Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse-Chapter 363 - E City Base Leader

Chapter 363: Chapter 363 E City Base Leader

Brother Zhang shook his head while setting up the mahjong tiles and said, “You know that was the past, can the past be compared to now? I used to eat my fill every meal and was a big fat man weighing 200 pounds, look at me now.”

As he spoke, Brother Zhang tugged at the dry, loose skin under his arm, which used to be fat! Now, after several months of devastation wrought by the Apocalypse, only two layers of skin remained.

Luo Hui forced himself to calm down; Brother Zhang’s words made him somewhat uneasy. When he had escorted Su Xiangmei there, indeed, there were many teary-eyed people in the research institute—mostly older individuals or bewildered children.

There shouldn’t be anything wrong. He would just visit her again in a few days.

With that thought, Luo Hui managed a smile and joined his teammates in a game of mahjong.

…

At this moment, Su Jin and two others were at the administrative building of the base, searching for Dr. Pei and his colleagues’ names on several old computers.

Following the names given by Liang Jiuhui, they input them one by one, but each search returned “No such person.”

It was only after asking the staff there that they discovered in the hall next to the administrative building, several computers were available for survivors who wanted to search for people on their own, but the information was outdated, so generally nobody used them for searches.

“Dr. Pei and the others should have been here before the Apocalypse; it’s unlikely that they aren’t listed.”

Su Jin tried searching a second time, but still found nothing.

“Their information must be classified.”

Lu Hao had not held much hope from the beginning. Since Liang Jiuhui said that Dr. Pei’s team couldn’t even return to S city, it indicated that these people were definitely not so easily accessible within the base.

“Why don’t we go check the notice board that person mentioned yesterday,” Nie Qing suggested.

“Lu Hao?”

A voice called out from behind them. Turning around, they suddenly saw an unexpected person.

Lian Jiyue?

Lu Hao also looked at Lian Jiyue. Although Su Jin had told him before that in his previous life, he was the Base Leader of E city, neither of them had expected him to be in E city so soon… So, he was the Base Leader here now?

Realizing this, Lu Hao’s eyes filled with wariness. He didn’t know what relationship Lian Jiyue had with the research institute here, but their mission could very likely be opposed to what this man stood for.

Lian Jiyue was also extremely shocked. Indeed, it was them, but how could they have come here?

He scanned the situation in the hall then said to them, “Come with me for a moment.”

“We have other things to handle; we won’t go,” Lu Hao replied.

Seeing the wariness in Lu Hao’s eyes, Lian Jiyue sighed, stepped closer, and whispered in Lu Hao’s ear, “The research institute has noticed you.”

…

Nie Qing didn’t understand what that man had said to his apprentice, but now the three of them were following the strange man into the administrative building.

The reason he found the man strange was because from the moment he first saw Lian Jiyue, he felt as if a dark aura surrounded him. This aura… he couldn’t comprehend its cause.

The three were led by Lian Jiyue to a room at the end of the second floor of the administrative building.

“Feel free to sit, this is my office,” Lian Jiyue said.

Ignoring the sense of familiarity towards the person beside Lu Hao, he sat directly on an office desk piled with papers, and continued, “Tell me, what are you doing here? If I’m not mistaken, you were previously in S city, right?”

“How did you find out?”

Lu Hao looked at his former instructor. He had never disliked this man but knew absolutely nothing about his character.

“Hmm, a video of your battle with the Zombie Tide was recorded and brought back,” Lian Jiyue replied.

“Huo Qi?”

Su Jin and Lu Hao both thought of this person, could it be that he had photographed them?

“Hmm, probably, but I saw it in Lian Ze’s hands, who is currently the director of the base’s research institute,”

Lian Jiyue found a cup with a lid beneath a pile of messy documents, opened the lid, and seeing that there was still water in it, he drank it directly.

Lu Hao’s brow was furrowed into the shape of the character for “river” as he said, “So, does your research institute’s director want to do something to us?”

“Not us, her.”

Lian Jiyue pointed the cup in Su Jin’s direction.

“…”

At this moment, Su Jin felt somewhat irritated, she had kept such a low profile, so how had she still caught someone’s attention?

What the hell was with that director? Might as well feed him to the Man-eating Flower.

Nie Qing also looked puzzled, glancing back and forth, couldn’t these people just spit it all out at once?

“Why are you telling us this? If I’m not mistaken, you are the base leader of this place, right?” Lu Hao asked.

“Tell me why you are here, and I will tell you why,”

Lian Jiyue responded.

Lu Hao looked towards Su Jin. Although revealing their purpose to Lian Jiyue could pose a great risk, from his actions and words, it seemed that he wasn’t aligned with the research institute. Moreover, the Ice Element naked man they had rescued earlier had mentioned that the base leader of E City was just a titular position, and all real power lay with the research institute.

With this in mind, Lu Hao disclosed their mission to find Dr. Pei to Lian Jiyue.

“Dr. Pei, Pei Yuan?”

Lian Jiyue recalled, indeed there was such a person in the research institute, but…

“Do you know him?!” Su Jin couldn’t help but ask.

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“Yes, I know him, but he and a few others are being kept under house arrest in the research institute by Han Yizhou,” Lian Jiyue replied.

Seeing everyone’s puzzled and confused expressions, Lian Jiyue sighed and began to explain the current situation in the research institute.

Su Jin listened with a complex expression. This was getting tricky; not only was she being targeted by that director, but also, they couldn’t even access where Dr. Pei and the others were.

“Do you want to destroy the research institute?”

Lu Hao deciphered something from Lian Jiyue’s words.

“Destroy it? If I had that ability, I wouldn’t be here,”

Lian Jiyue chuckled bitterly. The E City research institute was not just a simple institute; its deputy director, Han Yizhou, was not only Lian Ze’s uncle but also a member of the Han Family from B City. Even if he destroyed this place, it wouldn’t affect the Han Family’s status in B City.

If possible, he indeed would like to destroy the research institute.

However…

“I just… simply wanted to warn you, after all… it’s a matter of teacher and student?”

Hearing Lian Jiyue say this, Lu Hao looked around Lian Jiyue’s messy office, then remembered Liang Jiuhui’s office; this base leader didn’t even have someone to clean his room?

“Thank you,” Lu Hao still said.

“Don’t mention it. I do have a way for you to meet with Pei Yuan, but you would have to take some risks,”

Lian Jiyue said.

At those words, the three couldn’t help but feel elated; as long as they could meet, everything else would be negotiable!