I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 494 - 491 You Won’t Share Food?_1

Chapter 494: Chapter 491 You Won’t Share Food?_1

"Hmph, what a fool!"

With a cold snort, Brother Zhang retakes his seat, but not long after, he found that every gaze was upon him, all except for Tang Ye’s, which made him narrow his eyes.

"What are you all looking at? If you’re not afraid, go down there and fight!"

Brother Zhang knew very well why they were all looking at him, wanting him to join Qiongli in the battle. But would he?

After saying that, he started to watch Qiongli in the battle against the zombie with interest. That zombie tree was not ordinary, it was clearly evolved. Although zombified beings were stronger than humans due to their species, they were at best Level 2, and Qiongli, even with an army of zombies on her side, was not having an easy victory.

"How can this be...?"

Someone said in a low voice while looking at Brother Zhang. Although everyone else had a look of indignation on their faces, not a single one was willing to go down and help Qiongli.

Human indifference was fully exhibited at this moment. Tang Ye sneered, but his laughter quieted quickly. Reflected in the glass, he could see the girl’s pleading eyes. Through the reflection, their eyes met. Tang Ye could clearly see the pleading in her eyes.

Hes swirled in his chest, but he quickly suppressed it.

"I’m not your nanny, and besides... even women need to experience some things..."

Tang Ye thought to himself. He already knew from Brother Zhang’s words that Qiongli had left the shelter. Her kindness remained because she hadn’t seen enough yet. But the voice in his heart, that voice got stuck on the last word.

Wasn’t this what he wanted?

Qiongli was kind because she hadn’t seen much. Let her see the darkness of human hearts and allow her to be tainted by the public? Would that make her turn into someone like Brother Zhang? Would it be right to leave Nannan in her care then?

Tang Ye didn’t know what to say. He looked at Qiongli outside and thought that he might end up just watching like everyone else.

About five to six minutes later, Qiongli finally killed all the zombies and extracted the evolution crystal from the zombie tree. She walked up to the car and tapped hard on the window to signal to everyone that all the zombies were dead. Finally, people started to get out of the car one after another.

Tang Ye was the last one to get out of the car, and when he did, he saw disappointment in the girl’s eyes as she looked at him.

Taking a look at their surroundings, Qiongli realized that apart from this bus that had been damaged by the evolved zombie tree, there were no other viable vehicles.

Countless cars and trucks were buried by tree roots and soil. But these vehicles were all lodged between valleys and pierced through by giant trees, rendering them all undrivable!

"Never mind, everyone should look around to see if there are any vehicles that can still be started."

Qiongli ordered, and everyone reluctantly began to search. After a while, they found a couple of drivable cars, but there were a total of 89 people including Tang Ye here. There was no way all of them could fit – even the previous bus would have been a squeeze. But how could they all squeeze into several small cars?

Was it possible for some people to travel by car while the rest walked? If that was the case, who would have the privilege of riding in the car?

This was a dilemma. To maintain fairness, it would be better if no one got to ride. With this in mind, Qiongli said to everyone: "There are too many people and we can’t all fit. We’re... going to have to walk."

After saying this, she ignored the looks in everyone’s eyes, took Nannan back from Bai Xinran, and led the way.

Everyone looked at each other and started blaming the deceased driver. If he had not provoked the zombie tree, they wouldn’t be in this situation.

While moving, several people spat uttering curses at the driver’s corpse.

The dusk turned dark yellow, then completely dark. After the last rays of the sun vanished in the west, people felt like they were in the mouth of a beast, surrounded by monsters, and they unconsciously moved closer to Qiongli.

The darkness of this post-apocalyptic world was not like the serene darkness of peace times with lights on everywhere. This darkness was pitch-black. You couldn’t see your own fingers in front of you. With the exception of Qiongli and two others, no one else had flashlights.

Perhaps the oppressing darkness was too much to bear. Though they had initially proposed to look for usable cars while walking, people were now too afraid to do so.

Because of this, Qiongli had no choice but to find a place in the woods next to a detour for the group to spend the night. Since the trees in this area had not been zombified, the group found it safe and had no objections.

However, when they took inventory of their food supplies, they realized that they didn’t have nearly enough. With careful rationing, they would make do for two days at most. Considering that evolved humans need several times the food of ordinary humans to stay in peak condition, their supplies wouldn’t be enough, let alone for boiling instant noodles – did they have ample water for that?

They did have water, but the remaining bottled mineral water was too precious. Even if they extravagantly used it to make instant noodles, all they would have is cold water!

They didn’t know if they could last for two days, and whether they could reach Chenyang base in two days was another problem. There were many dangers on the way from Bright Zhen City to Yang City. They might encounter a level 4 zombie at Junlong Pass, not to mention the rest of the journey.

Also, they were walking now, and there was no telling when they could find a car. The mysterious man in Lin City had warned them on the announcement that zombies, as well as other dangers, had been driven to other areas, but no one knew where those zombies had actually gone. At least they could already see zombies walking around now!

"Everyone, take out all the food you have."

People huddled in a circle, Tang Ye, on the other hand, sat under a small tree, totally disconnected from the group, taking a nap indifferently. Meanwhile, no one obeyed Qiongli’s command, looking hesitant.

"Sister Qiongli, we..." someone said with an ugly expression on his face. Everyone knew that they were facing a food crisis. Who was willing to give up the food they had on them?

"I said, take out all the food you have!"

Seeing people’s reluctance, Qiongli’s voice became stern. After a while, only a few children put the little food they had in the center of the circle. Qiongli also put all the edible things on her up in front of everyone.

Seeing Qiongli leading by example, everyone else gradually submitted their food. However, Brother Zhang snorted, stood up, and sat down not far from Tang Ye, who glanced back at him.

"Hey, aren’t you going to hand in your food?"