"Do you see these people? They were abandoned here ever since Liu Jinshan was imprisoned, the same day you were sent to the villa!"

Li Chenzhou pointed to the survivors still fighting in the commercial street:

"For so many days, you were tortured inside, while they were left unattended here. Every day, they only get two bags of chicken feed or dog food, and the corpses of other survivors!

They've survived until now on that, but… they're almost like zombies. See them fighting over the chicken feed? Actually, it's not even instinct for them anymore, it's just a habit. They're used to rushing to grab the chicken feed when someone throws it. They're also used to tearing at corpses. They're even used to helping those who are about to die find relief…"

Perhaps coincidentally, just as Li Chenzhou said this, a survivor leaning against a shop front suddenly began to slump over.

He was too weak, so he didn't even have the strength to stand up and join the fight for food earlier. And as Li Chenzhou spoke, his life was coming to an end, his body gradually collapsing to the ground.

The survivors who hadn't been able to squeeze into the middle to fight for chicken feed were still desperately pushing forward, but just then, they suddenly stopped. They turned their heads, twitching their noses as if sniffing something. Then, they all turned and rushed towards the survivor.

Then, a bloody scene unfolded before Li Chenzhou and the others. The guy who was actually still alive was surrounded by an unknown number of survivors, and those survivors seemed very experienced. Some held his arms, some pulled his legs, using both hands and feet, plus tearing with their teeth, they quickly dismembered the man.

Each survivor carried a piece of the corpse away, hiding in a corner to gnaw on it. Even the man's head was fought over by two survivors. In the end, one survivor won, while the loser had his jaw ripped off.

Seeing this scene, Li Chenzhou took a deep breath. He had been wondering before, if survivors here starve to death, they should turn into zombies, so why can't any zombies be seen here?

Now it was clear. Because before people even die, they are dismembered, becoming pieces of meat, with no chance of turning into zombies.

Even if they did turn into zombies, their heads would be gnawed on, and their jaws torn away. How could they bite anyone? One palm can't clap, and one row of teeth can't bite anything either.

"See? This is what they are now. It's hard to say who is more miserable compared to you, but at least, they are also victims, just like you!"

Li Chenzhou waited until the man was completely divided up before speaking again, while looking at Qingluan:

"If I hand these people over to you, what would you do with them?"

Qingluan looked at Li Chenzhou, but did not answer immediately. Instead, she stepped forward and came to a survivor who was lying on the ground eating dog food. She squatted down, grabbed his hair and pulled it up, carefully looked at his eyes, then released him and gently shook her head.

"They've entered a state of self-imposed isolation. Once they enter this state, it's difficult to break because no one can wake them up or communicate with them."

Returning to Li Chenzhou's side, Qingluan said:

"Unless they are willing to wake up on their own, they will always remain in this state. If you want them to truly recover, if it were before the apocalypse, with complete medical equipment and sufficient medication, perhaps in ten or eight years, they could wake up, but now..."

"I don't need you to explain their condition to me. I just want to know, if I hand them all over to you, what would you do with them?"

Li Chenzhou asked, staring at Qingluan.

"Kill them!"

Qingluan answered immediately without hesitation.

"They have no self-awareness now. They're not that different from zombies. In this world, there's no way to slowly rehabilitate them, so it's meaningless for them to live like this. It's better to help them find complete relief!"

Hearing Qingluan's words, Liu Jinshan instantly looked up, staring at Qingluan as if wanting to say something, but he turned his head and looked at the survivors, and finally said nothing.

The soldiers were also shocked as they looked at Qingluan. They didn't expect this girl in her early twenties to say "kill" so casually.

You have to know, the total number of survivors here is as many as five hundred. Killing them all would undoubtedly be a massacre!!!

Li Chenzhou and Duan Xue were naturally not shocked. Li Chenzhou even looked at Qingluan with some appreciation. This girl was ruthless enough, but being ruthless alone was not enough. This apocalyptic world needed ruthlessness, but not blind ruthlessness.

In addition, Li Chenzhou also noticed that the girls behind Qingluan did not seem too moved after hearing Qingluan's words.

"Then... what about these children?"

Li Chenzhou pointed to the second floor behind him again. The children were still watching below from the windows. The food delivery truck had come a little early today, but they didn't care about early or late. What they cared about was that every time the food delivery truck came, it would eventually stop downstairs.

Then, three or five uncles would come up, carrying a bag of dog food or cat food and throwing it to their older sister. Then, they would take their older sister into a room, and only leave after a long time.

Now, the children were waiting for their food, but with Li Chenzhou and the others here, how would those delivering the feed dare to follow the previous procedure?

Moreover, they were called over and didn't bring the share for the children on the second floor!

Qingluan looked up at the second floor, a look of surprise appearing in her eyes. She didn't expect so many children to be alive in this environment.

"There's a girl upstairs named Zhang Li, who is much younger than you. She..."

Li Chenzhou also looked up, and at the same time told the story of Zhang Li and the children, and finally turned to look at Qingluan and asked:

"What do you think... what is the most appropriate way to arrange for Zhang Li and these children?"

"Concentrate all the children and start a kindergarten, and let Zhang Li take care of them!"

Qingluan replied without even thinking.

"But now it's the apocalypse. These children... other than consuming food, they won't make any contribution. Are we just going to raise them for nothing?"

Li Chenzhou asked again.

"Of course! Although children cannot make contributions, they are the hope of our humanity. Only with children can our humanity continue to exist!"

Qingluan looked at Li Chenzhou and replied with bright eyes...