"Ahhh..."

The two returned to the research institute's laboratory, where the screams were broken and fragmented, indicating that they had lost all strength.

The strong smell of blood was pungent, even through the door.

When the door was opened a crack, the scene inside made even Qin Su, who was mentally prepared, suddenly widen her eyes in shock.

On the experimental table, Qin Xiaoru was left with only her upper body, while her lower body had been attached to a snake's tail.

Li Boqing, that pervert, is actually performing human-animal hybridization surgery!

"Hahaha, if this experiment succeeds, I can hand in my task, hahaha..."

Li Boqing laughed excitedly, his eyes fixed on Qin Xiaoru, his gaze behind his gold-rimmed glasses revealing nothing but ruthlessness and greed.

"Please, please kill me, kill me!"

Qin Xiaoru never dreamed she would become a monster. She only wanted to survive better in the apocalypse, so why did she end up in the devil's den?

Suddenly, she saw a pair of familiar eyes through the crack in the door.

"Qin Su, Qin Su, please save me!"

Li Boqing immediately looked towards the doorway alertly and found that there was no sign that the door had been opened.

What did you see?

Qin Xiaoru was in so much pain she was going crazy. Ha! How could Qin Su possibly save her? That bitch would rather she were dead.

Since that's the case, then even if she dies, she'll be dragged down to hell with her!

"I saw Qin Su. She's outside. Go after her quickly, don't let her get away."

Li Boqing hesitated for a moment, then opened the laboratory door to check, but found nothing unusual.

"Someone come here."

Has anyone broken in?

The guys in shorts had just gone to distribute supplies and weren't guarding this place at all. How would they know if someone had broken in?

But if there's no one here right now, then there's nothing here.

"No, we've been guarding this place the whole time, and we haven't seen anything."

Li Boqing returned to the laboratory with a gloomy expression. When he saw Qin Xiaoru trying to escape, he was immediately filled with rage.

"So, you lied to me and even tried to run away!"

Soon, screams echoed from the laboratory again.

The guy in the underwear shook his head.

"That woman has a really strong will to live; she didn't die even after all that."

"It's said that the woman's genes have changed; she must have turned into a monster."

"That's quite possible, after all, Dr. Li researches all sorts of bizarre things."

After he finished speaking, the hairs on the faces of the men stood on end. They decided that once Qin Su's business was finished, they should leave as soon as possible, lest they too be turned into monsters by Li Boqing.

Qin Su: ……

It has to be said, the "Underpants Brothers" have hit the nail on the head this time.

After discussing it for a while, the brothers in the underpants decided to go out and find more supplies to prepare for their departure.

Qin Su waited until they were far away before she and Huo Sijin came out of the space.

"Let's go back to the resort."

On the way back, she didn't say a word, and the atmosphere was somewhat oppressive.

Are you scared?

Huo Sijin's large hand covered her small hand. A warm feeling, carrying a sense of security, entered her heart.

Qin Su came to her senses. Just now, her mind was filled with images from her past life: Qin Xiaoru taking everything from her and pushing her off the city wall to feed the zombies.

Even if Qin Xiaoru is suffering now, she deserves it.

She hasn't taken revenge herself yet; hopefully, she won't torture herself to death so soon.

"No, I'm just a little tired."

Seeing that Qin Su wasn't telling the truth, Huo Sijin didn't say anything more.

His large hand remained wrapped around her small hand all the way to the resort entrance.

Under the warm glow of the lights, the entire resort, young and old, eagerly awaited Qin Su's return home.

They all smiled when they saw the car return.

"Miss is back!"

It was well past mealtime, but none of them ate yet. They were all waiting for Qin Su to come home so they could eat together.

"Everyone's hungry, let's eat first."

Qin Su choked up a little. She had only taken these people in to make life better in the apocalypse, but they were so good to her that she wanted to treat them as family.

However, she was hurt too deeply in her past life, and ultimately could not completely regard them as family.

Mo Rongguang and Xu Jingzhi looked at each other, their eyes filled with heartache.

The young lady is so moved just from waiting for a meal; she must have been neglected a lot.

They decided that they must treat the young lady even better from now on.

"If I come back late in the future, you don't have to wait for me."

After filling their stomachs, Qin Su addressed everyone.

With so many people, including the elderly and children, she felt bad making everyone wait for her alone.

"Okay, don't worry, Miss. We're not waiting for you; we're just not hungry."

Everyone was all smiles, looking like they still wouldn't be hungry even if the young lady came back late next time.

Qin Su sighed helplessly. It seemed that next time she went out on business, she would have to come back earlier.

"Miss, you must be exhausted from your outing. I've prepared a bath for you, so please take a soak and rest."

Xu Jingzhi couldn't help but worry when she saw Qin Su's pale face.

With so many young ladies in her family, why can't God be kinder to her and make her health better?

"Yes, thank you, Aunt Zhi."

Qin Su was indeed exhausted. As for the origin of those supplies, Huo Sijin would explain it to everyone.

Qin Su slept soundly until dawn. When she woke up, she felt that the temperature outside had dropped a bit.

The extreme cold arrived much earlier than she had anticipated.

It seems that the pace of development in the apocalypse can no longer be judged by the timeline of the previous life.

I extended the thermometer outside the window to measure the temperature, and it was already zero degrees Celsius.

Fortunately, yesterday, my godfather and the municipal government set up insulated greenhouses, and they should all be up and running by tonight. Otherwise, those crops would probably have frozen to death.

The resort had generators, gasoline, and solar batteries, and could run the air conditioning. But Mo Rongguang still had everyone stockpile a lot of charcoal, and at that moment, everyone spontaneously started burning charcoal.

Apart from Qin Su's room, the other rooms were basically all burning charcoal.

"Uncle Mo, actually our gasoline and solar batteries are enough to keep the resort powered, so we don't need to burn charcoal."

Qin Su was still somewhat afraid of charcoal. In her previous life, she had almost died from carbon dioxide poisoning.

“Miss, although we have enough supplies, we still need to endure hardship where necessary, otherwise everyone will have trouble adapting when we go out. Besides, there are quite a few people watching us outside. If we turn on the air conditioning in every room, those people might not be able to sit still.”

Qin Su was stunned. Sure enough, he was living too comfortably now. He thought that getting rid of those bandits meant the world was at peace.

Those robbers are just the ones on the surface; the most dangerous ones are those who seem inconspicuous most of the time, but are incredibly ruthless when they're robbing.

"Uncle Mo, you're so thoughtful. I'll use charcoal then."

Although I still have a phobia of charcoal, it's not like it's unusable.

"No, no, Miss, you're not feeling well, you can't use it."

“There are so many rooms in the resort, they won’t notice you’re using the air conditioner. Besides, we feel more at ease knowing you’re using the air conditioner,” Mo Rongguang quickly said.