Xu Qian turned her head and saw a door descending.
Her expression tensed, and she exerted all her strength to rush towards the door, but it was too late.
The door, still, closed.
The distance was too great, there wasn't enough time.
She knew that old man had no good intentions!
"Bang, bang, bang—"
The ground trembled, and Xu Qian shifted her gaze slightly, seeing a giant gorilla walking towards her.
Its height almost reached the ceiling, it hunched over, its face covered in long black fur.
Its body was like that of an ordinary gorilla, only its physique was magnified dozens of times.
It bared its teeth and charged, the ground shaking.
Xu Qian's thoughts flickered, and she gripped her Bast knife, moving to meet it head-on.
Though the gorilla was large, it was not agile. Xu Qian darted around its feet, occasionally slashing its legs.
It cried out in pain, lifting its foot as if to stomp, attempting to crush her.
Xu Qian frowned and dodged instantly.
This gorilla was thick-skinned and tough. Killing it with just a knife seemed difficult. It was a mutant, immune to psychic abilities.
The things X Group researched were becoming harder to deal with.
She patted Xiao Dai's head. Xiao Dai blinked its eyes groggily, and the sight of the colossal creature before it made its eyes widen in fright.
Then... it spat out a large mouthful of white saliva.
With a "shing" sound, the gorilla's flesh was slightly injured, not significantly.
Xu Qian frowned. Even Xiao Dai couldn't handle it?
"Ding, Xiao Dai was developed by X Group."
Xu Qian immediately understood. How could something from the same factory attack each other?
"System, do you have a solution?"
"Ding, the host can put it into the space, and the system will handle it for you."
Xu Qian: "..." Such a move?
She extended her mental power to cover the gorilla and, with a thought, pulled it into her space.
Upon entering the space, the gorilla immediately vanished.
Xu Qian didn't dwell on it; as long as it could be resolved, it was fine.
Xu Qian continued further inside. On both sides, many mutants were confined in glass cabinets.
The largest glass cabinet was empty, presumably where the gorilla had been kept.
Most mutants were a combination of animal and human. Some had human upper bodies and snake lower bodies, while others had large rabbit ears on their heads and human bodies below.
Water-type mutants were kept in a huge fish tank.
There was everything: man-turtles, man-sharks, man-lions, and so on. They were mating in the water, making even the worldly Xu Qian avert her gaze.
She sighed softly.
"System, what should we do?"
They couldn't possibly blow the place up, and killing them one by one would be too arduous.
"Ding, the host should put them all into the space, and the system will handle it for you."
Xu Qian couldn't help but ask, "Why do you need so many?"
"Ding, the system needs to research the genes on them. Currently, Country Z does not have this technology."
"You mean, Country D people?"
The system did not reply. Xu Qian collected them one by one into her space, and they disappeared one by one.
When Xu Qian emerged safely, the outside was already a river of blood. Not a single green dot remained.
Xiao Ping stood motionlessly on a pile of corpses.
Xu Qian frowned and called out, "Xiao Ping."
Xiao Ping suddenly snapped back to attention and turned around.
His ink-green eyes seemed to be stained with blood-red for a moment before returning to normal.
Xiao Ping's lips curved slightly, and he said softly, "Qian, I'm tired. I want to go back and rest."
Xu Qian found it strange. Xiao Ping had never told her he was tired before. But Xu Lu had. When Xu Lu said he was tired, Xiao Ping would be the next to replace him.
She didn't ask further. Everyone gets tired, and zombies are no different, right?
"No rush, sleep well."
Xiao Ping's eyes flickered, and suddenly, he stepped forward and hugged her tightly, whispering:
"Qian, goodbye."