This so-called 5A-grade top-tier steak really did taste good.
Shen Yi thought it tasted better than any beef he had ever eaten. Perhaps the system simply produced superior meat.
Then again,
Bai Xinyi was a great cook, too. She had seared every steak to perfection, crisp outside and tender inside. Delicious!
Shen Yi ate a full five steaks for dinner!
Perhaps using Instant Movement all day had burned through so much energy that he needed to replenish it.
But that was fine.
Supplies were the one thing he had plenty of!
There was more than enough steak!
After eating his fill, Shen Yi replied to Zhou Wan'er's message.
Yes, Zhou Wan'er had finally messaged him.
She had finally made up her mind to come over.
She even said she would bring two roommates.
Naturally, Shen Yi had no objection.
The more women came, the more supplies he could unlock!
After replying, Shen Yi took out several power banks and gave them to the three women. He told them to fully charge their phones and conserve the batteries so they could stay in touch later.
Otherwise, if something happened at home while he was out, he would have no idea.
Once those little matters were taken care of, it was getting late. With the power out, Shen Yi and the others went to bed early.
Before going to sleep, Shen Yi checked the messages in the Building 6 group.
The residents had gathered on the eighteenth floor, spoiling for a fight.
Good. With that crowd standing guard, he could sleep more soundly tonight.
Tomorrow, he would deal with the thugs.
"Good night, honey."
Xu Wanting snuggled closer into Shen Yi's arms and murmured sleepily.
"Mm. Good night."
That night,
Shen Yi slept comfortably.
He had never slept so well, not even before the apocalypse.
Perhaps someone like him really was suited to the apocalypse.
The other people in the building, however, had a much worse night.
More than twenty residents gathered on the eighteenth floor. Most were men, with only a handful of women.
Every one of them carried a weapon of some kind: golf clubs, baseball bats, kitchen knives.
For a moment, they actually felt confident!
The thugs were vicious, but there were only six or seven of them. The residents had a full two-to-one advantage!
They had the upper hand!
And so,
led by a middle-aged businessman in a suit, they stormed downstairs to negotiate with the thugs!
Yes, negotiate!
No one wanted to fight for their life if they could avoid it.
If a fight broke out, people could die!
Unfortunately,
the thugs had no scruples. While the residents were trying to negotiate, they launched a surprise attack.
Caught off guard, the twenty-odd residents screamed and scattered. They were routed on the spot!
Six or seven thugs chased down more than twenty people with blades.
In the end, three residents were killed, two were seriously wounded, two were captured, and nearly ten suffered minor injuries.
Not one thug died. None was even seriously wounded; they had only suffered a few minor injuries.
A crushing defeat!
How could people who wore suits and ties and spent their lives behind desks stand up to killers with nothing to lose?
They had lost all will to resist at the first clash.
Shen Yi learned all this from the chat history in the group.
Residents who had lost family members poured out their grief, while those whose relatives had been captured begged others to rescue them.
This time, no one dared respond.
The thugs had broken their spirit the night before.
Now everyone only wanted to save themselves. No one dared risk their life; they were afraid even to step outside!
Ordinary people were no match for those desperate killers.
The thugs didn't listen to reason, and they really were willing to kill!
Resident of 1501: "Does anyone have gauze or medicine? My leg hurts so much. The wound from where I was cut last night keeps bleeding on and off. Please help me! I'm begging you!"
Resident of 1501 sent an image.
Shen Yi opened it and discovered that the injured resident was a woman.
Of course, he had opened the photo because the first thing he noticed was her bare leg. It looked soft and smooth.
Though the slash had left much of her leg covered in blood, he could still tell it was shapely.
He just didn't know what her face looked like, or whether she met the system's standards.
When no one responded to the Resident of 1501's plea, Shen Yi used Jiangnan Yan's account to reply in the group.
Resident of 2001: "I have medicine. Message me privately if you need it, but send me an unfiltered full-body photo first."
Resident of 1501: "A photo? What do you want my photo for?"
Resident of 0901: "What do you think? It's obvious."
Resident of 0901: "Wait. You on the twentieth floor, did you even show up last night?"
Resident of 1401: "The twentieth floor didn't contribute anything last night! Everyone remember the Resident of 2001. Someone that selfish doesn't deserve our help!"
Resident of 0501: "@Resident of 2001, get out! This is all your fault! You got my husband killed! What right do you have to be in this group!?"
Resident of 0501: "Bastard! Trash! Ill-mannered trash! Get out of this group!! You don't deserve to live! You should die! You selfish piece of trash!!"
Resident of 0501: "Your whole family should die!!"
Resident of 1401: "Well said. Someone that selfish shouldn't be allowed in the group!"
Resident of 1602: "Boohoo, my husband died when he went out with you last night. You have to protect me and my child..."
All at once, Shen Yi, who had done nothing to help, became the enemy of the entire building.
It was as if everything had happened because he hadn't gone.
Some people were like that. They didn't dare confront the strong, but they were happy to bully the weak.
But Shen Yi wasn't as weak as they thought.
He used Instant Movement to go straight to apartment 501.
Inside,
a middle-aged woman in pajamas sat on the sofa, hammering away at her phone as she cursed Shen Yi in the group chat.
It was as though venting like this was the only way to ease the pain of losing her husband.
She was so absorbed in it that she didn't even notice Shen Yi arrive.
Only when Shen Yi deliberately made a noise did she look up at him, her face turning to terror.
"Who... who are you!?"
"How did you get into my home?"
Shen Yi glanced at her phone screen and confirmed that she was the one insulting him.
"I get that losing your husband hurts. He was the only person you could rely on, after all."
"But..."
As Shen Yi spoke calmly, he raised a hand, and a pistol appeared in his palm.
The middle-aged woman's face filled with terror.
He had conjured a gun out of thin air!
Was he even human!?
"But what the hell does that have to do with me?"
"You dared curse my family? I'll kill you!"
Shen Yi pulled the trigger and shot her in the head.
Even as she died, the woman had no idea how she had managed to provoke a monster...
Having killed the woman who had cursed his family, Shen Yi felt much better. He used Instant Movement to return to his apartment.
For now, he ignored the others in the group who had called him selfish.
Once he had dealt with the thugs, he would take his time dealing with them.
They shouldn't mistake him for someone easy to push around!
Piss him off, and he would come for them through the internet!
Just then, the Resident of 1501 sent him a friend request.
Resident of 1501: "My phone only has 1% battery left. I can't take a photo."
Resident of 1501: "If you have medicine, could you please bring it over? I have photos at home!"
After those two messages, she suddenly went silent.
Her phone had probably died.
Shen Yi thought it over and decided he might as well go.
He had nothing else to do. If the Resident of 1501 met the system's standards, he could unlock a new supply.
And if she didn't, it would only cost him a little effort. No harm done.
With that thought,
Shen Yi used Instant Movement and vanished from the apartment.
"Ah! Shen Yi! Shen Yi just vanished into thin air!"
Bai Xinyi had just come out of the bedroom. At the sight, she cried out in alarm.
Then, heedless of any danger, she hurried to where Shen Yi had disappeared and anxiously searched the gaps in the sofa...
How could a living person vanish into thin air!?
Right in front of her, no less!
"Teacher Bai, don't worry."
Jiangnan Yan and Xu Wanting couldn't help laughing at Bai Xinyi's antics.
How could someone as big as Shen Yi hide in the gaps of a sofa?
They knew this was Shen Yi's new superpower, so they weren't particularly surprised.
They explained it to Bai Xinyi as well.
After hearing the explanation, Bai Xinyi flushed with embarrassment. I really can't adapt to the apocalyptic world, she thought.
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