[{"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-72":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},2319310,4536,"Chapter 72: Double Kill: The Fierce Woman","the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-chapter-72",72,"\u003Cp>Zhang Su finished using the restroom, tested the faucet, and found no water. Back at the convenience store, he saw Zheng Xinyu chatting with a middle-aged woman, Wang Guang holding a crowbar beside her, and Zhong Xiaoshan pacing in front of the shelves, inventorying supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su walked over to Zheng Xinyu and asked, “What did you find out?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su’s appearance startled the woman; she felt among the four present, Zhang Su was the most terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Xinyu said, “Her name is Tan Huajun, a native of Qincheng, thirty-seven, lives in the Phoenix International Community right next door. On the day the zombies broke out, she was on night shift and never got her replacement.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tan Huajun, right? Come, sit down and talk.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su offered a faint smile and pointed to the shelf that once held bottled water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, no, thank you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tan Huajun waved her plump hands rapidly, deeply fearful of Zhang Su.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su told Zheng Xinyu and Wang Guang, “You two go move the supplies. I’ll chat with Sister Tan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“B-Brother, Brother, good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Zhang Su, the fearsome brute, wanted to talk to her, Tan Huajun nearly pissed herself and hurriedly greeted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I may not be a dashing beauty, but I’m not exactly terrifying, am I? Why are you so scared?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su was utterly baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tan Huajun’s face twitched, forcing a smile uglier than crying, and stammered, “Brother, you’re… very handsome, not scary at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su noticed Tan Huajun glancing unconsciously at his sword scabbard, and suddenly understood: “You saw what we did outside, didn’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, no, I really didn’t! Brother, my eyesight’s bad, I can’t see anything clearly. I’ve been hiding in the office the whole time, I know nothing, nothing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these words deeply shocked Tan Huajun; her face changed drastically as she vehemently denied it, failing to notice her own illogical speech.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su scratched his cheek, frowning: “So you saw it? Big deal. I’m not going to kill you to cover it up. Relax, really.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though meant as reassurance, to Tan Huajun it sounded like a death warrant from the King of Hell. She collapsed onto the floor, head tilted up, weeping: “Brother, I won’t tell anyone anything, I swear I won’t say a word—don’t kill me! I have an old father above and a daughter below—please don’t kill me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you even listening to me?” Zhang Su frowned. Suddenly he felt the challenge task wasn’t as easy as he’d imagined—this woman was utterly unyielding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m listening, Brother, I’ll listen to anything you say—just don’t kill me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tan Huajun nodded frantically, her greasy face streaked with tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m a kind-hearted man—I’d never kill randomly! Come on, get up. I really need to ask you something. Don’t be afraid.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su shamelessly praised himself, then helped Tan Huajun to her feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Guang and the others glanced curiously at Zhang Su, puzzled why he was being so courteous to this middle-aged woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You must work night shifts often—I’ve come here to refuel many times. I know that guy, the fat Xu you guys have here. I’ve never seen you. Do you smoke?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su had Tan Huajun sit down and offered her a cigarette.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Zhang Su knew her coworker, Tan Huajun’s panic and guilt eased somewhat. Seeing the cigarette, she instinctively pointed to the no-smoking sign, then remembered their current situation and mumbled, “I… I don’t smoke. Thank you, Brother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Has anyone come to the gas station since all this started?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su lit his cigarette himself and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Before today, there were at least thirty of those zombies in the station. Around midnight, there was an explosion over on the opposite side—it drew away a lot of them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After calming down, Tan Huajun’s speech became fluent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An explosion?” Zhang Su pondered briefly. Last night at midnight, Zheng Xinyu was on duty; he’d been sleeping and hadn’t heard it. Besides, explosions had been happening everywhere lately—he couldn’t tell where any of them came from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, looks like a car crash triggered it. I heard brakes screeching. After the blast, all the cars on the road started going off, and the zombies outside just howled and ran away!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tan Huajun nervously rubbed her hands, hesitating: “Brother, what exactly happened out there? How did those monsters come about? Do you know any news?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su shook his head firmly: “That morning I slept until over ten. When I woke up, my phone had no signal. What happened here that day?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was about to finish my shift—around seven—tallying up the accounts, waiting for Xiao Lan to take over. She never came. I was bored scrolling on my phone, went out when someone needed fuel. Around 7:15, there was a traffic accident…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tan Huajun recounted it smoothly—exactly matching Zhang Su and Zheng Xinyu’s assumptions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You live right next door in Phoenix International? Just climb over two walls and you’re home. Why didn’t you go back?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su pointed to the residential complex separated by two walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tan Huajun gave a strange smile. The gas station’s fence was four or five meters high; the residential wall was lower, but topped with anti-climb spikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother, I couldn’t possibly climb that wall. At first I did try to run out—but I ran straight into a zombie at the door. I barely killed it, then looked outside and saw the whole street crawling with them—so many, so thick—I nearly died of fright…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I ran back and hid in the convenience store ever since. There’s food and water, so I won’t starve—but I’m terrified for my family.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Tan Huajun’s story, Zhang Su’s eyes lit up: “You killed zombies?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tan Huajun nodded dumbly, pointing outside: “Yeah, over by the flower bed. There’s another one near the greenery.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Two? That’s impressive. How’d you kill them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su asked with interest. At first he’d thought this fat sister was timid, probably a liability—but she’d killed zombies on day one, even two of them. That put her ahead of ninety-nine percent of survivors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tan Huajun recalled: “I stabbed them with rebar…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn impressive.” Zhang Su couldn’t help but raise his thumb. Clearly, this fat sister feared people more than zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being praised, Tan Huajun calmed a little. Thinking of her family, she looked at Zhang Su with hope: “Brother, can you take me home? I’ll repay you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh? How? Don’t tell me you’re going to offer yourself like that woman did—I’m not interested!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su wasn’t surprised she wanted to go home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tan Huajun smiled awkwardly, then glanced around: “A-All these things here… aren’t they enough to repay you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su paused, wondering: Is this woman truly stupid—or clever in her own way?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, you don’t think this store belongs to you, do you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Xinyu set her bag aside, arms full of several large packs of toilet paper, her expression saying, You’ve got to be kidding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yours, yours—I’m sorry!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tan Huajun waved her hands frantically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1163,"2026-06-20T15:15:14.526Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","9a2a26e5adaa73b8967acd6c15351073d8c5614c701e3be0acb76c1a3271971b","the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-chapter-73","the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-chapter-71",694,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-cover.jpg"]