Demon hunter's Cooking Manual

Hui Lijing and Hu Qiandai charged out through the opening.

But the monsters were still relentlessly in pursuit.

Once, twice, three times...

The encirclement formed again and again.

And it was broken through again and again.

Yet the number of monsters hadn't decreased; instead, it had increased.

At first, Hui Lijing and Hu Qiandai could roughly remember the route they had entered from, but after Hu Qiandai unleashed a burst of energy, the two of them were completely disoriented.

Now, the two were hiding in a half-collapsed decrepit house, making their final stand.

Huff, huff.

Hui Lijing was gasping for air in big breaths.

Beside her, Hu Qiandai's face was also a little pale. The burst of energy earlier had drained far more than she had anticipated.

Their Physical Strength was beginning to bottom out.

"Damn it, why are these guys still following us?"

"Do they think we're easy prey?"

Hui Lijing grumbled angrily as the bullets from her Uzi submachine gun continued to rain down, forcing several approaching monsters to retreat. Then, leaning against a nearby wall, she quickly changed the magazine.

When the sound of those distinct footsteps reached her ears, she tossed out a grenade she had already prepared.

Boom!

After the explosion, Hui Lijing got up and started shooting.

Once again, the monsters were driven back.

Hui Lijing didn't dare to let out a sigh of relief as she quickly inspected her ammunition.

The submachine gun had two magazines left.

The pistol came with one magazine.

There was only one grenade left.

That was all she had.

Of course, she also had a dagger hidden in her boot.

But Hui Lijing didn't think it would be of much use in the current situation.

Once the ammunition ran out, relying on the ruins in front of her for defense would be like trying to stop a tidal wave with sand.

What now?

Hui Lijing furrowed her brows.

Hu Qiandai, on the other hand, had closed her eyes and was resting.

At the very least, she hoped to regain enough strength to help Hui Lijing in a better state.

"I'm sorry."

Suddenly, Hui Lijing spoke.

"Hm?"

Hu Qiandai opened her eyes, looking at her friend with a puzzled expression.

"If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have come..."

"Even if it wasn't you, I'd still have come back."

"For my 'moral principles'!"

Hu Qiandai interrupted Hui Lijing's words. The heiress holding a long blade spoke with a resolute and dashing demeanor, saying, "Even in the face of certain death, I have to uphold my 'moral principles'!"

"To die for 'moral principles'... I would die without regret."

"But..."

Hui Lijing, filled with guilt, wanted to say more, but her words were interrupted by soft, low sobbing—

"Wuuu, it's so scary."

"Monsters, they're all monsters."

"No, I can't cry, I mustn't cry."

"But not crying... I just can't do it."

"Waaa, I'm so scared!"

The sound of sobbing caught Hui Lijing's attention.

She couldn't help but walk toward the collapsed wall on the side of the house.

The collapsed wall formed a cornered space with another wall.

There, a young girl clutching a dandelion was crying softly. When she noticed Hui Lijing approaching, the girl immediately shrank back further.

When Hui Lijing saw this girl, she couldn't help but think of the young children like Cherry who would visit her shop every afternoon after school.

They were all so small, looking so harmless.

Although the girl in front of her seemed a bit unusual, clutching a dandelion.

But why hadn't that dandelion scattered?

It was round, fluffy, and kind of cute.

Unthinkingly, the look in Hui Lijing's eyes softened as she glanced at the girl.

"I mean no harm. I'm Hui Lijing."

The female detective intentionally lowered her voice, speaking gently.

The girl holding the dandelion still had tears in the corners of her eyes, but upon seeing the detective's pure gaze and gentle smile, she mustered her courage and responded in a trembling voice—

"I... I'm Yingcao."