Chapter 42 Order Collapses! Fighting Over Half a Bottle of Mineral Water
"Solve what problem?"
Lin Xingwan shoved Huo Yuan's face away as he leaned in, rolling her eyes in annoyance.
What kind of trash is this man thinking about all day long?
She broke free from Huo Yuan's embrace and picked up the tablet on the coffee table.
"Solving the problem outside."
On the tablet screen, the messages in the homeowners' group chat were still scrolling frantically.
"Lin Xingwan! We're all neighbors, it's too much for you to hog the generator and supplies all by yourself!"
"Exactly! Send us the address, we're coming to your place to take refuge! You have to feed us!"
Looking at these shameless comments, Lin Xingwan sneered repeatedly.
The video was like a drop of cold water falling into a boiling pot of oil, instantly igniting the greed and jealousy of this group of people.
But soon.
The tone in the group chat changed.
Because some people desperately realized that, faced with the sixty-plus-degree heat and the power-cut elevators.
They didn't even have the strength to walk out their front doors or climb down thirty-plus flights of stairs.
Let alone brave the scorching sun to hike up to that steep Half-Mountain Villa in the Western Suburbs.
"It's too hot... I can't walk anymore..."
"The roads outside are full of dead people... The asphalt has melted the soles of my shoes..."
"Can someone give me a sip of water? I'll transfer my house to them!"
Cries for help and curses eventually turned into desperate wails.
The collapse of order was faster than anyone had imagined.
Lin Xingwan swiped on the tablet and pulled up the hallway surveillance footage of that high-end apartment building.
These cameras were ones she had previously had Qian Duoduo hack into.
The screen flickered.
The hallway was dim and dark, with only the emergency exit signs emitting a ghastly green light.
Two men were fighting frantically on the ground.
Lin Xingwan recognized one of them; it was an investment banking executive who lived next door to her, usually dressed in a suit and tie, always greeting people politely.
At this moment, the executive was straddling a fat man, his eyes blood-red.
He gripped a blood-stained baseball bat tightly in his hand, smashing it crazily onto the fat man's head!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The dull thuds echoed in the hallway.
The fat man's head was smashed open like a rotten watermelon, brains mixed with blood splattering all over the executive's face.
But the executive didn't care at all.
He threw away the baseball bat and snatched the item the fat man had been protecting in his arms.
It was just half a bottle of yellowed, even slightly foul-smelling mineral water!
The executive unscrewed the cap and, like a beast that hadn't had water in days, downed the half bottle of dirty water in one go.
Even though the water was mixed with someone else's blood, he didn't even frown.
"This is human nature."
Lin Xingwan watched the surveillance footage, her voice cold and devoid of any warmth.
"In the face of survival, morality, law, and dignity are worth less than a fart."
She used these images as living lessons, forcing herself to keep her eyes wide open and watch.
Constantly tempering the heart she had cultivated during peaceful times.
She understood.
In this world, mercy is the ultimate way to get yourself killed.
Pity for the enemy is the greatest cruelty to oneself.
Huo Yuan leaned against the back of the sofa, watching Lin Xingwan's cold, small face.
He didn't feel afraid; instead, he thought she was breathtakingly beautiful like this.
In this damned The Apocalypse, only a woman like this was worthy of standing by his, Huo Yuan's, side.
"Seen enough?"
Huo Yuan took the tablet from her hand and tossed it aside.
"What's the point of watching this trash fight? Why not go to the gym downstairs, and I'll teach you a couple of close-quarters combat moves?"
Lin Xingwan twisted her neck and stood up.
"Sure, my bones have been getting rusty these past few days anyway."
Just as the two were preparing to go downstairs to the gym.
"Woo—woo—woo—!"
The red alarm lights in the Central Control Room began to flash frantically without warning!
The piercing air-raid siren instantly resounded throughout the entire Underground City!
This was the highest-level alert for an external enemy invasion!
Lin Xingwan and Huo Yuan's expressions changed simultaneously.
Without a moment's hesitation, the two of them rushed toward the Central Control Room like two bolts of black lightning.
Qian Duoduo was frantically typing on the keyboard in a panic.
"Boss! Boss Huo! We have big trouble!"
Qian Duoduo's chubby face was deathly pale as he pointed at the zoomed-in infrared thermal imaging on the main screen.
"The perimeter radar detected a convoy forcibly charging up our mountain road!"
Lin Xingwan's eyes sharpened.
"Switch to the high-definition surveillance."
The screen flickered for a moment.
Under the blinding sun.
Five heavily modified heavy-duty off-road vehicles were roaring up the mountain road, braving the sixty-plus-degree heat like crazed beasts.
These vehicles were clearly not ordinary civilian cars.
Not only were the bodies welded with thick armored steel plates, but the fronts were also equipped with extremely sharp anti-collision battering rams.
This was clearly an organized, armed-to-the-teeth convoy of thugs!
"How are they driving up? At this temperature, their tires should have blown out long ago!" Qian Duoduo exclaimed.
"Tracks."
Huo Yuan stared intently at the screen, coldly spitting out two words.
"They have special heat-insulating metal tracks fitted over their tires."
"These people aren't ordinary refugees; they're professional raiders."
On the screen.
The sunroof of the leading george patton off-road vehicle opened.
A burly man, shirtless, covered in rolls of fat, and wearing goggles, leaned out.
He was actually holding a heavy machine gun!
The burly man looked at the towering metal wall at the top of the mountain and excitedly licked his dry, cracked lips.
"Looks like plenty of people are eyeing this piece of fat meat."
Lin Xingwan watched the screen, a cruel sneer curling the corner of her lips.
She pressed a red button on the console.
"Since you're here, don't bother leaving."
She turned to look at Huo Yuan, bloodthirsty flames dancing in her eyes.
"Boss Huo, your Sky Wolf Squad must be feeling cooped up these past few days, right?"
"Have them get ready to receive guests."
Huo Yuan clenched his fists, his knuckles cracking with a "pop-pop" sound.
He pulled his mouth into a cruel arc and turned to stride toward the elevator to the armed camp area.
"Lu Ting!"
Huo Yuan let out a low roar into the communicator.
"Grab your gear! Some blind dogs have come to piss in our yard!"