Even without cheats, we must survive the apocalypse

"What a pity." She said with a smile, a line that Chu Xiao was very familiar with.

Then, Shi Koti rushed forward and punched Chu Xiao in the face. The punch was so concentrated that before it even got close to his face, he could already feel the fierce wind.

In fact, at this time, Shikoti obviously had a better way to deal with it, and could more easily resolve Chu Xiao's sneak attack, but this woman seemed to do it on purpose. First, she punched Chu Xiao at close range, forcing Chu Xiao to raise his arm to block. Then, when Chu Xiao forced to close the distance, she immediately crouched down and took a step back, while raising her knee and hitting Chu Xiao's abdomen with her knee. Then, she launched a series of smooth punches, which made Chu Xiao almost unable to resist.

However, the man's expression was very strange. He took several heavy punches from Shi Koti and growled in a low voice, almost gritting his teeth: "It's you! Zheng Wei!"

This set of combos almost completely replicated the scene in the hospital!

Shi Kodi was not surprised. She deliberately used the same method as before, which was equivalent to admitting her identity to Chu Xiao.

The woman smiled brightly: "Are you surprised?"

Then he hit Chu Xiao on the chin with a heavy punch without mercy.

"You...are so cruel...you..." Even with Chu Xiao's current physical condition, he inevitably staggered a step, then fell to the ground and fell into a coma.

"'Zheng Wei', hearing this name from your mouth really makes me miss you." Shikoti threw the empty plastic bottle that she had drunk out of it casually, and the empty bottle was accurately thrown into a trash can not far away.

……

Chu Xiao was not unconscious for long. When he regained consciousness, it was not yet noon. He covered his dizzy head and found himself still lying on the cold ground.

"Well, you woke up much earlier than I expected. It seems that your physical strength has been greatly improved these days." A magnetic voice came from not far away. Chu Xiao looked in the direction of the voice and saw the woman leaning against the wall, sitting leisurely on the windowsill. "I'm ready for what to do if your girlfriend comes to find me."

Shikoti held a slender women's cigarette in her mouth, and the red spark lit up in the shadow. Under the white smoke, the woman showed a decadent beauty.

"Should I call you Zheng Wei or Shi Kodi?" Chu Xiao simply sat on the ground and asked the woman.

"Oh, it seems that after a good sleep, he has calmed down and can have a normal conversation."

"So this is why you hit me so hard? Tsk, you're such a vengeful woman." Chu Xiao shook his still dizzy head, "Actually, there was really no need to knock me out. I was always calm."

"Really? But when you attacked me, you looked like a berserker," the woman swung her legs leisurely and put out her cigarette. "As for the name, it's up to you. But I suggest you call me Shikoti. After all, this name..."

She paused for a moment and smiled a smile that Chu Xiao couldn't understand: "...It's probably my real name."

Maybe there was a story behind her name, but Chu Xiao didn't care about it now. He just felt a little strange that his "partner" had suddenly become an acquaintance he had only met once.

...Although the last time they met, both sides were still enemies who wanted to kill each other. As for now, it can only be said that they are temporarily in a suitable state. Once the goal is achieved, they may become enemies again at any time.

Chu Xiao didn't say anything. He actually hadn't thought clearly about what to do after confirming the other party's identity. He even felt that Shi Kodi deliberately let him discover her identity in order to make Chu Xiao realize that the other party had a weak spot in his hand.

Originally, Chu Xiao was just worried that he was hiding something from other companions, but now... Shikoti was clearly aware of Chu Yan's existence.

Chu Xiao rubbed his face vigorously and stood up from the ground. Although he was still full of doubts, he knew that now was not the time to get to the bottom of it... Besides, this woman's danger level was extremely high. Although they were nominally cooperating, Chu Xiao also knew that the two sides were by no means in a relationship where they could confide in each other.

"Continue training." Chu Xiao said, turning around and walking towards the boxing ring, "Or are you tired?"

Shikoti jumped down from the windowsill with a smile: "Since you are still willing to be a punching bag, I will naturally not be polite. But I suggest that you go back and meet up with your girlfriend first, and prepare for the inspection this afternoon."

"Inspection?" Chu Xiao stopped and turned to ask.

"Don't worry too much. The security department will just call you over to ask some questions," Shikoti said easily, as if it was just a very small matter. "I suggest you better not say the wrong thing, otherwise..."

"…You will probably be sent to Dr. Heidi's care."

Chapter 52 Security

When Chu Xiao returned to the room, even with Chu Xiao's extremely strong self-healing ability, the marks left by Shi Kodi's beating were not so easy to eliminate. Although he had almost recovered, Ruan Mengmeng saw Chu Xiao's bruised and battered appearance, and in a rage she immediately went to find Shi Kodi to settle the score.

It took Chu Xiao's persuasion to calm him down. Considering his current physical condition, this situation could not be called an injury, and he recovered almost immediately.

However, although Ruan Mengmeng was furious, Chu Xiao couldn't help laughing at the girl's appearance at the moment. During the time when he was looking for Shi Koti to train, Miss Ruan, who had nothing to do, didn't want to go out, so she simply followed Etta to learn how to make snacks. As a very professional maid, Etta's cooking skills were naturally impeccable, but although Miss Ruan had a high talent in fighting, she became clumsy when it came to cooking.

At least, when Chu Xiao came back, he saw that Miss Ruan's face and hands were covered with flour, and the kitchen was in a mess, as if a war had happened.

Etta was cleaning up the mess caused by Miss Ruan. Chu Xiao walked into the bathroom and prepared to take a shower first - the morning's exercises made him smell of unpleasant sweat.

By the time Chu Xiao left the bathroom feeling refreshed, Ruan Mengmeng had already tidied herself up and returned to her youthful, beautiful and charming appearance.

Because the kitchen was a mess, Chu Xiao and Ruan Mengmeng decided to go to the buffet restaurant on the ship to solve their hunger problem.

"Etta, don't follow me. Clean up the room. We will be back soon."

The maid nodded slightly and said respectfully, "Yes, Master."

Originally, Chu Xiao planned to take Etta with him, but considering that Etta might be a spy sent by Sir Lobelin, there were some things he couldn't say to Ruan Mengmeng if she was around, so he could only find an excuse to let Etta stay in the room temporarily, and the messy kitchen happened to be a good excuse.

"Don't worry, Aita!" Ruan Mengmeng got along well with Aita, probably due to the girl's bold and generous character. "I will bring you some delicious food."

After leaving the room, Ruan Mengmeng took Chu Xiao's arm, making the two of them look like a couple in love. The well-dressed gentlemen and ladies who came towards them all nodded and greeted them with a smile.

Chu Xiao forced out a smile to respond to these people's greetings, and his expression felt a little stiff. Their relationship with Anna had already spread in the small upper class society of this ship, so it was not surprising for Chu Xiao to encounter such active kindness.

Chu Xiao even believed that if he hadn't been accompanied by a pretty girl, there might have been a beauty coming forward to offer herself to him... In fact, he really encountered such a situation in the morning when he was on his way to find Shi Kodi for training, but he declined it politely.

Who knows how much of these gestures of goodwill are truly motivated by good intentions?

……

This is a large room inside the Nibelungen. The whole room is full of technology. A whole row of screens display surveillance images of various public areas on the ship, and there is a staff member guarding almost every screen.

Security Department, otherwise all issues related to the security of the Nibelungen.

There were nearly a hundred staff members, all of them were beautiful young women, but their expressions were as cold as machines.

"No abnormalities in area B1."

"There was a physical conflict between passengers on the commercial street in D2 area. We have contacted the nearby guards to deal with it."

"A low-level person has been found to have entered Area B6 without permission..."

"Everything is normal at the entrance to the lower passage..."

These beautiful artificial people kept reporting what was happening on the Nibelungen and dealt with it quickly.

After all, this is a fairly large ship, and the Security Department has a lot of things to deal with.

"The two targets have left the room and are moving towards the public restaurant." A woman in charge of surveillance reported to her superior. Although her voice was pleasant, it was smooth and without any ups and downs.

"Well, continue monitoring." The head of the security department is a tall white man with a serious look and a murderous aura. "When the time is up, immediately arrange a final review of them. We don't have any more time to waste on such trivial matters."

He left the room and came to his office. On the chair that originally belonged to him, sat a coquettish woman. She sat lazily behind the desk, with a pair of black legs in high heels resting on the desk, and she was wearing a white coat.

In the extremely solemn atmosphere of the Security Department, this woman's appearance and dress seemed out of place.

"I've brought you the latest confession of that unlucky guy. I guess you'll be busy again." Dr. Heidi didn't say anything nonsense, but just took out a document and threw it to the man.

The man named Angelo glanced through the documents Heidi sent and sneered, "Those lunatics who don't know how to live or die!"

Angelo raised his head, looked at Heidi who was still lingering, and said in a deep voice: "What are you still doing here?"

Obviously, the Minister of Security did not welcome Dr. Heidi.

"I'm not interested in your place," Dr. Heidi said with a smile, "I just want to ask you about the couple who saved 'Her Royal Highness'. Have you found out anything?"

"You are actually interested in this kind of thing?" Angelo snorted.

"To be precise, I'm interested in that man." The coquettish woman couldn't help licking her lips, "After all, I really like strong and handsome men."

"Although there are some doubts, overall there is no big problem. Besides, they saved the young lady, so as long as they have nothing to do with those crazy people, the few doubts are not worth investigating." Angelo said, "You will be disappointed. There is a high probability that those two people will not be able to reach your interrogation room."

"Why does it have to be the interrogation room?" Dr. Heidi laughed, changed her posture and crossed her legs, looking very charming. "Why can't it be on the bed in my room?"

Angelou sneered: "If you really care, I will allow you to come and sit in on the inquiry this afternoon."

At this time, Heidi seemed to remember something and asked Angelou, "Speaking of which, do you have any clues about the 'ghost'?"

Heidi was referring to the mistake that put Anna in danger. It was originally just a little game played by Mr. Jazz to teach his daughter a lesson, but the news leaked out from somewhere, causing Anna to be targeted by that group of lunatics. If she had not met Chu Xiao by chance, even if Anna had a locator installed in advance, she would probably have fallen into the hands of that group of lunatics before Shi Koti rescued her.

Because of this incident, Sir Lobelin was furious and almost threw Angelo into the sea.

When this question was raised, Angelo showed a headache expression: "We only caught a few rats that were deliberately thrown out to die. The person behind it was hiding very deeply."

Most of the security department's current energy is involved in this matter. Therefore, the surveillance of Chu Xiao and Ruan Mengmeng is not as strict as they imagined, and Anglu does not want to waste too much energy on them.

Dr. Heidi shrugged and said sympathetically, "Then you'd better work harder. Otherwise, regardless of what our bishop will do, Madam Sophia will not let you down either."

Chapter 53 Review

After enjoying a sumptuous lunch with Ruan Mengmeng, the two strolled around for a while and then returned to the room.

I didn't wait long in the room, and soon someone knocked on the door.

Chu Xiao took a special look at the time. It was exactly 48 hours since the two of them moved into the room. It was as precise as a machine.

Waiting at the door was a pair of staff in casual clothes. They bowed politely to the two and invited them to follow them.

Because of Shi Koti's reminder, Chu Xiao was not surprised. He just wanted to prevent the other party from suspecting how he got the news in advance, so he deliberately asked: "Excuse me, what's the matter?"

The waiter replied very politely: "It's just a necessary procedure after boarding the ship. You and your companions will have an inquiry meeting - no, please don't be nervous, it's just asking some personal information, it's not a big deal."

The waiter's smile was polite and gentle. If Chu Xiao had not discussed this with Shi Koti in advance, he might have been fooled and thought it was no big deal.

Aita stayed in the room, and only Chu Xiao and Ruan Mengmeng went with him. Led by the waiter, the two entered the elevator and walked into the cabin below the hull. When he left the elevator, he saw a space full of cold lines in front of him. People kept walking past them in a hurry, giving people the feeling that they were busy office workers on weekdays.

Chu Xiao remained silent, holding Ruan Mengmeng's hand with one hand, and felt his palms slightly sweaty. Although he tried his best to keep a calm face, he was still unsure in his heart.

"Actually, it feels like taking a sudden exam." Ruan Mengmeng held Chu Xiao's hand with a casual expression.

"So how do you deal with surprise inspections like this?"

The girl scratched her head and chuckled: "I hate exams the most, so when I encounter something like this... I can only pretend to be dead and sleep."

The banter with Ruan Mengmeng made Chu Xiao feel a lot more relaxed.

The two people were questioned separately as expected, but before coming, Chu Xiao found an opportunity to collude with Ruan Mengmeng in their testimony. Unless the other party asked any unexpected questions, there shouldn't be any big problems.

Chu Xiao was led by the staff to an interrogation room. There was only one table in the room, and one of the walls was a huge floor-to-ceiling mirror. Chu Xiao thought that this mirror should be the so-called one-way mirror. He just didn't know who was looking at him behind this one-way mirror.

He didn't have to wait long in the interrogation room. Soon, two people who looked like staff members came in with a document in their hands. Just as the two sat down and were about to speak, the door of the interrogation room suddenly opened again, and a tall white man walked in.

Chu Xiao felt the atmosphere in the room suddenly sink, and felt a great sense of oppression from this man. Obviously, the appearance of this man was unplanned, which can be seen from the reactions of the two people who came in first.

The two people who came in first immediately stood up and asked in confusion, "Minister?"

The man called "Minister" glanced at Chu Xiao, and then said to his subordinates: "You go down first, I will take over the review of this gentleman personally."

The two staff members did not dare to delay and immediately stood up and left the room, leaving the seat to the white man.

Since the previous conversations were all in a foreign language, Chu Xiao did not understand their conversation at all with his poor foreign language skills. But at least from the attitudes of those two people, Chu Xiao could judge that the white man who came in later should have a relatively high status.

"Hello, Mr. Chu." The man probably knew that Chu Xiao was not good at English, so he used non-standard Chinese. "Because your situation is special, your final review will be handled by me personally. You can call me Angelo, I am the head of the security department."

"Hello, Mr. Anglo." Chu Xiao politely shook the other's hand. It was a pair of extremely rough and powerful hands, which made Chu Xiao think of rusty steel.

After the two of them sat down, Anglo flipped through the materials in his hand and said, "Please relax. This is just a routine final review. It won't take too long."

"Really? That's great." Chu Xiao leaned against the back of the chair and pretended to relax. "It looks like it won't delay my girlfriend and I's dinner."

As for whether it is really just a "formality", neither the other party nor yourself will probably take it seriously.

"First of all, the first question is, do you know the 'Order'?" Angelo asked.

This question made Chu Xiao stunned for a moment. He had predicted the various questions that the other party would ask before he came. For example, why did he appear on that island, how did he meet Anna, who was the sniper who was killed by Shikoti's rocket, and whether he had other companions.

Chu Xiao felt that these were the only suspicious points about him, and he and Ruan Mengmeng were prepared to deal with them. However, he did not expect that this Angelo would not play by the rules from the beginning.

Chu Xiao pondered for a moment and said softly: "I heard this word from Anna, but I don't really understand it. I also heard a similar description at the dinner the day before yesterday."

"Now I can tell you that the 'Church' is a huge organization hidden in the shadow of this world. This ship, the Nibelungen, is the property of the 'Church'. At the same time, the owner of this ship, Sir Lobelin, is one of the bishops of the 'Church'." Angelo introduced slowly, "And all the staff on this ship, including me, belong to the 'Church'."

"In fact, what you have seen and heard here in person should be enough for you to know the existence and power of the cult."

Chu Xiao couldn't help swallowing his saliva, because he realized that it didn't sound like a question at all, but rather had a bit of... persuasion?

"I already know that the 'Cult' is a very powerful organization, but why are you telling me this?"

Angelo looked at Chu Xiao and said, "I think you probably think I will ask you what happened on that island, how you rescued Miss Anna, the origin of the sniper on Shanpo Mountain, and whether you concealed the existence of other companions?"

The continuous questioning created a huge pressure, making the atmosphere in the entire interrogation room extremely depressing. Combined with the tall body of the man in front of him, it was as if a mountain was slowly pressing down.

Chu Xiao did not panic, even though he realized that his little thoughts had been seen through and that the man in front of him was deliberately putting pressure on him.

He didn't change his relaxed look at all, and his eyes didn't evade at all: "Oh, and then?"