Chapter 16 - Stop

“We don’t need your protection; our Dream Guild can shield him too.”

Lan Xi replied unhappily, finding this guy incredibly sly.

His life wasn’t even secure yet, and he had already started poaching members.

Su Mo looked at Sun Duoxiang and said, “Why should I trust you?

Like you said, one can hardly fight against multiple attackers.

Once we reach the safe zone, if so many people from your guild come after me, I won’t be able to withstand it.”

“Big brother, what would it take for you to trust me?”

Sun Duoxiang asked with a look of someone on the verge of tears.

“It’s simple, write down your real address, name, and phone number for me.

If I get taken out, I’ll come looking for you in real life.”

Su Mo immediately took out paper and pen.

After hearing this, Sun Duoxiang’s eyes widened; he stared at Su Mo as if he had seen a ghost.

“Big brother, it’s just a game, do you have to be so serious?

Are you planning to take a plane and travel thousands of miles to have a real-life PK with me?”

Sun Duoxiang was nearly in tears.

What kind of people had he run into?

Could they be involved in organized crime?

“That’s right.”

Su Mo replied earnestly.

Sun Duoxiang couldn’t help but shudder.

He had indeed encountered a madman.

If he couldn’t provoke him, it was best to cooperate.

So Sun Duoxiang gave up his address and phone number.

Whether it was real or fake, that was hard to say, but at least he had given something up.

After Su Mo wrote down the address, he didn’t make things difficult for him any further and said to Lan Xi, “Untie the rope, will you?”

“Alright.”

Lan Xi reluctantly untied Sun Duoxiang’s ropes, feeling genuinely sorry for the guy.

Running into Su Mo, the god of death, was just his bad luck.

If only she had known, she would have dealt with him more harshly earlier and put him out of his misery.

Once he was free, Sun Duoxiang looked at Su Mo with a fawning expression.

“Big brother, we’re in the same boat now, so about my backpack…”

“I’ll give it back to you.”

Su Mo tossed Sun Duoxiang’s backpack to him.

“Thank you, big brother.”

Sun Duoxiang’s face lit up with joy as he quickly slung his backpack on.

Lan Xi didn’t mind; they had already rummaged through Sun Duoxiang’s backpack, and the best thing inside was a box of painkillers.

Su Mo had already taken the box of medicine, and the next best thing was that shotgun.

Su Mo ignored Sun Duoxiang and said to Lan Xi, “Let’s continue exploring.”

“Okay.”

Lan Xi nodded in agreement.

“Take me with you, will you?”

Sun Duoxiang quickly said.

“You have nothing to do with this.”

Su Mo couldn’t be bothered to say more to Sun Duoxiang.

Sun Duoxiang wasn’t annoyed either; he quickly followed Su Mo, and, with a sycophantic tone, said.

“I’ll just watch, I absolutely won’t compete with you two, I promise.”

Su Mo didn’t respond, which was as good as a silent approval.

When Sun Duoxiang saw Su Mo trying keys in various doors, his eyes nearly popped out.

He was a bit frustrated inside; where did they find those keys?

Why hadn’t he found any?

It didn’t take long for Su Mo to find the room that matched the first key.

Click!

The door was opened; it was a storeroom cluttered with assorted junk.

Sun Duoxiang wisely stayed at the entrance, giving no sign of intending to enter.

He had barely saved his own life, and he didn’t want to risk angering them.

Su Mo and Lan Xi dug through the room for a while, but eventually gave up, finding nothing of value.

“Let’s go, look for the next one.”

Su Mo left the room without a second’s hesitation.

Lan Xi and Sun Duoxiang hurriedly followed.

Pretty soon, the last room was found as well.

Crack!

The door was flung open; it was a private bedroom filled with dust.

However, the search wasn’t fruitless.

Suspended on the wall directly opposite, there hung a dark red, wooden-sheathed Tang Sword, about 80cm in length.

Su Mo’s eyes lit up as he stepped forward, grabbed the sword, and drew it from its sheath, revealing its cold gleam.

“Equipment!”

Sun Duoxiang exclaimed, not minding their collection of many items; none could truly be called ‘equipment.’

Su Mo swung it a few times, and it felt very comfortable in hand, so he put it away.

“Look what I found.”

Lan Xi called out excitedly.

Su Mo turned to look and saw that Lan Xi was holding a gold bar in her hand.

“Not bad,”

Su Mo responded without much excitement.

Though the item could be converted into gold points, survival was the current issue, and the value of the gold was not yet realized, which is why he wasn’t very interested.

At that moment, Lan Xi offered the gold bar to Su Mo.

Su Mo was slightly surprised; after all, he had not planned to ask Lan Xi for it.

The key was discovered by her as well, so it was only natural for her to have a share of the finds.

“No need; it’s for you.”

“For me?”

Lan Xi paused, a look of delight sweeping across her face as she quickly reacted and used her bracelet to convert the gold bar into gold points.

Sun Duoxiang looked at Su Mo with a newfound respect; who else in this era would treat money like dirt?

Clearly, he must be some hidden affluent lord.

With that thought, Sun Duoxiang made up his mind to develop a good relationship with this man.

Su Mo didn’t pay attention to their reactions; he carefully searched the entire room once more.

Unfortunately, there were no other surprises.

Soon after, the three finished searching the entire security building and confirmed there was nothing else of value left.

“Big brother, since we’ve finished searching the building and there isn’t much here, why don’t we rest for a bit?

It’s relatively safe, and then we can go to the safe zone together when it’s time?”

Sun Duoxiang suggested shamelessly.

“No, we need to head to the safe zone.

The journey won’t be smooth sailing, and we need more arms.”

Su Mo rejected Sun Duoxiang’s proposal.

“Don’t you have a sword and a gun already?

Isn’t that enough?”

Lan Xi looked at Su Mo with some confusion.

“This is a shotgun, but not just any shotgun.

It’s from the security company.

If I’m not mistaken, it’s loaded with blanks.

Good enough for shooting people, but far from effective against zombies,”

Su Mo explained and without warning fired a shot at the wall, startling Lan Xi and Sun Duoxiang.

Lan Xi and Sun Duoxiang both wanted to lecture Su Mo.

This guy never gave anyone a break; whatever he thought, he did immediately.

They were really curious about how his brain worked.

Unfortunately, Su Mo didn’t care about their thoughts at all; he headed towards the back door of the security company.

Lan Xi reacted and immediately followed him.

Sun Duoxiang’s expression changed several times, and finally, stomping his foot, he cursed under his breath.

“I must be crazy.”

Then, Sun Duoxiang followed them as well.

Whether it was luck or some other reason, Su Mo and his companions walked along the edge of the street towards the police bureau, encountering strangely few zombies on the way.

A few wandering ones were quickly slain by Su Mo’s sweeps of the Tang Sword.

Sun Duoxiang watched Su Mo’s ferocity, unabatedly flattering him along the way.

“Big brother is really amazing, clearly a martial artist; these monsters are nothing in your hands, just like trash…”

Su Mo was so annoyed that he almost wanted to turn around and smack Sun Duoxiang.

He was too noisy.

Just then, the ground trembled slightly.

Su Mo stopped.

“What’s wrong, big brother?”

Sun Duoxiang looked at Su Mo, puzzled.

Su Mo didn’t answer him; instead, he turned to look towards the distant street.