I hacked through the chaotic world with my blade
Chapter 815 - 198: Oh no! This is the feeling of heart fluttering..._5

Chapter 815: Chapter 198: Oh no! This is the feeling of heart fluttering..._5

"Do you think we’ll meet again in the future?" Lin Fan didn’t respond to the other’s question, but instead asked about the future.

"Maybe we will, maybe we won’t."

"No, we definitely will meet. What’s your purpose in researching zombies? You want to create something more powerful than zombies, something that can be controlled, right?"

"Why are you telling me this?"

On the other end, Qin Ling gestured to his subordinate, who wanted to report, to stay quiet. He then stepped aside, very interested in chatting with Lin Fan. He felt Lin Fan was very different from other survivors, even different from anyone he had met.

Lin Fan said seriously, "Listen to me, the world is this big, and after I learned your name, I asked others and they showed me your photos from entertainment gossip magazines. I have already memorized your appearance."

"Oh? Remembering what I look like, that’s nice. To be remembered by the strongest human in the apocalypse is an honor for me."

"Yes, you can take it as an honor, but as long as I meet you, you won’t be able to run away. I will personally hand you over to Officer Huang. To me, no matter what kind of zombies you research or how powerful they become, they cannot escape from me."

Lin Fan’s tone gradually became more serious.

On the phone, Qin Ling could clearly feel Lin Fan’s firm tone.

Qin Ling, who was on the call, squinted slightly and said forcefully, "Really? Are you that confident we’ll meet?"

Lin Fan said, "Are you saying you’ll be a turtle hiding in your shell your whole life, never appearing in the sunlight?"

Silence, very quiet, not even a bit of noise.

A moment later.

Qin Ling took a deep breath and said, "What do you mean exactly?"

Indeed, as Lin Fan said, Qin Ling didn’t think he would hide forever. Someday he would appear in the sunlight, bringing his research results and descending like a true god.

At that time, he would understand zombies thoroughly, discover the true mystery of human evolution, gaining extremely strong abilities. But even so, he still didn’t think he could compete with Lin Fan.

In his perception, Lin Fan had surpassed the scope of human evolution, possibly a so-called child of destiny. However, Qin Ling was not willing to give up. He always thought there would be an opportunity in the future to find the same path to strength as Lin Fan.

But now, Lin Fan is still like a huge mountain, firmly pressing on his mind.

"Very simple, I can swear I’ll let you go once," Lin Fan said.

"Haha, that’s ridiculous, how can you guarantee you won’t go back on your word?"

"I swear on my integrity."

Lin Fan didn’t want to see those young people become experiment subjects. Their selfless care for the elderly over these months, such spirit, such qualities, shouldn’t become subjects on someone else’s operating table, but should have a bright future.

Qin Ling said, "I trust your integrity, but I also believe that, to prevent someone from being kidnapped by me, you’d lose your integrity to capture me. Comparatively, I prefer to believe the latter."

To him, he knew Lin Fan was a person who kept his promises, but based on his investigations, Lin Fan had always been searching for survivors, providing them with unconditional normal life, indicating that Lin Fan was someone who valued human life.

And what Qin Ling did was continuously kidnapping survivors to research, so to prevent ordinary survivors from being kidnapped by him, he very much believed Lin Fan would disregard his integrity and take him down.

"You don’t believe me, then name other conditions. If there are any, I’m willing to meet them," Lin Fan said.

Qin Ling said, "Lin Fan, I would have liked to know someone like you, if it were peaceful times. Maybe I’d need a friend like you. But our paths are different. You have your thoughts, I have mine. You think about saving more people, letting them breathe fresh air. Everything you do, the premise of stability and order, is your power making them fearful. No one dares to oppose, even defy your rules. To be honest, this is also a form of oppression, just that your oppression meets most people’s needs, making them grateful to you."

"Okay, this is the first thing you’ve asked me for, and I’m willing to give you face once. I’ll notify them to send the captured survivors back to where they were. Wait there, remember, you owe me a favor."

Hearing Qin Ling’s words, Lin Fan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Being able to let those young survivors return was his only thought.

"Thank you."

Though he didn’t agree with the other’s actions, in this matter, he was still grateful the other agreed to his request.

To Lin Fan, what he feared most was favors. Favors are the hardest to repay.

Just like in peaceful times, when he was genuinely poor, but someone treated him to a meal or helped him with something, he always thought of repaying them. Especially with help, he felt it wasn’t a meal that could repay it all; he needed to remember the other’s kindness always.

"I hope we never meet again."

After Qin Ling said these words, he hung up the phone.

...

"Will everyone be able to come back?" Elder Huang Wenhua asked.