"That would be for the best," Zhou Kaifeng seemed to have gotten the answer he wanted.
His voice became calm again, like the prelude to a storm.
"And Young Master Zhou, are you satisfied with the zombies you had us release?" Cheng Miao asked, following his lead.
They naturally couldn't hide their establishment of spatial outposts from Zhou Kaifeng, but they hadn't expected him to directly order them to release zombies from their outposts scattered throughout Luocheng Base, creating chaos.
"Continue releasing normal zombies, not variants. They're too difficult to control. We want to create chaos, not actually let the zombies in and have them wiped out. Variants are too hard to manage," Zhou Kaifeng emphasized again.
"Understood, understood. After all, if the city is destroyed, it'll be hard for us to clean up this mess later, I get it." Cheng Miao sounded somewhat impatient.
"Then, regarding Young Master Zhou's poisoning matter, is it proceeding smoothly? I heard that Dou Ya Cai has sold quite a bit of medicine. What if, by chance, it actually cures them..." His brow furrowed, and he exhaled a smoke ring, filling the room with haze.
Zhou Kaifeng involuntarily inhaled the secondhand smoke and frowned.
"Indeed, the current toxin levels in the air will only cause others to exhibit symptoms of a common cold... However, since they bought so much medicine from Luo Xiaole..." Zhou Kaifeng's already agitated heart suddenly calmed down.
The corners of his lips curled up. "What if, after they take Luo Xiaole's medicine, their condition worsens?"
Cheng Miao immediately understood his plan and also grinned wickedly.
He secretly thought to himself, this guy is just as much of a scoundrel as he is... 138 Reading Network.
Zhou Kaifeng gestured with his hand, and a man dressed in black entered sharply.
"Young Master," the man said respectfully.
"Go to the high tower today and double the dosage of the poison, spreading it from the areas where Luo Xiaole sold medicine."
"Yes!" The man bowed and left.
...
That night, a strong wind blew, and the weather changed drastically.
The temperature dropped a few more degrees.
On the base's high tower, unseen by anyone, a strand of eerie black smoke was rapidly and viciously spreading towards the shopping center.
The next morning.
"Cough... cough cough..." Many people began to cough unnaturally.
"Comrades, how's your flu? Why is mine getting worse!"
Countless posts began to sprout on the base's forum like mushrooms after rain.
"Me too... cough cough... Not only is the cough getting worse, but my family and I took medicine, and we all developed a high fever!"
"Me too! What medicine did you take? Did we take the wrong medicine..."
"It's the medicine sold by Xiao Aluo's family... we finally queued up to get it yesterday!"
"Brothers! Me too! I was fine earlier, but after taking the medicine yesterday and sleeping, my condition deteriorated today..."
"Wait... I think I've found a loophole... Does this mean the medicine is problematic?"
"That's not impossible! Let's post our approximate neighborhoods and do a rough count?"
"No need to count... We're from the neighborhood next to the shopping center. Our neighbors bought the medicine, and their conditions are worse today... It's probably that..."
"Ah, this... So many people bought medicine yesterday... It's chilling to think about!!"
At this moment, Luo Xiaole was sitting comfortably in her living room, eating steamed dumplings.
She suddenly felt her earlobes turn red.
"...Who's talking bad about me?" She had become superstitious.
And it must be said, bad premonitions were always particularly accurate!
"Xiaole, you're in trouble again!" Zhou Xiaojun exclaimed in a panic.
She had just seen the whole story and was about to ask, "What does my condition worsening have to do with me!"
"Drip drip..." Several private messages from strangers arrived on her base card.
"Xiao Aluo? It's us! The people who bought your medicine last. "
Luo Xiaole's mind flashed with the faces of those burly men.
"What's wrong? Has your condition also worsened?" Luo Xiaole replied to the private message, allowing those people to continue sending her messages.
"Quite the opposite!" The person sent several exclamation marks.
"My family also lives near the shopping center, but our symptoms weren't severe during the day, and we had been drinking together, so we didn't take any medicine.
But strangely, our condition suddenly worsened last night, so I quickly took out the medicine you gave me to eat."
"And then?" Luo Xiaole was anxious, waiting for his next words.
"Then my brothers and I got better! All the flu symptoms disappeared! I could eat anything! We even ate half of the food you packed for us to last a few days!"
"As expected," Luo Xiaole continued chewing her steamed dumplings, her expression relaxed.
"Zhou Kaifeng made his move last night. The dosage of the poison should have increased, which is why others' conditions worsened."
"But why are they fine?" Luo Shu also leaned over.
"You don't need to observe their conditions anymore." Luo Xiaole was already certain of the situation.
"You mean..." Luo Shu realized, "They were... the ones you changed the medicine to buffs for?"
"Exactly! That's why I can be sure that Zhou Kaifeng poisoned them again last night."
"This guy is truly despicable!" The others clenched their fists.
"I think the forum is talking nonsense. Their illness only got better after taking your medicine. They're all spouting nonsense! Don't worry, I'll help you get justice!" The elder brother's words were filled with righteous indignation.
"No rush, we'll talk later. No need to speak up for me, I have other plans."
"Oh... well, okay. Let us know if you need us, we're not to be trifled with!"
"Thanks in advance." It seemed these people were quite reliable.
Luo Xiaole was not in a hurry. Now there were only voices questioning her, and she wanted to see where these doubts would ultimately lead.
The controversy on the forum continued.
Someone was indeed stirring up trouble.
"You guys, if that Xiao Aluo's medicine is really problematic, then the private dealings with Commander Zhou before..."
"I didn't believe it at first and felt reassured buying medicine from her, but if the medicine is truly problematic, does that really mean they secretly hoarded medicine and then sold fake medicine?"
"I was wondering how she sold medicine so cheaply when medicinal materials are so scarce in the base. So that's how it was..."
"If that's the case, wasn't that previous incident confirmed?" someone said indignantly.
"I thought we'd be safer in the base, but now there are zombies and fake medicine. Has Luocheng Base also..."
"Exactly! It's a betrayal of us! I trusted them so much before, but Commander Zhou's governance of the base has become this way?"
"Could it be because Commander Zhou is getting old and is starting to be unable to cope... If that's the case, why not let his son be the commander? The old man can retire and enjoy his old age, wouldn't that be good..."
Seeing these comments, Luo Xiaole sneered.
So their goal was to attack the commander's prestige...
This move was truly ruthless.