Scum Gong Walks the Career Line in the Crematorium

TL: Moonlit

Lin Hanchuan immediately put Rong Ziping aside.
As soon as Arthur Lord sensed something amiss, he decided to collect his research findings and leave.
He had already memorized the layout of the research facility and planned to escape through a hidden passage.
However, the entire research facility was surrounded by the volunteers, making it impossible for him to slip away unnoticed.
As soon as he stuck his head out, he was caught red-handed.

When Lin Hanchuan approached, Arthur Lord was already cursing loudly, “I am a diplomatic official from Country A! You cannot treat me like this! I will find my lawyer and accuse you of violating my freedom rights and human rights…”

Wei Zheng, ignoring Arthur Lord’s ineffective rage, handed something to Lin Hanchuan, saying, “This was taken from him.”

Seeing Wei Zheng’s action, Arthur Lord became even more furious, “You cannot look at my things! That is my privacy, you bunch of lowly and foolish third-class people!”

As if he hadn’t heard Arthur Lord, Lin Hanchuan opened the item that Arthur Lord had frantically taken along when trying to escape and raised an eyebrow in surprise, “Quite clever.”

The Rong family research facility had spent a lot of time and effort trying to obtain something from Rong Ziping, but at most, they discovered that there was no crystal nucleus in Rong Ziping’s head; the ‘birthmark’ on his neck was likely the source of the spatial power.

However, Arthur Lord used his abilities to examine the ‘birthmark’ on Rong Ziping and learned about the existence of the jade pendant space.
He initially determined that it was an advanced spatial artifact similar to the crystal nucleus space but even more advanced.
Moreover, from Arthur Lord’s research, he even came up with a way to strip the space from the jade pendant.
If given more time, he might actually succeed in doing so.

Nevertheless, his research was still limited.

“Quite clever?!” Arthur Lord was so angry that his face turned red, and bloodshot veins filled his deep blue eyes, “I am the pinnacle of human intelligence, and you dare say my research findings are just ‘clever’…”

“Your research findings?” Wei Zheng, who had no intention of asking Lin Hanchuan anything, walked up to Arthur Lord and stuffed a torn piece of cloth into his mouth.
“Our boss has long researched the crystal nucleus space.
Do you think you can compare to him?”

Arthur Lord had been living a comfortable life for many years, and this was the first time he had been treated so rudely.
The piece of cloth stuffed into his mouth seemed to be torn from clothing, even carrying a hint of blood, and Wei Zheng’s humiliation made him so furious that he seemed to lose his mind.

Feeling proud of himself, Arthur Lord couldn’t help but feel indignant at being belittled in such a way.
If his mouth hadn’t been blocked, he might have taken the opportunity to bite Wei Zheng.

During the journey back with Arthur Lord, he glared at Wei Zheng with hatred the entire time.
This caused the others to start looking at Wei Zheng strangely.
When they met with Lu Mao, who remained at the headquarters, they even exchanged a small joke.

“Xiao Lu, your big brother has caught the attention of a foreigner.”

This infuriated Lu Mao to the point where he stomped his feet.

Meanwhile, Lin Hanchuan took Arthur Lord to meet the leader.
When he entered the office, he noticed that the leader was on a video call with someone.
He hesitated for a moment, preparing to leave, but the leader stopped him.

“Is this the person who discovered the antidote for the zombie virus?” On the other end of the video call, a somewhat familiar blonde Caucasian man looked at Lin Hanchuan, sizing him up a few times, and greeted in not-so-fluent Chinese, “Mr.
Tu, if you are willing to come to Country A, we will offer you the highest treatment.”

The leader’s face still wore a smile, but his eyes darkened slightly, “It’s not appropriate to say that in front of me.”

This man was the newly elected president of Country A after the apocalypse.
He was originally from a prominent family and had controlled a vast majority of the country’s assets even before the apocalypse.
After the apocalypse, he forcibly forced the previous president to step down and took office himself.

Lin Hanchuan’s expression remained indifferent as he curled his lips, “Even if I’m willing, we can’t let Arthur Lord, who was conducting human experiments in our country, go back to you.”

The expression of the Country A president changed, “Arthur Lord is our country’s chief diplomat.
He went to Country C for friendly exchanges.
If you detain him, it will greatly affect the friendship between our two countries.”

Before the president finished his diplomatic speech, Lin Hanchuan interrupted him, “Your chief diplomat conducting human experiments in our country has already violated international law, and we have the right to detain him.”

Seeing the president at a loss for words, the leader secretly gave Lin Hanchuan an approving look.
He said, “We will follow the terms of our negotiation.
Now, there is one more condition: you must handle Arthur Lord seriously.”

“Our conditions will not change.”

After saying that, the leader used the excuse of an unstable satellite system to hang up the video call.

After the call ended, the leader couldn’t help but burst into laughter, “Did you see that? Since the founding of our country, when has someone from Country A been so humbled in front of us!”

Seemingly clearing a hundred years of accumulated grievances, the leader’s face turned red with joy.
He walked up to Lin Hanchuan and patted him on the shoulder forcefully, “You brought all of this!”

The apocalypse was a disaster, but also an opportunity!

Country C had been suppressed by Country A for a very long time.
Now, with Country A slightly bowing their heads, the leader was overjoyed.

Lin Hanchuan also smiled and got to the point, “The Rong family colluded with Country A and conducted human experiments in secret.
They even put their own son on the operating table and imprisoned several ability users for research.
The research facility also contains several zombies…”

The size of the Rong family’s research facility was not large, but it was well-equipped and covered a wide range of research areas.
Lin Hanchuan initially thought they were only focused on researching Rong Ziping’s space ability, but to his surprise, this small research facility was involved in several other projects.

crystal nucleus space, ability user crystals, and zombie virus – each research topic was extremely dangerous and violated ethical boundaries.

Upon hearing the word “zombie,” even the leader couldn’t help but frown.
“How dare they! There are so many people in the Imperial Capital.
If the virus were to leak out, it would become a living hell for everyone.”

“These noble families have become more and more lawless after the apocalypse.
We need to give them a serious lesson and make an example out of them.”

And the Rong family was the perfect candidate for that lesson.

Lin Hanchuan nodded and continued, “Arthur Lord and his subordinates have been brought under control.”

Arthur Lord was the culprit of the apocalypse and the person who caused Cheng Jizhou to lose his mother and forced him to flee to a foreign land.
No matter from what perspective, Lin Hanchuan wouldn’t let him off easily.

The two of them discussed for a while and formulated plans for selling the crystal nucleus space technology and the zombie virus antidote.

Finally, many foreign heads of state who were anxiously waiting finally received news from Country C.
Upon opening the message, they were astonished.

The price of the zombie virus antidote was surprisingly cheap, even an ordinary civilian could afford it with some effort.
Moreover, for large-scale purchases by countries, the price was even more reasonable.

Originally, they were prepared for Country C to take advantage of the situation, but unexpectedly, they were trying to be charitable!

For a moment, everyone’s emotions were complex, but in the information, they saw the crystal nucleus space technology, accompanied by an extra space crystal.
When the national leaders followed the instructions in the message, they were even more surprised.

No one who could rise to the position of a country’s leader was a fool.
If the zombie virus antidote could restore the world to half of its pre-apocalyptic state, then the space crystal technology could propel the entire world forward in a big way.

Trembling hands continued to read, and when they saw the conditions for purchasing the space crystal technology, everyone was dumbfounded, “This is robbery!”

The zombie virus antidote was being sold at a charitable price, but the space crystal technology was being robbed.
It couldn’t be exchanged with ordinary resources; it had to be exchanged for the country’s natural resources and required signing an agreement that the country could not be an enemy of Country C.

The President of Country A, upon seeing this, was so furious that he shattered the specially-made phone, “Vile and shameless, cunning people of Country C!”

He had originally planned to win over people from other countries and use the future morality of all humanity to coerce Country C.
Then, when the whole world was plagued by the apocalypse, no one would demand too high a price from Country C.

Who knew that they would sell the zombie virus antidote at a low price and, on the contrary, offer the seemingly non-life-saving space crystal technology at a high price.

Using the zombie virus antidote to win over other countries and profiting from the space crystal technology… The think tank of Country A sighed deeply, “In this battle, we lost.”

Country C held two aces, and no matter what method Country A used, they couldn’t win against them.

“They are also demanding…” One of the members of the think tank hesitated after reading the information and said, “They want us to confess.”

“Confess what?” The newly-elected president was still angry, and asked indignantly.

“They claim that we developed the zombie virus and released it on the battlefield, causing the world to pay for our mistakes.
They are charging us with crimes against humanity.”

The whole room fell silent, listening to him continue, “If we refuse to confess, Country C will unite with other countries to bring us to trial for our crimes.
They will also refuse to sell the zombie virus antidote and space crystal technology to us.”

“Damn it!” The president cursed, “This is the mess left by my predecessor, and now I have to clean it up.”

The overlap between the upper echelons of politics and business in Country A was extremely high.
Even though the current president was originally a pure businessman, he was aware of the country’s actions.
He had never thought there was anything wrong with their research; it was just scientific exploration.

Now that he found himself being grilled over a fire, he couldn’t help but hate the previous rulers.
Why did they engage in those things?

“So, what should we do?” someone asked.

But asking this question was futile.
Before, they could still deflect the blame back, stubbornly refusing to take responsibility.
But now, Country C held the best weapon in their hands—the zombie virus antidote.

No country could hold out under the threat of such a powerful weapon.
If Country A refused to confess, Country C wouldn’t sell them the antidote, and when other countries recovered gradually, Country A would become the weakest nation.

“What if we continue to release the virus in other countries?” the president suddenly spoke up.
As long as all countries were still struggling in the apocalypse, Country A wouldn’t become the most chaotic one.

“…They have the antidote,” someone replied rationally.

As long as there was an antidote, the zombie virus wouldn’t spread on a large scale again, and it might even be eradicated as soon as it appeared.

Country A was pushed to a point where they had no other choice.

The atmosphere remained heavy for a long time.
The president’s expression changed multiple times before finally speaking, “We confess, push the blame onto the previous president, and execute the person responsible for developing the virus on charges of crimes against humanity.
We must sincerely apologize to the people of the world.”

“The person in charge of that research facility is Arthur Lord.”

 

Author’s Note:

Tomorrow is the end, should the next world be about the insect race or the ancient imperial court?

The insect race storyline roughly involves a female insect general who was bullied by a spoiled male ruler, but after being reborn, she overthrows the male rule and becomes the new insect emperor.
It’s a story of the spoiled male ruler chasing his wife and the crematorium.

The ancient imperial court storyline involves the love-hate relationship between a puppet young emperor and a powerful regent.
In the end, the regent chases after his wife at the crematorium.