Chapter 14: Going Crazy

Su Mo's gaze rapidly swept over his surroundings as his mind raced. If he wasn't mistaken, the city he was in must be a second or third-tier city.

The detailed map of the entire area appeared in his mind without any dead angles, and he swiftly calculated all feasible plans.

In the end, he grabbed Lan Xi's hand and ran back, soon running into a group of zombies as expected.

If it had been someone else, they would have thought Su Mo had gone mad, but Lan Xi wasn't stupid; she wouldn't believe that Su Mo would so easily seek death.

Sure enough, Su Mo suddenly accelerated, vaulted towards the wall of the left alley, climbed up with his hands, and flipped over, then stretched out his hand to Lan Xi.

Lan Xi quickly reached out her hand.

Su Mo promptly pulled her up, and then the two of them jumped down, entering another alley as he led Lan Xi in a frantic run, winding through the area.

Lan Xi was dizzy from the circling, but fortunately, they didn't encounter too many monsters on the road.

Just then, Su Mo led Lan Xi to the back door of a building, which was ajar.

"Go in."

"What is this place?"

Lan Xi asked curiously.

"The back door of the security company. I had explored it with a drone before; the back door isn't closed."

Su Mo cautiously walked in. It might not be safe inside, but they might find the equipment they were looking for.

The entire security company was eerily quiet, with documents scattered all over the floor.

The interior of the building was simply furnished without much decoration, but every certain distance along the corridor, there was a protective isolation door, and the walls all around were thickened.

Additionally, most of the rooms were tightly closed. Su Mo tried to open them, but all attempts were futile. Moreover, all these doors were reinforced protective doors, which couldn't be opened without the corresponding keys.

"It seems there's nothing much."

Lan Xi said somewhat disappointedly.

"There are things, but they're all in specific rooms. We need to find the keys."

Su Mo replied very calmly.

The two of them searched carefully. Luckily, the interior structure of the security company's building wasn't very complicated, with broad sightlines and fewer corners, making it hard to be ambushed.

Soon, they found an unlocked room on the second floor.

They pushed open the door, and it was a storage room.

Inside, there were various supplies piled up, including anti-riot forks and shields.

"So much stuff."

Lan Xi's eyes immediately lit up.

"Search. Collect what's useful, and replace the equipment as much as possible. The quality of things here is better than what you'd find outside."

Su Mo began searching through the boxes and cabinets.

"Okay."

Lan Xi joined him.

A moment later, they turned up two bulletproof vests, two riot batons, and two pairs of gloves and helmets.

As for other items, they were ignored by Su Mo and her; they were too bulky and of low value.

"There shouldn't be any guns here, right?"

Lan Xi said somewhat disappointedly.

"Guns? Of course, they'd be in a special storage room. They can't just be tossed around like random items."

As Su Mo spoke, he began taking off his jacket.

"Wait, what are you doing?"

Lan Xi asked, looking puzzled.

"Changing gear. You wouldn't seriously think that in this 'game', you just swap gear like that, right? Hurry up and change. Having a bulletproof vest is better than none."

"...You go ahead; I'll change later."

Lan Xi responded with a slightly awkward expression.

Su Mo quickly got the hint, changed into his bulletproof vest, and stepped out.

Lan Xi closed the door behind her and then began to change inside.

Su Mo stood outside waiting. After a while, seeing that Lan Xi hadn't come out, he frowned slightly.

"Are you done yet?"

"It's almost there, a bit too tight, it won't fasten, give me a moment."

Lan Xi's anxious voice came from inside the storage room.

Su Mo frowned slightly. It's really troublesome, is it that hard to put on a vest? Nevertheless, he patiently waited as time slowly passed by, and just when Su Mo's patience was nearly at its limit.

Lan Xi opened the storage room door, and as Su Mo was about to caution her, Lan Xi picked up two keys and proudly flaunted them in front of Su Mo.

"Look."

"Where did you find these?"

Su Mo took the keys with some surprise and looked toward Lan Xi.

"I found them in some dirty clothes inside the wardrobe, definitely haven't been washed much, I'm not wrong wearing them."

Lan Xi said proudly.

"Let's go."

Su Mo didn't say much more and walked back, prepared to try the keys in the doors one by one.

This security company building had four floors, each with six rooms, most of which were locked. More than twenty rooms were not easy to try.

Lan Xi followed behind Su Mo, and as she watched Su Mo search earnestly, she asked, "By the way, I still don't know your name. You probably don't know mine either, shall we get to know each other a bit?"

"You're called Lan Xi."

Su Mo responded abruptly.

"How do you know that?"

Lan Xi looked at Su Mo in disbelief.

"Your former teammates were shouting it so loudly that even a fool would know your name."

"Then what's your name?"

"I won't tell you. We are only together temporarily. As soon as we get to a safe place, I'm going to leave you behind."

Su Mo answered without hesitation.

Lan Xi felt like she had swallowed a fly, she took a deep breath and reminded herself not to get angry. Gods usually have peculiar tempers; she should be understanding.

"You're so skilled, which major guild are you from?"

"I'm not from any guild."

"Really? You don't have a guild?"

"What's so strange, who decreed that you must have a guild?"

"Oh, then you must have been a soldier before?"

"No!"

"Then why are you participating in this game? It's said that 99 percent of the players in this game are in it for the money, but you don't seem like you're in it for the money."

Lan Xi thought she was good at reading people. Su Mo, while searching through things, was mainly focused on equipment. There was no desire to look for wealth, clearly indicating he was not short of money.

"I don't know."

Su Mo responded coldly.

"You're really cold, and also somewhat distrustful of others. You might have experienced some psychological trauma before, right?"

"No."

Su Mo answered coldly.

"You don't have to hide it. Your guard is so strong, it's obvious someone has betrayed you before. We are all alike. But you can't just reject the world because you have been hurt before. After all, most people in this world are still good. For instance, I was betrayed by my own father. He took away all the money I had saved for my mother's treatment. I felt like the sky was falling down. But look at me now, still optimistic, working hard to earn money for my mother's treatment, and making some good friends."

Lan Xi said this and her expression turned somber, but she quickly regained her spirits.

Su Mo glanced at Lan Xi and sighed deeply in response.

"We are not the same, I haven't been betrayed by anyone."

"You're lying. If you weren't, why would you resist me like this?"

"I just don't want to get stabbed in the back, after all, it was because of me your teammates died. Who can guarantee you won't seek revenge for them?"

"That doesn't matter, I don't care about that,"

Lan Xi hastily explained.

"That makes it even worse, you would even betray your own teammates, who knows, maybe you'll sell me out next."

Su Mo replied without a second thought.

Lan Xi got so frustrated upon hearing this that she stomped her foot, wondering about this unreasonable logic.