Too Out of Breath to Speak

The dense black fog permeating the air was completely visible through the telepathic perspective, without any obstruction.

Through the overhead view, Shen Yi quickly pinpointed the mutated black spider's location.

It was on the middle floor of Building Six, and under the cover of various mutated plants, it had spun a large web, as if it had made its home there.

Around the spiderweb, there were several objects wrapped in white silk, forming elongated shapes.

From their elongated appearance, it was clear they were human corpses.

"Why does this black spider feel bigger than before I left? Is it just an illusion from seeing it too clearly with telepathy?"

Shen Yi frowned slightly.

He couldn't be sure if it was due to his vision, as the black fog had been obscuring it before.

"Brother Shen Yi, what's wrong?"

Zhou Wan'er, hiding behind Su Yun, spoke cautiously.

Shen Yi had just entered the residential complex and suddenly stopped.

The surroundings were filled with eerie black fog, and the occasional chirping of insects in the darkness made the three girls very nervous.

"It's nothing, let's go."

Shen Yi observed the black spider for a while. Seeing that it was feeding and located in the middle of the building, he decided to test the waters.

The distance was only about ten meters. As long as they didn't make too much noise, the black spider shouldn't hear them.

Shen Yi didn't use teleportation because he wanted to test the black spider's attack range to prepare accordingly.

"Let's go faster and don't make too much noise," Shen Yi said, turning back to caution the three girls.

If anyone foolishly attracted the mutated black spider, Shen Yi wouldn't be afraid; he could use Instant Movement to escape.

But they would be in trouble.

Shen Yi's teleportation could only take one person at most.

Perhaps the level of Instant Movement was too low.

Furthermore, bringing an extra person would triple his stamina consumption, far more than teleporting alone.

Although Shen Yi had plenty of stamina, he generally disliked bringing others.

Su Yun and the other two girls nodded heavily, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

They even tried to lighten their breathing as much as possible.

Thus, The four of them entered the building safely without attracting the black spider's attention.

Shen Yi also got his answer: the mutated black spider wouldn't attack people entering or leaving the building when it was in its web.

The prerequisite was not to make too much noise.

However, Upon entering the building and seeing blood all over the floor, along with several corpses, Su Yun was startled and immediately raised her gun in alert, disengaging the safety!

"Shen Yi, there was a conflict here. These bodies have gunshot wounds, and there are many bullet holes on the walls. At least three gunmen fired..."

Su Yun concluded based on her extensive criminal investigation experience.

Because the bullet holes on the first floor were everywhere, with no discernible pattern...

Hearing this, Zhou Wan'er and the long-haired girl clung to each other in fear, staying close behind Su Yun.

"Don't mind them, we're going upstairs." Shen Yi's expression was calm as he walked towards the stairs.

Su Yun was taken aback, her gaze shifting slightly.

She vaguely sensed something from Shen Yi's attitude but didn't voice it.

"Were those people on the first floor killed by you?"

While climbing the stairs, Su Yun couldn't help but ask the question.

"Yes."

"..."

Su Yun fell silent.

She had felt that Shen Yi wasn't a bloodthirsty person.

But the bloody scene just now...

Su Yun pursed her lips, her feelings at that moment extremely complicated.

Upon hearing Shen Yi's unhesitating admission of killing, Zhou Wan'er and the long-haired girl trembled in fear, their gazes towards Shen Yi changing, now tinged with a hint of fear and awe.

Judging by the bloody scene on the first floor, Shen Yi had killed several people by himself without sustaining any injuries, and he even looked unfazed by the dead bodies...

What kind of mental fortitude was this!

Was he really just a university student??

Zhou Wan'er and the long-haired girl were incredibly nervous.

But as they descended twenty floors, all their thoughts were drowned out by exhaustion...

They were so tired they could barely breathe.

With the elevator out of commission, living on a high floor was pure torture!

Just as they reached the twentieth floor, Shen Yi frowned. He saw two men lurking suspiciously in front of his door.

Moreover, the aura emanating from these two men was predominantly dark, neutral yet tinged with hostility.

The two men's gazes were immediately drawn to Su Yun, who was wearing her police uniform. Their expressions lit up with surprise, and they quickly approached.

"A police officer! Finally, a police officer is here to save us!"

"Officer! I want to report a crime! I want to report a crime! There's a murderer downstairs!!"

"Officer, hurry up and deal with it! Hurry and arrest those thugs!!!"

The two men excitedly poured out their accusations to Su Yun.

"Thugs? What's going on?" Su Yun asked, confused.

"It's those thugs on the first floor who eat human flesh! Didn't you encounter them when you came up, Officer? They're worse than beasts!!"

The two immediately recounted the thugs' wicked deeds.

Rape, plunder, murder, kidnapping, cannibalism... they were simply demons!

Zhou Wan'er and the long-haired girl turned pale as they listened.

Su Yun's expression grew heavy.

She hadn't expected such thugs to appear less than ten days into the apocalypse.

Suddenly, She seemed to realize something and subconsciously looked at Shen Yi.

So, this was why Shen Yi had killed those people?

Because they were thugs?

As expected!

Shen Yi wasn't some villain without principles who killed indiscriminately!

As Su Yun breathed a long sigh of relief, her gaze towards Shen Yi softened with affection.

If there hadn't been outsiders present, she would have hugged Shen Yi and kissed him soundly.

"Are you done talking? If you're done, then scram. Don't block my doorway," Shen Yi said indifferently, glancing at the two men without paying attention to Su Yun's expression.

"How can you tell us to scram!? We need police rescue too! You can't hog all the rescue resources for yourself! This police officer should serve all of us! You have no right to be so domineering!"

The man wearing gold-rimmed glasses showed no fear of Shen Yi. Instead, he thought Shen Yi was trying to monopolize the rescue resources by driving them away!

Yes, in the eyes of the two men, Officer Su Yun was here to rescue their entire apartment complex.

"The thugs downstairs have all been eliminated, you are now safe! Also, I am not here to serve you! And I wasn't the one who eliminated the thugs! You two need to leave here immediately!" Su Yun's tone turned cold, her attitude towards the man in glasses changing instantly.

Setting aside whether she should serve everyone, just the man's attitude towards Shen Yi made her extremely displeased!

Shen Yi was her man, and this stranger was just that – a stranger.

If she weren't a police officer, she would have scolded the man in glasses without holding back, just based on how he spoke to Shen Yi.

Su Yun, having finally found a young boyfriend, was very protective!

She was afraid Shen Yi would suffer because he was too young.

Little did she know, If she hadn't spoken up, Shen Yi would have drawn his gun moments ago.

Suffer?

He would never suffer!

From the moment these two strangers had lingered at his doorstep with a faint hostility, he knew they had ill intentions.

Therefore, Shen Yi felt no guilt in killing them.

It was the apocalypse, and in Shen Yi's eyes, there was no crime that didn't warrant death.

If you dare covet my home, I dare to kill you.

"How can you, as a police officer, say such things? Are you and him boyfriend and girlfriend? Fine! As a police officer, you're not saving us ordinary citizens but protecting your man! How can you face the uniform you're wearing!?"

Sensing the relationship between Su Yun and Shen Yi from her attitude, the man in glasses immediately became enraged and began to condemn her from a moral high ground.

"That's right! Officer, you can't ignore us! We are all taxpayers, and your salary is paid by us taxpayers! How can you abandon us ordinary citizens when trouble arises?" The other man in the suit also spoke up.

"You should protect us, be responsible for our safety, and even provide us with food and water!"

"This is your duty as a police officer!!"