70: Chapter 70 The New King of Cloud Peak Trial Card expires.

Cloud Top Palace main gate plaza.

Black blood flowed along the mountain road's runoff, spreading outward.

The property owners huddled at the edge of the plaza.

A moment ago, they were chairmen, wealthy socialites, and fund managers.

Now, they were all learning one thing: how to smash a zombie's head.

A-Bao stepped on the collapsed chest of a regular zombie; the barrel of his shotgun was still steaming, and black blood dripped down his pant leg.

"See that? As long as you dare to strike, these damn things will go down just the same!"

He raised his gun, pointing it intentionally or unintentionally toward the drone.

"The one at the top of the mountain only knows how to hide in a metal shell! The one truly standing in blood to block the monsters for you is me!"

"If you really dragged him out of his turtle shell, he might not be better than me!"

A few lackeys who had just joined him immediately chimed in.

"Brother Bao is awesome!"

"Charge with Brother Bao! Whoever kills the most gets the supplies!"

A-Bao grinned.

He liked this feeling.

It felt as if he had returned to the days of performing dirty work for an overseas team.

It was much more satisfying than being a dog for Zhang Qidong.

"Charge!"

Seven or eight men were instigated and rushed out of the defensive line, raising their weapons.

Some were afraid that A-Bao would settle scores later.

Some were jealous of the supplies.

Others had just hacked two regular zombies to death and truly believed they were gods of war in the apocalypse.

At the same time, inside the medical room of Villa No. 13, Lu Xixi's voice connected to Lin Yuan's earpiece.

"Uncle Lin."

Her voice was tight.

"There is a deep black dot in the green belt on the right."

"It's very fast."

"It has circled behind A-Bao."

Su Muxue looked at the monitor.

"Heart rate is 158."

She pressed down on Lu Xixi's shoulder.

"Stop."

Lu Xixi shook her head.

"I can watch."

"I am not a burden."

By the pool of Tiangong No. 1.

Lin Yuan sat on a lounge chair, smoking a cigarette.

Su Xiaonuan knelt beside the chair, a tablet resting on her lap; while her fingertips massaged Lin Yuan's ankle, she was also quickly noting the performance of the personnel in the Outer Circle.

When recording "Wang Ya's water control performance is excellent," Su Xiaonuan's pen paused for half a second, then she crossed out the word "excellent" and changed it to "good."

"Mr. Lin, A-Bao's prestige must be shattered in public."

"Otherwise, there will always be someone in the Outer Circle who wants to be king."

Lin Yuan took a sip of cola.

The icy bubbles burst in his throat.

"Don't rush."

His fingers tapped lightly on the cola can.

"The louder a dog barks, the uglier it looks when it falls."

The next second.

The green belt exploded.

A black shadow lunged out.

In the surveillance footage, only a grayish-white trail remained.

The two lackeys beside A-Bao had just turned their heads when their throats were ripped open.

Blood sprayed onto A-Bao's face.

The plaza exploded in an instant.

"Monster!"

"Run!"

A-Bao didn't panic; he raised his shotgun.

The first shot missed.

Boom!

Gravel flew everywhere.

The second shot hit the woman's shoulder.

Black blood splattered.

But she only paused for half a step before continuing to lunge forward.

The nightgown on her body had long been torn to shreds, her skin was grayish-white, and the corners of her mouth were split to her ears.

It was the mistress of Villa No. 18 from yesterday!

But the missing finger and the bullet holes on her body all indicated that she had gone down the mountain and had a fight.

Now, the ferocity on A-Bao's face was gone.

He wanted to retreat, but his foot slipped, and he fell directly into the blood.

The female Mutant pressed down on his chest.

Her grayish-white face was close to his.

A-Bao was shaking so hard his teeth were chattering, and his crotch was quickly soaked.

"Save me!"

"I won't be the boss anymore!"

The voice was transmitted into Tiangong No. 1 via surveillance.

Tang Qiqi held a bag of potato chips, her mouth hanging open for a long time.

"Cloud Top Palace New King Trial Card, automatic renewal failed."

This time, Qin Yumo was not by Tang Qiqi's side.

She was on the third-floor roof.

In the night wind, she lay behind a heavy sniper rifle.

The butt of the rifle pressed against her shoulder.

Her palms were sweaty.

She had been a scout and had handled guns.

But this time was different.

The target wasn't a person.

It was a monster that even a shotgun couldn't stop.

In the earpiece, Lin Yuan's voice was cold.

"Don't aim for the body."

"Shoot for the head."

Qin Yumo adjusted her breathing.

The crosshairs pressed against the back of the female Mutant's head.

She saw A-Bao crying below.

She also saw that monster open its mouth.

Bang!

A flash of fire from the muzzle, and the recoil of the heavy sniper rifle made Qin Yumo's shoulder sink.

She heard a small popping sound from her bone joints.

This pain brought an inexplicable pleasure to her body.

The bullet instantly pierced through the back of the female Mutant's head.

Black blood splattered onto A-Bao's face.

The corpse slammed onto him.

A-Bao froze completely.

He crawled out from under the female Mutant's corpse; his first reaction wasn't gratitude, but reaching out to grab his gun.

Bang!

From a hidden hole in Villa No. 13, Lu Yan shot his shotgun away.

Bang!

The second shot pierced his thigh.

A-Bao screamed and fell to the ground.

"Mr. Lin! I surrender!"

"I really surrender!"

The drone hovered above the plaza.

Lin Yuan's voice rang out.

"Drag him to the street lamp."

Fat Dragon led his men and rushed up.

Riot shields held off the zombies lunging from nearby, and with the suppression fire from Lu Yan, they forcibly carved out a path.

Two lackeys dragged A-Bao to the street lamp.

Zhang Qidong's corpse was still hanging there.

The blood had already dripped into a small puddle.

One was yesterday's homeowners' committee director.

The other was the new king from just a moment ago.

Now, one was hanging, and one was kneeling.

From the drone, Lin Yuan spoke.

"Whoever wants to be the second Zhang Qidong, just look at him."

The plaza went deathly silent.

No one shouted about resource sharing anymore.

No one called him Brother Bao either.

The remaining zombie horde was quickly suppressed.

Fat Dragon led his men in the front.

"Stab the neck!"

"Don't just hack randomly, damn it!"

"Smash the head! Can't you understand 'smash the head'?"

Lu Yan and Tank were responsible for sniping elite targets.

The ordinary property owners were forced to finish them off.

Kitchen knives had their blades rolled.

Golf clubs were bent.

Someone vomited while swinging their second blow.

Someone sat on the ground crying after smashing a head, their hands still gripping half of a fire axe tightly.

Half an hour later.

The plaza quieted down.

Thirteen people in the Outer Circle died.

Four were injured.

Fifty-two zombies were killed.

Below Zhang Qidong's corpse, there was now an A-Bao.

He was still alive.

But no one dared to help him up.

A wealthy man knelt on the ground.

"Mr. Lin, I am willing to give you my villa!"

"My wife and children can all work, please give us a bite to eat!"

Another woman also knelt.

"I have medicine! My family still has insulin!"

"Please take us in!"

More and more people knelt down.

The status of the old world, before this pool of black blood, was worth less than a bag of noodles.

Tiangong No. 1 did not open its doors.

Only Su Xiaonuan's voice was transmitted via the broadcast.

"The first rule of the Cloud Top Palace Outer Circle."

"First, within fifty meters of Tiangong No. 1, including Villa No. 12 and Villa No. 13, is the Inner Circle; do not approach."

"Second, private possession of firearms will result in immediate execution upon discovery."

"Third, infected individuals must be quarantined."

"Violators will be treated as enemies."

Su Xiaonuan paused for half a second.

She glanced at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan did not speak.

Su Xiaonuan felt assured.

She continued.

"The order of the Outer Circle will be taken over by Fat Dragon."

"The injured will be quarantined uniformly; if they don't turn into zombies within three days, they will be released."

"Suspected Awakened Ones must be reported."

Fat Dragon heard the broadcast and immediately straightened his back.

"Did you all hear that?"

"From now on, Cloud Top Palace is under Mr. Lin's management."

He raised his axe, and black blood dripped down the blade.

"Whoever disagrees, ask this axe of mine, Long Dabiao, first."

No one dared to talk back.

Lu Yan led his men to start dealing with the corpses.

Short knives sliced open the back of the zombies' heads.

Gray crystal cores the size of fingernails were dug out, along with strands of blood.

They were then packed into sealed boxes prepared by Lin Yuan in advance, according to their numbers.

The ordinary property owners felt nauseous watching.

Ten minutes later.

The sealed boxes were sent into Tiangong No. 1 after secondary disinfection.

Lin Yuan put on gloves and looked at the pile of crystal cores through the transparent box.

Among them, the C-grade crystal cores were brighter than the ordinary ones, with a circle of dark red patterns inside.

"Is this the crystal core you mentioned?"

Lu Xixi had exhausted herself and fallen asleep, so Su Muxue had returned.

Lin Yuan spoke while playing with them.

"In the future, they can be used to strengthen Awakened Ones, and can also be used to trade for weapons, medicine, or even lives."

Tang Qiqi leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Is this like monsters dropping loot?"

Lin Yuan put the C-grade crystal cores into his spatial storage.

Su Xiaonuan immediately created a new entry on the tablet.

[crystal core: trading currency, evolution resource, priority control.]

After the corpse burning, quarantine of the injured, and the patrol list for the Outer Circle were all finalized, the night had descended upon the mountaintop.

Outside the master bedroom of Tiangong No. 1, Wang Ya was still wearing her training swimsuit, draped in a bath towel, standing at the door.

She hadn't yet recovered from the water control earlier.

"Mr. Lin."

"Perhaps you should let Miss Su come instead..."

"I'm afraid of infecting you."

After all, ever since she turned into a Mutant, Lin Yuan hadn't let her enter the master bedroom again.

Lin Yuan walked up to her.

"Mutants are not contagious."

"Only zombies are."

Wang Ya looked up.

"Then what am I exactly?"

Lin Yuan reached out and pinched her chin.

"My weapon."

Wang Ya's breathing stopped for a moment.

She didn't dodge.

Instead, she leaned forward half a step.

"Then will you... use me in the future?"

Lin Yuan looked at her.

"It depends on whether you are sharp enough."

The grayish-white edges in Wang Ya's eyes brightened slightly.

She whispered, "I will become sharp."

Suddenly, hurried footsteps came from outside the door.

Bang!

The master bedroom door was pushed open.

Tang Qiqi was wearing a pink rabbit-ear nightgown, her hair a mess, barefoot on the carpet.

"Great Demon King, help!"

"Sister Yumo is in trouble!"