Companion Doll in the Shelter

Bai Ye walked over the glass, faint cracking sounds continuously rising beneath his feet. He looked around, his brow furrowing.

"What's wrong, Brother Ye?" Li You asked softly beside him. Everyone was busy searching for treasures, so no one paid attention to their conversation.

"Don't you find it strange?"

Li You nodded gravely. "It is strange. Never mind there being no skeletons on the streets, but there aren't any inside the houses either."

Bai Ye gave him a surprised look. It was the first time the two of them had thought of the same thing.

"Brother Ye, could you stop looking at me like I'm mentally challenged? I'm a con man, after all. I can't boast about much else, but my powers of observation definitely surpass the average person's." Li You rolled his eyes.

"You're right. Even though a long time has passed, even if everyone in Shelter 189 died long ago, there should at least be skeletons left behind. We've come all this way, and while the streets are utterly dilapidated, there isn't a single skeleton anywhere—not even inside the houses.

"Given the scale of this city, Shelter 189 must have housed at least a hundred thousand people. Where did all those hundred thousand skeletons go?"

Li You thought for a moment. "Could it be..."

"I found it first!"

"Let go! This robot is mine!"

The fierce argument from the second floor interrupted their exchange.

Bai Ye and Li You exchanged a glance before heading upstairs. They entered a room resembling a bedroom and saw Black Leopard arguing with a bounty hunter.

A scantily clad woman lay on the filthy bed. Black Leopard held her by the arm, while the bounty hunter gripped her slender ankle. The two kept tugging at her.

A woman? How could there be a