Surviving the Apocalypse: Stock Up on Food and Weapons
Chapter 24

Are you really willing to do anything?

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Scratched by a zombie?

They had seen people scratched by zombies before, and almost without exception, they had been infected and turned into zombies.

And now Li Tianming had actually been scratched by a zombie!

Thinking of him turning into a zombie.

Li Yingyue, who had been about to step forward to ask, halted her movement and cautiously asked, "Dad, are you okay?"

Li Haochen, on the other hand, reflexively grabbed the cleaver beside him and looked defensively at the trembling figure.

"Dad, Dad? What's wrong with you?"

"Grrr!!"

Li Tianming suddenly raised his head. His originally black eyes had turned grayish-white, his entire face was bruised and swollen, and his skin began to fester at a visible rate.

He opened his mouth and let out a low growl. His black and white pupils stared at his family like a beast's, as if looking at a few delicious animals.

His mouth drooled, the saliva stringing.

Even though it wasn't the first time he had faced such a monster, Li Haochen still felt scared from the bottom of his heart.

He gripped the knife, preparing to move forward.

Suddenly, his peripheral vision caught sight of the pale-faced Li Yingyue.

And Ge Chunhua, looking at him with a flustered expression.

"Xiao Chen, quickly! Your dad has turned into a zombie!!!"

"Brother, what are you waiting for? Hurry and come protect me, ahhhhh!!!"

Both of them placed their hopes on him.

Actually, when the apocalypse broke out, their family was very lucky, and no one turned into a zombie.

The youngest, Li Haoxuan, didn't have to die. But he was too noisy, always crying and making a fuss if he didn't get his way.

Before, they didn't think there was anything wrong with Li Haoxuan; it was normal for a child to be a bit mischievous.

But when Li Haoxuan's unreasonable demands put their lives in danger, and he still didn't learn his lesson, the brat became particularly hateful.

Especially after Li Haoxuan caused trouble and almost killed Li Haochen once.

Li Haochen decided to get rid of this troublemaker.

One night, Li Haochen got up in the middle of the night and lured Li Haoxuan outside the house.

He said there was delicious food next door.

But in reality, the neighbor next door had long been turned into a zombie and kept locked up.

He opened the door and shoved Li Haoxuan in.

Then he returned to his room, closed the door, and went to sleep.

By the time everyone found out, Li Haoxuan had already had an arm bitten off and had also turned into a zombie.

However, everyone except Li Haochen thought he had just been naughty and opened the door to run out by himself.

And now, Li Haochen looked at his mother and sister, who hid at home all day, not daring to step outside, just waiting for him and his father to risk their lives bringing back supplies.

Did they know how dangerous it was to go out and get supplies?

Did they know how hard it was to find supplies?

He had clearly seen other female survivors; they weren't afraid of death and supported themselves, but these two could hide at home all day.

These two were burdens. If it weren't for them, his father wouldn't have risked going to that supermarket today to get more supplies and wouldn't have been scratched by a zombie.

Now that his father was dead, the task of finding supplies would definitely fall on him.

He looked at Li Tianming, who had turned into a zombie, as if seeing his future self.

All these thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.

Li Haochen made up his mind, quietly took a few steps back, and retreated to the doorway.

He quietly reached out and grabbed the doorknob.

"Li Haochen, what are you standing there for? Hurry up! Do you want to get us killed!"

Li Yingyue roared in fear. In a glance, she noticed Li Haochen's movement.

Her eyes widened. After all, they were siblings of many years; she could tell what Li Haochen was thinking with just a glance. She screamed sharply, "Li Haochen! What are you doing?!"

With that shout, Ge Chunhua also noticed Li Haochen's actions and looked at him in disbelief.

"Xiao Chen, you?"

Tears instantly streamed down her aged face. How could she not know what her own son was thinking?

She felt only despair in her heart.

"Mom, I'm sorry, I don't want to, but it's already hard enough for me to survive alone now, I really can't take care of you!"

He left those words behind, then quickly opened the door and ran.

At this moment, Li Tianming had also completely lost his mind and lunged at the two of them.

"Yueyue, you run, I'll hold off your dad!!"

At this critical moment, Ge Chunhua not only didn't dodge, but as if she had made up her mind, she resolutely rushed towards Li Tianming.

She tightly hugged his waist and shouted resolutely at Li Yingyue.

"Run! Run with your brother!!!!"

"Haa! Haa!!"

Zombies naturally wouldn't hesitate with food delivered to their doorstep, and they bit down immediately.

Li Tianming had completely turned into a zombie by now, without any shred of reason.

To him, Ge Chunhua wasn't his wife of many years, but fresh food.

Flesh was being torn apart, and the sound of chewing, accompanied by Ge Chunhua's screams, made Li Yingyue unable to react at all.

In the face of extreme shock, a person cannot react.

This was exactly Li Yingyue's state at the moment. She wanted to run, but her legs felt weak, as if they had lost control and she couldn't move at all.

Li Yingyue watched in horror as Li Tianming tore Ge Chunhua's flesh piece by piece, like a starving beast.

"Yueyue, run!!! Run!!!!"

"Run!!!!"

Ge Chunhua's shrill voice echoed in Li Yingyue's mind.

She suddenly snapped back to reality, then turned and ran, and kept running.

Ge Chunhua's last moments kept replaying in her mind.

Although Ge Chunhua was selfish, she was truly good to her children.

Unlike Li Tianming, who favored his son, she didn't have a preference for sons and treated Li Yingyue no worse than her sons Li Haochen and Li Haoxuan.

In fact, at times, she was more patient with her daughter.

Li Yingyue's face was covered in tears, and she scrambled up the stairs, using both hands and feet.

She didn't dare to run outside; the outside was full of zombies.

The stairs were relatively safe because survivors frequently passed through them, leading to them being cleaned of zombies more often.

She kept knocking on doors one by one.

"Open the door, save me!! Please open the door and let me in!!!"

"Save me!!! Help!!!"

"Please save me, my parents are dead, save me!!!"

She knocked on door after door, but no one was willing to open up, regardless of whether there were people inside or not.

Who would let a stranger into their house?

This wasn't the first two days of the apocalypse anymore; people had already learned their lesson about being bitten after letting someone in.

When she ran out, Li Yingyue only thought about escaping and forgot to close the main door.

Now, Ge Chunhua and Li Tianming, who had turned into zombies, had chased out and were right behind her.

She scrambled upwards in panic, and the two zombies behind her also drooled and followed.

Ge Chunhua's face was half-bitten off, exposing bone, and black blood dripped as she walked.

Just as Li Yingyue was in despair, she suddenly bumped into a tall man.

Her chin was gripped by a rough hand, and the man even calmly looked at her face.

"Little thing, why are you running?"

The man's voice was deep and hoarse, very magnetic.

"Save me, I'll do anything! Please save me!!!"

Li Yingyue met the man's gaze. After all, she was an adult, and she understood the desire in his eyes almost instantly. She hastily wiped her face a couple of times, grabbed his sleeve, and said in panic.

"My parents have turned into zombies, and my brother doesn't care about me and ran off too. Save me! As long as you save me, I'll do anything!!"

Li Yingyue was already good-looking, and now her face was covered in tears. Although a bit dirty, her teary eyes showed she had the makings of a beauty.

"Anything?" the man chuckled.

"I will, I'll do anything!"

The man pulled Li Yingyue behind him, grabbed a Tang dao, took a few steps forward, and with a swift motion, severed the heads of the two zombies behind them.

"Come with me, little girl." He turned and walked away.

Li Yingyue followed the man back step by step. At this moment, a survivor opened a door.

The person who opened the door was a girl. When the apocalypse broke out, her entire family had been infected.

She was left alone, with her young brother.

To avoid dying in the apocalypse with her brother, she, like other survivors, risked her life to search for supplies.

She even traded her body again and again for food.

Li Yingyue had mocked her several times, saying, "How truly base. Will you sleep with anyone who gives you something? Don't you feel dirty when you close your eyes at night?"

"Ew, it stinks. Did a public toilet crawl in front of me?"

"If I were you, I'd rather be bitten to death by zombies than debase myself!"

"..."

At this moment, seeing Li Yingyue leave with the man, her eyes were filled with schadenfreude.

Weren't you so high and mighty? Didn't you say you'd rather die than sell yourself? But now, you're selling yourself off so quickly.

The woman sneered. She knew the man who saved Li Yingyue; he had several brothers under him, all ruthless characters. She had dealt with that man before and barely escaped alive. Although the man gave a lot of supplies and looked decent, he enjoyed abusing women. He was also very promiscuous and let his brothers share, which was extremely perverted. If she wasn't mistaken, Li Yingyue had actually looked at the man with admiration. Did she think she had met a good person? What a foolish woman.

As expected, after a short while, the woman heard Li Yingyue's screams of a life worse than death, and her pleas for mercy. It wasn't just her; the entire building could probably hear it. But she wasn't worried. The single-plank door downstairs had long been repaired, so the zombies couldn't get in.

After a few hours, the woman saw Li Yingyue again. She walked out of the man's room barefoot, wrapped in a large, ill-fitting, dirty garment. She moved extremely slowly with each step. The woman watched Li Yingyue's trembling legs, her swaying figure leaning against the wall, and the blue and red bruises visible on her exposed skin. She then repeated Li Yingyue's past words back to her.

"Ew, some people are truly base. Will you sleep with anyone who gives you something? Don't you feel dirty when you close your eyes at night?"

"Ew, it stinks. Did a public toilet crawl in front of me?"

"If I were you, I'd rather be bitten to death by zombies than debase myself! Those were your parents, you were so ruthless!"

"..."

Li Yingyue glared venomously at the woman in front of her, completely hysterical.

"Get lost! You slut, get away from me!!!"

"I'm not like you! Never like you!!! Get losttttt!"

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