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Chapter 42: Exhausted and Out of Breath

The dense black fog that filled the air was completely penetrated by Telepathy with no obstacles in its way.

From the bird’s-eye view, Shen Yi quickly locked onto the position of the mutated black spider.

It was on a mid-level floor of Building 6 and had spun a large web under the cover of various mutated plants, as if it had made that place its home.

Around the web, there were several elongated objects wrapped in white silk.

From their elongated shape, it was clear they were human corpses.

“Why does this black spider look larger than before I left? Is it a trick of Telepathy’s clarity?” Shen Yi wondered.

He furrowed his brow.

He couldn’t be sure if it was just a difference in perspective since the black fog had obstructed his view before.

“Brother Shen Yi, what’s wrong?” Zhou Wan’er asked cautiously from behind Su Yun.

Shen Yi stopped suddenly as soon as he entered the residential complex.

The area was filled with eerie black fog, and the occasional chirping of insects in the darkness made the three women tense.

“It’s nothing, let’s go,” Shen Yi said.

Shen Yi observed the black spider for a moment, saw it feeding in the middle of the building, and decided to test its reaction.

From a distance of around ten meters, it shouldn’t hear them as long as they stayed quiet.

He had chosen not to use Teleportation because he wanted to measure the spider’s attack range for a proper response.

“Walk quickly and keep quiet,” Shen Yi warned the three women over his shoulder.

If someone foolishly drew the mutated black spider’s attention, Shen Yi wouldn’t worry… he could Teleport away instantly.

But they would be in trouble.

Shen Yi’s Teleportation could only carry one person at most.

It was probably because his Teleportation level was too low.

Moreover, taking an extra person would triple the stamina cost compared to teleporting alone.

Although Shen Yi had ample stamina, he generally preferred not to carry others.

The three women all nodded heavily, unwilling to take any risks.

Even their breathing grew as quiet as possible.

And so, the four of them entered the building safely without drawing the black spider’s attention.

Shen Yi also confirmed that the mutated black spider would not attack people entering or exiting the building at the web’s location.

As long as they remained silent.

However, when they stepped inside and saw blood covering the floor and a few corpses, Su Yun raised her gun in alarm and took off the safety catch immediately.

“Shen Yi, there was a conflict here… these bodies all have gunshot wounds, and there are bullet holes in the walls from at least three different shooters,” Su Yun concluded with her extensive forensic experience.

Because the bullet holes on the ground floor were everywhere with no pattern.

Zhou Wan’er and the long-haired girl heard this, panicked, and clung tightly to each other’s arms as they followed behind Su Yun.

“Ignore it, we’re heading upstairs,” Shen Yi said calmly as he walked toward the stairs.

Su Yun froze, her expression shifting slightly.

From Shen Yi’s attitude, she sensed something but didn’t speak.

“Those people on the first floor… did you kill them?”

While climbing the stairs, Su Yun couldn’t hold back her question.

“Yes.”

“…”

Su Yun fell silent.

Clearly, she didn’t think Shen Yi was a killer by nature.

But the bloody scene had been shocking.

Su Yun pressed her lips together, her emotions in turmoil.

When the women heard Shen Yi’s unhesitating confession, Zhou Wan’er and the long-haired girl trembled, their gazes toward him tinged with fear and awe.

From that bloody scene, Shen Yi had apparently killed several people alone without a scratch and had remained expressionless even at the sight of corpses.

What kind of mental fortitude was that?

Was he really just a college student?

Zhou Wan’er and the long-haired girl were extremely tense.

But as they climbed twenty flights, fatigue washed away all their thoughts.

They were so exhausted they could hardly catch their breath.

With the elevator out of service, living on a high floor was sheer torture.

When they reached the twentieth floor, Shen Yi frowned and saw two men lurking suspiciously in front of his door.

Both men emanated mostly black auras, neutrality tinted with hostility.

Their eyes lit up at the sight of Su Yun’s uniform, and they hurried over with relieved expressions.

“Cop! Finally, a police officer to save us!”

“Officer! I want to report a crime! Report it! There’s a murderer downstairs!”

“Officer, deal with it! Arrest those rioters!”

The two men pleaded urgently with Su Yun.

“Rioters? What happened?” Su Yun asked in confusion.

“It was those cannibal rioters on the first floor! Didn’t you run into them when you came up? They’re worse than beasts!”

The men immediately recounted the atrocities of that group: rape, pillaging, murder, kidnapping, cannibalism… they were demons!

Zhou Wan’er and the long-haired girl turned pale at their description.

Su Yun’s expression grew even more serious.

They hadn’t reached ten days into the apocalypse, yet such rioters already existed.

Then, she suddenly realized and instinctively looked at Shen Yi.

So that was why Shen Yi had killed them?

Because they were rioters?

Indeed!

Shen Yi truly wasn’t some indiscriminate killer with no bottom line!

Su Yun sighed with relief, her eyes toward Shen Yi now filled with affection.

If there hadn’t been others around, she would have embraced him and planted a fierce kiss.

“Are you done talking? If so, get lost and stop blocking my doorway,” Shen Yi said, ignoring Su Yun’s expression as he glanced at the two men.

“You… how dare you tell us to leave!? We need police rescue too! You can’t hog rescue resources! This officer works for all of us! You have no right to be so tyrannical!”

The man with gold-rimmed glasses showed no fear of Shen Yi and accused him of wanting to monopolize rescue resources by sending them away.

Yes, the two men believed Su Yun had come to rescue their entire complex.

“The rioters downstairs have all been eliminated, and you’re safe now! Also, I’m not here to serve you! I’m not the one who eliminated them! Leave immediately!” Su Yun said coldly, her tone toward the man with glasses chilling.

Whether she should serve everyone or not, the man’s attitude toward Shen Yi alone made her furious.

Shen Yi was her man; he was just an outsider.

If she weren’t a police officer, she would have mercilessly scolded him for speaking to Shen Yi like that.

Finding a boyfriend had been hard for Su Yun, and she was fiercely protective.

She worried that Shen Yi might suffer because of his young age.

Little did she know, if she hadn’t spoken up, Shen Yi would have drawn his gun earlier.

“Suffer?” Shen Yi scoffed.

He wasn’t in the least bit at a disadvantage!

Judging by the two strangers loitering at his door with faintly hostile auras, they clearly meant no good.

So Shen Yi would feel no guilt if he killed them.

In this apocalypse, Shen Yi believed no crime was beyond death.

You dared covet my home, I dared kill you.

“Y-you’re a police officer… how can you say such things? Are you and him dating? A cop who neglects ordinary citizens to protect her man! How do you reconcile that with your uniform?”

The man with glasses sensed Su Yun’s relationship with Shen Yi from her attitude and burst into righteous indignation.

“Yes! Officer, you can’t just walk away from us! We’re taxpayers… your salary comes from us! How can you abandon ordinary people when danger strikes?” the other man in a suit added.

“You should protect us, ensure our safety, and provide us food and water!”

“That is your duty as a police officer!”

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