Doomsday run (17): Search

The conference room fell into a rare silence as everyone was waiting.

Ten minutes later, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and Gao Hexuan walked in alone. He sat down on the chair next to Xia Ruize. He noticed that the five people opposite him were looking at him with surprise in their eyes, and said casually:

“Let someone else lead the way. The one just now got lost.”

As for how it was possible for people to get lost in their own base camp and where they were lost to, there was nothing much to say.

The five members of the Fox Hunting Team finally collapsed. The deputy leader who had just jumped out to lead the way was actually the strongest among the Fox executives, and he was also a fire-type ability user. Even he couldn’t deal with the opponent one-on-one, let alone them.

“I suggest that you all send someone who can, well, lead the way as soon as possible.”

Xia Ruize tapped his fingers as he spoke, and the muzzles of the guns in front of the five people also tapped their foreheads, full of threat.

Hu Gaojie had no choice but to wave his hands weakly, signaling his subordinates in charge of finance to obey the other party’s request.

The fat man who was in charge of the team’s finances showed a painful expression when he saw this, but he didn’t dare to disobey. He had to take Gao Hexuan away carefully and aggrievedly.

More than ten minutes later, Gao Hexuan and Fatty came back together. Looking at Gao Hexuan’s happy expression, we knew that his work was going smoothly.

“47 medium-quality life bottles and 23 low-quality life bottles were collected from the enemy team members. 12 high-quality life bottles, 20 medium-quality life bottles and 52 low-quality life bottles were found in the warehouse.”

Gao Hexuan couldn’t wait to report the results of the battle to the two bosses in the heart network.

The three of them privately identified the life bottles given to them by the Future Base before the mission began as high quality, and the life bottles given to them by the Research Base later as super high quality. The life bottles collected from the sacrificed team members were different and were divided into medium quality and low quality.

The items previously bought from the black shop were classified as low quality by the three. Fortunately, there was still some good stuff hidden in the Fox Hunting Team’s base, so their trip was not in vain.

The rich harvest made Cheng Huaiqian smile kindly, and he said to the five trembling people:

“Thank you all for your cooperation. We will meet again in the future.”

“Hey, wait a minute, sir, I know which store has the most life bottles!”

Hu Gaojie immediately called out to the three demons who seemed ready to leave, and proactively revealed the news:

“The most powerful group in our Guangming Base is not the official group of the base, but the Fang team. They have their own research team, and most of the life bottles on the market in Guangming Base come from them.”

Hearing this, Cheng Huaiqian was indeed very interested. He sat down again, touched his chin, and said awkwardly:

“But if no one comes to rob us, we can’t take the initiative to rob them.”

Hu Gaojie was about to vomit at the pretentious demon in his heart, but he still had to be patient and coax him:

“The Fang hunting team was rampant in the Guangming base, causing trouble to the people, and they acted without any bottom line. They even robbed their research team and forced them to work for them.

Fang’s owns the largest store at the end of the busiest street in Guangming Base. If you show off your wealth in the store, they will definitely try to rob you.”

In order to not let only his own family suffer losses, Hu Gaojie was determined to put a dent in the enemy’s eyes in front of the devil.

Others were inspired and began to give advice, revealing a lot of details about the power to Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian. The details and the deep malice inside were truly astonishing.

“Thank you for your suggestions. If we succeed, we will give you credit.”

Cheng Huaiqian spoke in a light tone, feeling very satisfied.

The people in the conference room who were still being threatened by guns all laughed along. Just when they thought they could escape with a good performance, they suddenly felt a sharp pain in their heads and fell unconscious the next second.

Xia Ruize and the other two stood up leisurely and walked out of the Fox Hunting Team’s base camp, and strode towards the location of Fang’s store. As usual, they used a large amount of life energy to buy all the life bottles in the store, and as they wished, they were targeted by the killers sent by Fang.

After happily dealing with the killer, Cheng Huaiqian and Xia Ruize went directly to the base camp of the Fang hunting team in a normal mood.

The difference between the two hunting teams was probably that after controlling the scene, Xia Ruize and his two companions not only forcibly looted all the life bottles in Fang’s inventory and even on the team members, but also actually found a group of imprisoned researchers on the third underground floor of Fang’s power building.

Unlike the research base which was led by researchers, the researchers here did not look well. They were all skinny, listless, with no light in their eyes, like robots doing experiments.

Xia Ruize and his two companions who suddenly broke in didn’t even get their attention. The researchers numbly continued with their work until Cheng Huaiqian took the initiative to introduce them as robbers. All the people in the entire laboratory stood there as if the power switch was turned off, staring blankly at the three strangers who suddenly appeared.

The three soon learned that these researchers were captured by Fang and locked up in a basement without seeing the sun. They were forced to conduct experiments day and night according to the research direction given by Fang. They were not allowed to rest, have freedom, or even have enough food.

Looking at the miserable plight of these people and thinking about the research base dominated by researchers, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian sighed.

“Why not send them to a research base? They are all of the same species, so maybe they can find a common language.”

Xia Ruize looked at the researchers who were skinny as bones and came up with an idea in his mind.

Didn’t the research base say that they were about to develop a vaccine against the zombie virus? If they add a little more research power to them, perhaps the research progress could be accelerated.

Because strength overcomes conspiracy, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian didn’t really care that the research base had betrayed them. They just didn’t go back to the research base because it was too much trouble.

“Do you know Dr. Mu? Would you like to be sent to him?”

After discussing it in the heart network, Xia Ruize asked the stunned researchers.

There were twelve researchers in the basement, and more than twenty assistants, led by a researcher in his forties. His eyes, which had been calm before, suddenly lit up after hearing Xia Ruize’s words, and he took the initiative to talk for the first time:

“If you can send us to Dr. Mu, we can give you a copy of our research results from the past two years.” Noticing that Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian showed no interest, he quickly added, “We have the method for making the Life Bottle.”

Now Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were really interested. Xia Ruize nodded decisively, “Okay, pack up and we can leave now.”

The researchers, who had been locked up underground for a long time and looked numb, finally became agitated. They hurriedly packed up their research materials and stepped out of the sturdy iron doors that blocked them.

Gao Hexuan, who was in charge of leading the way for them, copied all the information provided by the researchers, regardless of whether they were useful or not. Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian drove their truck out of the Fang family’s garage first.

The long-lost sunshine made people feel warm on their bodies. The world they saw through the sunglasses was warm in color. Even the air was extremely fresh. Looking at the members of the Fang hunting team lying on the ground, their lives or deaths unknown, the researchers did not feel terrified but only felt relieved.

Some people even deliberately step on those who often come to them with a haughty attitude and point fingers. If they were not physically weak due to long-term hunger, they would not be content with just a few kicks.

Anxious and fearful that they would never be able to leave if they missed this opportunity, the researchers supported each other as they walked to the parking lot and climbed onto the started truck. They watched the building that had imprisoned them for two years moving away and getting smaller. Some even shed tears of excitement.

Cheng Huaiqian held the steering wheel with one hand and rushed straight to the gate of Guangming Base. Then he had to stop because there was a traffic jam ahead. The guards ordered them to line up in order.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian noticed that the guards at the city gate had been strengthened and the atmosphere had become a little more tense, as if they were investigating something.

The two looked at each other and smiled in tacit understanding, with the same gleam of trouble in their eyes. If what they did had been discovered and they were not allowed to leave the city, they might as well just fight their way out.

Cheng Huaiqian stayed in the car, Xia Ruize opened the door and got out, walked past the line of cars blocking the city gate, and went to the front to check the actual situation.

“Everyone, be quiet! This is an official order from the base! All vehicles leaving the city today must be strictly inspected!”

The captain of the guards guarding the city sternly rebuked the hunting team who came to inquire about the news, his face looked very unhappy. He vaguely knew some inside information. It was said that a big case had occurred in the base and the Fox Hunting Team was in big trouble, so the base officials required a strict investigation of those who left the city.

Xia Ruize listened for a while, turned away calmly, and then approached the target he had already aimed at.

The first target was a thin young man who was swearing and complaining to someone. When he saw Xia Ruize suddenly appear in front of him, he was stunned for a moment. Just when he was about to ask what was going on, he saw Xia Ruize looking straight into his eyes and said:

“It’s almost evening, why go out of town? Why not go back?”

There seemed to be a whirlpool in those dark eyes. The young man felt as if he had fallen into an endless whirlpool that kept spinning. He murmured in a low voice, “Why leave the city… Why not go back…”

After saying that, he turned around obediently, walked slowly towards his team’s truck, opened the door, got in, turned the steering wheel, turned around and left in one go.

The other drivers who were originally complaining with the young people were stunned.

There was one car missing in the queue of cars leaving the city, and Cheng Huai stepped on the accelerator and immediately took the vacant position.

Xia Ruize turned to the next target with satisfaction.

He was using one of the new skills that appeared after his elven bloodline was upgraded, [Divine Messenger].

This was actually a superb hypnosis skill, which was effective for intelligent creatures whose mental power was less than half of Xia Ruize’s. The stronger the target’s mental power and the more steadfast their mind were, the less effective the hypnosis would be.

However, the drivers of these teams were generally of average strength with good driving skills, so how could they withstand the might of the [Divine Messenger]? They all followed Xia Ruize’s instructions and returned to their own team cars, and drove away cleanly and efficiently.