Chapter 14: This Must Be a Shaolin Disciple
Since the apocalypse began, Ye Qingyi hadn’t stepped outside. Especially during the riots, she had been hiding in her bedroom. Even now, no one in the complex knew of her existence. She had only come to her sister and brother-in-law’s apartment for a meal before taking a flight back to Yunhai City.
As a result, the whole world descended into chaos. Seeing the female corpses downstairs, Ye Qingyi knew that if anyone found out about her, her fate wouldn’t be much better.
Ye Yuling, having also heard the gunshots, quickly pulled her sister away from the window, scolding, “Are you trying to get yourself killed?! Bullets have no eyes!”
“Sister, when will this end?”
Ye Qingyi was on the verge of collapse. Sometimes she just wanted to jump and end it all, but she couldn’t bring herself to do it.
Ye Yuling sighed. “Our Building One is still relatively safe. Your brother-in-law is in control, and things won’t get out of hand. Look at the other buildings, they’re already in chaos.”
Beep, beep, beep. The sound of someone entering the passcode at the door made Ye Yuling immediately pull Ye Qingyi behind her, watching vigilantly.
Seeing that it was her husband returning, she relaxed.
“Honey, how did the meeting go? Why were there gunshots in Building Three again?”
Ye Yuling helped him take off his coat and asked curiously. Ye Qingyi quickly poured a small glass of water. “Brother-in-law, have some water.”
Xie Yuhong hummed in acknowledgement, took the glass, but didn’t drink it all at once, just took a small sip, and then placed it on the coffee table.
His next words made the sisters’ faces change drastically.
“The men in Building Three are probably all dead.”
“What?!”
“What?!”
The sisters looked at each other. How could they all be dead so suddenly? They hadn’t heard anything about this.
Xie Yuhong patted his pockets, wanting a cigarette, but found none. He could only give up. “They were all killed by a delivery guy.”
A delivery guy?
The sisters were in disbelief. They had heard that there were hidden masters among delivery drivers, but they had always thought it was a joke. Now, it seemed very real.
“I have a video, do you want to watch it? It’s a bit bloody.”
Xie Yuhong took out his phone.
They had seen piles of corpses on the lawn below, what was there to be afraid of?
The sisters sat on the sofa and watched the video.
Seeing Tang Ze, Ye Yuling frowned slightly. “This delivery guy looks familiar. I think he’s delivered to our place before.”
“Yes, he has.”
Xie Yuhong nodded.
Ye Qingyi immediately noticed Sun Ting and An Bai.
Their attire made Ye Qingyi blush. How could they go out dressed like that? But they looked so clean, and their hair was so smooth. Even though she used conditioner every day, her hair was still dirty.
Even in the apocalypse, beautiful women still compared themselves to others. Ye Qingyi felt she wasn’t inferior to them.
“Brother-in-law, why are they with that delivery guy? Are they being threatened?”
Ye Qingyi asked curiously. Why would two such beautiful women be with him?
Xie Yuhong asked back, “Looking at their expressions, do you think they’re being threatened?”
Ye Qingyi looked closely. They seemed so docile, even meowing. There was no sign of resentment in their eyes, even a hint of pride.
“Those two women must have been brainwashed, turned into that delivery guy’s pet cats.”
Xie Yuhong thought this was the only explanation.
“I agree with your brother-in-law.”
Ye Yuling said. Ye Qingyi expressed her doubts. “But how are they so clean? Unless they’ve showered, but the water is cut off.”
The couple exchanged glances, puzzled. They couldn’t figure it out.
When they saw Tang Ze’s killing spree in the video, Ye Qingyi covered her mouth, and Ye Yuling was also stunned.
He was too fierce!
The three-minute video would probably take them days to process.
“Honey, he should be the national martial arts champion.”
Ye Yuling said in a daze.
“Anyway, Building Three is pretty much just him left now. Those gunshots we heard just now, it was either the delivery guy getting killed, or those women in Building Three. No other possibility.”
Xie Yuhong’s reasoning was sound; he had guessed half of it correctly.
After a while, Ye Yuling asked softly, “How did today’s meeting go?”
Xie Yuhong didn’t answer directly. He said to Ye Qingyi, “Qingyi, go get a piece of bread from the bedroom.”
“Oh, okay.”
Ye Qingyi got up, went to the bedroom, and closed the door. But she immediately pressed her ear against it, eavesdropping. She knew her brother-in-law was trying to get her out of the room.
Xie Yuhong said in a deep voice, “Our Building One is safe for now, but it will descend into chaos sooner or later. I’ve noticed that some have started trading food for women. They probably saw the other buildings doing it and started doing it behind my back.”
“We have to stop them!”
“How? Several of them are pressuring me. Fortunately, Gangzi still supports me. If it weren’t for me leading them to find food, they wouldn’t even respect me.”
Ye Yuling was anxious. “What should we do?”
“You need to prepare Qingyi mentally. She’s very beautiful, and sooner or later, people will notice. When that happens…”
Xie Yuhong didn’t finish his sentence. There were too many living examples on the lawn outside.
Ye Yuling clasped her hands together, praying for this disaster to end quickly.
Eavesdropping, Ye Qingyi slowly sat on the floor, her face paling. Images of the naked female corpses filled her mind, and she let out a soft sob.
“Is our daughter okay?”
Xie Yuhong asked in a low voice.
Ye Yuling nodded. “She’s fine. The school cafeteria still has enough food and water.”
“University students generally have higher morals, unlike the people living here. Most are renters, struggling at the bottom of society, filled with resentment. That’s why they lost their humanity so quickly.”
Xie Yuhong sighed repeatedly, lamenting the state of the world. Couldn’t they unite and face the disaster together?
However, he knew clearly that once the food ran out, even those with high morals would revert to their animalistic nature.
At that moment, the sound of Tang Ze vomiting came from the stairwell of Building Three.
Holding onto the railing, Tang Ze gasped for breath. It was the first time he had killed so many people, and he couldn’t ignore it completely.
These past few days, all he had thought about was the law of the apocalypse. Perhaps even he didn’t realize he was hypnotizing himself, using the law of the apocalypse to mask his humanity, to justify his actions.
However, when this self-hypnosis stopped, and the gruesome images flooded back, he felt nauseous.
But he quickly calmed down, reminding himself of the law of the apocalypse.
Don’t think you’re wrong. In the apocalypse, there is no right or wrong, only self-preservation.
Thinking this, his gaze became firm again.
I abide by the law of the apocalypse. I have no regrets.
Arriving downstairs, Tang Ze saw An Bai and Sun Ting dragging the bodies. The stairwell reeked of blood, which flowed down the steps, a horrifying sight.
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