"Not my kids! Why should I care?"

The survivor at the front said impatiently, reaching out to lift Li Chenzhou's long staff. But when he gripped the staff, he found it was as if cast from iron. Even with all his strength, he couldn't raise it even a fraction.

"Is that so? Then you're not my kids either. Why should I let you join the convoy?"

Li Chenzhou looked coldly at the survivor.

"What? Is the convoy yours? You say we can't get on, and we can't?"

Realizing Li Chenzhou's terrifying strength, the survivor lowered his hand and asked with some suspicion.

"You can try!"

Li Chenzhou stared at him.

"I can tell you this: either stay here and protect those kids to the other side of the road, and the convoy will have room for you, or leave now and go wherever you want! But I guarantee, that convoy will definitely not have room for you!"

As he spoke, Li Chenzhou flipped the staff in his hand, twirling it into a staff flower before resting it on his back, watching the survivors quietly.

"Tch! Show-off!"

A young man of twenty-four or five, mixed in with the survivors, frowned at Li Chenzhou and stepped forward, muttering:

"At most, he's just cannon fodder for scouting the way. What's he got to be so arrogant about? In the apocalypse, the most important thing is population. Does he think I haven't read any apocalypse novels?"

The young man walked past Li Chenzhou, muttering as he went, but Li Chenzhou ignored him, standing silently.

"Hey? Coming? You don't really want to stay and help those little brats, do you? They're noisy as hell all day long. How come the apocalypse didn't kill them all?"

After walking a short distance, the young man realized that he seemed to be the only one who had walked over. He turned back and looked at the other survivors.

"Hurry up and follow me. Let me tell you, these convoys are all temporary gatherings of people like us. The sooner you join, the better off you'll be! Quick!"

"Forget it! I'll stay. Who wasn't a kid once?"

The survivor who had tried to lift Li Chenzhou's staff sighed suddenly, then looked at Li Chenzhou.

"We... can we go in now? I know Director Jin!"

"Mm!"

Li Chenzhou looked at the survivor and nodded slightly.

"Let's go!"

A woman among the survivors looked at the others and spoke before walking into the orphanage.

These survivors were all residents living nearby. They not only knew the orphanage, but some even knew people inside. So they all followed.

"Tch! Bunch of idiots! Playing the saint at a time like this. This is the apocalypse! The more saintly you are, the faster you die!"

Seeing that none of them came with him, the young man curled his lip in disdain. He walked to the intersection, looked outside, and was overjoyed to find nothing but zombie corpses. He ran off like the wind…

Soon, several more groups of survivors arrived. They had all cautiously left their homes after discovering the zombies had disappeared and tentatively come here.

And almost all of these people actively entered the orphanage to help without Li Chenzhou having to mobilize them. Because at this time, there was already a lot of rice, flour, and other grains that had been moved outside by the survivors in the orphanage's courtyard.

Seeing the busy survivors, these people immediately felt like they had found their backbone. They rushed over, asked a few questions, and then automatically started helping – in this world, being able to see acquaintances meant almost no one wanted to leave on their own.

At this time, Tian Ya also had a flash of inspiration and actually walked forward, banging on a gong as he turned into other alleys, constantly shouting for everyone to come out and gather at the orphanage so they could leave together later!

His shouts not only brought out many survivors but even a few more zombies. However, this kid was very slippery. As soon as he saw a zombie, he ran back, luring the zombies to Li Chenzhou. After Li Chenzhou killed the zombies, he struck again, continuing to bang the gong and call for people.

Seeing that more than twenty new survivors had joined, Li Chenzhou called Fatty out and told him to wait at the intersection. When the convoy arrived, he was to bring people back to pick up the children and have Duan Lei prepare to free up a bus.

However, because the survivors and resources from the first two residential areas had to be collected first, it was more than forty minutes later when the convoy reached the intersection here.

During this time, Tian Ya ran farther and farther. Later, even Li Chenzhou had to walk to the intersection ahead to wait for him, lest this guy not be able to run back if he encountered zombies!

Moreover, driven by Tian Ya, other survivors also began calling out in the nearby alleys. More than a dozen people even ran to the rooftop, constantly summoning survivors and putting up signs written on cardboard boxes.

Therefore, when Fatty led a few combat team members back, the total number of survivors here had reached nearly two hundred, not including the children at the orphanage.

Fatty was shocked to see this large group of people. There were only a dozen when he left. How did it become so many in just over half an hour?

"Okay! Go notify the people who are still outside! We're leaving soon! Tell them to hurry back!"

Seeing Fatty and the others return, Li Chenzhou shouted to the survivors around him and then called Director Jin to organize the children first and have Fatty and the others escort them to get on the bus first!

The survivors had no objection to this arrangement and even actively helped the little ones maintain order. Several female survivors also joined the team, holding very young children in their arms.

More than fifty children, plus the adults holding children, Director Jin, and the caregivers, made for a long line. However, because of Tian Ya's and the survivors' recruitment efforts, there were no zombies in the nearby alleys, so they arrived safely at the roadside and boarded the bus that Duan Lei had specially cleared.

Subsequently, the remaining survivors moved all the supplies from the orphanage and lined up to walk out of the alley. However, because the number of people was a bit unexpected, they discovered that the convoy didn't have enough vehicles when everyone arrived.

Li Chenzhou was the last to arrive. By this time, Duan Lei, who had long discovered the problem, had already made a decision: prioritize putting all the resources on the vehicles, prioritize the elderly and children among the survivors, then women. As for the adult men, they would walk with the convoy first. Anyway, there would be more vehicles further ahead.

"Hahahaha! How's that? Morons? Told you, the earlier you come, the better. How is it now? No room, huh?"

Just as Duan Lei had finished all the arrangements and the convoy was about to continue, a gloating voice suddenly rang out…