Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 415 The Predator Trapping Plan (14)

"How will we know if we don't try?" Yan Zhen said. "Kidnapping an S-level mental power user means death, and staying here to kill time without kidnapping one also means death. Why not give it a try? What if we succeed?"

Shen Rong looked at her as if she were an idiot. Frustrated, she put the gun back in its case, turned her back, and ignored her.

Yan Zhen patted her shoulder: "We still have three years, don't give up easily until the very last moment."

Shen Rong turned his back to her and sighed softly after a long while.

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The next day, Haier fell ill.

During his time at the outpost, his injuries had mostly healed, but the loss of interstellar communication had dealt him a heavy blow, and he developed a high fever.

Yan Zhen gave him fever-reducing medicine, but it had no effect.

She traded a fighter jet to Leo for a base doctor to treat Heil. The doctor came with a medical kit, but shook his head after examining her.

“His problem is psychological; the medications I have on hand won’t work.”

After seeing the doctor off, Yan Zhen and Shen Rong looked at Haier, who was in a semi-comatose state, pale-faced and talking incoherently, with solemn expressions.

After Haier arrived at the base, Yan Zhen and Shen Rong's quality of life improved by more than one level.

Every three or four days, the rainwater collector on top of the spaceship would get clogged with yellow sand, and Haier, who was half-blind, dutifully climbed up to clean it on time.

Haier always manages to sort and clean up any supplies brought back from rummaging through garbage dumps.

Two meals a day ensured that the two had food and drink, allowing them to have more time to repair the spaceship and search for supplies.

Even the clothes and shoes that Yan Zhen and Shen Rong got dirty while out were washed by Haier.

Over the course of their time together, Yan Zhen and Shen Rong, though they didn't say it aloud, had subconsciously come to regard Haier as a member of the escape team, and there was a place for him on the spaceship that Yan Zhen was repairing.

He was showing signs of dying here, and Yan Zhen and Shen Rong had very mixed feelings.

We can't help it.

It's a real shame to watch him die like this.

After a long pause, Shen Rong hesitated before speaking, "I have a way to save people. It may not work, but I think it's worth a try."

Yan Zhen asked, "What method?"

“There’s a hormone drug in the red-light district pharmacy that’s used to treat sick girls. I saw Sister Mei give it to a girl with a persistent high fever, and she went from being on the verge of death to fully recovering in just three days. If we could get our hands on this drug, it might save her life.”

Red-light district...

Yan Zhen made a quick decision: "Then I'll go there tonight."

That night, Yan Zhen climbed onto the aircraft and put on his helmet.

As she was putting on gloves, a helmet was thrown up from below. Then, Shen Rong climbed onto the aircraft and sat in the back seat without saying a word.

Yan Zhen turned his head: "Didn't we agree that I would go by myself?"

Haier needs people to take care of it, and the bases can't be left unattended.

"I know the red-light district better than you do; we'll have a higher chance of success if we go together."

Yan Zhen wanted to say something more, but Shen Rong spoke first: "If you don't come back, neither I nor the refrigerator will survive. Since we're going to die anyway, it'll be more pleasant to die with you."

Yan Zhen was both amused and exasperated.

But since she had already said so much, Yan Zhen compromised: "Okay, then we'll try our best to come back alive."

The aircraft started up, and Yan Zhen skillfully avoided the dilapidated stairs and obstacles, flying at low altitude all the way, and stopped five kilometers away from the red-light district.

The two men, armed with guns, stealthily approached the red-light district.

Since the Red Light District was bombed by Yan Zhen and Shen Rong last time, coupled with the death of Sister Mei and the loss of contact with the Interstellar Array, its defenses are much weaker than before.

The two men, having practiced before, circled around to a weak point in the red-light district, snapped the necks of two guards, and quietly slipped into the nearest room. They then climbed up the ventilation duct, intending to enter the pharmacy through it.

Inside the ventilation duct, the two men moved about like rats.

Shen Rong was in front, and Yan Zhen was behind.

Every time Shen Rong climbed a certain distance and encountered a ventilation duct opening that let in light, she would stop and look down through the duct opening to determine her location.

After climbing inside the pipe for more than an hour, both of them were covered in sweat, so they stopped to rest.

At that moment, footsteps came from the corridor under the pipe, and there seemed to be quite a few of them.

Yan Zhen was right at the pipe opening, and she held her breath and looked down.

Upon seeing this, she was slightly taken aback.

A group of people passed by in the corridor. The man at the head of the group wore spotless leather shoes, a well-tailored three-piece suit, exquisite gloves, and a gas mask that looked like it was welded to his face...

Erection Bro!

After the group of people passed by, Yan Zhen clicked his tongue softly.

Hearing this, Shen Rong turned around and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Yan Zhen briefly explained his encounter with "Erection Guy" when he escaped the red-light district last time.

"This kid must be a regular. I've been here twice and I've run into him both times."

Shen Rong frowned, didn't reply, and continued climbing forward after a short rest.

Another hour later, the two finally arrived above the pharmacy.

The pharmacy was empty at this time. Yan Zhen removed the cap from the drain opening and he and Shen Rong jumped down silently.

Time was of the essence, and the pharmacy staff could arrive at any moment, so the two split up.

Yan Zhen remembered Shen Rong's description—hormone drugs are injectable medications, blue and white in color.

She went straight to the medicine cabinet.

After rummaging through the medicine cabinet for a while without finding any medicine that matched the description, Yan Zhen simply took a box of each medicine and stuffed it into his backpack, intending to take it back to the doctor at the Leo base for identification.

She was stuffing medicine into her bag like she was sweeping through it when something hit her on the back of the head.

She quickly turned her head, and Shen Rong, who was behind the medicine cabinet opposite, had obviously heard something and gave her a "hide" gesture.

Yan Zhen hugged her bag and shrank under the medicine cabinet.

The next moment, the pharmacy door opened, and two sets of footsteps entered one after the other.

As the footsteps drew closer, Yan Zhen's heart began to race.

Soon, a pair of leather shoes stopped in front of the medicine cabinet.

Looking down from the medicine cabinet where Yan Zhen was hiding, one could see the bronze-colored accessories on the newcomer's leather shoes.

It's Erection Guy.

"Still no clues?" came the man's deep voice.

Another male voice sounded somewhat guilty: "Sorry, boss, I... couldn't find it."

Upon hearing this, the man chuckled cryptically, "Ten years."

"The amount of trash dumped on N613 is enormous, and with the locator destroyed, finding it is like looking for a needle in a haystack," the man quickly explained. "Boss, please give me a little more time..."

"I'll give you a little more time?" The man's voice was laced with laughter, yet it inexplicably carried a chilling aura. "Am I giving you time to continue the search, or am I giving you time to stall until N613 disintegrates and there's no way to prove anything?"

The man's voice paused, startled: "Boss, I don't understand what you mean..."

"Someone followed me to N613 tonight. You don't think I didn't know, do you?"

The sound of a bullet being chambered rang out, and the man's voice immediately turned terrified: "Boss, no... I was forced, I had no choice..."

A silenced gunshot rang out, abruptly silencing the man's pleading voice.

Then came the sound of the body falling to the ground.

Yan Zhen frowned slightly. She and Shen Rong were not very lucky. They had only been to the red-light district once every six months and had stumbled upon a murder scene.

She didn't want to meddle or cause trouble; she just hoped that Brother Boqi would leave quickly after killing the person.

The moment she had this thought, the owner of those exquisite leather shoes walked straight past the medicine cabinet and step by step to where she was hiding.

Yan Zhen looked up and met a face wearing a gas mask.

The other person tilted their head slightly, their voice tinged with amusement: "What a coincidence, we meet again."