Chapter 45.1 - The Err(s) Of The Research Institute
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This time, the shift Geng Yan’s team had been assigned was from the evening until midnight, a period during which many people in the base would be fast asleep.
Of course, those who were supposed to be on shift would still be at their posts, but then... they all got blinded.
What about that promised breaking up?
"As I had said, how the h★ll would they really break up. They were still living together the entire time. Even if there was conflict at some point, they would still reconcile sooner or later."
"This d★mn zombie tide, I'll be dead from this exhaustion before they’re all completely finished!“ A person complained, whose resentment inside practically couldn’t get any stronger.
There were many logistics personnel near the city wall, and as it was time for shift handover, there were a lot of people moving around.
Although sometimes on the whim of the moment, Ji Anran would press down on his shyness to tease and provoke Geng Yan, all of that was reliant on the condition that there was no other audience around!
Ji Anran struggled for a while, but since he couldn't use his wind ability, in the end, it was only in vain.
So finally, Ji Anran gave up. He buried his face into Geng Yan's arms, doing his best so others wouldn’t be able to see his face clearly.
How embarrassing.
This being an ex-boyfriend... it seems no one in this entire base will believe it anymore.
A few minutes before the shift change, the surveillance cameras of several streets had been secretly sabotaged.
A person was sitting in the Research Institute’s office, tapping away in front of the screen.
"I’ve already replaced the surveillance images on the screens for the time being, but you guys need to hurry up. I can't guarantee whether those people in the monitoring room will notice it."
It was time to change shifts, so there were many ability holders going back to their residences. He had replaced it with yesterday's monitoring video, and didn't dare to guarantee whether the other side would remember or find some clues.
When Zhou Wanglin received the message, he immediately started to take action.
"Perfect. Geng Yan’s holding his little lover right now, unable to free up either hands. We'll directly sneak attack!"
WIth his face all reddened, Ji Anran complained, "Geng-ge, recently, you really aren’t trying to save even a bit of face at all."
"It’s precisely because I was too mindful of keeping face that I didn’t get much results, instead even getting suppressed to death by Wei Yanhua." Geng Yan murmured quietly.
Ji Anran appeared foolishly confused. "What relationship does this have to do with Yanhua?"
Geng Yan tossed a stare at Wei Yanhua who was walking in front, and his unhappiness inside became even more intense.
"He's even more annoying and deceptive than a love rival. If he has the time, why not go find Feng Yu and have a chat?"
Ji Anran simply didn’t want to look at the other [being like this at all]. "You’ve said enough."
"Be careful!"
Geng Yan avoided the attack while still holding Ji Anran, then quickly put the other down afterward.
Ji Anran pulled out the crossbow from his backpack and fixed an angry glare at these uninvited guests.
As they were afraid of getting recognized, these people were dressed in full black, completely covered with only their eyes and mouths revealed.
"Kill them!"
Geng Yan said this but his position was still fixed right next to Ji Anran's side, never more than a distance of three steps away.
Zhou Wanglin's eyes lit up, He clenched his hands, and the earth below immediately formed into a huge fists, wrapping around Ji Anran's legs, directly pulling the other towards his own direction.
His other subordinates were only responsible for keeping the rest of Geng Yan’s team contained. In order to make this a quick fight, he would personally capture the weak and frail little white face, Ji Anran.
Ji Anran was surprised and kept shooting arrows at Zhou Wanglin.
Ji Anran's accuracy was very high, but Zhou Wanglin, being able to make it to level three, naturally, couldn’t be a simple figure. So against Ji Anran’s arrows, he had been able to dodge them all.
This physical and reaction speed is well above average, his attacker must definitely be quite high up on the rankings of the base’s powerhouses!
"So fast!" Ji Anran was still trying to break away from the stone slabs holding onto his feet.
Worried that Ji Anran might get into an accident, Geng Yan ran over turning three steps into two. With a wave of the hand, he condensed a ball of thunder, continuing to fight the flies that were coming to bother him as he searched for a chance to attack Zhou Wanglin.
Zhou Wanglin didn’t dare to go head-to-head against Geng Yan and so was about to run away while bringing Ji Anran.
Ji Anran took a glance at the surroundings. The nearby surveillance cameras have already been destroyed, and as for ability holders, there was no one else left on this road except for them.
This was a must-pass road to return to the new district for ability users, so according to reason, it should have been impossible for there to be no other ability users around during the change of shifts. The only possibility was that, upon hearing the commotion, all the ability users had gone straight away to find the law enforcement team.
After all, they had just come down from the wall from killing zombies, the consumption of both their ability and physical strength couldn’t have been small. Aside from that, they also wouldn’t want to get involved in these things. Nowadays, during the apocalypse, interhuman emotions have become cold and detached, no one would be willing to take risks for the safety of others.
More and more stones continued to pile around his feet, climbing up Ji Anran's legs, such that most of Ji Anran's body was already wrapped up.
Ji Anran's expression changed. "F★ck! Are you planning to make me a stone coffin to then carry me away?!"
The level two earth-type ability users in the base shouldn’t be able to be this strong, could it be that this is the level three Zhou Wanglin? Such a powerful figure as he, actually decided to be a lackey for the vice dean?!
If the opponent is a level three ability user, then he can't just simply use his wind ability at will. He must find the moment the other has relaxed his vigilance, otherwise, he doesn’t have certainty that he would be able to seckill the other person with just one move!
"Haha." Zhou Wanglin couldn't help but laugh a few times.
But then he immediately regretted it, wanting to immediately block his own mouth... They shouldn’t be able to recognize him just by hearing his few short laughs, right?
Very soon, Ji Anran was made into a stone mummy.
Zhou Wanglin brought the stone mummy to leave the scene, wanting to disappear from the group’s view as soon as possible.
The other black-clothed men were still fighting against Geng Yan's team. Their task was to hold down the members of Geng Yan's team, then wait a few more minutes after Zhou Wanglin had left before retreating, so that Zhou Wanglin wouldn’t be caught up by the others.
"How dare you wish to leave!"
Geng Yan broke the neck of one of the opponents, then quickly escaped from the encirclement to chase in the direction Zhou Wanglin had fled.
In order for Ji Anran not to suffocate, the stone mummy had a decent-sized hole exposing Ji Anran's nose.
Even with his vision obstructed, Ji Anran wasn’t afraid at all; instead, he directly closed his eyes and started to feel for all the fluctuations in the wind with his ability.
Even if it was in complete darkness, he would still have this unique, blessed by heavens advantage.
He must stay calm, must wait for the chance for a one shot kill!
The other side was a level three ability holder, Ji Anran has never fought Zhou Wanglin before and dare not guarantee who would definitely lose or win if they truly start to fight. In order to be completely prepared, he can only endure.
Zhou Wanglin couldn't help but curse, "How could he catch up so quickly! Are those people trash, can’t even stop one person!"
"Put Anran down."
Geng Yan said in a cold voice while the movement of his hands didn’t have even a moment of hesitation.
Zhou Wanglin took along the hostage as he continued to dodge left and right. "If you continue to attack me, would you believe I'll use your little lover as a shield!"
"Didn't you guys want to take him precisely just to use him as hostage, would you be willing to let him die?" Geng Yan threw another ball of thunder over.
Zhou Wanglin hurried to dodge and squeezed out of his throat, "You’re simply insane!"
Upon thinking of tonight’s plan, Zhou Wanglin didn't dare to delay and bit the bullet as he tried hard to figure out a solution.
That person behind is sure-h★ll annoying, what do I have to do to ditch him?!
"Geng Yan, from how I see it, this little white face of yours isn’t much, why don’t you just stop chasing. You can go to the red light district for a stroll, I’m sure you'll find someone much better looking."
These words, on the contrary, infuriated Geng Yan.
Upon hearing these words, Ji Anran felt particularly angry in his heart, to the point he wanted to bite this person in front of him to death.
As Geng Yan used one hand to continue launching attacks, the light of electricity flashing, while his other hand continued to gather power. Slowly, a terrifying ball of thunder was forming in the palm of that hand.
Zhou Wanglin’s complexion paled, and he turned to frantically run.
Suddenly, Zhou Wanglin stopped and came to a stand still. "This platform lift is made from steel, it can conduct electricity. If you have the guts to continue to attack me, every harm that comes my way, your little lover will also have to suffer along with me."
As soon as Zhou Wanglin waved his hand, the head of a certain mummy was exposed. The stone slabs had even forcibly taken off his shoes, pressing his feet against the metal flooring.
"Take a good look. Your white and tender boyfriend, 100% authentic. Are you really going to do it, turn him into a roasted suckling pig along with me?"
Ji Anran swept his gaze around and found that they were near the Research Institute. The platform they were standing on was used to lift large cargo.
"If anything happens to my person, you guys will all be buried along with him as sacrificial goods!" Geng Yan’s lips curled up, the smile on his lips could make one’s blood run cold. "Now, why don’t you come get buried for him."
Zhou Wanglin: "??? F★ck!"
Your boyfriend is still alive and kicking right now, are you planning to send him West yourself like this[1]?!
When you were coming back just now, weren’t you still treating him all “Honey” and “Baby,” hugging him all so intimately in your arms? Scumbag!
Geng Yan directly threw out the ball of thunder that was at the palm of his hand. Zhou Wanglin raised his hand and an earthen wall formed out of thin air.
The two forces collided together, and the sound of the wall exploding resounded in their ears!
"Ah! You..."
Zhou Wanglin's eyes widened as he covered his chest that had been cut through by a wind blade, staring at the man who had all of a sudden broken away from the earthen slab to reappear next to Geng Yan.
Geng Yan looped his arms around Ji Anran's waist, bringing the other into his arms.
"Sure enough! We had to use actual combat to delay you before you won’t have enough energy to deal with a sneak attack."
Ji Anran had been right beside Zhou Wanglin. Even if he knew Ji Anran was at level three, Geng Yan still couldn't feel at ease. So he had been racking his brains to think, trying to figure out some way to attract Zhou Wanglin's attention over to himself and create an opportunity for Ji Anran.
Ji Anran didn't push Geng Yan away, instead, he blinked mischievously at Zhou Wanglin.
"I didn't want to die with you, so I slipped away first. My apologies oh~"
Geng Yan bent down and kissed the top of Ji Anran's hair.
"Anran, don't be so naughty in the future. There’s no need for you to wait for a chance to kill them off. As long as there is a chance, just run. Safety’s the most important."
In fact, what he did just then was also a dangerous move. If Zhou Wanglin hadn’t created the wall to block his attack, and Anran didn't manage to leave in time, the only thing he could do would be to rush over to take the attack for Anran. Because he was a thunder-ability holder, this move would have had a much weaker effect on him, though the injuries still wouldn’t be light.
Still with lingering fears, Geng Yan continued to hug Ji Anran, unwilling to let go.
"It’s more or less time for the law enforcement team to arrive over there. Let's go and have a look."
Ji Anran said this, then stabbed a real knife into the now-dead Zhou Wanglin’s chest, before following Geng Yan to leave.
[1] “Paradise” of Buddhism is west of China, because Buddhism originated in ancient India. So, “to send someone West” means you’re going to kill the said person.
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I will be posting the parts of this chapter as they are ready instead of like usual as this chapter is relatively longer. Thank you for everyone's patience and support.
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Anran and co. has the unique skill to infuriate people to death with their words.
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😉 Necessary skill~
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God I love the hiding of the wind element and just inst-killing fools!
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-nod nod- Always nice to have some hidden trump cards when possible.
DeleteJust need to make sure there are no witnesses~
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