Chapter 380
Chapter 380 Unexpected Events
Zhang Zhen was the one who had Old Eight take the Summer family to the bunker, and Xia Xinyan was well aware of this.
So, as soon as she heard him mention Old Eight, Xia Xinyan instantly dashed in front of that man. Ling Mo took a moment to react before hurriedly following suit, while Zhang Zhen’s group lagged behind.
At this moment, Old Eight was in terrible shape; his body was covered in wounds, and his clothes were nearly soaked in blood. If it weren’t for Xia Xinyan shoving a life-saving pill into his mouth, he looked like he might kick the bucket any second.
“What happened?” Zhang Zhen rushed over and asked anxiously, “Old Eight?! Why are you the only one here?! Where are the others?! Mr. Summer and the others?!”
Old Eight, somewhat revived by the life-saving pill, immediately shouted in a panic upon seeing Zhang Zhen and noticing that Miss Summer was also there, “Quick… hurry and save them! We were attacked by demons on the way! Those demons are really strong! I had no choice but to send one person to divert most of the demons away… they’re coming!”
As soon as his words fell, everyone indeed noticed a bunch of demons chasing after Old Eight’s direction.
Ling Mo immediately summoned a launcher, but after pulling the trigger at those guys… it didn’t even make a sound.
“It’s dead,” Tianji started shouting again, “It’s dead!”
Seeing this, Xia Xinyan stepped right in front of him, “Let me handle it.”
Ling Mo tossed aside the launcher, thought for two seconds, and suddenly materialized a set of ancient warrior armor, along with a big sword: “No, we’ll do it together.”
Damn it, so they’ve disabled ranged weapons, huh? Then I’ll just use something melee!
With just a blade, let’s see what other nonsense they could possibly impose!
Xia Xinyan shot him a sideways glance and couldn’t help but laugh—though she quickly stifled it with a light cough: “You be careful.”
That warrior armor used to look pretty cool, but now it just felt so clunky, right?
It’s basically a metal can, complete with a metal helmet.
How could she not laugh at this?
However, now wasn’t the time for laughter. To mask her embarrassment, she turned and charged ahead.
Ling Mo: “……”
Does this look ridiculous on me now?
Before he could think of an answer, Zhang Zhen’s voice came from behind, “Ling Ge! Can you give us a set of armor too? We’ll go with you!”
Ling Mo pondered for a moment before waving his hand, instantly covering Zhang Zhen and the others with a set of armor—immediately knocking them to the ground.
—Damn, why is this armor so freakin’ heavy?!
Seeing this, Ling Mo didn’t bother with them anymore, brandishing his big sword as he pursued Xia Xinyan, who had already started slaughtering through the demon crowd.
Meanwhile, Zhang Zhen and his team were still struggling to stand up under the weight of the armor.
At first, they thought Ling Mo had intentionally made their armor heavy, but then realized there was no reason for that, which meant Ling Mo’s armor was just as heavy?!
Watching Ling Mo join the battlefield like an ancient killing god, dispatching a demon with just a few strokes, without any sign of the armor weighing him down, Zhang Zhen and the others couldn’t help but reevaluate Ling Mo even more highly.
Heaven knows, they thought their physical enhancement was tough enough—let alone the fact that there were already people with physical enhancement abilities among them. Even so, they could barely move in the heavy armor, whereas Ling Mo showed no effect at all—what the heck was his physical strength like?!
And he wasn’t even a physical enhancement type user!
…No wonder he’s Miss Summer’s boyfriend!
On another note, Ling Mo and Xia Xinyan had utterly wiped out the monsters here.
These creatures had bizarre abilities, and while they indeed posed some influence upon first contact, the best way to deal with them was to simply cut them down quickly, leaving them no chance to retaliate, which significantly reduced the battle’s difficulty.
On this front, Xia Xinyan was a pro.
She might not be the strongest in battle, but she was definitely the fastest.
“Ling Ge is so strong! Miss Summer is also super impressive!” At this point, Zhang Zhen and the others finally trudged their way over, clad in their heavy armor, “…By the way, can Ling Ge take some of this off us? It’s a bit heavy.”
Ling Mo waved his hand to dispel their armor, curious: “Heavy?”
“…A bit.” Zhang Zhen opted for the less embarrassing phrasing.
Ling Mo dismissed his big sword and replied, “If it were any lighter, it wouldn’t provide any protection.”
Armor that crumbles under a single enemy strike isn’t worth having.
Zhang Zhen: “…What Ling Ge says makes sense.”
“Alright, stop chatting. Where are the others? Lead the way,” Xia Xinyan turned to Old Eight in the crowd.
Old Eight immediately snapped to attention and dashed ahead, “This way!”
The crowd followed behind, turning down several streets under Old Eight’s guidance until they arrived at an empty street.
Unlike the other areas, this street was smeared with blood and littered with numerous demon corpses; it seemed there had been a fierce battle here.
Old Eight stared in shock: “They… they were here before…”
Zhang Zhen and the others’ expressions changed as well. With so many demon corpses, the forces they had sent to protect the Summer family simply wouldn’t be enough to contend with them. Could it be they had already…
Ling Mo felt a twinge of worry: “Xinyan…”
“There are no human corpses here,” Xia Xinyan surveyed her surroundings, her expression unchanged, “They should have left.”
Hearing this, Ling Mo seemed to catch on: “Could it be that someone else rescued them?”
Clearly, the Summer family’s protective forces were insufficient for this scenario, and it wasn’t feasible for that many demons to die here. Since Old Eight appeared so startled at the sight, it implied that there hadn’t been this many corpses before he left. The only explanation was that someone had come to help.
Xia Xinyan immediately connected to the Chicks’ communication channel: “Zhang Dayri, has anyone saved the Summer family members?”
Luckily, the communication devices were still operational.
Zhang Dayri’s response came swiftly: “Ah? No, weren’t you guys heading to the Summer family? I didn’t send anyone over.”
“We’re not at the Summer family, we’re on Yongxin Street in the Old Town.”
“Well… I don’t know, it shouldn’t be one of ours, or they would’ve reported something.”
Ling Mo quietly listened for a while before suddenly saying, “Can we have Bai Yu check the surveillance from this street?”
With Bai Yu’s abilities and the current layout of the Chicks, infiltrating various networks throughout the city, including internal ones, wasn’t a tall order.
“I’ll give it a try,” Bai Yu’s voice followed, clearly also eavesdropping on the conversation.
But soon, he provided an answer: “They were rescued. I traced the route, and they are currently being taken to the Prosperity Garden in the New District.”
