Chapter 191: Human Choice

The afternoon sun was somewhat vicious.

Since the Apocalypse began, the sky has seldom been normal.

On the highway, the convoy stopped.

The road ahead was blocked by a landslide, and the base's Awakened Ones were urgently clearing it.

"Lord Lin An, we estimate that a passable route will be cleared in about an hour."

Huang Haitao, covered in dirt, stood quietly beside him and softly reported the situation.

Lin An nodded slightly, his gaze fixed on the distance, unknown what he was thinking.

It was just that the music nearby was a bit noisy.

"Zhang Tie, turn the music down a bit."

On the armored vehicle, the shirtless Zhang Tie held a chilled beer, gulping it down in big mouthfuls, his body swaying incessantly to the music.

A speaker of unknown origin had been forcibly hooked up to the armored vehicle's power supply, now blasting loud electronic music.

Under the deafening electronic music, others kept glancing over.

It wasn't that he was slacking off and refusing to help.

Just now, after activating his Bear Transformation, he dug alone for an hour, managing to excavate half of a seven- to eight-meter-thick rock mass.

He only rested when he felt he had no strength left.

What nobody expected was that his rest consisted of standing on the vehicle, drinking beer and dancing.

"What did you say? Captain Lin."

Zhang Tie gulped down a mouthful of beer, then let out a satisfied burp.

His eyes darted furtively at the girl cooking over the fire.

Team voice chat:

"Captain Lin! Those girls from the dance academy have really smoking hot bodies."

"Holy shit, that ass, those tits!"

"They're pretty good-looking too."

"What do you mean letting them sit in those few vehicles?"

"That's so unsafe."

Lin An gave a speechless glance at the loudly singing black bear, who had been as exhausted as a dead dog just two minutes earlier.

One couldn't tell whether he was putting on an act or being genuine.

What this guy meant was nothing other than hoping he'd move the girls onto the armored vehicle.

"Pick whichever you like and handle it yourself."

"You know my rule: as long as they take a liking to you, that's enough."

Lin An couldn't be bothered with the lecherous but timid Xiong Hanzi, instead focusing on studying the floating alloy longsword beside him.

"What the hell! Captain Lin."

"What do you think Lao Zhang is?!"

Zhang Tie embarrassedly withdrew his gaze, his expression awkward.

"I'm just sharing this with you!"

"You still dare say that? The quality of the women in our base is damn high!"

"I don't know what's going on, but nowadays these girls develop incredibly well."

"Especially this figure—each one is awesome."

"Although they're a bit inferior to Wen Ya, they're still much stronger than Mo Ling's firewood‑type girl."

Zhang Tie instinctively glanced at the motionless little loli sitting in the vehicle, then hastily covered his mouth.

Unexpectedly, the little loli who would usually jump up and kick him for such remarks seemed not to have heard at all.

Lin An couldn't be bothered to answer Xiong Hanzi's question.

The quality of the women in the base is high, because the unattractive ones aren't saved.

It's simple, yet carries a hint of cruelty.

In my past life, after the Apocalypse reached its late stage, aside from the Awakened Ones,

female players, if they lacked any special skill, could rely only on their looks.

the ugly ones all died out.

On the Wangjiang Expressway, a helmet‑clad young man on a black motorcycle braked sharply and pulled up beside the convoy.

"Sister Yun! There's a landslide ahead—we can't get through!"

The shouting young man removed his helmet, revealing a youthful face that made him look only seventeen or eighteen.

He lightly dismounted, then ran to a white police car.

"Yun Fei, is the road ahead completely blocked?"

The speaker's female voice was crisp and capable; she was a policewoman in uniform with a ponytail.

Her features were delicate, her eyes sharp.

Putting it bluntly, she was basically the police force's flower.

"Exactly, not a single gap."

"Should we turn back?"

Yun Fei dragged his helmet along, his complexion somewhat unsightly.

As soon as his words fell, several middle‑aged women in the convoy leapt out, shouting in panic:

"Little Yun, we absolutely can't turn back and go home!"

"Yeah! Who knows if that monster's gone or not—if we go back we're dead for sure!"

The old woman who was speaking wore a jujube‑red coat, with rings and necklaces hanging all over her fingers and body.

But these expensive accessories, when put together, looked terribly tacky.

The old woman raised her voice, sharp and shrill, and before long twenty or thirty survivors got off the car.

All of them were elderly uncles and aunts.

"Officer Yun, quickly think of a solution!"

A balding middle‑aged uncle pushed his way to the policewoman's front, shouting with a mouth full of yellow teeth, and with feigned anxiety grabbed Yun Lin's arm.

Her smooth, snow‑white skin made his heart flutter, and he shouted loudly to hide it:

"We haven't eaten anything this whole morning—we need to get off the highway fast to find food!"

"Exactly! I haven't had a drink all morning either—my throat's parched!"

"You say, why didn't you think to bring more food earlier? Now everyone's starving!"

The loud‑voiced auntie waved her arms and legs, full of vigor, spittle flying.

Voices rose in chorus as nearly thirty anxious survivors gathered around Yun Lin, urging her repeatedly.

"Stop arguing! Can't you see my sister's trying to figure something out?!"

Yun Fei let out a loud shout, but it had no effect at all.

"What business does a little kid like you have butting in?!"

"What's it to you?!"

"You say we're arguing, but aren't we just worried?!"

The auntie wearing gold jewelry frowned, gave a glance at the youthful‑looking Yun Fei, then instinctively shoved him away.

However, Yun Fei, who looked like a child, stood his ground and instead stared at her angrily.

"You...!"

The youth felt suffocated with anger, his face flushing red.

"What 'you'?!"

"You think you're something special just because you're an Awakened One, right?!"

The middle‑aged auntie refused to back down, gave him a sideways glance, then turned her head to look at Officer Yun, who was surrounded by the crowd.

"Oh, Officer Yun, hurry up and control your brother!"

"This kid says a couple of words and he gets angry enough to want to hit someone!"

"Yun Fei!"

The policewoman in the crowd looked at her brother and quickly called out to stop him from speaking.

"Everyone, listen to me first—I'll figure out a way to solve this problem!"

Under the scorching sun, Yun Lin felt dry‑mouthed and somewhat vexed.

Since leading this group of survivors in their escape, scenes like this have happened all too often.

The whole group consists only of me and my brother as Awakened Ones; everyone else is ordinary and can't help at all.

Right now we've hit a landslide, and for the moment she can't think of any good solution.

Going back is impossible, and taking a detour we don't even know if we have enough fuel.

Along the route, the service stations have been picked clean of food, and right now we truly don't know what to do.

She isn't that old either—only twenty‑three.

Although she's called a policewoman, before the apocalypse she was just a clerical worker in the police force.

She'd only just graduated from the police academy not long ago, and she lacks any real‑world experience.

Now, being with this crowd, she only feels harried and overwhelmed.

If it weren't for her and her brother becoming Awakened Ones, this bunch of them could never have escaped Wangjiang City.

"Officer Yun, I see there's still water in your car. I'm thirsty—I'll go drink a bit."

The sharp‑eyed old woman noticed a bottle of mineral water on the police car, rushed to the door, twisted it open and gulped it down.

Hearing the sound, Yun Lin opened her mouth to say something, but in the end chose to give up.

She was thirsty too.

When fleeing the city, she'd put most of the supplies on the bus with this group, but she hadn't expected them to be used up so quickly.

"Sis!"

Yun Fei, somewhat angry, shoved his way through the crowd, instantly drawing a chorus of complaints.

"You clearly have water and food hidden in your car!"

"My sister and I haven't eaten anything all day!"

Hearing that, everyone froze for a moment, then started shouting loudly without a care.

"What do you mean 'hidden'? What nonsense are you spouting, kid?!"

"Besides, you and Officer Yun are both Awakened Ones—your bodies are far better than ours!"

"Exactly, we're ordinary people with poor health—if we don't get enough to eat, something's bound to go wrong!"

"Yeah, Officer Yun, listen to how unpleasant your brother's speech is!"

"Don't you understand respect for elders and care for the young? I've got high blood pressure—if you make me angry, I won't let it rest!"

In the group, several elderly old women clutched their chests and moaned.

Several balding men, while Yun Lin was soothing them, secretly opened the police car's trunk and rummaged through it.

"Officer Yun, we're all hungry. You couldn't possibly finish it all yourselves."

"Like this, we'll eat a bit first. When we reach a safe place, I'll write you a commendation letter."

The man held two buckets of instant noodles, habitually brushing it off with casual words.

The young lady before him was easy to appease; no matter what happened, as soon as you said you were a police officer, she instantly had no temper.

"Yeah, Officer Yun. I still know your superior leaders; if we meet again, I'll definitely say a few good words for you."

The man speaking kept glancing at Yun Lin, trying to restrain himself, his chest rising and falling with rapid breaths.

The girl in police uniform, her face flushed red, made people's hearts itch.

The two men exchanged a look, sharing a tacit, subtle smile.

Damn it, only being able to mess around with this counts as fun.

A newcomer to society, you never know if they can be tricked into bed.