CHAPTER 387: VISITING THE MARKET ( 2 )

Hearing Rong Mo’er’s words, Mo Junjie suddenly changed his mind about going for a bath and walked to the living room instead. He sat beside Zhang Yuan and asked, "Sister Rong, what kind of zombie did you meet?"

Thinking that this matter was not a secret, Rong Mo’er replied, "I don’t know what kind of zombie it was. At first, it was a girl, and she talked with me and my cousin."

"But before she finished her words, her stomach was torn open, and a zombie with tentacles suddenly came out of her body. From the information we got afterward, that zombie should have been a level-four zombie. I’m not sure how it died because I was injured and fainted," she added.

Mo Junjie thought for a moment before he asked, "Besides the girl, was there another person with her?"

"She carried a baby with her. After we came back from outside, I handed the baby to Commander Xun. That baby should still be staying in the clinic," Rong Qinyu said.

After he said this, Mo Junjie lowered his eyes and hid the surprise flashing within them. He had never thought that the theory of creating mutated DNA artificially was actually possible.

Noticing his silence, Zhang Yuan asked, "Junjie, do you know about this zombie?"

Hearing his voice, Mo Junjie regained his senses and replied, "I heard some people talking about creating mutated DNA artificially before. But I don’t know if this zombie was created artificially or if it was just a coincidence."

When they heard this, their expressions turned solemn. After a moment, Mo Junjie stood up and said, "Vice Captain, I’m going to take a bath first."

After he said this, he left the living room and went to the backyard where the members were bathing together.

With the Wen Brothers building a higher wall, no one would be able to see what they were doing there. With the addition of partitions, they were able to create a private area for bathing.

While they were taking a bath, Xiao Qi suddenly said, "Brothers, I collected some good stuff along the way when we were going to the Capital. I plan to visit the market and see if I can sell it. Does anyone want to come with me?"

"I will go with you," Feng Yun said.

"My brother and I will go too," Wen Kai said.

Xiao Qi nodded and asked, "How about you all?"

"I want to sleep. Don’t wake me up if it’s not mealtime," Mo Junjie replied.

Seeing his pale face, everyone was worried that he might suddenly collapse and die on the spot, so they urged him to rest more.

As for Qin Luzi, he only gave him a glance but said nothing. While Mo Junjie could fool everyone else, he couldn’t fool him. With how bright his blue dot was, he might be able to live to a hundred years old without a problem.

After they were done bathing and changing into clean clothes, everyone had a meal together before dispersing to do their own things.

While most of the members went out to check the situation of the base, Mo Junjie went to his room and locked the door. Afterward, he pulled the curtain shut and blocked the window.

After making sure that no one would be able to see what he was doing, he took out the research data he had taken from the Capital Base and started reading under a table lamp.

The more he read, the deeper his frown became. After half an hour, he closed the folder and pinched the bridge of his nose.

At first, he had thought that the Capital Base was successfully altering human DNA artificially. If this discovery was used for good purposes, it could save many people suffering from critical illnesses such as cancer.

Unexpectedly, the mutation in the test subjects’ DNA was not due to artificial alteration but because they had implanted a zombie’s crystal core into the subjects’ brains.

While they could alter the subjects’ DNA, the result was no different from creating a low-level zombie. The zombie virus contained in the crystal core was too domineering when integrated with the subject’s blood.

Even if the test subject was an ability-user, the survival rate of this experiment was only 3%. Not to mention, they used ordinary people with weak immune systems due to malnutrition. Under these circumstances, the survival rate was no more than 0.01%.

He stored all the data into his spatial necklace before taking out several bottles containing specimens. Picking up one of the bottles, he carefully observed the piece of rotten meat inside.

After a while, he realized that it was part of a zombie’s brain, or more specifically, the hippocampus, which controlled memory.

He didn’t know what that old man was trying to achieve with this experiment. But no matter what his purpose was, this was not something beneficial to humanity. It was a good thing he had taken everything away. At the very least, it would take that old man longer to achieve his goal.

Reaching this conclusion, he stored everything in his spatial necklace before going to sleep.

While he was sleeping, Xiao Qi, Feng Yun, and the Wen Brothers had reached the market area. Compared to the temporary market they had visited before leaving the base, this market was similar to a traditional market before the apocalypse.

At the entrance of the market, two guards checked visitors’ identity cards first. The market was located along a long road with only two entrances, both guarded.

After getting checked, they walked into the marketplace. As they walked, they realized that although it was simple, this marketplace was neat and clean.

There were no storefronts, but there were many stalls along the roadside, made of wood and decorated nicely. For those who didn’t have the financial power to buy carts or stalls, they simply used a piece of tarpaulin to cover the ground and displayed their goods on top of it.