At the same time, the woman also saw Henry.
Seeing Henry, who appeared like the devil incarnate, a hint of fear crept onto her face, and she trembled as she said, "Please... please don't... don't kill me..."
"I'll do anything you ask..."
"I... I can serve you... and I promise I'll never betray you..."
She had an idea!
Then she tossed the abandoned half-bottle of purified water to the woman.
It was the water Warren had left behind.
Henry definitely couldn't drink it.
But wasting it by throwing it away was pointless!
Might as well show a little kindness to the woman!
"You drink this water first, and I won't kill you!" Henry said indifferently.
"Thank you, thank you!"
"Um... can you help me down from the tree?!"
"I'll repay you well, whatever you want!"
The woman said with a slight tremor, quickly expressing her loyalty.
"I'll get you down, but not right now!"
"You'll stay in this tree for the night!"
"I promise I'll let you down tomorrow!"
Henry said.
"Huh? I... spend the night in the tree?" The woman repeated nervously.
But seeing Henry's sharp gaze, she quickly choked back her pleas for mercy.
"Well... alright... I'll spend the night here..."
Henry ignored the woman.
He first went to the supermarket at the entrance of the community and scavenged around...
There wasn't much left to scavenge here.
Anything of value had been taken by Warren.
The remaining supplies were either expired or corroded by some red mushrooms.
Everything on the cashier's desk was thrown on the ground, and two tables were pushed together.
It was evident that Warren had curled up and spent the night on the 1.5-meter-long, 1-meter-wide table.
Such a narrow table.
Not only was it impossible to stretch out, but it was probably also precarious to sleep on, as one wrong move would result in falling off.
Henry really don't know how Warren managed to get through the night!
Certainly, it wasn't as comfortable as Henry lying on a soft mattress in a quiet bedroom.
Henry then searched a few more shops nearby.
Nothing useful!
The bun shop was the same, with all the food covered in red mushrooms.
Any food not vacuum-sealed was contaminated!
Henry returned to the main entrance of the community.
The entrance was separated from the outside world by metal railings.
The railings were very sturdy, about one and a half meters high.
Henry grabbed the railing with both hands and gave it a firm shake.
The railing only trembled slightly.
The main entrance had only one small gate with an access control system for entry and exit.
At this moment, the gate was open.
The electromagnetic lock of the access control seemed to be broken.
There was no suction.
As soon as the small gate touched the door frame, it soon swung open again, wobbling.
Henry took a chain lock from his storage space.
He wrapped the chain twice around the small gate and the door frame, shortening it to its minimum length.
Then, with a "click," he locked it!
With that, the main gate of the community formed a defensive line that could just keep the zombies outside at bay!
Henry's plan was simple.
The woman's voice wasn't loud enough to attract more zombies.
Actively attracting zombies was too dangerous...
So why not wait for the zombies to come on their own?
At night, zombies can identify humans by scent!
The woman in the tree then became a natural bait.
She could attract all the zombies from outside the community to the perimeter wall.
The next morning, Henry just needed to deal with the zombies one by one from behind the wall.
Safe, efficient, and the numbers were considerable!
At this time... the sun was already beginning to set in the west.
There are about two hours left until the sun completely disappears among the buildings!
No time to waste!
Henry checked the [sharpened Katana blueprint] in his storage space.
It required 10 metal weapons and 10 Energy Cores!
Energy Cores weren't a problem, as zombies were a source of Energy Cores!
Now the issue was the 10 metal weapons.
Currently, Henry had four kitchen knives, one fruit knife, and one fire axe.
That amounted to six metal weapons.
He still needed to find four more!
Henry focused on the keychain he had just harvested.
This keychain was unusual.
It wasn't like a typical person's keychain with house keys, access cards, office keys, car keys, etc...
A large bunch of keys of different styles hung together!
There were five keys on this keychain, and each key looked exactly the same!
They all had tape on them, marked with numbers.
"Hiss... these keys all look like door keys!"
Henry looked at these keys and felt they seemed familiar.
"Could it be that this zombie was a landlord?"
"Carrying keys for 5 sets of apartment doors?"
As Henry was scrutinizing the keychain, another prompt appeared:
[You're in luck, these are keys for an entire building, number 8. You should really buy a lottery ticket... if this world still had lotteries...]
It really was the keys for an entire building in number 8?!
Henry was thrilled!
He could clear out an entire building!
He quickly made his way towards building number 8.
Building number 8 was different from other residential buildings.
It stood alone on a "small island."
Surrounded by water on all sides.
The only access was via a stone bridge!
The island was as big as a soccer field.
The area around the building was filled with small gardens, adorned with various vibrant flowers.
This place was great, easy to defend and hard to attack!
It could serve as a stronghold in the future!
[There are no zombies here, but there is a hungry little cutie!]
The prompt appeared again.
A hungry little cutie?
What is that?!
Henry was taken aback.
But that was all the prompt displayed, no more details!
Well, since it's described as a little cutie, it probably isn't a threat.
Better go in and see!
Henry swiped the access card to open the door and walked in.
The air was fresh, without any smell of blood or the stench of zombies!
The floor was clean, with no bloodstains!
Building number 8 had large apartments, only one per floor!
Each floor housed a single apartment!
There was an elevator and a fire escape staircase!
Following the numbers on the keys, Henry opened each apartment door in turn and searched around.
The layout and decoration of each apartment were almost identical.
It seemed like they had just been renovated, and the furniture and appliances were all new.
Nobody had moved in yet when the zombie outbreak occurred.
Thus, the refrigerators were empty, with no food or purified water!
However, the kitchen utensils were quite complete.
Henry searched from the first to the fifth floor and found a total of 10 kitchen knives and 5 fruit knives.