But why? Why can't I just open my mouth? Why can't I say the words? Why? Why?

He didn't know; after a thousand words, he finally uttered, "I don't know."

Scarface was taken aback by his words, and even the little girl, who was tied up like a living dead, couldn't help but glance at him.

Scarface didn't kill him with a gun; instead, he had his men stab him repeatedly, letting him fully experience the agony of impending death.

The men surrounded the chubby boy, took out their knives, and stabbed him repeatedly. With the first stab, the chubby boy groaned in pain… With the fifth stab, the chubby boy was covered in blood, crying uncontrollably and begging for mercy, but refusing to reveal Liu Yue's whereabouts… With the eighth stab, the chubby boy was on the verge of death, lying in a pool of blood.

Seeing that the chubby boy was about to die, the group of people gradually left.

After they left, the chubby boy lay on the ground facing the ventilation vent and whispered, "Take care, Xiaoyue, you have to survive."

Liu Yue was in the ventilation shaft and couldn't hear his words clearly, but from his lip movements, she knew that he wanted her to live well.

She covered her mouth tightly with her hand, trying not to make a sound. Tears streamed down her face like a faucet. She thought that Fatty would betray her out of fear and hand her over. They hadn't known each other for very long, and even if Fatty revealed her location, she wouldn't blame him.

She was never a loved child. Her parents never loved her; the family favored boys over girls, and her mother barely cared for her after her brother was born. Her father loved to drink, and when he was drunk, he liked to beat people. He used to beat her mother, and whenever she ran to protect her, he would beat her too. Later, after her brother was born, he stopped hitting her mother, and she thought he had changed for the better, but he hadn't. He still loved to beat people, but now he beat her instead of her mother.

She thought her mother would save her, but ironically, her mother carried her younger brother back to the bedroom, closed the door, and acted as if she hadn't seen anything. She ignored her being beaten by her father in the living room. From that moment on, she knew she couldn't trust anyone.

After the disaster, her parents died, and she was really happy. With them dead, no one would hit her anymore.

But why? Why didn't Fatty betray her? Why did Fatty protect her? Why did Fatty have to die? She didn't know why; she only knew she felt terrible, her heart felt empty.

She remembered the times when Fatty cooked delicious food for her; she remembered the times when Fatty exercised with her; she remembered all the moments they spent together...

She didn't know what to do next. She wanted to go down and pick up Fatty, to wake him up. She wanted to tell him how much she loved him and wanted to stay with him forever. She wanted to scream, she wanted to yell. But she couldn't do anything. She had to live. She had to find these people, she had to take revenge... she had to tear them to pieces!

In the villa area, Uncle Li and Li Feng's house has also been renovated. They haven't moved in yet; they want to let it air out for a few months before moving in.

Uncle Li and Xu Anran discussed what supplies to prepare. Xu Anran had already bought everything. She told Uncle Li about the impending disaster she had foreseen through her precognitive dreams: first, there would be two days of hail; then heavy snow would fall, and the temperature would drop to minus 60 degrees Celsius; at that point, the power lines would freeze and the whole world would lose power.

When Uncle Li found out, he quickly stockpiled coal, and Xu Anran followed suit and stockpiled some more.

The weather was too cold later on, and train tickets were hard to find. The two discussed it: Uncle Li could use his position with the police to check surveillance footage and find tickets as soon as possible. They both owned villas, so Uncle Li could move in with Xu Anran and wouldn't go out anymore; they could also find some passengers with tickets to stay in the other villa by exchanging supplies.

After discussing the matter, Xu Anran contacted Xu Liang again to inquire about his situation. Xu Liang said he had prepared sufficient supplies and was searching for Wang Hong's daughter, Mai Sui, but there was still no news. Xu Anran said she knew a policeman here and would ask him to keep an eye out.

After the two finished chatting, Xu Anran checked the time and realized it was almost time to post on the forum and create a group.

She took out her newly purchased laptop, found the world's largest forum, and posted a thread titled "Passenger Mutual Aid Association - Old K". She also wrote the group number of the group she had just created at the end of the post, so that other members of the mutual aid association could see it and join the group chat.

The moment the post was published, people started asking to join the group, with the verification code: K69. Several people were quickly accepted, and some passengers, seeing the post and recognizing the name as belonging to a train passenger, also wanted to join but didn't know the verification code and asked in the post. The members of the Passengers' Mutual Aid Association didn't answer the questions in the post. After all, they didn't know if this person was trustworthy; nobody was stupid. Having interacted with people in the previous world, they had a certain level of experience and trust and wouldn't just let anyone join.

In just one day, more than two hundred people joined the group. Everyone was very happy and excited, greeting each other in the group.

[That's awesome! I was worried that our mutual aid group wouldn't even exist in this world!]

[How could that be? There are so many people in our mutual aid group, we're bound to run into each other, and someone will create a group. Luckily, our group was created by Old K.]

[Yeah, we're so lucky to be with Old K!]

...

Xu Anran glanced at the messages in the group chat a few times, then stopped looking at the subsequent messages and instead posted an announcement informing everyone of the impending disaster:

Hello everyone in the mutual aid group, this is Lao K. It's nice to meet you all here.

According to the information I've received, the impending disaster for this world is extreme cold. Please prepare heating supplies. Initially, it will also hail, so please find a safe place to take shelter and avoid being hit by hail.

[Please share any information you have in the group so we can work together, help each other, and I wish you all the best!]

After posting the announcement, Xu Anran went offline, and the passengers in the group who received the message got excited.

Wow, as expected of Old K, he got the news so quickly.

Yes, everyone should get ready!

Does anyone know where to buy coal?

There's a honeycomb briquette factory near where I live. Anyone interested, please contact me.

I want it, I want it, I'll add you right now.

...

The group chat was buzzing with discussion. After seeing the announcement, not a single person questioned Xu Anran's words; instead, they all trusted her information. This showed that their interactions in the previous world had earned them a great deal of trust in her.