The bespectacled man broke out in a cold sweat.

"This is impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Brother, you'll see for yourself." The messenger didn't know how to explain it either; he wished he were dreaming.

The bespectacled man closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.

He felt something was amiss when Cheng Gaolang got into trouble. The fire happened too coincidentally, and the amount of grain lost never matched the accounts.

However, due to Cheng Ruoyan's public outburst and Cheng Yibin's domineering attitude, all doubts were ultimately forced to be swallowed back down.

The senior management of the Fuxing Base had a heated argument over this, but Cheng Yibin simply said, "The dead cannot be brought back to life," and managed to suppress all the criticism.

Everyone knew perfectly well that Cheng Gaolang had always been a thorn in Cheng Yibin's side, and the leader was absolutely responsible for his death.

But the sudden appearance of this pile of grain points to an even more chilling possibility—not that there is a traitor within the base, but that this "traitor" may actually be Cheng Yibin himself.

"That's impossible. Our base always stores grain in bulk, never in bags. Besides, we've never had any dealings with each other before. How did this thing appear out of thin air?" The Dawn Base member sneered, his gaze towards the bespectacled man now devoid of any goodwill.

"Could it be that you staged this whole thing to frame us?"

The bespectacled man gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead. "Just as you all said, we've had no prior dealings. What good would it do us to frame you? Don't be nervous, everyone. We'll know right from wrong once we go to the granary."

Hearing the bespectacled man's words, the other party couldn't refuse. They pressed their hands on the edge of the table, pushed hard, and the chairs recoiled. The group of people stood up one after another, making no attempt to hide their hostility and arrogance.

"Alright, let's go and see for ourselves."

*

Su Han was unaware that the team sent by the Fuxing Base to establish diplomatic relations was already in a state of chaos. To avoid any unforeseen complications, he took Shen Chengyin to obtain a retirement certificate that very day.

Although Dawn Base does not force personnel to stay or leave, Shen Chengyin registered with a precious wood-type ability, so the person in charge inevitably asked a few more questions, revealing a desire to retain him.

Su Han gave a perfunctory excuse and finally drove away with Shen Chengyin in the evening, speeding towards the Fuxing Base.

He was worried about Li Tianqian's safety, so he and Shen Chengyin took turns driving, day and night.

What would normally be a journey of several months was compressed into half the time. They passed by the military factory, and it would only take them about three more days to return to the Fuxing Base.

From this point on, hordes of zombies relentlessly pursued them.

After being forced to get out of the car countless times to clear out zombies, Su Han finally couldn't help but voice her doubts:

"Something's not right...aren't there a lot too many zombies?"

Vehicle engines are loud, making them more attractive to zombies. But now, two years into the apocalypse, the zombie hordes have dispersed, and major cities with catastrophic zombie outbreaks have been thoroughly cleared by large bases.

The area around the revival base has been cleared out countless times by superhumans on missions; there shouldn't be such a dense horde of zombies here.

Shen Chengyin frowned slightly. He had also noticed the abnormality, but couldn't give a definite explanation. He could only point to the densely packed zombie corpses outside the car.

"They are moving closer to the base."

This is a precursor to a zombie horde.

Since no one at the Revival Base deliberately creates disturbances to attract zombies like at the Hope Base, how could it trigger a zombie horde?

Su Han felt uncertain.

The two exchanged a glance, said nothing more, stepped on the gas again, and sped off toward the towering city wall.

Three days later, Su Han finally saw the boundary of the Fuxing Base's city wall. He breathed a sigh of relief and stepped hard on the gas pedal, driving towards the city gate.

As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the Fuxing Base, their car was surrounded by layers upon layers of superhumans.

The watchtowers on the city wall weren't just for show; they should have been discovered long ago. Su Han wasn't surprised to be cornered at the entrance.

Most of these superhumans knew Su Han, and some had even worked with her on missions. But at this moment, their faces were filled with nothing but anger, as if they wished they could skin the two people in the car alive.

Su Han held Shen Chengyin down and got out of the car first. As soon as she got out, a gun was pressed against his forehead.

"You two traitors dare to come back?!"

The vines hidden in Su Han's sleeve suddenly sprang up and were tightly gripped in Su Han's palm.

Shen Chengyin was about to push open the car door to get out when Su Han blocked the door and forcefully pushed it back in place.

Su Han looked up, her face full of confusion. "What do you mean by this? We got separated from our teammates during a mission and barely made it back. What do you mean by 'traitor'?"

Several people in this group had a good relationship with Su Han. Seeing Su Han being held at gunpoint while the instigator sat calmly in the car, they felt sorry for Su Han.

"Ahan, Shen Chengyin almost killed Miss Cheng. If you continue to protect him, you'll be covering for him, and the leader won't forgive you then."

Su Han looked shocked. "You almost killed Miss Cheng?! I seem to remember that Miss Cheng died on the night of the research institute tragedy. Shen Chengyin and I were together then. This is absolutely impossible."

The man was exasperated. "What do you mean 'impossible'? Miss Cheng didn't die; she was brought back to life. She herself said that Shen Chengyin was the one who killed her. How could Miss Cheng's own words be false?"

Upon hearing Su Han's words, the anger of the others surged again.

"Old Zhang, I'm telling you, just leave this kid alone. He just said it himself: he was with Shen Chengyin when Miss Cheng was murdered."

"Exactly, isn't this blatantly admitting they're accomplices? I always knew those two were inseparable, neither of them is any good."

A group of people surrounded Su Han and her companions' car, shouting incessantly. Su Han tried to find Li Tianqian in the crowd, but without success.

If Cheng Ruoyan is really still alive, then her confession must include herself, Shen Chengyin, and Li Tiangan.

All three of them were present when Cheng Ruoyan was stabbed. Even if she were a fool, she should know that she couldn't let any of them go.

But now there is only one Shen Chengyin in the testimony.

Could he then boldly speculate that the one who is alive might not be Cheng Ruoyan herself?

Su Han's doubts deepened, and at that moment, someone stepped forward to pull Shen Chengyin out of the car.

They didn't even need to lift a finger; Shen Chengyin had already gotten out of the car and stood beside Su Han.

Several people in white coats appeared at the back of the crowd, and the crowd automatically parted in front of them, leaving a passage.

The man in the white coat walked up to Shen Chengyin and took out a vial of medicine from his briefcase.

The moment Su Han opened the box, she stared intently at the vial of medicine.

The almost transparent liquid gave him a very bad feeling.

Sure enough, the man took the medicine and was about to stab Shen Chengyin.

The man immediately frowned. Before Shen Chengyin could resist, two superhumans rushed up and grabbed his arms.

No, we can't let Shen Chengyin be injected with the drug.

Who knows if injecting that stuff will cause the superpower to fail the next second, or if the person will die.

With Shen Chengyin's abilities, breaking free from their grasp would be a piece of cake. Just as he was about to make a move, Su Han suddenly stepped in front of him.

Under everyone's gaze, the man in the white coat suddenly seemed to be bewitched by something. Even though no one touched him, he made a sharp turn and forcefully plunged the tube of liquid into the body of the superhuman who was pulling at Shen Chengyin.

"ah--!!"

The superhuman let out a scream, and his entire arm began to tremble violently uncontrollably.

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