“Holy crap!” Lin Tianfeng looked at the Apocalypse before him, suddenly letting out a crazy roar, then burying his head in his hands and squatting down, crying.
The past month in the Apocalypse had clearly not been easy for him; his body was emaciated, his lips cracked, and his dirty white shirt was stained with blood, though it was unclear exactly where he was injured.
Lin Tianfeng cried until he was exhausted, then stood up and cautiously walked forward.
He had the courage to go out, not because he was particularly brave, but because if he didn’t eat something soon, he would starve to death.
Zhao Yin tightened his grip on the bone-cutting knife and followed him with cat-like steps.
Lin Tianfeng’s pace was very slow.
He searched for a full three hours, but everywhere was covered in black ashes.
How could there be anything edible left?
Suddenly, he raised a cleaver to his neck, his expression tense, his eyes bloodshot.
Zhao Yin watched from afar, only then realizing that the Lord of the Covenant had almost committed suicide at the beginning of the Apocalypse.
However, Zhao Yin knew he couldn’t die.
Lin Tianfeng slowly lowered the cleaver, his expression firming up again, and continued to walk forward.
“Help… help me…!”
Suddenly, a voice came from the ruins not far away, pleading, “Is anyone out there?
Can you help me?”
Lin Tianfeng’s dazed expression cleared somewhat, and he stepped towards it.
It was a collapsed residential building, and the voice came from inside the relatively intact ruins of the lowest floor.
The collapse above had formed an insulation layer, allowing the survivor inside to live, but now she couldn’t get out.
Lin Tianfeng asked hoarsely, “Save you?
Do you have anything to eat?”
“Everything edible has been eaten.
Once I get out, I’ll definitely treat you to a big meal at Fulin Tower!” The woman’s voice could not hide her excitement.
“Quickly move those concrete pieces, and I can get out!”
“Go to Fulin Tower for a big meal?” A self-mocking smile appeared at the corner of Lin Tianfeng’s mouth.
Clearly, the woman inside still didn’t know this was the Apocalypse.
With no food, why would Lin Tianfeng expend energy to save someone?
He turned to leave.
“Where are you going?
Why aren’t you saving me?
Hey, hey…!” The woman inside heard the footsteps receding and immediately became anxious.
“Please, save my child!”
“You have a child?”
Lin Tianfeng stopped and asked, “How old is it?”
“Just five months!” The woman quickly said.
A smile appeared at the corner of Lin Tianfeng’s mouth, and he said, “I’ll save you.”
The woman’s voice was strong, so she must not have been very hungry.
So…
Lin Tianfeng moved away chunks of concrete, quickly revealing an opening.
Inside was a considerable space, like an uncollapsed kitchen.
A dirty woman was sitting on the ground, holding a baby.
“Thank you, Big Brother…!”
Before the woman could finish speaking, Lin Tianfeng crawled in and began frantically searching.
Inside the smashed refrigerator, some rotten vegetable leaves remained.
He grabbed them directly and stuffed them into his mouth, completely disregarding everything else.
On the ground was a pile of snack wrappers and many empty water bottles.
Clearly, the woman had survived on these.
Lin Tianfeng unscrewed each empty water bottle, dripping the remaining water into his mouth.
Then he picked up the snack wrappers and licked clean the food residue inside.
He was truly too hungry; these few things had no effect whatsoever.
After confirming there was truly no food left, his bloodshot eyes turned to the woman.
“Big Brother…!” The woman sensed Lin Tianfeng’s obvious malice and instinctively shrank back.
The baby in her arms also seemed to sense something and began to cry.
“Why didn’t you leave some food for me?” Lin Tianfeng asked hoarsely.
“Big Brother, don’t joke.
How would I know you’d be hungry…?” The woman’s voice trembled.
“Aren’t we able to get out now?
I’ll treat you to whatever you want to eat.”
“You’ll treat me?”
Lin Tianfeng sneered, murmuring, “It’s the Apocalypse.
You’re the only living person I’ve seen.
Where would you treat me?”
“Big Brother, what did you say?” The woman was startled.
Lin Tianfeng didn’t reply, his eyes growing colder.
Suddenly, he looked at the baby in her arms.
“Where’s the baby’s formula?
Where did you hide it?”
He had changed his mind and come to save her when he heard the woman had a child.
It was just that because the woman cared deeply about her child, even if she didn’t eat herself, she would definitely leave some food for the child.
“The formula is in the bedroom, but that place collapsed long ago.
The child survived because I…!” The woman’s voice suddenly faltered under Lin Tianfeng’s gaze, but she instinctively looked at her chest.
Lin Tianfeng’s gaze shifted downwards, and he immediately understood something.
With a gulp, he swallowed his saliva and stepped towards the woman.
“Big Brother…
you…
help me!”
Amidst the woman’s terrified screams, Lin Tianfeng snatched the baby from her hands, threw it casually to the ground, and ripped the woman’s clothes…
Ten minutes later, Lin Tianfeng got up, full and satisfied.
He felt much more energetic.
“My child…
my child…
boo hoo!”
After he released her, the woman crawled towards the baby abandoned on the ground, finding that its head had hit a steel bar, and it had long since stopped breathing.
Zhao Yin was hiding outside the cave entrance, listening to the woman’s heartbreaking cries the entire time.
There was no expression on his face.
After the Apocalypse, humanity had perished.
Most people had become beasts, and there were countless people who suffered more than the woman.
What did it have to do with him, Zhao Yin?
Lin Tianfeng roared, “Stop your damn crying!
The child’s death now is actually a release.
You should thank me!”
The woman trembled all over and slowly looked up at Lin Tianfeng.
At this moment, some kind of change seemed to have occurred in her.
Her eyes were no longer as timid as before; her clear pupils had turned red, filled with venom, staring fixedly at Lin Tianfeng.
Slap!
Lin Tianfeng slapped her across the face.
“Do you want to die too, daring to look at me with such eyes?”
The woman’s head was knocked to the side by the slap, but she slowly lowered her head.
“I declare that from now on, you are my Granary.
Don’t worry, if I can find food, I won’t let you starve to death!”
After Lin Tianfeng finished speaking, he bent down and completely tore off the woman’s clothes.
He forcefully tore them into strips of cloth, which, when joined together, became a rope.
Lin Tianfeng first tied her hands behind her back, then attached another rope around the woman’s neck, and simply dragged her out of the cave entrance that way.
The woman remained silent throughout, offering no resistance, just numbly following Lin Tianfeng forward.
Zhao Yin checked the watch on his wrist; it was already one in the afternoon.
Lin Tianfeng still hadn’t found the Star Crystal carrying the SSS-grade Ability.
Zhao Yin took off his gas mask.
The lingering smoke in the air had faded significantly.
He took out a packet of instant noodles from his backpack and ate them with a bottle of Dongpeng Special Drink.
Just as he finished the instant noodles and was about to drink the last sip of his beverage, his expression suddenly froze.
Lin Tianfeng seemed to have suddenly discovered something.
He quickly moved a piece of broken concrete on the road and pulled out a blood-red crystal from inside.
Lin Tianfeng’s face was full of doubt; he seemed to sense the uniqueness of this crystal.
“Teacher Lin, is that you?”
Suddenly, a low voice came from behind him.
Lin Tianfeng turned around and saw Zhao Yin, carrying a backpack, wearing only a military uniform on his upper body, walking towards him with a bone-cutting knife in one hand.
Zhao Yin smiled.
“It really is you, Teacher Lin!”