Chapter 305: Who Is the Other Talking Zombie?

Sierra Sullivan had originally planned to wait for him to continue on his own. However, after waiting for a good while, the man remained silent, his expression growing increasingly terrified. If she didn’t interrupt, he might just scare himself to death.

She still needed to know how to find Autumn Lynch, so naturally, she couldn’t let the only potential witness die right here.

“Speak properly!”

Her voice was loud, and those two simple words snapped the man out of his own thoughts.

He shivered, blinking as his eyes slowly focused on her.

“I remember… that day, I was supposed to hand some documents over to Dr. Hayes. But before I even reached his office, I saw him heading out. I thought about calling out to him, but he walked faster and faster. I don’t know what I was thinking at the time, but for some inexplicable reason, I followed him. If you gave me another chance, I definitely wouldn’t have done it…”

Listening to him ramble on again, Sierra felt a surge of impatience.

But seeing the expression on his face, she ultimately suppressed her annoyance.

The man was clearly a coward. If she interrupted him now and caused him to forget something crucial, it wouldn’t be good.

“…I kept following Dr. Hayes, and we ended up leaving Subterra through a very hidden location. I had always thought there was only one way to leave, only one entrance and exit. I never expected there to be other exits. If it hadn’t been for Dr. Hayes, I absolutely never would have found it on my own.”

Hearing this, Sierra was somewhat surprised.

The entrances and exits of Subterra were heavily guarded. Even she had assumed there was only one.

She hadn’t expected the reality to be completely different.

Since Dr. Hayes could leave Subterra from another location, did that mean there were even more exits?

The thought popped into her head, but she quickly pushed it aside. Now was not the time to dwell on that.

She probably wouldn’t continue living in Subterra anyway. How many exits it had ultimately didn’t matter to her.

“When we left the base, I was a bit panicked, wondering if I should head back. But I was curious. I wanted to know why Dr. Hayes was leaving the base alone, so I kept following him.

“Braving the wind and sand, Dr. Hayes walked into a cluster of abandoned houses. As soon as we went in, I saw a ton of zombies. They were staring straight at him. I was terrified and wanted to run, but they spotted me and blocked my path.

“When Dr. Hayes noticed me, he was a little unhappy, but he eventually called me over to his side. I could tell those zombies originally wanted to eat me, but they held back because of him.

“Led by the zombies, we soon made our way deeper inside. In there, I saw two zombies sitting down. All the other zombies were standing; only those two were sitting there casually, just like living people. They even… they even opened their mouths and spoke! Their voices were awful, like they had razor blades in their throats. It made my eardrums hurt.”

After listening for so long, she finally heard the crucial part. Sierra pressed for details, “What were they talking about?”

“They were discussing how… how they could get you out of Subterra, how they could capture you… That female zombie seemed really desperate to catch you. Dr. Hayes discussed a plan with the two of them, and once it was finalized, he looked at me.

“He told me to forget their conversation and everything I had seen, or else he’d just leave me there… If I stayed, I would definitely die! I didn’t want to die! I had to listen to Dr. Hayes. This really has nothing to do with me, please spare me!”

Sierra ignored his pleas for mercy. Right now, her mind was entirely focused on what he had just said: two talking zombies.

Without even asking, she knew the female zombie was definitely Autumn Lynch. Only Autumn hated her that much, wanting to kill her at every waking moment.

She wasn’t surprised; she was just a bit curious about how Autumn had ended up like this.

At the same time, Sierra was also very curious about the identity of the other talking zombie.

“You just said there were two sitting zombies,” Sierra asked softly. “What did the other one look like? Did you recognize him from before? While they were talking, was there any title or name that could identify him?”

“No… I’ve never seen him, and I didn’t recognize him. That zombie was a man, but he didn’t speak a single word the entire time. It was just the female zombie talking to Dr. Hayes.”

Failing to get any information, Sierra felt somewhat disappointed. But she quickly tossed that feeling of disappointment to the back of her mind.

Although she couldn’t figure out who that person was right now, it didn’t really matter. She would find out eventually.

Even if she never found out, it was fine. Regardless of who that male zombie was, he was going to die anyway. Since he was destined to die, what did it matter who he was?

Seeing Sierra stay silent for so long, the man grew increasingly frantic.

“I’ve told you everything I know! Can you let me go now?”

Sierra’s thoughts were pulled back to the present. She looked at the man with a hint of amusement. “Of course I can.”

“Really?” The man’s face was full of shock, seemingly unable to believe she had agreed so easily. “You’re really willing to spare me?”

“Why wouldn’t I be?” Sierra countered.

A look of sheer ecstasy appeared on his face.

Sierra just watched him quietly. “In this situation, even if I do nothing, even if I spare you, can you really leave here?”

Hearing her words, the man’s joyous expression instantly froze.

She was right!

Even if Sierra truly spared him, how could he leave this place safely?

Outside, it was swarming with zombies and Aberrant Beasts, and Dr. Hayes—the only person capable of communicating with them—was already dead…

Even if he luckily made it back to Subterra, would Hector Grant spare him?

Although Dr. Hayes was the one behind everything, he had known the inside story and yet said nothing. He had let so many people come here, leading them right to their deaths…

As these thoughts raced through his mind, the man’s fear deepened, and his body began to tremble.

Sierra ignored him and turned to Jayce and Candice Tate. “Let’s go. We’re heading out. We’ve learned everything we needed to know here. Let’s go outside and give Nathan Thorne and the others a hand!”

The battle outside was still raging; the three of them couldn’t just stay inside indefinitely.

The trio quickly exited the laboratory.

Outside, the fierce fight raged on. Hector Grant, Nathan Thorne, and the rest were sporting exhausted expressions. Some were injured, yet they were still desperately holding their ground.

Without wasting any words, Sierra and her two companions threw themselves straight into the fray.

With their addition, it wasn’t exactly enough to completely turn the tide of the battle, but at the very least, it took a significant amount of pressure off Nathan’s group.