Chapter 181

Wangjiang suburbs, Lianhua Supermarket.

Tang Long slumped, squatting on the ground, while Tang Wan's family behind him were as silent as cold cicadas.

Opened food packaging bags lay scattered across the ground.

"Pfft."

The wrinkled cigarette sputtered out in the puddle, Tang Long sprang to his feet, turned his head, and glared at his little brother Tang Tian:

"You damn well said that as long as we sent out a message, Lin An would definitely reply!!"

"I damn well sent it out twenty-plus times! I got seven or eight people killed, and I almost got drained myself!"

"What about Lin An?"

"What about the base?"

"We haven't seen a trace of him yet!"

"Everyone's been searching everywhere for him to show his face—where is he?! Where is he?!"

"Smack!"

Tang Long slapped Tang Tian across the face, his eyes full of killing intent.

The power of an Awakened One was so great it nearly knocked Tang Tian unconscious with that slap.

"Don't hit, don't hit my son!"

Tang Mother wailed in terror, sitting in her wheelchair and continually slapping her thighs.

Tang Long glared viciously at Tang Mother, then drew the dagger from his waist with a backhand.

How could I have been bewitched to listen to this guy's nonsense?

If it weren't for him gritting his teeth and luckily finding this supermarket.

He suspected he had almost kicked the bucket!

"Old woman, keep yelling and Laozi will slice your skin off bit by bit!"

Tang Long could barely contain his rage, feeling that as an Awakened One he was being toyed with like a clown, ridiculous.

Tang Tian trembled, covering his face, half of his teeth knocked out.

Blood dripped onto the fallen teeth, his speech slurred:

"Bro... no! I didn't... I really didn't lie to you!"

Her voice choked with tears, Tang Wan lunged onto her little brother, begging desperately.

"Tang brother, Tang Tian really didn't lie to you! We just don't know why Lin An hasn't shown up!"

"Maybe he didn't see..."

"You didn't see, you damn bastard!"

Tang Long kicked Tang Wan in the abdomen, feeling these people were outright insulting his intelligence.

Kill them, kill them!

Killing these wastes would make fleeing alone much easier.

He saw on the channel that the Wangjiang Military Region was already recruiting personnel.

He believed that with his ability, making a living would still be no problem.

"Click"

He gave a cruel smile, and the switchblade in his hand flicked open.

Treating himself like a monkey.

Killing them so easily hardly appeases the hatred in his heart.

As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment; he had been daydreaming that saving Tang Wan's family would earn him a meteoric rise.

He was insensitive to politics.

He only knew that everyone valued the Long'an Base.

He didn't understand the official statement and didn't care.

An icy tone and harsh wording were quite normal.

That's the government—officialspeak is always like that, right?

Even if you were incredibly capable before the Apocalypse, a billionaire wouldn't merit a glance from the higher-ups, let alone be given a chance to speak.

As for Lin An not showing up for so long, it's normal for the channel to be filled with curses.

He also wanted to curse!

He brought Tang Wan's family of three to flee, just waiting for Lin An to show up and pull strings, right?

Even if it's not the same person, at least let me give up this hope!

Tang Tian trembled all over, he could see the cruelty in Tang Long's eyes.

Without a doubt, this pervert would really slice his flesh piece by piece.

Yesterday Tang Long was exactly like that with those people—if they didn't send a message, he'd cut off their noses, cut their lips.

In the end, he literally forced the remaining people to death.

No wonder Tang Long is so irascible; if anyone else had killed a bunch of people and even risked being drained themselves, they'd be the same.

The result was that the messages sent were utterly useless.

This blow was simply too huge.

Tang Long held a small knife, slowly squatting in front of Tang Tian, suppressing his anger:

"I think I've figured it out."

"This Lin An is definitely not your brother-in-law."

"If it really were him, he would have already proactively sent a message to find us."

Even if he has some misgivings and doesn't want to speak in the chat channel, but as soon as he sees those few words 'fiancée', he should private message me, right?

I've scrolled through over twenty of these damn things, and this broken gadget still has a keyword search function.

If he would just put in a little effort, your brother-in-law would definitely notice the message I sent!

I'm also an idiot, actually believing your childish excuse.

Damn it, there are so many soldiers, so many people named Lin An, your lame excuse is worthless!

Swish!

A flash of blade light.

A chunk of flesh the size of half a palm was cleanly cut off.

Ahhhhh! Ah!

Tang Tian screamed, clutching his shoulder, weeping bitterly.

A foul urine smell emanated from his lower body.

Don't scream, there are still many knives...

Tang Long gave a cold chuckle and continued swinging his knife.

In his peripheral vision, Tang Mother trembled all over, seeing her son's flesh cut off, she almost fainted from fright.

Tang Brother, Tang Brother! Please don't kill my brother, he really didn't intend to deceive you!

Tang Wan knelt on the ground, her heart filled with fear and inexplicable resentment.

She shouldn't have called Tang Long over that day; she originally thought bringing this kind of person could give Lin An a beating.

She didn't expect it would harm her; compared to being slowly cut to death, it would be better to understand herself.

If I had known the apocalypse would break out, money would be useless.

If Lin An were the Lin An of Long'an Base, wouldn't she now be comfortably sitting as Lin An's wife, wielding power over a region, enjoying everyone's flattery?

How could it be like now, not even having enough to eat, living in fear, and not even able to die happily?

Some resentment.

She couldn't understand why Lin An would abandon her family over a trivial matter.

I'm about to marry you; as your brother-in-law, shouldn't you look after my younger brother a bit?

Tang Tian is immature; shouldn't he be indulged a little?

Even if it weren't for Lin An sharing the same name and surname as that person, causing my younger brother to misunderstand.

Things wouldn't have come to this point, would they?

At worst, Tang Long would ignore our family; there wouldn't be all these problems.

Under extreme fear, she instinctively sought an object of resentment.

Tang Wan realized that all of this was caused by Lin An...

If Lin An were a bit more magnanimous, like a man, he shouldn't be angry with me.

If Lin An hadn't made a move, I wouldn't have summoned Tang Long.

If I hadn't summoned Tang Long, maybe my family would have been rescued by someone else.

Strangely, she didn't dare hate Tang Long before her, but instead hated the instigator, Lin An.

As Tang Long swung his knife again and cut off another piece of flesh, Tang Tian suddenly seemed to think of something and let out a heart-wrenching shout:

"Tang Brother! Tang Brother! I've thought of something!"

"I definitely have a way to prove my brother-in-law is Lin An!"

Tang Long gave a cold chuckle, throwing the flesh from the knife tip onto the ground.

Tang Tian forced down his saliva, his liver and gall feeling like they'd burst, and quickly spoke:

"When I used to steal my brother-in-law's wallet, I once saw a folded slip of paper inside!"

"It had the two characters 'Long An' written in black ink, and behind it was a string of numbers!"

"I initially thought it was one of his accounts, so I tried it several times!"

Tang Tian's voice was hoarse from exhaustion.

Perhaps, in the fear of death, he suddenly recalled this detail.

"Long An! Think about it! If my brother-in-law had nothing to do with Long An, how could he have written these characters!"

"Right... right! I have a copied slip of paper in my wallet!"

"I was afraid I'd forget, so I copied it onto paper and then left it in my wallet!"

Tang Tian endured the pain in his shoulder and frantically searched for his wallet.

Tang Long heard the sound and was stunned; before he could speak, he saw Tang Tian quickly hand over a slip of paper.

"Found it! Look! Look!"

Tang Long took the slip of paper, doubtful and uncertain.

He slowly opened it, and there, clearly copied, was: Long An-99067.

The edges of the slip were a bit rough, looking like it had been placed there for a while.

Tang Tian feared he wouldn't believe him, and repeatedly explained:

"You think about it, I couldn't possibly forge this slip of paper right now, could I?"

"I definitely couldn't make this up! At a glance, you can tell this slip has been around for a while."

"You think, he must definitely be related to those two words 'Long An'! Long'an Base! Surely it was my brother-in-law who came up with it!"

His explanation was reasonable.

Before Tang Long could recover, a deafening gunshot and shout came from outside the window.

"This is the Wangjiang Military Region, Third Rescue Squad!"

Please, survivors in the current area, evacuate with us as quickly as possible!

The ground trembled, not far outside the supermarket.

Soldiers on several armored vehicles fired machine guns, blocking the zombies.

Several Awakened Ones stood on the vehicle roofs, keeping watch.

Over a hundred uniformed soldiers, guns in hand, escorted the civilians.

Tang Long suddenly lifted their head, gazing out the window, a flash of ecstasy crossing their eyes.

Then they clenched the paper in their hand tightly.