BC Chapter 165

Lu Ziming never underestimated this mission from the start. Therefore, when she was appointed as the team leader by the laboratory management, she was only slightly surprised before quickly regaining her serious expression. She knew that the higher-ups judged that sending only her might not be enough to complete the mission successfully, which was why they assigned Lingyuan and Xianfei to her. She also knew that Xianfei’s restless personality might affect the progress of the mission, so she agreed to let him leave alone to carry out his task. Originally, with Lingyuan’s help, the two of them could easily complete the mission. Therefore, even if there were some minor problems on Xianfei’s side, she could accept it.

Everything was originally under Lu Ziming’s plan and control, and there shouldn’t have been any problems.

She was only one step away from successfully completing the mission. As long as she put the shackles on the girl’s hands and let Lingyuan conveniently deal with the two women from the rescue team, the two of them would immediately take the people away from here. At that time, no one would know what happened here. Besides, there were so many problems in the city. Even if they really cleaned up this place, they would only dispose of the corpses, and no one would ask any further questions.

That was supposed to be the case. But what about now?

Lu Ziming reached out and wiped away the blood flowing down from below the wound, resentfully turning her head to look at Xu Rubing’s location—if it weren’t for these two guys suddenly appearing and disrupting her plan, she should have been on her way to successfully report back.

Damn it. They all deserve to die!!

Lu Ziming gritted her teeth secretly, her eyes turned cold, and she charged towards Xu Rubing with her staff. Her speed was extremely fast. Seeing the distance between the two rapidly closing, Xu Rubing only sneered and nocked another arrow.

Aiming at Lu Ziming’s moving trajectory, the bow moved slightly with Lu Ziming’s body. Xu Rubing had shot moving targets before. The zombies she killed earlier could also be considered moving targets, but this was the first time Xu Rubing had tried shooting at one that moved so fast and knew how to change direction.

However, she didn’t panic at all. She casually released her fingers, and the bowstring pushed the arrow fiercely. With a whoosh, the arrow flew straight towards Lu Ziming. However, Lu Ziming had been staring at Xu Rubing’s movements. Seeing the arrow flying towards her chest, she slightly changed direction to avoid the arrow’s tip. However, she only noticed the second arrow closely following behind the first after she had missed the outline of the first arrow.

“What…” Lu Ziming’s pupils dilated instantly in shock. When was this arrow fired, and why was it so fast?! Fortunately, the trajectories of the two arrows were the same. Lu Ziming’s heart slightly relaxed, and she didn’t stop her forward momentum, continuing to move forward.

But just as she was about to brush past the two arrows, Xu Rubing’s second arrow strangely arrived first, directly hitting the tail of the first arrow. The first arrow, hit by this, directly changed its trajectory and went towards Lu Ziming’s carotid artery from the side.

Lu Ziming’s eyes were still looking in Xu Rubing’s direction, but her peripheral vision caught an unusual dark shadow coming towards her from the side.

She instantly turned her head to look to the side, only to see the silver cold arrow already close at hand. Whether she moved her body slightly forward or retreated slightly backward, she would still be within the range of Xu Rubing’s arrow. So, in desperation, Lu Ziming could only raise her arms to block her vulnerable neck area.

This action only bought her zero point five seconds. The silver cold arrow suddenly pierced into the palm of Lu Ziming’s hand, then drilled through bone and flesh, continuing forward with unstoppable force until the arrow tip clanged against the weapon behind the back of Lu Ziming’s hand.

That’s right. Fortunately, in Lu Ziming’s raised hands, one was empty, while the other was still holding her long staff. The staff was made of special material and was solid, so it managed to block the arrow tip.

If the security checks at the various passes in China hadn’t been so strict, they would have brought guns for the mission. If they weren’t using cold weapons, they wouldn’t be so passive when facing long-distance combat.

Damn it, damn it!!

With one hand injured, Lu Ziming could no longer fully exert her strength. Moreover, Xu Rubing’s threat was far greater than she had imagined. She was not in the same league as the girl who also used a bow and arrow she had encountered before. She was forced to stop her attempt to attack forcefully. Moreover, the penetrating wound from the arrow on her hand was far more difficult to deal with than a bullet wound—she needed to stop the bleeding and anesthetize it first, then cut off the tip of the arrow and pull it out from the back. In her current situation, she couldn’t deal with this kind of problem at all.

She instantly became somewhat anxious, resentfully staring at Xu Rubing, who had already moved to another spot and was leisurely looking at her. Although she knew that time was running out and she couldn’t delay, she was no longer confident that she could deal with the obstacle in front of her. She suddenly thought of her teammates. Xianfei was far away. At this time, wanting him to appear was not as good as thinking about whether the laboratory might send reinforcements to meet them. Lingyuan was close at hand, but he was also being held back by the other party. That’s right, with Lingyuan’s strength, even if several more special forces soldiers came, as long as they were still within the category of ordinary people, he could completely handle them! Why hadn’t she heard any sound for so long?

A bad premonition arose in her heart, and she quickly turned her head, only to see a black-clothed woman squatting next to Lingyuan, who was lying on the ground, not knowing what she was doing. Then, as she stood up, Lu Ziming’s eyes immediately met Lingyuan’s half-open eyes, which were filled with lingering bloodshot.

Even from this distance, Lu Ziming clearly knew that the other party was already dead. After all, she had killed so many opponents in the laboratory and had seen countless pairs of such eyes. For them, only by ensuring that the other party was completely lifeless could they be completely certain that they were safe. Therefore, their method was to use strong medicine on people who were not completely dead, which was called “finishing off.” This was to avoid sudden changes in the situation and reversals of fortune.

And many people who originally thought that the battle was over and that they could escape by pretending to be dead would mostly show this kind of unwilling look in their eyes when they were really killed at the last moment.

Lingyuan’s skill was second only to her own. Even if she fought him, she wouldn’t dare to say that she could kill him so easily. Who was that woman?! She was even more terrifying than these mutants who were cultivated by the laboratory in a “gu” style!

Could it be… a high-level mutant?! Thinking of this, Lu Ziming’s body inexplicably broke out in goosebumps.

At this moment, Lu Ziming, who had already stood up, glanced at Yao Jinglin and, seeing that she was fine, slightly turned her head to look at the direction of Xu Rubing and Lu Ziming’s fight. When her gaze fell on Lu Ziming, she happened to meet the eyes of Lu Ziming, who was also looking in that direction.

Tsk.

The change in her eyes at that moment was like looking at a dead person. Lu Ziming even saw the other party’s undisguised disgust and contemptuous subtext in that glance.

When the woman looked at the bow-wielding girl on her side again, she was clearly using her expression to ask the other party why she hadn’t dealt with this scum yet.

Strange, Lu Ziming realized that she actually understood the other party’s expression and guessed what she was thinking.

She subconsciously looked at the special watch on her wrist. Two of the three green lights had turned red and were no longer flashing.

So Xianfei is dead too? It turns out that only I am left!

She raised her head and looked at Xu Rubing. The other party was raising the compound bow in her hand again, aiming at her. The black-clothed woman in the distance was also walking towards them.

If I don’t admit defeat now, there will be no chance. If I still want to live, I can only use the last resort to ask headquarters for help. She bit her lip, resentfully looking at Xu Rubing and Lu Ziming again. She resolutely pressed the only red rescue button on the watch.

Although the mission was not completed, she had important news to bring back to headquarters—the high-level mutation experiment that headquarters had always wanted to break through was feasible. Although she didn’t know how many more people would have to be sacrificed, the fact that a naturally mutated high-level mutant had appeared proved that the laboratory’s research direction was correct.

Just as everyone was thinking about ending this confrontation, a series of rumbling sounds began to ring out in the sky above the city. It wasn’t a change in the weather; it was the sound of heavy weapons exploding.

Everyone turned towards the direction of the sound with different expressions. Because this place was not too far from the breakthrough point, everyone could hear clearly that it was definitely the sound of a large army’s guns and cannons, crackling incessantly.

Yao Jinglin’s face lit up with joy. She knew that the sunlight would eventually break through the darkness and shine on Qingshui City again. Fortunately, she had waited for this moment.

The few people exchanged glances and understood that it was time for them to end the battle. They would deal with the white-clothed woman now, and then they could leave with peace of mind. But unexpectedly, when the few people turned their eyes back to the white-clothed woman’s location, the woman’s figure was already gone!