Chapter 13 Civilized Sinner 13

"You mean... Yan Nan planned this from the beginning? He was the one who spread the deadly zombie plague, and he also prepared the medicine that can cure the disease?"

In the cold interrogation room, a serious-looking man asked this.

The researcher who was being tortured opposite him, trembling with fear and looking ashen, immediately nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, that's right, it was all done by him, it has nothing to do with me, right?"

He was still shaking all over, speaking in a trembling voice and with a terrified expression, he looked extremely pitiful.

But the interrogator was unmoved. "How did you know that?"

"Ah, I...what am I doing..." The man opposite was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly shouted to cover up his mistake, "Of course I know - no, no, I also knew it accidentally, I discovered it by accident, right -"

"Then why didn't you report him?" the interrogator interrupted him.

"Me, me, me?"

"Is it because you don't dare?"

"Yes, yes, he, he, he will kill me. I dare not, I dare not say it. It's not my fault, it's all his fault. He wants to kill me, it's not my fault! Why should he blame me! I didn't do anything, I obviously didn't do anything..."

The man's eyes were wide open, but his mind was completely occupied by the fear of the other person as he spoke.

The assistant who used to be ordinary and insignificant in his eyes was now more terrifying than the zombies outside.

…

The whole hall was in chaos. Gao Yuan was far away from the center of the chaos and could run fast, so he hid in the pipe early. Behind him, those who ran slower had unfortunately been bitten by the zombies.

He curled up in the pipe, dragging his heavy body forward desperately. The howling of zombies and the screams of the living outside kept coming into his ears, and he sped up in fear.

Sweat kept dripping from his forehead and into his eyes, but he had no time to wipe it off. He just wanted to keep climbing.

Finally, a white light appeared before his eyes. He was delighted and immediately quickened his climbing speed. But just as he had half of his head stuck out, a pair of slender legs in leather shoes appeared in front of him.

Gao Yuan's heart skipped a beat. He stared and slowly raised his head. An ordinary, fair face appeared above him.

"Huh..." After he saw who it was, he relaxed all of a sudden. After relaxing, he didn't even have the last bit of strength to climb out. However, Gao Yuan waved at Lin Ye without any defense and said, "Hey, why are you standing there? You scared me. Help me up!"

"Hey, kid." Lin Ye pulled him out, and as soon as he came out, he sat paralyzed on the ground due to exhaustion. Gao Yuan gasped for a long time, and the relief and complacency of surviving the disaster suddenly returned to him.

"You run really fast, those who fall behind are in trouble. We are out now, have you seen the Self-Defense Forces coming? Have they dealt with the zombies?"

When he thought of the things in the research institute, he couldn't help but feel scared again, but Lin Ye didn't respond to him.

Gao Yuan turned around and saw the young man in front of him looking at him with a half-smile on his face.

"Why are you looking at me?" He was immediately annoyed, but Lin Ye's next words immediately made him feel like he was falling into an ice cave.

"Of course the captain of the Self-Defense Force is still in there, but his brother just died here. Are you still counting on him to save you now?"

"So you've survived to this day with this brain?"

"I, I..." Gao Yuan sat paralyzed on the ground, his heart beginning to beat wildly again, "Then, what should I do? How could I have known that it would turn out like this? I don't know anything..."

"You don't know, haha..." Lin Ye was amused by his words. "You don't know? Then who threw the release agent into the water source at the center of the base that day?"

The most secret thoughts in his heart were exposed, and Gao Yuan's face turned pale in an instant. The next moment, he suddenly jumped up from the ground, and tried to pinch Lin Ye's neck with a ferocious look, but he was kicked away before he even touched the corner of Lin Ye's clothes.

Gao Yuan felt a sharp pain from the place where he was kicked. He curled up on the ground, still full of disbelief in his heart, "How do you know? No, this is impossible? Could it be you? Could it be that you are the one who threatened me to do this?"

"It seems like you really don't want to live anymore." Lin Ye squatted down and spoke in his ear in a calm voice.

Gao Yuan was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat. His fat heart had endured too much today. His brain became confused due to lack of oxygen. His eyelids slowly closed, his consciousness became blurred, but he kept mumbling to himself.

"I don't want to die. I just escaped. I don't want to die yet..."

"I really don't want to die..."

"Want to survive? That's not easy." Lin Ye's ordinary voice suddenly became strange and abnormal at this moment.

"What did you say?"

"Why don't you just insist that this was all Yan Nan's fault?"

"You are completely innocent."

"What's wrong with you? You just want to survive..."

"Right, Dr. Gao...?"

Yes! Yes!

Hearing his words, Gao Yuan suddenly opened his eyes and sat up from the ground. His pupils contracted and his face showed a distorted and weird expression because of excitement.

Yes! Yes! Yes!

That's fine, just put the blame on Yan Nan, he's notorious anyway, he's a mute anyway.

Anyway, he would never explain. As long as everyone blamed Yan Nan, he was just an innocent victim.

What's wrong with him!

He just wants to survive!!

What's wrong with him!

Yan Nan! Anyway, Yan Nan is not a good person!

Yes! He is not a good person!

It's all his fault! If he hadn't taken all the patients in for treatment, how could those poor ghosts have turned into zombies in the institute!

Just blame Yan Nan.

Who made him so arrogant?

Who makes him always look down on others?

Who made him reject his experimental application every time?

Why does he never look at him straight in the eye?!

As long as all the blame is put on Yan Nan——

Who would believe that he is an innocent good man?

…

The man in front of him gradually fell into a trance, half awake and half awake.

The interrogator ignored him, got up and left, closing the iron door of the room.

As he fastened the lock, his peripheral vision caught a glimpse of a tall, dark-skinned man standing by the wall.

The man took a puff of his cigarette and then asked him, "Did you see it clearly?"

The interrogator stood up straight and replied in a serious tone, "It's clear that the person who released the virus in the supply center on the night of July 2nd was Gao Yuan from the institute. But as to why all the virus-infected people were transformed into zombies at the same time, and who gave the virus to Gao Yuan, I still don't know..."

"Just look carefully." Mei Tai waved his hand to interrupt him, "You don't need to worry about what's happening behind. Go and ask them to release Yan Nan."

"I will obey you completely without any objection, but I must remind you that if you decide to release Yan Nan, it will be difficult to explain to Song Yanghui."

"Of course I have a way to prevent him from doing anything. Anyway, Yan Nan is the most important thing right now."

As they spoke, the two turned to look towards the window. At the corner of the east wall, Song Yanghui was standing with a long sword in his arms. The sun was shining directly on him, but he had his head lowered, so it was difficult to see his expression.

"Boss." Someone called him.

Song Yanghui looked over and saw Pan Yi with a mournful expression, standing in the shadow of the door holding a small white jar.

Song Yanghui's cold gaze lingered on the white jar for a moment, then he turned around and walked out without saying a word, with Pan Yi following closely behind him.

Two people were walking on the road, one in front and one behind. One was holding a long knife with a blank expression, while the other was carefully protecting something in his arms and crying sadly. At first glance, the one behind looked more like a relative of the deceased.

After walking for a long distance, Song Yanghui stopped. The gentle breeze blew the leaves. Their destination was a row of tombstones in front.

…

After burying Song Jiale, the two went down the mountain along the same route they came.

There was an unusual confusion in the streets.

As they turned the corner, a huge parade appeared in front of them. The people in the parade included men, women, young and old. They painted their bodies with paint and tore expensive fabrics to make flags.

Everyone was glaring and gritting their teeth and roaring.

"What's going on?" Pan Yi didn't understand, so he grabbed a passerby and questioned him.

The passerby was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage, "It's all because of the city lord! He actually wanted to release Yan Nan, that scumbag who has committed so many crimes!"

"So many people in this city died because of him, and this time he wants to just let it go."

"Why?" Pan Yi's mind stopped working for a moment.

The passers-by became even more angry: "Why else? It's because he was seduced by beauty and wanted to protect Yan Nan, so he just found a fat guy no one has ever seen to take the blame for Yan Nan."

"Hey, who is that fat guy? No one in this city knows him? How can he do these things?"

"He must be Yan Nan's scapegoat."

"Hey, I told you to stop daydreaming. Come join the team."

"We have to show Mei Tai our determination this time. I don't pay those many centimeters every month for nothing."

Passersby walked away swearing.

"Boss..." Pan Yi looked at Song Yanghui, who had an unpredictable expression on his face, and felt inexplicably uneasy.

But Song Yanghui said nothing and walked away.

[The crowd in the base was excited, and no one was willing to believe Mei Tai's explanation, so they held a demonstration and tried to force Mei Tai with numbers, but Mei Tai remained unmoved and quelled the riot with force alone. Yan Nan, who had countless blood on his hands, continued to conduct experiments in the base openly, and Song Yanghui seemed to have let it go and never showed any murderous intention towards Yan Nan, but as his good friend Yuan Qing, he knew very well that he had never forgotten the cruel memory of that night for a second. This is the plot of the original work about Yan Nan and Song Yanghui. ]

The system finished his explanation, and Yan Nan raised his hand in his consciousness like a primary school student.

【Teacher Tong, I have a question.】

【Say.】The system’s words were cold and concise.

[Well, how did Song Yanghui go through all that ridiculous logic and hate Yan Nan? I can't figure it out. The researchers were the ones who kept him in the dark, Gao Yuan was the one who released the virus, and there was an unknown mastermind behind the virus. No matter how you look at it, it has nothing to do with Yan Nan.]

[The original work is written from the perspective of the protagonist Yuan Qing. At that time, Yuan Qing was still in a low state with insufficient superpowers, so he could not understand most of the truth. Most of his understanding of this matter came from the hatred of the residents of Yannan and his observation and understanding of the powerful superpower Song Yanghui.]

[It is actually hard to tell what Song Yanghui is thinking.]

Yan Nan thought about it and said optimistically: [Perhaps this matter is just a beautiful misunderstanding after all? Look, Song Yanghui just doesn't know the truth. As long as we explain it to him clearly, won't this contradiction be solved naturally? ]

The system is silent: [Maybe.]

Yan Nan was relieved. [It was as easy as pie. ]

[So what are you going to do? ] The system asked.

[Just rush up to him and explain it clearly - noono, it is simply not convincing for the person involved to explain this misunderstanding, so of course I have to use someone else to explain it.]

[How do you say that?] The system asked again, and he opened the previous map again.

This map is a benefit issued by the General Administration, so it not only provides route instructions, but also marks the locations where characters appear and how long they stay.

And on this map, the name of Gao Yuan, the 18th-tier cannon fodder, has stayed in the same place for several years.

[Do you want him to explain all this? But if someone stayed in one place for so long, he would have died a long time ago.]

[No,] Yan Nan circled the name and said firmly: [He is definitely not dead.]