Li Huizi's small face flushed when she saw the stockings.
Although she often wore various styles of stockings, they were only in black, white, and nude colors; she had never worn purple ones before.
Because she felt it was too strange and couldn't quite accept it.
Qi Xiao raised the stockings in his hand again, signaling her to take them.
Li Huizi pursed her lips slightly and reached out to take them.
She lifted her calf, took off her uniform shoes, rolled the white stockings she had taken off into a ball, carefully placed them inside her shoes, and then put on the vibrant purple waist-high stockings.
Then she put on the running shoes; this was the first time these two movement speed-enhancing items were used together on a mission.
"Amazing!"
Li Huizi moved a couple of times; it was fast, really much faster!
She felt her body become so light!
These shoes could even deform, actively conforming to her foot shape, perfectly wrapping them.
The stockings were also the same; the fit was great, very elastic, truly amazing!
Qi Xiao had so many magical items!
Feeling the movement speed boost from the two pieces of equipment, Li Huizi couldn't help but draw her knife and charge towards the nearest zombie.
It turned out that Qi Xiao's worries were completely unnecessary.
Li Huizi found it incredibly easy to kill these solitary, clumsy zombies.
She felt that even without the item boosts, those zombies couldn't catch her.
With one slash from Li Huizi, the zombie's head immediately separated from its body.
That knife was indeed very sharp, but unfortunately, it wasn't an item.
Otherwise, Qi Xiao wouldn't have been willing to give it to Li Huizi.
Qi Xiao put away the uniform shoes and white stockings Li Huizi had taken off, followed behind her, and collected the killed zombies into his jie bracelet.
To work more efficiently, Qi Xiao spent another eighty train coins to upgrade his jie bracelet to Level 11.
At this point, the jie bracelet's weight capacity reached nine hundred kilograms.
Once the jie bracelet was full, Qi Xiao stepped on the Nano-bugs and flew directly back to the Train.
After taking out the zombies, he immediately set off to return to Li Huizi.
Mantis Bro, controlled by Qi Xiao, began the cutting process.
Mantis Bro's scythe cut these zombies as easily as slicing watermelons.
In no time, he had them all segmented.
Li Xiucheng was responsible for classifying and boxing the cut zombie pieces.
This guy's mental fortitude was also good; despite this bloody, R-rated scene, he, who had just finished eating instant noodles, managed to hold back his vomit.
......
Because of the movement speed boost, Li Huizi became careless and was accidentally surrounded by seven or eight zombies.
Li Huizi, who was grappling with the zombies, completely failed to notice a zombie dog lurking in a dark corner behind her, poised to strike.
Just as the zombie dog suddenly burst from the shadows, growling and rushing towards Li Huizi, one of its dog legs was shot.
Qi Xiao, holding the ZZ Handgun in one hand, fired another Frost Bullet, precisely hitting its other hind leg.
Because it froze, the charging zombie dog tumbled head over heels.
It snarled at Qi Xiao, baring its bloody dog teeth, and made a rumbling sound.
Qi Xiao shook his head.
"You're much uglier than the Black Wind Monster."
He switched to Armor-Piercing Bullet and shot the zombie dog in the forehead, piercing through it.
Its dog legs stiffened, twitched twice, and then it stopped moving.
Qi Xiao switched to Frost Bullet and gave each of the zombies around Li Huizi a shot, helping her out of the predicament.
Qi Xiao nodded with satisfaction, feeling that his aim was getting better and better recently; he could shoot incredibly accurately even without wearing scout gloves.
Indeed, one had to shoot more with this gun; accuracy came purely from accumulating bullet usage.
With Qi Xiao's support, Li Huizi was able to catch her breath, break out of the zombie encirclement, and deal with them one by one.
It still felt insufficient; after only storing a few, the jie bracelet's weight capacity was full again.
Qi Xiao gritted his teeth and spent another ninety train coins to upgrade his jie bracelet to Level 12.
A Level 12 jie bracelet had a weight capacity of one thousand kilograms, a full ton.
At this moment, the upgraded jie bracelet flashed with a brilliant light, radiating an unprecedented glow.
The light that flashed this time was even more dazzling than with previous upgrades, and a bright red circular gem also appeared on the jie bracelet.
【jie bracelet Stage 1 is maxed out, acquired a Ruby. Unlocked Special Effect - Weight Capacity Doubled.】
【jie bracelet Stage 2 unlocked. This upgrade consumed one hundred train coins and unlocked a special storage slot.】
【The special storage slot can store items of the same type, counting only quantity, not weight.】
Qi Xiao felt the two-ton weight capacity of the jie bracelet; the surprise came too suddenly!
Stage 1, maxed out?
Now it's Stage 2, and upgrading will unlock a special storage slot that ignores weight? Does that mean I can slap the ground and collect the entire world?
That would be incredible.
Qi Xiao shook his head, abandoning his wild fantasies.
One hundred train coins... I only have twenty-three left now, truly spending money like water.
It's fine, Li Xiucheng can still exchange for one hundred train coins. And once we join the Order Heavenly Kingdom, Kong You still owes two hundred train coins as a final payment.
Also, Xi Jian's Arrival Reward module, I need to find a way to get that early.
Qi Xiao took a deep breath and began to clear the surrounding zombies.
Let's finish the current task first.
Li Xiucheng had just finished classifying and packing Qi Xiao's previous batch of zombie pieces and hadn't even had time to rest when Qi Xiao returned.
This time, the zombies Qi Xiao 'conjured' were exactly double the previous amount, leaving Li Xiucheng dumbfounded.
"Work faster, or you won't get any food."
After giving his instructions, Qi Xiao hurried away again.
Watching Qi Xiao fly away once more, and Mantis Bro tirelessly cutting up zombies, Li Xiucheng felt completely numb.
......
Finally, before dinner, one hundred zombies were successfully delivered under a mature assembly line operation.
Qi Xiao also gave the other party a few extra zombie dogs, and the other party was very satisfied, paying Qi Xiao an additional one thousand order coins.
Including the processing fee, Qi Xiao successfully received a total of twenty-six thousand order coins.
These order coins were all in one thousand denominations, a total of twenty-six bills.
They were no different from ordinary banknotes, but they had the emblem of the Order Heavenly Kingdom printed on them.
Converted, this was only twenty-six train coins.
Making money is truly difficult, Qi Xiao sighed.
At this moment, Li Xiucheng, who was so tired he couldn't straighten his back, slumped to the ground, opened his protective mask, and greedily took a breath.
Two big words were written all over his face—
Despair.
......
"Sit down, you worked hard this afternoon."
Li Xiucheng, who had cleaned himself, was clearly a bit uneasy. He raised his hand and pointed to himself, a look of disbelief on his face.
Just a few days ago, he was a prisoner of war, and today he could actually sit at the table and eat?
Qi Xiao looked at his expression and explained:
"My brother-in-law has been found, and you indeed didn't lay a hand on him. Don't worry, your life is safe."
Upon hearing this news, Li Xiucheng was so excited he cried.
Having eaten two bowls of instant noodles in four days and worked hard all afternoon, he was indeed hungry. He picked up his bowl and wolfed down several mouthfuls of rice.
Uncontrollable tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.
"No rush, eat slowly."
Qi Xiao picked up a chicken wing and placed it in Li Xiucheng's bowl, smiling:
"Xiucheng, work hard, and I'll let you eat your fill every day from now on."
"B-big brother, you're a good person. I beg you, can you please not hand me over to that bitch, big brother, I can be your ox or horse, big brother!"
"Oh, why talk about this while eating, it's such a downer."
"I don't even know when I'll reach Zu'an. If your bounty is canceled before then, I'll give you back your freedom. Then you can go wherever you want, or you can stay with me, it's all up to you."
"Really, big brother! Big brother, you are my benefactor!"
Xi Jian across the table looked disdainful. She leaned into Liu Liu's ear and whispered:
"Liu Liu, do you know what this is called?"
"Xi Jie, I know, it's called 'drawing a big picture'."
"Exactly, you need to learn to distinguish in the future and not always fall for his 'big pictures'."
Liu Liu looked confused, not understanding:
"But the Chief has never drawn a 'big picture' for me..."
Xi Jian sat back and slowly shook her head.
"Liu Liu, you're hopeless."
......
After dinner, darkness fell outside.
Qi Xiao went to the gravity carriage as usual, but this time he didn't Train. He took out the Level 3 treasure chest and retrieved the Muscle Enhancement Potion from it.
Looking at the light red liquid inside, Qi Xiao rolled up his sleeve and injected it.
As the liquid slowly entered his body, Qi Xiao felt a slight warmth in his lower abdomen.
He closed his eyes, feeling the medicinal power spread throughout his body.
His muscles began to tense, and his heartbeat quickened.
These were signs that the potion was taking effect.
A few minutes later, Qi Xiao opened his eyes, feeling full of strength.
He moved his limbs and found that his body had become more agile and stronger.
His heart also became more powerful, each pump of blood more forceful.
His previously nascent abdominal muscles became even more defined, and the lines of his obliques were smooth and very attractive.
Qi Xiao started the treadmill, ready to challenge the half-hour, five-kilometer run under triple gravity that he had never been able to break through!
......
Late at night, in the silent Raccoon City, rustling sounds emanated from various places.
Shattered glass in shopping malls, sewers beneath manholes, schools overgrown with weeds.
One, two, three, more and more zombies surged out from every corner, and in an instant, the streets became packed.
They all, as if by prior agreement, noticed Qi Xiao's brightly lit Train, and surged towards it in an orderly, tide-like manner.
Some zombies pushed open manhole covers, but before they could crawl out, they were trampled by the zombie horde, breaking their fingers, and fell back into the sewers.
Night fell, and the zombie horde arrived!