Zhang Qiang was furious.
He had finally managed to escape from that godforsaken place with hope in his heart.
Originally, he thought he could leave everything behind and start a new life.
But unexpectedly, this strange child wanted to kill him!
He had no idea how she knew about what he had done in the past.
There was nobody else there at the time, and with endless ocean all around, there was no way she could have witnessed it herself.
Besides, even if he did kill someone, what business was it of this little brat?
She wasn't a police officer, so why was she meddling in this?
"I'm certainly not a police officer. The police uncles are far too busy. There's no need for them to deal with scum like you.
Besides, don't forget, we're in the apocalypse now."
With order already collapsed, killing someone who deserved to die was simply something she felt like doing, nothing more.
Zhang Qiang: !!!
His face darkened as he secretly surveyed his surroundings.
"Still thinking of running? Sorry, but you won't get the chance."
Yun Xiaoxiao's lips curled into a half-smile, and before Zhang Qiang could react, she struck swiftly.
With a swoosh, an ice-cold, sharp ice arrow pierced straight into Zhang Qiang's forehead.
Zhang Qiang's eyes immediately widened.
Feeling the bone-chilling cold and intense pain in his forehead, Zhang Qiang opened his mouth but couldn't utter a word.
Blood flowed down from his forehead along his cheeks, quickly turning everything crimson.
"Thud!"
He fell, completely lifeless.
Yun Xiaoxiao's expression remained unchanged, merely glancing at him briefly before looking away.
She surveyed the oil factory.
As far as the eye could see, there were zombies everywhere.
She targeted the location of the oil drums, continuously jumping between them in the middle of the factory.
She efficiently stored the oil-filled drums into her spatial storage.
Watching the remaining space in her storage grow smaller and smaller, a sense of satisfaction welled up inside her.
Just as Yun Xiaoxiao was engrossed in her collection, gunshots rang out from afar, growing closer.
Accompanying them was the roar of car engines.
"Bang!"
"Bang! Bang!"
The gunshots continued, getting closer to Yun Xiaoxiao.
In other words, they were getting closer to the factory.
At this moment, about fifty meters from the factory, a black SUV and a pickup truck were engaged in their own version of Fast and Furious.
The black SUV was speeding forward, seemingly fleeing for its life.
Several burly men stood in the back of the pickup truck, holding rifles, their faces gleaming with excitement like hunting dogs during a chase.
"Roar! Roar! Roar!"
They shouted into the wind like madmen.
One of them aimed his gun at the SUV's tires.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The SUV serpentined, weaving left and right continuously.
But under the continuous barrage, its right rear tire finally burst with a 'pop'.
The car immediately started wobbling but still pressed forward.
Just as it was two or three meters from the oil factory, another tire was shot out.
At this point, the car completely stopped moving.
The pickup truck also stopped.
The men all jumped down from the truck.
Their lips curled in satisfied smiles as they slowly approached the SUV.
Just as they were about to reach the SUV, both its front and rear doors opened simultaneously.
"Run!"
A middle-aged man shouted urgently.
Suddenly, something like a curtain appeared out of nowhere.
This curtain perfectly blocked the view of the people behind them.
"Damn it, this thing again!"
The people behind cursed angrily.
"Shoot it!"
Immediately, gunfire erupted.
"Run, quickly!"
The middle-aged man turned his head to see his wife and daughter still standing there, his face full of anxiety.
"Dad, if you're not leaving, I'm not leaving either!"
Zheng Yuner said resolutely.
"Foolish girl! Do you know what will happen if you fall into their hands?!"
Zheng Daye shouted in desperate anxiety.
"They're monsters who would devour you whole. They came specifically for you this time. If they really catch you, it would be worse than death!
He Yan, quickly take her away."
He gave his wife He Yan a meaningful look.
He Yan looked at her husband with a heavy expression before finally dragging Zheng Yuner forward.
"Mom, what about Dad..."
Zheng Yuner was crying.
At this moment, she was filled with regret and self-blame.
Since the apocalypse began, their family had returned to their rural hometown from the city.
Their house was a two-story building, quite far from other houses, located halfway up a mountain and hidden by trees.
So, that place was relatively safe.
This morning, she had been picking mushrooms in the forest, planning to add them to their meal.
She had almost finished gathering enough, but seeing there were still many more, she thought about collecting extra to dry and make pickles, so she headed further down the mountain.
However, she didn't expect that group of bad people to be resting on the road at the foot of the mountain.
They spotted her immediately and started harassing her with crude remarks.
Their vulgar words made her want to snap back at them.
But considering she was alone and they looked fierce and threatening, she held her tongue.
She ignored them and turned to head home.
She thought that would be the end of it.
But unexpectedly, the group started calling after her and following her.
She panicked and quickly dropped the mushrooms, rushing home.
Because she knew the path well, she made it back quickly.
When her father saw her panicked expression, he asked what had happened.
After she explained, her father's expression became grave, and he immediately started packing, saying he needed to take her and her mother away.
At first, she thought her father might be overreacting.
Although the men had followed her, they hadn't caught up to her.
Perhaps they had given up and left.
But she hadn't expected that just as they finished loading their car and were preparing to leave,
those people actually found their way there!
If it weren't for her father's special curtain blocking those people, they would have been caught long ago.
But without her father present, the curtain couldn't last long.
Especially after he had already used it once, its effectiveness was greatly reduced.
Only with him present could the curtain remain.
Once he left, the curtain would immediately fail.
He Yan painfully looked at the man holding up the curtain, supporting a wall of life for mother and daughter, her eyes welling with tears.
"Let's go. Your father will only be happy if you're safe."
She pulled Zheng Yuner along as they ran forward.
Seeing only the factory building ahead with open space everywhere else,
she led Zheng Yuner to climb over the wall and enter.
Fortunately, the wall wasn't too high.
With some effort, both of them managed to climb over.
In open spaces, no matter how they ran, they couldn't outrun the four wheels of their pursuers, and would eventually be caught.
Although there would certainly be man-eating monsters in this factory,
she would rather have her daughter eaten by those monsters than violated by those men!
Perhaps if they were lucky, they could find a place to hide.
Maybe if those people saw the monsters inside, they would give up the chase?
