Chapter 62
Just as she was about to sneak away, she was caught. Xia Weishuang didn’t know if her luck was too bad or if Bai Qian had already guessed it.
Xia Weishuang grabbed her backpack strap, a little embarrassed. “I’m going out to check the terrain.”
Bai Qian snorted lightly, came over, slammed the door shut, pulled Xia Weishuang back into the room, and pressed her shoulders to make her sit on the sofa.
“Do you think I’m that easy to fool?” Bai Qian sat opposite her, displeased. “You’re so sneaky, and you’ve packed so thoroughly. Do you still want to coax me? Confession brings leniency, resistance brings severity. Confess honestly!”
How could she confess honestly? Xia Weishuang fell silent.
Seeing this, Bai Qian sighed softly and said, “Are you thinking of dealing with Sang Lu by yourself?”
Xia Weishuang still didn’t know how to explain. Bai Qian said again, “Actually, there are some things that I’ve roughly guessed, but I’ve never said it. Do you know why?”
Xia Weishuang looked up at Bai Qian.
Bai Qian said, “The first time I saw you, I knew that this girl’s heart must have suffered a very serious trauma. She was very fragile, and she was walking on a tightrope on a cliff. So I couldn’t say much, because I knew that at a time like this, whether I persuaded you to be strong or to relax, it would actually be putting pressure on you. A gust of wind from the outside world could make you fall into an abyss.”
“But it’s different now. I know that you are a much tougher girl than I imagined. You are stronger than before, so let’s just talk directly.”
Bai Qian patted the coffee table and said seriously, “If you’re afraid of implicating me, you don’t have to. Because you’ve already implicated me!”
Xia Weishuang was speechless. Bai Qian was right.
A fat tabby cat slowly walked over, jumped onto the coffee table, lay down, and began to lick its fur.
Bai Qian scratched the cat’s neck and said, “But the relationship between friends is not so simple. You will worry about me, and I will also worry about you. Little Shuang, the connection between people is two-way. This is what will become the power to protect us. I believe that if I were in trouble, you would definitely help me without hesitation, so please accept my willingness to help you. If you refuse, I will be very sad, understand!”
Xia Weishuang gave a bitter smile. “I understand.”
Everyone knows the logic, but who would be willing to drag their relatives and friends into the water and put them in danger?
But looking at Bai Qian’s solemn appearance, she knew that no matter what Xia Weishuang said, she would not give up. Xia Weishuang did not want to argue with her, because this kind of thing would never be argued out.
If their situations were reversed, Xia Weishuang would also choose to do her best to help Bai Qian, and Bai Qian would also want to push Xia Weishuang out of danger. Perhaps it was precisely because they could understand each other’s thoughts and empathize with each other that some choices became particularly difficult.
“Don’t always think about facing some things by yourself. You know that there are people who care about you by your side, so learn to rely on others.”
Xia Weishuang lowered her head and sincerely apologized, “I know. I won’t be willful anymore.”
The cats walked silently. She didn’t know when, but they had already surrounded the two of them. Being taught a lesson in front of so many smart little cats at her age, Xia Weishuang was a little embarrassed.
She quickly picked up a ragdoll cat, rubbed its soft and warm furry belly, and held it up to cover her face.
Bai Qian snorted and said, “Take off your protective suit. It’s so hot, and there’s no air conditioning.”
Xia Weishuang was in the wrong, and it was indeed hot. She had no choice but to put down the ragdoll cat, take off her clothes, and change into a cool short-sleeved shirt.
She had already started to sweat in this short while. Xia Weishuang found a small fan that was given out when handing out flyers on the street. It even had the words “See a male doctor, go to XX Hospital” printed on it. Bai Qian, on the other hand, took a craft fan. It looked good but was not very useful.
“Tell me, what do you want to do?”
“I want to… put an end to this matter completely,” Xia Weishuang said in a low voice. “There’s a saying that you can be a thief for a thousand days, but you can’t guard against a thief for a thousand days. I’m afraid that if this drags on, more people will be hurt because of me.”
Bai Qian didn’t know whether to admire her boldness or be surprised by her foolishness. She had thought that Xia Weishuang just wanted to be separated from her because she was afraid of implicating her, but she didn’t expect her to have such a thought.
At this time, Bai Qian felt a wave of fear. She was glad that she had stopped Xia Weishuang in time. Xia Weishuang was so thin and weak. If she were to let her face Sang Lu alone, or even take the initiative to face her, wouldn’t that be like a sheep entering a tiger’s den?
Bai Qian put down her fan, a little worried. “I understand what you mean, but with Sang Lu like that, we and Coal Ball don’t have much of a chance.”
Xia Weishuang found a pen and paper and placed it between the two of them. She wrote the two words “Sang Lu” on it, and then on the right, she wrote the two words “alcohol.”
“There’s a way,” Xia Weishuang was so calm that Bai Qian was a little surprised. “Alcohol can cause great harm to her. At the same time, she hates gasoline, but gasoline is not as powerful as alcohol.”
Bai Qian knew that the bond between Sang Lu and Xia Weishuang must be extraordinary. Their attitude towards each other was ambiguous and special, filled with an irrational madness.
At least in her opinion, Xia Weishuang should have been in pain and inner turmoil over Sang Lu for a longer time before she could make up her mind to get rid of her.
As a result, Xia Weishuang had directly skipped the intermediate steps and had the most extreme idea.
Bai Qian was faintly worried about Xia Weishuang’s mental state, but seeing that she looked very normal and was as calm and rational as ever when analyzing things, she suppressed that faint worry.
“Alcohol can indeed hurt her, but the previous use of alcohol only caused damage. She was able to continue to act very quickly.”
Xia Weishuang said, “That’s because the amount of alcohol was too small. We can find another hospital, collect more, and then make her lose her ability to move.”
Xia Weishuang paused and said, “Zombies need their brains to be destroyed to be completely dead. This may be related to the crystals in their brains. It is known that mutated plants and mutated animals also have crystals in their brains. It is very likely that human espers also have crystals in their brains. In that case, no matter which camp Sang Lu belongs to, she is very likely to have a crystal in her brain. We can destroy her brain and destroy the crystal when she loses her ability to move.”
Bai Qian clicked her tongue. “This is not an easy task.”
Xia Weishuang nodded and said, “Yes, her skin is very hard. Ordinary cold weapons cannot destroy it. But I think that no matter how hard the skin of a creature is, there will be a weak spot. The eyes. We can destroy her from her eyes. And after being injured by alcohol, her skin will have a melting effect. In that case, her defense will probably also decrease.”
Bai Qian followed her words and said, “Coal Ball’s strength is very great, and its claws are also very sharp. We can let it do it. The difficult part now is to make Sang Lu lose her ability to move.”
Xia Weishuang said, “We can set an alcohol trap and use bait to lure her into it.”
Bai Qian immediately said, “You want to be the bait? That’s too dangerous! No!”
Xia Weishuang smiled and said, “It doesn’t have to be me. We can make a fake one.”
Bai Qian said helplessly, “The way you say it, it seems like a very simple matter.”
But facing such a dangerous enemy, even a small mistake could cause their positions to be reversed. They were each other’s prey, and they had to be careful, careful, and even more careful.
Xia Weishuang sat on the sofa, her face still calm. “Sister Qian, I don’t think I’ve told you what my ability is.”
Bai Qian was taken aback and said, “That’s right. You said before that you wanted to give me a surprise, but then there was no time.”
Xia Weishuang said lightly, “Actually, I can predict the future.”
Bai Qian was surprised for a moment and said, “There’s such an ability?”
Xia Weishuang nodded and said, “Yes. Although it sounds very mysterious, it’s true. It’s just that my ability can’t predict all the future, and there are many restrictions.” She briefly explained it, and Bai Qian was amazed.
Bai Qian said exaggeratedly, “Fortunately, you can’t predict all the future. Otherwise, wouldn’t you be invincible?”
Xia Weishuang chuckled. “Sometimes, even if you can predict some things, it doesn’t mean you can change the outcome. Next, I want to predict if the plan just now will be successful. Sister Qian, wait for me for a while.”
“Okay. Don’t be in a hurry. Take your time.”
Before she began to predict, Xia Weishuang went over the action plan and refined it in her mind. At the same time, she did not tell Bai Qian that in her heart, she still needed to be the bait for it to succeed.
Because Sang Lu was actually very smart. She would only appear “stupid” when she was with her, but this did not mean that she was easy to fool.
Only by personally going into battle could she pull her into the trap.
The first step was to go to the hospital to find alcohol. The second step was to set a trap. The third step was to use herself as bait to lure Sang Lu. The fourth step was to have Coal Ball, who was hiding in the dark, act when Sang Lu lost her ability to move.
It was very simple, but would it really be so smooth?
Xia Weishuang took a deep breath, leaned back on the sofa, closed her eyes, and controlled her will to slowly enter the illusion of premonition…
Bai Qian saw that she seemed to have fallen asleep, but her brows were always furrowed, and sweat was constantly flowing down her forehead. So she stood up on tiptoe, preparing to get a basin of water, so that she could wipe her face when she woke up.
As a result, when she turned on the faucet in the bathroom, she had to face a cruel reality.
The water had stopped.
That’s right. The tap water in her house had actually stopped long ago. Although the water in this residential area had stopped later, it could not escape the fate of having its water cut off.
It was estimated that A City’s water supply system was not far from a complete paralysis.
A messy sound suddenly came from outside, accompanied by a meow. Bai Qian quickly ran out of the bathroom.
She saw Xia Weishuang sitting up from the sofa in a state of shock. She had accidentally knocked over the fruit plate on the coffee table and had also pressed on a cat’s tail.
“What’s wrong? Was it not successful?”
Bai Qian quickly went over and patted Xia Weishuang’s hand, and handed her a dry towel to wipe her sweat.
Xia Weishuang panted twice and said, “It wasn’t very successful. We found the stock of alcohol in the XX male hospital, but what we found… was not very much. No, it was actually a lot, but it’s still not enough. And…”
Where to set the trap and what kind of trap to set was a difficult problem. Because time and the zombies did not allow it, there were few places for them to choose from. So in the end, the two of them decided to carry out this counter-kill operation in the hospital.
They had put the alcohol in balloons and hung them from the ceiling. When Sang Lu arrived, they would use fire to detonate them.
Xia Weishuang was also exposed in that explosion. But, unlike what they had expected, Sang Lu was not seriously injured. She had learned from her previous experience. When she smelled the alcohol and saw the flames, she had taken Xia Weishuang with her and crashed through the wall and rushed out.
Although Sang Lu was injured, she was not seriously injured to the point of being unable to move. The plan had failed.
Xia Weishuang noticed that at the moment of the explosion, the skin on Sang Lu’s back seemed to have changed.
When Xia Weishuang tried to remedy the situation and attacked Sang Lu with the alcohol she had hidden in her arms, Sang Lu looked at her with a faint smile, as if she were not afraid.
And it had indeed failed again. The part of her skin that was in contact with Xia Weishuang was not the fragile and soft digestive mucosa that secreted mucus as before, but was covered with a layer of hard, translucent scales.
Sang Lu said sinisterly, “Shuangshuang, you can’t escape this time.”
She had learned her lesson. After eating a loss, she had grown wiser. Now she was not in a hurry to eat Xia Weishuang right away.
Naturally, this operation had completely failed. Coal Ball came out to try to save Xia Weishuang, but was killed instead. Bai Qian was on the verge of collapse when she saw this, and was discovered by Sang Lu…
After waking up, Xia Weishuang had no choice but to rewrite the plan.
Her brain was tense and tired, and she had a bit of a headache. But it was much better than before. Xia Weishuang felt that her premonition ability had improved a little, and the interval between each time could be shorter.
Seeing that she had a headache, Bai Qian opened a bottle of fruit juice for her and said, “Don’t be in a hurry. She hasn’t found us yet. We still have time.”
