Xu Ruina, transformed into a wailing one, was no match for Xu Linna. She was kicked flying by Xu Linna, precisely into the teleportation portal.
Simultaneously, the portal vanished.
At this moment, the commotion at the doorway grew louder, as if someone was about to break in.
Xu Linna twisted her neck, flexing her new body, then abruptly yanked open the door and charged out.
Following this, the screen blurred once more, then went black.
"This fat girl is... Xu Linna?"
Zhang Chen couldn't hide his shock.
"That's right, the fat girl is Xu Linna. This guy killed quite a few people when he left, and even released the Master..."
"That's why I merged into the Master's consciousness symbiont. Otherwise, I would have died like everyone else."
Li Tieniu said.
The "Master" he referred to was the Pluto Mushroom.
"This... this..."
Zhang Chen sat down and sorted out his thoughts.
Originally, Xu Ruina was named Zhou Feifei and did indeed work at Raven Studio, but she wasn't a senior researcher, rather Xu Linna's assistant.
Xu Linna wanted Xu Ruina to completely forget her past, so she inputted false memories and forged experimental records.
Those experimental videos might have been made by Xu Ruina, but the self-introductions within the videos were replaced. With only a small portion of content replaced, no one would notice.
Thus, even if someone found the video, or if Xu Ruina recovered and saw it, she would believe her name was Xu Ruina and forget her identity as Zhou Feifei.
From then on, Zhou Feifei, like the other people in the laboratory, disappeared from the world forever.
In this way, Xu Linna's actions would never be known!
Therefore, when Xu Ruina transformed into a wailing one, she pointed to the sky; what she was pointing at was actually the location of the lighthouse.
This was because the natives had already activated the lighthouse plan.
As for her guiding Zhang Chen to Xiao Bai's laboratory, it was because her memory fragments retained an impression of the hibernation pod, a scene she saw before becoming a wailing one.
As for the fat girl Xu Linna, she had completely shed her old image and become a beauty.
It was precisely because her current body possessed genes similar to Xu Ruina's that the two looked so alike.
As for the cleaners and others later, their genes were not extracted from Xu Ruina, but from Xu Linna's clones.
That's why the similarity in appearance between the cleaners and Xu Ruina was very low.
"Hoo..."
Zhang Chen let out a sigh.
So that's how it was. No wonder Tang Houde said Xu Linna's story was a long one, and that Xu Linna's body wasn't her own.
He finally understood now.
It seemed Xu Linna had ruined Xu Ruina's life and framed Tang Houde for these matters.
In any case, neither Xu Linna nor Tang Houde were good people!
"Can any of the experimental data here be taken?"
Zhang Chen asked.
"There are no external storage devices right now... However, you can try to store the entire device into your storage ring."
"This way, when you return to your camp, I can connect to power and restart it!"
Li Tieniu said.
"Okay, let's do that!"
Zhang Chen reached out and touched the device.
Soon, the entire device was stored in the ring.
Although Zhang Chen couldn't understand this experimental data, it should be fine to give it to Xu Ruina, Tang Houde, or Mo Pai.
Perhaps the key to restoring Xu Ruina to her human form could be found here.
It was time to go back and find Katerina and Zhang Mo.
Fortunately, there were no more biological activities in this city, so the two of them should be safe upstairs.
Soon, Zhang Chen returned to the third floor of the mall, with Li Tieniu following behind him.
After all, if the Pluto Mushroom wanted to extract its consciousness, it needed a vessel.
Since there was a ready-made vessel, he took it along.
At this time, Katerina had recovered and was sitting in the hallway resting. Zhang Mo, like a little adult, stood protectively in front of Katerina, vigilantly guarding.
Seeing Zhang Chen arrive, he immediately rushed into Zhang Chen's arms.
Katerina also quickly stood up and said:
"Did you eliminate the monster? Also, who is this girl beside you..."
Before Zhang Chen could introduce her, the girl behind him quickly stepped forward and said:
"Hello, beautiful lady, my name is Li Tieniu. I am a laboratory equipment maintenance worker. It's nice to meet you."
"Li... Tieniu?"
Katerina looked at Zhang Chen, bewildered.
Regardless of her name or demeanor, the girl looked nothing like this youthful and beautiful appearance.
"Well... it's a long story. I'll explain it to you slowly..."
Zhang Chen said with a dark expression.
After a lengthy explanation, Katerina finally seemed to understand.
However, her gaze towards Li Tieniu remained strange.
"Then... Mom, should I call this... um... this... person, sister, or uncle?"
Zhang Mo asked.
"This... should be brother..."
Katerina was momentarily speechless, not knowing how to explain.
"Master, if you like the laboratory, I sense another laboratory in this mushroom forest."
The Pluto Mushroom said solicitously.
Its words were spoken through Li Tieniu, so everyone present could understand.
"Okay, I need to continue exploring this area to eliminate the hidden dangers of high-level monsters."
Zhang Chen nodded.
In fact, Zhang Chen had already obtained all the completed experimental blueprints and data when he killed the native councilor.
But these documents alone were not enough; many experiments required experimental equipment.
Only by obtaining this equipment would Zhang Chen truly possess the most advanced technology of the progressive faction.
Moreover, after the apocalypse, the natives had almost no factories for equipment production, effectively destroying the industrial base.
In such a situation, rebuilding would also be a difficult task.
"Let's go, let's try to spend the night near the next laboratory!"
Zhang Chen said.
......
On the other side, the fifth walled city.
The streets were in an uproar, with screams and cries echoing. Some buildings were already emitting thick smoke.
On the streets, several zombies covered in scales were madly devouring passersby.
Their speed was extremely fast, even faster than the resurrected, and they could emit a large amount of poisonous gas. Anyone infected by the gas also turned into identical zombies.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a strand of spider silk descended from above, instantly entangling two zombies.
Mo Ran landed on the ground, the asphalt cracking. A giant earth spider slowly emerged, followed by countless ghost-faced spiders and frost spiders that swarmed out towards the zombies.