I Attacked Because I Was Afraid Of Death

Chapter 17: Resolution

Chi Xin had either changed or revealed her true side. Cao Qing knew about it but refused to admit it; in his heart, Chi Xin had cheated him as soon as she had joined the base and was a stupid girl.
But at this exact moment, he really felt her change.
She was beautiful and her face was obviously the same but her aura was similar to the daughter of a wealthy family, noble and inviolable.

He heard her unhurried voice: “Why are you in such a rush? Even in a death sentence trial, you should give the defendant a chance to appeal.”
Chen Xiang saw such a Chi Xin, a trace of doubt flashed across her eyes and she glanced at Cao Qing. Meeting his cold and threatening gaze, she immediately shrunk her head and cried out: “I’m sorry, Chi Xin! I cannot deceive anyone anymore! This is wrong! I must tell the truth! I’m sorry!”
Her shouts were equivalent to admitting what Cao Qing had said was true. Chi Xin was a liar and she had provoked the zombie attack; she was not a hero.
The crowd was in an uproar. The people who had been suspicious to begin with began to curse angrily. They may not care about who had saved them but they cared about who had almost caused their deaths.

In the chaos, Chi Xin remained unmoved: “I will ask you one more question. Since you are still alive, why didn’t you fight against the zombies with everyone else? If it is as you said, aren’t you also guilty of causing the attack?”
As soon as her words fell, someone reacted, and the angry accusations aimed at Chen Xiang too. Chi Xin had killed the high-level zombie for them but Chen Xiang had stayed behind and hidden for the whole duration of the attack.

The scene became even more turbulent and Chen Xiang’s eyes fluttered. She flinched and said in a low voice: “I… I was too scared. That was a high-level zombie! How can humans fight against this… I thought we were all going to die, it didn’t matter where…”
Her cowardly remarks aroused the anger of the crowd even more and the people closest to her tried to kick her. It looked like a switch had been flipped, the people in the back row pushed the front frantically. Everyone was venting and accusing both girls loudly; the scene was utter chaos and far exceeded Cao Qing’s expectations.
“Calm down! Be quiet! Be quiet!” Cao Yan tried to appease everyone but with little effect.
Cao Qing looked at everyone and shouted: “What are you doing! Chi Xin should be blamed! She is the culprit!”

A cold hand grasped Chi Xin’s wrist and Jing Xiubai blocked her from the crowd before whispering: “Let’s go.”
Chi Xin raised her head to look at him. The hero’s beautiful jawline was clenched and the pupils behind his glasses were sharp, always guarding his surroundings. Chi Xin didn’t answer but felt a little uneasy; in such a messy situation and with what she had learned about a certain dog system, it will definitely…
[Host, there is such a good opportunity!]
Ah, speak of the devil.
[Quick, host! You just shoot at random, kill a few of them.]
Chi Xin’s eyes were cold. The system didn’t care about human life, whether it was others or hers.
Not now, Chi Xin told herself. She still needed to rely on the ability of the system to survive this world, it wasn’t time yet.
Fortunately, her trouble value was still high enough and the system couldn’t directly control her. It could still send electrical charges but after experiencing it once, Chi Xin believed she knew how to endure it.

Jing Xiubai noticed Chi Xin’s face was getting paler but the light in her gaze was getting brighter.
At the same time, Chi Xin felt danger incoming, which instantly triggered her body’s defense reflex.
“Chi Xin! How can you still have the face to live! Go to hell—”
Chi Xin’s muscles tightened instantly and without looking back to check who was attacking her, a slender and powerful leg turned around in a violent kick.
Which directly landed in Cao Qing’s lower abdomen.
His face changed and flushed instantly. He clutched his groin and fell to the ground as he dropped the gun he had pointed at Chi Xin. At the same time, Chi Xin’s Desert Eagle appeared in her hand and the moment Cao Qing touched the floor, the cold muzzle was aimed at him.
The crowd also noticed the extra gun and the pushes and angry shouts gradually quieted down. Everyone looked at each other before all attention fell on Chi Xin.

Chi Xin steadily held her gun on Cao Qing’s forehead and her eyes were cold. The man was curled up on the ground, unable to move nor speak. He tentatively stretched out a finger but immediately retracted it to cover his lower abdomen. The pain tore through his heart and lungs and made him sweat.
“Chi Xin, wait!” Cao Yan squeezed out from the crowd and nervously guarded Cao Qing, “What grievances you have, just say! Don’t shoot, don’t shoot!”
“Oh.” Chi Xin slowly lowered her gun, “I thought I was getting sentenced to death in court.”
Her words were flat but the sarcasm in them was strong. Cao Yan showed a trace of embarrassment and glanced at Cao Qing who was hitting his own bitter fruit1 behind him. Kicked to the groin by Chi Xin… He was afraid he would never think about women anymore in his life.
But at any rate, his life was spared. 

Cao Yan breathed a sigh of relief and saw that Chi Xin had raised her gun one more time, this time towards Chen Xiang. As soon as he was about to speak, Chi Xin glanced coldly at him; his words stuck in his throat and he swallowed them back.
“I will give you another chance.” Chi Xin steadied herself on her feet and her hand was extremely stable, “What happened that night?”
Chen Xiang had long been scared by her and the smell of urine rose. She broke down and cried out: “I’m sorry! I didn’t mean it! It’s Cao Qing! He said that as long as I told everyone you caused the zombie attack, he would protect me and feed me for the rest of my life. It’s all Cao Qing! Don’t kill me…”
Cao Qing was barely conscious and was unable to refute her. The deceived crowd looked at him incredulously and when they looked back at Chen Xiang, their gazes were full of resentment. Both of them had made them misunderstand the hero who had saved them all!

Hearing Chen Xiang’s new answer, Chi Xin’s face was as calm as when she had been accused: “You did not answer my question.”
“I did, I did!” Chen Xiang knelt down, “We were separated shortly after we went out. I fled back to the base when I saw the zombies, I really don’t know what Chi Xin did!”
The truth finally came to light and Chi Xin frowned unsatisfactorily; she still didn’t know what the original Chi Xin had done that night. The slender and cold eyes in her mind made goosebumps appear on her body just thinking about them as if a knife was hanging above her head. She felt that she wouldn’t be able to put her mind at rest if she didn’t solve this mystery soon.

Once everything was over, Cao Qing and Chen Xiang were taken away. Chi Xin didn’t care about their fate and listened to everyone’s gratitude and apology with no expression on her face. She even became stiff and was happy when she finally got rid of them.
She turned to Jing Xiubai who had not left yet.
“Where did Yu Xiang go?” She was thinking about her mission and asked the hero before he could talk.
Jing Xiubai gave a small smile: “He wasn’t there last night, I don’t know where he went.
Xiao Li, who was also still waiting on the side, seemed to remember something and interjected: “I was a little uncomfortable yesterday and didn’t go eat with my men. They never came back after going to the canteen.”
The three looked at each other and noticed the gloom in each other’s eyes.