Chapter 28: A New Member
Hearing this, Mo Xiu sighed helplessly in his heart.
If he had known they would have such a hard time killing the man, he might as well have stepped in from the beginning. Now the body was in pieces here and there, and cleaning it up would be quite troublesome.
But forget it. It hadn’t been easy for them either…
He raised his hand and released several balls of lightning, burning every part of Bian Tai’s corpse until it turned charred black. Only then did Mo Xiu turn to look at Xie Wu, who was still sitting not far away, staring at him blankly.
“Clean this place up. Check if there’s anything left behind.”
Hearing Mo Xiu’s words, Xie Wu finally snapped back to his senses. He hurriedly tried to stand up, only to discover that his whole body felt weak.
Everything that had just happened had nearly exhausted all his strength.
Even so, he gritted his teeth and forced himself to take deep breaths, trying to steady his emotions.
He first went to Cheng Cheng, helping him sit up. Then he began searching the surrounding area carefully, looking for anything Bian Tai might have left behind.
The coat thrown on the ground and the belt that had fallen loose were both tossed into the campfire.
After finishing that, Xie Wu suddenly remembered something and turned to Mo Xiu.
“He didn’t come alone. Before he arrived, someone who usually follows him drove him here.”
Mo Xiu frowned slightly when he heard that, realizing the situation had just become more troublesome.
But when he saw Cheng Cheng sitting nearby, staring at him eagerly like a husky waiting for praise, he sighed and decided to take responsibility for the mess.
Simply disposing of the corpse probably wouldn’t be enough. If anyone knew Bian Tai had come looking for Xie Wu, it could become a major problem.
After all, with Mo Xiu’s current condition and strength, killing Xu Liang and escaping unharmed would not be easy. And besides Xu Liang, he still had other enemies inside Shanhe Base.
Some of those enemies he hadn’t even encountered yet. For now, he couldn’t leave this place.
And he absolutely couldn’t allow Mo Qi to be put in danger because of his own mistakes.
Mo Xiu considered that Bian Tai likely hadn’t only started targeting Xie Wu today. Perhaps someone had already been monitoring him for a while.
That would explain how Bian Tai knew so quickly that Xie Wu had returned home after being rejected earlier.
Mo Xiu asked,
“Think carefully. In the past few days, have you noticed anything unusual? Anyone following you?”
Xie Wu thought carefully and realized there actually had been.
And he knew very well that the person had been sent by Bian Tai.
No wonder Bian Tai had shown up the very same night he returned to the RV.
Xie Wu immediately connected the dots.
“Yes. Someone had been following me. The person I mentioned earlier—the one who drove Bian Tai here—is the same one who usually keeps an eye on me.
I don’t remember his full name, but I heard others call him Brother Yang. His surname should be Yang.”
Hearing that, Mo Xiu immediately recalled such a person.
This man had originally been an ordinary survivor without abilities.
Life at the base hadn’t gone well for him at first, and his appearance was ordinary. In order to live better and curry favor with Xu Liang’s group, he had actually handed over his only family member—his young sister—to Bian Tai.
Unable to endure the humiliation, the girl had committed suicide the next day.
Because of that incident, many people secretly cursed this so-called Brother Yang.
Mo Xiu also had a vague impression of the man’s appearance.
After thinking for a moment, he said to Xie Wu and Cheng Cheng, who had already recovered enough to stand:
“You two stay here and clean things up. Don’t let anyone see signs of a fight. I’ll deal with the rest later.”
After saying that, Mo Xiu used his wind ability to accelerate again and left to search for the other man.
Since Bian Tai had ordered him to wait nearby, he probably hadn’t gone far—and he had arrived by car.
Mo Xiu searched the surrounding streets and soon spotted an empty vehicle parked two streets away.
The car door was open, but the person inside was gone.
Mo Xiu waited in the shadows for a while.
Soon he saw a man walking back while pulling up his pants—clearly returning after relieving himself.
Judging by his appearance, he was most likely the man surnamed Yang.
It was the middle of the night and no one was around.
The car was parked in a hidden spot.
Perfect timing and location.
Mo Xiu didn’t intend to waste time. He quickly approached the man.
Brother Yang recognized him immediately.
When he raised his head and saw Mo Xiu, he looked surprised and even opened his mouth to greet him.
But Mo Xiu silenced him with a gesture.
The man immediately adopted a fawning attitude, bowing slightly.
Since he followed Bian Tai, he knew Mo Xiu was someone Xu Liang wanted to recruit.
With a flattering smile he whispered,
“Why are you here? Did you need something from me?”
Mo Xiu lowered his voice.
“Does anyone else know that Xie Wu returned home after leaving our place?”
The man shook his head quickly.
“He lives in such a remote place and doesn’t like interacting with people. Who would know?
You came here in the middle of the night—don’t tell me…”
A vulgar grin appeared on his face.
He thought Mo Xiu had changed his mind and wanted to take Xie Wu back.
If Mo Xiu ran into Bian Tai there, that would be quite a show.
But just as he finished speaking—Mo Xiu suddenly grabbed his throat and snapped his neck.
The kill was swift and clean.
If there hadn’t been residential houses nearby—making lightning abilities too conspicuous due to the flash of light—Mo Xiu would have used thunder instead.
Still, killing him was simple enough.
Fortunately, the car had been parked far away.
The man probably didn’t want to disturb Bian Tai’s “fun,” planning to wander around nearby before returning later to pick him up.
But that distance made things easier for Mo Xiu.
After finishing the job, he quickly left.
He didn’t notice that while he was doing this, a patrol team was walking toward the area two streets away.
However, Mo Qi’s divine sense, which had been following him all along, discovered them first and subtly redirected them elsewhere.
When Mo Xiu returned to Xie Wu’s RV, he saw that everything had already been cleaned up.
The bloodstains had been covered with sand.
Only Bian Tai’s charred, dismembered corpse remained.
“Brother Mo, you’re back!”
Cheng Cheng ran over with a grin.
“Brother, where did you go just now? Did you deal with that guy’s lackey?”
Mo Xiu nodded.
“Yes. He’s dead.”
Hearing that, Cheng Cheng’s smile stiffened for a moment.
A flash of surprise also crossed Xie Wu’s eyes, but he quickly realized it made perfect sense.
If that man hadn’t been dealt with, once Xu Liang discovered Bian Tai was dead, he would investigate.
Through that man, suspicion would inevitably fall on them.
At the very least, Xie Wu himself wouldn’t escape suspicion.
So toward Mo Xiu, he felt nothing but gratitude.
As for Cheng Cheng, although his smile looked a bit forced, he accepted it quickly.
After living in the apocalypse this long, these were things everyone gradually had to accept.
Seeing their reactions, Mo Xiu felt satisfied.
He had them fetch tools, and together they found a hidden place and buried the corpse.
While shoveling dirt, Mo Xiu couldn’t help thinking:
If only they had a fire-type ability user.
Burning the body into ashes would have been far easier than shoveling dirt like this.
By the time they finished, all three of them were sweating heavily.
Especially Xie Wu—since the apocalypse began, he had been starving half the time, and these past few days he hadn’t eaten much either. His body was weak.
If the others hadn’t been there, he might have collapsed onto the ground.
Taking a deep breath, Xie Wu said seriously to Mo Xiu and Cheng Cheng:
“Thank you for helping me. If it weren’t for you, I don’t know what would have happened tonight. I owe you my life.”
Cheng Cheng waved his hands quickly, still feeling lingering fear himself.
He wasn’t sure why, but when he saw Xie Wu leaving earlier that day, he had sensed something troubling about him.
From the beginning, he had felt that Xie Wu was different from the other people who had been sent over.
So when he couldn’t sleep that night and went to the backyard fields to stimulate plant growth with his ability, he suddenly thought of Xie Wu.
Since the RV wasn’t too far away, he had come over on a whim—never expecting to encounter such a scene.
“Don’t be so polite. A pervert like that deserved to die! Besides, I didn’t really help much. If Brother Mo hadn’t shown up and saved us, we might both have been in trouble. So if you owe anyone, owe Brother Mo—not me.”
Cheng Cheng scratched his head with a silly grin.
Xie Wu relaxed a little and even smiled slightly.
He then turned back to Mo Xiu.
“I know I don’t have anything valuable to repay you right now. But if there’s ever something you need, just tell me.”
Before Mo Xiu could respond, Cheng Cheng looked at him eagerly.
“Brother Mo, let’s bring Xie Wu back with us. Look—someone was already targeting him. It’s too dangerous for him here.”
Mo Xiu raised an eyebrow.
“You’re quite soft-hearted.”
Cheng Cheng scratched his head awkwardly.
He himself relied on the two bosses for protection—suggesting to recruit someone else might have been presumptuous.
Seeing his embarrassment, Xie Wu smiled and tried to ease the situation.
“I’m already extremely grateful that you saved me.”
He was already thinking about whether he should move the RV somewhere else.
But unexpectedly, Mo Xiu suddenly changed his tone.
“You’ll come with us later. I already asked around—besides those two who are now dead, no one knows you returned. If you come back with us, it’ll be as if you never left.”
That way they could serve as each other’s witnesses and eliminate suspicion together.
Mo Xiu had considered everything carefully.
Hearing this, Xie Wu felt a surge of excitement.
Didn’t this mean…
Mo Xiu had accepted him into their team?
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