Invincible through Touching Corpses-Chapter 92 - 91: I’ll Buy You Time

Lin Xinghai’s brow furrowed when he heard what Ling Xiu said.

To go through so much trouble to get here only to come up empty-handed... honestly, who wouldn’t be in a bad mood?

But if they couldn’t find anything, there was nothing he could do about it.

’Wait...’ An idea suddenly struck Lin Xinghai. He immediately released his Perception Power, spreading it over the winery before him.

That’s right—he was going to use his Perception Power to investigate.

Of course, the idea was simple, but the execution was far from easy.

To put it bluntly, Perception Power was just a special kind of sense; it couldn’t be used to see things like one’s eyes.

To use a rough analogy, Perception Power was a bit like radar. Using radar to detect enemy movements was easy.

But using radar to survey terrain or search for objects? While not impossible, it was significantly more difficult than the former.

Naturally, Perception Power and radar weren’t exactly the same. It could relatively easily perceive the shape, aura, and movement patterns of living things.

It could also perceive inanimate objects, but it would only yield the object’s shape. He would then have to rack his brain to figure out what that specific shape corresponded to.

The difference between this and seeing with his own eyes was still huge.

For example, if he sensed a bottle-shaped object, Lin Xinghai would have no way of knowing if it was a wine bottle, a vinegar bottle, or a soda bottle.

Still, Perception Power had its advantages—namely, its ability to pass through any obstacle.

All he had to do was find everything shaped like a bottle and then check them one by one.

Lin Xinghai’s Perception Power swept through the winery, focusing on all the hidden corners.

But after a full sweep, he hadn’t found any bottle-shaped objects in any hidden corners.

There were a few bottles in the main hall of the winery, but they were placed in such conspicuous locations that if they were really what they were looking for, Ling Xiu and the others couldn’t possibly have missed them.

His brow tightened, and he had no choice but to expand his search radius.

Ling Xiu, who had come out to report, was initially crestfallen.

But when he saw that Lin Xinghai didn’t order a retreat after hearing the news, and instead closed his eyes as if sensing something, a flicker of hope ignited within him.

And Lin Xinghai didn’t disappoint him. In the next moment, his knitted brow suddenly relaxed, and a hint of joy even appeared on his face.

"Come on, follow me inside." In a flash, Lin Xinghai leaped down from the upper floor and rushed into the winery. Seeing this, Ling Xiu hurried to follow.

Inside, Yao Cheng and Zhang Meiling were still doggedly making a final search, but the disappointed looks on their faces showed they weren’t holding out much hope.

When they saw Lin Xinghai rush in, Zhang Meiling opened her mouth to say something, but she realized he wasn’t even looking at them. Instead, he walked to a corner on the east side of the hall and knocked on the floor.

"There’s a secret passage here. Smash it open," Lin Xinghai said.

Hearing this, everyone’s eyes lit up. They all grabbed rocks or stone pillars from the surrounding rubble and began smashing away. BANG! BANG! BANG!

However, the entrance to the secret passage was incredibly sturdy. Despite the continuous, heavy blows, the floor only dented slightly and refused to break open.

Lin Xinghai watched with a slight frown. He released his Perception Power again, sensing carefully, then drew the Vibrating Dagger from his waist and stabbed it straight down into a specific spot on the floor.

CRACK!

It sounded as if metal had snapped.

Then, Ling Xiu viciously smashed a massive rock weighing over a hundred pounds onto the ground.

BOOM!

The entire section of the floor caved in, revealing a short secret passage.

The group immediately headed down the passage, and soon, a cellar appeared before them.

Inside the cellar were rows of wine racks lined with bottles of red wine.

However, the cellar hadn’t escaped the cataclysm unscathed. A small section had collapsed, burying some of the red wine.

But at a rough count, there were still over a hundred bottles of red wine left.

"About how many Points are these red wines worth?" Lin Xinghai asked. He really didn’t know much about this sort of thing.

"This is all genuine red wine. If we sell it to the Mercenary Guild, it’s worth at least 500 Points a bottle. What we have here is worth at least 50,000 Points."

"But I have a feeling this isn’t ordinary stuff. If we sell it to a connoisseur, I bet the total value is at least 100,000 Points." Ling Xiu’s voice trembled as he said "100,000 Points."

Lin Xinghai’s breath hitched when he heard that. If it was 100,000 Points, his share would be 60,000 Points!

But this feeling only lasted for a moment before Lin Xinghai suppressed it. He immediately said, "Don’t just stand there gawking. The Zombies are coming. Move these bottles, now! And remember to find something to cushion them. These bottles have been sitting here for at least twenty years; they might be fragile."

"I’ll buy you some time! We have to be out of here in five minutes."

When the others heard Lin Xinghai say that Zombies were coming, the smiles that had just blossomed on their faces instantly stiffened.

And when they heard him say he would buy them five minutes, they were torn between hoping he was telling the truth and finding it completely unbelievable.

Even though the number and density of Zombies in Qingtang Town were far less than in the city, this was still the town center, a place with tens of thousands of them.

"Brother Lin, can you really hold them off for five minutes?" Ling Xiu asked, a mixture of excitement and disbelief in his voice.

"If you have time to ask so many questions, you have time to start moving this wine," Lin Xinghai said with a frown.

Hearing that, the others didn’t dare say another word and quickly got to work, looking for something to carry the wine in.

As for Lin Xinghai, he immediately left the cellar and rushed back to the surface.

Standing at the winery entrance, he surveyed the area and, sure enough, saw two Zombies appear on the road over 300 meters away, with a horde of Zombies following behind them.

Lin Xinghai didn’t immediately reveal himself to kill the Zombies. Instead, he went to where Huang Nuo was hiding with the multi-functional SUV.

"We found the wine. Go help carry it. I’ll hold off the Zombies," Lin Xinghai said.

"Uh... shouldn’t someone stay here to keep watch?" Huang Nuo asked, pointing to the Zombie Detector.

His most important task was to stay here and monitor the movement of any surrounding Zombies.

If anything unusual happened, he was to sound the alarm immediately, drive over to pick up the others, and be ready to break through their encirclement at a moment’s notice.

"No need. As long as I’m here, no Zombie will get near the winery. Time is tight, so hurry up and go," Lin Xinghai said.

Huang Nuo hesitated for only a moment before nodding.

If it had been anyone else—even their captain, Gao Mountain—he definitely would have argued his case. After all, the multi-functional SUV was their only guarantee of escape.

But since entering Qingtang Town, Lin Xinghai had more than demonstrated his incredible strength, so in the end, Huang Nuo chose to trust him.

Of course, before leaving, he didn’t forget to apply an Enhancing Superpower to Lin Xinghai.

It was the only help he could offer.