Shen Chen slowly calmed down. He sighed faintly. Then, with a light flick of his right hand, the girl's body gradually fell limp. Shen Chen placed the girl's head on her body and slowly stood up.
"Perhaps you all know now that this world is different from before. Everyone who dies will turn into zombies and attack those who are living. Aside from that, don't get caught by zombies, because you'll end up the same way. Good luck to you all."
After he said this, Shen Chen headed to the door with vigorous strides. Everyone subconsciously stepped aside to make a path for him as he walked.
Clatter. The roll-up door was pushed open. The first light of dawn shined in, seeming to set a veil of light on Shen Chen's face. Shen Chen looked at the wandering zombies in the distant streets, then calmly turned back and ordered, "Let's go."
"Alright!"
"Yes, Shen Chen!"
Boss and Ye Xiaoyu followed him without hesitation, welcoming the first rays of sunlight.
"Wait a moment!"
Ye Xiaoyu and Zhao Zhen turned around. They saw that Fang Yi had parted through the crowd and was now shouting pitifully, "Shen Chen, you're my boyfriend. Why aren't you bringing me with you?"
Ye Xiaoyu's heart was in her mouth. Zhao Zhen also watched Shen Chen with a frown. He knew how much Shen Chen loved Fang Yi, but the moment Fang Yi was faced with danger, she flagrantly called a fatty her husband and only later suddenly recalled that Shen Chen was her boyfriend. 'This woman is way too shameless.'
Shen Chen's gaze slowly fell on Fang Yi, then he said coolly, 'Go!" Without taking another glance at Fang Yi, Shen Chen coldly turned around.
The radiance in her eyes was instantly extinguished. In despair, Yang Yi watched the three of them leave in despair and fell to the ground.
…
On the way back, Shen Chen didn't rub anymore zombie blood on himself. Instead, he found a car and drove back with grand fanfare. Based on Shen Chen's experiences in his previous life, he knew zombies had less acute vision and hearing during the day and liked to rest in dark corners, so he didn't need to worry.
Boss leaned against the back seat, letting out a long sigh. "Second, the world has changed. I feel like people will change, too, in the future."
"Jungle rule. Survival of the fittest… That's what you want to say." Shen Chen watched the broken roads in front of them, crashing into some zombies, and said slowly, "I'm not a saint, but I feel like, as a living human, we should at least… have a bottom line of morality."
…
When Shen Chen, Boss, and Ye Xiaoyu walked into the hotel room covered in blood, Zhao Ze and the others were gathered in the living room. Each of them had a bowl of ramen in their hands, enjoying their meal. Guo Yuan was chattering happily with Pan Di. The moment they saw Shen Chen, the two of them subconsciously sat up tall.
When she saw Boss, Zhang Xiaoya screamed, then after a few seconds of stupor, quickly put down her ramen and ran into Boss's arms.
Pan Di and Guo Yuan also went up to him. "Boss!"
"I'm so glad, Boss!"
Guo Yuan and Pan Di weren't fools. Shen Chen had been out for the whole night, and when he returned, all three of them were covered in blood. It was apparent what a rough night they had had. They quickly received the three, and Zhang Xiaoya immediately pushed her ramen to Boss. "Zhao Zhen, hurry up and eat something!"
The others moved away in disdain. Zhao Ze smiled mockingly and purposely slurped his noodles loudly.
Shen Chen's gaze scanned everyone. His brows furrowed unconsciously. 'Ramen. Food.' He remembered that when he left earlier, he had clearly ordered Guo Yuan not to give them any food, but Zhao Ze was flaunting some at Shen Chen.
"Didn't you say you wouldn't give me anything to eat? But I'm eating what I wanted. And it was your friend who took the food you hid away and gave it to me! You don't have as much authority as you think!" His feelings were precisely conveyed to Shen Chen.
Shen Chen narrowed his eyes. He didn't believe Guo Yuan would betray him right after he ordered him about the food.
Zhao Ze's actions were done to purposely incite conflict between the brothers. Shen Chen walked past everyone and sat in the center of the table. "Xiaoyu and Boss, go take a shower later. Change into some clean clothes and throw out all your old ones." His tone was calm. He didn't pay any mind to Zhao Ze.
"Alright, Shen Chen!" Ye Xiaoyu said with a smile.
Zhang Xiaoya was extremely sensitive. She said pleasantly, "Come, come. I saw there were some pajamas in the room. Put those on first!" Then she lead Boss and Ye Xiaoyu away.
Zhao Ze didn't look too happy. He hadn't expected Shen Chen to just ignore him. Not only had he not gotten angry at Guo Yuan, but he had even made other orders. Zhang Xiaoya and the newcomers had completely ruined his plan.
Seeing Zhao Ze and Shen Chen's solemn expressions, Guo Yuan was confused as first. He looked between the two of them several times, when finally the slurping sound of noodles knocked him out of his stupor. He hastily said, "Second, I found some food in the kitchen fridge. You know Third is a big eater. He complained about being hungry the moment he woke up."
Zhao Ze was very smart. He knew they were definitely hiding resources. He hadn't expected that Guo Yuan didn't disobey Shen Chen and secretly taken out the food. Furthermore, he hadn't expected that Shen Chen didn't hide the standard hotel food away. Or Guo Yuan sincerely explaining the source of the food.
Zhao Ze was dumbfounded at the trust and honestly between the two. It was totally different from what he imagined. 'Shouldn't Shen Chen question Guo Yuan? Shouldn't these two brothers turn against each other?' But how could Zhao Ze have known that Shen Chen and Guo Yuan had been good brothers in the previous life?
To Shen Chen, a little material resource was nothing. And besides, it wasn't like he wasn't letting those people eat his resources. It was just that he didn't trust anyone besides Guo Yuan and Third at that point, so he couldn't reveal his resources carelessly. In the apocalypse, it wasn't uncommon to see people kill each other over a bowl of ramen. He had made that very clear to Guo Yuan, and he was confident that Guo Yuan knew what was right.
'Incite conflict? Such a childish trick.' It wasn't worth Shen Chen's consideration, even in his past life. He stared at Zhao Ze indifferently and told him this through his actions.
In this psychological warfare, Shen Chen had won! Aside from Zhao Ze and Shen Chen, no one knew Zhao Ze had failed in the secret struggle.
Lin Qianqian mocked him on the side. "Second, aren't you overdoing it? Fourth just found us some food. Do you need to be like this? We even saved some for you. If we had known you'd be like this, we would've just fed it to a dog. At least a dog would have barked in appreciation."
"Lin Qianqian, what are you saying?" Pan Di immediately stood up. "Don't you know how to speak respectfully?!"
"I'm just telling the truth. You wanted to ask him for food, but did you dare? Second is glorious now. He doesn't care about you anymore!"
"Lin Qianqian! You!" Pan Di gnashed his teeth in anger, but Lin Qianqian only put her hands on her waist, and he immediately backed down.
Guo Yuan couldn't stand it. "Lin Qianqian, you shouldn't treat Third like that!"
"I'm talking to my man. Does it have anything to do with you? Don't think you can order us around just because you gave us some ramen!"
Shen Chen's gaze fell sharply on Lin Qianqian. "Lin Qianqian, I never fight women. You should watch your actions."
His words fell on Lin Qianqian's ears. They weren't threatening, but they made the ferocious Lin Qianqian suddenly feel a chill. She hastily shut her mouth and shrank back.
Shen Chen watched Pan Di try to console Lin Qianqian with indifference, then said, "Third! Is it appropriate to be bullied by a woman like this who has neither figure nor face?" Pan Di froze, then withdrew his hand from Lin Qianqian's shoulder in some embarrassment.
Guo Yuan burst out into laughter. He didn't expect Shen Chen's tongue to be so sharp. But after taking another look at Lin Qianqian, he thought she didn't look as bad as Shen Chen had described her.
Guo Yuan didn't know that as a Sixth Tier master in the previous life, Shen Chen had seen his share of beauties. A mere Lin Qianqian was truly someone with neither figure nor face in his eyes.
Shen Chen was serious. Everyone could tell. Shen Chen wasn't purposely insulting her. Rather, he really thought that, and told everyone the truth.
Lin Qianqian was speechless from anger. Her face went red, and she pointed at Shen Chen angrily. "You…"
Zhao Ze didn't expect Shen Chen to have such a sharp tongue, and with so little disregard for other people's feelings. He tried to mediate the dispute. "Alright, alright. Since we're in the same survivor squad now, we have to get along peacefully!"
"In the same squad?" Shen Chen went blank for a second.
Li Jing hastily said, "That's right, Zhao Ze and us had a discussion. Since it's very unsafe outside, and we ended up together by fate, we should help each other. That's why we should form a squad so we can better delegate work in the future."
Li Qi smiled, too, still cautious as always. He said carefully, "I think so, too. It would be better for us to form a squad…"
Shen Chen smiled, lowering his head slightly. "And therefore?"
Zhao Ze naturally took over the conversation. He put down his noodles, then sat up straight and called to Shen Chen. "Little Shen, you come sit, too. We're about to commence the first meeting of the survivor squad. You're a member, too. You should come listen!"
Shen Chen thought that Zhao Ze and Li Jing must have had their heads kicked by a donkey. Why else would they have such a ludicrous idea? But he saw how serious everyone else was, and suddenly realized he must have missed something. He suddenly realized that these people seemed to not understand what the world was like right now. in other words, they hadn't been impacted much from the outburst of the apocalypse. They had had the fortune of coming here. In their subconsciousnesses, they may not have realized the danger of the apocalypse and were naively still abiding the rules of civil society.
Shen Chen calmly stared at Zhao Ze, who looked extremely confident. The anger in his heart suddenly calmed. His eyes filled with pity. He was still very naive. Truly, very naive.