Chapter 244

Chapter 244

"Coming back" to Z Base, Jiang Nian felt unexpectedly calm. Bits of memories from his past life flashed by before fading—maybe because he didn’t care as much now, they’d gotten fuzzy.

Compared to South City Base, Z Base was a typical example of being small, dirty, messy, and falling apart.

According to the reconnaissance teams and experts from Z Base, the zombie horde was expected to hit in about ten days, similar to what he had experienced in his past life.

The difference was that this time, Z Base had lost the backing of S Base, and news of the approaching horde hadn’t been deliberately suppressed.

Those with the means had already fled in advance; a lot of them were higher-ups in the base—and they’d taken off with tons of supplies.

The complete collapse of order made things even worse. Fortunately, authoritative organizations like South City Base stepped in promptly to coordinate and stabilize the situation.

Even so, the whole base was still drowning in despair.

As they headed deeper into the base, Cheng Jing left the task of communication to Zhao Lei and Huang Qian, staying back with Jiang Nian. He lowered his voice and asked, worried:

"You good, Nian Nian?"

Jiang Nian shook his head.

"I’m fine, Brother Jing. No need to worry."

He was just a little wistful. His own fate had changed in this life, but Z Base’s had not.

"Mm."

Cheng Jing nodded, squeezing his hand on the sly when no one was looking.

"If something’s bothering you, say so."

Jiang Nian nodded.

"Don’t worry, I know. I won’t push myself."

He could deal with this much.

"..."

Since they had their own agenda, Cheng Jing had full control over Z Base’s support mission. From the start, he hadn’t revealed their team’s details.

Department Head Wang was worried Jiang Nian’s identity could stir up trouble and was glad to help keep things under wraps.

As a result, Z Base only knew that South City Base would send a rescue team to assist—they had no clue what kind of team was coming.

When entering the base, Cheng Jing casually threw out a fake team number and name. All geared up, nobody would recognize them unless they knew them.

Their squad had a plane, so they were entrusted with the priority evacuation of the base’s higher-ups and a few special researchers, dropping them off at S Base before circling back to help with the rest.

Only nine people needed priority evacuation—six men and three women, none of them had superpowers.

Cheng Jing agreed. Their plane could fit fifteen, but for this escort mission, he planned to take care of it with just Jiang Nian.

The others would stay behind to help get the rest of the survivors out.

No one objected or worried.

’Cause their leader wasn’t actually gonna take the plane to S Base.

According to the information gathered before coming here, these people were the instigators who suggested that the Nan City Base conduct "enhancement procedures" on Jiang Nian's body to facilitate the unlimited use of his superpower to "benefit humanity."

Neither of them objected to how they were dealt with.

For Cheng Jing, it was more personal than that—these were the same people who colluded with Xia Weiwei in his past life to cover up and harm Jiang Nian.

Jiang Nian's stance on this was to fully follow Brother Jing's lead.

Originally, Cheng Jing had thought about taking these nine individuals back to the Nan City Base to keep them under close surveillance, allowing for the effective utilization of their knowledge and expertise while monitoring them for any misconduct before taking action.

However, while assisting in organizing and transporting laboratory supplies, he decisively changed his mind:

Inside a large box filled with folders, he saw Jiang Nian's name.

It wasn’t a coincidence—it was Jiang Nian himself.

Inside the folder, apart from Jiang Nian's basic personal information, there were numerous simulated experimental data and some chilling statements and hypotheses, including:

* What kind of mutation would occur if Jiang Nian were continuously infected with the zombie virus?

* If Jiang Nian were infected without actively using his superpower, could he still automatically purify himself?

* Through repeated passive self-purification, would Jiang Nian's superpower undergo further mutations?

* Since Jiang Nian's Purification Superpower can eliminate the zombie virus, its effects on other life-threatening viruses would likely be even better—directly using him to develop a cure-all serum...

At the end of several pages of outrageous hypotheses was a collective recommendation summary from the nine individuals:

Jiang Nian possesses incredible research potential, and his Purification Superpower is crucial to humanity's survival. He should not be allowed to freely control it.

"Some people's beliefs won't change even when faced with the truth. In that case, forget it—some chances aren't worth taking."

Cheng Jing muttered to himself before throwing the files into the ring space and hauling the box of supplies out of the laboratory office with Zhao Lei.

Watching the nine individuals walking toward the plane ahead, his eyes went cold, decisive.

Even though the Nan City Base had already disclosed the truth about Jiang Nian's superpower and his physical condition, confirming that his body and blood were no different from an ordinary person's and that no experimental research was necessary—since purification was purely the effect of his superpower—

Some still feigned ignorance, wanting to place him on the experiment table to satisfy their warped curiosity!

People who show no mercy don't deserve any themselves.