Chapter 54: Give Us Something to Eat

Lin Chen stared through the peephole and could clearly see a man and a woman outside the door. The boy was wearing a thin jacket with holes,

the girl was wrapped in a sweater washed white, both their faces were stained with mud and snow, their hair as messy as a chicken coop,

and they were rubbing their hands constantly from the cold. He didn't open the door immediately, but asked in a deep voice through the door: "What's the matter?"

The boy hurriedly leaned forward,

his voice trembling: "Big brother, can you give us some clothes and food? We're about to freeze to death,

we haven't eaten for two days..." The girl also nodded, her eyes full of pleading.

Lin Chen frowned—supplies were precious in the apocalypse, and their own reserves were only enough to last half a month,

how could they have extra to share with others? He said coldly: "No, why should I give it to you?

We don't have much clothes and food either."

The boy got anxious and patted the door: "Big brother, have pity on us! Just give us a little, enough for us to hold out until the next survivor point!"

"Get lost, not giving."

Lin Chen didn't talk nonsense anymore and turned to leave, but the girl outside suddenly raised her voice:

"If you don't give it to us, we'll guard your door! Let's see if you come out!"

Lin Chen's footsteps paused,

he turned back and glared at them through the peephole: "Go ahead and guard. If zombies come later,

you'll be the first to finish." He thought this would scare the two away, but didn't expect the boy to stiffen his neck and shout:

"Die then! Anyway, freezing to death or starving to death is death, might as well wait here!"

Lin Chen didn't pay attention to them anymore and walked to the sofa to sit down. He hadn't rested for even two minutes,

when a system notification suddenly popped up: 【Detected two stranded personnel outside the door, no threat signal, but may attract the attention of zombies or other forces, suggest handling】.

He glanced at the notification and didn't take it to heart—if these two want to guard, let them guard. If real danger comes, they'll run away themselves.

Xia Nuan walked over with a cup of hot water and handed it to Lin Chen: "Haven't those two outside left yet? Should we..."

"Don't worry about it." Lin Chen interrupted her, "There are too many pitiful people in the apocalypse,

we can't take care of everyone, let's take care of ourselves first." Xia Nuan nodded, didn't speak again, and sat beside him rubbing his leg.

A Kai walked over from the window, his expression a bit grave: "Brother Lin Chen, I just took a look downstairs,

it seems something is wrong. There are many cars parked below, at least several hundred, looking like the 'Shadow' organization."

Lin Chen's heart sank, he supported himself on the sofa and stood up, limping to the window,

lifted the canvas and looked down—the open space downstairs was indeed full of off-road vehicles,

a black mass, and many people were standing by the cars, all holding guns, looking up at the building. He just wanted to... the system

notification popped up again: 【Detected a large number of 'Shadow' organization members gathering, about 500 people, carrying heavy weapons, threat level: extremely high】.

"Damn it, they're coming for us!" Lin Chen cursed, just about to shout for A Kai to prepare weapons,

when the sound of a megaphone suddenly came from downstairs, making the windows hum: "Lin Chen!

You killed more than a dozen of our brothers yesterday, today you must pay! Come down and die quickly, otherwise we'll blow up this building!"

Lin Chen gripped his fists,

staring downstairs—the one speaking was the man in the black windbreaker from yesterday, standing on top of an armored vehicle,

holding a megaphone, and everyone around was aiming their guns at the stairwell.

Xia Nuan walked over, supporting Lin Chen's arm, her voice a bit trembling: "What to do?

There are too many of them, and they have heavy weapons..."

A Kai also got anxious: "Should we run from the back door? There's a small alley behind the safe house, maybe we can go around."

Lin Chen shook his head—he had just looked through the window, the back door was also surrounded by "Shadow" organization people,

and they couldn't run at all. He looked up at the system notification, still only that sentence 【Threat level: extremely high】, without any support notification. It seemed the system was still in vacation mode, ignoring everything except warnings.

"Don't panic,

they won't easily blow up the building." Lin Chen took a deep breath, "This building is the tallest nearby, if they blow it up, they won't have a place to hide from zombies. They must be trying to force us down."

Although he said so, he had no bottom in his heart—the "Shadow" organization came more fiercely than last time,

maybe they really would go all out.

He walked to the door and looked out through the peephole—the two people who were guarding the door earlier were long gone,

probably seeing the formation downstairs,

and ran away in fear. He just wanted to retreat, when the megaphone downstairs rang again: "Lin Chen!

I'll give you ten more minutes! After ten minutes, if you don't come down, we'll start attacking the building!"

Lin Chen gritted his teeth and turned to A Kai: "Get the Gatling gun and M416 ready,

fill the magazines, and guard the stairwell. If they want to attack the building, let them taste the firepower first."

A Kai nodded and hurriedly went to the storage room to move weapons.

Xia Nuan helped Lin Chen hand over the 98K, her eyes full of worry: "Can your leg do it? Should I guard one entrance?"

"No, you haven't fired a gun, it's too dangerous." Lin Chen took the 98K and leaned against the wall to adjust the scope,

"You just stay in the living room. If any 'Shadow' organization people break in, you hide in the storage room and lock the door."

Xia Nuan still wanted to say something, but the system notification suddenly popped up: 【Distance to 'Shadow' organization attacking the building is 5 minutes, please prepare for defense】. Lin Chen glanced at the notification and said to Xia Nuan: "Go hide in the storage room quickly, lock the door, don't come out without my word."

Xia Nuan bit her lip, nodded, and ran into the storage room. Lin Chen walked to the stairwell,

A Kai had already set up the Gatling gun and was loading bullets into the magazine. The two looked at each other,

and saw the gravity in each other's eyes—the next ten minutes would be a life-and-death struggle.

The megaphone downstairs rang again: "Lin Chen! One more minute! Are you coming down or not!"

Lin Chen didn't make a sound, gripped the 98K in his hand, and stared at the stairwell—he knew this battle was unavoidable. ===== CHAPTER 55 =====