This Is a Conspiracy!
“Sister Ruo Qing, what do we do next? We've already cleared out all the food and drinks from the mall. Staying here means we're just waiting to die.”
Si Ruo Qing and the others, driven up to the fourth floor of the mall, sat in a circle, utterly at a loss.
“Then we'll fight our way out from here and find a new shelter!” Si Ruo Qing declared with resolute determination. “This time, we'll never help those ungrateful bastards again!”
“But the first and second floors are crawling with zombies! There's no way we can get out!” one of the female team members said dejectedly.
“Sigh!” Everyone let out a collective sigh.
“We never should've saved those people in the first place!” the hot-blooded young girl Xiao Liu cursed bitterly. “A bunch of ungrateful wolves!”
As the group wallowed in despair, Xiao Yi—who had stayed silent, as if none of this concerned him—finally spoke up. “I happen to have a shelter. I can get you all there too. But I have one condition: once I help you build a new shelter outside mine, you'll have to follow my orders from then on.”
“You have a shelter?” Si Ruo Qing shot to her feet in disbelief, staring at Xiao Yi in shock.
“You can really save us?” Another female team member jumped up excitedly, grabbing Xiao Yi's arm.
“Otherwise, how do you think I got in here?” Xiao Yi replied with a faint smile.
……
Meanwhile, Zhou Zhengyu and Scarface—convinced they now had full control of the shelter—couldn't wait any longer after Si Ruo Qing and her group were expelled. They lunged at the cluster of women huddling together.
These past two months had left them pent-up beyond endurance!
They were desperate to vent their lust!
But they had overlooked one person!
The shrill woman who had yelled the loudest for Si Ruo Qing to leave had vanished at some point!
And those two elderly men were nowhere to be seen!
Zhou Zhengyu grabbed a beautiful young wife, dragging her toward the warehouse to have his way with her…
He'd assumed she'd fawn over him—or at least put up a token struggle.
But to his surprise, she didn't resist at all. Instead, a look of relief crept across her lips.
Crack! A sharp snapping sound echoed from the warehouse.
Zhou Zhengyu suddenly recalled something terrifying. He jerked his head toward the warehouse!
There stood the middle-aged woman and the two old men, hydraulic shears in hand.
The iron chain securing the emergency exit door had been snipped clean!
The faces of the middle-aged woman and the two elders mirrored the young wife's—twisted in the same relieved, manic grin.
In that instant!
He finally understood!
This was all a conspiracy by these seemingly weak old folks, women, and children!!!
They had learned of Zhou Zhengyu and Scarface's plot to kill Si Ruo Qing and wanted to stop them—but knew they lacked the power.
So they'd devised this plan!
To sacrifice themselves!
And take the betrayers down with them!
Only now did he realize why these people had suddenly turned so spineless!
Why they'd abruptly betrayed their beloved Si Ruo Qing to side with him!
It was all!
Just a conspiracy!
But it was too late!
The emergency exit door swung open!
A horde of zombies surged in madly!!!
The two elders and the middle-aged woman bore the brunt, instantly swallowed by the zombie swarm!
“It's over! Everything's over!” Zhou Zhengyu wailed in agony, hurling the young wife to the ground.
But she burst into wild laughter. “This is your retribution for biting the hand that fed you! Retribution!”
As the massive wave of zombies poured in from the escape passage, everyone knew death was inevitable today!
Yet in that moment, a figure descended like a god from the heavens, charging forth.
The domineering, razor-sharp modao blade whipped through the air.
He moved like a war god—fierce and invincible!
Swarms of zombies fell cleaved beneath the blade.
In mere moments, the intruders were slaughtered. But the man pressed forward, plunging back into the passage to kill more.
Si Ruo Qing and the other team members followed close behind the modao wielder. Seizing the moment he'd cleared the doorway, they slammed the iron door shut again and desperately barricaded it with heavy objects.
They were safe!
The rooftop shelter's survivors were safe once more.
“Officer Si! Why did you come back?!” the young wife on the ground wailed in anguish.
Zhou Zhengyu and the others, having escaped death by a hair, stared dumbfounded at the scene.
The turn of events was too abrupt.
Everyone was stunned.
Zhou Zhengyu wiped the cold sweat beading on his forehead, his lips curling into a mocking smirk. “How touching. These bitches were actually willing to die with us just to save Officer Si.”
“Too bad, though.” Zhou Zhengyu sneered. “The great Officer Si and that new idiot have returned—not only saving our asses, but sacrificing themselves in the process. So noble! I'm fucking overwhelmed with emotion!!”
“Hahahaha!” Scarface erupted in manic laughter, his face suddenly twisting into a savage glare as he drew the axe from his belt with chilling menace. “You bitches! Weren't you trying to kill me? Now I'll chop off your hands first!”
With that, Scarface raised his axe and brought it down viciously on the arm of the young wife beside him!