42: Jade Garden Villa Area

He intended to keep this energy crystal for himself.

Xue Shang had already awakened to the fourth stage, while he had only awakened to the first.

He never won when they fought, which made him feel like he was losing face.

Luo Chen re-buried the energy crystal in the dirt of the bronze treasure chest.

There were three unfamiliar Japanese women on this Train, and he couldn't trust them yet.

“Hmm? Why are you here?”

Luo Chen had just hidden the energy crystal and, upon turning around, saw Luo Wan Ning and Noya standing behind him at some point, which gave him a big scare.

“What are you hiding?” Luo Wan Ning asked, feigning seriousness while suppressing a smile, seeing Luo Chen looking like he was up to no good.

“Shh! Keep your voice down.” Luo Chen quickly covered Luo Wan Ning's mouth, then looked up the stairs to the right and, seeing no one, finally said, “I'm hiding an energy crystal.”

“Ener…” Luo Wan Ning exclaimed, then remembered Luo Chen's actions and quickly whispered, “energy crystal? Where did you get another energy crystal?”

“It came out of the bronze treasure chest, just one.” Luo Chen held up one finger.

“Is the energy crystal you're talking about that stone? My great-grandmother had many of them at home, but we called them divine stones.” Noya pulled out a stone from the open treasure chest.

“Really?” Luo Chen was overjoyed.

“Yeah! But I don't know if they're still there now.” Remembering her great-grandmother, whom she would never see again, Noya felt a little sad for a moment.

“It's fine! You'll have a chance to see her again in the future.” Luo Chen's heart lit up, and he offered a comforting remark.

However, he didn't tell Noya about Ran Feng passing through the Arctic Icefield.

He also didn't know if Ran Feng would encounter Couple Abu; if he didn't, it would only disappoint her more.

It was better not to give her hope from the start.

“Can I use this one?” Luo Wan Ning asked nervously, staring at the energy crystal in Noya's hand.

“Next time! I need this one right now.

The next one will be for you.” Luo Chen took the energy crystal back from Noya's hand, put it back into the bronze treasure chest, and re-buried it.

“Alright!” Luo Wan Ning said no more.

She knew that if Luo Chen truly didn't want to give it to her, he wouldn't have mentioned there was another energy crystal.

“I've sent you the information for the next world; take a look.”

Upon hearing this, Luo Chen summoned the light screen, opened Luo Wan Ning's private chat, and a piece of information appeared:

【World Name: Emerald Garden Villa District (No treasure chest)】

【This stop will have ten Trains in total.

There are a large number of zombies in the world.

Killing zombies can yield mysterious treasures.】

“Oh, right! How come there's only one world these past few times? Weren't there several possibilities before?” Luo Chen remembered the various possibilities Luo Wan Ning had encountered before and asked curiously.

“There were several possibilities before, but I later found that predicting with Yu Yao could improve accuracy, so now there's only one left.” Luo Wan Ning explained.

Luo Chen suddenly understood.

No wonder Luo Wan Ning had been doing the predictions these past few days; it turned out they were doing it together, but Luo Wan Ning was the one reporting.

Zombies exist?

Looking at the information on the screen, Luo Chen's heart tensed; had the World Fragments become even more dangerous?

Was the difficulty about to increase?

The strongest in previous worlds were only guardian beasts; if one didn't take the treasure chest, they wouldn't attack, meaning there was almost no danger.

Now, the situation seemed to have become difficult.

Thinking of this, Luo Chen arranged for the two women:

“Tomorrow, I, Xue Shang, and Noya will go out.

Wan Ning, you'll stay with the others to guard the Train.”

Noya's eyes lit up with joy, looking at Luo Chen happily.

“You're not letting me go out again.” Luo Wan Ning pouted, an unhappy expression on her face.

“Good girl! The three of us have awakened, so there won't be much danger going out.” Luo Chen kissed Luo Wan Ning's pouting red lips and comforted her, “And the Train needs guarding.

If someone tries to raid our home while we're gone, it would be dangerous.”

“Alright!” Luo Wan Ning sighed in disappointment.

She had already guessed that Luo Chen wouldn't let her go out, but she still had to say it.

As the saying goes, the squeaky wheel gets the grease; how would she know it wasn't possible if she didn't try to fight for it?

Moreover, the situation today was so dangerous, yet she could only stay inside the Train, feeling helpless.

This feeling made her very uncomfortable.

“The next time I get an energy crystal, the first one will be for you.” Luo Chen promised.

“Hmph! You said it; I'll remember!” Luo Wan Ning smiled happily.

“Noya! Can you use a bow and arrow?” Luo Chen turned to Noya and asked.

“Yes!” Noya nodded blankly.

“Then take this bow and see if you can use it.” Luo Chen turned and took the Green Vine Whisper and two quivers of arrows from the humus in the bronze treasure chest, handing them to Noya.

“This bow looks so beautiful!” Noya took the bow and arrows, stroking them gently with adoration, her eyes shining as she spoke.

After speaking, she still resisted her inner desire and returned it to Luo Chen: “It's so good, you use it.”

“Since it's good, you keep it.” Luo Chen smiled faintly, motioning for Noya to put it away.

Although he had two pistols and a rifle, there weren't many bullets.

He had to keep one pistol for Luo Wan Ning's self-defense, so he could only temporarily give this bow to Noya.

After seeing Luo Wan Ning and Noya off, Luo Chen opened the trading center, intending to buy some bullets and cold weapons for emergencies.

Searching for bullets, most were requests like his; he didn't see any for sale.

It seemed the gunfight in the morning had prompted many people to start hoarding weapons.

Giving up the idea of buying bullets, Luo Chen continued to search for cold weapons.

There were quite a few more cold weapons, and although the prices were high, at least someone was selling them.

Eventually, Luo Chen spent twenty packets of instant noodles plus three bottles of iced red tea to trade for a straight-bladed machete and a ninety-centimeter-long Tang Hengdao.

However, the machete's handle was a bit short, making it easy to be attacked by zombies when using it.

If zombies were contagious, it would be very dangerous.

So Luo Chen exchanged one packet of instant noodles for a blacksmith's wood handle.

The thirty-five-centimeter blade combined with the fifty-five-centimeter blacksmith's wood handle had just the right weight distribution.

After fixing it with long nails, Luo Chen tested it, and the effect was quite good.

After preparing all the weapons, Luo Chen sent a message to Ran Feng, asking him to try to get a few energy crystals from Couple Abu when he saw them tomorrow.

Checking the time, it was already past ten o'clock.

After taking a shower in the bathroom, Luo Chen went to Xue Shang's bedroom; the bullets were ready, and a big battle was about to begin...

The next day at exactly eight o'clock, the Train hovered over the Emerald Garden Villa District.

Besides Luo Chen's Train, there were nine other Trains of various colors circling leisurely.

Through the window, Luo Chen looked down and could clearly see the layout of the entire villa district, including the location of each villa and the general distribution of zombies.

The villas were all European-style buildings, ninety-nine in total, scattered gracefully among dense trees, with a strange, bun-shaped rockery at the very center.

Outside each villa, there were more or less a dozen zombies wandering around.

Luo Chen noted down the general situation.

At this moment, the Train had found a spot and stopped.

It was located between two villas, with no other Train in sight, so they must have stopped elsewhere.

As soon as the Train stopped, zombies began to furiously attack it, but they were all blocked by the Train's defenses.

At this moment, a zombie with its long hair covering its face happened to pass by the Train door.

Luo Chen, seeing this, had a flash of inspiration.

He opened the Train door, and the moment the zombie looked at him, he swung his knife fiercely.

A round head flew high into the air and then fell to the ground.

The sound of the falling head immediately drew the attention of other zombies, who swayed their bodies and charged madly at him.

Luo Chen quickly picked up the head and body from the ground, swiftly returned to the Train, and closed the door.

All actions were done in one fluid motion, finally blocking them outside before the zombies got too close.

“I wonder what mysterious treasure is inside the corpse?”