Zombie attacks, illness, betrayal by someone once admired.
Overnight, it was as if a gaping wound had been torn in the hearts of the people of Luocheng Base.
Zhou Shoushan, of course, saw the forum. He calmly put down his base card.
With heavy steps, he paced to the window.
His broad back appeared somewhat desolate.
"It seems the times are about to change," he murmured.
...
"Whoosh—" the wind slammed fiercely against the window.
Inside the villa, the teammates were in an uproar.
"How can someone be so fond of blaming others! They say being sick is caused by taking medicine?" Zhou Xiaojun said indignantly.
"It's mainly that someone is deliberately guiding the narrative. I don't believe people would connect it to the medicine so quickly..." Lin Xia analyzed rationally.
"The problem is, with public opinion like this, how do we resolve it?"
"Why don't we have Luo Xiaole sell the buff to them again? After all, this buff is immediate!"
"No way, with things as they are, they definitely won't be willing to buy it. They'll just say Xiaole is taking the opportunity to make money and force everyone to pay twice. By then, Xiaole and the commander's reputations will be ruined again..."
"Damn, you're right..."
At this moment, Luo Xiaole's footsteps could be heard from the stairs.
"I think I have a solution!" her voice carried a hint of joy.
"What!" they looked at each other in surprise.
"Ding dong—" the villa's doorbell was suddenly rung by someone.
It was the acupuncturist from last time!
Under everyone's watchful eyes, the acupuncturist's expression was one of terror, yet he still tremblingly took out...
a gun!
A gun glinting silver!
"What do you want!" Luo Shu shouted!
Lin Xia silently erected a wind wall in front of everyone.
"Ah... I don't... you misunderstood... I didn't... have any ill intentions..." The acupuncturist, seeing their wary gazes, tremblingly put the gun away.
"How do you have my gun?" Luo Xiaole recognized it.
But he didn't seem like her customer, so she was very confused.
"To... to tell the truth..." the acupuncturist scratched the back of his head, honestly placing his hands in front of him, pulling at his shirt hem, looking very nervous.
"I left in such a hurry last time that I didn't notice I'd packed it too... I never expected this gun to save my life by chance!" The acupuncturist became agitated as he spoke.
He recounted his experience at the time.
"So you were the one who discovered the first zombie in the base..."
"Then why are you here this time...?"
My place has been attacked by zombies frequently recently, and I feel so insecure! But this gun doesn't have many bullets left... so I was hoping to..."
"Find me to buy weapons?" Luo Xiaole raised an eyebrow.
"That's exactly right! I'm the pillar of my family, and I want to buy more weapons to defend myself. If that doesn't work, at least it'll give me some peace of mind..."
"You came here with my gun, aren't you afraid I'll harm you?" Luo Xiaole found it a little amusing. The acupuncturist was constantly looking at them with extreme tension, like he'd walked into a den of thieves and feared suffering a terrible fate.
"I... I know who you are... and the police officer back then also said your gun was legal... so I..."
Then why was he still trembling so much!
Was she that terrifying!
"Oh, is that so..." Luo Xiaole clasped her arms, suppressing a laugh as she went downstairs.
Upon closer inspection, she realized the acupuncturist's fear was genuine, but his trembling wasn't entirely due to fear.
His face was pale, his expression gloomy, and his face was flushed red, with sweat beading on his forehead.
It was clear he was one of the victims of poisoning last night!
Luo Xiaole's heart leaped, and she suddenly had an idea.
"Don't be afraid. How about this, you keep this gun, I'll replenish your bullets, and I'll give you two more guns, free of charge. However..."
She reached into her chest and took something out.
The acupuncturist quickly took a large step back.
Luo Xiaole held out a small blue pill.
"As long as you take this cold medicine, these guns are all yours." She said with a mysterious smile.
"This... This!" The acupuncturist's face turned ashen. His wife had queued up at Luo Xiaole's shop yesterday to buy medicine, and after taking it, they had become like this.
He had come to buy guns today because his safety was threatened, and he had hesitated for a long time before making the decision.
But he never expected this slender girl in front of him to be a devil!
And she wanted him to take another pill!
Despicable! Shameless! Unreasonable!
Luo Xiaole fully embraced this "devil" persona and provocatively dangled the pill in front of him.
"So? Eat? Or not eat?" she asked slowly.
The acupuncturist was drenched in sweat, his heart in turmoil.
Damn it, if he didn't eat it, he'd die immediately facing zombies. If he ate it, at worst, he'd just be sicker. He could handle it!
"I'll eat it!" His eyes instantly reddened, and he clenched his fists, making up his mind.
"Don't look so ready to die. Don't worry, you'll be fine~" Luo Xiaole said, torn between laughter and tears.
The acupuncturist let out a roar, grabbed the pill from her hand, closed his eyes, and shoved it into his mouth! He swallowed hard!
The moment he swallowed the pill, Luo Xiaole's eyes flickered for an instant. Everyone was astonished to see the pill suddenly turn yellow!
"How do you feel now?" Luo Xiaole's smile finally bloomed.
"I'm fine... I can handle it... I... Huh?" The acupuncturist suddenly realized he felt light and nimble, and the groggy feeling was gone...
No fever, no sore throat, his vision was clear...
He actually felt better than before he got sick!
"I? I'm cured?" He even jumped a couple of times.
He couldn't help it, the effect was too remarkable; he couldn't ignore it!
"This medicine..." He was completely stunned, looking at Luo Xiaole.
"The medicine I gave you yesterday, each pack had two types, left and right. You have to take them together for them to be effective," Luo Xiaole, the great deceiver, was in full swing.
"This... we really didn't read the instructions carefully... They look too much like regular cold medicine, so..." The acupuncturist was dumbfounded...
So they had wrongly accused this little Luo!
"Don't worry! I'll go back and have my wife take the medicine, and I'll go to the forum to clarify things for you immediately! Thank you for your trouble..."
Finally, the acupuncturist expressed his profuse gratitude, took the guns and magazines Luo Xiaole gave him, and left with renewed vigor and a happy heart.
"Xiaole, what's going on?"
"Thanks to Zhou Kaifeng, just as I was thinking about what to do, I suddenly remembered his plan to tamper with the medicine..."
"If he could tamper with it, why couldn't we? So I tried it in the system, and it actually worked to directly change the medicine into a buff!"
"So what you gave him just now was directly the detoxification buff?"
"No wonder it worked so fast!"
"Of course! Targeting the problem!"
"You really have the most ingenious ideas!"
Everyone watched as Luo Xiaole closed her eyes and made some operations in the system, silently and unknowingly replacing all the medicine sold yesterday with the detoxification buff!
She also modified the instructions to cover up the flaws.
Luo Xiaole herself hadn't expected that since the items originated from the system, they could be interchanged.
Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
...
"Swish!" Outside the villa, several figures were now approaching with murderous intent, surrounding the villa...