《Thriller Hunting Program》 CH 1 Translated by: Milky It was late night where clouds covered the moon and the windy rain seemed desolated, coupled with a rather historic-looking abandoned hospital, it constituted a very classic horror movie scene. Under the blinding incandescent light, the hospital hall was crowded with people, from the pharmacy till the registration room, and even the stairs to the second and third floors were full of people. Through a rough count, there were at least 200 people in there. The youngest among them were only 14, while the oldest were averagely over 30, all of them were quite young. Not only that, they were dressed in different styles, including summer and winter clothing, ranging from modern to ancient costumes. There were also people cloaked in a line of intergalactic armor. The sound of rain from outside and the sound of conversation inside made the place extra noisy, it was clear that everyone¡¯s talk was pointless, they had no idea what happened, and all they could do was feel anxious. At that moment, they suddenly heard the overhead loudspeaker sounded with a ¡°ding-dong¡± rhythm, and the following announcement rang through every corner of the hospital. Through the broadcast, a mechanical female voice sounded rigidly as the announcement was made. [The Hunting Program has rebooted. Welcome, a total of 3 million outstanding travelers from each system, who are selected to participate in the games.] [This game adopts the survival elimination system, randomly assigning players to various tournament zones. Each game lasts for five days, and zones are automatically rotated after five days.] [The game ends when the survivors shrink to one in a thousand.] As if a stone had stirred up a thousand waves, the entire group of more than two hundred travelers went mad. ¡°What hunting program? What survival elimination system?¡± ¡°What did it just say at the end? One in a thousand? It means only 3000 out of 3 million people can survive?¡± ¡°What is this for? So I was sent here to die?!¡± ¡­ These are players who were bound to various systems, they¡¯re all experienced in their respective fields before, and none were surprised by the crossing. However the problem was, it was different this time. This was not simply just completing their tasks, but a survival game with an extremely low survival rate. They somehow just appeared here, without any prior warning, nor even any psychological preparation was given. ¡°I¡­fuck¡­just who¡­who thought of this, bad idea, I¡­I¡¯ll¡­kill¡­kill him.¡± The one who spoke was a man in his early 30s, about 5¡¯9¡± tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, wearing a very punk biker undershirt, the muscle lines on his arms were hard and strong. His fierce and tough aura were obvious even if he just stood there. However, the excessive stuttering problem had weakened his deterrence for at least 60%, not only made him not intimidating, but even a little silly. There was a young girl beside him. Her facial features were comely which matched her two twist braids. She wore a cartoon T-shirt and shorts and hugged her knees tightly to herself at the corner until she was shrunken into a small ball. She remained quiet without a word from the beginning, looking pitiful and wretched. The man was quite soft-hearted, he thought this child was so scared she zoned off. Just as he wanted to go over to comfort her, he saw the young girl''s almond round eyes open widely, following a slap on her thighs, her angry words cursed out. ¡°Mother fucker! Taking 3 million people¡¯s lives as if we¡¯re a cannon fodder, this fucking hunting game! Who is the person who designed this silly system?! Their parents could be so mad they¡¯ll resurrect from their coffins, while the crows will be bouncing on his grave and wild dogs urinating in his urn, diluting it so their parents could make a cup of pu-erh tea for them to drink!¡± It shocked the man as the young girl''s loud and penetrating voice was completely opposite from her appearance. The man¡¯s appearance looked sturdy, but in fact, he was quite easily frightened. ¡°Young girl, y¡­y-you¡­have quite the literature talent¡­in¡­in your cursing skills.¡± ¡°You flatter me.¡± The young girl was still slightly mad, yet she gave him a glance as she placed a hand by her cheek to support it, ¡°Bro, what¡¯s your name? Which system are you from?¡± ¡°Chang Su, V¡­Vio¡­Violent Neighborhood System, it¡¯s just¡­just beating people up¡­every day.¡± ¡°Oh? That¡¯s so cool. To be honest, I¡¯ve always wanted to be under such system, since my system was extremely boring,¡± ¡°You¡­what¡­system?¡± ¡°A Love System, which is called ¡®Becoming the Female Lead¡¯s Stepping Stone¡¯ System. I usually transmigrate there as a female cannon fodder counterpart, trying my best to ruin their relationship and must eventually let the female and male lead kill me with their own hands to complete my task.¡± The young lady sighed, ¡°It made me fucking afraid of falling in love and have marriage-phobia, men are all scumbags.¡± ¡°Y¡­You can¡¯t¡­be s-so¡­so pessimistic.¡± Chang Su tried to retain some men¡¯s dignity and also persuade her, ¡°I-It¡¯s fine if you¡­d-don¡¯t marry, but falling in love¡­you can still, still date.¡± The young lady glanced at him, ¡°So, are you dating now, bro?¡± ¡°I-I never dated.¡± ¡°You never dated, yet you¡¯re abetting others to date?¡± Chang Su was speechless. The word ¡°abetting¡± was¡­spiritual. Chang Su thought it was because he was always busy in gun wars and snatching territories, he had no time nor the energy, and not even a suitable young girl willing to date him. If he had the chance, he would have dated someone. But it''s hard to reason with a young girl, and besides, he stammered a lot, he didn''t have the ability to reason with people. So he wisely changed the subject. ¡°Young girl, w-what¡¯s¡­your name?¡± ¡°Me? Wu Shijiu.¡± ¡°Wu¡­Wu Shijiu?¡± T/N: Wu Shijiu has the same pronunciation of 59 in Chinese. ¡°Yeah. I know a little of everything, yet I¡¯m not good at anything, they¡¯re all 59 marks, meaning I fail.¡± Chang Su dumbfounded, then he sarcastically boasted with all his best: ¡°I-It¡¯s a¡­ good name.¡± ¡°Where¡¯s the good part?¡± ¡°...Everywhere.¡± Then their awkward conversation ended. They had nothing more to say and all they could do was shake hands symbolically, since they were of the same fate. Who knew not long after, they suddenly heard a man¡¯s voice, he shouted gruffly. ¡°Hey! Blind girl! I¡¯m talking to you! Don¡¯t block our way, get it? Find a spot to squat, don¡¯t you think it¡¯s fucking crowded here?¡± Obviously he was yelling at the black clothed girl in front of him. The girl had a head of long dark hair which reached her shoulders. She wore a pair of teal sunglasses that covered most of her face, revealing only her soft red lips and delicate jaw, vaguely recognizable as a beauty. The wide knee-length jacket made her figure extra slim, she had her head down since the beginning, holding a silver shiny metal blind cane, thicker and longer than ordinary blind canes. Hearing the other party''s urging, she pointed at the ground with her blind cane, slowly moving two steps to the side. The man was so impatient that he simply reached out and pushed her, causing her to stagger and nearly fall over. ¡°Dilly-dallying, can you just fuck off!¡± He dyed his head red and had a big flower arm tattoo, he was probably one of the gangsters on the streets before. The broadcast just now made him unusually annoyed, and since he was annoyed, he instinctively wanted to find a weak person to take out his anger. The girl named Wu Shijiu was someone who would intervene when she saw injustice, not to mention she had a violent temper, seeing that made her so mad she stood and walked towards them. ¡°Shit! What''s wrong with you? Are you still a guy? How could you bully a girl?!¡± The red-haired man glared: ¡°Don''t meddle in someone else¡¯s business, young girl. I''m warning you, I''m annoyed right now and I might beat you up too!¡± ¡°Okay, how about you try to beat me up then? I¡¯ll break your teeth in return!¡± Chang Su had his hand at his back as he took two steps forward too, standing next to Wu Shijiu. ¡°A huge man¡­with a little girl, h-how dare you behave atrociously?!¡± Chang Su was a head taller than the red-headed man, with his casserole big fist and that fierce looking aura, he was indeed intimidating. The red-haired man was slightly terrified, reluctantly, he made out a low curse, then turned around and slinked away, not daring to shout again. The blind lady pushed her sunglasses up a little then made a slight bow, and spoke with her gentle voice: ¡°Thank you, both of you.¡± Wu Shijiu comforted her quickly: ¡°It''s okay young lady, don''t be afraid, I will protect you, this big brother here is also a good man, he will protect you too!¡± Chang Su nodded: ¡°Yes, I hate¡­s-scumbags¡­that bully¡­d-disabled people.¡± ¡°Thank you.¡± ¡°T-Then¡­what is¡­is your name?¡± A smile appeared at the corner of the blind lady¡¯s lip, it was surprisingly enchanting: ¡°Ling Chengmu.¡± ¡°I-It¡¯s¡­a good name.¡± Wu Shijiu couldn¡¯t help it: ¡°You praise everyone¡¯s name when you hear them, don¡¯t you?¡± Chang Su decided to remain silent. Just then, the hospital¡¯s broadcast sounded again after some time of silence. [This is tournament zone No.056, theme [Zombie Invasion], number of participants: 5000.] [The game will start in ten minutes, before the countdown ends, players who successfully eliminate one competitor will receive an additional system reward: a map of the entire city.] 5000 people, seems like the whole city will be the tournament zone, while this hospital was just one of the strongholds. The dial of the metal wristwatch worn by each player present was lighted up instantly, and a green alert box appeared after a light tap, which includes an alert of the number of survivors, the remaining time, a system reward alert and lastly a teammate binding alert. Someone exclaimed as the broadcast ended, ¡° Eliminate our competitor? Aren''t we all competitors?¡± This was a silly question, but yet a most realistic one. The hospital hall, which had been noisy earlier, was suddenly silent. All the players looked at each other, all fully alerted now and trying to keep a safe distance from the others in this not so spacious area. This mad system was going to let them kill each other before the escape game even started. But the terms were indeed attractive. Because everyone knew very well how important it was to have a map in a zombie-themed scenario, it was far better than running around like headless flies, and the chances of survival will be greatly improved. But the problem is, who to kill. If they¡¯re gonna kill someone, it is necessary to kill the most certain weakling, so they could ensure they have absolute invincibility. No one was willing to become others¡¯ stepping stones just before the games began. Whu Shijiu mumbled: ¡°Stupid rules, I don¡¯t care if there¡¯s no map. I¡¯m not someone with a terrible sense of direction, I don¡¯t think I can¡¯t find a way out of this.¡± However, not all players have the same benevolent thoughts as she does. Before she could finish her words, she heard two girls'' screams coming from the second floor one after another. At the same time, the number of survivors displayed on the dial was also decreasing immediately. At first it was exactly 3 million people, but then it was reduced rapidly, 300 people were gone and the number of deaths was still increasing upwards. There is no doubt that this is the act of all players fighting against each other. In order to survive, there were always people who would do whatever it takes, it was normal. Seeing the countdown continue to shrink, there were only seven minutes left. In the hospital, more and more players got anxious, especially some who happened to be carrying defensive tools, and one after another they started to look for targets to attack. Anyway, you only need to kill one person, right? There were quite a few people around who had locked their eyes on Ling Chengmu, the seemingly soft and weak blind girl, which also includes the red-haired man who returned after he left just now. ¡°...Why are you staring at me?¡± Receiving a warning look from Chang Su, the red-haired man bravely raised his voice, ¡°Can''t you see that so many people are trying to kill her? If you don''t want to do it, then hide away, what for acting like you''re heroics?¡± Chang Su glared at him: ¡°S-She is di¡­d-disabled.¡± A player retorted: ¡°The disabled should die sooner, otherwise you think she can live long after the games begin? Instead of being bitten to death by zombies, we should let her die painlessly.¡± Immediately, someone agreed: "Yes, can you stop pretending to be some Mary Sue here? With a one in a thousand survival rate, you may not even live long enough to care about others.¡± They argued in a dignified manner. ¡°Who¡¯ll be getting the reward if we kill her together?¡± ¡°Since we¡¯re doing it together, maybe the system will give all of us the reward because it¡¯s difficult to assess?¡± It was hard to explain but, although Wu Shijiu looked like an obedient young girl, there was still a female warrior character hidden deep inside her. She had the natural desire to protect weaklings, especially weak young ladies. She protected Ling Chengmu as she pushed her towards the back, comforting her with a soft voice: ¡°Don''t be afraid, there¡¯s still five minutes till the countdown ends, let''s try to delay the time.¡± Ling Chengmu had her hands tight on her blind cane, then smiled as she faced Wu Shijiu. ¡°Thank you, you''re such a kind girl.¡± Although there were sunglasses blocking her face which made Wu Shijiu unable to see through clearly, that smile still made Wu Shijiu a little emotional. Sigh, this young lady is really a beauty, it¡¯s such a loss of her pretty face just because she¡¯s blind. At that moment, the red-haired man, who still stood there viciously raised his arms and shouted, ¡°What the hell are you still waiting for? Why don''t we all kill her, the one who succeeds gets the reward!¡± The proposal was so effective that the men pushed and shoved Chang Su who was trying to block the way away, probably to kill not only Ling Chengmu, but also Wu Shijiu too. Yet before they succeeded, they heard a thunderous bang in the distance and the hospital doors collapsed. A team of black-claded men with a stern aura, as if they were ghostly shadows, came through the door with gloomy steps. They were all clad in floor-length black cloaks with guns in their hands. Their faces hidden in the shadows, vaguely visible to others. And Only the young man at the head looked different, wearing a tailored black uniform, four stars embroidered around a totem on the gold emblem by his shoulder. He had an extremely handsome face, his body was strong and lean, uniform trouser legs tied into leather boots, outlining a straight and slender pair of legs. The leather boots stepped on the floor of the hospital hall, making a palpitating sound. He walked forward slowly, and the oppressive feeling emanating from his body was like a substance, causing the players to back off cautiously, no one dared to make a rash move. He glanced around, and finally stopped in front of Wu Shijiu. He pointed to his own badge engraved with ¡°TASA¡± on it, the pair of inked deep eyes was cold and indifferent, like a silent well, not even ripple would be shown through those eyes. Then, he finally opened his mouth, his voice was low and slightly hoarse, like a distant echo in a dream. ¡°Time And Space Administration, Executive Officer Qin Ce. According to the law, here to arrest the wanted criminals on the black list.¡± Wu Shijiu was shocked, ¡°Shit! Who¡¯s the criminal?! I¡¯m just a cannon fodder of a Love System, how would I even be on the system¡¯s black list?!¡± But she quickly came to her senses and realized that he was probably not referring to herself. Because Qin Ce''s gaze went straight past her and landed behind her. And behind her, was standing the gentility soft blind girl, Miss Ling Chengmu. CH 2 Translated by: Milky TASA, which is the abbreviation of Time And Space Administration. At present, all the travel systems connecting to parallel worlds were under the management of the Time and Space Administration. All experienced travelers have more or less heard of this mysterious organization. The executive officer, together with the information officer, the instructor and the prison warden, were called the four chiefs of the bureau. The information officer was responsible for compiling and rewriting the program, the instructor was responsible for cultivating new forces, the executive officer was responsible for suppression and arrest, and the prison warden was responsible for imprisonment and trial. There was no doubt that the man named Qin Ce was the executive officer of TASA, and matters such as arresting wanted criminals were indeed his responsibility. ¡­But that was not the problem. The problem was, why was he staring at this gentle and weak blind girl? Wu Shijiu was confused, she even thought that Qin Ce''s eyes were too cold, and subconsciously wanted to help Ling Chengmu to block his gaze. ¡°Well¡­Executive Officer Qin, are you mistaken? This young lady is blind and a weakling, how can she be a wanted criminal?" Qin Ce raised his hand to collatehis metal wristwatch, his wristwatch was obviously more high-end and luxurious than the players'' configuration, a glance was enough to indicate his identity. He said in a cold voice, ¡°So you''re trying to tell me that my time tracker is broken?¡± Just then, Ling Chengmu, who had been silent for a long time behind her, suddenly reached out her hand and lightly tapped Wu Shijiu''s shoulder. ¡°Little girl, please give way.¡± Wu Shijiu had no choice but to step aside. Ling Chengmu slowly walked towards Qin Ce with her blind cane¡¯s help, then nodded politely as a greeting. She was born with a good voice, the tone of her voice was always extraordinarily gentle and pleasant. But this time her words were no longer gentle, instead, she sounded as she was fooling around. ¡°Executive Officer Qin, right?¡± She made a short laugh, ¡°What''s the matter? What have I done that you have to come all the way here to arrest me?¡± Qin Ce lowered his gaze and was about to grab onto the handcuffs behind his waist. ¡°You killed eighteen system guards in the Jungle System, and you still ask me why I came here?¡± The moment these words came out, all the players around who heard it were shocked. Even the red-haired man from before was overly shocked until he couldn''t help but curse ¡°fuck¡±. Jungle System, Ice System, Yellow Sand System, Storm System, Deep Sea System and more, collectively known as the polar system, the environment of these systems, without exception, were all extremely harsh and difficult to survive, generally used to punish players with previous convictions, equivalent to the Time And Space Administration designated place to serve sentences. So what was the concept of killing eighteen system guards? For example, it was equivalent to being imprisoned in a heavenly prison in ancient times, and she escaped from the prison with her own strength, and before she escaped, she also took out 18 specially trained profound guards by hand. She was more than ¡°invincible¡±. Ling Chengmu did not deny, only lazily explained: ¡°I stayed in the Jungle System to comply with the law for three years. However due to the recent system bug, the cabin I live in was marked as an illegal building, then demolished within a night. Even the planted vegetables were all uprooted - they demolished my house, so I want their lives, ain¡¯t that fair enough?¡± Qin Ce''s tone remained indifferent: ¡°Your motive for the crime is not under my investigation, the prison warden will be responsible for this once we head back.¡± With a ¡°click¡± sound, he opened the handcuffs, looking to lock her wrists. Ling Chengmu took a step back and said calmly: ¡°Wait, this hunting program will begin soon, I am also one of the 3 million players designated by the system, you¡¯ll be breaking the rules by taking me away." ¡°The game has not begun, you are not yet considered bound to the Hunting System, you¡¯re considered as a special case." She stroked her blind cane, pondering: ¡°If I formally execute the game¡¯s instructions, will I be considered to be automatically bound to the Hunting System?¡± Qin Ce frowned warily: ¡°What are you planning to do?¡± Before he could finish his words, Ling Chengmu made her move, which was far faster than he¡¯d expected. The silver blind cane reflected a cold light under the lightning, quickly separating the distance between him and her. Ling Chengmu listened to the sound to identify the position of others, then turned her footsteps sharply. The next second, she appeared in front of the red-haired man like lightning. Obviously, the red-haired man exposed his location because he cursed just now. The arc of her red lips made her look idle and beautiful, yet the strength of her movements was thunderous. The blind cane was placed against the chest of the red-haired man, Ling Chengmu twisted her hands, a sharp blade ejected from the end of her cane, then instantly penetrated through the opponent''s heart, not even a single drop of blood flowed. The red-haired man''s eyes were wide open as his body fell straight down, the next moment her watch dial lit up with a prompt that the system reward had arrived: a map of the whole city. At the same time, the hospital¡¯s broadcast sounded again. [Countdown ends. The games have begun.] Sirens blared. The ceiling of the hospital lobby suddenly collapsed, revealing a thundering sky overhead. Large areas of icy rain poured down, and with it, came the hordes of¡­ Terrifying zombies. * When the zombies invaded the city, no human could be left alone. The toxicity was transmitted through blood, and players who were bitten or scratched by the zombies during this period would mutate within ten minutes and continue to attack other players. Until five days later, survivors will be randomly assigned to the next tournament zone. The system allowed players to bind to each other as groups, with a cap of seven. Bounded players could be assigned to the same tournament zone and will be automatically unbounded upon their death. The hospital was fully overrun by zombies, and they fell from the roof one after another as if they had been parachuted, skewing their tainted and bloodied mangled bodies, densely covered with bruised and rotten flesh, showing a mouthful of sharp and good teeth, growling and looking for prey. Some players who reacted a little too late to escape were bitten through their throats on the spot. Although Wu Shujiu was from the Love System, she was actually a runner of the hundred meters race. The moment she sensed danger, she was like a human slingshot, catapulting out immediately with a shot. Of course, Chang Su who was from the Violent Neighborhood System was indeed fast. Not to mention he was tall too, one step of his could make three steps of Wu Shijiu¡¯s. He quickly caught up with her. ¡°F-Failure¡­wait, r-running¡­like that¡­i-is quite dangerous.¡± T/N: The name failure here doesn¡¯t mean she¡¯s a failure and has no means of discrimination, just simply implying her name, which is 59, also called fail. Even if Wu Shijiu stood in the heavy rain, drenched like a chicken who fell in the river, she could still hear him call her. ¡°Dude, how can you give a girl a nickname indiscriminately? My name is fifty-nine, fifty-nine okay?¡± Chang Su vainly apologized, ¡°R-Right¡­s-sorry.¡± ¡°Ugh, let''s not talk about this first,¡± Wu Shijiu swayed her hand, ¡°So why do you choose to be with me, dude? Aren¡¯t you afraid I¡¯ll be a burden?¡± Chang Su sighed: ¡°I-It¡¯ll be unfortunate¡­i-if such a¡­c-cute girl¡­died.¡± ¡°I am quite cute, but I won¡¯t die so easily.¡± Wu Shijiu was speechless, ¡°I''ve been in the Love System as cannon fodder for a long time, no matter how I¡¯ll try to slay this game for sure.¡± After saying that, she leaned down and picked up a brick. In the position of throwing a lead ball, she swung her arm round and threw it violently towards afar. A zombie that was chasing a player was instantly hit hard on its head and fell to the ground. She ducked behind a tree to cover her figure: ¡°I¡¯ll live through the first tournament for sure, I want to become the protagonist of my own destiny!¡± Chang Su couldn''t help but applaud her impassioned speech: ¡°W-Well said¡­t-then let¡¯s¡­bound.¡± Wu Shijiu was surprised: ¡°You really want to be in a team with me? The system only allows a total of seven people to team up, you should go find a more powerful teammate.¡± ¡°I-I don¡¯t need¡­p-powerful teammates, b-because I-I¡­I¡¯m powerful myself.¡± Chang Su patted his hard pectoral muscles with a serious expression, ¡°I-It¡¯s destiny¡­t-that made us meet¡­I-I¡¯ll protect you¡­i-if I¡¯m able to.¡± OK, she got it, this man here was born with a heroic character who has a strong desire to protect the weaklings. Even though he looked as if he was an armed thug, he had a soft heart inside, and it¡¯s one that comes with a holy aura. That was so touching. Wu Shi Jiu was touched yet she heard Chang Su say: ¡°W-We ran¡­i-in a hurry just now¡­w-we should¡­t-team up with t-the¡­black clothed girl too.¡± ¡°...Man, do you have any misunderstanding?¡± The corners of her lips twitched, ¡°That young lady surnamed Ling was a black list wanted criminal, and one ruthless enough who dared to call out with the executive officer''s. She¡¯s just low profile, she doesn¡¯t really need our protection.¡± ¡°She can¡¯t see.¡± ¡°She is indeed blind, but her killing skills are far more accurate than anyone else, which means she¡¯s more powerful than us, get it?¡± Chang Su was about to answer, but he suddenly heard a girl''s ear-piercing scream from behind. He turned around and saw a female player fall to the ground, crying and crawling forward as a festering zombie was frantically tearing the flesh of her body. He couldn''t look away and subconsciously took a step forward, yet someone was faster than him. A silver light flashed through as the metal blind cane swayed. With a harsh sweep, it hit the zombie¡¯s head impartially, the zombie''s head was half dented , it limp on the ground and unable to move anymore. Seeing who did this, Wu Shijiu was pleasantly surprised. ¡°Wow! It''s Miss Ling! This kung fu and such configuration, she¡¯s like the female version of Ke Zhene!" T/N: Ke Zhene is a character from The Legend of Condor Hero, a blinded man who is an expert in martial arts Ling Chengmu tilted her head a little to identify the position of the sound source as soon as she heard it. ¡°Little girl, you¡¯re really good at complimenting people.¡± She smiled, ¡°If it weren''t for the relationship we built just now, I would have almost knocked you on the head with this cane.¡± Chang Su walked over and tried to pull Ling Chengmu¡¯s sleeve, and very sincerely offered: ¡°Miss Ling, c-come¡­¡± Ling Chengmu finished his sentence with a puzzled face: ¡°Let¡¯s be jolly, since we have a lot of time?¡± T/N: Come, let¡¯s be jolly, since we have a lot of time, is the lyrics of a Chinese song. Chang Su was startled. Wu Shijiu slapped her hand on her forehead: ¡°Miss, now that¡¯s bullying someone who¡¯s frank. Bro Chang is trying to ask you, do you want to come and become our teammates - although I know, you¡¯re certainly not interested.¡± ¡°Sure.¡± ¡°...What?¡± ¡°I said sure.¡± And as she spoke, she cut off a zombie¡¯s head when it passed by, she pushed her sunglasses up calmly, ¡°It¡¯s my pleasure to be your teammate.¡± Wu Shijiu and Chang Su made eye contact, they were both surprised. ¡°Excuse me, can I ask why?¡± Ling Chengmu¡¯s blind cane tapped on the ground as she slowly walked towards them. She held her hand and rubbed Wu Shijiu¡¯s head softly by intuition. ¡°Because you¡¯re a kind, frank and sincere young girl.¡± Wu Shijiu was still immersed in her pride because this Big Boss praised her when she heard her continue talking. ¡°But mainly because I¡¯m blind, I need someone to check on the map for me.¡± ¡°...¡± ¡°And teammates will be automatically unbounded upon their death, there¡¯s no loss so I¡¯ll just get a teammate for fun.¡± CH 3 Translated by: Milky Wu Shijiu felt she was wrong, really wrong. she shouldn''t have judged people by their appearance in the first place, nor to mention treating Ling Chengmu as if she¡¯s a gentle and delicate little white flower. From her mindset to her skills, this blind lady was definitely a villainous boss material, using her blind cane as a weapon, easily cutting off the zombie¡¯s head wherever she went. When Wu Shijiu got permission from Ling Chengmu, she also tried to weigh her blind cane in her own hands. ¡­Fuck, who has such a heavy blind cane?! Is this a cane that conquers dragons? Or is it the vajra skull crushing cane? ¡°Young lady, you¡¯re born with supernatural powers.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t call me young lady,¡± Ling Chengmu said, ¡°I¡¯m not young anymore, I¡¯m already 26.¡± Wu Shijiu thought, although she¡¯s just 20, 26 isn¡¯t very old either. Yet she could understand, since she¡¯s a black-listed criminal, she¡¯s mature and vicissitudes psychologically. ¡°It¡¯s fine, Sis Cheng.¡± She changed her way of calling her immediately: ¡°Look at Bro Chang, he¡¯s still in good shape even if he¡¯s 35 now.¡± Chang Su wouldn¡¯t haggle over such small matters with a little girl, on one hand it was because he¡¯s not articulate, on the other hand it was because they¡¯re teammates now, as a big brother, he had to maintain his tolerance. He had always been the most responsible person in the Violent Streets System. ¡°W-Where should we¡­g-go, d-don''t we have to¡­l-look¡­at the map?¡± Ling Chengmu tapped her metal dial, and a green alert box popped up, originally this alert box could only be seen by the player themselves, but it could be shared with the teammates after they¡¯ve bounded. ¡°Come on, tell me the surrounding orientations.¡± Wu Shijiu carefully identified and reported in detail, ¡°There is a five-star hotel 3.8 kilometers to the west, and a large supermarket 4.3 kilometers to the east. These two are in completely opposite directions, and are the two closest landmark buildings at the moment.¡± ¡°A-A f-five-star¡­hotel.¡± Chang Su muttered, ¡°I-It''s not like we¡­we c-can sleep¡­n-now.¡± ¡°Then we''ll go to the supermarket.¡± Ling Chengmu concluded without hesitation, ¡°It just so happens that I''m hungry and need to replenish my sugar level.¡± Very good, Big Boss loves to eat sweets. Wu Shijiu made a silent note in her heart, understanding the preferences of her teammates was important and will help enhance their relationships in the future. ¡­ It was only a short 4 kilometers distance from their position to the hypermarket, if it were in normal worlds, they might just reach there after a half an hour night run with their earphones on. But it was different here, this was the most terrifying survival system ever, tournament zone No.056 [Zombie Invasion]. Every step they take might lead to being bitten right through if there was no inattentiveness. And so this road seemed extraordinarily long. Wu Shijiu used to be in the Love System, she was full of irritable blood yet there was nowhere to vent, all she could do was to be stifled as a cannon fodder, her best to ruin the main lead¡¯s relationship, to complete the task given so she could continue transmigrating to another word, it was an endless and hopeless cycle. At that time she always thought, just when can she be under some exciting system that is themed of fighting and killing? Who knew now her wish came true just within a blink of an eye, though it was a rather weird way of it. Though she¡¯s experienced in being cannon fodder, she was still good at fighting, just like those bitches that fight and bully others on the streets. Without a useful weapon in hand, all she could do was pick up a brick, and use Chang Su as a walking human shield. She¡¯d slap the zombies with her brick if they pounced, and she was actually quite good, she could succeed seven or eight times out of ten. Chang Su had always regarded the protection of vulnerable little girls as his responsibility, even if he was unarmed, his casserole-like fist was enough, not only he could firmly protect Wu Shijiu who stood behind him, but also able to break the necks of zombies with his bare hands. If possible, he didn''t even mind protecting Ling Chengmu too. Yet unfortunately, Ling Chengmu minded. The blind cane in the hands of Ling Chengmu swirled and danced as if it were hot wheels. She could identify one¡¯s position through the sound they made skillfully. Her cane swayed towards left and right simultaneously, the fierce moves helped to clear a bloody road - it was really hard to imagine that she¡¯s blind if one doesn¡¯t know the truth. How would one that built a house, grew vegetables and lived alone safely in the harsh environment of the Jungle System need protection? A sharp blade popped out from the top of the blind cane and stabbed into the skull of the zombie in front of her swiftly, she backhanded it out as she kicked away the zombie corpse, then slowly wiped off the blood on the tip of the blade with the hem of her jacket. ¡°Mr. Chang,¡± she asked casually: ¡°Are we not there yet?¡± ¡°W-We¡¯re here.¡± Chang Su took a step forward. He grabbed onto her shoulders and turned her body to the right, ¡°I-It¡¯s¡­right here.¡± ¡°Okay then.¡± She answered, then tapped on the ground with her blind cane, slowly walking up the staircase. As if she became that weak and fragile blind girl again. Wu Shijiu sighed: ¡°Say, how could she be so skillful in her acting? As if she really needs that blind cane to help her in walking.¡± ¡°W-Who¡­k-knows.¡± The door of the supermarket was locked from the inside by the players who arrived first. This place was not completely overrun by zombies compared to other places, so many more people gathered one after another, all wanting to go in for temporary refuge and replenish their supplies in the meantime. However, the players inside chose to protect themselves and were unwilling to open the door no matter what. Wu Shijiu yelled: ¡°It¡¯s just the first tournament zone, seriously?! We could live longer by helping each other out, the hard days would only arrive in the near future!¡± But no one listened to her, and the people inside whispered through a door, obviously with a fluke attitude of not caring. The surrounding players tried to break in, but they had no useful weapons to use as the game had just begun, while the bricks couldn¡¯t break through the tempered glass door. Ling Chengmu stood quietly by the side at first, then slowly she lost her patience and frowned: ¡°Have we broke through the door?¡± A player in front of her, who was one of bad temper, turned to glare at her: ¡°Can¡¯t you see?!¡± ¡°Sorry then, but I can¡¯t see.¡± ¡°...A blinded person should have consciousness, it¡¯s good enough that you can live, stop nagging around if you ain¡¯t helping out.¡± Chang Su immediately stood out, ¡°Man, s-stop¡­t-talking.¡± The more he talked, the higher the possibility he¡¯ll end up like that red-haired guy, dead before the zombies even came. Just as his words ended, Ling Chengmu held the staff - no, the blind cane in her hands up high and started looking for a suitable angle. She gestured with both hands and asked Wu Shijiu calmly: ¡°The door is here, right?¡± Wu Shijiu nodded: ¡°Yes, it¡¯s five meters in front of you, but someone is blocking the way.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± With that one word, Ling Chengmu moved. The next second, the blind cane had been thrown up high, the moment she turned her palm to hit the bottom of the blind cane, the internal mechanism started and the blind cane stretched half a meter longer, which was even beyond her height. She turned around in place, toeing the ground and leaping up, swinging the cane with both hands with force which then accurately smashed in the upper left corner of the supermarket door. She then changed directions as she landed on the ground to smash the lower right corner. Tempered glasses were strong in the center but fragile at the corners, not to mention the force of her thunderbolt was no ordinary force. Thread-like cracks appeared on the glass, she pushed her cane into the center of the door, shattering the entire door on the spot. The players inside panicked while the players outside cheered. The male player who just spoke muttered in disbelief, ¡°God, blind people nowadays are so powerful?¡± Ling Chengmu, who had sharp hearing abilities, heard it clearly. The blind cane made a slight tilt and landed by his neck impartially, she twisted her hands, popping out the blade in her cane, the cold blade almost cut his carotid artery. She made a curl by her lips: ¡°Sir, do be polite to the disabled in the future, or you won¡¯t even know how you died.¡± The male player froze for a long time, touching the blood marks cut out on the side of his neck, he was scared out of a cold sweat. ¡­ As the main door of the supermarket was destroyed, they couldn¡¯t use it as a refuge anymore, all they could do now was grab some supplies before the zombie army attacked them. Wu Shijiu found a backpack out of nowhere and started filling it as she swept through the shelves, bread, potato chips, peanuts and melon seeds, chocolate, cola, beer and mineral water¡­ ¡°Little Failure.¡± ¡°...Sis Cheng, just call me Fifty-nine.¡± ¡°Alright, Fifty-nine,¡± Ling Chengmu said, ¡°could you tell me where the lollipops are located?¡± So Big Boss actually has such a cute preference. She pointed forward with a complicated expression, ¡°Go around this shelf in front of you. It¡¯s on the second layer from the bottom.¡± Ling Chengmu¡¯s steps were light and steady, she immediately went around to the other side of the shelf, fumbled and squatted down, trying to get two bags of lollipops from the second layer. Yet instead of the candy she was expecting, she touched a hand. It was slightly cool and seemed to be a man''s hand. Before she withdrew her hand, her wrist was clasped by that hand, she withdrew with force again and nearly fell over. She reacted fast, her left hand was placed on the floor to stabilize her body while her right hand swung her blind cane over. The two fought instantly, over a dozen moves, there was still no sign of stopping, and then¡­ The shelf fell and collided with the opposite wall with a loud bang. Wu Shijiu and Chang Su, who thought something had happened, came in a hurry. Wu Shijiu was shocked when she saw the person fighting with Ling Chengmu. ¡°Executive Officer Qin? Why haven''t you left?¡± In the hospital when everyone was busy fleeing for their lives, and later meeting Ling Chengmu, subconsciously she thought Qin Ce had returned to the Time and Space Administration, who knew that not only did he not return, but also blindly skulking in the tournament zone. Qin Ce stood in place and was propping up the fallen shelf with one hand, his expression was cold, and probably flashed through a few moments of contempt when he heard her stupid question. ¡°Why? Should I report to you whether I left or not?¡± ¡°Ugh, no no. You¡¯re free to come and leave.¡± ¡°So it¡¯s Executive Officer Qin?¡± Ling Chengmu smiled, ¡°You actually wanted to bring back a pack of lollipops as you wandered in the supermarket. Such immature and sweet actions seemed to not fit your cold hearted character. How shameless.¡± ¡°There¡¯s nothing to be proud of being a criminal that loves sweets either.¡± Qin Ce¡¯s face was cold as he pushed the shelf back in place. The atmosphere was awkward. The current situation was that the group of black-clad people from the Time and Space Administration were gone, leaving only Qin Ce himself here. But given the special nature of the Hunting Program, Ling Chengmu, as one of the players who has been officially bound, could not be taken out of the system until the games had ended, so he could not arrest her. Then all of them could only stand there staring at each other, unable to take any other practical action. Ling Chengmu carried two bags of lollipops and pondered. Suddenly, she hooked her fingers at Wu Shijiu and lowered her voice to ask her a question when she came near: ¡°Does this surnamed Qin guy look good?¡± She was just curious. Wu Shijiu was startled: ¡°Sis Cheng, do you want me to tell you the truth or not?¡± ¡°Your words are bullshit.¡± ¡°...Okay.¡± There¡¯s no way Wu Shijiu could fight against this Big Boss, so she answered honestly: ¡°Logically speaking, I¡¯m on your side and I should criticize Executive Officer Qin saying he is an ugly pig head, but considering the suspicion of deception, I still have to follow my conscience. He looks extremely perfect - broad shoulders, narrow waist, long legs and that nobly temperament, he¡¯s like an iceberg ascetic handsome guy, ten out of ten - but unfortunately he is not my cup of tea, I like the cheerful and enthusiastic type of guy.¡± Chang Su beside heard the whole thing and couldn¡¯t help but to stammer: ¡°S-She didn¡¯t¡­didn¡¯t ask you¡­a-about your type.¡± ¡°So what! I¡¯m just giving my opinion! Young girls love handsome men, understand?¡± ¡°B-But t-two¡­two hours ago, y-you said you¡­d-don¡¯t want to¡­date.¡± ¡°Theoretically speaking, men are scumbags, but you never know someday you might meet a fish that slipped through the next, what¡¯s wrong for me to be prepared beforehand?¡± Chang Su sighed: ¡°Y-You¡¯re right¡­I-I¡¯m¡­wrong.¡± He¡¯s such a kind and tolerating big brother. Hearing that, Ling Chengmu said meaningfully: ¡°Really? So he¡¯s a huge hottie? Then I should touch him and see.¡± She wasn¡¯t joking about ¡°touching¡±, since she couldn¡¯t see, all she could do was touch. She felt nothing as she only got hold onto a hand just now. Then before Chang Su and Wu Shijiu could stop her, she extended her hand out and reached his uniform, placing her hand right on Qin Ce¡¯s pectoral muscles. ¡°My, you do have a good body.¡± Qin Ce frowned, his expression cold as ice with a murderous look, he pushed her hand away forefully in an instant. With his force, if it were to be placed on the body of any ordinary people, they would be estimated to be pushed hard and fall over, but Ling Chengmu still stood in place without moving - only - she slightly tilted her head and sunglasses fell off accidentally. With a ¡°snap¡± sound, her sunglasses fell into pieces. When she lifted her chin, her whole face was exposed in everyone¡¯s gaze. Wu Shijiu covered her mouth in awe, and even Chang Su gave a heartfelt ¡°Wow¡±. ¡°M-Miss Ling, y-you¡¯re¡­you¡¯re the b-best looking¡­f-female player I-...I¡¯ve ever s-seen¡­i-in the system.¡± He never lied, this was no polite compliment. Previously looking at the lower half of Ling Chengmu''s face, they could already sense how exquisite and charming she¡¯d look, but now see her whole face, it was even more delicate and beautiful, it was beyond perfect. She had a pair of long, narrow, seductive fox eyes, the end of her eyes slightly grew upwards, the mole at the corner of her eyes was like a star, every part was perfect. Unfortunately, she was blind, so her dark eyes were lifeless, like a layer of hazy fog covering it up, otherwise with these eyes, a glance and a smile would definitely reach the extent that could charm others. Qin Ce slightly lowered his eyes to gaze at her for a long time, then without another sound, he turned his gaze away. His cold voice sounded: ¡°You better not go too far.¡± ¡°Now who¡¯s going too far?¡± Ling Chengmu closed her eyes, her tone unhappy: ¡°You smashed my sunglasses, not only you didn¡¯t apologize, but also had no intention of compensating me for my loss. Now you¡¯re acting like a big boss? Didn¡¯t the Time and Space Administration teach you any manners?¡± ¡°Sis, they don''t teach that there.¡± Wu Shijiu walked towards her and tried to comfort her, ¡°Don¡¯t be mad, it¡¯s just a pair of sunglasses, right? We¡¯ll get you a new one then.¡± ¡°My eyes hurt badly when I see light, I''m not used to it without sunglasses.¡± After saying that, Ling Chengmu pulled off Qin Ce¡¯s decorative tie from his uniform very quickly, ¡°Before you compensate me a new pair of sunglasses, this tie will be mine.¡± She tied the tie in front of her eyes and made a bow behind her head. There was even a part left in the air, which made her look like a blind warrior. That was undoubtedly a provocation to Qin Ce, he could not stand it and immediately took out handcuffs that were tied by his waist, the handcuffs swung over with a ¡°snap¡± sound, obviously he was going to cuff her. Ling Chengmu wasn¡¯t easy to pick on either, not only she dodged away, but also dashing over to snatch it. They just stopped fighting not long ago and now they¡¯re beginning their second fight. The zombies had not yet been cleared, but the big bosses were now infighting. Wu Shijiu smacked Chang Su with her elbow: ¡°Bro Chang, you¡¯re not afraid of being hit, why don¡¯t you try to stop them?¡± Chang Su questioned: ¡°W-Why a-aren¡¯t I¡­afraid of¡­being hit? I-I¡­I¡¯ll feel the¡­pain too.¡± ¡°For the sake of unity and peace! See how busy they are in the fight?! We¡¯ll be the unfortunate ones if the zombies come! l¡± Chang Su thought her words were true, so he scratched his head and took a firm step forward, intending to persuade them to stop the fight with his body. He carefully weighed his words before speaking them out. ¡°G¡­Guys, c-calm down¡­a-and talk¡­d-don¡¯t be mad.¡± Click. As an answer, the crisp sound of the metal clasping together sounded. At the same time, both Ling Chengmu and Qing Ce put their movements on hold. They lowered their heads. One thing about the things of Time And Space Administration was they were of high quality, but just why did they even handcuffed themselves without noticing? And it was Ling Chengmu¡¯s left hand handcuffed together with Qing Ce¡¯s right hand. They both went silent. Hah, now that¡¯s a coincidence. CH 4 Translated by: Milky That pair of handcuffs, how exactly did they lock on, and how exactly did they lock their hands together? This question must be metaphysical, Ling Chengmu could not explain either. Anyway, she was mad now. Especially when she learned that the key to the handcuffs was with the man in black and not with Qin Ce, her anger grew larger. ¡°Execute Officer Qin, will you die out of exhaustion if you bring another pair of keys?¡± Qin Ce glared at her coldly: ¡°It was to completely eliminate the possibility of thugs like you snatching the keys.¡± ¡°Oh, that¡¯s so thoughtful of you, Execute Officer Qin. So where are those men in black of yours? Could you please call them back to deliver the keys?¡± ¡°They¡¯ve gone back to the headquarters.¡± ¡°Then why didn¡¯t you go back with them? You¡¯re here for a pack of lollipops and to try out handcuffs play with me?¡± ¡°The System¡¯s bug is uncontrollable.¡± Qin Ce swayed his arm, crisp sounds sounded as the handcuffs on him followed his movements, obviously he was pissed too, ¡°Or else how would I even want to waste my time here with you?¡± Ling Chengmu¡¯s blind cane pounded the ground: ¡°What''s the use of talking this nonsense? Why don''t you show a little selflessness and let me saw off your right hand so we can both regain our freedom?¡± He was silent for a moment, eyes narrowed dangerously. ¡°How about sawing your left hand instead.¡± Chang Su standing beside them was anxious: ¡°Y-Your hand¡­i-it can¡¯t¡­b-be sawed¡­¡± ¡°Guys, could we stop the ¡®which hand to saw¡¯ problem now?¡± Chang Su¡¯s words was not very articulate, and his brain wasn¡¯t not too flexible either, so the burden of persuading two Big Bosses fell on Wu Shijiu''s shoulders, ¡°The zombies will catch up real soon, we should first put aside our personal grudges and face our enemy so we won¡¯t be cannon fodders so soon.¡± As if to prove how true her words were, the familiar growls and shrieks came from the outskirts of the supermarket after two seconds. There was no doubt that the zombies were coming and would take over this area in any minute. The door of the supermarket had been destroyed so the zombies could not even be stopped. Ling Chengmu wanted to walk towards the right as she picked up her blind cane yet at the same time, Qin Ce wanted to walk towards the left. The handcuffs were instantly straightened and both of them paused. A ¡°hiss¡± sound of inhalation sounded from both of their mouths. Qin Ce¡¯s tone was like the cold winter snow, chilling through one¡¯s bones when he talked: ¡°Learn to restrain yourself a little if you are blind.¡± ¡°What''s the matter? Executive Officer Qin looks down on the blind?¡± Ling Chengmu snorted, ¡°My words are sharp even if I¡¯m blind, not only do I have sharp words, I also have a dirty heart, and I am even more ruthless - you may not survive longer than me if we¡¯re in real combat.¡± ¡°I hope you can keep this kind of toughness even when you go to the headquarters prison in the future.¡± ¡°Only if you can go back alive and live to see me blow up your prison.¡± ¡°My Lords!¡± Wu Shijiu was so anxious she stomped her feet, ¡°It doesn''t matter if that prison blows up or not, it''s not our top priority now. Please take two steps outside first, let''s find a safe place before we continue arguing, okay?¡± Still, she and Chang Su did not stop moving even when she talked to them. As they try to persuade them, they were busy stuffing things into their backpacks. Chang Su also got her two shiny kitchen knives and insisted that she keep them. ¡°I-It¡¯s for¡­s-self-defense, k-kill the zombies¡­w-when you see them.¡± Holding onto two knives in both hands, Wu Shijiu reluctantly nodded her head. ¡°Alright then, thanks Bro Chang.¡± Then as the two turned around again to find Qin Ce and Ling Chengmu, they found that they had gone far away and were almost walking down the stairs. ¡­Can¡¯t they have some team spirit and consciousness?! The supermarket was just a material replenishment station, it could not be a stronghold for them to hide themselves. The sudden attack of the zombies was like pouring a scoop of hot water into a boiling frying pan, making everyone panic, forcing the players inside to flee again. The players who ran a little slower and had no combat skills were chased up and pounced by the zombies very soon. A large number of zombies swarmed in and engulfed the players. At that moment, the tearing sound of flesh and blood sounded incessantly, it was total chaos and tragic. And most of the players were currently unarmed, all they could do was grab anything they could use as a self-defense weapon, coat hangers, skateboards, frying pans¡­There were even players who took electric vacuum cleaners, though it was unclear how they planned on using it. In contrast, the players who initially had their own weapons in hand seemed to be more at ease and looked special among them. One of the most extraordinary ones was Ling Chengmu. Even if Ling Chengmu¡¯s hands were handcuffed, it did not affect her movements. Her blind cane on her right hand was used efficiently, swaying all the way as she walked down the stairs, knocking the brains of zombies like chopping melons and cutting vegetables, at the end some of her sways were close to directly knocking on Qin Ce¡¯s head beside her. ¡­Of course, she did it on purpose. The seventh time she repeated this action, Qin Ce finally raised his hand and steadily clutched the top of her blind cane. Her blind cane was two inches away from his forehead. He glanced at her: ¡°Are you done?¡± ¡°Well, I¡¯m blind, as you said.¡± Ling Chengmu cheerfully, ¡°I¡¯m trying so hard to fight the zombies, it¡¯s understandable that my hand slipped occasionally, but you, on the contrary, just leisurely looking at me do all the work and commenting on my actions, way to go.¡± ¡°Seeing how much fun you are having, I was afraid I¡¯ll affect your movements.¡± ¡°You¡¯re lazy and a coward, admit it. The Time and Space Administration trained such useless officers who are good at quibbling, just wonderful.¡± Qin Ce sneered, he backhandedly pulled out his pistol from his waist and loaded it sharply on the spot. With a gun on his left hand, he aimed at a zombie raging behind her, and decisively pulled the trigger. He shot its head. The recoil of his gun was so strong that Ling Chengmu felt her arm was shaken. She put away her blind cane and let him tug herself forward, her eardrums buzzing a bit as the gunshots came unceasingly from her ears. This bastard is cheating. She thought, everyone is using primitive weapons, even a pan was used, yet he has a gun, is that even legal?! In the end, before she had time to spit out her words, the gunfire stopped. ¡°Hey, what''s up Executive Officer Qin, out of bullets?¡± She said at ease, ¡°Next time when you¡¯re here for a system inspection, remember to bring a box of ammunition to avoid such embarrassment.¡± Qin Ce answered, ¡°And you thought I only had guns?¡± He casually threw away the empty gun, and pulled out a slender rejection stick from the back of his waist. The rejection stick was black and shiny, engraved with golden patterns. At first glance, it seemed extremely high-quality, probably a quite expensive one. He slightly twisted his wrist and the stick suddenly stretched out, hitting on a zombie''s head and crashing it into pieces. He dodged sideways flexibly, so the zombie''s sticky, fishy brains and foul blood were all splashed on Ling Chengmu''s body. Ling Chengmu had no words. She was expressionless as pulled over the collar of his uniform and began to wipe her face. Qin Ce coldly slapped her hand away: ¡°Have some dignity.¡± ¡°Now you¡¯re talking about dignity? You dropped my sunglasses first, and then destroyed my clothes. Whose problem is it here?!¡± The roar of the zombies were close at hand, Ling Chengmu slightly turned her head, with an extremely tricky angle, the blind cane from behind stabbed over and the blade within popped out, accurately penetrating into the zombie¡¯s forehead. She then pulled her blind cane back, it was stained with blood so rubbed it on the clothes of Qin Ce. An eye for an eye, the principle of life she had always insisted on implementing. Not far away, Wu Shijiu held two kitchen knives in her hands and wielded them indiscriminately, with the help of Chang Su, she chopped off the head of a zombie. Then she turned around and saw that the two Big Bosses fighting with each other, the murderous aura spread hundreds of meters around, whoever went near would shiver. She sighed: ¡°If it weren''t because they¡¯re both being handcuffed and encountered the zombies here, I guess they could actually blow up this place just through fighting.¡± Chang Su also had a headache: ¡°T-They are like¡­ like the p-...police and bandits¡­h-how would they¡­l-like each other?¡± All said and done, but thanks to the handcuffs, the police and bandits were forced into a united front. ¡­ The four of them took a shortcut and ran out the back door through the supermarket''s staff aisle after cutting down dozens of zombies. In contrast to the other three who were so calm and collected, Wu Shijiu obviously could not keep up physically, she was covering her stomach and panting all the time, not to mention it took her a long time to straighten up her body when they stopped. ¡°Sis Cheng! Where do we go next, let¡¯s look at the map and see?¡± Ling Chengmu immediately handed over her left hand which wore the metal wristwatch: ¡°See for yourself.¡± Yet she forgot that her left hand was still handcuffed to Qin Ce''s right hand, and the force was so strong that Qin Ce was pulled over by her as he was unprepared. Qin Ce reacted quickly and immediately raised his hand to press her shoulder, pushing her away from him. He said in a deep voice: ¡°I hope you will have the self-awareness to keep your distance.¡± Ling Chengmu spoke the most enigmatical words in her softest voice. ¡°What are you saying Executive Officer Qin, we¡¯re both cuffed together, I¡¯m the one suffering here and you have taken advantage of other girls, what else do you want?¡± Qin Ce glanced at her with cold eyes, ¡°So you are a girl now?¡± ¡°If I¡¯m not, then who is? You?¡± Chang Su hurriedly eased the situation: ¡°D-Don''t argue¡­b-both of you¡­are.¡± Wu Shijiu who was speechless, decisively jumped up and covered his mouth, ¡°Bro Chang, don¡¯t talk if you don¡¯t have the brains to think things through.¡± CH 5 Translated by: Milky Not far from the supermarket there was a small hot pot restaurant, the door was not locked, so the ¡°forced to align and have no team spirit¡± group of four people decided to hide in there together. Ling Chengmu held her arm up lazily, Wu Shijiu dared not demand her to straighten it, so all she could do was to extend her head out and try her best to read the map. ¡°8.2 kilometers to the north is a steel factory, which is still relatively close to here and can be reached on foot.¡± Chang Su spoke, ¡°W-We got to f-find a way¡­t-to get a car¡­w-we¡¯ll be very¡­slow if w-we keep walking¡­like this.¡± They had to stay in this tournament zone for five days. It was not realistic to just walk, even how vigorous their spirits were, they¡¯ll be exhausted sooner or later. At this point, Ling Chengmu spoke. ¡°The steel factory is good, we could get a guy to open up our handcuffs too, then we¡¯ll finish off the owner of this handcuffs.¡± Wu Shijiu''s eyes darted around, listening to that made her heart tremble: ¡°Sister Cheng, Executive Officer Qin is sitting here, slightly restrained yourself.¡± Ling Chengmu was puzzled: ¡°Didn¡¯t he already know I was planning on killing him? Doesn¡¯t he have any common sense?¡± Chang Su was really pitiful, as the fiercest looking person in the team, he actually had the best temper and had to act as a peacemaker at all times. He tentatively patted Qin Ce''s shoulder. ¡°D-Don''t¡­g-get mad, s-she''s joking.¡± Qin Ce sat on the edge of the bed, his face as deep as a pool of motionless water, his tone indifferent. ¡°It''s fine, we¡¯re having the same thought.¡± ¡°Huh?¡± ¡°Unscrupulous thugs will die sooner or later.¡± Chang Su silently lowered his head. Wu Shijiu on the other hand was actually a talkative person, but facing such a situation just made her want to remain silent. The four of them sat still, apparently all intending to take a break before leaving, but who knew not long after they sat down, they heard the sound of a frantic smashing outside the door. Wu Shijiu turned around and realized that the newspaper that she glued on the glass with water had dropped, and several players who had seen the situation inside through the gap of the glass door wanted to take refuge in the hot pot restaurant for a while. She hesitated: ¡°Sis Cheng, should I open the door?¡± ¡°Do whatever you want.¡± Ling Chengmu had no interest in bothering, ¡°Just be careful not to get bitten.¡± Chang Su was a soft-hearted person, he couldn¡¯t stand looking at human beings engulfed till death, so he walked over and opened the door. ¡°C-Come in¡­h-hurry, d-don¡¯t a-attract the¡­zombies.¡± The few players from outside immediately scrambled to squeeze in, and they happened to be followed by a zombie, their scream was apparently louder than the roar of the zombie. The last male player, who was afraid that the zombie would bite him immediately grabbed Wu Shijiu''s collar and tried to throw her out as bait - probably because he was out of his irrational desire to live, or just simply because of a human''s awful nature. Wu Shijiu was still holding the door for the group when she was caught off guard by his sneak attack and stumbled, fortunately at the critical moment Chang Su reacted quickly and grabbed her collar to drag her back in. The door of the hot pot restaurant was closed again, the zombie happened to pounce on the door and hit the glass with his head, hitting the glass with blood traces. Chang Su used the newspapers to block the glass again. Wu Shijiu realized as an afterthought what had just happened, madness rushed through the top of her head, she gritted her teeth and pushed the male player. ¡°Fuck, are you still fucking human?! We let you guys in as we¡¯re kind but you wanted to throw me out as bait?!¡± Some people dare not act up in front of dangerous situations, yet will attack the weaklings when they see them, just like this male player. ¡­Well, the premise was that he subjectively treated Wu Shijiu as a weak person. ¡°Then did you die? You didn¡¯t.¡± He spoke righteously, and even provocated Wu Shijiu by pushing her, ¡°You¡¯re the one who opened the door for us, I didn¡¯t even beg you for that so shut the fuck up!¡± Wu Shijiu was pissed: ¡°If you¡¯re so great then get out there!¡± ¡°Get out there? You¡¯re the one who should get out there, be careful now or I¡¯ll throw you out the door if I¡¯m mad.¡± Now Chang Su was mad, he decisively twisted his arm and wrenched it back, ¡°P-Pay respect¡­s-such wicked personality¡­I-I should¡¯ve l-let you die outside.¡± ¡°...Fucking release me!¡± As they argue, the few people who were still watching from the side gathered around. This group of people was obviously a team, perhaps they were a team before they started the game, or perhaps they became one after the game started, in short, on the basis of the number of people they had, and they were not in danger anymore, they began to clamor. ¡°A stupid big guy who stammers, stop acting heroic here.¡± The female player who spoke had a head of dirty braids, presumably the girlfriend of the male player just now argued to support her boyfriend, ¡°Here¡¯s some free advice, stay put and shut the fuck up so we can avoid this wave of zombies in peace, or else don¡¯t blame us for bullying you guys because we¡¯re more in numbers.¡± Wu Shijiu was shocked by her confidence: ¡°You¡¯re more in numbers? How many more do you even have.¡± ¡°We¡¯re seven over two now, how do you even think you could win?¡± The rest of the people laughed out loud with a villainous face. They only thought Chang Su and Wu Shijiu were a team, they did not expect Ling Chengmu and Qin Ce who sat at the corner to be in a team with these two, plus Ling Chengmu was blind, she would have no advantage against them. At first glance, they seemed to have quite a chance of winning. Ling Chengmu, who was gripping an orange lollipop she got not long ago from the supermarket, was gradually impatient as she heard their conversation. She frowned: ¡°What are you waiting for? Just throw them out. Since they¡¯re large in number, they could fight that zombie together.¡± ¡°What''s the matter with you, you blind woman!¡± The dirty braided female player had a bad temper and a mouth of foul language: ¡°Can''t you fucking see what''s going on on the field? Oh yeah, you''re fucking blind so you can''t see - just sit there and shut the fuck up, maybe that will make us consider letting you live a little longer.¡± Wu Shijiu went silent. Great, this bitch here is trying to dig her own grave and there was no stopping her. As expected, Ling Chengmu stood up with her blind cane as she heard that, yet she was handcuffed with Qin Ce who sat there calmly and not planning to move, which made her stuck when she just stood halfway. ¡°...Please, Executive Officer Qin, are you glued to the chair?¡± Qin Ce closed his eyes to rest: ¡°You¡¯re annoying.¡± The group of people over there heckled, and the dirty braided female player mocked in a sinister manner. ¡°My, am I looking clearly? You two are playing subdue temptation here? Are you trying to suicide even faster?¡± Before she could finish her words, the blind cane in Ling Chengmu¡¯s hand suddenly stretched out, and as her movements whistled out, it hit the opponent¡¯s alvine accurately. The force was quite strong, the female player was hit on the spot and her whole body flew backwards and also collapsed a table as she hit it, then only landing on the ground and almost fainted, blood seeping through the corner of her mouth. Ling Chengmu calmly tidied up her collar and regained her seat. ¡°If you can¡¯t use your mouth well, donate it to others, for example to Mr Chang right here.¡± Chang Su was puzzled. Why was he always the one who got hurt? The previous male player saw his girlfriend get beaten up and couldn''t help but be furious, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush up to beat Ling Chengmu up. Ling Chengmu moved her chair and turned around nimbly, just to deliberately let Qin Ce face that player. After all, the two of them now act as one, they survive or die together, she could not let him sit there and enjoy the leisure while she fought. Seeing the male player¡¯s fist almost smashing on his body, Qin Ce raised his head coldly and clasp the male player¡¯s wrist all of the sudden. By a twist and a push, a ¡°crack¡± sound appeared. Seemed to be the sound of his wrist bone broken. The male player grabbed onto his wrist, growling furiously: ¡°Attack! Kiss his ass!¡± Then the rest of those players were the perfect interpretation of the classic gourd boys trying save their grandfather, one after one as if it was a suicide mission, rushing up to avenge their brothers, yet none succeeded. The leading one, met Qin Ce¡¯s flying foot directly and got kicked out several meters away, lying on the ground unable to get up anymore. Wu Shijiu standing beside was surprised: ¡°I must say, with those leather boots and slender legs, Executive Officer Qin is quite cool when he kicks ass.¡± As she finished her words, she grabbed a mug beside and with a ¡°crash¡± sound she hit the mug on the female player¡¯s head, causing the mug to shatter into pieces. ¡°Ugh, ungrateful brats.¡± Chang Su held the first male player up with one hand, his casserole big fist punched into his face until he had nosebleed. ¡°U-Ungrateful¡­a-and¡­bully others.¡± This group of people were really unlucky to have mistakenly walked into the bandit den, but their actions were why they were dead, they do not deserve any sympathy. For example in this situation, they still continued to act like dickheads even when they saw their teammates being beaten up so badly, as if they¡¯re just trying to get themselves killed sooner. Ling Chengmu stood up, she tried to move the player in front of her aside with her blind cane, yet that player didn¡¯t move, so she just stepped over them. ¡°Let¡¯s go and get a car. The air sucks here.¡± Wu Shijiu followed her from behind, asking modestly: ¡°Sis Cheng, are we gonna close the door?¡± Ling Chengmu, who just reached the door turned as she heard her question, with doubt, she asked an rhetorical question: ¡°As a narrow-minded blind person, do I even have the obligation to close the doors up for them?¡± Then, she swayed and her blind came swiftly to a side, the glass door of the hot pot restaurant shattered into pieces. ¡­Of course, she smashed the glass on Qin Ce¡¯s side. The glass pieces fell like a heavy rain, yet Qin Ce wasn¡¯t an easy going person either, he immediately slid away and smashed the glass on Ling Chengmu¡¯s side. They were secretly fighting each other, each with one hand blocking the broken glass, and the other hand pushing each other, meandering and rotating forward, as if they were dancing waltz. Wu Shijiu and Chang Su followed closely behind, and when they were leaving, they took a glance at a direction. ¡°Oh, the zombies are coming.¡± The zombie¡¯s target was them at first, yet when the zombies arrived, Chang Su grabbed its neck and threw it into the hot pot restaurant. Not long later, the screaming and yelling sounds of the players sounded. ¡°D-Don¡¯t¡­b-blame me.¡± Chang Su sighed, ¡°T-They¡­were bad.¡± Wu Shijiu said: ¡°It¡¯s not your fault, why blame yourself? We¡¯re being kind to help them, yet see how they return the favor? Why should we even care about them anymore? There are no mary sues in a survival game, and I¡¯m definitely not one.¡± ¡°T-Then¡­w-where are we¡­g-going now?¡± ¡°Find a car! Didn¡¯t we just discuss it?¡± ¡°O-Oh right, I-I forgot.¡± Wu Shijiu was quick witted, she glanced around to search, and with a touch of good luck, she actually found a target real soon. ¡°Huh? Isn¡¯t that¡­Sis Cheng, Executive Officer Qin! There¡¯s a bus driving in our direction!¡± The bus was full of players who teamed-up temporarily, the driver seemed to be a dabbler too because he drove the bus in a S-shaped position as if he was drunk, knocking over a lot of zombies on the way. Wu Shijiu and Chang Su stood in the middle of the road and kept waving, but the bus had no intention of stopping, obviously intending to crash them over directly. ¡°My, this bastard! Should we hide or not, Bro Chang?¡± Chang Su stammered and did not answer her question, but his actions moved faster than his mouth, he was already grabbing onto her collar and ready to run away. Yet who knew before they could run away, something flashed through their eyes. A silver light flashed through, and the next second, both Ling Chengmu and Qin Ce rushed over. Qin Ce pulled the handcuffs, guiding Ling Chengmu to the direction of the bus, Ling Chengmu''s blind cane in her hands suddenly stretched out, like a dragon appearing out of the sea, thunderous and lightning-fast, instantly shattered the bus windshield. The bus lost its center of gravity immediately and crashed into a sycamore tree next to the road. ¡°Don¡¯t just stand there.¡± Ling Chengmu¡¯s blind cane returned to its original length, and she calmly beckoned: ¡°Snatch the car.¡± ¡­Snatching a car, she¡¯s really a bandit. Even so, Wu Shijiu praised them full-heartedly: ¡°Sis Cheng, the cooperation between you and Executive Officer Qin is perfect!¡± Ling Chengmu¡¯s tone was serious: ¡°Little girl, you should learn from the good, don¡¯t talk bullshit, it¡¯s an insult, understand?¡± The bus was forced to stop, Chang Su tore the door apart with his bare hands. The four of them got up the bus together and saw the players inside were in chaos, there were even players who rushed to the front, intending to grab the steering wheel. ¡°Do you fucking know how to drive?!¡± The player who drove the bus just now covered his bleeding head with his hands. He was mad when he heard those words: ¡°Didn¡¯t you see the glass shattered into pieces? Obviously someone deliberately robbed our bus, and god dammit¡­fuck! They¡¯re here!¡± The other players in the car, sitting in their seats, were very wary as they started staring at Ling Chengmu and her teammates, no one dared to take the initiative to ask them to get off as they were afraid they¡¯ll get involved into any other trouble. Wu Shijiu looked around, with a quite impatient tone, she asked: ¡°What are you looking at? What is the use of looking at us? Hurry and drive the car, or else the zombies might come after us real soon.¡± The driver looked at four of them, one cold, one strong, one mean and one¡­blind, he knew he couldn¡¯t fight back, so he decided to stay silent. The door of the bus slowly closed up, and they continued their journey. There were empty spaces at the backseat, four of them walked over and sat down, no matter how the other players reacted, they were still at ease. It¡¯s impossible to not have a good psychological quality if they wandered around such ¡°brotherhood¡±. Because of the handcuffs, Qin Ce could only sit next to Ling Chengmu, there was a player sitting to the right of her and his head was leaning against the window. He was grunting, and looked like he would¡¯ve collapsed anytime sooner. It was a bit abnormal. His gaze moved down coldly and looked at him closely. Until he saw the half circle of black and purple teeth marks on his arm, clearly seen as it was not covered by the sleeves of his sweater. The next second, the player fiercely stood up. His eyes bloody-red as he bared his teeth and bit towards Ling Chengmu, who was just next to him. CH 6 Translated by: Milky The male player next to Ling Chengmu was obviously bitten by a zombie. It was a perfect 10 minutes from the moment he got on the bus till now. Unfortunately, he mutated. The greenish-purple petechiae quickly spread from his face, his eyes bloody-red and he fiercely opened his mouth and bit towards Ling Chengmu¡¯s direction. Although Ling Chengmu couldn¡¯t see, she had extremely sharp hearing. Immediately, she grabbed hold of her blind cane and pushed it into between its teeth. With a ¡°crack¡± sound, the male player¡¯s incisor was broken. She quickly got up to avoid him and at the same time, she pushed Qin Ce towards him. ¡°Can you move more nimbly? You think you could run away if I was bitten?¡± Qin Ce glanced at her, a slight dislike flashed through his cold eyes, with a hint of impatience hidden beneath. ¡°Shut up.¡± He said as he walked past her to stand in front of her, kicking back that male player, who opened his mouth wide and showed his claws out back to the original place, then flung his rejection stick over to hit right into the male player¡¯s head, directly knocking him down. A few of the timid girls around saw this scene and screamed in fear, there were also many big men who were affected by this scene as they yelled in panic to get off. Unfortunately, no one could get out of the car, because there was more than one mutant player in the car. A sudden howl sound coming from the player who drove this car caught everyone''s attention. They saw a player who was originally sitting in the front row, suddenly jumped over without warning and bit through the driver¡¯s neck viciously. How many potential mutants are in this car? The driver fell headlong on the steering wheel, the bus immediately lost control and crashed into the roadside stores, overturning on the spot. The entire bus turned over causing a huge mess within, but the zombies¡¯ actions were still quite flexible, a mouthful of bloodied teeth bit whoever near them, in an instant, several players from the front row, who were unable to run away in time were all gnawed by the zombie until their flesh turned into crumbles and their blood splattered. From the known-rules, the harder the zombie bites, the faster the player mutates, and if unfortunately, the players were bitten to death, they will definitely get mutated any minute soon. So the bus instantly turned into a zombie breeding base. Players pushed and shoved, stepped on each other, scrambled to break the side glass to escape, but in view of the vehicle overturned, it would have been difficult to move, in addition, no matter who climbed up first, they would always be dragged down by others. As it turns out, the selfishness of human nature is exposed in the face of danger. Wu Shijiu also fell down due to the violent impact, which caused her head to be accidentally stuck in the seat gap. She wailed and yelled. ¡°Bro Chang! Hurry! Fucking get me out! Save me!¡± The car width narrowed due to the overturned. Even Chang Su even struggled to stand well, he half kneeled on the ground as he tried to pull her head out. ¡°T-Those¡­in front¡­are mutated, l-let¡¯s¡­h-hurry¡­r-run.¡± ¡°How are we gonna run? Look at them! They¡¯re like people in the market trying to fight for discounted pork meat, how would we be able to squeeze through them?¡± Chang Su tried to reason with them: ¡°G-Guys, l-let¡¯s¡­w-work together. M-make a¡­q-queue, w-we leave¡­o-one by one¡­b-break the g-glass.¡± Wu Shijiu was so pissed she hit his chest with her small fist: ¡°What¡¯s the use of reasoning with them?! Who¡¯ll listen?! Bro, are you planning to act as a mascot with that large body of yours?!¡± Chang Su went silent. This time the front row of the few players who survived through the biting started to mutate one after another, their limbs twisted and popped up, and they began to bite people in succession. The bus vibrated and shook vigorously, the space inside was limited, making the players in front no other way to avoid the mutated players. The foursome were in the back row so the zombies have not bitten over for the time being, but they will be bitten soon if they don¡¯t get out of this. Wu Shijiu panicked: ¡°Sis Cheng, Executive Officer Qin, hurry, think of a plan!¡± Think of a plan? To them, violence can solve everything. The next moment, Ling Chengmu grabbed her blind cane and pushed it up¡ª Crash. The glass closest to her shattered, and at the same time, she nearly hit the heads of several players who were in the way. ¡°Sorry,¡± She apologised casually, ¡°I¡¯m blind, I can¡¯t see if anyone¡¯s there.¡± Qin Ce grabbed the collar of the players and shoved them one by one into the cracked glass. His actions were fast and simple, as if stuffing a featherless duck into the oven. Finally being able to breathe fresh air, the surviving players with blood on their heads and tears on their faces, rolled and crawled in all directions as they fled away. Chang Su helped Wu Shijiu to climb out of the windows first, he deliberately cleared the broken glass pieces along the edges in advance to clean up so she wouldn''t get cut. ¡°D-Don¡¯t¡­s-simply run away¡­w-wait for me¡­t-to get out.¡± ¡°Alrighty, Bro Chang.¡± It was quite successful for Wu Shijiu to crawl out, but Chang Su¡¯s body size was too large which made him stuck through the windows. That was an awkward scene. If he couldn¡¯t get out, Qin Ce and Ling Chengmu couldn¡¯t get out either, and the zombies from the front row were rushing towards the back any second now. And so Wu Shijiu gripped Chang Su¡¯s neck, while Qin Ce kicked him from behind to forcefully get him out of the bus. The moment Chang Su was kicked out, well, according to Wu Shijiu¡¯s description: ¡°It was like a falling meteorite, that moment I nearly crashed to death.¡± Qin Ce backhandedly threw the backpack left behind by some player, hitting the first zombie that rushed towards them right in the face. With force, his hand pushed against the seat to get enough force to leap out of the car window, and then gripped Ling Chengu''s neck and carried her out of the car. The last second, Ling Chengmu just poked the eyes of two zombies, and the next second, she suffered such unjust treatment. Fuck, this son of a bitch had strong hands. She sat on one leg at the window, propping up her blind cane like a garlic pestle, pounding the zombies that were trying to climb up back inside. ¡°Executive Officer Qin, are you even a man?¡± She said: ¡°Shouldn¡¯t it be a ladies first at such a moment?¡± ¡°If that¡¯s what I do, you¡¯ll block me in the bus,¡± Qin Ce¡¯s voice was cold, he asked a rhetorical question: ¡°Why should I let the mob get out first?¡± Though his words weren¡¯t nice, Ling Chengmu still had to admit, he was right. Of course she would kill him if she¡¯s gotten the chance to do so. Sigh, whatever, since he found out my intentions, I¡¯ll get better luck next time. Then, she felt a slight vibration coming from her wrists, it was the System¡¯s message. Yet Wu Shijiu and Chang Su were nowhere to be found, no one could read it out for her, and she couldn¡¯t see. Reluctantly, she held her hand up and asked Qin Ce: ¡°What did it write?¡± Qin Ce clicked on it and eyed through the green notification box that popped up: ¡°...The safe zone is shrinking, they¡¯ll start bombing danger zones in half an hour.¡± As he spoke, Wu Shijiu and Chang Su came back happily. ¡°Sis Cheng, inside a store selling hot dry noodles over there, there are two motorcycles hidden!¡± ¡°This System prompt¡­it¡¯s really well hidden.¡± ¡°Good then, let¡¯s go.¡± Ling Chengmu said, ¡°The System notified us that the safe zone will shrink in half an hour, so we should leave.¡± Wu Shijiu lowered her gaze to check and was shocked: ¡°Fuck! Seriously?! We¡¯re still in the danger zone! Ain¡¯t we fighting zombies?! Now we¡¯re fucking running poison?!¡± T/N: Run poison, a network buzzword, is that players must run to the safe zone within the specified time, otherwise they will be poisoned, slowly lose blood and finally die. Their current location, being in the center of the map was marked red, with a rough estimation, the time they needed to reach the safe zone by riding the motorcycle was barely enough. When Wu Shijiu led the way and found the two motorcycles hidden in the noodle shop, it was needless to say that Chang Su would carry her, but Qin Ce and Ling Chengmu¡¯s side had a disagreement. Qin Ce patted the motorcycle, his voice deep: ¡°Go squat in front.¡± ¡°...Are you ordering me?¡± Ling Chengmu was unhappy, ¡°If I squatted in front of you, rounded up to the equivalent of being in your arms, it will make me seem sissy, I¡¯ll sit behind.¡± ¡°When you nagged about wanting the privilege of ladies first, have you ever thought of looking sissy?¡± ¡°Guys, calm down, don¡¯t fight, you guys ain''t being a sissy,¡± Wu Shijiu said with a straight face: ¡°The one sissy in our group is Bro Chang.¡± Chang Su: ¡°What?¡± Wu Shijiu lead towards Ling Chengmu¡¯s ears and whispered: ¡°Sis Cheng, if you sit at the back, your hands would have to extend out when he rides it because you two are handcuffed¡ªwon¡¯t it seem like you¡¯re hugging him?¡± Ling Chengmu gritted her teeth in silence. Hugging Qin Ce, or being hugged by Qin Ce, that was a question to ponder. The handcuffs between her wrists sounded with a crisp ring, with force, the blind cane in her hands shrunk to about ten inches and she tucked it in her arms. When it¡¯s done, she squatted on the pedals of the motorcycle without any other expression. Between being active or passive, she chose the latter. Let her hug Qin Ce¡¯s waist? Dreaming might be a better option! The two motorcycles drove side by side, through the wretched streets, in accordance with the system map, and quickly rushed to the safe area. On the way, Qin Ce rode fast, in a difficult position, dodging the interception attacks of countless zombies. And Ling Chengmu crouched in front of the pedal, staying still and calm, as if she was going to become immortal. Qin Ce lowered his gaze indifferently: ¡°If you¡¯re alive, don¡¯t play dead.¡± Ling Chengmu repeated his words before: ¡°Seeing how much fun you are having, I was afraid I¡¯ll affect your movements.¡± Yet before she could finish her words, Qin Ce directly rode over a large pothole on the road ahead of him, and the motorcycle lurched up, nearly throwing LingChengmu off from the sides. And imagine if she really flung away when she still had one hand attached to the handcuffs, she would only end up being dragged by him and her body would slide through the way, probably when they reach their destination, her legs would be torn and worn out. But is Ling Chengmu someone easy to pick on? Of course she¡¯s not. Her reaction speed was extremely good, immediately she used her other free hand to stabilize her body by using his arm as support, while at the same time her nails moved down, leaving five clear blood marks on the back of his hands. ¡­That last act was purely for revenge. The other uncle and Loli combination, did not notice the dark tide of this side, still enjoying their speedy ride and the thrill of cutting zombies. ¡°Bro Chang, are we almost there?¡± ¡°A-Almost¡­t-there, E-Executive Officer Qin¡­w-we¡¯re g-going to¡­¡± Qin Ce answered calmly: ¡°To the steel factory.¡± Surprisingly, the map showed that a very obvious landmark building at the edge of the safe area turned out to be the steel factory they had discussed earlier. ¡°...Roger.¡± Chang Su was deeply ashamed of the speed of his speech. Five minutes later, they arrived at the steel factory. Unfortunately, the front door of the factory was locked from the inside, apparently some players had used it as a base in advance and they were a step late. Wu Shijiu was panicking when she inadvertently turned around and saw the scratch marks on the back of Qin Ce''s hand. She was surprised. ¡°Executive Officer Qin! What happened?¡± Qin Ce¡¯s expression was as cold as an iceberg: ¡°A dog scratched me.¡± Ling Chengmu rolled her eyes. Although she was blindfolded with a tie, and no one could see her eyes, but the murderous aura was as substantial, making Wu Shijiu next to her jolt. ¡°Well¡­guys, calm down.¡± Wu Shijiu changed the topic: ¡°Let¡¯s find out how to get in since the doors are locked.¡± Ling Chengmu answered casually: ¡°Find the windows, tear them down if there¡¯s any, of not we¡¯ll just dismantle the door.¡± In the eyes of this Missy, anything in this world could be dismantled. Chang Su went around the factory with the motorcycle and came back to them very soon later, stutter as he reported the situation: ¡°T-There¡¯s¡­a-a window¡­b-back there, n-nailed by¡­w-wooden strips.¡± ¡°It¡¯s fine.¡± Wu Shijiu waved her hand, ¡°To Sis Cheng, it¡¯s like they used newspaper pastes to nail it down.¡± The four of them reached the back of the factory, where they saw several layers of small containers stacked on top of each other there, just climbing up of it and they¡¯ll be able to reach the third floor, where the nailed window was located. On the top of the containers, a ladder was placed horizontally, the person who climbed up could put the ladder down to meet other teammates. After ten seconds of an unusually hasty discussion, they all agreed that Chang Su could take on this task, the reason is that he was the oldest, the tallest, and looked like a powerful container climber. Chang Su was not good at talking, so he could only agree in silence. But then again, in fact, the skills he obtained in the violent block system after training there in the early years was there, climbing this kind of thing, for him, was really not difficult. It took him less than two minutes to climb to the top of the container and put the ladder down. He took a duffel bag from the supermarket previously, unlike Wu Shijiu, who loaded snacks in it, his was far different. Besides a few bags of bread and water, the rest he added in were pliers, a wrench, a small hammer and other tools. He squatted there as he started to pry the boards nailed to the windows. His expression was so serious it made others who looked at him wanting to give him a thumbs up and praise his professionality. He was so efficient that by the time the other three came to join him, only the last two crossed pieces of the boards were left. Qin Ce weighed his rejection stick in his palm, then suddenly pushed it with force, with a ¡°click¡± crisp sound, the board from the center cracked. Hearing the sound, Ling Chengmu decisively helped with her blind cane, this time the wooden board was completely knocked off, revealing the window leading to the interior of the factory. Curiously, Wu Shijiu leaned in to peek inside. She suddenly froze. ¡°...Fuck.¡± CH 7 Translated by: Milky After Wu Shijiu cursed, Chang Su¡¯s poked his head through the window to check it out of curiosity. And then he was shocked. ¡°E-Eww¡­w-what are they¡­d-doing¡­¡± The lights in the factory were on, even though it¡¯s quite dim, what¡¯s happening inside could still be shown clearly. A group of men and women in strange costumes with distinctly non-mainstream features, wielding various weapons from the factory, were collectively dissecting a zombie, with the blond man in the lead, he hummed as he carried a buzzing chainsaw in his hand. The zombie''s limbs were all cut off, and its head rolled to the side, with its rotten intestines and stomach flowing all over the place. Not only that, but there was also another zombie which seemed to be recently mutated lying in the corner, it struggled through the chains binding on it. What kind of disgusting entertainment is this? They thought it¡¯s a party? But compared to the surprise of Chang Su and Wu Shijiu, Ling Chengmu''s focus was obviously not here, she leaned and turned her head to listen. ¡°It¡¯s a chainsaw¡¯s sound, that¡¯s good.¡± A chainsaw meant there was a possibility to cut the handcuffs. ¡°Sis Cheng, there¡¯s a lot of people.¡± Wu Shijiu reminded her with a low voice: ¡°And they all got the big guys.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t want their big guys, I just want a chainsaw.¡± Wu Shijiu was speechless. OK, why try reasoning about the crisis with this missy? It¡¯s useless. She can easily take the enemy''s head from a hundred meters away, this blind warrior was never afraid of anyone. Wu Shijiu chose to remain silent. The four of them repositioned the ladder down the window frame and climbed in one by one towards the factory floor. At that moment, the group inside the factory was planning to dissect the other zombie for fun as well, but someone inadvertently looked up and happened to see their figures. ¡°What the fuck?! Who is the one sneaking in?!¡± Wu Shijiu¡¯s hands went loose due to shock, incidentally, Chang Su was smashed down with her, acting as a meat cushion, the two fell down the floor together. The handcuffs clattered softly, and Qin Ce and Ling Chengmu got to the ground one after another. The two groups of people stood in their own places staring at each other, only Ling Chengmu looked calm because she could not see. The blond man with the chainsaw has a cockney voice, a speech full of quacking texture sounded as he talked. He scowled at them: ¡°Damn, we nailed all the windows and you guys could still get in, you guys are something!¡± Given that Qin Ce was too lazy to talk, Chang Su was not good at talking, Ling Chengmu had to punch people whenever she talked, so the task of the squad''s diplomat falled on Wu Shijiu''s shoulders. ¡°Since this place is also part of the game¡¯s public area, and you guys are using it, of course we could use it too.¡± She said: ¡°It¡¯s such a big place, can¡¯t we work things out in peace? Dude.¡± One of the male players, who had his hair dyed in green, looked hippy: ¡°Work things out? Sure, but you guys should show some sincerity, right?¡± ¡°And what do you want?¡± ¡°Looking at how cute you are, why don¡¯t you come play with us?¡± Wu Shijiu was so pissed it felt like her two pigtails would stand. She immediately rolled up her sleeves and planned to curse, but this time Chang Su¡¯s actions were faster than her reaction, he stood forward as if he was a wall, his voice loud as bells: ¡°Did you ask, my opinion?¡± The break in his sentence was loud and clear, unlike a stammer, instead, it helped in adding a few deterrent powers within. The green haired guy wasn¡¯t even afraid, he barked back instantly: ¡°Who the fuck are you? Are you two even related or why are you even fucking yelling here?¡± Chang Su glanced at Wu Shijiu, with righteousness, he declared: ¡°I¡¯m her father!¡± When those words came out, even Ling Chengmu and Qin Ce from the back doubted his IQ. Wu Shijiu was just speechless, she lowered her voice to complain: ¡°Can¡¯t you be my brother? Why choose father? Now that¡¯s too much!¡± ¡°B-Being y-your father¡­s-sounds¡­more¡­imposing.¡± Chang Su comforted her, ¡°S-Sorry¡­I-I didn¡¯t think it¡­through, I-I¡¯ll change¡­n-next time.¡± He stared at her with innocent eyes, like a large dog admitting it¡¯s mistake, Wu Shijiu could not say anything more, so she just secretly pinched him on the arm. His brain wasn¡¯t really working, it was like a typical example of a kind-hearted dullard, and how can she bear to haggle over with a dullard like him? Fine then. ¡°That¡¯s right, he is my father. He¡¯s 42 now, just young looking. So what?¡± The green haired guy snickered: ¡°So what if he¡¯s your father? He has to be obedient in our territory, how can he not pay anything if he wants to stay in here to hide from the zombies?¡± At this moment, a male player who looked like a husky- hair dyed in white and blue lenses on his eyes- sounded from behind, his voice sounded greasy disgusting: ¡°Tsk tsk, I think you have to improve your eyesight, that blind woman behind obviously has a better body shape.¡± ¡°That blind woman had half of her face covered, who knew what she really looked like? What if she was disfigured?¡± ¡°What¡¯s the use of looking at her face? What matters is how good it feels when we use it!¡± These two people stood and talked in a whispering posture, yet the volume was about the same as shouting into the speaker, as if they were afraid that others could not hear them. Ling Chengmu¡¯s slender, thin fingers were slowly caressing the tip of the blind cane in circles- this was a precursor to the power she had built up, basically meaning that someone was going to suffer soon. She spoke in the most gentle and deceptive tone, yet what she said were the most dangling words. ¡°Shut up now, talk about that nonsense later. Who had that chainsaw just now? Lend me for a sec.¡± The blond man was puzzled: ¡°Chainsaw? What do you want that for? ¡°Of course, there¡¯s something to cut off.¡± ¡°What is it then?¡± ¡°Your head, do you believe that?¡± He choked for a moment and smiled, not even mad at her words: ¡°Interesting, you have quite a wild temper for a blind woman, I like it.¡± The group of rascals around chattered: ¡°I wonder if she¡¯s still so wild when she takes off her clothes? Hahahahaha.¡± Hearing a soft ¡°click¡± sound, Ling Chengmu twisted her hands, and the sharp blade at the top of the blind cane popped out. She said slowly and methodically, ¡°Since you won''t lend it, I''ll have to rob it then.¡± The group of people were completely unimpressed, and all looked amused, among them a girl with the fried head and lip piercing- as if she thought she looked smart in it- was still sneering. ¡°Oh come on lady, you think you¡¯re the future female warrior just because you attached a spring in your blind cane? You even need people to help you walk, could you stop making us laugh?¡± Ling Chengmu nodded, ¡°Oh.¡± The next second, the sudden stretch of the blind cane burst up so fast it appeared like a silver light, giving the other party a direct hit to the chest. At the same time as the girl was knocked away, the blind cane reversed its direction midway and swung on the heads of the green-haired man and the husky man one after another. Her original target was the blonde guy, but unfortunately these two people were in the middle, they were just unlucky. Fortunately, she also kept her force back, otherwise their brains were probably going to splash out. She kept her blind cane back as she walked close to the blond man, Qin Ce was at her side, obviously preparing to fight too. They didn¡¯t have much thoughts as they¡¯re unwilling to wait any longer, they just wanted to snatch that chainsaw over. When they got that chainsaw, they could cut their handcuffs off, and regain freedom. The group of people started cursing as they rushed over with weapons in hand to fight, Chang Su resolutely took up the duty of covering his teammates, striding in front to block them off. Wu Shijiu wielded the two kitchen knives she had in hand- which she used to fight the zombies before- she decided to act threatening because she knew she wasn¡¯t powerful enough to fight. She shouted with all her might: ¡°You dead weirdos, you think this is your family¡¯s factory?! Who gave you the face to act so?!¡± The two sides have not yet formally clashed, and with her loud shouting, a sudden shocking sound appeared from a distance, it was a deafening sound of loud blast. The time was up, the system had begun to bombard the danger zones. Between the safe zone and the danger zone, it seemed to be as if there was an invisible shield. Once you¡¯re in the safe zones, even if where you were was near the danger zone, the player would still be safe, on the other hand, the player would die under the blasting. Now that was quite a luck challenge, not all players had maps, and not all would be able to find transport, there were even some who got assigned to the edge of the city at the beginning of the game, they had no way to escape the danger zone in the allotted time. The ¡°Hunting¡± System was obviously cruel. The abandoned factory was very close to the bombing area, the sound of the explosion was a strong noise that immediately attracted hundreds of zombies within a radius of hundreds of meters, showing out their bloody teeth and claws as they rushed towards the building. On the other hand, the group fight in the factory was still ongoing. Chang Su fought against 10 alone and was focusing on viciously hitting a purple foiled hair perm young man, because he was the one who kicked Wu Shijiu just now. Wand Wu Shijiu was confronting the purple-haired guy¡¯s girlfriend, who was the one who had a fried head and lip piercing. ¡°You better not be so cocky, my knives are blind when I use them, just because I don¡¯t want to cut others don¡¯t mean I don¡¯t dare to do so!¡± The lip-pierced girl held a metal rod in her hand and spitted contemptuously: ¡°See those thin hands and legs, don¡¯t boast! So now your father¡¯s planning on taking it on my man? Guess I¡¯ll get rid of you then!¡± ¡°...Fuck! I was too nice to you!¡± Wu Shijiu was pissed off, ¡°Come on, let¡¯s see who¡¯s the one dying then!¡± They were fighting hard there, yet on the other side, Ling Chengmu and Qin Ce finished the blonde guy very soon. Qin Ce was checking on the chainsaw as Ling Chengmu stepped the blonde guy under her feet. ¡°Sorry for all that.¡± Ling Chengmu¡¯s tone was calm and unhurried, seemingly communicative, but actually intimidating, ¡°I suggest you to not move and lie quietly for a while, lest this chainsaw suddenly start and cut you into two pieces or something, it¡¯ll be polluting the environment.¡± The blonde guy was speechless. This was fucking fucked up. Ling Chengmu¡¯s hearing was extremely good, even under such a noisy environment, she could still hear the vague roaring sound of zombies coming from that third floor window. She raised her volume: ¡°Bro Chang!¡± It was rare how she called him in such a way, which made Chang Su quite overwhelmed: ¡°W-What¡¯s¡­w-wrong?¡± ¡°Climb up and block that window.¡± Chang Su turned to take a glance: ¡°W-We just d-dismantle it, n-nailing it¡­a-again¡­w-we¡­m-might not make it¡­¡± Though he said those words, he thought that a window wide open was dangerous too, so he decided to climb up the ladder and check it out. Yet who knew that purple-haired guy was a poor loser, seeing Chang Su leaving, his evil mindset was inclined towards his guts, he casually grabbed the wrench that fell next to him and gritted his teeth, following Chang Su from behind. On the way he¡¯s doing it, it was obvious he wanted to mount a sneak attack. Wu Shijiu noticed that something was wrong and quickly warned: ¡°Bro Chang! Careful! Behind you!¡± But it turns out that Chang Su need not be careful of what was behind him, it was the thing in front of him. He looked up, only for a moment dazed, then decisively turned around and ran back with his long legs, quickly bypassing the purple-haired guy like he was in a 100 meters sprint. The purple-haired guy hadn''t even lifted the wrench to act and was then confused. Then he felt something heavy smashed in front of him. ¡­It was a zombie falling down from the window. Soon, there were more zombies, one after another, leaping down from the window. And outside the factory gates, there was also a sudden violent crashing sound. There was another group of zombies there, waiting to break in.