Was Dharma King in the Wrong?

Wolves would never work with sheep.

Chen Luo planned to recruit some followers, but he would not take just any riffraff.

Only the elite.

At this stage, ordinary survivors could be useful if they obeyed him, but a few years down the line, they would be nothing but cannon fodder.

But how many resources would they consume over those years?

At least a hundred pounds of pork!

Chen Luo had plenty of resources, but his supply was not infinite.

He could not be blamed for being cold-blooded. This world was simply too cruel.

Besides, Chen Luo was here to collect supplies. Having someone tagging along would be inconvenient and expose the secret of his ability space.

If Chen Luo had not made preparations, bringing along some cannon fodder might have helped. He could have used them to lure Zombies, for instance.

But he really had no need.

Just after turning onto a narrow side road and driving a few dozen meters, Chen Luo frowned.

Roadwork ahead occupied half the road. There was still enough room for a single vehicle to pass, but an out-of-control van had crashed into the construction barrier and blocked the way.

A quick glance revealed more than twenty Zombies, most dressed in workers' uniforms.

This was the only nearby road leading to the cold storage facility. Taking another route would waste too much time.

Chen Luo got out. He had no choice but to deal with them.

Dharma King got out too. Chen Luo said, "Go roam around. Just keep yourself safe."

There were no living people nearby. When Chen Luo suddenly appeared, the Zombies charged at him like dogs spotting a pile of shit.

Chen Luo smiled nonchalantly and took out two Stun Batons, one for each hand.

Bzzzt!

Electricity crackled, and two Zombies immediately dropped to the ground.

But the Zombies had also surrounded Chen Luo.

He did not panic at all.

Four or five Zombies lunged at once. His Stun Batons could only shock two at a time, and the armor made him too clumsy to dodge their attacks.

But Chen Luo was fully equipped, clad in alloy armor with a thick helmet on his head.

How could Zombies at this stage possibly break through alloy armor?

The Zombies did not care. They clawed at Chen Luo or sank their teeth into him.

The ones using their claws fared better. Their nails scraped against his armor with a grating screech, but apart from leaving faint marks, they posed no threat to Chen Luo.

The ones biting him had it much worse.

Their teeth had grown a little sharper, and their bite force had increased considerably, but they still could not bite through his armor.

The harder they bit, the more damage they did to themselves.

Two bloodied teeth suddenly flew into the air.

The force of the bite had snapped them off.

Chen Luo chuckled. Nobody's going to fix your teeth in the apocalypse.

You'd better stop biting. Once all your teeth are gone, you'll have to make do with licking.

Protected by his armor, Chen Luo was completely beyond the Zombies' ability to hurt.

Of course, armor alone was not enough. Without a weapon, hurting the Zombies would not be easy either.

One Zombie he shocked did not immediately collapse unconscious as the others had. It remained fiercely active.

Instead, it gripped the Stun Baton tightly.

It was obvious that this Stun Baton was running low on power.

The Stun Baton delivered a high voltage at the cost of a short battery life. Chen Luo had already used it to kill seven or eight Zombies.

If you want it, take it. Chen Luo let go and pulled another Stun Baton from his ability space.

I brought a full fifty of them.

After easily killing all the Zombies, Chen Luo retrieved the depleted Stun Baton and extracted their crystals.

He walked over to the van and took a look. All the windows on one side had been smashed. Nobody was inside, but the keys were still there.

Presumably, the owner had suddenly become a Zombie and gotten trapped inside. Unable to open the door, the Zombie could only smash the windows.

Chen Luo moved the van aside and set off again.

This time, he reached the vicinity of the cold storage facility without incident.

He did not rush inside. He had left a heavy truck nearby in advance.

In an open area, this heavy truck was an even more powerful weapon than his armor and Stun Batons.

Chen Luo found the heavy truck he had arranged in the parking area. With a chuckle, he took out the keys he had prepared, opened the door, and climbed inside with Dharma King.

The truck's door was more than a meter above the ground. Climbing in was easier using the steps.

Driving a heavy truck felt nothing like driving a sedan.

The sturdy steering wheel and towering body gave him a strong sense of security.

Abandoning the sedan, Chen Luo drove the heavy truck somewhat awkwardly to the cold storage facility. The electronic gate around its perimeter was shut tight.

Chen Luo did not care in the slightest. He floored the accelerator and sped straight into it.

Had he rammed the electronic gate with a sedan, the car might have gotten wedged in it.

But against a heavy truck like this, the electronic gate crumpled instantly. The truck barreled into the facility as though nothing stood in its way.

Chen Luo's mouth fell open. Wow, smashing things like this feels amazing.

The cold storage facility was huge and normally had plenty of staff. Since the outbreak had happened during working hours, there were plenty of Zombies inside too.

At least a hundred.

His Stun Batons could kill them, but that would waste so much electricity.

The roar of the truck, combined with the noise of the gate being smashed, instantly attracted a large number of Zombies. They headed toward Chen Luo.

With a faint smile, Chen Luo charged into them at full speed.

Few people could survive being hit by a heavy truck at full speed.

The Zombies, which currently had no concept of dodging, actually tried to stop the truck.

Stop a truck with your bare hands?

Are you completely out of your minds?

Two Zombies were instantly launched three meters into the air. When they landed, they showed no signs of life.

This was much more satisfying than using Stun Batons.

More and more Zombies approached, but they posed no threat at all.

Some were knocked to the ground without dying outright, so Chen Luo drove over them again.

Let's see you survive that.

Chen Luo rampaged through the entire cold storage facility. It was outrageously satisfying.

Beside him, Dharma King kept barking excitedly.

The stupid Zombies came to their deaths, one after another.

A dozen or so minutes later, even when Chen Luo deliberately made noise, not a single Zombie appeared.

Chen Luo got out of the truck, but he did not rush inside to collect supplies. Instead, he extracted crystals from the Zombies' brains while checking his surroundings for survivors.

He had just caused such a commotion that any survivors present would surely have noticed.

In a place like this cold storage facility, any survivors of the outbreak would either have outrun the Zombies and escaped the grounds or hidden inside a sturdy room.

It would be best if there were none. If there were...

Chen Luo certainly would not take survivors away with him. They were neither friends nor family. Why should he?

He would definitely collect every useful supply in the facility.

Even if he did not collect them in front of anyone, wouldn't people suspect him once all the goods vanished?

The fact that Chen Luo possessed a vast stockpile of supplies absolutely could not get out.

He could only be ruthless.

Chen Luo would not slaughter innocent people indiscriminately, but they posed a threat to him.

After the apocalypse, what right or wrong remained in this world? People had to fight Zombies and monsters, but more than anything, survivors had to fight one another, battling to the death over limited supplies.

Just as Chen Luo had once come to blows with someone over a sausage.

Was Chen Luo wrong to want that sausage to fill his stomach?

The other person had wanted to fill their stomach too. Were they wrong?

Was Dharma King in the wrong?