Thriller Hunting Program

Chapter 5: Car Snatching Plan

Translated by: Milky

Not far from the supermarket there was a small hot pot restaurant, the door was not locked, so the “forced to align and have no team spirit” group of four people decided to hide in there together.

Ling Chengmu held her arm up lazily, Wu Shijiu dared not demand her to straighten it, so all she could do was to extend her head out and try her best to read the map.

“8.2 kilometers to the north is a steel factory, which is still relatively close to here and can be reached on foot.”

Chang Su spoke, “W-We got to f-find a way…t-to get a car…w-we’ll be very…slow if w-we keep walking…like this.”

They had to stay in this tournament zone for five days. It was not realistic to just walk, even how vigorous their spirits were, they’ll be exhausted sooner or later.

At this point, Ling Chengmu spoke.

“The steel factory is good, we could get a guy to open up our handcuffs too, then we’ll finish off the owner of this handcuffs.”

Wu Shijiu's eyes darted around, listening to that made her heart tremble: “Sister Cheng, Executive Officer Qin is sitting here, slightly restrained yourself.”

Ling Chengmu was puzzled: “Didn’t he already know I was planning on killing him? Doesn’t he have any common sense?”

Chang Su was really pitiful, as the fiercest looking person in the team, he actually had the best temper and had to act as a peacemaker at all times.

He tentatively patted Qin Ce's shoulder.

“D-Don't…g-get mad, s-she's joking.”

Qin Ce sat on the edge of the bed, his face as deep as a pool of motionless water, his tone indifferent.

“It's fine, we’re having the same thought.”

“Huh?”

“Unscrupulous thugs will die sooner or later.”

Chang Su silently lowered his head.

Wu Shijiu on the other hand was actually a talkative person, but facing such a situation just made her want to remain silent.

The four of them sat still, apparently all intending to take a break before leaving, but who knew not long after they sat down, they heard the sound of a frantic smashing outside the door.

Wu Shijiu turned around and realized that the newspaper that she glued on the glass with water had dropped, and several players who had seen the situation inside through the gap of the glass door wanted to take refuge in the hot pot restaurant for a while.

She hesitated: “Sis Cheng, should I open the door?”

“Do whatever you want.” Ling Chengmu had no interest in bothering, “Just be careful not to get bitten.”

Chang Su was a soft-hearted person, he couldn’t stand looking at human beings engulfed till death, so he walked over and opened the door.

“C-Come in…h-hurry, d-don’t a-attract the…zombies.”

The few players from outside immediately scrambled to squeeze in, and they happened to be followed by a zombie, their scream was apparently louder than the roar of the zombie.

The last male player, who was afraid that the zombie would bite him immediately grabbed Wu Shijiu's collar and tried to throw her out as bait - probably because he was out of his irrational desire to live, or just simply because of a human's awful nature.

Wu Shijiu was still holding the door for the group when she was caught off guard by his sneak attack and stumbled, fortunately at the critical moment Chang Su reacted quickly and grabbed her collar to drag her back in.

The door of the hot pot restaurant was closed again, the zombie happened to pounce on the door and hit the glass with his head, hitting the glass with blood traces.

Chang Su used the newspapers to block the glass again.

Wu Shijiu realized as an afterthought what had just happened, madness rushed through the top of her head, she gritted her teeth and pushed the male player.

“Fuck, are you still fucking human?! We let you guys in as we’re kind but you wanted to throw me out as bait?!”

Some people dare not act up in front of dangerous situations, yet will attack the weaklings when they see them, just like this male player.

…Well, the premise was that he subjectively treated Wu Shijiu as a weak person.

“Then did you die? You didn’t.” He spoke righteously, and even provocated Wu Shijiu by pushing her, “You’re the one who opened the door for us, I didn’t even beg you for that so shut the fuck up!”

Wu Shijiu was pissed: “If you’re so great then get out there!”

“Get out there? You’re the one who should get out there, be careful now or I’ll throw you out the door if I’m mad.”

Now Chang Su was mad, he decisively twisted his arm and wrenched it back, “P-Pay respect…s-such wicked personality…I-I should’ve l-let you die outside.”

“...Fucking release me!”

As they argue, the few people who were still watching from the side gathered around.

This group of people was obviously a team, perhaps they were a team before they started the game, or perhaps they became one after the game started, in short, on the basis of the number of people they had, and they were not in danger anymore, they began to clamor.

“A stupid big guy who stammers, stop acting heroic here.” The female player who spoke had a head of dirty braids, presumably the girlfriend of the male player just now argued to support her boyfriend, “Here’s some free advice, stay put and shut the fuck up so we can avoid this wave of zombies in peace, or else don’t blame us for bullying you guys because we’re more in numbers.”

Wu Shijiu was shocked by her confidence: “You’re more in numbers? How many more do you even have.”

“We’re seven over two now, how do you even think you could win?”

The rest of the people laughed out loud with a villainous face.

They only thought Chang Su and Wu Shijiu were a team, they did not expect Ling Chengmu and Qin Ce who sat at the corner to be in a team with these two, plus Ling Chengmu was blind, she would have no advantage against them.

At first glance, they seemed to have quite a chance of winning.

Ling Chengmu, who was gripping an orange lollipop she got not long ago from the supermarket, was gradually impatient as she heard their conversation. 

She frowned: “What are you waiting for? Just throw them out. Since they’re large in number, they could fight that zombie together.”

“What's the matter with you, you blind woman!” The dirty braided female player had a bad temper and a mouth of foul language: “Can't you fucking see what's going on on the field? Oh yeah, you're fucking blind so you can't see - just sit there and shut the fuck up, maybe that will make us consider letting you live a little longer.”

Wu Shijiu went silent.

Great, this bitch here is trying to dig her own grave and there was no stopping her.

As expected, Ling Chengmu stood up with her blind cane as she heard that, yet she was handcuffed with Qin Ce who sat there calmly and not planning to move, which made her stuck when she just stood halfway.

“...Please, Executive Officer Qin, are you glued to the chair?”

Qin Ce closed his eyes to rest: “You’re annoying.”

The group of people over there heckled, and the dirty braided female player mocked in a sinister manner.

“My, am I looking clearly? You two are playing subdue temptation here? Are you trying to suicide even faster?”

Before she could finish her words, the blind cane in Ling Chengmu’s hand suddenly stretched out, and as her movements whistled out, it hit the opponent’s alvine accurately.

The force was quite strong, the female player was hit on the spot and her whole body flew backwards and also collapsed a table as she hit it, then only landing on the ground and almost fainted, blood seeping through the corner of her mouth.

Ling Chengmu calmly tidied up her collar and regained her seat.

“If you can’t use your mouth well, donate it to others, for example to Mr Chang right here.”

Chang Su was puzzled.

Why was he always the one who got hurt?

The previous male player saw his girlfriend get beaten up and couldn't help but be furious, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush up to beat Ling Chengmu up.

Ling Chengmu moved her chair and turned around nimbly, just to deliberately let Qin Ce face that player.

After all, the two of them now act as one, they survive or die together, she could not let him sit there and enjoy the leisure while she fought.

Seeing the male player’s fist almost smashing on his body, Qin Ce raised his head coldly and clasp the male player’s wrist all of the sudden. 

By a twist and a push, a “crack” sound appeared.

Seemed to be the sound of his wrist bone broken.

The male player grabbed onto his wrist, growling furiously: “Attack! Kiss his ass!”

Then the rest of those players were the perfect interpretation of the classic gourd boys trying save their grandfather, one after one as if it was a suicide mission, rushing up to avenge their brothers, yet none succeeded.

The leading one, met Qin Ce’s flying foot directly and got kicked out several meters away, lying on the ground unable to get up anymore.

Wu Shijiu standing beside was surprised: “I must say, with those leather boots and slender legs, Executive Officer Qin is quite cool when he kicks ass.”

As she finished her words, she grabbed a mug beside and with a “crash” sound she hit the mug on the female player’s head, causing the mug to shatter into pieces.

“Ugh, ungrateful brats.”

Chang Su held the first male player up with one hand, his casserole big fist punched into his face until he had nosebleed.

“U-Ungrateful…a-and…bully others.”

This group of people were really unlucky to have mistakenly walked into the bandit den, but their actions were why they were dead, they do not deserve any sympathy.

For example in this situation, they still continued to act like dickheads even when they saw their teammates being beaten up so badly, as if they’re just trying to get themselves killed sooner.

Ling Chengmu stood up, she tried to move the player in front of her aside with her blind cane, yet that player didn’t move, so she just stepped over them.

“Let’s go and get a car. The air sucks here.”

Wu Shijiu followed her from behind, asking modestly: “Sis Cheng, are we gonna close the door?”

Ling Chengmu, who just reached the door turned as she heard her question, with doubt, she asked an rhetorical question:

“As a narrow-minded blind person, do I even have the obligation to close the doors up for them?”

Then, she swayed and her blind came swiftly to a side, the glass door of the hot pot restaurant shattered into pieces.

…Of course, she smashed the glass on Qin Ce’s side.

The glass pieces fell like a heavy rain, yet Qin Ce wasn’t an easy going person either, he immediately slid away and smashed the glass on Ling Chengmu’s side.

They were secretly fighting each other, each with one hand blocking the broken glass, and the other hand pushing each other, meandering and rotating forward, as if they were dancing waltz.

Wu Shijiu and Chang Su followed closely behind, and when they were leaving, they took a glance at a direction.

“Oh, the zombies are coming.”

The zombie’s target was them at first, yet when the zombies arrived, Chang Su grabbed its neck and threw it into the hot pot restaurant.

Not long later, the screaming and yelling sounds of the players sounded.

“D-Don’t…b-blame me.” Chang Su sighed, “T-They…were bad.”

Wu Shijiu said: “It’s not your fault, why blame yourself? We’re being kind to help them, yet see how they return the favor? Why should we even care about them anymore? There are no mary sues in a survival game, and I’m definitely not one.”

“T-Then…w-where are we…g-going now?”

“Find a car! Didn’t we just discuss it?”

“O-Oh right, I-I forgot.”

Wu Shijiu was quick witted, she glanced around to search, and with a touch of good luck, she actually found a target real soon.

“Huh? Isn’t that…Sis Cheng, Executive Officer Qin! There’s a bus driving in our direction!”

The bus was full of players who teamed-up temporarily, the driver seemed to be a dabbler too because he drove the bus in a S-shaped position as if he was drunk, knocking over a lot of zombies on the way.

Wu Shijiu and Chang Su stood in the middle of the road and kept waving, but the bus had no intention of stopping, obviously intending to crash them over directly.

“My, this bastard! Should we hide or not, Bro Chang?”

Chang Su stammered and did not answer her question, but his actions moved faster than his mouth, he was already grabbing onto her collar and ready to run away.

Yet who knew before they could run away, something flashed through their eyes. A silver light flashed through, and the next second, both Ling Chengmu and Qin Ce rushed over.

Qin Ce pulled the handcuffs, guiding Ling Chengmu to the direction of the bus, Ling Chengmu's blind cane in her hands suddenly stretched out, like a dragon appearing out of the sea, thunderous and lightning-fast, instantly shattered the bus windshield.

The bus lost its center of gravity immediately and crashed into a sycamore tree next to the road.

“Don’t just stand there.” Ling Chengmu’s blind cane returned to its original length, and she calmly beckoned: “Snatch the car.”

…Snatching a car, she’s really a bandit.

Even so, Wu Shijiu praised them full-heartedly: “Sis Cheng, the cooperation between you and Executive Officer Qin is perfect!”

Ling Chengmu’s tone was serious: “Little girl, you should learn from the good, don’t talk bullshit, it’s an insult, understand?”

The bus was forced to stop, Chang Su tore the door apart with his bare hands. The four of them got up the bus together and saw the players inside were in chaos, there were even players who rushed to the front, intending to grab the steering wheel.

“Do you fucking know how to drive?!”

The player who drove the bus just now covered his bleeding head with his hands. He was mad when he heard those words: “Didn’t you see the glass shattered into pieces? Obviously someone deliberately robbed our bus, and god dammit…fuck! They’re here!”

The other players in the car, sitting in their seats, were very wary as they started staring at Ling Chengmu and her teammates, no one dared to take the initiative to ask them to get off as they were afraid they’ll get involved into any other trouble.

Wu Shijiu looked around, with a quite impatient tone, she asked: “What are you looking at? What is the use of looking at us? Hurry and drive the car, or else the  zombies might come after us real soon.”

The driver looked at four of them, one cold, one strong, one mean and one…blind, he knew he couldn’t fight back, so he decided to stay silent.

The door of the bus slowly closed up, and they continued their journey.

There were empty spaces at the backseat, four of them walked over and sat down, no matter how the other players reacted, they were still at ease.

It’s impossible to not have a good psychological quality if they wandered around such “brotherhood”.

Because of the handcuffs, Qin Ce could only sit next to Ling Chengmu, there was a player sitting to the right of her and his head was leaning against the window. He was grunting, and looked like he would’ve collapsed anytime sooner.

It was a bit abnormal.

His gaze moved down coldly and looked at him closely.

Until he saw the half circle of black and purple teeth marks on his arm, clearly seen as it was not covered by the sleeves of his sweater.

The next second, the player fiercely stood up. His eyes bloody-red as he bared his teeth and bit towards Ling Chengmu, who was just next to him.