Fang Ping was speechless: "I...I..."

“You don’t know where you went wrong. You’re still in a daze. Do you think she hit you because I didn’t take her in? You’re wrong. From the very beginning, our target was us.”

"To be more precise, this supermarket. No one is unaware of how important supplies are in the apocalypse, and it's destined that too many awakened individuals will come looking for trouble for us."

"This woman is bold, but that's all she's good for. Apart from her considerable talent for supernatural abilities, she's good for nothing. She said she escaped from the south gate of Jinyue Community, but she had no idea that the south gate of this community is never opened."

"She said she didn't encounter many zombies on the road, but the zombie smell on her was too strong, and she didn't seem like an ordinary person at all. I asked her twice if she was an Awakened, and she denied it both times."

"She knew that if an awakened person suddenly appeared on someone else's territory, they would definitely be suspected of having ulterior motives, so she would never admit it. But little did she know that when you easily killed two zombies, she showed no surprise at all, which completely exposed her identity."

"Shouldn't an ordinary person be shocked to see this? She wasn't. This woman surnamed Zhou didn't tell a single truth from beginning to end. She even used her body to gain your favor. How could you give instant noodles to someone with such ulterior motives?"

Zhang Hao reprimanded her mercilessly: "You even thoughtfully added a sausage for her? Fang Ping, are you really that stupid? Or are you blinded by lust? Even a crow knows that women are troublesome... but you don't?"

"If you like women so much, then go find some women. I don't need you."

"I'm sorry, boss, I was wrong... I realize my mistake, and I will never do it again," Fang Ping said, full of self-reproach.

"..."

Zhang Hao ignored him.

To be honest, this woman was full of flaws.

But in reality, an ordinary awakened person might actually fall victim to this.

Because beautiful women naturally evoke a sense of protectiveness, lust can make people lose their rationality and easily overlook their clumsy lies.

Fang Ping was young and impetuous and had never been in contact with a woman, so it was normal for him to act this way.

Not every survivor is able to correct their previous ideas about protecting vulnerable groups at the very beginning of the apocalypse.

In the end times, there will be no difference between men and women.

Everyone is struggling to survive, so why should you, just because you are female, have the right to demand that others help you?

Helping you is just what I should do?

If I don't help you, you'll resent me... or even seek revenge?

Not to mention that this woman was already harboring ill intentions, so killing her would be perfectly justified.

In the apocalypse, one must be selfish, even if it means forcing oneself to be selfish, otherwise one is simply waiting to die.

Fang Ping's behavior just now was somewhat saintly, but it was mostly because he lost his basic judgment due to lust, so it can still be corrected.

Zhang Hao said coldly, "This is a one-time exception; there will be no next time."

"Thank you, boss."

Fang Ping breathed a sigh of relief and began to reflect on himself.

His boss had been incredibly kind to him; he absolutely couldn't make the same mistake again.

Over the next three days, they cleared out the zombies in three old apartment buildings and collected 407 level-one crystal cores.

During this time, Fang Ping also made changes. When he encountered women with ulterior motives, he would just go for it and split their heads in two.

Any unscrupulous individuals who try to take advantage of the chaos will be eliminated.

Comrade Xiao Fang has reformed himself and returned to being a simple-minded young man, which makes Boss Zhang very pleased.

At noon, by the window on the second floor of the supermarket.

Zhang Hao held up his binoculars and kept scanning the area below.

There were a lot of zombies roaming the streets. Although there were only seventy or eighty in front of the supermarket, it was impossible to go out and kill them at this stage, because making too much noise would easily attract a large number of zombies.

Although level one zombies cannot break through his defenses, Zhang Hao also has his moments of exhaustion.

If you stand there and your path is blocked by hundreds or thousands of zombies, you probably won't even have a chance to escape unless you build up a team.

This is awkward...

He originally wanted to do something big, but he couldn't get enough people together.

Just as Zhang Hao was about to eat, a young boy appeared on the street in the distance.

Through the telescope, the boy carefully walked close to the wall.

Sometimes, when a dozen or so zombies are blocking his way, he throws a pebble to lure them away. If there are only a few zombies, he uses skillful movement to block their line of sight and avoid them.

The most outrageous thing the boy did was...

He was crouching behind a barrier, and in front of the barrier was a zombie.

The zombie didn't react at all, letting him slip away with black drool dripping from its mouth.

"Holy crap! What's going on?!"

Zhang Hao's eyes widened in shock.

Even if a level one zombie has a poor sense of smell, it doesn't mean it can't detect you even when your face is right up!

It's one thing to be blinded by the barrier, but is your sense of smell temporarily offline?

Or is that little brat your relative?

Zhang Hao watched as he nimbly maneuvered from the next street to the street where the supermarket was located, then turned right into the alley and disappeared.

Holy crap, that's outrageous.

Zhang Hao thought that this boy must be Lady Luck's favorite son.

Just as he was about to say something, Fang Ping hurriedly came up: "Boss, there's a boy knocking on the door, saying he wants to see you."

"Hmm? They've come knocking on our door?"

Zhang Hao was somewhat surprised, but he didn't let his guard down.

As they walked downstairs together, they opened the door and, sure enough, there was the lucky guy who had been so slick with his movements.

The boy looked to be only about fifteen years old, with black curly hair.

He looked a little tired, but his expression seemed to hold joy and anticipation. As soon as he entered, he went straight to the point: "Boss, can I join you?"

"Well……"

This happened so suddenly, catching everyone off guard.

Although Fang Ping didn't approve of the kid, he didn't say anything.

Everything is done according to the boss's wishes.

Zhang Hao asked, "What's your name? Are you an Awakened One?"

"My name is Hu Xiaonan, and I am an Awakened One."

"So what type of ability do you have? Nature? Element? Or mental?"

"None of those. I'm not sure which type of ability my powers belong to, but I do know that my basic skill is danger prediction."

Zhang Hao became interested: "Oh? What are the specifics? What format?"

"I can foresee danger through divination, and activate my special abilities to reveal the level of danger of specific objects through color, just like this..."

"Is it safe for me to stay in this supermarket today?"

Hu Xiaonan took out a five-cent coin from her pocket.

He muttered something to himself and then tossed the coin upwards.

The coin spun a few times in the air before landing steadily in his palm, its surface emitting a faint green glow.

"Green light represents safety, yellow light represents very low danger, orange light represents moderate danger, red light represents extreme danger, and purple light represents a near-death experience."

Hu Xiaonan smiled confidently: "With me joining, everyone will be able to move freely in the apocalypse. Such an ability... should be enough to tempt the boss, right?"