Chinese agents survive in a zombie apocalypse.

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"Uncle, uncle..."

Amy came running over.

Li Ailun was maintaining his pistol. Upon hearing this, he merely looked up at her, then lowered his head again to continue what he was doing.

Susan wasn't by his side; instead, she volunteered to take care of Jim and observe the entire process of how the virus affects the human body.

"Uncle, look..."

Amy squatted down next to him, showed him the necklace in her hand, and said with a charming smile, tilting her head:

"My sister just gave me a birthday present, isn't it beautiful?"

"Well, it's beautiful."

Li Ailun glanced at it casually, put down the cleaned pistol, and began loading bullets into the magazine.

Amy's indifferent attitude towards him didn't bother her. Instead, she simply shoved the necklace into his hand, then turned her back to him and said:

"Uncle, please help me put it on."

"..."

Li Ailun looked at the necklace in his hand and the slender figure with her back to him, and was somewhat speechless.

However, he temporarily put down the magazine and then, in a gentlemanly manner, helped her put the necklace around her neck...

He generally won't refuse a beautiful woman's request if it's something he can easily do.

"whee......"

Feeling Li Ailun gently help her put on the necklace, Amy felt a sweet warmth in her heart, a happy smile spreading across her face. Suddenly, she asked meaningfully:

"Today is my 18th birthday, aren't you going to do something for me, uncle?"

"Happy birthday."

"Uh... and then what?"

"Gone."

"Is this gone?"

"Ah."

"Hmph... stingy!"

Amy turned around and looked at him coquettishly, her little mouth pouting so much it could hang an oil bottle.

She didn't really want any birthday present; she just wanted to tell him that she was an adult now. But Li Ailun's perfunctory attitude made her a little annoyed.

"Alright alright."

Looking at her adorable, coquettish expression, Li Ailun could only say helplessly.

"Hehe... What did the uncle give me?"

Upon hearing this, Amy's anger turned to joy, and she looked at him expectantly.

"..."

After a moment's thought, Li Ailun took out a small revolver from his travel bag.

This was obtained from that small farm when I visited Atlanta before.

Susan didn't like using a revolver; she preferred and was more used to using the M911 pistol.

He weighed the revolver in his hand, then handed it to Amy and said:

"Here you go, it's a birthday present."

"...A pistol?"

Amy was somewhat surprised, not expecting Lee Allen to give her such a gift. She reached out and took the pistol, then said:

"But I don't know how to use it..."

“You have to learn how to use a gun. In situations like last night, you have to be able to protect yourself.”

Li Ailun looked at her and said.

The reason I gave Amy a handgun was because I didn't want this lovely girl to die one day.

"Uncle, will you teach me?"

Amy looked at Li Ailun in front of her, and her eyes suddenly lit up again.

"...We'll talk about it later."

Li Ailun did not refuse outright. He inserted the magazine full of bullets into the pistol and then put it into the holster.

He stood up from the stool and turned to walk towards the woods.

"Where is the uncle going...?"

"Let's go for a walk around..."

"Wait for me..."

......

Rick had just visited Jim and heard him say a lot of nonsensical things.

He talked about being careful of mangroves, how mangrove roots could run aground, and how he saw everyone singing and dancing happily under a big plum tree...

These seemingly random words left him completely bewildered.

However, now that Jim's condition is relatively stable and Susan is watching over him, he can finally relax.

After getting out of the RV, Rick followed Sean on a patrol of the surrounding area, intending to take the opportunity to have another good talk with Sean.

As soon as I entered the woods, I felt a cool breeze. The dense trees blocked most of the sunlight, and the chirping of cicadas and birds was incessant. Perhaps only these insects and birds were unaffected by the apocalypse.

The two walked through the woods, and Rick took the opportunity to bring up the topic of going to the CDC again.

"...Let me tell you, buddy."

Sean knew Rick still wanted to convince him, so he said directly:

“We don’t know those two people at all. Who knows if what they said about the CDC is true or false? You’re going to go with them? You know how close it is to the city…”

"Do you really want Lori and Carl to end up in such a dangerous situation?"

"I have to think about my family..."

"Thinking about your family? What kind of thinking is that?"

Sean scoffed at this, and looked at Rick, questioning him:

"Should we put them in all sorts of dangerous situations?"

"What danger? It's not like we're in enemy-occupied territory, which is 100 miles away."

Rick, unable to tolerate Sean's barbed words any longer, retorted, then said helplessly:

"If our lives are hanging by a thread, we need to seek help from nearby. A distant source of water cannot quench a fire nearby. Why won't you support me?"

"Listen, I want to too, but..."

Sean's tone softened a bit, but he still couldn't understand why Rick trusted those two Asians so much, and seemed to be obsessed with going to the CDC. He said, puzzled:

"I don't understand."

“You’re not family, so of course you wouldn’t understand.”

Rick said casually.

He had to try as long as there was even the slightest chance, even if it was only a one percent possibility.

"..."

Sean suddenly stopped in his tracks, staring incredulously at Rick's retreating figure. How could Rick say such a thing?

Rick seemed to sense something as well, and he turned around to look at him.

"What did you just say?"

Sean suppressed his anger, walked up to Rick, pointed to his chest, looked Rick straight in the eye, and said:

"It's me who's protecting their safety, buddy."

"I protected them as if they were my own children, that's what I did..."

"I did not mean that......"

Rick realized he had said the wrong thing and quickly tried to correct himself.

"Then what do you mean?"

Sean looked at him, his gaze somewhat aggressive, and continued to question him:

"Speak up, what do you mean?"

You've misunderstood...

Rick sighed, then looked Sean in the eyes and said earnestly:

"Listen, you know I can never repay your kindness, okay?"

"..."

Sean looked into Rick's sincere eyes, about to say something.

Click...

Just then, a strange noise came from the forest.

Upon hearing the sound, the two immediately became alert. They exchanged a glance and, in unison, each began to survey their surroundings from a different direction.

"..."

Sean cautiously observed his surroundings with his shotgun in hand. As the muzzle of his gun shifted, Rick's silhouette appeared beneath it.

Rick was scouting ahead of him, his figure appearing and disappearing in the bushes.

Plop, plop...

Sean felt his heart pounding and his breathing becoming rapid. For a moment, he even had the urge to pull the trigger.

It was as if a demon was whispering in his ear:

[Shoot! Just pull the trigger, and Lori will be yours.]

[The team will once again center around you, and everything will return to normal.]

[No one will know, as long as it's disguised as an accident.]

Rick should have died in the hospital long ago; his existence was a complete mistake.

[As long as he dies, Lori and Carl will still accept you, just like before.]

"..."

As he watched Rick's retreating figure, Sean's finger slowly rested on the trigger, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes, his expression turning ferocious...

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