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Chapter 646: Let’s Rob the Vault

Chapter 646: Chapter 646: Let’s Rob the Vault

Compared to the anxiety and panic in Country Y, Jing City was celebrating universally. Although the black rain’s downward pour couldn’t resolve the fundamental issue, it wouldn’t contaminate more places, and this was also a very important signal that the disaster brought by the black rain was starting to wind down.

Online, it was all joyful exultation, and the Special Defense Department was also invigorated, focusing first on coordinating rescue operations and suspending evacuation tasks.

Meanwhile, Nie Xuan was leading a team along the path of the alien attack, searching and, based on the intelligence that had been reported back, they had locked down a park and a river. The Special Defense Department coordinated with the nearby armed police and quickly encircled the areas where the enemy might be hiding, conducting a thorough search.

Before they’d even begun to check individuals, some of the players had been reported by local citizens for their suspicious behavior. Additionally, enthusiastic players voluntarily organized to assist the Special Defense Department’s efforts, which significantly expedited the identification and capture of the foreign players’ hideouts, making the arrest operation go very smoothly.

By the time Nie Xuan’s team was about to wrap up, it was already broad daylight, and the black rain had long stopped, with blockades around the Special Defense Department retracting back towards the headquarters building.

"So, we just let it drag on?" Director Chang asked Minister Fan, "As time goes on, more people will turn into aliens, and our losses will be even more severe."

The Special Defense Department had lost a considerable number of players, and some elite ones had to be shot on the spot after being contaminated. Up to now, there were still reports of people being harmed by those who had turned into aliens, which had caused a polarisation of opinions within the department.

One opinion was to wait for news from the research institute, as the alien poison in the black rain had been confirmed to be counteractable by the Antidote Fungus.

The other opinion believed that the antitoxin would take a long time to develop, and the losses during this period were incalculable. Moreover, maintaining stability was the current priority; after one night had passed, it was still unclear how many people had been contaminated by the black rain. Individual differences could increase the time span of alien transformation, like a landmine with an unpredictable detonation time. Therefore, conducting searches was deemed most critical.

Of course, the latter view wasn’t wrong either, as there had been numerous incidents caused by hiding the symptoms of family members and friends out of affection, which led to serious accidents. But giving up on so many people is a decision no one could bring themselves to make; it was merely a delay for now.

"Let’s wait," Minister Fan arranged work with a weary expression, "First, contain those who have turned into aliens, guide those contaminated but still capable of self-rescue to disperse and hide. We’ll do what we can, and for the rest... we leave it to fate."

Even if the Antidote Fungus’s detoxifying element were successfully extracted, producing a large batch of the potion would still take time. This wasn’t due to a lack of manpower but rather an issue with the potion ingredients, some of which were not available in Zone 014.

"At least there’s some good news," Chief Wu said: "Country Y can’t continue its mischief, and Nie Xuan has been very efficient."

"That’s good to hear," Minister Fan paused, then couldn’t help asking what Xu Huo was doing.

"He’s still at Wen Mountain," Chief Wu said, "The helicopter has already left."

"Does Nie Xuan imply he might have a way?" Minister Fan voiced a glimmer of hope, "Call him and urge him not to hold back at this time. After this is over, the Special Defense Department will settle all the help he’s given in the past, with interest, in full."

Chief Wu sighed and did as he was told.

With so many people contaminated, how many could Xu Huo save, even if he had a stockpile of antitoxin?

But the call still had to be made, if only to check if he was injured.

Xu Huo was playing games with the Girl in the painting outside the reservoir.

The inversion of the black rain truly caught him by surprise. It seemed like the rain was falling upwards, but in reality, it vanished at the cloud layer. The rainfall was heavy, but the duration was short, so not much of the black rain had flowed back up. When the black rain stopped, the item blocks fell, and the rain clouds depicted on them ceased to flicker, and the raindrops disappeared.

It was a pity that the items could still not be placed into the inventory, but they could now be stored in the luggage compartment. He planned to check the related information once he reached Zone 011.

After glancing at the growth of the King Fungus in the reservoir, he told Chief Wu, "Send someone to take over the reservoir in half an hour."

"What’s in the reservoir?" Chief Wu asked, his voice laden with hope.

"You’ll know when you get here," Xu Huo emphasized, "Come after half an hour."

"Alright! Alright!" Chief Wu answered joyfully.

After hanging up, Xu Huo moved his arms and legs, and looking at the sun rising in the sky, he said, "Get ready to go."

This amount of time was not enough to turn all the water in the reservoir into the antitoxin, but taking it should delay the onset of toxicity; the rest was up to the Special Defense Department.

The Girl in the painting, who was immersed in gaming, jabbed at her phone with her finger fiercely, "I haven’t won a single round."

"As expected," Xu Huo said, "You’ve only played games for a short while, I’ve played for twenty years."

He was in good spirits, but the Girl in the painting was particularly aggrieved, "But you’ve won all my pocket money!"

The pocket money he had agreed to give her and the bonus for her part-time job had not left Xu Huo’s account at all. Instead, half of the Girl in the painting’s little treasury had been depleted.

"You still have half left," Xu Huo said with a laugh, "Work hard, and you’ll earn it back."

The Girl in the painting was no longer the gullible girl she used to be. She knew very well how little money she earned from working at the hotel; a few rounds of gaming could bleed her dry. Comparing the old with the new, she immediately started searching the internet for quick ways to make money, then fixated her gaze on the words "rob a bank" on the screen.

"Small branches won’t keep much cash," Xu Huo said: "Armored cars and vaults always have a lot of cash, they are low cost, low risk, and very profitable."

The more he spoke, the brighter her eyes shone, and she quickly typed out a message: "Let’s go, let’s rob a vault!"

"Not gonna work anymore?" Xu Huo looked at her half-jokingly.

"Working doesn’t make money," the Girl in the painting looked distressed, "I don’t want to work anymore."

"Why do you need so much money? Enough is enough," Xu Huo said, "After this matter is settled, would you like to visit other zones? I have a castle in Zone 011 with lots of good stuff. There are fun props everywhere, more fun than Zone 014."

"Really?" the Girl in the painting was tempted, " Can you give me the house?"

"Sure," Xu Huo didn’t think twice, "It’s yours once we get there."

The Girl in the painting jumped for joy on the spot and then asked him, "Do I have to pay to play games in Zone 011?"

"No." Xu Huo said without hesitation, "The games in Zone 011 are more fun than the ones on your phone."

The Girl in the painting was a woman of action, "So when do we leave?"

"Wait until I finish one more thing; we’ll leave after that," Xu Huo paused, then added, "It shouldn’t take too long if you help."

The Girl in the painting nodded vigorously like a pecking chicken, eagerly helping him retrieve the boxes from the reservoir, "Before we leave, can you give me some pocket money?"