ATDIWR Chapter 137

Chapter 137 Zombies Helping? Zombies?

“Boss, this is bad. Y Base is going to attack our base ahead of schedule.” Owen ran in anxiously, her face full of worry.

“What’s going on?” Gu Jinsheng put down what he was doing and turned to look at the person who came in.

Owen spoke quickly, “He sent me a message. There’s a mole in our base who leaked the information about our quiet evacuation. Y Base and the others can’t wait any longer and plan to attack us ahead of time.”

Everyone was furious upon hearing that there was a mole within the base and couldn’t help but condemn them.

“Is there something wrong with his head? Didn’t he consider that he’d be in danger too by transmitting this information at this time!”

“It was probably done by personnel who have already evacuated. They think they are safe after evacuating to the artificial planet and whatever happens here won’t affect them.”

“Truly, it’s easy to guard against outsiders but hard to guard against internal traitors. We’ve even turned the intelligence network into an intranet, but we didn’t expect to still be exploited by villains.”

“This is not the time to pursue this.” Ji An’s expression was serious. “Owen, did that person give you the exact coordinates of Y Base?”

“No,” Owen said urgently, “He probably doesn’t know either.”

Owen’s answer plunged the entire research institute into a deathly silence. A dark cloud of death now hung over everyone’s heads.

Without coordinates, it was like holding a gun but being unable to find the target.

“Boss, what should we do?” Kong Zhongcheng asked.

Dozens of pairs of eyes looked at Gu Jinsheng in unison, waiting for him to make a decision.

“Notify everyone to evacuate immediately,” Gu Jinsheng ordered quickly.

“This way, there won’t be time to thoroughly investigate the identity and background of the evacuating personnel,” Zhou Qin said.

“There’s no time,” Ji An replied.

“What about the personnel who just returned from hunting zombies outside and haven’t had enough isolation time?” Zhou Qin asked again.

“There’s no time. These people can only continue isolation after logging onto the artificial planet. Do a good job of isolation and disinfection over there, and make sure the zombie virus doesn’t continue to spread on the artificial planet,” Ji An said.

“Understood.”

Ji An looked at the researchers behind him. “You all put down your work. Take what you can, and leave what you can’t. Your safety comes first.”

“Director Ji, what will happen here if we leave?” Wu Youyang asked.

“Without coordinates, your staying here is useless. You are the important talents now. Everything on the artificial planet is unknown and requires your continued efforts. So no matter what, your personal safety must be prioritized.”

Ji An ordered, “Start packing immediately. You have twenty minutes. After twenty minutes, Kong Zhongcheng will escort you to evacuate.”

“Yes,” everyone responded. It wasn’t that they were afraid of death and running away first. It was because the researchers agreed with Ji An. Everything on the new planet was unknown. Without researchers to explore, they didn’t know how many detours would be taken, how much blood would be shed, and how many lives would be sacrificed.

Researchers are very pure people. In their hearts, research might be more important than life.

Almost everything in the research institute that could be taken was dismantled and taken away. Fortunately, these researchers had large storage spaces.

“Time’s up. Kong Zhongcheng, escort them to evacuate immediately.”

Several researchers were cooperating to dismantle a large machine. “Director Ji, give us a few more minutes. As long as we…”

“You go first. I’ll handle the rest,” Ji An’s tone was firm.

The researchers had no choice but to obey Ji An’s order to evacuate.

“Commander Zhou, someone is looking for you outside,” a staff member hurried in to report.

Zhou Qin frowned. He was incredibly busy. He really didn’t have time to see miscellaneous people at this moment. “Who?”

“He said his last name is Gou.”

As the staff member finished speaking, Zhou Qin froze as if suddenly fixed, his entire body stiff.

A familiar yet unfamiliar face immediately surfaced in Ji An’s mind—Gou Chong.

Ji An wasn’t actually very familiar with Gou Chong. Before Ji An arrived, this person was a prominent figure in the command center, doing very well, and was like brothers with Zhou Qin and others. Especially Zhou Qin, who was a life-and-death friend.

Later, for some reason, he betrayed Zhou Qin. It wasn’t about right or wrong, just different choices. In any case, the two fell out, and Gou Chong was also dismissed from public office for betraying the base.

Zhou Qin spoke after a long time, his voice hoarse, “I don’t know anyone named Gou or named Cat.”

Although Zhou Qin said he didn’t know him, his loss of composure was too obvious. Anyone with eyes could see his abnormality.

The staff member didn’t know the history of their grievances and saw Zhou Qin’s unease, thinking it was just a simple misunderstanding between the two.

“Commander Zhou, that Mr. Gou said that if you don’t want to see him, please tell you that he knows it’s very dangerous to stay at the end now, and he is willing to clean things up on your behalf.”

Zhou Qin scoffed mockingly, “He’s willing? Is he even worthy? What tier is my ability now, and what tier is his? If something really goes wrong, can he handle the battles that I can? If a conflict happens at this time, once we lose, it’s not just a simple loss. It represents countless fresh lives. Can he bear this responsibility?”

Zhou Qin scoffed, “Boasting!”

The staff member didn’t dare to speak and hurried out. He had just been reprimanded and spoke unceremoniously to Gou Chong, who was anxiously waiting outside, “Don’t even look at what tier your ability is, and what tier our Commander Zhou is. With such a huge difference, how can you have the nerve to say you’ll replace Commander Zhou?”

Gou Chong’s expression showed a moment of disappointment. “Is that what he means? I knew that even if I offered my life, he wouldn’t forgive me.”

Gou Chong looked like a pitiful dog abandoned by its owner. It even made the staff member soften for a moment.

“I know I’m not very capable, and completely incomparable to Commander Zhou. But the situation is critical now, and the longer one stays at the end, the more dangerous it is. It’s better for someone like me, who isn’t very capable, to stay at the end. If I die, I die, it’s not a loss.”

Gou Chong pleaded, “Please, can you let me see him? I can definitely convince him.”

The staff member firmly said, “No, Commander Zhou is swamped right now. How can he have time to see you? Hurry up and leave. If you don’t, I’ll call the patrol team. Then you won’t have to leave and will be locked up directly.”

Father Zhou saw this and could only persuade, “Son, let’s go. If you truly care about Commander Zhou, you should obey his orders at this time and help him maintain discipline, instead of causing trouble and distracting him.”

“I’m just worried about him.”

“If you truly want to help him share the pressure, then leave immediately. The new planet is in chaos right now. If you have the heart to help maintain order there, you’ll be doing him a great service.”

Gou Chong was unwilling but helpless. Seeing the staff member about to notify the patrol team, he could only withdraw.

Ji An looked at Gou Chong, who had been somewhat distracted since the staff member left, and said, “You really don’t want to see him?”

Gou Chong snapped back to attention and shook his head. “Since I chose to betray him back then, what’s the point of regretting it? If I die, I probably won’t even have the chance to hear him say those useless words.”

Hearing this, Ji An stopped talking. He had experienced these things and knew the principle of ‘do not persuade others to be good without experiencing their suffering.’

“Boss, Director Ji, I received another message! We have to evacuate immediately!” Owen’s voice was filled with panic.

“What’s going on?” Gu Jinsheng asked.

“He sent me another message, saying that Y Base is about to launch missiles.”

Gu Jinsheng asked, “How is the evacuation progressing?”

“It’s basically completed.”

Gu Jinsheng nodded. “Now notify all personnel on the ground to evacuate immediately within three minutes.”

“Yes.”

“We should go too,” Gu Jinsheng said.

Ignoring everything else, the few of them hurried out towards the command center. On the way, Owen’s intelligent device suddenly received a video call request.

“Is it a video call from him?” Owen glanced at her intelligent device while running and found it was from that person. She was surprised and delighted.

Without waiting for Gu Jinsheng’s answer, Owen impatiently pressed the connect button.

A light screen immediately appeared before their eyes, moving with Owen’s running.

At first, the light screen only showed some background: pale walls and doors and windows with a sense of technology. The rustling sound of footsteps was quieter than quiet.

“What is this place?” Owen’s face full of surprise was bewildered by the sight.

Their footsteps didn’t stop. Ji An ran and turned his head to look at the light screen Owen projected.

Gu Jinsheng recognized the place at a glance, “Military base. The other party is inside a military base.”

Suddenly, an explosion sounded from a distance. The camera began to shake. Because the person wearing the intelligent device was moving too fast, Ji An and the others couldn’t see the scene in the video clearly.

When the camera stopped shaking again, familiar faces appeared in the frame.

“Who are you? How dare you trespass into Y Base’s military base?” Y Base’s Commander-in-Chief roared.

Immediately after, another familiar voice sounded, “Your security measures here are too lax. How could someone break in like this?”

The owner of this voice quickly appeared on the light screen. It was Charles.

“No, Commander-in-Chief Charles, they are not people, they are zombies!” Y Base’s Commander-in-Chief immediately screamed in terror.

Zombies?

Ji An and the others on this side of the light screen simultaneously became solemn.

“What’s going on? How can an intelligent device be in the hands of zombies? Could it be that the owner of the intelligent device has already been killed…” Before Zhou Qin finished speaking, Y Base’s Commander-in-Chief screamed again in surprise.

“What are these zombies doing? They are heading towards the operations console! They want to destroy the operations console…”

Charles roared, “Quick, launch the missiles quickly, don’t mind them!”

“Ah, no, these zombies are causing trouble…” The scene quickly devolved into chaos. Various abilities flew everywhere on the light screen.

The zombies who rushed into the Y military base this time were high-tier zombies. They fought fiercely and vigorously, and for a time, the two sides were locked in a fierce battle.

“What’s with the zombies? They are destroying the operations console. It looks like they want to help us?” Zhou Qin said uncertainly.