What?! I Became the Zombie Beauty in the Villain’s Arms – CH61

Chapter 61: Retribution Will Come Sooner or Later

At 1:00 p.m.

The atmosphere in the meeting room was tense, and the temperature dropped to freezing point after the man in the main seat spoke.

Duan Xiaolin threw the forged files right into the faces of several officers.

He sneered, “Is this the result you gave me?”

The head of the base sat with a stiff face, stubbornly arguing, “Your Honor, this is completely beyond your jurisdiction. Do you really have to investigate this so thoroughly?”

“Before you say things like that, why not get to know Franlun first?”

The other party paused, then continued, “But the base has always respected strength, and superpowers represent everything. Right now, what we humans need most is the ability to destroy the zombies in one fell swoop, not these insignificant matters. Are you being too serious?”

“Zombies and the apocalypse are the difficulties we need to overcome the most, and they are our biggest problems.”

“Your Honor, please show some mercy. It’s the end of the world, and everyone wants to get crystal cores to equip themselves with superpowers. I’m afraid only those without superpowers would care so much about ordinary human lives and human trafficking.”

“Those civilians can be sold off. Our primary focus now should be to continuously recruit powerful supernatural beings.”

“Yes, Judge. Some time ago, when I was leading a mission, I saw a team called S1.”

“That team’s captain and a woman are both incredibly talented. They both have dual abilities! They’re geniuses! If we can win them over, they’ll definitely be the top leaders of the base!”

“That’s right, dual abilities are so rare, you should focus on them instead.”

Quite a few people in the room nodded in agreement. The glances they directed at Duan Xiaolin were filled with doubt and blame.

Bang!

There was a loud crash.

The people present jumped in fear.

Ling Lang kicked over his chair, stepped on it with one boot, and glared at the man who had just spoken. He leaned over slowly. “Say it again?”

The man was so overwhelmed by Ling Lang’s powerful aura that he couldn’t squeeze out a single word. He scrambled back in fear, ending up flat on the floor.

Ling Lang snorted with utter disdain. “You guys are enjoying your wealth and luxury here, but how many tamed zombies do you keep at home? Do you need me to count them for you? Or do you want me to capture those monsters you’ve raised and investigate where they came from one by one? Only then will you shut up?”

“Commander Chen, there are eight of them in your house, right? Major Lin, let me see…” Ling Lang snatched a list from Duan Xiaolin and immediately projected it onto the monitor behind him. “Oh, Major Lin, you have more than a dozen in your cellar. Several of them were living people before you drugged them and turned them into monsters. And Commander Tang, your house…”

Commander Tang immediately started coughing, patting the table lightly. “That’s enough, Captain Ling Lang. I understand what you mean. Those people we took in were helpless and pitiful. If we hadn’t rescued them, they wouldn’t even be alive today.”

“You’re full of bullshit!” Ling Lang grabbed his collar, his fist clenched to beat him up.

What a joke of a rescue.

Over the years, as the base neared stability, people’s hearts had become dirty and calculating. If no one stopped this corruption, only those with brute power would survive in the end. The class divide would become wider and wider, with one tier feeding on the next until nothing was left but bones and people trying to climb over each other.

No ordinary person would survive to the end. What was the point of having superpowers then?

The biggest issue was inside. In an era approaching stability after the end of the world, human greed was a million times more terrifying than any zombie.

“Captain Ling Lang! Are you going to attack me? The Chief Judge hasn’t even spoken yet. Do you know what you’re doing? You’re overstepping your authority! This is a challenge to the base’s rules. I will report you for this!”

“You’ve seriously violated my privacy! This data sheet is completely made up!”

Duan Xiaolin said calmly, “Ling Lang.”

Ling Lang turned his head.

Duan Xiaolin continued, “Let go of Commander Tang first.”

Ling Lang took a deep breath and released his grip.

“Thank you for the fair judgment… Ah!” The commander was about to speak when a sudden blow struck his face, sending him flying across the room.

He slammed heavily against the wall and slid down.

No one had even seen Ying appear. He wore the unique mask of Franlun, moving slowly forward to drag the bleeding man back in front of Duan Xiaolin.

The commander struggled to raise his head, but the cold muzzle of a gun was already pressed against his forehead.

“Franlun has the right to execute anyone, whether they are senior executives of the base or the most powerful ability users,” Ying said calmly. “Captain Ling Lang is not from Franlun, so it wasn’t convenient for him to take action. However, I can execute you on behalf of the Chief Judge.”

Before anyone could move, Ying pulled the trigger.

Blood splattered across Ying’s mask, even blurring his vision. He wiped it away expressionlessly and turned around. “Judge, do you want to keep killing?”

Everyone knew that the Chief Judge of Franlun had no superpowers. But they also knew exactly what a dangerous, ruthless existence this man had been since the very first year of the apocalypse. Franlun was not an organization anyone could control, and every single one of his subordinates was a hardened executioner.

The temperature in the room plummeted. The sound of blood dripping bit by bit created a creepy, suffocating silence. Everyone held their breath cautiously, looking at the man’s cold, indifferent face, barely able to breathe.

Duan Xiaolin didn’t say a word. He calmly kept his eyes on the bloody file in his hand, which only made everyone present feel more terrified.

Finally, several officers collapsed in fear.

“Your Honor, we were wrong. We will deal with those monsters immediately and ensure there will be no more of them. Absolutely!”

After a long while, as beads of sweat began to pour from their foreheads, the man in the main seat finally spoke slowly, “Now we can have a proper talk, right?”

“Yes, we can talk!”

“I’ll give you a chance to redeem yourselves.”

“Yes, yes! Your Honor, we will do exactly as you say!”

Ling Lang kicked a chair out of the way and growled, “Sit down and listen carefully.”

“Yes, of course.” Everyone sat down obediently, their faces pale with anxiety, though the hidden hatred in their eyes only grew deeper.

Pei Xiqing was almost falling asleep while waiting in Duan Xiaolin’s office. When Xiaobai nudged her awake, she heard a faint knocking on the door.

Xiaobai stared at the door vigilantly, his ears pinning back. It was clearly a stranger.

She checked her phone; it was already past eight o’clock in the evening.

The knocking continued, but she didn’t move. No one dared to barge into this office casually, and she had safely locked the door from the inside anyway. Unless it was a thief, she was fine.

The knocking lasted for about ten seconds before gradually fading away. The person seemed to have left.

Through the half-open window, she suddenly heard voices complaining. Several men seemed to be in shock, speaking in hushed, angry tones as they walked past.

In a quiet corner outside the window, one of them spat, “Damn it, if it wasn’t for the backing from Franlun and global headquarters, those people without superpowers would be nothing. They wouldn’t even be able to defeat one of our men.”

“Exactly. How dare he investigate us so deeply? Honestly, even if the highest gods came down, they shouldn’t be able to pry into our business!”

“He’s so arrogant and cruel, he’ll get his comeuppance sooner or later. Just wait and see. Besides, didn’t I hear he brought a beautiful woman back to his villa? Humph, I thought he was so noble, but he’s just the same as the rest of us…”

“What did you hear?”

“Come closer, let me tell you…”

Pei Xiqing approached the window cautiously, but they had already walked away. Their voices grew smaller and smaller until she could no longer hear them.

Her face turned serious.

No superpowers?

Who were they talking about? Duan Xiaolin, or someone else?

She gritted her teeth, a familiar, madding itch spreading through her jaw. She couldn’t control herself, and that dark urge to bite down on human flesh flared up once again.

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