For a moment, everyone in the room fell silent.

They had thought about many things, but they never imagined that the shop owner would appear.

Seeing that no one spoke, the shop owner was very pleased: "Of course, I am also very grateful to everyone for helping me clear the way to the shop. I will give each of you a bag of instant noodles as a thank you. Take the instant noodles and go home quickly."

Seeing the shop owner take out his key and actually unlock the shop door, they realized that this person really was the shop owner, not an imposter.

They had finally cleared the road, but at the last minute, the shop owner came and took the peaches.

Can we tolerate this?

All eyes were silently focused on Lin Zhao. It was Lin Zhao who led them to open up this road. Without Lin Zhao, they would not have been able to achieve what they have today.

Lin Zhao kept his head down for a while before raising it. At that moment, his eyes changed, and he walked silently behind the shop owner.

"Don't rush, your instant noodles will be ready in a bit, I need to get something..."

Before the shop owner could finish speaking, he clutched his head and collapsed to the ground.

Lin Zhao actually took a shovel and smashed it directly on the shop owner's head. Even after the shop owner was lying on the ground, he still hit him many times.

He only stopped when the shop owner made no further move.

Lin Zhao turned his head and looked at everyone. They were all frightened by Lin Zhao's ruthlessness, and they all showed shocked expressions.

"This shop is unclaimed, do you all understand?"

Lin Zhao spoke in a hoarse voice.

The others nodded in agreement. At this moment, who would dare to go against Lin Zhao? Lin Zhao had just killed someone right in front of them!

This is such a shocking thing for someone living in a time of peace.

What they didn't know was that Lin Zhao was already desperate and had only managed to survive these past few days thanks to the help of others.

Without the supplies from the store, he would have starved to death!

Why would someone who is about to starve to death care about other people's opinions?

All he wanted was to live, nothing more.

Lin Zhao ordered his men to throw the shop owner's body into a nearby snowdrift and bury it.

In such a low-temperature environment, the body would not decompose; it would simply freeze into an ice sculpture.

As for whether it would be discovered in the future, Lin Zhao could no longer think about it.

All he wants to do now is to keep his wife, children, and parents alive; that's enough.

Lin Zhao was originally the initiator, and given his actions just now, these people already regard him as the leader.

As they had agreed beforehand, Lin Zhao began distributing the food one by one. Those who received the food were extremely grateful and completely forgot about the dead shop owner.

Some people even started eating right there on the spot, looking completely satisfied; they were starving.

“From today onwards, I will be in charge of distributing these foods. Xiao Lu and Xiao Chen, you two come and help me.”

Lin Zhao named two young men and asked them to be his deputies.

The two young men who were called out stood proudly beside Lin Zhao, as if they had suddenly become superior people.

The store didn't have a lot of food, but it was enough for so many of them.

Lin Zhao didn't distribute the food all at once, but instead had them come and collect a day's worth each day, while he stayed at the store.

As for the food he needed, he simply had his deputy, Xiao Chen, take it back.

In front of everyone, he asked Xiao Chen to take a lot of food back, but this time, no one said a word.

Lin Zhao deeply felt how alluring power was. In the past, not many people respected him, simply because he was an honest man.

But this time, he actually became the leader of these people.

The group of people received their food and happily went home.

When the other residents saw that someone had actually taken the store, they all went over to the store to get food as well.

only……

"This is my shop. Did you ask me before taking anything?"

Lin Zhao's presence alone exuded a chilling aura; he had already killed people, and his fierce gaze sent shivers down the spines of others.

"Lin Zhao, this store doesn't belong to you alone, it belongs to our entire neighborhood. Isn't it going too far to monopolize the store?"

Someone who knew Lin Zhao shouted loudly.

But Lin Zhao was no longer the same person he used to be. After killing someone, it was as if he had been blessed, and his whole personality had changed.

"Was that you speaking just now?"

Lin Zhao walked directly to the person who had spoken. This person was not afraid at all. In his memory, Lin Zhao was an honest person who never fought back when bullied.

This time, however, he miscalculated.

Lin Zhao kicked him in the stomach, then continued to kick him in places like the area below his head, causing the man to let out a miserable scream.

The others wanted to come and help, but Lin Zhao gave them a look that frightened them.

"Don't make me say it a third time, this is my shop. You can have food if you want, but you'll have to give me something else in exchange."

"Money, gold, silver, jewelry, antiques are all acceptable, but is this the price?"

"Let me think about it. I'll charge 20,000 yuan for just one bag of instant noodles. Anyone who wants it can come anytime!"

Seeing Lin Zhao's arrogant laughter, the people around him could only lower their heads silently.

Either erupt in silence or perish in silence, but who dares to actually erupt?

In reality, the consequence of such an outburst would be a beating. Judging from Lin Zhao's appearance, he's even capable of murder, so why would they risk offending him?

Seeing everyone lower their heads, Lin Zhao laughed even more wildly.

Qin Bai, who was upstairs, had been watching this scene the whole time. He laughed too, even more exaggeratedly than Lin Zhao!

Someone has finally died in our neighborhood!

People dying in the neighborhood is just the beginning; more deaths will follow, and that's when he can take action!

"However, I still need to think carefully about how to do it. I can't do it in front of others. Even though the apocalypse is coming, once others know that I have killed people, no one will dare to approach me."

"Therefore, the only way to deal with the adulterous couple is to do it without anyone else knowing!"

"Of course, it would be best if people thought it was a complete accident."

What surprised Qin Bai was that he remembered the first person to clear the path to the store in his previous life was a little later, and that person was not Lin Zhao.

He speculated that his own rebirth had triggered the butterfly effect.

However, this didn't affect him much, since his target was that adulterous couple, and everyone else was secondary.

"The supplies in the store won't last long. Also, the problem with supplies isn't scarcity but inequality. Lin Zhao, are you prepared?"