Xiao Yu refueled the armored vehicle and then told Liu Tingting to stay inside.
This was also a form of test for her.
As long as she wasn't hopelessly dumb, she wouldn't try to drive off with the vehicle.
"We're going to clean out that pharmacy."
Xiao Yu led the team inside. Everything else could wait—what mattered most was the extra-large rain hats.
Small, medium, and large didn't fit.
Only extra-large barely worked.
There weren't many of those, so they had to raid more pharmacies.
In under five minutes, the pharmacy was cleaned out.
Xiao Yu only managed to find three boxes of his size.
Too few.
More raids were needed.
This was a pedestrian street, where it wasn't an exaggeration to say there was a pharmacy every ten steps.
Xiao Yu spent over an hour
raiding every pharmacy around the entire street.
And he was still feeling great.
5x recovery rate was seriously amazing.
It was just 2 PM—plenty of time to raid more malls.
The group returned to the armored vehicle.
Han Kexin drove, and in under twenty minutes, they reached Wanjia Mall.
Xiao Yu stored the armored vehicle in the Space Warehouse.
This time, Liu Tingting was going in with them,
mainly because he worried the vehicle might get commandeered by the Police Department or Military Division while he wasn't there.
The group approached the mall entrance.
Xiao Yu drew his Miao Blade to cut through the security shutter.
Just then,
a figure suddenly appeared from around the corner, looking flustered.
He held an assault rifle.
The distance between both parties was less than five meters.
Xiao Yu instantly used Mental Enchantment to immobilize him.
It was a middle-aged man,
his clothes stained with fresh blood, and his eyes full of hostility.
But under the enchantment, he was completely frozen.
"Kexin, your turn."
"Kill him!"
Han Kexin was stunned for a full three seconds before reacting. "Captain... you want me to kill him?"
"Why?"
Xiao Yu said coldly, "Because he's holding a gun."
Killing someone just because they're armed? That didn't sound right.
"Captain, I... I don't get it. A lot of soldiers got bitten by Zombies. Finding a gun by luck isn't that strange."
Xiao Yu shook his head.
"Sure, picking up a gun can be innocent."
"But there's also the possibility—he ambushed a soldier and took it."
"I know it's just a guess."
"But in the apocalypse, you always assume the worst—otherwise, the one who dies will be you!"
Xiao Yu wasn't just being paranoid.
His speculation had basis.
The man's clothes had bright red blood,
not the blackish-red kind that came from Zombies.
So, he had killed a human.
And judging by the blood spray, it was at close range with a sharp weapon.
Otherwise, the blood wouldn't be on him.
Most likely scenario:
He ambushed an unsuspecting soldier and took the rifle.
Because only with a gun
could he feel secure.
Someone like this—a violent thug with a weapon—was a serious threat.
Xiao Yu wouldn't let him walk away alive.
"Kexin, kill him!"
"This is the apocalypse. Better to kill the wrong person than to risk your own life!"
Xiao Yu reminded her again.
Han Kexin finally understood.
Yeah, that gun's origin was unknown.
If they let him go and he fired from behind later, what then?
The Captain's orders were never wrong.
Han Kexin comforted herself with this thought, then slowly raised her pistol.
Bang—
One shot to the head.
The man's body slowly collapsed.
Xiao Yu deactivated Mental Enchantment.
"Let's move."
The five of them didn't linger.
They walked toward the mall entrance.
And right around the corner, they saw the body of a soldier.
He looked very young—probably eighteen or nineteen.
His body lay flat on the ground, a pool of blood spreading from his back.
Xiao Yu rolled him over.
A dagger was embedded in his heart from the back,
its hilt nearly flush with his skin.
This confirmed Xiao Yu's suspicion.
The man earlier had indeed ambushed this soldier to get the rifle.
"Captain, you were right," Han Kexin said.
An Xiaoran, Anna, and even Liu Tingting were now completely convinced by Xiao Yu's intuition and insight.
They all accepted his creed:
In the apocalypse—always think the worst. Better to kill by mistake than let danger survive.
The group arrived at the mall entrance.
Xiao Yu slashed open the security shutter with the Miao Blade.
Once inside, he used the rubble truck to block the entrance again.
They began raiding the mall.
Thanks to the 5x recovery speed,
and the Enhanced Recovery skill that allowed Xiao Yu to heal both himself and An Xiaoran,
they swept through the place at top speed.
In under two hours,
Wanjia Supermarket was completely cleaned out.
On to the next one.
Xiao Yu didn't stop.
By the time it got dark, he'd also emptied Hippo Supermarket.
It had been a hugely productive day.
And it was all thanks to Liu Tingting's Occupational Attributes and Skill.
Even though she was temporarily kicked from the team,
Xiao Yu didn't make things hard for her.
Without her support ability, there was no way they could've raided this fast.
As night fell,
Xiao Yu decided it was time to head back to the hotel.
Han Kexin drove.
On the way, Liu Tingting casually mentioned the soldiers turning into Zombies at the bridgehead.
Xiao Yu couldn't help but sigh.
There used to be four soldiers stationed there—
every time they saw him, they'd salute respectfully.
But later, it became one less each day.
Either they got infected or were bitten to death by Zombies.
And now, not a single one remained.
Xiao Yu asked casually,
"You were doing fine on the Jinhu artificial island—why'd you come out?"
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