Chapter 118

Chapter 118

Hong Feng, as one of Fox Fourth Aunt's subordinates, had the advantage of being close to the source.

As night approached, he had successfully regained all of his abilities and started wandering around the city with a wooden stick, searching for zombie broadcasters.

Once broadcasters turned into zombies, the system stripped them of their consciousness, and all they could do was attack nearby opponents.

Hong Feng originally planned to find Du Li, who had lost her strength, but instead, he encountered Xu Rou in a narrow alley. He narrowed his eyes and prepared for battle.

After all, before Xu Rou was eliminated, she had been working as a constable with Luo Xi, and her strength was still intact, meaning she would only be stronger now.

Sure enough, Xu Rou, wandering the streets, sensed Hong Feng's presence and immediately attacked fiercely, showing no trace of her previous gentle demeanor.

Hong Feng used all his strength to strike at her head, but Xu Rou only paused for a moment before leaping at him again.

This time, Hong Feng grew anxious. While wielding his stick, he retreated in the heavy rain, and eventually, overwhelmed by fear, climbed up a wall and used tiles to smash Xu Rou's face from above.

The once beautiful and graceful young woman had turned into a monster, her face now battered and bloody. It was hard to understand why some viewers would enjoy such scenes.

However, Hong Feng knew very well that this game was a life-or-death situation, and he couldn't afford to show mercy.

He watched as Xu Rou, now a mindless zombie, lunged at him. Summoning all his strength, he jumped down from the wall, smashing her head in with the stick before going on a frenzied attack against the other approaching zombies. He was even more vicious than the zombies themselves!

Meanwhile, Luo Xi, after picking up the "belongings" of Lu Yan and Dan Yun and killing a few more zombies, successfully helped Xiyu regain his appearance and felt a lot lighter.

Having not rested properly for over thirty hours, he was extremely tired and sat beside the white fox to calm his heartbeat for a moment.

However, as night fully fell, Luo Xi didn’t reunite with Xiyu, who had been searching for him. Instead, he saw Su Ziyan coming to reclaim his abilities, which caught his interest.

Su Ziyan was very excited, pouring many soul stones into Fox Fourth Aunt’s hands, saying excitedly, "I want to get my hearing back, my hearing!"

"You’re not bad after all. You didn’t rely on others to help, right?" the white fox couldn’t help but tease, while greedily devouring the soul energy and returning Su Ziyan’s lost abilities.

After being deaf for several days, Su Ziyan's hearing was immediately restored, and the sounds of wind, rain, zombie screams, faint footsteps, and human cries flooded his mind all at once.

Su Ziyan, moved to tears, smiled at Luo Xi, "I can hear again!"

Luo Xi was genuinely curious about him, asking, "Did you get everything back?"

Su Ziyan nodded.

Luo Xi raised an eyebrow. "But your ultimate mission failed. What are you so happy about?"

Su Ziyan’s smile dimmed slightly as he quietly responded, "But I’ve tried my best... Didn’t they say that if a broadcaster becomes a zombie and bites a healthy broadcaster to death, they can still make it out... but that’s not something I can control... it’s up to fate."

Luo Xi chuckled lightly, "Don’t you want me to help you?"

Su Ziyan was surprised. "Would you help me?"

Luo Xi replied, "I’m not as kind-hearted as Xiyu, but your hearing is indeed a useful thing."

Su Ziyan slowly understood his unspoken meaning and quickly pledged his loyalty, "Luo Bro, as long as you can help me get out, I’ll do whatever you ask from me in the future!"

In truth, broadcasters' promises were usually worthless, but Su Ziyan was different from the sly and cunning Li Mo. Luo Xi thought for a moment and said, "Wait here. I’ll go handle some things with Xiyu. I might come back to help you."

Su Ziyan had originally planned to regain his abilities and then go die in the zombie crowd. Upon hearing this, he felt like he'd won the lottery and excitedly nodded in agreement.Luo Xi stood up, patted the mud off his clothes, and sighed, "Your luck is really quite good."

At the same time, Xiyu was leading Li Mo around, searching for Luo Xi.

When he finally spotted the person he had been thinking about, he immediately approached, holding a knife, and said urgently, "Where have you been? I’ve searched the Lin Manor completely."

Luo Xi jumped down from the wall, wiping the raindrops off Xiyu's face. "I killed Miss Lin and left. Why haven't you delivered the antidote yet?"

"You were in a rush to kill Lin Lan’er, so you want me to immediately make it out when I deliver the antidote, right?" Xiyu said unhappily, "How could I leave alone?"

Luo Xi helplessly asked, "What, don't you trust my abilities?"

Xiyu replied, "This has nothing to do with trusting you. I—"

Li Mo, unable to stand their couple-like behavior, awkwardly interrupted, "So, what are we waiting for? I don’t believe you can’t kill Chi Miao."

Luo Xi raised an eyebrow, displeased, and looked at her.

Li Mo, who now had no initiative, immediately lowered her posture and said, "I’m not pressuring you. I’m just thinking that the longer we wait, the more uncertain things become. I’m also thinking of everyone’s well-being."

Luo Xi silently thought to himself that he truly didn’t want to deal with someone like Li Mo, but when he saw Xiyu’s calm and beautiful face, he considered that it would be better to reduce threats between them in the future. He then smiled coldly. "Everyone? Where is the 'everyone' here?"

In fact, Li Mo had always been uneasy, but she had no other choice and had been following Xiyu for the mission. At this moment, she had a bad premonition and said softly, "I don't think I've harmed you, but why are you still staying in the game when you could make it out now? What is the reason?"

Luo Xi suddenly grabbed the knife from Xiyu's hand and approached her, "Because I’ve been considering who making it out would be most beneficial to us. I was planning to let you off, but you keep appearing in front of me. This is your own fault."

Li Mo’s face stiffened, and she gave an awkward smile, "I admit, this time, it's mainly thanks to both of you that we’ve made progress in the mission, so I promise, the next time we meet, we’ll help each other."

Luo Xi smirked, "Your promise isn’t worth anything. I’ll give you five seconds. Run."

Li Mo hesitated as she looked at him, realizing he wasn’t joking, and in fear, she turned and ran.

Xiyu didn’t expect Luo Xi to suddenly change his attitude toward Li Mo, and he stood there in a daze, watching everything unfold.

Although Li Mo managed to run quite far within five seconds, Luo Xi easily caught up with her, twisting her arms and dislocating them.

Xiyu followed and said, "What are you doing?"

Luo Xi stuffed a dirty cloth into Li Mo’s mouth to silence her screams and said seriously, "I’ve been calculating on my way to find you. Now that Lu Yan has made it out, if you and I can still make it out, there are only three spots left. Dan Yun is dead, and we can control who gets those three spots."

Xiyu, not feeling sorry for Li Mo, began thinking as well. "Personally, I’d like to see Su Ziyan make it out. As long as we turn him into a zombie and feed him a living broadcaster, then one of Li Mo or Hong Feng will definitely die."

Luo Xi smiled. "If we want Su Ziyan to appreciate us even more, we could use the same method to let Du Li make it out. According to the latest broadcast, Hong Feng killed Huo Qing Shen and Xu Rou, and Du Li is still alive."

Xiyu replied, "But... that would add another spot, and the audience would have to vote."

Luo Xi sighed deeply. "Don’t worry. After the emotional drama with Dan Yun and Lu Yan, with my understanding of the audience’s vulgar tastes, the winner will definitely be Dan Yun."

The two exchanged a glance, and their plan quickly became clear.

Xiyu immediately took the initiative, "Let’s do it this way. I think this result is great."

Li Mo, struggling with the misfortune that had suddenly befallen her, was knocked unconscious by Luo Xi, who found her annoying. Then, Luo Xi looked at Xiyu, "So, you go find Head Constable Situ and take care of the final task. I don’t want you to handle this."Xiyu choked for a moment, his bright amber eyes wide: "Why? I can do it."

"I know you can do it, but I don’t want you to. Is that okay?" Luo Xi urged, "Just listen to me for once, let me save some worry."

Xiyu: "…"

Luo Xi raised an eyebrow: "Time’s running out. If Hong Feng manages to make it out, our hopes will be dashed, right?"

In the past, Xiyu may not have felt this as strongly, but at this moment, he suddenly realized that Luo Xi always took on the "burdensome tasks" that caused psychological stress. Luo Xi didn't like doing it either, but he certainly didn’t want Xiyu to feel guilty, so he took on these responsibilities. Xiyu knew arguing was useless and reluctantly agreed, "Fine, I’ll go ahead. I’ll wait for you in the game room."

Luo Xi nodded in satisfaction, leaned in, and kissed Xiyu’s forehead, before grabbing Li Mo and saying, "I’ll go find Su Ziyan. That guy is probably praying to the heavens right now."

Xiyu smiled faintly, "Here’s the knife. You’ll need it to kill Chi Miao. I’ve already found a shortcut to the city gate wall."

It seemed that Xiyu had also noticed the weakness in the zombies' movements. Luo Xi didn’t hold back, grabbing the weapon with a grin before climbing back onto the wall to go find Su Ziyan.

Left standing in place, Xiyu pressed his lips together, his eyes suddenly filled with determination.

Meanwhile, Su Ziyan, nervously waiting by the white fox, finally saw Luo Xi returning with Li Mo. He was both happy and scared, frequently reminding Luo Xi, "Luo bro, even if I turn into a zombie, I won’t be that strong, but please don’t let Li Mo kill me… she’s really good at this."

Luo Xi impatiently replied, "She’s only good at thinking, her hands are tied up by me, what’s she gonna do to kill you?"

Su Ziyan took a deep breath and nodded, "Alright."

Luo Xi tilted his chin, "There are two zombies ahead, see them?"

It’s not easy to just let a monster bite you to death without fighting back, and Su Ziyan forced himself to approach, struggling with each step.

At this crucial moment, two unexpected broadcasts came through.

[Good news, broadcaster Du Li has made it out, remaining slots: 4]

[As fate would have it, Hong Feng was killed by the zombie Du Li, and Hong Feng is out.]

Both Luo Xi and Su Ziyan were shocked, and then quickly realized this was definitely Xiyu’s doing. They couldn’t help but laugh lightly in resignation.

Although Du Li had regained her life by a slip of someone else's mind, her luck and stamina had been depleted. According to the rules, she would definitely have her brain chip and genes modified by the Yun Tai system. In the end, could this girl still face the even more terrifying challenges ahead?