Encountering Survivors

"Huh, I didn't notice this when I arrived."

Lin Fan didn't overthink it and picked up the wallet, which contained an ID card.

Li Dazhuang, male, born in 1980, address...

One red bill, three green bills, and two one-yuan coins.

When he was a child, he had learned a song, taught by his teacher.

'I found a dollar on the side of the road...'

He heard it used to be a penny back in the day.

Later, the penny disappeared and it became a dollar; a change that kept pace with the times.

Of course, no matter how it changed, it taught one principle: if you find money, just hand it over to the police officer.

Even in the apocalypse, he still felt it was best to hand it over to the police.

He was very poor right now and had only just found a job, but he would never take money that wasn't his.

He pushed the trash cart away, returned it to its original spot on the street, and then headed toward the police station with the wallet.

The street.

Occasionally, a zombie would appear and lunge at Lin Fan, but faced with the power of his blade, they were all cleaved in two, leaving them no room to resist.

Money was useless in the apocalypse.

This was the consensus among many.

But for Lin Fan, regardless of whether it was useful or not, he had to deliver the money to the police station and place it in the hands of the police officer.

At this moment.

On the second floor of a cake shop, a pair of lively eyes hid behind the curtains, watching Lin Fan outside.

Seeing someone walking down the street so recklessly, the owner of those eyes was shocked.

The outside was filled with those terrifying zombies.

Was he truly not afraid?

The person with those lively eyes was Su Xiaoxiao.

When the apocalypse descended, she had been living in the small room inside the shop. She had pulled back the curtains, wanting to breathe some fresh air, only to see the world outside in total chaos.

People were pouncing on people, biting and tearing, blood splattering everywhere—a horrific and bloody scene.

It immediately made her think of the zombie scenarios from the apocalypse.

During this time, she had seen many survivors; some drove cars, others moved about stealthily. She hadn't made a single sound, just watching quietly.

They were all modern young people who had been exposed to a great deal of information.

In movies, web dramas, and the like, many plots involved women being threatened, losing their chastity, and becoming playthings for those survivors. When faced with danger, they would even be used as meat shields, pushed toward zombies to be devoured.

She was young and pretty, and a somewhat famous cake influencer online.

She liked wearing Lolita dresses while filming herself making cakes.

It had attracted a group of fans.

Of course, precisely because she had been exposed to the internet, there were many disgusting comments, such as a netizen named 'Autumn Blade Slashes Fish', a guy whose profile picture was a greasy fat man, who had commented on her posts.

'I really want to lift your skirt while you're making cakes and do you from behind... hehe.'

Although many fans helped her lash out at him, the guy was like an old pro, calmly facing any insults thrown his way.

Therefore, after the apocalypse arrived, she knew she absolutely could not let other survivors discover her, or it would surely be dangerous. Although there were many good people in the world, even good people could have ulterior motives; when there were no laws to restrict them, good people could turn into bad ones.

Desire was often the most terrifying thing.

She peeked out stealthily, not daring to make a sound.

At this moment.

Lin Fan, who was preparing to take the money to the police station, seemed to sense the gaze upon him. He stopped and looked toward the cake shop, startling Su Xiaoxiao so much that she hurriedly pulled her head back, hiding behind the curtains, not daring to make a peep.

"Was I discovered?"

Su Xiaoxiao was extremely nervous. After a moment, she peeked outside again, only to find it empty, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

However, immediately after, she became nervous again.

Various terrifying images appeared in her mind: would the person be hiding somewhere, or had he already discovered her and was thinking of finding the back door or climbing up to the second floor to get in?

Thinking of this, Su Xiaoxiao couldn't help but feel afraid. Seeing a glass bottle nearby, she didn't even think about it; she quietly opened the window and threw it as hard as she could into the distance.

Bang.

The sound of a glass bottle shattering was piercing.

Not long after.

Roar!

Zombies let out low growls.

Su Xiaoxiao was hoping to use the zombies to scare the other party away.

Police station.

Lin Fan walked into the police station.

The surroundings were very quiet.

It didn't feel desolate just because there was no one around; instead, it still felt sacred and solemn. Upon entering, he thought about the guy he'd brought in last time, who was no longer there—it seemed the police officers had taken him away.

After all, those who commit wrongs often have to pay the price.

He placed the wallet he had found on the desk and began to register it, writing down the details of the situation along with his contact information. After all, there were many people nowadays who returned wallets out of kindness, only to be falsely accused of stealing money from them.

Such things might not happen often, but they definitely occurred.

He looked at the surroundings.

So quiet.

He turned to leave, walking down the hallway and looking at the slogans on the walls. Every time he saw them, he could feel a great strength welling up in his heart; perhaps this was the existence of justice.

Just as he was about to reach the entrance.

A black car that looked like an SUV pulled up. The vehicle made Lin Fan pause in a daze; it felt so imposing.

The people inside stuck their heads out of the windows to check the surroundings. After confirming it was safe, four men with buzz cuts stepped out of the vehicle.

The moment they saw Lin Fan, they were startled, as if they hadn't expected to see a living person.

They each looked toward Lin Fan with vigilance.

"Hello there," Lin Fan greeted them. A friendly address often helped create a good first impression.

The four men who got out were well-equipped, with their arms and legs protected by custom steel plates.

"Should we take him out?"

"Not yet. Let's avoid alerting the surrounding zombies and get inside to find firearms first."

"Understood."

They had come to the police station specifically to find firearms.

Domestic gun control was too strict, making it impossible for them to find weapons anywhere else. During this period, they had been constantly scavenging for supplies in the surrounding area.

Later, they thought of the police station here and decided to come looking for guns.

As long as they had firearms, they would hold an absolute advantage among the survivors.

Before the apocalypse descended, they were gangsters in Huang City, specializing in loan sharking, organizing gambling, and running saunas. They had even been heavily involved in campus loans; if it weren't for the severe crackdowns, their presence would have been felt in every school across Huang City.

The car outside was one their boss had bought with his ill-gotten gains.

An Armored MPV, BR7 armor rating, four-wheel drive, 20 inches of ground clearance, a 6.7-liter V8 engine, and a body made of special steel plates. It could crush zombies without any pressure; it was absolutely a mobile safe house in the apocalypse.

They usually drove the car out to find supplies and women.

When they encountered women, they would generally disguise themselves as good people, acting very friendly and willing to take them along to survive. But once they reached their base, it became a true apocalypse for those women.

Usually, the boss would have his fun first.

Then they would have theirs.

They would keep the women imprisoned until they grew bored, then drive them to the streets, kick them out of the car, and let them become food for the zombies.

The four men ignored Lin Fan and coordinated with each other as they walked into the police station.

The driver sitting in the seat looked at Lin Fan with calm eyes.

He wondered... what would happen when they came back out later?

Perhaps they would tie him up, drag him behind the car, and then let him go to be torn apart by the chasing zombies, using him to distract them?

That was likely how it would go.

Lin Fan walked up to the car window and tapped on it gently, greeting them with a smile.

Being able to see survivors in the apocalypse.

This was a good thing.

He just didn't know why the other party was so cold, and why they gave him the feeling of being bad people.

Was it just an illusion?

Hmm...

He wasn't in a hurry to leave.

He wanted to see what exactly that group of people who just went inside intended to do at the police station.