Chapter 129: Silent Land of the Living Dead (18)
This scene, which kept exceeding expectations, made everyone freeze for a moment.
Song Weiyang took this gap to return as well, and thankfully, nothing unexpected had happened.
He crouched back down beside Ji Ning and murmured, "They actually eat the innards of their own kind. It's like they've truly become animals. And you know what? The outer skin was rotten and stank, but the innards were still quite fresh…"
The four exchanged glances, and their grave expressions gradually eased.
"This could be considered reaching the same goal by different means," Sheng Churan said with a smile. "Although we can't fish in troubled waters, we can lure the enemy step by step."
The moment they saw the Living Dead being attracted to the innards of their own kind, a new idea occurred to everyone simultaneously.
As long as the Living Dead had food, wouldn't the appeal of living humans to them decrease!
If they had discovered this earlier, they might not have even needed to take the long way around.
But it wasn't too late now. The four immediately sprang into action. Conveniently, they had the plastic bags used to store their swimsuit supplies, which could be used to hold the innards.
Before acting, the preparatory work had to be done. The more innards they packed, the better, to avoid running out halfway and causing an accident.
Next, the team picked off the fringes of the Living Dead horde one by one. After over an hour of preparation, they filled four large bags of innards, one for each person, and began setting up from the corner.
To avoid accidents from being too close, Xing Ye first threw the innards far away piece by piece, luring the nearby Living Dead away. Only then did the four slowly advance, moving along the street-parked cars, road signs, station platforms—any object that could provide cover.
To ensure the innards carried in the plastic bags weren't discovered, they also had to maintain a safe distance from the Living Dead horde at all times.
This required Xing Ye to throw far enough.
Fortunately, Xing Ye could indeed throw very far. By visual estimate, he could almost exceed thirty or forty meters, keeping the diameter of the vacuum zone around the team consistently above ten meters.
There were simply too many Living Dead at the intersection. The four traveled from the riverside road to the shopping mall, a distance of less than a thousand meters, but it took a full two hours.
The time was nearing four in the afternoon. After dark, the Living Dead might mutate again, so they had to enter the Kaimao Building before nightfall.
After entering the mall, because there were far fewer Living Dead than outside, Ji Ning and the others chose to switch to a killing mode, replenishing the innards in their bags along the way for the later street crossing.
Just as Ji Ning's team was progressing slowly but smoothly, the system announced the death of Male Player No. 11.
So far, a total of four players had died: No. 1, No. 2, No. 8, and No. 11.
Ji Ning said quietly, "I wonder if the dead players were on the same team. And where are the remaining 3, 5, 9, and 10? No. 3…"
Because of her experience at the very start of the instance, Ji Ning felt a lingering fear whenever No. 3 was mentioned. She always felt that with such an inhumane player around, a potential, uncontrollable accident could happen at any time.
Sheng Churan heard Ji Ning mutter "No. 3" and saw her expression change, so he asked with concern, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Xing Ye and Song Weiyang also stopped and looked at Ji Ning.
Since the topic had come up, Ji Ning recounted the previous incident.
She had never intended to hide it, and they also needed to know what unfamiliar players were capable of, lest they be caught off guard and suffer the same harm.
After hearing what Ji Ning said, the three men's faces grew darker than the last. Their hands gripping the axes bulged with veins as they hacked at the charging Living Dead, killing them in a single blow. It was as if those heads belonged not to the Living Dead, but to No. 3.
Sheng Churan frowned and analyzed, "During the Werewolf Game, I sensed that No. 3 cared particularly about winning or losing. He was the only Town Faction player who Picked a Side correctly. In the end, the Town Faction lost to the Werewolf Faction, which might have caused his dissatisfaction, and he took it out on Ning-Ning… When we meet him in the building, he will pay the price for this."
"Daring to touch my woman, drop dead!" Song Weiyang's knuckles cracked as he clenched them.
Ever since hearing that Ji Ning had almost been harmed, Xing Ye's expression had been extremely dark, his brow shrouded in a layer of cold frost.
It was the first time Ji Ning had seen him with a murderous aura, and she couldn't help but shiver. Although he didn't say a single word, everything was conveyed in that silence.
Livestream comments:
"What's the use of No. 3 trying so hard to clear the game? The moment he chose to target Ji Ning, his fate was sealed."
"He'd be better off getting bitten by the Living Dead a few times; at least that death would be quicker."
"A drama of fury unleashed for a beauty. I'll lay my cards on the table—I love watching this."
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