75: Don't worry about this.

Qin Shilei then thought of his own injuries. Although he could move a little now, he could only exert 30% of his strength at most.

He had no choice but to speak again, saying, "Twenty cans at most; that's all I have."

"I'll trade."

Ma Yulian turned to Luo Hongyi and said, "Quickly give me back my ring. That's my own property."

Luo Hongyi turned and left. He had had enough of this thoughtless woman.

"Luo Hongyi, you stop right there! If you don't return my ring immediately, I will definitely report you to the division commander."

Ma Yulian saw that the other party completely ignored her, so she cried and wailed, "You all bully me, a woman! I... my mind is blank, I can't remember any formulas."

Professor Yu saw his colleague crying and wailing like this, so he turned to Qin Shilei and said, "Sir, this medicine is not yet mature and may not work. You shouldn't think about trading for it."

"So it's just a semi-finished product." Qin Shilei felt a bit fortunate that the exchange didn't succeed.

"How is it a semi-finished product? We clearly succeeded in testing it on the white mice," Ma Yulian said with dissatisfaction.

"Deputy Director Ma, you are also a researcher. You can't even distinguish whether research results are mature or not, can you?"

Professor Yu lectured her with a stern face, "That white mouse was only injected for an hour before we were forced to leave. We don't know if it turned into a zombie later."

Ma Yulian wasn't unaware of these things; she just wanted to trade for some food with Qin Shilei, so she concealed it.

Now that Professor Yu had made everything clear, she no longer hoped to reclaim the medicine and trade for canned food.

Her eyes darted around, and she spoke to Qin Shilei again, "You've seen it, the zombie serum has been successfully researched. As long as we get to the laboratory in the provincial city, we can make a more mature medicine. As long as you give me ten cans of meat now, it will definitely be supplied to you first then."

"A blank check."

Qin Shilei sneered, "You don't even know if you can make it to the provincial city. What's the point of talking about prioritizing your supply to me?"

If it were that old Professor Yu, he might have agreed to do him a favor.

This kind of extreme woman, even if he gave her canned food, she would probably forget his kindness in an instant.

"Can you even talk? I won't die even if you do. All of humanity relies on me!" Ma Yulian glared at Qin Shilei and cursed.

"Yes, yes, yes, the universe relies on you to save it. Live well then." Qin Shilei couldn't be bothered to waste words with this kind of woman.

Ma Yulian interjected, "For the survival of humanity, shouldn't you contribute some canned food?"

"Heh heh!"

Qin Shilei snorted lightly and lowered his head to continue eating his canned food.

"How can you be so irresponsible?"

Ma Yulian reprimanded, "Even if you don't think about the survival of humanity, you should think about yourself. Without me, the zombie serum cannot be made. If you are bitten by a zombie later, you will surely die."

"That's none of your concern. Please leave." Qin Shilei pointed his hand towards the opposite side.

If he really were bitten, he might be completely eaten. What good would the serum be then?

To put it bluntly, Qin Shilei was unwilling to do this woman a favor.

"You... you selfish fellow."

Ma Yulian glared at Qin Shilei, then turned and walked up to Luo Hongyi.

She threatened, "I don't care. Whether you trade or steal, if I don't eat meat today, I won't research the serum."

Hearing her say that, Qin Shilei immediately stopped eating, picked up his weapon, and became alert.

Luo Hongyi felt a great headache. Why was it this particular woman who participated in the research to produce the serum?

And some of the experimental data was not taken due to the hurried departure, so now he could only rely on the other party to research the serum again.

To complete the division commander's order, and for the survival of humanity, he had carefully served her all this way, but he never expected to have nurtured an ancestor.

Professor Yu opened his mouth as if to say something, but ultimately said nothing.

Luo Hongyi gritted his teeth and said with a cold face, "Deputy Director Ma, every minute and second, we don't know how many people are starving to death. It's already good that we have something to eat. You're not a child, why must you crave that mouthful of meat?"

After speaking, he ignored her and turned to sit aside, wiping the long saber in his hand.

Professor Yu also advised, "Deputy Director Ma, to protect us, Commander Luo and his comrades sacrificed so many soldiers. Why must you still make things difficult for him?"

"Why is it that I, a meritorious contributor to humanity, can't even get a mouthful of meat, while those few people not only eat meat but also drink frozen beverages?"

Ma Yulian indignantly pointed at Qin Shilei and his group.

"Unreasonable!"

Professor Yu flicked his sleeve and angrily rebuked, "Because they risked their lives to snatch it back from the zombies. We don't even know if we'll escape this forest alive, and you're still thinking about meat, for crying out loud."

Ma Yulian saw that no one was paying attention to her, so she could only look up and glare fiercely at Qin Shilei.

It was precisely because she didn't know when she would die that she let her temper run wild.

Qin Shilei completely ignored her hostile gaze, but in his heart, he wondered if he should secretly give a few cans to that Professor Yu.

He had plenty of canned food. If the other party could really escape and later produce good scientific research results, he might even be able to use them.

Just then, footsteps came from afar again.

As Qin Shilei stood guard, a group of thirty to forty ragged people, men, women, and children, suddenly emerged.

One middle-aged man in his thirties walked forward and asked, "Commander Luo, how is the situation here?"

Luo Hongyi shook his head, "The giant bird is hovering over the exit here, and there aren't many tall trees ahead to block its view. I'm afraid it will be difficult to leave from this side."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man's forehead creased into a frown, "What should we do? Not to mention the dangers of this forest, everyone's food has long been eaten. If we don't get out soon, we'll starve to death."

After speaking, he looked at Luo Hongyi with a hopeful expression.

Luo Hongyi frowned and said, "We don't have much food left either. We can only be of no help."

Ma Yulian suddenly pointed at Qin Shilei and the others and said, "They have food! They were just eating canned meat!"

Immediately, thirty to forty pairs of eyes simultaneously looked at Qin Shilei and his group.

Qin Shilei's mind stirred, and a rocket launcher appeared in his hand. He raised it and aimed it at the group of people opposite.

Everyone was startled and quickly ran away from the direction the muzzle was pointing.

As the apocalypse progressed, the rocket launcher's lethality became weaker and weaker, but its Deterrence was still just as strong.

"Let's go." Qin Shilei said to An Qian and the others.

"Beautiful young ladies, can you give us some food? My child hasn't eaten in two days." A woman, holding a girl of about ten, asked with a pleading face.

The woman's face was sallow, and the little girl was very cute but skin and bones, looking pitifully at An Qian and her group.

An Qian and her group's hearts softened, and they almost agreed, but in the end, they forced themselves to turn away and not look at the other party.

There were so many people opposite; if they gave to one person, they would surely be pestered by the rest.

"Cold-blooded!" Ma Yulian said sarcastically.

Seeing Qin Shilei about to leave, Luo Hongyi said, "Please stay. Let's discuss how to leave here."

Qin Shilei waved his hand, refusing, "You all discuss it. We'll go check out the situation first."

After speaking, he faced them and retreated backward into the distance.