Chapter 412 - Chapter 412: Chapter 188: Distress Message_2

Chapter 412: Chapter 188: Distress Message_2

“Brother, rest assured, this is a homemade bomb we frequently use. The amount of explosives has been reduced, so the noise isn’t very loud; it won’t attract too many zombies! Plus, you don’t need to go there; it can be detonated from outside a certain range! As for the remote controller, it is in the milk tea shop across from the convenience store…”

Upon hearing this, Wang Tao immediately frowned.

“You don’t carry these things with you? Instead, you deliberately put it outside? It’s bad enough to leave it outside; why would you keep the remote controller and homemade bomb separate?”

Wang Tao couldn’t shake the feeling that it was like they were waiting for him… This was reality, not a game; were there really NPCs assigned to give out missions?

Nie Siyan seemed a bit amused and exasperated upon hearing this.

“Brother, it’s because we are very cautious! It’s just giving ourselves a bit more room to maneuver. That’s how all the survivors here operate! You… you aren’t from around here, are you?”

“…” Wang Tao didn’t answer her. He paused before saying, “Alright then, I’ll consider it…”

After speaking, Wang Tao turned off the walkie-talkie, giving no chance for the other party to continue talking.

Then Wang Tao looked to Jiang Shixue and Xu Xiaojun.

“What do you guys think?”

“I don’t know, I’ll follow brother’s lead.”

Jiang Shixue quickly shook her head.

“I think… we can go rescue people. But I’ll listen to you, Brother Wang.”

Xu Xiaojun scratched his head.

“…”

Wang Tao covered his face, speechless. He hadn’t been asking whether they should go or not, but rather about how much of Nie Siyan’s words were credible… But Jiang Shixue and Xu Xiaojun, one a dimwit and the other single-minded, asking them was pointless.

As for whether to go or not, that was definitely happening. He had to find out the current situation in Zijing City from this woman.

Wang Tao took out a map and carefully checked the location of Haochen Hotel. It was about three kilometers away from Wang Tao’s current location.

Wang Tao also remembered the surrounding buildings of the Haochen Hotel. The map did not show the location of the convenience store. After all, it was a paper map, which couldn’t possibly be updated in real-time. However, Wang Tao had determined the approximate position of the convenience store…

“Let’s go here.”

Wang Tao pointed to a location and said.

This was a small shopping mall, which had a perfect view of the Haochen Hotel.

Entering the city, Wang Tao didn’t dare to drive too quickly, since there were many more zombies in the city. Fortunately, his car was quite good. Although it was a gasoline car, as long as he didn’t slam on the gas pedal, the noise was relatively quiet.

“Big cities are really different!”

On the way to the shopping mall, Wang Tao couldn’t help but sigh.

In Shuize County or other small cities he had been to before, there weren’t always zombies on the road. With good luck, it was even possible to encounter none at all.

But Zijing City was different. From the moment he entered Zijing City, he had already encountered many zombies. Now, as he drove deeper into the city, the number of zombies on the road increased.

Stealthily reaching the mall was impossible, so Wang Tao had Xu Xiaojun slow down. Wang Tao and Xu Xiaojun then released Shockwaves through the windows.

Most were Ordinary zombies, easily killed instantly.

Occasionally, they would come across Level 1 Elite Zombies, and Xu Xiaojun would get out of the car to deal with them, considering they possessed Crystal Cores, which couldn’t be wasted.

After spending some time, Wang Tao and his group finally reached the small shopping mall.

The exterior wall of the mall was covered with green plants, and the exposed wall paint was also very old and corroded. There were some large holes in places, as if they had been blown up by shells.

Wang Tao drove up to the entrance of the mall, where the door was also covered with plants, and many plants obscured the windows, leaving the mall dark inside.

However, Wang Tao and Jiang Shixue had night vision, making it no problem for them. Wang Tao had Xu Xiaojun drive while he and Jiang Shixue went ahead to scout.

“It’s safe…”

“This area is also safe…”

The two quickly surveyed the first floor of the mall, finding nothing dangerous beyond some Ordinary zombies.

Parking the car in a shaded area, the three of them went upstairs together.

The mall wasn’t large, but it wasn’t short either, with a total of six floors. After some time, Wang Tao and his companions had searched the entire place.

“Such a large mall, and not even a single Level 2 Zombie…”

Wang Tao was somewhat disappointed.

In such dark environments, zombies should have been more attracted. Yet, although there were quite a few zombies inside, they were all Ordinary. The few Level 1 Elite Zombies they encountered were easily handled by Xu Xiaojun.

“Forget it, let’s take a look at the Haochen Hotel first…”

Wang Tao went upstairs, from where he could see the Haochen Hotel not far away.

The Haochen Hotel, like the small mall, was old and overgrown with plants.

Wang Tao observed for a while and didn’t spot any survivors or villains. However, if they were always hiding inside, Wang Tao wouldn’t be able to see them.

Wang Tao decided to wait a day first, to see if there was any movement there.

He had also located the positions of the convenience store and the milk tea shop. But he wasn’t interested in either the food or the homemade bombs, so he just paid them a little attention.

…

Inside the president suite on the top floor of Haochen Hotel.

“Why hasn’t she contacted me yet!”

A woman with heavy makeup, dressed in a seductive tight leather outfit, with an explosive figure and shoulder-length hair, stood in front of a window holding a walkie-talkie, her eyebrows deeply furrowed.

“It’s been several hours since the last communique; even if she’s considering, she should have made a decision by now… Could it be that they’ve been discovered?”