An Xia looked like she understood but not quite, "Oh, I see. I get it now."

As they spoke, the two arrived outside An Chun's room. It was extremely quiet inside; not a sound could be heard.

Jiang Ruan tentatively knocked on the door, and a rustling sound came from inside, similar to the sound of clothes rubbing together or the sound of someone stepping on fallen leaves.

Before the two could make any further moves, the door cracked open, and a purple-blue light refracted out, just like the lighting display in a KTV or dance hall.

"Oh my god, what's going on?" An Xia rushed to open the door before Jiang Ruan could. Startled by the object suddenly thrown in front of her, she took several steps back and leaned against the door frame to steady herself.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Ruan rushed forward, shielding An Xia behind her, and stared intently at the dark, coal-like thing in front of her.

After a brief eye contact, An Chun came out of the bedroom, rubbing her sleepy eyes repeatedly, looking at the two uninvited guests with utter confusion.

Especially seeing her sister, who was always known for her aloofness, with such an expression, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe it as horrified.

She yawned widely and moved closer to the two of them. "Sis, what brings you and Jiang Ruan here? Are you here to ask me for a rating or a stamp again? It's only a few o'clock, it can't be that serious."

She had asked her to stamp the document last time, so she assumed Jiang Ruan had another house to sell.

When Anxia saw that Anchun was alive and well, just like before, her worries disappeared instantly, and a sense of responsibility as an older sister surged up.

"An Chun, do you know what you're doing?"

"I know, I just organized a party last night where everyone sang and danced, and I forgot to turn off the lights. I don't think I did anything out of line, did I?"

An Chun scratched his head, looked around at the slightly messy room, and smiled sheepishly.

An Xia was angered by An Chun's innocent act. She put her hands on her hips, pointed at him, and said, "An Chun, are you stupid? If you watched the news for even a moment, you would know how dangerous it is outside right now."

"I thought it was you, but I never expected it, sigh..."

An Xia rushed over despite the danger to her life, intending to help, but who knew that this would turn out to be such a big joke?

An Chun was prompted to turn on her phone, but it was out of battery. She then pulled back the curtains and looked outside. The dark mass rushing towards them was a horde of zombies.

Jiang Ruan saw An Chun's trembling legs and then watched her shakily close the door that wasn't quite closed yet.

"You really are a good sleeper, you couldn't hear a sound at all!" After confirming that there were no traces of zombies in the room, Jiang Ruan stretched out and sat down in the messy living room to examine the room carefully.

"That's right, she's still fast asleep even though it's the end of the world. I really admire her." Anxia picked up the black, coal-like substance that had initially frightened her and threw it away.

Before An Chun could stop it, he heard the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground. The black thing shook and made strange and peculiar noises.

"This is interesting. What is this? I don't recognize it." Jiang Ruan examined it carefully but still couldn't remember when she had seen it before; it just looked somewhat familiar.

An Chun remained silent, her head bowed, sobbing softly, a far cry from her former aloof demeanor.

"Sister, you said you came to rescue me, but you took away my favorite thing as soon as you arrived, and you even asked me about my sad things. You know that Maoqiu is afraid of people, but you still did this."

An Chun attributed all of Maoqiu's screams to Jiang Ruan's rude actions, and his whole being was filled with hostility.

Although Jiang Ruan wanted to turn around and leave, she was, after all, An Xia's sister and had helped her. She couldn't be an ungrateful person.

After some back and forth, An Chun finally managed to pack his things and was put into the car by An Xia. Just as they were about to leave, it turned out that the room where An Chun lived had been taken over by zombies.

They came in through the back door, so they didn't notice the three people stopped in front.

An Chun, who had been struggling to get out, calmed down and looked at the things she had prepared, only regretting that she hadn't had enough.

Jiang Ruan made a quick decision: she had to get the people back as quickly as possible before the zombie horde found them and attacked them; she was very worried about the mall!

"No, no, no, this is bad! Zombies are chasing us! They're running really fast, they'll catch up with us soon!" Anxia shouted as soon as they rounded a bend.

Jiang Ruan saw the zombie in the rearview mirror. There was only one. Although stopping and eliminating it wouldn't be difficult, she was afraid that there was a large group behind it.

She wasn't entirely confident that her current abilities would allow her to lead the other two to safety.

Therefore, she could only run as fast as she could, trying to get as far home as possible.

However, bad things always come in waves, and the car was running low on gas.

If we can't refuel quickly, we'll get stuck halfway through the journey, and then we'll be at the mercy of others, waiting to die.

Jiang Ruan remembered that she had prepared gasoline in the trunk. The current challenge was how to add it in without affecting the zombies' ability to surround her.

As Jiang Ruan pondered, she realized that they had returned to the same building, the building where the boy lived.

Unlike the lively atmosphere just now, this place is now extremely quiet.

Even more strangely, as soon as they stepped into the vicinity, the zombies stopped moving and began grabbing at them from a radius of three kilometers around the building.

But it was as if they had encountered a barrier, or something even more terrifying, that prevented them from crossing over.

This gave them a chance to catch their breath.

Without having time to worry about anything else, Jiang Ruan quickly got out of the car, filled up the gas tank, and was ready to set off again at any time.

To everyone's surprise, a voice came through as soon as the device was started, "What? I saved you, and you're leaving without even a thank you? That's not very appropriate!"

She paused, looked up and around, her gaze settling on the dark figure on the top floor. She murmured, "Is it you?"

“Of course it was me. Otherwise, who would have the ability to stop so many zombies at once and kindly save you twice?” the boy’s clear voice continued.

Jiang Ruan glanced at the two people in the back seat, and seeing that they were still maintaining exaggerated expressions and movements, she felt quite helpless. After confirming that they couldn't hear the sound, Jiang Ruan looked in that direction again.

"Why help us? I don't believe there's such a thing as a free lunch in the world. If there is, it's probably not very tasty." Jiang Ruan's meaning was clear; she didn't like beating around the bush and preferred to be direct.

"Hahaha..." The boy chuckled and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "I don't have any ulterior motives. I just hope that the two of us, with our exceptional talents, can cooperate and achieve a win-win situation."

"Win-win cooperation?"