In Building 5, Wang Xiaohu and his group had just sprinted their way to the second floor.
They were holding flashlights in their hands.
When the apocalypse struck, the motion-sensor lights in the stairwell of Building 5 had coincidentally broken and were under repair.
"Liu Junjie, are you sure that guy you mentioned lives here?"
"You better not be lying to me, you bastard!"
Having run all the way here and fought off zombies along the way, the group was exhausted and gasping for breath.
On top of that, several of their comrades had been bitten to death by zombies, reducing their numbers from over twenty to just a dozen or so.
As a result, Wang Xiaohu, their leader, was seething with pent-up anger.
Liu Junjie, who was leading the way, didn't dare argue when yelled at and quickly replied, "No, no! Absolutely not, Tiger. I was his supervisor before and have been to his place several times. I'm not mistaken. He lives in Room 1501 in this building."
At this moment, Liu Junjie looked utterly disheveled, a far cry from his arrogant demeanor before the apocalypse. His face was bruised and swollen, and his body was covered in wounds, bloodied all over.
Earlier that afternoon, after he had reported the information to Dao Ge, Dao Ge, in a fit of rage, had ordered his men to beat Liu Junjie severely.
Especially when Dao Ge later found out that the supermarket he considered his private stash had been emptied by Meng De, he nearly had Liu Junjie beaten to death in his fury.
If it hadn't been for Liu Junjie's wife rushing in to intervene, performing a live "Japanese adult movie" with Dao Ge and his brother, which calmed Dao Ge's anger somewhat, Liu Junjie would have been a goner.
But while he was spared, his wife didn't fare so well.
Dao Ge and his brother were absolute beasts!
They were like two bulls, and Liu Junjie's wife barely survived the ordeal.
"Go to hell!" Tiger barked, kicking Liu Junjie in response to his pleading tone.
"I'm asking about the twin flowers! Who the hell told you to talk about that guy? Damn it, are you trying to get yourself killed?"
As he spoke, Tiger delivered several more vicious kicks.
Kill Meng De and bring back the twin flowers!
That was the order Dao Ge had given them, and it was the purpose of their mission tonight.
"If I go up there and don't see the twin flowers you mentioned, and I can't vent my anger, you're dead meat!" Tiger cursed mercilessly, while the lackeys behind him watched with mocking expressions.
This piece of trash thought he could boss them around?
He was just a useless fool who had climbed the ranks thanks to his wife!
After all, Tiger was a retired special forces soldier, a formidable fighter who had already taken several lives before the apocalypse.
And the men who had followed Tiger here tonight were either former security guards from the neighborhood or hardened criminals who had been with him before the apocalypse.
After the trials of these apocalyptic days, each of them had at least one or two lives on their hands.
Only this waste had risen to his position because of his wife.
And he had the audacity to act all high and mighty.
They had long been fed up with this loser.
Soon, under Tiger's lead, the group arrived at the stairwell on the 10th floor.
"Brothers, when we storm the room, chop that guy Meng De into pieces! I'll feed him to the dogs. As for the twin flowers, bring them back with us!"
"After Dao Ge is done, all you brothers will get a chance!"
"Line up one by one, hahaha!"
The stairwell was filled with Tiger's arrogant voice.
With so many of them ambushing one person, wasn't it a sure thing?
This time, the advantage must be ours!
"Yes, boss!"
The underlings were also full of confidence; they had never played with the Twin flowers before.
Just thinking about it was exciting!
Several underlings couldn't wait and rushed forward, but as soon as the lights hit, they saw a figure sitting on the stairs of the 11th floor.
In the dark corridor, it looked particularly eerie.
"Damn! Who the hell are you, not sleeping in the middle of the night and scaring people here?"
But he was destined not to hear an answer.
"I am the one you're looking for!"
As soon as the words fell, a flash of blade light cut through the darkness.
Like a bolt of lightning in the night, it instantly illuminated the stairs and revealed the sharp, cold face of the figure.
At this moment, Liu Junjie, who had finally squeezed to the front, immediately shouted.
"Tiger, he's Meng De!"
"The guy who killed your men!"
On the stairs leading to the 11th floor, Meng De stood with his blade, like a god of war in the darkness.
His face was cold, and his deep black eyes glowed with an unfathomable light, sending chills down everyone's spine!
"Good kid!"
"Daring to wait for me here!"
"Brothers, charge, kill him!!!"
Tiger roared, and the underlings, with ferocious faces, rushed forward at his command.
"Kid, meeting us is your bad luck!"
"Die!"
But the next second, accompanied by the sound of metal clashing.
"Ah!!!"
The underlings screamed in agony as Meng De's blade severed their arms in one swift motion.
Then another flash of blade light, and the heads of these underlings tumbled down, blood spurting out like fountains.
Meng De showed no fear.
Because he understood, this was the brutal Apocalypse!
No laws to restrain!
No morals to bind!
All the ugliness of human nature would erupt!
If he wasn't ruthless, he would be the one to die!
In the apocalypse, kill the merciful first, that's the rule!
With the blood spurting, the hot liquid flowed down the stairs, soon covering the floor.
Everyone turned their flashlights towards Meng De on the stairs.
"Step into this place, and you die!!!"
Meng De's cold voice echoed through the stairwell, and Tiger's underlings instinctively took a step back.
Liu Junjie, who had just been shouting Meng De's name, was now drenched in cold sweat.
It had only been a few days!
How had Meng De changed so much?
Killing without mercy!
For a moment, Liu Junjie was terrified.
"I think... I used to bully him... he probably doesn't remember, right?"
Not just him, even Tiger was scared.
Having been in the underworld for so many years, this was the first time he encountered someone so ruthless.
Meeting him, he directly killed several of his men.
He knew he had met a tough nut!
But there was no turning back now.
So Tiger gritted his teeth and roared.
"All of you, charge! Whoever kills him gets a box of instant noodles and two women!"
In the Apocalypse, women had become their trading goods, sometimes even less valuable than food.
As the saying goes, with great rewards, the
re must be brave men!
Tiger's underlings were all tempted.
Moreover, their eldest brother had already taken the lead, charging forward with a long sword in hand.
So, the younger brothers followed closely behind.
"Kid, prepare to die!"
(End of Chapter)