97: Chapter 97 The inner ghost? Yan Qishan

Qi Yin draped her arm over Xiao Sinian's shoulder like they were buddies. Since she wasn't quite tall enough, she even stood on her tiptoes to reach.

Xiao Sinian cooperated fully and lowered his height.

"Xiao Sinian, I'm not taking your stuff for free. From now on, I'll cover all the pure crystal cores your team needs for leveling up."

After all, she still had Wang Tianyu, the human crystal core purifier.

Xiao Sinian curled his lips and laughed out loud; his usual aloof persona was crumbling a bit at this moment.

"Alright, then I'll humbly accept your offer!"

"Work's done, let's go home!"

Qi Yin announced loudly. Although this trip had been exhausting, it was satisfying enough.

With these second-level crystal cores, everyone's strength would be able to jump up another level.

A chorus of relaxed sighs and cheers immediately erupted within the team.

Everyone was more or less carrying some injuries, but those marks were nothing compared to the power of Qi Yin's hand-rolled pills.

They might have looked a bit disheveled, but their eyes were shining brightly.

Just as they had left Lin City, the ruins of the Medical University were filled with a group of people wearing black cloaks. Looking closely, they were all Ability Users.

At their head was a tall man wearing a silver rose mask.

"My lord, all... all the zombies, including that zombie king, are dead!" a subordinate knelt in the snow, reporting tremblingly.

The masked man gasped, clenching his fists. Before he could vent his anger, another person knelt down.

"M-my lord, Dr. Lin is gone, the laboratory has been burned, and the data... it might all be destroyed!"

"Bang! Bang!"

With two consecutive thuds, the two reporting subordinates were kicked away by the masked man, smashing two holes into the perimeter wall.

"Damn it, a step too late again. Who the hell is it! Ah..."

The masked man was furious. Clenching his hands, he stared at the Medical University, where the surveillance was destroyed and everything burned into ruins; the violent aura radiating from him could not be concealed.

"Very well... haha... hide well. Don't ever let me catch you, or I will definitely tear you into pieces."

Of course, the culprit behind all this didn't know; she was still immersed in the joy of having so many crystal cores.

Returning to the Xianhe Mountain villa, the heavy door closed behind them, shutting out the cold and filthy world outside.

Jiang Yao had already led people to prepare a table full of a grand feast. Waves of fragrance wafted over, making everyone's mouths water.

"Hurry, hurry, wash up and eat!" Jiang Yao shouted, waving his chopsticks.

The twenty bodyguards behind him were busy moving chairs and serving dishes; it looked like they were getting along quite well.

Xiao Sinian looked at everything that Qi Yin had organized so well, and a warmth surged in his heart.

When the twenty bodyguards saw him, they immediately lined up: "Boss, you're back."

Xiao Sinian raised his hand, "You are her people now."

"We know!" So they just greeted him politely. This side was much more interesting than the other side, and there were more activities.

Qi Yin returned to her room, swiftly took off her blood-stained Constant Temperature Suit, and took a comfortable hot shower, humming a little tune with a good mood.

"I love taking a bath, my skin feels so good... la la la la..."

The joy of victory after a fierce battle filled the villa. Since everyone was rarely this happy, Qi Yin generously shared the high-quality red wine she had stockpiled.

Lu Yanxiu: "Come on, come on, for our another great victory, cheers!"

Even Chen Quan, who didn't usually talk much, drank quite a bit tonight.

Not long after, people were lying here and there throughout the villa.

Anyway, it was safe enough here, so Qi Yin tilted her chin at Xiao Sinian, who was standing to the side.

"Let's go, hurry up and send the stuff to Professor Zhou. The old man is probably waiting anxiously."

Xiao Sinian nodded and draped a thick coat over her. The two of them, carrying the sealed documents and those key pieces of equipment, headed to Shelter No. 2, familiar with the route.

Professor Zhou was hunched over at the lab bench, frowning at a pile of bottles and jars.

Seeing them walk in, his eyes behind his glasses instantly lit up.

"Oh, you're finally back. How was it? Did you find the things?"

Professor Zhou grinned, his face full of anticipation.

Qi Yin smiled helplessly and waved her hand, releasing all the instruments and sealed documents from that laboratory.

Upon seeing this, Professor Zhou was shocked.

He stepped forward cautiously, caressing the instruments they didn't recognize, as if he were treating a newborn baby.

Especially those documents; his eyes were glued to them, and he exclaimed incoherently.

"Good stuff, this is all good stuff. Look here, in the beginning, they were trying to figure out how to change human physique through potions to make it stronger."

Then, Professor Zhou pointed to a curve on the data that had suddenly become steep, shaking his head repeatedly.

"But the result was, they played with fire and it got out of hand, turning into this mess."

Qi Yin leaned over, looked at those formulas that looked like gibberish, and shrugged.

"Anyway, it definitely wasn't anything good. By the way, old man, there's someone who might be able to give you the answer."

Xiao Sinian knew what she meant: "Let that person out."

Qi Yin took a bite of a crispy, fragrant apple, nodded, and tapped her finger.

The next moment, a bloody mess of a person suddenly appeared, giving Professor Zhou a fright.

"My god, what is that!"

When Qi Yin washed the blood off the person's face with a splash of water, Professor Zhou rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

"Lin Kai? How did he become such a mess?"

Xiao Sinian was also stunned for a moment, "Professor Zhou, do you know this person?"

Professor Zhou put on his glasses, not really wanting to admit it.

"More than just know him, he and I were classmates. It's just that later, I served the country, and he looked down on that and ran off to Sakura Country, so we lost touch."

Zhou Zhiheng couldn't equate the dirty, disheveled, bloody person in front of him with the high-spirited young man from back then.

Hearing Zhou Zhiheng's words, Xiao Sinian and Qi Yin exchanged a glance, as if some speculation had been further confirmed.

"Professor Zhou, looking at the documents, it seems like this thing started leaking from Sakura Country, right?"

Qi Yin had scanned it roughly; things like strengthening human physique were all recorded in the documents.

Professor Zhou nodded with a grave expression: "The source of the zombie virus has been confirmed to be Sakura Country, but for it to break out so severely here, I'm afraid there is a traitor."

Thinking of something, Qi Yin handed two test tubes containing red liquid to Zhou Zhiheng.

"This is a sample of the blood rain. Professor Zhou, see if you can get any clues about the zombie virus from it."

She looked up suddenly and found that Xiao Sinian had been resting his chin on his hand, lost in thought.

Qi Yin reached out and waved in front of him: "Hey, what's wrong? You've been acting strange since you saw that mark. Do you know it?"

Xiao Sinian, who had been silent, spoke coldly at this moment.

"There is definitely a traitor. The higher-ups have long suspected it, and besides, I think I've guessed who it is."

Xiao Sinian paused, then spat out three words coldly: "Yanqi Mountain!"

This name made the air freeze for a moment.

Qi Yin raised an eyebrow, forgetting to chew her apple.

"Yanqi Mountain? That crazy former colleague of yours?"