Chapter 1961: Chapter 1961

As the scanning laser covered the entire magnetic card, a window quickly popped up on the computer screen, displaying the information of the drunk man from before!

The soldier clicked on the screen, looking back and forth between Zheng Minghui and the photo. Finally, he picked up the magnetic card but did not return it to the other party. Instead, he questioned, "Where did you get this card?"

With the soldier’s words, all the other soldiers maintaining order around simultaneously raised their laser weapons, pointing them at Zheng Minghui!

"I... I..." Zheng Minghui was completely frozen. Clearly, when the previous owner of the magnetic card was holding it and asked for cola, the soldier didn’t even question it. Why was it different for him?

He couldn’t answer the question. With countless laser weapons targeting him, despite being a Level 6 New Human, he couldn’t guarantee surviving under Cloud Gorge Base’s high-end weapons!

The soldier in the store looked at the magnetic card for a while, then held it up vertically in front of Zheng Minghui, sneering, "Stolen from someone else, huh? Heh, you guys are bold. Do you know what this card means?"

"What... what does it mean?" At this time, Zheng Minghui’s muscles tensed up, the light at the muzzles of the soldiers’ laser weapons began to flash fiercely, and he vaguely sensed a warning from deep within his genes.

The weapons in the soldiers’ hands posed a threat to him!

But he didn’t dare move, not knowing what to do next, only trying to stall for time. He was filled with regret, recalling his recent actions, realizing that as death drew nearer, he had unconsciously become so bold just to survive!

The soldier didn’t explain anything to him, nor did he care to. After collecting the magnetic card, he waved a hand, but at the same time, not far away, Shen Mingke finally remembered something, his eyes brightening, but seeing Zheng Minghui in danger made him anxious again.

He shouted, attracting quite a few people’s attention. Soon, he accelerated, using the physical prowess of a Level 6 New Human to push through the crowd, with the surrounding soldiers simultaneously pressing the firing buttons, beams of laser shooting out! Despite Zheng Minghui’s quick reflexes, there were too many, and a few lasers struck him!

Explosions of fire sent Zheng Minghui’s body flying sideways with terrifying force, like a missile crossing the road! In the next second, he crashed through a building. Quickly, Shen Mingke charged over like a human tank, the whirlwind raised by his rapid movement knocking over more than a dozen soldiers!

Amidst the distant billowing smoke, Zheng Minghui groaned in pain, looking at his mangled waist. He took a deep breath and, bearing the intense pain, managed to stand up. He shouted towards Shen Mingke, "Old Shen, let’s go!"

Seeing Zheng Minghui wasn’t dead, Shen Mingke breathed a sigh of relief. Having shared life and death with this guy, practically being like brothers for years, losing him suddenly would truly have felt strange.

He didn’t dare hesitate, powering his legs to barrel out of the soldiers’ encirclement again, pulling Zheng Minghui by the clothes as they sprinted in a certain direction.

From another direction, several high-level New Humans, sensing the commotion, quickly came over to support. With their strength, there was no way the two could escape, but they all seemed to receive an order and stopped chasing soon after.

[The target individuals have been basically identified, they’re just two cowards, not high-level zombies.]

[Did you find out any information about them?]

[Yes, one is called Zheng Minghui, the other is Shen Mingke, both from Lin City in S Province. They twice forged death certificates to escape conscription and entered Cloud Gorge Base, likely just got into some trouble outside and had to flee here.]

[Sigh, seems like they’re really just two useless guys, I was hoping to get info on other zombies from them, oh well, as long as they’re not zombies.]

[Do we need to capture them both?]

[No, bringing them back won’t... Yes, understood.]

"Team leader, what’s wrong? Did the higher-ups say something?"

In the packed crowd, a person codenamed "Mud Snake" squeezed out while touching his earpiece, observing around as he called out to the leader in charge of this action, who didn’t respond further. But soon, a young male voice came through, somewhat cold.

[Even useless ones can be repurposed, keep tracking those two and locate their hideout, I’ll come personally.] Chapters fırst released on 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝘯𝘦𝘵

Hearing this voice, the previously nonchalant Mud Snake immediately showed a stern expression and nodded heavily.

Meanwhile, the two relaxed seeing no one pursued them and returned to the street. Shen Mingke kept running, making Zheng Minghui complain, "Can you slow down? That hurt like hell just now! F*ck!"

"You hurry the f*ck up!"

"Where are you going?"

"Looking for someone?"

"Huh? Who are you looking for?" Zheng Minghui asked, puzzled.

"Do you remember Boss Hua?"

"Boss Hua? What’s up, isn’t he dead already?"

"No, when we just came to Cloud Gorge Base, we were with Boss Hua for a short time. Didn’t someone steal Boss Hua’s optical component?"

"Oh, you mean that thief?"

"What was his name again, I only remember that bastard’s surname was Zhao. You want to focus on him..." Zheng Minghui rubbed his chin, having little impression of the person Shen Mingke mentioned, only vaguely threatening him by leveraging Boss Hua’s influence when they first arrived at Cloud Gorge Base.

Thinking back, it was quite pleasant, abusing the power of a big shot was incredibly enjoyable!

But now, recalling it makes Zheng Minghui a bit fearful. They dared to threaten that guy named Zhao because they were utterly clueless about his background. Who could’ve guessed that Nangong Mingwen, one of the eleven surviving council members from Su Sigui’s ordeal, would turn out to be his brother-in-law?

Upon further thought, Zheng Minghui quickly understood why Shen Mingke focused on this Zhao guy, because he had an underground base hidden somewhere in Cloud Gorge Base, holding some secrets. In the past, those secrets might have been harmless, but in today’s world...

Offending the mayor is no small matter...

"Are you sure that person’s staying there?" Zheng Minghui questioned not long after.

"I’m not sure, but it’s the only thing we can do now, we can only go there and try our luck."