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Chapter 56

Chapter 56: The Fading City (21)


Chen Tianju and his men couldn't cover all the entrances and exits, and it was impossible for them to do so perfectly.


Ye Nianchu had drawn a rough sketch of the staff area and had pictures of the important passages from her surveillance.


Now, they needed to find a way out of the hotel without alerting Chen Tianju or running into a swarm of zombies.


"Well, what my sister said is right," Qin Mubai said with a quiet laugh.


Ye Nianchu:


"Forget it, you handle the rest of the drawing. I'll prepare breakfast."


Let the experts handle their tasks.


Qin Mubai took the pen and paper, focusing intensely on his drawing as if everything else around him disappeared.


Ye Nianchu thought this and quietly looked away.



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After a simple breakfast, Ye Nianchu picked up the completed drawing from the table. It was clear she made the right choice letting him handle the drawing.


The route was quickly decided.


Chen Tianju could only guard a few key entrances and exits free of zombies. With a few extra detours, they could quietly reach the second floor of the hotel.


People are easy to avoid, but zombies, especially the zombie dogs that are sensitive to smell, are harder to evade.


Ye Nianchu had little hope for her luck. She knew that 99% of the routes she picked would be wrong, so she let Qin Mubai make the decision.


It couldn’t be worse than her own choices.


Twenty-three days into the game, dropping weapons was the norm, and the safest place to stay was a safe house.


Although there would be more than one safe house in such a large game, finding one is like searching for a treasure chest.


Another option was to go underground, as far from the surface as possible.


There were several warehouses on the lower floors of the hotel, so security should be good. But, there were many zombies near the warehouses, so getting in was uncertain.


Ye Nianchu leaned back and said, "We don't know what’s in the warehouse, so we should find another backup plan to be safer."


Qin Mubai glanced at her and said, "There’s the underground lab, but it needs to be cleared of zombies first."


Ye Nianchu rested her chin on her hand and nodded. They both knew the lab would be full of zombies, and the journey there would be long and risky.


The warehouse on the second floor was their first choice. If they could get in, it would be great. If not, they would have to head to the lab.



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In the late afternoon, the elevator on the ninth floor slowly rose, its numbers glowing in bright red.


Zeng Yi shot zombies behind him and walked up the stairs. He had several serious wounds on his arms.


He didn’t care much about his injuries, locked the door, and told the pretty girl in the dress in front of him, "The elevator is up."


Then he opened a case on the table and took out a green antidote.


"Are you okay?" Chu Yao asked, noticing the darkened wound on his hand and taking a small step back.


After injecting the antidote, Zeng Yi took out gauze to bandage the wound. "Don’t worry, with the antidote, this injury is nothing."


"That’s good," Chu Yao said with a smile.


"They never would have guessed we have the antidote to the zombie virus. I’m exhausted; that guy with the pretty face is really sneaky. He almost caused us a big problem."


Zeng Yi’s face became fierce as he gritted his teeth and said, "There will be a time when he’s alone."


"Rest for now. I’ll go inform Brother Tianju."


Chu Yao opened the door and stood in the corridor. Her smile slowly turned into a bitter expression.

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