Reborn As A Doomsday Villainess-Chapter 125: Mind reading basic level

Qingran nodded "I’m also young but good at my job. Congratulations, you three will be overseeing things in our absence."

Qingran turned to Feng Yizhou, she wanted to bring Haoyu here, which was obviously safer than the safehouse.

"I want to bring Haoyu and the others here.."

Feng Yizhou nodded, he didn’t want her going outside alone, and they couldn’t leave these people without supervision.

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"Very well. I’ll go and bring them. You stay here. I’m sure you can oversee things here."

"..."

"But.."

[Ding! The layout of the faculty is ready. Host its best you left Feng go get them. You have work to do here.]

"Ugh.." Qingran hissed and nodded, she guessed she had to stay now.

"Then I’ll be on my way. We should be back before morning.."

Qingran nodded as she signaled, Sun Zi Mo.

He quickly appeared at her side, he bowed slightly and spoke up.

"How can I help?"

"Accompany him. It would good experience for you to see how the capital is now."

"..."

"Understood. When are we heading out?"

"Now.."

Feng Yizhou sighed, he wondered why Qingran asked Sun Zi Mo to follow him. He walked closer to Qingran.

Reaching for chin, he lowered a bit to her level.

"If anything happens, don’t hesitate to tell me. You’re so strong headed. You can’t do everything by yourself. Is there anything in the safe house that you want?"

Qingran shook her head, instead she wanted Feng Yizhou to stop squishing her cheeks.

"Very well. I’ll be back in no time.."

Qingran nodded and signaled both Chang Saem and Fang Ming.

They we’re about 100 staff, she needed to know what their jobs were.

"I want all the names of the scientists and their jobs here and Chang Saem, get me list of all the staff in this facility, place them according to their job role and also I would like you to show me around."

Chang Saem gave a crisp nod. "Understood. I’ll gather the names of all the staff and categorize them by role. It may take a little time, but I’ll make sure it’s thorough."

Qingran nodded once, pleased.

Fang Ming spoke next, arms loosely crossed behind his back. "I’ve identified around a hundred personnel, but only about twenty of them are key figures—scientists, lead engineers, systems managers. I’ll gather the senior ones for a formal report. You’ll want to hear from them directly."

"Good" Qingran said. "Once you’ve confirmed who’s been doing what, have them come to me one by one. I want to know who was loyal to Du Yuan and who’s been quietly resisting. Anyone who so much as hesitates to speak will be sent to the lower quarters for now. We don’t need people who can’t decide where they stand."

Chang Saem looked momentarily surprised by her sharp tone, then nodded. "Understood."

Qingran’s expression remained calm, almost detached, as she added, "I also want access to all lab records. Digital and paper. If you find any research that looks remotely suspicious—biological experiments, anything military—bring it to me directly."

Fang Ming gave a short bow. "Right away."

As the two men moved swiftly to carry out her orders, Qingran turned on her heel and began walking toward the central corridor.

This place might’ve been chaos an hour ago, but now? It was starting to take shape under her hands. A controlled and necessary shape.

"Alright Lingquan, you can come out and fill in me in."

[Understood.]

Soon two black paws appeared on the silver floors.

[Good job host. You finished your mission with few days to spare. Now there’s time for another one. Now let’s see what your rewards are.]

•••••

[Ding! Mission rewards are as followed.]

[Map to the first safe zone: Found. This was faculty was supposed to be a reward but you found it on your own. 30,000 points have been rewarded as well, azure flame level 2 has been unlocked and last but not least, system upgrade unlocked, level 3, new ability: mind reading(basic level)]

Qingran smiled, mind reading huh..that was a pretty interesting ability.

[Ding! Since it’s at basic level, you can only read three minds a day until the next upgrade. Anymore and you’ll end up killing yourself, I’m being serious, if you try reading the fourth mind, it will start from nose bleed then all the way to brain damage so be careful.]

"..."

"Alright I got it.."

Qingran raised a brow when she saw a man sitting at the edge of the wall, he was smoking absentmindedly, she knew he hasn’t noticed her yet.

"Smoking isn’t allowed, if you want to do that at least go outside."

"..."

The man slowly looked at her, his eyes widening a bit when he saw her.

"Sorry miss.." he snuffed out cigarette and stood up.

".."

"Those dark circles are really deep and you smell like sadness. What’s your job role here?"

The man blinked as he smelt himself, did he really smell bad? He didn’t smell anything though.

"Yeah..you can’t smell it can’t you? People often fall into depression and end up getting swallowed by it..."

"..."

The man clenched his fists. "You’re Gu Qingran aren’t you? I’ve heard Du Yuan talk about you, you’re the one who created that virus, you’re the one who took my Shenmei from me, we..we’re about to get married, it was the night before our wedding and she had turned into those things. I had to shot the love of my life and burn her body. Yet you expect me to still be okay, so what if I got swallowed up by depression, wouldn’t you do the same..I loved her. It’s people like you who should die.."

Qingran stood quietly as the man crumbled before her. She didn’t speak right away, didn’t react to the venom in his voice or the weight of his pain.

The corridor was cold and still, filled only with the sound of his shaking breath and the soft echo of her boots as she stepped closer.

She stopped inches away from him.

"I was just a young scientist," she said, voice steady but low. "Ambitious. Desperate to make something of myself."