Luo Luo couldn't believe her eyes.
The property manager who had helped them break down the door was now being beaten on the ground by seven or eight people.
Someone smashed his nose with a stick, while others swung chairs at him.
These residents always felt superior, all of them having warped values.
Now that they'd found an opportunity, they rationalized their actions and beat him relentlessly.
The property manager's teeth were shattered, and he lay on the ground, barely clinging to life.
"Damn it! For lying to us!"
"There's no food here, but there are enough daily necessities. I'll go get my wife, the master bedroom on the fifth floor is mine."
"I'll take the second bedroom on the third floor."
"I'll take the second bedroom on the fifth floor."
Luo Luo was stunned, forgetting even to eat.
"How did they divide up your house? It's not theirs!"
An Nuan was still happily eating.
In the apocalypse, such things were minor issues; she was long accustomed to them.
An Nuan said, "The first person to choose a room was Lawyer Qian, who was the most brutal just now."
"When they were beating people earlier, they subconsciously sorted themselves. The fiercest have the right to speak, and the weakest have to pick up what others leave behind."
Luo Luo looked at An Nuan with disbelief.
Her lifelong belief was that the most outstanding and competent individuals held leadership. Brainless brawlers were not leaders in her understanding.
But now, that was overturned!
An Nuan replied, "There's nothing strange about it."
"It's like in primitive societies, the strongest physically and in combat have the say. If someone is also intelligent and strong, and happens to have some resources, they become the absolute leader."
"Xiao Nuan, doesn't it sound like you're talking about yourself?"
"Me? I'm too lazy to lead them. Leading a group of inhuman scumbags is pointless. Luo Luo, watch, this is just the beginning."
Shallow dark spots had already appeared on Lawyer Qian's neck.
The property manager also had them on his arm.
This indicated that in a short while, they would mutate.
The riot just now had also been influenced by the dark spots.
Potential zombies mixed into a residential area, sounded exciting, didn't it?
The screen suddenly displayed two options.
Warn, Silence.
"What kind of choice is this?"
An Nuan had experienced countless times where companions turned into zombies, and zombies ate companions. She had also experienced betrayal, with people feeding others to zombies. An Nuan was long numb to it. Besides, those people had lost their humanity; there was no reason to save a group of selfish and crazed humans.
"Silence."
After An Nuan decisively chose, the text on the screen disappeared.
She finished eating and put her bowls and chopsticks in the sink. For now, she washed dishes once a day. Once the water supply was cut off, she would switch to biodegradable disposable items.
An Nuan opened cans for the two cats and got two bottles of cola for herself and Luo Luo.
In just ten minutes, some people had already moved their families and belongings into her old house.
An Nuan lay on the sofa and switched the surveillance feed to the main screen. A real-life reality show, and a chance to educate her best friend about the apocalypse. What a great program, much better than what was on her hard drive.
"Hey! It's stable here, we're safe now!"
"Is it okay for us to live in someone else's house?"
"Don't worry, she's not home anyway. We'll go back after the rain subsides. Darling, I've done so much for you, shouldn't you also..."
"Oh you! Stop being so lewd!"
Lawyer Qian chuckled slyly, scooped up the alluring woman, and pounced on the bed.
Luo Luo covered her face with her hands, peeking through her fingers. Tsk, tsk, that bald Qian wasn't much! The beauty was getting the short end of the stick with him!
An Nuan didn't want to watch the reality show either. In her past life, after humans mutated, there hadn't been any newborns for five years. Later, when a few appeared occasionally, their survival rate was low, and crying easily attracted zombies and mutated creatures. Many safe houses, for everyone's safety, enacted policies of forced sterilization, ending the reproductive rights of men and women. However, this indirectly led to unrestrained interactions. Safe houses were small, and An Nuan often heard... the sounds of intimacy. Zombies, mutated animals, and plants also followed their instincts... Well, An Nuan didn't want to see it.
The black smoke seemed unwilling for her to see such trash either, and immediately switched the screen back to the news channel.
Luo Luo became displeased.
"Hey, this guy is quite interesting, afraid we'll see something inappropriate for children?"
"Forget it, it's too gross anyway, and if I get pink eye, no one can cure it."
Luo Luo rubbed her plump, rolled-up cheeks. Was it her imagination, or did her cheeks suddenly have a small white spot on her forehead...
The heavy rain continued, and the temperature kept rising. The news channel, which had initially been placating the public and advising small-scale hoarding, now urged people to move to higher ground, minimize activity to conserve energy, avoid gathering, and refrain from fighting.
An Nuan guessed it was due to the recent heavy casualties. Not only those who died from environmental changes but also those who developed dark spots and underwent personality shifts, causing casualties. They couldn't let people know the truth, so they could only issue repeated appeals. To An Nuan, all of this was pale and powerless. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Because in three hours, the first batch of zombies would appear! In her previous life, at 1:00 AM on the fifth day after the heavy rain began, just as the rain stopped, the first batch of bitten or brutally murdered people appeared in the city. At that time, the internet was still functional, and eyewitnesses posted information online, which was deleted within three minutes. Many people thought it was someone manipulating public psychology to cause panic. But then, everyone was stunned.
An Nuan and Luo Luo were doing physical training in the house. Luo Luo had been learning Sanda with her since she was ten, and both had a good foundation. What Luo Luo lacked was knowledge of the apocalypse and a ruthless heart. Sweat glistened on Luo Luo's toned waistline.
"Xiao Nuan, are we not going out to dig graves tonight?"
Luo Luo teased her with a chuckle. Every day, venturing out in the rain and forcing herself to run with weights had swollen her legs, and her freshly dyed purple color had faded.
"It's not safe tonight. We'll black out the windows and have class at home."
"Class again?"
Luo Luo was a bit unhappy. She had been watching reality shows for four days and knew how ugly those people were. Was there still a need to keep watching?
Of course, there was!
"11:58, almost time."
An Nuan adjusted the villa's windows to ensure they looked completely dark from the outside, making them invisible even with flare guns. Then, she went to the kitchen, steamed potatoes, mashed them, mixed them with ground beef, and put them in the oven for three minutes. After they were cooked, she spread cheese on top and baked for another two minutes. When taken out, the house was filled with the aroma of beef patties and cheese. An Nuan sprinkled some black pepper for seasoning and brought two bottles of peach-flavored white beer back to the living room.
Luo Luo exclaimed in surprise, "What special occasion is it today? We're having an extra meal?"
"Today is the day a new species is born, Luo Luo, welcome to the new world."