[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times":3,"chapter-the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-chapter-45":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Fiercest Man in the End Times",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2319283,4536,"Chapter 45: Interrogation (Guys and Girls, Please Follow)","the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-chapter-45",45,"\u003Cp>“Don’t beg me—your business is her responsibility. Your little Yu-mao-mao, hehe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su pointed mockingly at Zheng Xinyu’s grim face and sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Xinyu saw Chongzi looking at her, filled with anger and fury—she had trusted someone for the first time in a long while, and this was the result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you staring at? I’ll slap you to death!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister, big sister, I’ll do it myself! Beautiful sister, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have led the bad guys here, I’m heartless and vile, I’m not even human, I’m worse than a pig or dog…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chongzi knelt on the floor, muttering nonstop, slapping his own face over and over with sharp, crackling sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su glanced at Zheng Xinyu, torn and conflicted, and patted her shoulder—meaning, you handle it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward, yanked the axe from the dead Xiangge’s skull, sending a string of blood droplets flying, then turned and walked into the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over these past few days, he’d seen and heard too many partings and deaths; he’d killed zombies himself and eliminated someone who meant him harm—no psychological burden needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh, Sister Xinyu, watch out—he might pull something dirty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Xiaoshanjian, seeing Zhang Su leave, gave Zheng Xinyu a little tip, then slowly shuffled back inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not human, I’m a shark-arm, I’m an orphan, I…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop your wailing, or you’ll lure every zombie in the building down here. Get inside. I’ve got questions for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still not satisfied, she swung the baseball bat and slammed it down—bang—knocking Chongzi to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t hit, don’t hit, I’m going, I’m going…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chongzi scrambled and crawled into 801, daring not to make a single move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chongzi knelt in the center of the room, looking utterly defeated, his cheeks swollen red like rouged makeup—clearly beaten hard—and a large bump on his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su sat on the sofa, unwrapping a box of wafer cookies, eating them with relish, legs crossed, lounging lazily, the murderous aura gone from his brow—classic old man watching the street drama.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Xiaoshanjian sat uneasily by the dining table, staring hesitantly at the unfinished snail powder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Xinyu paced angrily, baseball bat in hand, furious at Chongzi for deceiving her, furious at herself for trusting so easily, furious at Zhang Su for just watching the show…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Speak—how did you find this place?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, she decided to vent all her rage on Chongzi, jabbing the baseball bat straight into his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll tell, I’ll tell everything…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chongzi trembled, shifting his head slightly; seeing Zheng Xinyu’s dark expression, he knelt upright again, face twisted in tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… I led the way. I… I’ve known for a long time you lived here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Xinyu’s eyes widened. “How—how did you know?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… I was staking out the delivery point. Actually… Yu-mao-mao, I’ve liked you for ages. I just ordered the latest fruit phone online—if the zombie outbreak hadn’t happened, I was going to surprise you soon!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chongzi spoke with dramatic cadence, sounding utterly sincere, like he was laying bare his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Xinyu’s face flushed red then green—if this had been before, if none of what just happened had occurred, she might have been moved for a few seconds—but now…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll surprise your damn grandfather!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Xinyu swung the bat down hard. She’d already been crushed by Zhang Su’s scolding, and now this bastard who wanted to kill her was spouting lies with a smooth tongue—she was livid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahh… don’t hit, don’t hit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bat cracked hard against Chongzi’s arm; had he not twisted sideways to absorb the force, his thin arm bone would’ve been shattered!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still lying?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Xinyu was truly furious, growling low, eyes blazing—like an orange cat whose fur had exploded from being provoked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lacked decisiveness, but that didn’t mean she had no temper—in fact, she got angry easily; otherwise, she wouldn’t have been mailed mouthwash by fans during her livestreams for being verbally abusive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No more lies, no more lies, sister, I’m really sorry, I’ll never do it again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chongzi hadn’t expected this soft-spoken female streamer to be so violent—was this really a gentle, refined lady?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She swung a metal baseball bat and struck without hesitation—terrifying. But then again, considering she hung out with someone who calmly snacked after killing people, maybe it wasn’t so strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Never again, huh? Fine. Tell me—what were you planning to do when you got here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Xinyu smoothed her messy hair and demanded, indignant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I really…” Chongzi opened his mouth to lie, but the pain in his arm made him switch instantly: “I… knew you were planning to stay indoors for a month, stockpiling supplies. We came to take them—not, I mean, to steal them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Xinyu let out a low grunt. She hadn’t expected Chongzi to confess so easily—now she had rage but nowhere to direct it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aren’t you going to ask him what he planned to do after taking the supplies?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside her, Zhang Su finally spoke—his words made Chongzi jump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right! Tell us—what were you going to do after you got the supplies?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Xinyu mimicked Zhang Su’s question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chongzi burst into tears, gazing tearfully toward Zhang Su—this guy was clearly setting him up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… sister, I only led the way—I didn’t know anything else. Xiangge planned everything. He never listened to me. I truly don’t know what he planned to do after getting the stuff.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chongzi feared that if he revealed the real plan, Zheng Xinyu would beat him to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su wiped his hands on the sofa, stood up, and said: “Now that Xiangge is dead, he’s become your universal scapegoat. You’re shoving all the filth onto him. Tell us something real.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell us how you got up here. Even if you came from the adjacent unit, it couldn’t have been smooth sailing—how many zombies were there from the first floor to the eighth?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su took over the interrogation from Zheng Xinyu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chongzi suddenly found this tall, imposing man strangely comforting. He wiped his nose, forced a smile worse than crying, and said: “Bro, it’s not as bad as you think.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Some idiot earlier used music to lure all the zombies in front of our building away. Xiangge and I took the chance…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pfft…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chongzi glanced curiously at Zheng Xinyu—her anger hadn’t faded, yet she was suppressing laughter. Had he said something wrong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he saw Zhang Su’s face turn dark, his heart sank—he waved his hands frantically: “No, no! It was some kind of bodhisattva who used music to lure the zombies away! Xiangge and I, two shark-arms, only got the chance to come over from Unit Two…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Zhang Su’s expression soften slightly, Chongzi exhaled in relief, too distracted to wonder why someone would lure away zombies—probably running an experiment—and kept talking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Unit One’s situation is pretty good—only two zombies on the first floor… uh, you call them zombies? Right. We only ran into two right after entering the unit. From there all the way up to the eighth floor, we didn’t see another one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1171,"2026-06-20T15:15:14.526Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","fcc000e1e733ae735404ea1aec81523b4bdb875485f0e340d0c8c2e898742faf","the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-chapter-46","the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-chapter-44",694,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-cover.jpg"]