Chapter 54, Chapter 10 (Bonus Chapter with Nutrient Solution): A Female Supporting Character in a Post-Apocalyptic Novel...

As he spoke, he raised the iron bar and brought it down with even greater force than before.

The thin, small man suddenly closed his eyes, clutching his head and trembling, unable to look.

He didn't experience the pain of the iron bar hitting his head, but instead heard a muffled gunshot.

The iron rod fell to the ground and rolled a long way.

The scarred man lay on his side in front of the thin man, with a hole in his temple from which blood was flowing.

His sinister eyes stared intently in his direction, a lingering sense of confusion and bewilderment.

He died with his eyes wide open in disbelief.

"I told you not to move, why won't you listen?"

A gentle, smiling voice rang out, and the thin man slowly looked up.

A wisp of smoke was rising from the muzzle of the gun in Yu Wanwan's hand. She blew on the muzzle, didn't even look at the scarred man on the ground, and slowly turned around.

The entire oxygen station fell silent. The other burly men stopped smashing things and stared wide-eyed at the smiling little girl in horror.

Just now, she, so gentle and seemingly weak, fired a shot without even blinking, killing a living person.

Even for those of them who live in the shadows and risk their lives to make a living, killing someone wouldn't be so casual!

"You...you actually dared to use a gun...the rules of the dungeon..."

To facilitate management, the control over firearms and ammunition in the underground city is even stricter than it was on the surface.

Anyone found in possession of illegal firearms will be sentenced to death!

"rule?"

Yu Wanwan tilted her head and pointed the gun at the person who spoke.

"They've vanished without a trace, neither alive nor dead. Who knows how you died?"

Despite the sweltering heat, several grown men broke out in a cold sweat.

The group exchanged glances, then suddenly turned and ran.

"We can't let them get away!"

Suddenly someone in the crowd started shouting.

"If they go back, the black market and the people from other districts won't let us off the hook!"

The others realized what was happening and climbed up using both their hands and feet.

The same method we used to stop them from getting in is now the same method we're using to stop them from escaping.

They used even more force than before, and even more people rushed in to help.

Men and women, young and old, not a single person from Zone E ran away.

"Get out of here! You're all tired of living!"

The burly men were not afraid of them at all. They were ruthless in their attacks, and their sinister voices trembled slightly.

"Miss Lin! Act quickly! We can't let them escape!"

Yu Wanwan was somewhat surprised and glanced at the person who spoke first in the crowd.

It was a petite girl, who looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old. At this moment, she was also at the forefront, taking the lead in blocking the strong man and enduring the attack of the iron rod.

Yu Wanwan remained silent for a few seconds, then raised her hand and fired her gun. With several bangs, the burly men followed in the footsteps of the scarred man.

Fast, accurate, and ruthless, with not a single shot wasted due to deviation.

Only after all the strong men died did these people collapse, some sitting, some lying down, panting heavily.

Aren't you afraid?

Aren't they afraid when they see her kill someone?

These people looked bewildered, as if they didn't understand what she meant.

It was the little girl who had spoken up to remind them that understood and took the initiative to explain.

“Those people have never treated us in Sector E as human beings. This time they are obviously after the oxygen generator. It is the lifeblood of our Sector E. Without this oxygen generator, we can only wait to die!”

Area E has long been abandoned; the people here can only scavenge for a living.

Those in power don't care whether they live or die.

Even before, the oxygen in this oxygen generator wasn't much better than the waste oxygen they scavenged.

But now that the oxygen concentrator is fixed, they can breathe good oxygen again.

No one can cut off their livelihood!

The others gradually understood and nodded in agreement.

"Yaya is right! You can touch us, but you absolutely cannot touch the oxygen concentrator!"

Yu Wanwan blinked.

That's not what she meant.

Forget it, there's no point in asking anyway, let's just leave it at that.

"Alright, in that case, everyone take a break and help tidy up. I'll continue to provide you with oxygen."

After thinking about it, she changed her mind.

"Never mind, let's add it first."

"No rush, no rush! Let's drag these dead bodies out and bury them first!"

Yu Wanwan shook her head, offering no explanation or concern for them. She simply picked up their oxygen tanks and went inside, filling them one by one.

When Xu Qingzhou returned, the shop had been almost cleaned up, but the damaged areas were not so easy to restore to their original state. As soon as he entered, he noticed something was wrong.

Before he could even get past the crowd sitting in the shop to ask Yu Wanwan anything, people spotted him and gathered around, chattering about what had happened that day.

These people were speaking in a chaotic manner, and Xu Qingzhou had some difficulty understanding them. After finally managing to glean the key information from their words, he felt as if his heart was about to stop beating.

"Black market dealers came to smash up the shop? Xiaoman, did you kill them all?"

He suspected there was something wrong with his hearing and that he couldn't understand.

He had anticipated that some people would cause trouble and create problems, and he had prepared accordingly.

But murder?

Xu Qingzhou was somewhat dazed.

He lived in a peaceful era. Even though he had traveled through two worlds, he had never killed anyone or even seen a dead person!

But now, these people are telling him that just now, his mission target killed everyone who came looking for trouble with a gun?!

Xu Qingzhou was in a daze and didn't care to listen anymore. He pushed through the crowd and rushed into the inner room.

"Xiaoman?!"

There was more than one person in the inner room.

Next to the oxygen concentrator, a little girl was squatting.

This little girl is Yaya from earlier.

Seeing that she was behaving well and was even more perceptive than an adult, Yu Wanwan called her in to help.

Xu Qingzhou paused, swallowing the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

Ya Ya was smart and sensible. She glanced at Xu Qingzhou, quickly prepared an oxygen tank, and turned off the machine.

"Sister Xiaoman, I'm going out now!"

"Um."

Ya Ya dragged a basket of filled oxygen cylinders out and thoughtfully closed the door behind her.

Xu Qingzhou strode up to her, grasped her shoulders, and looked her up and down several times to make sure she was alright, not even a single hair was out of place. Only then did his face darken.

"You really killed someone?"

Yu Wanwan brushed his hand away, crossed her legs, sat back in her chair, and nodded nonchalantly.

"you……"

Xu Qingzhou suddenly didn't know what to say.

They accused and questioned her about why she killed someone.

The people in the black market were people that even someone like the original owner, who would do anything to survive, would avoid and provoke.

If you've been provoked by them, are you just going to wait to die without fighting back?

But deep down, he still couldn't quite accept this method.

Although he doesn't have complete memories of his time in the mission world, he still knows roughly what happened.

Even in ancient times, in a place where human life was treated like dirt, he did everything he could to avoid those bloody battles.

Yu Wanwan glanced at him, knowing exactly what he was thinking.

He was the same in the story. The black market attacked him with deadly moves, but he always retreated because of his inexplicable kindness. He always used roundabout tactics to resolve the competition in a fair way without harming people's lives.

She smiled.

These are people from a time of peace.

It will take time for him to adapt to this kind of fighting and killing.

"More important than this, you should be thinking about the trouble that's coming next."

Xu Qingzhou was stunned for a moment, but Yu Wanwan ignored him and continued to skillfully fill the oxygen tank with oxygen.

"You're not naive enough to think that this is all they've got, are you?"

Xu Qingzhou shook his head.

"I know."

He's not that naive and simple-minded.

Yu Wanwan stopped there, didn't say much, filled a basket, carried it out to distribute to the people outside, leaving him the space.

Xu Qingzhou didn't know what he was thinking, but he never mentioned it again after that.

The subsequent measures came very quickly.

When the main lights in Zone E remained off the next day, Xu Qingzhou and Yu Wanwan understood.

That brought trouble later.

On that day, a loud broadcast came on, originating from Zone D and crackling over Zone E.

"Upon verification, it has been confirmed that there was illegal occupation and operation of energy resources in Zone E. Therefore, all non-essential power supply to the zone will be suspended in accordance with the law, which can be implemented immediately."

The announcement was cold and impersonal, offering no further explanation, only stating that the energy was illegally occupied and operated.

It didn't even specify how long the power outage would last.

It was excessively perfunctory.

The broadcast started in Area A and traveled down the ranks until it reached the entire underground city.

Yu Wanwan rubbed the straw bracelet on her wrist and chuckled softly.

"They really went to great lengths to deal with you."

It will take at least four or five days to get from area E to area A.

This isn't the pre-apocalyptic world, where airplanes and subways still provide transportation.

The news of those burly men's deaths couldn't have reached Area A so quickly.

The fact that they came up with a backup plan so quickly suggests that the power outage in Zone E was premeditated, and may have even predated the incident of the burly man smashing up the shop and causing trouble.

Xu Qingzhou understood this principle, but he didn't expect these people to be so ruthless, completely disregarding the lives of the people in Zone E.

By the dim light of her flashlight, she looked at the young man sitting in the courtyard.

What are you planning to do?

Xu Qingzhou let out a long breath.

"The oxygen concentrator cannot be stopped."

This is the foundation of Zone E.

Compared to Xu Qingzhou's heavy burden, Yu Wanwan felt much more relaxed.

"But there's no power, so the machine can't work."

Xu Qingzhou was already used to her like this and didn't pay any attention to it.

"We'll always find a way."

His gaze fell on the vines on the wooden wall, and his fist gradually clenched.

At worst, he can declare himself king!

Yu Wanwan nodded and said nothing more.

"come on!"

Unfortunately, before Xu Qingzhou could come up with a solution, trouble followed one after another.

In the pitch-black E district, the wooden door of the courtyard was being banged on loudly.

"Brother Zhou, something bad has happened! There's trouble outside Area E, you need to go check it out!"

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