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nUpon hearing Lily’s screams, Arnold and Sophie in the other room were also taken aback for a moment. However, they quickly relaxed. “These young people, making such a racket in broad daylight,” Sophie sat on a chair and glanced at the door, expressing her dissatisfaction. Arnold nodded in agreement, sitting in front of Sophie. “The terrifying thing about doomsday is human nature.”

nWhen Lily and Brian had first arrived, the circumstances were already suspicious. As they recalled the scene when David brought them here, they felt something odd. Combined with Lily and Brian behavior on regular days, they didn’t even have the thought of opening the door to inquire. In their view, David not coming forward must have a reason.

nSince that was the case, they didn’t need to lend a helping hand. After all, David held a much higher position in their hearts than Brian and Lily. However, after waiting for a while, Lily continued to scream incessantly. The banging on the door grew louder, and even Brian joined in. This made Arnold furrow his brow.

nNot to mention that it was disturbing David and Sally, it probably attracted quite a few zombies in the vicinity as well. So, Arnold said to Sophie, “I’ll go out and see what they’re causing a fuss about.”

nAfter saying that, Arnold stood up and opened the door. Brian and Lily still had anger on their faces. They had been pounding on David’s door for so long, clearly indicating that he didn’t care about them at all. Just as Brian was about to burst into a tirade, he turned his head and saw Arnold standing at the door. He quickly hid his expression of anger and instead showed panic and fear. Running up to Arnold, Brian swallowed and said, “Help! There are suddenly many zombies outside. Lily and I barely made it here alive!”

nAt this moment, Lily stopped banging on David’s door and stood beside Arnold. “Arnold, I don’t know how we angered David. He still hasn’t opened the door for us. If it wasn’t for you showing up in time, the two of us would probably be dead in the hands of the zombies soon,” Lily said, tears streaming down her face.

nWatching their pitiful and panicked appearance, Arnold showed no sympathy on his face. On the contrary, he wore a grim expression because he had heard the underlying blame in Lily’s words. He wasn’t the only one who caught on; Sophie, who was slowly walking up behind, also picked up on it. “Is it necessary for you to make such a loud commotion early in the morning and disturb everyone’s rest, even if there are zombies around? It’s not like you need to make such a ruckus.”

nSophie didn’t give them any leeway in her words. In her opinion, David was their backbone, and every decision he made had its own reasoning. She would never allow anyone to insult him.

nSeeing Arnold and Sophie’s unfriendly expressions, Lily paused for a moment. A trace of killing intent flashed in her eyes, but she quickly covered it up with tears. Brian also lowered his head, doing the same. In all the times they had wandered in various small groups, when had they ever been subjected to such humiliation?

nHowever, if they revealed any flaws now, all the effort they had put in early in the morning would be wasted. So, regardless of the circumstances, they had to wait for David to appear. “We’re really sorry for the inconvenience. The situation was urgent, and we had no choice but to disturb everyone,” Brian apologized with remorse.

nThen he looked towards David’s room, puzzled, and asked, “Is David not in the room? Wait, I just smelled the aroma of food coming from inside the room.” He knew David must be inside the room, so he asked knowingly, wanting to use Arnold and Sophie to lure him out.

nJust as he finished speaking, the door to David’s room slowly opened. David then walked out with Sally.

n“Are you two looking for me?” Sally asked Brian calmly, looking at him.

nSeeing David come out, both of them felt relieved and quickly walked over, saying, “David, you finally came out. There are suddenly a lot of zombies outside, and we need to find a way to deal with them quickly!”

nAs Brian spoke, he secretly examined David’s expression. When he saw David raise his head and look outside the door, a barely perceptible smile appeared on his lips. Brian knew that David had taken the bait.

nQuickly, Brian gave Lily a secret signal, indicating that she should act according to the original plan. Lily took a glance at the approaching zombies at the door. David nodded slowly and said, “You’re right, but… I’ll leave these zombies for the two of you to deal with.” 𝒃𝒆𝙣𝒐𝒗𝙚𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝒎

nSaying that, David threw a crystal on the ground, gesturing for them to pick it up and consume it. Seeing the scattered crystals on the ground, Brian and Lily were stunned in place.

nWhat does this mean? They couldn’t believe that David would ask them to deal with these zombies. Shouldn’t it be him leading Arnold and others to hunt and take advantage of the situation?

nArnold and Sophie were also puzzled but remained silent, watching Brian and Lily.

n“David, the two of us are incapable of dealing with so many zombies. It’s better for you to take action. It’s a good opportunity for us to learn,” Brian realized and quickly waved his hand, suggesting.

nDavid smiled faintly after hearing that. He had already guessed what these two had in mind, but he wasn’t in a hurry because he wanted to see how they would play along. It was like watching a free show. “So if you consume these crystals, your strength will increase. Isn’t that what you want?” David said with deep meaning.

nBrian hesitated for a moment, looking at David in disbelief. Lily clenched her teeth and quickly bent down to pick up the crystals from the ground. “Thank you for the crystals, David, but these crystals are not enough for the two of us to consume.” Lily wasn’t picky and decided to try and ask David for more.

nSally, seeing this, immediately furrowed her brows. “Hehehe, since that’s the case, then improve your strength in real combat,” David said with a smile.

nAt the same time, zombies outside the door continued to rush in. The frontmost zombie turned its eyeballs and, with a piercing friction sound, stared at the group. David exchanged a glance with Arnold, who understood his intentions. Arnold grabbed Brian and rushed towards the zombie. “Come on, true strength is honed in battle!”

nBefore Brian could react, he was pulled by Arnold and brought in front of the zombie. The zombie growled lowly and opened its mouth, biting towards Brian’s neck.

n“Uh-oh!” Brian startled, quickly lowered his body and leaped to the other side, narrowly avoiding the zombie’s attack.

n“David, Brian was injured not long ago and hasn’t fully recovered. I’m afraid he…” Lily looked at Brian, who was fighting hard, with a worried expression, and said to David.

nDavid nodded, pondered for a moment, then turned to look at her and said, “Makes sense. Then you go help him!”

nDuring their conversation, a zombie rushed towards David. David swiftly dodged to the side, causing the zombie’s target to instantly shift to Lily. Lily screamed and immediately ran towards Sophie. “Sophie, sister, please save me!”

nSophie glanced at her and slowly walked over to David and Sally’s side, completely ignoring her plea for help.

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