CH 9

As the two of them were talking, a gray-skinned figure suddenly rushed out in front of them. Hao Jian didn’t know when she already had the crowbar in her hand and simply swung her hand reflexively.

The tip of the crowbar immediately penetrated the head and at the same time Lian Ru Ning yelled “Ah!” She looked pale as she watched Hao Jian pulled the crowbar out of the zombie’s head which was already half destroyed, and wiped it on the zombie’s clothes.

Hao Jian’s movements were so fast that she hadn’t reacted to Lian Ru Ning’s scream. As she recovered, she quickly covered her mouth and looked around in horror.

“A zombie has been killed, experience gained: +5; points gained: +10” The system prompt sounded.

Hao Jian exhaled, fortunately she was able to take out the crowbar from the system and responded quickly enough.

“It’s not just Hao Fang who owns a car in the village.” Hao Jian said.

Before Lian Ru Ning could relax, she looked at the crowbar, “Where did you get the crowbar?”

“I picked it up from the corner just now.” Hao Jian lied casually.

Lian Ru Ning didn’t think much of it, after all, they ran in a hurry and were walking roaming absent-mindedly just now, so it wasn’t surprising that she didn’t see Hao Jian pick up the crowbar.

“Let’s go, Hao Quan and the others will chase us once they fin out that we ran away.” Hao Jian gripped the crowbar in her hands, ready to counterattack at any time.

Lian Ru Ning hurriedly followed Hao Jian’s pace, and the two of them shortly arrived near the Hao’s ancestral hall in the village. They looked at the car parked on the side of the open space, and their hearts were slightly excited. The only problem was that, how can they drive away without the key?

Hao Jian looked in front of the cars for a while, recalling the skills she had learned in her mind. But as she thought for a long while, she wasn’t able to remember anyone teaching her some car stealing skills. She thought to herself,

That’s right, not everyone is as careless as Hao Fang, leaving the key hanging in the ignition inside the car.

Just thinking about it, Lian Ru Ning excitedly pointed to a lady’s motorcycle with a bunch of keys hanging on it.

Although it was much worse than expected, it was still better than walking. Hao Jian was about to start the motorcycle when Lian Ru Ning suddenly felt embarrassed and asked, “Are we stealing this?”

“. . .” Hao Jian’s words were stuck to her throat and she suddenly felt the guilt, enough to make her want to leave the village on foot.

Suddenly, Hao Jian’s sensitive ears picked up a zombie-like cry. She quickly pulled Lian Ru Ning to the wall outside the ancestral hall and leaned against it, carefully listening to their surroundings for any movement. She saw a female zombie swaying from the back of the car. After the zombie spotting them, it became excited and rushed towards the two.

Lian Ru Ning tried to flee from the wall while Hao Jian gritted her teeth and lifted the crowbar and hit the zombie head on. Hao Jian’s attack hit the female zombie’s neck, it fell on the ground and quickly struggled to get up without minding the pain. Hao Jian didn’t let go of the opportunity and knocked on the zombie’s forehead decisively.

She almost exhausted all the strength in her body as she knocked the zombie’s head before finally destroying its brain. Hao Jian was already out of breath. She then pulled Lian Ru Ning and stopped feeling guilty about stealing and drove away.

Lain Ru Ning came back to her senses, clutching Hao Jian’s backpack tightly while paying attention to their surroundings for movements. After seeing Hao Jian beating zombies twice, she realized she can’t always rely on others, she also has to learn to defend herself. It is better to go back to South City to find her family after separating from Hao Jian!

“This motorcycle belonged to the zombie, now that it’s dead, it technically has no owner now.” Hao Jian suddenly said.

“Such a coincidence?!” Lian Ru Ning said with emotion.

Hao Jian thought to herself,

If it weren’t for the fear that you would struggle with this, I wouldn’t have to lie. God knows who owns this motorcycle!

“A zombie has been killed, experience gained: +5; points gained: +10”

Hao Jian remembered the system’s words in her mind and was calculating again,

There is still a big difference between games and reality. It’s okay to deal with a single zombie head on, but more zombies will be difficult.

“Hey, Hao Jian stole a car and ran away!” Someone started yelling. Lian Ru Ning turned her head and saw that it was the people who broke into Hao Jian’s house chasing them/

However, Hao Jian didn’t stop, but instead increased her speed and drive the motorcycle to forty yards and left those people behind. After leaving the village, on a flat road, the speed rose to fifty yards, driving fast.

Lian Ru Ning that the road they took wasn’t the one they used when they entered the village, but she didn’t question it. After all, it’s normal for a village to have more than one entrance.

The two temporarily escaped from the village. The problem now is that if they want to go to the county or city, the zombies they will encounter won’t be as few as in the village. Hao Jian was driving while thinking about how to deal with it.

At this time, the sun was already out. The warm sun shone down on the two of them, bringing traces of heat and they felt that it was still summer.

There are dense green trees on both sides of the road. Without a gust of wind, these trees seem to be still and the silence was frightening.

It seems that Lian Ru Ning still wasn’t able to recover. All she knew was that she was attending a summer camp. How did it turn out to be the end of the world when she came out of the mountain?

Unlike the two who walked all the way out, there were many cars pulling a large car and people escaping into the mountains. They looked at the two people as if they were looking at fools. But they didn’t want to stop and remind them that it’s the end of the world. They were already busy enough to care about their own lives, why would they care about others?

The more one one went towards the county and city, the more people and cars headed to the village in the mountains. When Hao Jian passed by the county clinic, she saw a large blood stain on the glass door, not to mention the chaos outside.

The supermarkets in the county were robbed. There are children crying, women screaming, and men fighting. It is very chaotic. Hao Jian turned to Lian Ru Ning and said, “Does it look like there are zombies around?”

“Yes.”

“Actually, they are all human beings.” Hao Jian didn’t get involved. In order to avoid being accidentally injured, she detoured from the small road in front and went behind the houses that leads to another road.

The warning light of their vehicle indicated that it was out of gas was blinking for a long time now, and at this time, it was completely out of gas and wouldn’t move. Lian Ru Ning said to Hao Jian, “Thank you for sending me here, I will get a car and go back by myself!”

She knew that the city would be a hundred times more chaotic than the county. She couldn’t risk Hao Jian. After all, with Hao Jian’s wit and ability, she has many ways to survive.

Hao Jian looked at her speechlessly, thinking that if they hadn’t met, or if she didn’t give in by the system’s temptation to make Lian Ru Ning her soul mate then it would only take minutes for her to leave. Now that the two of them were bound together, even if she didn’t really care about her, the system wouldn’t allow it.

“Congratulations to the host for triggering the activation conditions for the main quest. Please complete the main quest’s first mission: Send soul mate Lian Ru Ning to Southern City.”

“Tell me in advance and not leave me guessing!” Hao Jian helped her, and now she has to figure out the tasks by herself!

“What?” Lian Ru Ning couldn’t understand why she suddenly say that.

Only then did Hao Jian realize that she had accidentally say what she thought out loud. She calmed herself down and said, “I also have to go back to Southern City, let’s go together!”

“Huh?”

“I originally work in Southern City, and I came back because I wanted to pay respects to my mother. Anyway, now that I have finished paying my respects, I have to go back to Southern City because I still have some things there and I need to go back and get them.” Hao Jian casually spurred a reason.

Lian Ru Ning was dubious, and suddenly remembered Hao Jian’s weird behavior when she confessed three times in a row earlier, wondering if Hao Jian really did fall in love with herself at first sight? Thinking about it, she glanced at Hao Jian secretly and found that she was quite good-looking. She’s tall and has round face, beautiful eyes, and well balanced facial features that was much better than most faces.

Hao Jian slightly frowned when Lian Ru Ning kept staring at her. Could it be that her reason was too lame and Lian Ru Ning found her out?

If it weren’t for the few people who suddenly rushed out from the side, they would have looked at each other for a long time.

The few people who jumped out of the small road originally grabbed food from the supermarket and planned to take them home. When they saw two young girls on the road who exuded the youth of being students, they couldn’t help but look at each other. It’s so chaotic right now, so if they take the girls back, the police won’t have time for them right?!

The several people who had the same thought deliberately looked at each other’s eyes and acted together in tune.

Hao Jian turned her head and looked at them coldly, she didn’t bother to hide the crowbar in her hand. She hid Lian Ru Ning behind her and whispered, “Pretend to be injured when it becomes necessary.”

Hao Jian didn’t pretend to be hurt but Lian Ru Ning nodded in response and observed the people in front of them again.

“What are you two little girls doing here? It’s dangerous outside, so come with us in out house to hide first!” Someone offered as the other people laughed.

“Danger?” Hao Jian slightly smiled, pointing the crowbar at them.

When several people saw the blood on the crowbar, their hearts dropped as their eyes widened, “Hey, what are you doing?”

“What am I doing? Don’t you know that viruses are going around right now? The blood here is contaminated with the virus. What do you think we’re doing?”

With Hao Jian’s threat, they naturally knew how powerful the virus was and they stopped coming forward. But they murmured again, “Will you be infected if you touch the blood? Don’t you mean that you’ll only be infected if you’re caught or bitten?”

“This is so sharp. If it scratched your skin, don’t you think you’ll be infected with the virus?” Hao Jian smiled and approached them. “But I’m not so sure. Why don’t we try it?”

Lian Ru Ning behind her cooperated and began to feel sick, pretending to be vomiting and staring at the group with sorrowful eyes. She suddenly grabbed Hao Jian by the shoulder and shouted, “Ah! I accidentally kicked it just now, am I going to be infected?! I don’t want to die!”

“It’s okay, there will be a group with you, you won’t be alone!” Hao Jian rushed towards the group with a sinister smile.

“Ah! Don’t come here!” The few people were so scared that turned around and ran. They didn’t care about the food they brought.

Now the police should still play a certain role. If this deterioration continues, no organization to maintain order, and society loses order, more and more people will do bad things and carry bad thoughts.

“It would be good after this period of time. The situation just happened to be chaotic right now. Of course people still have bad thoughts, but everyone wants to live in the future, so they won’t prioritize anything else.” Hao Jian muttered, even she herself is not very clear on what will happen in the future.

Hao Jian picked up what was left on the floor; a total of two breads, a bottle of water, and a few packets of sour plums. Hao Jian handed some of the things to Lian Ru Ning, “Lunch, put it away.”

“Why didn’t the host kill them? The reward for kill humans is 10 experience and 200 points!” The system reminded.

Hao Jian’s body stiffened and suddenly thought of a grim idea, “The system’s number is 2018, does that mean that there are other people who have been bound to other systems such as 2017 and 2019 and the tasks and rewards are the same?”

The system didn’t say anything, but Hao Jian didn’t dare to be ignorant of this, “The experience and points for killing them are so high, you deliberately said it, it is impossible to guarantee that no one will kill for the sake of points.”

She shuddered and felt that this system was really not a good system. She is now on the thief ship, and all she can do now is continue to be vigilant to not be fooled by the system in forcing her to do anything that might endanger the world.

The system saw that Hao Jian’s trust value towards the system suddenly fell back to zero and stopped talking. It couldn’t really analyze when Hao Jian is in thinking mode. It can only record the interpreted data and adjust its way of communication with Hao Jian.