Damn zombies, how dare they disguise themselves as humans!

First floor of the building.

The door was opened a crack.

Inside the door, the young man looked at the few zombies that had scattered outside but still remained. Although he was very scared and even trembled slightly, his eyes were extremely firm, and he showed no sign of shrinking back or giving up.

He took a deep breath to calm himself down, then slipped out the door and carefully made his way away, hugging the door and the corner of the wall.

The slight movements and slow pace went unnoticed by the scattered zombies in the distance until they disappeared from sight.

"It seems I was wrong."

He is not the target.

Behind the counter in the lobby on the first floor, Luo Tian stared in the direction the young man had disappeared and muttered to himself.

The young man's initial behavior led him to mistakenly believe that she was a selfish, self-righteous hypocrite who harmed both herself and others.

But what is the reality?

There's a big difference between a "saintly mother" and a "saintly hypocrite."

The former means that one is determined to save others without morally blackmailing them or implicating them.

The latter, like Su Rou and the middle-aged woman and man, were afraid to save their own relatives, yet they morally blackmailed and forced two young soldiers to take risks. They were indifferent to the heavy sacrifices of the rearguard in fighting off the horde of zombies, and did not care about the lives of the two soldiers, let alone the safety of dozens of people in the vehicle. They only thought about themselves, standing on a moral high ground and acting arrogantly. Other people's lives were not lives in their eyes. They were mean, sarcastic, and selfish to the extreme.

Young men clearly belong to the former category.

Or perhaps he wasn't calling himself a saint; he was just worried that his pregnant fiancée might be acting rashly out of concern, but he calmed down and returned to normal.

Imagine if it were you, and your parents and sister were outside in danger of being attacked by zombies at any moment, how would you feel?

Without a doubt, he would be preoccupied with the search and disregard everything else.

"I was still too impatient."

Luo Tian got up and walked towards the second-floor staircase.

At this point, he finally began to understand why the system was taking so long to process the data.

Just like a young man, if he immediately attacks someone just because their behavior seems slightly abnormal, wouldn't he be killing the wrong person?

Second floor of the building

This floor is the restaurant floor of this commercial building. The central area is empty, and the surrounding area is filled with shops such as cafes, snack bars, and hot pot restaurants.

The dozens of people who came up crowded into the middle area, sitting on the ground in complete silence.

A candle was lit on the ground nearby.

The dim, yellowish light illuminated the lingering fear on each face.

In the distance, by the corner of the wall, lay a dozen or so zombie corpses. Some of them had black slime oozing from the holes in their heads, probably killed by the soldiers who had arrived earlier and then gathered there.

Further away, at the stairwell leading to the third floor and the stairwell leading to the first floor, there was a soldier stationed at each location.

They may have gone up to the third floor to check, and it may have even been cleaned up.

Luo Tian, ​​who had just arrived, looked around for a moment, then walked to the edge of the crowd and sat down.

With these professional soldiers, external security shouldn't be a problem. At the very least, there's no need to worry about being caught off guard by zombies that suddenly appear.

The important thing is the internal structure!

Since the system task is pointing here, it means there must be a target here that needs to be cleaned up.

At least in the first three tasks, the system has not made any misjudgments.

Of course, if something unexpected happens and the system ultimately determines that the target to be cleaned is incorrect, that would be even better.

He left immediately, escaping danger and getting half of the mission's reward for free.

"Who exactly is the target?"

Luo Tian scanned the crowded people in front of him.

But having learned his lesson from the young man, he became much calmer and less anxious.

One reason is misjudgment, such as wrongly killing someone.

Secondly, the fact that the target is still alive means that the danger is still there, and one could be implicated and killed by them at any time.

Unfortunately, upon closer inspection, everyone seemed abnormal, yet these people had just survived a near-death experience, which made them all seem normal.

If it weren't for someone like Su Rou who acted recklessly and recklessly, it would be impossible to tell who the target was just by looking at the surface.

Therefore, all we can do is wait and wait for the system to make its decision.

The squad leader walked up the stairs a dozen meters away.

Upon seeing Luo Tian, ​​he walked straight over and sat down beside him: "Kid, you've got some free time on your hands. I heard you've been watching the show downstairs?"

Luo Tian turned his head and glanced at it.

Honestly, when doing something like this, he just wanted to keep a low profile by blending into the crowd.

Once the system has completed its assessment, he will appear and eliminate the target before quickly leaving without interacting with others.

But now that someone had come to him, and that person was a squad leader among the soldiers protecting the crowd, he couldn't just stand by and do nothing as one of the "protected" members. So he could only give a vague reply: "I'm not here to watch the show, I just want to help. There's some trouble going on, and since I've seen it, I can't just ignore it."

"Oh, I see."

The class monitor was just asking casually; he didn't mean anything by it.

But perhaps sensing Luo Tian's tone and expression, he asked curiously, "You don't seem afraid at all. What did you do before?"

"No, no, I was just terrified by the horde of corpses that were chasing us. I haven't recovered yet. I used to be just an ordinary animal in Shanghai."

Upon hearing this, Luo Tian quickly adjusted his tone, his voice trembling slightly with a hint of panic.

To prevent the squad leader from going on and on, he added, "Thank you for protecting me all the way. Without you soldiers, I might have died long ago. My legs are still a bit weak. I'm almost exhausted after running for so long. I'm going to take a nap. With you protecting me, I no longer have to worry about being suddenly eaten by those zombies."

After saying that, Luo Tian got up and limped weakly to the side of a shop, where he sat down against the wall and closed his eyes to rest.

Seeing this, the squad leader didn't press the matter further. Instead, he addressed the crowd, saying, "We searched this floor before, but there was nothing to eat. It's been completely ransacked. Everyone, bear with it for now and get some sleep. I've arranged for people to take turns on night watch. Rest well and get plenty of rest. Tomorrow, we'll try to lead you all out of the city. Once we're out of the city and rejoin the main force, we'll distribute food so you can have your fill."

Upon hearing this, no one complained; everyone behaved themselves and obediently lay down on the spot.

Being chased by the horde of zombies and being terrified, he was indeed exhausted, just as Luo Tian had said.

With soldiers on guard and protecting them, there was no need to worry about zombies. Everyone quickly fell into a deep sleep, making the already quiet place even more deathly silent.

In the end, even the squad leader and the soldiers who were not on night duty collapsed and fell asleep.

Except for Luo Tian.

How could he possibly sleep knowing there was danger?

Leaning against the shop, he closed his eyes, opening them only slightly, keeping himself highly alert and silently vigilant for any movement around him.

Time flies.

I waited until late at night, but still didn't receive a system ruling.

Several more hours passed, and Luo Tian even felt that everything was fine, but then the cold, mechanical voice that suddenly popped into his head made his heart skip a beat.

[Ding! Judgment complete.]

[Target: Wang Xiulan.]

[Judgment: Clean up.]

"They're here!"

"Wang Xiulan?"

"The name should be a woman's."

Luo Tian opened his eyes and scanned the figures sleeping all over the floor.

This mission was rather unusual; the target wasn't out in the open but rather hidden within the crowd, posing a potential threat.

The system only provided a name after making the determination; the rest is up to him to find out who it is.

The problem is that there are dozens of people here, half of whom are women. How am I supposed to find them?

Furthermore, based on his experience, once the system has reached a decision, it must be resolved as soon as possible.

Otherwise, there is a high risk of danger, and it could even lead to one's own death.

So he didn't have time to think it over slowly. After a moment's thought, he quickly got up and prepared to use the fastest and most direct method.

First, he went to the window and looked outside. Then, Luo Tian casually picked up a chair next to him.

then,

"Bang!!!"

The chair crashed to the ground, and the sound and vibration instantly woke up the crowd.

At the same time, Luo Tian spoke loudly:

Is there anyone here named Wang Xiulan?

"I'm your husband's friend; he asked me to find you."