Song Yu’s face was deeply deceptive, looking innocent and pure to a fault.
Most importantly, she was weak—a weakness in physical strength that gave people the impression she could be easily controlled and killed.
When facing Song Yu, most people found it very easy to let down their guard.
The members of the Watchers organization were no exception, so when it came to Song Yu’s kind gesture, they hesitated for just a moment before accepting it quite naturally.
They genuinely needed medical supplies right now, after all; their companion’s injuries couldn’t simply be left to wait.
“Thank you. Once we rendezvous with the main force later, we’ll compensate you.”
The leader of the group removed his mask, revealing a young and handsome visage. He accepted the bandages and antibiotics handed over by Song Yu and offered a polite word of thanks.
“It’s nothing, really.”
Song Yu waved her hands somewhat flusteredly, turning her head away with a hint of shyness the moment she caught sight of the man’s face.
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The man gave a light cough, his earlobes turning slightly flushed, though had he observed Song Yu closely, he would have realized there wasn’t a single trace of shyness in her eyes.
Song Yu was merely putting on an act to solidify her persona.
Come to think of it, both sets of NPCs Song Yu had encountered thus far possessed exceptionally superior appearances.
Moreover, whether it was Chen Su or the Watchers organization, these NPC groups were completely indistinguishable from actual players.
“Right, this thing belongs to you, doesn’t it?“
Song Yu retrieved that black box from her spatial storage. Upon catching sight of the box, the leading man immediately asked with a sense of urgency:
“Where did you find this!“
“Near the Yangliu City First Hospital. There was an abandoned truck with the exact same insignia painted on the body, but there was nothing else inside aside from this.”
Song Yu described it in meticulous detail. Upon learning the specific location, the leading man quickly lowered his voice to consult with his companions about something.
She didn’t indulge her curiosity, choosing instead to lower her head and inspect her reward.
The unknown reward took the form of talent experience points.
100 points, alongside +10 favorability with the Watchers organization.
Enough for Song Yu to upgrade two of her talents.
However, deciding how to allocate them genuinely turned into a dilemma.
Song Yu’s three existing talents were all extremely potent: speed related to escaping, stamina related to her daily scavenging yields, and the Scavenger Trash Goblin talent spoke for itself.
Never underestimate that 10% double-bonus.
After upgrading, the triple-bonus probability should increase as well.
After a brief hesitation, Song Yu ultimately chose to upgrade Sprint Athlete and Scavenger Trash Goblin.
As for Robust Physique, Song Yu was relatively lacking in a dire need for stamina at the moment, especially given the presence of Xiao Hei as a helper.
The speed bonus for the upgraded Sprint Athlete rose to 10, while the probabilities for Scavenger Trash Goblin doubled as well.
[Talent – Lucky Scavenger Trash Goblin LV.2 (0/100): Has a 20% chance to obtain double supplies, and a 5% chance to obtain triple supplies.]
A 5% chance for triple supplies—that wasn’t low at all!
Just as Song Yu finished upgrading her talent levels, she heard the leading man speaking with someone on the other end of a communication device.
She had heard others call him Jiang Zhou earlier; these NPCs all had rather pleasant-sounding names.
Chen Su, Jiang Zhou, Jing Ming.
Speaking of which, Chen Su had mentioned that a guy named Jing Ming recycled supplies.
“…”
A recycling merchant named Jing Ming—she had a hunch she’d end up getting haggled down to her last cent.
“Has Withered Wood appeared?”
Jiang Zhou furrowed his brow. There were far too many terrifying zombies existing in this city, and Withered Wood was one of them.
As a Tier 6 zombie, it adored operating in tandem with other high-tier zombies.
The most frightening part was that when multiple Withered Wood zombie swarms clustered together, a miraculous ability manifested among them that made them nearly impossible to eradicate.
Even if they could be wiped out, it would exact a catastrophically painful price.
Withered Wood was essentially the healer class among zombies!
“Dammit, exactly who woke this bastard up!”
Jiang Zhou couldn’t help muttering a low curse.
The primary culprit, Song Yu, heard Jiang Zhou cursing her without a single change crossing her face, acting as though the words weren’t directed at her at all.
She and Xiao Hei were curiously squatting beside a Watcher operative, watching him maintain and assemble a firearm.
“Are you interested?”
That operative pulled down his mask, revealing a remarkably youthful face.
He appeared even younger than Song Yu, looking barely in his late teens or early twenties.
“Mhm-mhm.”
Song Yu nodded heavily, prompting the young man to flash a grin and immediately start showing off his knowledge and tinkering skills to Song Yu.
Song Yu listened with rapt attention; these were all things she could never learn in the real world.
As for Xiao Hei, being a sturdily built, athletic large dog, the other operatives were delighted to run into such a creature and specially popped open a canned beef for it to feast on.
A can filled with huge chunks of beef—
Meanwhile, Jiang Zhou was still discussing something with the other teams, but they soon concluded their conversation and walked over to Song Yu’s side.
“Sorry, little sister. I originally intended to take you to our base; it’s very safe there, but because the Withered Wood zombie has appeared, a massive concentration of high-tier zombies has gathered nearby.”
“This entire sector has become extremely dangerous, and we must stay behind to eliminate these zombies.”
“Should I have Xiao Rong escort you to the base instead?”
Xiao Rong was the young man who had just been teaching Song Yu about firearms. Song Yu had no desire to mingle and stick with this bunch of Watcher operatives.
She didn’t know these people’s true backgrounds, despite their extremely friendly outward display.
However… there was no guarantee they were the same kind of people she was.
Besides, bases and the like sounded inherently dangerous.
“It’s fine, no need. I can manage on my own.”
Song Yu hurriedly shook her head, cutting off Jiang Zhou’s words to explain to him:
“A sister I met earlier told me that a beast tamer arrived in the New District, and I want to take Xiao Hei to find him.”
“A beast tamer? That must be the guy named Shuyuan.”
One of the operatives seemed to have crossed paths with the beast tamer before, and she enthusiastically pointed out the beast tamer’s active operating zone to Song Yu.
Because Song Yu had stirred up the Withered Wood zombie, Jiang Zhou and his team had to go eradicate it and couldn’t allow these high-tier zombies to continue ravaging the city unchecked.
Before parting ways, Jiang Zhou and his team helped Song Yu mark the recently active zones of various merchants and organizations on her map.
Among them was the Watchers’ base. Jiang Zhou dearly hoped Song Yu would head toward the base after finding the beast tamer, as there were many elderly folk and children residing there.
They welcomed all human survivors apart from criminals, taking the protection of humanity as their bounden duty.
Aside from the map, they also handed Song Yu a spare piece of body armor (+15 defense) and 10 cans of beef (+70 fullness).
Had it not been for the Withered Wood zombie situation, Jiang Zhou could have distributed firearms and ammunition to Song Yu as well.
Song Yu felt this side quest was profoundly worthwhile, even if it yielded no cash.
Bidding a worried farewell to Jiang Zhou and the others, Song Yu’s gaze regained its composure.
Having just killed a player earlier, because she had bumped into the Watchers organization, she hadn’t yet found the time to check his talent and inheritance.
Song Yu felt quite impatient, but she reined in her curiosity, leading Xiao Hei to locate a secure spot first before beginning her inspection.