Reset of The Apocalypse - Chapter 45
“The few of you, leave right this instant!” Xiao Liu pointed at Lin Chao and girls, as well as the mother and daughter threateningly. “Leave right now!”
The middle-aged woman retorted angrily, “You wish we’ll leave!”
Xiao Liu pointed the pistol at her immediately and shouted, “Say it again, are you leaving? Are you leaving! Do you think I won’t shoot you!”
Looking down the black muzzle, the woman stepped back in fright. Turning pale, her tone weakened as she pleaded, “Please, don’t chase us away. Driving the three of them away will do. We only need a tiny bit of food every day, that’s all. Please!”
“You!” Lin Shiyu who had pitied them shook in anger.
The woman scowled at her. “What? If it weren’t for the three of you, we won’t even argue. It’s all your fault. You guys are the fuse!”
Enraged, Lin Shiyu was about to argue when Lin Chao pulled her suddenly and said softly, “It’s okay. Let’s go.”
Fan Xiangyu looked at him in surprise. “We’re leaving just like this?”
She actually meant ‘Aren’t you going to teach them a lesson based on your character?’
“Shush.” Lin Chao gave her a dirty look as he held Lin Shiyu’s hand to stand up and leave. His superb hearing had detected that the zombies a few miles away seemed to be roused by this conflict and were making their way here. He believed that it would not take long before the basement’s door would be crowded with zombies.
Shrugging, Fan Xiangyu looked indifferent as she stood up to pat her grand gown and stood behind Lin Chao obediently.
When the trio acted so decisively, the group of survivors were instead stunned. They knew that the people-eating monsters were outside and it was suicide to leave here at night!
“You guys…” Ye Fei was frantic, not expecting Lin Chao to act on impulse, and stopped them. “These monsters are sharp in their sense of smell at night. You guys will be discovered once you leave this place. If you really insist on going, I’ll leave with you guys when morning comes!”
Lin Chao glanced at her. “Just for you, I’m giving you a warning. There is already a large number of monsters gathering toward this place.”
“Do you mean that?” Ye Fei was appalled.
Lin Chao brushed past her shoulders and said, “It’s up to you to believe it or not.”
The rest of the group was equally aghast but had doubts. The middle-aged man Huang snorted. “Who are you bluffing? We’ve been here for days and there weren’t any monsters. You think the monsters will come just because you say they will? Who do you think you are? Do you think you have telescopic eyes or is this just a scheme to gain our sympathy so you can stay here?”
The others breathed in relief when they heard the man. He was right, how could Lin Chao know even if there were incoming monsters?
Lin Chao glanced at him coolly before making his way to the door without saying anything.
Lin Shiyu glared at them and held herself back from disclosing any information since Lin Chao seemed to not wish to divulge the fact that they were Evolveds.
Witnessing the rare sight of Lin Chao being mocked, Fan Xiangyu was secretly overjoyed, naturally, she didn’t speak a word.
Xiao Liu scoffed. “Acting mysterious and all, bleh! Two of you, scram as well!” He pointed the pistol at the mother and daughter.
The parent and child trembled. The woman kneeled down immediately and kowtowed, pleading, “Xiao Liu, I beg you, don’t be like this. We’ll remember your benevolence and will repay you in the next life as your servants…” As she spoke, her forehead thumped continuously on the floor.
The submissive attitude did not attract sympathy but contempt. Xiao Liu rushed forward and kicked her shoulder. “Scram! I don’t need your after-life repayment. Leave at once. Don’t force me to pull the trigger!”
“Please, I beg you…” The woman crawled up despite her aching pain and sobbed hugging Xiao Liu’s leg.
Xiao Liu kicked her off again and barked, “Two of you, drag her out!”
Closest to the woman, the middle-aged man Huang and another handsome young man hesitated when they saw her bawling.
“Are you dragging her out or not!” Xiao Liu snapped waving the pistol in his grip.
Accustomed to office politics and keeping distance from the assaulting party, a hint of brutality showed on the middle-aged man Huang’s face as he struck first to grab the woman’s arm. He saw that there was no way out of the situation. When the other young man saw him move, he let go of his qualms and promptly grabbed the woman’s other arm, dragging her out of the door.
“No – no… I beg you…” The middle-aged woman bawled.
Xiao Liu’s gaze fell on the little girl and kicked her. “Get out! Are you asking for a beating?”
The girl aged eleven or twelve began to crawl whilst crying, chasing after her only sense of security.
Scanning the remaining three people threateningly, Xiao Liu saw that there was a young man who looked down towards the mature woman around twenty-six or twenty-seven years of age, and the girl in school uniform called Xiao Li.
Xiao Liu’s gaze paused on Xiao Li.
As if reading the cruelness in his eyes, Xiao Li shuddered and pleaded. “Don’t chase me away. I can do a lot of things. If you have needs, I – I can sleep with you. I’m still a virgin. Really. Please don’t drive me away…”
Striking a chord in him, Xiao Liu subconsciously glanced at her chest. She was only fifteen or sixteen years old but she had matured well. He looked over to the mature woman. The latter quivered but forced a smile. “I – I can do it too.”
Contemplating for a moment, Xiao Liu finally nodded slightly after looking at both females.
Seeing he did not mention chasing them away, their high-strung nerves relaxed instantly.
Turning around, Xiao Liu saw Ye Fei’s voluptuous body. A suggestive desire flashed across his eyes. Having tasted the delirium of mastering the others’ life and death, the hidden thirst in him was no longer suppressible like a horse on the loose.
“Officer Ye, what about you?” Xiao Liu stared at her perky breasts with greed in his gaze.
Ye Fei was furious. “Don’t think about it!”
Xiao Liu gave her a black look and shook the gun in his hand. “You’ll have to consider it carefully.”
“Even if I die, I won’t let you touch me! I’m going to leave with them. I really regret saving someone heartless like you!” Ye Fei said angrily.
“You bitch!” Xiao Liu pointed the pistol at her and barked, “Don’t think that I dare not kill you!”
Ye Fei glare was like daggers in her wrath. “Come, shoot me!”
Xiao Liu’s arms shook from rage. The humble-looking young man could not take it anymore and coaxed the former. “Let it go. Officer Ye saved us after all. Let her go if she wants to leave.”
Despite his temper, Xiao Liu actually did not want to kill Ye Fei. Only that the power he has just overthrown was being challenged, and he found it unacceptable. Hearing the young man’s words, his outrage faded a little as he scoffed, “Since you’ve saved me before, leave!”
Ye Fei looked at him coldly and swiftly turned to leave. She ran over to Lin Chao and girls when she saw that they were already by the door.
Outside of the door, the mother and daughter were still wailing, begging the middle-aged man Huang and the handsome young man to let them stay inside, but the two of them pulled her away with a death grip. No matter how much she struggled, she could not prevent herself from exiting the door.
When the trio passed by the parent and child pair at the door, Lin Chao walked directly past them with indifference, without a glimpse of attention. Fan Xiangyu who followed close frisked past them, shaking her head with a gloating tut.
While Lin Shiyu stared livid at them, a tiny part within her could not stand the sight of them pathetically begging.
“They’re here,” Lin Chao spoke in a low tone. His ears moved very gently, tuned in to the zombies that had been a few miles away rapidly closing in toward their location. They were no longer their previous primitive state of roaming but a predatory state when they smelled their prey. It was obvious that they had heard the mother and daughter’s wails.