In the end, they were so scared that they insisted on following Qin Luo, but he told them to stay put and behave.
Utterly heartless.
He was only a little gentler with the elderly and children. He showed no courtesy whatsoever to people his own age or adults in their prime.
If they kept whining, he might even snap at them.
Xu Duoduo glanced back at them, and a young man suddenly smiled and asked her to put in a good word for them. [Could you speak to your companion? Please take us with you. If you protect us, we can pay you handsomely.]
Qin Luo turned around and told them, [She said no!] He even shot them a glare.
Then he turned and took Xu Duoduo downstairs, lecturing her as they went. "Don't waste your breath on them. Going soft is the worst thing you can do in the apocalypse. Back when it first started, there was this young soldier with the softest heart. An old woman wanted to find her husband, and she kept begging the soldier to go back with her and look for him."
It was time for Big Dog's horror stories again.
Qin Luo simply picked Xu Duoduo up and bounded downstairs. "And guess what happened? The young soldier went back with her. Her husband had already undergone zombie transformation, and he lunged at them the moment the door opened. That old hag dragged the soldier in front of her to use as a human shield."
Naturally, the young soldier died.
His expression was cold as he said this. He was probably remembering other things, too.
The early days of the apocalypse had indeed been chaotic.
Everything had been a mess.
Your commanding officer might still be alive one moment and drop dead the next.