The onlookers, who possessed superpowers, couldn't help but point and whisper about the group, their scrutinizing gazes falling on Zhao Yue.

Hope Base was built by Shen Chengyin on his own, and its scale is far smaller than that of Revitalization Base. In addition, almost all of its people died, so it is normal that the survivors of Revitalization Base did not know about the existence of Hope Base.

Cheng Ruoyan had been silently watching the show from the sidelines. Now that Zhao Yue had said what she wanted to hear, there was no point in continuing the act.

In any case, once it's confirmed that Shen Chengyin is connected to the destruction of Hope Base, Father's plan can be implemented smoothly.

Cheng Ruoyan stepped forward, put her arm around Zhao Yue's shoulder, pulled her into her embrace, and softly comforted her:

"Don't be sad, Shen Chengyin is still very tired after just getting back. I'll bring you over to catch up with Shen Chengyin after they've rested. Don't worry, you're your older brother Shen's most beloved little sister, how could he bear to disown you?"

These words successfully calmed Zhao Yue down. Zhao Yue covered her face and buried her face in Cheng Ruoyan's arms, bursting into tears.

Cheng Ruoyan smiled apologetically at Shen Chengyin and Su Han, "I'm sorry, I was being presumptuous. I forgot to give you siblings a quiet environment to recognize each other. We can talk again when the time is right. You two go in and submit your mission first."

Delayed by this, Sun Liang couldn't help but speak up, his tone tinged with resentment, "Submitting a mission? Four out of six people in the team are dead, and there are five or six mid-level zombies. Who the hell assigned this mission? Are they sending us to our deaths?"

Cheng Ruoyan choked for no apparent reason, unable to catch her breath.

Su Han pulled Shen Chengyin toward the mission hall, and it was only then that he realized that while he was confronting Zhao Yue, Shen Chengyin had been looking down and playing with his fingers, turning them over and over.

It was as if he didn't care at all what Zhao Yue said.

No wonder the male protagonist was so badly deceived in the original story. If Shen Chengyin had acted directly just now, he would probably have been arrested immediately.

After the two went inside and signed the papers, Sun Liang stayed behind to recount the details. When Su Han and Shen Chengyin came out, Li Tiangan and another unfamiliar girl were standing outside.

The girl had wheat-colored skin and was very pretty. Her hair was neatly tied up, but her clothes were filthy.

It's clear that they usually like to keep things clean, but in the end times, water is scarce, so they can't have both.

Upon seeing Su Han, the girl took two steps forward and anxiously asked, "Hello, has Sun Liang returned?"

"I'm back. I'm going through the procedures inside," Su Han replied.

Seeing the girl's worried expression, he added, "She's fine, she's not hurt."

The girl finally breathed a sigh of relief and nodded gratefully to Su Han.

After walking a short distance, Li Tiangan couldn't help but speak, "I thought Shen Chengyin was going to make a move, but you stopped him. What, you don't want to deal with Zhao Yue?"

Su Han took a deep breath, then laughed in exasperation, "Don't you want to deal with it?"

He wanted to chop Zhao Yue into pieces and feed her to the zombies.

He laid bare all his secrets the moment they met, making things incredibly difficult for Shen Chengyin at the Fuxing Base. Keeping such a fool around would only get him in the way.

But he wouldn't let Shen Chengyin kill Zhao Yue; it was too dirty.

Cheng Ruoyan is not a good person, and Zhao Yue may not have a good ending if she stays in her hands.

Back in the dormitory that night, Su Han, as usual, went to sleep on the makeshift bed she had made on the floor.

Before the blanket was even properly pulled up, a voice suddenly came from beside me:

"Why aren't you sleeping in bed?"

He looked up and saw Shen Chengyin sitting on the bed, meeting his gaze with deep, dark eyes.

The male lead has a fever?

Su Han frowned and retorted, "That's a single bed, and besides, wasn't that how we were arranged from the moment we entered the Fuxing Base?"

He's been sleeping on the floor for months.

Shen Chengyin stood up, raised his hand, put the single bed into his spatial storage, and replaced it with a larger double bed.

Suhan:…………

Why didn't you bring out the good stuff sooner!

How selfish!

The two lay on the bed, Su Han sulking with her back to Shen Chengyin.

As he was falling asleep, he heard two coughs in his mind:

[Ahem... Did you miss me?! Ahhh! How come you're sleeping in the same bed?!]

System 111 emitted a sharp popping sound.

It was only gone for two days, and these two were already sleeping together?!

Su Han's eyes lit up. "I got what you wanted. See if this is it."

As he was saying this, he turned over, preparing to ask Shen Chengyin for the medicine he had brought from the lab, but when he turned around, he was face to face with Shen Chengyin.

The two were very close, almost nose to nose.

Breaths mingled...

Su Han pushed Shen Chengyin's shoulder, forcing the man to turn over and lie on the bed in a starfish position.

"Take out the medicine so I can take a look."

Shen Chengyin: ………

Several vials of glass medicine fell onto the bed.

The system examined it for a while, then said, "[That's right, this is it. It can unleash the body's potential, but the side effect is that it will cause a period of suspended animation after use.]"

When a drug is successfully developed, all the researchers are overjoyed.

The side effects of this drug can be used on the battlefield; after the humanoid killing machine goes into a state of suspended animation, it can increase the probability of survival.

Its name is Nirvana, Nirvana-N type.

*

For the next few days, Su Han did not accept any more missions.

He was given a good scolding by Li Tiangan, but he was in the wrong for spreading rumors, so he couldn't retaliate.

Shen Chengyin has been loitering near the research institute recently. Every time he goes out, he reports his whereabouts to Su Han, and Su Han doesn't ask any questions.

He guessed that Shen Chengyin hadn't found what he wanted.

Given Shen Chengyin's skills, he must have explored the research institute several times during the days he was locked up there.

If the thing you want hasn't been found yet, it can only mean one thing—Shen Chengyin doesn't know the name or appearance of that thing.

Su Han recalled that he was also completely bewildered when he was looking for the Nirvana reagent at the research institute. If it weren't for the system's confirmation, he wouldn't have known whether he was looking for the right one.

So... what Shen Chengyin is looking for is also a reagent?

Before Su Han could prepare her next plan, Sun Liang knocked on the dormitory door.

Behind Sun Liang was the girl Su Han had met before. She followed him openly, carrying several large bags.

"I exchanged all the intermediate-level zombie crystals I got from the mental hospital for supplies, and I'll share half with you."

Su Han hadn't expected that Sun Liang had come to return a favor.

In the end times, human relationships are too fragile.

"We don't lack crystal cores, you can keep them."

I haven't even spent the several thousand yuan Cheng Ruoyan gave me yet.

"No, without you and Shen Chengyin, I would have been dead long ago. Actually, this crystal core should belong to you, but Zhenmeng and I have been really struggling to make ends meet lately... I'm sorry."

Sun Liang smiled a little embarrassedly.

After all, Su Han looks young, so he should take care of her.

Su Han chatted with Sun Liang for a bit and learned that the girl next to them was named Wei Zhenmeng, and that she was an ordinary person without any special abilities.

Before the apocalypse, Wei Zhenmeng was a master's student in engineering. She survived the apocalypse by chance and now works as a helper in the farmland of the base.

"If the base wants to develop in the long term, it must cultivate the land. Only after we have enough food can we develop industry. My knowledge will be of help sooner or later."

Wei Zhenmeng smiled happily when she talked about her current job.

Before the apocalypse, she devoted all her energy to the laboratory. At the beginning of the apocalypse, she was powerless against the zombies. If she hadn't happened to encounter the army, she would have died long ago.

She is very satisfied with her current life.

Su Han sighed inwardly. If they could afford to eat while farming at the base, they wouldn't be starving.

Current resources are still too heavily skewed towards those with superpowers.

The three chatted for a while, then Sun Liang went to the restroom. Taking advantage of this break, Wei Zhenmeng suddenly leaned close to Su Han's ear and whispered:

"I know Shen Chengyin; we went to the same university before the apocalypse."

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