After reaching the safe zone, Xu Jie strictly demanded us to keep this a secret. Even if the authorities sent people to ask about it, we are forbidden to talk. He would be responsible for the incident.

"If you talk about it... the deaths of two common people in an apocalypse are nothing unusual." He threatened us plain and simple.

So, despite promising on the outside, we cursed him out as much as we could in secret.

Jokingly, not telling the government about you, you old nuisance? Then Liu Minjie would've died for nothing, wouldn't he? Your wishes have been fulfilled. How wonderful for you.

I cursed in my heart.

One night when I was quietly discussing a report strategy with Jia Yang in the tent, Lin Yan, who had disappeared for a few days, came back.

His eyes were full of bloodshot eyes, he looked very tired.

He hugged me and said with a loving and regretful tone, "I'm sorry... for letting you take the risk."

"Do you know then?" I asked.

"Hmm... They made you go catch that third variant zombie three times. but fortunately, they killed it. If you're in trouble..."

"Wait..." I interrupted, "They killed it?"

He looked puzzled and nodded, "Didn't they? It didn't die?"

I gave Jia Yang a look, and he understood, he stepped out of the tent. He lifted the curtain and said to us, "No one's there, you can speak."

I carefully told Lin Yan the whole story of the incident.

Lin Yan's gaze transformed from confusion to shock and anger.

"I see, I'll figure something out," he took the original note from my hand, stuffed it into his pocket.

The next day, in the safe zone, I asked volunteers who had worked in that hospital from Li Wanqing's message when she was critically ill. I didn't know where Lin Yan disappeared to again.

"Ah? Li Wanqing? I think I know, wasn't she a patient with malignant lymphoma?”

"Yes, that's her! Do you know her? Do you know where she is now?" I asked all the volunteers over and over again, and finally, one of them knew.

"I don't know," she shook her head, "she was moved to the survival zone a long time ago, and she was lucky. Her condition worsened last month and has been taken away by the management. She might have been moved for treatment."

I thanked her and was ready to ask Lin Yan or the management again later. At this time, there was a commotion on the military side.

However, this commotion was much greater than the one that took us away. It wasn't a commotion among the people, it was a commotion within the military.

The management office was surrounded by circles from the crowd, everyone was discussing what was happening there.

Two military men took me and Jia Yang into the middle of the safe zone's office again.

Lin Yan’s actions could be called rapid and decisive. He stood at the side of the meeting room, while tough Xu Jie, the old man who scolded us, and the officer who shouted at us were handcuffed and pushed on the ground, and they were facing a leader who I’d always seen on the news.

Xu Jie lay on the ground and was still hard-headed, "I'm contributing to human evolution. Why do you arrest me? You should all thank me!"

His grey hair was disheveled, and he seemed almost crazy. "All works of my greatness!"

The officer who was similarly handcuffed kneeled and begged, "I was fooled by Professor Xu. Please believe me, the nation!"

I couldn't help but spit on the face of this person who wanted to dissociate himself: "Shame on you!"

He glared at me, "Damn it! That monster didn't attack you. You and that monster are a group."

I laughed a bit, “Indeed a group. So, I know that your true face is scum, and the misfortune of the people, the nation, surely has scum like you!"

The two lunatics went on for a while, and then the leader who was standing there became impatient, waved his hand.