84: The fox borrows the tiger's power

"What do we do now!"

Seeing so many zombies gathered at the cave entrance, everyone was at a loss. Rushing in recklessly, facing hundreds of zombies charging at once, would be no different from suicide; there was no chance of victory at all.

"Master, the Fiend Blood Demon Corpse is the King of Corpses, possessing innate bloodline suppression. If you take Nuo Nuo inside, these zombies will surely not dare to do anything to you."

Just as everyone was at a loss, Ling'er in Qin Shou's mind suddenly reminded him.

"There's such a thing? Don't lie to me!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Shou was both surprised and delighted, yet couldn't help but feel some doubt.

"If Master doesn't believe it, he can try."

Ling'er said with a confident tone.

"Damn it, if trying means dying, then it's all over."

Qin Shou was still hesitant. After all, this concerned his own life safety. He had only just been reborn, so he wasn't going to be a trailblazer. Developing covertly was the way to go.

"Hehe, Master doesn't need to be so timid. You are now at the Yellow Rank Peak Great Perfection cultivation, with extraordinary strength. Moreover, Nuo Nuo is by your side. With her protection, you will surely be safe and sound. Even without Nuo Nuo, with your current strength, dealing with seven or eight zombies is more than enough. Although these zombies have strong bodies, making them hard to wound with blades or guns, true qi can cause them harm."

"Is there a mission reward? This should count as a small mission, right!"

Qin Shou was always one to not get up early without profit, and he wanted to get some benefits from Ling'er. After all, this was risking his life, so there had to be some reward.

"Hehe, of course there is."

"Ding, temporary mission released: Blood God Cult Cave Exploration. After completion, randomly drop rewards below the Black Rank."

"Damn it, so stingy! Only below Black Rank."

Qin Shou thought to himself that this was a life-threatening mission, yet she was so stingy.

"Hehe, Master shouldn't complain. This is a short-term mission, and a Black Rank reward is already rare."

Ling'er covered her mouth and chuckled, having already anticipated Qin Shou's reaction.

"Alright, damn it, I'll do it."

Qin Shou thought that even a fly's leg was meat; as long as there were benefits to be gained, it was fine.

Having made up his mind, Qin Shou immediately suggested to Yang Weiguo, "Brother Yang, I think I'll go in and take a look!"

"How can that be? This kind of thing is too dangerous. If anyone goes in, it should be me."

Yang Weiguo immediately shook his head, his tone resolute.

In his opinion, this was his duty, and given how dangerous the matter was, as a Criminal Police Officer, he absolutely could not push such a dangerous task onto an ordinary person.

"Brother Yang, you don't know, I learned some Taoist techniques years ago, and with an amulet on me, these zombies won't dare to approach me casually."

Seeing that Yang Weiguo disagreed, Qin Shou could only casually make up an excuse.

However, Qin Shou also knew in his heart that his reason was a bit far-fetched, so while saying this, he secretly activated the dual Skills [Skill] and [Grasp the Overall Situation].

"This!"

As expected, with the blessing of Qin Shou's dual Skills, Yang Weiguo actually believed Qin Shou's nonsense about knowing Taoist techniques.

He immediately hesitated. The current situation was not something they, the police, could handle. As the saying goes, 'every profession has its specialty,' and perhaps they really needed to find some Taoist priests.

"Brother Yang, if you don't believe me, I'll try to show you now."

Saying that, Qin Shou took Nuo Nuo's hand and pretended to swagger into the cave.

However, although Qin Shou looked relaxed, his heart was pounding with fear. After all, these were zombies. Qin Shou had watched many of Lin Zhengying's movies as a child, and they were childhood nightmares. Who wouldn't be scared? His hand holding Nuo Nuo's was even sweating a little.

"Wait, Brother Qin, you can go in by yourself, there's no need to bring a child! That's too dangerous."

Yang Weiguo saw Qin Shou holding Nuo Nuo's hand and immediately spoke to stop him.

"Wherever Big Brother goes, I go. What's it to you?"

Nuo Nuo heard Yang Weiguo not allowing Qin Shou to bring her, and immediately became displeased. She pouted her small mouth, puffed out her cheeks, looking very angry.

"Uh, this--, hehe, little girl, be good, you don't understand, it's very dangerous, come over to Uncle here."

Yang Weiguo was stunned by Nuo Nuo's retort and felt a bit awkward, but he still managed to force out a smile, coaxing her with an old face.

However, Yang Weiguo had a square face and a naturally serious expression, so his look seemed a bit awkward. His smiling, coaxing-a-child appearance greatly resembled Director Kim.

"Hmph! No, I only want my Big Brother."

Nuo Nuo stubbornly turned her head away, her two small hands tightly hugging Qin Shou's arm, completely unwilling to pay attention to Yang Weiguo.

"Haha, Brother Yang, this child is very clingy to me, and with her here, those zombies will be even less daring to approach."

Qin Shou chuckled awkwardly, his eyes darting around, planning to make up another reason.

"What? There's such a saying?" Yang Weiguo was stunned, his face full of disbelief.

"Brother Yang, you don't know, Nuo Nuo is innocent and has the heart of a pure child. And the protective amulet on me requires a pure child's heart to activate, so without Nuo Nuo by my side, I wouldn't dare to go in rashly!" Qin Shou spoke nonsense with a serious face, making it sound very plausible. Under the blessing of his various Skills, such a far-fetched reason actually made Yang Weiguo somewhat half-believing.

"If you don't believe me, Brother Yang, you'll know if you watch." Saying that, Qin Shou let go of Nuo Nuo's hand and motioned for her to step back two paces: "Nuo Nuo, you step back two paces first."

"Oh! Okay."

Nuo Nuo nodded obediently and did as she was told.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Nuo Nuo retreated two steps, the zombie group, which had been relatively quiet, immediately became extremely ferocious, baring their fangs and growling menacingly at Qin Shou.

Fortunately, at this moment, the sunlight still reached near the cave entrance, so this group of zombies didn't dare to do anything to Qin Shou.

"Nuo Nuo, come here quickly."

After seeing the reaction of this group of zombies, Qin Shou immediately felt a chill and quickly made Nuo Nuo return to his side.

"Okay, Big Brother."

Upon hearing this, Nuo Nuo immediately scurried back to Qin Shou's side with her short legs.

Nuo Nuo saw that these zombies dared to bare their fangs at her Big Brother and immediately became unhappy. Her brows furrowed slightly, and a faint, almost imperceptible red glow flashed in her eyes.

The group of zombies, feeling the aura emanating from Nuo Nuo, were like a flock of sheep seeing tigers and leopards. They immediately recoiled in fear, retreating several steps, and even the expressions on their faces became a bit more docile.

"Hehe, how about it, Brother Yang? I didn't lie to you, did I!"

Qin Shou smiled and looked back at Yang Weiguo.

The group of people at the cave entrance saw this situation, and each looked at one another, exchanging glances. For a moment, they couldn't figure out whether it was Qin Shou's profound Taoist techniques, the effectiveness of the amulet, or Nuo Nuo's power.

"Cough cough, since that's the case, then I can only trouble Brother Qin."

Seeing this, Yang Weiguo could no longer say anything more, only clearing his throat twice and agreeing to let Qin Shou go in.

"But Brother Qin, take these two things."

Saying that, Yang Weiguo unholstered his pistol, carefully checked it, loaded it with bullets, then took a walkie-talkie from a teammate nearby and handed both to Qin Shou.

"Brother Qin, today, whether you can bring Wang Tao and them out or not, I, Yang Weiguo, will recognize you as my brother. From now on, whenever there's anything you need me, Yang Weiguo, for, I, Yang Weiguo, will definitely not shirk my responsibility."

Yang Weiguo's face was serious, and his tone sincere. These words came from his heart, which moved Qin Shou a little.

"Alright, thank you, Brother Yang. Then I'll go in first."

Qin Shou took the walkie-talkie and firearm handed over by Yang Weiguo, thinking that Yang Weiguo was meticulous in his work and straightforward in personality, indeed a friend worth getting to know deeply.

"Brother Qin, what are you saying? It should be me thanking you."

Yang Weiguo smiled a bit awkwardly and said, "Brother Qin, don't force anything. Your safety is the most important. If you really can't bring them out, I'll figure out another way."

"Mm."

Qin Shou nodded, said no more, and holding Nuo Nuo's small hand, walked into the pitch-black cave.