Too Exhausted to Catch Their Breath

The dense Black Fog hanging in the air was completely seen through from the perspective of Telepathy, without any obstruction.

Through his bird's-eye view, Shen Yi quickly locked onto the Mutant Black Spider's location.

It was on one of the middle floors of Building Six. Concealed by all kinds of mutated plants, it had woven a massive web, as if it had made its home there.

Around the web were several long objects wrapped in white spider silk.

Their elongated shapes made it clear that they were human corpses.

"Why does this Black Spider seem bigger than before I left home? Is it just an illusion because Telepathy lets me see too clearly?"

Shen Yi frowned slightly.

He could not be sure whether it was merely a matter of perspective. After all, the Black Fog had blocked his view before.

"Brother Shen Yi, what's wrong?"

Zhou Wan'er hid behind Su Yun and spoke cautiously.

Shen Yi had just entered the residential complex when he suddenly stopped.

The surroundings were filled with eerie Black Fog, and animal chirps occasionally rang out from the darkness, leaving all three women tense.

"It's nothing. Let's go."

Shen Yi observed the Black Spider for a while. Seeing that it was feeding and positioned in the middle of the building, he decided to test it.

At a distance of over ten meters, the Black Spider probably would not hear them as long as they did not make too much noise.

The reason Shen Yi did not use Instant Movement was that he wanted to test the Black Spider's attack range so he could prepare accordingly.

"Walk faster, and don't make too much noise." Shen Yi turned back and reminded the three women.

If one of them did something stupid and attracted the Mutant Black Spider, Shen Yi was not afraid. He could use Instant Movement to run away directly.

But they would be in trouble.

Shen Yi's Instant Movement could bring along only one person at most.

Perhaps Instant Movement's level was too low.

And bringing one additional person tripled his physical exertion, consuming far more stamina than teleporting by himself.

Although Shen Yi had plenty of stamina, he generally did not like bringing others with him.

Su Yun and the other two women nodded heavily, not daring to let down their guard in the slightest.

They even tried to keep their breathing as quiet as possible.

Just like that,

the four of them entered the building safely without drawing the Black Spider's attention.

Shen Yi also got his answer: when the Mutant Black Spider was on its web, it would not attack people entering or leaving the building.

The premise was that they did not make too much noise.

However,

when they entered the building and saw the blood covering the floor along with several corpses, Su Yun was so frightened that she immediately raised her gun in vigilance and released the safety!

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

Su Yun made her judgment based on her extensive criminal investigation experience.

There were bullet holes everywhere on the first floor, with no pattern at all...

After hearing that, Zhou Wan'er and the long-haired woman fearfully clutched each other's arms and followed closely behind Su Yun.

"Ignore it. Let's go upstairs." Shen Yi remained calm as he headed for the stairwell.

Su Yun froze, and her gaze shifted slightly.

From Shen Yi's attitude, she vaguely sensed something, but she did not say anything.

"Did you kill the people on the first floor?"

While climbing the stairs, Su Yun still could not stop herself from asking.

"Yes."

"..."

Su Yun fell silent.

Clearly, she did not think Shen Yi was someone who thirsted for blood.

But that bloody scene just now...

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

Hearing Shen Yi admit to killing people without hesitation, Zhou Wan'er and the long-haired woman both trembled in fright. The way they looked at Shen Yi changed, now carrying a trace of fear and awe.

Judging from the bloody scene on the first floor, Shen Yi had actually killed several people by himself without suffering even the slightest injury. He had not even changed expression at the sight of corpses...

What kind of mental fortitude was that?!

Was he really just a college student??

Zhou Wan'er and the long-haired woman were unbearably nervous.

But after climbing twenty floors, all their thoughts were drowned by exhaustion...

They were tired—so tired they could barely catch their breath.

With the elevator unusable, living on a high floor was simply torture!

The moment they reached the twentieth floor, Shen Yi frowned. He saw two men lingering suspiciously outside his apartment door.

Moreover, most of the aura surrounding those two men was black, their neutrality laced with hostility.

Their gazes were immediately drawn to Su Yun in her police uniform. Their faces lit up with delight as they quickly approached.

"Police! A police officer has finally come 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 them! Hurry up and arrest those thugs!!!"

The two men excitedly complained to Su Yun.

"Thugs? What happened?" Su Yun asked in confusion.

"The thugs on the first floor who eat human flesh! Officer, didn't you encounter them when you came up? They're worse than animals!!"

The two men immediately began describing the evil deeds of that group of thugs.

Rape, looting, murder, kidnapping, eating human flesh... they were simply demons!

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

Su Yun's expression became even more solemn.

She had not expected such thugs to appear less than ten days into the apocalypse.

Then,

she suddenly realized something and instinctively looked at Shen Yi.

So that was why Shen Yi had killed those people?

Because they were thugs?

Of course!

Shen Yi really was not the kind of evil person with no bottom line who killed wantonly!

As Su Yun let out a long breath of relief, the way she looked at Shen Yi gained several hints of affection.

If there had not been outsiders present, she would have wanted to hug Shen Yi and kiss him hard.

"Are you done? If you are, get lost. Don't block my door." Shen Yi paid no attention to Su Yun's expression and glanced indifferently at the two men.

"Y-you, what right do you have to tell us to get lost!? We need the police's rescue too! You can't monopolize rescue resources for yourself! This police officer should serve all of us! You have no right to be so overbearing!"

The man in gold-rimmed glasses was not afraid of Shen Yi at all. Instead, he thought Shen Yi was driving them away because he wanted to monopolize the rescue resources!

Yes, in the eyes of the two men, Su Yun, this female police officer, had come to rescue everyone in their residential complex.

"The thugs downstairs have all been eliminated. You are safe now! And I'm not here to serve you! The person who eliminated those thugs wasn't me either! Leave this place immediately!" Su Yun's tone turned cold, and her attitude toward the man with glasses changed at once.

Never mind whether she should serve everyone; his attitude toward Shen Yi alone made her extremely unhappy!

Shen Yi was her man. This man was merely an outsider.

If she were not a police officer, then just based on the way the man with glasses spoke to Shen Yi, she would have mercilessly cursed him out.

Su Yun had finally found herself a younger boyfriend, and she was fiercely protective of her own!

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

Little did she know,

if she had not spoken up, Shen Yi would have drawn his gun just now.

Suffer?

There was no way he would suffer!

From the fact that these two unfamiliar men had lingered outside his door with faint hostility, they clearly had no good intentions.

So Shen Yi would not feel the slightest guilt even if he killed them.

It was already the apocalypse. In Shen Yi's eyes, there was no such thing as a crime not deserving death.

If you dared covet my home, I dared kill you.

"Y-you're a police officer, how can you say something like that? Are you and him boyfriend and girlfriend? Fine! As a police officer, you refuse to save us ordinary people and instead protect your own man! How can you be worthy of that uniform you're wearing!?"

From Su Yun's attitude, the man with glasses seemed to realize her relationship with Shen Yi. He immediately flew into a rage and began condemning her from the moral high ground.

"That's right! Officer, you can't just abandon us! We're taxpayers, and your salary is paid with our tax money! How can you abandon ordinary citizens like us whenever something happens?" The other man in a suit also stepped forward to speak.

"You should protect us, take responsibility for our safety, and provide us with food and water!"

"Those are your duties as police officers!!"