Chapter 280 - 247: Ji Luo’s Lie

Chapter 280: Chapter 247: Ji Luo’s Lie

"Commander Qiao, don’t be nervous. I’m not an enemy. I’m your future best ally, and you can trust me completely... Before I was reincarnated, you told me another secret. After a fever when you were a child, you completely lost hearing in your left ear. All these years, you’ve been relying on your right ear to hear. No one suspected a thing after you joined the army, and you managed to avoid many checkups. For all these years, only you have known... This is a secret you were planning to take with you into retirement, because a commander can’t be deaf in one ear. You must be listening to this call with your right ear now, aren’t you?"

Qiao Yunliang was utterly stunned.

This was his most private, personal information—what he considered his biggest secret—and some outsider had just blurted it out.

"Who the hell are you? What did you do to me? What do you want?"

Qiao Yunliang suspected someone was setting him up. Was he even in his office right now?

Or had he been drugged by foreign spies?

Was he hallucinating?

"Still don’t believe I’m a Reincarnator? Commander Qiao, you’re a naturally skeptical man. It’s fine, I understand. You’re the same way in the future... I have one last key. The winning lottery numbers are..."

"In a bit, after you’ve seen the results, consider whether these are things only a Reincarnator could know. Then call me back."

With that, Yu Dong hung up.

’This guy, Qiao, he’s a tough one to handle.’

’But some things can only be done by Qiao... No one else will do.’

In his plans for this new life, Qiao was a crucial card to play. He had to bring him on board!

With the call finished, the first step of Yu Dong’s plan was complete.

"Excellent. All done within two hours. The lottery drawing is in about ten minutes. Now we can talk..."

Yu Dong looked at his three roommates, who were utterly flabbergasted.

"Wait a minute, Dongzi," Huang Zhiqiang said. "Commander Qiao is your best ally too? With him watching our backs, can’t we brothers basically do whatever we want in the apocalypse?"

Influenced by Xufeng and Zhao Youcai, and now recalling Yu Dong’s first two keys and his confident prediction of the lottery numbers, Huang Zhiqiang felt this whole ’Reincarnator’ business... was nine times out of ten the real deal!

Zhao Youcai agreed. "If we can use this foreknowledge to work with the military... that’s definitely the fastest way to gain some real power. But I have a question. If the army is on our side, killing zombies should be easy, right? So how did we die in our past life?"

Yu Dong looked at Zhao Youcai, his smile turning icy.

"Youcai, I finally get it now... The saying goes that cats only make friends with other cats, not with mice. If you want to be friends with a cat... you’d better be a cat yourself, not something that looks like a mouse. Otherwise... the cat might play with you when it’s in a good mood, but it could snap your neck the moment it isn’t."

Hearing Yu Dong’s pointed words, Xufeng’s earlier confusion cleared up instantly!

"Dongzi, you’re lying to Qiao Yunliang? You two... weren’t best allies in your past life?"

"In this life, the only path I’ll give him is the one where he becomes my ally."

Xufeng saw a powerful confidence in Yu Dong’s eyes.

"Let me give you the short version of what happened after the apocalypse hit, and the gist of what each of us went through..."

Yu Dong briefly recounted the state of the world during the apocalypse and what the four of them had done in their past lives. The faces of both Zhao Youcai and Huang Zhiqiang lit up.

But Xufeng’s expression turned bitter.

"So... even after trying everything, you still couldn’t stop the zombie virus from erupting inside me? Is it actually a virus?"

"It’s definitely a virus in the apocalyptic future, but right now, no one can detect it... In my past life, I tried to develop a vaccine, but I ultimately failed. We couldn’t even create a single effective inactivated vaccine, let alone a complex mRNA one. Xufeng, I can’t save you this time, but I might have a way for you to retain some of your memories..."

"What is it?"

"Project Corpse King."

Yu Dong recounted the story about how the child in the hospital was raised by the doctor to become like that. The large, muscular zombie retained a portion of its intelligence and could understand the doctor’s commands. In the future, it might even recover its memories and gain full consciousness, just like Cai Hong.

After hearing this, Xufeng shook his head.

"I refuse. It’s too undignified... There’s no meaning in living like that. I’ll ask my dad to look for a few other options... Anyway, let’s talk about tonight’s task. You’ve already planned out the next seven days, haven’t you?"

"Your mission is to find a... no! Find several hot foreign girls, and then screw yourself to death on top of them."

"I already made the arrangements while you were on the phone. It’ll just be pushed back a bit tonight, it’s no big deal. Let’s get back to our preparations. Why are you looking at me like that? Are you thinking about telling me to sit this one out? Don’t be an idiot... Did I abandon you in our last life? Can you really coordinate all these people by yourself? Did you secretly study management textbooks under your blanket? What if I’m the one person you can’t do without?"

Seeing Xufeng choose to join without hesitation, just like in their past life, Yu Dong bit his lower lip.

"Don’t worry, Xufeng. This life... I swear I’ll develop a vaccine that can save you. Even if the world goes to hell, I’ll bring you back!"

"I trust you."

As they finished speaking, Huang Zhiqiang’s excited shout cut in.

"HOLY SHIT! IT HIT! DONGZI, IT REALLY HIT!!! You’re untouchable, Dongzi! From now on, whatever you say, we’ll do it. I’m completely sold. You really are a Reincarnator!"

Zhao Youcai clenched his fists. He’d missed his chance to change his destiny at birth, but this opportunity, riding the coattails of a Reincarnator... he was going to seize it with everything he had!

He wanted to become the powerhouse Yu Dong just mentioned, the one who would lead the combat team for him!

’That Zhao Youcai must be so awesome!’

The next moment, Yu Dong’s phone rang.

It was Ji Luo.

"Yu Dong, you were right. You successfully predicted the lottery numbers. Your key has passed. I’m now certain you’re a Reincarnator. Let’s meet. I can’t wait."

"That’s good. For a second there, I thought I’d blown it... Let’s meet tomorrow at 9 a.m. at the Shuiyun Pavilion Tea House, right by the entrance to Yanhai University."

"No problem. I’m driving over with my team right now."

Hearing that he had succeeded with Ji Luo, Yu Dong felt a wave of relief. ’The Triple Key method really is something else...’

"But, Lawyer Ji, I have a question. Was the second key correct or not? Did your future self lie to me, or are you lying to me now?"

"Heh... The second key was only half-right. I have a personal habit: whenever I tell someone something, I make sure two and a half of every three sentences are true. My future self must have accounted for that habit... which means she must trust you completely. And if she trusts you, I will trust her judgment and give you my complete trust as well."

"I see... That key of yours is incredibly elaborate. ’Waking with a start at three in the morning, only able to fall back asleep after praying and repenting for my immoral deeds.’ The time must be the part that’s wrong, right? It’s not actually three a.m.?"

"No. I never repent for anything I’ve done."

Yu Dong was stunned into silence.

Then, Ji Luo chuckled lightly.

"Yu Dong, my past self wouldn’t have left behind a clue like that for no reason. I’m guessing... perhaps there’s something immoral that you need my help to accomplish? You’re actually the one who does the repenting and praying, aren’t you?"