Chapter 471: Mutant Snake ( 1 )
Outside the school area, several dogs were still lurking behind the lush vegetation. Unlike the normal dogs, their flesh was rotten and their eyes were grayish. From their bodies’ condition, one would know that they were zombie dogs.
"Grrhh..."
The zombie dogs growled as they stared at a pair of siblings walking on the empty road.
"Damn it! I think we are lost!" one of them said angrily while checking the map in his hand.
"It’s a miracle that we didn’t end up in the mountain or sea with how bad your sense of direction is," the other one replied casually.
"Since you think my sense of direction is bad, why don’t you lead the way instead?" Cheng Rui asked through gritted teeth.
"It’s bothersome," Cheng Yue replied nonchalantly.
As soon as he said this, a lightning ball shot toward him.
Crack! Boom!
Before the lightning ball hit him, it was blocked by a sand wall.
Seeing that his attack failed, Cheng Rui snorted and said, "One day, I will beat you into a pig head."
Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!
Ignoring his brother’s words, Cheng Yue continued munching on his crackers while saying, "There is a base not far from us. Let’s go there and ask for directions."
Raising his head from the map, Cheng Rui saw the high metal wall glistening under the sunset and said, "Wow, such a majestic wall. The owner of that place must be a strong metal-type ability-user. I wonder who is stronger between that person and me."
The moment his words fell, several shadows rushed out from behind the bushes.
"Growll!"
Crack! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Cheng Rui narrowed his eyes and waved his hand. The next moment, several lightning bolts flew toward the zombie dogs the moment they rushed out and blasted their heads off.
Black blood and rotten flesh splashed everywhere, thickening the rancid stench in the air.
"Growl!"
Several zombie dogs lunged at Cheng Yue’s back with their mouths wide open, showing their sharp canines.
Wush~ Boom!
Noticing their attacks, he waved his hand and a blue fireball flew toward the zombie dogs at a fast speed. The moment it hit the zombie dogs, it exploded upon contact, burning them into ashes.
In just two attacks, the brothers killed a group of zombie dogs.
"It seems that besides the plants, even animals also mutated," Cheng Rui said with a frown.
"These are not mutant dogs. Looking at their bodies, they are more similar to zombies," Cheng Yue replied.
Hearing this, Cheng Rui squatted beside one of the corpses and noticed parts of the dogs were missing. He went to pick up a stick and used it to poke at the charred dog’s head.
Not long after, he found a crystal and said, "Well, at least we are still able to get a crystal from them."
"Mhmm," Cheng Yue nodded in agreement.
After killing the zombie dogs, they continued walking toward the school.
When the sun fully set and the sky darkened, the two of them finally reached the metal wall. Standing under the three-meter-tall wall, Cheng Rui raised his head and said, "Ah Yue, there are no guards here. Let’s go inside."
"Okay."
The next moment, the two of them leaped to the top of the wall. Standing on high ground, they saw the situation inside the base clearly. Although the number of people in this base was high, it could be seen that only a small number of them could fight.
Shaking his head, Cheng Rui said, "With this level of power, this place won’t last long."
Hearing this, Cheng Yue stared into the distance for a while before he said, "That might not be the case."
Used to his brother’s strange way of conversing, Cheng Rui didn’t mind his words much and jumped down from the wall. The two of them walked to the school building. On the track field, countless tents were scattered everywhere.
Since they only wanted to ask for directions, they walked to the nearest tent. Standing outside the tent, Cheng Rui knocked on the wooden plate hung on the tent and asked, "Anyone inside?"
Soon after, the tent was unzipped and a man with an unkempt appearance stared at them while asking, "Who are you?"
"Brother, we are new here and want to ask how to get to Lin’an City," Cheng Rui said and showed the map to him.
The man glanced at the map and asked, "Why should I tell you?"
Knowing that there was no free lunch in this world, Cheng Rui grinned and reached out to grab that man’s neck.
But before he could strangle the man, Cheng Yue pulled out a sausage from his pocket and said, "Tell us and this sausage is yours."
The moment the man saw the sausage, his eyes lit up. Fearing that they would regret it, he quickly snatched it away and said, "Just follow the main road. After you see a highway gate, just follow the street sign."
Cheng Yue nodded and pulled his brother away. After the two of them left the base, Cheng Rui asked with raised eyebrows, "Ah Yue, why did you stop me just now?"
"It’s unnecessary to kill that man. If it alerts the guards, it will be troublesome."
Cheng Rui knew that his brother was lying about unnecessary killing, but he didn’t care about his reason at all. Now that they already knew where to go, they chose an abandoned car and drove to the highway.
While the two of them traveled under the red moon, Jin Xuyan and Jiao Lizhi were drinking instant coffee inside Xun Che’s office.
Sitting across from them, Xun Che took a gulp of his coffee before he asked, "What brings the two of you here so late?"
Placing the cup on the table, Jiao Lizhi took out the supply list from her space and handed it to him. "This is the list of supplies that my team currently has. We came to see if the base is interested in buying."
The moment she said this, Xun Che opened the folder and read the list. After a while, he asked, "How do you plan to sell it?"