28: cooperate

【Fishing successful! Congratulations to the host for obtaining S-Rank Skill: Danger Perception!】

"S-Rank?"

Chen Ming thought it would be at least SSS-level.

However, the four words "Danger Perception" did pique his curiosity, so he checked the skill description.

【S-Rank Skill Danger Perception: You can predict the accurate attack route against you three seconds in advance!】

"Predict attacks three seconds in advance, and it will clearly show the route!"

This skill was much more practical than Chen Ming had imagined.

A three-second reaction time in advance is more than enough, even for an ordinary person.

What's more, this was Chen Ming, who had experienced various SSS-grade Skills and had his attribute points enhanced.

In short, it's useful! Very useful! Extremely useful!

"With this skill, if I get more free attribute points later and put them all into speed and reaction, wouldn't my ability to dodge attacks increase by 1000%?"

His already stable state of mind suddenly gained a lot more confidence.

Just as Chen Ming was preparing for his next fishing attempt, the voice of the male host on the television caught his attention.

"Currently, regarding the bird and beast attacks in Beihai City, the authorities are paying high attention and have organized bird hunting teams to kill them throughout the city!"

"The Beihai Public Security Bureau Headquarters advises all citizens and tourists, if not necessary, not to go out. If you encounter unidentified and aggressive birds, seek shelter indoors immediately..."

"They're not even enforcing a mandatory ban on going out?" Chen Ming was a little surprised.

Logically, the zombie outbreak should have happened by now.

Even if they couldn't analyze the data of the Zombie virus, it shouldn't be difficult to determine with the naked eye whether those Zombie birds would spread the virus and turn living people into living dead after attacking them, right?

"Do they really want to suppress panic that much? But how can something like this be suppressed?"

In Chen Ming's view, a Zombie siege was basically a foregone conclusion and difficult to change.

Especially after confirming that the Zombie virus was contagious to animals as well as humans.

"If even mosquitoes can be infected, absorb blood from the pathogen, and then, after zombification, feed on human blood..."

Just thinking about it made Chen Ming's scalp tingle.

Despite having the Danger Perception ability, to be safe, he still chose to close all the windows.

Electronic mosquito repellent liquid?

Chen Ming was not sure if this thing would be effective against Zombie mosquitoes.

From his perspective, it was likely not.

After that, what Chen Ming had to do was simple. The main task was fishing, and the secondary task was to collect information about the apocalypse from various places on the internet to pass the time.

He just had to wait for the villa renovation to be completed early, then move in and start a reclusive life isolated from the apocalypse.

Sunset.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

The door of Chen Ming's hotel room was suddenly knocked.

Chen Ming didn't remember booking any room service.

He exited Ten Thousand Realms Fishing and walked over with some vigilance.

Through the peephole, he could see two people, a Man and a woman, standing outside the door, both dressed as typical successful individuals, in sharp suits and shiny leather shoes.

The Man was just about to knock on the door again when Chen Ming opened it first.

One hand was hidden behind his back. If these two wanted to cause trouble, Chen Ming could take out his tang blade at any time and, with brute force, slice them in half.

In front of them, Chen Ming did not see any hotel employee identification tags.

He thought that his act of spending several million to book the presidential suite might make him a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered in the eyes of some people.

Even if he was overthinking, it wouldn't hurt Chen Ming.

As the old saying goes, being prepared prevents trouble.

"Who are you?" Chen Ming asked for their identities.

"Mr. Chen, let me introduce myself. My name is Chairman Dai, and I am the chairman of Tianqing Department Store." After speaking, he introduced the person beside him, "This is my secretary, Liu Yue."

"Hello, Chen Zong." Liu Yue bowed slightly, her smile formal.

"So, what do you want from me?" Chen Ming asked them to get straight to the point and not beat around the bush.

"The owner of this hotel is my older brother. I learned from him that you are very wealthy, and I happen to have a big business opportunity that I'd like to discuss with you," Chairman Dai explained in detail.

"Business?" Although he said that, Chen Ming roughly guessed the purpose of Chairman Dai coming to see him.

"There's a batch of goods at the pier that I can't take on alone. I'd like to team up with Mr. Chen to get that batch of goods."

"In this environment, having grain is king. By then, we just need to wait for the price to soar to a suitable high point and sell it directly. We can make dozens, even hundreds of times the profit in return!"

Chairman Dai revealed his plan.

"What's your contact information? I'll consider it first." Chen Ming took out his phone.

"Okay, my contact information is 180..." Chairman Dai's eyes showed joy, feeling hopeful, and he gave his private mobile number.

"Then we won't bother you any longer. We hope to hear back from you as soon as possible. After all, people nationwide are frantically stocking up now, and there might be a new buyer at any moment."

He didn't forget to add.

"Okay."

Chen Ming could tell that Chairman Dai was indeed trying his best to make this cooperation happen, but even if he was rich, he didn't want to be used for nothing. He had to investigate whether it was true or false first.

"Goodbye, we look forward to your reply." Chairman Dai turned and left with his secretary, Liu Yue.

"Secretary?" he murmured.

Looking at Liu Yue's hip-hugging skirt, which barely covered her and would reveal something if she took a slightly larger step.

Chen Ming couldn't help but suspect that Chairman Dai intended to play a honey trap on him.

As a secretary, Liu Yue had a strong scent of makeup.

It made Chen Ming think of a saying: if there's something to do, the secretary does it; if there's nothing to do, do...

He closed the door and took out his phone.

Using the number Chairman Dai left, Chen Ming, through a series of code operations, hacked into his phone and copied all the data to the cloud drive.

After reading it, it was indeed as Chen Ming had thought, a scam!

The goods were real, but in a chat with his older brother, Chairman Dai clearly stated that after taking on this batch of goods and selling them at a high price, he would directly immigrate to an overseas country and enjoy the rest of his life.

He wasn't afraid of Chen Ming pursuing him at all, assuming that he would likely become a walking dead body soon.

Even if he didn't, with the apocalypse descending, would he still have the mood and energy to hold him accountable?

It would be better to think about how to survive.

After all, not everyone had the foresight like Chairman Dai.

As for that Liu Yue? She was a fake socialite, often relying on attending various high-class banquets to increase her bargaining chips.

To put it bluntly, she was no different from those women in brothels.

Just as Chen Ming had guessed.

The reason Chairman Dai brought her in under the guise of a secretary was originally to use Liu Yue's body to facilitate the cooperation.

Unexpectedly, Chen Ming didn't let them in from beginning to end.

Even though Liu Yue had countless ways to charm men, she didn't even have a chance to speak, so she couldn't use them at all.

After learning all this, Chen Ming smiled coldly and said, "Alright, you're trying to scam me!"