CHAPTER 1854: CHAPTER 1847: CALCULATION OR COINCIDENCE?

After saying that, the leading man pondered for a while longer and then added a sentence: "However, you can also do nothing."

"Let’s see if I feel like it. Normally, I shouldn’t need it, but this little gadget does make things more convenient for me."

Tang Ye nodded, and the leading man in front of him raised his head and asked again: "Mr. Li, is there anything else you don’t understand and need to ask?"

"There’s one more question." Tang Ye lifted the wallet with the document towards the other party: "You prepared this thing long ago and waited for me here, didn’t you?"

Upon hearing this, the leading man exchanged glances with those around him, and finally, he could only respond stiffly: "Yes... Yes."

This Q&A, Tang Ye thought: "Indeed!"

Initially, when Su Sigui asked him to help identify the high-level zombies lurking in the Cloud Gorge Base, he felt something was amiss, but at the time, he didn’t think much of it. He only felt that the Spirit Rain Plan was crucial, a key element for them to win the battle! They needed to eliminate those threats quickly!

But now, thinking carefully, since he was invited back to Cloud Gorge Base to attend a banquet exclusively for them, when Su Sigui asked him to help the base accommodate a portion of the population, later requesting him to identify lurking zombies, and finally, during the recent call, with the bland tone and already prepared things.

Everything seemed to be premeditated.

Is she trying to make Cloud Gorge Base just like the Royal Court, become a part of her domain?

Did she plan it all along?

Tang Ye couldn’t be certain.

But such great power was given to him, does Su Sigui trust him more than Xu Tianyu?

If so, then what action or event was beyond her anticipation?

Possibly... none?

If that’s the case, this woman is terrifying!

Tang Ye had never dealt with such a person before; in the past, when he’d read novels with cunning plots connected like dominos, he felt they were far-fetched, but now, these situations were happening to him!

Was that night her feigned affection?

Was the destruction of SR-14 Laboratory self-directed by her?

Tang Ye wasn’t sure, but those things are indeed within her capabilities. However, if she had calculated to this extent, she should also be able to predict that he would figure it out; isn’t she afraid of being betrayed?

She has reached this position, she should understand that someone of equal rank like himself dislikes being used too, right?

In this situation, if he chooses to defect, it would be scarier than the Four Great Zombie Kings. She cannot be so foolish!

Therefore, Tang Ye prefers to believe that everything is coincidence.

Of course, maybe she really has a trump card to ensure he won’t defect, but what kind of trump card could ensure that?

Yes! She alone can indeed stop him, but now that he’s dealing with the Four Great Zombie Kings, the north has already gathered a silver-armored zombie tide exceeding twenty million. What will she use to stop it?

Tang Ye remained silent and ponderous. He was hesitant, if that night she was sincere, he would take on half the responsibility, as a man’s backbone. If she was merely acting, then things would be confusing...

Would it be worthwhile to write that page of absurd human history at the expense of the entire Royal Court?

Indisputably speaking, Tang Ye himself dislikes the feeling of being used.

Nonetheless, until he obtains the truth, everything he speculates remains mere imagination, not to be taken seriously. Her schemes are meant for mankind’s continuation; if victorious, trying with her life afterwards wouldn’t be impossible.

Besides, such an approach seems reckless, not like something she would choose.

When benefits fail to outweigh the costs, Tang Ye believes that woman’s rationality will easily override impulse.

Nonetheless... In future dealings with Su Sigui, he might need to be more cautious.

She must have known that the Water Guanyin zombie tide passed through the Yangtze River and entered China, deliberately stalling so he would discover it himself. Admittedly, Tang Ye admitted that he underestimated Su Sigui, she controls all survivor bases and Sanctuary Cities within China, her intelligence network cannot be weak.

Her scheming even involved colluding with other Zombie Kings, such absurdity!

Giving a shake of the head, Tang Ye looked at the leading man and asked: "Do you have anything else you need me for? If not, I’ll leave first."

"Yes, yes, yes, we need to take a photo first."

"A photo?" Tang Ye glanced at the empty photo frame on the document, understood, and nodded.

"Then let’s take it."

"Okay, Mr. Li, try to keep your expression as natural as possible."

"Is it okay now?"

"It’s okay now."

Seeing Tang Ye enter the pose, the leading man signaled the person holding the camera to come forward, quickly pressed the shutter against Tang Ye’s face, and shortly a brand new one-inch size photo was developed, affixed to the empty photo frame on the document, then the person who took the picture deleted their facial data completely in front of Tang Ye.

"Alright, Mr. Li, everything’s been resolved, we’ll leave first."

"Go ahead." Tang Ye nodded, watched them leave before closing the door and starting to change.

Meanwhile, after going out, one of the people immediately asked their leader: "Minister, isn’t the gift from the Mayor too big? Isn’t she afraid..."

"I understand what you’re thinking, frankly speaking, it’s hard for me to believe the Mayor trusts Li Henian so much. Although he has some acquaintance with the Mayor, that connection isn’t sufficient for the Mayor to entrust such great power..."

"Then you mean..."

Chi Biyi’s expression deepened, and as they walked further, he slowly uttered a sentence: "Is there a possibility that the Mayor, like us before, is engaging in a gamble?"

"Hmm...?"

...

Two minutes later, Tang Ye left the shop and came to the street, first looking left and right, finally targeting a place where the Level 7 zombies gathered the most, with over twenty of them! But that place should be the construction base of a large sanctuary.

Without lingering much, Tang Ye walked towards that direction, his figure blending like sugar in water, quickly dissolving among the crowd.

He wasn’t in a hurry, although that place gathered over twenty Level 7 zombies, those zombies seemed to do nothing outrageous, hence he appeared leisurely all the way.

Three hours later...

Outside the blue partition across the street, Tang Ye crushed the cigarette butt, spat out the last piece of betel nut residue, and disdainfully glanced at the ground.

Cancer? You can’t do anything to this zombie!

It’s said betel nut with cigarettes, magical powers boundless.

Whether the powers exist, Tang Ye didn’t know, but the throat feeling a bit drafty was true, though touching the neck, there was no hole.

A strange sensation...

Raising his head, Tang Ye looked opposite, where he needed to find the construction base ahead, enclosed by a large area of blue iron skin partitions, with loud noises from the machines constantly present inside, hence nobody lived in the surrounding buildings, even if there were, they were left without choice.

Looking at the soldiers ahead, the guards were stricter, with a squad patrolling every ten steps around, people nearby would be driven away if approaching, Tang Ye felt curious, how did the zombies inside enter?

There was someone looking left and right at the entrance being driven away by a soldier aiming a laser weapon at the head, then Tang Ye strode straight toward the entrance, as he walked, he inexplicably took out a meat-red long knife, aggressive and fierce.

The guarding soldiers saw this and immediately became vigilant, pointing laser weapons at Tang Ye who was walking towards them.

"Inside is a military zone! Unrelated personnel leave quickly, viewing is prohibited!"

"Civilian! Withdraw quickly! Three!"