Chapter 580 - Me too (1/2)

By this time, Ren Xiaosu and the others had set off again. They were advancing in the direction of Stronghold 73. Without the threat of the Experimentals behind them, their escape this time was not that tense.

At night, Zhou Yingxue took Li Ran aside, and they spent half the night chatting away. It seemed that Li Ran had a lot to say to Zhou Yingxue due to the setback she had suffered and was in a bit of a vulnerable state.

She told her about her past, from her kindergarten days to her high school graduation, why she became a singer, and the difficulties she faced as a singer. She seemed to be regarding Zhou Yingxue as a confidante now.

Meanwhile, Zhou Yingxue was listening with gusto and even asked Li Ran if she had a chance of making her debut.

In the morning, Ren Xiaosu realized that the plainclothes guards had become unwilling to carry Li Ran anymore. Instead, it was Zhou Yingxue who carried her.

After this disaster, Li Ran decided to cancel her concert tour. Therefore, this meant Zhou Yingxue’s mission was completed.

When Li Ran informed the Anjing House about the completion of the mission, Zhou Yingxue received her reward shortly after.

However, after the Anjing House paid the reward, they hoped to get some detailed information from Zhou Yingxue in regards to Stronghold 74. They wanted to know what exactly happened there.

Zhou Yingxue looked at Ren Xiaosu. “Can we tell them about it, Master?

Li Ran listened quietly but did not say anything. Ren Xiaosu thought for a moment and said, “If we can earn some money from this, why not? It wasn’t us who blew Stronghold 74 up, anyway!”

So Zhou Yingxue conveyed the details of Stronghold 74 being destroyed by a nuclear bomb to the Anjing House and received another million yuan in return.

Ren Xiaosu thought the Anjing House must be really rich since they were actually willing to pay a million yuan for just some intel.

As a matter of fact, Hope Media would publish the entire story of everything that happened at Stronghold 74 very soon. This money was totally theirs for the taking.

While they were escaping, the reporter from Hope Media kept running back and forth within the group. After getting the consent of an escapee, he took a picture of them as they were fleeing to use as a featured image for his articles in the future.

At a time like this, Ren Xiaosu avoided all contact with the reporter. He initially felt it would surely be easier for him to find his family and friends if he appeared in the newspapers, but it would probably also put him in danger.

Old Li ran over to ask Ren Xiaosu if he was the one who caused that small mushroom cloud to appear inside the stronghold. He had seen Ren Xiaosu casually blow up the stronghold walls. Although he did not know how that happened, he got a rather strong impression of it.

Moreover, that mushroom cloud was obviously the doing of a supernatural being. Hence, Old Li linked it to Ren Xiaosu.

Having met once before, the two Riders and Ren Xiaosu chatted for quite a bit along the way. They got to know each other.

But when Old Li asked him about that mushroom cloud, Ren Xiaosu simply feigned ignorance. How could he let others learn about his trump card so easily?

Although he had become more familiar with the Riders, there was no need to reveal everything to them.

On the same afternoon, the escapees were finally able to meet up with the Zhou Consortium’s reinforcements.

When everyone saw the Zhou Consortium troops, they felt like they had reunited with their family members. The Zhou Consortium troops did not disappoint the escapees either, and they immediately transported them away in their military trucks.

The rest of the Zhou Consortium troops continued to advance towards Stronghold 74. After being informed that a nuclear bomb had been dropped on Stronghold 74, they did not head directly to the battlefield. Instead, they slowed their pace and waited for troops from the rear to transport the CBRN[1] suits over.

The escapees rushed for the combat rations the Zhou Consortium troops were giving out from the vehicles. As they had been starving for so long, they were really unable to bear it anymore.

Suddenly, Li Ran looked at Fang Zhi in the truck and asked, “Where are Ren Xiaosu and Zhou Yingxue? Li Yingyun and Qin Sheng have disappeared as well.”

Fang Zhi also wondered, “I remember they got into the truck with us just now. Why have they disappeared all of a sudden?”

When Li Ran turned her head and looked out the back of the truck, she could only see the scenery that was getting further and further away.