......

Knowing she was provoking him, Li Ailun didn't respond immediately.

He turned around, raised his binoculars, and looked towards the building. From the binoculars, it was clear that the group of people were now pacing around anxiously like ants on a hot plate.

[Even those people themselves lacked confidence; I really don't know where her confidence came from.]

"Okay, let's make this bet."

However, Li Ailun still agreed, since he wouldn't lose out no matter what.

As he spoke, he turned his binoculars back to observe the situation on the streets surrounding their building; it was about time to find a way out.

"It takes a dog to go back on its word."

When Susan saw that he agreed, a sweet dimple appeared on her face; she was very confident in her judgment.

Then she reached out a hand and gently poked Li Ailun's arm with her finger.

Li Ailun turned his head and saw Susan holding up her little finger, waiting for him.

[How can someone who's thirty years old still be so childish?]

However, he still extended his hand. Since Susan was interested, he wouldn't want to be a spoilsport.

Their little fingers were hooked together, and Susan shook them vigorously, officially announcing that their bet was settled.

Survival in the apocalypse is brutal, but as long as you can find joy in the difficult days and live like a normal person, you won't become a beast that will stop at nothing to survive.

...about ten minutes later.

The car alarm suddenly went off in the once quiet city.

The loud, high-pitched alarm sounded from afar, echoing continuously among the tall buildings.

The two looked in the direction of the sound and soon saw a red sports car weaving back and forth on the city streets.

The nearby horde of zombies was quickly drawn to the red sports car's siren and headed in the direction from which the sound came, causing the number of zombies on the nearby streets to decrease steadily.

Li Ailun and Susan instantly understood each other's intentions.

Making noise to attract the zombies first, then coming back to pick up the trapped companions, is a very clever method.

"Looks like someone lost..."

Susan smiled brightly, her eyes sparkling, clearly quite pleased with herself.

Actually, she had already figured it out. If those two people were truly selfish, they would have stayed hidden in that building and wouldn't have dared to come out at all.

Instead of choosing to stay in the temporarily safe building and wait to die, they were willing to venture out and risk their lives to find a way out for their companions.

How could someone like that abandon her companions to escape? Therefore, her chances of winning are very high.

[But it's okay even if we lose, isn't it...]

"Alright, you win. Now, what are your demands?"

Li Ailun had noticed that the van the two men had just driven away was coming from another direction and was rapidly approaching the building.

"Well......"

Susan rested one hand across her chest and the other on her chin, looking like she was deep in thought.

After a while, she finally said, with a troubled expression:

"...I haven't decided yet, but I'll keep it in mind for now."

"Heh...whatever."

As Li Ailun spoke, he continued to observe the situation over there.

He saw the red sports car with its siren blaring even slow down deliberately, waiting for the zombies that had been drawn to it to catch up.

This series of operations cannot afford to make the slightest mistake, otherwise the people in that sports car will meet a very tragic end.

...the rooftop of the department store.

"Quick, let's go, hurry..."

Morales urged him anxiously.

They had just contacted Glenn via walkie-talkie, and Glenn had told them the evacuation location.

With time of the essence, the group hurriedly gathered their own supplies, leaving no one to care about Mo'er, who was still handcuffed to the water pipe support.

"Wait, you can't leave me behind!"

Seeing their hurried manner, it was clear they were about to leave. This finally panicked Moore, and he shouted at them:

"I'm not stupid, brother, Morales..."

The group ignored his shouts, picked up their backpacks, and ran downstairs. Morales picked up the sniper rifle he saw on the ground as well.

"Dude, don't leave me! That's my gun, you can't leave me behind."

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Moore became anxious and broke out in a sweat. He kept shouting at T-boy, who was running at the very back.

You can't leave me.

T-boy paused upon hearing this, suddenly remembering that the handcuff key was on him. However, he also recalled Moore's usual sarcastic remarks and humiliations, and his heart was in turmoil...

"Morales, hurry up!"

Andrea's voice came from the hallway.

"coming!"

Morales responded to someone downstairs, then turned to urge T-boy:

"...We really have to go."

"Morales, take these handcuffs off me, buddy..."

Moore was on the verge of a breakdown. Did these people really intend to leave him here to die?

"T-kun, buddy, you can't leave me here! You can't leave me here, at least take these handcuffs off..."

T stood in the aisle, torn between two conflicting emotions. He wanted to cruelly let this scumbag fend for himself, but his conscience told him that doing so was wrong.

"You'll be punished by God! Do you have no humanity left?!"

Seeing his hesitation, Moore continued to morally blackmail him, and then humbly pleaded with him:

"Please, don't leave me! Please, T-boy, have mercy..."

T-boy couldn't bear it in the end, so he turned around and walked back, intending to unlock his handcuffs.

"Come here, yeah, hurry up and come here, buddy..."

When Morton saw that T had changed his mind, he was overjoyed and kept urging him on.

However, due to nervousness, T not only kicked over the toolbox on the ground, but also tripped while running down the stairs, causing him to fall directly to the ground.

With that fall, the handcuff key slipped from his hand and, by sheer coincidence, fell into the sewer drain, clattering down the metal pipe.

"You bastard, you fucking did that on purpose!"

Seeing this, Moore was filled with despair. How could he leave without the key? He started cursing at the T-boy on the ground.

"I did not do it on purpose."

T struggled to his feet, explained something to him, then picked up his backpack and prepared to leave.

"You're kidding me, you're doing this on purpose."

Moore angrily accused him.

“It was really an accident!”

T-boy yelled at him too.

"Don't leave me...don't leave me...don't leave me..."

Moore broke down and struggled frantically on the ground, realizing that he was really going to be left there to die.

"Sorry, brother."

T looked at him, said something apologetically, and then turned and left.

"You liar...don't leave me...I'll fuck your whole family..."

"Brother...don't leave me..."

T ran into the stairwell, and listening to Morna's hysterical shouts behind him, he still felt a little guilty.

After hesitating for a moment, he turned back and locked the door to the rooftop, so the zombies couldn't get up there.

"Don't lock the door...Are you even human...You'll get your comeuppance...Go to hell..."

Moore couldn't break free of the handcuffs at all. Suddenly, he realized that the door to the rooftop was locked, and he hurriedly started cursing and swearing loudly.

......

"They seem to be leaving. Should we go after them? Maybe they're from the shelter?"

Susan turned to Li Ailun and asked, "I've also noticed the situation on the building over there through my binoculars."

Apart from the man handcuffed on the roof, everyone else was carrying supplies and hurriedly running down, clearly preparing to evacuate.

"No rush, we've already saved someone for us."

Li Ailun, however, was not in a hurry at all. Without understanding the other party's situation, he did not want to make contact with them rashly.

Whether in the past or present, he will not easily trust anyone outside, especially in this day and age.

Li Ailun originally planned to follow the group and sneak to their hideout, and then decide whether to make contact after fully understanding their situation.

However, upon seeing the abandoned man, he abandoned his original plan.

As long as he gets hold of that person, Li Ailun is confident he can get the information he wants from him.

After thinking for a while, he said:

"We'll go over after they've lured the zombies away."

......

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