Lu Zhaoming felt utterly helpless. This "Doomsday Judgment System" really knew when to mess up. It was like a server suddenly crashing during a KPI assessment, making him want to explode on the spot.
Before he could finish his rant, Bai Yu grabbed his arm as if he had grasped a lifeline. His voice was so deep and guttural, like someone who had just crawled out of a coal pile, that it made one's heart race.
"Mr. Lu, I have one more request..."
Lu Zhaoming turned around and looked at Bai Yu's face, which was filled with hatred and unease, and his heart skipped a beat.
What kind of trouble is this kid up to now?
He took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to complain, and thought: Why is it so hard to be a quiet and handsome man these days?
"Speak, what is it?" Lu Zhaoming asked impatiently.
Bai Yu gritted his teeth and said, word by word, "I want to kill those sons of bitches Old Wolf with my own hands to avenge my father!" He looked as if he couldn't wait to pick up his weapon and fight Old Wolf to the death.
Su Li stood to the side, her charming eyes practically rolling to the sky. This little brat, he's got quite a bit of spirit.
However, she also knew that in the wasteland, such courage would either burn her to ashes or ignite a wildfire.
Lu Zhaoming squinted and looked into the distance. The wind of the wasteland carried sand and gravel, lashing at his face as if it were free, making his face sting.
He knew that a bigger storm was brewing, and he was in the eye of the storm, trying to remain unscathed.
It does not exist.
“Want revenge? Sure…” Lu Zhaoming patted Bai Yu on the shoulder, a meaningful smile on his face, a smile that resembled the Big Bad Wolf tempting Little Red Riding Hood. “However, we need to go somewhere first.”
After saying that, he turned around and walked into the depths of the wasteland under the moonlight, leaving behind a thought-provoking silhouette.
That silhouette, stretched long in the moonlight, seemed to lead to an unknown abyss.
The apocalypse is far more cruel and...exciting than imagined.
***
After a bumpy journey, the group finally arrived at the nearest survivor base, "Iron Fortress," on the afternoon of the following day.
It was called a fortress, but it was really just a wall made of abandoned vehicles and steel plates, with a few old machine guns mounted on top. It looked dilapidated and as if a strong wind could blow it away.
A lingering stench of decay permeated the air—the smell of death, the very essence of the wasteland.
As soon as Lu Zhaoming and his group approached, they were stopped by several raggedly dressed guards.
"What are you doing?!" a guard with a fierce face roared in a rough voice, spitting almost onto Lu Zhaoming's face.
Lu Zhaoming remained calm, pulled out a crumpled pass from his pocket, and said with a smile, "Brothers, don't be nervous, we're on the same side. I'm here to do some small business. Want some intelligence?"
The guard took the pass, looked it over several times, and then sized Lu Zhaoming up and down with a suspicious gaze.
Finally, he waved his hand impatiently: "Go inside, and don't cause trouble!"
Upon entering the base, Lu Zhaoming found the atmosphere even more tense than he had imagined.
People coming and going on the street all had an indescribable anxiety and unease on their faces.
There seemed to be an invisible string in the air, taut and ready to snap at any moment.
Su Li leaned close to Lu Zhaoming's ear and whispered, "It seems things aren't going well here."
Lu Zhaoming nodded. His "Doomsday Judgment System" had already begun to issue frantic warnings; there was definitely something wrong with this place.
Just then, Bai Yu suddenly stopped, pointed to a wanted poster not far away, and said excitedly, "Mr. Lu, look! These are my father's friends, they were also killed!"
Lu Zhaoming looked in the direction he pointed and saw several blurry portraits on the wanted poster, with the words "Reward offered for capture, dead or alive" written below.
“Recently, three bizarre murders have occurred in the base, and the victims were all members of the ‘Apocalypse Society’,” Su Li added from the side. “The ‘Apocalypse Society’ is a mysterious organization in the base, and it is said to possess many unknown secrets.”
Bai Yu completely lost control of his emotions. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, saying, "It must have been Old Wolf who did it! They wanted to eliminate us completely!"
Lu Zhaoming frowned; he felt things weren't that simple.
If it were just simple revenge, Old Wolf wouldn't have needed to make such a big fuss.
These murders seem more like a tactic to lure the snake out of its hole.
And the target is very likely the chip in his possession.
"Calm down, Bai Yu." Lu Zhaoming patted his shoulder, signaling him not to act impulsively. "The most important thing now is to find out the truth."
To facilitate the investigation, Lu Zhaoming decided to continue playing his old role as an information broker.
He found a run-down tavern in the base, ordered some cheap beer, and started asking around for information.
Before long, he learned from the casual conversations of the drinkers that people in the base were in a state of panic recently, and everyone was saying that the "Apocalypse Society" had offended some big shot, which led to this catastrophic disaster.
As Lu Zhaoming listened, he secretly activated the scanning function of the "Doomsday Judgment System".
He quietly arrived at the scene of the first murder and carefully observed the bloodstains on the ground and the surrounding environment.
Suddenly, his system issued an alarm: "Slight residual energy detected!"
Lu Zhaoming's heart stirred. He squatted down and carefully examined the traces left by the corpse.
Sure enough, he found some subtle energy fluctuations at the wounds on the corpse. These fluctuations were so weak that they could not be detected without careful observation.
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