Traveling through various miniature worlds with a small restaurant

Chapter 195 The Bizarre Post-Apocalyptic World 12

The man on the ground was completely bound and unable to move. He kept writhing, his face full of fear, and he did not reply to Lin Xiaoqian.

Mo Ying looked at the man on the ground and explained to Lin Xiaoqian, "Oh, right, I think this person is very strange. He might use evil magic to bewitch people's minds again at any time, so I used spiritual energy to seal his five senses. He can't hear or see now."

Lin Xiaoqian blinked. "Then let's just leave his ears and mouth out so we can ask him questions."

Mo Ying waved his hand and released the spiritual energy that had sealed the man's five senses from his ears and mouth.

Lin Xiaoqian asked, "Who are you?"

To everyone's surprise, a look of wariness immediately appeared on the man's face: "You're not from the capsule company? Who are you?"

"Capsule Company? What's that?"

A look of confusion appeared on the man's face: "You don't know about the Capsule Company? Who exactly are you people?"

Lin Xiaoqian said impatiently, "Now we're asking you questions. Tell us, who are you? What are you doing? Where did you hide our companions?"

To everyone's surprise, the man mumbled incoherently, "He's not from the company? How could that be..."

Lin Xiaoqian, losing her patience, kicked him: "What are you muttering about? Speak up! If you don't... we have plenty of strength and means to make you talk."

The man quickly said, "I'll talk, I'll talk!"

He sat on the ground, his face turned towards Lin Xiaoqian, a hint of pain flashing in his eyes, and said, "I don't have a name, only a code name. Subject 5780 is my code name. I am a subject of the Capsule Corporation's CN Project. The purpose of this project is to create super soldiers, to put it bluntly, human war machines. The Capsule Corporation develops human potential by injecting drugs it has developed into the human body, allowing ordinary people to have strength and speed far beyond that of ordinary people, and even to obtain some special abilities."

Liao Zhuang muttered under his breath, "Wow, is this a sci-fi movie?"

"However, they failed. Instead of creating war machines, they created a horde of monsters. The test subjects became inhuman monsters, possessing superpowers but losing their humanity. Capsule Corporation couldn't control them at all, and the monsters broke through the laboratory's defenses and escaped. They bit people indiscriminately outside, and those bitten were quickly assimilated, turning into identical monsters. The outside world soon fell."

Liao Zhuang: "This has turned into a zombie movie again."

Zhuang Damao, unable to bear it any longer, slapped Liao Zhuang on the back of the head: "Shut up first."

"I escaped during the chaos and came to this town, where I was taken in by an old scavenger. Later, the old man passed away because of his old age, and I've been living in this town ever since. The old man's surname was Li, so I took his surname too, and I always tell others that I'm called Xiao Li..."

Lin Xiaoqian interrupted, "I'm not interested in these stories you're telling me. I just want to know where my companions are now."

Xiao Li looked bewildered: "What companion? I don't know what you're talking about?"

Lin Xiaoqian was so anxious that she wanted to kick him again, but Mo Ying stopped her.

Mo Ying squatted down, staring directly into Xiao Li's lifeless eyes, and said coldly, "You'd better not play dumb. The monsters we encountered in town last night, and your deliberate lead to that wooden house—none of this could be unrelated to you. You even said you wanted us to steam a thousand buns and put them at the door by eight o'clock tonight, and now you want to go back on your word?"

Xiao Li lowered her head. "I really don't know what you're talking about. You must be new to town. I don't know you. It's too chaotic outside. I haven't been out of the house for a long time. I can't understand what you're saying."

Lin Xiaoqian and his group had been here for two days and this was indeed the first time they had met Xiao Li, but that didn't mean they would trust him.

Lin Xiaoqian continued, "There's a little boy in this town wearing yellow clothes. Do you know who he is?"

Xiao Li's facial muscles twitched slightly as she asked in confusion, "What little boy? I don't know him."

Zhuang Damao said from the side, "This guy is definitely lying. I could tell at a glance. Let's not waste our breath on him, let's just beat him up and see if he tells the truth."

Mo Ying raised his hand to signal Zhuang Damao to calm down, and continued to say to Xiao Li: "What you said is full of loopholes. There are monsters behind the wooden house you live in, but you are unharmed. Obviously, you know a way to control those monsters. You had better tell us honestly where our companions are. Otherwise, we have ways to find out, but the process will be very painful for you."

Xiao Li trembled slightly upon hearing Mo Ying's words, but still forced herself to remain calm and said, "I... I really don't know what you're talking about."

Suddenly, a figure rushed over from behind and tackled Xiao Li to the ground.

"Ah! It's you! It's definitely you! You monster! Give me back my son!"

Lin Xiaoqian and the others were startled. Upon closer inspection, they realized that the people who had been brought in to have their memories extracted had woken up. After the black crystals in their brains were extracted, they immediately became alert.

Although they were also tied up, they could still move their feet by switching to a finger.

The woman who tackled Xiao Li was a middle-aged woman. She knelt on the ground and used her still-functioning fingers to desperately strangle Xiao Li's neck. She looked at Xiao Li with hatred in her eyes, as if she wanted to bite a piece of flesh off him.

"You're a monster! Your brother is a monster too! Old Li took you in, but he was still bitten to death by your brother! You're both wicked!"

Xiao Li lay on the ground, her face deathly pale, struggling and shouting, "No...no, Xiao Ze didn't do it on purpose!"

Lin Xiaoqian gestured to Zhuang Damao and the others to pull the middle-aged woman away. The middle-aged woman was extremely strong, and it took Zhuang Damao a lot of effort to pull her off Xiao Li.

She sat on the ground, looked at Lin Xiaoqian and the others, and cried, "You were sent by the government to eliminate the monster, right? He is the monster, and so is his brother. Kill them all! My poor son was bitten to death by the monster they brought. I want to avenge my son!"

She roared at Xiao Li, "You two are jinxes! Ever since you came, this town has never had a moment of peace! I won't let you get away with this!"

He was about to fight Xiao Li to the death, but his body was controlled by magic and he couldn't move.

The others around them also came to their senses, and some of them echoed their sentiments, becoming emotional.

An elderly man with gray hair said angrily, "That's right, you brought these monsters. You are monsters too! You have ruined the peaceful life of our town! Old Li took pity on you brothers and kindly took you in, but he never expected to lose his life and bring disaster to the town!"

Amidst the accusations from the crowd, Xiao Li shook her head frantically, her face filled with fear and helplessness. "No, Xiao Ze didn't do it on purpose. It's really dangerous outside. We've been protecting everyone..."