CHAPTER 372: INVESTIGATION

As the needles pierced the zombies’ skulls, Jiao Lizhi leaped into the air and swung her ice scythe horizontally, creating a massive water blade that flew at high speed toward the zombies.

Crash!!

While she was killing the zombies, Jin Xuyan created a black flame barrier on the side to reduce the number of zombies rushing toward them. At the same time, he killed the zombies that slipped through his fiancée’s attack and burned the corpses, cleaning up the battlefield.

With him absorbing the energy from burning the zombies, he never ran out of energy. When his energy was almost overflowing, he would transfer it to his fiancée, replenishing her energy.

Three hours later, the large group of zombies had been reduced to piles of ashes that disappeared when the wind blew. With a wave of her hand, Jiao Lizhi collected all the crystal cores on the ground.

Checking her watch, she said, "Brother Yan, it’s already 18:00. Should we continue or continue tomorrow?"

Jin Xuyan thought for a moment and said, "Ah Zhi, let’s take a break and have dinner first before we continue. We might need several days to relocate the survivors. The sooner we go back, the better."

Hearing this, Jiao Lizhi nodded and said, "Okay."

The two of them found a secluded place before they entered Jiao Lizhi’s space. Even if the chance of people coming to this place was low, it was better to be careful.

While the two of them were taking a break, Wen Hao was reading a report in his office when he heard a knock on the door. Without raising his head, he said, "Come in."

Not long after, the door opened and a soldier entered the room. After he closed the door, he walked over, gave him a salute, and said, "Commander, there is a situation regarding the survivors."

Hearing this, Wen Hao put down the report and finally raised his head. "What’s wrong?"

"In these last two days, the survivors went against the guards several times. Most of the time, the reason for the riot was the lack of daily rations," the soldier reported.

When Wen Hao heard this, he frowned and said, "Investigate what happened. With their family members working at the mill area, it’s impossible for them to make trouble without any reason. There must be people instigating this matter from behind the scenes."

"Understood," the soldier nodded and left the office.

When he was alone, Wen Hao tapped his fingers on his desk as he got lost in his thoughts. The survivors suddenly made trouble after the Phantom Team arrived. If someone told him this matter had nothing to do with them, he wouldn’t believe it.

After he reached this conclusion, the corner of his lips lifted as he said, "Jin Xuyan, I want to see what plan you have."

Under his order, the soldiers started investigating the cause of the unrest.

At the same time, the Phantom Team members had already changed their military clothes and wore old T-shirts, long pants, and sneakers. In order to blend in with the survivors, they purposely used mud and sand to dirty their clothes and bodies.

This time, they didn’t go to the area where the women were staying but sneaked into the mill area through the tunnel dug by Zhang Yuan and the Wen brothers.

At this moment, except for Xiao Qi and Mo Junjie who stayed behind, all the members were blending in with the workers.

When the soldiers saw them, they didn’t feel suspicious at all. After all, with the number of workers being more than 3,000 people, they couldn’t remember everyone.

Sitting between the workers, Zhang Yuan turned to the worker beside him and asked in a low voice, "Brother, how long have you been doing this?"

Hearing this, the worker turned to look at him and asked, "Brother, are you new?"

Zhang Yuan nodded and said, "I just came to this base yesterday. Today, I was sent to this place. What is this place?"

The moment he asked, the workers who sat near him all let out a sigh, and one of them said, "Brother, you must have your family members with you when you arrive at this base."

Zhang Yuan pretended to be surprised and asked, "Brother, how did you know?"

The man shook his head and said, "Actually, we are kept here not only to generate electricity but also as hostages. Since we are held hostage here, our family members can’t leave and can only work for the base."

"Brother, besides the overcrowded rooms, I didn’t see anything else in this base. What work are our family members doing?" Zhang Yuan asked again.

The man glanced at the guards for a moment before he leaned closer and said, "Brother, let me tell you. Besides this place where we generate electricity, there are several areas used by the base to plant crops, store water, and do some experiments."

"How did you know, Brother?" Zhang Yuan asked curiously.

"I came here alone, and I was already appointed to a team to go out to search for supplies. But because I saw what I shouldn’t have seen, I was sent here," the man said.

Zhang Yuan’s eyes flashed with surprise when he heard his words and asked again, "Brother, what did you see?"

"I saw them dragging a woman into the infirmary area. People said that that woman was infected and was taken away because she was turning into a zombie. I was curious and followed them. But do you know what I saw in the infirmary?" the man said.

Due to his secretive tone, everyone was looking at him with curiosity. After a moment of pause, he pointed at his head and added in a hush tone, "I saw an old man opening that woman’s head and putting a crystal into her brain."

As soon as he said this, everyone took a sharp breath. Even Zhang Yuan was stunned by his words.