Chapter 107 - Not All Efforts Were Fruitless After All (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Why aren’t you moving? Are you planning to stay there forever?”

Qin Feng snapped coldly. Still, he could not get past Liu Xue’s mannerisms and how she dealt with things.

How hesitant and irresolute!

“Ah! Right, right!”

Liu Xue hastened to keep up with Qin Feng’s pace. It was at this moment that her admiration and respect for Qin Feng had solidified.

It was not just that. The civilians who were in hiding moments ago all came running out and trailed behind Qin Feng.

With Qin Feng taking point, all was right with the world.

These insectoids did not pose too much of a threat to the group. Qin Feng slashed through them effortlessly while leading the way forward until they reached Liu Zhenshan’s equipment store.

The store was currently in tatters, with gla.s.s shards littering the ground. Within the store itself were three blade mantises that somehow snuck their way in, unwelcomed of course.

Lying motionless on the ground, were two corpses. Liu Xue felt as if her heart had been ripped out of her chest and thrown off a cliff, down into a bottomless abyss.

Even before Qin Feng could make his move, Liu Xue rushed forward and killed off those mantises with a few strikes from her palms.

The good news was that neither of these two corpses belonged to Liu Zhenshan. Instead, one seemed to be Liu Zhenshan’s storekeeper while the other was presumably a customer, a G-tier apt.i.tude user at that.

It was a shame, his fate dictated that he would lie here forever!

“Go to the bas.e.m.e.nt first!” Qin Feng ordered.

“Right!” Liu Xue marched to the front and took over in leading the way even though Qin Feng had complete knowledge about the building’s layout. While he followed the girl closely, the people behind him had other ideas in mind. Their eyes lit up at the sight of the abandoned store and picked up one or two pieces of loot as they went along their way.

These combat equipment did a pretty good job at resisting attacks from ultra beasts. Though, in normal times, they were worth at least ten thousand yuan a piece and could reach up to a hundred thousand for a really good set, hence explaining why n.o.body bought these items.

Qin Feng paid no heed to the greedy bunch. Following Liu Xue, they arrived at an underground parking s.p.a.ce where a secret door was found.

At that moment, the door seemed to have been locked from the inside. Liu Xue rapped her knuckles loudly on the door.

“Dad, mom, are you still inside?”

“Liu Xue, little Xue’s back!” Qiao Yan exclaimed in a delighted tone. Soon after, the heavy and impenetrable steel door groaned open, revealing the scene inside.

Apart from Qiao Yan and Liu Zhenshan, there were three other women and a man, all of whom were employees of the store. They too ran out to check out the commotion.

The locked s.p.a.ce was dimly lit but the thick, reinforced steel door gave everyone a sense of security, something hard to come by these days. Even before Qiao Yan could celebrate her daughter’s return, the civilians from the other side swarmed into the safe s.p.a.ce like rats down their burrow.

Although the bas.e.m.e.nt was a mandatory facility, it was quite obvious that it was not designed for public use. The total floor s.p.a.ce available was a mere hundred square meters and with the addition of twenty-odd people, the place became packed to the brim in the blink of an eye.

“Quick, shut that door up!” Someone from the group urged.

Qin Feng ignored them.

“Uncle Liu, where’d you place the equipment that I wanted refined?”

Back then, Qin Feng was confident that he could have stopped the tragedy from occurring and so he did not take with him the item in question. However, things rarely went according to plan as he had learnt later on. Still, he did not wish to let a beast-king-tier item slip out of his grasp that easily.

Liu Zhenshan appeared stunned, followed by his expression changing for the worse.

“Bad news, it’s still inside the decomposition furnace!” Liu Zhenshan replied.

Qin Feng’s brows furrowed before he continued, “It’s alright Uncle, we’ll retrieve it later on. Be rest a.s.sured, as long as I’m here, I will do my best to guarantee your safety. What’s more is that the situation outside has taken a turn for the worse. We’ll need food supplies, and I’m afraid the rations here are not enough to support a group of this size!”

Liu Zhenshan’s expression turned dead serious upon hearing Qin Feng’s words. His teeth remained tightly clenched before decisively saying, “Alright, I’ll go with you!”

“Honey! I beg of you, don’t go out there!” Qiao Yan immediately blocked Liu Zhenshan’s path and turned toward Qin Feng with teary eyes.

“Young man, how much money do you need? I’m willing to pay whatever price you state but please, don’t let my husband go out there!”

“Ma’am, please calm down. I a.s.sure you that nothing will happen to Uncle Liu!”

Liu Xue came in and patted her mother on the back as if to give her more a.s.surance. “Mom, what Qin Feng said is correct. Don’t worry too much, it’s the least you could do to maintain our morale. He’s a seasoned veteran and without him, we would not have made it back here alive. Now it’s our turn to wait here patiently for their return, alright?”