you'll be silenced."
Zhou Mengmeng snorted disdainfully, not believing she could be silenced. The next second, Jiang Ye grabbed her cheeks and lifted her up without mercy. She stood on tiptoe, crying out in pain and begging for mercy before Jiang Ye finally let go.
Zhou Mengmeng rubbed her flushed cheeks, relieved that she had escaped unscathed. "I've come to see Brother Bai."
"You've come at just the right time," Jiang Ye said, arms crossed.
"Uh...actually, my sister asked me to come and keep Brother Bai company, since you have something to do, right?" Zhou Mengmeng scratched her cheek guiltily, her eyes secretly glancing at Liang Haoran standing at the door.
Liang Haoran stood motionless at the door with a blank face. "Sir, we're going to be late."
Something happened at the research institute, and the matter also involved vaccine development. He was sent by the lord to "invite" Jiang Ye, but he couldn't persuade him. Knowing Jiang Ye's worries and concerns, Zhou Zhuohua simply brought Zhou Mengmeng over.
Jiang Ye turned to Bai Chenzhu and said, "I have to leave for a while. Let Mengmeng keep you company."
As Bai Chenzhu looked around, he realized he was lying on a simple iron-framed bed with only a bedside table around him and nothing else. He pressed his forehead, and as he raised his hand, his sleeve slipped down to reveal a bandaged arm.
Upon hearing this, she got out of bed. "I'll go with you."
Jiang Ye rushed over to help him up, saying, "They're all old men, there's nothing to see."
Bai Chenzhu chuckled, "Aren't I your assistant? You agreed to be my assistant, but you start taking sick leave the very next day. What kind of talk is that?"
Zhou Mengmeng shook her head like a little adult and sighed, "If every animal in the world had Brother Bai's heart, they would all be too lazy to live."
Bai Chenzhu raised an eyebrow. In the end, he had slept enough and would just lie down anyway, so he might as well go and join in the fun. But he couldn't say anything about it, so he nodded solemnly, "If you get paid, you have to share the boss's burdens."
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Zhou Mengmeng and Liang Haoran accompanied the two to the conference room of the research institute.
Along the way, Bai Chenzhu observed a heavy atmosphere permeating the research institute. The streets were eerily quiet, and people had stopped working. Some took off their white coats and walked out, while others sat in twos and threes chatting in their rooms...
Bai Chenzhu said, "They seem very nervous."
Jiang Ye sneered, "Who told the director to be outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant? When Uncle Zhou brought up this topic, I should have known that the research institute was not clean, and I would never have let you go there."
"Oh? It's alright, I'm fine." Bai Chenzhu's eyes crinkled into a smile, and he suddenly took a step back, blocking Liang Haoran's path. He extended his hand, "Let's get to know each other formally, Lieutenant Liang. I'm Jiang Ye's new assistant."
Liang Haoran had known Bai Chenzhu for a long time, but he didn't know what Bai Chenzhu was planning to do. He shook hands with Bai Chenzhu in a daze, and then heard Bai Chenzhu say, "Since he's an assistant now, I'll take care of his schedule from now on."
Liang Haoran was stunned, looking at Jiang Ye blankly. He usually took care of Jiang Ye's daily affairs and work, but now someone was actually taking the initiative to share some of the work. He was unsure of Jiang Ye's attitude.
Jiang Ye hooked his arm around Bai Chenzhu's neck, agreeing for Liang Haoran, and said with a grin, "Great~ then Lieutenant Liang won't have to run around so much anymore, right?"
Before Liang Haoran could even react, the matter was settled.
The group arrived at the conference room, where a chaotic crowd stood. Bai Chenzhu only recognized the leader, Lord Xie Quan, and the refined and elegant Zhou Xuan with half-white hair.
He overheard it briefly; it was nothing more than that the original intention of establishing the research institute was to study vaccines, but he never expected that the director would secretly research evolutionary abilities, which almost led to a major incident.
The crowd was outraged, fearing that the facility had nurtured a 'zombie king'.
At this time, the 'Zombie King' was no longer a rare sight. It was used to refer to a creature of extremely high level among zombies. Any one of them had the ability to destroy a small base, which was enough to give people a headache.
The institute's director—a round-headed, round-bellied man with a slight bald patch—was making jokes, trying to cover himself up with the noble banner of 'saving humanity,' attempting to get away with it, redeem himself, and promising to rectify things properly in the future.
However, everyone knew perfectly well that they were not here just for private research, but to gain control of the research institute. Therefore, they would not let it go easily and would give the director a good talking-to.
The chatter was so loud it gave Bai Chenzhu a headache, and he rubbed his temples.
Jiang Ye, who had been observing from the sidelines, glanced at him and suddenly said, "Stop arguing, be quiet."
There was a moment of silence in the meeting room.
Jiang Yeyi succinctly stated, "Everyone, tell me how to handle this. Vaccine development should continue, but the superpower project cannot be continued. Therefore, the director should be replaced."
He revealed everyone's thoughts in one sentence, causing their eyes to become confused, and the smile on the director's face vanished.
But then Lord Xie Quan spoke up, "Jiang Ye is right, it's time to make a change. Tell us who you think should be replaced."
To Bai Chenzhu's surprise, yet also to his surprise, Jiang Ye pushed Zhou Xuan forward despite the opposition.
Bai Chenzhu looked at Zhou Xuan beside him. He stood there with his back straight, neither humble nor arrogant, but the dark circles under his eyes indicated that he had not rested well.
The director made a mistake, and his subordinate Zhou Xuan was also a suspect. But since the one with the most power made the suggestion, the city lord did not object, and the matter was settled. All parties could only watch helplessly as the opportunity to control the research institute slipped away from them.
The most agitated of them all was the former director. Bai Chenzhu saw his chest heaving rapidly, and he suddenly jumped out, veins bulging on his forehead, "Jiang Ye, we've put up with you for too long!"
"Oh?" Jiang Ye turned to look at him, his dark eyes flashing with coldness. "You said 'they'? Who are they? Tell me."
Everyone around the director took a step back, leaving him standing alone in the cold, incandescent light.
The director looked left and right, his face turning a deep purplish-red with rage. He did something no one expected: his round body suddenly braced itself against the long table, his five fingers forming claws as he attacked Jiang Ye!
At that moment, Bai Chenzhu was right next to Jiang Ye. He immediately dodged away, and the two superhumans started fighting in the conference room. Their punches landed hard, and the people around them crowded together and rushed to the lord's side.
He heard someone mutter, "Has Li Guangzong gone mad?"
They didn't think the director could beat Jiang Ye, but the director did something stupid by attacking Jiang Ye.
Bai Chenzhu was unaware of Jiang Ye's strength. He looked at the two who were "destroying the house" and gradually sensed the unease among the crowd as time passed.
"Something's not right. Li Guangzong isn't that strong," someone said.
Xie Quan's eyes darkened. "He dared to challenge Jiang Ye, so it seems he was prepared."
Li Guangzong fought with increasing ferocity and valor, yet he suffered repeated defeats, and his rationality gradually faded.
No sooner had Xie Quan finished speaking than Li Guangzong was sent flying backward, landing outside the door and raising a cloud of dust.
One wall of the conference room had been removed, and the corridor was now filled with people in white robes.
Li Guangzong coughed as he got up, spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, the color of which was bright red, and glared hatefully at Jiang Ye, who only had a small cut.
Jiang Ye glanced at the white-robed crowd 'watching' and asked, "Besides researching how to become a superhuman, are you also researching ways to enhance your superpowers in the short term?"
He lowered his voice and said, "I told you, this is a dead end; the only way out is to become a zombie."
"You're allowed to set fires, but we're not allowed to light lamps?" Li Guangzong laughed loudly. "Jiang Ye, do you dare say your superpower is innate?"
Jiang Ye shrugged nonchalantly, "I dare, do you dare?"
Li Guangzong's smile was frozen on his face, looking eerily like a ghost's mask. He gritted his teeth and said, "You all don't think much of my research, so today I'll let you experience its benefits firsthand! Men, 'invite' them all to the research lab!"
The men in white robes swarmed forward, and Li Guangzong seized the opportunity to escape. To catch the thief, first catch the leader; Jiang Ye knocked two men away, forcefully creating an opening, and gave chase.
Bai Chenzhu glanced back at Zhou Xuan and saw that he was being protected by Zhou Mengmeng, while Xie Quan was also being protected by others. After thinking for a moment, he pushed through the crowd and chased after Jiang Ye's back.
He had just gone downstairs when he turned the corner and ran into Jiang Ye in front of the iron gate. Jiang Ye turned around and saw him, but was surprised. "Why did you follow me?" Although he heard footsteps behind him, Jiang Ye thought it was Liang Haoran.
Bai Chenzhu countered, "Then I'll leave?"
Jiang Ye quickly grabbed his arm.
Bai Chenzhu raised an eyebrow, amused by his hypocrisy. Before them was a tightly sealed steel door that required a fingerprint or password. Bai Chenzhu understood: "He went in?"
Jiang Ye said, "Step back a little."
Bai Chenzhu, not understanding what was going on, took two steps back.
Jiang Ye violently shoved the door open, the iron door shaking violently with each kick. Bai Chenzhu's eyes twitched as he watched. "Wait a minute."
Jiang Ye looked at him with suspicion, then looked at Bai Chenzhu in surprise as he took out a card from his pocket.
Bai Chenzhu smiled innocently, "I got it from Sister Zhuohua."
Actually, the day before yesterday, when he came to the research institute, he was afraid of being arrested and locked up because no one believed him. So, just in case, he specifically took the card from Zhou Zhuohua's pocket. Later, it turned out that Zhou Zhuohua was indeed a good doctor, and he brought it here today to return it and apologize.
But there's no need to talk about that.
With a 'beep', the door opened, revealing a group of horrified people inside, and a spotless laboratory.
It was spotless and tidy, so tidy that every vial of blood and every distinctly wrinkled brain was neatly arranged on a shelf. The director, that round-headed, round-bodied man, was gulping down some unknown reagent.
"This is absolutely insane." Jiang Ye's face was grim.
Bai Chenzhu had a bold guess in his mind, and he asked Jiang Ye, "How can a superhuman enhance their abilities in the short term?"
Jiang Ye glanced intently at the tubes of blood and the vats of brains.
The director threw down the test tube in his hand and laughed loudly, "Then of course it's through superhumans! All of you, get them! Take them down, and then everyone can share the spoils."
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