Looking at the streetscape, aside from seeing zombies wandering inside stores, there wasn't a single living person to be seen.
He somewhat wanted to talk to a living person.
Not wanting to say anything else.
Just wanting to ask the other person, "Are you okay?"
"Do you need help? I'm ready to do some errand running. If you need it, I can help, just need a little compensation."
Bang!
As he was passing by a street, the window of a second-floor storefront shattered instantly, and a figure fell from the second floor.
The person was covered in blood, especially the moment they landed—the twisting of the ankle, the sound of bone tearing. It must have split open; otherwise, there wouldn't be such a sound.
"Ah, Ma Dong, motherfucker!" Zhang Quan howled ferociously; he hadn't expected Ma Dong to dare do such a thing.
Suddenly.
Three zombies burst out of the window.
"Don't come over, all of you get the fuck away from me..." Zhang Quan, seeing the zombies, twisted his face in fear, tried to flee, but his split ankle made it difficult to move.
He couldn't believe that Ma Dong, in order to get revenge on him, had let the zombies in and killed the other two people while Ma Dong hid somewhere safe, avoiding the zombies' pursuit.
By the time Zhang Quan reacted, he was already surrounded by the three zombies. Looking at their filthy mouths and ferocious expressions, even someone as bold as him was too scared to resist, only thinking of jumping out the window to save his own life.
Who could have imagined that jumping out the window would break his leg, and on top of that, he had bite wounds from the zombies, with blood gurgling out.
Lin Fan stopped the car, looking at the scene ahead, not expecting to find a survivor, but the situation seemed quite bad.
On the second floor, at the edge of the dark window, a figure appeared.
"Zhang Quan, this is mine, all mine. Who do you think you are, thinking you can bully me just because you're strong? You were just asking to die," Ma Dong, clutching the gold necklace around his neck, declared his sovereignty, shouting angrily at Zhang Quan below.
"Don't," Zhang Quan sobbed, his face a mess of tears and snot. The three zombies in front of him exerted immense pressure, and the pain in his body made him feel the approach of death.
In moments of desperation, people can unleash their potential strength.
Unable to move, he struggled to get up, dragging his crippled leg, attempting to leave this place.
At that moment, Zhang Quan spotted Lin Fan not far away and suddenly felt a glimmer of hope.
"Save me, save me..." He stretched his hand out towards Lin Fan, his last hope.
Lin Fan remained calm, wondering to himself who this guy was.
However, even though he was just passing by, he didn't like being just another onlooker.
As a human, it's still necessary to be kindhearted.
Nine years of compulsory education had led him onto the path of righteousness.
Especially for someone like him, an exemplary product of nine years of compulsory education, he couldn't just stand by and watch.
As for the fact that the other person was covered in blood, looking extremely miserable, and whether he'd be accused of causing it, those were not his concerns.
Even if someone asked why he would rescue someone if he didn't push them, he didn't want to explain too much.
Splurt!
Blood sprayed out as three zombies pounced on Zhang Quan, flesh flying everywhere, the scene brutally cruel.
Agonizing screams erupted from Zhang Quan's throat.
"This..."
Lin Fan paused mid-action, not expecting the zombies to move so quickly. It was also his fault for babbling about all sorts of highfalutin thoughts, which made him slow. He truly felt helpless.
He really wanted to save someone, not just be a bystander.
Unfortunately, embarrassingly, thinking too much, he had failed to stay aware of the situation.
Even if he didn't want to be a bystander, he still ended up being one.
"Hahahaha..."
"Dead."
"Finally dead, good riddance. Now everything here is mine, all mine."
"Who else would dare to bully me now?"
Ma Dong, standing at the second-floor window, laughed wildly, almost to the point of insanity, taking the death of his companions not with guilt, but feeling a perverse sense of relief.
"Hey, is there something a little off with your brain? Do you need me to make a call for you?" Lin Fan looked up at the second floor, feeling the man laughing maniacally seemed a bit deranged, like a lunatic.
Dialing 120.
No one responded. He felt somewhat helpless. Even if he wanted to help, it was futile. The hospital was probably surrounded by zombies too.
Ma Dong, lost in his manic ecstasy, heard Lin Fan's words and looked at him, his eyes gradually becoming more ferocious and his expression twisted.
"Even you, a stranger, want to laugh at me?"
"I'll tell you, that's impossible. Now that it's the apocalypse, if I want to kill, I'll kill, if I want to do something, I'll do it. Only the ruthless survive without being bullied."
Observing his behavior, Lin Fan saw how truly mad the man was.
Lin Fan always thought, all people would face what was happening now squarely.
Regarding the emergence of a new species, they would face it with a calm heart.
But looking at the current situation, he felt very helpless.
Gagging sounds.
At that moment, the previously still Zhang Quan, as if electrocuted, began to tremble violently and suddenly opened his eyes. The whites and irises of his eyes gradually dissipated, replaced by a cloudy grey.
Hunched over, his head tilting backward, a copious amount of blood sprayed from the half-destroyed mouth on his face.
Flap, flap, flap!
Zhang Quan, like a fish out of water, kept slapping the ground.
The three zombies that were eating Zhang Quan froze in their stiff movements, clearly not expecting their prey to become one of their kind.
Suddenly.
Zhang Quan flipped over and stood up.
Roar!
Four zombies roared at Lin Fan, drop by drop, the viscous liquid at the corners of their mouths fell to the ground.
"Hahaha, bite him to death, tear him into pieces for me," Ma Dong shouted crazily, looking forward to the scene of the zombies biting Lin Fan to death unfolding before his eyes.
While his companions were resting, he opened the door, lured the zombies in, and got them killed. He was seeking revenge with his life, and there might have been accidents, but he succeeded, he survived, and the other three, they were all killed by him.
"When faced with danger, I can only protect myself." Lin Fan had no complaints or prejudices against this new species of zombies.
If you don't provoke me, I won't provoke you.
If you threaten my life, then I have no choice but to take action.
Roar!
Four zombies pounced, and for a regular person, it would be impossible to resist, even with a weapon in hand, one wouldn't expect to survive easily against these zombies, which were far from slow and weak.
Ma Dong watched excitedly, already beginning to go mad.
Lin Fan, holding a kitchen knife, brought it down, and a head soared into the air.
One knife, one small zombie.
Just four zombies, quite simple, hardly any trouble at all, and that one zombie, half-eaten, could only count as half a zombie, unable to run, moving very slowly.
Besides earning four points,
there were no other problems.
Standing on the second floor, prepared to watch the zombie feast, Ma Dong was stunned.
He hadn't expected the four zombies to be chopped down by the other party.
Lin Fan rode his bicycle, moving forward a bit, just below the second floor, looking up, making eye contact with Ma Dong.
After a moment of silence.
He didn't ride away but instead wanted to talk to the other person; he felt that saving a stranger lost in the apocalypse could be very meaningful.
"I'm telling you, what you're doing is wrong," Lin Fan said.
"What's wrong?" Ma Dong looked at him in shock. He hadn't recovered from the sight of the other person killing the zombies so quickly, so powerful, the speed and strength at their peak.
Truly terrifying.
"Your current state is not good, you need to adjust properly." He really hoped to awaken the other person, to prevent him from getting further lost, you really have a problem, if you continue like this, you will become a terrifying mad dog.
"Bullshit, I'm in a great state right now, never felt better. Let me tell you, this is the best age. Whoever dares to bully me, I'll make them die, and you too, get the hell out of my sight, or I'll make you regret it," Ma Dong roared, eyes bloodshot, totally insane.
"Sigh," Lin Fan sighed, "You can't think like that, killing people is a crime, you'll go to jail, I see you're still young, you can't be so irritable."
As he spoke these words, Ma Dong couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Ha ha... A crime? I think you're a fucking idiot. Have you read novels, watched movies? The apocalypse has come, zombies roam, there's no more law. As long as I'm happy, I can do whatever I want, even if it's killing people, I won't feel any guilt."
Ma Dong loved this feeling of lawlessness, the sensation that he could kill whoever he wanted—that was the most exhilarating.
Now, some idiot tells him it's a crime, hilarious, truly hilarious.
"So you're saying, the apocalypse is your excuse to kill at will?"
"If a person indulges in lowly tastes, what's the difference between him and an animal?"
"If you had gone through nine years of compulsory education and knew history well, you would understand that in difficult times, when lives were no more than weeds, there were those who willingly sacrificed themselves for justice, and those who would not take even a needle without asking, and if they needed to, they would negotiate and write a debt note."
Lin Fan felt regret; truly, people are different.
Some have a baseline, no matter what the world turns into, they maintain their moral compass.
And others live according to the era.
Just because of the arrival of the apocalypse, they start to kill, rob, and harm at will.
"Annoying, just die, you go die, I'll let the zombies bite you to death," Ma Dong yelled loudly, his voice spreading all around.
He wanted to attract the zombies.
Roar!
Some zombies responded.
Bang!
Bang!
Zombies jumped down from the building, hit the ground, arms and legs broken, some with their heads split open and brains spilling out, yet furiously crawling towards Lin Fan.
Other zombies surged from dark corners, viciously attacking.
The sounds of running were dense.
Many zombies were attracted.
"Sigh, pathetic, don't want to talk to you." Lin Fan, riding his bike, was ready to leave; there were too many zombies, truly frightening, he hadn't expected there to be so many.
However, as he was leaving.
He saw Ma Dong fall from the second floor.
Too arrogant, too mad, climbed onto a window, flailing his arms wildly.
Too excited.
And accidentally fell.
"Brother, save me, save me..."
"I'm wrong, I'm really wrong, save me, get me out of here..."
Ma Dong seeing the surrounding zombies, screamed in panic.
Lin Fan, without turning his head, pedaled his bicycle like crazy, speeding away like lightning.
Zombies chased behind.
But drawn by Ma Dong's screams, they tore at him ferociously.
"Motherfucker, you madman, psycho, I'll kill you."
"Ahh!"
Lin Fan looked back, seeing Ma Dong surrounded by zombies.
"Bad people grind each other down."
"You reap what you sow."
"It has nothing to do with me."
Having received his salary, he was in a great mood, pedaling the yellow bike, feeling as if he was flying, a sort of light-headed sensation.