Chapter 9: Tit for Tat

At that moment, a woman's voice sounded from outside the door.

"Do you think that's possible?"

"If you don't open up, the consequences will be severe. Don't blame me for not being nice then."

Su Mo warned calmly.

"You don't need to threaten me. If I open the door, that's when I'd be a fool. I saw with my own eyes how you killed people in the street without even blinking an eye. Besides, you don't know who I am. Just stay in there."

The girl outside responded coldly.

Earlier, when she was finding items, she suddenly heard screams from the street. Running out to see, she caught sight of a bloody murderer, weapon in hand, attacking people right in the street. Today, she stumbled upon him and would rid the populace of this menace.

"You're ruthless!"

Su Mo replied calmly, not too annoyed. This female player had taught him a lesson, making the game even more interesting.

Soon, the female player outside left.

Su Mo did not try to break down the door, as it was pointless. The opponent had definitely blocked it with heavy objects, and likely even braced it with sticks or similar items.

Su Mo turned and surveyed the entire storage room before walking to the air vent to have a look.

After that, he moved several boxes of goods from next to the shelves. He stepped onto them, placed his hands under the vent, felt a slight airflow, and jumped down to continue searching the storage room unhurriedly.

Soon, he searched the room and found nothing else of value, but he did find a screwdriver, some unexpired mineral water, and compressed biscuits. Su Mo casually took some and stuffed them into his backpack. He didn't dare take too much as he already felt the backpack getting heavy.

Su Mo climbed onto the boxes, unscrewed the vent above his head with the screwdriver, and then climbed through.

Before long, Su Mo successfully crawled out and silently jumped down from another air vent.

After landing, Su Mo stood up and smoothly pulled out a hammer, ready to find trouble with that girl.

Although he was not bothered by the girl's actions, not seeking revenge wasn't his style.

Su Mo carefully searched for any sign of the girl, having learnt from one setback, he was not about to be ambushed easily.

A moment later, Su Mo cautiously peeked from around the corner of the wall.

In the shopping mall's main hall on the first floor, thirteen people had gathered, among them a girl with pink long hair, a beautiful face dressed in a leather jacket. Su Mo's instinct told him that she was the one who had locked him up.

"Lan Xi, we've searched this mall thoroughly and taken everything valuable, let's leave," said a companion.

"Okay,"

Lan Xi nodded.

"Should we take care of that arrogant kid in the storage room on our way out? We have more than enough people to serve justice,"

Liu Zi suddenly asked.

"Let's not bother; let him fend for himself,"

Lan Xi didn't want to stir up more trouble.

"Alright, then."

With that, they headed towards the exit of the mall.

Su Mo was somewhat surprised that the girl had so many companions. And each one was armed with various weapons, making it difficult to handle, so he had to put aside his plans for revenge for the time being.

Just as Su Mo got lost in thought, suddenly his bracelet popped out a notification.

"Alert: World overlay process 100 percent complete, the game officially begins, good luck!"

"Alert: Task 1 activated, survive, keep living, reward ???"

Upon seeing these two notifications, Su Mo couldn't help but stroke his chin, deep in thought.

Meanwhile, Lan Xi and the others left the mall, a group visibly excited.

"This time, our gains are plentiful. I dare guarantee, we're absolutely the group that gained the most," said a young man with green-dyed hair, excitedly.

"Liu Zi, don't get too excited, it's just the beginning. Of course, as long as we do well with our skills, we can definitely stand out from the group competition," said a bald, rugged-faced middle-aged man, Leading them with a good mood.

"Brother Qiang is right,"

Lan Xi agreed.

Just then, they saw a large group of people huddled together not far ahead, seemingly engaged in some unknown activity.

Since it had already become dim outside and there were no lights nearby, they could only rely on the faint moonlight to see blurry figures.

"Huh? What are those people doing?"

"I don't know, Liu Zi, go and check it out."

Brother Qiang was also a bit curious; so many people crowded together might have found something good.

"Okay."

Liu Zi quickly ran over.

Soon, Liu Zi reached the group and extended his hand to pat one person on the shoulder, asking curiously.

"Bro, what are you guys doing?"

The person in front of him turned around, his face half-rotted away, his eyeballs nearly falling out, still chewing on nauseating flesh and blood.

"Ah!!!"

Liu Zi screamed in terror as if he had seen a ghost.

He just wanted to run when the ferocious zombies in front of him directly pounced on him, throwing him to the ground without any surprise.

"Big brother, save me...."

Unfortunately, before he could finish speaking, he was overwhelmed, and only a desperately flailing hand could be seen.

"Run! Back to the mall, it's safe there!"

Brother Qiang and the others, seeing such a horrifying scene, cursed and reacted immediately.

In the mall, Su Mo heard the terrified screams outside and quickly ran to the second floor to look out.

However, since it had already grown dark, the visibility was very poor.

They could barely make out a group of figures shaking, totally unclear what was happening. Looking more closely, Su Mo noticed that Lan Xi and her group were frantically running back.

"Brother Qiang, those things are so terrifying!"

"Shut up and run! Once we're in the mall, we'll be temporarily safe."

Brother Qiang spoke urgently, as they were not far from the mall, hope rising in their eyes.

However, just as Lan Xi and the others were about to rush into the mall.

Su Mo flipped over from the hollow glass railing on the second floor and landed a kick directly on the glass doors of the mall.

"Snap!"

The reinforced glass doors of the mall were immediately locked, and Su Mo picked up a chain from the side, tossing it over the handle, wrapping it up seamlessly.

Brother Qiang and the others turned pale upon seeing this, pounding frantically on the door because, behind them, pairs of oily green eyes appeared, making it clear they were surrounded.

"Bastard! Open up for us!"

"It's you! Open the door quick!"

Lan Xi's face turned deathly pale as she shouted urgently.

"How could I."

Su Mo responded coldly.

"Dammit, smash the door!"

Brother Qiang pulled out an iron rod and led the charge, hammering away at the glass door.

"No need to waste your energy. Have you forgotten there is a type of glass called 'Z country make' that you can't break? Give it up. We're even now, goodbye."

Su Mo waved at them, turning to walk back inside the mall.

"Come back, you bastard..."

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Seeing Su Mo leave, Brother Qiang and the others cursed even more fiercely.

"I curse you to be torn apart!!"

"You damn jerk...."

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