CHAPTER 591: CHAPTER 589: PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY

Truly, it was the first time Su Mo had seen so many women picking up weapons. She seriously said to them, "We are just passing by, there’s no need to point these things at us."

"Are you folks from Hua Nong! Speak!"

Not only did these people not listen to Su Mo, but one of them directly pressed a dagger against her neck, and several others had their superpowers emerging from their hands.

Su Mo sighed. With a move so quick no one noticed how she did it, the original threatening posture shifted to her having the dagger pressed against the woman’s neck, "I’ll say this once again, we mean no harm; we are just passing through."

With their leader captured, these women simply wouldn’t listen to her. They treated them as dire enemies, throwing their weapons and superpowers at them.

Lu Chen conjured an Ice Shield to block the attack and his Level 7 pressure dispersed, immediately weakening their ability to attack until they collapsed to their knees, vomiting blood.

"Do it moderately," he said indifferently, pulling back all his suppressive aura.

Su Mo also pushed the woman in her hand back, "Do you understand what we mean now?"

The superpower far surpassing theirs finally made the women react, "You... are outsiders?"

Su Mo nodded, "This is the shortest route; it’s just a coincidence for us."

The women looked at each other, then suddenly turned around to whisper among themselves. When they turned back around, their expressions had changed from ferocious to pleading.

"Help us."

Su Mo was immediately confused, "Help you with what?"

"Take back our supplies, save our women."

Su Mo straightforwardly shook her head in refusal, "That’s your affair, it has nothing to do with us."

"Su... Mo?!"

That voice sounded incredibly familiar. Turning her head, Su Mo saw the woman, her face crisscrossed with scars and missing an eye—it was Mu Rou, someone she had once saved in school.

Once they indeed recognized them, Mu Rou’s somewhat hoarse voice carried a hint of excitement, "It really is you!"

"Long time no see, how come you... are here?" Su Mo couldn’t help but start seriously observing these women’s appearance, noting that compared to before, their demeanor now carried more danger.

Mu Rou walked up to them, sighing amidst her excitement and spoke in a raspy voice, "Wasn’t there an earthquake not long ago? We were living behind the tunnel when groups of Mutant Beasts descended..."

"After we got separated, I ended up here... everyone is dead..."

Her expression was complex, as countless powerless students died in front of her, beyond running away, she could help in no other way.

"Hmm... Condolences."

Beyond that, Su Mo had nothing more to say.

She intended to take her people and move past them, but Mu Rou stopped her again.

"I know it sounds abrupt, but could you help us? We really are doing our best to survive," Mu Rou’s voice was very earnest, her single eye filled with desperation.

This woman was indeed pitiable, and Su Mo quite admired her. She paused and said, "You start by telling us."

"The people from Hua Nong captured many of our women. They also have a batch of weapons retrieved from prison. We discovered these things first, but he sent people who tracked us and stole all our found food, weapons, and women."

When she spoke with such righteousness, Su Mo rather understood why the women in front of her looked so indignant.

"What was with the explosion last night?" Li Qian interjected.

Mu Rou’s eyes flashed as she remembered, and she replied, "They tried to raid us at night to steal the remaining stuff, but they didn’t expect us to have set traps nearby."

"The mines attracted a lot of zombies, and their people were driven back by us, but our comrades are still in their hands."

Su Mo looked at Lu Chen, "What do you think? Should we help her?"

Lu Chen pondered for a moment and said, "Up to you."

Their schedule was relatively free, so Su Mo agreed, "Fine, but since we’re helping, we’ll need to charge a fee."

"That’s no problem, the supplies from Hua Nong could feed us well for two years. I can give you half directly," realizing she needed to play the part of the supplicant, Mu Rou maintained a serious face, and the women beside her didn’t object, which Su Mo quite liked.

"Do they have high-level fighters? Making your lives so difficult?"

"One Level 6 Superpower User, our highest is just Level 5."

Su Mo raised her eyebrows, "Alright, we’ll take it on, give me the address."

"It’s a large pharmaceutical tech company, their warehouse stores various medicines and food, surrounded by a dozen superpower users working together," Mu Rou immediately provided the address and some basic details.

Su Mo’s eyes grew brighter, and she said to Lu Chen, "Looks like we really need to make a trip there, a drug factory eh, just what the refugee camp needs as our medicine supplies are almost out."

Lu Chen clearly had the same thought, and their companions behind them all wore nonchalant expressions.

Mu Rou added, "I’ll have them get weapons to help you."

Su Mo shook her head, "No need for your people to go."

Her confidence made the women in front of them somewhat resentful.

Previously they had put knives to their necks, but now these people’s superpowers were so strong, they simply looked down on them.

Embarrassed, they stepped aside and let them lead the way.

People from Hua Nong were not far from where Mu Rou and her group lived, just a block away, so any slight disturbance was immediately known there.

"The materials they robbed from us are kept in an underground garage of a building, guarded by a couple of strange creatures," Mu Rou had mentioned.

Su Mo didn’t care much about this, and knowing the general location, the group set off immediately.

"We need to hurry; let’s make it a quick trip there and back."

Mu Rou wanted to come along, but Su Mo directly refused her; she did not need anyone’s help right now.

It was only a block’s distance. When a few people concealed their presence and appeared on the enemy’s turf, a man wearing sunglasses hidden inside a building curiously said, "Strange, why can’t I detect them at all?"

Su Mo and her group casually strolled down the main street, holding positions deliberately chosen by Li Qian.

The location of the company was easy to find as it appeared the most technologically advanced. The underground garage that Mu Rou had mentioned housed two strange creatures, and Li Qian had quickly identified where it was after scanning the block.