Chapter 17: Cleverly Seizing the Material Box

Zhao Yuxin panted heavily as she dragged the vehicle cover to the sewer entrance where Liu Jie and the others had entered.

"T-two of you, this... vehicle cover... is so heavy, do... do any of you... have a way to pull... this cover up? Huff, huff~" Zhao Yuxin collapsed on the ground, gasping for air.

Liu Jie ended her summoning, and the three Humanoid Magic Scorpions entered the Magic Array and vanished. Liu Jie glanced at Zhao Yuxin again, "Xiaowan, you stay here and watch her; I'm going up to get a rope."

"Understood." As Xiaowan responded to Liu Jie, the brass-colored shell on her body gradually faded away.

Once Liu Jie left the sewer, Zhao Yuxin beckoned to Xiaowan, "Hey... beauty... could you come over here for a second? I have... something for you."

"What thing?" Xiaowan asked curiously, crouching down, her eyes fixed intently on her.

Puchi~

Suddenly, Zhao Yuxin pulled a Skinning Knife from her waist and stabbed it into Xiaowan's neck. Then, Zhao Yuxin kicked the vehicle cover into the sewage ditch and quickly ran to the Secret Laboratory to hoist Zhu Zhiquan's corpse onto her back.

At this moment, Liu Jie threw one end of a rope down, "Is the rope long enough? If not, I'll go back and get more."

After waiting for a while, Liu Jie heard no response. Liu Jie shouted loudly again, "Xiaowan, Xiaowan? Why aren't you saying anything?"

A sense of foreboding welled up in Liu Jie's heart, and she hurriedly climbed down the sewer entrance. As soon as her feet touched the ground, she saw Xiaowan lying in a pool of blood with her eyes wide open in death, and the vehicle cover was nowhere to be found.

"Damn it! How dare you play me!" Liu Jie ran angrily toward the Secret Laboratory, only to find that Zhao Yuxin and Zhu Zhiquan's corpse were already gone.

"She definitely hasn't gone far!" Thinking of this, Liu Jie followed the sewer to look for another entrance. Before long, Liu Jie saw Zhao Yuxin climbing out of the sewer with a corpse on her back.

Liu Jie summoned the three Humanoid Magic Scorpions again and ordered them to pursue. The Humanoid Magic Scorpions received the order and reached the outside of the sewer in just a few breaths.

But by this time, Zhao Yuxin had already returned to the Tricycle and was fleeing into the distance. The Humanoid Magic Scorpions roared and gave chase.

Zhao Yuxin pedaled for her life, and the Humanoid Magic Scorpions behind were getting closer and closer. Just as the Humanoid Magic Scorpions were about to catch up to the Tricycle, they acted like a receiver with a bad signal, always stuttering and glitching.

"You brat, stop right there!" Liu Jie chased desperately from behind, but Zhao Yuxin's Tricycle was traveling at a speed of 20/h, which was a bit fast for her.

As Liu Jie's stamina dropped, Zhao Yuxin successfully pedaled the Tricycle to shake off Liu Jie.

"Huff, huff~ Finally shook her off, I'm exhausted." Zhao Yuxin panted heavily and pulled the Supply Box Detector from her bosom. Looking at Zhu Zhiquan's body lying in the cargo bed, Zhao Yuxin clenched her fists tightly and chose to use it.

"Ding! You have used the Supply Box Detector; the Supply Boxes within a 5-kilometer radius have been revealed in your mind." As the system prompt ended, the locations of four Supply Boxes appeared in Zhao Yuxin's mind.

Zhao Yuxin looked at Zhu Zhiquan again, "I hope this can revive you." Afterward, she headed toward the nearest Supply Box.

At the entrance of a Supermarket, countless players' Tricycles were parked. Players went in and out, scavenging for supplies. Of course, there were also some thieves who specifically targeted unattended Tricycles to steal their supplies.

Zhao Yuxin observed from around a corner, "There are so many players here, I have to be quick! But where should I hide the vehicle?" Zhao Yuxin listened carefully to the echoing sounds and found a building that was very suitable for hiding the vehicle.

After hiding the Tricycle in that building, Zhao Yuxin picked up the Dagger Spear, put on the Fish Scale Armor, and entered the Supermarket. Most of the surrounding players were moving supplies, and some looked in Zhao Yuxin's direction.

"Hey, isn't that woman the teammate of that big shot?"

"Which big shot?"

"The one who had a group of people surround her while waiting at the entrance?"

"Oh~ I remember now. The blood even splashed on my face back then; in an instant, that big shot killed everyone who surrounded her! I just don't know why the big shot didn't come with her?"

The man looked around, "I don't see that big shot. Should we follow her and try to extort her?"

"This..." His teammate looked around and agreed with his idea. By now, Zhao Yuxin had entered the Grocery Room, and the two of them quickly followed Zhao Yuxin into the Grocery Room.

"Eh? Where did she go? Clearly... uh..." A Dagger Spear pierced his back, and his teammate saw this scene and bolted out the door.

"Help! Help..."

Puchi~

Thump~

A Dagger Spear accurately pierced his lower back, causing him to fall to the ground. The surrounding players turned a blind eye to the situation, and then Zhao Yuxin walked out slowly from behind the door.

"Don't... don't come over, please don't kill me! I didn't mean to have any ideas about you, it was... it was him! He was the one who wanted to rob you, you... uh..." Without waiting for him to finish, Zhao Yuxin slashed his throat with the Skinning Knife.

"Hmph! Just by yourselves, you want to rob me? In your next life!" Zhao Yuxin wiped the blood off her weapon and continued searching the Grocery Room for the Supply Box.

The Grocery Room was large. After searching for a while, Zhao Yuxin soon discovered a group of Humanoid Magic Scorpions and an egg.

This egg was the one that hatched Ao'ermoke. She had heard very clearly back then that it was the explosion during this hatching that left Zhu Zhiquan severely wounded, eventually leading to him perishing together with it.

Zhao Yuxin began to analyze calmly, "What should I do? I can't handle so many monsters by myself, I have to think of a way... Got it!"

Zhao Yuxin deliberately made some noise to attract the attention of the Humanoid Magic Scorpions, then led the Humanoid Magic Scorpions out of the Grocery Room while she herself arrived at a distance of 5 meters from Ao'ermoke.

Zhao Yuxin raised the Dagger Spear, preparing to throw it. Outside, the fighting between the Humanoid Magic Scorpions and the players was very noisy, but fortunately, it was only noisy for a short while before it went silent.

Whoosh!

Zhao Yuxin threw it with all her might at Ao'ermoke's egg. The Dagger Spear pierced the eggshell, and a shrill screech came from inside. Then, Ao'ermoke exploded instantly, and Ao'ermoke looked at Zhao Yuxin angrily.

Zhao Yuxin was first blown against the wall by the explosion's shockwave. Fortunately, she was relatively far from the center of the explosion. After getting up, she turned and ran, and Ao'ermoke let out a roar and followed behind her.

"Heh heh heh~"

"What's that sound?" Ao'ermoke's roar made the players who were searching for supplies stop their actions, until Zhao Yuxin ran out of the Grocery Room, followed immediately by a giant figure squeezing out from behind the door.

"My god! What is this thing! How is it so big!"

"Will there be any good stuff if we kill this thing?"

"I think we'd better run."

The appearance of Ao'ermoke made people somewhat panicked, and some of the bolder ones directly launched attacks at Ao'ermoke.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

Various attacks landed on Ao'ermoke. Ao'ermoke was very angry and immediately switched targets to fight the players, while Zhao Yuxin took the opportunity to slip into the Grocery Room to prepare to open the Supply Box.

"Hmph, it's just a Supply Box, isn't it? I, Zhao Yuxin, have it in the bag!" Zhao Yuxin looked at the Green Supply Box and muttered a few words before opening it. A white light flashed, and three items appeared before Zhao Yuxin's eyes.