“Zzz~”
The glass wall turned black, reflecting Liu You'er’s current appearance. She was bound vertically to an iron cross, with only her chest and private parts wrapped in a white cloth about thirty centimeters wide. Electrodes were attached to her forehead and temples, and her body was filled with needles.
Because Liu You'er had been focused entirely on Wei Yuan just moments ago, she hadn’t paid much attention to her own condition. Now, through the reflection, she could clearly see what she looked like and couldn’t help but lower her head, self-mockingly thinking: Finally, I’ve ended up as a lab rat.
Outside the glass window, a researcher nervously addressed Wei Yuan: “Director Wei, everything is ready. Can we begin?”
“Hmm~ Are you asking me?”
Wei Yuan glanced at the researcher with a calm expression and said cheerfully, “Do you really need to ask me? What use are you then?”
Although his tone was lighthearted, there was a hint of murderous intent in his voice that made the researcher break out in a cold sweat. The researcher quickly apologized and hurried back to his computer, pretending to be extremely busy.
Wei Yuan watched him for a moment, the coldness in his gaze easing slightly. He turned back to the glass wall and saw Liu You'er with her head lowered, as if every cell in her body radiated loneliness. However, what did that have to do with him? As long as Liu You'er couldn’t escape!
“Buzz~”
Liu You'er heard the sound of liquid flowing near her ear. Looking to the right, she noticed several transparent tubes hanging from the ceiling connected to the needles inserted into her body. The liquid inside the tubes was colorful and slowly flowed through the needles into her system.
Liu You'er knew that it certainly wasn’t anything good. She wanted to struggle, but she found that she only had enough strength left to breathe and keep her eyes open.
With a serious expression, she thought: The substances in these tubes are powerful; I wonder what effect they will have on Zombies. It seems that humanity's understanding of Zombies far exceeds my expectations!
First, there was the mysterious room that could block Mental Power and change automatically; then there were drugs that could paralyze Zombies; along with the controlled Little Zombie. I was too careless to naively believe that these researchers could not possibly learn much about Zombies in just two months.
Isn't this virus a revenge from nature against humanity, or is it something humans created themselves? It's just that they have lost...
"Uh."
Liu You'er’s thoughts came to a halt as she suddenly felt as if sulfuric acid had been injected into her body. Her internal organs began to dissolve. Logically, her sense of pain had not recovered, so even if her body was truly being corroded, it shouldn't hurt that much. But!
Right now, she was in excruciating pain, to the point where she felt she could hear her body melting, and her heart, which already beat slowly, had now gone numb.
"Uh... uh."
She was in extreme agony but felt as if her throat was blocked, rendering her unable to speak at all. To make matters worse, her body was restrained by iron shackles, leaving her completely immobile, with an iron shackle around her neck as well.
Finally,
"Ah~"
A scream escaped Liu You'er’s throat, sounding as if her vocal cords were being torn apart. Her mental power erupted in an instant, but unfortunately, it was suppressed within less than a second.
"Beep beep beep, beep beep beep."
All the lights went out, leaving only the warning lights on the ceiling flashing red. Everyone in the research room froze in place, momentarily losing their ability to move.
What’s happening? Why did the third-level alarm suddenly go off?
Wei Yuan's expression turned serious as he pressed down hard on the gray button on the keyboard and said urgently, "What’s going on?"
A cold mechanical female voice responded, "Report: Experiment subject 10845's mental power surged just now and could not be contained. It spread within a radius of one thousand kilometers for 0.69 seconds. It has been suppressed in time; however, brief mental power responses were detected at the nuclear power plant five hundred kilometers away and at A City National Hospital three hundred kilometers away. It is inferred that experiment subject 10845 may possess mental manipulation abilities!"
"Oh?"
With Wei Yuan's response, the alarm was lifted and the lights returned to normal.
Wei Yuan smirked as he looked at Liu You'er, who was in such pain that she was nearly unconscious, rolling her eyes. He calmly said, "Strengthen the mental barrier tenfold. If there's even a hint of mental power leakage from the test subject again, you can expect to become scrap metal."
"…"
The Smart Computer paused for a second before stating, "Mental barrier construction completed."
Hearing the computer's voice, Wei Yuan snorted and released the gray button.
Afterward, he didn't spare Liu You'er another glance as he walked out of the control room and addressed the researchers who were staring blankly at their computers, "A bunch of useless fools, you can’t even handle this little matter for half a day. Keep a close watch on her, increase all Zombie toxin and sedative concentrations by 5%. If there’s another slip-up, you’ll all become test subjects."
At that moment, Liu Yue was lying on the hospital rooftop, staring blankly at the twinkling stars. If someone were lucky enough to enter the hospital now, they would likely come out with a full haul.
Because all the Advanced Zombies in the hospital had been killed by him. Moreover, once he reached Third Level, he ordered all his subordinates in the hospital not to harm any "food" that resembled him.
Thus, even if humans came to the hospital for medicinal herbs, they would only find a group of harmless Zombies because even if they drooled buckets, they wouldn’t touch a human!
Unfortunately, Survivors would never dare to come to City A's largest hospital to steal medicine, even if they were dying.
"Sigh~"
Liu Yue let out a sigh; it had already been fifteen suns since he last saw Liu You'er. He missed her so much.
Now that he had the intelligence of a seven-year-old child and his own thoughts, he turned over and kept practicing saying, "Sister... Sister... Sister!"
"Hey hey~"
After successfully calling out "sister," Liu Yue's lips curled up, revealing a happy, sunny smile, and his expression was no longer as stiff as before.
He really wanted to tell his sister that he could speak now. Although it was intermittent and not standard, as long as he practiced diligently, he would definitely be able to master it before she returned!
"Haha~"
Thinking of Liu You'er’s sparkling eyes and her gentle praise as she stroked his head, Liu Yue couldn't help but laugh out loud and rolled on the ground.
After rolling for a while, he felt that he shouldn't be so... childish. Yes, childish. So, he pretended to sit seriously in place, but the joy in his eyes still betrayed him.
Suddenly, a sharp pain struck his brain, and Liu You'er's desperate scream echoed in his consciousness. Unfortunately, it was too brief—so brief that he thought he must have misheard it.
However, concerning Liu You'er, even though he kept reassuring himself, he still felt an uncomfortable sensation rising in his heart.
He didn't know that this feeling was called unease.
After thinking it over, he decided to follow the spiritual connection with Liu You'er and secretly look for her. If she was fine, he would quickly run away and pretend he hadn't searched for her. But if something was wrong...
He would tear apart those bastards who dared to hurt his sister and turn them into mush!
With this determination, he quickly left the spot and ran toward A City Base.
At this time, Xiaomin was at the Nuclear Power Plant, nibbling on a rabbit with sharp teeth and claws turned into bone spikes while secretly glancing at the Stinky Zombie that had captured her.
Although this Stinky Zombie brought her food every day, the disdainful look it gave her after realizing she didn't eat humans made her want to kill it!
She was glaring fiercely at the Stinky Zombie when unexpectedly, the Zombie she was staring at suddenly opened its eyes and looked expressionlessly at Xiaomin. Startled, she choked on the meat in her mouth, almost becoming the first unfortunate Zombie to die from being choked by meat!
However, that Zombie just continued to stare at the ground, showing no intention of helping her at all. So, Xiaomin cursed him in her heart again.
Suddenly, Xiaomin felt a sharp pain in her head as the long-lost voice of Liu You'er echoed in her mind. However, the voice was so mournful that it startled her!
She sensed that Liu You'er was in great danger and desperately needed her help. Without thinking twice, she immediately dashed toward the door.
But after running for half a minute with her head down, she realized she was still in place. Turning around, she discovered that her collar had been grabbed.
Seeing the displeased look from the other party, she swallowed hard; she couldn't bear the wrath of a Level Four Zombie!
Yet thinking about that voice made it impossible for her to calm down. So, timidly retracting her head, she spoke in the language of Zombies: "My master is in danger; I need to save her!"
"…"
"Damn you!"
Xiaomin cursed this Stinky Zombie for being so unkind in her heart, but unfortunately, she was frozen like a block of ice and completely lost the chance to speak…
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