Chapter 162

Zheng Siwei was an ability user who had come out of Dawn Base. Even though he had been actively cooperating with psychological counseling, his emotions would still spiral out of control whenever certain specific topics were mentioned.

For example, laboratories.

The researchers inside those places simply did not view their test subjects as normal human beings. Every single thing they did was a new low for humanity.

Back then, Zheng Siwei had been sent by Fang Sinian to deliver equipment several times. When he saw those grotesque test subjects, someone had explained it to him.

They said the test subjects were mindless zombies, which was why their limbs were bound with iron chains to prevent them from hurting anyone.

Zombies without any reason were no longer considered their own kind.

At that time, Zheng Siwei only felt that the emotions hidden in those zombies’ eyes were far too rich. Looking back now, he realized that those looks were clearly pleas for help, or perhaps the hope that he would kill them.

Every time he heard words related to laboratories, Zheng Siwei’s scalp would tingle. In severe cases, his body would even shake uncontrollably.

Later, after learning about An An’s situation at Red Star Base, Zheng Siwei’s first thought was that if those researchers at Dawn Base ever found out, An An would surely become the ultimate test subject in their eyes.

So when Zheng Siwei heard that An An had been taken to a laboratory, the thought that immediately flashed through his mind was that the researchers at Red Star Base had also failed to maintain their integrity and had finally laid hands on An An.

The Little Zombie was too young and easily led astray, and he had an extremely strong sense of belonging to Red Star Base.

Even if he were told to lie down on an experimental table, the little dummy might even beckon someone over to help him pull up the covers and tuck him in.

After hearing what Zheng Siwei had to say, the anxiety in Xie Zhou’s heart instantly settled, and he even slowed his pace.

His calm and composed demeanor directly incensed Zheng Siwei, who violently threw off Xie Zhou’s hand and cursed:

“You are An An’s biological father! Are you really this unconcerned about his safety? Do you have any idea that no matter what kind of creature it is, once they enter a laboratory, they might be tortured beyond recognition?”

“Have you seen those test subjects in the Dawn Base laboratory?! Do you know that even if they are finally rescued, they only wish for death?”

“Do you want to experience the same despair Gu Wen felt when his younger brother and sister knelt before him, begging him to kill them?”

The psychologists and others at Red Star Base had given Zheng Siwei a lot of help, but he had lived in Dawn Base for too many years. It was impossible to change all his habits in a short time.

He felt gratitude toward this base, but he could never achieve total trust.

No matter what happened, he would always maintain a level of vigilance in his heart.

“Of course I don’t want that, but I think you should calm down first. I’m very happy that you like the baby so much, but you should believe that as a father, no one cares more about his safety than I do.”

An An was the Little Zombie baby that Xie Zhou had risked his life to keep by his side.

Only after hearing these words did Zheng Siwei gradually calm down. After taking a deep breath, he tried hard to convince him.

“But you have to understand, this is a very serious matter. After being injected with too many drugs, whether it’s a zombie or not, things will become terrifying.”

The former Dawn Base was the best example standing right before them.

Human greed is bottomless; people will always yearn for what they cannot have.

Perhaps at the beginning, they wouldn’t move against An An for various reasons, but once they realized how unique An An was, Zheng Siwei didn’t believe anyone could resist that temptation.

Perhaps An An’s blood contained something that could make the zombie virus disappear, or perhaps injecting his blood could allow ordinary people to gain abilities.

It didn’t even need to be that much. Simply wanting to investigate the secrets hidden within An An would be enough for them to put him on the operating table.

“Let’s go take a look. I think the reality might be a bit different from what you’re imagining.”

Zheng Siwei had rushed to find Xie Zhou as soon as he heard the news. By the time they arrived, the injections hadn’t even started yet.

Lined up at the front were other adult zombies from the base. Because they still retained their human memories, reason, and emotions, and because zombies never felt fatigue, they had become a very useful labor force for the base.

They were voluntarily rolling up their sleeves to receive the injections, looking just like people lining up at a hospital for a vaccination in the past.

An An was at the very end of the line, with Pingping and Xiao Guai in front of him.

Seeing the scene before him, the previously certain Zheng Siwei suddenly began to feel unsure.

After all, if they really intended to kidnap An An as a test subject, they would surely do it secretly to minimize the impact.

But now, the queue stretched all the way outside, and many of the zombies’ lovers, relatives, and children were waiting there.

There was even a loudspeaker hanging at the door, calling for them to line up in an orderly fashion for the vaccine, not to crowd, to watch their step, and to avoid stepping on the smaller Mutant Beasts.

An An, who was timid and standing at the back, saw his father coming and hurriedly waved his small hand to call him over. Xie Zhou walked to his side with a helpless smile on his lips.

“What is it?”

An An pointed his finger at a little zombie in front of him. That zombie was about two years older than him and was being held by its mother. A bit further ahead, there was another zombie being held by its older sister.

For a little zombie his age, being held by his father to get a shot was only natural and right.

Xie Zhou bent down and picked him up, taking the opportunity to unbutton his jacket and re-button it correctly.

Leaving the baby with Zhou Li for a while indeed meant there was no need to worry about the baby’s safety, but while safety was guaranteed, it seemed nothing else was.

For instance, the buttons on this jacket were clearly misaligned.

An An nervously hugged his father’s neck, craning his head to try and observe the people in front to understand the process of getting a shot.

The line moved quickly, and An An was able to see more clearly.

When he saw the needle tip pierce the flesh and the doctor slowly push the medicine in, An An flinched with a start.

The Zombie Vaccine was the result of research by the medical doctors in the base, capable of purifying the zombie virus within the body.

Although zombies did not feel fatigue, this came at the cost of their lifespan. Most zombies with intelligence generally had lifespans five times shorter than humans.

Based on the average human lifespan of sixty years before the apocalypse, the lifespan of a mutant zombie might only be a short dozen years.

And for a child like An An who had been turned into a zombie at such a young age, even if he didn’t grow up, his lifespan would still be shortened.

Once the doctors, who were researching various fields, realized this, they reached a tacit agreement to solve this problem first.

After their hard work during this period, they had finally extracted a substance from Gu Wen’s blood. When combined with substances from mutant plants, they created a medicine capable of purifying the zombie virus.

After multiple adjustments, they first conducted experiments on zombies who were confirmed unable to return to normal. Once they were sure it was effective, they decided to inject it into the other zombies in the base.

After being injected with the Zombie Vaccine, one needed to go home and rest for about a week before all the zombie virus in the body would be completely purified.

A week later, it was impossible to distinguish the difference between humans and zombies from their outward appearance. Young zombies around An An’s age could grow up normally.

It was estimated that it would take about half a year for their language systems to return to normal as well.

This vaccine had only recently been developed. Because the situation facing them was so severe, certain side effects were unavoidable.

For example, regardless of whether they were male or female, anyone injected with this vaccine would completely lose their reproductive capacity.

Before finalizing the administration of the zombie vaccine, a notice was released detailing the potential negative impacts in clear writing.

For little zombies like An An, everything was explained to them bit by bit. Only after ensuring they were personally willing would they come to wait in line here.

The population situation in the apocalypse was extremely dire, largely because most people had no desire to procreate under such harsh conditions.

Even a good father like Xie Zhou had seriously considered that if he and his wife had been together in this environment, he likely wouldn’t have chosen to have a child.

As long as his baby could grow up like a normal child, this side effect was not even worth mentioning.

Xie Zhou loved his own biological son, not some grandson whose future existence was uncertain.

The vaccine wasn’t just for mutant zombies; mutant beasts could also be vaccinated. They even specifically invited the base’s veterinarians to come over.

There were all sorts of strange mutant beasts. A mutant husky like Pingping was relatively easy to vaccinate, apart from being a bit annoying when he howled at the top of his lungs after the injection.

Xiao Guai’s scales were extremely hard, and several needles were ruined without being able to pierce through.

In the end, it was An An, who was standing behind it, who reached out and patted Xiao Guai’s head. When the angry Xiao Guai looked back at An An, it forgot to be tense, and the needle finally pierced in, slowly pushing the vaccine through.

Xiao Guai’s defensive capabilities were very strong. As long as An An didn’t use his powers, even if he used all his strength to pat it with his small hands, it wouldn’t feel any pain.

The reason it was angry was mostly because it felt its dignity had been damaged.

In front of so many people, how could he hit its head! Even if he really wanted to hit it, he should have waited until there were fewer people and done it secretly.

After the injection was finished, Xiao Guai realized the purpose of An An’s previous action. It gave a soft huff and slowly slithered away, deciding not to hold a grudge against the little zombie cub.

No matter how sneakily An An had run to the very back at the beginning, it was finally his turn.

The person responsible for giving him the injection was a gentle-looking older sister. She smiled at An An and comforted him, telling him not to be nervous.

Unfortunately, An An had seen this sister before. To avoid trouble during a mission, she had used brute force to twist off a zombie’s head. That scene was something An An remembered to this day.

Recalling it, he couldn’t help but shrink his head back.

Xie Zhou slowly rolled up An An’s sleeve and placed his arm on the table.

The sister picked up a sterilized cotton ball dipped in medicine, wiped it gently on An An’s arm, and comforted him softly:

“Don’t be afraid, it’ll be over soon.”

“Heh…”

An An understood the reasoning, but he was still scared.

Nervously, he buried his head in his father’s chest while Xie Zhou gently patted his back.

Just then, Zhou Li walked in from outside with Xiao Guai coiled around his shoulder.

Sensing that An An seemed a bit afraid, he put on a serious expression and said:

“An An, look, the shot is already finished.”

Hearing those words, the completely unguarded An An turned his head to look. As a result, he saw exactly as the sister pierced the needle into his skin and slowly pushed the vaccine in.

An An’s eyes widened in shock. Once the injection was over, he hugged his father tightly and burst into tears with a loud wail.

Xie Zhou picked up An An and gently coaxed him, frowning as he glared at Zhou Li.

It was one thing to tease An An at other times, but teasing him in this situation meant it was time to take Zhou Li out on missions again.

According to the data they had obtained during experiments, it should have taken some time before An An’s language system could return to normal.

But he was so upset right now that shortly after the injection, he was already able to cry out loud.

Zheng Siwei saw An An hanging on Xie Zhou looking aggrieved and hurried forward to ask:

“Why is he crying?”

An An seemed to feel that crying in front of others was embarrassing, especially in front of an uncle he liked quite a bit. He sniffled and sobbed quietly.

He did this because he wanted to control his emotions, but he didn’t expect that this pitiful appearance of suppressed grievance would make people’s hearts ache even more.

Zhou Li, who had just come out with Xiao Guai, cleared his throat, also feeling a bit embarrassed.

After all, he was used to intentionally teasing An An to make him angry. Back then, when An An was just a little zombie, he would at most hide in a corner and ignore him when he got mad.

So Zhou Li had always thought that was just how An An acted when he was angry.

He never considered that the reason An An didn’t cry when he teased him before was simply because a little zombie couldn’t cry.

Now, after the injection, he was crying so hard for the first time.

Almost all the zombies in the Red Star Base who had maintained their sanity chose to be vaccinated. Out of trust in the base, they didn’t have any doubts about the intentions behind this.

But the possibility of returning to their original form after becoming a zombie was something they wouldn’t have dared to imagine before, even if there were some minor side effects.

Such an incredible thing was happening right before their eyes, and no one could be expected to believe the vaccine would have such an obvious effect immediately.

Because of Zhou Li’s teasing, An An cried all the way back. That powerful little zombie who previously didn’t have many emotional fluctuations actually knew how to cry now!

In the most direct and simple way, he let everyone know how powerful this vaccine was.

Many zombies began to strictly follow the instructions given to them after returning home, striving for an early recovery.

That evening, An An drank a bit of the medicine that had been sent over.

He held the bottle nervously for a long time, his chubby little face full of hesitation.

As a space-type ability user, An An had many things hidden in his space, and there were still many left even now.

Being a child, he was inevitably a bit greedy and full of curiosity. Occasionally, An An had secretly tasted the snacks in his space behind his father’s back.

But almost every time he ate something, his stomach would hurt for a long time.

After it happened enough times, An An learned his lesson and knew that he couldn’t consume anything except for zombie crystal cores, not even water.

Trust was one thing, but the experience of stomach pain remained, so he was inevitably a bit conflicted.

Xie Zhou sat nearby, staring at the blue medicine in the bottle without speaking to rush him.

In fact, many people had mentioned to him before that An An’s brain would not stop thinking, and that treating An An like a little baby might spoil him.

But Xie Zhou always went his own way, never taking those words to heart.

If people said it too often, he would even get very angry.

Before the laboratory at the Red Star Base concluded that a zombie’s lifespan would be shorter than a human’s, Xie Zhou had vaguely realized this himself.

He wasn’t sure how long his baby would be able to stay with him, which was why he always doubled his efforts to be good to him.

He had originally thought that one day in the future, the baby would leave him forever.

But ever since he joined the Red Star Base, everything had begun to take a turn for the better.

The baby, who had already turned into a zombie, even had a chance to return to normal and grow up like an ordinary child. This was something Xie Zhou had not dared to even imagine before.

After a long time had passed, An An finally summoned the courage to open the vial and drink it down.

His little eyebrows furrowed tightly as he closed his eyes, carefully feeling the changes in his body.

The expected pain did not arrive for a long while. Eventually, as the wait stretched on, he seemed to grow a bit sleepy. After letting out a yawn, he slumped to the side, his head resting perfectly on Pingping’s belly.

Pingping, who was already used to being bullied by An An and Xiao Guai, had no objection to An An lying on its stomach.

It opened its eyes to take a look, then adjusted its posture to make sure the little one could lie more comfortably.

Pingping was older than both An An and Xiao Guai. In its eyes, the little zombie cub and the little mutant snake were both like small children.

Xie Zhou did not disturb them. Once he was certain the baby was truly asleep, he stood up and walked out of the room with light footsteps.

He carried a crate of alcohol that the baby had previously taken out from the Space and headed toward Zhou Li’s house.

Zhou Li wasn’t asleep at this hour either; he was observing Xiao Guai up close to see if any changes were occurring in its body. Hearing the knock at the door, he had already guessed who was standing outside before he even opened it.

“What’s up? Can’t sleep?”

“Yeah. Everything that happened today was too unexpected for me.”

Before they could even exchange a few words of small talk, Zhou Li spotted the alcohol Xie Zhou was carrying.

Brewing alcohol was an extremely grain-intensive process. Currently, the crops grown in the Red Star Base could only barely ensure everyone was fed; they hadn’t reached the luxury of using grain to make liquor yet.

Everyone knew that in the entire base, only Xie Zhou’s side still had a bit left, most of which had been collected before the end of the world.

Back then, Xie Zhou hadn’t specifically asked An An to collect these things. At the time, he didn’t know how large his baby’s Space was and was terrified that if it got full, they wouldn’t be able to fit other things inside.

Furthermore, seeing how exhausted other ability users became after depleting their powers, he only thought about lightening the baby’s burden. Aside from essential items, he basically didn’t put anything else in.

The reason the alcohol had been preserved was mostly because An An thought the colorful bottles looked pretty.

For the sake of the alcohol, Zhou Li very enthusiastically welcomed Xie Zhou inside.

“Actually, I’ve known for a long time that zombies and humans have different lifespans. Their strength is traded for their longevity, so… I was very afraid before that the baby would leave me.”

“You knew for a long time?”

“Yeah. When we were wandering at the very beginning, we passed through some places. I have a good memory, I’ve had a photographic memory since I was a child, but I rarely saw the zombies I had encountered once before.”

There were many excuses one could use to explain this, but they had been through so many places and had even doubled back. Visiting the same place a second or third time and never seeing a single zombie they recognized could no longer be described as a coincidence.

Additionally, Xie Zhou had encountered a mutant zombie back then. He had given the baby a pack of chocolate, successfully coaxing the baby into not gnawing on that zombie’s head.

Later, when they occasionally passed through that area, they would even take the initiative to visit. Xie Zhou was worried that the baby would be unhappy if that zombie died, so he even provided some things for self-protection.

Even so, she didn’t live more than a few years.

When all these seemingly normal occurrences were put together, it was inherently abnormal.

“Knowing that the baby can still stay with me for a long time, I can finally rest easy.”

Zhou Li had never thought about this issue before. After all, his Xiao Guai had a temper that was anything but pleasant. He had always assumed that a mutant beast with such a foul temper like his Xiao Guai would live for a very, very long time.

If raised well, it might even be the one to see him off.

Now, after Xie Zhou’s reminder, looking back made him feel that many of Xiao Guai’s past behaviors seemed like it was saying goodbye to him.

Upon realizing this, Zhou Li’s entire heart began to feel sour and numb, filled with an emotion he couldn’t quite describe.

The only consolation was that, fortunately, everything didn’t develop the way it was originally meant to.

Whether it was An An, Pingping, or Xiao Guai, they could all continue to accompany them for a very long time after the vaccine injection.

There were too many emotions that needed venting. The two of them talked all night. Toward the end, they drank a bit too much, and under the influence of alcohol, they spoke more from the heart.

It was as if they wanted to pour out all the hesitation and unease from the start of the apocalypse until now, as well as the fear and trepidation of wandering alone outside, all in one breath.

The next day, An An slept straight through until noon. Xie Zhou came over several times to check on him.

An An, who had a bit of a morning temper, lay in his blankets and kicked his father a few times with his short legs without any hesitation.

Realizing his intention to sleep in, Xie Zhou helplessly rubbed his brow.

In the past, the little zombie baby would always rush over to see when he was getting up as soon as it was time to wake.

It seemed the vaccine developed in the lab was truly effective.

After three days had passed, the less obvious zombie characteristics on An An’s body began to recede.

Xie Zhou chose a day with good weather and had An An take out some items from the Space that were quite rare nowadays. He and Zhou Li then made an appointment to visit Gu Wen together.

Gu Wen lived in a small courtyard. He hadn’t been able to keep the bodies of his younger brother and sister.

Their bodies, which had been injected with too many chemicals, were unrecognizable. Even a single glance felt heart-wrenching.

Furthermore, according to the Doctor’s judgment, even though his siblings were dead, their bodies still carried a certain unknown virus.

For the sake of the bigger picture, Gu Wen chose cremation at the time.

He buried the ashes of his brother and sister in this small courtyard where he lived and planted a type of flower on top that had the strongest vitality after the apocalypse.

If there was a next life, Gu Wen hoped his siblings could be like this flower, growing toward the sun no matter how difficult the environment they lived in.

After opening the door and seeing them standing outside, Gu Wen stepped aside to clear a path for them to walk in.

“So… are you here to thank me as well?”

Although the sentence was a question, Gu Wen already had the answer in his heart.

One could tell from his expression that he was even feeling a bit helpless now.

“Actually, you don’t need to come and thank me. If you really want to thank someone, you’d be better off sending things to the laboratory.”

Over the past few days, people had come to visit with gifts almost every day. The gifts they brought were the best within their means, and the quantity was not small.

Now the room was almost too full to hold anything else, and some items were even piled up in the courtyard.

Those gifts were sent by the family members of zombies; there were quite a few families of mutant zombies within the base.

The laboratory hadn’t intentionally hidden the composition of the zombie vaccine, so they all knew it was related to Xie Zhou.

First of all, that mutant plant protecting the perimeter of the base had recently received the most nourishment it had seen since arriving at this place.

In addition, Gu Wen’s place was piled high with the thank-you gifts they sent.

If it were just about purifying the zombie virus, it wouldn’t have been enough for them to treat Gu Wen with such enthusiasm.

But when the laboratory released the news that the lifespan of a zombie was significantly shorter than that of a human, some elderly family members even went as far as to kowtow before Gu Wen.

“I really didn’t do much. I just cooperated with the people in the lab and let them draw two vials of blood.”

Before the apocalypse, he would have had more blood drawn than that during a single physical examination.

If he had sacrificed anything, it certainly didn’t feel like it. In fact, when they came to thank him, Gu Wen felt he didn’t deserve the gratitude.

“Though it was just a bit of blood to you, to us, you saved my son’s life.”

“Yes, if it wasn’t for this, I wouldn’t have known that Xiao Guai had already said goodbye to me so many times…”

Zhou Li rarely thanked anyone from the bottom of his heart. He had always thought that the ill-tempered Xiao Guai didn’t particularly like him as a master.

The only reason the zombie stayed by his side after all this time, he figured, was because he served him well.

Once Xiao Guai found a more suitable master, he would probably kick Zhou Li aside without hesitation.

It wasn’t until he learned the truth and looked back that the details he had never noticed before slowly surfaced in his mind.

Xiao Guai cared about his master, and not just a little.

The reason he acted like a stubborn tsundere^[1] was likely because he was afraid of parting.

The thought that the seemingly arrogant, socially anxious Xiao Guai was actually so sensitive and had been carrying the pain of a potential separation made Zhou Li both sad and happy.

Fortunately, none of that happened.

“It’s just as you said, I only cooperated by giving two vials of blood. My contribution is insignificant compared to the doctors in the lab who worked day and night to research the vaccine.”

“We’ll be heading over there as well.”

Xie Zhou had prepared many gifts, and Gu Wen’s place was only the first stop.

This was because Dr. Li had told him that the components extracted from Gu Wen’s blood played the most vital role in the vaccine.

“Where is An An? Why didn’t An An come today?”

Gu Wen really didn’t know how to handle their gratitude, so he clumsily tried to change the subject.

“An An is sleeping. I used to think An An had endless energy, but it turns out that was just because zombies don’t sleep. Now that he’s been vaccinated, he’s started sleeping in.”

“I originally wanted to bring An An along to thank you properly. When I went to wake him up, he had wrapped himself in the quilt like a silkworm cocoon, and I couldn’t even unroll him.”

At the mention of An An, Xie Zhou’s gaze instantly softened, making him look like a completely different person from the cold man seen during missions.

“I’ll come visit An An when I have some free time.”

“Alright.”

Gu Wen personally saw them to the door, then turned back to weed the flower beds.

Everything was moving in a positive direction, and the problems that had plagued the base were being resolved.

If all went well, once this matter was settled, the lab wouldn’t need to focus solely on this research, and more things beneficial to the country and the people would surely emerge.

After finishing the weeding, Gu Wen returned to his room to organize the gifts they had brought.

It was time for him to try and move on from the past.

He believed that if his younger brother and sister were still here, they wouldn’t want him to remain immersed in the pain of losing them forever.

Xie Zhou and Zhou Li went together to fertilize the mutant plant, but as soon as they finished, the fertilizer was shoved aside, untouched.

The mutant plant waved its vines irritably, giving each of them a lash.

“Don’t you know six people already came to fertilize me this morning? It’s burning me up! If you keep fertilizing me, I’m going to pull up my roots and walk away!!!”

The mutant plant found the humans’ enthusiasm quite overwhelming.

The previous frequency of fertilization had been just right in its eyes, but now it felt like they were trying to cram an entire lifetime’s worth of nutrients into it all at once.

Even if it was a mutant plant, if you asked a human to eat a lifetime’s worth of rice in one go, they wouldn’t be able to handle it either.

How could they expect it to do something that humans themselves couldn’t manage?

The mutant plant wasn’t unaware that these humans were probably trying to show their gratitude because of the recent events.

As a plant that had developed the ability to think, it fully understood their desire to thank it, but it wished they would exercise a little restraint.

After all, for a plant, too much fertilizer at once was really not a good thing!!!

Rather than this cautious, overprotective care, it actually preferred the way things were before, when many human children would hang from its branches and use them as swings.

Most humans thought plants were just plants, staying in one spot their whole lives, and assumed they must have calm and gentle personalities.

But that wasn’t the case. For instance, this mutant plant had become quite extroverted after its mutation and looked forward to having many friends.

It loved having children play on it every day, and it especially hoped that the cute Little Zombie would visit.

That Little Zombie was the cutest of all; he would reach out and gently touch its leaves and lean in to ask if it felt bored staying in the same place all the time.

If it hadn’t been for the recent events keeping the Little Zombie away for so long, the mutant plant suspected it might have even started watching cartoons by now.

If the cute Little Zombie wasn’t available, other human children would do.

Even though they weren’t willing to talk to a mutant plant, just watching them play under its shade was a very interesting thing for the plant.

Xie Zhou and Zhou Li stood there, listening to the mutant plant’s grumbling.

“Are you talking about my son?”

When the mutant plant used its limited vocabulary to describe how cute a certain Little Zombie was, Xie Zhou couldn’t help but interrupt.

In truth, there were many Little Zombies in the base.

If Red Star Base hadn’t publicly announced that they would accept humans, zombies, mutant beasts, and mutant plants alike, they might never have known that so many mutant creatures were hidden in the world.

Those Little Zombies were mostly being raised by their own families. Under no circumstances should family bonds be underestimated.

Even if a child turned into a zombie, there were always plenty of parents or siblings who chose to keep them close without hesitation.

While some chose to abandon relatives who might hold them back in such a cruel environment, others, amidst the struggle for survival, left the hope of life to the ones they loved.

Xie Zhou didn’t know everything about the base’s affairs, but judging by the numbers he had seen, there were at least five underage mutant zombies.

Hearing Xie Zhou’s question, the mutant plant stopped its grumbling and stared at him with a very critical eye for a while.

It looked him up and down, missing nothing.

Based on the fact that he had given it so much fertilizer earlier, the mutant plant couldn’t help but suspect there was something wrong with his intelligence.

Handing the thickest vine to Xie Zhou, she spoke in an exceptionally bold and righteous tone:

“Your son is very cute. Let me play with him for a few days.”