"He's dead?" Hai Changfeng exclaimed.
"No! Aren't they the only two left in their family? A while ago, their neighbors across the hall asked for help. Chen Wenjing opened the door and was then kicked out. I heard noises a couple of days ago, but I don't know what the situation is like now."
An Nuan knitted her brows.
This idiot!
Entering the apocalypse and casually opening the door for others, that's just unbelievable!
"My son even flew some food and thin clothes to them with a drone a few days ago. It's in the ruins in your two o'clock direction, but we're almost out of supplies now, and we can't help anymore."
The man pointed in the direction, then re-blocked the window and retreated into his room.
For some reason, Hai Changfeng felt quite happy.
Perhaps it was because this man was the only kind person he had encountered since the apocalypse began.
The four of them headed towards the ruins in the two o'clock direction.
Stones and steel bars intertwined, white mist obscuring everything, making it impossible to tell where the entrance was.
"Chen Wenjing? Are you in there?"
An Nuan called out twice and heard a buzzing sound from inside, like mosquitoes.
She gestured to Chang Kaitong, who immediately cleared a passage through the rubble.
The structure, with its abundance of metal, was perfect for Chang Kaitong to exert his strength. He easily carved out a path.
A deep passage, leading straight down.
"What are you doing! You'll get my sister killed!"
As soon as the hole was opened, a cold wind rushed in.
An Nuan led the team in, and Chang Kaitong used a large stone to block the opening.
The passage was dark and cold, emitting an unpleasant odor.
An Nuan took out her flashlight and two oversized parkas.
Chen Wenjing's eyes were blinded by the strong light, and he quickly threw himself over his sister, grabbing a steel pipe at hand and shouting.
"Don't come any closer, I have nothing left to give you! If you get any closer, I'll kill you!"
"You are Chen Wenjing?"
Hai Changfeng was surprised.
The name sounded like a forest nymph, but the person was a delicate-looking man!
No matter how delicate he looked, he was still a man, so why was he given such a name!
"Does my name have anything to do with you?"
Hai Changfeng: "What's going on?"
"Shh!"
An Nuan signaled for them to be silent.
She dimmed the flashlight beam. Chen Wenjing frowned.
[I want to recruit you. In return, I will help you and your family. I have a lot of supplies, and companions with awakened abilities.]
Chen Wenjing's eyes widened as he looked at her.
[If your sister is delayed any longer, she'll truly freeze to death. Put on the parka first. We'll discuss the rest after we get out.]
Chen Wenjing looked at his sister. Without hesitation, he snatched the parka and covered her with it.
Only then did everyone see a pale little girl behind him, about five years old, who was on the verge of death.
"Boss An, this child will die if not saved soon. How about I try?"
Hai Changfeng took out a small knife. Seeing this, Chen Wenjing immediately adopted a defensive stance.
"What do you want to do to my sister?"
[His ability is healing. He can save your sister.]
[It's very easy for us to kill you, so you don't need to be so tense.]
Chen Wenjing thought about it and found it reasonable, but he still couldn't trust others.
He guarded his sister while waiting for Hai Changfeng to approach. He was a little disgusted when Hai Changfeng cut his own finger and fed the blood to his sister's mouth.
But within two seconds, the little sister opened her eyes and her voice regained strength.
"Brother, it's cold!"
"Xiao Long!"
Chen Wenjing hugged his younger sibling, sobbing uncontrollably.
An Nuan: "Now can you trust us?"
"Benefactor! You saved my sister, and from now on, my life is yours!"
An Nuan smiled shyly: "What do I want your life for? I want to form a small team, and I want you to come with me."
"This..."
"What, you're unwilling?"
"No, but before we go, there are two things I want to do. Please help me, benefactor!"
"As long as you stop calling me benefactor, I'll agree."
Chen Wenjing put on his clothes and pants and came out. He delivered a large bag of items to the uncle's doorstep.
Luoluo helped him push the items through the window with her vines.
Inside were a box of mineral water, a box of self-heating meals, some vegetables and fruits, a large bag of compressed biscuits, and a large pack of hand warmers.
Chen Wenjing: "Uncle, thank you for the things you gave me before. My sister and I were able to hold on until now!"
The uncle was deeply moved and opened the window while holding his son.
Hai Changfeng said loudly, "Listen up, everyone. Their family is under our protection. Anyone who dares to steal from them will suffer the same fate as those zombies!"
Hai Changfeng understood human nature well, especially its darker side.
Those people, seeing the supplies, would naturally covet them and try to get them.
But bullying the weak and fearing the strong was also human nature.
Those people knew that they could kill zombies as easily as playing whack-a-mole, and they would also worry about their own lives.
After repaying his gratitude, Chen Wenjing borrowed a bone-cutting knife from An Nuan.
Returning to his house, Chang Kaitong helped him break down the door.
Screams came from inside.
"What are you doing barging in, you little brat? I'm telling you, this is my house, and everything in it is mine! Don't even think about it!"
"We've treated you well enough. We often gave you food and drinks. Now you want them back, what's the big deal? You even dare to bring a knife in, do you want to kill someone?"
Chen Wenjing looked at them coldly.
Their inner thoughts were all in his mind.
[Born of a mother but raised without a father, a bastard. Why didn't you die in the snow!]
[You shouldn't have been living in such a nice house in the first place. What right do you have to come back?]
[Trash belongs in the trash heap.]
In an instant, Chen Wenjing's figure flickered before their eyes. He moved with extreme speed and slew the family of three inside, leaving only an elderly woman.
He kicked the main door open.
"There's rice and flour here. Come and get it if you want. It's all mine anyway, so if you can't take it, I'll give it to you."
Not long after Chen Wenjing returned to An Nuan, the old woman's screams echoed from upstairs.
People from nearby floors rushed into her house to steal. The more the old woman cried and resisted, the more vigorously they plundered.
Luoluo felt that this was a bit inhumane.
"Why didn't you just kill that old woman directly? Wouldn't that be more painful?"
"She pretended to be sick to trick me into opening the door, and after kicking me and Xiao Long out, she stole both of our down jackets. She deserves it!"
"She totally deserves it. If it were me, I'd break her legs!"
Chen Wenjing knew that Luoluo was speaking her mind, and he also heard everyone's inner thoughts.
In that moment, a feeling of being accepted and understood washed over him.
Chen Wenjing sniffled, preparing to leave with everyone, when the sky suddenly changed color, a cold wind blew, and heavy snow began to fall again.
"Xiao Nuan, it looks like the weather is changing. It's going to snow heavily. Let's find a place to shelter first."
It would take forty minutes to get back, and now with two people who couldn't ski, the journey would be too dangerous.
An Nuan agreed with Luoluo's idea.
They immediately found a ruined building, and Chang Kaitong used the debris to construct an underground fortress.
Luoluo laid down soft vines below. Thinking of straw, she even managed to create something resembling a straw bed.
She had gained a new skill!