Although Tang Nuo was indeed not at fault, and the nine-tailed fox was also not at fault, Mu Cheng herself had died a gruesome death in her previous life—torn apart and devoured by zombies because of Tang Nuo’s zombie siege. So this grudge, she still intended to settle.
She narrowed her eyes and glanced at Tang Nuo.
Even if you are my brother’s friend, I won’t easily forgive you.
But what should she do?
Right—she would treat them like servants and absolutely refuse to detoxify Tang Nuo, letting him remain a corpse-mutated being that could go out of control at any time.
“Awuu!”
Xiao Jiu stuck out its tongue and licked Mu Cheng’s arm, as if trying to comfort her.
Comfort her?
How was that possible? It couldn’t possibly know what she was thinking.
Mu Cheng shook off the thoughts in her head and stopped overthinking, focusing on the road ahead.
After changing routes several times, they finally arrived at their destination—the Bailèjiā Shopping Mall.
This was Mu Cheng’s final destination in this city.
Several vehicles were parked outside the mall, and the glass doors had already been destroyed. There were also many zombie corpses scattered around.
Had she come too late?
It was all because Xiao Jiu had delayed her.
Mu Cheng cursed inwardly and strode into the mall.
The trio—Mu Cheng, Tang Nuo, and the fox—went straight up to the second-floor supermarket.
Inside, the supermarket was in complete chaos. A group of people were fighting over supplies.
Mu Cheng’s gaze fell on several of them.
As expected, this group had already gathered together and come out on the third day of the apocalypse to search for food.
She didn’t rush in. Instead, she went around to the back.
Behind the supermarket was a storage warehouse filled with many valuable goods. In her previous life, these people only discovered it after looting the supermarket and preparing to leave.
But now, she had arrived first. Everything inside the warehouse would be hers.
Reaching the warehouse door, Mu Cheng cut the lock with a dagger and pushed the door open.
Inside were neatly stacked boxes upon boxes of supplies. Mu Cheng didn’t bother checking what they were—she quickly stored everything into her space.
After finishing, the trio left the warehouse and returned to the supermarket.
Watching people fight over a bag of biscuits, bleeding and struggling, Mu Cheng turned to Tang Nuo beside her and said,
“Second Brother, do you see? This is human nature.”
Tang Nuo didn’t respond. This was the first time he had witnessed something like this. Honestly, he found it hard to accept—but he could understand it. The apocalypse had arrived, and these people were starving.
Compared to them, he was lucky. At least with Mu Cheng, he didn’t have to worry about food or survival for now.
When all the edible supplies in the supermarket had been looted, Mu Cheng finally walked inside.
Most people were already leaving with what they had grabbed and paid no attention to her as she entered.
“Xiao Cheng.”
Wang Xintong, carrying a backpack, was also preparing to leave. The moment she saw Mu Cheng, she rushed over anxiously and grabbed her.
“Xiao Cheng, are you okay?”
Mu Cheng also looked at her with concern.
“Xiao Tong, I’m fine. What about you? Are you okay?”
Wang Xintong was the only person in the group who had truly treated Mu Cheng well. They were roommates, and Wang Xintong had always been extremely kind to her—helping her with everything.
After the apocalypse began, Wang Xintong continued to take care of her, protect her, and eventually even died in the jaws of a mutated beast while saving Mu Cheng.
In fact, Mu Cheng came here not only to collect supplies, but also to meet up with Cheng Jiang’s group again.
Besides revenge, she also wanted to reunite with Wang Xintong so she could bring her through the apocalypse and repay her kindness from the previous life.
Before Wang Xintong could say anything, Cheng Jiang and the others walked out.
Cheng Jiang was holding Lin Mi’er in his arms, while Lin Mi’er had her arms wrapped around his neck, resting her head against his chest.