The apocalypse begins with a dungeon game.

Chapter 161 Chen Ling

Wang Defa still sighed: "That girl was the captain of the base's first squad, and she had similar superpowers to Li Lan in our story."

"The world is going to the dogs, people's hearts are no longer what they used to be... Even a little girl can kill a cow with one punch, no, several cows."

"Being incredibly strong is a good thing, but it's not good to have too much confidence. Boss Chen really trusted her to go and invest on her own. She never came back."

"The people in the base had long assumed that she was finished."

"Although I've always disliked them, I'm still a little sad that they're actually gone..."

Li Can listened carefully, and his heart skipped a beat.

At first, he only had suspicions, but as more and more information was revealed, he was completely able to identify who this person was...

He temporarily set aside the information about the various unfamiliar faces in his mind, looked down at Wang Defa, and asked:

"The son of this Mr. Chen you mentioned... is his name Chen Qixiang?"

Wang Defa was somewhat surprised and turned to look at Li Can. "No, you know that? Didn't you time travel before the apocalypse? She wasn't very famous back then."

"Could it be that I stumbled upon a post about her grave while browsing the forum?"

Li Can remained silent, her lips tightly pursed, her jaw clenched.

He had almost forgotten the people and things he had encountered in the previous instance.

Bringing up old stories is not a pleasant feeling.

"So, in the present world, the woman I spoke to on the phone should be Chen Qixiang's mother, Boss Chen..."

"Ah, you two even talked? I think so. I remember the base really valued your presence back then. All the big shots who could make it came, including Chen Ling. She was basically stationed at the base all day long."

"To be honest, I was a workaholic who lacked care for my child. Now look what happened, my only child is gone."

"But I observed that her condition was very strange."

Li Can countered, "What's strange about it?"

"It's the kind of grief that... there's no sadness at all from losing a daughter. Instead, it's like being a normal person, continuing to work hard, even more so than before."

As Li Can listened to this description, he couldn't help but sketch out Chen Ling's real-life image in his mind.

This was not only Chen Qixiang's mother, but also the person in charge of the base, and one of the targets he suspected.

Even when he learned that Chen Qixiang and Wang Qing had died in the dungeon, he was still grieving and depressed for a long time.

How could a mother not be sad? Was she hiding her emotions and not wanting others to see them, or was there another reason? This is something worth pondering and exploring.

If it were the first scenario, Li Can would greatly admire her courage.

But if it's the second type, he will not only doubt, but also add evil speculations and divergent thinking.

Just to be on the safe side, Li Can still asked, "After confirming that Chen Qi wanted to die, did she never lose control of her emotions?"

Looking at Li Can's unusually serious face, Wang Defa straightened his posture and said, "There is. I remember that after the founder of the base came back, he told her something, and then she went crazy. That night, the base office area was not peaceful."

"A few hours later, she suddenly recovered as if she had returned to normal."

"I was patrolling that area of ​​the base with my men at the time. We even repaired the tables and chairs she smashed, so I knew very well what had happened."

Wang Defa seemed afraid that Li Can wouldn't believe him, so he immediately added that it was his identity at the time.

Li Can, having caught sight of the "Founder of the Base," secretly put his mind at ease and began to think about the questions Chen Ling and Chen Qi were asking.

If a person's emotions fluctuate wildly, it must be because they have been stimulated by something, or they have gone completely insane and become mentally ill, so they return to calm.

Either the thing that upset her was resolved, and she calmed down as a result.

Chen Ling continued to appear as a workaholic, and even when communicating with Li Can on the phone, Li Can could sense that she wasn't crazy.

Therefore, the first option can be ruled out.

That leaves only the second option.

Who helped her resolve the source of the disturbance?

In other words, who brought Chen Qi back to life from the dungeon...?

She didn't die.

This was Li Can's first reaction.

If anyone could do this, it would only be the person who designed this game instance.

"It seems they've made their move," Li Can murmured.

These alien imposters had to put in some effort to successfully recruit Chen Ling into their camp.

Based on Li Can's observations and experience over this period, even the fake people don't have any special privileges in the dungeon game, such as deciding who lives or dies at will.

This is not simple.

Currently, in Li Can's mind, Chen Ling's identity is probably 90% that of a "lackey" who has been recruited.

The remaining 10% might be a misunderstanding caused by his being trapped in an information cocoon. Perhaps there are other ways to resurrect someone who has already died in the instance, but he just doesn't know it.

However, at present, the most likely scenario is that Chen Ling has already betrayed them.

Wang Defa was of a lower rank than Chen Ling.

Thinking about this, Li Can confirmed a lot of things.

"Who went down in?" Wang Defa was a little confused. "You're not talking about those fakes, are you?"

"Could it be that Chen Ling is a lackey like me!?"

Wang De found himself following Li Can's train of thought and gradually being able to keep up with the pace.

He quickly realized what was happening, but he still couldn't quite accept it.

"Gods, it's understandable that I'm threatened as a lackey, but what about Chen Ling? She already has so much power and status, what could possibly be her weakness..."

As he was speaking, Wang Defa suddenly froze, as if he had been electrocuted.

"It can't be..." He looked at Li Can with a searching gaze.

Li Can nodded. "That's right, it's roughly what you think."

"Damn it, even if I go back to the First Base later, will I still be able to stay? It's already been infiltrated by the pseudo-humans and is now riddled with holes."

"Before you said this, I thought Chen Ling was a very good person. Because her child died, she would definitely be an enemy of aliens after learning about their existence. I never expected that she would be ahead of me now."

"If I'm a first-class lackey, then she's a PIUS version lackey."

Li Can was amused by Wang Defa's bold open remarks.

Old Wang has given up all pretense and is no longer pretending in front of him, saying whatever comes to mind.

Even when it comes to making fun of himself, he's quite adept.

"By the way, is the founder of that base you mentioned the young man with white hair who always wears a mask?"

"You're amazing! Yes, yes, that's him, but he's very mysterious. Nobody has ever seen what he looks like."