Lin Man threw the stone bucket away, and the red-hot charcoal fragments and sparks inside rolled all over the ground, dimly illuminating the figure of a man lying on the ground, his bloody head, and his right hand.

In his hand was a curved blade, not long, but just right for cutting throats. It was stained with blood, almost staining his entire fist. It was unknown how many people he had killed.

Using this thing to kill people, as long as the sneak attack is successful, of course there won't be much noise. This person is obviously a professional killer.

There was a moment of silence in the small shed.

Lin Man stood there stunned for a moment, then turned and went out. A few meters away, from the shed to the west, everything was quiet, yet the unmistakable smell of blood emanated from that direction, along with some other unusual noises. Lin Man asked Guan Guan, "Can you sense how many people there are?"

"I don't know. I'm a little nervous. It should be two or three. Lin Man and the others are very powerful!"

Lin Man turned around and asked Du Chun: "What enemies have you made?"

Du Chun said, "No." He followed him out. It was pitch black at night and the moonlight in the sky was very dim. He could not see anything. He did not have the sensitive sense of smell and hearing like Lin Man, and did not find anything unusual. However, the silence in the west still made him feel dangerous.

Lin Man lowered his voice and said, "I'm afraid everyone in the west has been killed. I don't know how many perpetrators there are, and it looks like they don't intend to let you go. Run quickly."

After all, Du Chun had been the head of a base for over a decade, so his adaptability was quite good. He told Lin Man and Du Qiu to run first while he went to call for help.

Lin Man had no intention of waiting for them. He pulled Du Qiu and quietly ran away from the shack in the west: "Don't make any noise, let's go first." However, they had not walked far, and Du Qiu tripped because he was too nervous or for some other reason. Lin Man pulled him in time and prevented him from falling. Lin Man took a closer look and found that there was a person on the ground.

Why is there another one lying here?

"Do you know him?"

"I don't know him."

"Then forget it, let's go."

Du Chun hurriedly notified everyone. Normally, everyone would be asleep by this time. With no lights or entertainment, and no food in their stomachs, they'd all gone to bed early to minimize energy consumption. But today, Lin Man had arrived, and someone had come to talk, bringing back news about the Peace Base. They'd all chatted a bit about it, so everyone stayed up late.

Du Chun's shout startled everyone.

"Be quiet, everyone. Run quickly to the most crowded area in the base!"

"What happened?"

"Someone wants to kill us. Almost everyone in the west has been killed!"

"Fuck! It must be the enemy that bastard Zhang Chengtao provoked!"

People cursed under their breath, but none of them slowed down. These people were originally strong and healthy. Although their strength was greatly reduced due to eating less, the desire to survive burst out when they were escaping, which made them perform beyond their normal ability. In addition, they had no belongings, so they put on their shoes and ran out.

By the time the two attackers in the west discovered it, many people had already escaped. They immediately dealt with the remaining people and chased after them.

It was so dark at that time, and the roads in this area were winding and interconnected. There were too many Tibetan nooks and crannies. Dozens of people scattered out and each found a direction to escape. It was impossible to catch up with them all. However, those who fell behind were still caught up.

Lin Man dragged Du Qiu along as he ran, his heart chilled as he heard the screams and groans and the sounds of people falling to the ground. Who on earth were these people? How could they chase and kill people so recklessly? Wasn't Zhang Chengtao fine before? How did he suddenly end up with such an enemy?

No, Zhang Chengtao might not be that capable, but he was following Lu Youjie now. But wasn't Lu Youjie still unconscious? Could he have made an enemy out of his sleep?

Lin Man shouted to Du Qiu: "Hurry up and shout for help, the louder the better." It would be best to call out everyone nearby. With more people around, those people would not dare to be so unscrupulous anymore.

However, everyone in the Nanming base was of the same character. When something happened to the Zhao family that day, none of the neighbors came out to see what was happening. Now, many people were shouting for help, but no one came out to help. They were all afraid of getting into trouble and wanted to hide underground.

She couldn't run fast enough with Du Qiu, and was about to be caught up by the people behind her. Lin Man pushed Du Qiu aside, grabbed something and turned around to throw it.

It was a stone she picked up from the ground. The other party dodged it easily, but he didn't expect that there were two iron spikes following the stone. He dodged the stone, but it was too late when he realized something was wrong. He hurriedly tried to dodge again, but one of the iron spikes still flew past his eyes, and blood gushed out immediately. He screamed in pain.

However, this man was also tenacious. He covered his eyes with one hand and rushed forward. Lin Man grabbed his hand, and as expected, a blade emerged from his fist and pointed it directly at Lin Man's eyes. Finding that Lin Man was unexpectedly strong and unable to break free for a while, the man immediately released his hand covering his eyes and took out a small knife from his waist.

Lin Man immediately held his hand to prevent him from drawing his sword. However, the disparity in body shape between men and women, as well as the huge gap between professional training and blind practice, still put her at a great disadvantage. The man stretched out his long legs, and a very skillful move made Lin Man lose her balance.

The moment she fell, a spiritual power suddenly burst out from the fingertips of her right hand, and it struck the opponent's arm like an electric current. The opponent shivered, and for a moment he lost strength and his body became unstable. Lin Man used the force to knock him down, and instead of falling to the ground herself, she pressed him to the ground.

She stood up quickly, and at the same time, a dagger suddenly appeared in her hand. She stabbed it into the man's chest, giving him no time to react.

The man stared at her with his eyes wide open, as if he couldn't understand why she could conjure up a knife like a magic trick.

Because I have space!

Lin Man watched him lose his composure, gasping for breath, his forehead covered in sweat. He was the one who almost died just now.

She looked at the man's face, which was still etched with blood, and then at her own blood-stained hands. She had killed another person...

"Xiao Man!" Du Qiu ran out, "Are you hurt?" Lin Man then realized that her left arm was cut. It should be that she was accidentally cut by the opponent's knife when she fell to the ground. Blood was flowing. She pulled off her sleeve, endured the pain and bandaged it casually, and took the knife that the man was holding tightly in his hand. There was indeed blood on it.

She felt around the man again, pulling off any knives or other objects, and also pulled out the dagger on the man's chest. This was taken from Xu Rui's room. It was really sharp, and there was almost no resistance when it stabbed in.

Logically, the blade, which was only half the length of a palm, might not kill the person even if it penetrated completely, but Lin Man stabbed so accurately that it went straight into the heart.

She patted the man and said, "Remember to train your chest muscles more in your next life." If it was a man with thicker chest muscles, or a woman, this knife would definitely not have been fatal.

Lin Man and Du Qiu continued to run, and then no one chased them anymore. Maybe the other side didn't have enough manpower, so Lin Man found an opportunity to set a fire. Since no one could get help by calling for help, why not set a fire?

She took Du Qiu and hid far away in a place that seemed relatively safe. She didn't know where this place was, but she was still inside the Nanming base. Only then did she have time to carefully examine her wound. The cut was very long, on the inside of her forearm, almost half the length of her forearm, and quite deep. The blood had soaked the bandaged cuff. Although the bleeding had mostly stopped now, it hurt a lot when she moved.

She frowned, untied her sleeves, and wiped the blood off her hands.

Du Qiu gasped for a long time before he recovered and said blankly: "Xiao Man, you are amazing."

"It's just a fight, just fight to the death, it's not difficult." Lin Man found that Du Qiu was really a hindrance. She could have entered the space without her. The smell of blood was really troublesome, and the wound could not be cleaned or bandaged.

She dug a hole in the ground, threw the blood-stained sleeve in, and buried it with her feet. Looking at the long cut on her arm, she suddenly had an idea. She covered it with her right hand and output spiritual power to cover the wound.

Du Qiu couldn't see clearly in the dark and thought Lin Man was just treating his own wounds. After a while, Lin Man killed two people in a row, both in front of her, and then set a fire without blinking. She felt that Lin Man was completely different from the little girl she knew. She didn't dare to speak casually and murmured that she didn't know what happened to the others.

Lin Man didn't answer, but she wasn't optimistic either. She could feel that the man she had just fought was very strong, very different from Lu Youjie's useless subordinates. If she hadn't caught him by surprise, she didn't know what the outcome would have been.

While she was trying to heal her wounds, Lin Cheng looked at Nan Ming who was chattering in front of him and felt a little anxious.

For some reason, the leader of the base came to chat with him tonight. He was waiting for a reply from the base.

It’s strange. I don’t know what happened. Usually I get a response very quickly, but today there has been no response from the base for several hours.

After Nan Ming finished talking about the strangeness of the Lu brothers, he asked Lin Cheng how much he knew about Lu Youzhuo.

Lin Cheng came back to his senses, thought for a moment, and said, "Lu Youzhuo was once one of the most important figures in Dongyang Base. He was originally a talent in life sciences, and he discovered and summarized many of the characteristics of zombies in the early stages of the apocalypse. It can be said that Dongyang Base is now one of the five major bases in the north, and this person has made an indelible contribution. However, I haven't heard of what he has done in recent years. I only know that his position in Dongyang Base is still very transcendent."

Nan Ming grinned: "Come to think of it, I did hear this man's name often back then." Nan Ming was also a prominent figure in the chaotic times back then. He single-handedly established the Nan Ming base and kept it standing for more than ten years. There was a hint of mutual admiration in his words.

Lin Cheng did not comment. He was only seven or eight years old when the apocalypse broke out. Although he had fought all the way, there was still a big gap between him and those legendary figures at the top. He really came to prominence during the period of reconstruction, security and redistribution of domestic forces after the zombies left.

He knew that the main force during those five years, those now in their thirties and forties, and those in their fifties and sixties, looked down on the younger generation, believing they were born in a good time and had simply gained a great advantage by standing on the corpses of their predecessors. So whenever these people reminisced about the glorious past, he never interrupted.

However, Nan Ming wasn't the type to take the opportunity to talk about his past glory. He said, "Then tell me, why would Lu Youzhuo, such a treasure to the base, suddenly come here at night? Is it really because he loves his brother so much? Aren't those people at Dongyang base afraid that something might happen to him?"

Lin Cheng also had a favorable impression of Nan Ming. He thought for a moment and said, "As far as I know, Lu Youzhuo is not close to Lu Youjie. Instead, Lu Youjie always acts under the banner of this brother."

"Then this makes even less sense."

Someone was peeking outside the door.

Lin Cheng looked over, and the man came in and whispered something in his ear. Lin Cheng's expression changed slightly, and he apologized to Nan Ming and hurriedly got up and went to the next room.

Nan Ming tutted his words and shook his head. This was also a secret. These northerners were just so mysterious. He didn't linger any longer and just walked away.

Lin Cheng finally received a reply from the base.

Lin Zhongrong replied to him personally. He said that Chen Min and the others told him with certainty that the person in the photo was the Lin Man they had met.

Lin Cheng felt as if a huge stone had fallen from his heart, and he let out a long sigh.

She is indeed Lin Man!

Then he shook his head and laughed. So, the whole thing about being from the Dongyang base and Lin Chen was all made up. He had actually been tricked by a little girl. If he hadn't been more careful, he would have missed it.

However, he remembered that Mrs. Lin's surname was Chen, and his name came from this. Because he was the first child adopted by Lin Zhongrong, his name was commemorative.

Therefore, this Lin Man is very likely the commander's daughter.

"Lin Cheng, bring her back." Lin Zhongrong's voice came from the communicator, calm and full of urgency. "Something happened at the base, and I can't leave. You must bring her back, and her mother too!" He paused, "If she's still here."

"Yes, sir!"