The bald man glared at Yan Qing with fury written all over his face. He looked utterly miserable now. One lens of his glasses had shattered, making his appearance look rather ridiculous.
“They didn’t have to die! They clearly didn’t have to die!”
The sound of footsteps continuously approached from behind.
The surviving crowd surrounded Yan Qing and the bald man in a circle.
They had all seen what the bald man had done and heard Yan Qing’s words earlier. Tears and hatred filled their eyes as they stared at him, wishing he would die on the spot.
“I won’t kill you. I’ll save you to feed to zombies.”
After saying that, Yan Qing withdrew her Tang blade and kicked him hard, breaking several of his ribs before turning away.
The pain of fractured ribs instantly twisted the bald man’s face in agony.
“It was you, you! You killed my mom and dad!”
“It was you who killed my parents! You monster!”
“You killed my daughter! You’re worse than an animal!”
“Give me back my son and daughter in law! Give me back my son and daughter in law!”
…
The surviving people all pointed at the bald man and furiously denounced him.
Although they wished they could kill him right now, Miss Yan was right.
They had to throw him into a zombie horde!
They had to make him experience the feeling of being bitten and torn apart by zombies!
Killing him directly would be letting him off too easily!
Lying on the ground clutching his chest, the bald man looked up at the crowd cursing him.
Anger flashed across his face, followed by a trace of regret.
Unfortunately…
It was already too late.
Yan Qing went to check on the injured.
A man walked up and told her that eighty nine survivors remained, while everyone else had died. There were eleven injured people.
Looking at the wounded lying on the ground, Yan Qing saw survivors awkwardly disinfecting and bandaging their injuries.
Although they had been given painkillers, some wounds were too gruesome and severe.
Even the slightest touch made the injured tremble uncontrollably.
“You need to keep monitoring their body temperatures. Since they didn’t immediately turn into zombies, there’s a high chance they’ll awaken abilities.”
“I… is it that kind of ability I’m thinking of?”
Yan Qing turned her head and looked at the man bandaging the injured before nodding.
“That’s right. Exactly the ability you’re thinking of.”
Checking the time, it was already three in the afternoon.
Yan Qing looked at everyone.
They were exhausted, sleepy, and starving.
Truthfully, she felt exactly the same.
After saying goodbye to all the survivors, she took Da An and drove the RV forward along the road.
But halfway there, the faces of every survivor flashed through her mind.
Sadness.
Despair.
Pain.
Confusion.
Yet when they looked at her, there was also a faint trace of hope.
She gripped the steering wheel and turned the RV around, driving back the way she had come.
“Miss Yan is back! Miss Yan is back!”
The children spotted Yan Qing’s RV approaching and immediately ran across the grass like little radishes, excitedly spreading the news throughout the crowd.
The grief stricken crowd instantly became lively.
They did not know if Yan Qing had come back for them.
But they hoped she had.
Although that thought was somewhat selfish…
Without Yan Qing leading them, all of them would already have died in zombie jaws.
The sound of brakes screeched against the road.
Yan Qing got out carrying a large amount of medicine and food, distributing them to everyone.
Looking at the things in her hands, the survivors finally could not hold back any longer and burst into tears.
They had all been people wandering the streets on the first day of the zombie outbreak.
Back in their original lives, they had never known one another.
But because of the outbreak, they had all escaped together from Heshui City and fled here together.
Many people had died along the way.
Many had also joined them.
Until today, only eighty nine remained alive.
Since the outbreak began, they had not eaten anything.
They had spent every moment running for their lives.
They barely even had time to sleep.
After starving for two entire days, when Yan Qing placed white rice porridge and steamed buns into their hands, the grief of losing loved ones mixed together with overwhelming emotion.
Looking at the porridge and buns, they collapsed into tears.
Yan Qing watched them stand there motionless like puppets, holding the food.
She once again took the loudspeaker from her back.
“Everyone, the dead are already gone, but the living still need to keep living. Haven’t we all come this far because we wanted to survive? As long as you’re alive, there is hope! Your loved ones fought desperately and gave up their lives against zombies so you could live. Are you going to waste the chance to survive that they paid for with their lives?”
Their tear-filled eyes looked toward Yan Qing.
Their hearts were stirred.
“Miss Yan is right! My son and daughter in law risked their lives so my grandson and I could survive. I can’t… I can’t let their deaths be meaningless! I have to live well with my grandson!”
“Ranran, we have to keep living!”
After choking back tears, an elderly man with snow white hair reached out and gently patted his five-year-old grandson Chen Ran’s head.
He handed Ranran a disposable bowl of porridge, then opened his own portion.
Tears continuously fell into the white porridge as he choked with sobs while shoveling food into his mouth.
The others heard Yan Qing and the old man’s words and also opened their porridge.
Across the entire wilderness grassland, the only sounds were swallowing and endless muffled sobs.
Seeing that they were finally willing to eat, Yan Qing turned and returned to the RV.
After closing the door, she took out Da An’s dog bowl from her space and filled it with steaming rice, potato and vermicelli stew, and several braised lion’s head meatballs.
After putting on gloves, she thoroughly mixed everything together.
The aroma of food filled the RV.
Da An, who had been hungry for quite a while, drooled heavily and immediately wolfed down the meal.
As for Yan Qing, she took out braised pork and stir-fried vegetables from her space.
The fragrance quickly spread through the RV.
After casually eating, she simply washed up.
When she stepped out of the RV again, she saw the survivors had already gathered together waiting for her.
Seeing this, she walked directly toward them.
“Survivors, this is now the post zombie apocalypse. We can never return to our old society. Anyone who wants to come with me, pack your things. We leave in two hours.”
The elderly white-haired man from earlier walked up with his grandson Ranran, looking nervous and uneasy.
“Miss Yan, hello. My name is Chen Weiguo, and this is my grandson Chen Ran. If… if you don’t mind… could you… take us with you?”
“Of course! If you don’t mind, I’ll call you Uncle Chen.”
“Not at all, not at all!”
Chen Weiguo hurriedly waved his hands.
Soon more and more people stood up.
“Miss Yan, we’re willing to follow you!”
“Miss Yan… these six children have already lost all of their family members…”
Yan Qing stepped forward and crouched down.
The six children before her ranged from ten years old at the oldest to only three at the youngest.
They looked up at her helplessly while continuously crying.
Yan Qing gently rubbed each child’s head one by one and let out a soft sigh.