Apocalypse: The Stronghold System

Chapter 044: Staying Out

"This ..." Song's academy took out the ointment held by Song Meiya.

Fan Chen stood up slowly, then took out his Smart Glasses and put them back on. Just as he was wearing it, he heard Fan Xiaoyu's worried voice.

“Sister! What the hell is going on?! Katerina observed the data of Brother and found out that Sister was injured!”

Fan Chen was silent for a while, he looked at his own data and found that there was a red dot on the shoulders and thighs. Then his heart was fast, blood flow was faster and his breathing was restrained. Seeing this, he smiled wryly, he had to admit that Smart Glasses were very helpful, but it could also make others worry.

"Silver got shot in the shoulder, but now it's okay. We found the doctor, he managed to pull out the bullet and clean the wound. Now, try asking Katerina, she sees the data in real time, ask if I can use the Healing Liquid now, or need to go back for a re-examination."

Academy Song was astonished when he saw Fan Chen talking alone, but looking at the Smart Glasses everyone was wearing, he started guessing it. Smart glasses are used for communication, but hearing from the conversation, the interlocutor should be in a far place, and this tool is very sophisticated to be able to monitor user health data.

There was a crying sound heard.

“Ka-Katerina says, Sister can use the Healing Liquid.”

Fan Chen sighed. But he's not wearing it now, he'll use it later when it's in the car.

"Captain, the squad below says that zombies are starting to come. Zombies lured in with the blast earlier, we have to quickly leave this place, or we'll be one of them." Fu Shen gave a report after communicating with the people below.

Fan Chen nodded his head. "Everyone down, we leave this place immediately. Take the surviving prisoners, there are a lot of questions I want to ask them."

Fan Chen looked back at Academician Song. "Do you want to come or stay here eaten by zombies?"

Academy Song laughed wryly. "Isn't it clear? Of course I will come, after all it has been a long time since I have seen Nak Mingyue."

"Son?"

Academy Song nodded his head. "I met him when he was a little girl, a bad girl who always fought his father, but who would have thought he would be a Lieutenant General. But it's a pity, when he was a teenager he had lost both his parents, so he only lived with his grandfather."

Fan Chen fell silent, he was curious about Yun Mingyue's life, but knew this was not the time. "Quick down."

Fan Chen walked with a limp, but not as slow as before because the stone that stuck in the wound had already been removed.

When they had already descended, they saw zombies that had started to enter the elite area where many villas were.

Fan Chen rushed into Cougar HE No. 01. Academics Song and Song Meiya were in the same car, but Hu Ming was placed in a different place. The reason why Hu Ming was placed in a different place because he wanted to separate them, Fan Chen was suspicious of Hu Ming, and wanted to keep him under close supervision.

The car rushes away from the villa area after leaving many landmines behind to hold the pursuing zombies.

Fan Chen looked at the zombies through the drone perspective that followed from behind, as the zombies approached the dozens of cars left behind, he pressed the mine button.

Boom up! Boom up! Boom up!

A deafening loud explosion came from behind, flames burning high, the ground cracking and crumbling forming a deep trench. When sparks hit the leaking car fuel, the blazing fire grew larger and expanded, burning anything around it.

The zombies started burning under the huge, hot flames, turning them into charcoal and ash.

Fan Chen who was inside the car, took out the Healing Fluid and used it secretly so as not to be seen by Academician Song who was sitting in the back.

Academy Song looked around, other than the 12 seats facing each other, there was a computer device. He looked at all the soldiers, they looked always ready and looked like elites.

"Where are we going?" Song Meiya asked Fan Chen who was sitting closer to the door, as if he was hiding something.

After treating Fan Chen, Song Meiya no longer felt afraid, but she still had to be careful.

Fan Chen pondered for a moment, then replied, "Come, we originally came out to seek resources and save the humans who deserve to be saved. But since I was injured, the Command Center is asking to return for further treatment."

"We also have to interrogate the person we arrested." Fan Chen looked back, looking at Song Meiya who was sitting behind Fu Shen.

Fan Chen sent a message secretly to Fu Shen and all the drivers. He asked for the return lane to be changed, going first to the other ruins to find a safe in the bank.

...

At midnight, they rested after going to some place to pick up the safe. The harvest is quite large, the total gets ¥14,639,050,000, and with this amount, the project that is being planned can be implemented.

At this moment, they were at the edge of a deserted main road.

They made a bonfire in the middle between the cars, and all the soldiers stood guard in turn.

Communication with the Command Center was cut off, and they did not know the surrounding conditions well. It would take at least two to three hours to return all the Signal Transmitting Drones to their designated spots.

Fan Chen raised next to his brows.

Song Meiya forcibly opened the bulletproof vest Fan Chen was wearing. "While I haven't graduated, I'm still a doctor. I have an obligation to check the patient's condition."

Fan Chen sighed, he undressed himself.

Song Meiya examined the wound. How surprised he was when he saw the wound that had dried up, then he saw the wound on the thigh, it was even better.

Song Meiya looked up again, she touched Fan Chen's shoulder with her right hand, and touched the chest with her left hand to rest on.

Fan Chen remained silent, even though Song Meiya was beautiful and might become a goddess in the university, but she already had her own immunity with beautiful women. He had already seen Katerina teasing him every day, so looking at Song Meiya, he felt nothing.

Fan Chen lowered his head, looking at Song Meiya's hand that rubbed her chest until it descended to the stomach. He looked up, looking at Song Meiya's focused face. "Is it done? Does your hand have to keep coming down?"

Song Meiya was stunned, she pulled her hand again and lowered her head. He took a deep breath, took out scissors and tweezers. "A-I have to take the stitches off."

Fan Chen closed his eyes and let Song Meiya take off the stitches. It felt strange as threads moved within the flesh, as if there were living beings walking around.

Song Meiya occasionally glanced at Fan Chen's face, she felt strange, had never felt this kind of thing. Even in high school and university, when many expressed love, he felt nothing. Here, just a few hours into meeting, he had a strange interest.

"Salep earlier, can I learn it?"

Fan Chen opened his eyes, looking at Song Meiya. "After coming to our Refuge, you can meet with the Chief Medical Officer and ask him."

"By the way, how can you sew such a tiny vein so quickly? Isn't that hard?"

Song Meiya raised Fan Chen's thigh on top of her lap. "I was adept at sewing when I was a kid, and always aspired to be a surgeon. When I was in fourth semester, I borrowed Grandpa's connections to come to the hospital, study directly from his experts and take minor surgery."

Fan Chen nodded. "Suturing blood vessels takes a high concentration, it says blood vessels are protected by several layers of muscle and skin."

Song Meiya simply nodded her head without a sound.

Academy Song watched from afar, and chuckled. She had never seen her granddaughter like this, even while in the hospital, as much as possible always rejecting male patients unless desperate.

Fan Chen looked at Song Meiya who was still focused on releasing the stitches under the lighting of the flashlight. "Do you want to return to the Imperial City?"

Song Meiya stopped, she took down the scissors and tweezers, but still held onto Fan Chen's thigh. "I don't know, Grandpa said it was dangerous there. From the Imperial City to here, we almost took two months, and we were almost killed. Our group of dozens of people, now there are only three."

Fan Chen looked up at the starry night sky. "Yes, even though it's central, it's a big city and it has a lot of facilities, but there's a whole range of people with a specific intent."

Fan Chen looked at Academician Song who was watching. He threw down the Evolution Fluid and said, "This is the Evolution Fluid that you are trying to develop. We've developed it, but there's still a side effect, which is hot fever and unconsciousness for twelve hours. It's still an early version, just improved physical abilities, later versions are still being researched."

Academy Song caught the Evolution Fluid, and when he heard Fan Chen's explanation, he was stunned.

"The waters of Evolution Version 2.0 might be able to evoke abilities, but these abilities are random. We hope that Academy Song can come to research together, whether it is possible to develop Evolutionary Fluids according to the abilities that are at the drinker's will."

Academician Song came to a realization, he saw the Evolution Fluid in his hand, then all the soldiers who were on guard. "Did they all drink this?"

"No." Fan Chen shook his head. "For the time being it's just Mom and Yu'er .. I mean, my sister. Just two people, we're short of stock, and it just so happens that they both want to try it."

Academy Song frowned, not expecting that this kind of trial would be Fan Chen's closest family. "Are you not worried? Our side developed the Evolution Fluid, but the one who tried to drink it was a death sentence prisoner."

Fan Chen smiled, but did not say anything more. Worried about Stronghold System products? No way, everything has been proven. Even Smart Glasses have risks for the eyes, but products from the Stronghold System can be worn for 24 hours without any damage to the eyes.

If Academician Song could join forces and develop the Evolution Fluid, then the Evolution Fluid could be spread to everyone in Mingyue Defense. That saves a lot of Coin©.

"Captain." Fu Shen came, saluting. "According to our monitoring, there was a strange movement two kilometers to the southeast. It's different from the direction we're taking, but does the Captain want to check it out?"

Fan Chen pondered, then nodded. "We check it after sunrise, for now rest first. If there's any movement within a one-kilometer radius that might have an effect on us, you can report it again."

Fu Shen nodded, then turned around and returned to the guard post.

Fan Chen picked up the sleeping bag after Song Meiya finished removing the stitches. He placed it on the ground that was already covered in some cloth, then he closed his eyes and tried to sleep.

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