Chapter 150 The City Under the Haze

"This little girl is probably just nagging you, isn't she?" Huang Jie chuckled and tapped Tong Yin's head. "She's not one to talk much usually either."

"The other female students seem a bit afraid of her. It's rare to meet you, so they're bound to talk a lot. Please bear with them." Huang Jie was a very good talker.

Mu Qingyu nodded in understanding. She also understood why the other girls didn't play with Tong Yin.

You can see a child's voice as a sign of malice. It's like having your inner thoughts spied on. Girls are the most emotional and easily influenced by emotions.

A single word or a small incident can stir up varying degrees of turmoil within them. If they were to stay with Tongyin, wouldn't that allow Tongyin to constantly observe their emotional changes?

And sometimes, even if you really dislike someone, you have to pretend to like them for some reason.

This kind of disguise is sometimes a necessity for survival.

But if a child's voice is present, wouldn't all of this be exposed?

Therefore, Mu Qingyu fully understood why others were unwilling to stay with Tong Yin.

Even the naive Mu Qingrong, after learning that Mo Huaiyu possessed the ability to spy, worried that she might be spied on without her knowledge.

Not to mention most ordinary people.

Mu Qingyu could understand this feeling. She wasn't afraid of children's voices, mainly because she had no ulterior motives towards these people, and secondly because they were all strangers and she didn't care what others thought of her or how they viewed her. As long as they didn't provoke her, she would just watch whatever happened as a spectacle.

Therefore, she remained calm and wasn't worried about the child voice seeing her level of malice. Even if her malice level suddenly spiked, it would definitely mean someone had provoked her.

“You want to know what’s going on in the city? Let me tell you, this little girl definitely can’t explain it clearly,” Huang Jie said again.

This attitude was very friendly, so Mu Qingyu returned a grateful smile and said, "Thank you for your help."

"The apocalypse began on that extremely cold night, I think you should know that too." Huang Jie found a chair opposite Mu Qingyu and sat down.

"The next day, the city was different. In addition to the complete destruction of infrastructure such as water, electricity and communications, the streets were filled with cannibalistic zombies. In the residential areas, many houses were also filled with the howling of zombies."

"The authorities are paralyzed. Many people died on the extremely cold night, and the next day, when people were not on guard against the zombies, many more died. Even the authorities are unable to effectively mobilize and organize rescue efforts."

"At least, that's the situation in our City A. After the apocalypse, City A descended into complete chaos."

"The first few days of the apocalypse were the peak period for people to flee. Many people felt that if they escaped the city, there would be other ways to survive. So the survivors began to rush to leave the city."

Mu Qingyu naturally knew what Huang Jie was talking about. On the second day of the apocalypse, she originally wanted to go to the mall for free shopping during the early stages of the apocalypse, but she was blocked by the crowds and vehicles rushing out of the city.

"A few days later, the weather turned bad again, and a new round of torrential rain began. Many people who left the city died on the road before they could even leave. There were even more zombies on the city's roads."

"Finally, people began to stay at home and stay indoors. However, many people had no food reserves and had to go out to find food. At this time, supermarkets and shopping malls in residential areas became the main targets of looting."

"From then on, people were completely plunged into a post-apocalyptic world where they had to constantly gather resources to survive. Humanity's productive capacity was completely paralyzed. Urban pollution became increasingly severe."

“I know you’re out collecting supplies, but if the place you’re thinking of is near a residential area, you’re likely to get very little, or nothing at all.”

“It’s been almost two months since the apocalypse started, and the residential areas are the first places people search, so it’s hard to get a lot of supplies there anymore. Of course—” Huang Jie looked Mu Qingyu up and down: “It’s probably hard for you to take a lot of supplies by yourself. If your requirements aren’t too high, you can still pick up some things from the supermarket now.”

Mu Qingyu simply nodded to indicate that she understood, without saying anything more.

"Also, I suggest you don't go out alone. These days, people who dare to go out to find supplies are usually in groups. Some are residents of the same neighborhood, and some are teams like ours that have been organized after the apocalypse."

"There are also groups that existed before the apocalypse, such as security teams, bodyguards, and convoys. There are also people from factory dormitories."

"The most terrifying people are those who were criminals before the apocalypse; the chaos that follows is what they most desire. They often band together, robbing and even murdering..."

"There are also some people who might not have been bad before the apocalypse, but after the apocalypse, for various reasons, they also started doing bad things..."

"In short, it's very dangerous for you to be out there alone. Sometimes the danger doesn't just come from zombies, but also from humans," Huang Jie earnestly advised.

These were truly heartfelt words, and Mu Qingyu understood them perfectly. She realized that Huang Jie, Xiao Shiyang, and their group were indeed rare good people in the apocalypse.

Even someone like Jing Chen wouldn't help others with such heartfelt sincerity.

"So my suggestion is that you can join us. We go out to search for supplies every day, and you can come with us. We don't care where you look or what you find. At least you'll be safer going out with us," Huang Jie said.

"Of course, I'm just giving you advice. If you still feel that it's more convenient for you to act alone, that's your prerogative."

Huang Jie's willingness to bring Mu Qingyu along wasn't entirely out of kindness; rather, it was because he had seen the zombie corpses at the theater entrance when he returned.

There were about twenty or thirty corpses in total, and each of them had its head cut off cleanly and swiftly.

This shows that Mu Qingyu is a very capable fighter. If she weren't, she wouldn't have been able to travel all the way from the suburbs to the theater unharmed.

Mu Qingyu didn't look like someone who was starving and emaciated; such a person must have some special skills.

Who would complain about having too many teammates who are good enough?

"Also, many survivors now possess superpowers. Things like wind, fire, lightning, etc. Including Tongyin, we have a total of five such superpowered individuals here. The same goes for the people outside. When you walk around the city, you might encounter humans with superpowers."