Hearing Jiao Lizhi's words, the woman nodded and said, "I understand."
The old man, worried the old woman might suddenly turn into a monster, said, "Daughter, you can't—"
Before he could finish his words, the woman interrupted him, "Father, this sister is right. We owe this granny a debt, and I have to repay it."
Meeting his daughter's firm gaze, the old man finally sighed and said, "Be careful."
"I will."
After kissing her son, she handed him to her mother and walked over to take care of the old woman.
Jiao Lizhi turned to Xiao Qi and said, "Xiao Qi, I will have to trouble you to give them some medicine, food, and water."
"Sister-in-law, leave it to me," Xiao Qi replied with a smile.
As a former soldier, he hated seeing innocent people die needlessly. So he felt both surprised and impressed when he saw Jiao Lizhi doing her best to save the old woman.
To Jiao Lizhi, although the old woman had been unreasonable, she wasn't a bad person. Her determination to protect the baby showed that.
So she deserved a chance at survival. As for eavesdropping on their conversation—she was just trying to survive. There was nothing wrong with that.
They stayed at the warehouse for the night, and when the sun rose the next day, the woman noticed the old woman's skin had turned bluish, and the rotten area on her wrist had spread to her arm. Alarmed, she quickly went to find the soldier.
"Comrade, something's wrong with the granny," she said while tugging at Gao Bohai's sleeve.
Hearing this, Gao Bohai rushed over to check the situation. From a few meters away, he saw the old woman suddenly twitching on the ground. Her fingernails were growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Seeing this, he shouted, "Everyone, get away from her!"
"Roar!"
The moment he spoke, the old granny opened her eyes and let out a deep, hoarse roar.
Crack!
Before the newly transformed zombie could stand up from the ground, a water bullet struck its head, killing it instantly.
Everyone was stunned by the sudden turn of events and retreated to a far corner of the warehouse.
Chen Qianfeng looked at them and said calmly, "Don't worry. It won't move again."
Shen Jinzhe walked over and saw the small hole in the zombie's forehead. While burning the corpse, he commented, "Brother Qianfeng, your accuracy and control over water bullets have improved so fast."
Seeing this, an old woman shouted, "Everyone, they are leaving! They really have buses and cars!"
Hearing this, everyone rushed out of the warehouse, waving their hands and shouting, "Wait! Please wait for us!"
Driving at the rear of the convoy, Jiao Lizhi and Jin Xuyan both heard the cries and saw the crowd in the rearview mirror. But no matter how loudly the group shouted or pleaded, he didn't stop the car and left with the team.
Watching the vehicles drive away without slowing down, the people left behind broke into tears and began blaming one another.
Inside the buses, some survivors had also seen what happened. After hesitating for a moment, one of them asked, "Comrade, there are still so many people left. Why don't we stop and let them come?"
Hearing this, Shen Jinzhe turned to the young woman and said, "If you feel so bad for them, how about you stay behind and give your seat to one of them?"
The moment he said this, the survivors fell silent. Everyone knew who those people were, and they also knew Boss Lin had been taking care of them.
They had seen Boss Lin go out to find food and water with his men for them, but eventually, even he had stopped helping them.
No one knew what happened that caused Boss Lin to give up on them, but if even someone like him couldn't tolerate them, those people must have had serious problems.
Now that they relied on the Phantom Team for survival, the survivors chose to ignore those left behind.
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