Chapter 15: The Danger of Zhu Zhiquan

Zhu Zhiquan comforted her, "Alright, regardless of whether the two brothers surnamed Luo lied to us or not, our primary task now is to scavenge as many supplies as possible."

Zhao Yuxin nodded, "Mm, Ajiu, you're right. Then let's enter the gate as quickly as possible, do a quick sweep, and leave." After saying this, Zhao Yuxin pedaled the Tricycle violently, knocking the vehicles along the way to the side.

Very quickly, they passed through the gate and arrived in a city full of decay; the high-rises in the city looked as if they were made of flesh, and some even had large, bulging lumps on them that expanded and contracted as if breathing.

Players who had entered a step earlier had already begun entering the high-rises to search for useful resources. Zhao Yuxin pedaled the Tricycle through the high-rises, listening carefully to every sound in the surroundings.

All kinds of sounds came from every direction: joy, anger, brawling, cursing... After traveling through the city for a long time, they still hadn't heard any useful information.

Just as Zhao Yuxin was advancing toward the city center, those large lumps suddenly burst open, and human-like scorpions crawled out from within, dropping down to attack the surrounding players.

Zhao Yuxin ignored these strange scorpions around her, only listening intently to the information conveyed by the sounds.

Some scorpions noticed them and ran toward them quickly; when they were only three meters away, the scorpions leaped with all their might, trying to jump onto the Tricycle.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhiquan took the Dagger Spear and leaped in the direction of the scorpions; very quickly, Zhu Zhiquan and the scorpions met.

Swish, swish, swish—

Zhu Zhiquan swung the Dagger Spear continuously in mid-air, the scorpions were slaughtered and scattered by Zhu Zhiquan's attacks, and once finished, Zhu Zhiquan landed back on the Tricycle.

Zhao Yuxin let out a long breath, "Sigh—this place is truly poor! We've searched for so long and haven't seen anything good."

Zhu Zhiquan: "Then let's go take a look in the deeper layers of the city."

"That makes sense." Zhao Yuxin pedaled the Tricycle forward for a dozen meters before stopping again, "I feel like there is a Material Box in the sewer to the left at the intersection ahead, but there are quite a few monsters, and it won't be easy to deal with."

Zhu Zhiquan: "Can you determine how many there are?"

"I don't know, the distance is a bit far." After Zhao Yuxin drove forward a little distance, her eyes widened, "Damn! Over a dozen monsters, and there's one that's especially large, looking like an egg. Ajiu, do you say we should still go or not?"

Zhu Zhiquan stood up and said: "We still have to go, but our target isn't these monsters; just lure those monsters away."

Zhao Yuxin: "Sure, but who is going to lure them?"

Zhu Zhiquan pointed at her and said: "You go."

"I don't want to, why do I have to go!" Zhao Yuxin was somewhat shocked.

Zhu Zhiquan: "Because I think you can escape."

Zhao Yuxin: "Then why don't you go?"

Seeing that Zhao Yuxin did not agree, Zhu Zhiquan suddenly had a flash of inspiration and mocked: "You... aren't scared, are you?"

"What kind of talk is that! What kind of talk is that! Would I, Zhao Yuxin, be afraid of these monsters! You wait, I'll go down right now and lure them all away!"

Zhao Yuxin parked the Tricycle not far from the manhole cover and entered the sewer together with Zhu Zhiquan.

The two walked to a stone slab, "The Material Box and the monsters are both behind this stone slab. You hide well now; in a moment, I will smash the stone slab, and you find an opportunity to go in."

Zhu Zhiquan nodded lightly, then found a corner to hide in. "I'm coming, you bastards!" Zhao Yuxin kicked the stone slab, shattering it to reveal a large hole, and pairs of crimson eyes looked toward Zhao Yuxin.

"Ah—"

"Ah—"

"Ah! Ah! Ah—"

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"Sorry to disturb you all." Zhao Yuxin left these words behind and turned to run, and immediately after, a group of human-like scorpions ran out from the hole, following closely behind Zhao Yuxin in hot pursuit.

After all the monster scorpions had left, Zhu Zhiquan took the opportunity to enter the cave and arrived in a huge room. The Material Box was green; Zhu Zhiquan's face showed joy, and without paying attention to the surrounding environment, he stepped forward, preparing to open it.

Boom!

As Zhu Zhiquan bypassed the giant egg, that egg suddenly exploded, blasting Zhu Zhiquan against the wall.

"Cough, cough—" Zhu Zhiquan was blasted by the explosion until he coughed up blood, but he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, leaned on the Dagger Spear to stand up again, and stared at the place of the explosion.

He saw a three-meter-tall monster looking down at him; this monster's face looked like a ferocious human face, only this face was upside down. Its arms were like inverted hooks, and its lower body was like a crawler with no legs.

"Heh, heh, heh—"

The monster emitted a low-frequency sound and slowly walked toward Zhu Zhiquan. Zhu Zhiquan breathed heavily and stared at the monster; in this adversity, there was only defiance in Zhu Zhiquan's eyes.

He kicked the end of the Dagger Spear and launched a charge toward the monster; that monster saw the tiny insect charging at it and had only disdain in its eyes.

Immediately, it swung its huge arm to slap at Zhu Zhiquan; Zhu Zhiquan rotated his body while thrusting the Dagger Spear out.

Puchi—

Splash—

After Zhu Zhiquan stabbed the monster, he rotated in the opposite direction, and the blade of the Dagger Spear carved a gash inside the monster's body. A mass of thick, black liquid flowed out.

"Heh!!!"

The monster roared and swung its strange tentacles to sweep at Zhu Zhiquan again. Zhu Zhiquan rolled sideways to dodge the monster's attack, simultaneously trying to use one hand to support the ground to keep himself standing.

But just as his hand touched the ground, a pain came from his right ribcage, causing his roll to fail and him to fall heavily to the ground; the monster took the opportunity to swing its tentacles and hit Zhu Zhiquan.

The hooks on the monster's tentacles could easily tear human skin, but fortunately, the Fish Scale Armor on Zhu Zhiquan's body prevented such a thing from happening.

As the monster raised its hand, Zhu Zhiquan rolled on the ground and successfully put distance between himself and the monster. Taking this opportunity, he lightly touched his ribcage and discovered that, besides the ribcage, two ribs were fractured.

The monster took advantage of Zhu Zhiquan's distraction to prepare a sneak attack; Zhu Zhiquan wanted to crawl up, but any movement of his broken ribs caused him pain that made it difficult to move.

Puchi—

At the critical moment, a Dagger Spear stabbed into the back of the monster's head; the monster felt its head being attacked, clutched its head, and retreated repeatedly. After steadying its footing, it roared in the direction of the one who had attacked it.

"Ajiu, are you alright!" Zhao Yuxin helped Zhu Zhiquan up and asked.

Zhu Zhiquan pushed Zhao Yuxin away, stared fixedly at the monster, and said: "Azhao, you go open the Material Box."

"But..."

"No more 'buts', just listen to me!" After saying this, Zhu Zhiquan activated the Boiling Blood talent, preparing to fight the monster to the death.

Zhao Yuxin nodded solemnly, then attempted to bypass the monster to open the Material Box.

"Heh!!!"

Puchi—

The monster had just opened its mouth to roar when it was stabbed in the throat by Zhu Zhiquan's spear. Zhu Zhiquan followed the monster's body to the position of the Dagger Spear, then grabbed the Dagger Spear and kicked with all his might, and the Dagger Spear was pulled out.

The monster wanted to knock Zhu Zhiquan down, but unfortunately, by the time it raised its hand, Zhu Zhiquan had already landed on the ground.

After coughing up a pool of blood, Zhu Zhiquan looked at Zhao Yuxin's position. Discovering that Zhao Yuxin was already close to the Material Box, he rushed toward the monster again, intending to perish together with it.

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"It must contain something good, it must contain something good!" Zhao Yuxin arrived beside the Material Box, murmuring continuously.

When her hand touched the Material Box, she heard a loud boom from behind and instinctively looked back in the direction of Zhu Zhiquan.

She saw Zhu Zhiquan standing on the monster; at this moment, the monster had no signs of life, while Zhu Zhiquan was swaying unsteadily, at risk of collapsing at any moment.