The apocalypse begins with a dungeon game.

Chapter 152 Who is Peach Blossom?

Wang Defa wore a forced smile and replied, "It's all thanks to you. We've all benefited from your success. I'll try my best to do well."

In reality, while he said this on the surface, he was already planning in his mind how to naturally cause trouble in the research institute's laboratory.

How can I appear natural without arousing suspicion?

This way, the pace of leaving the city will be delayed again and again, until finally no one can leave the game smoothly...

Li Can stared intently into his eyes, and through Wang Defa's eyes, which were slightly yellowed and bloodshot, only endless exhaustion was revealed.

There was a strange mix of weariness and a shrewd, calculating edge.

Li Can couldn't read minds, so she didn't know exactly what he was thinking, but she could guess the general idea.

He felt a pang of heartache. After exchanging a few insincere pleasantries with those around him, Li Can clutched his chest. Seeing A-Zhu approaching, he waved her over.

"Then please take good care of our deputy director."

A-Zhu nodded and handed Wang Defa a string of keys strung together in a circular shape.

"Deputy Director Wang, these are the keys to all the main gates of our institute. Please keep them safe. We have a lot of work to do from now on, and I don't think we'll have time to rest. Come with me."

Wang Defa's face was so wrinkled from smiling that it almost pressed together. He quickly bent down to take the large bunch of keys, carefully hung them on his waist, and meticulously counted the number on them.

"Of course, of course." He squinted his eyes into slits and nodded repeatedly.

In the distance, Li Lan and Zhou Ye, led by Feng Tian and Yang Mo, waved goodbye in their direction, carrying their newly received uniforms.

Zhou Ye: "Old Wang, do your best here. We're heading off to take up our posts now. We'll contact you again if anything comes up!"

Li Lan: "Okay, I'm off. Be careful with your work."

"Let's go, let's go." Wang Defa was a little impatient. After witnessing with his own eyes that everyone was appointed through the same process as him, and after personally experiencing this, he was completely convinced of everything that was happening around him.

Little did he know that he had unknowingly fallen into a huge scam tailor-made for him.

Li Can watched with satisfaction as everyone left, and the farce that had been staged finally came to an end in its prequel.

What follows is the main plot.

……

A temporary research institute was built in the suburbs of the lower city.

The walls on all sides were made of insulated metal, gleaming with a cold, white silver light, making the place feel icy under the lamplight.

The temperature dropped suddenly.

Wang Defa followed closely behind Azhu, who was wearing a white coat, walking forward step by step.

After turning a corner, the two finally stopped in front of a laboratory with a wide view, marked with the number one.

"Deputy Director Wang, this is where we mainly research our equipment. The aircraft you see here is our first and most successful one." A-Zhu led Wang Defa closer and explained carefully.

"Originally, it was really difficult for me to manage this place all by myself. Now that you're here, I can focus on research and development with peace of mind. You can stay on the second floor and lead the team to conduct final inspections of these devices."

"Currently, most of the equipment is almost assembled, but it lacks actual data verification, which is very important. I'm entrusting this task to you now."

What A-Zhu said was very realistic and earnest.

Wang Defa involuntarily reached out a hand and gently stroked the slightly rough surface of the aircraft.

He thought to himself that doing factory inspection and testing was a good job, because he could control any damage or defects.

"Alright, alright, you can rest assured that you'll leave this to me."

"Okay, then you can start working this afternoon." A-Zhu pressed the button on the mecha inside her white lab coat, and immediately, the lights in labs number two, three, and so on were turned on.

Revealing new devices that are not yet known to others.

"Wow... all of this was made in such a short time, it's not just the one that's on display on the street."

"We didn't say there was only one."

Wang Defa: "..."

The newly built research institute is divided into two parts, separated by a series of sturdy coded doors.

To the left is the laboratory for research and development equipment, and to the right is the area where Wang De discovered his location, which mainly stores each batch of research results.

After watching Ah Zhu pass through three coded doors to reach the laboratory on the other side, he checked himself over and over again to make sure there were no surveillance or eavesdropping devices.

My body felt like it had no bones, and I easily found a sofa placed against the wall and sank into its softness.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a box of cigarettes that were specially supplied to the lower city.

Facing the deserted laboratory where he was all alone, Wang Defa sighed deeply and then lit a cigarette with a lighter.

Smoke rose and swirled from above his head.

"Hiss... Huff... After this job, I can't keep doing this..." he muttered to himself.

Meanwhile, in the laboratory, Li Can, with his arms crossed and all his trusted confidants watching Wang Defa smoking via a live feed on a screen, had his arms crossed.

There were indeed no surveillance cameras or cameras in Wang Defa's laboratory, but there was Li Can's puppet clone. Through A Zhu's device, he switched his main perspective to the electronic screen.

All Li Can needs to do is wear a pair of glasses.

"What does he mean?" Shen Yuan asked, pinching her chin and frowning.

Feng Tian covered the lower half of her face with her hand, pressing the two of them together. "Shh, don't make a sound, let's see what he says and does."

"Mmm..."

Wang Defa remained melancholy for a long time. He seemed to be thinking about many things and recalling something while smoking a cigarette. After a while, he still did not plan to call others to come and conduct instrument testing.

Instead, he walked into Laboratory No. 1 alone.

He raised his hand and patted the aircraft, which was about the size of a helicopter, once again. The exterior was covered with a thick layer of armor made of mud, while the interior was a normal metal fuselage.

"If we want to stop them from succeeding, and they all have to die here, it seems that simply stealing the corpses and damaging these tools won't be enough to complete the plan..."

"Click." Wang Defa lit another cigarette for himself.

"The key is to destroy that blueprint, no, to kill this expert, A-Zhu. Without him, the others can't hold on alone, and even if they have the materials, it will be difficult to replicate it."

"If all else fails, we'll have to take the risk and kill Peach Blossom here beforehand."

"No... it's still too risky. It's difficult to make a move with Li Lan by his side, but it's easier for A Zhu to make a move."

"Damn it, if only I had recognized Peach Blossom first, Li Lan wouldn't have had a chance to meet him. He's a real pain in the neck."

"However, these devices really can't be kept before killing A-Zhu, in case they can be refurbished and reused."

Wang Defa plotted alone for nearly ten minutes. On the other side, the people who were monitoring him in real time couldn't help but turn to look at him after hearing Azhu's name on the death list.

"Wait, who is Peach Blossom?" Ah Zhu asked, also curious about the person who received the same treatment as him.