After confirming the source of the sound was the sealed underground passage ahead, Lu Xingyuan hesitated for a moment before ultimately deciding to proceed.
After all the effort to reach a single-person Green Platform, only to find a pile of scrap metal outside—who could stand that?
If there really was any danger down there, he believed the gun in his hand should be enough to handle it.
Even in the worst-case scenario—if he got injured—he had the Zombie Serum as a life-saving trump card.
Unless, of course, the threat wasn’t a zombie-type creature.
In that case, forget he said anything.
Thanks to his body being enhanced by the Gene Serum, he possessed immense strength.
With little effort, he moved the stone slab aside, and immediately, a foul, fishy odor surged up from the underground passage.
Once the smell had mostly dissipated, Lu Xingyuan slowly descended the stairs.
There was only one level underground.
It was dimly lit, with no lights, and the area wasn’t large—roughly twenty square meters.
The space was covered in dust and cluttered with various professional dog-keeping tools and miscellaneous items.
Lu Xingyuan quickly focused his attention on the locked dog cage.
Inside was a dog—not a Zombie Hound, but a common yellow dog.
The yellow dog had been confined to the cage for who knows how long.
It was old and frail, emaciated, with eyes that had grown cloudy and dull.
Upon seeing Lu Xingyuan, it struggled to stand, but couldn’t manage it.
Instead, it weakly wagged its tail, expressing its inner joy.
“So, it was you.” Lu Xingyuan approached the dog cage and reached out to pat the yellow dog’s head.
The dog didn’t try to bite him, so Lu Xingyuan lowered the muzzle of his gun.
He’d always known that yellow dogs were the most intuitive and understanding of humans.
The yellow dog looked content, emitting soft whimpers as it turned over, exposing its belly.
Yet, Lu Xingyuan could clearly sense that its life was fading away, as if it had already reached the end of its days.
“What a pity… If I’d come a few years earlier, I might have been able to set you free.” Lu Xingyuan sighed.
The yellow dog had been trapped here for untold years, facing nothing but endless darkness, its prime years wasted in this cage.
With that thought, he opened the cage.
The yellow dog trembled as it stepped out, following Lu Xingyuan to the train door.
But it seemed to understand boundaries and didn’t try to enter.
Lu Xingyuan took out the last two sausages he had, along with a bottle of mineral water.
“Want to eat?” The yellow dog wagged its tail.
Lu Xingyuan tore open the packaging, broke the sausage into pieces, and fed it to the dog one by one.
Having likely gone without food for so long, the yellow dog ate with delight.
After finishing one sausage, it didn’t go for the second.
Instead, it looked at the water in Lu Xingyuan’s hand.
Lu Xingyuan unscrewed the cap and poured the water into his palm, letting the dog lap it up.
After drinking about two hundred milliliters, it stopped.
Lu Xingyuan finished the remaining water, then forcefully threw the empty bottle into the distance: “Go!
Dahuang, fetch it!” The elderly Dahuang finally had a chance to run.
It stretched its legs and mustered all its strength to do so.
“Good boy, Dahuang.” Lu Xingyuan patted its head.
But the next moment, he suddenly sensed something.
And the big yellow dog sensed something too.
Man and dog locked eyes.
In the next instant, the big yellow dog vanished, replaced by a patch of foxtail grass swaying gently despite the absence of wind.
Lu Xingyuan stared blankly for a long while before picking up a pendant from among the foxtail grass.
It was a red cord with a canine tooth hanging from it.
[Agile Canine Tooth] [Category: Extraordinary Creation] [Level: 1] [Description: You found it in a cage in the underground kennel, emaciated and nearing the end of its life.
You opened the cage door, and it experienced freedom for the first time.
As a parting gift, it chose to give you this shed milk tooth.
Wearing it slightly increases movement speed—”It never got to run much in its life.
Now, take it with you on your runs.”] Lu Xingyuan put it around his neck and immediately felt his body become noticeably lighter, as if an invisible force was subtly lifting him.
“Sigh…
I knew it.” Lu Xingyuan still let out a sigh.
But the moment he first saw Dahuang locked in the cage, he knew this hidden quest would inevitably end in tragedy.
Still, he had done his best to accompany it on its final journey, leaving no regrets.
Eleven o’clock.
Lu Xingyuan chose to depart by train.
The train traveled along its predetermined track, cold wind constantly pouring in through the shattered window.
The train’s durability had already dropped by ten points, leaving only two hundred.
“My luck was pretty good this time; I got quite a bit of supplies.” Gu Wanqing sent a message.
“Share some with me.” Lu Xingyuan reached out his hand.
A pack of 7-Days Space fell into his palm.
?
He slowly typed a question mark.
“Didn’t you say you wanted some?” “Do you think I can use this?” “But I don’t have anything else.” As it turned out, the platform Gu Wanqing arrived at was a shop specializing in feminine hygiene products.
The supplies inside were naturally rare treasures for a girl like her!
“After all, no one can guarantee zombies won’t be attracted by the scent of menstrual blood.” Lu Xingyuan wanted to stop the images forming in his mind, but it was too late.
Are you sure you don’t want to pay me for reading this?
“If you can’t use it, give it back.
This stuff is precious.” Lu Xingyuan thought for a moment and ultimately felt too embarrassed to keep it.
I don’t get periods anyway, so it’s better to let it serve its intended purpose.
“I’m so unlucky.” “How so?” Lu Xingyuan used the chat system’s built-in camera function to take a photo of the shattered train window and sent it to her.
“666.” “?
How can you be so cold?” “All that blood on the glass…
looks like you had a fierce battle today.” “More than fierce—it was a bloody fight!
I almost lost my life!” “Since you’re making yourself sound so pitiful, I’ll be generous and offer you a tiny bit of comfort.” “Oh?” “Call me ‘Sister Qing.'” “Sister Qing!” Two Train Coins fell into Lu Xingyuan’s hands.
Wasn’t this a bit too extravagant?
Those people in the comment section who say things like “call me X-ge and I’ll send you 50” might be scammers, but calling Qing-jie really gets you something!
“Qing-jie, Qing-jie, Qing-jie, Qing-jie, Qing-jie.” “Stop, stop, enough already.” Lu Xingyuan cleared his throat and used the voice function for the first time, putting on a voice and producing the legendary bubble tone, “Qing-jie!” Soon, Lu Xingyuan received a voice message, “Hurry up and get lost, you damn fake-voiced freak!” Holy crap!
Why does it sound like Lazy Sheep?