Chapter 39: Return to Sha City

Number 2 gave a bitter smile.

"I'm all alone, not a member of the Shen family.

The Shen family pays me, and I work for them, that's all.

What does it matter to me what happens to the Shen family after I'm dead?

You managed to dodge the three shots I fired with my genetic lock activated, which is quite impressive.

However, unfortunately, even if you get out of here, you won't live much longer.

The Shen family won't let you go, and you'll never escape their extermination..."

Blood began to seep from Number 2's nostrils, but his complexion improved; he knew his time was running out.

"Let me tell you one more thing, Shen Jinbin is not dead yet.

With the Shen family's drugs keeping him alive, he won't die so easily..."

Number 2's lips moved a few times, but Lin Shi couldn't make out the rest of what he said.

"Shen Jinbin is not dead?!" Lin Shi's expression finally changed.

Shen Jinbin is not dead? How could he not be dead after such severe injuries?

Lin Shi wanted to know more details, but at that moment, Number 2's head tilted to one side, and he lost consciousness.

Lin Shi furrowed his brows, squatted down, and checked Number 2's pulse.

He was already dead.

He searched the man's body and found a satellite phone, a walkie-talkie, several magazines, and an ID card.

"Li Erhao..."

That was this man's name.

Perhaps knowing he was doomed, Li Erhao never let Lin Shi feed him the remaining half of the pill.

Li Erhao said that the Shen family was involved in other fields besides energy, and they were even cultivating people who could activate genetic locks.

So this was the reason why the Shen family was so dominant after the apocalypse.

In his previous life, he was like a frog at the bottom of a well, knowing nothing.

The fact that Shen Jinbin was not dead was completely unexpected for Lin Shi.

What could it be that allowed someone on the brink of death to cling to life?

Lin Shi spread his hand open, looking at the half blue pill in his palm.

He carefully put the pill into his space.

Shen Jinbin had suffered such severe injuries; even if the Shen family had miraculous skills, it was impossible for them to restore Shen Jinbin in a short time.

The journey's hardships could easily cause his condition to worsen, so it was likely that Shen Jinbin was still in Sha City!

Lin Shi stood up and walked towards the other corpses.

He quickly retrieved all the arrows from the bodies, collected the spoils of war, and then went to find the lifeboat.

It was nearly 1 a.m.

now, and there were more than 9 hours left on the countdown in the upper right corner of the treasure pot.

He had to hurry back before the solar storm reached Earth and find Shen Jinbin to kill him!

However, when Lin Shi arrived at the beach, he realized he couldn't leave at the moment.

It was raining heavily, the waves on the sea were surging, and the moonless sea was pitch black and deep, making it almost impossible to discern the direction.

A small lifeboat setting out to sea in this weather at night was no different from seeking death.

Lin Shi had no choice but to retreat back into the woods.

Waiting for the rain to stop and returning to Sha City to find out which hospital Shen Jinbin was in might be too late.

He had to get back to his safe house before the solar storm reached Blue Star.

Lin Shi remembered the satellite phone he had taken from Li Erhao, took it out, and dialed a number.

"Xu Qin, there's something I need your help with."

...

After hanging up the phone, Lin Shi found a slightly elevated spot to pitch a tent and rested with his eyes closed for the night.

Lin Shi didn't dare to sleep deeply in such a place.

When the faint light of dawn appeared, he packed up the tent, took out water and food from his space, and ate casually.

The rain had already stopped.

It was 5 a.m., and there were 5 hours left on the countdown in the top right corner of the Treasure Pot.

Lin Shi changed into a new set of clothes.

On the way to the beach, passing by the battlefield of yesterday, Lin Shi took another look at Li Erhao's corpse from yesterday.

Li Erhao's corpse had actually shown signs of advanced decay.

Just one night, no, to be precise, only about four hours had passed.

A lot of the skin on the corpse had already fallen off, and after being washed away by the rain, the muscles underneath were exposed, with some areas even faintly showing white bones, extremely terrifying.

Is this genetic collapse?

Recalling the few shots exchanged with Li Erhao yesterday.

Extremely precise anticipation, extremely precise shooting, and super-strong computational power.

Without external help, it is difficult for humans to achieve such a level.

The genetic lock, a terrifying double-edged sword.

Lin Shi walked towards the beach.

The sea had already calmed down, and Lin Shi pushed the lifeboat into the sea, got on, started the engine, and headed towards Sha City.

More than three hours later, Lin Shi finally approached the coast of Sha City.

At this time, there was more than one hour left on the countdown in the top right corner of the Treasure Pot, and the solar storm would arrive on Earth in more than one hour.

Lin Shi took out his phone and contacted Xu Qin,

"Xu Qin, have you found that person?"

Lin Shi told Xu Qin that a friend of his was severely injured and was dying.

He couldn't contact him and had gone out to sea, rushing back to see him for the last time.

He asked Xu Qin to help look for him in the major hospitals of Sha City and promised to send her a big red envelope.

Lin Shi told Xu Qin the name, age, and other characteristics of Shen Jinbin, asking her to start looking from the best-equipped hospitals.

Xu Qin originally wanted to ignore it, but when she heard that Lin Shi would send her a big red envelope of 20,000 yuan, she didn't even sleep and took a taxi to the major hospitals to look for people overnight.

"Found it, in the First Hospital of Sha City, on the 8th floor, Room 1 of the intensive care unit.

There are really many experts here for consultation, who is your friend, how can he be so powerful?"

Xu Qin yawned, her voice tired.

In fact, she found the person at the first hospital she went to, but she thought that if it was too easy to find, Lin Shi might go back on his word.

"Thank you, the red envelope has been transferred to you."

Lin Shi hung up the phone, found an unmanned beach to land, put the lifeboat into space.

At this time, there was 1 hour and 26 minutes left on the countdown in the top right corner of the Treasure Pot.

Lin Shi took out a duckbill hat and a mask, walked to the roadside and stopped a car, heading towards the First Hospital of Sha City.

...

First Hospital of Sha City.

Outside Room 1 of the intensive care unit on the 8th floor, there were more than a dozen doctors and a middle-aged woman.

Shockingly, these more than a dozen doctors were all famous doctor who often appeared in major newspapers and news.

These people should have been waiting for others to make appointments at Hai City or Kyoto hospitals.

But now they are all gathered here to discuss strategies for a person's condition.

"Drop, drop, drop"

Inside the ward, Shen Jinbin was bandaged all over and full of tubes, lying on the hospital bed with a weak breath.

"Doctors, how is my son? Can he be saved?"

The speaker was a middle-aged woman, wearing a high-end custom-made suit dress, looking very capable, a beautiful face slightly tired, with a hint of resentment in her eyes.

Last night, Shen Fanren, who had not contacted for several years after the divorce, suddenly called her and said that her son had an accident, and she was busy in Hai City and couldn't leave, asking her to take care of him.

Li Huilan only found out when she arrived in Sha City that her son was so seriously injured, that heartless man, beast, even his own son didn't care!

Only know to accompany that fox spirit!