Wasteland Commander-Chapter 443 - 134: The Second Level 3 Mutation?

The second year of the apocalypse.

December 1st.

Ye Fan returned to Dawn Island, preparing to welcome Su Qiao’s arrival.

During this time, the Dawn Army and Su Qiao’s troops advanced rapidly, successively conquering the Grassland Province, Bashu Region, Huaihai Region, Mountains and Rivers Region, Jiangnan Region, and even Crescent Island.

Currently, except for the Lingnan Region and the Plateau Region, the entire Qin Han has been recovered by Ye Fan and Su Qiao. Restoration of the empire is no longer an empty talk.

However, among the people, there is also a saying that who is the real master of the empire now?

Su Qiao has indeed inherited the throne, but what about Ye Fan, who has occupied half of the empire? Will he willingly become a prince under Su Qiao?

Even if a prince is noble, he is still a subject. Moreover, Ye Fan commands the mighty Dawn Army. Will he always remain just a prince?

Many even predict that in the future, there will inevitably be a battle between Su Qiao and Ye Fan to determine who is the ruler of the empire.

But this view is not mainstream.

The prevailing opinion is that this issue can be very easily resolved.

Her Majesty Su Qiao is eighteen this year and exceptionally beautiful. Currently, she is the only one left in the imperial family, and she will definitely need an heir in the future.

Looking across the entire empire now, the only one who could match Her Majesty is Ye Fan.

Ye Fan is twenty-six, young and vigorous, with a dignified appearance. If he marries Her Majesty Su Qiao, Su Qiao could even pass the throne to Ye Fan, retreating to become a queen in the background. Their future child would be the new imperial heir. In this way, everyone would be happy.

Now, the subjects under both of them quite like this idea, believing it is the best solution to the current imperial issues, and indeed the only solution.

Especially under Ye Fan’s command, since two days ago, after Ye Fan returned from Crescent Island and easily took over Jiangnan Base, this notion has started to spread widely.

The areas Ye Fan occupies are mostly the prosperous regions of Qin Han, with many subjects, who all feel that Qin Han is already a thing of the past, the apocalypse is a reshuffling, and it’s time to embrace a new era.

Ye Fan becoming emperor is their wish, and also what the vast bureaucratic system under Ye Fan wants to see.

It can be said that this has become the popular sentiment within Ye Fan’s domain.

When this idea reached Su Qiao, many initially worried that the officials under Su Qiao would oppose it, and Su Qiao would be displeased, thinking Ye Fan harbors ambitions.

But Su Qiao turned a deaf ear to such rumors, never showing any opposition, which allowed many to see Su Qiao’s intentions.

Su Qiao is probably also happy about this matter.

With Su Qiao’s tacit approval and indulgence, especially on the eve of her journey to Dawn Island, this news spread throughout the country.

Some base city TV stations even started reporting on Ye Fan’s glorious achievements, broadcasting images of Ye Fan and Su Qiao together in Yuanjing, even adding many romantic touches themselves, causing countless citizens to start celebrating, believing that the two are nearing a happy union.

Thus, these rumors started becoming mainstream, turning into public opinion, with everyone believing that once the two marry, the empire will be revitalized, and a new era will begin.

......

On Dawn Island, the streets were adorned with lanterns and decorations. People from all over the world had now become official residents of Qin Han, all preparing to welcome Her Majesty Su Qiao’s arrival.

This lively atmosphere was infectious, even more so than during the New Year.

Inside the parliament building, Ye Luo had just finished a call with family in Dawn City.

After hanging up, Ye Luo shared her joy with her good friend Qin Sibe.

"Sibe, my dad was asking if my brother is getting married and becoming emperor. I told him it’s quite likely."

Qin Sibe’s exquisite face remained calm: "Are you so sure?"

Ye Luo nodded incessantly: "Of course, my brother’s current status is all his own doing, and everyone in the territory listens to him. Even if he doesn’t want to be emperor, I’m afraid no one would agree."

Qin Sibe pondered: "Will Su Qiao agree?"

"Sibe, haven’t you noticed? This news spread only with Su Qiao’s tacit encouragement. If she disagreed, there’s no way public opinion would have blown up this topic so much. She would’ve intervened to refute it long ago. Her not refuting means she’s happy to see it happen."

Saying this, Ye Luo’s eyes sparkled: "I really didn’t expect that the current emperor would become my sister-in-law, the future emperor my brother. Doesn’t that mean I’d be the emperor’s sister? Ah, Sibe, happiness has come too suddenly, I’m unprepared, what should I do?"

Looking at the excited Ye Luo, Qin Sibe’s long eyelashes lowered, and a trace of sadness appeared in her big eyes.

Ye Luo, after her excitement, finally noticed Qin Sibe’s unusual demeanor.

"Sibe, what’s wrong? Aren’t you happy for me and my brother?"

Qin Sibe lifted her gaze: "I... of course, I’m happy, but do you know what your brother thinks?"

"My brother... he should have no objections, right? I can’t think of a reason he’d turn down such a wonderful thing. If he had someone he liked, there could be some issue, but I know he’s never been in a relationship, and doesn’t have anyone he likes. I’ve never seen him show interest in any woman?"

"Not interested in women?"

Qin Sibe blinked her big eyes, thinking that might not be the case.

But right now, she couldn’t say anything. In this situation where everyone was united, what could she say? What could she do?

Especially since Ye Fan didn’t stop these rumors from spreading, it left her with no position to speak at all.

"Ye Luo, it should be winter in Dawn City now, right?"

Ye Luo nodded: "Yes, it’s snowing over there in Dawn City. Let me tell you, the winter in Dawn City is incredibly beautiful. Especially when it snows, you can stay in your villa, have some hot pot, sip some red wine, watch the north wind roaring outside, and the snowflakes fluttering. It’s absolutely one of life’s great pleasures."

"Actually, I want to go back and take a look too, but since Sister-in-law is coming, I have to stay. Otherwise, if she’s here alone, who would she have to talk to, right?"

Qin Sibe said nothing, gazing at the continuous cold rain outside, lost in thought.

......

Lingnan Base City.

It is located in the south of the Qin Han Empire, close to the sea.

This place is also a populous province, but because it’s far from the center of the Empire, after the apocalypse, hardly anyone knew the situation over here.

In fact, the scale of this base city is not inferior to Jiangzhou.

The immense base city has a population of over fifteen million, with just the permanent troops numbering up to a million.

After Liu Jingyan returned here with his team, he immediately headed to a research institute in the city.

Accompanying him was Dr. Ouyang, who came from Jiangzhou.

Inside the research institute, Dr. Ouyang met the Lingnan Institute’s Dr. Liu.

Liu Jingyan proactively introduced to Dr. Ouyang: "Dr. Ouyang, this is Dr. Liu, who has always been in charge of research work on my side."

Dr. Liu offered his hand to Dr. Ouyang: "Haha! Ouyang, long time no see."

Dr. Ouyang also extended his hand to shake: "Old Liu, I originally thought we would meet again on a battlefield, didn’t expect it would be under these circumstances."

Off to the side, Liu Jingyan looked surprised: "Dr. Liu, you know Dr. Ouyang?"

"Haha! More than just knowing, Dr. Ouyang is one of the outstanding ones among us, someone I greatly admire."

Liu Jingyan seemed to realize something, but seeing the two doctors not willing to explain, he suppressed his question.

He knew, sooner or later he would know everything, as long as he did better.

Because Dr. Liu had long told him, as long as he did well enough, he would know everything in the future.

Dr. Liu said to Dr. Ouyang, "Ouyang, you came just in time. I have a project here that’s hit a bottleneck and needs your help now."

Dr. Ouyang smiled: "Is it about the armed zombies project? That requires having the Corpse King."

Unexpectedly, Dr. Liu shook his head: "No, it’s not the armed zombies project, it’s about the Level 3 Mutant project."

"Level 3 Mutant? You’re working on that too?"

Dr. Liu looked at Dr. Ouyang: "Of course, but I can’t compare to your brilliance. You should be the first to create a Level 3 Mutant, right?"

Dr. Ouyang smiled wryly: "Indeed, but you must know, a Level 3 Mutant isn’t easy to create. It takes a lot of financial resources and there’s a certain risk. Back then, before I worked on armed zombies, I was researching this project. Although I succeeded in the end, it caused the lab to explode, and everyone who was doing the experiment with me died. I was the only one who luckily survived, and Zheng Jinnan never had the funds or resources to do it again, so that project was halted."

"But you succeeded, didn’t you."

"Yes, I did, but unfortunately Hua Wushuang died later."

Dr. Liu nodded: "But it doesn’t matter, actually the reason for your visit this time is because of a proposal by me and Liu Jingyan, the head here. We’ve made extremely thorough preparations, now we just need the final step. If you share the crucial data with me, I am confident of success."

"Ah! You’ve started it too, let me see!"

Dr. Ouyang was shocked, then Dr. Liu took him to see his masterpiece.

In the large glass vessel, there was a girl floating inside, covered with tubes.

"Ouyang, take a look at this girl. Her name is Luo Youyou, a Peak of Level 2 bidirectional mutant with very high aptitude in every aspect. Although she may not surpass your Hua Wushuang, she’s definitely an extremely rare genius. Do you think I will succeed?"

Dr. Ouyang carefully examined Luo Youyou’s data, reviewed a lot of information, and finally nodded.

"If you did it alone, there’s a 50% chance of success, but with my experience, it should be a 70% chance of success."

Upon hearing this, Liu Jingyan behind them immediately showed a look of joy.

"70% is enough. Dr. Ouyang, you must help me this time. To be honest, the resources I have can only support this one attempt. Can you complete it within three days?"

Dr. Ouyang looked at Liu Jingyan: "Now, the Dawn Army shouldn’t be attacking immediately, why are you in such a hurry?"

A trace of cold light flashed in Liu Jingyan’s eyes: "Because December 5th is the day Su Qiao visits Dawn Island, and I plan to give her and Ye Fan a great gift!"