Qin Shilei murmured, "Did those professors create these zombies?"
Zhang Cheng frowned and said, "Those researchers even experiment on living people. It's possible they created them."
Qin Shilei said lightly, "I'll go take a look."
When he arrived outside the research institute, he heard an argument from inside.
"This is a restricted area of the research institute. How dare you barge in! Leave quickly." Professor Yu's voice came from inside.
"I clearly saw that zombie run in here. Did you hide it?" Duan Tianhe said in a deep voice.
"We don't have any moving zombies here. If you're looking for zombies, turn left outside the gate. There are plenty of them outside the city," Professor Yu said, suppressing his anger.
"Commander Luo, throw him out!" Dean Zhou, the vice president of the research institute, said sternly.
Luo Hongyi, who was standing by, stepped forward with a stern face and said, "Sir, please leave. I have reported this to the Internal Affairs Office. If the City Lord gets involved, you might be in big trouble."
When the other party first broke in, he had also tried to throw him out, but he was outmatched and suffered a slight loss.
Now, he could only bring up the City Lord's name, hoping to scare the other party away and prevent the professors in the research institute from being harmed.
"The City Lord is my boss. If you don't let me in to search, and that zombie escapes, you will be the ones in big trouble."
If he hadn't been afraid of accidentally injuring the old professors with his own strength, Duan Tianhe would have already beaten them all and rushed in.
Qin Shilei walked in and commanded, "All of you, stand down and let him search."
"Who is this kid? He's so arrogant," Vice Dean Zhou scoffed.
"City Lord, why are you here?" But as soon as he finished speaking, Commander Luo's greeting sounded from around.
"City Lord?" Vice Dean Zhou's face turned ashen.
"Boss, you're here at the perfect time. It's that old man who won't let me search for the zombie."
Duan Tianhe was clearly not satisfied with Vice Dean Zhou, who had stopped him, and deliberately pointed at Vice Dean Zhou to complain.
"City Lord, your subordinate did not know that the other party was your subordinate. I risked my life to stop him in order to guard the research institute. If this affects you, I hope you can forgive me."
Vice Dean Zhou wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said cautiously.
"Tianhe, let's go in and take a look." Qin Shilei ignored him and called out to him before walking in.
Duan Tianhe quickly followed and pointed the way for Qin Shilei based on his sensing of the zombie.
After passing through several heavily guarded doors, they arrived outside a basement door.
"Boss, there are zombies inside, and not just one," Duan Tianhe said with certainty, pointing inside.
"There are indeed zombies inside, but they are all just zombie corpses for research," Professor Yu said, stepping forward to explain.
"Not corpses, but live zombies," Duan Tianhe corrected.
"Impossible. Although we applied to research live zombies, it was rejected by the Internal Affairs Office due to safety concerns," Professor Yu said firmly.
Although he was in charge of this laboratory, he had entered it many times and had never found anyone researching live zombies.
"Let's open the door and see," Qin Shilei said lightly.
Vice Dean Zhou, who was following behind, looked even more displeased, with a fine layer of cold sweat on his forehead.
However, he had to step forward, enter the password, and open the door.
Inside the laboratory, there were indeed many zombie corpses and mutated beast corpses, but no live zombies were found.
"City Lord, there are no live zombies here. How about we check the next laboratory?" Vice Dean Zhou suggested.
"Boss, this way." Duan Tianhe, however, walked into an office inside.
The office was only about ten square meters and was simply furnished with a desk and a sofa.
"City Lord, this is just an office. It can't hide zombies." Vice Dean Zhou even opened the cabinets of the desk.
Duan Tianhe pointed to a wall and said, "Boss, I sense the zombie is a few meters ahead."
"Open it," Qin Shilei commanded.
The people from the research institute looked at each other, but no one spoke.
Seeing Qin Shilei's impatient expression, the highest-ranking official from the research institute present could only step forward and say in a low voice, "City Lord, this is just a wall."
Qin Shilei ignored his explanation and ordered, "Tianhe, smash it for me."
"Alright." Duan Tianhe walked to the wall and punched it.
Bang!
With a loud bang, the wall collapsed, revealing a hole over a meter wide.
Through the hole, they could see a laboratory of over a hundred square meters inside.
"How can there be a hidden laboratory here?" Professor Yu said in surprise.
"Roar!" Perhaps hearing the noise, the zombie tied to the experimental table struggled and let out a low roar.
"Vice Dean Zhou, are you secretly researching live zombies?" Professor Yu turned and questioned.
Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Vice Dean Zhou quickly explained, "City Lord, I am researching live zombies only to find their weaknesses. It is all for the sake of all humankind. I have no ulterior motives."
"Vice Dean Zhou, how could you do this? The Internal Affairs Office prohibits us from researching live zombies here to ensure the safety of this research institute. If you want to research live zombies, you can go to the new laboratory built outside the city. Why risk researching them here?" Professor Yu said earnestly.
"I thought the safety protection level of this secret room was Grade One, and these live zombies are only the lowest grade zombies, and they cannot escape the secret room, so I risked researching them here," Vice Dean Zhou explained in a low voice.
Qin Shilei ignored him and carefully observed the laboratory.
There was a middle-aged man in a white lab coat in the laboratory. He was dissecting a zombie on an experimental table.
Even after Qin Shilei and his group entered, he seemed unaware, completely engrossed in his research.
"No, these zombies are not the same as the zombie I encountered outside the research institute," Duan Tianhe suddenly said.
After speaking, he walked forward and carefully observed the few zombies tied up in the laboratory.
Qin Shilei, on the other hand, looked up at the middle-aged man in front of the experimental table.
Name: Xu Zhengqing
Introduction: Black Iron 8-star, dark element ability user, possesses eight Black Iron 9-star refined zombies.
Refined zombies? Could it be that there is really a sect called the Corpse Refining Sect in this world?
Qin Shilei commanded, "Tianhe, capture that person. Be careful of his refined zombies."
Upon hearing the word "refined zombies," the middle-aged man immediately broke free from his disguise as a researcher. With a flash, he lunged towards Professor Yu, attempting to take him hostage.
As he ran, he waved his hand and released eight strong men in suits.