CH 139

Chapter 139 - Ticking bomb scenario (1)

"It's just a cellar. Where's there to see? Are you done?" Lu Xingchi asked from behind her.

Bei Nuan nodded and left the courtyard.

Lu Xingchi followed her. Before leaving, he swept his gaze over the abandoned courtyard again. He had come here to find the person hiding in the cellar, but he hadn't found him. According to the requirements of the system, he had to follow the route from his previous life.

The system's requirements weren't strict. He didn't have to retrace every step. He only had to check in at the key locations given by the system. Moreover, he had to stay in each of the places, and the duration couldn't be shorter than his past life. So, even if he didn't have to bring Xiao Ji home, he had to check in at Yao Town and stay on the mountain for a few days.

In his last life, the Bei Nuan from then had rushed to protect the Luo family's second son and had gotten seriously injured.  They had stayed here for a few days, so she could recuperate.

Lu Xingchi had carefully calculated the time and found out that they had gone up on the mountain on the same day as his last life. The infected oldest son of the Luo family had already entered the town, and something bad would happen soon.

The first thing he had done after leaving the group was to try to find him in the abandoned house's cellar. But when he went there, the cellar was empty.

His timing was right, but the man in the cellar had miraculously disappeared.

Lu Xingchi couldn't accept that, so he simply searched all of the nearby abandoned houses. He didn't find any traces.

By the time he had finished his circuit, returned to the first abandoned house, and searched everywhere again, Bei Nuan had come.

Yao Town was such a big place. It was too much of a coincidence that she had come here too.

Bei Nuan didn't know about the twists and turns in Lu Xingchi's mind. She told him about the meeting at the top of the mountain.

"Should we leave?" Bei Nuan asked Lu Xingchi. It was too risky to stay here if she couldn't find the infected person.

Yao Town was densely populated. More importantly, there was only a path down the mountain. The narrow and steep staircase was hard to walk. Even with Lu Xingchi, it would take a lot of effort to break through the soon-to-be-zombies.

A moment of inattention and someone might get injured.

Bei Nuan looked up at Lu Xingchi and seriously suggested, "Let's go to the top of the mountain, get Du Ruo and find Jiang Fei and Tang Tang together."

Bei Nuan paused, thought it over, and added, "Let's bring Xiao Ji's family with us. We can decide on what to do next after descending the mountain."

As for the other people in the town, it would depend on their fate. This really wasn't something a holy mother would say.

Bei Nuan wasn't in the mood to raise her holy mother value. She just wanted to bring her friends down the mountain.

Lu Xingchi looked down at her and suddenly smiled. He ruffled her hair and said, "You don't have to be that scared. Let's go to the top of the mountain, check out the situation, and decide then.

Bei Nuan could only follow him. She was extremely worried. According to the novel, the group of searchers found the oldest son of the Luo family when the townspeople were torturing the second son of the Luo family.

However, the oldest son of the Luo family was gone. They wouldn't find him there. Perhaps, even with the plot diverging, it would still go back on course. They might just find him in another spot. She could only hope so.

When they got back, everything was still normal at the top of the mountain. The meeting was still in progress.

Du Ruo was watching the meeting with relish. It would be even better if he had melon seeds to snack on. And even more fortunately, Jiang Fei and Tang Tang were also there. The team had retunited, and there was big boss Lu. Bei Nuan felt much better.

Bei Nuan took out the crossbow and spikes from her pocket space and quietly offered them to Lu Xingchi. "Just in case."

Although he could shoot spikes without a crossbow, she knew that he was used to using the crossbow to hide his ability.

Lu Xingchi smiled and took them.

Jiang Fei always had his daggers hidden on him, so Bei Nuan didn't have to worry about that.

Du Ruo opened his mouth, and Bei Nuan rushed to say, "I'm not giving you that weapon. You don't want everyone to stop the meeting to stare at you, right?"

His cosplay weapon was too much.

The townspeople continued their meeting, and there was soon a new development.