Apocalypse: The Great Reset
Chapter 16

Are You Trying to Get Me Killed?

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Jiudi's arrogance was merely a kind of bearing, or rather, a way of intimidating people.

But Eighteen was a living, breathing bandit.

The two of them were probably members of some southern gang.

Eighteen's status was clearly higher than Shang Jiudi's. From the way she fired at Ye Tianlong without restraint and cursed nonstop, it was obvious she was the sort of little girl who had been spoiled rotten. The fact that she had deliberately concealed her name was likely another layer of cover.

A gang? Chu Han smiled cruelly. Perhaps being associated with gangs had been troublesome in civilized times, but now that the apocalypse had arrived, ruthless people tended to live longer.

In times like these, the military could not offer the public much protection. Everyone had to fight for survival with real weapons.

It was just a pity—

Chu Han's gaze swept over Shang Jiudi's deliberately sallow face. It was a pity that such a fiery woman, with such a commanding personality, would attract plenty of trouble no matter how low-profile she tried to be.

Ye Tianlong had not expected Eighteen to suddenly start cursing. Feeling deeply unbalanced, he wanted nothing more than to tear the little girl before him apart. But with the gun barrel aimed at him, he did not dare show his displeasure. He could only force an awkward smile and say in his calmest tone, "We're surrounded by zombies. We're all survivors, so stop fighting among ourselves. Deal with the zombies first."

After speaking, Ye Tianlong stared intently at the guns in the two women's hands, the greed in his eyes completely undisguised. If he had a gun, who would dare oppose him? Something like today would never have happened!

Shang Jiudi and Eighteen exchanged a glance, then both looked toward Chu Han.

Shang Jiudi's thoughts were simple. In her eyes, Chu Han was one of her kind, and judging from how composed he was, he could temporarily serve as their leader. She had some fighting ability herself, but lacked the talent to command others. Otherwise, she would not have been trapped here because of Eighteen's few rotten ideas!

Eighteen's thoughts were even simpler. She simply liked the look of Chu Han.

Both women looked toward Chu Han, who stood silently by the door, leaving Ye Tianlong stunned. Was this pretty boy actually their leader?

Hah! After all, they were just women. When it came to important matters, they had no opinions of their own!

Ye Tianlong's confidence swelled again as he plotted how to kill all three of them and seize the two guns.

"Deal with the zombies first." Chu Han said only that, then ignored everyone present and walked straight past Ye Tianlong toward the exit.

Ye Tianlong desperately wanted to swing his axe at Chu Han's head while he was not paying attention and split his skull open like he did with zombies. But he did not dare, because the two guns before him were still aimed at him.

Bang! A foot came crashing down from above and kicked Chen Shaoye squarely.

"What happened? What happened? Was that an earthquake?" Chen Shaoye sprang up. His fat body did not hinder his instinct to flee in the slightest, but as soon as he jumped up, he saw Chu Han standing before him with one foot planted on his soft, flabby belly.

"B-Boss?" Chen Shaoye looked confused. "What happened? Huh, why did I fall asleep?"

"You didn't die from it? Your digestive system must be pretty impressive." Chu Han gave a sarcastic smile and tossed the fire axe onto Chen Shaoye's fat. "Let's go."

"Go? We're leaving now? Where are we going?" Chen Shaoye still had not processed it.

Chu Han stared at him, murderous intent blazing in his eyes. "Kill zombies."

The empty rest stop had been filled with a large number of zombies. The once-silent place was now full of chilling zombie roars.

No one knew what had drawn them here, nor where they had come from. They had simply appeared out of nowhere, gathering outside the first-floor glass doors and constantly scratching and pounding at them with their sharp nails.

They wore all kinds of clothes, but every outfit was tattered and covered in dried black blood.

Second floor of the rest stop.

Ye Tianlong gathered everyone to discuss a solution. The survivors he had locked up were also released, and by coincidence, Zhang Ziyu and Gu Xiaotong were among them.

No one knew what had happened, but after three days apart, the two had become utterly haggard. Gu Xiaotong in particular was disheveled, and her clothes barely covered her body.

"Chu Han? Chu Han—" Gu Xiaotong excitedly tried to throw herself at Chu Han, wanting nothing more than to cling to his pants and cry her heart out.

"Chu Han! It's me! It's me!" Zhang Ziyu was equally excited, like a kidnapped child seeing his biological parents.

The moment they saw Chu Han, both looked at him eagerly. Unfortunately, after nodding at them, Chu Han kept staring downstairs through the window. The situation was dire, and he had no time to concern himself with anything else.

There were many zombies. By rough estimate, there were already more than two hundred, and their numbers were still increasing.

It was a zombie horde!

A zombie horde of this scale would have been nothing in the ten years of the apocalypse, but on the fourth day after the apocalypse had just begun, it was enough to wipe out every survivor in this rest stop.

Gulp! Ye Tianlong swallowed hard.

He turned to Shang Jiudi, who had been standing beside Chu Han. "You have guns. At a time like this, don't be stingy with your bullets. How about you go down to the first floor and kill a few first?"

Shang Jiudi gripped the automatic rifle in her hands tightly, magazines slung over her back. She shot Ye Tianlong a cold glance. "You want me to be cannon fodder?"

"I didn't mean that!" Ye Tianlong's gaze swept darkly over Shang Jiudi's figure.

"How about this?" Ye Tianlong suddenly glanced at Eighteen and spoke again. "Such a little kid can't possibly know how to use a gun. She can't shoot accurately anyway. Why not give the gun to me?"

Eighteen gave a feral grin. "Do you still want another shot?"

"No, no. I'm just saying, don't waste resources." Ye Tianlong hurriedly waved his hands, secretly resolving to kill the two of them no matter what.

"Fuck! Where did all these zombies come from?" He spat viciously, then suddenly remembered something. He roughly grabbed a lackey beside him by the hair. "Didn't I leave people downstairs? Where are they? Why didn't they report the situation? Are they trying to get me killed?"

"Boss! Boss!" The lackey's face turned red from pain. "There were only two walkie-talkies. You had the other one!"

"The walkie-talkie?" Ye Tianlong rummaged through his pants pocket, then suddenly flew into a rage. "Where's the walkie-talkie? Where the fuck is my walkie-talkie?!"

"Did you leave it in the room?" Lu Wan spoke up, trembling. Before the zombie horde appeared, she had been in the room with Ye Tianlong. But when he heard the commotion, he had rushed out before even fastening his pants. The walkie-talkie seemed to have been left on the bed.

"You?!" Ye Tianlong clearly remembered as well. His face turned fierce, and a vicious glint suddenly flashed in his eyes as he grabbed Lu Wan by the hair.

A bow of thanks to Mengling Xindou for the reward!!!

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