Chapter 358: Chapter 358 – Infected is Scary
Max proceeded to the center of the city with Lily. On the way, they encountered a few zombies and some loot on the side, which he left for Lily to take because he didn't trust his own luck.
As a result, they gained some good haul even before they reached their main destination. 3 Woods and another full mag of .99 mm bullets for a handgun.
After walking for a while, they finally found a building.
"Finally, a warehouse!"
A warehouse with two floors and a space filled with wooden boxes.
"There might be an Infected inside. Prepare your gun and knife, Lily. I will take the lead as I have Old Glove to reduce a bit of damage done to me."
"Are you sure? I can also take the vanguard."
"I am sure. Let me act cool sometimes." He said and winked, causing Lily to blush slightly as she nodded.
— He's smooth
— Smooth criminal of love
— I will take note of this. Act silly and cool sometimes. Praise the girl and make sure she's comfortable. Got it
— ^^ You forgot you have to have a girl for that
— ^^^ He also forgot he has to have at least a semi-decent face to get close to a girl first
— You guys are destroying him kekw. I want to join. ^^^^ You have to be human to get close to a girl
— ^ False! This noble me is a vampire, but he's offered by Ferin to be a model!
— Don't lie, BloodSucker.
Noticing an interesting chat, which wasn't a lie, Max decided to tease his editor slightly.
"Nah, he's telling the truth. I was there when BloodSucker was offered to join her agency. He refused, though."
"Un, he's telling the truth," Lily confirmed with a nod as she followed Max inside the warehouse. "Ferin is my best friend and she did offer that… man to join her agency."
Lily was still a bit afraid of BloodSucker. Her body still twitched a little bit when she remembered his unique appearance.
The chat broke into another chaos. They still didn't believe that the BloodSucker, the biggest donator and also someone who called himself 'this noble' was given such an offer.
"If you don't believe it, I can show you his picture. You will definitely change your mind then."
— No, don't you dare! That's privacy! You have no right to share it!
— Show us! Show us! Show us!
— Hehe, BloodSucker's face? I am curious how Vampire-like he is
— Or you can just invite him to your stream sometimes.
That was a good idea. Max's eyebrows raised as he read that comment. However…
"Breeze…" Lily called out to him in a low voice, seemingly tense. "Look up."
Max stopped on his track and looked up. Spider web filled the first-floor ceiling, closing in the holes of the floor. The web seemed to extend to the second floor where fewer boxes could be seen from the gap of the web.
"Well, we're unlucky. The second floor seems to be the Crawler's nest." He laughed wryly as he realized the situation they were in. "What do you want to do? Find another building or try to take the Crawler out?"
"We have put our loot in our shelter, right?"
"That's right." Max nodded, "If we do get killed, we will only lose the one we brought and found on our way here. There are no other risks other than that."
"Then let's fight it," Lily answered with determination as excitement flashing in her eyes.
It was kind of strange. She wasn't afraid of abomination like Crawler but she was scared of BloodSucker.
'Maybe BloodSucker has something that's unique for him, and that scares Lily.'
No, Max shouldn't think of that. He had to concentrate on fighting Crawler in the darkness.
'What's its weakness, I wonder?' He wondered as he gripped his knife tightly.
"Follow me from behind. We lack light and there are so many webs."
"Un. I will be careful."
For now, Max ignored the loot and stars he saw inside the warehouse and headed to the second floor. He was careful not to touch the web, as it would alert the Crawler before he could even find the Infected.
When he reached the second floor, he grimaced.
"The area is filled with webs." He groaned as he looked around. "There is almost nowhere to step on."
"What about there?" Lily asked as she pointed at the boxes stacked around.
For some reason, they weren't touched by the web. Seeing that, Max and Lily had the same thought.
"It's like playing floor is lava." They blurted out, remembering one part of a reality show where Max had to test the new game with Flexy and Evelyn.
Surprised, they looked at each other and burst out laughing.
"Let's do it, Lily. Be careful. Even if the box's surface isn't touched by the web, there are still many in the air. We need to locate Crawler without touching them."
"Got it."
Slowly, they got up to the boxes and scouted the second floor. The limited vision made it harder. Not to mention, the warehouse itself was big. While they wanted to do it slowly, they had to move a bit faster.
Thankfully, Max had a pretty good adaptability skill which could be applied to this situation. He got used to moving on top of the boxes pretty fast and could scout faster. Lily wasn't lagging behind either.
— Damn, they are using the boxes as a foothold
— It's a good idea, but they will be troubled if Crawler attacks them at this time
— Where is the Crawler, though? I can't see it
— God, this is so dark. Please get a flashlight or something, Breeze!
— ^ Just use night mode lol
— This is so creepy. Imagine finding Crawler on the side of the box when he is about to jump to another lol
— That would be novel
Max quickly moved around the second floor to find the Crawler while the chat made it scarier. However, they didn't see the Infected. Instead, they found around 15 loots lying around between boxes and the web. Max wanted to get them, but he knew it would be dangerous.
And this Crawler seemed to be good at hiding.
Having no other choice, Max decided to take a risk.
"Lily, do you trust me?"
"Un." She replied without missing a beat, knowing what he planned. "I will cover you."
Smiling, Max proceeded to the stairs where they came from earlier. This place was not that heavily covered with web, and they could always run to the first floor if it was dangerous.
And as they stepped on the steel floor again…
"I will touch it."
Max carefully touched the web, intentionally provoking the Crawler. The effect was immediate.
Creepy footsteps rang on the second floor. Max's guard was raised, and Lily was ready to shoot with the handgun. They looked around with caution.
— Holy cow! The sound is creepy
— 8 legs grinding against a metal floor is creepy…
— Damn, Crawler will be put as one of the scariest monster in my encyclopedia
— Be careful! It's coming
"Where is it?" Max raised his voice urgently. The footstep had stopped, but Crawler still couldn't be seen. "Where is it?!" He repeated.
At that time, Lily's eyes widened. She pointed her handgun toward him… More specifically right behind him.
"Behind!" She shouted and Max immediately reacted.
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