Brian actually felt a sense of guilt toward the parents of this body.
After all, he had taken over their son’s body.
This was also why he always hoped to go to Washington; besides obtaining shelter, he also hoped to let them know that their son was still alive.
He knew that if he didn’t try to get as close to Washington as possible during the early stages of the disaster, it would be almost impossible for him to get there once the pathogen had truly and completely taken over the entire United States.
Just as Brian was lost in his thoughts, the staff member behind him suddenly gave a soft exclamation: “Huh!
It seems there is one more place we can go.” “Hmm?
What do you mean?” Hearing the staff member’s words, Brian snapped back to reality, turned around, and walked toward the counter.
“Well…
an assignment for a Quarantine Zone was just posted,” the staff member said while moving the mouse.
“It’s for Atlanta!” But after she read the relevant information further down, her expression suddenly froze.
She hesitated for a moment before looking up at the child in front of her and saying, “However, I don’t really recommend that you go there.” “Big sister, please, can you tell me why?
I really want to find my parents!” Seeing the change in the staff member’s expression, Brian knew this information was crucial to his choice.
A flash of inspiration struck him; he leaned over the counter, looked at her with a dejected expression, and pleaded.
Looking at the child’s pleading appearance, the female staff member felt a bit of pity.
After struggling internally for a moment, she glanced around.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to them, she leaned forward slightly and said in a voice only the two of them could hear: “The area around Atlanta is currently a severe disaster zone for the Infected.
The New Government is now forcing some Quarantine Zones to send the Military to escort civilians there to increase the population and Military strength.
That’s why I don’t recommend you go there.
Please, you must not reveal this to anyone, okay!” Hearing this, Brian’s expression turned solemn.
He knew this was very important information and that the other person must have taken a risk to tell him.
He looked at her with gratitude and said, “Thank you, I definitely won’t tell anyone.” After telling the staff member who had helped him that he would go back and think about it, he sincerely thanked her and turned to leave the Administration Office hall.
“Kid, what did they tell you inside?” “They didn’t lie to you, did they?” Just as Brian left the Administration Office and had stepped down the stairs, the people who had been waiting outside suddenly swarmed him, surrounding him and asking all at once about the situation inside.
“There’s nothing wrong inside; you can go ask with peace of mind.” Looking at this group of strangers surrounding him, Brian frowned, his expression appearing somewhat impatient.
However, he didn’t want to cause any trouble here, so he had to suppress his displeasure, patiently explained the situation inside to them, and then prepared to push through the crowd to leave.
“Hey, we’re talking to you!
Where are you going?” But things often happen in such a way that even if you don’t look for trouble, trouble will find you.
Just as Brian was about to push through the crowd and leave, a young man in his early twenties from the group suddenly reached out, grabbed the back of his collar, and yanked him backward with force.
This young man had been waiting at the entrance of the Management Office for a long time and was already quite angry, but he didn’t dare to cause trouble for the two Soldiers, so he had to temporarily suppress his temper.
Seeing Brian’s impatient look just now had instantly ignited his nameless rage, so he hadn’t controlled the strength in his hand.
Some people are just like that; they harbor awe and keep their distance from those stronger than themselves, but once the other person is weaker, they will vent all the frustration they’ve endured onto them, trying to show that they, too, are powerful people.
How could Brian have expected such a thing?
He only felt a great force pulling him from behind.
Caught off guard, he fell backward, hitting the ground with a heavy thud.
The scene immediately fell into silence.
The crowd surrounding him instinctively took two steps back.
No one had expected this young man to suddenly attack; in fact, they had already gotten the answers they wanted, and there was no need to do this at all.
Even the two Soldiers standing at the entrance furrowed their brows deeply when they saw this situation, looking at the young man with some disgust.
Just as one of the Soldiers couldn’t watch anymore and intended to speak up and scold him, he saw the child who had fallen to the ground struggling to climb back up.
Brian felt the pain radiating from his back, and a wave of annoyance rose in his heart.
He hadn’t expected to run into such an inexplicable situation.
Did they really think he was easy to bully?
He looked up, staring directly into the young man’s face, and said coldly, “You had better apologize to me, or I will definitely make you regret it!” The young man hadn’t expected that his casual tug would pull the other person down, but he was accustomed to being arrogant, and since the other person was just a twelve or thirteen-year-old child, he didn’t take it to heart.
Seeing now that Brian was actually demanding an apology and threatening to make him regret it if he didn’t, the anger that had somewhat subsided from the previous incident flared up again, uncontrollable.
“Alright, kid, I’ll apologize to you right now!” A seemingly ferocious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
He stepped forward quickly, raised his palm, and swung it toward the cheek of this overconfident brat.
He wanted to see exactly how the other person was going to make him regret it today.
Seeing this scene, the onlookers exclaimed in shock.
None of them had expected the young man to suddenly attack a child like this, and it looked like he wasn’t holding back at all.
Some people couldn’t bear to watch and turned their heads away.
Looking at the incoming slap, Brian felt no panic in his heart.
Perhaps if he had just arrived in this world and encountered such a situation, he would have chosen to run away.
But after experiencing the cruelty of the outside, he knew that some things simply couldn’t be solved by avoidance, and blind avoidance would sooner or later lead to being eliminated.
Besides, he had even dared to kill people and the Infected, so why would he be afraid of this young man in front of him?
Just as the slap was about to land on his face, Brian stepped back two paces, easily dodging the young man’s ferocious slap.
The young man hadn’t expected that his slap would actually be dodged by the brat in front of him.
Moreover, he hadn’t thought much about it earlier and had used his full strength.
Swinging and missing, his balance was suddenly compromised, and he stumbled forward two steps.
In that split second of distraction, the brat in front of him suddenly disappeared from his view, which instantly made him feel that something was wrong.
He had been a bit hot-headed earlier, but that didn’t mean he was an idiot.
He understood that the other person was definitely looking for an opportunity to ambush him, so he hurriedly tried to steady himself to prepare for a counterattack.
But Brian wouldn’t give him that chance.
When he dodged the other person’s slap, he nimbly ran to his side and behind him.
The techniques he used to deal with the Infected were equally applicable to dealing with this person taller than him.
He raised his foot and kicked toward the other person’s left knee, only this time he chose the side of the knee.
“Ah—!” The intense pain made the young man let out a miserable howl.
His left leg, unable to stand straight due to the pain, caused him to collapse onto one knee.
He clutched his knee with both hands, his expression appearing extremely painful, and he roared angrily: “You damn brat, I’m going to kill…” But before he could finish his sentence, a fist slammed heavily into his face, making his head instantly ring, and he swallowed back all the words he hadn’t finished saying.
The young man clutched his head, somewhat dazed.
Although Brian was not very old and his strength was limited, this punch landed solidly on his head, making him forget the intense pain in his knee.
He clutched his head, unable to speak for a long time, and everything around him began to appear in double vision.
In a trance, he saw a foot appear before him, getting closer and closer…
closer and closer.
Then, he only felt everything go black before his eyes, and his entire body collapsed onto the ground, falling completely unconscious.
With the young man’s collapse, the surroundings once again fell into silence.
The onlookers stared at this scene, dumbfounded.
Originally, they thought this child would definitely be taught a lesson and had even intended to step in and persuade them to stop.
But they hadn’t expected that in just a few seconds, this young man would be taken down by this child in the blink of an eye.
This was a result that no one present had anticipated.
In their expectations, even the best outcome would have been for this child to run away.
The two Soldiers standing on the steps, who had witnessed the whole process, also raised their eyebrows slightly and exchanged glances, seeing the surprise in each other’s eyes.
Although Brian’s movements just now were very proficient, the kick toward the young man’s knee had clearly changed direction.
It could be seen that this move of his had seemingly never been used on a living person before.
Moreover, looking at this child’s height and the ferocity in his eyes, it looked more like something he used to deal with the Infected outside.
Thinking of this, the two Soldiers looked at Brian with a sense of appreciation.
One had to know that in this kind of apocalyptic environment, if one didn’t have Firearms in their hands, there weren’t many people who dared to face the Infected head-on.
Adults who dared to risk being Infected and engage in close-quarters combat with the Infected were even rarer, let alone a twelve or thirteen-year-old child.
Brian tugged hard on his clothes and lightly tapped his right foot on the ground; that kick just now had made his leg a bit numb.
Looking down at the young man lying on the ground, he curled his lip and muttered, “So weak, yet so much nonsense.”