Chapter 39 Let's do something big!

Wang Zeyu suddenly realized that he still had to live in this house!

He immediately picked up a rope, and together with Li Meng, they tied the struggling man up tightly.

He then casually grabbed a pair of smelly socks from the shoe cabinet—nobody knew who they belonged to—and stuffed them into the man's mouth.

Zhou Yan held the gun, and the four of them went into the corridor together.

Zhou Yan didn't let him off the hook either; before throwing him out the window, he searched him.

[ordinary blind box + 1]

[Obtained: Barbecue seasoning (500g) * 1]

Wang Zeyu didn't seem particularly nervous or uncomfortable; instead, he looked at his own hands with a bewildered expression.

"What's wrong? Not used to it?" Zhou Yan asked with a smile, putting his arm around Wang Zeyu's shoulder.

"Uh... It's just that I feel uncomfortable because I'm not feeling uncomfortable at all... Do you understand what I mean?" Wang Zeyu scratched his head, looking a bit lost.

"I do!" Zhou Yan nodded and then explained.

"You've seen mermaids eating people and dismembering bodies, and you've seen those monster fish devouring people. Your tolerance for gore is already quite strong, and you understand that there are more beasts alive now than people..."

Back in the room, everyone remained silent...

Wang Zeyu and Li Meng exchanged a glance, then slowly approached Zhou Yan...

"Um... Big Brother?"

"Hmm?" Zhou Yan looked at Wang Zeyu, who was standing before him with a sleazy expression, rubbing his hands together as he spoke.

"This... Bai Qi, she has that special ability just Li Ke you, right?" Wang Zeyu asked cautiously, scanning Zhou Yan's face for any change in expression, fearing that Zhou Yan might be displeased.

Seeing their "thirst for knowledge," Zhou Yan understood instantly...

Creatures outside had already begun to evolve, and humans were also creatures; evolution naturally wouldn't leave them behind. First Zhou Yan, then Bai Qi—both had demonstrated special powers that didn't belong to ordinary humans right in front of them. Since they were all human, Wang Zeyu and the others were naturally extremely curious about this, and even wanted to understand the principles of "evolution" so they could embark on an extraordinary path themselves...

"Yes!" Zhou Yan didn't hide it from Wang Zeyu and nodded frankly.

"Then..." Wang Zeyu said hesitantly.

Zhou Yan raised his hand, interrupting Wang Zeyu.

"Say no more! I haven't figured out how this works yet, but I promise you that once I do, everyone on our team will have a share!"

Wang Zeyu and Li Meng nodded in pleasant surprise; after all, who wouldn't want to be a superhero?

On the sofa, Zhang Dongxue, Li Ke, and the others huddled together, whispering mysteriously, their eyes drifting occasionally toward Bai Qi.

During the interrogation, it was Bai Qi who answered all the questions. They weren't stupid; they instantly understood that Bai Qi was likely the same kind of person as Big Brother Zhou Yan.

Before leaving, Zhou Yan instructed Wang Zeyu to call him on the walkie-talkie as soon as Wu Yang woke up...

He was going to take Wu Yang to do something big!

That person Zhuo You had already set his sights on him; it was better to nip such dangerous buds in the bud!

Zhou Yan planned to take that simple-minded oaf Wu Yang to raid the cannibals tonight!

Back at Zhou Yan's home, the atmosphere remained stagnant. Su Yanyue was curled up on the sofa, her eyes unfocused, her body still trembling slightly from time to time. Zhang Yajing leaned beside her, her face pale, her hands unconsciously twisted tightly together.

Su Yanqiu sighed; these two little darlings didn't have very strong psychological endurance...

She poured two glasses of water and pressed them into their hands.

She sat next to her sister and gently pulled her into her arms.

"Yanyue! Yajing! Look at me!" Su Yanqiu's gaze swept over the two of them.

"You think what happened upstairs was terrifying and hard to accept, right?"

The two of them nodded blankly.

"But have you ever thought about where we would be right now if it weren't for Zhou Yan? And what would our fate be?"

"In the best-case scenario, perhaps we would be starving in some corner, shivering as we hid from those mermaids and crazy fellow humans...

We might even have had to make certain choices just for a small piece of bread!

The most likely possibility is that we would have long since become mermaid excrement, or just Li Ke those people upstairs, we would have turned into the very thing we once feared and loathed most just to survive!"

"The fact that we can still sit here, feel scared, and feel disgusted is because Zhou Yan has given us a safe home, a warm meal, and even this gun in my hand that makes mermaids afraid and criminals terrified!"

"This is the most luxurious sanctuary in the apocalypse!"

"So, there's nothing to be afraid of! It's those who have no one to protect them who should be afraid! We just need to see reality clearly, then hold tightly onto what we can grasp, and cherish what we can cherish right now!"

Zhou Yan, standing by the kitchen island, was stunned as he listened.

If he had Su Yanqiu's knack for manipulation, why would he have bothered being a killer with such an insecure life!

However, Zhou Yan really liked this clarity and calmness of Su Yanqiu.

He walked over to the sofa and naturally squeezed in between Su Yanyue and Zhang Yajing. The sofa suddenly felt a bit crowded, especially since Su Yanqiu was still sitting nearby, and their warm bodies inevitably pressed against each other.

"What Yanqiu said... makes sense!"

As he spoke, his arm rested seemingly casually on the back of the sofa, but it actually pulled both Su Yanyue and Zhang Yajing into his embrace.

"Fear... doesn't solve any problems. You just need to know that, with me, as long as I'm alive, no one will be able to hurt you..."

As he said this, he gently rubbed Su Yanyue's hair with one hand, while his other hand covered Zhang Yajing's tightly clenched, delicate hands.

Su Yanyue's voice carried a hint of a sob as she subconsciously burrowed into Zhou Yan's arms: "Xiao Yan! I... I still feel really disgusted!"

Zhou Yan chuckled softly and took the opportunity to pull her even tighter, his fingers gently pinching her soft earlobe.

"It's right to feel disgusted. If you were excited after hearing all that, it would be my turn to be scared!"

"I know my Yanyue is timid; you'll get used to it after experiencing more in the future..."

This sounded Li Ke comfort, but to Su Yanyue, it didn't sound Li Ke a comforting remark at all.

Zhou Yan's physical contact miraculously soothed the panic and disgust in Zhang Yajing's heart. She let Zhou Yan's large hand do as it pleased, a faint blush appearing on her cheeks.

Bai Qi sat quietly on a chair a little further away, watching the four people on the sofa who were almost snuggled together, a "motherly smile" on her face.