The night was clear, the moon high in the sky, casting a rare gentleness after the apocalypse.
Taking advantage of the other servants' absence from the corridor in the Qin residence, Luo Xiao Le and her group directly scaled the walls and converged in Mo Chen's largest room.
Though it was merely a bedroom in the Qin family mansion, it was equipped like a presidential suite, spacious enough to house dozens of people comfortably.
"I can understand me sneaking in here, but what's with all of you following suit?" Luo Xiao Le looked at Luo Shu and the others with helplessness.
She hadn't had any opportunity to converse with Mo Chen on their journey. Now that she finally had a chance to be alone, and was planning to make a bold move, what was with these third wheels?
"We've grown accustomed to the constant movement of the apocalypse. Suddenly being treated this well, it makes us feel like lambs about to be slaughtered. I can't sleep soundly alone..." Luo Shu said with a pained expression, making a throat-slitting gesture.
"Exactly. We always feel like we won't see tomorrow's sun..." The Lin sisters mirrored each other, resting their chins on their hands.
Chen Xiao Lin was quietly drawing circles in a corner. Ah Ling and the others, upon entering the city and nearing the Qin residence, had found a place to hide themselves.
After all, the security at the Qin family's entrance was much stricter than at the base's entrance.
There was no way they could infiltrate, so they had to wait outside.
During the past few days on the road, Chen Xiao Lin had chatted with Ah Ling from time to time. Both of them possessed zombie attributes. As they talked, a tiny sprout of affection had finally begun to grow in his heart...
To be forcibly separated from Ah Ling for several days now, he suddenly felt... so lonely!
Watching Luo Xiao Le and Mo Chen exchange glances occasionally amidst the crowd, he suddenly felt... life was meaningless... this world was so meaningless, sob sob sob...
"Wow, so exciting!" Only Zhou Xiao Jun was completely engrossed, gesticulating wildly, shouting something like a playful monkey.
"What have you been listening to since just now?" Luo Xiao Le leaned in with great curiosity.
"The Qin family has so many servants... so much gossip! Do you want me to broadcast it to you in real-time?"
Everyone exchanged glances. They weren't going to sleep tonight anyway, so why not listen?
Indeed, gossip was a universal human instinct...
Luo Xiao Le directly took out her stamina buff and ability stabilization buff, and dumped them all onto Chen Xiao Lin, to facilitate his "endurance"...
Thus, in a short period, the group was bombarded with an explosive amount of information!
"My god, the Qin family actually has a First Wife and an eldest son!"
"What? The First Wife's death was tragic?"
"General Qin insisted on conducting experiments in the laboratory. The First Wife objected. General Qin not only confined his wife but also laid hands on her. They say the wife couldn't bear it anymore and committed suicide..."
"Holy crap, Qin Li has this side to him? Shouldn't he be renamed Qin Shou!"
"That original wife was too pathetic..."
Luo Xiao Le got goosebumps hearing this. She only knew about Qin Li's previous experiments with the zombie virus, but she never expected such a story behind it...
Her impression of Qin Li instantly dropped by another three points, and was now in the negatives...
"Sigh..." She sighed, thinking how pathetic Qin Ming Yang was, to have such a father...
"What? What are they saying? Did I hear that right? Qin Li has an eldest son? They found him? He's been alive all these years?"
Everyone's heads were full of question marks...
Luo Xiao Le sighed again, "Alas, I wonder who is so unfortunate to be about to have such a terrifying father..."
...
It wasn't until one in the morning that everyone was still in awe of the Qin mansion's gossip.
"Unbelievable, Qin Li set up a large-scale enclosed farm near the base, and who knows what he's raising in there. He has to inspect it every two days?"
The gossip in between was mostly trivial. It was only upon hearing this that everyone frowned.
"Comrades, there are zombie king attacks everywhere lately. You don't think what he's raising is..."
"I think your terrifying guess is very likely correct..."
"I second that..."
"Then what should we do..."
"After we get out of here, we'll go take a look!" Luo Xiao Le made the final decision.
...
Once the Qin residence's servants finally fell asleep, and the source of the gossip disappeared.
Everyone, drowsy, prepared to sleep.
Luo Xiao Le poured herself a bottle of clarity buff.
She slowly crept to Mo Chen's side.
"Want to talk?" Only a faint scent of woody citrus lingered in the air, wafting towards Luo Xiao Le's nose.
Mo Chen's deep, serene eyes gazed at Luo Xiao Le. Her cheeks, flushed after bathing, made her look even more adorable.
He couldn't help but prop himself up and slowly lean towards Luo Xiao Le.
At that moment, Luo Xiao Le, as if by instinct, gracefully adjusted her upper body's angle.
Their eyes strayed between each other's hazy gazes and slightly parted rosy lips...
And just as they were about to touch...
Luo Xiao Le shyly averted her gaze, wanting to slowly close her eyes...
Her gaze, shifting towards the window, suddenly spotted several white vortexes approaching at extreme speed!
Luo Xiao Le's fists suddenly clenched...
Why did they always interrupt her at crucial moments? Wouldn't they let her pursue her lifelong happiness!
These inexplicable guys, get lost!
She fiercely clenched her fists and stood up, scrambling onto the windowsill.
Several assassins with invisibility abilities, acting under Qin Ming Yang's orders, confidently approached Mo Chen's room.
Qin Ming Yang had also promised them a generous reward if the mission was successful, ensuring their lives of ease and comfort in the post-apocalyptic world.
A smug look of delight spread across their faces. They were top-tier experts from the Capital Base, having executed countless missions. Killing a single person was by no means a difficult task for them!
Happiness had come so suddenly, they were already feeling a bit dizzy.
"Our invisibility skills are top-notch. No one can possibly see through them."
Almost instantly, they arrived at Mo Chen's window.
Peeking inside, they saw that the room was filled with people sleeping in all sorts of positions...
"What's going on! The young master said he was alone in this room! How did so many extra people get here!"
"Who exactly is Mo Chen..." They frantically communicated with sign language, all of them lost in confusion.
At this moment, a clear female voice suddenly came from the side.
"Who are you looking for? Need any help?"
The few of them were startled and immediately turned around. Only then did they see a petite figure crouching on the windowsill, who had blended seamlessly with the night, thus remaining unseen.
"!!!" They recoiled sharply. This person could actually see them!
This was absolutely impossible!
"Retreat first!" Sensing something was amiss, they frantically gestured, intending to withdraw.
Luo Xiao Le only saw the few white vortexes bouncing backward like springs...
"So they're a bunch of springy guys... and you're running away? Ruining good deeds will have consequences!" Luo Xiao Le stretched her limbs and also leaped fiercely, soaring straight into the sky!
A parabolic arc was cast under the moonlight.
She unleashed her full power, having not yet used it all, and with a series of punches, she sent each of the vortexes flying!
"Ahhh!!!!"
"Ouch!!!" Several screams suddenly echoed in the high altitude...
"Whoosh!" The few individuals could no longer maintain their invisibility, and several arcs "elegantly" sliced through the night sky...
With a "bang," they were directly flung out of the Capital Base and landed in a lake dozens of kilometers away...
"Huh?" The few individuals surfaced from the lake.
"We... are home?"
This was their hometown, tens of kilometers away from the Capital Base.