Chapter 1 Trouble

At this moment, a woman's voice rang out outside the door.

"Do you think it's possible? Everything in this mall is mine, and I won't give it to you."

"If you don't open it, the consequences will be severe. Don't blame me for being impolite then."

Su Mo warned unhurriedly.

"Don't threaten me. I'd be a fool to open the door. I saw you killing people in the street with my own eyes, and you didn't even blink. Besides, you don't even know who I am. Just stay put inside."

The girl outside the door replied smugly.

"You're ruthless!"

Su Mo replied calmly, not particularly annoyed. This female player had taught him a lesson, and the game was becoming more and more interesting.

Soon, the female player outside left.

Su Mo didn't try to ram the door, because there was no point. She definitely wasn't just blocking it with heavy objects; she probably had sticks or something propping it up too.

Su Mo turned around and surveyed the storage room, then walked over to the vent and took a look.

Afterward, he moved boxes of goods from the nearby shelves. He stepped on them, put his hand under the vent, felt the slight airflow, and jumped down from the boxes. He continued to search the storage room at his leisure.

He quickly searched around but didn't find anything else of value. However, he did find a screwdriver, some unexpired bottled water, and compressed biscuits. Su Mo casually grabbed some and stuffed them into his backpack. He didn't dare take too much; even now, he felt his backpack was a bit heavy.

Su Mo climbed onto the boxes, used the screwdriver to pry open the vent above his head, and then climbed inside.

Before long, Su Mo climbed out smoothly, jumping silently from another vent.

After landing, Su Mo stood up and very smoothly pulled out his hammer, ready to go find that girl and cause trouble.

Although he didn't mind what the girl had done, it wasn't his style to not avenge a wrong.

Su Mo carefully searched for the girl's踪迹, having learned his lesson, he wouldn't be tricked so easily again.

A moment later, Su Mo cautiously peeked around the corner.

Thirteen people were gathered in the center of the mall's first floor, including a fair-skinned girl with long pink hair and a leather jacket. Su Mo's intuition told him that she was the one who had locked him up.

"Lan Xi, we've searched this mall pretty thoroughly. We've taken everything of value, let's go."

A companion beside her said.

"Okay."

Lan Xi nodded.

So, they walked towards the mall exit.

Su Mo was a little surprised that this girl had so many companions. And everyone was carrying various weapons, which made things a little difficult. He could only put things on hold for now.

Just as Su Mo was deep in thought, a notification popped up on his wristband.

"Notice: World overlap progress is at 100%. The game has officially begun. Good luck!"

"Notice: Task 1 activated. Task content: Survival. Live, reward: ???"

Su Mo touched his chin thoughtfully as he read these two messages.

On the other side, Lan Xi and her group walked out of the mall, all very happy.

"We've had a great haul this time. I guarantee we're the group with the biggest gains."

A young man with green hair said excitedly.

"Liu Zi, don't get so excited. This is just the beginning. Of course, as long as we work hard, with our skills, we can definitely stand out from the group competition."

The leader, a bald, rugged-featured middle-aged man, replied in a good mood.

"Brother Qiang is right."

Lan Xi agreed.

Just then, they saw a large group of people gathered not far ahead, not knowing what they were doing.

Since it was already getting dark and there were no lights around, they could only rely on the faint moonlight to see a little bit of a blurry figure.

"Huh? What are those people doing?"

"I don't know, Liu Zi, go take a look."

Qiang Hua was also curious; with so many people gathered together, could they have found something good?

"Okay."

Liu Zi ran over nimbly.

Soon, Liu Zi ran to the group, reached out, patted one of them on the shoulder, and asked curiously.

"Hey, brother, what are you doing?"

The person turned his head, revealing half of his face rotting away, his eyeballs almost falling out, and his mouth chewing on disgusting flesh.

"Ah!!!"

Liu Zi screamed in terror, as if he had seen a ghost.

Just as he was about to run, the group of hideous zombies pounced on him, knocking Liu Zi to the ground without any surprise.

"Bro, save me..."

Unfortunately, he didn't even finish speaking before he was drowned out. All that could be seen was a hand struggling desperately.

"Run! Back to the mall, it's safe there!"

Qiang Hua and the others reacted instantly to the terrifying scene before them and cursed.

Inside the mall, Su Mo heard terrified screams outside and quickly ran to the second floor to look out.

However, because it was already dark, his vision was not very good.

He could only vaguely see a group of figures swaying around, unable to make out what was happening. But looking closely, Su Mo noticed that Lan Xi's group was running back frantically.

"Brother Qiang, those things are so scary!"

"Shut up and run! We'll be safe temporarily once we get inside the mall."

Qiang Hua said urgently. They weren't far from the mall now, and a glimmer of hope rose in their eyes.

However, just as Lan Xi and the others were about to rush into the mall.

Su Mo flipped over the openwork glass railing on the second floor and jumped down, kicking the mall's glass door directly.

"Bang!"

The mall's reinforced glass door was slammed shut, and Su Mo grabbed the nearby chain, flung it, and wrapped it around the handle. The whole movement was as smooth as flowing water.

Qiang Hua and the others turned green at the sight, banging on the door frantically. Because behind them, pairs of oily green eyes were emerging, clearly indicating they were surrounded.

"Bastard! Open it for us!"

"It's you! Open the door for us!"

Lan Xi's face turned pale, and she shouted anxiously.

"No way."

Su Mo replied coldly.

"Damn it, smash the door open for me."

Qiang Hua pulled out an iron rod and started banging on the glass door, taking the lead.

"Don't waste your effort, you forgot there's a type of glass called Made in Z country, you can't break it open. Give up. We're even now, goodbye."

Su Mo waved at them and turned to walk inside the mall.

"Come back, you bastard..."

.....

Seeing Su Mo leave, Qiang Hua and the others cursed even more fiercely.

"I curse you to be torn to pieces!!"

"You damn guy...."