Chapter 34: Coercion and Temptation
Zhou Wan was a little ashamed.
At noon, she heard the three people outside the door get up and go outside to look for supplies, so she was relieved to eat the lunch sent by Chen Ji.
Outcome.
Not long ago, after the three of them returned, a little girl told her father in a panicked voice that there was a strange sound inside the iron gate.
Only then did Zhou Wan react, and when the three adults left to look for supplies, the little girl stayed in the basement.
The little girl's voice was weak, and she should have been lying on the bed sickly and not speaking, so Zhou Wan didn't know about her existence.
"Sure enough, I have to get you some powerful weapons!"
Chen Ji was really worried about her.
"No, you don't."
Zhou Wan insisted on refusing, "That person can only scold outside the door, I don't respond, they can't even find something to light a fire, how can they smoke me?" β
"What's more, after they made a large number of open flames, it didn't take less than five minutes for the mutated creatures to be found."
"You haven't been abroad, but now you have to go abroad to buy a gun, you are not familiar with the place, and the police abroad will shoot you at any time, but it is more dangerous than me."
"So, no!"
Zhou Wan insisted very much, not letting Chen Ji buy any guns, and not controlling knives.
Her heavy weapons include a fire axe, a fruit knife and pepper water, and a flashlight against mutated creatures, which is enough.
"Abroad is more dangerous than the end of the world, what hellish joke is this?"
Chen Ji couldn't cry or laugh.
It is indeed difficult to give Zhou Wan some self-defense weapons.
Guns are hard to come by, and the sound of gunshots attracts the prying eyes of mutated creatures and other people.
The control knife is not improved, and it is difficult to buy it, and it is illegal to create this kind of thing.
"Actually, I'm pretty safe now."
Zhou Wan chuckled, "Although the little girl heard the voice, they weren't sure that there was someone...... The man came and slammed the door again. β
Zhou Wan recorded a voice with her mobile phone and sent it to Chen Ji.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Come out, come out, I know you're in there,, get out of here!!"
The man was very irritable, slammed the iron door, and kept kicking with his foot.
But half a minute later, another man spoke, shouting: "Okay, others don't want to open the door, don't knock on the door, sit down, don't waste your energy!" β
"Damn, I'm sure the people inside must have food and generators,, the villas in this community cost hundreds of millions, and the people who live in them are all rich people, maybe they have hollowed out the ground at the beginning of the apocalypse, and it's full of food and gasoline, damn!"
"Food, food, food, it must be all canned food, and generators and vats of oil!"
"Brother, let's him!"
"Turtle Sun, come out for Lao Tzu quickly, otherwise Lao Tzu will find something to open the iron door and kill you believe it or not?"
"Wang Caiyong, shut up the fuck!!"
After a series of almost crazy invectives, the other person, who was supposed to be his brother, finally couldn't help but drink hard and told him to shut up.
From this recording, Chen Ji can hear that the person named Wang Caiyong has lost his mind because of cold and hunger - he doesn't know the situation inside, and he has already begun to fantasize about a lot of food, and even fantasize about generators and gasoline, wanting to generate electricity for heating.
Zhou Wan sent him a follow-up recording.
"If you want to kill someone when you see someone, don't follow me and your sister-in-law in the future, and find a way to survive by yourself!"
The elder brother of the two brothers said in a deep voice.
", brother, my own brother, you're going to laugh at me, if I hadn't seen you kill people, I wouldn't have believed that you said this!"
"I'm different from you, I'm just defending and killing, and it's your sister-in-law and Tongtong who are protecting."
Neither the woman nor the little girl spoke.
Chen Ji didn't know if as a mother covered the child's ears when the two men were talking like this.
Perhaps.
Or maybe not.
In the apocalypse, even children are accustomed to seeing corpses, and may have seen their parents fighting with others.
"That little girl is weak."
Zhou Wan sent a message, "Her mother is holding her to comfort her, singing nursery rhymes to put her to sleep. β
Just listening to her description, Chen Ji felt that it was not a taste.
The little girl slept all day, where else did she need to sleep.
What she needed most was hot water and food.
"What are you going to do?"
Across the world, Chen Ji didn't see Zhou Wan's expression, but she could hear her compassion for the little girl from her words.
"No matter how you decide, I understand you."
Before she answered, Chen Ji said again.
It's a tough choice.
After a long time.
She just sent the message.
"I don't know."
"Then wait a little longer, I'll send you night vision and thermal imagers? I bought quite a lot. β
Chen Ji changed the subject.
"Don't be a big one, you can give me the kind of infrared imager plugged into the phone, and I'll turn it on occasionally."
Night vision devices, thermal imagers, infrared imagers and other things are actually of little use to Zhou Wan.
The active instrument emits infrared light, which is equivalent to turning on a bright light, which is invisible to humans but visible to mutated creatures.
Passive instruments, although they don't emit infrared light, need a screen, and the screen will also emit light.
It's hard.
Only the low-light night vision device is barely used, which can enhance vision with the help of the faint light of the starry sky.
"Okay, I'll give you the plug-and-play infrared camera on your phone, and a small low-light night vision device."
Chen Ji spent tens of thousands of yuan to buy these.
However, he received several million from Zhou Wan, which is nothing.
"Hmm."
Zhou Wan agreed, and the thing was delivered quickly, and after teleporting through time and space, it fell from mid-air to her bed, making a slight sound.
Zhou Wan felt that this voice should not be heard by people outside.
But.
The elder brother of the two brothers came to the iron gate and spoke to her.
"Friend, I wonder if you're in there?
"My name is Wang Caicheng, my wife's name is Qin Dongxue, and my daughter is seven years old this year, and she only graduated from kindergarten before the end of the year and is going to go to elementary school."
"The one who smashed the door before was my younger brother, his name is Wang Caiyong, he is a little short-tempered, but I don't dare to disobey my eldest brother, otherwise I will drive him away immediately!"
"Before the apocalypse, I was the owner of Ed Technologies, and my dad was ...... My wife is ...... My family lives in ......"
Wang Caicheng said a lot of his personal information outside the door.
His younger brother Wang Caiyong was impatient many times and wanted to kick the door, but he was immediately stopped by Wang Caicheng and ordered him to stay away.
Wang Caiyong scolded and went out.
Wang Caicheng continued to speak to the door, "I'm really sorry, this is your home, right?" Our previous gathering point was attacked by a group of mutant rats and had to flee, so we came here in a panic......"
He spoke again about his situation.
Including the previous upstairs killings of three companions - when faced with food distribution, there was infighting.
"I don't want to justify my actions, but the truth is, I killed the mutant rat desperately, and they didn't want to give my wife and daughter a little food, so ......"
Wang Caicheng's voice was full of pain, regret, and self-blame.
Zhou Wan couldn't evaluate his right or wrong.
His wife has to take care of her daughter Tongtong and can't help finding supplies, so someone doesn't want to distribute food to her and the child.
What to do?
In the last days, there is only death.
"I know that my behavior has become the same as that of a beast, I don't ask your friends to trust me, I just ask you to let her eat something for my daughter's sake, which is only seven years old, and if you can take her in, then my king can give you this life!!"
"Daddy......"
The little girl named Wang Yitong whispered to her father.
"Later, I will go out to look for supplies, my wife and brother will also go out, if you agree, open the door and save my daughter Tongtong, my wife and I are grateful to you in this life and in the next life!"
ββ¦β¦β
Zhou Wan lay on the bed, silent.
Two minds are fighting in the mind.
Reason told her that it was not worth the risk, that there were too many people dying in the apocalypse, and she didn't know if the people outside the door were lying, whether they were acting.
"Husband, is there really anyone in there?"
His wife's voice was tired, supported only by a mother's will.
"I don't know, I wish there were, if not, we'll go find the next gathering place."
This may have been said to his daughters and wife, to comfort them.
But Zhou Wan remembered Chen Ji's proposal before.
A human gathering place?
"We'll go out later? It is colder at night than during the day. β
"Xue'er, thank you for your hard work, it's useless for me......"
"How can I blame you, husband, you have done a good job."
The husband and wife said words of encouragement and comfort.
After not speaking for a long time, the daughter suddenly said, "Dad, where did my uncle go?" β
The husband and wife were stunned.
In the ice and snow, and in the dark, where can Wang Caiyong go?
"Is heβis he...... He is looking for death!! β
Wang Caicheng's face changed suddenly, he became angry, picked up a stick, told his wife to stay in the basement, and rushed to the study on the second floor of Zhou Wan's house.
Sure enough, he found Wang Caiyong, and in hesitation, this guy was kicked over by Wang Caicheng and banged.
Several people in the basement did not know what was going on inside the study.
Not long after, the brothers came back from a fight.
"What's wrong with Lao Tzu just eating something? Who died not a piece of meat frozen there?! β
"You said I'd kill you!!"
"Come, hit Lao Tzu on the head!"
Wang Caiyong was so hungry that his eyes were dizzy, and he was so cold that his whole body trembled, "Damn, I asked you to leave this woman and Tongtong to find a gathering place together, and it is possible to find a little life, now what?" It's okay if you don't leave them, and you stop me from eating, what, drink snow water without eating for five days, you plan to become an immortal?! β
Qin Dongxue subconsciously looked at her husband.
Wang Caicheng looked at his brother coldly, and spit out a word from his mouth:
"Get out!"
"Hehe, hehehe."
Wang Caiyong sneered, glanced at the mother and daughter, and said in a strange manner: "What the ancestors have eaten, we can't eat?" The history books clearly write that the son is eaten, can you say that none of these ancestors survived? Can you say that there is no blood in the bodies of those who come after us? β
"Then you go eat it."
Wang Caicheng clenched his stick, "After eating, if you dare to get close to me, Xue'er and Tongtong by half a step, I will beat you to death with a stick!" β
In the apocalypse, force is fundamental.
Wang Caicheng didn't dare to leave in the end, maybe he didn't want to eat, maybe he didn't dare to leave alone to find a gathering place.
It's quiet outside.
Zhou Wan's heart couldn't calm down for a long time, she hesitated, and still told Chen Ji these things.
Not to hear his opinion, but to see his words for a little comfort.
"What a sophistry."
Chen Ji disagreed with Wang Caiyong's words, "The ancestor was still an ape on the tree, does he want to go up the tree again?" β
"Poof."
Zhou Wan laughed, and she remembered Chen Ji's previous proposal again.
"Chen Ji, do you think I can scare them?"
"You mean...... Spatial ability? β
Chen Ji mentioned this matter to her before.
Use the deceptive spatial ability to deter the people outside, and give them some food, so that they agree to escort Zhou Wan to find a gathering place.
It is true that others in the apocalypse may not be trusted, but it is equally dangerous for a person to walk in the darkness of the apocalypse, and he can only choose the lesser of two evils.
Zhou Wan used the "spatial ability" to provide them with food, and after finding the gathering place, it was also possible for them to gain the attention of the management of the gathering place, and the interests were actually the same.
"I think it's okay, but you have to think of a safe way, for example, I'll give you a chain, you do this, tie the door first, and only open a crack in the door......"
Chen Ji gave Zhou Wan an idea.
β¦β¦
"Click, click."
Wang Yitong, who was resting with her eyes closed in her mother's arms, suddenly heard something, she turned her head and saw her father, raised her head again, and looked in the direction of the iron gate in the dark.
"Click, click."
The sound was louder and alarmed the adults in the room.
Wang Cai jumped up bravely and screamed: "Come out!" β
In an instant, a bright light emanated from inside the door.
"Stop me!!"
Wang Caicheng stretched out his hand and grabbed his younger brother and pushed him behind.
Seeing that the strong light slowly weakened, and the figure behind the iron gate slowly appeared, Qin Dongxue showed a shocked expression, and then was pleasantly surprised: "Please, save my daughter!" β
Wang Caicheng was equally excited.
Only Wang was brave enough to scold.
"If you dare to pounce just now, my axe will already be slashed at you!"
Inside the door, Zhou Wan, who was holding a fire axe, said coldly.
Wang Caiyong looked at the heavy and sharp axe and was stunned.
A feeling of the aftermath made him shiver.
The woman inside the door hit him in the eye with a strong light, he couldn't see the other party at all, plus the door was not fully opened, there was only a crack, and the inside must be tied with iron chains, and there was no way to get in.
If he rushes over, the woman only needs to cut it hard, and she will split his head open!
Sure enough, those who can survive the apocalyptic wilderness are not fools.
"I want to make a deal with you, do you know who I am?"
Zhou Wan took the initiative.
Be prepared to disguise your identity.
"Who are you?"
Wang Caicheng asked respectfully.
Qin Dongxue whispered to her daughter to stay in the bed, but she walked out and stood beside her husband with a nervous expression.
"Who's my sister?"
The little girl was very innocent, with a happy smile on her thin little face.
She only knew that her sister was a good person and was willing to take the initiative.
"I'll show you something first, get closer, don't worry, I don't think you need to get close at all to attack you."
Zhou Wan put the flashlight on the ground and used the afterglow to illuminate the surroundings, and the ground became brighter as a result.
Wang Caicheng and Qin Dongxue walked closer to her, separated from her by an iron gate, about two meters away.
The iron door was only opened by one slit, and the bolt was tied with iron chains.
"Look at it."
Zhou Wan stretched out her finger and pointed to the open space outside the house.
A kettle, and a kettle that emitted steaming steam, appeared in mid-air out of thin air, falling down, and the hot water splashed out.
"What the ......"
Wang Caiyong opened his mouth wide, and saw a bag of sauerkraut instant noodles, which also appeared in mid-air and fell into the hot water kettle one meter away.
Followed by.
Bang la blah.
Bread, biscuits, yogurt, sweets......
The things in the supermarket before the end of the world miraculously appear four months after the end of the world.
And out of thin air.
Just under the noses of Wang Caicheng and a few people, a bang appeared.
In the basement, several people were shocked.
"I can give it to you, and I can take it back!"
Zhou Wan immediately said again, her hand stretched out, pointed at the bag of snacks closest to her, and then activated the function of the magical blind date app and sent it back to Chen Ji.
She didn't touch the snack, but it disappeared again.
Wang Caiyong's eyes were first incredulous, and then he panicked.
"Beauty, beauty, I was wrong before, I slapped myself in the mouth, please don't care about my wild dog, please give me some food, please!!"
In his opinion, Zhou Wan is the first person to evolve the ability in the legendary Doomsday, and it is also the most powerful time and space ability.
She can take food out of the space and take it back easily.
The little girl shrunk in the quilt was full of surprise: "Sister, sister is so powerful, she can do magic, she is a magician sister!?" β
"It's not a magician, it's... Abilities. β
Zhou Wan smiled faintly at her.
"Sister, are these for us?"
The little girl's face was full of longing.
"I can give it to you, but you must promise to escort me back to the gathering place!"
After coercion, there is inducement.
Zhou Wan said: "I am one of the few supernatural beings in the gathering place, this time I led a team out to find some kind of mutated creature, but unfortunately I was attacked and had to flee here.
All you need to do is send me to the gathering point, and you'll be rewarded with a lot of merit points, and even if you don't, I'll give you food as a reward! β
The deal is reasonable.
No, it should be said, is that the rewards are too generous.
They were looking for a gathering point.
The status of the Stranger must be very high in the gathering place, as long as she is sent back safely, their group can immediately gain at least 10,000 merit points.
At the end of the day, the money is useless and is replaced by merit points.
"Well, I promise you, Adept... Miss, should I say...... Calling you the Adept, Your Excellency? β
Wang Caicheng changed his name and became cautious.
After seeing the shock, he had already realized that the power of the Stranger was far beyond that of ordinary people.
They are the protagonists of the end times.
The Anomalous has appeared.
"Whatever."
Zhou Wan pointed to the food on the ground, "You can eat these to recover your strength, but if you want more, you have to listen to me." β
"Of course, we must protect Miss Stranger, hehe, it's Your Excellency, hehehe!"
Wang Caiyong was full of flattery.
Zhou Wan didn't even look at him, if she really had a special ability, she would have pressed him to the ground with one finger and rubbed it.
"Thank you, sister!!"
The little girl was very happy, she didn't know much about abilities, she only knew that there was food to eat.
"Not thank me."
Zhou Wan chuckled: "It's Xie a big brother named Chen Ji." β
"Thank you, big brother Chen Ji!"
Earth.
After receiving the little girl's thank you message conveyed by Zhou Wan, Chen Ji was a little embarrassed.
He actually went to the commissary and bought a bunch of snacks for a hundred dollars.
Shame shame.