Zhang Ziyu broke out in a cold sweat. When had Chu Han learned to use a gun? Killing zombies, swinging an axe at high speed for so long, and now even killing people without hesitation.
Zhang Ziyu wondered if he was dreaming.
How was this possible?! Chu Han was just like him, a sophomore who had only turned twenty!
Gu Xiaotong's eyes gleamed, her heart pounding wildly. This was the apocalypse, not the civilized age from before. Money was completely useless! Gu Xiaotong deeply regretted mocking Chu Han, an out-of-town student, back when they were freshmen. If she had known he was so formidable, she never would have treated him that way.
The survivors who had originally stood with Ye Tianlong were drenched in sweat from fright. Just who was this kid?
Chu Han wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and his tightly wound nerves finally eased slightly. Although it looked as though he had hit Ye Tianlong in the head, only Chu Han knew that he no longer possessed the accuracy he had in his previous life. His current body was unfamiliar with firearms. The only reason he had managed to kill Ye Tianlong at that critical moment was because they were close, Ye Tianlong could not move after being shot in the knee, and Chu Han's familiarity with guns gave him an absolute advantage.
Still, he was far too inferior compared to his previous life.
"You! Are you still not getting up?"
Shang Jiudi's slightly angry voice came from beneath him. They were so close that Chu Han could even smell the uniquely feminine fragrance on her.
Chu Han lowered his head and looked at Shang Jiudi's deliberately waxy yellow skin. Perhaps because she had gone so long without touching up her makeup and had sweated so much, her disguise was beginning to come off, leaving patches of white and yellow across her face.
Although she looked ugly, anyone could tell that since this woman had gone to such lengths to disguise herself, her true appearance could not possibly be bad.
Chu Han did not get up. He remained on top of Shang Jiudi, his gaze boring into her eyes. "Why did you hold back just now?"
He had watched her. This woman's shooting was accurate, with a hit rate of at least thirty percent. That was already enough to surpass most people. At such close range, with Ye Tianlong unable to dodge from side to side, she could absolutely have killed him directly. Even if it took a few more shots, she had more than enough time.
But she had not. She had only shot Ye Tianlong in the knee, forcing him to finish the job himself. Sure enough, at the start of the apocalypse, he could not place his hopes on anyone else.
"Why?" Chu Han's expression turned forceful. "Do you know how much danger your actions could bring us?"
By the end, Chu Han's voice had gradually risen, carrying a hint of viciousness.
He suspected Shang Jiudi's motives and was deeply wary of her.
Shang Jiudi's face flushed red. Usually bold and uninhibited, she could not say a single word now.
Their confrontation made the space deathly quiet. One could have heard a pin drop. Everyone looked at the strange position of the two people on the floor, and for a moment, no one dared speak.
"She's never killed anyone."
Eighteen's voice suddenly rang out as she stepped out from behind the cabinet.
Shang Jiudi had never killed anyone?
That truly took Chu Han by surprise!
Shang Jiudi turned her head away and stopped looking at Chu Han. She was regretful, but also confused.
At that moment, Eighteen walked over to Ye Tianlong's corpse. She picked up the automatic rifle from the ground, openly showing the disgust in her heart. She kicked Ye Tianlong's body, then, seemingly still dissatisfied, the little girl's eyes lit up as she suddenly aimed the automatic rifle in her hand—
Bang!
She actually fired another shot into Ye Tianlong's heart!
Everyone stared in astonishment, and many were so frightened that their legs went weak.
Chu Han's brow twitched sharply. This little girl...
"But I never expected—" Eighteen looked at Chu Han with shining eyes, as if she had found an entertaining new toy. "Your shooting is actually so accurate!"
"Ugh—" At that moment, Chen Shaoye let out a cry like a slaughtered pig.
Chu Han climbed off Shang Jiudi, helped Chen Shaoye up, and examined his wound.
The next second—
Smack!
Chu Han slapped Chen Shaoye's fat.
"It only scraped the skin!" Chu Han said viciously, though he also breathed a sigh of relief. The fat man was fine.
"Huh?" Chen Shaoye did not quite believe it. "But I lost so much blood!"
"That's because you're fat!" Chu Han cursed, then found some bandages and wrapped Chen Shaoye's wound. "You're this scared over such a tiny cut? Can you stop being such a coward?"
"Hehehe!" Seeing for himself that the wound really was not serious, Chen Shaoye could not help but grin foolishly. "Boss, your shooting is way too awesome!"
The corners of Chu Han's mouth rose as well, and an utterly unfamiliar emotion suddenly surged through his heart.
Trust? Friends?
Roar—
Overwhelming zombie roars suddenly erupted.
Chu Han turned toward the staircase.
By now, night had fallen. More and more zombies were gathering at the stairwell. They had no thoughts, only blindly following the scent of humans forward, slapping and pounding against the barricade of corpses blocking them. That defensive wall was broad, piled high with over a hundred dead zombies.
But the once-thick fortress had begun to shake, slamming again and again with violent thuds, as though it might collapse toward them at any moment.
It would not hold for long. There were gaps in the corpse wall, and the zombies could clearly smell the tempting scent of human flesh on the other side. Zombies would not rest until they got human flesh and blood. Sooner or later, they would break through the wall.
Blood continued to flow from Ye Tianlong's head and knee wounds, filling the air with a heavy stench.
The zombies smelled it.
They were agitated, desperately ramming forward as though pumped full of adrenaline. There was human flesh inside! As long as they charged through, they could feast to their hearts' content! They would gnaw all those humans' flesh away and lick up every drop of their blood!
"What do we do? Tell me!" Shang Jiudi seemed to have recovered. She gripped the automatic rifle tightly, her expression calm. "I'll follow your orders!"
Chu Han's brow had not relaxed once. There was only one exit, but it was completely packed with zombies. They had been trapped from the very beginning!
Outside the rest stop, there were at least a hundred zombies in the open area beyond the first floor, gathered around the entrance. Apparently, there were too many zombies inside for them to squeeze in. Judging from this, the zombie horde this time numbered well over six hundred!
Drawn by the blood, countless zombies downstairs were already frantic with hunger. They stretched their arms toward the windows and jumped repeatedly, as if they could grab human flesh that way.
Attacked from both sides, they had no chance of escape.
"It's over! We're going to die, we're going to die! We can't get out!" Zhang Ziyu collapsed to the floor and wailed. "Wuwuwu! Why did I leave Mingqiu City?! I had water and food in the supermarket. Why did I leave?! Why did I leave?!"
"So many zombies! Chu Han, save me! Save me, I don't want to die! Aren't you strong? You can use a gun, so go kill them all, okay?" Gu Xiaotong screamed desperately, frantically clutching Chu Han's clothes, her voice hysterical.
"Who the hell is this?" Eighteen suddenly blurted out at the worst possible moment, casually eyeing Gu Xiaotong's disheveled appearance.
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