161: Cannibalism can cause prion infection

“Son-in-law, I came to the Safety Shelter to buy self-heating hotpot for dinner and to support my daughter’s business, but it seems my efforts were wasted; she’s not obedient at all, unlike her sister.”

Chen Fengping said with a sarcastic tone.

Zhu Wende, who was called son-in-law, followed his gaze and his pupils constricted.

Jiang Mo-tou?!

“She is your daughter?”

“Not anymore; she doesn’t acknowledge me as her father,” Chen Fengping sighed dramatically.

“You two get in the car and wait for me.”

After sending Chen Fengping and Chen Wenwen away, Zhu Wende awkwardly said to Jiang Fei:

“Miss Jiang, I didn’t know your relationship with Chen Fengping. This is… quite a coincidence.”

Chen Fengping's flyer was very direct. He was a normal man with physiological needs, so he naturally went.

After a while, Chen Wenwen became pregnant.

Who would have thought that the two of them were Jiang Mo-tou's father and sister?

Jiang Mo-tou was with the Rescue Team and had even been to his home.

If she found out what he had done… Zhu Wende dared not imagine the consequences, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

Jiang Fei reminded the other party: “Who you’re with is none of my business, but I dislike those two people very much. You need to think carefully about which side you stand on.”

Fang Yan and the two illegitimate children were so miserable, so why should that scum of a father live a good life?

A family should live the same life.

“Of course I’m on Miss Jiang’s side.”

Zhu Wende replied fawningly, then walked out of the shop, intending to find a place to ditch the two of them.

Chen Fengping rolled down the back seat window, picked up a bag of meat, and deliberately boasted loudly to Jiang Fei.

“Oh, I’m having meat again tonight. I’m almost tired of eating it.”

“What are you doing?!”

Suddenly, Zhu Wende shouted, startling Chen Fengping.

Jiang Fei also looked over.

Zhu Wende forced a smile and explained: “The air is humid when it rains; opening the window will make the seats damp.”

With that, Zhu Wende got in and started the car.

Watching the car drive away, Su Liuyuan complained: “The bag of meat Chen Fengping was holding was at most half a catty, not even enough for one person to eat, yet he had the nerve to say he eats meat every meal. He’s really putting on an act.”

“Zhu Wende has a lot of meat stored at home. When the Rescue Team and I hid from the sandstorm at his place last time, he cooked noodles with two large pieces of meat in each bowl.”

Recalling those two pieces of meat, Jiang Fei suddenly sat up straight.

Normal pork, when cooked, is white, not that grayish color.

It looked more like the boiled human flesh she had seen in the cannibal village in her previous life.

Moreover, when he was in Yulan Garden, Zhu Wende lived alone, so where did he get an old mother?

Even if it was a godmother he recognized after coming to the Safety Shelter, she couldn't possibly not come out to use the restroom, or eat and drink, for 24 hours.

She had never seen the so-called old mother in Zhu Wende's house.

Previously, she was worried about Lu Yu's whereabouts, so she missed these details.

Coincidentally, those who had gone missing recently were all elderly people… A bold guess arose in Jiang Fei’s mind, and she immediately contacted Xu Qianyao via walkie-talkie.

Better safe than sorry.

On the other side.

Chen Fengping, sitting in the back seat, was very dissatisfied with Zhu Wende's behavior just now.

“I just picked up the meat to look at it, why are you yelling at me?”

“If you scare the child in Wenwen’s belly into a miscarriage, who will bear you a son… Ouch! Why did you stop the car?”

Zhu Wende got out of the car, dragged Chen Fengping out, and then pulled out the dazed Chen Wenwen.

He opened the trunk and threw a wheelchair at Chen Fengping's feet.

“I don’t want this child. From now on, you two, father and daughter, stay away from me.”

He wanted the child not for procreation, but for food.

The Safety Shelter was investigating the disappearances of the elderly, so he dared not act again. He then set his sights on the child in Chen Wenwen's belly.

Whose offspring it was didn't matter, as long as it was edible.

Unfortunately, they were related to Jiang Mo-tou, so it was safer to find other “food.”

Zhu Wende drove away, leaving Chen Fengping on the verge of collapse.

If his future son-in-law didn't want Chen Wenwen, how could he feed three mouths by himself?!

—

Back home, Zhu Wende grabbed cleaning tools and went to the bedroom to clean the bloodstains on the floor.

He had only killed the old man he had tied up and brought back at noon, and the meat and bones had already been separated and stored in the freezer.

He originally wanted to save it to eat slowly, but now it probably wouldn't work.

After seeing Jiang Mo-tou today, his heart was in a panic, and he had to clean it up thoroughly.

After wiping the bloodstains, Zhu Wende found large black plastic bags and put the body parts from the freezer into them.

As for the bag of meat he brought back, it was pork he bought from the Safety Shelter shop, used to cover his tracks.

He would eat normal meat tonight.

Zhu Wende thought, and just as he was about to go out to throw away the body parts, bang—!

The door was violently forced open.

Several Rescue Team members quickly rushed into the room and restrained Zhu Wende.

Xu Qianyao and Jiang Fei followed behind.

“What are you doing?! Let me go!”

No one paid attention to Zhu Wende's words. Xu Qianyao opened the plastic bag to inspect it, and was so shocked that he took half a step back.

The contents of the plastic bag spilled out.

There were frozen, rock-hard human body parts like arms, thighs, and chests, as well as a hideous and terrifying old man's head.

Caught red-handed, it was enough to prove that Zhu Wende was the recent killer.

Xu Qianyao couldn't control his anger: “Why did you kill those innocent old people?”

“Did they have a grudge against you?!”

Seeing that his crime was exposed, Zhu Wende was no longer afraid, and said righteously: “Their existence is a mistake!”

“They’re old, and besides wasting resources, they can’t do anything. By eating them, I not only fill my stomach but also help the Safety Shelter get rid of burdens.”

“Rats are edible, so why can’t humans be?”

Xu Qianyao instantly recalled the meal Zhu Wende had served them: “You… have always been eating human flesh?”

“Ugh—” Xu Qianyao immediately ran to the corner and vomited.

Two other team members also vomited non-stop.

They were the ones who had eaten the human flesh noodles when they hid from the sandstorm at Zhu Wende’s house that day.

Jiang Fei had other team members take Zhu Wende away, found bottled drinking water in the kitchen, distributed it to the three, and fabricated a kind lie.

“Zhu Wende wouldn’t dare to make human flesh in front of the Rescue Team. What you ate that day might have been the pork he bought.”

Although it was highly unlikely, it could offer some comfort.

Xu Qianyao and the other two indeed felt a little better, but for a while, they didn't want to eat meat.

—

The news of Zhu Wende killing the elderly and eating his own kind was exposed, and he was executed by firing squad that same day.

To prevent such incidents from happening again, the authorities lowered the prices of goods in the official store.

Fresh meat and green shrimp, which once cost 10 points per catty, now only cost 1 point per catty of meat or shrimp.

The official store also introduced newly developed sweet potato seeds from the Planting Base, which were drought-resistant and heat-resistant.

With an identity card, everyone could receive a small packet for free to plant at home.

Ensuring that everyone had food to eat.

Furthermore, the authorities ordered a comprehensive search of the Safety Shelter.

To prevent others like Zhu Wende from secretly hiding and eating human flesh at home.

As a temporary worker, Jiang Fei was pulled by Xu Qianyao to carry out the mission, searching house by house.

She often heard everyone's discussions.

“There’s so much food in the Safety Shelter, why would someone choose to eat their own kind? Aren’t they afraid of getting prion disease?”

“They probably wanted to eat meat every day but weren’t willing to spend their own points.”

“Don’t even talk about it, just thinking about it makes me sick.”

The survivors could not accept that someone would eat their own kind.

However, a small portion of people listened and a seed was planted in their hearts, but that is a story for later.

Everyone cooperated well with the Rescue Team's work, and the Safety Shelter was inspected in four or five days.

After work that day, it was still early. Jiang Fei parted ways with the Rescue Team, drove her pickup truck, and arrived at the street near the General Store.

After confirming that there was no one around, Jiang Fei took out three military trucks.

Two trucks carried new types of dried medicinal herbs, and one truck carried black fish and river crabs.

Jiang Fei got out of the car with an umbrella and went to the General Store to find Crippled Wang to receive the goods.

“When the trucks are empty, have A Meng send them to the back door of Mingshang.”

“Do you have any gold recently?”

She was only 1% away from unlocking it.