Chapter 46: A Touching Moment

After resting for over two hours, Yue Zhong and his group walked back to Xining Road.

As soon as they arrived at Xining Road, the four of them quickly began clearing out the scattered zombies that had gathered along the road.

Yue Zhong, Bai Gu, Ji Qingwu, and Chi Yang were all formidable fighters, and after spending a lot of time, they finally cleared out the zombies on the surface of Xining Road.

However, the zombies they cleared were just the ones on the surface of the road. Most of the zombies were trapped in apartment buildings, office buildings, and shops.

After killing over 200 zombies, Ji Qingwu and Chi Yang were completely exhausted and could no longer continue fighting. Yue Zhong did not push them further and took them back home.

On the fourth day after Yue Zhong had collapsed onto the sickbed, the power grid of Lei Jiang City officially collapsed, and their apartment building lost all electricity. Therefore, by afternoon, they had to retreat back inside their building.

Once home and after having dinner, Yue Zhong sat on the sofa and picked up a skill book, quietly reading it.

"Level 1 Skill: Focused Critical Strike. After using this skill, it consumes 7 stamina points. The next attack will deal double the damage (non-mechanical destruction does not count)."

Yue Zhong frowned slightly as he looked at the Focused Critical Strike skill book. The skill had decent power, but compared to Level 2 and Level 3 skills, its practicality was much less. The 7 stamina points required for the skill were not sustainable, even for Yue Zhong, who had undergone multiple physical enhancements. For Yue Zhong, who now had the Poison Spike, this Focused Critical Strike skill felt somewhat useless.

"Is anyone there? Please, please open the door!" A woman's voice, pleading from outside, interrupted Yue Zhong's thoughts.

Chen Yao glanced at Yue Zhong, asking for his opinion.

At this moment, the main fighting force of their small group was here, and they had firearms in hand. There was no immediate threat inside their building.

Seeing Yue Zhong nod slightly, Chen Yao approached the door and looked through the peephole.

Through the peephole, Chen Yao clearly saw a well-dressed, plump young woman standing outside with an eleven or twelve-year-old boy.

"A woman and a child!" After the recent assault by the thugs, Chen Yao had become more cautious. Before opening the door, she reported to Yue Zhong.

Yue Zhong frowned slightly, thinking for a moment, and then slowly said, "Let them in."

Chen Yao opened the door.

"Hello, miss. My name is Zhao Li. Could you spare us some food? We haven't eaten in two days!" Zhao Li pleaded, grabbing Chen Yao's hand.

At that moment, Wang Fang, eating a biscuit, walked over curiously and looked at Zhao Li and the young boy.

"Mom, I'm hungry! I want biscuits! I want biscuits!" The young boy's eyes lit up when he saw the biscuit in Wang Fang's hand, and he began tugging at Zhao Li's clothes, whining.

Zhao Li's eyes reddened immediately, and tears began to fall. She took out a bundle of fresh red RMB notes from her chest and handed them to Chen Yao. "Miss, please. Give us something to eat. I'm not asking for nothing. Here's ten thousand yuan for you. Please, give us something to eat. If not, we'll starve to death."

When Wang Fang saw the ten thousand yuan, her eyes turned red. She came from an ordinary family and had never seen this much money before.

Chen Yao, though having gone through the traumatic experience with the thugs, remained kind-hearted and couldn't refuse: "Big sister, don't cry. Please wait. I'll get some food for you."

Wang Fang blocked Chen Yao, her face stern, "Wait! Chen Yao, our food is running low. How can you just give it to strangers?"

In the three-room apartment where they lived, there were over ten people. The consumption of food was significant, especially since Yue Zhong, Ji Qingwu, and Chi Yang, the three advanced enhancers, had large appetites. After raiding two small supermarkets, their food supply had already been depleted. If they continued at this rate, they would only have enough food for five or six more days.

Upon hearing this, the other girls gathered around.

Chen Yao's face turned red with anger. She shouted at Wang Fang, "Wang Fang, how can you say that? They've been starving for two days! Do you really want to watch them die of hunger?"

Wang Fang retorted sharply, "That's just their word against it. Chen Yao, all the supplies we've gathered have been hard-earned by everyone. Are you just going to give food to anyone without asking the group? You know how little food we have. We're barely going to last five days, and now you want to give it to others? Do you want us to starve?"

Upon hearing Wang Fang's words, the other girls, who had planned to support Chen Yao, fell silent. They were also afraid of running out of food and had no idea what they would do when that happened. Deep down, they didn't want to share their food with strangers, but they couldn't bring themselves to speak against Wang Fang, so they chose to remain silent. Despite the apocalypse, they hadn't experienced the most terrifying hardships, so their consciences hadn't yet been completely hardened.

Seeing the other girls fall silent, Zhao Li's eyes filled with fear. She and her child had been starving for two days. If they hadn't reached the end of their rope, they wouldn't have dared leave the safety of their room.

Just then, Yue Zhong entered, carrying two bags of instant noodles. He handed them to Zhao Li and said calmly, "Here, take this. Go back."

Seeing Yue Zhong, Wang Fang didn't dare say more. She knew better than to cross him, as she didn't want to be kicked out of the group.

Zhao Li grabbed the two bags of instant noodles, tears streaming down her face, constantly thanking Yue Zhong. "Thank you! Thank you!! You're a good person!! Here, Little Bao, quickly thank this brother!"

The two bags of instant noodles would allow Zhao Li and the child to survive for a while longer.

The young boy looked up at Yue Zhong and, with his youthful voice, said, "Thank you, brother!!"

After expressing her thanks, Zhao Li shoved the ten thousand yuan into Chen Yao's hand and quickly pulled her son, Little Bao, upstairs.

Seeing Zhao Li's appearance, the girls in the room were deeply moved. Under Yue Zhong, Chi Yang, and Ji Qingwu's protection, they had been living in comfort for the past ten days. To see Zhao Li and her child begging for food after being starving for two days had a profound impact on them.