Chapter 116

Chapter 116

The heavy rain relentlessly washed through the streets and alleys, but Dan Yun didn’t care at all about her soaked, cold body. She stood next to Fox Four Aunt, eagerly supporting Lu Yan, asking, "Can you see me now?"

Lu Yan, who had been blind for the entire event, gradually regained her sight. She stared at Dan Yun's fox mask for a long time, suddenly reddened her eyes, and hugged her tightly.

Dan Yun breathed a sigh of relief and patted Lu Yan's back. "It’s good that you recovered. I was so afraid that this NPC would deceive us again."

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you saying? I’m the most honest merchant in the Peach Blossom Land!" The white fox was displeased. "You two are still far from fully recovering, do you know that?"

Dan Yun completely disregarded her own losses. After struggling through life and death for an entire night, she had managed to collect 180 souls, instantly helping Lu Yan regain her eyesight, stamina, and left arm.

Lu Yan quickly regained her composure, frowned, and said, "Now I can help you kill the zombies. Luo Xi and the others haven’t taken action yet. They must be trying to control us with the antidote. If we let them maintain the initiative, both of us will inevitably lose. We should strike first, grab the golden leaves back, or it will be much more troublesome once Xiyu regains his stamina."

Dan Yun nodded silently, then smiled, "I’m glad to see you back to your spirit."

Lu Yan said seriously, "There must be more than just us with conflicting tasks. Don’t give up hope. There might still be a chance at the end!"

Xiyu had said to let Su Ziyan keep watch, but in fact, he was leaving this kid to guard the drowsy Luo Xi. Luo Xi never slept deeply in the game and would never be caught off guard. After settling them down, Xiyu felt relieved and took the only knife out the door.

Although most of the zombies had already been killed by the streamers, new zombies were still continuously flooding into the city gates. It seemed like the game planners had deliberately "replenished" their numbers.

Xiyu chose a fork near Yonghe Hall and immediately bit his own finger.

Fresh human blood poured out, instantly attracting a large number of zombies!

He took a deep breath and ruthlessly engaged in battle, as if to vent his stiff body, relentlessly killing without fatigue.

At the same time, in the secluded room where Su Ziyan was hiding, there was nothing but pure silence in his ears, but he still couldn’t sleep. He sighed suddenly.

Luo Xi, who had been resting beside him, slowly opened his eyes.

Su Ziyan asked, "Bro, you can’t sleep either?"

Luo Xi smiled but didn’t respond.

Su Ziyan lowered his head. "Xiyu is a good person. Although he always restrains himself, when it really matters, he’s still willing to help... I begged him for zombie souls, you must be angry, right?"

Luo Xi replied softly, "I don’t care about these things, but you never learn to stand on your own. Sooner or later, you’ll meet a tragic end."

Whether Su Ziyan understood the shape of his lips, he lowered his head and fell silent for a while, then muttered, "Actually, I know, I’m definitely out this time. I can’t help Lily, and I can’t even protect myself... If you and Xiyu see Lily after the reset, please help her, okay?"

Luo Xi didn’t say anything for several seconds, then finally asked a sharp question: "You care so much about Du Li, let her bite you to death, then she’ll clear the game."

Su Ziyan’s expression froze, not knowing how to respond.

Luo Xi patted his arm. "Actually, you want to live, right? If you really want to, stop begging for this and that. It’s basically useless."

Su Ziyan fell into deep thought, scratching his worn-out clothes, not making another sound.

Meanwhile, Dan Yun was protecting Lu Yan, and they made their way to Yonghe Hall, where they saw Xiyu slaughtering zombies in all directions. Naturally, Dan Yun felt both shocked and regretful.

After observing, Lu Yan furrowed her brows and decisively said, "Luo Xi isn’t here. Let’s kill him!"

Dan Yun, who always listened to her, immediately charged forward with a knife!

Xiyu, who had been fully focused on dealing with the zombies, was suddenly struck in the face by Dan Yun's curved knife. Instinctively, he rolled to evade, then furrowed his brows and without hesitation, began to fight back!

Dan Yun was usually very focused on combat practice, and rarely suffered in the game. In fact, she looked down on Xiyu, whom she considered a "reset character." However, when she felt the force of Xiyu's knife strike, she couldn’t help but drop her contempt and started to take the battle seriously.

The torment from this dungeon was causing Xiyu to feel extremely frustrated. How could he be controlled by a ruthless female streamer in front of him?

He put aside his protective attitude and, while dodging the crazed zombies around him, continued to attack Dan Yun relentlessly.

Dan Yun had already exhausted a lot of her stamina after collecting souls all night, and after almost two minutes, she began to feel her strength faltering.

Lu Yan watched anxiously, unsure whether she should step in and help.

At the most critical moment, Luo Xi, dressed in black, appeared quietly. Holding a sturdy fire poker, he swiftly smashed the skull of a zombie blocking their way, coldly saying, "Oh, haven’t seen you all night, and now you’re looking for trouble again?"

At this point, Dan Yun had no chance of defeating the two men.

Lu Yan anxiously urged, "Hurry, run!"

Dan Yun also realized the danger was near, so she slashed at Xiyu and immediately climbed the wall, running off.

Luo Xi didn’t pursue the fleeing Lu Yan but instead helped Xiyu deal with the remaining zombies, collecting the shiny souls as he spoke, "They were trying to grab the golden leaves, but they were just not strong enough."

Xiyu nodded, counted the souls he had gathered, took the ones from Luo Xi's hand, and walked back toward Yonghe Hall.

Su Ziyan, nervously leaning against the door frame, saw them both return safely and couldn’t help but ask, "Was it Dan Yun?"

Xiyu responded with a simple "Mm," then counted out fifty souls and handed them to him, saying, "Go."

Su Ziyan didn’t expect such swift action and credibility from them. He was so moved that he didn’t know what to say.

Luo Xi impatiently urged, "You got what you wanted, now leave."

Su Ziyan bowed deeply, "Thank you, thank you! I will definitely repay you if I get the chance!"

With that, he dashed out into the heavy rain.

Xiyu watched Su Ziyan’s retreating figure and said, "I don’t know how his hearing is so good. That’s definitely a useful ability. It’s something we could never achieve through effort. It’s a shame if he gets eliminated. If he could be used by us, things would go much smoother in the future."

He only said part of the truth. This ability wasn’t just useful in the game, it might also be useful in real life.

Luo Xi understood but didn’t comment, smiling faintly, "Artificial humans have to cooperate with numerous preliminary medical experiments. Only the company probably knows the details."

"Forget about that for now, it's getting late," Xiyu said seriously. "We need to get on with the mission."

Luo Xi agreed, "Dan Yun and Lu Yan have plenty of tricks up their sleeves. I think Lu Yan’s ability has fully recovered. How about I go and kill Lin Lan'er and Chi Miao, so they’ll finally give up?"

Xiyu agreed, "I’ll go with you."

Luo Xi stopped him, "No, while those two are gone, you take the golden leaves to Yan Jian and get the antidote ready."

Xiyu hesitated, "But didn’t we agree with Li Mo to act in the evening?"

"Do we really need to talk about trust with someone like her?" Luo Xi sneered. "Don’t worry, she won’t trust us. She’ll be tailing us at Yonghe Hall soon. The reason she’s gone now is to redeem her ability."

Xiyu knew that Luo Xi was absolutely right, so he nodded in agreement.

Luo Xi rubbed Xiyu’s damp short hair and said, “I’m leaving.”

“You keep the knife, I don’t need it,” Xiyu hurriedly stopped him. “The Lin mansion has many NPCs, and Chi Miao’s combat ability is even stronger.”

Luo Xi raised an eyebrow. “You need to trust me. I’m better at fighting than you, the system’s stats say so. You should keep the knife for self-defense.”

Xiyu always accepted his goodwill. Hearing this, he gently embraced Luo Xi and said, “Then hurry up. Once I get the antidote, I’ll come find you.”

Luo Xi patted Xiyu’s back. “Okay, I know you’re tired. Don’t worry, this will be over soon.”

Every time Xiyu entered the game, the peaceful and closed-off life at the cloud platform seemed far away. He realized he hadn’t thought about the comfortable dormitory in a while. Hearing this, he paused for a moment, then smiled and nodded with a complicated expression. “Mm.”

Yan Jian didn’t lie about the antidote. The doctor was very pleased when he received a box of golden leaves and immediately began working in the messy Yonghe Hall.

Xiyu stood guard with the knife, watching as the doctor ground, mixed, and boiled the medicine. Despite Yan Jian’s quick movements, Xiyu still felt anxious, fearing any unexpected mishap or change might cause the mission to fail.

After about an hour, Yan Jian finally took out two golden pills from the steamer, excitedly saying, “It seems to have worked.”

Xiyu breathed a sigh of relief. “That’s great.”

Yan Jian instructed him, “Go bring one of the tied-up zombies from the backyard, I’ll test it.”

Though the antidote was precious and shouldn’t be wasted, this was just a game story, so Xiyu didn’t hesitate. He quickly dragged over a zombie that was screaming wildly and reeking with a foul smell.

Yan Jian nervously used tongs to give the zombie the medicine. The zombie quickly fell asleep.

Not only that, its originally blue-purple and horrifying skin began to visibly lighten in color.

Yan Jian excitedly grabbed Xiyu’s arm. “It worked! It’ll take a few days to fully recover. You should hurry and tell Head Steward Situ.”

“Okay, I won’t fail the mission.” Xiyu took the other pill wrapped by Yan Jian.

Unfortunately, just then, the system suddenly broadcasted a message to everyone.

【Good news! Doctor Yan Jian has finally made the antidote for the zombie toxin!】

Even Xiyu, with his usually good temper, couldn’t help but curse inwardly. After all, the antidote was connected to many NPCs, and this news was practically stirring up conflict.

Seeing that there was no time to lose, he immediately grabbed his knife and headed out.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Xiyu stepped out the door, he ran into Li Mo.

In such a short time, Li Mo had already regained her appearance. It seemed her lost abilities had been fully returned by Fox Fourth Aunt. This female streamer showed no guilt or remorse for the wrongs she’d done. With a faint smile, she said, “I guessed you wouldn’t be able to wait until evening. Since I’m here, let’s finish the mission together.”

Xiyu didn’t know how to assess this woman. He gave a wry smile and said, “Sure, but what about the debt you owe to Su Ziyan? Aren’t you going to repay him?”

Li Mo raised an eyebrow. “Why are you speaking up for him?”

“And why should I cooperate with you?” Xiyu retorted.

At that moment, Li Mo generously shrugged and pulled out a handful of soul shards from her pocket. “These are the ones I have left, more than twenty. Consider it settling things with that guy.”

Xiyu took the shards, glanced at them, and calmly sighed. “Then let’s go. Head Steward Situ is probably still at the city gate.”

As they walked, Li Mo complained, “I’ve seen many people sympathize with the weak, but whether you’re the one sympathizing or being sympathized with, neither can go very far.”Xiyu looked at her coldly. "What you have, I have too. What Su Ziyan has, I don't have. What do you know? Instead of wasting time talking here, it's better to get the mission done quickly."

Li Mo frowned, pouting in displeasure, and shrugged, giving up on the argument.