Outside the base,
Uncle Ho, who had just gone out, returned with a wild boar in his hand, his heavy footsteps echoing.
Thump!
Seeing the gate open, Uncle Ho's expression suddenly changed completely. He threw the wild boar in his hand and rushed into the base.
When he left, the gate was clearly closed.
Now that the gate was open, it meant that something had definitely happened. Otherwise, with the intelligence of those children, they would never have risked opening the gate.
The tightly closed gate weighed a thousand pounds, and it was impossible to open it without a password. And to be able to open this gate, it was definitely not an ordinary person.
"Damn it, who is it? Nothing must happen to them."
Uncle Ho began to run at high speed, like a cheetah, kicking up a strong gust of wind.
As he ran, he observed the situation in the corridor.
He didn't see any bloodstains or any traces of damage, which reassured him a little. But even so, he was still very worried. He only hoped that those children could be a little smarter and find a good place to hide, waiting for his return.
He picked up an iron rod from the corner of the wall. With a weapon in hand, his state was much better.
Soon,
he reached the innermost part and saw those children, as well as three strange figures. Without a second thought, he roared angrily.
"Stay away from the children!"
"Ah..."
Uncle Ho didn't think twice and swung the iron rod at Lam Pham's head.
"Uncle Ho, stop..." the children shouted.
But how could a swung iron rod be stopped just by saying so? It drew an arc and, with a thud, landed firmly on Lam Pham's shoulder.
"Ouch."
The iron rod bent, and his wrist was shaken with pain. He had clearly intended to hit someone else, but who would have thought it would turn out like this? This situation was beyond his imagination.
Of course, he had also heard what the children said.
"Ah... this..."
Uncle Ho stood there awkwardly.
He wanted to apologize properly to Lam Pham, to ask with concern if he was injured. But looking at the other party's situation, he knew that his question would be pointless. The other person was fine, not a scratch on him.
On the contrary, his own situation was very miserable. His hand was still aching terribly.
"Are you okay? You're not hurt, are you?" Lam Pham asked with concern.
He knew that the force of the other party's blow just now was very strong.
The reaction force was naturally not to be underestimated.
He thought to himself that his skin was thick and his flesh was tough. Not to mention an iron rod, even if he were bombarded with a machine gun, it would be difficult to even break his skin.
"No, I'm fine."
Uncle Ho was very helpless. He didn't expect to be the one who attacked, yet he was the one being cared for. No matter how you looked at it, it always felt a little strange.
Lam Pham said, "It's good that you're okay. Don't worry, we're not bad people. I came from the Hoang City Sunshine Shelter. I heard there was a base here and came to take a look."
He explained that it was easy to have misunderstandings in the current apocalypse.
But as long as the misunderstanding was cleared up, everything would be fine.
"Is it just you guys here?"
Lam Pham had observed the surrounding situation. In such a large base, there were only a few of them, and there were no supplies. The only reliable thing was that the water source was very sufficient.
Water was a very important resource in the apocalypse. It was very difficult to survive without a clean water source.
"Yes, just us."
Uncle Ho was very strong, with bulging muscles. The first impression he gave was that his whole body was full of explosive power.
Lam Pham said, "What happened to you guys? After all, your current state seems to have some connection with zombies."
Hearing this, Uncle Ho glanced at the children, then at himself, sighed, and told them what had happened in the past.
Lam Pham's expression gradually became solemn.
The situation the other party described revealed some important information.
Uncle Ho used to be a member of a mysterious organization. Not long after the apocalypse broke out, the organization began to study things related to zombies, and they had always used living people as test subjects.
This kind of experiment using living people was extremely cruel.
He couldn't tolerate this, but he was just a very ordinary member of the organization and couldn't influence the behavior of the managers at all.
Not to mention that it was the apocalypse outside. To survive in the apocalypse, besides relying on the base, what other way was there?
In the end, he had no choice but to live like a walking corpse.
He cleaned up the dregs left behind by the experiments.
He thought it would continue like this, but who would have thought that the organization had caught a group of children from somewhere and wanted to use them for experiments? Seeing this situation, Uncle Ho was stunned at that time.
This kind of behavior was worse than that of an animal.
He didn't want to watch this happen, especially when he saw the anxious eyes of the children. A voice sounded in the depths of his heart, telling him to save these children, take them away from here, and maintain the last essence of humanity.
But he just wanted to save people from the base.
The difficulty was very high.
The base was heavily fortified. How could he save them just because he wanted to?
Later, he began to take risks.
But the result was very unfortunate. His actions were discovered, and in the end, he was imprisoned with those children and became a test subject, injected with an unknown serum.
At that time, he thought he would die, because he had seen many test subjects die after being injected with this drug, their whole bodies bubbling with viscous liquid, their skin cracking, and growing abnormal organs.
In panic, he and a group of children showed various symptoms.
The only thing to be glad about was that they were still alive and hadn't died.
A moment later,
Lam Pham said, "Taking advantage of the internal turmoil in the organization, you fled with the children and met an old man living in this base. He took you in, and your own situation is due to the injection of the serum."
"Yes," Uncle Ho nodded. "That old man was a scientist. He was very kind and full of goodwill. After learning about our situation, he drew our blood for research and said that our physical condition was not good and our genes were mutating. Later, he developed a drug for us, saying that it could suppress the mutated genes in our bodies."
"Where is that old man?"
"He's dead. He died a month ago. He was bitten by a zombie and had been relying on drugs to suppress the zombie virus. The old man said that he didn't know much about zombies at that time, which delayed things."
Hearing these words,
Lam Pham and Ton Nang exchanged a look, very curious about this old man's identity.
So powerful.
He clearly didn't understand zombies, yet he could suppress the virus in his body in the shortest possible time and didn't turn into a zombie. After all, after being bitten by a zombie, one would turn into a zombie in a very short time.
This short period of time was only a few seconds.
If he were still alive and had a full understanding of zombies, he would probably have made a great discovery.
What a pity.
Lam Pham said, "Do you still remember where that base is?"
As far as he knew, there were only two mysterious organizations in the apocalypse.
One was Tan Linh's, and the other was Thoi Tieu Phi's Aberrant organization.
He suspected that they had escaped from the Aberrant organization.
After all, only the Aberrant organization researched serums.
"I remember, but it's a bit far. After we ran out of there, we were afraid of being found. It's also strange, ever since we were injected with the serum, normal zombies act as if they don't see us."
This was also the reason why the other party could bring the children here.
Otherwise, with the number of zombies in the apocalypse, it would be basically impossible to arrive here safely.
Lam Pham said, "It's very normal, because you have zombie genes in your body. Normal, irrational zombies treat you as their own kind."
Uncle Ho thought about it and felt that he was right. It was indeed so, and it should be as the other party said.
"We are no longer normal humans."
"No, you are normal. Your current situation is actually a kind of evolution. Outside, your situation is called an Aberrant, evolving with the help of zombie genes."
How could Lam Pham let them have such thoughts?
From the contact so far, he knew that the other party had not seen the "Zombie Illustrated Guide." If they had seen it, they would not have had such an expression.
Uncle Ho muttered to himself, "An Aberrant..."
If possible, he only hoped that he was an Aberrant, and that the children would be fine.
"This place is actually not safe. Why don't you come back with me to the Hoang City Sunshine Shelter? Many people live there, and you don't have to worry about supplies. Everything is there."
Lam Pham threw them an invitation. The Sunshine Shelter was very safe.
Uncle Ho said, "But with our current situation, will we scare others?"
Lam Pham smiled and said, "It's okay, you don't have to worry. Everyone in the Sunshine Shelter is very friendly. Besides, you haven't seen the 'Zombie Illustrated Guide.' If you have, you will understand many things."
Uncle Ho stared at Lam Pham. He saw a kind of sincerity in the other party's eyes, unlike someone who was joking.
"Is that really possible?"
"Of course."
Lam Pham said very firmly.
For Uncle Ho, he had to face great pressure to take care of those children. Every day when he slept, he would patrol the base, afraid of any negligence.
If he didn't have a strong heart, he would have collapsed long ago.
Lam Pham touched the heads of the children and said with a smile, "When you get to the Sunshine Shelter, you will meet a group of good friends of your age. At that time, you can study together."
The children, who were looking forward to it before, heard Lam Pham say that they would study together, and their eyes widened, looking at Lam Pham in a daze.
"Huh? We still have to study?"
"Of course you have to study. Do you think that just because the apocalypse has come, you can never study? Don't worry, everything there is the same as before."
Lam Pham touched their heads.
He could feel their love for learning.
He was very pleased. The children now were really striving to improve. Even in the face of the apocalypse, they were still determined to be strong.
Thinking of Phi Phi, Dinh Dinh, and Van Van... all the children were like this.
There was hope for such a future.
Han Hieu Hieu, who had been following Ton Nang, patted her chest. It was so dangerous. The original choice was right. If she had stayed at the Sunshine Shelter, she would definitely have to study too.
Just thinking about it felt very terrifying.
At this time, Uncle Ho's mood had calmed down a lot.
Although he still didn't know what the Sunshine Shelter was like, he believed that it would definitely be the beginning of a beautiful future for them.
"Everything has been resolved. Hieu Hieu and I should go now. Remember what we said before, don't forget the salary," Ton Nang said.
Lam Pham said, "Okay, don't worry, I'll keep it in mind."
Ton Nang said, "I know you're looking for those two organizations and the Creators. As long as I find their tracks, I will definitely notify you as soon as possible."
He felt that the current apocalypse was very dangerous, and there was no need for those messy organizations to exist.
These organizations were like troublemakers in the apocalypse, making a bad apocalypse even worse.
Therefore, while Ton Nang was hunting evolved zombies outside, he also served as an intelligence officer for the Sunshine Shelter. It was a good thing to proactively tell Lam Pham about any strange bases he encountered.
"Do you need crystals? I feel that your ability is very unusual." Lam Pham looked at Ton Nang. He could feel the vast power in the other party's body. He knew that Ton Nang was an Awakener, and he might have more than one ability.
If it were before, he would definitely wonder why he had multiple abilities.
But now he didn't have so many thoughts.
No matter how many abilities he had, as long as he didn't harm the survivors, it was a good thing.
Ton Nang said, "No need. With my current ability, getting crystals is not difficult."
"Okay, if you have any needs, you can tell me," Lam Pham said.
"No problem."
After a simple exchange, Ton Nang left the base with Han Hieu Hieu.
Lam Pham also led them back to the Sunshine Shelter. For these children, they had always lived in the base and hadn't run freely outside for a long time.
Now they could stay in the city, with their feet on the solid ground.
It made their eyes light up.
After arranging for them, he took Uncle Ho to the base they had escaped from.
Uncle Ho's full name was Duong Ho. He said that he used to be a skinny person, the kind that was as thin as a stick. The reason he became so strong was because of the injection of the serum.
When they arrived at the base, the situation in front of him made Lam Pham frown slightly. The base was very desolate, and even the metal gate had been knocked over.
"This place has been abandoned?" Lam Pham said in surprise.
Uncle Ho said, "I don't know. When we escaped, the scene was very chaotic. Could it be that something really happened in that experiment, causing the base to be abandoned?"
At that time, he only wanted to escape with the children.
How could he care about these things?
"Let's go in and take a look first. There are no living creatures inside," Lam Pham said.
With his current ability, he could naturally sense whether there were any living creatures in this base.
"Yes."
Duong Ho nodded. "I've heard people say before that the gate of this base is made of special materials. Even a missile bombardment can't damage it. The way this gate is damaged now, it looks like it was crushed by some kind of creature from the inside."
Lam Pham said, "Studying zombies will eventually lead to problems. No one knows what kind of monster will be created in the end."
After speaking, he walked inside.
Walking inside, the base was severely damaged. The walls were covered with cracks, and there were many rotten corpses. The damage to these corpses was severe. Some had their chests caved in, and some had their bodies pierced through.
In short, they must have been very miserable when they were alive.
"Creating a monster that takes your own life. Human technology is very terrifying," Lam Pham sighed.
The evolution process of zombies itself was already very terrifying.
And humans still wanted to rely on technology to change the direction of zombie evolution. This kind of behavior was simply courting death.
Although he didn't know what kind of monster had destroyed this base,
judging from the surrounding situation, it was definitely a huge zombie.
They walked all the way inside.
It was probably a research room. The surroundings were full of broken glass jars, with all kinds of strange bodies fallen to the ground. Occasionally, exposed wires on the wall would spark.
The crackling sound.
It brought a different atmosphere to the quiet base.
The messy experiment table was filled with many blueprints. He glanced at them a few times. The blueprints were all of various zombies, as well as the appearance of some internal organs, with notes written on the side.
He put away these blueprints, preparing to take them to Professor Ha and let him see what these things were.
"Do you know where their other bases are?" Lam Pham asked.
Duong Ho shook his head and said, "I don't know. I was just an ordinary member in the base back then and had no access to these secrets. But all along, there would be people I had never seen before coming. They wore white coats and came in a hurry with briefcases, and then they would stay here for a few hours."
It seemed that this base was a branch.
Something happened in the experiment, and this base was abandoned.
After Lam Pham had collected most of the blueprints, he thought about whether there would be any missed clues here. If he could find the location of the Aberrant organization, then he could go there and have a good chat with them.
At this time, the electronic device in front of him was still powered on. He saw a button on the table.
The moment he pressed the button,
the dark big screen lit up.
Lam Pham looked up and saw a simulated image on the screen, as well as helical gene data.
[God Creation Plan]
Although he couldn't understand some professional terms, he could still see the pictures very clearly.
"I seem to have heard someone mention this God Creation Plan," Duong Ho thought of some content he had heard before, but he only wanted to live at that time. How could he care about creating gods or not?
As a result, when he thought about it now, he felt that a lot of content had been forgotten.
Lam Pham said, "Creating gods is to create gods in the apocalypse. I have seen this kind of situation a lot, but to really succeed, I think it's very difficult."
He shook his head. Capable people were all thinking about this.
But until now, who could succeed?
If there was a situation of becoming a god, it would be an Awakener absorbing the energy of crystals, constantly improving their abilities, and finally becoming a god-like existence.
Duong Ho didn't know what those researchers were thinking.
He clearly knew it was a very dangerous thing,
but he still devoted himself to the research tirelessly.
A moment later,
he had seen everything he should have. There were no other gains for the time being. It was a pity that he couldn't find the most important base. If he could, then everything would be easy to solve.
He returned to Hoang City.
He handed the blueprints he had brought back to Professor Ha. Professor Ha looked at the blueprints and finally threw out a sentence.
"Those people are truly too crazy."