"Dad! You..."

The middle-aged man's smugness and anticipation had long vanished, replaced by extreme shock and deep despair. He clearly felt the sharp fruit knife piercing his neck—this time, it wasn't acting!

And all he received in return was the old man's vacant stare.

Duan Lei had been watching the father and son during their performance. With his ability to sense friend from foe, Duan Lei had activated his skill the moment the pair appeared, revealing them as two bright red figures.

Therefore, no matter how well they acted, they couldn't deceive Duan Lei. However, due to Li Chenzhou's instructions, Duan Lei hadn't taken action until he heard the armored vehicle start. Only then did Duan Lei control the old man and order him to kill the middle-aged man.

Duan Xue was also shocked by this scene, but she reacted quickly. Although she didn't know why the old man had killed his own son, she at least knew this was her chance.

So, Duan Xue immediately placed her dagger on the seat, then hugged Xiaoyuer with her right arm and used her left hand to push away the old man's hand. She then opened the door on that side and kicked the middle-aged man, who wasn't quite dead, out of the car.

Immediately afterward, Duan Xue bent over and stood up in the cramped passenger seat, facing the old man. She placed Xiaoyuer on her seat and grabbed the dagger, only to see the old man sitting there motionless, staring blankly at his knees.

Duan Xue didn't know what state the old man was in. She didn't even know that her younger brother, Duan Lei, was watching them from the second floor directly above.

Seeing that the old man wasn't moving, Duan Xue didn't continue to attack. Instead, she kept her eyes on the old man while reaching over to close the driver's side door.

Then, Duan Xue locked all the doors using the central control panel before picking up the wailing Xiaoyuer and turning back to stare at the old man, waiting until Li Chenzhou and the others arrived before unlocking all the doors.

Looking at Duan Xue, who had been keeping her head down since she finished speaking, and then at the old man, Li Chenzhou finally raised his arm and pointed the gun at the old man's head. But then, after thinking for a moment, he handed the gun to Duan Xue instead.

At the same time, Duan Lei cooperated with Li Chenzhou, bringing the old man to the driver's side door, facing Duan Xue.

Duan Xue looked at the gun in her hand and then at the old man with his vacant stare, a hint of struggle appearing on her face.

"Xiao Lei controlled him to kill his own son, and after he regains his senses, he'll remember everything that happened!"

Li Chenzhou didn't look at Duan Xue, but at the old man:

"We made him kill his own son with his own hands. He's not likely to be grateful for that. If you don't want to kill him, then put down the gun, and I'll have Xiao Lei let him go.

"But... you should think about what he'll do in the future!"

Pointing at Duan Xue, then at Xiaoyuer, then at Xiaoya:

"You! Xiaoyuer, Xiaoya, even everyone in our team could become his target. They could all die at his hands, whether openly or secretly! This is the apocalypse; anything can happen! Just like how Leopard has now become able to summon tens of thousands of zombies and almost left me and Grey Bear stranded over there!"

Duan Xue's hand began to tremble. Then, gritting her teeth, she pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

The bullet pierced the old man's forehead, and his body fell backward...

Grey Bear looked down at the old man's corpse, falling silent.

Duan Lei jumped out of the window, tore down the curtains, and entered the driver's seat to wipe away the bloodstains. Li Chenzhou went to open the back door, and Grey Bear finally took a deep breath, ignoring the old man's corpse and handing over the bags he was carrying!

After wiping away the bloodstains, Duan Lei reached out and took Xiaoyuer from Duan Xue's arms, but he didn't take the gun from her hand. He simply patted the somewhat wooden Duan Xue gently.

"Actually, these two didn't have to die, because they could guess that you were with us!"

Li Chenzhou said as he took out a soft cushion and spread it in the back of the car:

"So, if you hadn't opened the door, the two of them would have given up, because they wouldn't have dared to stay any longer! But because of your moment of weakness, you caused their deaths instead!"

Hearing Li Chenzhou's words, Duan Xue's body couldn't help but tremble. Grey Bear also frowned, feeling that Li Chenzhou's words seemed a bit too harsh.

In Grey Bear's opinion, Duan Xue had actually done quite well. At least she had been holding out and not opening the door. She was, after all, a girl, soft-hearted, and it was enough that she had been able to hold out for so long.

She had opened the door later because she had thought of how Duan Lei's earlier actions were similar to the old man's, and that's why she hadn't been able to hold back.

But Li Chenzhou didn't stop speaking. He continued:

"However! I'm very glad, because this time, it wasn't us who died!"

Saying that, he stopped what he was doing, looked up at Duan Xue, and Duan Xue also subconsciously looked at Li Chenzhou.

"Remember what I told you when I left? This car is our way out. When we encounter an accident, we need to rely on it to leave!"

Li Chenzhou said:

"If I hadn't had Xiao Lei watching from above, then this car would have been driven away. If we had encountered a horde of zombies inside at that time, Grey Bear had been killed by zombies, and I hadn't gotten the key, I would have had to desperately escape with Xiao Lei.

"But at that moment, we would have discovered that that guy had already driven the car away and the zombies behind us had already caught up, so we would have had to watch you sitting in the passenger seat leave us, and you would have only been able to watch us get swallowed by the horde of zombies from the gradually receding car!"

Hearing Li Chenzhou's words, Grey Bear's mouth twitched. He really wanted to ask why he was the first to die, but then he thought that Li Chenzhou just didn't want another car to be under their control, so he swallowed the words back down.

"Xiao Xue! Do you think... Li Yunshan and the others are good people or bad people?"

Li Chenzhou ignored Grey Bear and suddenly changed the subject, asking a question.

Duan Xue was stunned, and subconsciously replied:

"Captain Li and the others are of course good people!"

"No! They're not even people anymore; they're zombies!"

Li Chenzhou shook his head, then looked at Grey Bear:

"Grey Bear, I know you won't like hearing this, but what I'm saying is the truth. Kindness and compassion are both admirable qualities, but this world doesn't need them, or rather, you don't have the right to consider them until you have enough strength.

"Look, Captain Li and the others were guarding those survivors, and as a result, they were all turned into zombies by Leopard. And Xiao Xue, because of your kindness, you let the old man into the car, and the result was... you were taken away by them.

"And after leaving here, they would have used Xiaoyuer's life to threaten you, forcing you to do things you didn't want to do, just like what Xiao Lei said to you on the first day—don't doubt it, if I hadn't had Xiao Lei watching from above, then what I said would definitely have happened!!!"

Speaking up to here, Li Chenzhou suddenly took a deep breath and looked up at the sky:

"So... before you pity others, the first thing you have to ensure is that you don't become someone who is pitied by others..."