Chapter 94: Purity

Everyone searched these rooms but found no trace of Ouyang Hong.

The furniture and walls in the room were all wrecked, with broken glass, wood chips, and scattered documents littering the entire floor.

“No bloodstains, he should still be alive. Under these circumstances, he couldn’t escape. They must have taken him away,” Yi Chen said.

“What kind of people did this?” Bai Ge asked, propping her chin.

From the methods of the crime, the security guards at the community entrance and the people along the way and around the area had gory and horrifying deaths that were unbearable to witness. She would rather believe it wasn’t done by humans. However, Ling Lan proposed from the current perspective of medical research that zombies lack such intelligence and wouldn’t launch attacks that are differentiated and purposeful.

Yi Chen frowned. Suppose all this was done by the new monster born from Zhang Lei’s fusion with the Crawler. Then why didn’t it directly kill Ouyang Hong?

Heavy doubts remained unanswered.

Ling Lan wasn’t satisfied, she crouched down flipping through the files.

“Sis, what are you doing?” Ling Zhe asked, puzzled.

“Ouyang Hong holds the data on the infected. I observed his office, there’s nothing there. I guess those files are here.”

“Wow, sis, this is… way too much, how do we even find them?” Ling Zhe’s head spun.

However, Ling Lan automatically blocked his voice and continued on her own. Once she set her mind on something, it was hard to stop her. Ling Zhe had no choice but to squat down and assist.

Yi Chen called the others to join in the search. He was also curious about the superpowers of the infected controlled by Future Group.

With more people, the messy files on the floor were quickly organized. Included were some confidential zombie virus research progress and experimental data, etc., but nothing Ling Lan wanted to find.

“Strange… not at the medicine headquarters, nor at his home?” Ling Lan wondered, shaking her numb feet.

Ouyang Hong had always been serious and cautious, unlike someone who would store important data elsewhere… Since he went missing, did he take the corresponding files with him? But why specifically those files?

A car sound approached from afar.

The car doors opened, and a group of people with hurried footsteps quickly surrounded the building.

Yi Chen listened carefully, estimating there were about twenty people. What was strange was that they had successfully shaken off the tail earlier, so Future Group should not know they were here.

Even stepping back, if Future Group wanted to deal with them, they should at least have brought more people. With just this few, no matter if they had weapons or not, if they could utilize the obstacles in the room, Bai Ge alone could take out more than half.

Liang Bing also sensed the abnormality and reminded everyone.

“It’s fine, let’s first see what they want,” Yi Chen said.

There was no action outside for a long time.

Bai Ge’s phone suddenly rang, startling everyone. She looked down and saw it was Zhou Zihao calling.

What was he calling at this time?

She was about to hang up, thinking maybe she could find out something from him, so she answered.

Before she could respond, Zhou Zihao asked urgently: “Bai Ge, are you at Ouyang Hong’s house? I’m outside this building.”

The outside people were brought by Zhou Zihao? Bai Ge was both surprised and speechless. He usually doesn’t get involved in trouble, why did he join in today?

“What the hell?”

“Let’s come out and talk, we don’t want to conflict with you,” Zhou Zihao almost used a pleading tone.

Bai Ge looked at Yi Chen, not knowing what he was thinking.

“Going out is fine, I guess he won’t make any tricks,” Yi Chen said and walked out.

With so many things happening tonight, they would have to face Future Group sooner or later. Zhou Zihao would at least try to cover for Bai Ge, so let’s hear what he has to say first.

The people outside saw Yi Chen and were very nervous, holding weapons and backing away several steps, maintaining a distance they thought was safe.

“My dad wants to talk to you,” Zhou Zihao said, forcing himself to be calm. His legs were shaking badly, and if Yi Chen made any move, he would withdraw immediately.

“What does my dad want with me?” Yi Chen asked.

He knew Zhou Zihao’s father was the top boss of Nanchuan Future Group, Chairman Zhou Shiwen. However, among the eight top executives of Future Group, he had only met Mu Qing’s father, Mu Zongxing, and not Zhou Shiwen who doesn’t show up much.

Never having contact before, now suddenly summoned, Yi Chen felt strange.

If it was for accountability for the disturbance tonight, they could just order to arrest people directly, without so much nonsense.

“You talk among yourselves.”

Zhou Zihao threw a phone over, and Yi Chen caught it doubtfully.

“Yi Chen, it’s nice to talk to you,” Zhou Shiwen’s voice was cold and clear, with no hint of happiness.

“Is there something?” Yi Chen pressed the speakerphone.

Now his team was nearby, all participants, they should know the content of their conversation.

“You previously triggered the alarm at Future Medicine Headquarters. At that time, there were a total of forty-five security personnel, intercepting you in batches. Didn’t I say it right?”

“Correct, correct. If you think we acted too harshly, why don’t you first look into the responsibility of that doctor Ouyang Hong? He detained my friends and lied to hide the facts. The problem is in your side first.”

“By saving people, you implicated forty-five lives. Can that be described as light or heavy-handed?” Zhou Shiwen chuckled coldly twice.

“… What do you mean?” Yi Chen was a bit confused.

“They are all dead.”

“Impossible! You must have mistaken somewhere!” Bai Ge was agitated. Before Yi Chen arrived, she had participated in the entire battle, and she knew best what kind of injuries those security personnel had sustained.

Generally, those people had dislocated elbows, received some electric shocks, and fell to the ground with their bodies numb. For the unlucky ones, she just knocked them unconscious. How could she have killed them?

On the contrary, the last batch of gunmen, wanting their lives was true. If Yi Chen hadn’t arrived in time, the result would be unknown. Even so, Yi Chen hadn’t killed them, at most breaking a few bones, and he had already shown mercy!

“The facts are before your eyes, and quibbling is useless. Do you still need to go to the scene to check before admitting it?” Zhou Shiwen asked.

“Go if you want, but can white be called black?” Ling Lan snorted. Everyone got into trouble because of saving her, and she wanted to prove their innocence as soon as possible.

“Are you Ling Lan, the doctor?”

“Yes,” Ling Lan answered in surprise. She and Zhou Shiwen had never met before, how could the other party identify her just by voice?

Actually, not just her. Everyone present, including Bai Ge, had never directly interacted with Zhou Shiwen.

Zhou Shiwen was undoubtedly a big figure who hid behind the scenes monitoring everything. He had some understanding of them, but they knew nothing about him.