Hearing that there were zombies inside the house, Yun Xiaoxiao and the others stopped in their tracks.
Nie Yizhou called out, "Then open the door."
"I... I'm scared. They're in the living room. If I go out, they'll definitely bite me to death."
Yun Xiaoxiao and the others: ......
"Let me handle this," said Lu Chen.
He stepped forward, took out a piece of wire, and began to fiddle with the keyhole at the bottom of the electronic lock.
After a moment, the door clicked open.
Xiao Feng and Nie Yizhou immediately looked at him with admiration.
Lu Chen gestured for Nie Yizhou to grip the door handle while he positioned himself in front of the door.
He nodded, and Nie Yizhou immediately understood, pulling the door open.
In an instant, two zombies, one male and one female, lunged out with bared teeth and claws.
The two zombies were very close to each other.
Lu Chen kicked the male zombie in front, causing both zombies to stumble back several steps.
Lu Chen and Xiao Feng, one in front and one behind, plunged their knives deep into the zombies' heads.
The four of them checked the house again, and apart from one closed door, there were no other zombies inside.
The young man they had been talking to earlier must be in that room.
Xiao Feng knocked on the door.
"Either you come out yourself, or we'll kick the door in."
Since they were supposed to kill all the zombies in the community, they naturally couldn't overlook any place and needed to check thoroughly.
They didn't want to waste time and energy coming back later.
As soon as Xiao Feng finished speaking, a clean-cut, scholarly-looking young man opened the door.
He looked at the four of them warily.
"What... what do you want?"
Xiao Feng impatiently brushed past him, peering into the room.
"Nothing here."
Hearing this, Yun Xiaoxiao and the others turned to leave.
Even as they walked out the front door and closed it behind them, the clean-cut young man still hadn't recovered from his shock.
He frowned in confusion.
"Could it be... they really just came in to... kill zombies?"
Glancing at the empty apartment, the young man looked towards the closed front door.
Staying here would only lead to certain death, and those people clearly weren't ordinary.
Perhaps following them was his only chance for survival!
Having made up his mind, the young man quickly rushed out after them.
"That guy is following us," said Nie Yizhou, looking back after hearing footsteps behind them.
They saw the clean-cut young man cautiously trailing behind them.
"Let him follow if he wants. As long as he doesn't get in the way, we'll ignore him," Lu Chen said coldly, glancing back briefly before turning away.
Afterwards, they went to the third and fourth floors.
On the third floor, there were two apartments. One was covered in blood stains with the door open, but empty inside.
The other apartment had a lone elderly resident, but the old person had already starved to death.
On the fourth floor, both apartments were full of zombies.
One was a family of three, with the child still an infant. The mother's nipples had been bitten off, likely by the suddenly mutated zombie baby while breastfeeding.
The husband's arm had an adult's bite mark, probably infected when he tried to intervene after hearing his wife's cry of pain.
The other apartment seemed to have housed a young couple, or husband and wife, or perhaps some other intimate relationship.
Both were completely naked, and one of their faces had been bitten beyond recognition.
When the mutation occurred, the two were likely engaged in some form of intimate activity.
After dealing with these zombies, they arrived at the sixth floor.
The apartment on the left side of the sixth floor was empty, with nothing inside. It appeared to be uninhabited.
Then, they went to the other side.
Surprisingly, this time the door opened extremely quickly from the inside.
The one who opened it was a girl.
She looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, delicate and alluring, with an air of innocence.
"It really is you!" Zhang Qing said excitedly.
"I saw you killing zombies downstairs from the window earlier. I knew you'd come to save me. I've been waiting for so long!"
As she spoke, she started to cry.
"Please, take me with you. I'm so scared being here alone."
She cried pitifully, tugging at one's heartstrings.
"Are there any zombies inside?" Nie Yizhou asked.
Zhang Qing's eyes flickered for a moment, then she quickly shook her head.
"No, there aren't."
She glanced at the cold Lu Chen, then at the unapproachable Xiao Feng, before finally settling her gaze on Nie Yizhou, who looked slightly more approachable.
She looked at Nie Yizhou with pure, innocent eyes.
"Big brother, let's leave quickly. It's so dangerous here."
"No rush, we'll check first," said Nie Yizhou as he walked past her and entered.
But the girl suddenly blocked his way, looking panicked. She forced a smile.
"There really aren't any zombies inside. There's no need to waste time checking. I..."
Before she could finish, she saw a small figure walk past her.
She became anxious and tried to grab Yun Xiaoxiao, but was blocked by a tall figure.
"What are you trying to do?" asked Xiao Feng, looking intimidating.
Facing the unfriendly Xiao Feng, Zhang Qing's eyes flickered. She quickly shook her head, putting on a scared and wronged expression.
The four of them began to check every room in the apartment.
Suddenly, Yun Xiaoxiao stopped in front of a door.
There were three corpses in that room!
All of them were men!
Without exception, they were all tied up with thick ropes.
Yun Xiaoxiao raised an eyebrow, looking at one man's arm that hadn't been covered by his sleeve.
The arm was basically nothing but bone.
From the traces of rotting flesh left on it, it looked as if the flesh on his arm had been cut off piece by piece with a knife.
She walked over and lifted the clothes of the other two men.
The sight beneath their clothes was horrifying and unbearable to look at.
It was evident what these three men had endured.
"Did you do all this?" Nie Yizhou grabbed Zhang Qing's hand and dragged her into the room.
Zhang Qing stumbled.
She covered her face and crouched down, crying pitifully.
"I didn't want to, I really didn't mean to kill them.
But they were all beasts!
They used the excuse of bringing me food to try and take advantage of me.
I had no choice but to kill them.
If I hadn't killed them, I would have been the one violated!"
Zhang Qing sobbed, her delicate cries moving enough to stir one's heart.
"But why did you have to cut their flesh off piece by piece after killing them, big sister?" Yun Xiaoxiao asked, leaning against the doorframe with her arms crossed, smiling sweetly with a puzzled expression.
Hearing this, Zhang Qing lowered her gaze, hiding the fleeting resentment in her eyes.
When she looked up again, she wore a pitiful expression once more.
"I was so hungry, desperately hungry. There were zombies everywhere outside. If I went out, it would mean certain death. I really had no choice but to...
I didn't mean to do it, I feel so guilty."
"Zhang Qing? Is it really you?" Just then, the clean-cut young man who had been following Yun Xiaoxiao and the others at a distance walked to the doorway.
Seeing Zhang Qing, he looked incredulous and at the same time, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes.
