Before Li Xuanzu could explain, Leng An commanded the zombies to attack him.

However, he clearly underestimated Qian Li's fighting ability.

Qian Li reached out her hand to the zombies and made a loose grasping motion.

The five second-tier zombies in front of him and Leng An were slammed to the ground by the immense gravity, unable to move.

She didn't know why Li Xuanzu wanted to kill people, but based on her understanding of him, as long as you didn't disgust him and posed no threat to him, he could be all smiles at anyone.

However, Leng An didn't understand; he only thought of Li Xuanzu as a murderous monster who regarded life as ants.

Li Xuanzu explained slowly for a while, and Leng An finally calmed down, but still blamed Li Xuanzu.

"Even if they wanted the spirit cores, you could have just driven them away. Why did you have to kill them?" Leng An was still fixated on Li Xuanzu's killings.

He had killed people before, but they were all wicked and evil. These survivors were only killed because they disgusted Li Xuanzu.

"Then you didn't see their eyes—resentment, greed, selfishness. Is this how they should treat their savior?" Li Xuanzu's reasons for killing were more than one.

He saw jealousy in their eyes. Even though he had given them the spirit cores, most of them felt fortunate rather than grateful.

Moreover, after he clearly refused, he saw a certain expression on his face.

It was a murderous aura hidden deep in his eyes, difficult to detect.

"Don't underestimate the evil of humanity in the apocalypse, because only in the apocalypse is evil at its purest." Li Xuanzu disliked their gaze.

It's ridiculous that you save someone and then have to give them a spirit core, otherwise they'll hold a grudge.

Who knows what people might do because of a grudge against someone? So Li Xuanzu killed everyone, not even the girl, to eliminate any potential threat.

He wasn't an extremely evil person, and there was nothing he could do about the girl's death.

You could say, "If that's the case, why don't you just not kill her?"

Impossible. The seeds of hatred have already been sown. If they are not unearthed, the consequences will be severe in the future.

He was able to grow into a great cultivator in the Tribulation Transcending stage amidst the dog-eat-dog world and complex human relationships; decisiveness was definitely a necessary quality for him.

Hesitation leads to defeat. Regardless of whether you make a mistake or not, you must do it first.

Li Xuanzu didn't actually need to explain anything to Leng An. He and Qian Li could have already broken through to the third or even fourth tier, and could have easily cleared out all the zombies, ending this inexplicable "racial survival game" ahead of time.

But he could clearly sense that he could excel in this great calamity, but he couldn't be too conspicuous, or he would die.

He needs to associate with some "outliers" to cover up some of his own shortcomings.

It was precisely because of this sense of crisis that Li Xuanzu was able to survive on the Blazing Spirit Continent, where danger and opportunity coexisted; he chose to trust his instincts.

After much persuasion, Leng An reluctantly agreed to continue clearing out zombies with Li Xuanzu, but made a three-point agreement with Li Xuanzu: no innocent people could be killed.

Some might think Leng An is some kind of saint, but that's not the case. He simply retained some humanity in this dilapidated environment, but this humanity shouldn't exist in this apocalyptic world.

But humanity is what sustains the survival of all humankind.

If it weren't for the appearance of Leng An, Li Xuanzu, Liang Lezhan, and others, the best way for the country to deal with zombies would actually be a direct nuclear strike. Although it might accidentally kill a large number of humans, it would be the optimal solution for the apocalypse.

As for what's so strange about it? In the early stages of the apocalypse, they couldn't influence people's hearts; they could only intercept telegrams and launch surprise attacks.

But what consequences would this have?

Losing popular support, this move undoubtedly makes all people feel that they can be sacrificed at any time in the face of the country.

If you lose your humanity, if you treat the people as pawns, then from any perspective, humanity has lost this war.

Some countries have already launched nuclear attacks without regard for the lives of civilians.

Finally, remember this: no matter where you are, who you see, or what you encounter, never abandon your humanity, even if you are about to die, because from the moment you lose your humanity, you are truly dead.