by Chen Ran
Zero flashed into the house. There was a low moan from a woman in the house. It seemed that the wolf thief was doing something good in the house. The room was as shabby as it looked, with no decorations except for a few pieces of furniture from the ruins.
At the bottom of the iron layer was a large bed, about four or five meters wide. It looked like it had welded two or three beds together. A woman could be vaguely seen on the bed. He walked over and saw that the woman's hands were tied to the leather rope tied to each side of the bed. The woman's eyes were closed and her expression pained. Her long brown hair was wet with sweat and stuck tightly to her face.
Although she was thin, her face was still quite pretty. He was not wearing any clothes, only a few pieces of cloth to cover his embarrassment. She wore a long skirt that was slightly pulled up, revealing a pair of strong, long legs.
As if noticing the arrival of zero, the woman slightly opened her eyes and was shocked to see that Zero was not a wolf thief.
She started to say something, but Zero immediately put a hand to her mouth and signaled her not to speak.
"Kaelyn?" Zero asked.
The woman's eyes were filled with confusion and surprise as she nodded heavily.
"I came to save you on behalf of Victor."
As he spoke, he untied the rope for Kaelyn. But the moment he wanted to help Kaelyn up, the moment he came into contact with this woman, he felt a numbing sensation on his fingertips. This made him reflexively withdraw his hand, and he looked at Kaelyn in surprise.
"You can go." Kaelyn said weakly: "I'm almost done for. I'm very happy to know that Victor still hasn't given up on me. That's enough. Go. I was hopeless, and after the animals had had enough of me, they fed me neurostimulants with strong radiation every day. Although the dosage was very little, but after half a year, I couldn't get out of bed. Although my body cannot move, I feel that it is much more sensitive than normal. They like to play around with me while looking at my expression, and I live like a bitch, I like that, I cannot be seen by Victor … "
After Kaelyn said so much in one breath, she immediately gasped for breath. Blood mixed with saliva was flowing out of the corner of her mouth. It was a sign that her organs had died. Su Yun was not a doctor, but she could still feel that the vitality in Kaelyn's body had already reached its limits. If it were anyone else, they would have died a long time ago, but he didn't know what kind of support station she had survived until now.
"Help me take the storage ring and give it to Victor." Kaelyn looked at the silver ring on his right hand. "Please tell him to live on happily. Kaelyn... Always love him. "
Zero took it off carefully and hid it in his pocket.
Kaelyn took a deep breath and smiled: "Alright, now I beg you to kill me."
At this moment, this woman, who had almost reached the end of her life, blossomed with an unprecedented beauty. Her face was serene and holy like an angel's. Zero took out his dagger, hesitating for the first time.
"Believe me, you are helping a poor woman to end her miserable life. Or could it be that you would rather see those beasts use medicine to hang me by my life and continue to toy with my body? " Kaelyn said while smiling. Her skin started to turn an unnatural red, and blood started to seep out of her pores and eyes.
If Zero didn't do anything, then Kaelyn could still live for a day or two. However, the necrosis of her body tissue would cause her sensitive nerves to suffer a pain that was many times worse than an ordinary person's.
The dagger was raised, and then stabbed down with lightning. Using precise and quick methods, he cut off the connection between Kaelyn's heart and blood vessels, using his fastest speed and the smallest amount of pain to make this woman quietly stop breathing in this metal house.
Zero's grip on the dagger had never felt so tight before. An indescribable sadness pressed down on him like a boulder, making him unable to breathe. At this moment, Zero really wanted to kill all of the thieves outside, but he silently wrapped Kaelyn's corpse with a bedsheet and tied her up with a rope.
Even if Kaelyn dies, he would bring her back to Victor. Her body should be cremated, and the flames would burn away all the filth on her body. The ashes should be buried in the grave Victor prepared for her, so they could meet again in a different way. In short, no matter what, Kaelyn should not stay in the hands of the wolves anymore, and let them have fun with his corpse.
When he opened the door, with Kaelyn on his back, a thief had just returned. Seeing this situation, the wolf thief reached for the gun on his waist. Zero rammed into his arms, slit his throat soundlessly with his dagger, and kicked him out the door.
As Zero walked out of the metal house, the unbearable pain made him howl towards the sky like a wounded wolf in the wilderness.
The howling sound attracted the attention of the other bandits. They angrily cursed and took up their weapons as they rushed towards the iron house.
Zero's eyes were bloodshot, and a submachine gun and shotgun were in his hands.
He would eventually walk out of here, and no one would be able to stop him!
Chapter 68 - Solitude for the Night
By the time Su Yun returned to the Angry Reef City, the sky was already dark.
He was covered in blood, some his own, but most of them were wolf thieves.
Zero had almost killed his way out of the gymnasium. The road was a bright red carpet made of his and the enemy's blood. In the end, even his dagger became dull. Only then did he leave the gymnasium, drove the heavy locomotive and took Kaelyn's body away. As for the wolf bandits, they had lost at least a third of their manpower.
He was injured. The most serious injury was a bullet embedded in his shoulder blade. It suppressed the nerves of zero, causing half of his body to feel numb and uncomfortable. As for the other wounds, they were even more numerous. Most of them were gunshot wounds, and only his thigh and chest were cut twice. Zero's self-healing ability worked again, and once he stopped strenuous exercise, the shallow wounds stopped bleeding automatically. There were also other places that had bullets embedded in them. Although Zero had picked some of them out with his dagger, there were still a few that were not able to do it because of the special position of the bullets.
He used his willpower to suppress the mournful cries of his body, and silently drove the carriage through the desolate wilderness, and finally returned to the Angry Reef City.
If he had returned from the old era covered in blood like Zero, it would have caused a huge sensation. However, the people nowadays had seen too many dead people, so they didn't really care much about seeing zeros. Zero drove the car all the way to Victor's clinic. Just as the engine stopped, Victor had already run out of the clinic.
He pushed open the door of the clinic and looked at the woman behind Zero. Victor could not help but shiver. His expression was extremely complicated as he cried and laughed. He walked with heavy steps, not daring to imagine what Victor would do when he finds out the truth. In Victor's eyes, Kaelyn had just fallen asleep quietly. He ushered Zero into the clinic, quickly closed the door, and put on the sign that said "Stop business."
"She …"
Su Yun put down the lady behind him. Kaelyn, who was lying on the bed, was a little too quiet. Victor's breathing started to quicken as he faintly guessed what was going on.
"She's dead." Su Li took a deep breath and decided to tell Victor the truth directly. He gave Kaelyn's ring to him and also told him everything about the pitiful woman being treated inhumanly in the wolf thief stronghold. At this moment, the little beast Lara appeared out of nowhere. It flapped its wings lovingly as it flew up to the zero point in the sky. Then, it continued to lament in his ear with "lala lala lala" sounds. Then, he would just throw it to the side. It was better to let Victor calm down now.
Victor was especially calm, but his trembling body and the bloodshot eyes betrayed him. Su Xin, if not for Kaelyn's final request for him to live on, with this man's deep emotions, he probably would have swallowed the sp
ear and kissed himself.
"Live well?" After Victor finished listening to Zero's explanation, he repeated these words back and forth. In the end, he gave a mournful smile, "Kaelyn, if not for you, how would I have the pleasure of living in this dogshit world? But don't worry, this is your last request. No matter what, I will continue to live on. "
Hearing Victor's words, Zero finally heaved a sigh of relief. If the doctor was determined to seek death, then Lea's disease would be hopeless.
When he thought of Lea, he realized that she did not seem to be in the clinic.
"Where's Lea?" Zero asked.
Victor's body shook, he raised his head and said bitterly: "I'm sorry, I didn't protect her. She … "He was taken away."
The air in the clinic suddenly became cold, and Zero grabbed Victor. With a tone that had never been calm before, she asked: "What's going on?"
Although he appeared calm on the surface, Victor was well aware that his heart was probably filled with shock. He couldn't help but admire Yu Tian. If it was him, he probably wouldn't even be able to calm down tenths of his body. Victor did not plan to hide anything, he brought Masters's people to capture Lea from the clinic and sent him to a black car. would even tell Zero about the people from the Dark Council in the car all the relevant information.
When he heard about the black car, his eyelids twitched. He then asked, "Is that person very young? Oh right, he has golden hair."
"You've met him?" This time, it was Victor who was shocked.
When he left the Angry Reef City in the morning, he saw this person in the caravan in the wilderness. But Zero never thought that they were here for Lea. But why did they want to capture Lea?
Could it be because of Hans's blood? Su Ming immediately thought of this possibility. After all, this was the only 'valuable' thing on Lea's body. And it was not hard to guess what relationship the so called "Dark Council" had with the "Parkland's valve", because Lea had met with mishap at Z7 base. As for the Z7 base, it was owned by the Parkland. Zero read the name of the rich guy in his heart, completely unaware of the fact that they had already been blacklisted.
Zero turned to leave.
"Where are you going?" Victor called out to him.
"Go find Masters, I want to know where the people from Dark Council are now." Without the slightest hesitation, Su Chen firmly said.
Victor said: "I do not plan to stop you, even though it seems very foolish. But before you go, it would be best for you to take off the warhead in your body, or do you think that your battle power will be reduced so that you can save Lea from the hands of the Dark Council? "
Zero stopped in front of the door, then turned around and walked back. "How long will it take?"
"Half an hour at most." Victor said confidently.
The night was getting darker.
A heavy locomotive drove out of Angry Reef City, the red light at the back of the train casting a red trail in the dark night. He drove the engine onto the highway outside the city and followed the damaged highway to the west.
When Ling Yun found Masters, this local snake seemed to have predicted that he would come here. Without using any special methods, Masters already told him the movements of the people from Dark Council. But when Zero left, Masters advised him not to throw his life away for nothing. Using Masters's words, for a mercenary with the ability of Zero, wouldn't the woman just wave goodbye?
"There can be many kinds of women, but there's only one wife." Zero left in a terse answer.
Masters only shook his head.
Walking alone in the dark wilderness, he knew that the odds were against him. From Victor and Masters's reactions, Zero clearly knew what kind of role the Dark Council was. However, he was not prepared to retreat. The ferocity that flowed in his blood made him like a proud wolf. The wolf would only stop if he bit off the neck of his opponent and cut off their breath.
Even if there was only one person, a gun. He had to face this cruel world and never retreat!
Chapter 69 - Game
Zero stopped.
He chased for the greater part of the night and finally found the whereabouts of the Dark Council.
The damaged road had traces of an armored car being pressed down. The car turned a corner not far away and drove off the road, heading towards an abandoned city. He would rather sit in a less practical car than stay in a relatively safe armoured car. This meant that the blond youth Zero saw was a person of his own identity. He might even be a noble, and people like this, if it was not necessary, would definitely not travel through the night.
If the other party stayed or rested, that would give Zero a chance to find and rescue Lea.
The Dark Council may be very powerful, but the snipers in the dark night were even more terrifying. The bullets in the darkness would only reveal their ferocious fangs at critical moments. Su Yun believed that after tonight, the people of Dark Council would regain a better understanding of the profession of sniper.
He started the engine and followed the tracks into the darkness of the ruins.
The blue and white flames that were unique to high efficiency and solid combustion illuminated Lea's eyes. In front of her eyes, a field stove that was composed of the top technology in the field of electronics, gold treatment, and machinery displayed a technology that exceeded that of this era. A small alloy pot was placed on top of the stove, which was then filled with Level 4 drinking water. Finally, chunks of fresh frozen beef and ingredients were poured into the pot. Three minutes later, the stewed beef that could only be eaten in the old days appeared in front of Lea's eyes.
Whether it was the small and exquisite Battle Furnace, the Level 4 Drinking Water that did not contain any radioactive substance, or the terrifyingly fresh beef mince, they were all things that Lea would never have thought of normally. But now, a bowl of fragrant beef soup was placed in front of her. As long as she stretched out her hand, she would be able to eat the delicacies that she would never forget in her entire life.
But compared to these, Lea was more curious about who exactly they were.
After being caught by them, Lea knew that the leader of these people was the young man with short golden hair. This person was quite handsome, just like a young noble from the old era. However, the man's dark red robes made Lea feel uncomfortable. Sitting together with him, Lea could smell an extremely strong stench of blood floating in the car.
The equipment of this team was excellent, which Lea had never seen before, and even the Ordinary Soldier was equipped with guns from the new era. All of these firearms were equipped with both lightweight and practical features. The streamlined body of the gun was special. It was not a common type of metal, but more like composite material on an armored car.
As for the young man in the lead, Lea could not even see a single weapon on his body, nor did he have a dagger. However, he gave Lea a feeling that he was much more dangerous than the others. It was as if this young man himself was a moving weapon warehouse.
Not far away, Lea was staring blankly at a bowl of beef soup.
Lea was completely unlike the other women in the wilderness, other than the panic she showed when they just got into the carriage, Lea's expression did not match her age of calmness. She even asked Soren in person what he wanted to capture her for.
Of course Soren would not reply. In his opinion, even speaking to the captive would be a waste of his life.
The young noble knew that this girl also had a protector. It was a mercenary named 'Zero'. He even had the mercenary license given to him by his family. Regarding this mercenary, Soren had seen his information before. There was no doubt that Soren was arrogant and confident, but that did not mean he would be arrogant. Clearly knowing all the information of his opponents who could pose a threat to him, this was what Soren had learnt when he became a Blood Cavalry warrior.
Through the information that Soren could obtain, he found out the result of this battle. Other than killing a butcher on his own in the Silver Tree City two year
s ago, not long ago Zero killed a large number of rock spider in the Remot. These zeros were not reported, so there was no license in the AI chip. Soren came to this conclusion based on the information provided by Theon and the sudden appearance of the Queen's Eye on the black market of Remot.
Just killing the Spider Queen was enough to raise one's fighting record by one rank. At least, in Soren's opinion, with his performance up till now, he was qualified to be a third ranked mercenary.
And after the analysis of the personality of the information experts in the party about zero, the chances of Zero to catch up to Lea was about 90%. This meant that Soren would face off against an outstanding sniper.
The battle near Hessen Bridge did not escape Soren's eyes, his Tracing Specialist had found Lafite's corpse. Through his judgement of the scene, Soren knew that he had used two bullets to break Lafite's Meta-Su Domain with the same bullet point and also killed this Element Domain Capable who was also at the third stage.
Tracing Specialist had made an assessment of at least stage three sniping skills, even if the record of zero did not contain such an ability.
There were probably even more secrets that had yet to be unearthed from his body. This made Soren very interested in him, and he was also looking forward to seeing that Zero could catch up to him. If possible, Soren wanted to absorb him into his own warriors. A Sniper Specialist of the third step would allow the strength of Soren's team to increase by a level.
As for how he was going to convince Zero, that was not within Soren's consideration. In his opinion, as long as Zero agreed to his request. He could easily have a woman who was a hundred times prettier than Lea, and Soren could also give him a zero-superior living environment. In turbulent times, these two reasons were enough to make even the most stubborn of people become a obedient dog.