Chapter Forty-Four: The Plan

Xiao Mo was stunned again. Mu Qingyu's expression just now was like that of a cold-blooded female demon.

"The apocalypse has arrived. You don't still think that things will be like before, with laws and police to restrain everyone, do you? Perhaps you should find a chance to go to the city and see what it's become!"

"Besides, those people were never good people to begin with. They tried to ambush me at a gas station the day before yesterday, but I saw through their plan. Look at how skilled they are at their work, did they only learn that in the last day or two? Before this, they had already harmed countless people."

"In the post-apocalyptic world, without the constraints of morality and law, they'll be capable of even more outrageous acts. Rather than driving them out to harm others, it's better to strike first and bury them here!"

What Mu Qingyu didn't say was that in the apocalypse, they were destined not to go far for a while. Even if they left the village, they would stay in the vicinity for a long time.

If they succeed a few times and become even stronger, or if one of them awakens a superpower and becomes powerful, that will be the real crisis for Mu Qingyu and her group.

"I'm not asking you to help me with this murder. I can handle it myself, but please don't interfere."

Mu Qingyu's sharp gaze remained unchanged as she stared intently at Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo understood that Mu Qingyu's statement that she didn't need his help actually forced him to make a choice.

If he chooses to help, they will become partners from now on. They can work together to protect the safety of rooms three and four, and cooperate in areas such as going out to find supplies and then dividing them fairly.

Even if we have to leave here in the future, we will discuss it together.

But if Xiao Mo refuses now, they can live separate lives, just ordinary neighbors. Each will protect their own safety, solve their own survival problems, and have nothing to do with each other.

"I'll help you!" Xiao Mo said confidently. He didn't hesitate or struggle much about killing. Having had a difficult life since childhood, he was indifferent to the life and death of others. He didn't even have any sympathy. When Mu Qingyu said she was going to kill someone, he didn't even think about what would happen to the three children. Since they were going to be killed, he would kill them all.

"To be precise, it's not about helping you, it's about helping ourselves. Those people are too much of a threat. I don't care about having neighbors, but I can't have neighbors like that. You're right, driving them away is like releasing a tiger back into the mountains. Have you thought about how you're going to kill them?"

Mu Qingyu gained a new understanding of Xiao Mo, but she didn't show it. She shook her head: "With my current abilities, I can't kill four people at once. I can take them down one by one. I was worried that if I killed one or two, they would find out and if they attacked me all at once, I wouldn't be a match for them."

"I was initially worried that some of them might be superhuman, and if they were stronger than me, I wouldn't be so confident in killing them. However, now that you've joined us, we can carefully consider the possibility of defeating them one by one!"

"What do you need me to do? I'll fully cooperate with you," Xiao Mo said.

Mu Qingyu thought for a moment and said, "There's no rush today. I need to use your abilities to observe them for another day."

"Try to determine if any of them have superpowers, and who is the strongest in combat. What do they usually do, and what are their movement patterns? Once I have this information, I can formulate a plan."

"Of course, we should act sooner rather than later. If we drag this out, they'll be the ones to make their move against us!"

Xiao Mo nodded solemnly and said, "Alright! Give me one day, and we'll meet again at 2 a.m. tomorrow!"

Mu Qingyu gave Xiao Mo an OK sign, and the two parted ways.

After seeing Xiao Mo off, Mu Qingyu returned to the second floor. Just as she turned the corner, she bumped into Mu Qingrong. Mu Qingrong had a sullen face, and in the darkness, only a small LED light was on. She stared straight at Mu Qingyu with a displeased expression.

"You scared me to death! Xiao Rong, what are you doing here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?" Mu Qingyu was genuinely startled and almost instinctively drew her military dagger to slash at her.

"You kill bad guys but don't take me with you!" Mu Qingrong exclaimed, brimming with energy.

Mu Qingyu had a headache: "Weren't you asleep?"

"You just don't want to take me with you! If you wanted to take me with you, you could wake me even if I was asleep, and you wouldn't have to sneak around to meet with Xiao Mo even if I was asleep!" He was so angry! He felt excluded by his sister!

She'd rather consult a stranger about how to kill bad guys, or even go to him! Outrageous!

“Xiao Rong,” Mu Qingyu’s voice lowered, “that’s killing people, not killing zombies. Can you do it?” She remembered that when she killed someone for the first time in her past life, she had nightmares for three whole days.

Killing someone and killing zombies feel completely different. Watching someone die is a completely different feeling from ending a life with your own hands!

Normal people are born with a strong sense of empathy for their fellow human beings.

Mu Qingyu didn't want Mu Qingrong to experience that feeling.

“Sister, you always say it’s the end of the world, the end of the world. If it really is the end of the world, I have no choice. Besides, you can do it, and so can Xiao Mo. He’s even younger than me, so why can’t I? I always have to learn and get used to it, right?” Mu Qingrong said, looking at Mu Qingyu.

Mu Qingyu wanted to say something more, but looking into her brother's determined eyes, she didn't know what to say.

"It's decided! I'll go with you all tomorrow." For the first time, Mu Qingrong didn't heed Mu Qingyu's words and made the decision herself.

The next day.

We can't go out during the day, for fear that those people will rob our house if we do, since they have a lot of stuff in it.

So on this day, Mu Qingyu continued to grow vegetables on the rooftop, while Mu Qingrong continued to reinforce the house.

In the afternoon, the two sisters from the neighboring Building 2 knocked on the door of Building 3.

"Hello, may we come in and talk? We won't go inside, we'll just talk in the yard. We're not carrying any weapons." The speaker was a short-haired girl, her voice hurried and somewhat anxious.

They came to discuss something. But the Mu siblings could easily ignore them, just like they ignored the child crying yesterday. If the Mu siblings refuse to communicate, there's nothing they can do.

"We can give you some supplies. It's all food, you'll definitely need it. We really don't have any bad intentions, we just want to be able to talk in the yard!" the short-haired girl pleaded again.

After a long time, there was still no movement from room number three. Just as the two sisters looked at each other, both somewhat disappointed, the gate to building number three opened with a "bang".