ATDIWR Chapter 99

Chapter 99 Leaving Luoshi Base, I’ll Support You All!

If he hadn’t turned into a zombie, Du Ruanlan would never have left the isolation room. In order to protect the Luoshi Base, even when he could have avoided the Zombie King’s attack, he chose not to. Instead, he opted to perish together with the Zombie King for the sake of the Base.

How could such a person, knowing he could turn into a zombie at any time, still wander around the Base, becoming the most unstable factor within it?

“Immediately notify people to check all surveillance cameras within the Base and find Du Ruanlan,” Gu Jinsheng immediately ordered.

Don’t think that just because Du Ruanlan perished with the Zombie King, he was weak. Gu Jinsheng knew Du Ruanlan’s strength; he was a person whose combat power was comparable to his own.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t defeat the mental-type Zombie King. He could have completely dodged the attack in that battle, but he was afraid that if he dodged, the Zombie King would seize the opportunity to escape and then hide in the Luoshi Base to destroy the entire Base.

Now that Du Ruanlan had turned into a zombie, although a Power User’s crystal core would disappear and a Zombie Crystal Core would emerge after turning into a zombie, a powerful person, even if they turned into a zombie, probably wouldn’t become weak.

The zombie version of Du Ruanlan must be an even more terrifying existence than the mental-type Zombie King.

“Commander Gu, we found him. Former Commander Du Ruanlan has taken a group of zombies to the city wall.”

Owen and Jiang Fuzhong’s expressions changed simultaneously. The city wall was the first and most important defensive wall of the Luoshi Base. Once the city gate was opened, the consequences would be unimaginable.

“To the city wall.” Gu Jinsheng led dozens of Power Users majestically towards the city wall.

When they arrived, the city wall was as silent as if no one was there. Not a single guard was in sight. Owen’s face was already pale with no trace of blood.

Jiang Fuzhong said, “Impossible, the boss would definitely not kill anyone. He was willing to sacrifice himself for the safety of everyone in the Luoshi Base, so how could he kill the Base’s people?”

Although He Tao admired Du Ruanlan’s spirit of sacrifice from the bottom of his heart, he still had to say, “This has nothing to do with what Commander Du was like when he was alive. After turning into a zombie, he loses his memories from before. Even if his own parents, flesh and blood relatives, or partner stand before him, he can ruthlessly kill them.”

“No, the boss would absolutely not!” Jiang Fuzhong shouted, tears unconsciously streaming down.

Ji An patted He Tao’s shoulder and stopped him from continuing. Everyone understood the logic, but sometimes people were not rational animals, but emotional animals.

The few people sped up and moved forward, finally finding people in the guard room.

In the small guard room, many people were lying scattered. Ji An and the others immediately went forward to check their condition and found that all the Power Users were still breathing and none had external injuries. They had only temporarily fallen unconscious.

Jiang Fuzhong shouted happily, “I told you the boss wouldn’t kill anyone! Look, he really didn’t. These people were just temporarily knocked out, they didn’t suffer any external injuries.”

Jiang Fuzhong looked happy as if something good had happened to him, but no one present blamed him. Everyone could understand his feelings.

Owen also let out a sigh of relief. If Du Ruanlan had really killed people in the Base after turning into a zombie, Owen couldn’t imagine how Du Ruanlan would feel if he ever regained consciousness.

Among those accompanying them was a Healing-type Power User. The Healing-type Power User used a bit of their ability and woke these people up.

“Did you see Du Ruanlan? What happened?” Gu Jinsheng asked.

The Power Users in the guard room immediately remembered what happened before they fell unconscious and said in panic, “It’s bad, Commander Gu! Zombies got in!”

“Calm down, think carefully. Did zombies get in, or did zombies from inside the Base want to get out?” Ji An asked.

The Power Users in the guard room thought for a moment and hesitated, “It seems like they wanted to go out. I remember those zombies seemed to come from inside the Base. They seemed to want to go out?”

Owen eagerly said, “Was Commander Du among them?”

“How could Commander Du be mixed with zombies?” The Power User asked this subconsciously, then suddenly remembered the recent rumors inside the Base, which seemed to spread that Commander Du had perished together with a mental-type Zombie King to protect the Base.

When the Power User thought of this, their face changed. Could the rumors be true? Had Commander Du turned into a zombie?

After humans turn into zombies, their bodies will shrink rapidly and become withered. Even the closest people might not recognize them.

The Power User carefully recalled the situation in their mind. “It seemed like one zombie kept trying to communicate with us, but we didn’t understand zombie language. We even thought it wanted to hurt us, so we fought back.

That zombie was very powerful and knocked us out in one move.

But it didn’t take our lives. Now that I think about it, the feeling that zombie gave us was very familiar. Could it be Commander Gu?” (Note: The text says Mr. Gu which is Commander Gu, but contextually it should be Du Ruanlan, the former Commander Du.)

“It’s him! It must be him!” Owen cried, “Otherwise, which zombie would just want to leave the Base but not harm anyone?”

Gu Jinsheng said, “I remember there are surveillance cameras in the guard room, right?”

The Power User said, “Yes.”

“Bring up the surveillance footage and take a look.”

The Power User brought up the surveillance footage. They saw a zombie leading dozens of zombies charge into the guard room together. These zombies didn’t madly hunt and bite after entering; instead, they stood orderly behind the leading zombie, waiting for its command.

The leading zombie tried to communicate with the Power Users in the guard room, but the Power Users didn’t understand its words and even actively attacked it, prompting the leading zombie to counterattack. However, it only knocked people out and didn’t harm them.

The leading zombie staggered over to the control console. It seemed to know there was surveillance above the console and even looked up at the camera and waved, as if greeting someone. Only then did it extend its long, black fingernail and press a button on the control console, opening the Base’s main gate.

The leading zombie led dozens of zombies out through the main gate. Before leaving, it turned back and took a deep look at the Luoshi Base, waving its stiff arm, as if bidding farewell to someone.

Owen covered her mouth, tears streaming down uncontrollably.

“It’s Ruanlan! It’s him! I was with him when he turned into a zombie. I recognize what he looks like as a zombie. This person is him. And only the zombie he turned into wouldn’t harm the people of the Luoshi Base.” Owen pushed open the door of the command room. “I’m going to find him.”

Jiang Fuzhong immediately chased after her. “I’m going to find the boss too.”

Ji An looked at Gu Jinsheng and said, “Let’s follow them. I’m not too worried about their state.”

“Okay.” Gu Jinsheng wanted to drive Owen to find Du Ruanlan, but the Power Users from Jing Shi Base were worried about Gu Jinsheng and also wanted to follow.

After all, Du Ruanlan had become a zombie. No one knew when that last bit of his memory would disappear. What if when Gu Jinsheng and the others found it, Du Ruanlan had completely turned into a zombie and remembered nothing? It was leading dozens of zombies, while Gu Jinsheng and the others were only four people, two of whom clearly couldn’t bring themselves to be ruthless towards the zombie version of Du Ruanlan. Who knew if there would be danger?

In the end, dozens of Power Users left the Base together.

Du Ruanlan and the others had only just turned into zombies, and their movements were slow. Ji An and the others saw them not long after leaving the Base.

Gu Jinsheng didn’t dare to get the car too close. He didn’t know if Du Ruanlan still had consciousness and was afraid of stimulating them.

Owen eagerly jumped out of the car, chasing after them and shouting, “Ruanlan!”

“Deputy Commander Owen, it’s dangerous!” He Tao worriedly shouted.

Before He Tao finished speaking, Jiang Fuzhong also jumped out of the car, chasing after them and shouting, “Boss, boss!”

He Tao angrily cursed, “It’s a matter between a couple, what is he, a subordinate, doing messing around?”

The zombie group marched forward in a grand manner. Even with Owen’s big commotion, no zombies stopped to attack them.

“Ruanlan, wait!” Owen finally caught up and grabbed the zombie wearing familiar clothes among the pile of zombies.

The zombie group, which had been very quiet, suddenly became agitated after Owen grabbed the leading zombie. Many zombies bared their teeth and growled at Owen, about to rush forward and bite her.

There were too many zombies, dozens of them, all baring their teeth and low-growling at Owen. Even Owen, who was heartbroken, felt a bit scared.

The leading zombie immediately bared its teeth at its rioting subordinates and let out threatening roars like a wild beast. Those zombie subordinates who had just been baring their fangs and claws immediately fell silent,Shrink ing their necks and not daring to move.

It was clearly an act of protecting Owen, so Owen should have felt warm, but she didn’t. Owen only felt her entire body’s blood turn cold at that moment. Only a Zombie King could command a zombie group, which meant Du Ruanlan had truly and completely turned into a zombie.

But Owen’s grip on Du Ruanlan’s hand remained firm and didn’t let go.

Owen cried, “Ruanlan, come back with me. Even if you’ve become a zombie, I’ll support you.”

Du Ruanlan shook his head and pointed to the zombie group behind him.

Just then, Jiang Fuzhong ran over. He cried out to the zombie Owen was holding, “Boss!”

This shout of “Boss” suddenly enlightened Owen.

Owen looked at the zombies’ faces that she couldn’t recognize but whose clothes were somewhat familiar. She understood everything.

Before turning into a zombie, Du Ruanlan protected the entire Luoshi Base. After turning into a zombie, he still couldn’t let go of these brothers who had turned into zombies with him while protecting the Base.

“I can support them too. It’s just dozens of zombies, that much blood food, I can afford it. Moreover, you have so many savings, even without me, you can support these zombies yourself.”

Du Ruanlan shook his head. He made a sound towards Owen that was like a beast and also like human speech, “…”

Owen’s eyes were filled with confusion. Suddenly, she realized that she could no longer understand what Du Ruanlan was saying.

Owen’s tears burst forth at this moment. Her Du Ruanlan had finally turned into a zombie.

Du Ruanlan raised his hand, wanting to wipe the tears from Owen’s face, but just as he was about to touch Owen’s skin, he saw his long, sharp fingernails, and he also saw that Owen wasn’t wearing a protective suit.

Du Ruanlan slowly lowered his hand, no longer attempting to wipe the tears from Owen’s face.