Hysteria

Tong City? Chu Han's gaze flickered.

He suppressed the faint stir of emotion in his heart and looked calmly at Shang Jiudi. "Forget it. I'm going to Anluo City."

Shang Jiudi's expression was rather subtle, as if she did not know how to respond.

But Eighteen's eyes lit up at that moment. Her 60% loyalty made her trust Chu Han from the bottom of her heart. "We're heading the same way. Anluo City is far away, and Tong City is on the route anyway. We can resupply when we pass through Tong City."

Then she frowned at Shang Jiudi. "Come on, Ninth Sister, isn't it better to go with Brother Chu Han? We'll have someone to look out for us on the way. Just the two of us, when would we ever make it to Tong City?"

Shang Jiudi's brow twitched. But she could not deny that Eighteen was right. They were both women, and in this lawless apocalypse, that alone was one source of danger. It would not be easy for the two of them to enter Tong City and find someone on their own. Yet Chu Han gave her a breathtaking sense of danger that instinctively made her want to keep her distance.

Could an ordinary person jump down from such a height without a scratch? Could an ordinary person know zombie habits so well? Could an ordinary person pull the trigger on another human without hesitation?

Who exactly was he?

Shang Jiudi looked at Chu Han and let out a slight sigh beneath his harmless smile. "Then we'll go together."

"Fine." Chu Han's lips curled upward.

"What about us? What about us?"

All the surviving survivors gathered around Chu Han, talking over one another as though they saw him as a savior.

"I'm going to Yin City. You'll escort me, right?"

"I'm not going to Yin City. Brother Chu, take me to Chen City!"

"Brother Chu, I... I don't know where to go—"

"Enough!" Chu Han cut them off, his eyes devoid of any unnecessary emotion. "I'm not a cop, and I wasn't sent by the country to be cannon fodder. I'm just an ordinary person like all of you, so I have no obligation to do anything for you. Don't expect me to take you along. I don't know you."

He had long since seen through human nature. He was also very familiar with the subtle expressions these people had failed to hide when he came in after dealing with the zombies. There was a kind of creature called an ungrateful wretch.

His cold, heartless words disappointed everyone. Most of them even immediately changed expressions, clearly wanting to curse him out.

"Take me with you!"

As soon as Chu Han finished speaking, Jia Chunjie blurted it out without a second thought. Ignoring Chu Han's impatient expression, he spoke as quickly as he could. "I can cook. I used to be a chef. I can help, and I'm not afraid of zombies either!"

Showing his worth was important. Jia Chunjie understood that clearly.

Chu Han looked at him without saying a word.

"I have my own car! I won't trouble you. I'll just follow behind your car! On the road, I... I'll help too. There's still some food in the warehouse. I can give you half!" Jia Chunjie was going all out. As long as he could follow Chu Han, he would do anything!

"And me! And me! You won't leave me behind, will you?" Zhang Ziyu hurriedly said.

"And me!" Gu Xiaotong was a step too late. Perhaps because she had yet to recover from the shock, her entire body trembled.

"You two?" Chu Han looked at them mockingly. "Take you along, then watch you run the second we encounter zombies? What would I bring you for? I'm not bored out of my mind!"

The blunt rejection made both of them flush red, but neither could say a word. All they could do was curse viciously in their hearts! So what if they had left him behind? Did he have to be so petty? Besides, wasn't he standing there just fine now?

Chu Han ignored the resentful looks around him. After soothing the agitated Chen Shaoye, he headed to the second floor.

The scene on the second floor was no better than downstairs. The zombie horde's assault had torn chunks from the walls, staining them densely with black blood. The uneven floor was covered in severed limbs and rotting, stinking scraps of flesh. With every step, it was nearly impossible to find level ground.

The stairs were also littered with zombie corpses. Not all of them were dead. Some had only their heads left and were still alive. Sensing the scent of humans, those not-quite-dead heads all opened their mouths wide, their bare jaws clicking together.

Chu Han raised his axe and brought it down, ending those pitiful lives one by one.

Zombies could never become human again.

"Ah—"

"Ah!"

"Ahhh!"

Suddenly, three cries of varying intensity came from downstairs, filled with extreme terror. Immediately afterward, a chaotic clamor rose one after another, instantly staining the once-quiet surroundings with panic.

Chu Han tightened his grip on the axe and rushed downstairs.

The first-floor hall.

Several survivors huddled trembling in a corner. Chen Shaoye stood with Shang Jiudi and Eighteen. Chen Shaoye's expression was complicated and reluctant, while Shang Jiudi and Eighteen calmly held their rifles.

What happened? Before Chu Han could ask—

"Roar—"

A zombie's distinctive growl rang out.

Then Chu Han saw a familiar figure rise from the floor as if his body were malfunctioning, moving one stiff step at a time before staggering forward a few paces. His skin was pale with a faint bluish tint. The pupils in his eye sockets had vanished, replaced by a ghastly white.

"Zhang Ziyu?" Gu Xiaotong's voice was full of disbelief. She screamed and backed away in panic, only to trip over a zombie's arm and fall hard to the ground.

And Zhang Ziyu—now completely transformed into a zombie—was drawn by Gu Xiaotong's scream. As if lured by a young girl, he lunged at her impatiently, moving almost as fast as he could and instantly pinning Gu Xiaotong to the ground.

Swish!

Chu Han charged forward at top speed and kicked Zhang Ziyu away!

At the same time, Shang Jiudi's automatic rifle went off. A bullet entered Zhang Ziyu's head, and blackened pus-like blood sprayed out, splattering Gu Xiaotong's face.

Shang Jiudi had acted without the slightest hesitation. This was not a human. It was a zombie.

Chu Han looked sternly at the remaining survivors. "Who else was bitten or scratched by a zombie?"

The virus was highly infectious. Humans who had not yet entered the evolutionary stage simply could not resist it.

"Ah—" Gu Xiaotong suddenly let out a hysterical scream, interrupting Chu Han's questioning.

Still shaken, she screamed recklessly at the top of her lungs. Unable to calm herself, she collapsed on the floor and burst into tears, desperately rubbing the zombie blood off her face against the ground with brutal force.

"Stop!" Chu Han was startled and shouted at once.

But it was already too late. Gu Xiaotong had rubbed the skin off her cheek. Scarlet blood ran down her fair, tender skin, while the black blood carrying the zombie virus had already seeped into her veins.

Ignoring Chu Han's shout, she continued rubbing herself wildly against the floor.

"So disgusting! So disgusting! These disgusting things! Zhang Ziyu, you'll die horribly! Get away! Get away! Aaaaaah!!!"

Thanks to Mengling Xindou, Pure Little Si Nian, Little Xiaoxiao, and Between Flowing Clouds for the rewards!