Chapter 645: Chapter 644: The Fifth Card Is Activated!
Upon receiving this news, Chu Qiu felt as if half the weight in his heart had been lifted.
Indeed, the fifth card is even more powerful.
"So you’re looking for that card?" He tiptoed to peek through the glass door, "You think it’s in this clinic?"
"Who knows where it is, we’re here looking for stories."
Chu Qiu: "Huh??? Looking for what stories?"
Zhao Yu: "Tracing your past and present lives to find out why you became traitors. There aren’t many good people like us who dig deep anymore."
Chu Qiu: "..."
There really aren’t many people risking their lives to find clues that are already useless; such naive fools are indeed rare.
He clapped his hands encouragingly: "Well, you all continue searching earnestly. Since forming an alliance is useless, I’ll go and find the fifth card. Thanks for the tip."
After saying that, he ran off along the path they had previously come, with a few cameramen carrying their gear following behind him.
"He ran off as soon as we said an alliance is useless, so decisive?" Mu Qiu frowned and pondered, "I think he came here with other intentions?"
"But he didn’t get anything from it," Zhao Yu turned back and continued peering through the glass door,
"But he’s gone now, so never mind, quickly, take another look, make up a story for this place, and hurry to the next spot."
This is like rushing from one place to another.
Mu Qiu was just about to continue looking inside when suddenly he exclaimed.
Zhao Yu was startled: "What happened?!"
"Should have told him the story of him and Doctor Huai? I finally came up with it."
Zhao Yu was expressionless: "......"
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Telling stories requires one ring after another, especially when the two main characters are originally connected; their stories need to be interlinked.
Hence, Doctor Huai’s story should be very closely related to Chef Chu’s story.
But, one is a traitor, the other is a civilian, the story of a traitor is highly researchable, the civilian’s is not at all, let alone this is a civilian who was knocked out early on.
Therefore, this story is easier to make up... oops, much easier to research.
"According to my speculation, Doctor Huai is a highly skilled doctor, but such genius doctors are never satisfied with being cornered in the little nook treating the general public.
Compared to seeing patients, he likes doing all sorts of crazy experiments on living bodies, but acquiring such live subjects for experiment was difficult, as he was an image-conscious doctor. Unexpectedly, one day, the opportunity came.
A chef from a fast-food restaurant on the street found him and discussed a deal. He agreed to make a deal with the devil, but little did he know, this devil was only using him, and he was the first to be eliminated when the apocalypse came."
Zhao Yu was listening attentively but then there was no sound. She turned her head and asked: "That’s it?"
"That’s it." Mu Qiu shrugged.
"The story just started, how is it over? What about the ending?"
"He was a civilian, the traitor was the first to eliminate him, isn’t that an ending fitting for a civilian?"
"Got it," Zhao Yu pretended to wipe tears, "We civilians don’t deserve exciting stories and perfect endings."
Mu Qiu didn’t feel anything, clapped his hands, and directly said: "Alright, this story is over, let’s move to the next place. Let’s speed up; once we finish searching all stories, we can wait for a glorious sacrifice."
"Running for a glorious sacrifice, truly touching."
The two walked out, talking about the bank they went to before, and about Shu Ran’s story.
Afraid of 173 appearing, they tiptoed down alleys, speaking in hushed tones.
Zhao Yu: "Do we still need to go to the bank? Is it necessary? Initially, we said we were looking for clues about the traitor, but we’ve been going to places we haven’t checked before."
Mu Qiu: "No need to go, frankly, the places we’re searching are all for the fifth card. The card in the bank is probably the third card, found by Li Yang, there shouldn’t be anything important in there."
Zhao Yu: "Then you just reconstruct her story on the spot, and it’s done."
"This is simple, Sister Shu Ran and her boyfriend are deeply in love, but after the apocalypse, people around her became cruel and killed the guy for survival, so Sister Shu Ran turned dark, only wanting to go on a killing spree during the apocalypse."
"You’re getting better and better at making things up," Zhao Yu said, rolling her eyes; "Clearly inspiration overflows in your brain, almost too much, rush home to write after the show."
"How did urging for updates come to my face? The great army of urging for updates never ceases..."
"The Fifth Monster Card has been activated!"
"The Fifth Monster Card has been activated!"
"The Fifth Monster Card has been activated!"
Mu Qiu and Zhao Yu paused, immediately turned and stuck to the wall, nervously peering around, whispering in hushed tones.
Mu Qiu: "Damn, who found it, such luck?"
Zhao Yu: "Brother Cheng and Sister Shu Ran have already found cards. If it was them again this time, you could say it’s pure luck. But I think it was Chu Qiu who found it."
Mu Qiu: "Averaging it out, huh?"
Zhao Yu: "What do you think the fifth card’s monster is?"
Mu Qiu thought for a long time, listening to the outside noise simultaneously, then said: "I have two guesses, both are more formidable ones."
"Which two?"
But she didn’t say more, peeped outside the alley, then switched the topic:
"We’ve walked around many places, haven’t seen anything resembling a military residence. Brother Cheng and they have been occupying the museum, subconsciously, others must think it belongs to them too.
I have a feeling this card was found in Brother Cheng’s original territory. So we can’t go there anymore, let’s retreat."
"This card can’t even be approached?" Zhao Yu’s voice was so low you could barely hear it, "What kind of monster?"
"Either it kills through sound or via sight. Either way, it’s more formidable than any of the four previous monsters. Let’s go!"
On the way back, it was silent, as if the earlier mechanical electronic sound had never appeared.
This show had been going on for quite a while, the sunlight outside was waning, and the heat slowly fading.
Judging by this, it was probably around five in the afternoon.
The sun stubbornly cast its last rays, still a bit scorching, falling on the bare streets, reflecting back, making it hard for one to open their eyes.
Amidst these dazzling rays, Zhao Yu noticed an unusual reflection.
Like glasses reflecting dots of light onto a wall, in the alley they were passing, slightly higher on the wall, there was a twisted reflection resembling a little rectangular card.
She trailed Mu Qiu by two steps, stepping back, peering left.
There was something golden there, flashing against the ground.
"What’s that thing?"
She stealthily crept towards it, Mu Qiu followed two steps back, frowning as he looked.
"It’s a card..."
"Close your eyes, don’t move!" Mu Qiu shouted.
Zhao Yu was startled and immediately stopped, closed her eyes, and stood still.
