Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 309 - 308: A USB Drive

Chapter 309: Chapter 308: A USB Drive

"Master, everything has been taken care of." Rossi stood behind and reported.

Without his saying, Lin Tian had already smelled the pervasive scent of blood in the living room. Initially ten people, now only the last one remained—Cui Haolong.

"Take one last look at the dog you raised, now be at ease on your way. Having them accompany you will not make Huangquan Road lonely," Lin Tian said indifferently as he turned around with Cui Haolong.

Cui Haolong, seeing the bodies strewn across the floor in disarray, suddenly widened his eyes, his body uncontrollably trembling, even forgetting the pain in his own legs.

"You... killed all of them?" Cui Haolong stuttered, his facial muscles twitching, not knowing what emotion he was expressing.

"Every deed comes with a consequence," Lin Tian stated a well-known phrase, then continued, "Do you have any last wishes? Spit them out, though even if you do, I won’t help fulfill them."

"You..." Cui Haolong was so distressed he wanted to vomit blood. If you won’t help fulfill them, what’s the point of mentioning them!

"Just kill me, I have taken many lives in my lifetime, no losses there. But Lin Tian, even if I die, I won’t let you go as a ghost. I will become a Fierce Ghost and haunt you for a lifetime, making your days and nights uneasy! Hahaha, by killing me, you’ll spend a lifetime entangled by my ghostly spirit, hahaha," Cui Haolong said more and more crazily, finally bursting into loud laughter.

"You intend to haunt me as a Fierce Ghost? Heh, such ignorance breeds fearlessness," Lin Tian chuckled carelessly, exchanging a look with Rossi; both saw the indifferent expression in each other’s eyes.

Cui Haolong stopped his laughter, frowning and said, "Are you not afraid at all?"

He wanted to speak these harsh words before he died, to burden Lin Tian psychologically, perhaps causing him to hesitate and set him free, which might offer a sliver of hope. But he was utterly disappointed; Lin Tian’s emotions remained unchanged from start to end.

"Afraid? You are the one who should feel despair. Forget about whether ghosts exist or not, even King Yan wouldn’t dare to take me," Lin Tian brought Cui Haolong closer to his face, his words laden with strong confidence, then spoke indifferently, "Let me share a secret with you, why even King Yan dares not take me."

Cui Haolong faltered, unsure of what he meant.

"Roar..." A low growl reverberated through the living room like distant thunder, then his eyes flashed with blue light, his originally dark pupils instantly replaced by blue, and sharp zombie teeth sprouted in his mouth at the same time.

"You... you’re not human, you’re a zombie!" Cui Haolong’s eyes rounded with shock, his face filled with astonishment, lips trembling as he spoke.

"You can depart in peace. If there really is a Hell, don’t think about coming back, because I can still shatter your soul," Lin Tian said cruelly, his zombie teeth bared.

In Cui Haolong’s horrified gaze, Lin Tian opened and closed his mouth, biting through his carotid artery, blood surged forth, which he drank completely. Cui Haolong couldn’t even struggle and lost his breath in seconds.

"Bang!" With a sound, Lin Tian casually threw Cui Haolong’s body onto the ground, his eyes’ blue color fading, and the zombie teeth also disappeared, returning him to his usual appearance.

"Rossi, leave no trace," Lin Tian commanded as he surveyed the room’s corpses.

Rossi nodded, then opened his mouth, and black smoke drifted out, then like something sentient, it swept across the whole living room. When the black mist cleared, there were no more bodies in the living room, nor a single trace of blood, except for a cleaver and broken furniture on the ground, as if nothing had happened.

"Let’s go, set fire to this place," Lin Tian said looking at the broken furniture, frowning.

"Brother Tian, should we search the house? There might be something valuable inside," Rossi suggested.

"That sounds good. Let me take a look." Lin Tian thought to himself, and his X-ray vision activated, allowing his gaze to penetrate all the walls, scanning everything inside the villa.

Rossi did not know about Lin Tian’s X-ray abilities, so he was curious why his master agreed to search the villa yet remained standing still. However, he knew Lin Tian always had his own plans, so he did not say anything.

"Oh, there’s a safe in the study. Let’s go check it out," Lin Tian said with a smile as he retracted his gaze.

Rossi did not understand what that meant. Could standing here really allow one to see the safe in the study? He had been a vampire for so long and had never heard of such abilities, but he could only follow closely.

The study was on the third floor of the villa. Lin Tian moved quickly and reached the door. It was locked, but he simply extended his palm and effortlessly penetrated the door, grabbing the lock along with it.

The room was furnished with a tall bookshelf filled with books, all of which were new and had never been read. Many wealthy people nowadays liked to pretend to be cultured; they stocked bookshelves without actually reading the books, just to decorate the facade.

Lin Tian, not caring whether the books were new, approached the bookshelf and removed all the books in the middle, revealing a safe hidden behind it.

The safe was embedded in the wall, and books covered its front. If one were not informed, they wouldn’t be able to discover such a well-hidden safe.

"Brother Tian, what valuable things are here, to be hidden so secretly?" Rossi was also curious about what could be worth such secretive storage.

Lin Tian just smiled and said, "It’s not always valuable things that are hidden like this; sometimes personal secrets that people don’t want others to know about are also stored very cautiously."

Opening the safe required a password, but Lin Tian always preferred brute force. He could tear open aircraft’s alloy steel plates, so this safe was certainly no exception.

Lin Tian raised his palm, forcefully inserted it into the steel panel of the safe, then squeezed hard, destroying the password lock.

After the safe was opened, inside there were neither cash nor valuable jewelry, just a thumb-sized object lying quietly.

"Brother Tian, this is an encrypted USB flash drive. Why would Cui Haolong hide a USB in such a secret place?" Rossi recognized it at once and asked in surprise.

Lin Tian took out the USB, examined it, and noted that it was only as long as a finger, black, and had numeric keys from 0 to 9 on it.

"Why would a USB have numeric keys?" Lin Tian had only seen ordinary USB drives and was puzzled.

Rossi looked closely and explained, "This is a hardware-encrypted USB drive. The keys are for entering the password. Without the password, you cannot access the files inside. There might also be a self-destruct program installed, which will format and destroy the data inside if the wrong password is entered too many times."

"With security measures so tight, it’s definitely something shady. But he’s already dead. We’ll have the chance to crack it slowly later," Lin Tian said casually as he pocketed the USB, then added, "Go to the garage and get some gasoline, then burn this place down."

Rossi was gone for just a moment before thick smoke began billowing from downstairs. Lin Tian returned to the rooftop and saw that a large fire had started below, and people seemed to be rushing over from the distance.

After a few jumps, Lin Tian landed far away on the shore of Nanhu, completely leaving the villa behind.

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