Chapter 132 - 131: A Surprise! Better for Bluffing
Chapter 132: Chapter 131: A Surprise! Better for Bluffing
"Get out of my way!" Guo Qi’s furious roar echoed.
By now, even he knew things were going south.
He planned to use the chaos to escape and find Teacher Hu!
’These people are too powerful. I have to get Teacher Hu to control the zombies and wipe them all out in one fell swoop.’
With a loud shout, Guo Qi shoved someone aside and bolted for a corridor!
Seeing this, Lu Feng aimed his mecha’s weapon directly at Guo Qi.
’As if I’d let this guy escape right under my nose.’
But before he could act, a figure suddenly shot out with several men and kicked Guo Qi right in the face.
Guo Qi was clearly startled and tried to dodge, but the man immediately followed up with a punch that slammed into his jaw, sending him flying backward.
This person was obviously far stronger than him.
Even Lin Nan was stunned.
He knew Guo Qi’s strength. Even after taking a bullet, he shouldn’t have been this weak. It was just that the sudden attacker was too strong.
The key thing was that the man wore an armband that seemed to identify him as a Guard Squad Leader.
But he only had a vague impression of him; he had no idea the man was such an expert.
With skills like that, if he’d shown even a fraction of them before, there was no way he’d just be a Guard Squad Leader.
Lu Feng also watched in surprise as the man sent Guo Qi flying.
It was the same guy who had just led his men in kneeling and begging for mercy. To think he was actually this powerful.
Interesting.
’Someone with this level of strength instantly caving and kneeling is illogical. Normally, he would have at least put up a fight... unless he recognized the mecha’s weapons.’
Lu Feng didn’t dwell on it. Instead, he walked over and pretended to dig crystal cores from the heads of the mutated zombies, nonchalantly stashing the items that had dropped into his backpack space.
After all, no one else could see the dropped items; they could only see him digging out crystal cores.
It was perfectly justified for him to be digging out these cores, since he was the one who had killed the zombies.
Meanwhile, Guo Qi was completely dumbfounded as he tumbled across the ground.
He had always been extremely confident in his own strength.
Inside this base, only Lin Nan was skilled enough to definitively defeat him. He feared no one else.
Who knew a Guard Squad Leader would suddenly appear and render him utterly powerless to resist.
Guo Qi tried to get up, but the men beside the Guard Squad Leader had already pounced on him. Working together, they easily pinned him to the ground.
Clearly, these men were skilled as well.
Lin Nan was even more astonished.
A squad like this shouldn’t be a mere guard squad; they were stronger than the special operations team.
But he knew there were more important matters to attend to. He walked over to the restrained Guo Qi and said coldly, "Guo Qi, tell me, where is Teacher Hu’s lab and those Hexagonal Beasts you mentioned?"
’If Teacher Hu and those Hexagonal Beasts are the cause of the base’s current disaster, then I have to find Teacher Hu and solve this problem now.’
As he spoke, he pressed his gun to Guo Qi’s head.
Guo Qi was clearly not someone who was fearless in the face of death. He immediately stammered in panic, "Be-behind the wall in Teacher Hu’s office. There’s a secret room."
Hearing this, Lin Nan didn’t hesitate for a second. He pulled the trigger and killed Guo Qi with a single shot.
This was the man who had nearly gotten him killed and caused the zombie outbreak that had killed his girlfriend. There was no way he would let him live.
Then, he shouted, "A squad with me! The rest of you, hold off the zombies."
With that, he gathered a squad and left for Teacher Hu’s office.
Lu Feng followed behind them.
’Teacher Hu is probably already dead. After all, this zombie disaster was started by a Hexagonal Beast that didn’t have the special control device installed.’
’That means the Hexagonal Beast was out of control from the start.’
’In other words, Teacher Hu’s experiment had already spun out of control.’
Sure enough, Lin Nan rushed to a large office where the secret room in the wall was already open.
A few zombies were already wandering around inside.
After they killed these zombies, they saw another on the floor, its body half-eaten.
"Teacher Hu." Lin Nan looked at the pathetic zombie and, with a single slash, split its head in two.
This confirmed the zombie’s identity.
Then, both Lu Feng and Lin Nan frowned as they looked at the special containers around them. They were all shattered, with holes punched through them.
The Hexagonal Beasts inside had been pierced through the head by something. The contents of their skulls seemed to have been sucked dry, leaving their heads shriveled and deflated.
"They’re all dead. Is it over?" Lin Nan couldn’t help but frown at the scene.
But Lu Feng shook his head. "This means things have gotten serious. One of the Hexagonal Beasts obviously went rogue. It must have absorbed something from the bodies of these others. So, the current crisis at this base wasn’t caused by Teacher Hu, but by that one Hexagonal Beast."
He didn’t tell Lin Nan that he was the one who had injured that Hexagonal Beast.
’This will put more pressure on him. With the base in this state, the pressure and threat are already great enough. It’ll be easier for me to swallow this base whole and absorb its people into Qingfeng Base.’
’In the apocalypse, people are the most valuable resource.’
’Once the people are at Qingfeng Base, I can win them over completely. In the apocalypse, the simplest method is, of course, to use food.’
Just as he expected, Lin Nan’s expression changed when he heard Lu Feng’s words.
If that was the case, with that Hexagonal Beast on the loose, the base would never be safe. This was definitely not good news.
Lin Nan had no time to dwell on it. The battle was still raging outside. He quickly turned to Lu Feng and said, "Mr. Lu, I must ask for your help in dealing with the zombies inside the base first."
"Mm!" Lu Feng nodded. This was the perfect time to build goodwill; of course he wouldn’t refuse.
Lu Feng and Lin Nan left the office again and headed for the battle. Suddenly, they heard an explosion from the direction of the main gate building.
Lu Feng and Lin Nan went to investigate and saw that Lin Jiao had arrived with her people. It was she who had ordered the main gate to be blown up.
The resulting rockslide crashed down, completely blocking the entrance and preventing any more zombies from pouring in.
As long as they dealt with the zombies already inside, the base would be temporarily safe.
Lin Jiao quickly brought her people downstairs and came before Lu Feng. "Boss!"
"Help clear out the zombies in the base first," Lu Feng instructed, deliberately doing so in front of Lin Nan. This was the perfect moment to make a good impression.
’Lin Nan’s character is impeccable. He’s a truly decent person. If I can win him over, he’ll definitely be an excellent subordinate.’
With the addition of Lin Jiao’s people, and especially with Wang Cheng’s mecha weaponry, the zombies that had poured into the base were quickly dealt with.
Wang Cheng had also become proficient with his mecha’s weapons, and every one of his attacks was a brilliant laser blast.
He wasn’t worried about energy consumption either. Back at Qingfeng Base, he often went out to kill mutated zombies in his mecha. The energy storage device Lu Feng had given him now held several times more crystal core value than it had initially.
Naturally, the power of the mecha’s weapons left the people of Red Leaf Base even more shaken.
But the entire base was now filled with the stench of decay and blood, a nauseating smell hanging in the air.
However, once the zombies were cleared out, the people of Red Leaf Base all breathed a sigh of relief. Many of them slumped to the ground, heedless of their appearance.
Lu Feng finally had a moment to look at the items that had dropped earlier. The moment he saw the first one, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
’With this, it’ll be even easier to convince the people of Red Leaf Base to join Qingfeng Base.’