I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 87
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 87: A Deliberate Act
Under the flickering lights, the three of them dealt with the zombies in the corridor and arrived at the entrance of the command department.
The solid door was equipped with an iris recognition device. After Chu Yuan scanned his iris, the door made a dull muffled sound and slowly opened.
A strong smell of blood wafted out as the metal door was opened. The lights in the command room were still on, and under the bright light, one could clearly see the dried blood that was spilled on the walls and floor like ink, as well as the corpses piled up in the corner.
Qi Yuan only took a glance and then hastily looked away, unable to look any longer.
Jiang Ran subconsciously tightened her fingers around her gun. She gulped and forced herself to look directly at the tragic scene in the command room.
Most of the corpses were very young, both men and women. They wore the black uniform of the Xiling superhuman team, and without exception, fear and indignation were written on their faces...
Closing his eyes, Chu Yuan slowly walked into the command room, the place where his companions had fought.
"Jiang Ran, these people..."
Knowing what Qi Yuan wanted to ask, Jiang Ran whispered, "They were all bitten to death by zombies."
The corpse closest to them was a tall woman. Her body was full of holes from being eaten by zombies, and her original appearance could not be seen.
Seeing the dozen or so bodies of headless zombies at her feet, Jiang Ran knew that this person had fought until her death.
Chu Yuan stopped in front of his companion's body and carefully laid her body, which was leaning against the wall, on the ground. His movements were gentle, with a sacred sense of ritual. This time, without Jiang Ran's explanation, Qi Yuan could tell that the woman who died in the battle was a companion Chu Yuan knew and was familiar with.
"Her name was Min He. She was the captain of the fourth team. Like me, she was also an experimental subject in the laboratory." Chu Yuan lowered his eyes and looked at his companion. His voice was low and one could hear the bitterness and anger in it. "It was the Shen family who released Qin Huai. In order to weaken the power around Seventh Brother, the higher-ups of the base arranged for the fourth team led by Min He to chase after Qin Huai."
"... all the way to Jiangning?"
"Yes, Qin Huai is very familiar with this area. The base sent several reconnaissance teams but failed to catch him. Finally, the Shen family proposed to establish a blockade zone to trap him temporarily."
"At that time, no one knew about Qin Huai's abilities?"
"The information given to us by the Shen family states that it’s a mutant psychic ability, and the danger level is very high, even higher than that of Seventh Brother –– but no one knows what the specific mutant ability is."
Chu Yuan stood up, looked around the command room, and walked towards the computer where the surveillance footage was stored.
Jiang Ran said, "So, before coming here, no one knew that Qin Huai's psychic ability was a control-type psychic ability?"
Chu Yuan shook his head.
"Now, we know." Jiang Ran said coldly, "This time, we were caught off guard –– next time when we meet..."
"If we had been prepared, Qin Huai might not have been able to outwit Min He." Min He had become the captain of the fourth team based on her real strength. Her combat ability was not low. This time, Qin Huai managed to gain the upper hand by taking advantage of a loophole.
Chu Yuan clicked on the surveillance footage.
It wasn’t sure if it was intentional, but Qin Huai did not damage the surveillance of the blockade zone.
The footage clearly recorded everything that happened in the command room.
The team member controlled by Qin Huai's superhuman power took Qin Huai away by avoiding all surveillance and detectors and opened the door of the command room.
Faced with Qin Huai's large-scale deployment of psychic abilities, the group of superhumans in the command room lost their awareness without even having a chance to resist.
Min He, the only sober one, resisted Qin Huai's influence while defending against the zombies who had also awakened various powers to protect her teammates, but in the end, she was defeated...
After Min He was overwhelmed by the zombies, all the team members became helpless victims and were killed by the zombies.
After seeing the subsequent scenes, Jiang Ran was certain that Qin Huai had deliberately retained this surveillance video.
As for those team members who had lost their resistance, Qin Huai did not let the zombies kill them directly. Instead, the zombies started to bite them from their arms and legs, which were definitely not fatal...
Looking at the team members struggling in pain but dying slowly in despair, Chu Yuan slammed his fist on the table. Without waiting for the footage to end, he turned around and walked out of the command room quickly.
"Chu Yuan..." Qi Yuan looked at Jiang Ran, whispered "I'm going out too," and quickly left the command room to chase Chu Yuan.
Jiang Ran didn't move.
The footage ended soon. After receiving Chu Yuan's instructions, the members of the first team quickly came in to collect the bodies of their companions and moved them out of the command room for burial.
Jiang Ran replayed the footage that ended and watched it carefully again.
"As I expected." Pausing the footage to one scene, Jiang Ran stared at a spot and sneered. "That guy got what he wanted."
Qin Huai in the image was holding a notebook in his right hand –– if she saw it correctly, that notebook belonged to Jiang Yize.
Jiang Ranran had seen it in her study room when she was a child. She had a deep impression of it because the cover of the notebook was a sketch by Shen Muxin.
Qin Huai did not kill these people right after he escaped from the blockade zone.
He first escaped from the blockade zone, went to the Jiang family's house, and got what he wanted. Then, he came back here, killed everyone, and waited at the Jiang family's house for the new team.
Wait, was he waiting for the new team at the Jiang family’s house? Or was there something in the Jiang family that he wanted but hadn't been able to get?
……
When Chu Yuan reported Qin Huai's news and the situation of the fourth team back to the base, he did not expect Si Xu to arrive within a day.
The car sped to the blockade zone and braked urgently. After a beautiful drift, it stopped steadily at the entrance. Before the superhuman on duty at the door realized it, the young man had already passed him and entered.
"Is that... Professor Si?"
"It seems so..."
"What do you mean by 'it seems so'? That's Professor Si! It seems that this incident at the blockade zone is really serious. Professor Si even came in person..."
"..."
Si Xu, who had originally thought that he would be able to see the girl when he arrived at the command room, stood in front of the monitoring screen in the command room with a cold expression and remained silent.
"This surveillance footage was left behind intentionally by Qin Huai." Guo Zhehao, the deputy captain of the first team, stood respectfully aside and reported on work. "At Miss Jiang’s request, Captain Chu brought a few team members to accompany her into the blockade zone."
Si Xu remained silent.
Deputy Captain Guo's forehead was covered with cold sweat. He bit the bullet and continued, "They went in this morning and should be back soon..."
Before he finished speaking, several familiar figures appeared on another surveillance screen.
Si Xu's gaze shifted from the main monitor to the lower right corner, and his cold expression eased slightly.
Deputy Captain Guo also saw the people who came back, and finally heaved a sigh of relief. "Captain Chu and Miss Jiang are back."
"Yeah." Si Xu's gaze shifted back to the main screen.
The man suddenly raised his hand and pressed the pause button, then pointed his finger at a spot on the screen and asked, "What is Qin Huai holding in his hand?"
Guo Zhehao had also seen this footage, but he had never noticed what was in Qin Huai's hand. He was confused for a moment. "It seems to be... a book? Or a notebook or something like that?"
The image wasn’t clear enough and he couldn't be sure.
But why did Professor Si pay attention to that? Could it be some important clue?