Chapter 237 A Bold Plan

Su Ze looked at the beheaded corpse on the floor, then glanced at the "Li Fen" in the mirror of surveillance, who was behaving perfectly normally in the laboratory.

Without expression, he sent the photo of the woman Guo Fei had just sent him directly to Liu Yuanfang and Lu Jiaming.

[Private Chat · Su Ze: Investigate this woman. I want all her information.]

A reply came quickly.

Lu Jiaming responded the fastest, his message tinged with a hint of panic.

[Private Chat · Lu Jiaming: Boss, this... this is a researcher who was under my command before, named Sun Lin. She's usually very inconspicuous, responsible for data recording, and has never done anything suspicious. I... I really didn't know there was a problem with her!]

Liu Yuanfang's side also quickly provided feedback with more detailed information, but the conclusion was the same.

An ordinary research member with no noteworthy background.

Su Ze frowned.

From the looks of it, within his own forces... could there be other similar spies?

And how many were there? How strong were they? What were their outward identities...

He knew nothing!

Just then, private messages from Wang Meng and other Leaders also arrived one after another, reporting the progress of personnel reception.

[Private Chat · Wang Meng: Boss, everyone from the building side has been registered. Except for those few who are unconscious on your end, everyone else has been settled.]

Su Ze put away the mirror of surveillance and replied expressionlessly.

[Private Chat · Su Ze: Understood. Tell Lu Jiaming to send some people who know a bit of medicine over.]

He turned to look at Gai Qian, then glanced at the players lying haphazardly in the nearby office.

Not long after, several players who originally belonged to the building's faction and had some medical knowledge were brought up. They spent a long time busy checking the unconscious people and pinching their philtrums.

Finally, the leading Middle-aged man wiped away cold sweat and walked respectfully to Su Ze.

"Mr. Su Ze, we... we can't find the cause, and our conditions are limited... but their health signs seem very stable. They just won't wake up. We've tried every method, but it's completely useless."

"Understood." Su Ze waved his hand. "You guys head back to the Jinghai University side first."

"Yes, yes."

The few people felt as if they had been granted a grand pardon and hurriedly bowed as they withdrew.

Once they left, only Su Ze, Gai Qian, and the "living dead" on the floor remained in the empty floor.

"So now... what do we do?" Gai Qian floated to Su Ze's side and spoke softly.

Su Ze glanced at the unconscious players, his tone as flat as if he were saying the weather was nice today.

"Kill them."

Gai Qian's illusory figure paused for a moment.

Although she had anticipated it, hearing Su Ze say those two words so decisively still made her heart skip a beat.

This man truly didn't have a single shred of unnecessary kindness.

However, she also understood that under the current circumstances, let alone Su Ze, even she wouldn't play the saint and take care of several burdens who might not wake up for a long time.

Moreover, Su Ze was certainly in a hurry to completely annex the building's area and wouldn't waste time on such matters.

She nodded and didn't ask further.

Her illusory palm silently brushed over the foreheads of the unconscious players.

Soon, within her hands, those bodies only trembled slightly before completely losing all life.

Su Ze stood quietly in place, staring at his system panel as if waiting for something.

A minute passed.

The system gave no notification.

The news of the successful annexation of the building's area did not arrive as expected.

Su Ze's eyes narrowed slightly, his gaze carrying a hint of suppressed anger.

"As expected, it's not that simple."

He immediately opened the group chat channel for all Leaders and sent out a command instantly.

[To All Leaders: Everyone, lead your teams back to the World Financial Center immediately! Give it a carpet search from top to bottom! Don't miss a single corner!]

...

With the order given, the entire Jinghai University force, which had just settled down, moved again with swift and decisive action.

Wang Meng, Qiao Yunfeng, Chen Feng... including the newly joined Lu Jiaming, the ten great leaders led elite players, swarming into the World Financial Center like a tide.

A massive search thus began.

Once.

Twice.

...

A full nine times!

From the Rooftop at the very top to every corner of the Underground Parking Lot, from the hidden layers of the Fire Escapes to the inside of the Ventilation Ducts, every place that could hide a person was turned upside down.

However, the result made everyone's blood run cold.

Nothing!

There was nothing!

In the entire building, besides their own people, not a single living soul could be found!

A short while later, in the President's Office on the top floor of the building.

Wang Meng, Qiao Yunfeng, Chen Xueming, Lu Jiaming, and the other ten great leaders stood solemnly before Su Ze.

They were now fully aware of the cause and sequence of events.

"Boss, could there be secret passages or hidden rooms we haven't found yet?" Wang Meng spoke first, his brow furrowed.

"Impossible," Lu Jiaming immediately shook his head. "We've already thoroughly studied the structural diagrams of this building. We've searched it nine times; even a mouse would have been dragged out by now."

"People can't just vanish into thin air, can they?"

Amidst the silence, Chen Xueming, who had always been in charge of technology and research, suddenly proposed a bold guess.

"Boss, regarding the 'Zombie Royalty' matter you mentioned before, combined with what's happening now..."

"I'm wondering if the other party used some means beyond our understanding to make the surviving players in the building disappear from here on the surface, but in reality... they are still alive? Or perhaps they look like humans but are actually intelligent zombies? And I'm afraid they might have already joined our Jinghai University area?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the Leaders present gasped.

And Gai Qian, standing beside Su Ze, was so shocked that her soul form fluctuated violently.

Zombie Royalty?!

She had heard of this term too!

In the massive Monster Camp, while the zombie race wasn't considered the very top-tier race, the words "Royal Family" were absolutely synonymous with terror and power for ninety percent of newcomers!

This Su Ze in front of her actually knew intelligence of this level?

And his subordinates could actually discuss this topic so calmly?

At this moment, the thought in Gai Qian's mind became even clearer—Su Ze was definitely a top-tier seed secretly cultivated by some massive human faction!

Of course, he might also just be a "Blood Bag."

Su Ze ignored everyone's shock and turned to look at Gai Qian.

"Is there such a method?"

Gai Qian's expression shifted, and finally, she shook her head with difficulty: "I... I don't know. Such means are already beyond my scope of knowledge."

"Enough."

Su Ze waved his hand, interrupting everyone's discussion.

"Go back to your respective tasks."

"Lead all players to immediately begin practicing the Spirit Guarding Incantation and Soul-Shaking Roar skills. You can teach them to all the newly joined members."

"At the same time, lead your men to clear all Supernatural Entities within the Jinghai University and building areas. They are all dormant during the day; coordinate with the Halo's buff to wipe them out as quickly as possible."

Looking at Su Ze's unquestionable gaze, everyone swallowed their questions and bowed to accept the order.

"Yes, Boss!"

Soon, all the Leaders left, and in the vast office, only Su Ze and Gai Qian remained.

Gai Qian looked at Su Ze's calm profile and finally couldn't help her curiosity.

"Mr. Su Ze, do you... do you already have a countermeasure?"

Su Ze turned his head and gave her a faint look.

"Sort of."

Gai Qian: "..."

Sort of?

What kind of answer was that?

But she didn't dare ask more and could only float silently behind him.

Su Ze didn't return to Jinghai University but directly took over the place, walking into the Core Area that had originally belonged to Ye Qingqing's faction.

This place was guarded by the Explosion-Proof Trench and was incredibly sturdy.

He walked in, and the door slowly closed behind him, completely isolating Gai Qian outside.

Gai Qian looked at the tightly closed door, her heart filled with a complex mix of emotions.

Su Ze was resting comfortably inside, while she, like a prisoner, couldn't even enter the door and could only stand guard outside.

She couldn't help but let out a barely audible sigh.

Time passed, minute by minute.

Su Ze ate some food inside and then lay on the bed, closing his eyes as if he really were resting.

However, his brain was working at high speed.

An incredibly bold, even crazy idea was gradually taking shape in his mind.

Shi Yetang wanted to play hide and seek with him?

Wanted to use this method of hiding people to stall his progress in annexing forces?

Very well.

Then he... wouldn't look for them!

However, it would also depend on how the test tonight went... if possible, he could take this fellow down by midnight tonight!