109 Who’s ‘Chief’?

The two vehicles stopped about a mile away from where Du Yuanxing and his team were. No one came out of the vehicles. Instead, some people in the car were talking via interphones.

"Go and see what they're doing. Remember to hide. Don't alert the enemy or let them run."

"Copy!"

"Let's go!"

"Yes, sir!"

At that moment, Du Yuanxing and Long Qingying, who were brought to the hotel room by Lin Qiao, had no idea that some enemies were coming for them quietly. They were still waiting for their seven teammates to wake up. 

Before long, a small squad of soldiers in camouflage clothes and mufflers on their guns were scouting the surrounding area while avoiding the ordinary zombies nearby. When they found some zombies that were hard to dodge, they'd blow their heads with bullets.

Soon, following the dead bodies of zombies which piled on the road, they found the spot where Du Yuanxing and his team were saved by Lin Qiao. Next, they checked the surrounding environment and the dead zombies in that area, including the big-headed zombie which was killed by Lin Qiao with one single claw movement. 

"It was a level-four spirit-powered zombie," the squad leader pointed at the dead big-headed zombie and said. 

"Captain, how did you know that?" A soldier beside him asked out of curiosity. 

"I heard from others that high-level spirit-powered zombies are all short and big-headed. Look at its body! It seems that it was the combination of two zombies. I heard that this kind of zombies can't move quickly, so they always disable their targets from moving with long-range attacks first, then show up, bite their targets to death, and eat them. But, this kind of spirit-powered zombies are scarce, so their nuclei are precious." 

"Did Du Yuanxing and his people kill it? Eh? Wasn't their target the wind-powered zombie? How come it became a spirit-powered one?"

"I think some unexpected changes have happened. It seems that they've already gotten the zombie nucleus. Perhaps, the wind-powered zombie has already been killed by this spirit-powered one. After all, two high-level zombies can never show up in the same place at the same time." 

"I see!"

"Alright, cut the crap. Let's go find out where did they go. The mission is our top priority."

"Copy!"

After checking around, this squad of soldiers headed to the surrounding areas to look for more leads. Since they had confirmed that Du Yuanxing and his team have been in this place not long ago, they believed that their targets were still nearby. 

Du Yuanxing and Long Qingying failed to discover that some people were approaching them. However, the invisible Lin Qiao, who was in the room, and Qiu Lili, who was on the roof, had both sensed the scents of another group of human beings. 

Without a doubt, only zombies could sense the scents of human beings so quickly. Some creatures were able to hide their vibes, but no creature could hide their scents. 

Besides, Lin Qiao's sense of smell was already sharper than that of dogs by many times over. Therefore, even though the window was closed, she still sensed those newcomers. 

She raised her head and gently moved to the window side, then put her nose near the gap between window glasses to sense the scents more clearly. 

She knitted her brows, as she didn't know who those newcomers were. Earlier on, she had put Du Yuanxing's car downstairs for them to use after waking up; but now, she was afraid that it might be discovered soon. 

As she had thought, the scents and the vibes of the newcomers soon began getting closer. 

At that moment, Du Yuanxing still knew nothing about that. He looked at Long Qingying's grim face and couldn't help but say to her, "I know you're close with Chief's little sister. But, since you care so much about her, why didn't you go with them? You're not weak, so you're able to help them on the way. Isn't that true?"

Hearing his words, Long Qingying only raised her head to give him a glance, then turned her eyes to a corner without saying anything. 

In fact, she did plan to go with them. However, Lin Wenwen didn't let her go, because the journey was too dangerous, and she didn't want her to get involved. 

Du Yuanxing thought for a moment, then continued, "It's not because that Lin Wenwen didn't let you go, is it? The number of enemies is huge, and all of them are pretty strong. I heard that a level-six powerful being from the Earth Dragon Base is helping them. Including Yang Jianhua, that'd be two level-six people. You two were so close, so I guess she didn't want you to get involved in, right?"

Hearing Lin Wenwen's name, Lin Qiao, who was standing by the window, immediately turned her head back. 

Chief's sister? Lin Wenwen? The name of Lin Qiao's little sister was Lin Wenwen. If this Lin Wenwen was with Lin Feng, then she must be Lin Qiao's sister. According to Du Yuanxing, Lin Feng was 'Captain', but he hadn't mentioned the name of 'Chief' yet. So, who was this 'Chief'?

Lin Wenwen was the third children of her family, which meant that she was the younger sister of two people—Lin Feng and Lin Qiao. 

And, Lin Qiao didn't know Long Qingying, so she guessed that Lin Wenwen met her after the apocalypse and became friends with her.

Based on what Du Yuanxing said, Lin Wenwen was Chief's little sister, but Lin Feng wasn't 'Chief', which meant…

Suddenly, Lin Qiao began wondering if the Hades Base used to have a person named Lin Qiao, and would she be the murdered 'Chief'. 

Du Yuanxing had mentioned before that except for 'Chief', Lin Feng and all his family members were still alive. Lin Qiao felt that she should have asked him about who 'Chief' was, and how did she die. And, Long Qingying had accused Du Yuanxing of selling 'Chief's family because of a zombie nucleus. By 'family', she was talking about Lin Feng and the others. So, who on earth was 'Chief'. 

Was the truth really what she thought it was? Was 'Chief' another Lin Qiao? Her other self?

The more Lin Qiao heard from Du Yuanxing and Long Qingying, the more questions she had. 

She now knew that Lin Feng and her other family members were heading to Sea City. If she started moving in the same direction right now, she might be able to catch up with them soon. Even though locating Lin Feng and the others might be a little difficult for her, finding the ones who had been chasing them would be easy. After locating those people, she would be able to find her family soon. 

However, she now felt that it was important for her to figure out who 'Chief' was. She wanted to know if 'Chief' was another Lin Qiao, as that idea made her feel extremely strange! But at the same time, she also felt that she should start catching up with her family, who were highly important to her as well.

She needed to make a choice as soon as possible. Perhaps, she should show her face and ask Du Yuanxing and Long Qingying about 'Chief's name. 

But at that moment, the suspicious newcomers seemed to have found out that Long Qingying and her teammates were here, as they had started surrounding this area. 

Long Qingying didn't give Du Yuanxing any response. Right at that time, one among the people lying on beds woke up. 

"Em… My head hurts! This place? Eh, where is this place? Captain, why are we in a… hotel suite?" Cai Hongqing, who had just woken up, sat up with a headache, then looked around and asked.