Carrying My Sugar Daddy Through the Apocalypse – CH67

Chapter 67: Sugar Daddy, Here I Come

“What’s your furthest control distance? Can you detonate remotely?” Li Zhuang glanced at the green bracelet on Lu Weiyi’s wrist and asked.

“About seventy meters,” Lu Weiyi didn’t hide it. However, in a critical moment, it seemed he could go even further. Like the last time he rescued someone, he could originally only control thirty meters, but he actually reached forty or fifty meters, although he was weak for a few days afterward.

“Seventy…” Li Zhuang tapped the steering wheel with one finger, thought for a moment, and asked Antonio, “How’s your sniping?”

“Not bad,” Antonio replied.

“When we passed by just now, I observed carefully. The other side has a total of four cars plus one oil tanker, all parked on the east side of the house, with the four cars surrounding the oil tanker. Although this prevents anyone from stealing a car from the road, it also exposes them to unobstructed frontal shooting. And the whole house faces south. Only two people are patrolling the roof on the east and west sides, taking about thirty seconds for one round trip. You need to use this gap to sneak in,” Li Zhuang said to Ning Yuan and Lin Yimu.

Lin Yimu and Ning Yuan looked at each other and nodded, indicating there was no problem.

“There are trees opposite the house. Antonio and I will hide in the trees and provide cover fire for you. As for you…” He turned to look at Lu Weiyi. “You need to throw the bombs, not far from their cars, creating the illusion that you’re going to detonate the oil tanker, but you can’t actually detonate it. Can you do that?”

Lu Weiyi thought for a moment and shook his head. He only knew how to use handguns. He didn’t know anything about rifles or sniping. Asking him to understand bombs and still maintain a safe distance was a bit difficult for him.

“We wait…” Li Zhuang’s next words were halfway out when he didn’t expect Lu Weiyi to fail him here, his tone laced with disbelief. “You can’t do it?”

As if there was anything strange about that, Lu Weiyi turned to ask Gu Qingyue, “Can you?”

Gu Qingyue shook his head.

He asked Xiong Jie again, “Can you?”

“I’m just an old farmer, where would I have encountered bombs?” Xiong Jie replied.

Lu Weiyi looked at the others, who all shook their heads tacitly. He turned to Li Zhuang. “Then why did you think I would know?”

“…” Li Zhuang thought for a moment. It seemed to be because he knew things that they originally felt he wouldn’t, and after it happened so many times, they felt he seemed to know everything. If he didn’t know this, and it was his first time using bombs, safety would definitely be a concern.

“Your plan is to use the sound of the explosion to lure people out and then snipe them?” Antonio asked Li Zhuang.

“Right,” Li Zhuang replied.

If they needed to rely on sniping, then the number of snipers couldn’t be small, and the number of infiltrators…

“I can sneak in,” Lu Weiyi said, looking at Lin Yimu and Ning Yuan. “One of you two go in.”

“I’ll go,” Lin Yimu had worked as a bodyguard after retiring from the military. Although he only protected Lu Weiyi, he had experienced several kidnappings, so Lin Yimu’s skills had always been honed. Unlike Ning Yuan, who spent his time in the office socializing, his physical fitness was much worse.

“Then I’ll go get the bombs,” Ning Yuan was also aware of his own limitations.

“You go in first, and then Brother Li will shoot the two on the roof as a signal. Protect Zhuang Mingxu immediately. Ning Yuan will detonate the bombs, and I will take advantage of the chaos to run in directly within two minutes.” He could maintain his ability for two minutes with mental power, and in the chaos, even if there was sound, no one would notice.

“They all have guns. It’s not safe for you to just run in,” Lin Yimu thought it was too risky for him.

“I can.” Even if someone discovered him and shot at him, he could still use his mental power to cover his whole body for protection. Even if his mental power was somewhat depleted, one or two shots shouldn’t be a problem.

“Are you sure?” Li Zhuang had always felt that Lu Weiyi had some backup plans, but he didn’t know exactly what they were, so he was also a bit unsure.

“Mmm,” Lu Weiyi nodded. “It’s settled then. The rest of you drive and be ready to respond at any time. The sound of the explosion and the smell of blood will definitely attract a lot of zombies. Move out immediately after we’re done.”

“Don’t worry,” Xu Sa patted Lu Weiyi’s shoulder. “We definitely won’t screw up.”

Lu Weiyi nodded. Li Zhuang looked at Lin Yimu. “How long will it take you to get there at the longest?” Without radio, they had no way to communicate, and any situation after going out would have to be handled on their own.

“Half an hour,” Lin Yimu estimated the distance and possible difficulties and replied.

Li Zhuang nodded, glanced at the time, and looked at the others. “At exactly three o’clock, I’ll start shooting. Make sure you all reach your designated locations before then.”

After checking their watches again, Li Zhuang and Antonio re-examined their guns, made sure they had enough bullets, took a walkie-talkie, and said to the few who were staying behind, “After it’s done, I’ll notify you, and you respond immediately.”

The few of them agreed, and Li Zhuang and Antonio set off first.

“Young Master, if you really can’t do it, you don’t have to go. I can clear out the people inside by myself,” Lin Yimu said to Lu Weiyi.

Lu Weiyi nodded and instructed, “Zheng Xin is also inside. He will definitely recognize you, so be careful.”

“Mmm,” Lin Yimu nodded, took two handguns, and set off with Ning Yuan, who had also taken a rifle after preparing the bombs.

Finally, it was Lu Weiyi.

He knew his own limitations and only lurked at the curve of the road in the distance, moving forward as much as possible by using the uneven terrain while keeping an eye on the two people patrolling the roof.

At exactly three o’clock, the two people on the roof fell simultaneously. Immediately afterward, the sound of an explosion rang out. Lu Weiyi got up, covered his whole body with mental power, and sprinted forward. The road under his feet was not smooth, and with the darkness of the night, he almost fell twice, even faintly feeling that he might have twisted his ankle, but he couldn’t stop.

The sound of chaotic gunfire had already erupted ahead. In the silent night, voices were particularly loud. Li Zhuang and the others’ guns were all silenced, so it could only be the other side firing randomly.

Lu Weiyi didn’t bother to check how many people had already died. The moment he approached the small building, he went around to the back, extended his mental power, and found the room where Zhuang Mingxu was—the rightmost room on the second floor. Lin Yimu was guarding him, and someone was lying on the ground.

Lu Weiyi didn’t have Lin Yimu’s skills to climb directly to the second floor. He had just jumped in, preparing to go up the stairs, when he saw people outside start running into the room. Those who had been attracted out by the explosion realized they were being sniped, and the survivors began to retreat into the room.

Lu Weiyi immediately flicked out the little green branch. The expression of relief on the face of the man who had just retreated into the door was still there when his neck was directly snapped, and he fell to the ground. The two people who were about to enter retreated backward in terror. In the pushing and shoving, they were directly taken down by the sniper outside.

Just as he got up, he heard the sound of someone jumping out of a window. He turned back and saw a man sneaking towards the car. He reached out and used the little green branch to drag the man over, asking in a low voice, “Are you the one with the space?” In general battles, they would protect the person with the space. Without special circumstances, the person with the space would be placed in a relatively safe place.

“Le… let…” The man gasped for release, reaching out to grab the little green branch around his neck. In the light spilling from the second floor, Lu Weiyi clearly saw a dark mark on the tip of his index finger.

Lu Weiyi leaned closer for a look. It was a dark oval shape, probably caused by an accidental drop of blood from his fingertip onto the jade pendant.

Lu Weiyi took out the watermelon knife from his space, tightened the little green branch, and with one stroke, chopped off that finger. Along with the finger, an oval jade pendant fell. He probed it with his mental power. Inside, besides some food and drink, the rest were firearms, probably the ones Flower Arms had said they had taken away.

In his previous life, Zhuang Mingxu had given Lu Weiyi a space jade pendant in the shape of a water droplet.

At that time, it was when he went out to search for supplies and snatched it from another team. He told Lu Weiyi that wherever the jade space was stained with blood, it would appear there. To snatch it from someone else, directly dig out that piece of flesh and blood, and the jade pendant would fall off by itself. This also made many owners of jade space, when threatened and unable to protect their space, directly dig it out themselves, at least saving their lives.

To avoid being absorbed by the space, Lu Weiyi placed the pendant in his inside pocket before turning back to his business.

At this time, everyone in the yard had been shot down, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet. Just as Lu Weiyi was about to use his mental power to check how many people were left, someone jumped in directly from the window beside him. The little green branch in his hand wrapped around the person’s neck at the first instant. Before he could exert force, he saw clearly that the person was Ning Yuan.

Ning Yuan also saw him at this time. The surprise on his face hadn’t had time to recede. One hand held a gun, and the other tentatively touched his neck, just feeling a flexible, snake-like thing retract. This was the first time he had so directly experienced the elusiveness of abilities, and he secretly resolved to train his own ability.

“Zheng Xin, stop!” Lin Yimu’s voice suddenly came, followed by a child’s wailing.

“Shut up!” Zheng Xin snapped, and the child’s crying turned into choked sobs.

Lu Weiyi immediately extended his mental power and quickly ran upstairs. He saw that in the room where Zhuang Mingxu was staying, there were now two more people: Zheng Xin and the child he was holding, who was none other than Zhuang Ai Yi, whom Lu Weiyi had overlooked earlier.

“Zhuang Mingxu!”

The familiar voice made Zhuang Mingxu, who was huddled on the ground, feel like his heart was about to jump out of his chest. He looked up blankly at the person who had entered the door. With the faint light from the courtyard, he could still see his young man, radiant and bright as if he had come from another time and space. That was the little prince he had cherished in his heart since childhood.

As soon as Lu Weiyi entered the door, he looked at the person sitting on the ground. The person in front of him had a stubbled beard, matted hair, and disgusting clothes covered in filth. He could smell the stench emanating from him even from several meters away…

This was… Zhuang Mingxu?

Lu Weiyi was stunned in place for a moment.

Seeing Lu Weiyi’s daze, Zhuang Mingxu suddenly realized his situation. In that instant, Zhuang Mingxu actually lowered his head, avoiding Lu Weiyi’s gaze.

All along, the belief that had supported him was that he must go and rescue Lu Weiyi. But at this reunion, Zhuang Mingxu suddenly felt that it would have been better to die early, saving this wretched side of himself from appearing before him.

But this was the person he cherished with his life…

Zhuang Mingxu raised his head, wanting to look at him again, only to see tears streaming silently down his little prince’s face.