"It's all my fault! It's all my fault! I killed him!" Jin Meili's eyes were lifeless, as if she had lost her soul. If Huang Jiahui had not been supporting her, she would have fallen to the ground.
Luo Yuan turned around and walked up to her as he watched the body burn into ashes. He said softly, "My condolences!"
Jin Meili shook her head slowly, her face expressionless. She struggled out of Huang Jiahui's hand and staggered towards the villa.
Luo Yuan was silent. After the apocalypse, a weak woman losing her husband was like the sky had fallen. This was a huge blow to her. Hopefully, she would be able to hold on.
Zhao Gang's death was a wake-up call for Luo Yuan.
In this dangerous world, all living things were evolving. Even parasites, which used to be inconspicuous, could pose a huge threat to people. As long as these parasites had enough food and a good place to grow, their growth rate and reproductive ability were shocking. They could kill an adult in a short time.
In the afternoon, Luo Yuan and the others did a thorough check on all the food supplies in the basement to eliminate any possible dangers.
The result made everyone's hair stand on end. Some of the plastic packaging bags were bitten through, and many fine holes appeared on the surface. There were good bags of cooked food, but the inside had already been replaced by many strange-looking insects. A portion of the rice did not escape its fate either.
Luo Yuan even grabbed a dozen colorful worms that were half a meter long from a bag of rice. It was terrifying to look at.
These supplies had been collected from the ruins of the district over the past few days. Luo Yuan had not really checked them, so he had just put them together. He had not expected the problem to be so serious. Luo Yuan felt a chill in his heart, but at the same time, he was glad that he had discovered it early. The loss of supplies was not the most important thing, but the most important thing was that he could not guarantee his survival even with his 13-point Physique.
Next, Luo Yuan moved all the supplies that had been bitten by worms out of the basement, piled them up outside the villa, and set them on fire.
Luo Yuan did not want to eat any food that had been bitten by worms, even if it was dangerous. The fire had burned one-third of all the supplies in the basement, and the others were heartbroken to see it.
Of course, Luo Yuan could use his identification skill to check if the food was safe, but it could not be used infinitely. It required a certain amount of Sensory Perception. Based on his current Sensory Perception, he could only use it 10 times a day at most. Any more and he would suffer from a splitting headache.
It would take more than ten days for him to finish appraising so many resources. Besides, he did not have the energy to deal with such a thing. To Luo Yuan, who could kill mutated beasts directly, the loss of resources was not a big deal.
During that time, Jin Meili had been locked in her room. Huang Jiahui knocked on the door, but there was still no response.
Only then did Luo Yuan notice that there was a faint smell of blood in the villa. He suddenly had a bad feeling, so he quickly stood up and walked to the door. He held the doorknob and twisted it gently. As expected, the door was locked from the inside.
"Could something have happened?" Huang Jiahui asked worriedly. She knocked on the door. "Jin Meili, open the door! Jin Meili, open the door! "
"There's no need to film anymore. Move aside!" Luo Yuan said with a heavy heart. The smell of blood was coming from this room, so the person inside was probably dead.
The people who were about to eat also felt that something was wrong. They gathered around with solemn expressions.
When Huang Jiahui stepped back, Luo Yuan kicked the door open. As soon as the door was opened, a pungent smell of blood assaulted their nostrils. Huang Jiahui ran in first, but there was no one in the bedroom. She quickly ran into the bathroom and covered her mouth in fear.
Jin Meili lay on the bathtub with a calm expression. Her face was frighteningly pale, and most of her clothes had been dyed bright red, giving off a strange sense of beauty. Her hands hung weakly at the bottom of the bathtub, and there were several cuts on her wrists. The blood on them had already flowed out, and the bottom of the bathtub was filled with liquid.
Huang Jiahui touched her forehead. It was cold and her body was stiff. She shook her head and said with difficulty, "He has been dead for two hours. He was so stupid. There's nothing that can't be overcome. "
This was the second time Luo Yuan had come across someone committing suicide. The first time was when they were escaping from the beast tide, a middle-aged man whose son had been trampled to death. Although Luo Yuan had seen many deaths, some of them had been killed by mutated beasts, some had been killed by himself, and some had been killed by bombs, it had never been as shocking as seeing someone commit suicide with his own eyes.
Everyone looked around and finally found a suicide note in front of the dressing table in the bathroom. It was covered with tear stains and had become wrinkled. She had apologized for what she had said earlier. Her tone was so sincere that it made people cry. She had even asked to be buried with Zhao Gang's ashes, to live in the same bed and die in the same grave.
Everyone's heart sank. Ning Xiaoran and Wang Shishi even started to cry. The other women were crying too. They had always been together and had a good relationship. They had not expected that they would be gone in the blink of an eye while they were busy working together at noon.
They did not have time to eat. Instead, they built a pile of firewood on top of the pile of ashes outside the villa. They helped to carry the body on top of it, and the fire started burning again.
No one had expected that in just one day, two people would disappear one after the other.
Huang Jiahui was surprised when Wang Shishi suddenly asked to go back to her room to sleep at night. Luo Yuan understood what Wang Shishi was thinking. She felt guilty and embarrassed to face Huang Jiahui.
Luo Yuan was secretly relieved. Huang Jiahui could not help but smile at Wang Shishi's sudden thoughtfulness.
"Why did Shishi suddenly go back to sleep? Did you say something to her?" Huang Jiahui asked as she recalled Wang Shishi's strange reaction while lying on the bed.
"Nothing much. Shishi is still very sensible. I explained some things to her and she understood." Luo Yuan followed up on what she was talking about.
Huang Jiahui hit Luo Yuan and blushed. "How can you talk nonsense? Shishi is still so young."
"She's not that young anymore. Kids nowadays know a lot more than we used to," Luo Yuan said.
"You can't talk nonsense. How am I going to face Shishi in the future?" Huang Jiahui pinched him hard.
"As long as you don't take it to heart, you'll get used to it," Luo Yuan said.
"Forget it, I won't argue with you anymore!" Huang Jiahui said angrily. She then thought of Zhao Gang and his wife and sighed. "Life is too fragile. They're gone just like that. I felt something was wrong with Jin Meili in the afternoon, but I didn't think much about it. I didn't expect her to commit suicide."
"Suicide is also a relief for her. Don't think too much. Go to sleep!"
Luo Yuan opened his eyes in the dark, listening to the terrifying roars of the beasts outside. He thought to himself, "You must live!"
… …
After eating the blue level mutated beast's meat, the giant lizard's recovery speed was even faster. Its injuries were mostly healed overnight. Its broken leg had also grown back.
In order to better unleash the giant lizard's combat power, Luo Yuan did not continue to torture it. Instead, he let it rest.
The next day, its broken leg had completely grown back. Its condition had also changed from serious injury to minor injury.
For the next two days, the giant lizard, which had basically recovered its combat power, fought a few battles every day. Luo Yuan was getting closer to leveling up, but the giant lizard had leveled up twice. Luo Yuan added all the extra attribute points to Dexterity, increasing it from 12 points to 14 points.
Although it seemed like only two attribute points had been added, the giant lizard's combat power had more than doubled. Its bloated body had also become slightly more streamlined. Luo Yuan added the extra 10 skill points to its tail attack and bite. The bite had become 19 points, and the tail attack had changed from 15 points to Tail Attack Mastery: 0.
This directly turned the Giant Lizard into a terrifying killing machine. It was still normal for it to pounce and bite, but its tail had a powerful slicing effect. Under the sweep of its tail, the surrounding air seemed to condense into one, and its lethality was shocking. There was even a light blue level mutated beast that did not even have the chance to struggle before it was directly swept into two by its tail.
If Luo Yuan had encountered this giant lizard, it would have been hard to say who would have won.
The slightly stronger mutated beasts nearby had all been killed by Luo Yuan, leaving only a few territories with a particularly strong aura. Luo Yuan had not dared to act rashly.
The recent days of killing had exhausted Luo Yuan and the giant lizard, especially the giant lizard, which had gained countless new wounds.
He needed to conserve his energy and recover to his best condition before fighting with all his might.
He had noticed that the giant lizard had been feeling inexplicably depressed these few days. Even it had been restless and extremely irritated. The territories of a few dark blue level mutated beasts emitted muffled whistle-like roars from time to time, echoing throughout the entire city.
He vaguely guessed that stronger mutated beasts were about to appear in the city!
There was not much time left.
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