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nQiu Yaokang said coldly, “Speak!”

nThere was hope!

nHe was indeed interested!

nFang Heng was secretly happy, but he remained calm on the surface.

n“Hehe, I’ll tell you in secret, there are even three Lickers in the laboratory.”

n“I’ve checked. Everything is fine. The Lickers are in good condition. They haven’t been affected at all!”

nFang Heng was still mumbling to himself.

nEver since Li Bo joined his shelter, the secret laboratory for breeding Lickers had been sealed.

nLi Bo was a high-level NPC, but he was too afraid of death!

nEven with the Dark Knights accompanying him, he did not dare to go into the laboratory for breeding Lickers.

nLi Bo claimed that the biochemical virus outbreak in the prison started in the Lickers’ breeding laboratory.

nHe believed that the cultivation pod housing the Licker might pose a major safety hazard.

nIf a Licker suddenly woke up and escaped from the room, people would die!

nAccording to Li Bo, he rarely entered the room even before the biochemical virus outbreak.

nNow that he has learned his lesson, he would not enter the breeding laboratory.

nFang Heng did not have a good solution to this.

nEvery time this matter was brought up, Li Bo’s loyalty and favorability began to decline.

nTherefore, the research project on the Lickers in the shelter was temporarily put on hold.

nFang Heng desperately needed a leader for the experiment team.

nWhat a coincidence!

nQiu Yaokang was very good!

nHe was not afraid of death!

nHe could even stay in a villa in the wild to conduct his research!

n“Licker…”

nQiu Yaokang muttered to himself and looked thoughtful.

n“You mean the biological weapon research project?”

n“Yes! You know about Meteorite Company’s biological weapon research project? That’s great!”

n“Licker is an accessory of the biological weapon project. It is the product of a living body being injected with the T-virus.”

n“How is it? Are you interested?”

n“If you come to my shelter, the Meteorite Company’s research laboratory will be yours from now on! You will be in charge of it!”

nSeeing that Qiu Yaokang was tempted, Fang Heng continued to beguile him.

n“Oh right, there are still also living corpse vines for you to study, and they are high-level varieties that Meteorite Company has modified!”

n“Corpse vines?!”

nHearing this, Qiu Yaokang couldn’t help but clench his fists.

nHe was extremely hesitant.

nFang Heng threw out the last bargaining chip by throwing a small booklet to Qiu Yaokang.

n“Come, take a look at this again.”

nErita’s experimental observation summary report (March)

nQiu Yaokang took the booklet that was thrown at him.

nSeeing the title on the booklet, his breathing suddenly stopped.

nQiu Yaokang quickly opened the booklet and read it hurriedly.

nHis eyes never left the book. He didn’t know anything about the outside world until he read the whole book till the end.

nFang Heng already knew Qiu Yaokang’s temperament.

nAfter he finished reading the whole book, he continued, “How is it? Do you want the live sample of Erita?”

nQiu Yaokang raised his head and looked straight at Fang Heng.

n“You have it?”

n“Hehe, of course. You know I’m greedy. How could I not bring something with me?”

nFang Heng said as he held the live sample of Erita in his hand.

n“As long as you join my shelter, the sample of Erita can be provided to you for free so that you can conduct your research work.”

n“And I can promise you that after you join my shelter, I will do my best to help you with your experiment.”

n“I’m serious, would you consider my proposal?”

nQiu Yaokang fell silent.

nTo him, this temptation was too hard to resist!

nAt first, he was indeed not interested in Fang Heng’s proposal at all.

nBut as Fang Heng started to add chips bit by bit…

nAnd then Fang Heng took out the live sample of Erita!

nQiu Yaokang’s psychological defense was almost broken!

nHis strong willpower made him gnash his teeth and say, “No! No.”

nEh?

nHe didn’t agree?

nFang Heng was very surprised.

nQiu Yaokang took a deep breath.

n“Unless you can agree to one condition.”

n“Phew!”

nFang Heng heaved a huge sigh of relief.

nHe knew that the recruitment of Qiu Yaokang was already half successful!

nFang Heng was just afraid that he wouldn’t mention the condition! As long as he mentioned it, everything would be easy to handle!

n“Alright, tell me, what condition?”

nQiu Yaokang stared at Fang Heng with a burning gaze.

n“You said that you can help me gather all kinds of research materials. I need you to prove this.”

n“No problem. How do you want me to prove it?”

n“I stayed here for a reason.”

nQiu Yaokang turned around again as he spoke.

nHe took out a map from the laboratory cabinet and laid it flat on the experiment table.

nFang Heng leaned over to check.

nHe saw that someone had drawn an obvious circle on the map with a red pen.

n“Where is this?”

n“An abandoned chemical factory.”

nQiu Yaokang continued to explain to Fang Heng.

n“Since the outbreak of the biochemical virus, a special mutated zombie has appeared in the drainage channel of the abandoned chemical factory.”

n“Have you heard of the infected area?”

nFang Heng raised his eyebrows and thought, “This is not good.”

nThe infected zone was an area within the game.

nOnce players stepped into the infected zone for more than 30 seconds, they would enter a state of infection.

nThe longer you stay, the higher the degree of infection.

nThis was a place that could only be explored in the later stages of the game.

nThere were various opinions about the infected zone in the forum, but there was still no exact explanation for how the infected zone was formed.

nBut one thing was certain.

nThe infected zone was related to Meteorite Company.

nIt was too difficult…

nA recruitment mission had to be related to the infected zone?

nFang Heng felt bitter in his heart, but he also became serious.

nQiu Yaokang was very important. For the development of the shelter, he had to recruit him!

n“Yes, I’ve heard of it.”

n“I’ve observed that the scope of the infected zone has been expanding recently.”

n“Yes, indeed.”

nFang Heng knew clearly in his heart.

nAt the beginning of the game, the infected zone kept expanding. However, in the later stages, the expansion gradually stopped.

nAs for the specific reason, Fang Heng didn’t know either.

n“To prevent the infected zone from expanding endlessly, we have to go in and see what exactly happened inside and what caused the existence of the infected zone.”

n“The zombie found in the chemical factory is very unique. The poisonous gas it releases is very similar to the poisonous gas in the infected zone. I’ve been studying it recently.”

n“I think we can find a way to enter the infected zone by researching this zombie.”

nHearing this, Fang Heng let out a sigh of relief.

n“Oh my god!”

nQiu Yaokang was panting heavily.

nHe thought Qiu Yaokang wanted to go to the infected zone himself.

n“Now, my research on mutated zombies has reached a critical stage. Unless you can guarantee that you can provide me with an endless supply of living zombies in the chemical factory for research, I won’t agree to leave with you..”

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