(2) Do you deserve our trust? (2)

Vuong Tu Hien accepted the crystal, entirely black, opened his mouth, and gnawed on it. In an instant, he felt his own strength increase, his spirit becoming even more formidable.

He thought of becoming the king among zombies, controlling an endless army of zombies. Who else could then stop his progress?

Vuong Tu Hien walked up to the strength-type zombie.

Under his control.

The strength-type zombie, like a puppet on display, slowly raised its hand and directly pierced its own head, collapsing to the ground with a thud.

Vuong Tu Hien picked up the strength-type zombie's crystal.

And gnawed on it.

For him, if it was useless, there was no need to keep it. Just use your crystal to enhance the zombie king's strength.

Vuong Tu Hien walked to the window, looking out over the entire Hop Thanh City. This was a city already occupied by zombies, and he was the king of this city.

As if thinking of something.

Vuong Tu Hien roared towards the distance.

"Keke... geh..."

...

In the dusk.

Lam Pham wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the cleaned-up environment, and revealed a satisfied smile. To leave a good impression on people, he could only toil and drudge at cleaning.

"Time to go home."

Looking at Dang Hoang Pharmaceutical Enterprise, he shouldered his sword, turned, and left. A day without clearing zombies always let the zombies run rampant for a while longer.

Returning to Duong Quang Residential Area, he saw Nhan Ny Ny chatting with a group of female survivors.

"Brother Lam."

Nhan Ny Ny happily greeted Lam Pham.

Ha Nha and the others also smiled at Lam Pham. For them, their current life was truly very satisfactory. Although it couldn't compare to peacetime, to have such a life in the apocalypse was really not bad, more fortunate than any other survivor.

"Hello everyone," Lam Pham smiled.

Nhan Ny Ny hesitated, then said, "Brother Lam, can I tell you something?"

Lam Pham walked up to them, "Go ahead, what is it?"

"Tieu Hieu, why don't you say it?" Nhan Ny Ny looked at To Tieu Hieu beside her.

To Tieu Hieu quickly waved her hands, "I won't say it."

Lam Pham was made a bit bewildered and puzzled by them. What on earth was it? Could it be something very important?

"Alright then, I'll say it." Nhan Ny Ny was very helpless. "Brother Lam, we are all women. This monthly 'auntie' visit is very troublesome. There are too few sanitary pads here. We just wanted to ask Brother Lam if you'll be free tomorrow to help us wholesale some. The number of women in our hideout is increasing."

"Oh, that. No problem, I'll buy some back for you tomorrow." Lam Pham had wondered what it was; turns out it was just this small matter. Thinking about it, women in the apocalypse indeed had some inconveniences. After all, this bleeding or not bleeding situation wasn't something they could control.

The quality guarantee period for ordinary sanitary pads was also three years.

For Nhan Ny Ny and the others, what should they do in the future?

It was thinking a bit far ahead, but this kind of thing really needed careful consideration.

"Thank you, Brother Lam," Nhan Ny Ny said happily.

Lam Pham said, "It was my oversight. In the future, if you need anything, just tell me. Don't feel embarrassed."

"Mm, got it."

Lam Pham didn't disturb their chat and bid them farewell.

Then he heard them whispering and chatting again, with laughter occasionally drifting over. He rather liked seeing such scenes.

To Tieu Hieu said to her sisters, "When I first started, I was really scared to death by Brother Lam. He always appeared in front of my shop, staring intently. I thought I had encountered a pervert."

Don't think Lam Pham had walked far; his hearing was extremely sharp. Hearing To Tieu Hieu's words, he touched his face, very puzzled, "Did I really seem like a pervert back then?"

The next day.

Early morning.

Lam Pham, as usual, greeted everyone and left the hideout. The things to do today were clearing zombies and buying sanitary pads.

He had to speed up the clearing; time had dragged on a bit. Zombies appeared ahead. He lightly stepped forward, and in an instant, transformed into a streak of light, appearing amidst the zombie horde.

Wielding Frostmourne, he hunted with extreme speed.

Regardless of whether it was an evolved zombie or an ordinary zombie, they all met the fate of being killed by one sword strike. During this period, when he returned, he would deliver evolved zombies to Officer Hoang.

If he didn't encounter any evolved zombies in the final wave, then there was no help for it.

He had seen the situation with Officer Hoang and Dong Dong. Under the permeation of the Awakened's blood, they had formed a kind of evolution. For him, this still needed slow observation.

After clearing this wave of zombies, he turned his head to look at the street filled with corpses, shook his head. All he could do was hunt. It was just that these corpses were really troublesome.

He continued forward.

At this moment, somewhere in the city.

A survivor leisurely walked down the street.

A magical scene occurred.

He was actually ignored by the zombies.

Ly Quan held a cigarette, walking while striking a bronze gong. Even when surrounded by zombies, he wasn't afraid at all. As for why these zombies didn't attack him, he couldn't figure it out either. Anyway, when the apocalypse erupted, it had just been like this.

At first, he was extremely panicked, very uneasy, feeling he would be torn to shreds by zombies in the apocalypse.

But who would have thought, when zombies saw him, they completely treated him as air, didn't even glance at him. From that moment on, he was so excited his whole body trembled, feeling the blood throughout his body boiling.

Only one thought was in his mind.

In the apocalypse, I, Ly Quan, might just make it big.

He didn't know what hunger was, what panic was. He went wherever he wanted. He had been to high-end restaurants he couldn't afford before, stayed in hotels he couldn't afford before, and even did whatever he wanted.

Hoang City had a landmark building.

There was a hotel there, where a room for one night cost tens of thousands. He couldn't afford it before. Later, he happily slept there for a night, feeling truly comfortable, deeply understanding the joy of the wealthy.

He was like a god walking in the apocalypse.

At the very beginning, he encountered a survivor hiding at home, a young woman, quite good-looking. He immediately had ideas. It was just that it was the early stages of the apocalypse, and there were more or less quite a few supplies at home.

He told the young woman very directly... play a game of poker with me, and I'll give you supplies.

He was met with the young woman's merciless insults.

He wasn't flustered at all. Seven days later, he appeared before the young woman again. Seeing her desperate appearance, he wanted to laugh, then once again made the request to play poker with the young woman.

Under the situation of lacking supplies, the young woman agreed.

From this first successful case, he completely let himself go, his confidence soaring. He truly felt the whole world was his; he could go wherever he wanted.

Ly Quan attracted the largest wave of zombies and headed forward. Not long after, he arrived in front of a row of buildings.

Inside the building, there was a group of women, fifteen in total.

Some were beautiful, some ugly, some tall, some short, but at this moment, everyone's face was pale. They were hiding, observing the situation on the street.

"Sister Hinh, that guy is here again." The speaker had braided hair; the situation on the street made her a little nervous.

The woman called Sister Hinh was over thirty, her expression extremely serious.

Previously, when she saw a survivor who could ignore zombies, she was truly moved. After all, since the apocalypse until now, she had never seen anyone who could do that.

Therefore, she let Ly Quan in, hoping they could resist the apocalypse together.

At the very beginning, the other party was indeed normal and could cooperate with them to go out and find supplies. But not long after, the other party's animalistic nature was exposed. The other party actually took advantage of a companion resting, secretly broke in, wanting to force himself on her, and even openly threatened.

"Vuong Ham, you don't want me to stop helping you lure away the zombies, do you?"

Vuong Ham was still just a teenage girl. Scared by Ly Quan, she trembled, not knowing what to do. Fortunately, Tran Hinh saw it, severely taught the other party a lesson, and drove him out of this place.

But ever since then, Ly Quan would often attract the largest wave of zombies to come over.

At this moment, Ly Quan raised his head, "Tran Hinh, I know you can hear me. Let me tell you, I, Ly Quan, am not to be trifled with."

When Ly Quan had first come to this hideout and saw it was a group of young women, he was very excited. His mind filled with thoughts of a fulfilling life, becoming the man of a group of women, just like an ancient emperor – slaying zombies during the day, taking turns at night. The image made his mouth water.

But damn it, who would have thought these women would be so resilient.

He couldn't swallow this anger.

Inside the building, Tran Hinh clenched her fists, really wanting to teach this guy a good lesson. She really didn't know what this man was thinking, always those kinds of things.

She knew how terrifying zombies were. If she made any sound that let this horde of zombies know there were people inside, they would absolutely find a way to break in.

"Tran Hinh, are you scared now? But it's too late. That I, Ly Quan, have taken a fancy to you all, that is your good fortune. Do you know that I, Ly Quan, am chosen by Heaven's Mandate? In the entire apocalypse, only I have this ability! If you had been obedient earlier, I would have ensured you ate well and drank merrily, completely without needing to worry about those things."

"What a pity... you made the wrong choice."

Ly Quan completely ignored the surrounding zombies, instead unscrupulously roaring at the building. Hearing the sound, the zombies, who hadn't encountered flesh and blood, also groaned incessantly.

The concentrated sound of zombies scared the more timid ones in the hideout into trembling.

"I'll give you a final three-day deadline. You'd best send Vuong Ham out to me, otherwise, I'll let the zombies in! Haha..."

Ly Quan laughed loudly, carrying his bronze gong as he left. As for this horde of zombies, he had no intention of taking them away; just leave them here to scare them properly.

He just loved to see this group of women in despair.

Then they would have no choice but to send someone out.

On the street.

"Strange, where are the surrounding zombies?"

Lam Pham, carrying his sword, observed his surroundings. He hadn't cleared this area at all, but who would have thought, there wasn't even a ghost of a shadow. Could it be that other survivors had eliminated all the zombies?

It was just that there were no corpses around; elimination should be impossible.

Perhaps some survivor had led the zombies away.

Crossroads.

He looked around; it was still empty. This situation made him a little unaccustomed. He was clearly used to seeing limping zombies wherever he went; now, he really felt a bit out of sorts.

He walked forward.

Someone?

A male survivor was walking head-on towards him.

Ly Quan lowered his head, still thinking about what to do in three days if this group of women didn't agree. Should he really let the zombies kill them? Honestly, he was a bit reluctant.

Women were somewhat scarce in the apocalypse.

And in that group, there were several good-looking ones.

Suddenly, he looked up and saw Lam Pham. When he first saw him, he was shocked. What was going on? There was actually a lucky survivor walking around as brazenly as him.

It wasn't that he hadn't seen survivors before, but those survivors were all driving cars, looking extremely wretched, with absolutely no ability to resist zombies.

Ly Quan stared blankly. The other party was very young, carrying a sword. That sword was Frostmourne, a weapon from a game. It was just, why did the other party dare to appear here so boldly?

Were there other survivors around?

Or was he really just passing by?

"Hello."

Lam Pham greeted, staring at this survivor. It was just that in Lam Pham's eyes, there was something strange about this survivor; his heart wasn't good.

As Lam Pham spoke, Ly Quan was like a startled cat, retreating far away. It was true he could ignore zombies, but he was still an ordinary person. If the other party attacked him with a sword, he could only flee.

At the same time, he was a little nervous. Could it be that he had been too arrogant recently, and some survivors had learned of his special characteristic?

Lam Pham stood there, his gaze always fixed on Ly Quan. Such a stare made Ly Quan feel a bit cold all over. He gripped the bronze gong in his hand tightly, couldn't help but quicken his pace, then broke into a run, speeding away into the distance.

"His situation is very unusual, a strange survivor. Probably not a good person."

He trusted his own eyes.

Usually, they were not wrong.

He had wanted to see what was going on with this guy, but then, he heard groaning sounds from ahead, which startled him somewhat strangely.

The survivor just now had come from that direction. Why weren't the zombies following him?

He couldn't believe zombies were blind, or that they were too full to be interested in other survivors.

Quickening his pace, he headed towards the source of the sound.

At a glance, he saw a pile of zombies gathered there, groaning aimlessly.

The group of female survivors inside the building had been nervously watching outside. When Lam Pham appeared, they were slightly stunned.

"Sister Hinh, someone has appeared! Why isn't he running?"

Tran Hinh saw Lam Pham's figure and was suddenly startled. At least now, it seemed impossible for any survivor not to know the terror of zombies. In her sight, that survivor actually appeared there calmly, completely unafraid of the zombies' existence.

She saw that survivor slowly draw the sword from his back.

"What is he trying to do?"

Immediately after.

Her eyes widened, and she looked at the scene before her in disbelief. That survivor, who looked strange in her opinion, actually charged into the zombie horde, clearing zombies at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye.

"Is he still human?"

Not only Tran Hinh, but the others were also dumbfounded.

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, no one would believe such a situation.

They boldly walked to the window, looking at the situation downstairs. The building, only a few stories high, wasn't tall. They could see very clearly, making them swallow hard.

Seeing Ly Quan able to avoid zombie bites already felt incredibly unbelievable to them. But what was before them now was even more unbelievable, a scene even more shocking than Ly Quan.

In a very short moment.

The zombies that had made them anxious and fearful were completely cleared. Those countless mutilated corpses fiercely impacted their souls.

Lam Pham, standing there, looked towards the building. He knew there were survivors inside.

"Sister Hinh, what do we do now?" a survivor asked.

Tran Hinh fell silent, looked at them, "In the current apocalypse, are men still trustworthy?"

Everyone fell silent.

The question was very realistic. Without legal constraints, many men were like Poodles, unrestrained, doing whatever they wanted. Even the survivors who had managed to live until now, their mentality had long since changed, all affected by the apocalypse.

Twisted, perverted, ferocious.

"Sister Hinh, but Ly Quan, he..."

Mentioning Ly Quan, everyone's expression changed. That guy was a madman, a fellow possessed by a Poodle, his mind full of those kinds of things.

For them, it was truly a dilemma. To have persisted until now in the apocalypse was truly not easy.

Outside.

Lam Pham still hadn't moved. He knew there were survivors inside. Through the glass window, he could see that the survivors seemed to be all female.

This reminded him of his encounter with To Tieu Hieu.

Similarly hiding, wary of the outside world, even once mistaking him for a psychopath.

At this moment, he wanted to smile faintly, but then he thought of what To Tieu Hieu had said before: "Brother Lam stood outside my shop, smiling faintly at me. It made me so scared, felt like a pervert had appeared."

So he didn't smile, but instead waved his hand, greeting the other party.

"Hello, my name is Lam Pham, a survivor from Duong Quang Residential Area. Do you need help?"

He said, hoping the other party could trust him a little.

Of course, he could also understand the other party's vigilance.

After all, it was really very dangerous now.

The trust between people had long been completely eroded by the apocalypse.

Except for those living in Duong Quang Residential Area, who could still see the light of hope, always holding onto hope for those around them, similarly trusting them. But outside, it was really hard to say.

Inside the building.

"Sister Hinh, he's greeting us. Duong Quang Residential Area, that's a hideout. Should we choose to trust him?"

"He looks more trustworthy than Ly Quan. He doesn't look like a sinister and vile person."

"If we ignore him, in three days, Ly Quan will come looking for us again. He will let the zombies in."

As the sisters discussed, Tran Hinh's expression was extremely solemn, thinking, worrying.

"Sisters, you wait here. I'll go try."

Tran Hinh said slowly.

She decided to take a risk. After much thought, ignoring the other party was also possible, but Ly Quan in three days would be even more terrifying. Opportunities often pass in a flash. Whether it was worth trusting, only she could decide.

"Sister Hinh, could it be dangerous?"

Everyone was worried.

Tran Hinh said, "Even if there's danger, I have to try."

"Sister Hinh, we'll go with you."

"That's right! If there's really a problem, with so many of us, even if each person gives him one scratch, we can scratch out some blood marks."

Hearing her sisters' words, Tran Hinh looked at the group, "Alright, then let's go together."

From the beginning until now, they had always been united. Some companions from the beginning had died, new companions had joined, always striving to survive. Although women in chaotic times could only be appendages, they were always proving that they had the ability to live.

Downstairs.

Lam Pham looked at the group of female survivors, slightly stunned, not expecting there wasn't even a single male. And that they could survive until now was already very formidable.

"Hello."

Lam Pham smiled faintly.

Since they were meeting up close, a smile was essential. A smile was the best way to greet someone.

"Hello."

Tran Hinh and the others looked at Lam Pham somewhat warily. Of course, the first impression was not bad, and for them, they hadn't heard the words "hello" for a very long time.

"My name is Lam Pham, living in Duong Quang Residential Area. The current situation outside is somewhat dangerous. I feel it's not safe for you to stay here. If too many zombies appear, they might break through your hideout's fence."

Lam Pham felt the place they were staying wasn't quite right.

The safety level was too low.

If anyone had ill intentions and wanted to occupy this place, it would still be relatively simple. Just looking at the building's surrounding wall, it was at most about two meters high; one could easily jump over it.

"Duong Quang Residential Area already has many survivors. I wonder if you are interested in coming to Duong Quang Residential Area?"

He looked at this group of female survivors. Besides the wariness towards him in their eyes, what he saw more was resilience and the determination to fight against the apocalypse.

Tran Hinh didn't expect the other party to be so direct. She looked at the group. This wasn't her decision alone; she wanted to see the group's opinion.

"Sister Hinh, you decide. We trust your decision."

Everyone said.

They had witnessed Lam Pham's strength. If it was really as the other party said, then for them, that would truly be a good place.

Tran Hinh felt immense pressure.

Everyone was letting her decide.

Then her choice concerned everyone's life and death in the future.

"Do you deserve our trust?"