Zombie Apocalypse: Creation

"Then it looks like our negotiation has ended."

Xiaoyun pulled out his pistol and aimed it directly at the masked man, making all the soldiers do the same as they put their figure on the trigger.

"You sure? Your soldiers are never going to wake up if they don't get cured soon. We're the only one that has the cure to this poison."

The masked man finally revealed his trump card, forcing the soldiers to hesitate for a second as they saw firsthand what happened to their comrades lying on the ground unconscious.

At the same time, the masked man made Xiaoyun realize the entire island must have been under surveillance. But it wasn't enough to force him to change his strategy.

"Do you really think you guys are the only ones who have a cure?" Xiaoyun asked as he stared directly into the masked man's eyes.

"I'm confident. If you have a cure, the purple on your face would have disappeared already...

Although I'm surprised, you somehow made your partner overcome this position... But you can't mass produce it in time for your soldiers, isn't it?"

Kate's face blushed a little as she didn't expect to be called partners, but she quickly reverted to normal when the masked man turned towards her for a second.

"Fine, you got me... Let's just be straightforward. What do you want me from me to give them a cure?"

"I want you never to step foot on this island again, and in return, we'll never cause trouble for you guys again."

"Deal."

Xiaoyun instantly accepted, as he was expecting this outcome in the end, but the masked man signaled that he wasn't finished yet.

"I also want a few drops of blood from you, Mr.Xiaoyun——"

"Not happening. Demand something else."

Xiaoyun instantly rejected it as he knew how valuable his blood was in research, especially when he had almost donated an entire bucket of blood back in Luoping for the experiment.

"Then it looked like our negotiation had broken down," the masked man said word for word back at Xiaoyun.

As the tension in the hotel lobby reached a boiling point, Xiaoyun backed down at the very last second.

"Fine. But I want a tour of your base."

Everyone in the main lobby froze for a second as they couldn't believe what had just come out of Xiaoyun's mouth.

"What?" The masked man asked in confusion.

"You heard me. I want a tour of your base. If you guys can't say yes to that, then all deals are off."

The masked man thought for a second but accepted Xiaoyun's request.

"Deal, but only you can come with us."

With the common agreement met, Xiaoyun ordered the soldiers to lower their guns and had all of them reunite with the rest of the army at the harbor.

As the masked man, Kate, and Xiaoyun remained in the main lobby, Kate pulled him to the side to talk.

"Xiaoyun... Why are you taking this risk? This is such a stupid idea." Kate asked.

Her voice was full of worries as his plan to go there by himself looked like a suicide plan, with no backup and all alone in enemy territory.

"It's the only way to end it once and for all. Trust me, I'll be fine. Go back and meet up with the rest of the army...

And if I don't come back, just order the entire army to blow everything up and bomb the entire island into the ground."

Xiaoyun stated the last part out loud as if he wanted the masked man to hear it.

"But your drowsiness and your leg——"

"Don't worry about it. I told you I know my limit. Go now." Xiaoyun ordered as his voice got serious.

Kate reluctantly looked back at Xiaoyun's fully serious face but accepted Xiaoyun's order as she left the hotel to meet up with the rest of the soldiers.

"Mr.Xiaoyun... You're really brave to be all alone like this, you know that?" The masked man pointed out as the two began walking towards the elevator.

"I know... But I know you guys won't dare to hurt me unless you guys have a death wish."

Before entering the elevator, the masked man said something that shocked Xiaoyun.

"Ghost Nine and Tne, you two can remove your camouflage."

Out of thin air, two people appeared right before Xiaoyun's eyes, fully equipped as they had their guns out.

"Wow, I didn't expect that at all... What kind of technology is this?" Xiaoyun asked curiously.

"Top secret... Can you two take Mr.Xiaoyun's weapon away?"

Xiaoyun didn't resist as he allowed the two to take away his knife and gun, even letting them pat him down to make sure he had no other weapons.

"Thank you for your cooperation." One of them said out loud as the four entered the elevator.

"No problem."

As the elevator began to go down, Xiaoyun noticed the masked man had pressed the 4th and 2nd floors at the same time despite the hotel only having three floors.

After the elevator finally stopped, they were met with a massive reinforced metal door ahead of them.

The masked man took out a card and scanned it at the keypad, which opened the door for them to enter.

"Follow me, and don't speak," the masked man warned as they passed the entrance.

Right past the entrance was a long hallway with several mounted machine guns, connected by wires indicating it was controlled remotely.

As the two continued walking, they walked past several rooms that were labeled experimentation rooms.

"How long do we have to walk for?" Xiaoyun curiously asked.

The masked man didn't answer as they reached the end of the hallway. Once again, with a keycard, he puts it up against the wall, which causes the wall to separate as it reveals a massive white room.

"This is my lab. You can look around as much as you want."

As Xiaoyun looked around the room, he was stunned by the amount of equipment in the lab.

He could even recognize a few pieces of equipment that cost millions of dollars, the same ones he had once seen on a university tour in the past.

"Here's your cure. I only have ten batches of it, but it should be enough for all of you if you dilute 95 percent of it with water."

The masked man puts several closed vials filled with a mysterious red liquid into a box and hands it over to Xiaoyun.

Without any hesitation, Xiaoyun didn't doubt the claim and took one of the vials out to drink it.

Instantly, his drowsiness disappeared, and the purpleness on his face disappeared in seconds after checking the reflection on his phone.

"Great... Then let's draw the blood that you wanted."

As the masked man led Xiaoyun to the left side of the room, Xiaoyun couldn't help but yawn as his drowsiness became more severe again.

"You can sit down. I need to prepare the tools for a second."

Xiaoyun sat down as instructed, and the masked man went over to one of the table drawers to look for equipment.

After waiting for a minute, the masked man came back with a butterfly needle and several empty vials.

"I thought it was just a few drops of blood," Xiaoyun questioned.

"Only a few drops. I'm just putting them in different containers," the masked man explained as he settled down into his seat.

Just as the masked man was about to connect the butterfly needle with the vials, a gun suddenly appeared in Xiaoyun's right hand.

Before anyone could react, Xiaoyun pulled the trigger right in front of the masked man's chest.

Within seconds, Xiaoyun fired several shots in rapid session right at the two who had taken his weapons earlier.

"Fuck... Almost fucked up my shots."

Xiaoyun murmured as he almost broke his wrist, trying to reposition his gun in time before Ghost Nine and Ten could fire back.

"Why did you do this?" The masked man asked as blood spewed out profusely from the bullet hole in his chest.

"Why would I negotiate with people who betrayed humankind? Your guy's experiment disgusts me to the core. You know how many families died because of the zombies you created?"

"W-We didn't create zombies——"

"But you sure modified them into a mutant. All those machines are gene-editing machines, isn't it?" Xiaoyun questioned as he aimed his gun at the masked man's head.

"I'm just trying to find a way to achieve immortality. I need their resources to achieve this... I had no choice besides working with them——"

"You are the second person to attempt me with the same bullshit. And let me tell you what happens to them later on——"

With a loud bang, the mask was shattered into pieces, revealing the disfigured face, which was now filled with blood as it flew out of the bullet hole.

"What the hell... Did this dude experimented on himself?"

Xiaoyun murmured as the purpleness on the masked man's face looked very similar to his earlier, except even darker purple.