We Were All Deceived by Apocalypse's White Lord!

"Big Sister Pei, what did you find?" The girl's eyes, once softened by a gentle glow, had now shed all emotion.

"You know that thanks to your little boyfriend obtaining the Type III Gene Serum formula, I successfully joined Lu Yunxiao's laboratory. I've made my way into the inner circle, so I can access secrets I normally couldn't.

During this time, I saw quite a few Test Subjects in the laboratory. My colleagues all said they were death-row prisoners from the prison, but when I secretly approached them once, I discovered they weren't death-row inmates at all. They were Wastelanders who had been captured!"

Pei Qingyue's expression darkened. "Do you know what that Wastelander I spoke to told me?"

"What did he say?"

"He said... we were all deceived, deceived by someone called Apocalypse's White Lord!"

An Xiaotong froze. Her hand clenched tightly around the hem of her light gray knitted dress, her slender knuckles turning faintly white.

Apocalypse's White Lord... wasn't that Bai Ye?

Wu De had been the one to call him that. Before, Wu De would always come pick Bai Ye up early in the morning.

"Why did he say Bai Ye deceived them?"

Pei Qingyue's gaze turned cold. "Do you remember when Bai Ye left the city and rescued a group of people at the gate? Some were Wastelanders, while others were refugees who had fled from Satellite City. They were blocked outside the city gate and forbidden from entering Dawn City."

An Xiaotong abruptly raised her head. "Big Sister Pei, are you saying... all those people Bai Ye let into the city were taken away by Uncle Lu in the end?!"

Pei Qingyue nodded grimly. "Bai Ye asked Lu Yunxiao to settle those people properly, but they were taken away by the Slave-Catching Company and