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However, just as Chu Donglin and Ban Qingya were filled with confusion, an elderly voice suddenly emerged from the ranks of soldiers.
Then, a tall soldier stepped forward. In his fifties, he was not old by any means; in fact, his years of exercise made him appear fit and robust.
He stared in astonishment at the two people in front of him, letting out a surprised yet joyful exclamation.
"Ya? What are you doing here?"
Before Chu Donglin could react, Ban Qingya's call caught him off guard.
"Dad?"
She stepped forward in surprise and joy, looking at her father with a puzzled expression. "How did you come to Wocheng?"
Finally confirming his daughter's safety and unexpectedly seeing her, Ban Guozhi's face was filled with a comforting and happy smile.
"Aren't I here to find you? I knew my daughter was blessed and wouldn't come to harm, so I came to look for you."
"Uh... Dad, are these... your companions?"
Ban Qingya pointed at the group of fully armed soldiers behind Ban Guozhi, feeling both amused and hesitant. "You brought them from Jiang Hai to Wocheng just to find me?"
"Of course! When these kids heard my daughter is a great beauty, they all cried and begged to come with me. I couldn't leave them behind... Hehe... so I brought them along."
Ban Qingya shook her head speechlessly. Knowing her father's temperament, she understood perfectly well how things had unfolded. He had definitely brought the army specifically to find her.
With a sigh, she felt somewhat at a loss for words.
“Dad, you’re always such a troublemaker... Aren’t you afraid of being court-martialed? I bet they’re short on manpower over at Jiang Hai right now, right?”
Caught off guard by his daughter’s public accusation, Ban Guozhi didn’t seem embarrassed at all.
He burst into laughter, waving his hand dismissively, exuding an air of defiance as if to say, “What can you do about it?”
“What’s there to be afraid of? The situation in Jiang Hai is a complete mess right now, and something unexpected has happened in Kyoto that has cut off all communication. Each military base is practically fighting its own battles. The military court is just for show; I’m the second highest-ranking person among the living in Jiang Hai. Do those fellows dare to cause me trouble? They must be tired of living!”
Ban Qingya was taken aback, genuinely surprised.
“Only the second highest?” She looked at her father with a puzzled expression. “I didn’t know there were still people in this world who could earn your respect.”
“Pfft... cough cough... Brat! What kind of talk is that?”
Ban Guozhi coughed awkwardly after being publicly undermined and shot his daughter a glare. “Do you see me as some stubborn old man who doesn’t respect anyone? As long as someone has real skills, I’ll respect them just the same.”
Ban Qingya shook her head, choosing not to comment on her father’s assertion.
She glanced at the group of soldiers behind Ban Guozhi and suddenly remembered something.
“By the way, Dad, is the military doctor accompanying you here? Could you ask him to help me save someone?”
“I can ask him, but if it’s about your friend, we might need to wait a bit. I have some matters to attend to first.”
With that, Ban Guozhi pulled Ban Qingya behind him, subtly retreating into the protective circle of soldiers.
Then he turned his gaze toward the cold figure across the street and spat disdainfully.
"Hey, you over there! You're a Zombie, right? Did you really think your disguise was good? Seeing me here and not running away? Are you just waiting to get shot?"
Ban Qingya's astonished expression was met with a few seconds of silence from Chu Donglin, who shook his head.
"I don't understand what you're saying, Mr. Ban."
Ban Guozhi scoffed dismissively. "Afraid to admit it? You can't even acknowledge your own identity... How did you evolve into a Third-Stage with such a cowardly personality?"
Beside them, Ban Qingya was truly at a loss for words.
"Dad! Are you misunderstanding something? Mr. Chu could never be a Zombie! Have you ever seen a Zombie like him? I've known him for so long; if he were a Zombie, I would have noticed!"
She added, somewhat frustrated, "Don't think that just because I'm close to Mr. Chu that there's something going on. We're just ordinary friends, and he has his own partner. Can you please stop picking fights with every guy who gets close to your daughter?"
Hearing this from his daughter, Ban Guozhi felt a bit exasperated as well.
"Brat, what do you know? Do you really think your old man is so petty that I can't stand seeing a man near you? Let me tell you, even though I don't know how this fellow looks just like those Fourth-Stage High-Level Zombies and seems indistinguishable from humans, he is definitely a Zombie! And a very dangerous Third-Stage Zombie at that."
With that, Ban Guozhi pulled out an alarm device and handed the buzzing scanner to Ban Qingya. "This is our military's newly developed Zombie scanner. It can detect any High-Level Zombie within a kilometer radius. Just look at this scanner and then at that guy over there; you'll know whether he's a Zombie or not."
Ban Qingya took the scanner, glanced at it, and tossed it back. "I won't look! It's probably just one of your pranks or some toy. I'd be crazy to trust you."
Ban Guozhi was left speechless.
"Hey, hey... Brat, you're my daughter, right? Why do you trust a stranger but not me? Am I really that unworthy of your trust?"
Ban Qingya shook her head and said, "The reason I don't trust you is that you've been unreliable too many times before... How can I believe that this time you're not just playing a prank?"
With that, Ban Qingya turned to face Chu Donglin and was about to call him over.
However, the Cement Ground in front of Chu Donglin suddenly erupted, forming a thick wall that stood between him and Ban Qingya.
Before Ban Qingya could react, the wall exploded into countless fragments, and at that moment, the deafening sound of a sniper rifle rang in her ears.
She looked at the grim-faced Chu Donglin standing across the street and abruptly turned to look behind her.
Next to the command vehicle's door stood a strikingly beautiful woman, pouting in frustration as she lowered the massive Anti-Material Sniper Rifle in her hands.
Clearly, in that brief moment, this woman had attempted to ambush Chu Donglin but had failed.
The terrifying power of the Anti-Material Sniper Rifle could have obliterated Chu Donglin's body if it had hit him directly, but he had managed to intercept it just in time.
Now she was finally furious. Grabbing her father's hand, she exclaimed, "Dad! What are you doing? Can you please keep your jokes within reason?" (To be continued...)
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