76: Chapter 76 St. Stone School Temporary Shelter

As soon as the call connected, screams erupted from the other end.

There was also the sound of car alarms, mixed with the roars of men.

"Lin Yuan."

Jiang Xiaowan's voice was very low.

This time, she didn't even have the strength to curse him as a bastard in her heart.

"Something happened at Jinjiang No. 1."

Lin Yuan walked to the entrance of the Sports Stadium, avoiding the people kneeling all over the floor.

"Continue."

"A riot broke out in the residential complex."

Jiang Xiaowan caught her breath.

"The people living here are all core executives of the Jiang Family and their families."

"Now that the authorities have withdrawn and my father isn't here, they've all gone crazy."

In the background, a man was shouting.

"Miss Jiang! The supplies belong to all the residents! You can't hoard them!"

The next second, a gunshot rang out.

The other end of the line went silent for a second.

Jiang Xiaowan's breathing became noticeably heavier.

"I just saw your george patton enter Ston School through the Jiang Family's city surveillance."

"The city network is starting to cut out, and many areas have gone black."

"It's already considered lucky that I managed to get this call through."

Lin Yuan looked at the people kneeling in the Sports Stadium.

Some were still secretly kowtowing.

Very lightly.

"Where did General Manager Jiang Xiong go?"

The other end of the line was silent for half a second.

"My father went to Zhe City last week."

Jiang Xiaowan's voice turned colder.

"When he was here, those people all acted like cowards."

"Now that they think the Jiang Family's backbone is gone, they're starting to show their true colors."

"Someone just suggested that I submit to collective management."

At this point, she let out a laugh.

A very short laugh.

"How novel."

"I, Jiang Xiaowan, have lived for over twenty years, and this is the first time I've heard someone tell me to submit to the property management."

Lin Yuan said indifferently, "Aren't you very good at spouting crazy talk? Curse them back."

"I did," Jiang Xiaowan said.

"Then they cut the external power to my villa."

"I only have four bodyguards with me, and we don't have much ammunition."

Lin Yuan did not reply.

Jiang Xiaowan stopped beating around the bush.

"Let me go to Tiangong No. 1."

This sentence was a bit stiff.

And a bit low.

It was like a young lady bending her knees halfway, but refusing to kneel completely.

Lin Yuan laughed.

"Since you can see the road surveillance, you should know what it's like outside right now."

The other end of the line went silent.

A few seconds later, Jiang Xiaowan spoke.

"That independent military communication network."

"I have access rights."

Jiang Xiaowan's voice was even lower.

"I can contact Zhe City, the South Suburb Military District, and even some nodes in other provinces."

In the Sports Stadium, Xia Qingqiu watched Lin Yuan's back.

She couldn't hear the content of the call clearly.

But she could feel that Lin Yuan's aura had changed.

Lin Yuan looked towards the distant teaching building.

In the apocalypse, communication was more expensive than gold.

Whoever could know the direction of the Zombie Horde in advance could save half their people.

Whoever could hear the movements of the military district could grab the meat before anyone else.

"If you can get to Cloud Top Palace on your own," Lin Yuan said, "I can consider opening the door for you."

On the other end of the line, Jiang Xiaowan held her breath.

"Okay."

Her voice regained a bit of ruthlessness.

Another gunshot rang out over the phone.

Immediately after, the roar of a bodyguard came through.

"Miss! The back door has been rammed open!"

Zzz— The signal was cut.

Lin Yuan put away his phone.

Jiang Xiaowan was not a vase.

She had the Jiang Family's city surveillance, communication satellites, and the connection to General Manager Jiang Xiong.

As long as she could make it to Cloud Top Palace alive, she would be qualified to become an external intelligence node.

If she couldn't make it, then she was trash.

Most of the people in the Sports Stadium were still kneeling.

The head of the C-Class Mutant that Lin Yuan had just sliced off with a wave of his Water Blade was still lying to the side.

The fire pipe at the entrance was still spraying water with a hissing sound.

Lin Yuan looked at Xia Qingqiu.

Xia Qingqiu snapped back to reality and nodded immediately.

The cafeteria was at the back of the Sports Stadium.

On the way, there were three ordinary zombies, which Qin Yumo casually snapped the necks of.

Tang Qiqi followed behind, hugging a baseball bat she had swiped from the Sports Stadium.

Seeing Qin Yumo take action, she muttered to herself, "Sister Yumo doesn't even lose health when fighting small mobs now."

Xia Qingqiu entered the password.

Beep.

The heavy cold storage door opened.

Cold air surged out.

Inside, rows of shelves were piled full of frozen meat, chicken legs, frozen dumplings, vegetable packs, milk, and mineral water.

For more than forty people, if they rationed, it could last a long time.

"Food!"

"Water! There's water!"

A few people who had gathered the courage to follow behind earlier wanted to rush in.

Qin Yumo raised her foot.

Bang!

A tile at the entrance of the cold storage cracked.

She swept her gaze over the few people.

"Get out."

The whole place went silent.

Lin Yuan looked at Xia Qingqiu.

"And then?"

Xia Qingqiu was stunned.

She had originally thought that opening the cold storage and letting the students have food would be enough.

But Lin Yuan's question pulled her back to reality.

Having food didn't mean they could survive.

There were still zombies outside.

Food would attract survivors.

The doors and windows of the Sports Stadium were already broken.

Among this group of people, there were children, the elderly, and parents who were scared out of their wits.

Xia Qingqiu pushed up her glasses with her middle finger.

"They have no combat capability."

Her voice was very low.

"The Sports Stadium can't be defended."

"Something will happen to the food sooner or later."

Lin Yuan looked at her.

"What, Teacher Xia, do you want to break the contract again?"

At the entrance of the cold storage, cold air was venting out.

Xia Qingqiu's knees went soft, and she knelt down.

This time, she didn't argue about logic.

Nor did she talk about laws and responsibilities.

"Mr. Lin, I know I have no right to set conditions anymore."

Xia Qingqiu's voice was tight.

"The child from just now was still asking me if he could go back to the dormitory to sleep tonight."

"I can't lie to him, and I can't save him."

"Can you... just stay for one night and teach them how to survive?"

She lowered her head.

"I will return to Tiangong No. 1 as promised."

"I won't run."

Lin Yuan looked at her.

This woman's saintly heart was annoying.

He wanted to give up on this blood bag.

But his gaze paused twice as he swept over the few people standing in the cafeteria.

A fat man.

In his thirties, trembling all over, muttering something.

Liu Bin.

A C-Class Earth-type Esper in the Ston shelter in his past life.

The other was a male student in the corner.

He wasn't crying, nor was he snatching food; he was just staring at the cold storage door and the exit.

Jiang Hao.

A C-Class Perception Esper in his past life.

Both of these two had fought Lin Yuan in his past life when he came to ask for the serum.

Their strength wasn't strong, but they kept their promises.

If it weren't for their words at that time, Lin Yuan wouldn't have been able to get the serum from Zhou Zihao.

Lin Yuan suddenly changed his mind.

This small shelter at Ston School.

It wasn't strong.

But it was very good at attracting firepower.

If he could hold it in his hands early in this life, it could block a lot of hidden gazes for Tiangong No. 1.

Lin Yuan raised his hand and pointed at Liu Bin.

"You."

Liu Bin trembled in fear.

"Me? Mr. Lin, I'm just someone who runs a supermarket..."

Lin Yuan pointed at Jiang Hao again.

"You."

Jiang Hao looked up.

He glanced at the corpses on the ground, then glanced at the cold storage.

He walked over.

Lin Yuan looked at Liu Bin.

"You are in charge of food registration."

"Whoever snatches, break their hand."

Liu Bin's face turned green.

"I... I can't do it."

Qin Yumo raised her foot and kicked the edge of a fixed dining table.

Several expansion bolts were ripped out, and the whole table flipped over onto the ground.

Then, she dismantled an L-shaped iron bar with her bare hands.

Clang.

The iron bar landed at Liu Bin's feet.

Qin Yumo said, "If you don't break someone else's hand, then break your own."

Liu Bin looked at the iron bar, then looked at Lin Yuan.

His wife was holding their child and crying.

He gritted his teeth and picked up the iron bar.

"I'll manage it."

Lin Yuan looked at Jiang Hao.

"You are in charge of doors, windows, and personnel patrols."

"Take roll call every two hours."

"If anyone has a fever, blackening wounds, or graying whites of the eyes, isolate them immediately."

Jiang Hao nodded.

"Understood."

Lin Yuan pressed his headset.

"Tank, Shadow."

"You two stay for half a day."

"Teach them three things."

"First, how to smash a zombie's head."

"Second, how to isolate the wounded."

"Third, how to distribute food."

Tank and Shadow replied that they received the order.

"If the Zombie Horde comes..."

Lin Yuan's voice was calm.

"Prioritize evacuation."

The words were cold.

But no one dared to refute.

Xia Qingqiu looked up at Lin Yuan.

Her eye sockets turned red.

[Ding! Target Xia Qingqiu (Beauty 89), Favorability +2%! Current Favorability: 2%!]

She was just about to speak again.

Shadow's voice suddenly came through.

"Boss."

"There are cars to the south."

Shadow's voice was faster.

"Two police jeeps."

"They're moving very fast."

"They are heading towards the school."

Xia Qingqiu's face lit up with joy.

"Police?"

In the distance, the sound of engines grew closer and closer.

Immediately after, a woman's hoarse voice came out of a loudspeaker.

"People inside, listen up!"

"I am Captain Han Xue, Deputy Captain of the Jiangcheng Criminal Police Team!"

"Drop your weapons immediately and submit to requisition!"