Chapter 121: Your Doomsday Has Been Delivered (4)

Although Ling Qiong answered, she clearly missed the point. Fang Sanqian was sensible enough not to press her further.

"What should we do with these people?"

Although Ling Qiong had cracked their heads open, everyone still had a breath left in them. Ling Qiong took a drink from a beverage handed to her by a girl, arched her brows, and smiled as she said, "You were the ones who invited them in, so you handle them yourselves."

Fang Sanqian: "..."

...

Fang Sanqian waited for the bald man to wake up and asked him some questions. This group used to be thugs who collected protection money. After the apocalypse began, they managed to get their hands on some weapons. They were lucky enough to make it all the way here. They had vehicles parked outside.

The woman had been snatched by them along the way. She and her husband had been traveling together; they killed the husband and kept the woman, using her as bait. Throughout their journey, they had used this method to snatch quite a lot of supplies. And, of course... they had killed quite a few people, too.

Clearly, they hadn't expected to be taken down by a little girl.

"She's quite pitiful, too," someone said, sympathizing with the woman. Her husband had been killed, and she had been forced to...

"Pitiful?" Ling Qiong raised an eyebrow and looked at the woman. Her clothes were dirty, but her complexion was good, she didn't look particularly frail, and the shoes on her feet were clean... This woman was probably not as simple as she seemed. Perhaps she was just spinning a story to lower their guard, and the moment they let her go, she would turn around and stab them in the back. That would certainly be a sight to behold.

"Save your pity for yourselves," Ling Qiong said, pulling her gaze away. "You almost died just now, yet you still have the heart to sympathize with others?" If it weren't for me, you'd all be dead already! You really should cherish your lives more.

"..."

Ling Qiong's words served as a reminder. For a moment, everyone was at a loss as to what to do with the woman, so they decided to keep her tied up for now.

The woman: "..."

The woman glared at Ling Qiong, but she happened to catch her in the act and hurriedly lowered her head in panic. Ling Qiong curled her lips in a smile but said nothing.

"Brother Qian, what should we do?" Most of what this group had done so far was run for their lives. They had encountered others before, but nothing this serious; everyone had just parted on bad terms. Now that this dilemma was staring them in the face, it was truly distressing.

"Strip them clean before you start thinking," Ling Qiong said, already lying on the sofa and intending to get some sleep.

"Why?"

"To prevent them from fighting back."

"???" Huh? What kind of newfangled anti-counterattack method was this? Although they felt Ling Qiong's suggestion was quite strange, Fang Sanqian still followed through, stripping the men until they were left in nothing but their underwear.

"Miss Xu, you... are you really going to sleep?"

"What else? It's five o'clock!!" Ling Qiong pointed at the time. "I'm very sleepy."

Everyone: "..." Who could possibly sleep at a time like this!

...

Ling Qiong could sleep, and she slept until dawn. When she got up, she saw the others sitting around with gloomy faces. The group from yesterday had been tied to the railings separately, looking like a row of pale slabs of pork. Some had woken up, while others were still unconscious.

Ling Qiong ambled over to freshen up, looking as if she were still sleepwalking.

"Is she okay?"

"I don't know..."

"You guys go check on her," Fang Sanqian said, gesturing for two of the girls to follow her. The two girls hurried to the restroom. Ling Qiong washed her face, feeling much more awake. With a toothbrush in her mouth, she looked at the two girls standing at the door through the mirror. "Do you need to use the restroom?"

Both girls shook their heads simultaneously.

"Then why are you standing there?" Watching me brush my teeth like that is quite embarrassing.

"...Are you okay?" one of the girls asked.

"I'm fine." Ling Qiong examined her own face carefully; her complexion was good. Did she look like someone who wasn't okay?

"..."

The two girls exchanged a look. The atmosphere was slightly awkward, but they didn't leave, waiting for Ling Qiong to finish freshening up so they could go back with her.

"You still haven't figured out how to deal with them after all night?"

"..." Please don't use that tone when talking about them, as if they were pork.

Fang Sanqian changed the subject. "I went to check by the restroom earlier. The zombies outside are all gone. Where did they go?"

Ling Qiong sprawled on the sofa as if she had no energy left. "Maybe they went out for breakfast."

"..." What the hell kind of "breakfast."

"Brother Qian, Brother Qian!" The person on lookout duty ran down from above. "Someone is coming!"

"How many?"

"I don't know... several vehicles."

"!!!"

Fang Sanqian immediately went to the window to look. In the distance, several green-skinned trucks were heading their way.

"They look like official vehicles," Fang Sanqian's eyes lit up slightly. "Is it a search and rescue team?"

"Maybe they're just looking for supplies," Ling Qiong said, appearing beside him and looking out as well.

"..." So heartless!

The vehicles soon reached the bottom of the shopping mall, and people started climbing out of the trucks. Most of them were wearing green tactical gear and were well-equipped, looking like an official team. However, Fang Sanqian felt that this group was a bit strange... It was just an intuition; he couldn't put his finger on what exactly was off.

Ling Qiong had originally just been watching for the fun of it, but to her surprise, she spotted a familiar face in the crowd. Lin Miaoru? How did she end up back here? In the original plot, after the original owner was abandoned here, she didn't stay. Later, she met people, left the city with them, and it took some time before she joined the male lead's team. So, the original owner didn't know if Lin Miaoru had returned here later. Lin Miaoru seemed to be alone; Ling Qiong didn't see any other familiar faces. Had Lin Miaoru gotten separated from the male lead?

"They're heading this way."

Ling Qiong blinked. Just as she was about to look away, she caught a glimpse of a golden glow in the last vehicle. It was too far away to see clearly. But to emit such a golden light... it had to be the "cub" of this instance. Ling Qiong rubbed her hands together, a full-blown "auntie smile" on her face, looking forward to the cub's appearance.

"Help! Help!!"

On another street, two survivors—one big and one small—appeared. The adult was standing on high ground, waving; perhaps they were excited to see living people and shouted out.

*Whoosh—*

The survivor's body collapsed, and all sound ceased. Then, the little one collapsed as well. Fang Sanqian looked down in shock; the person who had fired the shot hadn't even had time to lower their weapon.

"Brother Qian... they... are they killing survivors?"

"Damn, damn, damn, they're coming in!"

"Let's go, quickly!!"

They didn't know who these people were, but they were clearly not here for search and rescue. Although the man's shouting earlier hadn't been ideal, they had opened fire without a second thought. And the child—the child hadn't made a sound, yet they...

Fang Sanqian had thought this group was strange from the start, but now, it was even more bizarre. Having just experienced such danger last night, his survival instinct made him afraid to take any risks.

"Pack your things, quickly! We're leaving."

"Brother Qian, they have ordinary people in their team, too. Maybe they were just afraid the guy's shouting would attract zombies?" someone hesitated.

Fang Sanqian wavered for a second, but then said, "Let's get out of here first. Don't take the risk."