Zhang Yi shrugged his shoulders.
"So, that's it for today." After he said that, he waved his hand, signaling everyone to leave.
However, Luan Qiang suddenly spoke up from within the crowd.
"Yi, going out alone is certainly not easy.
Why not take a few more people?" "I see your motorcycle can easily seat three people.
With everyone helping, we could definitely find things faster!" The others turned their heads, looking at Zhang Yi with strange gazes.
Eager for the chance to go out and gather supplies, they were quite tempted.
Especially after witnessing how Uncle You had managed to bring back clothes for Mei Xie and her daughter.
As long as they went outside, weren't supplies just there for the taking? "Yi, if you need help, everyone would surely be very willing!" A woman gathered the courage to speak up.
Zhang Yi narrowed his eyes slightly.
He then smiled.
"Oh, so you also have your eyes on my electric motorcycle? If that's the case, then let's just part ways here and now.
I won't bother with you anymore after this!" Luan Qiang urgently tried to explain something, but Zhang Yi no longer wasted words.
He simply pulled out his pistol.
"Click!" He expertly released the safety.
Everyone's faces blanched, hurriedly stumbling backward in fear.
"Yi, don't mess around! We were just discussing things with you, nothing else." "Right, right.
If you disagree, then forget we mentioned it.
Is that okay?" "We really appreciate your help in finding food for us, and we were worried about tiring you out, which is why we said that.
Don't you misunderstand!" Zhang Yi sneered.
"From now on, stop mentioning anything detrimental to unity." "Or perhaps I've been feeding you all too well lately." Without further ado, Zhang Yi raised his pistol and with a single "Bang!" shot Luan Qiang dead.
No one could have anticipated that Yi would open fire without any warning whatsoever.
They had expected him to engage in a rational discussion, using their numbers and verbal advantage to pressure him into submission, but never thought he would resort to violence so readily.
Unfortunately, they forgot that the balance of power between them and Yi had never been equal.
Dialogue required sufficient capital! Screams erupted on the scene, with neighbors terrified, scrambling away in a panic.
However, the hallway was too narrow, resulting in a pile-up of people, which led to many falling over.
"If I don't kill a few, you won't understand your place." Zhang Yi's gaze was cold as he randomly fired several more shots, killing four more individuals.
Only then did he cease firing, watching coldly as the rest fled like dogs.
Among the scene, only Uncle You and Mei Xie remained.
Uncle You stood on Yi's side.
Mei Xie, as usual, hid behind him, playing ostriches.
Uncle You told Yi, "They are full of themselves from being fed too well recently, forgetting who they are!" Yi thought to himself: If not for using them as cannon fodder, I would have killed them all long ago! On the surface, however, he magnanimously shrugged.
"It doesn't matter; I'm a forgiving person.
I've forgiven them!" Now well-armed, his actions became increasingly unrestrained.
Mei Xie clutched Uncle You's arm, looking at Yi with a mix of fear and admiration in her heart.
Kind? You better not be...
"Let's go back!" Holding his gun, Yi strode away with an air of disdain.
He was now fully prepared.
These cannon fodders wouldn't last much longer anyway.
Even if some died in the upcoming conflicts, Yi would clear out most or even all of them eventually.
Therefore, he didn't particularly care whether they lived or died.
Moreover, he knew that even after killing a few, the rest would still come begging for food.
...
Just as Yi expected, the people of Building 25 were terrified by his display of force, hastily retreated to their homes, and tightly closed their doors.
At that moment, they recalled the fear once dominated by Chen Zhenghao.
Back then, they too cowered in their homes every day, never knowing when death would visit.
The residents privately created a new group chat, excluding only Zhang Yi, Zhou Ke'er, Uncle You, and Auntie Mei Xie.
Since the ice age began, dozens of group chats had formed within a single building.
Distrust and deceit ran rampant among people.
"What should we do now? Yi has gone crazy and wants to kill us! We don't have guns; how can we fight him?" Someone anxiously asked.
After a moment of terror, the neighbors finally started discussing the situation.
"Yi...
he's completely unreasonable! We were just discussing with him, yet he starts shooting." "The scary thing is, he's killed so many people these past few days.
Where does he get so many bullets? How can an ordinary person have so many bullets, including even a sniper rifle!" "I've always said, Yi must be an urban special forces soldier or a retired special ops agent.
Who else would believe that?" A netizen, deeply invested in online discussions, shared his opinion.
"Regardless of who he is, the point is, we shouldn't have held illusions about him!" "He is extremely selfish.
Everything he does for us comes at a cost." "His kind offers to help us find food out of kindness? All lies! He's not that kind-hearted at all." "Right, he wants us to be his cannon fodder, to charge ahead and seize territory and resources for him!" ...
In the group chat, they cursed Yi along with those close to him like Zhou Ke'er and Uncle You.
They couldn't confront Yi in person—they felt as lowly as ants in his presence—but online, they regained their dignity, transforming into war gods to denounce Yi.
Having vented their anger and feeling somewhat relieved, the group fell silent for a long while.
Locked in their homes, the residents stared blankly in horror before sinking into severe panic.
They remembered how they had survived before Yi provided them with food.
Anything edible in the house was consumed, including leather belts and jackets cut up and boiled.
Desperate individuals even tried consuming feces twice, considering the possibility of survival through coprophagy in dogs.
The most unbearable aspect of humanity is the transition from hope to despair.
Had they never witnessed light, they would not fear darkness.
But having experienced several days of provisions from Yi, they no longer wished to return to their previous existence.
Finally, someone spoke up, "Actually, thinking about it, Yi isn't such a bad guy either.
The people he killed deserved it." ...