After realizing that no one from the Eternal Life Laboratory was looking for them, they decided to leave the island.
However, every time they approached the airport or the pier, they would see the signs of people moving from the Eternal Life Laboratory.
It was as if warning them, not allowing them to leave the island.
Some forcefully tried to leave but ended up being taken away by people from the Eternal Life Laboratory.
Their abilities were indeed beyond ordinary, but the Eternal Life Laboratory had specific potions and methods targeted at them, rendering their abilities useless.
They could only hide their identities and live as ordinary people on the island.
Some among them tried to expose everything, but every time they tried, it was immediately suppressed, barely causing any ripples.
In the end, they could only give up.
But the Eternal Life Laboratory obviously hadn’t given up on researching immortality; in fact, they were more rampant than ever, as this sudden apocalypse was the best proof.
If one disregarded the zombies’ craving for fresh human blood, they were practically on the brink of attaining immortality.
Because the zombies seemed to be gradually regaining consciousness and rationality, as long as they weren’t hit in the head, they wouldn’t die or age.
This was something they had never possessed, as these test subjects gradually aged over time.
After listening, Ruan Qing’s delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, immediately grabbing Xie Xuanlan’s hand and lifting his sleeve.
Then she carefully examined his wrist, even pressing on it bit by bit.
Xie Xuanlan was initially a little afraid the young man would see him as a monster, but he never expected him to grab his hand.
Xie Xuanlan’s handsome face tensed up, but his ears blushed again.
However, the next moment he realized he had misunderstood; the young man wasn’t comforting him, but seemed to be looking for something.
Even though he knew the young man was searching for something, Xie Xuanlan couldn’t control his body, becoming incredibly stiff.
The young man’s fingertips were gentle, and his grip was light, as soft as a sponge, causing no discomfort to those he touched.
But Xie Xuanlan felt like the places the young man touched were heating up, and a tingling sensation spread throughout his body.
A light touch that tickled the heart, and a softness that enticed.
For a moment, Xie Xuanlan became even stiffer.
Ruan Qing checked very carefully and meticulously, not noticing Xie Xuanlan’s stiffness. He didn’t find any chips in Xie Xuanlan’s hands.
Could it be that he guessed wrong?
No, it shouldn’t be. They were caught as soon as they appeared at the airport or at the pier, which was definitely not a coincidence.
Ruan Qing thought for a moment and gently pushed Xie Xuanlan, asking him not to lean against the wall. “Sit up a bit.”
Xie Xuanlan tightened his thin lips and leaned forward slightly.
Ruan Qing glanced at Xie Xuanlan’s neck and finally found it this time.
Indeed, this group of test subjects had been implanted with nano-positioning chips.
In other words, the laboratory could still monitor their location.
From beginning to end, this group of people belonged to the Eternal Life Laboratory’s test subjects, but they were temporarily given the life of ordinary people.
Ruan Qing looked around and finally fixed his gaze on the defibrillator next to the operating table.
After plugging in the defibrillator, he hesitated for no more than a moment before delivering a shock to Xie Xuanlan’s neck.
The defibrillator could short-circuit the chip’s circuitry.
Fortunately, because of Xie Xuanlan’s condition, they came to the cardiac surgery department, which happened to have a defibrillator.
But now they had to leave the hospital quickly.
If Xie Xuanlan’s location disappeared in the hospital, someone might come to investigate.
After listening to Ruan Qing’s explanation, Xie Xuanlan and Jiang Shuyu were startled, no longer delaying, and immediately followed Ruan Qing’s instructions to erase their traces.
This included the operating room and the corridors.
Meanwhile, Ruan Qing wandered around this floor of the hospital, packing useful items and medications into his backpack.
While the two cleaned up the bloodstains in the hallway, Ruan Qing extracted a considerable amount of his own blood, dripping it into vials and bottles of reagents and medications he had found somewhere.
After the three of them finished, they struggled back to the car.
Xie Xuanlan looked at Ruan Qing’s face and frowned. He felt that it had become much paler, almost sickly.
But it could also be due to a recent lack of rest.
Jiang Shuyu didn’t notice. She drove away from the hospital, slowly heading in the direction of the Eternal Life Laboratory.
Shortly after the three of them left, a helicopter slowly landed on the hospital’s rooftop, and people wearing white protective suits and gas masks emerged from it.
One of them glanced at the signal on the tablet. “The signal disappeared here.”
“Go down and take a look.”
There were quite a few zombies in the hospital, but when they saw the few people who came in, it was as if they were seeing their own kind; they didn’t even spare them a glance.
The few people maneuvered safely through the zombie crowd.
Several minutes later, they gathered again on the rooftop.
“No luck.”
“Same here, found nothing.”
Everyone present found it strange. Even if the experimental subject had been consumed by zombies, the chip should only disappear after entering the zombie’s body.
But the signal from the chip had vanished directly.
No one could bear the blame for losing such an important experimental subject. Immediately, one of the frail researchers pulled out a tablet and dialed a certain number.
Although the signal across the island was gone, the tablet signal was full, and the video call went through smoothly.
Soon, the video call connected, and a handsome profile appeared on the tablet.
The man was the same person who had been holding binoculars on the helicopter earlier. He appeared to be writing something in a notebook.
After the video call connected, the man casually glanced up. “What’s up?”
When the group saw the man, a hint of awe and fear flashed in their eyes. “Doctor, the signal from Experimental Subject 23 has disappeared.”
The man put down his pen. “Where?”
“At the Second Hospital. We searched the entire hospital but couldn’t find Experimental Subject 23.”
“We didn’t even find a body.”
“The Second Hospital?” The man’s slender fingers lightly tapped on the notebook in his hand. “Go check the place where they have the cardiac arrest defibrillator.”
The group immediately realized what he meant.
The disappearance of the signal didn’t necessarily mean the subject was dead; it could also mean the locator chip was damaged.
And the best way to deal with it was to use the cardiac arrest defibrillator to disrupt the chip’s circuitry, causing it to malfunction.
They didn’t disconnect the video call and quickly found the emergency room and department with the defibrillator.
Finally, they found something unusual on the fourth floor of the cardiac surgery department.
It wasn’t so much that they found any traces, but rather that there were no zombies on this floor, yet there was a faint trace of fresh blood on the wall in the corner.
The traces seemed like something had been dragged across.
They had been to this place before, but had only assumed the bloodstains were from the zombies. Now, upon closer inspection, it was clear that something was amiss.
wdym hes getting paler... is this foreshadowing? he is normally sick in like every arc, especially towards the end
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