Hearing Duan Lei's words, the middle-aged man frowned slightly, looking out at the road. He hadn't received any reports from his two men on the roof. If someone were approaching, they would have notified him.

Li Chenzhou had indeed reached the edge of the hotel, but he had come through the side streets and alleys. Zhang Jinlong and Duan Lei, the two lookouts on the roof, couldn't detect him, but that didn't mean Li Chenzhou wasn't aware of their presence.

In the mid-to-late apocalypse, cities were more dangerous than the wilderness. High-level zombies, mutated beasts, and human ambushers had turned cities into killing fields where every step was fraught with danger. Li Chenzhou, who had struggled in this environment for ten years, was no match for the middle-aged man and his special forces, even before undergoing any enhancements.

In the next moment, Li Chenzhou had already evaded the rooftop sentries and entered the second floor of the hotel, quietly appearing behind the man with the rifle who was monitoring the lobby from the second-floor railing. He gently patted the man's shoulder and said, "Brother, if I were Moying (Shadow Demon), you'd be dead already!"

"Enemy attack!"

The man was startled and immediately turned around, swinging the rifle at Li Chenzhou while shouting a warning.

"Don't get excited!"

Li Chenzhou raised his right arm, using his elbow to push the rifle upwards. Then, he moved his arm forward, passing it between the man's arms, and held a dagger to his throat. He turned his head, looked at the middle-aged man below, raised his empty left hand, and said, "I'm just here to find my brother. If I were an enemy, I would have quietly taken him out and then used his gun to take you out. I don't think you'd be guarding against a bullet from this direction, would you?"

The middle-aged man looked up at Li Chenzhou, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

A guy who could sneak into the hotel under the noses of his two men and easily subdue another member of his team was actually so young?

"Boss!"

Hearing Li Chenzhou's voice, Duan Lei also looked up and shouted in surprise.

As Li Chenzhou's followers, they could sense each other's location, but Li Chenzhou could block Duan Lei's sensing ability at any time.

"You're his boss? The guy who can take out a... strengthened zombie?"

The middle-aged man made a gesture, and the men below who were pointing guns at Li Chenzhou lowered their weapons. The young man guarding the door muttered, "He's wearing clothes, isn't he?"

The middle-aged man immediately turned around and glared at him. Li Chenzhou didn't hear what he said, but smiled at the twenty-four or five-year-old young man who was being held captive and was looking at him with resentment:

"Remember, at all times, pay attention to your back. In this world, there are many very fast guys who can cross over a hundred meters in three seconds and kill you!"

As he spoke, Li Chenzhou retracted his arm, lightly jumped over the railing, landed in the lobby, and performed a neat roll on the ground to dissipate the momentum. While rising, he twirled the dagger and sheathed it at his waist.

He glanced at Duan Lei and Duan Xue, nodding to them, then walked towards the middle-aged man, stopping about five meters away and saying, "That's right! I'm his boss! I hope this kid hasn't caused any trouble for me. I really don't want to conflict with you!"

"This young man is very stable. At least, we've been getting along...harmoniously!"

The middle-aged man looked at Duan Lei, then turned to Li Chenzhou. "Can you tell me about strengthened zombies, and the three-second-hundred-meter guys? Also...your brother just said that corpses can turn into zombies at any time! I think he meant corpses that haven't been bitten by other zombies, right?"

"Strengthened zombies are a bit complicated, and as for corpses turning into zombies..."

Li Chenzhou turned to look at Zhang Jinlong and walked over.

"You really are lucky!"

Zhang Jinlong glared at Li Chenzhou and said, "So many zombies, and they didn't kill you!"

"As long as I don't want to die, no amount of zombies can kill me. The only one who poses a threat to my life is a traitorous mongrel like you who threw a lit firecracker at me, causing hundreds of zombies to surround me!"

Li Chenzhou's eyes were calm as he looked at Zhang Jinlong, seemingly without hatred—no one would hate a dead man, at least he wouldn't.

"So what? Did I ask you to save me? Huh? And I only threw a string of firecrackers onto the road, who told you to be so unlucky and stand there? Are you going to kill me for that?"

Zhang Jinlong sneered, then raised his chin towards the middle-aged man. "They're police officers, and this is their territory now, and I'm a civilian. Try touching me and see what happens! See if they'll handcuff you too!"

Zhang Jinlong's words made the officers subconsciously look at the middle-aged man, but the middle-aged man didn't react, just quietly watching Li Chenzhou and Zhang Jinlong.

Li Chenzhou was also looking at Zhang Jinlong, a mocking smile suddenly appearing on his lips. "You still have some ability. With these few words, you've both sown discord between us and drawn the police officers to your side to become your reliance. In the apocalypse, it's people like you who have the best chance of surviving!"

As he spoke, a cold light suddenly flashed in Li Chenzhou's eyes. "Unfortunately, you provoked me. Don't even mention the police officers, even if the Heavenly King himself came, he couldn't save you today!"

"Pfft!"

Before the words could fade, Li Chenzhou suddenly raised his arm, the dagger already in his hand, and stabbed it straight into Zhang Jinlong's left chest, burying it to the hilt...

"You..."

Zhang Jinlong never expected Li Chenzhou to attack him without warning. He looked in shock at the dagger in his chest, then looked up at Li Chenzhou! The fearlessness on his face had turned into horror and despair.

Those who were handcuffed to Zhang Jinlong also panicked instantly, but the police officers' handcuffing technique was quite perfect, and several pairs of handcuffs crossed them, making it impossible for anyone to break free.

The young man at the door subconsciously drew his gun and looked at the middle-aged man, but although the middle-aged man frowned, he didn't issue any orders.

"Don't look at me like that! I just swung my knife, who told you to be so unlucky and stand there?"

Looking at Zhang Jinlong, who was staring at him with an unwilling expression, Li Chenzhou said indifferently, then twisted the dagger, pulled it out as Zhang Jinlong's face contorted in pain, and turned towards the middle-aged man.

"Although the world has changed drastically, that doesn't mean you can kill people at will!"

Looking at Zhang Jinlong, who had slumped to the ground, his eyes dimming, and then looking at Li Chenzhou, who had just killed someone but showed no change in expression, the middle-aged man frowned, anger evident in his eyes, and said in a deep voice.

Li Chenzhou didn't answer, but pointed to Zhang Jinlong behind him. Almost at the same time, Scarface and Goldilocks, who were handcuffed to Zhang Jinlong, suddenly let out extremely terrified screams, followed by a roar from a zombie...