[Martial Arts] Infinite Chamber Game

When Shen Bijun and Lin Shiyin saw Chu Liuxiang, he was standing on the rooftop of Longteng Garden Community facing the wind with a can of beer in his hand.

He looked calm.

The arrival of his teammates broke the peace. Chu Liuxiang turned around, and before he could say anything, his eyes were filled with endless regret and apology.

"Sorry." He smiled bitterly: "I might... get you killed along with me."

Shen Bijun asked anxiously, "What happened? Xiao Wu and the others said you were bitten by a zombie. How did you get bitten?"

Yes, the thief Chu Liuxiang, who has mastered the art of lightness and has the ability to warn of danger, how could he be bitten by zombies? He has encountered zombies more than once, and each time he retreated calmly? It doesn't make sense that he would be bitten in a remote village!
"I was too careless." Chu Liuxiang drank the can of beer in his hand and threw the empty can down from the tall building.

It was before dawn. Chu Liuxiang said he wanted to walk around the village to see if there were any survivors, and asked Xiaowu and the others to go back first.

Xiao Wu refused, of course, and said in a very irritable tone: "No, we have to go back together, otherwise those people will think I have harmed you!"

Chu Liuxiang was stunned.

Xiao Wu had a sullen face and shook the walkie-talkie in his hand. Chu Liuxiang understood that this kid heard everything Lao Sun said in the car clearly - in order to save electricity, only the driver's walkie-talkie was turned on along the way. This kid was not the driver, but he still turned on the walkie-talkie.

Chu Liuxiang laughed dumbly: "Okay, follow me and be careful."

Since Xiao Wu stayed, the others naturally clamored to stay as well. With more people, the target would be more obvious, which would be convenient for the zombies in the village. They would rush over in groups of three or five, roaring. Most people might be scared, but after seeing the scene of the zombies besieging Lijingyuan, this was not enough and there was no need for Chu Liuxiang to take action.

As they walked and hacked along the way, they actually found a few survivors.

The houses with survivors are easy to recognize, as they usually have their doors and windows closed and the curtains drawn tightly. Chu Liuxiang only needs to jump in and knock on the door, and there will be basically no survivors unwilling to follow him. Of course, Chu Liuxiang's handsome face accounts for at least half of the credit.

The reason I say “basically” is because one family refused.

They were indeed a very tough family, so tough that you could tell at a glance that there were survivors among them.

There were three poles standing in front of their house, and on each pole hung a zombie's head. Because they hadn't been shot in the head, the three heads were still alive. Their gray eyes were open, and the flesh on their faces had rotted away. Their mouths were still opening and closing, as if they had sensed someone coming, but they could no longer make any sound.

Behind the three poles, there was a clothesline across the yard. It was too dark to see clearly what was hanging on the line. In any case, it was not clothes, but more like mushrooms or wild vegetables.

"Could this family be perverts?" someone muttered.

"I'll go in and take a look." Chu Liuxiang blew up the three heads, then climbed in as if he knew the way. As soon as he jumped into the yard, a beam of cold light shone on Chu Liuxiang.

"What are you doing!" A man's deliberately low voice came from the tightly closed door: "Get out of here!"

Chu Liuxiang would naturally not be angry. In such a doomsday, if he hadn't been on guard, he would have been killed without a burial place.

He said, "I have no ill intentions. We are survivors who have united together and are currently looking for a safe base. We are now stationed in Weijin. We have a lot of people and plenty of food. Do you want to join us?"

"No need! Just go!"

An expected answer.

Chu Liuxiang took out a bag of salt from his pocket, waved it in the light of the flashlight, and placed it on the steps at the entrance of the courtyard. Just as he was about to leave, the person inside suddenly asked, "Do you have any milk powder?"

The voices of the people in the room softened, which also showed that the owner of the room was a very smart person.

Salt is of course a very precious commodity. Although it does not satisfy your hunger, without salt, the food will taste bad, which is secondary. The more important thing is that people will have no strength.

A person who gives salt to a stranger is certainly not a bad person, and it also shows that this person has enough food. So the homeowner opened the door a crack, actively exposing his weakness, but he did not dare to trust him completely, which shows that the child at home really needs it.

Chu Liuxiang said: "There are some, but I didn't bring them out. If it's convenient for you, you can go with me to get them."

The door opened and the owner came out. He sounded like a middle-aged man. His appearance was unclear, but his eyes were very bright, and seemed green at night. He first picked up the salt left by Chu Liuxiang, and hesitated, "My grandson is only three months old. Her mother has no milk and can't feed her. Adults can take care of everything, but children can't. So, can you take the child and her mother away? It's like saving their lives."

Of course Chu Liuxiang would not refuse.

After a while, faint sounds of conversation were heard in the house, and then the conversation turned into a quarrel, mixed with the crying of a child. After another half an hour, a young woman with a tired face and traces of tears came out holding a child. The child was wrapped tightly in swaddling clothes, and the woman was also very silent. Chu Liuxiang felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, so he didn't think much about it. The middle-aged man took out a bunch of keys and opened the door, only to find that Xiao Wu and the others were outside. He was a little stunned, but didn't say much, just asked them to leave quickly.

The village was not big and they finished the walk quickly. It was almost dawn and Chu Liuxiang was calling people to get in the car. The woman who had been silent all the time began to look uneasy.

The uneasiness comes from the white light rising in the east.

Chu Liuxiang asked: "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

The woman shuddered and stammered, "I...I want to go to the bathroom. Can you...can you...accompany me? There is a bathroom not far away."

People have three urgent needs, so there is nothing Chu Liuxiang can do about it. When they reached the toilet door, the woman handed the child to Chu Liuxiang. Her face became even paler, but it was too dark and Chu Liuxiang didn't notice it.

The baby's swaddling clothes were loosened a little, and the moment Chu Liuxiang took him in, music immediately came out of his body!
At the same time, a zombie pounced out from the darkness, and the woman screamed and ran into the alley at the entrance of the village. Chu Liuxiang dealt with the zombie. He called the woman back, but suddenly he felt a pain in his wrist!
It was a very slight pain, and you wouldn't notice it if you didn't pay attention. At this moment, the music stopped.

Chu Liuxiang leaped in front of the fleeing woman, his face turning ashen.

The three-month-old baby in his arms was covered in bruises, with gray eyes. He was waving his little hands and clinging to his arms like a cat.

The bitten index finger is bleeding.

Who would guard against a cradle baby?

The woman was so frightened that her whole body went limp. She cried and tried to distance herself from the matter.

"It's not me, it's not me! I know nothing! I have nothing to do with their family! They forced this on me, and they are still holding my daughter and brother captive! If I didn't do this, they would beat him to death!" As she spoke, she opened her collar, revealing a neck covered with red marks and arms covered with scars.

"I was really forced into it. I had no other choice. Don't kill me..." the woman cried miserably.

Chu Liuxiang narrated the story in a calm voice.

"She escaped from the city. She has a four-year-old daughter and her brother is only eight years old. Her parents are not young anymore. You can imagine how difficult life is for such a family. When they were at the end of their rope, a few survivors came and said they wanted to recruit them. The woman thought that she would only have to pay the price of her body at most, and she was willing to do it. She even thought about the worst possible price, but she still greatly underestimated the evil of human nature." "That group of people killed her parents, and..." Chu Liuxiang exhaled, and he didn't say anything else. He really couldn't say the rest of the words in front of the two women.

Shen Bijun and Lin Shiyin both understood the unfinished meaning in Chu Liuxiang's words, and their faces turned ashen.

Lin Shiyin said: "That...that woman...and her..."

Chu Liuxiang said: "They are all dead."

He could not forget what he found in the chopping board and iron basin after breaking open the door of that house, nor could he forget the middle-aged man's eyes that seemed to turn green in the dark night.

The woman cried and held her blood-stained clothes, and when no one was paying attention, she slashed her throat with a knife.

As for where the baby who turned into a zombie came from, Chu Liuxiang could no longer think about it.

The wound on the index finger was very small, so small that it was almost invisible, but it was fatal enough.

So, he was too careless.

Shen Bijun cried, "Aunt Liu made dumpling soup with diced meat and wild vegetables. Aren't you coming back to eat it?" She took his hand and said, "Why don't you go and join everyone? Why are you hiding here?"

She shook her head and forced a smile: "How do you know you will die? Aren't we players? We won't die in the game. Have you forgotten that those people from other levels also died and were resurrected?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "That's because their teammates died in the level of the dark world. There are heavens and hells there, and souls exist there, so they can be resurrected."

"What if?"

Chu Liuxiang shook his head and said sadly: "You may not know yet, but many people like us have been eliminated by the level. Mission failure will not eliminate you, only death will."

Shen Bijun and Lin Shiyin's faces couldn't get any uglier.

They wiped away their tears and accompanied Chu Liuxiang in enjoying the breeze, speechless for a moment.

In fact, they had already anticipated this day, but they did not expect it to come so soon and so suddenly.

The feeling of waiting to die was really uncomfortable. After a while, the three of them sat together and talked to each other, talking about their past and the regrets of the future.

Lin Shiyin buried her head in her arms: "Before I came here, I handed Xiaoyun over to Xiaoguan. If I can't go back, I think she will take good care of my child."

Shen Bijun hugged her and comforted her, "She will, Xiaoguan is a very good girl, you don't have to worry about the child..." Her expression suddenly froze, and she was stunned, then turned to Chu Liuxiang and said, "Who is Yidianhong... Do you recognize him?"

Chu Liuxiang was surprised and asked, "Brother Hong actually contacted you?"

After a moment, the live broadcast connection was connected.

This was the second time Chu Liuxiang saw Yi Dianhong in school uniform after entering the game. Looking at this cruel and brutal killer carrying a schoolbag, this harmless outfit diluted the murderous intent in his eyes. Chu Liuxiang thought it was a good thing, but he was not used to it.

There was no time to reminisce. Yi Dian Hong went straight to the point: "You were bitten by a zombie. You will die in less than a day. After death, you will turn into a man-eating monster and drag your two teammates to death with you."

Chu Liuxiang touched his nose, and before he could speak, Yidianhong said, "If you don't want this, I have a way to save your life. It depends on whether you are willing or not."

Chu Liuxiang was of course willing, and immediately said that no matter what method, no matter how difficult it was, he was willing to try it.

But he never expected it to be this method!

"Remember Shi Guanyin? She is also in the game. Her level is the Interstellar Empire. The technology there may be able to cure the zombie virus. Even if it can't, she has a potion that can cure everything. As long as you can convince her to take you there."

Chu Liuxiang: "..."

He fell into a long silence, not knowing how to tell Yidianhong that in his timeline, Shi Guanyin was already dead, so the time of Shi Guanyin in the game must be before her death. And before that, he had just made an excessive verbal attack on Shi Guanyin.

Shi Guanyin was considered to have a good temper if she didn't cut him into pieces, so how could she possibly save him?

"It's not easy to persuade Shi Guanyin. It's certainly very difficult for others." Yidianhong showed an expression that looked like a smile: "But you are Chu Liuxiang."

……

The atmosphere in the government building was very depressing. When everyone knew that Chu Liuxiang was bitten by a zombie, their reaction was exactly the same as Shen Bijun's.

They couldn't believe it. How could someone as powerful as Chu Liuxiang get bitten?
If he gets bitten, will he die?
Although most of them felt resentment towards Chu Liuxiang because of what happened that day, resentment was just a personal emotion and none of them wanted to see him get into trouble!
If he is gone, who can I rely on?

So, when Lin Shiyin and Shen Bijun came back, a group of people surrounded them and asked, "Where is Brother Chu? Where is he? Is he okay?"

Shen Bijun was about to tell the truth, but Lin Shiyin stopped her and said tearfully, "He didn't want to turn into a zombie, so he committed suicide."

Shen Bijun looked at Lin Shiyin in surprise, then suddenly understood something and continued speaking along with what she said.

"We have buried him... The rest of the journey depends on ourselves."

On the other side, the college entrance examination trio dealt with a wave of zombies, and while no one was paying attention, they stole two boxes of instant noodles from the convoy, put them on Wuqing's wheelchair, and Yidianhong pushed him away.

"Aren't we going to join them?" Wuqing really couldn't understand his teammates' train of thought, just like he didn't understand why Yidianhong insisted on playing that game.

Gong Jiu said: "Why should we join?" He patted the instant noodles piled on Wuqing's legs and said: "Why don't we build our own team?"

"Don't forget why we're here."

Helping others is just a side job, while completing tasks and earning points is the real thing.

(End of this chapter)