Hearing the young man in front of her say something like that, Diane was taken aback; she turned toward Uncle Tang and signaled with her eyes.
"Young man, we could accept your protection, but nothing in this world comes for free, especially in these times when the world changed for the worst," said Uncle Tang to Bai Shen. He was a cautious man who didn't want to take risks regarding his survival.
Mostly because Bai Shen and Fatty Jiang were so well-equipped, he thought that the two of them were blinded by Diane's beautiful appearance and tried to lure her for some 'fun.'
"I understand that, don't worry. We don't want anything else in return, but this doesn't mean it's that simple."
"After a while, my group and I will move to Guangzhou where I have some provisions that could last a dozen people a hundred years. After we move, your protection will also be gone."
"At that moment, you should make a decision; will you raise your foot and step forward, embracing this New Era, or would you prefer to hide for the rest of your life?"
Seeing the three people before him were stunned, Bai Shen shook his head and turned around to leave.
He was going to let them take the food available here and look for another store with something inside.
"Wait!" The woman named Diane shouted. She took a step forward, and after gathering her courage, she said, "I-I want to come with you, but can I also take little Feng with me? I'm sorry, Uncle Tang, but we have more chances of survival if we are in a group."
Diane lowered her head to Uncle Tang. She felt guilty that she was about to abandon the man like this, but she also needed to look after little Feng, who didn't have anyone else left.
"Sigh... I wish to go with you as well. What can I lose? I don't have any family in this world anyway."
Somewhat dejected, Uncle Tang slowly stood up and came toward Bai Shen and the others.
"So what do you say, young man, will you take the three of us with you?"
"Of course. Since I was the one who asked first, it's only normal for me to go by that. Also, my name is Bai Shen, and this here is Fatty Jiang. Currently, our group went out to hunt some zombies around here and find a supermarket to take some food back with us."
Bai Shen directly accepted. He tried to enlarge his group as much as he could. Even if he was confident in his ability to survive alone, how could he let his close ones suffer?
"Bai Shen? Your name is Bai Shen?" Uncle Tang's mouth was agape as he looked at the young man in front of him.
He couldn't believe that someone would name their kid like that.
Bai Shen smiled wryly. He could imagine what was going on through the man's head right now.
After all, he suffered a lot of bullying as a kid for having that name.
"Ahem... I didn't have any control over that. It was my parents who decided it before I was born..."
"Well, no matter what, you have to cherish the name they gave you. Keep your head up and don't let others make fun of you for that."
Uncle Tang assured the young man. He got a bit close to him and was about to pat his head before realizing what he was doing.
After a while, everyone decided to ignore that awkward moment and move on.
Opening the door, Bai Shen was the first one to leave the store, followed by Uncle Tang and Diane, who was holding little Feng's hand; Fatty Jiang was the last one to leave, securing everyone's back.
"It's a zombie!" Trembling as he said this, little Feng also caught Bai Shen's hand. The poor kid was so scared seeing that monstrosity once again so close to him.
"It's alright, little Feng. It can't hurt you," saying so, Bai Shen casually strolled forward, much to the three people's surprise.
"What are you doing?! Get back here!" Diane shouted. She didn't want to see the young man who offered them protection losing his life like that.
"Don't worry, nothing can stop Boss Shen," Fatty Jiang confidently spoke. His casual attitude managed to calm the trio.
When the zombie was close to Bai Shen, he slowly closed his fist and punched forward; the power contained inside his fist threw the zombie for more than 5 meters; shocking the onlookers.
'How could someone be so strong?' Diane and Uncle Tang thought the same thing, meanwhile, little Feng's eyes gleamed like he saw his superhero.
"That was..."
"There's no time for explanations, just quickly show me which is the zone where your apartment is, after that, we will go back to my mansion and regroup with the others."
Nodding like pecking chickens after seeing Bai Shen's power, Diane and Uncle Tang immediately arrived at their apartment complex; since it was only a few hundred meters away.
"There! Look, the zombies are still gathering towards it. I wonder why..." Diane pointed in a direction, and when Bai Shen and Fatty Jiang saw it, they were amazed to see so many zombies grouping together.
'It's really one of those Special Events...' Excited, Bai Shen turned to the others and said, "Guys, we need to go back to my mansion right now."
Not wasting any time, Bai Shen marched back with the group; not to mention the new three additional members, even Fatty Jiang was a bit weirded out by Bai Shen's strange behavior.
It took them around half an hour to go back to Pudang since the zones were quite close to each other.
Knocking on the door, Bai Shen also announced his presence, "It's me."
Creak... The sound of the door slowly opening was heard. The one who opened it was Lin Ruoxi, and she hurriedly went to Bai Shen's side and kissed him.
"I'm glad you are back. Who are they?" A bit confused, Lin Ruoxi whispered to Bai Shen.
"We found them hiding in a store, and since they had a little kid with them, I decided to invite them to stay with us."
"Please enter and make yourselves comfortable. I'm going to return back."
Stunning everyone, Bai Shen actually dashed back, his words echoing in the wind, "Expect some good news after I come back..."