The post-apocalyptic world has a space full of supplies.

Chapter 176 Revisiting the Research Institute (5)

Yang Xiao's unusual behavior not only confused Ji Lang, but even Lin Yun was puzzled by the current situation.

"What's wrong? Do you feel something in there?" Lin Yun leaned closer to the door and placed his palm against it, but still didn't feel anything strange. When they came down from the basement earlier, he and Ji Lang had a very obvious sense of danger in front of the emergency exit, but now he didn't feel anything at all, and judging from Ji Lang's expression, he probably felt the same way.

“I don’t feel anything,” Ji Lang said, then looked at Lu Yuan.

"Open the door next door first." Actually, Lu Yuan didn't feel anything strange, but after Yang Xiao said that, he felt that something was wrong. However, they didn't have time to waste here, so he went straight to the last closed door.

"Damn, these zombies, why do I feel like they've breathed a sigh of relief?" Zhong Qiang knew his brain wasn't working properly. Although his physical abilities had improved in various ways, he himself wasn't sensitive enough, so he generally couldn't offer any advice on these things and could only focus on taking precautions.

He clearly sensed that when Yang Xiao, Lu Yuan, and Lin Yun gathered in front of that door, the zombies at both ends of the corridor were watching them like furtive dogs. But when Lu Yuan decided to open the last door first, he felt the zombies shrink back and begin to wander aimlessly, blocking the entrance to the corridor.

Hearing Zhong Qiang's words, Lu Yuan took another step back from the last door and glanced at the stairwell closest to him. The zombies had returned to their original state and were wandering aimlessly. But when he lifted his foot to walk towards the door in front of Yang Xiao, the zombies at the door stopped and involuntarily turned in his direction, staring at them quietly.

"Interesting." Noticing this difference, Yang Xiao also carefully examined the zombies at both ends of the corridor, then asked, "Which door should we open first?"

"Open it first..." Before Ji Lang could finish speaking, Lu Yuan retreated to the last closed door and quickly smashed the lock.

"Come in first!" Lu Yuan said, then rushed in first.

"Hey, you little rascal!" Yang Xiao said as he followed Lu Yuan into the laboratory, with Zhong Qiang running right after him. Ji Lang and Lin Yun wanted to say something, but then they noticed that the zombies on both sides suddenly seemed to have been released from their restraints and swarmed towards them, so they had no choice but to follow them into the laboratory first.

Ji Lang was the last to enter the laboratory. He immediately pushed the door, which was only locked, back open. Then he saw Lu Yuan behind him and the familiar heavy lead plate next to him.

"I'm afraid this won't last long." Lin Yun helped Lu Yuan move the lead plate to the doorway, but he could still clearly feel the impact of the advanced zombies. If it weren't for him or Ji Lang holding it off, the zombies outside would probably break down the door in no time.

"Team Leader Lin, you and Team Leader Ji hold them off for now. I'll put everything into my spatial storage, and we'll study it again once we get out." Just as they had guessed, the computer on the desk, as well as the filing cabinets, experimental cabinets, and the refrigerator used for experiments, were all still there.

"What do you think is next door?" Lu Yuan packed his things into his space. Yang Xiao couldn't help, so he blocked the door with Ji Lang and Lin Yun. Zhong Qiang followed closely behind his father, Lu Yuan, to make sure he could lend a hand at any time.

"I don't know, I didn't feel anything." Ji Lang glanced at Yang Xiao, who was leaning leisurely against the door.

"Didn't Team Leader Lin feel anything either?" Yang Xiao asked Lin Yun again.

"I don't feel anything." Lin Yun honestly shook his head. To be honest, if Zhong Qiang hadn't noticed the zombies' unusual behavior, he really wouldn't have felt any difference between the room next door and this one.

"I'm really curious about what's next door," Yang Xiao said, looking towards the laboratory next door. "Could there be something even more important inside?"

"Then why did you two both agree that it was this lab?" Ji Lang was even more confused now. If you thought both labs were possible, why did you both choose this one instead of the one next door?

"I don't know, I think it's fine no matter which store Lu Yuan opens." Yang Xiao's sincere expression at this moment left Ji Lang and Lin Yun speechless.

"Everything's packed away. The refrigerator's power's off, and the petri dishes inside were disgusting!" Lu Yuan said, wiping his hands as he walked back to the door.

"Did you bring it? Holy crap..." Yang Xiao peeked into the laboratory and found that Lu Yuan had actually moved everything directly into the space. Now this laboratory was cleaner than the other open laboratories, and the tables and chairs were gone.

"I'm afraid I might have forgotten something, so I've packed everything up first!" Lu Yuan said, then looked towards another laboratory. "How do we get over there now?"

"So you two just randomly opened a door?" Zhong Qiang's jaw nearly dropped when he heard Lu Yuan say that. He thought they had some special feeling or a hint of rebirth that led them to choose to open the door to this laboratory. It turned out they just randomly opened one, and unexpectedly, they even aroused the zombies outside.

"I didn't expect that opening this door would cause those zombies to rush in like they were unleashed." Lu Yuan shook his head helplessly, while the zombies outside were still desperately pounding on the door and walls.

It's obvious that special materials were used for the walls and doors when the underground laboratory was built; otherwise, it might have been like the offices upstairs, with the walls all smashed up.

“The zombies outside don’t have high-level abilities. Lin and I should be able to break through the encirclement, but…” Ji Lang could sense that there were no zombies nearby with a higher level than him and Lin Yun, so if they rushed out to deal with the zombies and Lu Yuan opened the door next door, it wouldn’t be a big problem. But thinking about the mysterious act those two had just put on, he was worried that there might actually be some danger in that laboratory.

"Lu Xiaoyuan, have we done something that would be considered outrageous by both gods and men?" Looking at Ji Lang's expression, Yang Xiao looked at Lu Yuan again, and the two of them suddenly looked like children who had made a mistake.

"Let's go over there first. Whatever it is, we still have to open the door and check. If we miss anything, it would be a waste of our time." Lin Yun patted Lu Yuan on the shoulder, telling him to relax.

"Captain Lin, you're so kind!" Yang Xiao relaxed when he heard Lin Yun say that, and even joked, "If my sister were still alive, I would definitely introduce her to you and make her my brother-in-law!"

"This..." Lin Yun never expected Yang Xiao to pull such a stunt, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer. "This isn't a good idea..."

"Team Leader Lin, don't you know what kind of person Brother Yang is? He doesn't have any sisters, he's an only child." Zhong Qiang had previously chatted with Yang Xiao over drinks, and Yang Xiao had mentioned his family situation. Seeing Lin Yun's current expression, Zhong Qiang immediately stepped forward to defuse the situation.