Gu Mingwei

"Little brother, do you know me?" Seeing the man's impatient expression, Gu Mingwei could only force a smile.

He was used to others trying to please him, but today the tables were turned.

Lu Chengchuan's eyes scanned the man up and down. He was speechless and retorted, "Then do you know me?"

"Uh... I think this is my first time meeting you, little brother."

"Funny, it's my first time seeing you too," Lu Chengchuan replied testily.

Gu Mingwei heard the sarcasm. Once he realized it, the thick skin he'd cultivated in the business world couldn't help but flush slightly. He thought he was somewhat famous, but it turned out the other party didn't recognize him at all.

"My name is Gu Mingwei. These are my wife and daughter. Are you an Awakened, little brother?"

"You could say that. What's the matter? Hurry up and say it. I don't have time to chat here." Lu Chengchuan didn't want to say too much; he just wanted the man to get to the point.

Lu Chengchuan didn't care who he was. If he kept dragging things out, he was going to leave.

"Wait, it's dangerous here. I want to hire you with money to protect us."

Seeing that the man was about to leave, Gu Mingwei didn't care about anything else and quickly spoke up.

Gunshots had been ringing out continuously, and the monsters' roars hadn't stopped either. Gu Mingwei was terrified. If another monster came, they wouldn't know where to run.

"Spend money to protect you? What's the price?"

"You name it. As long as the price is right, I won't haggle."

Gu Mingwei told him to name his price, saying he wouldn't haggle, but Lu Chengchuan knew that if he asked for an exorbitant amount, the other party wouldn't agree.

He also needed money. Since the other party was willing to pay for safety, he held up three fingers.

"Three people, three million. How about it?"

"No problem! Three million it is!"

Looking at the three fingers the other party held up, Gu Mingwei didn't hesitate and immediately nodded in agreement. Three million wasn't expensive. As long as he survived, he would have plenty of opportunities to earn that three million back.

"Which way are you folks heading? Do you still want this car?"

The wreckage of the luxury car lay on the road. Two of its doors had been violently ripped open, and a lot of glass was shattered. The car looked like it was totaled.

"Forget about it. I'll have someone take care of it. We're going to..."

Before Gu Mingwei could finish speaking, a group of low-level zombies suddenly jumped out of the shadows. Seeing the monsters jump out, Gu Mingwei and his wife and daughter were so frightened that they retreated again and again.

Lu Chengchuan stepped forward and tore open the throats of several zombies with a wave of his hand.

Foul air leaked out of their throats, and Lu Chengchuan pushed his palms out, knocking them to the ground.

"Follow me!"

Seeing more zombies surrounding them, he quickly told them to move forward. He wasn't afraid of these low-level zombies, but Gu Mingwei and the others were. They were just ordinary people; if the zombies caught up to them, they would die.

The three of them didn't dare to speak and quickly followed Lu Chengchuan.

As the zombies attacked, many people abandoned their cars and fled. Lu Chengchuan didn't care about those people; he only protected the three behind him.

Gu Mingwei and the others ran wildly ahead, but because they didn't exercise regularly, they were panting after running for only a few minutes and had to stop to rest.

"I... I can't run anymore," Gu Mingwei felt very hot, and his lungs felt like they were about to explode.

The three of them gasped for breath. They never thought they would have such a miserable day. Those damned monsters!

"Big boss, take a look behind you. If you don't run, I won't be able to protect you."

Lu Chengchuan was speechless. These people's physical fitness was only slightly better than his when he was seriously ill, and they were simply unqualified compared to ordinary people. Those who had started running later had already surpassed them.

But he had accepted the money to do the job. Three million was enough for him to pay off his debts and still have a surplus, so he still walked behind the three of them.

Zombies jumped up one after another. Lu Chengchuan used '

Eagle Claw

' to kill them one by one, but he only had two hands, and he couldn't kill them as fast as the zombies were surrounding them.

The three of them looked back and discovered that the zombies were really surrounding them. Although Lu Chengchuan was like a war god, he couldn't hold out because he was only one person. If they didn't run, they really wouldn't be able to leave.

"Quick, run..." Gu Mingwei had to use all his strength to say those words.

After saying that, he squeezed out the last bit of strength and ran forward with his family.

Thank goodness.

Lu Chengchuan thought to himself. This money was really hard to earn. The big boss and his family didn't seem to do any exercise at all. Now they couldn't even run a short distance.

They ran in front, and Lu Chengchuan killed zombies behind them.

More and more zombies jumped over. Fortunately, the commotion here attracted the attention of the soldiers, and some of them quickly returned to cover the residents' escape.

With the help of the soldiers, Lu Chengchuan's pressure was greatly reduced. He killed several zombies around him and returned behind Gu Mingwei with a few quick steps.

"Let's go."

Lu Chengchuan covered their escape, and Gu Mingwei and his family didn't dare to stop.

They ran for a few more minutes until there were no zombies behind them before they stopped to catch their breath.

"Huff... Huff... Huff..."

The three of them stopped and couldn't say a word, just focusing on sitting on the ground and gasping for air. Others confirmed that no monsters were chasing them and also stopped to rest in place. After a while, a team of soldiers ran over.

"Don't be afraid, we have controlled the monsters."

The soldiers came to reassure everyone, and seeing them there to protect them, the crowd felt a little more at ease.

The gunfire was still ringing out. Lu Chengchuan was curious about what powerful Monster it was that had been fighting for so long without being taken care of.

Unfortunately, he couldn't go and see. They waited here for ten minutes, and finally the gunfire stopped. Everyone stood up and looked behind them, all hoping that the army had dealt with the Monster.

At that moment, the soldier's walkie-talkie crackled to life.

[Monster has been eliminated. All squads, report your status.]

After developing internal energy, Lu Chengchuan's hearing had become extremely acute. He clearly heard the words from the walkie-talkie. The soldier quickly composed himself, turned off the walkie-talkie, and walked into the middle of the crowd.

"The Monster ahead is dead. Everyone, wait a few minutes while we deal with the body, and then you can all go home."

The soldier told everyone to wait. Most of the people present were car owners who had abandoned their vehicles to escape. If they could go back and drive their cars away, of course they would, since they had worked hard to buy them and couldn't just abandon them.

"Hello? I'm here on Tianxiang Avenue. Come and pick me up. Bring two cars and a tow truck. My car broke down."

Once he was safe, Gu Mingwei immediately called someone to pick him up.

"Little brother, please wait a moment. I'll transfer the money to you as soon as my people arrive," Gu Mingwei said, turning to reassure him after making the call.

Having run all the way, Gu Mingwei had personally witnessed him kill more than a dozen Monsters with his bare hands. While he was shocked, he was also a little scared. The man before him could take his life with a wave of his hand. Even though he knew the other party wouldn't do that, he couldn't help but be afraid.

"Okay, I'll wait a little longer."

Lu Chengchuan found a place to sit down. He wasn't worried about Gu Mingwei welching on the debt.

Half an hour later, the bodies ahead were cleaned up, and the soldiers notified everyone that they could go back.

The car owners who had run away returned to drive their cars away. Before long, the blocked road became clear. Lu Chengchuan waited for another ten minutes or so, and two luxury sedans and a tow truck slowly drove to the side of the road and stopped.