"Zha Zhijun, shut up!!"

Ye Lei roared furiously, his voice deafening, as if it would burst through the roof.

His eyes were bloodshot, and veins were bulging on his forehead; he was clearly on the verge of exploding.

Upon hearing the roar, Cha Zhijun was momentarily taken aback, but quickly regained his arrogant demeanor.

"What...what did you call me?"

He stared wide-eyed at Ye Lei in disbelief, seemingly unable to believe that he would be treated this way.

However, Ye Lei showed no sign of backing down.

He strode up to Cha Zhijun, pointed his finger at the other's forehead, and said, word by word, "I'm calling you Cha Zhijun! Did you hear me?"

Cha Zhijun was clearly intimidated by Ye Lei's imposing manner, but he still tried to bluff to cover up his inner fear.

"You can't be so rude! Do you know you killed someone in the army? If I tell them, you won't be able to save your life!"

He threatened, his words a blustering but ultimately cowardly display.

At this moment, Ye Lei finally understood why Cha Zhijun was so arrogant and domineering—it turned out that he was confident that he had something on Ye Lei, so he could act recklessly and lawlessly.

"Without drug X, do you think you would still have had the chance to inform on them?"

Ye Lei responded coldly and took out a bottle of medicine labeled "X3" from his personal storage space.

Upon seeing the mysterious bottle of medicine, Cha Zhijun's eyes lit up, and he reached out to snatch it like a hungry wolf pouncing on its prey.

But how could Ye Lei let him have his way? With a flick of his wrist, Cha Zhijun missed his target.

Enraged, Cha Zhijun lunged at the medicine bottle in Ye Lei's hand again, but he couldn't touch it at all.

At this moment, Ye Lei stood firmly in place like an unshakable mountain, his eyes revealing unwavering determination and resolve.

"Give it to me quickly! Do you already have X3? I've never used it before. Its effects must be stronger and its side effects fewer, right?"

Cha Zhijun stared intently at the medicine bottle in Ye Lei's hand, his eyes unblinking, as if it were the most precious thing in his life.

Cha Murong, standing to the side, was well aware of what the X3 drug meant to her father.

She pleaded anxiously, "Brother Lei, please, please give the medicine to my father! I'll do anything you ask, even be his slave."

However, Ye Lei remained unmoved. He glared at Cha Murong and shouted, "You bitch! If it weren't for you bringing your father here without my permission, we would have all been doomed! And now you have the nerve to come begging me?"

Tears streamed down Cha Murong's face as she repeatedly apologized, "It's all my fault, everything is my fault... You can punish me however you want, but please spare my father's life!"

Ye Lei became increasingly angry as he spoke: "If I had known it would turn out like this, I shouldn't have saved you, you ungrateful woman! Do you remember what happened at the gymnasium?"

To fill your own stomach, you actually instigated classmates who could barely stand to fight each other, so you could reap the benefits. You and your father are birds of a feather, both so selfish and self-serving!

Every word and action of Cha Murong reminded Ye Lei of that unforgettable experience—back then, it was also to save her, and everything that happened in the school gymnasium seemed vivid in his mind.

"Brother Lei, please, what will it take for you to give my dad the medicine?"

The usually stubborn Little Chili Pepper was now crying her eyes out.

"Hmph, don't even think about it! Isn't he planning to inform on us to the army? Let him go ahead then! You can all get lost!"

After Ye Lei finished speaking coldly, he turned his back to them.

"You... Ye Lei, you brat, don't be so stubborn! If I report you to the army, let's see how you'll survive!"

Cha Zhijun remained undeterred, making a final, futile struggle.

"Dad, please stop talking, okay?"

Cha Murong, who was standing to the side, was already sobbing uncontrollably.

"Girl, mind your own business! I want to see just how capable this guy really is. Does he think he's not even afraid of the army?"

Cha Zhijun remained obstinate.

"If I were truly afraid of the military, how could I have dared to kill No.1? If I were cowardly, would I have risked infiltrating that damned X Secret Lab for you? Not to mention openly opposing them!"

Ye Lei turned around, shouted loudly with a righteous expression, staring intently at Cha Zhijun, and pressed forward step by step. With each step closer, Cha Zhijun involuntarily took a step back.

"You...you...it's terrible, I can't take it anymore!"

Cha Zhijun's face was filled with terror, his voice trembled violently, and he was extremely agitated.

Suddenly, the zombie virus in his body seemed to be ignited, activating prematurely.

His skin gradually turned a strange color, with veins bulging out, looking ferocious and terrifying, as if they were about to burst through his skin.

"Brother Lei, please, please save my dad!"

Cha Murong, who was standing to the side, also noticed her father's change. She was extremely anxious and pleaded with Ye Lei with tears streaming down her face.

However, Ye Lei remained unmoved, coldly replying, "I've said it before, I won't save him. I've made my decision, and I won't change it. Let's go!"

After saying that, he resolutely turned around and walked up the mountain with firm and powerful steps.

Behind him came Cha Murong's pitiful cries and pleas for help, but Ye Lei did not stop or hesitate at all.

The others were too frightened to utter a sound, fearing they would be implicated. They silently followed behind Ye Lei, occasionally glancing back at Cha Murong, who was kneeling on the ground, crying her heart out.

Zhou Binhui led a group of classmates to stand at the back and watch the commotion. After witnessing everything that happened, they all felt disgust and contempt for Cha Zhijun's shameless behavior.

But more than anything, they were shocked by Ye Lei's ruthlessness and decisiveness, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "This guy is really ruthless!" Then they led their classmates to turn around and leave the scene.

At that very moment, just as Ye Lei led the goddess to the defensive wall of the shelter, a voice from the system suddenly rang in his mind:

[The goddess the host saved has died; attribute points reduced to 500]

"Damn it! I went through so much trouble to save her, but not only did I not make any contribution to the system, I almost dragged everyone in the shelter into this mess. I'm so incredibly unlucky!"

Ye Lei couldn't help but curse inwardly.

The truth is this: shortly after they left, Ye Lei controlled the Gale Cheetah to kill Cha Zhijun and his daughter.

He simply couldn't bear to see Cha Zhijun, after mutating into a zombie, tearing apart his own daughter—such a horrific scene.

Volume One Completed