Apocalypse: Launching a Counterattack Against the Villainess

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"The apocalypse is the same as a battlefield. No one who has managed to survive to this day is simple."

"None of us, including Michelle and me, have the right to look down on anyone."

"Of course, you can also ignore what I say and learn from your mistakes through practice."

After saying that, 'Grizzly' stopped talking and walked around the young man who was putting away the sights.

The stapler stood silently for a moment, then shrugged and started getting busy.

Although he was arrogant, he also knew that the veteran in front of him was not just a name without substance.

……

On the other side, Nie Qingyun had arrived at the office building he remembered after a short drive.

With Lingyuan Ellie by their side, they didn't waste a single moment as they traversed through the zombies.

The drone is currently on its way back, so it cannot be used for reconnaissance.

Nie Qingyun knew very well that if the three of them suddenly disappeared from the football field, the other side would soon realize something was wrong, so they had to find them before the other side was prepared.

“Next, my senior and I will go in to check the situation, while Your Highness will stay outside to provide support.” Nie Qingyun said as he put the girl in his arms down to the ground.

"No way!" Cheng Yuqiu's eyes widened as soon as she landed.

The word "support" sounded nice, but she understood perfectly well that Nie Qingyun wanted her to stay outside to avoid danger.

This is the only point that Cheng Yuqiu absolutely cannot agree to.

During the time Nie Qingyun disappeared after her battle with Liu Chengyuan, she felt utterly disgusted by her own powerlessness.

At the same time, she knew how happy she felt when she was being protected, so she wanted to share that feeling with Nie Qingyun.

“If there’s any place in this world that’s safe for me, it’s only when I’m with you,” Cheng Yuqiu added, as if she could read his mind.

Time was of the essence, and Nie Qingyun was also a little worried that something might happen to the young lady if she was left alone outside, so he nodded and went into the office building first.

The square hall seemed somewhat desolate, with several figures in suits wandering around. They glanced at a few people before looking away.

Nie Qingyun held Cheng Yuqiu's hand and carefully made her way through the area. Before long, they found the fire escape staircase leading upstairs.

Looking up from below, he could still vaguely see a few zombies wandering around the stairwell, which eased his tense mood slightly.

The others didn't have the same ability as the senior to ignore zombies, so the presence of zombies on this road meant that the group secretly observing them had taken a different route.

After briefly recalling the location of the window in his mind, Nie Qingyun led the two girls up the stairs.

The process went quite smoothly. Apart from a few zombies in the stairwell that they needed to avoid to prevent a chain reaction, the three of them went up to the sixth floor. Two more floors up should be where the group of people were.

Previously, in order to share the senior's "deterrence", the three of them almost always walked together. Now that they are about to engage the enemy, theoretically, Cheng Yuqiu, who has the highest defense, should walk in front with her shield.

Nie Qingyun stopped and turned slightly to the side, intending to move Ling Yuan and Ellie to the back of the group first.

Driven by [Resonance], Lingyuan Ellie behaved very obediently. Even in the state of [Blood Frenzy], she did not do anything excessive and simply moved backward according to the instructions she received.

However, at that moment, a "crack" sound suddenly came from beneath the girl's feet.

Chapter 233: Operation Crisis!

"Crack!"

The faint sound almost blended in with the sound of the shoes hitting the ground, and would have been subconsciously ignored by most other people.

But Nie Qingyun had been on high alert ever since he entered the office building, so he clearly caught this unusual, subtle sound.

Suddenly, a tremendous sense of crisis surged into his heart, sending chills down his spine and even making his muscles tense.

"Watch out!!" Nie Qingyun shouted immediately.

Almost instinctively, he grabbed Ling Yuan Ai Li's arm and kicked the pile of junk at the girl's feet.

As the cardboard boxes scattered, something seemed to fall to the ground with a soft "thud".

The three of them turned to look at the source of the sound, their pupils shrinking in surprise.

At the focal point of the view, an oval-shaped object, entirely dark green, lay quietly on the ground.

Based on its appearance, even Cheng Yuqiu was able to identify what it was immediately.

That was a fragmentation grenade whose fuse had been pulled!

Not only that, Nie Qingyun also noticed a tripwire made of transparent tape next to the grenade.

In an instant, an extremely dangerous word suddenly popped into his mind—booby trap!

Upon seeing this, Cheng Yuqiu's breath hitched, her beautiful eyes widened, and her mind went blank. She had never encountered anything like this before and did not know how to deal with such a situation.

This reaction is normal because higher education simply doesn't teach students what to do when they encounter a fragmentation trap in daily life.

The atmosphere was extremely tense, almost freezing the air and time. At this moment, Cheng Yuqiu stared blankly at the grenade that could explode at any moment, as if she could foresee the scene of Nie Qingyun and Ling Yuan Ellie being blown to pieces in the next second.

At that moment, only one thought remained in her mind.

If only I could stand there in Nie Qingyun's place, at least... with my high defense, I would have a slight chance of survival.

"Run!"

Cheng Yuqiu screamed with a sob in her voice.

The shadow of death hung in the air, but Nie Qingyun immediately dismissed the idea of ​​running away or picking up the grenade and throwing it away again.

Because he had no way of knowing whether the grenade's detonation time had been adjusted.

If this thing explodes in mid-air, its power will be far greater than that on the ground.

In the face of life and death, Nie Qingyun suddenly reached out and snatched the shield from Cheng Yuqiu's hand, using the concave side to slam the grenade to the ground, while simultaneously pressing his body down on it.

"Close your eyes and plug your ears, quick!"

"boom!"

The enormous, muffled thud sounded like the footsteps of a colossal beast, shaking the entire building.

Nie Qingyun was almost thrown into the air by the huge impact, but luckily he raised his feet in advance and braced them against the escalator handrail.

This seemingly insignificant action turned out to be the most crucial step in saving a life.

Because no matter how high your attributes are, without using any extra abilities, the force you exert when pressing down with your body will never exceed your own body weight.

However, although Nie Qingyun had thought of this in advance, he had not calculated the "ricochet reaction" caused by the explosion.

The stairwell was filled with sand and gravel, and Nie Qingyun's ears were still ringing. Even though he was physically strong, being so close to the explosion caused him to experience temporary hearing loss.

What brought him back to his senses was the burning, stinging pain in his shoulder.

Looking around, he suddenly noticed a metal rod about the thickness of a finger stuck in his shoulder, but there seemed to be no other wounds.

As the gaze shifted, a few steps away, the young lady and Lingyuan Ellie looked somewhat disheveled, their beautiful clothes covered in dust, as if they had been impacted, but they didn't appear to be injured, which was somewhat good news.

"Cough cough!" The pain in his shoulder, combined with the smoke and dust, made Nie Qingyun cough and wheeze.

Thanks to this, he became much more sober.

However, the sense of crisis in my heart did not subside at all.

As he slumped against the wall and sat on the floor, he had a vague feeling that something was not quite right.

On the other side, Cheng Yuqiu heard the coughing and wheezing and came back to her senses.

She was standing a little further away from the center of the grenade explosion, so she wasn't injured. She just temporarily lost her hearing and felt a bit dizzy.

Upon seeing that Nie Qingyun was injured, the girl's expression immediately changed, and she went over to check on him.

The effects of the explosion were clearly not over yet; she lost her balance as soon as she took a step.

"careful!"

Nie Qingyun's reminder came too late; as soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Yuqiu had already fallen to the side.

At the same time, Nie Qingyun finally realized what that persistent sense of crisis was all about...

A person who knows how to make tripwire traps would never simply set up tripwire traps.

"Ouch!" Cheng Yuqiu cried out and fell to the ground, instinctively closing her eyes.

Two seconds passed, but the expected pain did not come, so she couldn't help but open her eyes again.

To her surprise, she found that her body was tilted at a strange angle and suspended in mid-air, only a dozen centimeters above the ground.

Then, she felt a strong squeezing sensation from her breasts. As her gaze moved down, Cheng Yuqiu saw that her two big white breasts were being covered by two hands from behind.

That's why she didn't fall to the ground; Nie Qingyun caught her from behind.

Considering that the other party was still injured, Cheng Yuqiu immediately spoke up somewhat angrily:

"You, you're injured, and instead of sitting properly, you're thinking of touching and taking advantage of me!"

"You bad guy! Let go of me right now!"

As she spoke, she tried to use her hands to push herself up from the ground.

"Do not move!"

Nie Qingyun's tone was unusually stern. It was the first time Cheng Yuqiu had ever heard the other party speak to her in such a stern tone. She seemed to be frightened for a moment, her body stiffening and not daring to move.

The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

But after a few seconds, Nie Qingyun still didn't speak, and Cheng Yuqiu couldn't help but feel uneasy.

Just as she was about to ask, she suddenly noticed that a faint red ray had appeared in front of her.

The red ray was very well concealed; if it weren't for the slight dust in the air, she wouldn't have noticed it at all.

Just then, Nie Qingyun's voice came from behind.

"It's an infrared sensor."

A bead of sweat slid down Nie Qingyun's forehead. He endured the excruciating pain in his shoulder, maintaining his current posture and trying his best to keep Cheng Yuqiu's body completely still before controlling his tone and saying:

There's another one behind you.

"If nothing unexpected happens... it's likely linked to an explosive device with a power far greater than a fragmentation grenade."

"So Your Highness, please, no matter what, remain in this position and do not move..."

Chapter 234: Concentrating on Kneading the Dumplings

Words alone are not enough to describe Cheng Yuqiu's nervousness. At this moment, sweat was dripping from her nose, yet her whole body felt icy cold.

Her eyes widened as she stared intently at the red ray just millimeters in front of her, her heart pounding in her chest.

The ripples caused by the hand being pressed against her chest had long since disappeared, because she could feel the other person's arm trembling slightly from the pain.

If Nie Qingyun hadn't reacted quickly enough to catch her at the last second, the trap in front of them would probably have been triggered by now.

Perhaps only someone like him could discover such a hidden trap. An ordinary person would never be able to react in such a short time. No, if it were anyone else, they would probably have been blown to bits by a fragmentation grenade.

Thinking of Nie Qingyun's still injured shoulder, Cheng Yuqiu immediately felt a pang of heartache and couldn't help but say:

"It must be tough... I'm sorry, yes, it's because I'm too heavy..."

"This is not the time to talk about this..." Nie Qingyun's lips twitched.

For him, the young lady's weight was negligible. The reason his arm was shaking was simply a natural reaction to his shoulder injury.

Another reason was that I was a little nervous.

Although it is not yet clear what the explosive behind these two infrared sensor beams is, its power as a "second safety measure" is certainly no weaker than the previous fragmentation grenade.

Nie Qingyun followed the infrared rays to their end and discovered that the two rays were extending from the fire extinguisher box embedded in the wall.

The person who set up this trap was extremely cunning; Nie Qingyun guessed the general idea with just one glance.

The other side must have hidden the explosives in the fire extinguisher box beforehand, and then, after precise measurement, used bullets to create two bullet holes in the fire extinguisher box.

After the fire extinguisher box is closed, infrared rays will shine through the bullet holes, making it more concealed and insidious than the tripwire made of transparent tape used before.

In addition, it must be admitted that the young lady is really lucky.

When he fell, his upper body landed right between the two rays, without directly triggering the trap.

That's why he had enough time to deal with it.

"call……"

Nie Qingyun took several deep breaths to calm herself down.

Although the wound on his shoulder caused considerable pain, it was still within his tolerable range.