Chapter 55
Requesting support was better than failing the mission. At least it could ensure the trapped people’s safety.
The two of them could barely protect themselves with their current combat strength.
Chen Cheng silently affirmed Ye Xuan’s decision.
Ye Xuan tapped the request support button on the mission interface.
Luo Feng’s call immediately popped up.
Ye Xuan answered.
Luo Feng’s voice came from the other end. “The individual mission taker has already set off to support you. What’s going on with you two? Did you run into danger?”
“Yeah. We fought with a few troublesome zombies just now. Both of us are injured now and don’t have much combat ability left. For the sake of the trapped people’s safety, we chose to request support.”
On the other end of the call, Luo Feng relaxed slightly. His steady voice was like a shot of reassurance to Ye Xuan. “That’s the right choice. Don’t force yourself when something happens. The individual mission taker will arrive in about five minutes. During that time, act according to the situation.”
Luo Feng hung up, and a mission notification popped up.
Individual mission taker requests access to team link.
It was the person coming to support them.
Ye Xuan tapped agree.
A familiar magnetic voice came from the wristband.
“Ye Xuan, it’s Xia Chenxi.”
Hearing Xia Chenxi’s voice, Ye Xuan’s heart settled.
If it was Xia Chenxi coming, then there would be no problem.
From the other side of the wristband, the noisy rain and the roar of an engine mixed together. Ye Xuan reminded him, “Xia Chenxi, be careful.”
“Don’t worry. I know what I’m doing.”
Five minutes later, a modified battle motorcycle stopped in front of their car.
Xia Chenxi stepped on the footrest, leapt down from the bike, and strode to Ye Xuan’s car window. He tapped on the window.
Ye Xuan rolled it down.
Through his helmet, Xia Chenxi’s gaze fell on Ye Xuan. Seeing the mottled bloodstains on him and his obviously injured left hand, Xia Chenxi frowned tightly.
“The mission information said there were two zombies in the factory, but based on what we ran into just now, I suspect there are more than two inside, and they’re all special zombies. Be careful.”
Xia Chenxi nodded and left behind two words.
“Wait for me.”
Ye Xuan watched Xia Chenxi step through the rain curtain and enter the factory. He could not help worrying for him. The “stone men” they had encountered were too abnormal. He was afraid Xia Chenxi would run into one.
It was not that he was afraid Xia Chenxi could not beat it. He was afraid Xia Chenxi would get injured.
He had just experienced that kind of pain himself. He did not want Xia Chenxi to suffer the same thing.
Time passed second by second. Ye Xuan stared fixedly at the factory, wishing he had a pair of X-ray eyes that could see through the factory and find out what was happening inside.
Chen Cheng leaned back in the seat with his eyes closed, resting. His breathing was steady, as if he had fallen asleep.
Sounds of fighting came from the wristband, and Ye Xuan’s heart instantly rose into his throat.
But he did not make a sound. Speaking now would very likely interfere with Xia Chenxi’s fight.
“Cough.” A short, muffled groan sounded.
Had Xia Chenxi been hit?
Ye Xuan finally could not hold back and asked, “Xia Chenxi, how is it? Are you okay?”
“I’m fine.”
He did not sound fine.
Ye Xuan flashed into the factory and saw Xia Chenxi fighting three zombies at once.
Two of them were speed-type zombies, using their speed to restrain Xia Chenxi.
And the other one…
Ye Xuan’s pupils shrank. It was actually a “stone man.”
How was that possible? If this “stone man” had been in the factory from the beginning, the factory probably would have ceased to exist long ago.
Then there was only one possibility. This “stone man” had just transformed into a zombie.
There was still a person hiding in the corner, eyes blank and expression dazed. They had probably been scared senseless.
This trapped person would only distract Xia Chenxi by hiding here. Ye Xuan flashed over, grabbed the person, and flashed all the way outside the factory.
“Wait.” The terrified trapped person finally reacted and grabbed Ye Xuan’s hand. “Are you here to save me? How did you move so fast?”
There was no time to explain. Ye Xuan opened the car door and shoved the person inside. Then he said to Chen Cheng, whose eyes were closed, “Take them back to the base. I’m going to help Xia Chenxi.”
Chen Cheng opened his eyes. Without asking anything, he immediately started the car.
Ye Xuan flashed back into the factory. A sharp, intense pain came from his left hand, and cold sweat seeped out on his forehead.
But Xia Chenxi’s battle was in a deadlock. Ye Xuan had to lure those two speed-type zombies away so Xia Chenxi could focus entirely on the “stone man.”
Speed-type zombies did not have high defense. Ye Xuan repeated his old trick and dragged the two zombies into midair one after the other, then smashed them down from above and killed them.
Without the interference of the two speed-type zombies, Xia Chenxi was no longer at a disadvantage. He fought the “stone man” evenly.
That was right. Even Xia Chenxi could only fight this zombie to a draw.
The “stone man” had strong defense and great strength. It almost had no weakness.
Xia Chenxi could not find a breakthrough and could only keep wearing it down.
Ye Xuan shouted at Xia Chenxi, “All zombies have the same weakness. It’s the head. Just smash its head open.”
It was just that the “stone man” was a little harder to smash than other zombies.
Xia Chenxi found an opening and landed a heavy blow on the stone man’s head, but it only forced the “stone man” one step back.
Based on his past experience, this zombie should already have been shattered.
What kind of monster was this?
No wonder Ye Xuan was so badly injured. So he had run into this kind of troublesome zombie.
Xia Chenxi landed several more consecutive strikes, beating the “stone man” until it was dizzy and disoriented.
Its body had high defense, and even its head defense was terrifyingly high.
Ye Xuan grew anxious watching it. It looked like they could only use the method he had used earlier.
“Xia Chenxi, listen. I’ll bring you into the air later. Aim at that zombie and make sure you kill it in one strike.”
“Got it.”
Taking advantage of the zombie’s dizziness, Xia Chenxi directly sent it crashing to the ground with a flying kick. Then he kicked over a nearby shelf, pinning the zombie beneath it.
The shelf would not hold it down for long.
Ye Xuan immediately flashed to Xia Chenxi’s side, grabbed his hand, and brought him into the air above the second floor.
Xia Chenxi fell from the air and smashed the zombie’s head open with a heavy blow. Dark red, foul-smelling blood exploded across his helmet, blinding him completely.
He took off his helmet and saw Ye Xuan standing opposite him, grinning foolishly at him.
“What are you smiling at?” Xia Chenxi walked up to Ye Xuan. “You’re injured like this and you can still smile. Did you hurt your brain too?”
Ye Xuan was still smiling. “I’m glad. Good thing it was you who came.”
Xia Chenxi’s heart softened beyond reason.
Emotions he could hardly suppress surged wildly. Xia Chenxi reached out and pulled Ye Xuan into his arms.
A support request through the wristband would be sent first to the people on the user’s friend list and their team.
The second he saw Ye Xuan’s support request, his heart nearly stopped. Without the slightest hesitation, he accepted it immediately. He did not even wait for the higher-ups to arrange a vehicle for him. He directly borrowed the battle motorcycle Guan Yu had spent a fortune buying and rushed to Ye Xuan’s side as fast as possible.
Xia Chenxi hugged Ye Xuan even tighter. It was enough that Ye Xuan was still standing in front of him, alive and breathing.
Ye Xuan sucked in a painful breath. Xia Chenxi remembered that his left hand was injured and cursed himself inwardly in frustration.
Those fox-like eyes looked a little pitiful.
Xia Chenxi took off the outer layer of his combat suit, tore apart his own short-sleeved shirt, and used the cloth to temporarily secure Ye Xuan’s arm.
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