"This is really not a human job!"
Ning Yu stood in the research group's office, looking at the piles of documents stacked like a small mountain, while Lin Hao lay dejectedly among them.
"I forgot to tell you, he really isn't human..."
Ning Yu covered her mouth and chuckled softly, surprised that the situation was actually this tough.
Lin Hao looked at this troublesome little girl who had dragged him into this mess and couldn't help but sigh to the heavens. Then he picked up another stack of documents to process, muttering under his breath:
"I'll have to automate all these procedures when I get the chance..."
The leaders of the research group, exploration team, and other departments had already discussed this shocking matter in a unified emergency meeting.
Everyone was shocked and incredulous about the truth, with some even accusing them of 'usurping power.'
But faced with the task records and audio evidence presented by Lin Hao and Ji Mengyao, they found it hard to refute.
No one had expected that this seemingly beautiful vision of human unity was merely a scheme by Zhuang Wugou.
But at least he wasn't without merit; on the contrary, he had made significant 'contributions' to all of this.
The current operating mechanisms of the Ark Base, the distribution system, and the zombie-powered machinery in the lower levels all exist and will continue to function in the future. However, it seems unlikely that any new technology will emerge, as that responsibility now falls on Lin Hao.
"Any leads on the zombie-powered machinery and technology in the underground?"
Ning Yu asked, as this was a crucial part of the base's power supply.
Lin Hao opened a drawer, pulling out a thick stack of papers, and said:
"I've actually been curious and researched it before. Yesterday, I found some data on Zhuang Wugou's computer, so I should be able to figure it out in a while."
Ning Yu nodded and said:
"As expected of you."
Lin Hao scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed, as if he had heard that phrase before.
"Oh, and there's one more thing."
He picked up another computer and showed Ning Yu:
"Zhuang Wugou seemed to be in contact with some organization, but the method of communication was very special, and I don't know how to establish it."
Ning Yu saw a series of records on the screen, apparently logs of some kind of communication.
"I suspect that his advanced technologies came from somewhere, and this is how they communicated."
Lin Hao presented his reasonable conjecture.
"If that's the case, and if they contact again while Zhuang Wugou is gone..."
Ning Yu followed his train of thought, making her own deductions.
"Exactly. Although their communication is encrypted, I'll try to crack it and see if I can fake it."
Lin Hao pushed the computer aside and shared his idea with Ning Yu.
"If we can extract more information, that would be great. They must know more secrets related to the T-virus."
Ning Yu nodded in agreement.
Leaving the research group's office, Ning Yu arrived at the middle layer of the Ark Base, which separates the residential and activity areas.
Recently, Ji Mengyao and Wu Di have been busy with exploration team matters, so they haven't had time to celebrate Ji Mengyao's birthday. Therefore, Ning Yu postponed the birthday dinner.
Today was another sunny day, and the Ark Base was bustling as usual, with people hurrying to and fro.
It appeared that without Zhuang Wugou, everything was still running smoothly, although this required countless efforts from many people behind the scenes.
But just as no one had noticed Zhuang Wugou before, now no one noticed the overwhelmed Lin Hao in the research group office.
Ning Yu felt like an outsider, leisurely watching the sunset.
In fact, she hadn't wanted to get involved in these matters, but it seemed that every event had her shadow in it.
Ning Yu suddenly had a thought about something that still needed to be done.
She returned to her apartment, picked up Wan Heng's diary, and then went to the other side of the residential area, to another apartment where Wan Heng and his sister had lived.
She thought that the young girl should have already...
Ning Yu didn't hold out much hope but still felt she should return the diary to its rightful owner.
She skillfully picked the lock with a tool and gently pushed the door open.
The room was still the same, with no changes to the furnishings. It seemed that the staff who cleaned up the body hadn't touched anything inside.
Probably due to a lack of manpower? They would clean up when someone new moved in.
Ning Yu thought so and walked into the living room.
Then she saw the young girl brewing tea, who was startled and put down her teacup, looking at Ning Yu who had walked into her home so boldly.
Ning Yu was also stunned, as the girl was none other than Wan Heng's sister.
"You..."
Ning Yu was about to ask how she hadn't died, but that seemed too impolite, so she stopped halfway.
She stared at the girl's neck, where the ligature marks were no longer obvious but still left faint bruises.
"Ah... it's you. I..."
The girl didn't question how Ning Yu had entered her home but quickly took another cup from the side and poured tea for Ning Yu.
Then she walked over and handed it to her, sitting awkwardly next to Ning Yu and smiling at her:
"It's a bit embarrassing... I failed to commit suicide..."
"Failed?"
Ning Yu was momentarily stunned.
"Yes... after the rope was cut, the knot I retied wasn't very secure..."
The girl nodded.
"Then I tried twice more, but I kept falling..."
She shook her head helplessly and picked up the photo frame with her and her brother's picture from the table.
The steam from the teacup blurred the plastic covering the photo, making her brother's face look misty and unclear.
The girl wiped the steam off her brother's face with her finger, looking at it with nostalgia.
"Falling really hurt, and it hurt so much that I didn't have the strength to try again."
She turned to look at Ning Yu, her expression hard to describe:
"I must... be really useless, right?"
"Maybe your brother didn't want you to die?"
Ning Yu didn't know what to say, so she pointed at the photo in her hand, saying something even a child wouldn't believe.
"You... are a gentle person."
"...so I eventually gave up."
The girl put the photo back on the table, hiding it in the shadow behind the sunlight.
"I came to return this diary to you."
Ning Yu handed her the diary she had taken from her, which didn't belong to Ning Yu in the first place.
Now that the girl was still alive, it was even more appropriate to return it to her.
The girl took the diary, affectionately stroking the cover with her hand, but didn't open it. She just asked:
"Have you found out anything?"
Ning Yu pursed her lips before telling her a version of the truth that omitted details she didn't need to know.
Just as she finished speaking, the sound of a key unlocking the door came from outside.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
