When Lin Shuangshuang walked out of the last factory, her face was full of disappointment. Edible food was truly too scarce. In the group file sent by Zhao Pingsheng, it was written that even food with bloodstained packaging could not be taken.
Because the virus had extremely strong penetration and was highly dangerous, they were instructed not to take risks.
And finding food that had not been contaminated at all was extremely difficult. As Gao Lei said, given the population size, the people who turned into zombies were essentially moving disease carriers. Anything they touched—food or objects—was unusable.
No wonder resources were so scarce.
Lin Shuangshuang felt a bit depressed. Just as she was about to head to the next location, she suddenly became alert—someone was secretly tailing her.
She’d been targeted by a filthy rat.
Her eyes didn’t even blink, her expression completely calm.
The other side was also sharp.
Seeing that she had noticed him, he simply stepped out from behind the wall openly.
It was that blond-haired man.
The same mutant ability user they encountered yesterday—his ability was actually invisibility?
The blond man was thin like a dried stick, grinning with yellow teeth, his eyes narrow and sly. He really did look like a rat.
“Little girl! Didn’t expect you to be pretty smart. Since you found me, I won’t bother hiding anymore. Come with me. I don’t want to kill you right away!”
He laughed obscenely, making a “chi-chi-chi” sound. Behind him, four burly men also walked over.
No wonder he was so arrogant.
Lin Shuangshuang nodded, lifted her pink backpack for disguise, and said, “Let’s go.”
Then she walked toward them.
Very straightforward.
The blond man froze—he had expected resistance, but she cooperated so easily?
Before he could say anything, Lin Shuangshuang suddenly asked, “Are you a rat?”
The blond man was stunned. “Y-yeah… how did you know?”
Lin Shuangshuang nodded seriously. “No reason. You just look like one. Not everyone born in the Year of the Rat looks like a rat, but you definitely do. Very much so.”
She was completely sincere.
The blond man really did look like a rat.
There are good rats too—smart ones, well-behaved ones.
But he was a dirty rat.
The burly men behind him were quietly laughing. Seeing her walk over, they even instinctively made way.
It looked less like a kidnapping and more like welcoming a boss.
Lin Shuangshuang noticed something off only after walking ahead and turned back. “Lead the way.”
The blond man snapped back, glared at the others, and then hurried forward. “Fine, I’ll lead. Follow me!”
As they walked, he said, “You’re pretty sensible, little girl. If you cooperate well and serve me and my boss, we’ll treat you nicely—haha!”
“Later, call your teammates and tell them to bring supplies to rescue you. Especially those hover motorcycles!”
Lin Shuangshuang ignored him and calmly walked into their base.
They had chosen a bold location—their hideout was under a mutated tree.
A mutated cottonwood tree. And it was definitely not ordinary.
By her estimation, this tree was at least Level 2. It had already affected the entire town. The fluff it released was everywhere—without protective gear, survival was impossible.
“Go in, go in!” the blond man shouted loudly, acting even more arrogant in his own territory.
The others were shocked.
“You actually brought her back?”
“She’s pretty.”
“Are you blind? You can’t even see her face clearly.”
“Even covered up, she looks good.”
Lin Shuangshuang quickly counted: four burly men, the blond man, four younger men, and a so-called boss—ten people total.
Not bad.
The blond man laughed smugly. “I brought her back effortlessly!”
The others were jealous and making crude jokes.
In front of her was a small house by a repair shop. He motioned her inside.
Lin Shuangshuang turned back. “Aren’t you coming in with me?”
The blond man got excited. “So eager? Fine, I’ll come in with you!”
The burly men looked stunned.
She adjusted her pink backpack strap and said to them, “You all come in too.”
“One by one. Otherwise I’ll be troubled.”
Hard to bind them otherwise.
The men were instantly excited.
“I get a turn too?!”
Lin Shuangshuang nodded. “All of you.”
They were practically losing their minds.
The blond man was unhappy but agreed. “Fine, you guys go in one by one later.”
He stepped inside first.
Lin Shuangshuang followed, closed the door, and before shutting it said, “Remember—one by one. Don’t forget.”
The men nodded eagerly.
Inside, it went quiet.
Then the blond man’s voice rang out.
“Ah—ah—stop—stop!”
Accompanied by the creaking of a wooden bed.
Outside, the men grinned lewdly.
Inside the room—
Lin Shuangshuang held a steel pipe and had already pierced the blond man’s thigh clean through. The moment he entered, she restrained him and kicked him onto the wooden bed. Every time he tried to move, she struck again with the pipe.
Like skewering meat on a grill.
He didn’t dare call for help.
Because on her wrist device, she had written two conditions:
No calling for help—because if he did, she would make him wish he were dead, and skin him alive.