Chapter 7: Smith

"Kaya, why you are here, do you know where my parents are? Are they okay?" Charlie asked in a hurry.

　　"I don't know about your parents, I was walking along the street and suddenly a black hole appeared in the sky, then I was unable to breathe and passed out. When I woke up, I was in the warehouse, and it was Ling who saved me."Kaya said.

　　"We were all saved by Ling, without Ling, we would have been eaten by the monster for sure." The people around said.

　　Not having any information about his parents, Charlie was very frustrated.

　　"You guys take rest here for a while. I need to prepare something." Ling said to Charlie, Rachel and Jason.

　　Ling walked to a room at the back of the warehouse and knocked on the door

　　"Mr. Smith, I'm coming in."

　　Inside the room, a man sat in a wheelchair.

　　"Ling, you're back. I told you, you can just call me Smith, no need to call me Mr. Smith. How is everything going now?"

　　"It's hard to say, there are fewer and fewer living people and more and more monsters. Smith, see what you can do with these materials?" Ling took out the two props she got from the mutant dog king earlier, and other mutant dog's teeth Rachel gave her.

　""Dog King's Paw" I'll make darts for you, so you can use it when it's not convenient to use a bow. The "Dog King's Tooth" this is best made into an arrow, its power is certainly stronger than the ordinary dog tooth arrow." Smith finished, returned to his workbench and began to make weapons for Ling.

　　"Ling, Ling, are you there?" Rachel's voice came from outside the room.

　　Ling opened the door, Rachel saw another man inside the room, ran to Ling's ear and quietly said something to Ling.

　　Ling frowned "Shower?"

　　Rachel blushed "Yes, if it's not convenient, then just forget it."

　　"It's okay, I'll take you there, Smith also needs time to make weapons."

　　Hearing that Smith can make weapons, Rachel looked at the Smith, noticed that he was sitting in a wheelchair.

　　"Mr. Smith, you know how to make weapons? Like a gun?"

　　"No, Not a gun, bullets are useless against monsters. Smith can use the materials dropped from monsters to make weapons or other defensive props." Ling said.

　　Hearing that Smith can make defensive props, Rachel opened the backpack, took out the skins collected from mutant dogs, and handed them to Smith, saying

　　"Mr. Smith, can you use these materials to make defensive props?"

　　"6 dog skins, I can make 2 pieces of leather armor, you are Ling's friend, I give you a discount, 4 soul crystals."

　　Rachel took out four soul crystals from the Inferior Soul Bottle and handed them to Smith.

　　"Let's go, I'll take you to shower."

　　Rachel and Ling both left the room, and while walking, Rachel asked to Ling

　　"Ling, you are really powerful. You saved so many people. Did you save Smith too?"

　　"Yes." Ling nodded "Smith is the third person I saved, and in order to repay me, he helped me make weapons for free. The bathroom is right in front, go to take a shower, I'll wait here."

　　On the other side, Charlie did not get news of his parents. He was anxious to go out from the warehouse and to find his parents.

　　"No, no one can go out without Ling's order." George stopped Charlie. He did not let Charlie leave.

　　"Don't you stop me!" Charlie pushed George away and insisted on leaving.

　　"Charlie, calm down, let's wait for Rachel and Ling." Jason also advised Charlie to stay.

　　"I can't calm down, it's been two days, ah, I don't want my parents to turn into zombies, don't want them to turn into black smoke and disappear!"

　　Charlie's emotion also infected the others in warehouse, do not know who was the first, everyone began to cry, even George also sat on the ground, did not say a word.

　　Ling heard the crying and rushed over to Jason, asked

　　"What's going on, why are they suddenly crying."

　　Jason told Ling what happened. Ling shouted to the crowd and said

　　"Stop crying, all of you! I saved you not for hearing you crying! If you want to go out and look for your someone you know, sure, I can let you go, but I cannot guarantee you'll come back alive if you're out there."

　　The crying faded away. Just as Ling was about to leave, a woman's voice came from the crowd

　　"Ling, can you go and save my son? He must still be alive, he." Before the woman could finish her words, someone else continued to say

　　"Yes Ling, can you help me find my mother? She lives by herself and her house is nearby."

　　More and more people in the crowd made requests to Ling.

　　Ling drew her katana and viciously slashed the chair beside her, roaring

　　"Shut up, all of you!"

　　Everyone saw Ling's anger and all stopped talking. Ling put the katana back into its sheath and turned around, left here.

　　Watching Ling leave, Charlie said to Jason

　　"I have to go find my parents. Jason, it's safer here, you and Rachel stay here, wait for rescue."

"I promised to accompany with you to find your parents, I'll go with you later. Just wait for Rachel to come out, talk to Rachel and we can go.

That's strange, where did Rachel go?"Jason said.

　　Rachel came out of the bathroom after taking a shower and saw Ling, sitting on the floor with her katana.

　　"What's wrong Ling? You look so depressed." Rachel felt that what she said was ambiguous and quickly added "It's normal to be depressed, the world is in this state, but I mean, you."

　　"Let's get out of here, we have work to do." Ling interrupted Rachel.

　　Ling went to Smith's room alone, and Rachel came to the warehouse to find Jason and Charlie. Seeing Rachel coming, Jason rushed over and asked

　　"Where have you been Rachel, are you all right, Charlie and I were so worried about you ah. Next time tell me before you want to leave!"

　　"Sorry to worry me Jason. I'm fine, I went to talk to Ling about something between the girls."

　　"Well, Rachel since you're here, Jason and I are going to find my parents, it's safer in the warehouse, so you can stay here until rescue. When I find my parents, we'll come back for you."

　　"No, you can not leave me here alone, we are a small team, we need to act together. And it's already dark outside, how about we go to you house tomorrow morning?"

　　Early the next morning, Ling's voice woke Rachel up!

　　"Rachel, Come on over, Smith made your stuffs ready."

　　"You two also come with me, I have a gift for you." Rachel pulled Charlie and Jason with her to find Ling.

　　Ling took the three to Smith's room.

　　"Mr. Smith, these two pieces of leather armor are fantastic?" Rachel saw the leather armors and praised them.

　　"That's for sure. The world has changed, and my abilities have been strengthened after absorbing soul crystals. Making this kind of leather armors won't take me long time."

　　"Two pieces of leather armor, one for you Jason and one for Charlie. You two have to attract the enemy in the front, the leather armor can give you some protection." Rachel said.

　　"Rachel, it's better for you and Charlie to wear it. You are a mage, your defense and physical are weak, leather armor can give you protection. Charlie is a warrior, he needs leather armor even more."

　　"It's better for you two to wear them, I have the Stone Skin, I do not need leather armor."

　　Two pieces of leather armor, all three want the other two to wear them first.

　　"Enough, you and you wear, Rachel I will protect you." Ling pointed to Jason and Charlie. "When my darts and arrows are ready, we'll go."

　　Charlie and Jason put on the leather armor, Ling then said "This is just the most common leather armor, it has limited protection, you two should be careful, it can not defence all attacks."

　　Jason used Primary Scouting to look at the leather armor, only a little information

　　Mutant dog leather armor.

　　Quality: Grey

　　Skill: None

　　Can only resist a small amount of damage.

　　"Ling, they're really leaving." George shouted from outside.

　　They returned to the warehouse. A bald man said to Ling

　　"Ling, thank you for saving us. We want to go out and look for our relatives. In case they are still alive. If we meet a rescue team, we'll tell them come here to rescue you."

　　"Leave if you want, but I won't save you guys a second time."

　　"Ling," the bald man hesitated for a moment and finally spoke

　　"Can you share some soul crystals with us? You know, we have fought and killed monsters, but our level is still too low, and you won't let us out."

　　"So you mean, it's my fault? You wait here safely for news and don't let you go out?" Ling finally couldn't help but burst out. "If I hadn't saved you, Brian, do you think you would have survived until now?" Ling took out a few soul crystals and threw them to Brian, "Here, get out of here and don't come back."

　　Brian picked up the soul crystals and other men also left warehouse with him.

　　"Ling, they..."

　　"You don't have to speak for them George, if anyone else wants to leave, let them go, no need to talk to me. I'm not their babysitter." Ling finished and left the warehouse.

　　"Ugh," George sighed and sat down to the side.

　　"Looks like you know Ling a lot, huh? Can you tell me about Ling?" Jason asked George.