Even without cheats, we must survive the apocalypse

"Why is there no one here?" Chu Xiao would rather see one or two experimenters in white coats. This deserted environment made him feel even more uncomfortable.

"Most people should have been transferred to the shelter." Wang Manyi's eyes flashed across the rows of glass compartments. When she was held hostage by Gu Ke before, she was discovered by the men in black before she arrived at this area. Gu Ke shot and killed a man and fled, while she was "invited" back to the shelter.

Now, even if she only saw the structure here, Wang Manyi could think of many things. The laboratories here were obviously just built. Although she didn't recognize the instruments, she could tell that they were very valuable. Judging from the layout of this area, these laboratories should be waiting for subsequent personnel to move in.

Wang Manyi had been with Sun Baishi for some years, but she never knew that the gloomy man would be willing to contribute to scientific research. Moreover, judging from the situation here, where did he get the scientific research experts to move in? Even if there were, what did he want to study?

Wang Manyi was naturally aware of the ins and outs of Sun Baishi's undertaking to build the West District Commercial Plaza. The West District Commercial Plaza was originally an unfinished project in the hands of the original developer. Due to problems with the funding chain of the expansion project, the West District became an unfinished building, and then Sun Baishi took the initiative to take over the project.

In Wang Manyi's opinion, this decision was undoubtedly a losing business. She couldn't understand why that shrewd man made such a stupid choice.

Now that I think about it, there seems to be something fishy about the whole thing.

"Keep going inside." Chu Xiao held Yun Duo'er and gestured to Wang Manyi. The young man had already seen that this "Director Wang" of the shelter was not familiar with the situation in the West District. It seemed that there was a struggle within the Sun Baishi Group that he was not aware of.

As a result, the hostage-taker and the hostage-takers formed a subtle cooperative relationship.

After walking for a while, Chu Xiao heard footsteps not far away. He hurriedly took Yun Duoer and hid behind the wall. Wang Manyi was not slow either. She hid herself consciously without Chu Xiao's reminder.

The person who approached was a guard in black clothes, holding a gun in his hand, and slowly approached Chu Xiao and the others.

Chu Xiao held his breath and prepared himself. The moment the man in black approached, he jumped out from the corner, covered the man's mouth with one hand, and strangled the man's throat at the same time. He exerted force with his hands and broke the man's neck - after his body was strengthened, breaking a person's neck was as easy for him as breaking a chopstick.

Everything happened very quickly, and the other person's body fell limply to the ground. Chu Xiao shook his hands, as if to shake off the murderous feeling.

When examining the body, Chu Xiao discovered that the guard was actually a foreigner.

...So, the mysterious power in Sun Baishi's hands came from overseas?

Chu Xiao picked up the guard's gun, slung it over himself, looked up at Wang Manyi and said, "Do you still think I'm a good person?" As he spoke, he shot the corpse in the head with a silenced pistol.

The woman just smiled but didn't answer.

Following the direction the guards came from, the group found a staircase going down, and when they walked out of the dim corridor, an empty hall appeared before their eyes. However, the scene they saw made the three people feel cold all over.

Yun Duoer covered her mouth to suppress her scream, and buried her head on Chu Xiao's shoulder, not daring to look. Chu Xiao stroked Yun Duoer's back with one hand, and couldn't help swallowing, and felt his heart skip a few beats.

In the hall, there were rows of huge transparent glass jars filled with green unknown liquid. Immersed in the liquid were naked, distorted human figures. This scene seemed like something out of a horror science fiction movie.

People have been missing in the shelter, and now Chu Xiao finally knows where those missing people have gone...

"Oh my God... What on earth is he doing..." Wang Manyi murmured. The huge shock made her unable to maintain her usual "elegance".

Chu Xiao looked at the "people" soaked in liquid and unknowingly quickened his pace. He walked among these hideous, twisted and weird monsters, checking one jar after another - he was afraid to see that beautiful and resolute face in these jars.

He did not find Gu Ke, but instead saw a disgusting face in a warehouse in the middle.

Feng Junnian.

In front of the glass jar, there was a metal label: "Experimental Subject 038."

At this moment, the former high school boy immersed in the green liquid no longer looked like a human. He... it should be that only his facial features and the shadow of his past remained, but his body had become a monster, with red and strong muscles faintly throbbing, and his limbs became extremely thick. Countless strange tubes were inserted into his body, transmitting something into it.

Chu Xiao had only seen its appearance from a distance before, but now seeing it up close through a layer of glass, he finally felt the extremely terrifying oppressive force.

At this moment, Chu Xiao completely understood why Zhou Wanmeng wanted to commit suicide...

Just as Chu Xiao was about to leave, the monster soaked in green liquid suddenly opened its eyes! Those scarlet eyes stared at Chu Xiao, like a beast staring at its prey!

A huge sense of crisis suddenly enveloped Chu Xiao, holding Yun Duo'er, and turned around to run away! Almost at the same time, there was a loud noise behind him, glass shattered all over the floor, and the monster soaked in liquid rushed out! It was huge, but its movements were extremely fast. It jumped high while rushing out and landed in front of Chu Xiao in an instant.

"I remember you!" The monster laughed deeply, "I've seen you before...but...who are you?"

Chapter 40: Escape

Its head seemed a little confused, and Feng Junnian tilted his head with a puzzled expression.

But after a moment, it gave up thinking, and the monster muttered, "Forget it, just kill it anyway."

Chu Xiao had no interest in chatting with a monster, so he decisively picked up the gun he had taken from the guard's body, fired, and at the same time found the right direction, turned around and ran. However, the opponent's reaction was more sharp than expected, and he dodged the moment Chu Xiao raised his arm.

The bullet grazed the opponent's body and hit the glass cabin behind the monster. As cracks spread along the bullet holes, green liquid flowed out. Then, the entire glass jar shattered, and the pale deformed human body inside fell out.

Chu Xiao only had time to take a quick glance before he saw the pale human body slowly stand up from the ground with extremely twisted movements. It let out a creepy low growl like a groan, suddenly turned its head to look in Chu Xiao's direction, and then immediately rushed towards Chu Xiao at an extremely fast speed.

"I knew it! This thing can really move!"

Chu Xiao complained, then fled with Yun Duoer in his arms, and immediately stopped daring to shoot - there were at least hundreds of glass jars like this in the hall, and each of them contained a deformed experimental subject. If he broke a few more jars, the monsters that jumped out would only make his situation even more difficult.

However, Chu Xiao soon discovered that there was no need to be so careful.

Feng Junnian deliberately smashed the glass jars one after another, and all the deformed experimental subjects inside were released. Chu Xiao didn't care about saving bullets and decisively shot at the deformed experimental subjects that were approaching from behind.

"Damn, my gun skills are so bad!" At this moment, Chu Xiao finally realized the anger and powerlessness of his teammates when he played games before. Although the bullets were not completely incapable of hitting, these deformed individuals were like zombies and could only be killed by a headshot.

——It’s already difficult enough to hit a moving target, and now the range has to be narrowed. Isn’t this making it even more difficult!

Feng Junnian, who was not very clear-headed, was like a cat playing with a mouse. He always kept a certain distance from Chu Xiao. He was enjoying the fun of teasing his prey, but also to guard against the gun in Chu Xiao's hand - even with such a monstrous body, he was still flesh and blood, and bullets would naturally cause harm to him.

"Run, run quickly...hahahaha...the cat is coming to catch the mouse!" Its laughter sounded like the uncomfortable noise made by two pieces of sandpaper rubbing against each other. "When you run out of bullets, I'll see what else you can do!"

"Hurry...run! Those things are catching up with us!" Yun Duoer lay in Chu Xiao's arms, looking through Chu Xiao's shoulder at the increasing number of monsters behind them.

Feng Junnian was like a sheepdog, constantly releasing those disgusting deformed experimental subjects and driving them to chase in the direction of Chu Xiao: "Hurry up! Hurry up! You are a bunch of useless failures!"

Feng Junnian seems to be the superior of this group of deformed individuals, and has a certain degree of command over these deformed monsters that have no ability to think.

"Where did that bad woman Wang Manyi go?"

Chu Xiao turned his head and looked around while fleeing, but he didn't see the woman in the gorgeous red dress at all. It was estimated that when Chu Xiao attracted a lot of attention, Wang Manyi had already taken advantage of the chaos to escape.

"She is such a bad woman, she escaped so quickly!"

The way back was completely blocked by the distorted experimental subjects, and Chu Xiao could only run in another direction holding Yun Duoer.

More and more monsters gathered around him, and Chu Xiao's gun finally ran out of bullets. He pretended to give up on himself and threw the gun away with all his strength.

"Sure enough, there are no bullets!" Feng Junnian laughed wildly when he saw this scene. He no longer had any scruples and passed through the group of deformed individuals, rushing towards Chu Xiao's position with an explosive rush.

Its huge body created a huge wind pressure, and the air seemed to have a disgusting smell of blood. Feng Junnian swung his thick arms and smashed towards Chu Xiao. He was very confident that with his current body, an ordinary person would not be able to resist it.

However, its self-confidence was shaken by the performance of this "ordinary person" in front of it.

At the moment of being attacked, Chu Xiao took a defensive posture, protecting the little girl in his arms, and raised his forearm at the same time. The thunderous punch was blocked by this seemingly ordinary young man with one hand. Of course, it was not easy for him to resist, and blood immediately flowed from the corner of his mouth.

The man put on a ferocious smile at the corner of his mouth. He suddenly raised his head and looked at the monster. There was a flash of cruelty and scarlet in his eyes. For a moment, the sense of oppression around him was no weaker than that of the monsterized boy.

This moment of stalemate was the opportunity he deliberately created.

——But this really hurts! Asshole!

"I learned this trick from my secretary!" Chu Xiao grinned, "I also have a gun!"

Yun Duoer closed her eyes and put her hands around Chu Xiao's neck, leaving the young man with one hand free. With the girl's body as a shield, the second gun appeared in the blind spot of Feng Junnian's vision!

The young man pulled the trigger decisively. At such a close distance, even with his poor marksmanship, he would not miss.

However, Feng Junnian's beast-like instinct saved its life again. The moment it sensed danger, the monster dodged at an extremely twisted angle, and the bullet pierced Feng Junnian's neck and almost hit his head!

Chu Xiao cursed inwardly and wanted to fire another shot, but the opponent had already covered his wound and quickly distanced himself, while a large number of deformed individuals had also rushed up.

Seeing that the opportunity was lost, Chu Xiao did not hesitate. He picked a random direction while holding Yun Duoer and continued to escape.

"Chase! Tear him apart!" The injured monster roared angrily from behind, "You can't run away! I will eat your flesh!"

Chu Xiao really didn't know where to run. The entire West District was a strange maze to him. Seeing those deformed monsters behind him getting closer and closer, Chu Xiao began to panic and had no idea where to go.

At this moment, Yun Duoer in his arms suddenly pointed in a direction and said, "Go that way!"

Chu Xiao had no choice but to immediately follow Yun Duoer's instructions.

On the wall in front, Chu Xiao saw a circular tunnel entrance. The shape reminded Chu Xiao of a pipe specifically used for discarding garbage.

"right here!"

"You want me to jump in?"

"That's right!" Yun Duo'er shouted in Chu Xiao's ear, "This is the only chance of survival! Listen to me!"

The monster chasing behind him was getting closer and closer. Chu Xiao gritted his teeth and could only entrust his chance of survival to Yun Duoer, who he didn't know whether she could be trusted or not.

"Hurry up!"

The young man hugged the girl tightly and jumped into the dirty tunnel.

……

"A small bug got in and caused so much damage." In a working laboratory in the West District, Sun Baishi was listening to his subordinates' report, "What do the people in the security department do for a living?"

His voice was calm and low, intimidating without being angry.

"Most of the staff were assigned to the farm, and many surveillance points were destroyed by the female police officer who came in last time, so we were unable to find the man in time."

“Don’t make excuses.”

"Yes!" The reporter lowered his head even lower.

"However, he was able to block the full force of the unfinished product with his body without suffering serious injuries. He must be a very good material." Sun Baishi shook his head regretfully. "It's a pity that he ran into the garbage dump on his own initiative... But, forget it, after all, the really important things are already in front of me."

In front of Sun Baishi's eyes was a carefully stored blood sample tube, which showed an unusually crystal clear color under the laboratory light.

It is like a red crystal, with a faint enchanting haze.

(ps: A reader pointed out the flaw in the previous chapter. When Chu Xiao killed the guard, he didn't finish him off with a headshot. I'd like to thank the friend who found the flaw. It was indeed me who forgot about it, so I'll just assume that I did.)

Chapter 41 Garage

After sliding out of the pipe, Chu Xiao found that his body was covered with a layer of sticky and suspicious liquid, which faintly smelled like a corpse.

"Tsk, bad luck." Chu Xiao shook off the mucus on his hands. His clothes were already stained with blood, and now they were even more unwearable.

Yun Duoer jumped down from Chu Xiao's arms, tiptoed, lifted up her gorgeous skirt, pouted her small lips, and cried with her cute little face: "This is my favorite skirt..."

"It's okay. I'll find you a better-looking one when we get out." Chu Xiao rubbed Yun Duo'er's little head. "Okay! It's a deal! I believe in you."

"Then I believe you too, little girl. You saved my life. Thank you very much."

"Hehe, I'm very useful!" The little girl puffed out her little chest.

While talking to Yun Duoer in a low voice, Chu Xiao also began to look around him.

For a moment he couldn't figure out where he had run into. He only knew that the light in this ghost place was extremely dim, and the air was filled with an unpleasant stench.

When he saw the old cars covered with dust not far away, he realized that this should be the underground garage of the former commercial plaza. The parking space lines could still be seen on the ground. Chu Xiao looked up at the pipe he had slid down. Combined with the blood stains on his body, it was not difficult to imagine what this damn tunnel was used for. Since those crazy bastards were using human bodies for experiments, it was normal for a large number of corpses to be produced.

"Have I really walked into the 'morgue'?"

Chu Xiao smiled helplessly. There were only large puddles of dried black blood at the exit of the pipe, and no "garbage" was seen being thrown down from the passage. For Chu Xiao, this was not good news. He did not think that anyone would be considerate enough to dispose of the bodies thrown down.

These days, it's not uncommon for a corpse to get up and walk away on its own.

Moreover, Chu Xiao knew that the underground garages in the West District and the shelter were connected, and the reason why the shelter closed the underground floor was because there were too many zombies inside.

In other words, what Chu Xiao will face next will be a considerable number of zombies and an unknown number of failed experimental subjects abandoned here.

"This is so bad it's almost laughable."

However, Chu Xiao did not blame Yun Duo'er for his thoughts. If she had not pointed out a way for him, he would have been torn to pieces by those deformed individuals. It can only be said that compared to those very bad options, Yun Duo'er helped him point out a path that was slightly less bad.

——No matter what, the little girl's intuition did help him.

Chu Xiao held Yun Duo'er's hand and quickly left the exit of the pipeline. Regardless of how risky this ghost place was, who knew if some troublesome things would fall from above.

"Be quiet." Chu Xiao picked up Yun Duoer again, as if he had an extra small pendant on his body.

Yun Duoer nodded obediently, hugged Chu Xiao's neck, and her big, blinking eyes showed fatigue. It was already early in the morning, and for a child like Yun Duoer who went to bed early and got up early, it was already past bedtime.

The little girl yawned quietly and couldn't help rubbing her eyes, and her vision became more and more hazy.

Chu Xiao naturally noticed Yun Duoer's appearance and felt a little sorry for the little girl, but now was not the time to rest.

"Girl, if you are sleepy, just lie on my shoulder and take a nap." Chu Xiao said softly.

"No... I'm not... sleepy..." The little girl seemed to want to keep her eyes open stubbornly, but before she could finish the word "sleepy", her little head leaned on Chu Xiao's shoulder and fell asleep.

"You fall asleep as soon as you say you will. You're really a child." Chu Xiao changed the way he held her so that the girl could sleep more comfortably and naturally.