Chapter 14

Murong Jiao collapsed on the floor of the mirror room, wanting to cry but no tears came out. What’s wrong with those soldiers? Why are they so persistent in trying to catch her? Didn’t she just accidentally hit one of them? Why do they refuse to let her go?

Groaning on the floor, her long hair rustling on the floor as she raised her eyes to the mirror. Lying on the floor, she saw the soldiers take up their weapons again and walk around the mall. This time, they wore those annoying glasses.

She lay on the floor like a starfish, mulling over a solution. After a few minutes of brainstorming, her eyes lit up. She quickly got up from the floor and went to the study. Sitting on the gaming chair, she moved the mouse, and the computer screen lit up.

With nimble fingers movement, she quickly opened the inventory program and checked the 55th talisman room. Seeing the long list, she directly clicked on the search column and entered ‘heat’ in the column. A second later, thousands of search results appeared on the screen.

Her eyes read at high speed while her fingers scrolled down the list. After spending nearly an hour going through the list, her eyes suddenly lit up.

“This is it!”

She clicks on a name in the list and an information page appears on the screen. She read the information carefully.

Name : Heat concealing talisman

Usage : Attached on the body

Function : Conceal the user’s body temperature or the heat of the items.

Seeing the effect of the talisman, she quickly looked at the number of the shelf, and used her spiritual power to take it out of the talisman room. Seeing the thin yellow paper in her hand, she unzipped the zipper of the leather jacket, and attached the talisman on her body next to the invisibility talisman.

Seeing the two talismans on her body, she zipped up the leather jacket and went back to the mirror room. Seeing that there was only one soldier left at the ground floor, she walked out of the spirit courtyard directly. This time, she walked carefully without making a sound.

Although she didn’t want to get close to that soldier now, if she wanted to get out, she had to pass by him. The door is behind him, ah.

Clach.. Clach…

The sound of her feet stepping on the sticky blood stains on the ground was especially loud in the silent building. While grimacing, her movements became slower and lighter when she heard the sound. With every step she took, she was getting closer to the mall entrance and the soldier.

Clach…

“Come out!”

Her body stiffened as the soldier pointed his weapon in her direction. Not daring to move a single muscle, she held her breath. After a while, the soldier didn’t hear any sound and approached her carefully.

“Come out while I’m still playing nice.” He threatened without changing his face.

Looking into his eyes behind the glasses, Murong Jiao knew he couldn’t see her. Secretly heaving a sigh of relief, she glanced around. She must act now before he reaches her.

Before she could find a feasible way out, more and more soldiers came back. Seeing their captain aiming at an open space with a vigilant expression, they hurriedly followed. In one minute, Murong Jiao saw fifty weapons aimed at her. She suddenly felt short of breath.

When he spoke again, the captain’s voice was still calm. “Show yourself before we blow your head off.”

Looking at those poor zombies on the ground, not even a single intact corpse, Murong Jiao swallowed heavily. Unable to find a way out, she bit the bullet and used her wood element spiritual power. Summoning a thin vine, she controlled it and used it to write on the bloody ground.

“I have no malice.”

When she finished writing, a soldier saw blood writing on the ground and shouted, “There is writing on the ground!”

Everyone turned their weapons in the other direction at the same time. Seeing this scene, she couldn’t help admiring them. What a synchronized movement!

The captain didn’t know her mood, and asked after reading what she wrote on the ground. “Who are you? What is your purpose in appearing before us? Who sent you? Why do you hide yourself?”

Listening to his series of questions, she moved the small vine helplessly, and wrote: ‘Brother, you ask so many questions at once, how can I answer them?’

The captain was silent for a while before asking, “Who are you?”

‘Someone who wants to survive.’

After reading her own answer, she nodded at herself for her cleverness. She wasn’t lying because she really wanted to live. It’s just that her answer is the same as no answer. Who wouldn’t want to live these days? They had been working hard to survive in this apocalyptic world.

After reading her nonsense answer, the captain didn’t respond, but he asked again. “What is your purpose in approaching us?”

This time, she wrote faster than before. Here’s her chance to use them!

‘I want to make a deal with you.’

While carefully observing their expressions, she anxiously waited for his answer. The captain glanced at his subordinates for a few seconds, then returned his gaze to the writing on the ground.

After a long silence, his calm voice came. “What kind of deal?”

‘I need someone to clear the way for me.’

Seeing the straightforward answer, the captain began to deliberate on the identity of this person. Seeing the beautiful handwriting, he guessed that this person was a woman. Judging by the way she spoke, she should be a young woman, maybe a civilian.

Although all his guesses were correct, he quickly dismissed the idea. It is impossible for a young woman to dare to provoke them, nor would she dare to come to this central district alone. This person must be an expert, and handwriting can be forged.

If Murong Jiao knew what the captain was thinking right now, she would laugh until tears came out. Since she didn’t know, she could only wait anxiously for his answer. After a long silence, the captain finally willing to open his lips to speak again.

“What’s in it for us, where do you want to go?” he asked calmly, but still wary.

‘I want to go to a hospital near J University. I can give you any supplies you want in exchange for giving me all the equipment in the hospital and opening the way for me.’

Seeing her dare to bring it up, the captain was surprised. He looked at the others and saw the same look of surprise on their faces. If this person dares to promise to give them whatever they want, then this person must be very powerful. In order to test her limits, he wanted to charge a high price.

He still had a calm face when he opened his mouth and said, “I want one hundred kilograms of fresh meat, fifty baskets of fresh fruit, and one thousand gallons of water.”

When his subordinates heard his request, they couldn’t help but look at each other. It’s been almost a week since the apocalypse. Even if there is still frozen meat hidden in the solar cellar, where is the fresh meat? Although their captain only asked for one hundred kilograms and it sounds not much, it’s already impossible to find even one gram now.

What’s more, their captain also asked for fresh fruit. It’s so hot now that even the grass can’t survive. Where can this person find fifty baskets of fresh fruit? Besides, if there are fruit trees that can survive, do they dare to eat them? They certainly don’t have the guts to try. Seeing their captain’s calm expression, they just fell silent. Their captain is really a tiger’s mouth.

After hearing his request, Murong Jiao thought it was just a simple request. She thought with his expression, he would ask something impossible. However, when she saw the rotten flesh scattered on the ground, she couldn’t help but look at this man a few more times. Standing in this bloody scene, he was still in the mood to eat fresh meat. His mental strength is really extraordinary.

Seeing that there was no new answer for a long while, the captain said: “If you can’t meet my conditions, just leave.”

When she came back to her senses, she quickly wrote on the ground again.

‘That’s not a problem. It’s just… Can we change places first? You don’t want your fresh meat to be contaminated with zombie blood, do you?’

Looking at the sentence on the floor, the corner of the captain’s mouth twitched. He lowered his weapon and signaled to his subordinates. Seeing that their captain had given the order, they put down their weapons, opened the gate, and went out in an orderly manner.

After the last soldier left, Murong Jiao hurriedly followed without noticing that the captain was observing the floor and saw her footprints on the blood-stained floor. Seeing the size of her footprints, the captain resumed his guesses. If he made assumptions based on the size of her footprints, this person is really a woman, and possibly even a child.