These Tooth Marks Definitely Aren't From Zombies

"No! You can't! This is a scratch from glass, not from a zombie!" the man shouted.

But Xiao Yunfei and the other two were unmoved, pressing forward step by step, subtly surrounding the man. They gripped their weapons tightly, their angles of attack clearly aggressive.

The look in their eyes was intriguing, a kind of madness fueled by hunger. One of them even licked his lips and swallowed hard.

They say human flesh tastes good?

A chill of terror spread from the soles of his feet. These people were insane!

The man suddenly turned and ran desperately in a random direction. He understood the emotions in their eyes – an extreme craving for food. These people were truly starving, and they were looking for an excuse to eat him!

Eating people, what's the difference between that and zombies?

He trembled with fear, the instinct for survival making him incredibly fast. He ran forward like a madman, undeterred by a zombie just ahead.

Humans were more terrifying than zombies.

"Kill him!" Xiao Yunfei roared, striding forward.

The three pursued the man, their weapons held tight, like butchers chasing a plump pig. That pig's meat was fresh and fragrant, delicious even when simply steamed without seasoning.

Xiao Yunfei hardened his heart. Beset by both anger and hunger, he no longer knew what morality was. All he knew was that he was hungry, desperately wanting a full meal. Whether it was human flesh or anything else, as long as it could fill his stomach, nothing was off-limits.

Hunger drove people's bottom lines lower and lower. Eating human flesh was commonplace in the apocalypse, as few could endure the desires brought on by extreme starvation.

It was instinct.

Xiao Yunfei saw no fault in his actions. He believed anyone in his situation would make the same choice: eat a companion to survive.

It was no different from his actions in the business world before, except that then it was for money and power, while now it was more direct – for food, for survival.

Human flesh was still meat. What was so wrong with eating it? It was the apocalypse, after all. Could anything be worse? Humans were also food. He'd almost forgotten that.

Damn it, he should have thought of this sooner, or he wouldn't have been starving for so many days!

First, he'd fill his stomach, then find that man with the gun and the axe, and trick him into taking him to Shi City.

The man ahead ran faster and faster, making it difficult for the three to keep up. Suddenly, he made a sharp turn and ran towards a small hotel. The swaying sign bore the four large characters 'Morning Light Hotel'.

There were rooms in the hotel. He had to hide, he absolutely couldn't be eaten!

The man was lucky. The first door wasn't locked. Inside was a normal room, no zombies, no humans. He was safe.

He burst in, slammed the door shut, and desperately started moving a table to block it from the inside.

The three behind him followed closely, instinctively going upstairs with the man. In their haste to chase their 'food', they didn't notice three people slumped outside a door in the dim corridor. One woman was slowly regaining consciousness.

Bang, bang, bang!

The three pounded frantically on the door, kicking and hitting it with all their might. The food was inside, and they wanted to eat!

Xiao Yunfei glanced at the fire axe in his hand, taken from a dead man. The light in his eyes flashed. He abruptly raised his right hand and swung the fire axe down hard at the wooden door!

Crack!

The heavy fire axe struck, embedding itself in the wooden door.

Xiao Yunfei's movements were rough. Under the pressure of hunger, all pretense of civility was gone. He braced his foot against the door and yanked the fire axe out with both hands. His crude, direct actions revealed his desperate impatience.

He pulled the axe out and swung it back and forth, again and again, until the door was battered and broken. The entire second-floor corridor echoed with deafening, terrifying impacts.

Crack—

After an unknown amount of time, the door finally gave way, and the three rushed in.

The sound of hacking and slashing immediately filled the air, accompanied by the man's unending screams. The scene inside the room was more violent and frenzied than a zombie feeding. The man was dead, his body dismembered. Xiao Yunfei and the others gathered around his corpse, covered in blood, picking through his body parts, deciding where to start eating.

Shang Jiudi, who had witnessed the events in the corridor, held her gun tightly, her aim fixed on the end of the hallway. Having never experienced such hunger, she couldn't understand why these three were so desperately chasing the man. Had he been bitten by a zombie?

Chu Han dragged Jia Chunjie's corpse as far away as possible, leaving bloodstains along the way. He then spent some time changing his clothes and went to a convenience store to scavenge for food. After completing these tasks, he took a different route back.

He went upstairs directly from the back stairs. As he was about to cross the corridor, Chu Han's steps suddenly halted.

The door next to him, which had been fine when he left, was now completely removed. Although the room had clearly been cleaned, the smell of blood was still strong. From further down the corridor, he could hear the voices of Shang Jiudi, Chen Shaoye, and Eighteen from inside the room, along with the conversations of several other strangers.

Chu Han frowned and silently entered the adjacent room. After scanning the area, he walked into the bathroom.

The bathtub was filled with body parts, the blood all drained. The man's head was frozen in an expression of terror. A few drops of water dripped from the faucet, mixed with streaks of blood, flowing into the drain.

Chu Han slowly crouched down and examined it carefully. His gaze lingered on a missing piece of skin on the man's arm. He could vaguely make out a bite mark, indicating that a piece of flesh had been torn away here. But this bite mark was definitely not from a zombie!

He knitted his brows, his eyes fiercely fixing on the direction of his three companions' room.

Chu Han stood up and left the room. Since it had already been cleaned, the residual blood smell wasn't enough to attract zombies from outside. But he was eager to know what had happened here during his absence.

"Thank you for the food. It has been a great help. I, Xiao Yunfei, will never forget your kindness! Oh, right, are you heading to Shi City? If so, how about we travel together? It will be safer with more people on the road. Besides, I'm well-acquainted with people in the Shi City military district. I can repay your kindness and offer you some conveniences once we get there."

Before he got close, Chu Han heard a gentle, polite voice.

Xiao Yunfei?

Chu Han's eyes sharpened, and he quickened his pace, walking inside.

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