“You have no manners!”
Tang Tang puffed out her cheeks angrily and hid behind Pei Xianzhi as she retorted.
That was too much! She was actually resorting to a personal attack.
Being 1.65 meters tall was not even considered short.
It was clearly the other three who were too tall!
Zhu Jiawen was 1.75 meters tall with long legs and a slim waist, while Meng Xingyuan was an impressive 1.86 meters tall.
Come to think of it, she really was the one bringing down their average height.
The 1.85-meter-tall Pei Xianzhi comforted her and casually patted her head.
“Don’t worry. You’ll grow taller.”
Zhu Jiawen snorted. “He’s lying to you. I’ve heard of people putting on weight and getting acne during their second growth spurt, but I’ve never heard of anyone being able to rearrange their genes.”
Meng Xingyuan silently lamented his fate.
Why did he have to provoke her?
“All right. Get your things ready. We’re leaving.”
Ten minutes later, the four of them were fully prepared to leave.
Tang Tang held a sharp candlestick in her hand, her little face tense and her expression serious.
After getting a second chance at life, she absolutely could not die in the beginner village.
Quick and agile, Zhu Jiawen held a German kitchen knife.
Meng Xingyuan took the lead.
Pei Xianzhi stored everything useful from the suite in his Space Cheat Ability. He did not even leave behind the bed or refrigerator.
The corridor outside was eerily quiet.
It was completely different from the chaos of the previous night.
The moment they opened the door, a thick, foul stench hit them.
The ventilation system was still running, but the smell in the corridor was unbearable.
Tang Tang covered her nose, her face scrunching up like a bitter melon.
The hotel catered to high-end guests, so its overall equipment and facilities were excellent.
The zombies heard movement in the corridor, but they could not open doors.
Zombies roared from inside the rooms. Even when they slammed against the sturdy doors with loud bangs, the doors remained firmly in place.
By the time they left the hotel, they had only knocked one security guard zombie into the air in the parking lot.
“Come to think of it, isn’t it strange? Where did everyone in this hotel go?” Zhu Jiawen stared at the streets rushing past the window.
“It’s an upscale hotel. They were either working or out having fun.”
Meng Xingyuan tapped away at his laptop keyboard as he planned the optimal route.
“If Pei Xianzhi hadn’t urged us to leave last night, we would have become extras in a horror movie by now.”
Meng Xingyuan showed Pei Xianzhi the route he had calculated.
“Based on the usual traffic volume along this route and the population in the surrounding areas, this is the best choice.”
Tang Tang poked her head forward and stared at the screen.
Her large, black-and-white eyes were filled with confusion.
Why was the route different this time?
In her previous life, Meng Xingyuan had also calculated their route, but they had not headed toward the coast then.
Pei Xianzhi gave it a brief glance and agreed with him.
“Let’s stop at a gas station first.”
They were driving the same vehicle they had taken to the amusement park yesterday.
The fuel tank was already more than half empty.
The other Mercedes G-Class had been stored in his Space Cheat Ability.
In her previous life, they had not considered this. They had driven both vehicles together.
One of them broke down within the first month.
The other was also scrapped toward the end of the second month of the Apocalypse.
“Brother Gou, someone’s here.”
Li Ergou spat out the toothpick in his mouth and stood up with a watermelon knife in hand.
He had originally been a local thug.
The night before, he and a group of people had been discussing where they could make a big score. After drinking themselves unconscious, they woke up to find that the world had changed.
Li Ergou knew it.
His era had arrived!
Early that morning, he had brought his brothers to this gas station and hacked the hiding staff members to death before feeding them to the zombies.
As for the zombies, Li Ergou was not afraid of them at all.
Not to mention that there was an Ability user in his group.
He himself had always had destructive tendencies since childhood. What were zombies supposed to scare him?
He would kill one whenever he saw one!
Li Ergou put down the watermelon knife and walked toward the vehicle.
When he saw the car’s emblem, a gleam appeared in his triangular eyes.
Li Ergou reached out and knocked on the window.
But the vehicle drove straight toward the gas pump.
“Fuck.”
Li Ergou kicked the tire.
“What’s the meaning of this, brother? This gas station belongs to me!”
Inside the vehicle, Pei Xianzhi patted Tang Tang’s head.
“Stay in the car. Don’t get out.”
Tang Tang nodded obediently.
“I’ll behave.”
The windows were tinted, making it impossible to see inside from the outside.
When Pei Xianzhi had opened the door just now, Li Ergou had caught a glimpse of the woman sitting in the passenger seat.
She looked like a heavenly fairy!
He had lived in Haishi for so many years and had never seen anyone so beautiful.
No.
He had simply never had the chance to possess such a beauty.
The greed in Li Ergou’s eyes gradually turned into lust.
A lecherous smile spread across his unkempt, dark face, exposing his smoke-yellowed teeth.
He said, “Brother, you need to trade something for the gas.”
Meng Xingyuan could not be bothered to start a conflict.
“What do you want?”
“I don’t want your car, house, or money.”
“I want the woman in the passenger seat.”
Li Ergou was certain they would agree.
After all, in this kind of world, women were nothing more than burdens and playthings, while gasoline was something people needed to escape with their lives.
Inside the car, Zhu Jiawen gripped the kitchen knife tightly.
If that bastard dared to come inside, she would chop off his little bastard.
Tang Tang, on the other hand, looked completely relaxed.
She trusted Pei Xianzhi to protect her.
As for what had happened in her previous life, it had been her own stupidity. She had survived for three months without learning how to protect herself and had foolishly turned her back on others.
The atmosphere outside the vehicle suddenly became tense.
Pei Xianzhi’s gaze turned icy, and his long leg shot out in a swift kick.
“Ah!”
A scream rang out.
Li Ergou slammed hard into the gas pump and fell to the ground.
He spat out a mouthful of blood, killing intent appearing in his eyes.
Two green vines suddenly stretched out from inside the gas station.
“How dare you bully my big brother!”
A tall figure slowly walked out of the gas station.
His muscles were thick and solid. His arms had transformed into two thick, elongated vines covered with disgusting green slime.
The two of them quickly dodged the vines.
The vines nimbly changed direction in midair and relentlessly pursued them.
The green vines seemed endless, continuously growing from the man’s hands.
Meng Xingyuan raised a wall of earth, but it was useless. His movements gradually became more and more disheveled.
Li Ergou’s eyes slowly filled with smugness.
Once they were dead, that beauty in the car would be his.
“Zhao Yi, kill them!”
Zhao Yi continued controlling the vines, trying to finish them off.
His Ability was also nearing its limit.
The extended vines tried to retract.
Pei Xianzhi’s eyes darkened as he manipulated the hood of an abandoned vehicle.
The black hood cleanly severed the vines at their roots.
A scream rang throughout the gas station.
A large amount of green liquid gushed from the severed limbs like blood.
The vines fell to the ground and instantly withered into a dry, grass-green color.
Li Ergou’s expression turned ugly.
Damn it.
He actually had such a powerful Ability.
Li Ergou raised his watermelon knife and charged toward Pei Xianzhi, who was refueling the vehicle.
Pei Xianzhi kicked him away again.
A protective barrier post was ripped out of the ground.
Li Ergou was firmly pinned against the wall.
Pei Xianzhi raised his eyes, his gaze filled with ruthlessness.
His Ability manipulated the watermelon knife as it moved closer.
Then, as though he had thought of something, Pei Xianzhi glanced back at the passenger-side window.
The window reflected the scene outside.
But Pei Xianzhi knew that she was watching.
He did not want the girl to see his ruthless side.
Li Ergou was so frightened that urine began running down his pants. The sharp watermelon knife was already pressed against his neck.
The useless lackeys scrambled into the gas station, leaving only Zhao Yi lying on the ground, barely alive.
Yet Pei Xianzhi let him go.
The watermelon knife clanged to the ground.
Li Ergou was still pinned against the wall.
“Is it full?”
Pei Xianzhi asked.
Meng Xingyuan nodded and pointed the fuel nozzle toward a fuel container, continuing to fill it.
“It should be almost full.”
After the two of them got into the vehicle, it sped away.
Only then did the lackeys dare to come out of the gas station.
Li Ergou was pulled down from the wall and slapped each of them across the face.
Ever since he had taken over the gas station, this was the first time he had encountered such a formidable opponent.
Li Ergou’s eyes were filled with viciousness.
“Big brother…”
Zhao Yi’s weak voice came from nearby.
“Save me…”
Li Ergou walked over to Zhao Yi.
“I won’t let you die for nothing.”
The light in Zhao Yi’s eyes gradually faded.
Those words meant that Li Ergou had abandoned him.
He did not want to die!
“Big brother, please save me.”
Li Ergou ordered his lackeys to carry Zhao Yi to the side of the road.
The wound soon attracted zombies.
Zhao Yi’s screams gradually faded away as the scorching sun rose.
Li Ergou blew out a ring of smoke and stared viciously at the road they had disappeared down.
Things without value were not worth wasting supplies on.