Hearing the voice, Phi Phi's heart trembled slightly. A familiar voice, the person she least wanted to see.
Last time she had managed to run away, this time she definitely couldn't pretend not to see him. However, Phi Phi's acting skills were quite good.
"Good morning, Uncle Chu Duong."
Chu Duong smiled. Just as he thought, if he just acted a bit friendlier and gave her some study materials, what child wouldn't like him?
"Have you finished the study materials I gave you last time?"
"Not yet."
Phi Phi quickly shook her head. She didn't want to be backstabbed by Lao Luc; that was a truly painful thing, you know.
Chu Duong said: "Oh, once you're done, just tell your uncle, and I'll buy you some more."
"Okay, thank you, Uncle. We're going to be late for school. Goodbye, Uncle."
After speaking, Phi Phi grabbed her little sisters and hurried to escape. As she ran, she told her little sisters that this was that Uncle Lao Luc, the truly terrifying kind, and it was best not to run into him if possible, otherwise, things would get very bad.
Van Van didn't have much of a reaction, but Dinh Dinh nodded very seriously, strongly agreeing with what her sister Phi Phi said.
Watching the running children.
Chu Duong sighed. The apocalypse was truly not good for children. At such a young age, they were trapped within a single city, unlike in the past when they could go out and see the beautiful landscapes of the motherland.
But now, those beautiful landscapes were filled with zombies everywhere.
He drove towards the prison. After a short period of instruction, the group of criminals in the prison had become obedient. It was clear that smashing the legs of that group of troublemaking criminals had been a very wise choice.
It was to let the other criminals see.
See that? This is the consequence of not following my rules. Don't think I only smashed their legs; if any of you don't listen, the next ones to get smashed will be your legs.
Lam Pham came down from upstairs, first taking a stroll around the residential area to check on his previous arrangements. The fish pond and the vegetable garden were doing very well, growing all sorts of fresh fruits and vegetables.
He nodded with great satisfaction, just like a farmer inspecting his crops, then left the residential area to continue his new day's work of cleaning up.
The entire Duong Quang shelter was operating in an orderly fashion, not needing his concern at all.
His only job was to clear out the zombies in various places.
Just then.
The satellite phone rang.
Lam Pham quickly took out the satellite phone. The number was very familiar; it was the number of the mysterious organization's Tan Linh.
He answered the call.
"Hello, have you figured things out? Do you want to tell me your location so I can come and meet you?"
Lam Pham had always wanted to know Tan Linh's location.
He knew the other party was out there capturing healthy survivors to use for all sorts of strange and cruel experiments. For this, he only wanted to find him and personally deliver him to Officer Hoang.
A very deep voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Lam Pham, I'll only say this once. In the garden district of Ban Son City in Tay Lam, there's a group of old and weak survivors waiting for your rescue. Don't you always want to save survivors? I'm cooperating with you now. Don't look for me, and don't interfere with my business. I will occasionally tell you about survivors I find."
"Goodbye."
Click!
Tan Linh hung up the phone.
Lam Pham quickly took out a map, searching for the location the other party had mentioned. He soon found the place Tan Linh had spoken of on the map. It wasn't too far from Hoang City.
"I should be able to get there in three minutes."
For Lam Pham, any journey over five minutes was considered quite far.
At this moment.
Inside the mysterious organization.
Tan Linh stared with a grave expression at the satellite phone placed on the table.
He knew that with their strength, it was absolutely impossible to contend with Lam Pham. The other party made no attempt to hide anything, directly revealing his own strength.
It was like a great mountain, pressing down heavily on everyone.
Tan Linh felt that the reason the other party did this was to intimidate other survivors.
Unfortunately for him... he, Tan Linh, was not one to be pushed around.
Of course, he, Tan Linh, also didn't want to offend the other party. Sometimes, he even thought, was there something wrong with Lam Pham's head? In the apocalypse, just taking care of yourself was enough, why bother with other people's business?
You want to save people, I want to do research; there's no conflict between us.
Could it be that the other party really wanted to be a savior?
To rescue everyone trapped in the apocalypse?
Thinking of this, Tan Linh couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Beep... Beep..."
A signal sound was heard.
Tan Linh pressed a button.
"Speak."
"Boss, we have the latest research results."
Hearing about the latest research results, Tan Linh suddenly stood up, looking very excited.
"Good, I'm coming now."
Ban Son City Garden District.
"It's right here."
Lam Pham landed on the roof of a building, looking at the surrounding situation. The figures of zombies were everywhere.
Soon.
He found the garden district where survivors might be.
There were signs of human life there, and there were barriers around to block the zombies. Those were man-made. With this, he could be certain that the survivors Tan Linh mentioned were definitely there.
He descended, landing on the ground.
"Grrr..."
"Grrr..."
The surrounding zombies, seeing fresh blood and flesh appear, rushed towards him like mad dogs.
"Truly ferocious."
This was Lam Pham's assessment of the zombies.
Soon.
He was blocked by a large gate. Sensing carefully, he could hear the sound of heartbeats inside.
This ability to listen to heartbeats wasn't something he had from the beginning, but as his own attribute points grew higher and higher, he felt he could hear everything very clearly.
He reached out and knocked on the door.
Thump!
Thump!
"Excuse me, is anyone there?"
Lam Pham stood at the entrance, calling out softly.
In a corner, a zombie swayed its body. Hearing the sound, it turned its head and saw the human standing there. Its pale eyes moved. Heedless of its dead companions around, it was as if it was filled with the joy of thinking it would soon be able to enjoy a delicious meal all by itself.
It clumsily pounced.
Bang!
As it rushed in front of Lam Pham, he was seen kicking it in the stomach. A powerful force erupted in an instant, and the zombie shot backwards like a cannonball, hitting an obstacle and exploding directly.
[Killed a normal zombie]
[Points +1]
Lam Pham merely glanced at it before continuing to knock on the door.
"Hello, my name is Lam Pham. Please open the door."
Thump! Thump! Thump!
After a while, still no one opened the door.
Lam Pham pondered. This situation wasn't a very good thing. Under normal circumstances, even if the people inside were unwilling to open the door, they would at least look over the fence to see who was knocking, or sternly tell the person to leave.
But now, neither of those things had happened.
"It seems something I can't imagine for the time being may have happened inside."
"I'm sorry, I can only barge in. I hope you can understand."
He directly vaulted over the iron gate, landing steadily inside.
Observing the surrounding situation, he frowned slightly. If this was a shelter, he was truly a bit unwilling to believe it.
There were no survivor patrols, no survivors walking around. Apart from being able to hear the sound of heartbeats and faint breathing, there was no other movement at all. Not even a trace of vitality could be seen.
Thinking that this was what Tan Linh had told him, he had a bad premonition.
Walking inside, because there was sunlight shining in, the interior did not appear dark.
He saw survivors staying in a corner, but the slightly dim light obscured them, making it difficult for him to see their situation clearly.
"Hello, my name is Lam Pham. I've come from the Duong Quang shelter in Hoang City. Are you all alright?"
Lam Pham spoke up, proactively introducing himself.
He hoped to meet survivors who had read the "Illustrated Guide to Zombies". If they had, they would know what he did and would calm down towards him.
"Cough, cough."
Someone coughed. Hearing the tone of the cough, it was clearly an old person coughing.
"What do you want?"
An old man slowly walked out from the gloomy corner. His face had some injuries, and his gaze towards Lam Pham revealed a hint of fear.
"Old Sir, hello. I heard from someone that there were survivors here, so I came specifically to see. I want to take you all to live at the shelter in Hoang City. There are soldiers guarding that place, which can allow every survivor to live a normal life."
Lam Pham didn't say too much, but instead told the other party that there were soldiers there. At least in the current times, a shelter with soldiers could make people feel more at ease.
Sure enough, after he said these words.
He keenly noticed that the vigilance in the old sir's eyes lessened considerably.
"The Hoang City shelter?"
"That's right. Many, many survivors have gathered there now. Everyone has been striving to live from beginning to end. Even though the apocalypse is very terrifying, I believe that as long as we can unite together, the apocalypse will ultimately be unable to defeat us."
As the sunlight shifted, he finally saw clearly the group of survivors hiding in the corner. The moment he saw the truth, Lam Pham's expression was one of shock.
He never thought that the survivors hiding in the corner would all be elderly people.
Most of them were over sixty or seventy years old.
An age like this was truly at the very bottom of the food chain in the apocalypse. To have survived until now was truly a miracle within a miracle.
There might be a problem here.
The old man looked at Lam Pham, then turned his head to look at the group of people in the dark corner, his voice hoarse as he spoke.
"Come on out, everyone."
A moment later.
Lam Pham looked at the group of survivors before him. It was just as he had seen; they were all old people, and none of them were young.
"How did you all manage to survive?"
Lam Pham asked the question in his heart. This was the thing he wanted to know the most.