Apocalypse: Zombie Elimination Expert

As if he didn't believe in evil, Chen Tuo tried the switches in the other rooms again before finally accepting the fact that the water and electricity were cut off.

With water and electricity unable to operate, the natural gas supply was naturally also completely cut off.

In just one morning, all the water, electricity, and gas were shut off.

The two stood in the living room, looking at each other in bewilderment.

After a long pause, Chen Tuo gave a wry smile, "Well, now it's really going to be fast food for every meal."

On the fifth day of the zombie outbreak, the days of water and power outages finally arrived.

The fact that the city's public utilities, such as water, electricity, and gas, could last for five days without any manual maintenance was far beyond his expectations.

Seeing Shu Yao standing helplessly in front of the stove, Chen Tuo smiled and comforted her, "It's alright. So you can't turn on the lights at night, and you can't use gas to cook. You can't take a shower if you get dirty, but we still have a portable gas stove. It's better than cooking with firewood and getting covered in soot, right?"

This joke finally eased Shu Yao's tense little face a bit.

"Brother Tuo, your attitude is... a bit too optimistic, isn't it?"

"What good is a pessimistic attitude? Are you going to just die here? It's just a water and power outage, a living person can't die from holding in their pee."

Chen Tuo looked towards the bathroom...

Fortunately, I had made preparations on the very first day of the apocalypse. I filled buckets with water and refilled some empty plastic bottles.

Although this amount of water is not much, if used sparingly, it will be enough for eating, drinking, and washing for a period of time.

Taking a bath can no longer be as luxurious as before. At most, you can just wet a cloth and wipe your body. The conditions are a bit harsh, but it's still better than not being able to take a bath and smelling bad.

As for cooking, since I found a portable gas stove in advance, I don't need to worry about chopping wood or starting a fire.

"Although the power is out, the refrigerator's cooling should last for another two days as long as it's not opened frequently. The meat in the freezer must be eaten within two days, and the vegetables must be eaten as soon as possible within three or four days. After that... there will be no fresh food left, and I'll have to eat ready-made food."

"Okay, I'll go cook first." Shu Yao picked up the portable gas stove from the table and turned to walk into the kitchen.

Chen Tuo nodded. "Try to make as much as possible, because if we can't finish it in the next couple of days, it'll all have to be thrown away..."

After saying that, he sighed.

Actually, what bothered Chen Tuo the most during the water and power outages was not the lack of lights or the inconvenience of cooking.

Instead, they can no longer enjoy a comfortable bath or take an ice bath.

With the refrigerator's cooling, the ice inside will probably last for another night at most.

Without the aid of ice water baths, the intensity of future training must be reduced by half, and training can only be done in the morning or evening. The intense training that was previously possible can no longer be done.

I'm fine, it's mainly Shu Yao who's okay.

If the training intensity is reduced by half, the rate of physical improvement will also decrease significantly.

But there's no other way; we have to consider the limits of what the body can handle.

Otherwise, overtraining could prevent the body from recovering, leaving the body so weak the next day that it might not even be able to lift a weapon, let alone survive...

In the kitchen, Shu Yao opened all the windows to ensure ventilation as much as possible.

Although the firepower of a portable gas stove is not as strong as that of a traditional gas stove, it is still more than enough to cook several dishes.

Soon, the three dishes were ready.

Due to the power outage, the meat had to be consumed quickly, so all three dishes were meat dishes, and the portions were very generous.

The two ate in silence, the atmosphere somewhat subdued.

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, both Chen Tuo and Shu Yao knew that without water, electricity, and gas, the already dangerous post-apocalyptic world would become even more unbearable.

Even while eating, Chen Tuo was considering whether he needed to change his plan to stay in the neighborhood for a short period of time.

Perhaps, without water, electricity, and gas, leaving the neighborhood as soon as possible and finding someone more suitable to live with would be a better choice...

After breakfast, the two began their daily workout.

Despite the water and power outages, training must continue; there can be no slackening.

After a group finished, Chen Tuo, who was resting by the window, caught something out of the corner of his eye, and his eyes immediately narrowed.

"Shuyao, bring the binoculars over here."

"Here you go, Brother Tuo."

Taking the binoculars, Chen Tuo immediately looked towards Building Six.

Shu Yao was also very curious and looked down with a curious expression.

However, due to the high distance, she could only barely see three figures walking out of a building and throwing something around, which lured away all the zombies that were originally lingering nearby.

"Hey, they can lure the zombies away?" Shu Yao was very surprised.

On the contrary, Chen Tuo's brows furrowed more and more deeply...

"What method did they use? It's amazing!"

"See for yourself."

Chen Tuo handed the binoculars to Shu Yao.

Shu Yao took it and looked down, her curious expression immediately freezing.

"How could they do this? They actually used...human flesh!?"

That's right, the method used by the three men, led by the Painted Face Guy, to lure away the zombies was by using human flesh!

Blood-stained human remains!

Before leaving the apartment building, the three men with painted faces threw pieces of bloody flesh into the distance. Zombies are more sensitive to the smell of blood, so they naturally chose the pieces of flesh first.

Although a small number of zombies remained unlured and continued to approach the three men with the painted face, their numbers were more than enough for them to quickly reach the other apartment building.

As for how they found these fresh, bloody chunks of flesh that hadn't yet turned into zombies...

The answer is self-evident.

But that wasn't the most surprising thing for Chen Tuo. What really made his expression change was the mutilated female corpse lying below Building 7.

We hadn't noticed it before without using binoculars, since there had been several tragic incidents of survivors escaping from below the community only to be bitten by zombies.

This resulted in the ground being littered not only with wandering zombies, but also with dozens of pools of blood filled with corpse remains.

But with the help of binoculars, Chen Tuo saw it clearly.

The mutilated body was very fresh; although it hadn't just died, it was no more than a day old.

It is highly likely that it just appeared yesterday.

Furthermore, judging from the manner of her death, it is highly likely that she first fell from the building, died on the ground floor, and was then eaten by zombies.

The female corpse was barely clothed and completely naked. From the remaining half of her face, it could be seen that she had not become a zombie until her death; she remained human from beginning to end.

Fall from a building? Suicide?

possible.

However, Chen Tuo is more inclined to believe that he was forced into jumping off the building when he had no other choice.

After all, no one would take off all their clothes before committing suicide.

Even if driven to despair by the terrible conditions of the apocalypse and attempting to end one's life, it doesn't have to be so undignified.

And then I thought about how the trio had been going in and out of Building 7 for the past two days...

Chen Tuo couldn't help but sneer.

To be honest, these three people are really something else. This kind of shameless method is something that ordinary people can't come up with.

Even if you can think of it, you might not necessarily do it.

He's brave, ruthless, and clever enough to deal with zombies.

But what he did was truly the act of a beast.

Shu Yao also saw the female corpse, her body began to tremble, and her breathing became heavier.

It wasn't out of fear, but out of anger!

Although she was a bit naive, she wasn't stupid, and naturally guessed the general truth behind the woman's fall.

"How could this be? How could this be..."

"Even though so few people survived the apocalypse, they shouldn't have harmed others, even if they didn't help them. Are they... are they animals? No, they're worse than animals!"

Chen Tuo remained silent and continued observing through the binoculars.

Soon, the trio reappeared.

The zombies that had been lured away earlier had already regrouped downstairs.

After they crawled out of Building 7, they repeated the same method, throwing out more than a dozen pieces of flesh.

As the zombies were once again lured away, they quickly burrowed back into Building 6.

This time, however, there were no longer three people, but four, including an unremarkable, somewhat hunched middle-aged man.

"They not only harm women, they arrest men too?"

Shu Yao was shocked once again.

Chen Tuo lowered his binoculars. "Who said they were arrested? What if it was voluntary?"

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