I Attacked Because I Was Afraid Of Death

Chapter 26: The system’s conspiracy – Part I (1)

After their escapade, Yu Xiang rested for two days and his spirit recovered enough to start trouble again. Because Jiang Congyun was still ill and Jing Xiubai was busy dispensing medicine, he would always come to harass Chi Xin every time he was bored.
“Chi Xin, there is a team going out today. Do you want to go?” Yu Xiang smiled brightly, showing his commercial-worthy white teeth.
“Not interested. Please go away.”
She shut her door on the young man’s face. It’s not that she didn’t want to go out, it was just that the system had already been offended enough. Right now, if she went to be around any of the protagonists, she was afraid of what would happen.
“Then I’ll go by myself!” Yu Xiang yelled from the other side.

Chi Xin pondered for a moment. Now that the three heroes were busy, there was little chance she would run into them in the base. She got ready and decided to take a stroll to let go of some steam.
The climate at the end of days was very abnormal.; summer weather had lasted for several months again and it didn’t look like it would change anytime soon. People might think this was a normal phenomenon but for Chi Xin who knew the plot, worry spread in her heart.
Once this intense heat would pass, severe cold would come. And in this abrupt climate, animals would also start to quietly mutate; between the harsh weather conditions and the mutated beasts, the unprepared humankind had suffered heavy casualties.
Chi Xin covered her eyes slightly and looked at the blue sky. Who could imagine that this seemingly harmless sky, no different from before the end of the world, would become yet another unprecedented test of survival?

She was about to put her hand down when a low rumbling sound came from not too far, gradually getting closer to the base. As soon as the noise reached her, Chi Xin looked in its direction; a helicopter was flying to them.
Some people could still afford helicopters?
Chi Xin tried to guess where it would land and rushed there.

Despite her speed, she was not as fast as a helicopter and when she arrived, it was making its descent. The wind blew on her face and she stretched her hands to protect herself, slightly squinting her eyes to look between her fingers.
The helicopter did not land, neither did the people inside go down. They opened the door and threw something from their vehicle.
Cao Yan was standing underneath and reached out to catch it in a hurry as he thanked them. He waved his hand and several men from the base lifted a huge box. The people in the helicopter dropped a harness and they tied the box with it. As soon as it was done, the helicopter pulled up and flew into the sky.

Chi Xin couldn’t help but be curious about this whole situation; she had never seen such a scene in the movie.
Seeing the helicopter was gone, she walked to Cao Yan and patted him on the shoulder.
“What was that?”
Cao Yan looked back at her and was taken aback: “Chi Xin? Didn’t you go outside today?”
Chi Xin: …
Gathering missions were about life or death, why did it sound she was just going on a field trip in Cao Yan’s mouth?
Cao Yan seemed to realize his words were ambiguous. He held the box he had just received with some embarrassment and said: “I heard from Yu Xiang there were few zombies around recently and it was safer to go out at the moment.”
“He came to ask me but I didn’t want to.” Chi Xin’s gaze fell on the box, “What’s that? Who were those people?”
“Oh, this.” Cao Yan opened the lid and showed her, “Last time with Han Yiyi, I was worried our detector was broken. I contacted Tuobila and bought another one, just to be safe. They were delivering it.”

Cao Yan had already told her about the company but she had never expected they would be brave enough to actually use helicopters to deliver their goods all over the world.
“Was what was in the other box the payment?” She asked thoughtfully.
“Yes.” Cao Yan nodded, “If it wasn’t for buying the new tester, our teams wouldn’t have to go out on gathering missions today.”
He saw her furrowed eyebrows and added: “They know this was for the detector and were willing to do it. After all, this tool saves lives.”
Cao Yan took the brand new tester out as he said and pointed it to Chi Xin’s forehead. The instrument showed a green light and the man smiled happily.

Chi Xin watched him. He was the leader of a base but had maintained a kind and innocent youth to him. He wasn’t really part of the plot either and she asked: “Cao Yan, did Yu Xiang tell you about the people we met outside the base?”
When he heard her question, Cao Yan’s smile faded and he became more serious: “He did. He said they were bad people.”
“City L isn’t big but have you thought about how they found us? It might be because—”
Before she could speak Han Yiyi’s name, she felt a sharp pain in her heart, as if her soul was trying to be ripped from her body. Despite her strength, she couldn’t bear it and her face suddenly paled.
“Chi Xin?” Cao Yan raised his head and was startled by her complexion, “What’s wrong?”
Chi Xin stretched out a hand and politely rejected Cao Yan’s help. She lowered her waist and took a deep breath as a sharp look flashed in her eyes.

The system really didn’t allow her to reveal any plot-related information. Perhaps because it had already been offended, it didn’t bother with the sound in her head and directly hurt her.
“I’m okay.” Chi Xin pasted a gentle smile on her face, “Just a little cold lately.”
“…” Cao Yan looked up at the sunny sky but didn’t dare to refute, “Then if you need any medicine, just go to the pharmacy and grab what you want. Take care of yourself.”
Chi Xin kept smiling and nodded. Cao Yan looked at it and the back of his neck felt like it was getting warmer.
“Then I’ll go first.” He turned around, ready to leave.

Despite the pain, Chi Xin called out his name again.
“Cao Yan.”
The young man stared at her in confusion and Chi Xin put her hand on her chest.
“If I told you danger might come, would you leave the base?”
If she couldn’t save everyone, perhaps she could at least save one. But Cao Yan froze and gave a coy smile.
“Chi Xin, I told you before that I didn’t have any special skills. I was only voted as the base’s leader because I was willing to work hard for everyone.” His expression became a little awkward, “If the base meets danger, I will stand with them and die with everybody else.”
Chi Xin watched him. The shock in her heart gradually pushed the pain aside.
“I understand.” She said softly.
Cao Yan waved his hand: “Thank you for the warning.”
Chi Xin said nothing more this time.

TL note: Hey there! This will be the only chapter this week (and one update of LSOBP most likely on Saturday night). I have Wi-Fi problem and my translation is not complete yet; funny story, there is a shortage of routers on my island and mine died last week. It’s been a lot of fun!
Sorry for the delay. I will post more chapters as soon as it’s fixed!