July 17, 16:30 PM
Outdoor temperature: 63°C
That photo of iced lemon water paired with grilled chicken wings was like a nuclear bomb thrown into a cesspit, completely destroying the last shred of sanity in the owners’ group chat.
Hunger, extreme heat, despair—and now absolute jealousy—turned neighbors who used to greet each other with polite smiles into red-eyed beasts.
Owners’ Group (500 people):
Building 8 Tattooed Guy:
@Lin Chu You fcking btch! I’m drinking urine out here, and you’re eating grilled wings?!
Building 1 Aunt Wang:
This is too much! This is pure moral corruption! We’re all neighbors, and she refuses to help while humiliating us with photos! Does she even have a conscience?!
Building 6 Unit 1202:
My child hasn’t had water for a full day… I think she must have a generator and water purifier!
Building 8 Tattooed Guy:
Enough talk! If she won’t give it, we’ll take it ourselves! She owes us this!
Building 1 Aunt Wang:
Right! We’re not stealing—we’re borrowing! This is emergency self-preservation! The law will support us! Everyone, follow me to the hillside villa to demand justice!
Under Aunt Wang’s “righteous” incitement—and the tattooed man’s violent intimidation—a so-called “expedition team” of more than twenty able-bodied people quickly assembled.
They carried fire axes, iron rods, even kitchen knives torn from their homes.
Every face was filled with greed and madness.
As long as they broke into that villa, there would be endless air-conditioning, endless water, and endless food!
That temptation was enough for them to risk everything and climb the hillside under 60°C+ heat.
Halfway Villa Entrance
Gu Yan and Lin Wan were already half-dead.
They were curled up in a crack beside the gate’s landscaping rocks, like two dying stray dogs.
“Water… do we have any water…”
Lin Wan’s voice was hoarse like sandpaper. Her once-proud influencer face was now covered in dirt and ash.
Worst of all—her skin.
Long exposure to heat and humidity, combined with no water for cleaning, caused dense red heat rashes across her neck, armpits, and inner thighs. Some areas were scratched open, oozing yellow pus mixed with sweat, burning painfully.
“Shut up! Save your strength!” Gu Yan snapped.
He wasn’t any better.
His expensive suit had long been thrown over his head as shade. Underneath, his white shirt was soaked yellow with sweat.
His lips were cracked and bleeding.
They had been trapped here for three days.
Their car broke down. The road below was 80°C—shoes would melt, bodies would roast.
They tried to return to the villa, but the door stayed shut.
No matter how they screamed, no response came from inside.
Then—
They saw them.
A group of people climbing the mountain path.
And leading them was the tattooed man who killed someone earlier.
Gu Yan’s eyes lit up instantly.
Borrowing a blade to kill.
If these people broke the door, he might be able to slip in during chaos—and maybe even benefit.
He suddenly stood up with surprising strength and shouted:
“Here! Over here!!”
“I’m Lin Chu’s husband! I know how to open the door!!”
The group stopped.
The tattooed man narrowed his eyes.
“You’re her husband?”
Gu Yan nodded desperately.
“Yes! I’m Gu Yan! CEO of the Gu Group!”
He looked like a beggar, but tried his best to sound convincing.
“That woman is inside! She has tons of supplies! I saw it—generators, food everywhere!”
The crowd instantly stirred.
Greed replaced doubt.
“But I can’t get in—she locked the door!”
Gu Yan pointed at the massive steel gate.
“Brother, you’re strong—break it open! We split everything inside! I just want some water!”
The tattooed man laughed.
“Good! You’re sensible!”
He raised his fire axe.
CLANG!!
The axe struck the steel door.
But the door didn’t even budge.
The man’s hand went numb from the recoil.
“Damn it! What kind of turtle shell is this?!”
Gu Yan quickly shouted again:
“Don’t smash the door! Climb the wall!”
He pointed at the 3.5-meter wall.
“We can build a human ladder!”
Inside the Villa — Surveillance Room
Lin Chu sat in a room cooled to 26°C, watching the chaos unfold on the massive screen.
She saw the tattooed brute.
She saw Aunt Wang screaming righteousness.
She even saw Gu Yan jumping around like a dog, acting as a guide.
A faint cold smile appeared on her face.
“Gu Yan…”
She swirled her wine glass.
“I was going to let you live a little longer.”
“But since you’re so eager to be the guide…”
Her fingers rested on a red lever:
[HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRIC GRID — 100,000V]
“System. Activate the electric grid.”
ZZZZZZZ—
Outside the villa, the barbed wire fence suddenly emitted a faint electrical hum.
Blue-purple arcs of electricity flickered between the wires like a waking serpent.
And outside—
The first man climbing the human ladder reached the top.
His hands grabbed the fence.
“Hahaha! I made it! This fence isn’t—”
His sentence ended there.