Chapter 40: The Righteous and Beautiful Female Officer
Alex could have easily chosen the second option, annihilating everyone in the gathering place without lifting a finger himself.
He just needed to release a couple of C-level zombies up there, and he could effortlessly wipe out the entire gathering place.
But Alex ultimately didn't do that.
He wanted to establish another gathering place outside the City of Darkness.
In this apocalyptic world, he aspired to build his own kingdom of slaves.
So, he wanted to see if the people in this gathering place were worth sparing.
Watching the arrogant scar-faced man slowly approaching, with the other men behind him looking menacing, Alex suddenly found it all rather uninteresting.
He curled his lip, and just as Alex was about to end this charade, the woman who had brought him up suddenly stepped in front of him.
"Scarface! What do you mean? This is my person. If you want to harm him, you'll have to kill me first!"
The woman removed her helmet, revealing a heroic yet delicate and refined face.
She was a short-haired beauty, with a somewhat androgynous style.
If it weren't for her distinctly prominent feminine features, Alex might have mistaken her for an exceptionally handsome man.
With a melon-seed face, phoenix eyes, a high nose, tightly pressed red lips, and a pair of imposing eyebrows, she exuded a sense of determination and bravery. The initial posting of this chapter occurred via N0v3l.B11n.
Alex also extended his hand to shake Si Ruqing's, saying expressionlessly, "I'm Alex."
"Hey, why do you act like nothing's wrong all the time? Officer Si just helped you, and you can't even say thank you?" a young girl following behind Si Ruqing said somewhat discontentedly.
Alex sneered internally, "It's you idiots who should be thanking Si Ruqing."
If Si Ruqing had been even a moment later, everyone here would likely have become corpses by now.
"Little Liu, don't talk nonsense!" Si Ruqing scolded the girl, then turned to a short middle-aged man emerging from the warehouse, "Arrange a tent and a sleeping bag for this new brother, and give him three days' worth of food and water."
Hearing Si Ruqing's order, the man in charge of the warehouse seemed conflicted, as if he had something to say but hesitated, yet he eventually turned and entered the warehouse.
Alex curiously peeked inside the warehouse and saw that it was stocked with a lot of food and bottled water.
In addition, there were many clothes and various living supplies, almost everything one could need.
Besides, Alex noticed a tightly closed emergency exit behind the warehouse.
The door was blocked by a metal cabinet and tied with iron chains.
Though it was tightly shut, it was shaking, and there were growling sounds coming from behind it.
Alex narrowed his eyes, this must be the emergency exit leading directly downstairs.
"Oh! This is our supply store! All of these were saved through everyone's efforts! We have enough supplies here to last us for three months!" Si Ruqing explained kindly, noticing Alex looking at the warehouse.
"But if this continues, we'll be in big trouble after three months!" the short man in charge of the warehouse complained as he pushed a cart of items out, reluctantly placing it in front of Alex,
"We're trapped here now, supporting so many idle people. Once the food and water run out, we can only wait to die here!"
As the storekeeper spoke, he glanced disdainfully at Alex, clearly implying that Alex was one of the idle people wasting food and resources.