Still hoarding supplies in the apocalypse? I'll just go on a killing spree and looting!

Team Leader Song was momentarily dazed, recalling the road to Pingdingshan last night.

There, his team encountered an attack by monstrous beasts and even found themselves in an extremely dangerous situation.

After killing three strange beasts with three strikes, the woman spoke in the exact same tone as she does now.

At that time, he thought she was just a murderer pretending to be calm.

Now he knew that it wasn't feigned composure, but genuine cold-blooded ruthlessness.

She cared little about herself or others, and was completely oblivious to how others viewed her; all she saw was inhuman rationality.

This gives him, the one who hunted her before the apocalypse, a chance to do the right thing after the apocalypse.

He followed her indifferently toward the front door.

As she passed by Mu Xue, Mu Xue straightened up from next to Pikachu. "Team Leader Song."

She called out to him, her voice low, "I've made mistakes before. Your mistake just now isn't a big deal. Just don't make it wrong next time."

Team Leader Song looked at her and noticed that her eyes resembled Lin You's.

It wasn't his appearance, but the calmness that comes from seeing through the apocalypse.

That kind of restraint and rationality after being crushed by reality and then piecing itself back together.

"Thank you," he said, his voice dry and hoarse.

As the convoy left the residential area, in the rearview mirror, the vines on the rooftop of the apartment building had already climbed all over the exterior walls, hanging down from the sixth floor to the third floor, slowly wriggling in the gray fog, like ropes that were tightening.

Is anyone still in those windows that haven't been knocked on?

Nobody knows.

The atmosphere inside the car was unusually heavy; even the walkie-talkies were silent, and no one spoke. Team Leader Song sat in the passenger seat of the command vehicle.

Clutching the rescue list in his hand, his expression was a mix of emotions.

Back to the supermarket, which served as a temporary transit point.

The two armed police officers who remained on duty were already waiting at the entrance.

They breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the convoy return.

Not a single person was missing from the group that went out; that's the best news of the day.

But they soon realized something was wrong; the convoy was unusually silent, and the few residents who were rescued did not show any relief at surviving the ordeal.

There was only unease, confusion, and an unspeakable fear.

The two armed police officers exchanged a glance, asked no further questions, and simply quickened their pace to help receive the people and unload the goods.

The convoy did not stay for long.

Mu Xue handed a list of supplies to the armed police officers who remained on duty and whispered a few words of advice.

Then she turned around and walked back to the car. She paused for a second as she passed Team Leader Song, said nothing, and simply placed a bottle of water in his hand.

Team Leader Song looked down at the bottle of water, its coolness mirroring his own heart.

The convoy set off again.

The armored vehicle Lin You was riding in was still leading the way.

With three hours remaining, the officers' families were successfully rescued from the four residential areas.

Of course, there are also some very brave people with their own judgment who risk running out of other buildings to seek shelter.

They joined the convoy carrying large and small bags, along with what they considered valuable possessions.

The gray fog churned in front of the windshield, and the road appeared and disappeared in the fog, but Lin You's gaze remained fixed on the road ahead.

Beneath her seemingly calm expression lay immense anxiety.

Time is running out, and night is approaching.

Her voice came through the walkie-talkie again, her tone calm as ever, "Next target. The old industrial bureau's residential compound, also our final location. Two buildings are marked on the map, surrounded by dense buildings. Estimated stay time: thirty minutes."

Team Leader Song pressed the call button, and his voice returned to steady, "Received. Thirty minutes."

The convoy followed closely behind, driving into the depths of the gray fog.

The buildings here are very dense, and it used to be a high-end residential area in the old city.

There was a pedestrian street right outside the residential area, which was bustling even before the apocalypse.

It's just that it's become somewhat gloomy and dilapidated now.

The vehicle entered the residential area.

The armored vehicle stopped, and Lin You jumped out and said into the walkie-talkie, "Same as always. Group one, set up defenses downstairs; Group two, follow me into the building. Thirty minutes. When the time is up, withdraw regardless of whether the search is complete."

As with other residential areas before, the operation went very smoothly.

It seems that the strange beasts hide in their lairs during the day.

Soon, a group of survivors carrying large and small bags ran out of the various buildings and surged toward the convoy.

Based on previous experience, the officers had clear division of labor and the first truck was quickly filled.

Time flies.

Thirty minutes were almost up.

Lin You looked at the increasingly dark gray fog and glanced at the time on her watch.

"Abandon the search and prepare to evacuate."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the police officers got into their cars.

As the convoy prepared to leave, the strange beasts hiding in their lair arrived.

Not just one or two, but a whole flock.

They surged out from the pedestrian street, their four legs pushing off the ground, their hook-like claws carving clear scratches into the concrete pavement.

These small creatures weaved through the gray fog, leaping out from the gaps between buildings.

That was the terrifying beast they encountered last night.

Some are larger and are more dangerous Tier 1 Terror Beasts.

Its shoulder blades were prominently raised, and its scales were covered with dark gray patterns. It sprang out of the gray mist at an extremely fast speed and crashed directly into the side door of the last truck.

The armed police on the truck immediately opened fire.

The shotgun blasted the beast's shoulder blade, causing its scales to burst and dark green blood to splatter.

The impact of the bullet swayed the beast, and the hook carved four deep grooves in the truck's metal, causing it to tumble off the vehicle.

Immediately afterwards, several gun barrels were pointed at it.

Then the muzzle flashes continued.

However, in the gray fog behind it, there were even more dark green eyes moving.

Sometimes high, sometimes low; sometimes near, sometimes far.

"Everyone get in the car! Now!" Team Leader Song stood next to the command vehicle, his pistol already drawn, the muzzle pointed towards the narrow alley, his voice drowning out the roars of the monsters and the gunshots.

Just then, a young woman rushed out of the stairwell.

She was wearing a floral dress and high heels, and holding her phone in her other hand.

She didn't run to the last truck in the convoy.

Instead, he rushed towards the lead truck, spreading his arms to block its front.

"Don't leave! My boyfriend hasn't come out yet! You're not allowed to leave!"

The driver, who hadn't yet adapted to the post-apocalyptic world, braked suddenly.

The front of the car was less than a meter away from her.

Another small, strange beast sprang out from the gray fog behind her, and was shot in the hind leg by a police officer on the truck.

It fell to the ground and got up again, its hook digging several deep trenches in the cement.

It roared and continued crawling forward.

Team Leader Song turned around and saw this scene. He rushed over and grabbed her arm. "Get in the car! Now!"

She shook off his hand.

Her face flushed red, not from fear, but from anger.

A sense of being abandoned, yet righteously justified, anger.

"You're the police! You're already here, why don't you go look for him? He's upstairs! How long would it take to search him? If you don't go, I won't let you through!"

In the distance, a strange beast was shot in the leg by the armed police and fell to the ground, but it immediately got up and continued charging.

In an instant, gunfire erupted.

The already limited number of bullets was quickly depleted in just one minute, and several officers were already changing their last magazines.

Lin You jumped off the armored vehicle.

She didn't look at the woman; she looked at Team Leader Song.

"Pull her up."

Team Leader Song and another officer reached out to pull her.

She struggled desperately, her fingernails scratching bloody marks on Team Leader Song's arm, her legs kicking wildly, and her high heels striking Officer Li's chest.

She struggled and screamed, her voice high-pitched and piercing the gray fog between the gunshots and hisses.

"Let me go! You bunch of liars! Murderers! If anything happens to my boyfriend, you're all murderers."

A low growl echoed from the depths of the narrow alley.

It wasn't the previous hissing sound; the sound was a deeper, more resonant roar.

The terrifying roar rolled over from the depths of the gray fog, as if something was awakening underground.

All the beasts stopped attacking at the same moment, lowered their bodies, and retracted their hooks, like a pack of tamed hunting dogs making way for a larger predator.

Then, a strange beast over two meters tall stepped out from the gray mist.

Instead of bulges on its scapula, it has a pair of fully formed accessory limbs, each with a complete sickle-like hook at the end.

Its eyes weren't dark green, but a deep red, with vertical pupils facing the convoy.

Lin You's expression changed instantly.

Lin You released her left hand from the car door; she didn't get in. She pulled the mantis knife from behind her back with her right hand.

"Team Leader Song, take her away."

Team Leader Song and Officer Li worked together to drag her onto the truck.

She was still struggling, her fingers gripping the edge of the truck's rear panel, her nails digging into the gaps in the metal, refusing to let go.

"I'm not leaving! I'm not leaving unless you save my boyfriend! You murderers..."

Lin You turned around.

She pulled her pistol from its holster and raised the muzzle.

A shot rang out.

The woman's head snapped back, her body went limp, and her fingers, gripping the back of the truck, loosened one by one.

Her phone slipped from her hand and fell to the ground screen-up; the wallpaper was a photo of her and a young man.

The screen lit up for two seconds, then went out.

"Hurry up." Lin You looked away from her phone screen, put her pistol back in its holster, and jumped onto the roof of the car.

Mu Xue closed the car door, her shotgun trembling, because just a second ago she almost turned the gun on that woman's hand.

She nearly shot her finger to break her grip.

But she didn't have time; Lin You was faster.

They are also more ruthless and heartless.

The armored vehicle's engine roared, and its headlights illuminated the churning gray fog ahead.

The giant beast began to charge.

Its four hooks pushed off the ground simultaneously, each step shattering the concrete pavement, and it moved so fast that a vortex of gray mist formed behind it.

Mu Xue shifted into reverse, jerked the steering wheel, and the armored vehicle swerved and turned around, directly pointing the front of the vehicle at the direction from which the alien beast was pouncing.

Then she shifted into drive, floored the accelerator, and crashed into the side of the monster.