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Chapter 29: A Pitiful Young Wife, a Policewoman!

He carefully pushed open the door of the room on the second floor.

Only then did Shen Yi see inside.

Inside he saw a male corpse and a completely naked, scar-ridden middle-aged wife who was tied to the bedside with a dog chain.

The woman had clearly been tortured badly and was barely breathing.

“So those two really weren’t the owners of this supermarket!”

Shen Yi had already suspected as much.

A normal shop owner with plenty of food would never try to kill a stranger on sight.

Even if that stranger stole from him, he still would not resort to murder.

It was just like when Shen Yi dealt with that woman who had cursed him; he had not killed her either.

How could ordinary people kill at the drop of a hat?

Only those who had already killed or committed evil could be that ruthless!

For example, now that Shen Yi had truly taken lives, if he met that insulting fat sow again, he would kill her without hesitation.

Once the shackles of morality were broken, they were hard to put back on.

“Those two must have been criminals or fugitives… people without any bottom line.”

He had no idea how they got into the supermarket, but they had killed the real owner, taken over the place, and even seized the owner’s wife.

Shen Yi stepped forward, glanced at the unconscious proprietress, unlocked her chain, left her some snacks and water, and then left.

Even if the poor woman woke up, she probably would not live long.

Burns from cigarette butts and welts from clubs covered her, and one arm was broken; only emergency treatment at a hospital could save her.

But Shen Yi’s kindness stopped at unlocking her; he could not be bothered with anything else.

He did feel sorry for her, yet that would not inspire any great compassion.

He was no saint.

After all, when he was unsure whether the middle-aged man was the real owner, Shen Yi had planned to steal the goods and then silence him.

He just had not expected that the two he killed happened to be bad people.

As for whether the man’s information was accurate, Shen Yi was not sure.

Still, he could believe about 70 or 80% of it.

For instance, when the black fog first appeared, the police allegedly tried to keep order and even deployed helicopters to fight some monster; that probably was true.

If he wanted to verify it, he could visit Wangfujing Department Store when he had time and see whether any helicopter wreckage had fallen there.

The odds were it was true.

After all, the man had no reason to invent so many details to fool him.

The part about a policewoman with a superpower, however, might be fabricated.

The ability to turn one’s body to steel belonged to the man upstairs.

Either way these tidbits had little to do with him, so he treated them simply as information.

Just after he left the supermarket, the phone in Shen Yi’s pocket suddenly vibrated.

He took it out and saw that Jiang Nanyan was calling.

He answered and Jiang Nanyan’s voice came through.

“Honey, those thugs just broke in; they’re smashing other residents’ doors.”

“Mm, I know. Anything else?”

Shen Yi did not care about anyone else’s safety.

“Yes, there is. I’ve convinced Teacher Bai; she’s willing to serve you now! Honey, when will you be back? I’ll have Teacher Bai wash up and wait for you in bed.” Jiang Nanyan sounded eager for praise.

“I’m on my way home; have her bathe first, don’t save the water, make sure she’s clean.”

“Okay, honey, be careful.”

After hanging up, Shen Yi pictured Bai Xinyi and felt a surge of heat.

He could unlock new supplies again!

Together with Zhou Wan’er, who would soon be delivered to him, he could unlock two kinds of supplies at once.

Yet this pace was still too slow.

Shen Yi wondered whether, now that he had a teleportation superpower, he should go out and recruit pretty girls.

After all, the internet was chaotic and the power outage meant most phones had nowhere to charge, so fishing online would not be easy.

“Let’s see what supplies Bai Xinyi and Zhou Wan’er unlock; if there’s a superpower fruit or other firearms, I’ll take the risk and head out to bring in more girls.”

Shen Yi thought to himself and quickened his pace home.

Along the way he saw several groups of survivors heading out together to scavenge supplies.

Unfortunately, they lacked decent weapons and were soon stalked by a mutated domestic cat, leaving them almost no chance to live.

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Home and the supermarket.

It was the same supermarket Shen Yi had just stripped bare.

At this moment, several figures appeared at the entrance.

They all carried weapons.

The leaders, a man and a woman, each held a gun and wore police uniforms.

They were police officers!

Behind them stood several men with clubs and the like, but their fearful faces revealed no real combat experience.

“Wait, I smell blood! Everyone stay alert!”

Reaching the entrance, the policewoman immediately spoke up, flicked off her pistol’s safety, and aimed at the door.

The male officer stepped in front of the civilians, wary of an ambush, and asked, “Captain Qin, what do we do? Should we fall back?”

Policewoman Qin Xiang twitched her nose, sniffed the air, peered inside through the window for a moment, and frowned, saying, “We’re low on food; we have to risk going in.”

“Wang Zhiqiang, keep the others outside; I’ll go in first and call you once it’s safe.”

“Captain Qin, I can go with you! I can’t let you take all the risk!”

Officer Wang Zhiqiang pleaded hurriedly.

“No, you have to stay; your job is to protect the civilians!”

Qin Xiang refused firmly, then softened her tone and said, “Relax, with my ability I won’t run into danger.”

“Besides, I’ve been to this store before; the owner was trustworthy, so the smell of blood might not signal real danger.”

“All right.” Wang Zhiqiang nodded.

He knew safeguarding the civilians was the top priority.

Qin Xiang then walked to the door and knocked.

But after waiting a long while, there was no response.

She frowned slightly.

Had something really happened?

Thinking this, she ignored the matter of damaging private property, took a breath, and punched the locked door.

The inward-locked door was smashed straight through!

The people behind her were all stunned at the sight.

What terrifying strength!

She looked like a pretty, slender woman, yet her power was utterly disproportionate to her frame.

Qin Xiang gripped her gun and entered the store.

Soon she spotted a corpse on the first floor.

The victim’s head had been blown open, and the eyes were still wide with death!

It was the owner’s body.

“Is this a gunshot wound? How does anyone still have a gun?”

“Could it be some other surviving colleague?”

“No, that’s impossible!”

Qin Xiang knitted her brows, her expression grave.

If it had been one of her colleagues, they would never have fired at a civilian!

Even if forced to shoot, they would never aim for the head but for the body.

That was the code they had been taught since joining the force!

Only thugs and villains would blow a person’s head off!

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