In a post-apocalyptic world, she was reborn and became the queen of the wilderness.

'Snapped--'

The golden-skinned spotted tiger charged all the way to Yuan Hong's residence and broke through the window.

"It happened!"

The soldier guarding the door heard the commotion, his expression changed, and he immediately took out his key, opened the door, and rushed inside.

The golden-spotted tiger did not approach Yuan Hong, but stood by the window and watched silently.

With just one glance, it was certain that Nan Ruanruan was not lying to it; Yuan Hong was indeed dead.

For some reason, a vague and inexplicable melancholy crept into its heart.

Although she didn't really consider Yuan Hong her master, she ignored nine out of ten of his words and was always thinking about leaving.

But it never considered exchanging Yuan Hong's death for its own departure.

"How is this going?"

The soldiers who rushed in paused, their eyes filled with astonishment and disbelief as they looked at Yuan Hong.

Yuan Hong was half-lying on the sofa, with dark red bloodstains on his chin and neck, while the skin without bloodstains was pale and unsightly.

The golden-spotted tiger glanced at the two of them, then turned and left along the same path.

"Could it have been it?"

One of them watched the golden-striped tiger's departing figure.

"It's not that."

Bai Lei stepped forward to examine Yuan Hong's body, then shook his head with a look of certainty.

“Yuan Hong was unharmed, and the tiger was a different species that Yuan Hong had raised, so it was unlikely that it would attack him.”

Go and inform the deputy captain first, then find a forensic doctor to perform an autopsy.

Bai Lei had calmed down. He stood up, looked at Fan An, and said in a deep voice, "I'll stay here and keep watch."

Fan An was a little worried about Bai Lei staying here alone, but at this moment, someone really needed to leave to call for help.

"Then you'd better be careful!"

Fan An took the gun off his body and threw it to Bai Lei.

"Ok!"

Bai Lei took the gun, slung it over his shoulder, and nodded.

Fan An left quickly.

After Fan An left, Bai Lei, carrying a gun, started from the living room and carefully checked each room.

However, nothing seemed amiss.

He finally walked back to Yuan Hong's body, lowered his eyes, and stroked his chin in thought.

He and Fan An were guarding the main gate.

Apart from the window that was damaged by the gold-type spotted tiger, the rest of the accessible areas were undamaged.

He bent down and examined Yuan Hong closely.

There were no external injuries.

"Bai Lei, I'm here!"

Just then, Fan An came running in from outside, panting.

Zhou Zhou followed behind him with two other people.

As soon as he entered the door, before even seeing the living room, Zhou Zhou's anxious voice rang out.

"Bai Lei, I heard from Fan An that Yuan Hong is in trouble!"

"Well, dead."

Bai Lei took two steps toward the door and briefly explained the situation to Zhou Zhou, who rushed in.

“There were no signs of anyone or any alien species entering the house, and Yuan Hong had no external injuries.”

"Well, I see."

Zhou Zhou calmed down as quickly as possible, without blaming Bai Lei and the other person. He waved to someone behind him and said, "Examine the body."

"Ok!"

Xia Lu strode forward to Yuan Hong and began to examine him.

Fifteen minutes later, Xia Lu took off her gloves and walked up to Zhou Zhou.

"How is it?" Zhou Zhou asked her.

"The heart problem is initially diagnosed as a case of qi and blood attacking the heart, which is what we usually jokingly call 'dying from anger'."

However, given Yuan Hong's temperament and capacity for endurance, this method of death is somewhat bizarre.

I'm more inclined to believe he was assassinated than that he died of anger.

The cause of death was determined by his own examination, but Xia Lu didn't quite believe it.

After listening to Xia Lu's words, Bai Lei, being rather perceptive, felt that something was off about them and couldn't help but speak up:

"Fan An and I stood guard at the door the whole time, and during that time no one or any alien creature broke in."

It's highly unlikely that they would assassinate Yuan Hong right under our noses.

"Oh dear, I'm not accusing you two of neglecting your duties."

Xia Lu quickly waved her hand and explained, "It's just that recently many mutated creatures beyond our understanding have appeared. Perhaps they have some special methods."

After listening, Bai Lei thought of the crawling corpses that had tried to invade the refuge from underground and the mutated creatures that were even more powerful than alien species despite not having energy stones. He also felt that there was some truth to it.

"Now what?"

Fan An looked around, and finally looked at Zhou Zhou.

There were no clues whatsoever, and all their conclusions were based on speculation.

"Xia Lu and I will go find the commander. Fan An, you two continue to guard this place."

"Row!"

Fan An and Bai Lei nodded at the same time.

Zhou Zhou then left with Xia Lu.

———??———

An hour ago, Nan Ruanruan led Xiao Huohuo and a few others to find an empty library to spend the night.

'Crackling crackling'

The flames leaped, radiating warmth in the cold winter night.

Little Fire and Big Zang were resting by the fire, while Mimi and Little Dot were playing with a ball not far away.

Nan Ruanruan picked up two pieces of dry firewood and threw them into the fire to add some fuel. Then she threw in a few sweet potatoes.

A plump sheep was roasting over the fire, sizzling and dripping with oil.

The aroma wafted out from the cracks in the library, as the alien creatures that had been foraging nearby drew closer.

"Go and take care of them."

Nan Ruanruan slowly brushed honey onto the roasted whole lamb.

The three little firecrackers immediately got up and rushed out.

"Aw~ow~"

Wait for me!

Seeing his older brothers run off, the little one immediately flapped his short legs, wanting to follow them.

Nan Ruanruan extended a finger and gently pressed it.

"You're still too young. You'll need to grow up more before you can get involved in fighting."

"Ow~"

The little one whimpered and tried to turn its head to look at Nan Ruanruan with its wet, round eyes.

Nan Ruanruan didn't say anything more to it.

She took out a sausage that was as thick as her wrist and longer than the little one, and placed it in front of it.

In an instant, all thoughts of fighting vanished!

The little one lunged forward, hugged the sausage, and started gnawing on it with its few tiny teeth.

Nan Ruanruan glanced at it with amusement and continued to sprinkle other seasonings on the sheep.

Outside the library, there was bloodshed; inside, there was warmth.