A brick fell to the ground.

The attacker used too much force, and the recoil caused him to lose his grip on the brick.

That force would have knocked Zhang Lin unconscious if his physique hadn't tripled.

Enraged, he turned and fired a shot.

Bang!

"ah--"

"Holy crap, you have a gun!"

A bearded man collapsed to the ground, clutching his leg. The excruciating pain caused him to convulse and scream uncontrollably.

However, what terrified him even more was the Type 92 pistol in Zhang Lin's hand.

It's only the fifth day of the apocalypse. Before that, it was a peaceful and prosperous time. Who would have a gun?

No wonder he was so surprised.

Zhang Lin looked at the man and realized that he was actually an acquaintance.

"It's you..."

His memory went back to six months ago.

At that time, he had just changed jobs, and the house he used to live in was too far from the new company, so he asked this real estate agent to help him rent a house. This man was the agent.

The man was eloquent and spoke with great enthusiasm, convincing him to rent a single apartment and pay six months' rent upfront.

It turned out he was a sub-landlord. One day, the real landlord came to take back the house, and Zhang Lin was kicked out. After that, he couldn't find the man anymore.

Back then, Zhang Lin was so poor that he relied on his girlfriend to support him.

It took three whole months to recover.

It was after that incident that his colleague An Qingge heard that he had nowhere to live, so she invited him to share an apartment with her.

Although they hadn't seen each other for six months, Zhang Lin still clearly remembered the man's appearance and his name—

Xu Can!

"Who are you……"

Xu Can didn't remember Zhang Lin, probably because he had tricked too many people and couldn't remember everyone's appearance.

Zhang Lin narrowed his eyes and asked, "What did you just see?"

He had already noticed that the convenience store counter was a bit messy. This man must have been hiding behind the counter the whole time. He must have seen him using his spatial ring to pack things up, which is why he ambushed him.

The spatial ring is a divine artifact.

If this gets exposed...

"I didn't see anything." Xu Can clutched his leg, his face contorted in pain. He had also thought of the question Zhang Lin had raised, and he immediately panicked. "Really, brother, you go ahead, I didn't see anything."

How could he not have seen it?

Xu Can had been hiding in the convenience store for four days. He had nothing to eat at home, and on the first day of the apocalypse, he had no choice but to go downstairs to find something.

The convenience store was closed at the time, and the two employees stayed inside, so the zombies couldn't get in, and they were safe.

But Xu Can tricked them into opening the door and then ambushed them, using the same brick that had just attacked Zhang Lin.

He killed two convenience store employees and essentially took over the store. The front door was locked, preventing zombies from getting in, but the back door couldn't be locked, so he couldn't stop others from coming in to get food.

When people come, he hides under the bar.

If he hadn't seen Zhang Lin using his spatial ring to go on a shopping spree and gotten greedy, he would have continued to hide.

"Heh..." Zhang Lin raised his gun, pointed it at his head, and sneered, "I'll give you one more chance. What do you see?"

Xu Can felt a cold sweat pour down his body and quickly corrected himself: "I saw it. You waved your hand, and all the things on the shelves disappeared."

After saying that, he knelt down despite the excruciating pain and begged for mercy: "Brother, spare my life. I promise I won't say anything. Please forgive me. I'll pretend I didn't see anything."

hiss--

Hiss—

Just as Zhang Lin was about to finish off Xu Can, he heard the roar of zombies. Turning his head, he saw that the gunshot had attracted the zombies.

The zombies started scratching at the convenience store door, making a very piercing sound.

It's best not to get entangled!

Zhang Lin immediately fired, wounding Xu Can's other leg. Then, ignoring his screams, he grabbed Xu Can by the collar and threw him into the lobby of the apartment building outside the back door of the convenience store.

He quickly returned to the fire escape staircase through the back door of the convenience store. With his three times stronger physique, he didn't feel tired at all and ran all the way to the twenty-fourth floor.

As for Xu Can at the convenience store downstairs...

With food readily available, the zombies didn't chase after Zhang Lin; instead, they surrounded Xu Can and began to devour the food.

When Zhang Lin reached the 24th floor, he took a breath and then took out some food from his spatial ring, putting it into a large bag.

Spatial rings are different from pistols. While guns are hard to come by, they can always be obtained in reality. But spatial rings…

It probably hasn't been invented yet.

Even though An Qingge had already willingly married him, he didn't want her to know for the time being.

I knocked on the door of apartment 12 on the 24th floor, and a tense voice came from inside: "Who is it?"

You can tell from the voice that it's An Qingwu.

"Xiao Wu, that's my brother-in-law."

A series of chaotic sounds came from inside the room as the two sisters, An Qingwu and An Qingge, cleared away the things blocking the door. A moment later, the door opened.

An Qingwu's pure and delicate face first caught Zhang Lin's eye, followed by An Qingge's face, which was eight parts similar to hers but had a more mature charm.

Both of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness you're back safe and sound." The worry on An Qingge's face disappeared, replaced by a smile. "Xiao Wu and I were upstairs worried about you."

Zhang Lin handed them the bag of food and smiled, "Don't worry, I'll be fine." After saying that, he pulled An Qingge into his arms, put one hand on her shoulder, and stroked her lower abdomen with the other. "I will always protect you and Xiao Wu, and I will also protect our child."

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