"So what you're saying is, not only do I have to rescue you, but I also have to devote all my resources to you and follow your orders?" Alex looked coldly at the bald old man.
"Yes, that's exactly right! We are doctors! With so many patients now, to save the world, you naturally have to listen to us doctors!" the bald old man said righteously. "For all of humanity! For yourself! For your family and friends!
You must do this!"
"Helping us is helping yourself!"
"I know you have an armored vehicle, so hurry up and take us with you," the middle-aged doctor imperiously told Alex. "Also, we've run out of food. Do you have any food on you? Bring some out for us to eat."
"Can we take hot showers in your refuge? If not, I don't want to go. I can't stand not showering for a day; these zombies are so filthy!" a female doctor wearing glasses said haughtily. "I suggest it's better if you regularly provide us with food. After all, we're used to living here, and surely your refuge can't be as comfortable as these villas."
"Of course, as a return favor, if someone in your refuge falls ill, we can help treat them for free!"
"Once we develop the antidote for the zombie virus, we will also provide it to your refuge first!"
"You're not losing out, actually."
"Young man, it seems you have some health issues. Your complexion doesn't look good. How about this, I'll examine you later, and I won't charge you. Just cooperate with us well, and I guarantee you'll stay healthy. I was the chief physician at the First Hospital of Jiangcheng," the young doctor said proudly. "The youngest chief physician ever, returned from studying abroad!"
The young doctor emphasized the words "studied abroad" and "youngest" particularly strongly. Alex looked coldly at the young male doctor, chuckling internally. With his current physique at 100, he couldn't possibly have any hidden ailments, let alone a common cold.
Only the youngest female doctor kept her head down, saying nothing.
"So, from what you're saying, you've already made research progress? Can you tell me about your findings?" Alex asked with a sneer, looking at the middle-aged male doctor.
"How could research results come out so quickly? This is a very profound and advanced medical research project! Even the world's top medical scientists couldn't possibly produce results this fast!" the middle-aged doctor said somewhat annoyed.
"You ordinary people really are ignorant. Do you really think being a doctor is that easy?" The middle-aged doctor started to point his finger at Alex, preparing to give him a lecture: "Like when you go to a doctor, do you think it's normal for the medicine to cure the disease immediately? That's not medicine, that's a miracle..."
"Swish!" A flash of a blade.
The hand of the middle-aged doctor, extended in his lecture, was severed! Blood spurted, spraying onto the face of the young male doctor nearby. The hot blood left him in a daze.
"No research results, then?" Alex stepped forward, his foot heavily stomping on the head of the middle-aged doctor, who was howling in pain.
"Thud!"
Under the immense force, the head was crushed.
"There's something I forgot to tell you. I really dislike selfish, incompetent doctors who use their profession to show off and don't actually have the ability," Alex said coldly.
These two male doctors reminded Alex of the arrogant doctor who had treated his mother before the apocalypse. It was because of that doctor's incompetence and pretentiousness that his mother underwent various unnecessary tests, depleting all their savings.
Not only did they use up all their family's money, but they also missed the best opportunity for treatment. They caused the death of his mother! Doctors should indeed be respected for their medical ethics and lifesaving work. However, these self-righteous, profit-driven quacks deserved to die.
"Ah!!! Murderer!!!"
"Help!!!"
The two female doctors screamed, completely paralyzed with fear on the ground. The bald old doctor trembled and stepped back, stuttering, "Let's talk this out! We can talk! If you kill us, there will be no one left to treat your people! Don't even think about us developing an antidote to save everyone!"
"Be reasonable!" the young male doctor holding an axe said to Alex, shaking, "We are everyone's only hope! If we develop an antidote, we can save the world! By doing this, you're cutting off everyone's chance to live!"
"Is that so?" Alex sneered coldly. With a swift motion, the young male doctor's head rolled to the ground.
"I never thought about saving the whole world! I don't want to be any savior!" Alex said coldly as he approached the bald old doctor.
"As for treating and saving people, leaving the two female doctors will suffice!" Alex plunged his knife into the chest of the bald old doctor. Then, turning to the two female doctors who had collapsed in fear, Alex asked coldly, "Where is the mutant?"
The female doctor with glasses was so terrified that she couldn't speak, but the younger, more fragile-looking one tremblingly said, "She's locked up in our laboratory..."
Alex lifted the fragile-looking female doctor and asked, "What's your name? Take me to your laboratory!"
"I... my name is Xia Xuan... I'm an internal medicine doctor at the First Hospital of Jiangcheng..." Xia Xuan barely stood up and led the way, revealing, "Actually, their claim about researching a cure for the zombie virus is fake. They don't even know what the zombie virus is."
Xia Xuan spoke frankly, "They said that just to deceive the previous survivors into supporting them..."
Alex was satisfied with Xia Xuan's honesty and nodded, "What were you planning to do with the mutant?"
"To study why they are not infected and not attacked by zombies," Xia Xuan explained, opening a door to reveal the laboratory inside.
Alex nodded in understanding. The idea of saving all of humanity wasn't something many would pursue. In contrast, gaining the ability to remain uninfected and unattacked in a world overrun with zombies was more desirable.
The laboratory was filled with numerous jars and bottles, and various zombie organs. The entire room smelled of chemicals. In one corner of the laboratory were two zombies and a young girl with slightly blue-tinted skin. She had an exotic appearance and a voluptuous figure, somewhat resembling a vampire from a European film.
However, the mutant girl had a vacant look in her eyes. Seeing Alex and Xia Xuan enter, she cowered in fear.
"This is the mutant," Xia Xuan said, pointing to the girl with blue-tinted skin.