Chapter 03 Civilized Sinner 3
the next day.
"Teacher Yan."
"What's the matter?" Yan Nan asked casually without raising his head, staring at the data on the laboratory table.
"The city lord is here."
"Got it. Please ask him to wait a moment."
After hearing his assured reply, the researcher who delivered the message left Anxin.
After all, everyone in the base knows that Chief Researcher Yan Nan is notoriously difficult to deal with and unkind. He has been in the base for more than a year, and so far, he has never heard of anyone getting close to him.
But just as famous as his reputation as a difficult person to get close to, he is also famous for his rigorous and never-mistaken character. As long as he is told something, he will never forget it. He will definitely handle it on time.
The man in front of the instrument leaned forward slightly, moving closer to observe the reaction inside carefully. His hair hung down, covering half of his face, making it unclear.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise outside the door. Yan Nan was concentrating and didn't listen carefully, but the chaos spread very quickly and soon reached his ears.
"Yan Nan!" an angry voice shouted at him.
He raised his head in astonishment, and suddenly saw the protagonist Yuan Qing staring at him with eyes as sharp as copper bells, and a bunch of researchers rushing in with their strong biceps on their arms. Before Yan Nan put down the test tube in his hand, a fist as big as a bowl came towards him.
It turned out that it was directed at him.
Before he could even sigh, Yan Nan was knocked to the ground by the punch, and the row of instruments behind him were all knocked over by him.
When he fell, his head hit the hard corner hard. The sudden severe pain made him stagnate for a moment. Yan Nan's body slid down softly against the wall. Warm liquid slowly seeped out from the back of his head, flowed down his neck, and soaked his white collar.
He stretched out his hand to try to support his body, but felt a sharp pain in his hand. He raised his hand tremblingly and saw that his right palm was pierced by broken glass and was already a bloody mess.
Before he could recover from his confused and shocked mood, Yuan Qing walked over again, squatted down, grabbed his collar with both hands and lifted up his upper body.
The assistant beside him was hesitant and wanted to come up to help him, but was frightened by Yuan Qing's angry eyes and dared not move. Then he heard him roar, "Get out!"
The assistants ran out one after another in fear, and suddenly only Yan Nan and the other two were left in the room.
After the punch, Yuan Qing seemed to calm down a little, but he still didn't let go of the hand that was holding his collar. However, the murderous rage in his eyes was not as terrifying as before.
Yan Nan was pulled so hard that he couldn't breathe, but he didn't have the strength to struggle away. He could only move his drooping arms weakly.
His mind was groggy and he spoke with some difficulty, "What are you doing..."
"What did I do?" Yuan Qing repeated in disbelief. "Don't you know what you did? What are you going to say now?"
While roaring at Yan Nan, he kept pulling his collar and shaking his body.
What am I trying to say? I clearly haven't said anything yet. Yan Nan complained in his heart, powerless and strong, but his body honestly passed out due to excessive blood loss.
Seeing his head drooping limply, no matter how hard he shook it, it didn't give any reaction. Yuan Qing snorted coldly, angrily let go of his hand, and let Yan Nan fall to the ground.
Back of the head critical hit x3.
"Yan Nan!" At this moment, a loud and powerful exclamation suddenly came from the door. Yuan Qing turned around and saw a tall, dark-skinned strong man rushing in with a group of flustered researchers.
"What are you doing?" He looked at the pitiful and helpless Yan Nan lying on the ground and questioned Yuan Qing in disbelief.
"What did I do?" Looking at the city lord who had been shielding and tolerating Yan Nan, Yuan Qing gritted his teeth and asked back, "Don't you know what your subordinates have done? You are also guilty, if you hadn't always tolerated him doing whatever he wanted..."
"What are you talking about?" Mei Tai was shocked.
——
When he was about to regain consciousness, Yan Nan first felt cold, bone-chilling cold, and then a piercing pain on his palm entered his brain.
He subconsciously used his other hand to clench the painful area, and at the same time called out in his mind: [System. ]
[Wait a moment, we are turning on some pain shielding for you. ]
After saying that, a warm current reached all the painful points in my body. Although it was not completely blocked, it was still much better than before.
[You're awake! We're almost done.] Seeing that he had recovered, the system teased him in a mechanical voice.
[What is happening now?] He lay flat on the cold stone surface, carefully avoiding the wound with his left hand under the back of his head, staring blankly into the sky.
【You are a villain. 】
【I already know this.】
[Just before you woke up, the villain's grand vision of developing a virus to destroy the world was exposed by the protagonist, who is now very angry. He beat you up, and you were unable to fight back, and fell into a coma. Now you are imprisoned in a dungeon under the research institute where living materials are kept. ]
[I can understand this very well.] Yan Nan complained sympathetically. Anyone would be so angry when they tried their best to make Noah's Ark survive the doomsday storm, but turned around and found that their trusted teammates had been secretly chipping away at the hull.
If he wasn't the villain at this moment, he would even want to applaud.
[Also, I only had a brain injury, I didn't lose my memory, and I didn't become stupid, you don't need to read it again to the mission record. ]
[Oh.] The system responded in a sullen tone.
[What is the current mission?] Yan Nan asked again.
[You said you didn't lose your memory... There is only one main mission at the moment: develop a virus serum that has undergone multiple mutations to end the apocalypse.]
[A few more side quests have been added. ]
1. Survive the terrifying and crazy zombie tide!
2. Survive in the hands of the angry protagonist!
3. After escaping the base with the research data, please find a new place to continue your research, and then try your best to survive!
Looking at the dark cell in front of him, the smell of decay and the gentle wails of zombies could be heard from time to time. Yan Nan slowly raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you copywriters also like to water down the word count like this?"
[It's all work, work, no harm done.] The system dog forcefully explained.
[Mei Tai escaped. Yes, that powerful, kind-hearted, and well-meaning researcher, the city lord Mei Tai, who has many followers, met Yuan Qing and without hesitation abandoned the base and you, the weak and helpless researcher under his protection, and ran away. Now the entire base has fallen into Yuan Qing's hands.]
【Um……】
[You were in a coma for three days, and Song Yanghui returned to the base yesterday.]
【Song Yanghui? 】
[Yes, it was Song Yanghui, the powerful psychic and captain of the Self-Defense Force whose only brother was killed by your drug.]
[…This is really lively.]
[It will get even more lively soon. ]
[Actually, I think you missed one task.]
【What?】The system is puzzled.
[4. Survive the angry second boyfriend who wants revenge on you! ]
【……】
Yan Nan lay quietly for a while, but was really bored, so he brought up the topic again.
【Where should I go to find a place to stay after leaving here? 】
[Whether you go south or north, they all have strong and solid bases, and they are all keen to fund serum virus research. You are well-known, and if you go there, the bosses there will be happy to accept you.]
[Me? If I go there with that kind of reputation, will they be able to accept me without any reservations?]
[As long as you have value... people with integrity are not easy to find. ]
【Value...? 】
[The powerful supernatural beings who have some resources are very willing to invest in it, not just for the empty talk of becoming the savior. ]
[Everyone knows the huge value behind the drug... Someone is coming. ]
Yan Nan closed his eyes tightly, pretending not to hear the hurried footsteps approaching.
The sound stopped at his door, and there was a rustling sound of a door opening. After a while, Yan Nan heard nothing for a long time. He opened one eye curiously and immediately bumped into a pair of dark eyes.
Yuan Qing squatted beside him, his face close to him, staring at him intently.
Yan Nan closed his eye silently.
It's really scary.
After a few days of settling down, Yuan Qing seemed to be much calmer this time, which was evident from the fact that he did not allow Yan Nan to receive 4 critical hits on the back of the head right at the start.
But Yuan Qing, who has a calm face and eyes as cold as the thousand-year-old deep spring in the north, is even more difficult to deal with.
"What on earth are you planning?" he asked suddenly.
Yan Nan: I also want to know what I am planning.
"You don't have to tell me, but I know you're planning a zombie tidal wave, right? You want to destroy the entire base? Why?"
A low and calm voice slowly passed by his ears, and the words contained an astonishing amount of information. Yan Nan suddenly opened his eyes, and looked straight at Yuan Qing with a shocked and painful look.
Not a brother? Your information is really pure and without any water.
Who on earth read the script to the protagonist of the world?
Yan Nan: [According to the general rules of fast travel, this guy is reborn, right? ]
System: [According to the general rules of fast travel, your guess should be correct. ]
"You finally woke up, Dr. Yan." Seeing Yan Nan's expression as if he had been hit on the head by what he had predicted, Yuan Qing was not angry at all. Instead, he chuckled happily.
【This guy is crazy. 】
【It’s hard to say.】
Yan Nan just frowned and looked at him without saying anything. Yuan Qing thought for a moment and then said, "The data from your laboratory..."
"You can't touch my data." Upon hearing the key words, Yan Nan stood up suddenly and shouted in surprise, "You can't...ah!"
He stopped abruptly halfway in his attempt to sit up, because Yuan Qing had just stood up suddenly, and then he ruthlessly stepped on Yan Nan's bloody right hand on the stone. The intense pain made Yan Nan's eyes go black, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably due to the pain.
"Does it hurt?" Yuan Qing's foot was still on his right hand. He bent down and tilted his head to get closer to look at the expression on Yan Nan's face.
The man in front of me, whose skin was as pale as a dead person all year round, had such a rare rich expression on his face.
His brows were furrowed, and beads of sweat were forming on his forehead. The sweat condensed into water beads and slid down his thin chin. The expression on his face was obviously distorted with pain, but he was still suppressing cries of pain.
He is really patient.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but curl his lips and whispered in Yan Nan's ear: "Don't say anything first, just listen to me."
"Not only your data, but also all your ongoing projects, your experimental records, and everything you have worked hard on. I will burn them all. I will not allow you any chance to create anything that harms people."
"No." Yan Nan raised his head tremblingly. His breath was weak and his expression was tired, but his eyes were still stubborn and determined. He uttered the sentence word by word.
"You can't destroy that information. You will definitely regret it."