65: Dark Moon's Plan

Feng Yuxiu fell into contemplation as he watched Qin Shilei and his group walk away with Wu Ze.

When he invited them to join Dark Moon earlier, he was only about fifty or sixty percent sincere.

With the apocalypse here, if Qin Shilei and his group were truly strong and highly ambitious, they might just snatch his position as soon as they joined.

Now that they had refused, it was the perfect time to implement the next plan.

Feng Yuxiu’s claim that Dark Moon was the largest force in the base was actually just self-praise.

Currently, the largest force in the base was a group called the Huanglong Sect.

It was said that their leader possessed a Huanglong.

Three days ago, four Huanglong Sect members, who claimed to be Chosen Ones, arrived in Xinluo City.

These four could conjure fireballs, emit golden light, or throw ice cones, claiming these were heaven-bestowed abilities.

Upon their arrival, they immediately co-opted a mid-tier force leader in the base, then replaced him.

Following that, the Huanglong Sect attracted many ordinary citizens by claiming they could enable people to master such heaven-bestowed abilities.

In just three short days, they had either co-opted or annexed most of the forces in the base, becoming the largest force.

In truth, Feng Yuxiu and several other experts in the base understood that these four had merely consumed Bloodline Awakening Pills to awaken their abilities.

However, the four’s strength was indeed formidable, and they were even willing to produce a Bloodline Awakening Pill, allowing someone to consume it and awaken an ability, thereby gaining the trust of the populace.

This allowed them to become the largest force in the base with lightning speed.

Now, they posed a serious threat to Dark Moon’s status.

“Someone!” Feng Yuxiu called out to his subordinate outside the room.

Then, he whispered a few words into the ear of the subordinate who entered.

That person quickly entered their headquarters through an informant placed within the Huanglong Sect.

“Is that true?” Cai Yuanqing’s tiger-like eyes widened as he asked sharply.

“What I said is absolutely true; if you don’t believe me, you can send someone to check near that machinery factory.”

Feng Yuxiu’s subordinate raised two fingers, swearing, “Hall Master Feng of Dark Moon is also mobilizing his forces, just waiting for that group to return, then he will use the large number of bows and arrows obtained there to attack your Huanglong Sect.”

Cai Yuanqing gave the person a deep look and said coldly, “I hope you are not lying to me, or I will make your life a living hell.”

“I wouldn’t dare,” the person quickly said. “I just hope that after the matter is done, Vice Leader will give me a Heaven-Bestowed Pill so I can also become a Chosen One.”

“No problem.”

Cai Yuanqing responded casually, then called a subordinate and told him to investigate Dark Moon’s movements.

Soon, the subordinate ran back, reporting that Dark Moon was indeed gathering its forces.

“Vice Leader, let’s strike first! We should immediately go and destroy Dark Moon,” a Bearded Man in the room said in a muffled voice.

“Vice Leader, I think we should first go to that machinery factory, destroy that group, and obtain the bows and arrows inside,” another person with a slicked-back, pale face in the room offered a different opinion.

“Wanderer is right. We don’t have enough firearms right now. If we can get a large number of bows and arrows, it will be much easier to deal with Dark Moon,” Liu Ying, the only woman in white in the room, also spoke.

While Cai Yuanqing and his group were plotting, Feng Yuxiu had also made a second preparation on Qin Shilei’s side.

To avoid the swarms of zombies around them, Wu Ze led Qin Shilei and his group, turning left and right, for over half an hour, finally arriving opposite the small machinery factory.

Wu Ze pointed at the machinery factory and said, “I heard that there’s a mutated Tibetan Mastiff inside, as strong as a fierce tiger, capable of biting a person in half with one bite.”

“Alright, you can go back now,” Qin Shilei waved his hand, telling the other party to leave first.

Just then, a roar of a car engine came from the street on the right, followed by the sound of countless running footsteps.

As the car passed the gate of the machinery factory, two people were suddenly pushed out of the car.

The two people who were pushed out of the car rolled a few times on the ground, then endured the pain to crawl up and ran into the machinery factory in a panic.

However, their thighs had already been cut before they were pushed out of the car, and they were caught by the pursuing zombies not long after they ran into the machinery factory.

After a few screams, there was no more sound.

And the car had already driven away.

Wu Ze spat, angrily saying, “Damn Huanglong Sect, they actually use living people to escape zombie pursuit.”

“Huanglong Sect?”

“Yes, the person driving just now was a captain from the Huanglong Sect. When they go out to search for supplies, they will tie two civilians into the car, and once they are surrounded by zombies, they will use this method to escape the zombie pursuit.”

“What a coincidence?”

“Yeah, how can it be such a coincidence? They wouldn’t also want to target this machinery factory, would they?”

Wu Ze frowned and said, “Benefactor, I’ll take you on a detour, let’s go in from the back of the machinery factory.”

At this moment, one or two hundred zombies had completely surrounded the gate of the machinery factory, and a few zombies had discovered Qin Shilei and his group, turning and rushing towards them.

“Forget it. Since there are people from the Huanglong Sect causing trouble, let’s retreat. Anyway, arrows are not essential for us.”

Qin Shilei suddenly said lightly.

Wu Ze was stunned for a moment and quickly said, “Benefactor, I was just guessing wildly earlier; you don’t have to disrupt your plans because of this.”

Qin Shilei took out the Jinghong Sword, rapidly killing the few zombies while saying, “It’s better to be safe than sorry, let’s retreat.”

“This.”

Wu Ze said helplessly, “Then I’ll listen to you, let’s go now.”

Qin Shilei stared straight at Wu Ze for a while, then suddenly said, “You’re putting yourself in such danger, aren’t you afraid that the Huanglong Sect people will just trap you here too?”

“What do you mean?” Wu Ze feigned a confused expression.

“Heh heh.”

Qin Shilei chuckled lightly: “How about you come in with us to kill the mutated dog? I guarantee the mutated dog won’t harm a single hair on you.”

Looking at Qin Shilei’s mocking expression, Wu Ze felt as if the other party knew his secret.

Fine beads of sweat instantly covered his forehead, and a gust of wind made him shiver uncontrollably.

Wu Ze immediately knelt down, “Benefactor, I truly know nothing. I just followed Hall Master Feng’s orders to say that one of our Dark Moon captains was from the Huanglong Sect.”

“Wasn’t your life just saved by us yesterday?”

An Qian drew her long sword and said coldly, “Is this how you repay your benefactors?”

Wu Ze kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, “I truly know nothing, please spare me.”

Qin Shilei said lightly, “Alright, as long as you come with us into the machinery factory.”

“Didn’t you want to lead us into a vortex of conspiracy? Then face the threat with us.”

“Go in?” Wu Ze’s face showed a look of panic.

Would he still be alive if he went in?

Even if he miraculously wasn’t killed by the mutated dog inside, he would definitely die in Dark Moon’s schemes.

Although he didn’t know his Hall Master’s specific plan, since the Huanglong Sect was mentioned, it would definitely involve them. In the midst of the chaos, he would most likely be the first to die.

Wu Ze quickly said, “Benefactor, please give me a chance to atone. I will immediately go to the Huanglong Sect and expose Dark Moon’s schemes, letting them fight among themselves.”

Qin Shilei said coldly, “Go in, or die.”

Hearing the killing intent in Qin Shilei’s voice, Wu Ze dared not say another word, stood up, and prepared to take a detour to enter from the back of the machinery factory.