Title: A Fake Holy Mother in the Zombie Apocalypse
Translator: Little Bamboo Spirit
Chapter 238 - Peacefully leaving wasn't Huo Ren's style (1)
Just when Bei Nuan thought Huo Ren would also shoot Jia Han, Huo Ren smiled.
"Chief Jia Han, are you driving away your guests? Alright. I happened to have received news and need to rush ahead. We'll pack up and leave soon." He jumped into the jeep and took his group back to the guest quarters.
Lu Xingchi watched Huo Ren from the back and fell into deep thought.
"I jammed Huo Ren's gun and controlled Jue Niu's bullet to go through Huo Ren's head," Lu Xingchi quietly said to Bei Nuan.
Even if they could get clues from Huo Ren, Lu Xingchi didn't want to keep this homicidal maniac alive. But, he had failed to kill him.
Lu Xingchi said, "The bullet went through his head, but he's still alive and without any injury. When Jue Niu attacked him with the saber, I changed the blade so that it was extremely sharp. He should have been able to slice right through him, but Huo Ren is fine."
Lu Xingchi concluded, "The bullet and saber went right through him. It's as if he's a shadow or a puff of smoke."
Bei Nuan was relieved. She didn't have to worry about it anymore. Lu Xingchi figured out Huo Ren's secret.
Not only was Huo Ren immune to the effects of abilities, bullets and swords couldn't hurt him either. He probably couldn't be hurt by other physical attacks.
No wonder he was so arrogant.
It was unfortunate that she couldn't tell him that Huo Ren was also a transmigrator, but that was fine. She could figure that out later.
"I can't kill him," Lu Xingchi continued.
Bei Nuan turned her head and saw that he was worried.
"If he's like a shadow that can pass through objects, then I won't be able to kill him."
Bei Nuan thought about it for a while. "But, he's usually normal. He doesn't seem like a shadow. He doesn't fall to the ground and can touch things. When he kissed my hand this morning, he was normal-"
"What? He kissed your hand?" Lu Xingchi interrupted.
Lu Xingchi's tone was foreboding, and Bei Nuan thought Huo Ren was one step closer to death.
Bei Nuan diverted his attention. "That's not the important point. The important thing is that Huo Ren doesn't usually pass through things. That's why I suspect it's an ability that he has to consciously activate."
Lu Xingchi added, "Or, it could be an ability that's passively activated when he's in danger."
"Right." Bei Nuan pondered. "So maybe a sneak attack before he has time to activate his ability could work."
Lu Xingchi nodded. "We can try different methods."
Bei Nuan agreed, "We can look for opportunities to use fire, explosion, or electricity to attack him. We can try out all of those things."
They silently plotted how to deal with Huo Ren as if he was a bunch of chicken wings that had been threaded on a skewer.
Bei Nuan was very optimistic. "Look on the bright side. His ability looks very powerful, but it's defensive. It doesn't have much offensive use."
That's why he had to rely on a gun. If he had an offensive ability like Lu Xingchi, he would go wild with showing it off.
Huo Ren really was in a hurry to leave. Not long after, Bei Nuan heard the jeeps' engines again. Huo Ren led his subordinates out.
Bei Nuan guessed that he had gotten new information about the whereabouts of the mysterious man and was forced to go after that person by his boss.
Bei Nuan saw Huo Ren sticking his head out of the jeep's window and taking another look of the camp as the jeep drove through the gate. His expression was relaxed. His malicious look of planning a prank set off alarm bells in her mind.
Her memory of his malicious acts of fishing for zombies and blowing up Refuge #9's gate was still fresh. His expression at that time was the same one he was showing now.
Bei Nuan vigilantly watched, but nothing unusual happened by the time the last jeep left the tribe.
Bei Nuan still felt uneasy. She ran to the entrance and climbed up the sentry tower. The tall sentry tower was built on a hill, and she could see very far away from the top.
It was already dark. She only saw the headlights of Huo Ren's convoy moving farther away along the road until they completely disappeared.
They had really left.
This was so strange. Peacefully leaving wasn't Huo Ren's style.
Bei Nuan came down from the sentry tower and ran out.
"Where are you going?" Lu Xingchi could only helplessly follow her.
"I'm going to find Jia Han to ask him to check over the camp to see if Huo Ren and his men did something. For example, they could have hidden a zombie or made a hole in the perimeter wall. If Huo Ren is willing to obediently leave after being driven away, then my name isn't Bei Nuan."
Lu Xingchi silently complained; your name isn't Bei Nuan anymore. Didn't you change your name to Jiade?
It was already dark, and the tribe had quieted down. They were like birds that went to bed early.
However, Jia Han was very willing to go along with Bei Nuan's request. He immediately had people light up torches and carefully inspect the perimeter.
The surrounding walls were fine. There wasn't even a mouse hole.
There were a lot of people in the camp, so it would be difficult to hide a zombie. Moreover, no one saw Huo Ren's group bringing a zombie in.
Still, Jia Han had people search every nook and cranny of the camp.
It didn't take long for the search team to come back with pale faces.
"Chief, we found a tent with a lot of explosives."
Jia Han stood up and started walking. Bei Nuan and Lu Xingchi followed after him.
Since only a few houses had been built, most people were living in tents. Many things were piled up in tents that served as temporary warehouses.
One of the tents contained statues of the water god, wooden boards for the altar, treasures, banners, curtains, etc. The tent wasn't big, so big and small items were piled on top of each other.
And now, a lot of detonators and explosives had appeared inside the tent.