248: Pretending to be weak to eat the tiger
Once the decision was made, there was nothing more to hesitate about. Ai Yue drove the kaibaihe battle shield toward the small county town in her memory.
"Sister, is it going to be difficult on the way there? Will we encounter any robbers?" Ye Rui said in the car, feeling bored.
A glint flashed in Ai Yue's eyes. Right, wouldn't it be boring to just keep driving like this? Perhaps getting robbed could lead to unexpected gains and kill the boredom of the journey; it was killing two birds with one stone.
"Good sister, your idea is truly wonderful; it's exactly what I was thinking," Ai Yue said happily.
Ye Rui: "..."
What did she even say? Her sister actually said her idea was good and was so happy about it?
Li Shilan and Ai Guosheng looked at each other, unable to guess what Ai Yue was up to.
Seeing the three of them looking confused, Ai Yue smiled triumphantly but didn't explain, keeping them in suspense.
Ai Yue parked the car on the side of the road and flashed into her space. She ran to the pile of general merchandise she had once hoarded and rummaged through it. After a while, Ai Yue popped her head out from the pile, looking delighted. "Found it!"
Ai Yue dragged out a portable trolley speaker, pulled a USB drive from somewhere, plugged it into the speaker, and tested it.
Suddenly, a loud voice echoed through the silent space: "Wumeng Mountain connects to the mountains beyond, the moonlight spills over the Xiangshui Beach, is there anyone to tell me..."
Dawang, who was inside the house watching cartoons, was startled. He jumped up from the sofa and spun around a few times before realizing that the exciting sound was coming from outside.
Dawang quickly rushed out to take a look and saw that it was Ai Yue making the commotion. She was currently squinting her eyes and grinning foolishly, clearly thinking about something happy.
Dawang leaped into Ai Yue's arms. "Aowu!"
Holding Dawang, Ai Yue asked in a great mood, "Dawang, do you want to come out and play with me?"
Dawang looked at Ai Yue with disdain, rolled his eyes, twisted his body to jump down, and elegantly cat-walked back into the house to continue watching his cartoons.
Ai Yue didn't mind. She clapped her hands, turned off the speaker, and carried it out of the space.
After coming out, Ai Yue jumped off the car with the speaker, tied it to the roof, and turned it on. A sound like a subwoofer spread in all directions.
Listening to the deafening sound, Ai Yue nodded with satisfaction, her hands on her hips.
Very good. The louder the sound, the further it would travel, and the more interested people and High-level Zombies it would attract.
This way, except for monsters like the Nameless Monster, whatever else came here would just be delivering good things to Ai Yue.
For a time, on the silent road, Ai Yue drove unhurriedly. The road that had been quiet for years became lively as Ai Yue drove past.
The three people inside the car were stunned by Ai Yue's flashy maneuver, looking at her in disbelief.
It had been so many years since they had heard such a blood-pumping song.
To be honest, aside from being a bit loud, it was actually quite good; they even felt like humming and swaying along.
"Sis, Sister, what are you doing? Listening to music? You could just listen inside the car; there's no need to blast it outside so loudly, is there?" Ye Rui asked with a confused look.
"Didn't you say you wanted to encounter some robbers so the journey wouldn't be so boring?" Ai Yue said casually.
Ye Rui's eyes widened and she hurriedly said, "Sister, it wasn't me, I didn't say— no, I mean, that's not what I meant!"
Ai Yue waved her hand and said dismissively, "Oh, none of that matters. What's important is that we can use entrapment. With our skills, it'll be a piece of cake. It relieves boredom and gets us loot; what a great thing."
Ye Rui pouted and said, "So, you just wanted to play like this yourself and used me as a pretext."
"Haha, right. Well? Interested?" Ai Yue laughed.
Ye Rui nodded repeatedly, her eyes round as she said, "We can play the pig to eat the tiger and then catch them off guard!"
"Exactly!"
Ai Yue said with great interest as she continued driving toward their destination.
The deafeningly loud speaker, with its surround sound and strong rhythm, ignited the passion of the four people in the car.
They kept humming along while not forgetting to keep a vigilant eye on the surroundings.
Along the way, it indeed attracted many people and zombies. Some low-level zombies followed behind the car, drawn by the sound.
Ai Yue saw that they were all small fries and had no interest in getting out to deal with them, letting them follow behind the car.
Whenever they encountered passersby, they would all avoid Ai Yue's car, staying far away from them.
For the time being, no one had made a move on Ai Yue and the others.
Just because Ai Yues family looked down on those First and Second-Tier Zombies didn't mean others did.
Taking advantage of the zombies being attracted by Ai Yue's speaker, many people took the opportunity to attack them.
The results were good; they killed the zombies and obtained crystal cores without much effort.
It was much easier than dealing with zombies alone as they usually did.
More and more people discovered this and started trailing behind the car to kill zombies.
Ai Yue didn't care what happened behind the car; as long as they didn't obstruct her progress, she ignored them all.
Gradually, Third-Tier Zombies began to appear. They were incredibly fast and soon caught up with Ai Yue's car, jumping onto it and clinging to the doors while baring their teeth at the people inside.
Ai Yue didn't pay them any mind and continued driving forward.
It wasn't until the car was covered in zombies and more than thirty people appeared ahead to block the road that Ai Yue slowly came to a stop.
The family looked at each other and smiled knowingly. Hadn't they just taken the bait?
There were quite a few people, a real surprise. She truly hoped their pockets would be just as full of surprises.
Ai Yue turned off the speaker on the roof and heard the people opposite shouting, "Listen, people in the car! As long as you hand over the vehicle, us brothers will spare your lives. We'll even help you clear the zombies on the car and the ones following behind. Deal?"
Ai Yue shouted back, "No way!"
In any case, with the defense of the kaibaihe battle shield, it could temporarily withstand the attacks of Third-Tier Zombies.
Since the people opposite wanted to play with them, they would play along. They weren't in a rush anyway.
There were still three to five days of travel left, so finding some fun on the road would help them relax.
The Pockmarked Big Guy opposite got angry upon hearing that. His eyes widened as he cursed, "Hey, you reckless fool, you actually dare to refuse? You really don't know why the flowers are so red, do you?" He turned to their Leader and said with a grimace, "Boss, I'm going to smack that bitch to death later; don't you stop me."
The Boss glared at him and slapped him irritably, saying, "What smack to death? You're such a dense blockhead. Look, look more closely! Even through the car window, you can tell that woman is so tender she could practically drip water. Why would you smack such a fine piece to death instead of keeping her to enjoy?"
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