Chapter 92: Chapter 90 Employee of Aoke Biological Research Center
Zhu Xiong's gaze sharpened, and the flesh on his face trembled, “Put the weapons down and don't make me misunderstand, or you will all turn into hedgehogs.”
As soon as he finished speaking, over ten team members behind him pointed their winch crossbows directly at the group, and the flesh corpses clad in iron armor also surrounded them.
And his First Order Upper-Grade large flesh corpse stood at the very front like a small hill, wearing heavy armor, with his large hammer still dripping blood.
In an instant, the people inside the warehouse retreated a few steps out of fear.
“Wait, we weren't planning on doing anything.”
Under Zhu Xiong's threat, it didn't take long for some to cave in. Although they had weapons and some had Angels Envoys, the encircling hand crossbows would mean certain death for them if a fight broke out.
“Clang”
The iron stick in their hands dropped to the ground. With someone taking the lead, the rest also put down their weapons.
“People kneel on the left, Angel Envoys kneel on the right, spaced five meters apart back to back. We won't harm you; we just need to ensure safety. Now pick a leader and come with me to talk about your situation, understood?”
His voice fell, and there was silence; no one dared to respond.
After some hemming and hawing, Zhu Xiong's eyes glanced over and landed on the man who had been speaking before.
“You, come with me. The rest of you, behave, and take turns stating your profession and situation. Someone is taking notes, don't lie—those with abilities will be protected first.”
Zhu Xiong led the trembling man away from the warehouse and while walking asked, “Brother, don't be nervous, what's your name, and what do you do?”
“Zhao Kun, I own a small rice noodle factory, this warehouse is mine.”
Hearing Zhu Xiong ask, Zhao Kun's heart raced, fearful Zhu Xiong wasn't well-intentioned, “Big Brother, there's still two or three tons of rice inside, take it if you want, just spare me.”
“You're Zhao Kun?”
Zhu Xiong was surprised. His truck driver had taken orders from Zhao Kun, but they mostly contacted by phone; he had never actually met Zhao Kun face to face, only the driver had.
“Don't worry, it's an old acquaintance.”
Zhu Xiong patted Zhao Kun's shoulder and said, “Zhou Bingwang is one of my drivers.”
“Old Zhou is your driver, Big Brother?”
Zhao Kun's eyes widened in surprise, his heart suddenly filled with joy, “Boss Zhu, it's a small world when family washes away family at the Dragon King Temple.”
In the past, they had contacted by phone or transferred money through WeChat, and he had never seen the man in person, so he truly had no recollection.
Zhu Xiong cracked a smile, “Speak honestly about your group; if there's no problem, then we are all family.”
Zhao Kun's heart chilled but he quickly replied, “Bro, the twenty-three people inside all came together at the supermarket after fleeing, including merchants from this street, their customers… oh, right, and two who escaped from some biological research center.”
Zhu Xiong immediately became alert when he heard this, “Aoke Biological Research Center?”
“Yes, yes, that's the one.”
The Aoke Biological Research Center wasn't actually far from this location; just one street over. But the sudden appearance of people from there still caught Zhu Xiong by surprise.
His expression grew serious, “Come with me.”
Zhu Xiong took Zhao Kun to where Su Han was. The towering Human-faced Tree seemed to scare Zhao Kun into shivering, his gaze dodging.
In fact, they had heard the intense sounds of battle from the neighbors, the monsters' roars. The monsters barricaded at the door had all been lured away by it.
How could they not have noticed such commotion?
It was precisely because they had noticed this disturbance and heard Zhu Xiong's voices that they were sure someone had slaughtered the monsters.
The vast disparity in strength was what made them surrender without a fight.
But Zhao Kun had never expected that Zhu Xiong's side would have such a huge and terrifying Angel Envoy.
“There's a group of survivors, among them are people from the Aoke Biological Research Center.”
Su Han's eyes fell upon Zhao Kun, and he asked, “Let's hear it.”
“Half a month ago, they escaped here only half a month ago, a total of four people. However, it seems like two of them were poisoned by some strange creature and didn't make it through half a day before dying.”
Zhao Kun didn't dare to hide anything and recounted everything in detail, “They used to stroll around the night market here and knew about the supermarket, so they ran over. Later, they joined us in defending the supermarket but got surrounded by monsters again, so they retreated to my warehouse.”
After listening to him carefully describe their origins, Su Han glanced at Bai Qilan, who said, “It's normal for the biological research center to conduct experiments with living organisms. It's not strange if there were poisonous biological mutations. However, for specifics, it's better to ask someone directly.”
“Take us there.”
Zhao Kun led them to the location, while Zhang Dahai was quickly approaching, “Boss, Old Zhu has found two big fish…”
“People from the Aoke Biological Research Center, right?”
Zhang Dahai was startled but immediately nodded, “Yes, two employees. They encountered a monster attack, and nearly everyone in the center is dead.”
When everyone arrived at the warehouse, those two employees had already been taken aside by Zhang Dahai, and their contracted envoys were bound separately with ropes and kept at a distance.
Su Han's gaze was immediately drawn to their Contract creatures: they were two giant black scorpions covered in dark red patterns.
The scorpions were one meter tall and approximately one and a half meters long, sporting a single eerie eye on their foreheads, and behind them curled two scorpion tails with sharply hooked stingers.
“Are you two from the Aoke Biological Research Center?”
Su Han looked at the two of them and asked aloud.
“Yes, we are.”
Shu Hongguang and Ji Mingyang hurriedly nodded, and suddenly Ji Mingyang caught a glimpse of the familiar woman next to Su Han and hesitated, “Mr. Bai?”
“Do you know me?”
Bai Qilan looked towards Ji Mingyang, her eyes flashing with curiosity.
Ji Mingyang quickly said, “You once visited the research center, and I saw you then.”
The research center, invested in by the Bai Yujing Group, naturally had many interactions. Bai Qilan, as the successor of Bai Yujing and the research director, would naturally visit from time to time.
“What is the current situation at the Aoke Biological Research Center?”
Instead of dwelling on the subject, Bai Qilan calmly inquired about the situation.
Ji Mingyang was taken aback, then hurriedly said, “Mr. Bai, are you planning to go to the research center? Don't, there are two monster tribes fighting over territory there, and most of our people are dead, only a few of us managed to escape.”
“Give more details.”
Su Han's detached voice came through, and Ji Mingyang shivered, recalling that Su Han was the real decision-maker here.
He nodded quickly and explained, “At first, when the mist descended, our experimental creatures started to act erratically. After that, eyeballs appeared, colleagues turned into meat corpses, and some experimental creatures broke out of their cages and turned into monsters. Fortunately, the security team reacted quickly; they became Contractors first and led everyone in suppressing many colleagues who turned into meat corpses, which allowed us to secure ourselves inside the laboratory building.”
“The laboratory building has strong security designs; we sealed off the entrance, and the meat corpses outside couldn't get in. We hid for over a week, waiting for official rescue. But the situation quickly changed—the Double-tailed Scorpions appeared in large numbers, surrounded us, and we had to fend off their attacks almost daily. My Envoy comes from that period.”
Ji Mingyang glanced at his own Envoy then stealthily at Su Han, unable to detect any change in his expression.
Beside him, Shu Hongguang said, “But we all miscalculated; the Double-tailed Scorpions weren't our real enemy. Their mother was the true threat. That super-giant Double-tailed Scorpion suddenly appeared, broke through all defenses, and everyone, including the security team, became its food. If it wasn't for the group of worms and their mother suddenly bursting out of the ground and starting a battle with the Double-tailed Scorpion mother, we wouldn't have been able to escape.”
“Yes, the mother's size is much larger than a car, standing five to six meters tall, too dangerous.”
Ji Mingyang urged, “Mr. Bai, you're probably going there for the experimental equipment, right? Please give up. If you need equipment, there should be other labs. The Aoke Center is really not safe.”
They were both employees with a background in experimental work and at the Aoke Biological Research Center. From the beginning with the samples, they tried to create injectables.
That was the main reason they had managed to hold out for half a month in such a dangerous place and why they hadn't left easily.
But later, even more powerful monsters came through and effortlessly destroyed everything, leading to their desperation and terror.
“Su Han, should we still go?”
Bai Qilan was asking Su Han; she was somewhat hesitant. With the two tribes battling and such large sizes, she couldn't immediately determine whether they had the power of First Order Upper Grade or Second Order.
“Let's go and take a look, not just at the Aoke Biological Research Center, but I'm also interested in those two monsters.”
Chapter end
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