Chapter 29 Civilized Sinner 29

The zombies were quiet and motionless, staring at the two of them. At first glance, they looked like a group of strange yet lifelike statues.

Yan Nan and the other two did not understand the situation clearly and did not dare to act rashly.

The two sides faced each other silently, with only the dust in the beam of light floating up and down.

Suddenly, the zombies began to move to both sides, slowly clearing a path in the middle.

A tall black figure walked out from the group of zombies and stood not far from the two of them.

He was at the boundary between light and darkness, with the light passing diagonally over his head, and his entire body seemed to be cut in half from top to bottom, one half white and the other half black.

He looked at Yan Nan with his white side, a smile on his gloomy face, "Good afternoon."

Yan Nan looked at him, blinked, and said nothing.

Yan Qiusi didn't care about his attitude. He turned around calmly and left the way he came.

Behind him, the battle was about to break out, and the giant monsters rushed forward. Yuan Qing used all his abilities to blast open several feet high ice spikes in an attempt to block the zombies' attack...

The battle was over in a second. The zombies surrounding Yuan Qing retreated to both sides, and the situation inside was revealed to Yan Qiusi's eyes.

Yuan Qing was pinned to the ground. Yan Nan did not participate in the fight, and naturally no zombies attacked him. He just stood aside, quietly looking at the original owner's nominal father.

There was silence all around for a moment, and then a series of scattered footsteps came from the dark stairs behind. Yan Nan turned around and saw a small group of humans walking out from the darkness, tremblingly walking past the giant zombie. Among them were men, women, old and young, and there were also a few rare children. Most of them were thin, with expressions of fear, trance, or tears on their faces, and they all had wounds of varying degrees on their backs. The edges of the wounds were bluish-black, a symptom of being infected with the zombie virus.

"Everyone." After a long time, Yan Qiusi finally spoke, and as soon as he spoke, he attracted everyone's attention. "It was not easy for you to escape from the zombies just now. Unfortunately, no matter how careful you were, you were still infected with the deadly virus. If you don't receive treatment, you will have to accompany these children behind me in a few hours."

As he spoke, he raised his hand, and everyone looked up in the direction of his sight. In the dim light, a deformed head was revealed, with blood tumors one after another falling on the sides of the face. From the gaps between the tumors, a scarlet eyeball squeezed out, and the eyeball moved from side to side, giving everyone a chill, and they lowered their heads in fear.

"But in fact, the medicine that can cure the zombie virus has already appeared. It's just... it depends on whether Dr. Yan is willing to give it to you."

"What do you think? Kneel down and beg the kind-hearted and selfless Dr. Yan. As long as he is willing to shed a little blood, you won't have to worry anymore from now on..."

He turned slowly with a smile in his eyes, and the brave crowd also looked at Yan Nan.

It was a white figure surrounded by giant zombies. There was clearly nothing in its hands. It was facing them sideways with its lips tightly pursed. When its cold gaze swept over them, everyone began to feel like retreating again.

The atmosphere was tense for a moment, until someone in the team suddenly screamed and fell to the ground. Then his muscles began to shrink rapidly, and the skin behind him began to rot and fall off. The crowd immediately made room around him.

Before he could continue to transform, Yan Qiusi suddenly raised his hand. After a bang, a gunshot rang out, a bloody hole appeared on the forehead of the man on the ground, and finally he became completely motionless.

The surroundings became even quieter. Those people were stiff and breathing cautiously, but they did not move.

As if he was getting impatient, Yan Qiusi moved his wrist and then threw the thing in his hand over.

"Let me give you a simple choice. Whoever dares to shoot him now--" He pointed at Yan Nan, "I will save him. Do you need me to provide any proof? Do you have any other choice now?"

Following the direction of his arm, everyone looked at Yan Nan who was standing there. The latter also raised his head at this time, his face as pale as paper was calm and expressionless, without any emotion revealed.

Time passed by little by little, and suddenly a slight noise disturbed everyone's nerves, and everyone turned their heads at the same time -

A man with a protruding cheekbone and a blue face half-crouched down, and his outstretched hand touched something on the ground.

He did not look around, but stared at Yan Nan, who had a calm expression. The man suddenly raised his gun and shot.

The bullet flew out of the gun, flashing by and bringing up a cluster of blue flowers.

After seeing that he had hit the target, the man immediately threw away what he was holding, then rolled and crawled to Yan Qiusi's feet, "Please, please, I've already shot, please save me, don't kill me, don't kill me..."

Ignoring the wailing of the man at his feet, Yan Qiusi stared at Yan Nan who was covering the wound with his hands. The fake smile in his eyes had completely disappeared.

To his disappointment, after being hit, Yan Nan did not experience any other changes except for the flow of some blue blood.

After someone fired the first shot, the expressions on the faces of the other people present changed.

Who knows whether he will keep his promise?

Is there any other way for you to live?

It was just one shot, it wasn't aimed at me anyway...

There are so many people, can he take revenge on every one of them?

Just one shot.

Just one shot...

Pairs of eyes looked at the gun on the ground, but before they could do anything, a banging sound began to be heard from the other side of the door. At first there were only one or two tentative bangs, but later they became more frequent and louder, as if a hole had been knocked out in the door.

The sudden unexpected situation made Yan Qiusi couldn't help but reach out and touch his chin. Suddenly, his movements froze and the black group's warning rang in his mind.

[What are you still wasting time for! Hurry up and do it! ]

[Do you think I'm being slow? My dear master, why don't you do it yourself?] Yan Qiusi is no longer the same Yan Qiusi as before. In response to the threat from the black group, he immediately mocked back.

[You!] The voice in my head was clearly furious, but after shouting, it did nothing. It was quiet for a while before speaking again with a gloomy voice, [If I can’t get energy replenishment, you have to give me some too…]

A loud noise interrupted the system's harsh words. The door was broken open from the outside. Two tall iron doors collapsed with a bang, stirring up dust that filled the room.

Under the white light, one elongated shadow of human being after another was projected.

"Captain." Yuan Qing had been suppressed and unable to break free. When he heard the voice calling him, he could only raise his head with all his strength to look -

It was Yan Huai. He was carrying a small rocket launcher on his shoulder, his face full of worry and anger. His eyes passed through the chaotic surroundings, and after seeing Yuan Qing's head slightly exposed in the corner, the child immediately threw away his equipment and rushed towards him regardless.

Because of his reckless behavior, a group of fully-armed adults followed him and rushed in.

The first to rush over was Song Yanghui, who knocked over the giant zombie that was pressing on Yuan Qing with one punch, and then Ye Tongchun, who cooperated tacitly, helped Yuan Qing up before he could react. However, Pan Yi rushed towards Yan Nan with a clear goal.

There were also many other strange superpowers he had never seen before, and a melee broke out in an instant. Blood splattered everywhere, superpowers flashed everywhere, and most of the shaky factory walls collapsed again, allowing daylight to shine in from outside.

"What's going on?" Yuan Qing asked in a daze.

"Don't you know?" Ye Tongchun asked in surprise, "Isn't this the news you released?"

"Me?" A messy face appeared in Yuan Qing's mind. He suddenly remembered that Song Yanghui had talked a lot to Lu Yan. Could it be that time?

"Yes." Ye Tongchun continued, "Lu Yan spread the news of the antidote everywhere, claiming that you have discovered the factory where the antidote is produced, and that you are frantically preparing to blow it up so that the antidote can no longer be produced..."

"..." Yuan Qing was stunned. He turned his head and looked over with disbelief in his eyes. He pointed at himself in disbelief, "What did Lu Yan say I was going to do?"

Ye Tongchun curled his lips slightly and changed the subject. "Everyone in the entire southeast who can still walk has rushed here. We were the first to arrive. We saw the explosion in the factory from a distance just now... Fortunately, we met Song Yanghui and Xiao Huai at the door."

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Yan Nan was helped to a corner that was not affected by the battle. The situation on the field was not too good. Although the number of people with special abilities was not small, Yan Qiusi's zombie army was even more massive and terrifying in number. There was also the mass-produced Zombie King that he had sewn together using advanced zombie experiments, which was destroying the balance on the field.

Although it seems that they have the upper hand temporarily, the firepower will eventually run out, and the zombies are tireless.

What should he do? He looked around and finally found Yan Qiusi who was surrounded by zombies. Looking at his secret actions, a strange feeling suddenly hit Yan Nan's brain.

These mass-produced zombie kings were much more sluggish and reacted more slowly than the ones that attacked Yuan Qing, and their pace and movements were always strangely synchronized.

Could it be that they are all brainless monsters, unable to act independently and completely dependent on Yan Qiusi's control?

Then as long as he can disturb Yan Qiusi——

As he was thinking this, the Zombie Kings around him suddenly began to fall to the ground one after another, just like robots whose power was cut off.

Yan Nan looked up in confusion. What was going on? He hadn't had time to do anything yet.

Could it be——【0813？】

[I'm here, operator 0306, what can I do for your dear system? ]

【Are you back? 】

[Isn't it obvious? You like to talk nonsense again, Yannan.]

【you……】

[You are curious about how I did it, right? Actually, I found them all by accident in that black box. ]

At that time, the system had no power to fight back and was manipulated by others. It was locked in a black box with no signal displayed on the headquarters screen, and no one could get help from it.

It was pitch black and cold in there, and the system was helpless and pitiful...

It was trapped and unable to leave, nor could it send any signal out. Just as the system was searching everywhere inside aimlessly, it unexpectedly found the body of its own half with the same father and mother.

The ignorant system was shocked at that moment. It carefully tested and looked around the body, not daring to approach it easily, for fear that this was another trap set by Yan Qiusi. However, after various attempts, it did not find anything abnormal, and it could not find any other way to escape from the small dark room.

In the end, the system chose to merge with its other half's body. Even if it was really a trap, he had no choice but to jump down.

But nothing unexpected happened. After the fusion was completed, the system's mood suddenly became extremely complicated, not only because it suddenly received a large amount of data memory.

And the judgment of the person who put it in.

He suddenly didn't know whether Yan Qiusi was a ally and had gone through so much trouble to help them, or whether he had actually had his brain eaten by the zombies, which led to such a big mistake, locking the system and his own body together.

In short, the system was integrated and many functions were unlocked. He suddenly found that the black box that restricted him a lot was nothing. It could easily break away from the fragile space barrier, so it returned to Yan Nan.

[You were also responsible for these Zombie King accidents? ]

[Of course. Brain wave signal control and the like are nothing but amateurs in front of the system.] The system spoke proudly.

[Well done.] Yan Nan praised generously. After the zombie kings fell to the ground, the situation changed immediately. The remaining small zombies could not cause much trouble to the psychics. Victory was only a matter of time.

[So what exactly does Yan Qiusi want to do?] After taking a look at the battle situation, Yan Nan continued to stare at Yan Qiusi.

[I don't know.] The system shook Whiteball's head, [He really has a problem with his brain, and his words are incoherent.]

After thinking for a while, it spoke again: [He usually likes to talk nonsense to me when he has nothing to do. I heard a lot of confusing information that I don't know whether it is true or false, so I roughly know something.]

What is it?

[However, he seems to know that he is just a character in a novel, and he says that he is the biggest villain in the book. ]

【What else? 】

[Ah yes, he is not content to be just a role that can be manipulated by others, he wants to upgrade his dimension. ]

【Upgrading dimension? 】

[Yes, didn't he do a lot of inexplicable things before? Those things did change the situation in the small world, but they were only temporary solutions. His real goal was probably to create an illusion that the mission of the small world had been completed, so as to conceal the truth from the General Administration and the Heavenly Dao here, and finally take me to replace you and leave the small world.]

[Can we still play like this? Can this method really be implemented?] Yan Nan was stunned.

[I can't do it.] The system said indifferently, [So I said he was a lunatic, even though you, the executor, always look useless...]

[…? Hey, seriously, I think there might be some problems with your language function, 0813. I might have to apply for some maintenance funds for you when I get back.]

[Thank you, just transfer the money to my account directly... Well, although you are indeed useless, not everyone can be an executor of the world shuttle. Just in terms of soul strength, Yan Qiusi cannot pass the test. His soul has long been tortured to the point of being extremely fragile, not even as strong as that of an ordinary person.]

[Then what is he doing? Is he planning to run away?]

[Hurry up and catch up! Isn't that the protagonist? How can he run so fast!] Seeing the two figures disappear in an instant, the system immediately became anxious.

The battle was almost over. Seeing that the situation was not good, Yan Qiusi fled into the secret passage early. Yuan Qing reacted quickly and chased after him, and Yan Nan followed closely behind. After he went in, the self-destruction program was activated, and the entrance to the passage was immediately blown up, leaving only a pile of rubble for the remaining people who looked at each other in bewilderment.

"No? Did Yuan Qing really bury explosives underneath this?"

-

The passage collapsed piece by piece.

Yan Nan left late and was nearly buried by the collapsed rubble and steel bars. When he regained his bearings, he could see two other people still there.

The road back had been blocked, and there were sounds of fighting ahead. Yan Nan followed the trail and chased after them.

The road ahead became wider and wider, and at the back, a huge space appeared in front of Yitong.

Bloodstains appeared on the wall, and Yan Nan looked over and happened to witness the scene of Yan Qiusi's mutation and expansion. His handsome and gentle face was split in the middle, blood spurted high, and then a huge scarlet head grew out from the crack.

His skin and muscles were torn apart, the bones beneath the flesh and blood of his limbs were stretched higher one by one, his palms grew several times larger, and iron-blue nails grew out. In just a few moments, he became no different from the monsters he created.

Yan Qiusi, who had turned into a monster, had achieved painless height increase, but he had more than just the advantage of being tall. His movements and speed increased several times, and when Yan Nan rushed over, he was holding Yuan Qing's neck with one hand and lifting him high.

[Ohara Ao, how come he always rushes the fastest but never beats anyone? 】

[Now is not the time to complain about this! Come on, Yan Nan! ]

[Me? Even if I go up, it won't just increase Yan Qiusi's combat performance by one.]

[No, it's you.]

As soon as the system finished speaking, Yan Nan suddenly felt a surge of power entering his body.

Yan Qiusi held this tiny thing in his hand, his palms tightening continuously, the world before his eyes was soaked in blood, the uncontrollable desire to devour eroded his mind, finally, he slowly retracted his arm, pulled the pale-faced human in front of him, his eyes searched all over Yuan Qing's body, thinking about where to start.

Just when Yan Qiusi finally made up his mind to bite down, a dangerous aura suddenly locked onto him. His blood froze, and the next moment he threw the human in his hand towards the dangerous direction without hesitation.

The latter drew an arc in the air under his force, hit the wall and fell to the ground, and finally became completely motionless.

Yan Nan suddenly stopped his impact.

[Why didn’t you catch it?] The system murmured quietly.

[Ha, sorry.] Yan Nan smiled awkwardly, [I'm not very skilled at using my body, so I dodged the shadow subconsciously.]

He looked around, not knowing for a moment whether he should check on the situation of the protagonist of the small world first, or solve this big problem as soon as possible.

[Let's kill this guy first. The protagonist won't die for a while anyway.] As if seeing his dilemma, the system immediately helped him make a decision, [Quick and decisive, after all, this item has a limited time to use.]

【learn.】

Yan Nan leaped nimbly, his tied-up long hair drawing a beautiful arc in the air. He held Yuan Qing's long sword in one hand and a Gatling gun that he had passed on from someone in the other, and walked towards the tall and twisted monster calmly and even leisurely.

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Yuan Qing woke up with his head covered. When he was pinched by the monster, he really thought he was dead. He didn't expect that he would have a chance to wake up again. Cold blood flowed from his forehead. He sat up in a daze. The surroundings were still the place he saw before he fainted, but it was much brighter than before.

Yuan Qing didn't understand what was going on until he saw a large hole that had been forcibly opened. It turned out that the light was coming from there. He stood up shakily and walked towards the hole.

Where did that strange monster go? Although he didn't know how he survived, he had to go and remind Yan Huai and the others.