The post-apocalyptic world has a space full of supplies.

Chapter 149 Project Star

“That Jiang Xing…” When Yang Xiao mentioned Commander Jiang Xing, he had a look of gritted teeth, which made Lu Yuan on the side nervous.

"Pah, he's a piece of trash!" Yang Xiao was furious and took another swig of Lu Yuan's cola.

"Do you believe me or not?" Yang Xiao asked Lu Yuan again for no apparent reason.

"I believe you." Lu Yuan nodded.

“In my past life, it was this Jiang Xing who killed an entire regiment of ours.” Yang Xiao saw Lu Yuan nod, took a breath, and began to recount his past life. “You know, in my life, zombies didn’t have superpowers, and neither did humans. We all fought zombies with our bare hands. There were no four major bases; the troops in each region directly obeyed the central command…”

After leaving the dormitory in his previous life, Yang Xiao followed the unit that rescued him. The regiment originally had more than two thousand people, but by the time they reached Yang Xiao, there were less than a thousand left. But they still fought their way through zombies, rescued trapped survivors, and delivered supplies to the elderly, women, and children.

Yang Xiao was an art student and naturally quite withdrawn. Although many of the other soldiers in the regiment were around his age, he consistently refused to communicate with outsiders. The regimental commander at the time, Chen Hai, a forty-year veteran, worried that Yang Xiao might be developing health problems from being cooped up in his dorm room. So, he frequently sought him out for talks, hoping Yang Xiao could open up and integrate into the team. Yang Xiao thought Chen Hai was incredibly talkative, even more so than his father.

Then one day, Chen Hai said that their group had received a new mission from the organization. The survivors in the group could stay at the L Province security base where they were located if they wanted to, or they could follow his group if they didn't want to.

Yang Xiao was already alone. Chen Hai initially planned to take him with him to prevent the little guy from getting sick from being cooped up alone. However, Yang Xiao refused to go with their group no matter what. Since the mission was urgent, Chen Hai had no choice but to leave Yang Xiao behind.

A few days later, after Yang Xiao finished the planting tasks assigned by the safety base, he went to the cafeteria for lunch and overheard people chatting at the next table...

"General Jiang Xing? You're not mistaken?" The speaker was wearing a military uniform with two stars on his epaulets. He spoke softly, but Yang Xiao's hearing was exceptionally good, and he heard every word of their conversation.

"This mission was originally issued by General Jiang Xing. Chen Hai is unlucky; his regiment happens to be based at our L Province base, which is closest to Beijing," another person added.

“That’s impossible. Wasn’t it said that the virus was brought in from overseas?” the two-star officer asked again.

"It came from overseas, but do you know about Project Star?" the man asked rhetorically.

"I know about Project Starsea."

"I'm talking about Project Star. It was because of Project Star that our country started Project Star Sea. Project Star is the source of the zombie virus, and Jiang Xing was the one who advocated joining Project Star."

"You're the initial vaccine sample that Jiang Xing had Chen Hai and the others retrieve in Beijing, the one that contains the zombie virus?"

"I've only heard that if the initial version of the vaccine doesn't work, it's no different from the virus itself, is it?"

"What about Chen Hai and the others..."

"The entire regiment is gone, and now no one dares to go to Beijing."

"Nobody expected that Project Star would produce a zombie virus, so we can't blame General Jiang Xing."

"Ha, our general objected to Project Star from the very beginning. I remember he said that messing around like this would bring retribution. What kind of mess would bring retribution?"

"This……"

Although the two men spoke vaguely, Yang Xiao still managed to piece together the gist of it. It was General Jiang Xing who initially refused to listen to advice and insisted that China join some international project called the Star Project. During the Star Project, some experiment apparently failed, resulting in a zombie virus. One of the virus sources was even sent to Beijing. To cover up his mistake, Jiang Xing used the pretext of retrieving the initial version of the vaccine to send someone into Beijing to obtain and destroy the virus source. However, the team that went there—Chen Hai's entire regiment, more than nine hundred people—was wiped out.

"You mean..." After hearing Yang Xiao's explanation, Lu Yuan could hardly believe his ears, "You mean the zombie virus..."

“That’s right.” Yang Xiao nodded solemnly. “Although I’m not sure if this is how the zombie virus came about, I don’t trust Jiang Xing. After I woke up, the internet was cut off. I couldn’t check the news about Project Star, and I don’t know if China participated in this project or if the virus originated in City B. Especially since everything that happened afterward was different. Until yesterday, I saw his name.”

"Brother Yang, can't we tell Brother Gu and the others about this?" Lu Yuan was at a loss for a moment. To be honest, although the virus outbreak had been going on for more than a hundred days, he had always been a nobody following behind Gu Nanfeng and the others. Now that Yang Xiao had suddenly told him such important news, he was at a loss.

“I dare not say. I thought about it for a long time last night, including the state of Team Leader Liu’s research on zombies. I suspect that there is still Project Star in this life. This project is very advanced. Gu Nanfeng is a talent…” Yang Xiao did not continue. To be honest, he did not want to doubt his partner who had gone through life and death with him. Gu Nanfeng had not been in a crazy state all the way, but he really could not be sure. So in the end, he just came to find Lu Yuan.

"You mentioned a Star Project and a Star Sea Project. What are these?" Lu Yuan asked.

"Those two officers didn't explain in detail at the time, they just said that it was an extension of our country's participation in the Star Project, and I think it's the same thing." Yang Xiao finally felt a little relieved after saying what he had been holding in all night.

“Neither of us are in research fields, so we don’t usually come into contact with news about this. This is too difficult.” Yang Xiao was relieved, but Lu Yuan was frustrated. Why should two novices like them have to rack their brains over such a professional matter?

“Speaking of which, I even suspect that your strange space, mecha, and starship might also be products of Project Star.” Yang Xiao said, glancing again at the blue-green lines on Lu Yuan’s fingers.

“What you said seems to make sense. I’ve never found the person who gave me the ring since, and the ring turned into this tattoo. These things are all very high-tech…” Lu Yuan said, rubbing the thin line on his hand. “But that’s not right. The starship said it’s my personal starship. Does that mean I’m someone who came back from the future?”

Lu Yuan was exhausted after a long day. Although he forced himself to think, he couldn't control his eyelids as he lay in bed. On the other side, Yang Xiao hadn't slept all night and had spent the entire day in anxiety. He had already closed his eyes and fallen asleep on Lin Yun's bed while Lu Yuan was still talking about high technology.