Illegitimate Daughter

After instructing Zheng Zhiyi on some shooting essentials, Ping Chengcheng stood indifferently to the side, watching quietly. Song Ning occasionally glanced over, and the girl would naturally meet her with a smile.

Song Ning felt warm in her heart. Every time she saw the girl’s healing smile, she felt that all the fatigue in her body was dispelled.

Calming down, she focused her attention on the firearm in her hand and practiced hard. She couldn’t hold Ping Chengcheng back in the future.

Ping Chengcheng leaned against a wall, suddenly hearing footsteps coming from her side. Turning her head to look, it was a mature woman with long black wavy hair, wearing a set of neat uniform clothes and pants, and sneakers.

This was a common outfit in the apocalypse, which didn’t affect movement while also being comfortable.

The visitor was Shen Mengyuan, and she walked straight towards the girl. Ping Chengcheng frowned, did she have something to do with her?

“What’s wrong? Sister Shen?”

Ping Chengcheng was in a bad mood. If there was something, it meant that she had to leave here and leave Song Ning and Zheng Zhiyi alone. What if something she couldn’t control happened?

Shen Mengyuan nodded with a smile, her eyes shining as she looked at the girl. At first, her attitude towards Ping Chengcheng was not very good, mainly because she felt that Wang Ji valued her too much, but now her attitude towards Ping Chengcheng could almost be said to have taken a 180-degree turn.

“Ping Chengcheng, there is something I need you to come with me.”

Was it as expected?

Even with Ping Chengcheng’s good acting skills, hearing these words, she couldn’t help but look at Zheng Zhiyi, a trace of hostility flashing in her cute big eyes.

This was keenly captured by Shen Mengyuan, who looked the girl up and down with interest. It seemed that this guy wasn’t as simple as she looked on the surface?

Realizing her performance just now, Ping Chengcheng immediately came back to her senses: “Okay, let’s go, what’s the specific matter?”

She smiled naively and tilted her head, like the little sister next door.

“It’s a more important matter, it’s not convenient to talk about it here.” Shen Mengyuan looked at Zheng Zhiyi and hinted with her eyes.

A more important matter, the girl thought of something, and a burst of excitement appeared in her heart.

At this time, an important matter, and in this place…

The base’s exoskeleton armor? Yes, that was the only possibility.

“Sister! Sister Shen Mengyuan has something to do with me, I’ll be back later.” She greeted Song Ning, and after Song Ning responded, she immediately followed Shen Mengyuan’s footsteps.

The two walked into a research institute. Along the way, dozens of security department personnel took turns patrolling back and forth. Shen Mengyuan had credentials, and no one stopped them.

All the way to a deserted corridor, with some machine vibrations rumbling from the depths.

The girl sniffed, and the air was filled with the smell of metal. The corridor was cold, quiet, and very long.

“Sister Shen, you…” Ping Chengcheng was about to ask something, but was interrupted by Shen Mengyuan.

“Ping Chengcheng, you shouldn’t be as simple as you look on the surface, right? You don’t need to pretend anything in front of me, I won’t say anything.”

She stopped and turned her head to look at the short guy.

Ping Chengcheng paused, this woman, her observation skills were so strong? She had underestimated her.

“Tsk, okay, I really hate you smart people.”

“The persona I finally built…”

“By the way, you’re not allowed to tell Song Ning about this.”

The girl’s face instantly turned cold, no longer calling Shen Mengyuan sister with every other word as before.

But Shen Mengyuan didn’t care, she preferred the other party to be honest with her without any pretense. Whether it was a friend, or something else. She hated hypocrisy.

Looking at the girl’s dynamite-like appearance, Shen Mengyuan couldn’t help but laugh.

“What are you laughing at? What’s so funny?”

The two didn’t go any further into the corridor, but leaned against the cold walls on both sides of the corridor, looking at each other.

To be honest, Shen Mengyuan felt that this guy was very much to her liking, although she didn’t seem easy to provoke, she found her very interesting.

Shaking her head, Shen Mengyuan looked at the girl’s eyes: “You don’t like that Zheng Zhiyi?”

Ping Chengcheng nodded, of course she didn’t like her, but what could she do?

“Why? I remember… you were called away by Xiao Lie before, right?”

“The next day, my people told me that a guy named Zheng Zhiyi was also called over, she seems to be your former companion.”

The girl looked at Shen Mengyuan in surprise.

This woman didn’t seem to be a simple character either.

Shen Mengyuan smiled and looked at Ping Chengcheng without speaking: “You’re a Variant? I should have thought of it sooner.”

“I was almost deceived by your appearance.”

Ping Chengcheng took a step back in shock. No, in her previous life, Ping Chengcheng didn’t know about the existence of Variants until almost a year after the apocalypse began, why, why was it now…?

Why did it feel like any random guy knew about Variants?

In her previous life, she was just an ordinary apocalypse survivor, so it was normal not to know, but Shen Mengyuan was just a recorder… Could it be that she had another identity?

“Who are you? What is your relationship with Xiao Lie?” Ping Chengcheng looked at her vigilantly, observing the surrounding environment. Did Xiao Lie change his mind temporarily and want to kill her here? No, impossible…

With that guy’s ambition, he wouldn’t let go of Ping Chengcheng, who could allow him to gain more power!

Shen Mengyuan smiled without saying a word, looking at the girl: “Hehe, I can probably guess your current situation.”

“You’re being controlled by Xiao Lie, right?”

“Don’t worry, I’m not with Xiao Lie. As for who I am? You don’t have the qualifications to know that for the time being.”

“If, you are willing to be friends with me, I can find a way to get you out of Xiao Lie’s control.”

Ping Chengcheng was startled at first, her beautiful eyes narrowed slightly. Hey, why was everyone thinking of recruiting her? It seemed that the power of Variants was indeed an irresistible attraction to these guys. But unfortunately… with the experience of her previous life, the girl knew…

Variants were just simple, skinned, high-IQ beasts. They couldn’t be called people anymore since they became Variants.

Ping Chengcheng said indifferently: “Why should I trust you? I don’t even know who you are.”

“Tsk. You’re a guy without any sincerity, let’s go, don’t waste time.”

After solving these matters quickly, Ping Chengcheng wanted to return to the training ground to watch over Zheng Zhiyi.

It had been more than ten minutes already, who knew what words Zheng Zhiyi would say to provoke them!

Shen Mengyuan’s face froze, she bit her lip and snorted coldly. She herself also hated pretending, but some things were really a bit difficult to say…

“Forget it, you want sincerity? My identity, is it? Then I’ll tell you.”

“I am Lu Linyuan’s illegitimate daughter.”

Lu Linyuan!

This name! Ping Chengcheng’s beautiful eyes widened.

This man was the current General Commander of the S City base!

“Really!?” Ping Chengcheng couldn’t believe it. If this was true, wouldn’t the girl be able to directly grab Shen Mengyuan and use her to threaten Lu Linyuan to cede his position to Xiao Lie, thereby achieving Xiao Lie’s goal?

No, that idea was too stupid. Not to mention whether an illegitimate daughter would make Lu Linyuan cede his position, it was also difficult to say whether Xiao Lie would keep his promise.

“Really.” Shen Mengyuan’s tone was firm.