Surviving the Long Night: Starting from the Gas Station and Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 46 The Prisoner, Cheng Qiushui and a Small Favor

Seeing Lu Sheng suddenly stand up, his expression changing from relaxed to slightly serious, Jiang Shutong and Lin Ran knew that something had happened.

"They're here?"

Lin Ran asked tentatively, and she saw Lu Sheng nod.

"If they don't come today, they'll have to come tomorrow. I'll go pick them up."

"I'll go with you."

After Lin Ran stood up, Jiang Shutong quickly followed, not forgetting to call Zhao Cai, who was squatting in the corner.

The three people and the dog got into the car, and soon they arrived at the northeast gate. In the pitch-black night, a bus with its lights off was parked there, and there were several carcasses of ferocious beasts around it.

"Excuse me, are you Station Master Lu?"

Lin Ran parked the car, and Lu Sheng had just gotten out when they heard a sound coming from the roof of the bus.

"It's me, Lu Sheng. Are you in charge of escorting them, or...?"

"Escort, haha, what a tricky term. It seems the stationmaster already knows who we are."

A figure jumped off the car roof and landed in the spot illuminated by the car's headlights. It was a man with agile movements and a handsome appearance.

Notably, he was covered in blood.

"Nice to meet you, stationmaster. My name is Cheng Qiushui. I'm one of these prisoners... oh no, professional construction workers, and also the safety officer. I'm responsible for solving any problems this unmanned transport vehicle might encounter on the road and ensuring it arrives on time."

He gave a brief self-introduction and was about to step forward when he saw a long gun protruding from the driver's seat of the car, pointing at him.

"What are you hiding in your right hand?"

Lin Ran questioned him, but Cheng Qiushui smiled faintly, raised his hand, and grabbed a short knife that was soaked in blood.

"A small knife for self-defense. As you can see, when I stopped it here, it attracted some ferocious beasts. I dealt with them rather hastily and didn't have time to greet you all in better condition."

He looked at Lu Sheng as he spoke:

"I hope the site administrator won't mind."

Lu Sheng nodded:

"It's alright. If you had come earlier, you could have participated in a major battle. This morning, there was a clustering phenomenon here."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Qiushui was slightly taken aback, then smiled helplessly:

"Upon hearing this news, the good workers on that truck must be heartbroken."

Later, Lu Sheng confirmed Cheng Qiushui's identity through electronic documents bearing the family's mark and opened the iron gate for him.

Cheng Qiushui operated the bracelet a few times to guide the unmanned transport vehicle into the enclosure, and then Lu Sheng closed the iron gate again.

"Station Chief Lu, let me give you a brief report on the situation."

After parking the car, Cheng Qiushui walked up to Lu Sheng and sent him a software message via the short-range transmission function of her bracelet.

After Lu Sheng opened it, he found that it was a prisoner management system, with specific functions including locating prisoners and disciplining them.

According to the software description, the prisoners were implanted with special devices that could make them lose consciousness or cause muscle spasms as punishment with just a light touch from Rikuo.

"Including myself, there are five prisoners in total... I mean, professional workers. We will obey all your orders until Golden Sunflower asks us to return, or at least I should."

During this time, we hope you can take care of our food, clothing, and lodging.

As Cheng Qiushui finished speaking, she turned to look at the unmanned transport vehicle:

"Currently, apart from me, the other four people are placed in hibernation pods and are in a deep sleep state. However, the concentration of the sleep spray will gradually decrease, and everyone will wake up in seven days at the latest. You can also wake them up in advance."

However, I personally suggest that you first research and learn about each of them before attempting to awaken them.

Lu Sheng nodded and retrieved Cheng Qiushui's file from the software.

"Cheng Qiushui, male, 28 years old, charges include: assault, embezzlement, murder, subversion... Why is it so long? Qiushui, just tell me straight, what are your main crimes?"

When asked this question, Cheng Qiushui pondered for a moment, as if organizing her thoughts.

After nearly ten seconds, he finally spoke:

"There was an organization that did something small, but they occupied a city and almost destroyed one of the ten departments of the Golden Sunflower. I was tricked by the recruiters and did some minor work there, but I ended up getting involved."

"What exactly did you do for a living?"

"Just... offering suggestions and such, the position isn't very high, like the second-in-command."

Lu Sheng fell silent. He felt that the fact that the person in front of him was still alive could only mean that corruption within Golden Sunflower was indeed very serious.

"You were quite good at using a chopstick just now. I didn't expect you to be a strategist."

"This knife was given to me by the top leader. I don't even know where her ashes are now. I just take it out and swing it a couple of times when I miss her. Ten years in prison, practice makes perfect."

"Can I take a look?"

Lu Sheng took the knife from Cheng Qiushui and noticed that the knife was damaged in many places, and the tip of the blade was broken off.

"Want it fixed?"

"The craftsmanship of this knife is quite old, and very few people understand it anymore."

As Cheng Qiushui finished speaking, he saw a burst of white light erupt from Lu Sheng's hand.

"Here you go."

Cheng Qiushui caught the flying object; it was his short knife, the cracks and nicks on it, as well as the broken tip, had all been restored to their original state.

The entire blade was brand new, just like the original one in his memory.

"this……"

Just as Cheng Qiushui was about to ask something, she saw Lu Sheng point her in a direction:

"There's a warehouse over there. You can make do with it for the night. There are people inside. Just knock twice. I'll arrange your accommodations tomorrow."

After giving his instructions, Lu Sheng got into the car and drove back to the folding house. Cheng Qiushui was still somewhat dazed as she looked at the knife in her hand.

After regaining his senses, his previously somewhat scattered gaze hardened, as if he had made up his mind.

Back in the folding room, Rikuo stretched as soon as he entered:

"I quickly went through the information of these people. There are three men and two women, and they are all talented. Fortunately, there are only five people. If there were more, I would be afraid that I would develop high blood pressure."

"What do you think of Cheng Qiushui?"

Lin Ran suddenly asked a question at this moment.

"It's hard to say, what do you think?"

"There's something very strange about it."

"How so?"

Lin Ran didn't answer directly, but instead asked Lu Sheng a question first:

"Lu Sheng, do you still remember how he looked when he was waiting for us?"

"Sitting on the roof of the car, what's wrong?"

Do you remember what the headlights of that car looked like?

"Of course, its headlights..."

At this point, Lu Sheng suddenly fell silent.

"That car didn't have headlights."

Lin Ran revealed the answer:

"Because it was driverless, this function was not needed. There were no headlights, and the vehicle was in the middle of the road. In such an extremely dim light environment, he killed three ferocious beasts all by himself without a scratch."

Lu Sheng could completely understand this abnormality. He opened Cheng Qiushui's file again and flipped through several pages of criminal statements before finally finding Cheng Qiushui's past experiences.