"You... you're hurt? Or scratched!"
Just as Thomas Xu and Lu Jia returned to the mushroom area, Marcus Kai, who had been staring wide-eyed at Ryan Tingyu, suddenly jumped up, pointing in horror at Jack beside him. He had just noticed that Jack had three terrifying blood marks on his arm, clearly left by scratches.
"Brother Lin... were you scratched by a living corpse?" Thomas Xu hurried over to check on Jack, but upon seeing the three scratch marks, his expression immediately darkened. He had seen this kind of injury countless times in the past and was all too familiar with it. Those who were scratched by living corpses invariably turned into zombies.
"It was indeed a scratch from a living corpse, but it's nothing serious!" Jack looked up at Thomas Xu, but his face was pale to the point of being frightening.
"Is he not seriously hurt yet?" Marcus hurriedly stepped back a few paces and stammered while pointing at Jack, "Look at his complexion, he's… he's starting to turn pale and sweat profusely. If this goes on for another hour, he'll definitely turn into a zombie!"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Bai Ru glared angrily at Marcus, then turned to Jack with a concerned expression. In fact, she had already noticed the three scars but had been holding back her questions because she had heard Jack say that he was not afraid of corpse poison. Although she was very worried, Bai Ru still chose to trust Jack.
"Lin, are you really okay?" Gao Chujing and Hu Laoda also jumped up, frowning as they looked at Jack, whose complexion was very off, their eyes flashing with caution.
"I'm not dead yet!" Jack glanced at them faintly, his weak face showing no expression.
"Lin, you definitely won't be in trouble!" At this moment, Cao Mei hurriedly ran over from across Jack. This woman, who had always been very selfish, showed a surprising side at this moment. She rushed over and hugged Jack's waist tightly, resting her head on his shoulder with a pained expression, and said firmly, "No matter what happens, I and Sister Ru will be with you. As long as you don't drive me away, I will never leave you for the rest of my life!"
"Lin, you…" Jiao Jiao saw Cao Mei looking so emotional and lost in thought. She initially wanted to join in and make a show of support, but when she saw the dark, festering wound on Jack's forearm, she hesitated. What if Jack was just boasting and couldn't withstand the corpse poison? The first ones to suffer misfortune would definitely be them.
"Jack, whether you're really in trouble or not, you can't put everyone in potential danger like this, right?" Marcus pointed at Jack, standing shoulder to shoulder with Lu Bin, and said, "You should think about us too. How about this: we all go out and lock you in here. If you're fine tomorrow, we'll let you out, okay?"
"Bullshit! You ungrateful William bastards, when you begged Lin for favors, each of you wagged your tails more eagerly than dogs. Now that our man is in trouble, you want to bully him, right?" Cao Mei held Jack's waist tightly, her eyes red like an enraged lioness, spitting as she yelled at Marcus, "Whoever dares to lock up our man, I'll fight them!"
"Go ahead and try to lock him up!" Bai Ru also drew the mountain knife that Jack had stuck in his back, crossing it in front of her chest, her beautiful face showing a look of fury.
"I… I'm just trying to do this for everyone's good! Let Jack sleep quietly here. If he's fine tomorrow, won't everyone be happy?" Marcus said with a bitter face, shrugging his hands at Cao Mei and the others, then encouraging everyone, "You all should express your opinions too. You need to know that the first rule of survival now is not to expose yourself to danger. How about this: let's vote. Those who agree with my proposal, please raise your hands!"
As soon as Marcus finished speaking, Lu Bin beside him immediately raised his hand, and Chen Yalan was the second. As for William Guodong and Chen Jie, who originally didn't want to raise their hands, they awkwardly did so under Chen Yalan's cold gaze. Then, surprisingly, it was Ryan Tingyu, who had just been saved by Jack. The college student Lu Liangjia, who had come with them, kept his head down and remained silent, while unseen by others, his right hand was being firmly held by Jiang Yan.
Seeing so many people raise their hands, the first person to follow Jack and raise their hand was flight attendant Liu Lan. Then came Lingling, Nana, and Xiaomin. Meanwhile, the opportunistic Hu Laoda noticed that the number had already exceeded half, so he raised Ryan Li's hand and awkwardly smiled at Bai Ru while raising his own hand. After that, the similarly opportunistic William Peng and William Fang also raised their hands. Finally, Gao Chujiang hesitated for a long time before slowly raising half a hand, but it was put down again after being fussed over by his daughter Gao Yuanyuan, looking at Bai Ru and the others without any embarrassment.
Although Gao Chujiang had put his hand down, everyone understood his intention very well. Cao Mei glared at Thomas Xu with eyes that were almost about to explode and loudly questioned, "Thomas Xu, are you going to raise your hand with them too?"
"Raise my hand? Brother Lin is my boss. Even if he turns into a zombie, I can just bite him, and then both of us will turn into zombies and bite those ungrateful William bastards!" Thomas Xu looked angrily at those who raised their hands, making them all lower their heads in shame. Then he pulled Lu Jia's arm and asked, "Sister-in-law, you should stand with us, right?"
"Yes, both my and the baby's lives were saved by Brother Lin. So what if I repay him?" Lu Jia decisively nodded and stood shoulder to shoulder with Thomas Xu.
"I... I will always follow Brother Xu!" Bingbing, who was considered Thomas Xu's woman, felt a bit worried, but wherever Thomas Xu went, she would definitely go too!
"Master Lin, we support you too!" At this moment, Jiang Yan also pulled Lu Liangjia to stand up. Although she couldn't figure out if Jack would really be in trouble, she had already lost everything. Leaving Jack would mean death for her as well, so she might as well take a gamble. Even if she lost, it would just be a worthless life.
"Jiao Jiao, you're the last one left. Either come over or roll away; we don't welcome those who stand in the middle!" Cao Mei had also come to terms with it, sneering at Jiao Jiao. How could she not see the hesitation on Jiao Jiao's face? But she wanted to expose Jiao Jiao's true colors in front of everyone today, in front of Jack.
As for the remaining Number Six and A Xue, no one would bother to ask for their opinions. Number Six was foolish, so her opinion could naturally be ignored, while A Xue belonged to Michael, and Michael was Jack's. There was no need to stand with this group; didn't they see Michael looking at Marcus and the others with a mocking expression?
"I... I..." Jiao Jiao hesitated for a long time, looking left and right, until Jack slowly raised his head and looked at her expressionlessly. Jiao Jiao trembled under that cold gaze, suddenly gritted her teeth, and made a decision that surprised Cao Mei. She ran a few steps to Jack, squatted down, hugged one of Jack's arms, and said with a death-defying attitude, "Master Lin, Jiao Jiao is yours in life and yours in death; I will not leave you!"
Jack didn't say anything; he just looked at Jiao Jiao and smiled slightly. Then, under the shocked gazes of everyone, he tilted his head and fainted completely on Cao Mei's shoulder.
"Master Lin! Master Lin! What's wrong with you, Master Lin?" Cao Mei and several women immediately rushed over in panic, but at this moment, Jack was left with a pale face and a detached aura, showing no reaction at all.
"He... he's about to turn into a living corpse, hurry, let's go, let those few go to hell!" Marcus shouted immediately, pulling a few people beside him and quickly running outside.
"Cao... Cao Mei, if Jack wakes up, please tell him that I, Gao Chuang, don't doubt him, it's just that Yuan Yuan is still young, I can't let her take risks too!" Gao Chuang looked troubled at Cao Mei, but under her almost murderous gaze, he lowered his head in shame and still took Gao Yuan Yuan out with him.
After most people rushed out, Lu Bin hurriedly picked up the large lock hanging on the iron door and mercilessly locked Jack and the others inside.
"Lock it, lock it, when our man wakes up, you'll see what happens!" Jiao Jiao's eyes were red with anger as she shouted like a little female leopard outside, while Cao Mei sneered repeatedly, gritting her teeth and saying, "Look at your Thomas Thomas's ugly face, who among you hasn't benefited from Master Lin? Now you actually turn your back faster than flipping a book, hum! It won't be long before you all regret it!"
"Husband, husband, are you okay, husband?" Bai Ru looked anxiously at the unconscious Jack, her beautiful big eyes already filled with tears.
"Don't worry, Mistress!" At this moment, Michael actually swayed over, sweeping his tail in front of everyone and said, "After the master is poisoned with corpse poison, he will be unconscious for a while, that's because the poison is too strong. It's not the first time we've encountered this, just let him sleep it off!"
"Really... really? Michael!" Bai Ru, like she had grasped a lifeline, turned around and stared at Michael, her pretty face filled with hope and anxiety.
"Who would I dare to lie to you? Besides, this is my great master, how could he die so easily?" Michael raised his head arrogantly, then disdainfully looked at the people outside who had relaxed, curling his lips and saying, "These people are just seeking their own death, I can't be bothered to argue with them. When the master wakes up tomorrow, let's just leave and leave these idiots here to wait for death, they deserve to betray my master!"
"Right! It's better not to save these beast-like things!" Bai Ru was also filled with rage, glaring fiercely at the ungrateful bunch outside the iron door.
After Michael finished speaking, he happily wagged his tail and went to sleep, causing the tense atmosphere to fall silent. Cao Mei and Jiao Jiao tightly hugged Jack from left and right, tears of concern on their faces, pushing Bai Ru, the official girlfriend, aside. However, Bai Ru had nothing to complain about at this moment, because in the situation where Jack was very likely to turn into a living corpse, she felt very comforted to have so many people staying by their side.
"I hope everything will be better tomorrow." Thomas Xu also stretched greatly, gently helped Lu Jia lean against the wall, closed his eyes and rested.
Time passed by, and everyone who had been waiting for a long time fell into a drowsy sleep. For a while, the air-raid shelter was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop on the ground. But not long after, you heard a woman's extremely low muffled sound coming from outside the iron door, followed by a violent friction on the ground. Then I heard a lewd voice whispering, "Little bitch, don't move. If you move again, I'll shoot you to death. If you give us both a hard time, we'll let you go. Otherwise, the gun stuffed in your mouth will be ruthless... Haha~ Your breasts are so big..."
Soon, after a twisting sound, a woman was heard moaning in pain, followed by the sound of flesh touching flesh and the man's heavy breathing. But not long after, another man was heard roaring angrily and cursing loudly, "Fuck you, any woman who dares to rape me, I will kill you sons of bitches."
The man's angry voice disappeared just as quickly as it sounded. After a moment of silence, a sinister man smiled triumphantly and said, "Move, if you have the ability, move again. Why don't you move? If you move again, I'll shoot your head off."
"Hu, what are you so angry about? Isn't the wife I'm marrying as a matchmaker ready to fuck with you and that guy named Gao at night? I'm just playing with your little lover now, what are you so excited about? If you don't think so You can go fuck her again if you feel good, Ruian Tingyu, why don't you come here and let your adulterer feel good?" A proud and angry man roared, and the shrill voice seemed to be Marcus Kai.
"Lao Lu, look at him, I'm not done yet, hehe~ I'm going to do it on his woman's face in front of him." Marcus Kai laughed obscenely again.
"Haha~ Just do what you want. We only have a gun here. That guy surnamed Lin is about to turn into a living corpse. Who can stop us if we are locked in? Fortunately, I was smart and stole this gun from that idiot Lu Liangjia. "Lao Lu laughed wildly, and after a pause he said triumphantly, "Come here... Well, not bad, you have a good figure. Your name is Liu Lan, right? If you know what you are looking for, kneel down and give me a suck... Oh, little bitch, you still have a hand."
The dark tunnel was filled with melancholy sounds, including women's low moans, men's unbridled laughter, and barely suppressed roars.
But not long after, when Cao Mei and Bai Ru looked at the dim tunnel in confusion, they saw a naked man rushing over with a gun. His head was bald, his eyes were red with excitement, and his crotch was An ugly thing as thick as a thumb was shaking wildly. He rushed to the iron gate in one breath, pointed the gun in his hand at Cao Mei inside through the iron gate, and shouted loudly, "Cao Mei, little slut, come out quickly, I'm going to fuck you."
Cao Mei's face changed, and she looked at the crazy Lao Lu outside the door in shock and anger, but the next moment, she cursed angrily, "Fuck you, you damn bald man. If you can, just shoot me to death and see if I can get out."