Lu Xi’an heard the woman report her na, and his first thought was that there was hope for hitching a ride.
A good thing, this water and instant noodles weren’t given for nothing.
He carefully scanned downstairs. Quite a few hyenas were already dead, but there were still at least ten combined inside and out.
These hyenas were very smart. Initially charging aggressively, they now switched strategies and changed tactics, deliberately hiding behind cover to avoid being targeted by gunfire from above.
Because of this, Yao Wei couldn’t use her gun to kill the remaining hyenas.
Lu Xi’an searched around but couldn’t identify the leader among them, so he and Yao Wei continued to wait at the stairway entrance.
"You know a lot about these wild dogs?"
Yao Wei noticed Lu Xi’an’s gaze and asked.
Lu Xi’an replied, "Not much, just that these creatures are proctologists. I can’t figure out which one’s the leader; if you find the leader, it’d be easy to shoot him dead."
After all, he’d only seen these animals, ant to live in Africa, in videos. Even their "cack-cack-cack" calls were a first for him.
"Proctologists..."
Yao Wei repeated softly, her nerves tightening again.
Lu Xi’an felt that the woman was talking a lot more than before.
The standoff continued, and soon night fell. Lu Xi’an noticed the hyena pack becoming more anxious than before, suddenly guessing what these beasts were planning to do.
He imdiately issued an order to the chanical dog: "Gou, whoever cos up the stairs, shine the light on them."
The chanical dog had morphed into a box since Yao Wei arrived, remaining silent.
This thing was so intelligent that Lu Xi’an couldn’t tell if it was avoiding risks or hiding in the dark specifically from Yao Wei.
Regardless, it followed Lu Xi’an’s commands completely.
Once Lu Xi’an finished speaking, the chanical dog imdiately shifted from its box form.
Yao Wei’s brief astonishnt quickly vanished, her face returning to its original coldness and sharpness, though her side glance kept on scanning Gou.
Lu Xi’an suspected she was worried that Gou might attack her rear.
Night quickly fell completely.
On the night after the rain, the sky wasn’t very cloudy. But tonight there were no stars or moon, the villa was very dark, especially the staircase built near the inner wall, pitch black.
"Cack-cack-cack-cack—"
"Cack-cack-cack—"
"Cack-cack—"
The increasingly restless hyenas suddenly howled, as if communicating sothing.
"Gou!"
Lu Xi’an reminded, holding the submachine gun in his hands, with Yao Wei both tensed.
If Yao Wei couldn’t stop the hyenas later, he’d have no option but to open fire.
Suddenly, two beams of light appeared, illuminating the staircase.
One hyena, taking advantage of the darkness, rushed upwards but was suddenly exposed to Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei’s view.
"Bang!"
Yao Wei hesitated not a bit, pulling the trigger.
That shot was extrely accurate, a direct headshot.
The chanical dog’s eyes didn’t linger on the corpse, imdiately shining upward.
Another hyena was following, charging upward. The front corpse didn’t stop it, it leapt directly over the body, but just as it went airborne, it was hit by the sudden light and bullet.
"Thud."
The two hyena bodies layered together.
"Cack—"
The remaining hyenas seed frightened, their cries abruptly silenced, and none attempted to co upstairs.
And Lu Xi’an, witnessing the sharpshooter-like precision of Yao Wei guided by Gou’s eye beams, suddenly thought of sothing.
He didn’t waste any opportunity, saying, "Gou, sweep downstairs!"
The chanical dog had long been accustod to various commands from Lu Xi’an, no matter how brief. It analyzed and understood, imdiately scanning downward.
In the dark environnt, Gou’s dog eyes were unstoppable; it instantly spotted another hyena.
That hyena panicked and didn’t have ti to return behind cover.
Yao Wei reacted, firing another shot.
"Bang!"
The other hyenas imdiately scattered and fled.
The chanical dog didn’t use its eyes to scan anymore, evidently all remaining hyenas had escaped.
Lu Xi’an speculated whether the hyena that was killed earlier might be the leader of the pack?
"Gou, go down and check."
Lu Xi’an issued another command to the chanical dog.
The chanical dog then wobbled down the stairs, chasing out of the villa.
Its tiny figure was unseeable in the dark, but the tallic clanks it made when walking were audible to both Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei.
The two continuously followed the sound of the chanical dog’s footsteps, watching until they reached outside the villa where faint starlight cast an even fainter tallic sheen on its body.
Yao Wei’s gaze at the chanical dog shifted, showing so envy.
Lu Xi’an kept his focus on Yao Wei.
If Yao Wei’s expression showed even a hint of wanting to seize it, he would pull the trigger without hesitation.
The clip in his submachine gun was already fully loaded with bullets, at such a short distance and a surprise attack, he wouldn’t believe he couldn’t kill this woman.
But fortunately, Yao Wei rely seed a bit envious, not taking any action.
After a while, the chanical dog returned alone, its eye lights remained continuously on.
This was its signal to Lu Xi’an; if the hyena pack returned, its dog eyes would flash twice.
Now that they were steadily lit, it indicated safety outside.
"Alright, everything’s fine."
Lu Xi’an said.
Yao Wei also let out a breath and said, "Thank you."
This was yet another instance of her expressing gratitude.
Lu Xi’an finally felt at ease, realizing that this woman was indeed different from the rogues he’d t from the Wolf Gang and Dog Gang; she was a good person.
—At least she seed to be a good person in essence.
Good people are easier to deal with; otherwise, he wouldn’t dare to casually make requests.
"If you really want to thank , let hitch a ride. It’s impossible to stay here; I need to look for a new place."
He said to Yao Wei.
Yao Wei cast a steady glance at Lu Xi’an and said, "Trade for snow cream. That’s what you said."
Under the chanical dog’s eye lights, Yao Wei’s face was half in light, half in darkness, obscuring her weathered skin, making her look even more attractive.
But her gaze made her seem increasingly cold, as if absolutely unforgiving.
Lu Xi’an said, "Then you need to make sure to drop off at a livable place before letting off."
Yao Wei hesitated for a while before nodding, "Alright."
So Lu Xi’an started packing up his things, stuffing everything he needed into his backpack, taking what needed to be taken, and hanging up what Gou needed.
Those empty bottles that had been drained, he didn’t throw away, filling them with water from the outdoor swimming pool and took them along.
Yao Wei finally imitated him, taking out empty bottles from her backpack and filled them with water.
As for that tal bucket, she still carried it, really as Lu Xi’an guessed, seeking a gas station to fill up with gasoline.
While Yao Wei filled her bottles, Lu Xi’an went to check out the hyena corpses.
He instructed Gou to scan over, and as its dog eyes flickered, Lu Xi’an couldn’t help but sigh, "What a sha..."
"What a sha?"
Yao Wei finished filling the water and ca out to ask.
The bottles were already packed back into her backpack, causing the large backpack to sink significantly.
Seed she’d filled quite a lot of water.
"What a sha these dog ats are all poisonous, can’t eat them."
Lu Xi’an answered.
Yao Wei looked at the hyena corpses and also said, "What a sha..."
The two didn’t linger, walking out of the villa together.
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