Luo Yuan saw that Wang Xiaguang was fine, so he picked up his Zhanmadao and walked out of the room.
There were five of them, and they were all quite old. The oldest one was in his sixties, and the youngest one was in his thirties or forties. Compared to ordinary people, they seemed more mature and stable. When they saw Luo Yuan, they looked uneasy, but they were still calm.
Originally, they didn't want to come. No one wanted to face this person who killed people without blinking an eye, but they were forced to come. When Wang Xiaguang's family was punished, they voted in favor of it, and now they had to pay the price.
"You and Wang Hongbiao are both from Donghu City, right?" one of the old men asked, forcing a smile on his face.
Luo Yuan sneered, "Cut the crap. Are you here to die?"
The old man's expression did not change. Instead, he was relieved. As long as they did not kill each other, it would be fine. He was most afraid of madmen who killed without saying a word. There was a smile on his face, and his expression was just right to show a trace of respect. He carefully weighed his tone and said, "The few of us hope that you won't kill the innocent anymore. There might be some misunderstanding!"
"Misunderstanding?" Luo Yuan snorted. He glanced at the people. They must be the investors of the base.
Even though he had already guessed that there were some hidden secrets, the truth that followed shocked him.
"There is indeed some misunderstanding!" The old man sighed, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes. "Speaking of which, all of us are friends with Wang Hongbiao. Some of us met recently, some of us have been in contact with each other for a long time. We even have some business dealings, so we all know each other very well. We are not very close, but at least we are friends.
This small base has been planned for a long time. We wanted to leave a way out for ourselves. We thought we would not need it for a long time, but we did not expect to use it so soon.
After moving to the base, everything was normal at first, but gradually, Wang Hongbiao started to have strange changes. He started to like to eat raw meat. At first, he ate it secretly, but then he ate it in front of people. His appetite got bigger and bigger. In the last day, he ate more than 10 kilograms of meat, but it was still not enough. He started to lose his mind, and the way he looked at people changed. Now that I think about it, it was the way he looked at food.
Although we found it strange, we didn't pay much attention to it. We had also heard about the rumors of evolved humans. At that time, we thought he had gone crazy because he wanted to become an evolved human. However, after a while, people in the base went missing. As time passed, more and more people went missing.
Shen Shaochong's father, whom you just killed, is one of them. Everyone was worried, afraid that they would be the next victim. In the end, we did a thorough investigation and installed cameras everywhere. Finally, we found him in the bathroom. There was blood everywhere, and he was biting a dead body like a wild beast.
He became so strong that even bullets didn't have much effect on him. When his clothes were torn off by a dying person, we discovered that some parts of his body were already covered in scales. Although we killed him in the end, we also paid the price of seven or eight lives. "
He was a good storyteller, and he told it tirelessly.
Luo Yuan's expression changed when he heard that Wang Hongbiao had grown scales. He was confused. Could it be that the evolution had failed? However, this thought flashed through his mind, and he said coldly, "Is this your explanation?"
The old man sighed and did not say anything else.
Even if the old man did not say anything, Luo Yuan could guess that the people who hated them would start to take revenge on the mother and daughter. Luo Yuan never dared to underestimate the darkness of human nature. He looked at the group of people, his grip on the knife tighter and tighter, his heart filled with murderous intent.
Everyone held their breath, their faces turning pale. They started to feel uneasy. Some of them had already quietly held the guns in their pockets. There were also a few people holding guns in the corner. They were obviously prepared for the worst.
"How did Wang Xiaguang's mother die?" Luo Yuan suddenly asked after a moment of silence.
"Maybe she got the news, and before we could do anything, she committed suicide that night!" The old man swallowed and said with difficulty.
"Wang Xiaguang …"
"We didn't touch her either. Shen Shaochong was arrogant, and he wanted her to kneel down and surrender, but we didn't expect her to be so stubborn. Although we knew about it, we didn't expect Shen Shaochong to go this far." As a man, he naturally knew what Luo Yuan meant.
Dead people would not defend themselves no matter how much they slandered them. Luo Yuan knew that there must be someone involved, and these people might not be as innocent as they claimed. But what could he do if he knew? Kill a few more people? Or kill everyone in the base?
At least Wang Xiaguang was still alive. As for her parents, he had never seen them, nor did he have any feelings for them. He waved his hand and said tiredly, "Get out of here, while I don't want to kill you all yet."
Everyone quickly dispersed and heaved a sigh of relief at the same time. Only then did they realize that their backs were already drenched in sweat.
"Wait!" Luo Yuan suddenly said.
Everyone was shocked, and they almost ran away, but they held back. The old man turned around, suppressing his fear, and said respectfully, "Brother, if there's anything you need, just tell us. As long as we have it, you can take it. Money, gold, diamonds, food, and other resources are not a problem."
Perhaps these things were very attractive to ordinary people, but to Luo Yuan, who was about to leave Donghu City, they were of no use except for being a burden.
During this migration, Luo Yuan did not plan to bring too much food. If he were to consider everything else, the total amount of resources he brought would not even be enough for an off-road vehicle. Even if it was a city, most of the roads would be impassable, so he would have to throw most of the things away.
"I'm not interested in these things. Is Wang Hongbiao's body still here?" Luo Yuan asked. The strange changes in Wang Hongbiao's body had piqued his curiosity.
The old man hesitated, as if he wanted to say something. He looked at the crowd and realized that even if he did not say anything, someone else would. In the end, he gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, it's in the freezer in the lab."
"Lab?" Luo Yuan asked.
Most of the people who could live in this high-end community were the elites of Donghu City, except for some rich people. Apart from some famous people who were sent to the underground base run by the government, there were a lot of people who were unknown but had a good income. They were not on the list, so they stayed. For example, some of the people in the laboratory department.
"Bring me to have a look," Luo Yuan said, ignoring their fear.
The lab was empty, with very little equipment. Most of them were test tubes and chemicals. There was not a single large piece of equipment. Even Luo Yuan, who was a layman, felt that it was a little too simple.
He understood. Before Hedong City had fallen, trade had been interrupted, and most of the resources were controlled. This kind of research equipment could not be bought even if one had the money.
The lab was empty. It was not until Luo Yuan had been there for more than a minute that a researcher in a white coat was dragged into the lab.
"Where's Wang Hongbiao's body?" one of them asked.
"In … in the freezer. I'll … I'll take it out now," the researcher stammered as he walked to the freezer.
Luo Yuan noticed that the freezer looked like one from a morgue. There were many small labels on it, with the names of all kinds of mutated beasts and insects written on them. However, they were all low-level creatures, so that was all they could get with their abilities.
The man in the white coat pulled out one of the cabinets and pulled out a corpse wrapped in a plastic bag. Then, he opened the plastic bag.
The body inside had been dissected. The chest cavity had been opened, and the skull had been removed, revealing a grayish white brain. What caught Luo Yuan's attention the most was that the body's chest, thighs and arms were covered with reptilian scales. Such cold scales on a human's body gave him goosebumps.
He suddenly reached out and touched it. A string of information appeared in his mind.
"Mutated human's body"
"Level: Level 1 Mutated"
"Weight: 68kg"
"Remarks: His genes have mutated under the influence of the mutated creature's genes during evolution, forming new genes!"
The researcher felt that Luo Yuan seemed to be interested in the body, so he said carefully, "We found out that his body has undergone a huge mutation. His skin is very tough, and normal scalpels are useless. You have to use a saw knife to cut through it. His pores are blocked, his hair has fallen out, and his nails have become hard. His internal organs have also changed. The hair in his stomach has become denser and twice as long as a normal person. You can imagine how fast his digestion is. There are also two hearts in his body, one big and one small. His blood flow is 1.5 times faster than a normal person's … "
Luo Yuan slowly retracted his palm. In a sense, a mutated human was no longer a human. He was glad that he had not turned into such a monster during his evolution.
Luo Yuan looked at him and asked, "Why are you guys studying these things?"
The researcher's face stiffened. He was sweating profusely, "We … We are studying the mystery of human evolution. I think this form is the direction of human evolution."
Luo Yuan did not agree or disagree. In the past, such experiments might have been considered evil, but now it was all too common. With the support of the survival of mankind, many more bloody, inhumane, and evil experiments had been carried out in various laboratories. Compared to those, this place was too peaceful.
… …
Luo Yuan left the laboratory, picked up Wang Xiaguang, who was still unconscious, and left.
There was a comfortable life here, an abundance of resources, and a large amount of clean drinking water. The food alone was enough to feed more than a hundred people for 20 years. At one point, even he had the thought of staying here and not leaving, but in the end, he gave up after thinking about it.
Luo Yuan had seen the speed at which the roots of the mutated plants corroded the cement. The villa outside was already on the verge of collapse in less than a month, and the cement had even turned into mud. Although the defense of the base was strong, it would not be safe for long. Maybe in a year, or maybe in less than half a year, the base would collapse due to water leakage.
If he stayed here, he would eventually have to leave, but it would definitely be more dangerous then. Moreover, after a long period of comfort, his willpower would gradually weaken, and he would no longer have the mentality he had now.
Luo Yuan closed the metal lid, looked at it one last time, and walked away with Wang Xiaguang in his arms.
He was careful along the way, avoiding powerful mutated beasts. There were a few times when he almost started a fight, but he was lucky enough to avoid it. Three hours later, he finally returned to the villa. Huang Jiahui was surprised to see Luo Yuan carrying a woman back. Before she could ask, Luo Yuan said, "This is my former colleague. She's coming with us this time."
Cao Ling and the rest looked at each other, but did not say anything. The atmosphere was a little strange.
"The one you mentioned?" Huang Jiahui remembered and looked at Wang Xiaguang.
Luo Yuan nodded, "Go clean up the empty room and cook some porridge. She's been hungry for a few days."
"Okay!" Huang Jiahui answered, sighed, and turned to leave.
She had secretly read Luo Yuan's text messages. Since the mutation, Luo Yuan had only sent a few messages, and most of them were sent by her. She knew very well how she felt about Luo Yuan. It seemed like there was another competitor, although Luo Yuan did not seem to be interested in her.
Wang Shishi pouted, looking unhappy. She felt a sense of crisis, and her eyes kept looking at Wang Xiaguang. When Huang Jiahui was done cleaning up the empty room, she saw Luo Yuan carry Wang Xiaguang to the bed, take off her coat, and carefully cover her with a blanket. She could not hide her thoughts anymore, and asked, "Brother Luo, who is she to you?"
"Didn't I just say that she's my former colleague?" Luo Yuan said without turning his head.
Wang Shishi pouted, and said sourly, "Colleagues don't mean anything! You must like her, or else why would you be so attentive? You already like me, how could you like someone else? "
Luo Yuan's feelings for Wang Xiaguang were complicated. He liked her, but he was also touched. It was hard to describe the feeling of a woman, especially a good-looking one, thinking about you behind your back.
Before the apocalypse, when he was working in a foreign trade company, he was handsome, had a unique temperament, and had an introverted, self-confident personality. He was also very hardworking. It was easy for him to attract the attention of young women. When he first felt that Wang Xiaguang had a good impression of him, he was also moved. However, considering the gap between their family backgrounds, he began to deliberately distance himself from her. He didn't want to live under someone else's roof in the future, and he didn't want to be embarrassed when someone threw a check at him.
However, he did not expect her to be so persistent. Luo Yuan did not know how to deal with the situation.
He said, "Be careful, Jiahui might hear you."
Wang Shishi opened her mouth, but could not say anything. After a while, she lowered her voice and said, "If she hears, then so be it. I'm not afraid."
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