Zephyr rcer drove toward the Fourth District, completely bewildered.
He couldn’t figure out what his father was thinking. ’If it was excitent over the transformable weapon, he could understand—he was even more excited himself. But the weapon hadn’t been built yet. Seeing Paige Sumrs now was a bit premature!’
’Was it because of Grandpa Lowell? That made even less sense.’
’His father had never been one to ddle in other people’s business. He definitely wouldn’t personally et and persuade so girl just because Grandpa Lowell lanted that his long-lost granddaughter had yet to be reunited with him. At most, he would do what he did before: have check up on her and see how she was doing.’
That alone was enough to surprise him!
’What in the world is going on?’ Lost in his own thoughts, he completely failed to notice the other car in the opposite lane, driving away from him. Inside it was none other than Paige Sumrs.
Paige wasn’t alone. She was driving, and in the back seat were Levi Young and Nadia.
It was all a coincidence.
After Zephyr rcer left, she had returned to her place, planning to mull over the transformable weapon and finalize the materials as soon as possible.
But she had just gotten ho when Levi Young called out to her.
His pale face and the dark circles under his eyes made it obvious he hadn’t slept in a long ti.
But the results were encouraging!
Though the previous energy experint had been a success, the dicine wasn’t stable enough for imdiate use.
But after working tirelessly around the clock for days, he had finally solved the problem.
That’s why he couldn’t wait to find Paige, wanting to move on to the next step: modifying the car.
Paige already had a plan in mind for this; she just hadn’t put it into practice yet.
And now, it was clearly ti.
The two discussed it for a mont before calling to rent a warehouse, deciding to take the car there.
But just as they got in the car and were about to leave, Nadia showed up.
She was much thinner and looked deeply unsettled. The mont she saw them, she latched on, got in the car, and refused to budge. When they told her to go ho, she wouldn’t, insisting on coming with them.
What surprised Paige Sumrs and Levi Young even more was what she said the mont she got in. "Let’s research the Antidote for the Zombie Virus together! I have the experint logs for the Type I and Type II Antidotes. The related data is extrely complete. If we work together, it won’t take ten years—we can definitely conquer all types of the virus! And the experints to stop the reproduction of mutated animals and plants... We can definitely do it!"
Paige hadn’t ntioned what Nadia had told her the other day to anyone, not even Levi Young.
’It wasn’t that she didn’t believe her.’
’It was that the problem was incredibly difficult, and until she had a good solution, there was no need to burden more people with it.’
So when Nadia said this, Paige was surprised she would even have such an idea, while Levi was completely and utterly shocked.
They couldn’t cancel the warehouse they had arranged for, so Paige contained her emotions and silently started the car.
After Levi Young snapped out of his daze, a brilliant light glead in his eyes.
"Are you serious?"
"You really have the complete data and experint logs?"
"Whose side are you on? The Governnt or the military?"
"Where did you get that stuff?"
"..."
Levi Young, who was usually a man of few words, seed to have a switch flipped. Unable to contain his excitent, he fired off a string of questions so fast Nadia couldn’t keep up.
It took her a while to recover before she briefly recounted for Levi the sa story she had told Paige the other day.
Levi Young turned to Paige. "You already knew?"
"Yeah."
Paige’s lukewarm attitude finally began to cool his soaring excitent.
He quickly realized that agreeing to help Nadia would co with enormous risks.
He fell silent.
It didn’t take long for the car to reach its destination: a warehouse district on the edge of the Fourth District.
Aside from the staff in the administration office, the area was practically deserted.
A car driving in wouldn’t attract any attention.
Sotis, car owners who couldn’t find gasoline would store their vehicles here.
Since there was nothing here but warehouse buildings, the rent wasn’t high.
After taking care of the paperwork at the administration office, Paige drove the car directly into the warehouse.
The engine died, and inside the warehouse, faint sunlight stread in through the high windows, illuminating the car. It also shone on Levi Young, who was leaning against the car door, and Paige Sumrs in the driver’s seat. In the sunlight, their faces seed a bit more youthful than usual.
Nadia looked at them, her eyes stinging with dryness.
After a long ti, a voice, soft and faint, broke the silence. "If even you two refuse, I honestly don’t know who else I can ask for help. I’m insisting on continuing this research for my deceased mother, yes, but also for , for you, for everyone... I know that sounds a bit ridiculous. This is the apocalypse; everyone is showing their cruelest side just to survive, and for to say sothing like this makes sound like an idiot. But I know exactly what I’m doing. I just... I just don’t want to live in a place that’s filled with danger. I don’t want to be unable to leave the cities that pen us in. I don’t want to have to worry about running into Zombies and beasts carrying the virus every ti I go outside. I don’t want my hands stained with blood as I watch my family die one by one, completely powerless to do anything..."
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