The Max-Level Boss Just Wants to Be a Slacker [Apocalypse] – CH77

Chapter 77: Heavenly Dao 

When Xiong Mingyuan heard those words, he froze for a moment. Then he realized that Mo Xiu was referring to Elder Zhuang and the others. His expression immediately turned serious, but he still nodded firmly.

Those people, for the sake of their own interests, had not only concealed the truth but even chosen to aid evil. They were practically gambling with the lives of everyone in the entire base.

So even if it weren’t for others, for the sake of himself and Dayong, Xiong Mingyuan would definitely stand on Mo Xiu’s side.

Since Xiong Mingyuan had worked with Elder Zhuang and the others for a long time, having him take the lead made things much easier for Mo Xiu and Mo Qi.

They didn’t even need to scout the way themselves. After the people under Xiong Mingyuan saw the situation at the research institute, they were filled with righteous anger and voluntarily cleared the path for them.

Although Elder Zhuang’s faction was powerful and had many subordinates, Xiong Mingyuan was no pushover either. Moreover, the people in Mo Xiu’s team were all quite strong.

After this period of cultivation, even Xiaowan’s water-type ability had become versatile and impressive. Opponents of the same level were simply no match for her.

In addition, some of Elder Zhuang’s people had originally gained their abilities through the methods developed by the professor in the research institute, gaining powers through demonic energy.

After Mo Qi extracted the demonic energy from their bodies, they naturally reverted to ordinary people.

So what followed was essentially a one-sided crushing battle.

Before long, the living room of the villa was filled with people crouching on the ground, tightly bound by thorny vines, unable to move and grimacing in pain.

Even Elder Zhuang himself was no exception. To be fair, he was much easier to capture than that so-called Professor Frank. At least he didn’t have so many mutated monsters under his command.

However, Elder Zhuang didn’t actually look old. He appeared to be only in his early forties, wearing a traditional Zhongshan suit. From his appearance, he looked like the type who usually relied on his seniority to throw his weight around.

But now, looking at the scene before him, he clearly couldn’t maintain his composure.

He glared fiercely at Xiong Mingyuan not far away, his gaze almost as if he wanted to devour him.

“What are you trying to do? Are you really going to help them deal with me?” he demanded.

“Then what else should I do? If it weren’t for you back then, how would my younger brother have gone to the research institute to help out? You were the one who encouraged it behind the scenes. You said working in the research institute was a good thing, that it could temper his character. That’s why I sent him there.

“And in the end? You just treated him as an experimental lab rat!”

Scheming against his own younger brother had clearly touched Xiong Mingyuan’s reverse scale.

“So what? If a man doesn’t act for himself, heaven and earth will destroy him!”

Seeing that even after he said all that, the other party still acted as if everything he had done was perfectly justified, without the slightest sense of wrongdoing, Xiong Mingyuan grew even angrier.

Today he was determined to argue it out with Elder Zhuang and make him understand that what he had done was wrong.

But just as Xiong Mingyuan stepped forward and was about to speak again, Xiong Gangyong suddenly rushed up and beat Elder Zhuang brutally.

While punching him, he shouted, “Damn you! How dare you talk to my big brother like that!”

By the time he knocked out two of Elder Zhuang’s front teeth and turned his face into a swollen, bruised pig’s head before knocking him unconscious, Xiong Gangyong finally stopped.

Then he turned to his brother, still furious, and said, “Bro, why waste so many words arguing with an idiot?”

Xiong Mingyuan: “…”

After everything had been dealt with, Mo Xiu followed Mo Qi to the underground level of the villa.

They wanted to see what exactly the source of the demonic energy that created the zombies really was.

Just as the professor had confessed earlier, the basement of the villa indeed connected to a passage that extended even deeper underground.

However, they had not expected the tunnel to be this deep.

Standing at the entrance of the passage, Mo Qi’s expression became somewhat strange.

Using his divine sense to probe inside, he did not sense an especially strong amount of demonic energy. There was some residual energy, and its concentration was actually higher than what existed inside zombies.

But the total amount seemed small, clearly not enough to cause real harm.

His perception shouldn’t be wrong. So could it be that this demonic energy had been sealed?

Mo Qi felt puzzled and told his companion everything he had sensed.

Mo Xiu was also stunned upon hearing this. If it was really sealed, who in this world could possibly possess such ability?

All the people involved with Elder Zhuang had already been captured, and his subordinates weren’t particularly loyal either. They had confessed everything they knew.

They said people had been assigned to guard the basement for years, but they were never allowed to enter.

So the guards had absolutely no idea what was inside.

Mo Xiu and Mo Qi exchanged a glance and still decided to go deeper to take a look.

At that moment, Cheng Cheng and the others in the team realized they were missing and came searching for them. When they heard that Mo Xiu and Mo Qi planned to explore the underground tunnel, which might be dangerous, they all insisted on going together.

“No. This isn’t a joke. You should go back,” Mo Xiu tried to persuade them.

Cheng Cheng immediately frowned and slapped his chest.

“What are you talking about, Brother Mo? Do you think I’m that spineless?

“We’re a team. If there’s fortune, we share it; if there’s hardship, we face it together!”

After Cheng Cheng finished speaking, Xie Wu and Xiaowan beside him also nodded seriously toward Mo Xiu. Clearly, the three of them had no intention of letting Mo Xiu and Mo Qi go alone.

Mo Xiu felt a touch of emotion in his heart, but he didn’t want them risking their lives for him. Because what lay ahead was uncertain—he had no idea what might happen.

Although Mo Qi said there wasn’t much demonic energy inside, what if there was? Even though they already understood the origin of the zombies, where had the demonic energy come from in the first place?

However, it was clear that Mo Xiu’s words could not stop them. The three of them were determined to follow.

If it weren’t for Xiong Gangyong upstairs currently being scolded by his older brother for saying the wrong thing and not noticing them, he would probably have insisted on coming along too.

Left with no choice, Mo Xiu finally agreed. The group slowly moved deeper into the tunnel.

But when they had reached about halfway down the path, the other three suddenly couldn’t move their legs any further.

It was as if something was controlling them. With every step they took, their teeth chattered uncontrollably.

“Brother Mo, Brother Qi… are we really going further? What’s down there? I feel like something is suppressing my body! I feel like I’m about to kneel!”

Cheng Cheng’s trembling voice, almost on the verge of tears, made Mo Qi’s expression turn serious.

Mo Xiu turned around and saw that all three of them were drenched in sweat, their faces pale. Something was clearly wrong.

But strangely, neither he nor Mo Qi seemed to be experiencing this problem.

“Should we keep going?” Mo Xiu finally hesitated.

Perhaps something truly terrifying awaited them below. Maybe he and Mo Qi simply hadn’t sensed it yet, while the other three, being weaker, were affected earlier.

But what worried Mo Xiu even more was whether that supposed danger might harm Mo Qi.

However, this time the man who usually didn’t care about anything did not stop.

“Mo Xiu, stay here and watch them. I’ll go take a look myself.”

As Mo Qi spoke, he continued walking downward without hesitation.

His brows were slightly furrowed. When Cheng Cheng and the others said they felt suppressed, he too had sensed something.

Not demonic energy—

But another aura, one that left an extremely deep impression on him.

After all, no matter what, Mo Qi would never forget it.

It was the Heavenly Dao that had sabotaged him when his ascension failed in his previous life. 

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