241: Corpse Refining Sect

Qin Shilei murmured, "Could it be that these zombies were created by those professors?"

Zhang Cheng frowned and said, "Those researchers even dare to experiment on living people. It's possible they really did create them."

Qin Shilei said calmly, "I'll go check the situation."

When he arrived outside the Research Institute, he heard arguing from inside.

"This is a critical area of the Research Institute. How dare you trespass? Leave immediately!" Professor Yu's voice came from within.

"I clearly saw that zombie run in here. Did you hide it?" Duan Tianhe said in a deep voice.

"We don't have any moving zombies here. If you're looking for zombies, please turn left outside the door; there are plenty outside the city," Professor Yu said, suppressing his anger.

"Commander Luo, throw him out!" Vice Dean Zhou, the Research Institute's vice dean, said sharply.

Luo Hongyi stepped forward, his face stern, and said, "Sir, please leave. I have already reported this to the Internal Affairs Office. If the City Lord gets involved, I'm afraid you'll be in deep trouble."

When the other party first broke in, he had tried to throw him out, but he was not strong enough and suffered a small setback.

Now, he could only use the City Lord's name, hoping to scare the other party away and avoid harming the professors in the Research Institute.

"The City Lord is my boss. If you don't let me in to search, and that zombie escapes, I'm afraid you'll be the ones in deep trouble."

If he hadn't been afraid of hurting those old professors without restraint, Duan Tianhe would have long since knocked everyone down and charged straight in.

Qin Shilei walked in and ordered, "All of you, step back and let him search."

"Where did this kid come from? His tone is quite arrogant," Vice Dean Zhou snorted lightly.

"City Lord, why are you here?" Just as he finished speaking, Commander Luo's greeting echoed around them.

"City Lord?" Vice Dean Zhou's face instantly turned ashen.

"Boss, you've come at just the right time. That old man wouldn't let me in to search for that zombie."

Duan Tianhe was clearly displeased with Vice Dean Zhou, who had stopped him, and at this moment, he deliberately pointed at Vice Dean Zhou to complain.

"City Lord, your subordinate did not know that the other party was your subordinate. I risked my life to guard the Research Institute and stop him. If this has affected you, I hope you can understand."

Vice Dean Zhou wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said cautiously.

"Tianhe, let's go in and take a look." Qin Shilei ignored the other party, gave a command, and then led the way inside.

Duan Tianhe quickly followed, guiding Qin Shilei by following his sense of the zombies.

After passing through several sturdy doors, they arrived outside the entrance to a basement.

"Boss, there are zombies inside, and not just one," Duan Tianhe said with certainty, pointing inside.

"There are indeed zombies inside, but they are all just zombie corpses for research," Professor Yu stepped forward to explain.

"Not corpses, but living zombies," Duan Tianhe corrected.

"Impossible. Although we did apply to research living zombies, it was rejected by the Internal Affairs Office due to safety concerns," Professor Yu said emphatically.

Although this laboratory was under his jurisdiction, he had entered it many times and had never found anyone researching living zombies.

"We'll know if we open the door and look," Qin Shilei said calmly.

Vice Dean Zhou, who was following behind, now looked even worse, his forehead covered in a fine layer of cold sweat.

However, he had no choice but to step forward, input the password, and open the door.

Inside the laboratory, there were indeed many zombie corpses and mutated beast corpses, but no living zombies were found.

"City Lord, there are no living zombies here. How about we go to the next laboratory?" Vice Dean Zhou suggested.

"Boss, over here," Duan Tianhe, however, walked into an office inside.

The office was only about ten square meters, simply furnished with some desks and sofas.

"City Lord, this is just an office; it can't hide zombies," Vice Dean Zhou even deliberately opened the desk drawers.

Duan Tianhe, however, pointed to a wall and said, "Boss, I sense the zombies are just a few meters ahead."

"Open it," Qin Shilei commanded.

The people from the Research Institute looked at each other, but no one spoke.

Seeing Qin Shilei's impatient expression, as the highest official of the Research Institute here, he had no choice but to step forward and say in a low voice, "City Lord, this is just a wall."

Qin Shilei ignored the other party's explanation and instructed, "Tianhe, smash it for me."

"Alright!" Duan Tianhe walked to the wall, clenched his fist, and punched it.

Bang!

With a loud crash, the wall collapsed, revealing an opening about a meter wide.

Through the opening, a laboratory of over a hundred square meters could be seen inside.

"How can there be a hidden laboratory here?" Professor Yu said with a surprised look.

"Roar!" Perhaps hearing the noise, the zombie tied to the experimental table struggled and let out a low growl.

"Vice Dean Zhou, are you secretly researching living zombies?" Professor Yu turned his head and questioned him.

Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Vice Dean Zhou quickly explained, "City Lord, I research living zombies only to find their weaknesses, all for the sake of all humanity. I have no ulterior motives."

"Vice Dean Zhou, how could you do this? The Internal Affairs Office forbids us from researching living zombies here just to ensure the safety of this Research Institute. If you want to research living zombies, you can go to the newly built laboratory outside the city. Why risk researching them here?" Professor Yu said earnestly.

"I thought that the security level of this secret room had already reached level one, and those living zombies were only the lowest level of zombies and could not escape the secret room, so I risked researching them here," Vice Dean Zhou explained in a low voice.

Qin Shilei ignored the other party and instead carefully observed the laboratory.

There was also a middle-aged man in a white lab coat in the laboratory, who was currently dissecting a zombie on an experimental table.

Even after Qin Shilei and the others entered, he seemed unaware, completely engrossed in his research.

"No, these zombies are not the one I encountered outside the Research Institute," Duan Tianhe suddenly said.

After he finished speaking, he stepped forward and carefully observed the several zombies tied up in the laboratory.

Qin Shilei, meanwhile, looked up at the middle-aged man in front of the experimental table.

Name: Xu Zhengqing

Description: Bronze Eight-star, Dark-element ability user, with eight Bronze Nine-star Corpse Puppets.

Corpse Puppets? Could there really be a Corpse Refining Sect in this world?

Qin Shilei ordered, "Tianhe, take that man down for me. Be careful of his Corpse Puppets."

Upon hearing the words "Corpse Puppets," the middle-aged man immediately shed his disguise as a researcher. With a flash, he rushed towards Professor Yu, who was not far away, attempting to take him hostage.

As he ran, he waved his hand, releasing eight strong men in suits.