The man carried his younger sister over to the rope. He first tied her securely with it, then glanced up at the people above. Zhao Tianlei immediately began pulling up the bitten girl. Although this was extremely dangerous—being bitten was practically a death sentence—as far as Zhao Tianlei knew, even after infection, there was still some time before mutation occurred. Besides, the little girl before him was only a little over ten years old. Even if she turned into a zombie, there was nothing to fear.
"Cheng Yao, keep an eye on this girl. If anything changes, call me immediately." After pulling the girl up, Zhao Tianlei hurriedly carried her to the side and instructed Cheng Yao.
Cheng Yao took Zhao Tianlei's instructions seriously. "Mm, I understand. I'll take good care of her."
Zhao Tianlei then held the rope and looked at the girl's brother. "Kid, I'm throwing you the rope. You should be able to climb up yourself. You don't need me to pull you up, right?"
Faced with Zhao Tianlei's words, the man said coldly, "Mm. Throw down the rope. I don't need your help. I can climb up myself."
Hearing how coldly the man spoke, Zhao Tianlei couldn't help grumbling, "Fuck, if you don't need my help, then just come up yourself. Why the hell do you need me to throw you a rope?" Clearly, the man's words had annoyed Zhao Tianlei.
After hearing Zhao Tianlei's words, the man's face flushed. He realized that what he had just said had been rather impolite. He immediately said quietly, "Sorry, that's not what I meant."
Zhao Tianlei said sourly, "Hmph, I know that's not what you meant. If you dared mean that, I wouldn't have thrown you a damn rope. You could just wait there to feed the zombies."
After saying that, Zhao Tianlei threw the rope down. The man tugged on it a few times, seemingly testing how much weight it could bear. Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, he began climbing. To be fair, even without Zhao Tianlei's help, the man climbed quite quickly using only his own strength.
After the man climbed onto the roof with the rope Zhao Tianlei had thrown down, he didn't even thank Zhao Tianlei. He immediately looked toward his sister lying nearby. Taking a great stride, he rushed over and crawled to her side, asking about her condition.
"Little Sis, how are you? We've escaped. We're safe now. Big Brother will take you to find a doctor and save you."
Feeling that he had rescued someone out of kindness only to not even receive a word of thanks, Zhao Tianlei coiled up the rope and slowly walked over. He said irritably, "Hey, kid, can you calm down? I kindly saved you just now. You should at least say thank you, right? Could it be that I saved an ungrateful wretch?"
Hearing Zhao Tianlei's words, the man was slightly stunned. The girl lying on the ground forced a difficult smile at Zhao Tianlei as he approached. "Big Brother, thank you... for saving us. You're such a good person. I hope... I hope you can take good care of my brother in the future. I'll become an angel and bless you."
"Little Sis, don't talk nonsense. You'll be fine."
After saying that, the man intended to pick up the girl, seemingly planning to find a doctor as he had said. But before he could lift her, Zhao Tianlei pressed down on him and said, "Buddy, I advise you to calm down. Your sister may be younger than you, but she's calmer and braver. She was bitten by those zombies and has already been infected with a fatal virus. Mutation is only a matter of time. Even if you found the best doctor in the world, you still couldn't save your sister. And judging from her current injuries, if you took her on a bumpy journey, not only would you fail to save her, you might instead cause her wounds to tear open and make her die sooner."
"Bang."
Zhao Tianlei had only been kindly trying to comfort him, but he hadn't expected the man to become so grief-stricken upon hearing him say that his sister was already doomed to die. The man spun around and punched Zhao Tianlei in the face while crying, "You're talking nonsense! My sister has been kind since she was little. Nothing will happen to her!"
Zhao Tianlei had been in the middle of comforting and pitying the man, never expecting anything else. Who could have known that this kid, rather than thanking him for saving them, would instead punch him because of his consolation? The punch didn't hurt Zhao Tianlei much after his evolution, but it made him furious.
Zhao Tianlei immediately flew into a rage. Carrying the fire axe, he walked toward the man and snarled, "This is fucking ridiculous! I saved you two siblings out of the goodness of my heart and even took the trouble to comfort you. You son of a bitch, not only did you fail to say thank you, you even punched me. Let's see if I don't split you open with this axe and throw you down to feed the zombies!"
Judging from Zhao Tianlei's actions, tone, and expression, he was clearly truly enraged. Seeing this, Cheng Yao hurriedly dashed forward, threw herself into Zhao Tianlei's arms, and held him while urgently persuading him, "Tianlei, calm down. He didn't do it on purpose. He just doesn't want to accept that his sister is going to become a zombie. Please be understanding and don't stoop to his level."
The girl also grabbed her brother's hand and said, "Cough, cough... Brother, how could you hit someone? That Big Brother is a good person. He even saved us."
"I..." After his sister reminded him, the man clearly calmed down. He seemed somewhat remorseful about what he had done. The man stood up and gave Zhao Tianlei a slight bow. "I'm sorry. I was too agitated just now. Why don't you hit me a few times?"
"Damn, I'm afraid I'd kill you with one punch."
Although the man had said that, Zhao Tianlei still felt angry. He raised his fist and punched the abandoned metal rack beside him. After the blow landed, the metal rack immediately bent. This was the combat power of Zhao Tianlei, who had evolved into a Second Class Soldier. With a Strength of 18, his attack was powerful. An ordinary adult's Strength was only around 5 points, while a Third Class Soldier's maximum Strength was 10 and a Second Class Soldier's maximum was 20. Zhao Tianlei's 18 points was already quite impressive. With 18 points of combat power, Zhao Tianlei possessed nearly four times the strength of an ordinary person.
The punch left the man completely dumbfounded. He blurted out, "You... How are you so freakishly strong? Are you even human?"
"You're the freak, and you're the one who isn't human!" Zhao Tianlei said irritably.
The man hurriedly waved his hands. "No, no, you misunderstood me. I wasn't insulting you. I was just amazed by how powerful you are."
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