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Chapter 46

Chapter 46: The Fading City (11)


In the end, Ye Nianchu went out with Qin Mubai. The weather outside was hot and sticky, and even with masks, they couldn’t block the strong smell of decay.


The city center had been cleared yesterday, leaving the roads quiet. The main road was blocked, so they had to detour to a remote, abandoned factory near an area marked for demolition. The old residential buildings there had long been empty.


They searched for clues but found nothing. Ye Nianchu was thinking about where to start looking when two zombie dogs suddenly appeared and surrounded them.


Though they hadn’t been working together for long, Ye Nianchu and Qin Mubai quickly coordinated. Each dealt with one zombie dog efficiently.


Qin Mubai put on gloves, took out a scalpel, and began dissecting one of the zombie dogs. The dog's insides were black and rotting, and the smell, mixed with the hot air, was extremely foul.


Ye Nianchu, having seen many corpses in the game, remained calm. She held an umbrella and stayed alert to any movement around them.


Although zombies weren’t usually found in such places, there were more than just two zombie dogs nearby.


Qin Mubai noticed this too. They exchanged looks and decided to leave.


The buildings in the area had poor sound insulation. As they passed a two-story red brick house, they heard voices coming from inside.


“What are we even looking for? We’ve searched this place and found nothing but zombie dogs.”


“That Chu woman is really something. She sits in her car with the air conditioner on and makes us do all the work without giving us any useful information.”


“She’s just a C-ranked player. If it weren’t for Cheng Tianju, I wouldn’t listen to her at all.”


Ye Nianchu looked up. The person was right by the window. If they walked straight through, they would be spotted.


She wasn’t worried about being seen but was interested in the important information their conversation revealed.


Cheng Tianju was a high-ranking member of the Shadow Alliance, and whatever he was looking for must be something significant.


Ye Nianchu considered intercepting the message but was interrupted by the chaotic sound of footsteps and the hissing of more zombie dogs approaching from behind.


Ye Nianchu and Qin Mubai exchanged understanding glances and headed toward the abandoned factory.


The people inside the house watched them leave and were about to follow when they saw the zombie dogs closing in.


“Damn, so many zombie dogs,” one man muttered, quickly crouching down.


There must have been a dozen of them. They hadn’t seen so many when they arrived; otherwise, they wouldn’t have rushed in to search.


Qin Mubai closed the factory door behind them. The hissing of the zombie dogs was loud and clear on the other side of the wall.


“A zombie dog's sense of smell is much better than an ordinary dog's because of the virus,” Qin Mubai whispered. He had learned this from dissecting the zombie dogs.


“So we’re surrounded,” Ye Nianchu said, glancing at the old, rickety window.


The factory’s windows were high up, and without something to jump from, the zombie dogs couldn’t reach them.

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