93: Chapter 93: Temporary Serum Produced, Chu Feng Incurs a Life-or-Death Debt

The outer perimeter of Cloud Top Palace.

After the acid rain stopped, the ground was still emitting white steam.

Many survivors discovered that this place was safe and wanted to move in, but they were blocked outside the main gate.

Now, under the outer walls of Cloud Top Palace, there were dense clusters of tents.

The people in the outer circle even developed a sense of superiority, calling them the "shantytown."

Chu Feng stood outside the main gate's roadblock.

He carried a tattered bag on his back, his jacket was half-charred, and his arm was wrapped in dirty cloth, with blood seeping out from between the seams.

There was no one behind him.

Only a dull-edged machete.

Fat Dragon stood three meters away.

"Brother, your look doesn't exactly say you're here to negotiate a deal."

Chu Feng didn't look at him.

"I'm looking for Lin Yuan."

Inside the gate.

Qin Yumo stepped out first.

She stared at Chu Feng and her nostrils twitched.

The smell of fire.

The smell of blood.

And a very strong surge of Superpower.

Lin Yuan followed, his black trench coat accentuating his shoulders.

He didn't let Chu Feng enter Tiangong No. 1.

Wang Ya's identity could not be exposed.

The remaining women didn't have much combat capability either.

When Chu Feng saw Lin Yuan, he spoke directly.

"Shen Qingyue said you have the serum here."

"I want one."

Qin Yumo took a half-step forward.

Sparks erupted from Chu Feng's palms.

The atmosphere tightened instantly.

Fat Dragon grinned: "Boss, with his attitude, he doesn't look like he's here to borrow something; he looks like he's here to rob a bank."

Lin Yuan looked at Chu Feng.

"What else did she say?"

Chu Feng didn't hide anything.

"She said you are her dog."

"The resources of Tiangong No. 1 were originally hers."

"She also said that as long as I defected to her, I could take as much serum as I wanted."

Over the headset, Tang Qiqi couldn't help but chime in.

"She's dead and still running this outdated lie? Her after-sales service is pretty hellish."

Chu Feng frowned.

The hearing of an Awakened One was far better than that of an ordinary person.

"She's dead?"

Lin Yuan nodded.

Chu Feng was silent for two seconds.

"Then I'm not here for her."

At this moment, Captain Han Xue walked out of the temporary medical station in the outer circle, leaning against the wall.

Little Li followed behind her, his severed arm in a sling.

When the two saw Chu Feng, they looked excited and wanted to come over.

Fat Dragon's men reached out to stop them, but Lin Yuan waved his hand to let them pass.

Captain Han Xue had the potential to be a useful tool; within a certain scope, Lin Yuan could provide convenience.

"Chu Feng?" Captain Han Xue asked.

Chu Feng nodded.

"Captain Han."

Little Li also spoke up: "Mr. Lin, he has saved us before."

Captain Han Xue looked at Lin Yuan.

"During the incident at Jiangcheng University, if it weren't for him, everyone Shen Qingyue took with her would have died."

Lin Yuan didn't express an opinion.

Chu Feng placed his tattered bag on the ground.

Inside were a few white crystal cores and two grey crystal cores.

"Someone in my team was bitten."

"Xu Mengmeng."

"She awakened Wind Blade last night."

"She learned from me to charge to the front."

"I thought Espers couldn't be infected."

At this point, his Adam's apple bobbed.

"I've been bitten, and I was fine."

"So I told them that the Awakened Ones could hold the front line."

Captain Han Xue frowned.

"You didn't know?"

Chu Feng looked at her.

Captain Han Xue said in a low voice: "There have been Awakened Ones in the military district who were infected."

"But... the news wasn't released to the public."

Chu Feng's shoulders stiffened.

Qin Yumo said coldly: "Just because you survived doesn't mean others can."

Lin Yuan took over the conversation.

"You have S-rank potential."

"Your constitution is special."

Chu Feng lowered his head.

Sparks fell from between his fingers into the muddy water and extinguished.

"She knew me before."

"I was poor."

"She often snuck food to me."

"I always felt I wasn't good enough for her."

In Chu Feng's chest pocket was a charred hair clip; it was Xu Mengmeng's.

"Now she has a high fever, is vomiting black blood, and has started calling my name."

After he finished speaking, he looked up at Lin Yuan.

"Give me the serum."

"You name the price."

Lin Yuan glanced at the crystal cores on the ground.

"That is your childhood sweetheart."

"These aren't enough."

Chu Feng wiped his nose.

There was a Wind Blade wound on his arm, an accidental injury left by Xu Mengmeng before she lost control.

"I'll pay you back later."

Lin Yuan picked up the walkie-talkie.

"Su Xiaonuan. Contact Su Muxue."

Soon, Su Xiaonuan's voice came through.

"General Manager Lin, Aunt is in the second-floor laboratory."

A moment later, Su Muxue joined the channel.

"What is it?"

Lin Yuan said: "Can you make a serum right now?"

Su Muxue paused for a second.

"I can."

"But it won't be a stable finished product."

"The success rate isn't guaranteed."

"It requires crystal cores to stimulate activity."

"It also requires a large amount of blood."

Xia Qingqiu's voice came through the channel.

"Is it to save someone?"

Lin Yuan said: "Yes."

Xia Qingqiu didn't hesitate.

"Draw it."

When Xia Qingqiu agreed, her voice was steady.

But soon, the sound of chair legs scraping against the floor came from the channel.

Su Muxue said coldly: "Sit down, you can't even stand steadily anymore."

Lin Yuan spoke.

"This isn't charity."

"It's an investment."

Xia Qingqiu was quiet for a moment.

"Then consider it me making an investment too."

The communication was cut off.

Ten minutes later.

A drone flew out from Tiangong No. 1, bringing a temperature-controlled medical box.

Su Xiaonuan's voice followed.

"General Manager Lin, one temporary serum."

"It comes with a set of antibiotics, hemostatics, and fever-reducing injections."

"Aunt said that if the temperature doesn't drop within six hours after injection, there's no saving her."

The medical box dropped.

Chu Feng reached out to take it.

Qin Yumo blocked him.

Lin Yuan picked up the box.

"Chu Feng."

"I don't want you to pay the price now."

Chu Feng was stunned.

Lin Yuan handed the medical box to him.

"Come back and pay after you save her."

"You decide how much to give."

Captain Han Xue looked up at him.

Little Li was also stunned.

Lin Yuan continued: "Whatever her life is worth in your heart, that's how many crystal cores you bring."

Chu Feng's outstretched hand stopped in mid-air.

He would have preferred Lin Yuan to say ten, twenty, or even a hundred crystal cores.

But Lin Yuan insisted on letting him set the price himself.

This was heavier than extortion.

Tang Qiqi complained: "The Great Demon King is using people's consciences as collateral, isn't he..."

Captain Han Xue said in a low voice: "Lin Yuan..."

Lin Yuan looked at her.

Captain Han Xue stopped.

She changed how she phrased it.

"I can prove he is a good person."

Little Li also said: "I can vouch for him too."

Lin Yuan looked at Captain Han Xue.

"You are not my person yet."

"Your guarantee has no value."

Captain Han Xue's hand rested by her thigh.

This sentence wasn't heavy.

But it clearly defined the position she stood in.

She was still on the outside.

She had no authority to judge risks for Tiangong No. 1.

Chu Feng took the medical box.

He pushed those few white crystal cores to Lin Yuan's feet.

"Keep these here for now."

Lin Yuan didn't refuse.

Fat Dragon bent down to pick them up and handed them to the person behind him.

Chu Feng stuffed the medical box into his chest pocket.

Then, for the first time, he lowered his head.

"I acknowledge this debt."

Lin Yuan tossed him a small bag of something else.

"Hemostatic powder."

"Don't die on the way back."

Chu Feng caught it.

"Why do you believe I will come back?"

Lin Yuan said: "I don't believe in you."

"I believe in the weight she holds in your heart."

Chu Feng's back paused for a moment.

He didn't refute it.

Flames exploded from beneath his feet.

He crossed the roadblock and charged toward the city area.

Several wandering zombies lunged at him.

A swirl of firelight swept out, and the zombies fell.

Captain Han Xue watched his back and suddenly spoke.

"People like him are rare in the apocalypse."

Lin Yuan said: "That's why they die more easily."

Captain Han Xue turned to look at him.

Lin Yuan didn't explain further.

In his previous life, the Sun God was powerful.

And tragic.

Not because he wasn't ruthless enough.

But because he always wanted to save everyone.

People like that would be ground into dust by the world.

Qin Yumo walked to Lin Yuan's side.

"Master, what if he doesn't come back?"

Lin Yuan looked at the dark red clouds over the city.

"Then that would mean he isn't worthy of being the Sun God."

Lin Yuan turned around.

"Let's go back."

Tiangong No. 1.

Second-floor laboratory.

Xia Qingqiu sat on a chair, her face significantly paler.

Su Muxue withdrew the needle and pressed a cotton ball against her arm.

"Hold it."

Xia Qingqiu's arm trembled slightly.

"Can that serum really save someone?"

Su Muxue labeled and sealed the blood bag.

"I don't know."

"It's not too late to regret it now."

"I can tell Lin Yuan to delay the experiment for a few days, and we can continue once you've recovered."

Xia Qingqiu shook her head.

"No regrets, but I'm afraid."

Su Muxue's fingertips paused on the edge of her glove for a second.

"Don't think of yourself as a savior."

Xia Qingqiu said softly: "I know."

"And Lin Yuan wouldn't let me be one either."

Su Muxue didn't respond.

That was very accurate.

Lin Yuan wouldn't let anyone be a savior.

He only allowed others to be his assets.

First-floor lobby.

Wang Ya had already cleared away the cold breakfast and replaced it with a fresh one.

As soon as Lin Yuan sat down, Su Xiaonuan handed him a tablet.

"General Manager Lin, after Chu Feng left, Captain Han Xue has been looking at the main building."

On the screen, Captain Han Xue stood at the entrance of the outer circle's medical station.

She looked toward Tiangong No. 1, then looked down at the dried blood on her police uniform.

Finally, she took off her police badge and gripped it in her palm.

"She is wavering."

Lin Yuan said: "She will walk over here herself."

Su Xiaonuan nodded.

She liked this kind of certainty.

Jiang Xiaowan stood nearby, holding a coffee.

She saw Lin Yuan casually give away the serum, yet burden Chu Feng with an even heavier debt.

That bastard is truly a master of business negotiation.

Saving a life feels like signing an indenture contract.

But she had to admit.

This kind of contract is more binding than money.

The next second.

A roar from Tank came through the walkie-talkie.

"Boss!"

"Brother Lu is in trouble!"

"The ground is cracking!"