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These two rich kids knew they were no match for Liu Yang in a direct fight, so they instantly switched to groveling.
Liu Yang glanced at the dying woman on the floor, then looked at the two trust-fund brats wearing obsequious grins. He said with mild disappointment, "What a waste. A woman this gorgeous, ruined by you two."
She would have been a prime candidate for expanding his bloodline!
Too bad these spoiled scions didn't know the first thing about cherishing beauty.
They had actually used her for food.
Seeing the regretful look on Liu Yang's face, the two rich kids caught on to something and hurriedly tried to curry favor. "Bro, you like her? No problem! She's just my plaything anyway. She still has a breath left in her. How about the two of us leave, and you take her while she's still warm?"
Hearing those words, the spark of life remaining in the woman's eyes plunged into utter despair.
She was on the brink of death, yet these monsters weren't thinking about saving her or letting her go-they were thinking about using her while she was still warm?
Hell was empty, and all the devils were right here on earth.
At that moment, she wanted nothing more than to die.
In this world, all she had left was suffering.
Living for even one more second was pure agony.
Hearing the duo's offer, even Liu Yang was taken aback.
He had always considered himself naturally cold and detached.
The world had never treated him well, so he had no intention of treating the world well either.
He thought he was indifferent enough to ordinary people.
Yet he had never expected these rich kids to be even worse.
Heaven had blessed them with wealthy families, letting them enjoy luxuries most people could only dream of, yet they possessed zero respect for human life.
To them, other people were merely toys-disposable objects to be dismantled, discarded, and tortured at will.
As cold-blooded as Liu Yang was, he hadn't fallen to such a sick, sadistic level.
He stared at the two coldly and said, "Honestly, neither of you deserves to be alive. Let me give you a hand."
The two rich kids' faces turned pale. But before they could react, Liu Yang's fire axe slammed into one of their heads.
The other reached for a butcher knife to slash at Liu Yang, but the moment he raised it, his head exploded into a bloody haze.
An axe for one, an ice needle for the other. Liu Yang dispatched both enemies in under two seconds.
He then turned his gaze toward the dying woman.
Seeing Liu Yang kill the two monsters, the woman assumed he was a good person, and a glimmer of hope rekindled in her eyes.
Though she had been ready to embrace death moments ago, Liu Yang had just executed those two demons! To her, he appeared like a savior standing right in front of her.
Clinging to this lifeline, she squeezed out a weak, desperate plea. "Save me... Save me, please... I beg you, save me!"
Liu Yang looked down at her, his expression utterly devoid of emotion. He spoke plainly, "Your legs are gone. Given the medical state of the apocalypse, you won't survive. You're just clinging to life. All you'll experience from here on out is watching your life slowly drain away, and there's nothing I can do about it. The only thing I can offer is a quick end so you don't have to die in agony."
Hearing his words and staring into his icy eyes, the woman's rationality returned.
He was right.
Without legs and having lost so much blood, even in peacetime she would have died if she didn't reach an emergency room immediately. Let alone now, in the middle of an apocalyptic outbreak.
How could she possibly be saved?
She closed her eyes.
With a flick of his wrist, Liu Yang shot an ice needle into her, bringing a merciful end to her tragic, painful life.
After clearing the scene, Liu Yang proceeded to search the next villa.
He put down several zombies along the way.
However, he found no survivors in the surrounding houses.
It wasn't until he reached the final villa that he noticed something strange.
A zombie was inside, relentlessly battering a bedroom door.
That caught Liu Yang's curiosity.
Logically, when zombies lost sight of survivors, they would stop attacking and wander aimlessly.
Yet this zombie seemed hyper-focused and determined. Even though its skull was already caved in, it continued to slam its head against the door without pause.
Could zombies already be developing intelligence?
Liu Yang gripped his axe.
He called out to it, "Hey!"
Hearing the sound, the zombie whirled around instantly.
Its face, smeared with black blood, twisted into a ferocious snarl.
It immediately charged toward Liu Yang.
Liu Yang darted into an adjacent room and slammed the door shut.
Sure enough, the zombie began ramming wildly into his door.
Liu Yang drew his conclusion.
"It seems zombie aggressiveness really has heightened. It wasn't because that bedroom door had anything special about it."
"It's only the sixth day of the outbreak, and their aggressive drive has already intensified this much. If this continues, they might actually evolve intelligence!"
With the test complete, Liu Yang opened the door and brought his axe down, splitting the zombie's head open.
He then walked over to the door the zombie had been hammering on.
He slowly swung it open.
To his surprise, there were two female survivors inside!
When the two women saw Liu Yang step into the room, their pale, frail faces registered shock.
Then, filled with hope, they asked weakly, "Are... are you the security guard from the front gate? Did you come to save us? Is the apocalypse over?"
Liu Yang shook his head. "No, the apocalypse isn't over, and I'm not a guard anymore. I'm just out searching for survivors. You can follow me. I can provide food, but in exchange, you must submit to me."
Upon hearing his words, the light of hope in the two girls' eyes dimmed instantly at a visible speed.
So...
The disaster was far from over.
And this guard wasn't here out of the goodness of his heart-he wanted their submission?
They hesitated, but the hesitation didn't even last a second.
Because Liu Yang's other condition was far too tempting.
He could provide food!
They hadn't eaten a single bite in five full days!
As long as there was food, what did submission matter?
Without further thought, they resolutely chose to leave with Liu Yang.
With the final two survivors rescued, Liu Yang concluded his search.
As for the high-rise residential towers, Liu Yang had no intention of going inside to search.
The high-rises were too densely populated and occupied mostly by family units, unlike the villa district which housed mostly wealthy young adults. In a family setting, if one person turned into a zombie, the rest rarely escaped. Their survival rate was practically zero.
Liu Yang planned to seal the main entrance directly, leaving the zombies inside to rot and starve.
Simulation ended.
Liu Yang put his plan into motion.
Following the exact path from his simulation, Liu Yang smoothly brought the two girls back.
When he arrived at his villa with the two new survivors, Tang Mengting, Su Xiao, and the others didn't dare voice any objections.
They merely whispered among themselves.
Tang Mengting nudged He Yushi. "Am I seeing things? Isn't one of them Zhao Lina, the straight-A student among the four campus beauties?"
He Yushi nodded. "Yeah, that's Zhao Lina."
As one of the four campus beauties herself, He Yushi naturally knew the other three.
The girl Liu Yang brought back this time was indeed the top-student campus beauty, Zhao Lina!
Tang Mengting let out a mischievous grin and whispered, "Wanna make a bet? Let's bet on whether Zhao Lina gets slapped by Liu Yang."
Among all the women here, Tang Mengting had been slapped by Liu Yang three times-more than anyone else.
She had been holding a grudge about it ever since.
Now she desperately wanted Zhao Lina to keep up her pre-apocalypse aloofness so Liu Yang would slap her straight into submission.
He Yushi's face paled, and she quickly shook her head. "A bet? No way am I betting with you!"
Having been tricked once by Liu Yang, He Yushi was terrified of making bets.
She added, "Even though I won't bet, I'll still say this: Zhao Lina won't get hit. As a top student, she's not that dumb!"
"I don't buy it. She's got to take at least one hit, right? Back in school, Zhao Lina was constantly ranked number one in the whole grade and acted so cold and distant. How many rich guys tried to pursue her and hit a wall? I refuse to believe she'll submit right off the bat! She's bound to taste one of Liu Yang's slaps!" Tang Mengting said with utter confidence.