Apocalypse: the Most Ruthless Person

“Brother Su, don’t worry, leave this matter to us!”

Zhong Xiaoshan was full of confidence and turned to leave.

“Wait a moment!” Zhang Su called out to Zhong Xiaoshan and Yu Qing heading to the warehouse, took a pack of wafers and a bottle of water from the car, and said, “Show some sincerity, tell her that as long as she leaves here, she’ll get a backpack full of food and water.”

Zhong Xiaoshan took the items and nodded heavily, “Alright.”

The dim warehouse was somewhat damp after a heavy rain, Zhong Xiaoshan and Yu Qing entered the warehouse and shone a flashlight, finding Pan Guihua standing at the office door, feeling very uneasy.

“Sister Pan, I brought some food and drinks for you.”

Zhong Xiaoshan held the wafers and water in one hand, and hid a dagger behind her with the other hand.

“You’re here to drive my daughter and me away, aren’t you?”

Pan Guihua said in a forlorn tone.

This remark made Zhong Xiaoshan and Yu Qing’s hearts skip a beat, knowing she must have overheard the conversation earlier.

“Sis,” Zhong Xiaoshan said softly, “We all understand you want to treat your daughter, but staying here won’t help her recover; you need to go outside and find someone for treatment, right?”

Yu Qing looked at Zhong Xiaoshan with astonished eyes, some prepared words got stuck in her throat and didn’t come out.

“Yes, yes, you’re absolutely right, there are no doctors here, no food or drinks, my daughter won’t get better, thank you, thank you for the reminder.”

Pan Guihua suddenly seemed like a changed person, initially lifeless, she became revitalized after hearing Zhong Xiaoshan’s words.

“Indeed, Sister Pan, pack up and leave here, we’ve specially prepared some food and drinks for you on the way, feel free to take your daughter to seek medical help.”

Zhong Xiaoshan said sincerely.

Yu Qing never expected the matter to resolve so smoothly, she turned and walked away…

She felt staying there was completely unnecessary, Zhong Xiaoshan’s lie made her feel uncomfortable, but she didn’t intervene verbally as the goal was indeed achieved very peacefully.

Deception is easy, persuasion is hard.

The world needs lies…

“Huh? Why did you come out alone? Where’s Xiaoshan?”

Zhang Su saw Yu Qing walking out of the warehouse and asked in surprise.

Yu Qing pouted and showed a peculiar expression, “You can prepare things for Pan Guihua now.”

“Oh? That was efficient!”

Zhang Su was amazed, had it been negotiated so quickly?

Amazed, he immediately had Tan Huajun pack a backpack full of food and water.

Tan Huajun walked down from the car with the bag, the warehouse door opened, Zhong Xiaoshan led Pan Guihua into the sunlight, accompanied by muffled growls.

Ooooh, oooow.

The little zombie twisted and struggled on Pan Guihua’s back, causing her frail body to stagger left and right.

This scene made everyone sigh.

Zhong Xiaoshan saw the bag in Tan Huajun’s hand, knew it was the backpack prepared for Pan Guihua, reached out to take it, noticing Zhang Su’s puzzled look, she merely shook her head slightly.

“Sister Pan, inside is enough food and drink for many days, save it on the road.”

“Eh, eh, okay, thank you, thank you all.”

Pan Guihua took the backpack from Zhong Xiaoshan and slung it over her shoulder, nodding to everyone.

“Big sister, I must remind you one last time!”

Zhang Su said solemnly, “This disease is almost incurable, freeing your daughter as soon as possible is the best choice, it would also avoid danger, speak up and we’ll assist in handling it!”

Handling what.

Of course, it’s helping to deal with the little zombie…

Pan Guihua shivered upon hearing Zhang Su’s words, and said with a complex expression, “No, no need, thank you for your good intentions.”

After saying this, she walked toward the factory door.

When Pan Guihua walked out the gate, Zhang Su couldn’t help but curiously ask, “How did you talk to her? She didn’t resist at all and even walked a bit hurriedly, what’s the story?”

Not only Zhang Su was curious, everyone felt incredulous, everyone thought there would be a fierce debate, and Pan Guihua would leave very reluctantly, but this outcome was far from what people expected.

Someone asked Yu Qing, but Yu Qing didn’t say.

“Sigh…” Zhong Xiaoshan sighed and didn’t hide, Yu Qing already knew, sooner or later everyone would know, she slowly said, “I told her staying here won’t cure her daughter, she needs to find a doctor to treat her.”

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Everyone was stunned, some people’s jaws nearly dropped to the ground.

Seeing everyone’s complex expressions and eyes, Zhong Xiaoshan shrugged, “Giving her a nonexistent hope is better than killing her only spiritual support right in front of her, can’t you see how her mental state changed when leaving compared to before?”

Undeniably, Pan Guihua left the warehouse with a smile, whereas before she was filled with fear, unease, and despair.

“Wow, Xiaoshan you’re so great at lying, have you ever lied to Brother Su?”

Zheng Xinyu sensed the low mood and cracked a joke.

Zhong Xiaoshan scolded Zheng Xinyu playfully, “You rascal… Brother Su is so astute, how could I fool him? Besides, I never deceive you all, I only lie to outsiders, okay!”

The two wives teased each other to lighten the mood, others couldn’t add to the conversation, but all laughed, overall a very tricky issue was resolved.

“Alright, alright! Clear up the place, we’ve been cramped in the car sleeping for two days, let’s switch to a spacious area, Zhuzi, Teacher Yu, let’s work together to figure out how to fortify this place.”

As soon as these words fell, everyone got busy, in a post-apocalyptic world having the leisure to clean is quite a nice cultural entertainment activity.

Yet as everyone was enthusiastically engaged, suddenly there was a shout.

“Murder! Robbery! Help, ah… No!”

Zhang Su and the others who were contemplating where to set the sentry were stunned.

“Is that Pan Guihua’s voice?!”

Zhao Dezhu pointed towards the direction of the road outside the factory.

“Correct!” Zhang Su quickly walked to the gate to look outside, two men were kicking and beating Pan Guihua, while a woman next to them was rummaging through Pan Guihua’s backpack.

“Damn, this sister really…”

Zhao Dezhu’s face twitched at the sight, then he said, “Big brother, should we step in?”

At this moment, the two people beating Pan Guihua noticed Zhang Su’s group at the factory entrance.

“Brother Hai, there are people there!”

One of the men stopped, tugged at his companion, and pointed towards Zhang Su not far away.

“Buddy, what are you looking at?”

Brother Hai tilted his head towards Zhang Su’s group, asking in a loud voice.

The distance between them was about thirty or forty meters, shouting wasn’t much of an effort.

“The person you are robbing, I just let go. That bag of things, I gave her.”

Zhang Su said very calmly.

Yuwen and Zhao Dezhu exchanged a glance, not understanding why Zhang Su suddenly had such a good temper.

“Oh?” Brother Hai feigned surprise, kicking Pan Guihua who was sobbing on the ground, grinning as he said, “Then I’ll thank you for the gift, haha.”

Zhang Su shook his head, “What you’re doing makes me uncomfortable, feels like I personally harmed her.”

Brother Hai and his men were taken aback, he asked cautiously, “What do you mean by that?”

“I want to ask, why are you robbing her?” Zhang Su’s tone remained calm, as if asking knowingly.

“Damn, that question’s stupid. Dude, she’s carrying a kid and a big bag of good stuff. If I don’t rob her, who do I rob, you guys? You wouldn’t let me, right?”

Brother Hai said, as if it was only natural.

“That’s right, the weak fall prey to the strong. Fine, now hand over everything! Congratulations, you’ve been robbed.”

Zhang Su took the crossbow off his shoulder; he’d anticipated what the man would say and was prepared!

“Brother, bro, brother, let’s talk it over, no need for knives and guns, right?”

With the strap in front and the crossbow behind, Brother Hai’s group hadn’t expected Zhang Su to have such a weapon and were momentarily panicked.

Pitter-patter, the dense sound of footsteps arose.

To Brother Hai’s surprise, more than ten figures appeared at the dilapidated factory gate, chilling his initial thoughts of fighting back.

“Is it that difficult to do something good, only to have you guys ruin it?”

Zhang Su lifted the crossbow, heading towards the road, genuinely angry.

“Brother, is it necessary to fall out with us over a worthless woman? I’ll give her stuff back, here, sister, I… don’t move!”

Brother Hai took the bag from his female companion, walked to Pan Guihua, and suddenly pulled out a knife, grabbing Pan Guihua and locking her throat, threatening, “Nobody move, or I’ll kill her!”

Zhang Su aimed the crossbow, but Brother Hai’s head was hidden behind Pan Guihua, showing he had experience in confrontations.

“Ah… Zombie!”

Before the man could continue threatening, a shout was heard.

Splurt.

An unexpected event occurred.

Brother Hai’s cheek was bitten off by the baby zombie on Pan Guihua’s back, leaving his face bloody and grotesque.

During the fight, the mask on the baby zombie’s face vanished, and it was now munching on flesh as though it hadn’t eaten for days, savoring the taste.

“Ah, zombie, ah, I’ll kill you…”

Brother Hai, feeling the pain and knowing zombie bites cause infection, went into a frenzy, stabbing the baby zombie with his knife.

Splutter, splutter, splutter…

Perhaps driven mad or venting anger, Brother Hai stabbed the baby zombie repeatedly, not intending to strike the head.

“Ah, don’t kill my daughter, I’ll fight you!”

Pan Guihua, having lost her strength, covered in blood, felt a surge of power at her daughter being attacked. She turned and grabbed Brother Hai’s neck.

Women usually have three moves in a fight: pulling hair, choking the neck, and kicking below. Pan Guihua instantly executed the choke and kick, bringing Brother Hai to his knees.

“Ah, ah… my daughter…”

The most unexpected thing happened. Just as Pan Guihua bent to strangle Brother Hai, her back loosened, allowing the baby zombie to move, turning to bite Pan Guihua!

“Ouch…”

Even Zhang Su’s group hadn’t anticipated this. He and Tan Huajun aimed at Brother Hai’s group with crossbows, initially glad the baby zombie bit Brother Hai, only for the situation to suddenly shift against Pan Guihua!

“Old Tan, can you handle it?”

Zhang Su turned to ask Tan Huajun.

“No, no way.”

Tan Huajun shook his head. The baby zombie swayed violently with Pan Guihua’s movements, making aiming impossible!

“Take out those two guys!”

Zhang Su said softly, pulling the trigger at the woman watching nearby.

Whoosh, whoosh.

The sound of wind break, neither the woman rummaging nor Brother Hai’s henchman got a chance to plead and died together.

“Daughter, don’t worry, mom will kill the bad guys and feed you, don’t worry, don’t worry.”

Pan Guihua went completely mad, clutching Brother Hai’s neck like a vice, unaware he had gone limp and her shoulder was in shambles.

“Sister Pan, he’s dead.”

Zhong Xiaoshan couldn’t help but remind Pan Guihua.

“Dead?” Panting heavily, Pan Guihua shook Brother Hai’s body, unsure, and tossed it aside, deftly unwrapping the baby zombie swaddled on her back.

“Daughter, you wanted meat? Eat, eat, there’s meat here.”

She placed the baby zombie beside Brother Hai.

The baby zombie wasn’t picky, ravenous even towards the freshly dead Brother Hai, biting into his neck. Blood trickled down its mouth, staining the wet road, a dreadful sight.

Pan Guihua seemed oblivious to her pain, caressing her baby zombie’s withered hair, her face radiant with a loving smile, so splendid in the sunlight.