chapter 74: iridium crucible
translator: liu_kaixuan editor: valvrave
after being hit by the air cannonâs blast, which was considerably weakened as it had not fully charged, yang qingqing was still alive, but in a horrible state.
she was paralyzed on the ground, struggling to look up to the minibus, while blood kept pouring from her mouth.
[am i going to die?] yang qingqing couldnât believe it.
yang qingqing originally thought that it would be quite easy to kill jiang liushi and snatch the minibus. after being exposed by jiang liushi, she was very depressed and bitter. she would never have thought that not only would she be seen through that easily, but she also had to pay with her life.
[i donât want to die! iâm young and beautiful. iâm a paranormal! how can i die?]
suddenly, the ground started trembling and a cacophony on muffled sounds could be heard, not far from her. yang qingqing was terrified to the core, because she knew too well about those sounds, which came from zombies, and they were quickly approaching. the zombies had been attracted by the air cannonâs sound and the smell of her blood.
she was pleadingly staring at jiang liushi, but he was just looking at her emotionlessly.
finally, yang qingqing placed her hand on the ground and tried to support herself; her eyes were full of despair and unwillingness, the zombies had already encircled herâ¦
seeing yang qingqing submerged in the zombie sea, jiang liushiâs expression had no changes. she was the one who was planning to kill him, that was the fate she deserved.
â¦
the air cannonâs sound had spread upstairs too. hearing the sound, jiang zhuying immediately killed all the zombies in the nearest laboratory room, and then went to a window to see what had happened.
what she saw was a real mess, more than a dozen zombiesâ corpses were lying on the ground, but the minibus was still parked there. jiang liushi had already opened the minibusâ skylight and when he saw his sisterâs figure out of the window he made an âokâ gesture.
jiang zhuying was relieved. âboss, what happened?â zhang hai and sun kun had rushed to her side and asked.
jiang zhuying said, ânothing, some zombies had been attracted near the othersâ location, but everything seems okay now. we should quickly go to the laboratory, get the iridium crucible and leave.â
they were already close to the top, but when they reached the lab, they found that the labâs door was closed. general security doors could be easily opened by zhang hai just relying on his fingersâ strength, but that door was not a simple one, it was extremely sturdy.
the national laboratoryâs security door was naturally not easy to be opened. not only it had an anti-theft mechanism, but it was also explosion-proof as well as bulletproof. facing such a door nobody from their team could do anything.
âi will have a try,â sun kun said and started moving into another direction.
he returned to the laboratory which they had previously cleared, and then cut the windowâs protective net with pliers. finally, he climbed out from the window.
without any protective gear and tools, sun kun grabbed the windowâs exterior with both hands, then he climbed up extremely easily. it was like he had suckers on his hands and feet, which enabled him to âwalkâ on any terrain, he was like a gecko. at the same time, he was carrying the light machine gun on his back.
climbing near the laboratoryâs window, he only relied on his feet to support him on the wall, while he was cutting the protective net. after that he used the light machine gun and shot with a blank cartridge.
soon, zombies from the laboratory were attracted, by the gunshot, all pushing to the window. although the zombies were desperately trying to catch him, it was simply a foolâs errand. sun kun smiled and aimed the muzzle at the zombies, releasing the trigger. two zombies dropped from the window, falling heavily down on the ground.
after a few more shots, there were no zombie at allâ¦
the important figures who could work in the national laboratory, as well as some professors, had been urgently evacuated before doomsdayâs outbreak. of course, after being evacuated, their whereabouts were unknown. sun kun moved into the window, and soon opened the door from the inside. jiang liushi, who was looking up because of the gunshots, had seen how sun kun had handled things and went inside the laboratory.
about twenty minutes later, jiang zhuying and so on were carrying a big bag and moving back downstairs. as soon as they went out, they were shocked.
previously they were upstairs, it was too far away, so they couldnât see that only jiang liushi was there. however, they knew that something was wrong. between the zombiesâ corpses, there was a big pool of blood and yang qingqing was gone.
sun kun noticed yang qingqingâs clothes among the blood. in fact, only the clothes could be identified, her body had long been half-eaten.
it was clear that yang qingqing had been eaten by zombies. but yang qingqingâs escaping ability was top-notch, how could she have been eaten?
jiang zhuying quickly looked at the minibus, but fortunately, jiang liushi was fine. zhang hai and sun kun looked at each other, but also stared at jiang liushi with puzzled expressions.
âbrother jiang, what happenedâ¦â zhang hai asked.
jiang liushi said from the car, âyang qingqing was trying to kill me and loot my minibus, but at the same time the zombies had approached us. she was focused on killing me, so she hadnât noticed them encircling us at all. taken by surprise she was torn to pieces by the zombies. after that, i killed all these zombies.â
âsuch a thingâ¦â zhang hai and sun kun were stunned. sun kunâs gaze swept around, suddenly he ran to pick up the grenade, which she hadnât the time to use.
âit really is yang qingqingâs grenade.â sun kun gave the grenade to jiang zhuying.
seeing the grenade, jiang zhuyingâs eyes were like a bloodthirsty beastâs, âthis kind of person is unforgivable! we are a team, so we should cooperate with each other. nobody should covet other peopleâs things. before all this she was just a student, but she turned into such a vicious person. she was terrible!â
sun kun and zhang hai were convinced of what jiang liushi had said. yang qingqingâs dissatisfaction with jiang liushi had been revealed at the dinner table, yesterday. that grenade was also a great evidence. as for other things, it did not matter.
sun kun and zhang looked at the minibus, they had a whole new level of respect toward jiang liushi. although he was an ordinary person, he was not like what he seemed.
yang qingqing had provoked him, but he killed her easily without borrowing jiang zhuyingâs power. yang qingqingâs death was still miserable!
what had really taken place nobody knew except jiang liushi.
âcome on,â jiang liushi said with a smile.
the iridium crucible had been acquired!