Chapter 17

Translator: SumTLMan

The battle only lasted for a short while .

One minute, the sound of gunfire went off . In the next, the sound of tranquillity was restored .

Wang Zhou and the other survivor are gasping for breath after surviving their ordeal .

The rest of the survivors, who were lucky enough not to venture too far away, took refuge in villa area immediately after being notified there were intruders .

At this time, the survivors were listening to Wang Zhou recounting his thrilling experience with his companion .

Basically, Wang Zhou was telling the story . He said although his companion had recovered . He is still pale from the whole experience . Although Wang Zhou looked more troubled as he looked on the verge of tears . But he showed a face full of excitement while the others looked back at him strangely .

“… You guys don’t know . The faces made by those people looked very ferocious . When they pointed their guns at our heads . I, ah, looked back fearlessly with a calm expression on my face . ”

“At that time, the master brother appeared beside us like a gust of wind and cut the ropes binding us . The enemies blocking the path were all defeated in one fell swoop…” Wang Zhou suddenly said in surprise: “It seems there are two master brothers, err, are they twins, they aren’t, right? I couldn’t see their faces with their helmets on . But the master brothers were awesome . That strong looking group of people were like paper tigers in front of the master brothers, vulnerable and unable to resist a single blow…”

As Wang Zhou became more and more animated while telling his story, the others became more interested while listening .

They didn’t see what happened . But they can imagine how formidable the master brothers were .

That group held so many guns and firearms . Just the sound of gunfire alone had caused many of the survivors to turn pale from fright .

However, the master brothers came and went unhindered under such a hail of bullets .

This shelter is lucky to have such masters!

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Tang Yu propped up his face in a pensive pose as he deeply meditated .

He can say the battle started too suddenly . Although they defeated the enemy in the end . He still reflected on their inadequacies during the battle .

The vigilance in the shelter is still a bit too lacking .

If the other side didn’t think his two captured people were still useful, they would’ve been killed on the spot .

Also, he didn’t expect to suddenly meet such a team of foreign awakened ones .

Venturing in the wilds during the doomsday, many different groups of survivors often maintain vigilance, but not hostility . Not everyone is as vicious as this group . Even a relationship formed based on common interest can happen . Usually, both groups would first observe if either side is hostile, then they would decide whether fighting is worth it .

Once the decision to start a battle is reached, losses on both sides are inevitable .

Most groups aren’t like this group of awakened ones . Where if one group doesn’t agree with their demands, they will immediately turn hostile . This situation has taught him he should be more careful when dealing with other survivors and to keep a low profile as to not become too arrogant .

Tang Yu feels this is reasonable since he’s been keeping a low profile this whole time .

“I should speed up the construction of the territory, especially in terms of defence . This time, when another group has touched the periphery of the territory, it has made me feel less secure… . ”

He pondered and said: “This group of awakened ones weren’t of unknown origin . If they are all missing here, this may lead to some trouble . Fortunately, there aren’t only troubles from this encounter, there is also a lot of gains . ”

Han Jing and his team were either killed or wounded during the battle .

Most of them were killed by No . 1 and No . 2, showing how powerful these two puppets truly are when they strike . Given their strength, there was no way of surviving a head-on conflict with them .

Tang Yu also gave a helping hand this time by fighting an awakened one who was frantically escaping .

This is the first time he’s killed anyone .

But he didn’t feel any discomfort .

Before, he had always heard that killing people would cause queasiness, vomiting and a feeling of weakness .

But he didn’t experience any of this . Since the doomsday has gone on for a month, he has seen all kinds of bloody scenes . With the exception that he hasn’t taken part in these scenes, he has become more accustomed to these sights .

For the rest of the people who were still alive, Roger extracted information from them .

“It’s no wonder . They came here for the source crystal mine…”

Tang Yu is hungry for this source crystal mine .

The importance of a source crystal is clearer to him than anyone else . As long as the source crystal mine is dug up, the territory will undoubtedly enter a period of rapid development .

This idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel .

There are only twenty or so survivors in the whole territory . There aren’t enough porters, not to mention miners?! This reality doesn’t exist at all! Also, although this source crystal mine is close by, about three to four kilometres away . It’s still in the wilds near mountainous or forest terrain . This environment is extremely dangerous to traverse…

“So, this source crystal mine can only be seen, but not mined?”

Tang Yu is depressed about this .

Wait a minute…

He suddenly remembered Wang Tai, the former leader of the shelter, who was eventually recognized by Chen Haiping .

Wang Tai was decisive . He probably knew there was no chance of survival and committed suicide before he could be interrogated .

However, Wang Tai’s two direct subordinates weren’t as decisive . So, Roger immediately had some people monitor them, not giving them the chance to kill themselves . Then, under Roger’s skilful torture techniques, the two subordinates had revealed everything . Even what colour underwear they were wearing .

They learned why Wang Tai had come here . Besides leading the way for Han Jing to find that source crystal mine, they also had their own goals .

They seemed to want to reach a hidden stash of important supplies .

This was all these two knew . This was mostly speculation through Wang Tai’s daily habits .

Tang Yu also felt there was a great possibility that Wang Tai, who had fled in panic before, had no time to take away his supplies . These two men also happened to confirm his guess .

After the value of these people were exhausted, Tang Yu handed them over to Roger .

It’s impossible to let them go .

These people are still too dangerous to be released . As for the Lindong boss behind these people, Tang Yu isn’t too worried . He’s now thinking about the supplies left behind by Wang Tai .

“Where on earth could it be hidden?”

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The resort, western area .

Opposite to the eastern area of the resort, this is also the core area of the whole resort . Before, Wang Tai lived in villa No . 1 in the western area .

He searched this villa before, but he didn’t find many valuables left inside . He didn’t think much about it at the time, but now he feels this is very abnormal . Why was there nothing of value in Wang Tai’s residence? When he fled before, there was no time to pack up!

Putting himself in Wang Tai’s shoes, Tang Yu is also used to placing his valuables in his residence, the castle . Inside his castle, there is a small warehouse where he piles up the source crystal he has collected .

Wang Tai’s valuables are most likely in the villa where he lives, but certainly not in plain sight .

This villa occupies a large area and he’s already canvassed the area around it . From this, Tang Yu believes there are only two places left with the greatest possibility of hiding supplies . It’s either in the small garden in front of the villa or hidden in the basement .

At that time, the basement looked very empty . He only found some food stored inside, which he had taken away before .

“No . 1!”

After being called, the puppet guard appeared beside Tang Yu . He pointed to the walls in the basement and said: “Smash all the walls here, and be careful not to collapse this place . ”

With a bit of rumbling, No . 1 became a humanoid bulldozer . In the blink of an eye, the fairly clean basement was in ruins, looking far worse for wear than the surface . It looked as if demonized beasts had ravaged through it .

Amongst the pile of ruins, a hole conspicuously appeared .

“Sure enough, there is a deeper level to the basement!”

Although the deeper basement area is smaller, the supplies appear as far as the eye can see . Not only do the supplies include the most basic food, but it also includes luxury goods such as alcohol and tobacco . There are even numerous firearms which looked dazzling to the eyes…

“I’m rich!”

There was a lot of food in the basement… Tang Yu also saw a freezer which was connected to a diesel generator that was still running .

In the freezer, Tang Yu found many vegetables and various kinds of meat .

He no longer paid attention to how long the meat has been frozen or whether it was still fresh anymore . He only focused on how rich the variety of ingredients there were . This food looked no worse than before the doomsday!

This fellow Wang Tai really knows how to enjoy life .

Fortunately, everything fell cheaply in Tang Yu’s hands . He felt like thanking Wang Tai for his selfless contribution .

The food supplies occupied a large part of the basement . Some daily necessities occupied a small part and mostly firearms occupied the rest of the space .

For ordinary pistols and rifles, Tang Yu didn’t feel too excited, but he still found something surprising amongst this batch of firearms .

There were two light machine guns . These firearms can bolster the shelter’s line of defence .

Although now his territory doesn’t even have a decent line of defence .

“However… These supplies shouldn’t be the only things that would make Wang Tai go through all these hardships . These things take up quite a bit of space and if Wang Tai wants to take them away and not attract Han Jing’s attention . He wouldn’t take so many things along with him . ”

“Then, the most valuable things should be in…”

Tang Yu looks at a corner and saw a safe .

The hidden basement room has a safe . Even if Tang Yu doesn’t use his brain, he knows the most precious things must be hidden inside .

This is a very high-end safe that can protect many things, but this was before the doomsday . Now, it can be easily smashed open .

There are many bright energy crystals found inside .

Tang Yu held his breath . This was the first time he saw so many energy crystals .

How many are there, 1,000 units, 2,000 units, or maybe more?

“Detected 5,255 units of energy crystal . ”

The cold voice from the system rings in his mind . At this moment, Tang Yu feels overjoyed .

He will soon be rich… He will be someone that has money!

Thank you, Wang Tai .

Besides the energy crystals . There are also some advanced demonized beast materials in the safe, such as sharp claws, thick fur and so on .

Among the items, many things seem to be special items found during the doomsday . He won’t be able to identify them for a while .

For example, he saw a crystal the size of a basketball which looks white and transparent .

Tang Yu took the materials out one by one, studied them carefully and put them back inside the safe . It’s better to directly take this whole safe away .