Chapter 250 - Harvesting the Loot

Chapter 250 Harvesting the Loot

Ye Yifan furrowed his brows and widened the distance between him and Li Xianxian without a change in his expression. His voice was calm and there was no fluctuation in his tone. “I have to get moving.”

Hearing that, Li Xianxian’s tears-ruined face froze instantly, as if his cold attitude towards her was completely unexpected.

At the next second, she wrapped her hands tightly around Ye Yifan’s arm and asked earnestly, “Yifan, where are you going? I’ll go with you.”

As she said so, she swept her glance across Tang Xia and Jiang Yu, with her intentions unclear. There was a slight contempt in her gaze. She did not believe that Ye Yifan would team up with them and yet not bring her along.

Ye Yifan looked at Tang Xia. He hesitated for a moment and did not say a word. Li Xianxian tugged on his arm, as if she wanted to say some more. A cold snort came from behind her. It was the streamer that was with Li Xianxian in the past, Lu Huanyu.

“Li Xianxian, don’t forget what you promised me.” Lu Huanyu’s eyes swept across Li Xianxian and Ye Yifan unpleasantly. There was a tint of warning in his tone.

Hearing his voice, Li Xianxian froze. Her eyes moved left and right, as if she was trying to weigh something. Lu Huanyu saw that she was hesitating and snorted in dissatisfaction before he headed in another direction.

When Li Xianxian saw this, she then made up his mind and stomped her foot. She forced a smile at Ye Yifan. “Yifan, we’ll have the chance to see each other again.”

After saying that, she did not wait for Ye Yifan to answer and quickly followed behind Lu Huanyu’s footsteps.

“I feel that the atmosphere between Li Xianxian and Lu Huanyu seems a bit strange.” After Li Xianxian and Lu Huanyu left, Jiang Yu came up to them with a mysterious look on her face. Her gaze looked as if she had seen it all.

“What’s weird?” Tang Xia asked curiously as she also entered deep thoughts while looking at Li Xianxian and Lu Huanyu’s back views.

Jiang Yu shrugged her shoulders. “I don’t know, intuition.”

Tang Xia rolled her eyes. She might as well have said nothing! The two girls fussed over the situation for a while and only remembered that they were in a rush when they heard Ye Yifan’s reminder filled with helplessness.

Due to the delays, when the three people arrived at West Town, it was already evening. West Town was an old city area. The streets were narrow and there were many houses that layered above one another by the roadside.

The mission description only gave them a rough scope. They had to search for the specific address on their own. Tang Xia looked at the dull sky and suggested, “Why not we split up to search for it?”

Ye Yifan had yet to express his opinion when Jiang Yu quickly tightened her grip on Tang Xia. “No! It’s better if we stick together!”

“Are you scared again?”

Tang Xiu looked at Jiang Yu suspiciously only to see her looking around at high alert. She might as well have written the word ‘scared’ on her face. There was a tint of helplessness in Tang Xia’s voice as she said, “Yesterday at the shooting range in the police station, who was the one who said that she was not afraid of zombies anymore?”

Jiang Yu’s face turned red from embarrassment, yet she was still stubborn and did not want to admit. “I’m not scared, I’m just worried that you guys might be in danger!”

Before she could finish her sentence, a sorrowful scream of a cat came from the rubbish cans near them. Jiang Yu immediately let out a scream and buried herself in Tang Xia’s embrace.

Tang Xia glanced at her helplessly. That was what she called ‘not scared’? As if she could her hear voice, Jiang Yu quickly poked her head out. “No!”

Tang Xia lost to her completely. She turning her gaze towards Ye Yifan to ask what he thinks. Ye Yifan muttered to himself a bit and said, “It doesn’t look peaceful here. To be safe, let’s stay together, like what Jiang Yu said.”

This time around, Jiang Yu quickly raised her hand enthusiastically. “I agree!”

Just like that, the trio started searching in the vicinity together. The run-down houses looked extra creepy in the evening. Jiang Yu held on tightly to Tang Xia’s arm and refused to let go. At the start, Tang Xia was still uncomfortable, but eventually, she gave in to her.

“Do you guys hear anything?” Jiang Yu suddenly stopped in her tracks after passing by a block. She tried to listen carefully.

Tang Xia followed her and stopped as well. However, she only heard the cries of stray cats. She replied disdainfully, “It’s just cats.” While saying so, Tang Xia prepared to enter the next block to continue searching.

“It’s not cats. There’s really something. I think it’s coming from the house by the side.” Jiang Yu stopped in her tracks and listened for a while before saying to Tang Xia stubbornly.

Tang Xia saw that she was being serious, and also quietened down to listen carefully. Indeed, there was a faint cry coming from a house not far away. Tang Xia’s face fell and she became serious.

“It’s there!”

After the trio confirmed the source of the sound, they walked into the house together.

“Be careful.” Ye Yifan walked in front and observed the environment while watching out for the two girls. Tang Xia and Jiang Yu nodded. The pistols that they got from the police station were already in their hands as protection.

Ye Yifan pushed the old door open and a rotten stench filled up their noses instantly. The trio slowed down and made their way cautiously into the house.

As they got closer to the house, the crying became clearer. It was even filled with strange scratching sounds. It felt as if there was an unusual danger hidden in the dim environment.

“The cry is coming from upstairs.”

Ye Yifan listened carefully and concluded. He led the two girls upstairs. Tang Xia saw that the house was dimly lit, causing them to be unable to see clearly, so she took out torchlights from her backpack. However, she had unknowingly left the group.

Tang Xia turned on the torchlight and was about to re-join the group when a black shadow suddenly burst out from the room next to her. It was so powerful, bringing Tang Xia down in an instant. Her torchlight and backpack rolled over to the side.

“Zombies!” Tang Xia’s face turned pale and she instantly called out to her two companions. When she took out the torchlight, she had put the pistol back into her backpack first. Now, she had nothing to defend herself.

Ye Yifan heard the commotion and quickly turned back. Seeing the zombie biting towards Tang Xia with its bloody mouth opened wide, he hurriedly went forward and kicked it away.

The zombie was tenacious. This kick could do nothing to hurt it. It quickly climbed up from the ground and roared as it charged towards Ye Yifan and Tang Xia.

“Boom!”

A gunshot was heard. The bullet ran through its eye sockets, causing its brain to explode. The zombie swayed for a bit before falling to the ground. It lost its threat completely.

Jiang Yu was standing behind it, holding onto her pistol and having her eyes shut tightly. Her hands were still trembling slightly. She heard the gunshot but did not dare to open her eyes. With a trembling voice, she asked Tang Xia, “Is it dead?”

Tang Xia was shocked to see such a scene. She went up to give the zombie a kick. After ensuring that it was not moving anymore, she went to pat Jiang Yu’s shoulder excitedly. “It’s 100% dead!” This shot is so timely! ”

Jiang Yu opened her eyes slowly and saw an excited Tang Xia with her thumbs up. “Not bad! You killed a zombie in your first shot!”

“Haha, now do you know how amazing I am?”

Jiang Yu raised her hand to wipe away the cold sweat on her forehead and smiled at Tang Xia. Her face was still a little pale. She was too embarrassed to tell Tang Xia that she was actually scared out of her mind earlier but seeing how critical the situation was, she had no choice but to fire the shot.

Fortunately, the zombie problem was solved smoothly. Jiang Yu patted her chest and there was still lingering fear in her eyes.

“It was great, it was great.” Tang Xia’s life had just been saved, so she cooperated and complimented her. The trio took a little break before heading upstairs. In order to prevent running into zombies again, this time round, all of them held onto their pistols.

Indeed, when they got upstairs, they faced the attack of several zombies. But with their experience from earlier on, they seemed to take it calmly.

Tang Xia and Ye Yifan gradually entered the state while Jiang Yu also gradually overcame her fear. The trio cooperated with each other and took care of all the zombies in no time.

After eliminating the zombies’ threat, the trio followed the cry and found a small girl in a room in the corner. She was probably a NPC.

When the little girl saw the three people, she stopped crying immediately. She said her thanks and passed them a simple wooden box.

“Wishing you guys good luck.” The little girl gave them a mysterious smile and then disappeared right in front of their eyes.

Tang Xia took over the wooden box. It’s exterior was simple and there was nothing special about it. She stretched out her hand to open it. At this moment, Ye Yifan looked outside the window and saw that the sky had become completely dark. His face became solemn and he urged, “There’s no time, let’s open it when we go back.”

There were faint roaring sounds in the darkness. The zombies had probably come out. They were not left with many bullets. They did not know how many zombies they would encounter if they stay here. They have to return to the vault first.

“OK.” Tang Xia did not hesitate after hearing his suggestion. After keeping the wooden box, the trio hurried their way back into their darkness.

The moment they stepped foot outside, they were faced with a bunch of zombies. They took a while to eliminate them. Once again, the faint sound of zombies came from not far away. They were aiming for the trio.

“We can’t go on like this. We will run out of bullets before we reach the vault.” Ye Yifan looked at the remaining bullets and his face became more solemn. He turned towards Tang Xia and Jiang Yu, saying, “Try to avoid conflicts with big groups of zombies.”

Tang Xia and Jiang Yu nodded. They turned off their torchlights and with the help of the darkness of the night, they became more cautious and managed to avoid some of the zombies’ attacks.

Fortunately, luck was on their side. They found an off-road vehicle by the roadside. In order to get onto the car successfully, they came face to face with another bunch of zombies. Luckily, they managed to eliminate them with the remaining bullets.

“We’re finally back.” Jiang Yu said emotionally as they returned back to the vault. She sat down directly. She had already lost count of how many zombies she had killed the whole day.

Sitting down beside her, Tang Xia and Ye Yifan also did the same. Although the system gave them some boosters, they still used up a lot of energy to counter the countless zombies.

The trio rested for a while and took out compressed biscuits and water to replenish energy. Tang Xia remembered the small wooden box the little girl gave to them and quickly took it out.

“Luckily we still have a trophy. It’s not an empty trip.” Tang Xia took out the wooden box. Jiang Yu and Ye Yifan heard her and cast their curious gaze towards it. They were very curious as to what was in the box.

As the wooden box was opened slowly, a piece of paper appeared before their eyes slowly.