Chapter 128 (1/2)

translator: xiin

editors: apricot & juurensha

Human greed was endless. In fact, the distribution of tasks where each group was a.s.signed to a specific place wasn't reasonable, but everyone was selfish. Everyone was supposed to act together to obtain the goods and then hand them over for redistribution, but when they operated separately, it became easy to hide what they had actually taken. As for whether they would be discovered, apologies, but if they wanted them to produce the items, they needed to first provide evidence!

When that time really came, it would depend entirely on their abilities. If the other party was capable, they would be forced to spit out the items they had taken in private, but if the other party wasn't, they would keep them and without evidence, others would only be able to look on blankly. In any case, it was better than having everyone act together. When they split up into groups like this, they could at least know that everyone had the same goal and didn't have to defend against other people during battle or worry about a situation where they had to share their stolen goods and lose out.

The top level management of the base had possessed the topographical map for the military factory for a long time, but n.o.body knew where the important items were. This operation relied on luck and their individual abilities.

Since everyone had such a mentality going in, it was logical for all the factions to take their subordinates and act separately once they entered.

Zhou Yuanji led his people straight to the third floor of the bas.e.m.e.nt. They were very excited as they went through the first floor - father's information had been very useful, and there were only a few zombies on the first floor of the bas.e.m.e.nt, to the point where they could be dealt with in just a few moves. The number of zombies had increased by the time they reached the second level of the bas.e.m.e.nt, but they were mostly low level zombies. Their team had over 700 people, and these small zombies didn't even register in their eyes at all.

Zhou Wei's blood boiled with excitement, and it was as though he could already see the scene of taking over the entire Capital Base.

Zhou Yuanji also had a rare happy expression on his face. As long as they could acquire the weapons and machinery, the Zhou Family wouldn't have to worry about anything else in the future. They wouldn't need to worry about the threat that the Bai and Song Families posed any longer!

The third floor of the bas.e.m.e.nt was right in front of them.

The dark doors were wide open.

The smoothness of their journey made them forget one thing - if it was so easy to advance to the third floor, why did the former explorers never make it back?

People's thoughts tended towards inertia, and it was very easy to make them relax their vigilance. They had been very cautious when they entered the first floor of the bas.e.m.e.nt, but when they entered the second floor and started killing, they became overwhelmed by their victories.

“Be careful!”

“There are a lot of zombies here.”

”Kill!­­--”

When they found the zombies inside, they weren't afraid at all. Instead, they grew increasingly brave the more they fought, and at that time, they only believed that the situation would be as it had been before, and victory would be theirs.

Wasn't it normal for there to be zombies on the third level of the bas.e.m.e.nt?

Colorful flashes of abilities being used created a series of dazzling lights, and the originally dark bas.e.m.e.nt s.p.a.ce was illuminated.

The disgusting smell of blood spread through the air.

As people fell one after another, someone finally realized that something was wrong - the zombies here seemed to be endless!

“Not good, more and more zombies are coming.”

“There are also high-level zombies.”

”Something's not right here.”

“What's this?” In the s.p.a.ce illuminated by the flashes of power, they discovered the remnants of a cow's bones piled up in an un.o.btrusive place. If they didn't inspect carefully, it would've been very difficult for them to discover that area with the zombies scattered everywhere.

Zhou Yuanji's pupils suddenly contracted, and his attention was caught by the dark stone lying near the remains. He squashed down his fear and told the s.p.a.ce ability users, ”Quick, get that thing away.”

How could this happen? How could the meteorite be here?

Zhou Yuanji's heart was suddenly buffeted by storms. He naturally recognized the thing that he had sent out before. He recalled how Wu Guoan and his team had been acting yesterday, but had no time to reflect on it as he hurriedly roared at the top of his voice, ”Withdraw! Quickly withdraw!!”

No matter how important the goods in the bas.e.m.e.nt were, it still wasn't as important as their small lives.

Only, it was now too late to pull back.

“There are zombies coming up from behind.” One of the soldiers closed his eyes in despair.

A large number of zombies poured in from the second floor of the bas.e.m.e.nt.

They had no way to push on ahead, and there were zombies attacking them from behind. Both ways out were blocked by zombies, and in this enclosed s.p.a.ce, there was nowhere to escape to.

The situation was getting worse and worse. Zhou Yuanji couldn't hold onto his scruples at this time as he ordered his men to cover for him and rushed towards the door of the cold storage area as quickly as he could. Perhaps they could kill their way back out using whatever was inside.

Only…

Looking at the empty cold storage, an unprecedented despair attacked his heart. Zhou Yuanji pressed his lips together. He was already drenched in blood, and his entire body was in a terrible mess. Were they really going to die here today?

“Uncle, I don't want to die.” Zhou Wei finally understood enough to be afraid at this point in time and screamed like a madman, “Why, why is there nothing here? It must be them. It must be something they did!”

“Shut up.” Zhou Yuanji hollered furiously. He had suddenly aged by at least a decade - he didn't need to look at the next cold storage to know that there would be nothing inside. Ever since he discovered the remains of the cow and the meteorite, he knew that they had fallen into a trap. He hadn't expected the tables to be turned on them, and that they would be toppled here.

He didn't want to die…

No sooner had the zombies in front of them died than others stepped into the gap left behind. More and more of them gathered, and they didn't scatter just because the meteorite had disappeared.