Chapter 124 (1/2)

translator: xiin

editors: apricot & juurensha

Bai Jing and Xiao Sa traveled day and night, following the traces of battle, and finally caught up with the team on the fourth day after spending three days on the road playing catch up.

The procession of over a thousand people was very striking. The two of them didn't go up directly to reunite with the team and instead remained hidden, locating a tall building over a kilometre away from the main group to set up camp. From there, they could observe the team situation while concealing their whereabouts. Bai Jing and Xiao Sa hadn't forgotten that they were considered missing persons at this point.

After nightfall, the two men silently snuck in. Bai Jing had become more proficient in using the s.p.a.ce s.h.i.+eld after repeated practice, and they avoided the mercenaries on night watch. Xiao Sa accurately led them to the room where their people were staying.

As soon as they entered, the people inside immediately went on alert.

“Shh!” Bai Jing quickly set up a barrier and looked around carefully. He ascertained that they hadn't disturbed the other people around them, then began to carefully examine their surroundings.

This room wasn't very big, and there was a total of eight people living here. Three of them were crowded onto the bed while the other five bunked down on the floor. The three on the bed were injured; they had smelled the faint scent of blood as soon as they entered the room.

“What happened?” Bai Jing's expression was ugly. Based on the team's itinerary and the strength of the people in the team, they shouldn't have suffered such serious injuries.

Wu Guoan was very shocked and barely kept himself from jumping up. He endured and suppressed his agitated excitement. ”Brother Sa.”

Xiao Sa frowned as he nodded lightly, stopping Qin Lie, who was about to get up, from moving. He looked over the three men on the bed calmly, ”Don't move, you guys. Stay as you are first. Tell me, what's going on?” He knew everyone's strength. There were two hundred of them, and even without his and Bai Jing's help on this journey, everyone should still be safe and sound. There was no reason for them to already be in such a state when traveling with a thousand person team.

“There were zombie rats.” Wu Guoan bit out. Fortunately, there had been no casualties. Otherwise, he would have dragged these people down with him even if it meant that they wouldn't be able to complete the mission.

Bai Jing sneered and didn't need to ask more. It was another of the Zhou Family's ploys. How could the base be unaware of a big problem like zombie rats? And yet they still managed to encounter them; this was too coincidental.

“I found that this kind of thing is very attractive to zombies.” Wu Guoan finished speaking and turned to look at Lin Juan. Lin Juan understood what he meant and hurriedly took out a black stone from his s.p.a.ce, ”We found this underneath the car.”

Xiao Sa was silent as he immediately understood the causes and consequences of the situation. The Zhou Family had really done everything they could. He thought that Zhou Yuanji would have at least waited until they arrived at the military factory before acting.

“It's a meteorite.” Bai Jing frowned and naturally a.s.sociated it with the meteorite in his own s.p.a.ce.

Lin Juan continued quickly, “The zombies' noses are very sensitive. It's only safe if we keep it in the s.p.a.ce.”

Bai Jing returned the meteorite to him, “You keep it safe.”

Lin Juan was stunned. He'd thought that Young Master Jing would keep it himself.

Bai Jing took out some antibiotics and medicine, and filled up a few mineral water bottles with spring water. ”Store these away. In a while, you can give them to the injured and help them dress their wounds. No matter what happens, safety is paramount.”

Lin Juan smiled shyly and was excited to be of use. His abilities weren't as good as Young Master Jing's, and he wasn't as useful as he was, but he was really happy to help everyone. “This is something I should be doing.”

Bai Jing nodded. He felt a sense of revulsion towards that piece of black meteorite and intuitively didn't want to put it into his s.p.a.ce. Based on the principle of adhering to caution, he thought it was better to be careful. He had discovered during the apocalypse that the place with the most zombies was the area where the meteorite had landed. The piece of meteorite in his s.p.a.ce was red; what exactly was the difference between the two?

Wu Guoan heard the meaning behind Bai Jing's words and was internally shocked, ”Are you guys not going to go with us?”

Bai Jing shook his head and took out a piece of information from his s.p.a.ce, which was something they had printed out earlier. It was the detailed distribution map for the military factory.

Wu Guoan was stunned and admired Bai Jing to the point where he wanted to throw himself at his feet. He was even able to get this kind of thing! If they were able to take down the military factory, then…

Xiao Sa quickly interrupted his dreams, “Me and Little Jing will deal with the military factory. You'll take this map as a backup. Remember, your goal is to stay alive. Additionally, make trouble for the Zhou Family. The goal is not to accomplish the mission.”

”This…” What did he mean?