***
Bonus chapter! Thank you to Fai for the donation! ^^
***
Ruan Qing directly ordered the man in the suit to bring over two bodies that had been gnawed on and reduced to mere skeletons from the other side of the helicopter.
Because even their brains were not spared during the gnawing, there was no zombiefication, and their bodies somewhat resembled him and the man in the suit.
With a bit of disguise, they would pass as the real deal.
After all, it was normal not to find intact bodies after a building collapsed.
Once everything was disguised, Ruan Qing, along with the man in the suit and what they had taken from the helicopter, left the helicopter and ran to a spot not far from the building.
Then he ignited the leaking oil in the car that had been smashed over.
The plan went smoothly; the chain of explosions from the car directly caused the building to collapse, hitting the helicopter.
Seeing that the four individuals believed he was dead, Ruan Qing breathed a slight sigh of relief. As long as he avoided these four, there shouldn’t be any problems.
Ruan Qing glanced at the man in the suit, who was still in a hypnotized state and directly applied another layer of hypnosis to him.
He was not allowed to return to the Eternal Life Laboratory. Whenever he encountered people from the laboratory or those four individuals, he would run far away.
And he should forget everything that had just happened.
After finishing all this, Ruan Qing pried open the intact car next to him and got in, driving towards the previous villa area.
He wanted to go back to find Xie Xuanlan and Jiang Shuyu.
Even though Ruan Qing could only use one foot for both the throttle and brakes, it didn’t bother him much. The helicopter’s speed was far greater than that of a car, so despite not having flown for long, they were already quite far from the villa area.
In addition to avoiding the zombies, Ruan Qing only arrived at the villa area in the afternoon.
However, there was no one left in the duty room.
Xie Xuanlan was missing.
Did he leave for something important, or... had he turned into a zombie?
Ruan Qing pursed his lips slightly, then drove the car towards the villa community.
There were still zombies roaming around the villa area at this time. When they heard the noise of the car, they excitedly rushed over.
Ruan Qing did not slow down or use the gun taken from the helicopter; he simply ran over them.
There weren’t many zombies at the entrance, so they didn’t block the car.
But Ruan Qing didn’t know if Jiang Shuyu was still alive or if she was still in this villa area, so blindly searching for someone was obviously quite difficult.
Ruan Qing tried calling Jiang Shuyu’s name and eventually found her at the supermarket in the villa area.
Seeing the zombies gathered at the supermarket entrance, Ruan Qing immediately drove the zombies away.
After luring the zombies away, he shook them off and returned driving.
Upon seeing Ruan Qing, Jiang Shuyu burst into tears, seemingly wanting to cry out all the fear and grievances she experienced over the night. “I’m so glad you’re okay. I thought...”.
“I thought...”
Jiang Shuyu didn’t continue but wiped her tears and showed Ruan Qing a bright smile.
“Welcome back.”
Jiang Shuyu didn’t know why, but ever since she first saw the young man, she had always wanted to say these words to him.
Welcome back.
Ruan Qing nodded and then pursed his lips before speaking, “Did you... encounter Xie Xuanlan?”
Jiang Shuyu paused for a moment and shook her head, “No, I discovered last night that this supermarket can provide shelter, so I hid here.”
There were zombies in the supermarket, and she used what Ruan Qing had given her to deal with them.
The supermarket’s door was not very sturdy and could easily be pushed open by zombies. Jiang Shuyu had almost used up what Ruan Qing had given her.
She had thought she would die here, but unexpectedly Ruan Qing had returned.
Ruan Qing looked at the person who seemed somewhat remorseful for using up items he had given her and spoke softly, his tone devoid of any concern for those items. “It’s okay. What matters is that we’re alive. Those things aren’t really precious.”
It was just some medicine mixed with his blood, not difficult to make.
After speaking, Ruan Qing glanced towards a nearby corner where several people were staying, survivors hiding from the zombies.
The people who had lured the zombies here last night were also among them.
Seeing Ruan Qing looking over, Jiang Shuyu immediately explained, “They are the people I met last night. I felt sorry for them, so I let them in.”
Originally, she had only felt sorry for one mother and her daughter, but when she opened the door, the whole group came in.
Now she couldn’t bring herself to kick them out.
Ruan Qing’s gaze fell on a mother and her daughter. The child looked to be only about three years old, being held in her mother’s arms.
That short-haired woman was indeed the same person Ruan Qing had encountered near the supermarket by the school before.
The child in her arms was likely the one she had mentioned before.
The woman with short hair noticed Ruan Qing looking over and hesitated for a moment. She tightened her grip on the child’s hand and finally managed to squeeze out a smile towards him, clearly recognizing Ruan Qing as well.
After Ruan Qing saw the woman’s smile, his gaze paused momentarily, unconsciously scanning the woman.
The short-haired woman looked very disheveled, with no bloodstains on her and no visible wounds.
But Ruan Qing was very good at observing people’s expressions and reactions, and the woman’s emotions seemed off.
The smile just now was forced to the extreme, carrying despair and repression.
As if she had reached a dead end.
But such a situation was very common in this apocalypse. In just three short days, everyone had to accept that the apocalypse had truly arrived.
People around them were dying all the time, and death had become the norm.
The people who were alive are also living in fear all the time, gradually becoming numb and desperate.
And this numbness and despair might be buried along with this island in four days.
Ruan Qing’s eyelashes trembled slightly, and eventually, he withdrew his gaze.
The things in the supermarket had long been emptied by the people from the neighboring villas, and there was nothing to eat.
Ruan Qing took out the food he had taken from the helicopter from his backpack and handed it to Jiang Shuyu.
The others in the corner immediately widened their eyes at this sight, swallowed their saliva, and a few even got up.
Jiang Shuyu originally wanted to refuse, but seeing the look of those people, she quickly ate it in just a few bites.
She had eaten something at the hospital yesterday, but she was already starving.
However, those few people did not stop; they stared fixedly at the backpack Ruan Qing was carrying, seeming to want to come and snatch it.
Ruan Qing took out the gun and expressionlessly pressed down on the trigger.
The gun wasn’t aimed at those people; it was as if he was just pressing it casually.
The faces of the few people showed a hint of fear, and they silently sat back down.
Ruan Qing was also hungry. He found a place to sit down casually, took out a loaf of bread, and tore open the packaging.
Just as he was about to take a bite, a young voice came from not far away.
“Mom, Xinxin is very hungry.”
The voice of the little girl was very soft, sounding somewhat weak.
The eyes of tne woman with short hair immediately turned red. She choked up and softly comforted the little girl, her voice filled with suppressed despair. “Xinxin, let’s eat later, okay?”
“Okay.” The little girl nodded and nuzzled her head against the woman’s chest, not crying or fussing.
She looked extremely obedient, enough to soften one’s heart.
The woman with short hair held the girl’s hand tightly, her eyes filled with tears.
xie xuanlan plss be alive!!
ReplyDelete