Apocalypse: I'm the Landlady of the Refuge

Ji Wanwan paused mid-step and stopped immediately.

With his acute hearing, Xu Siming also heard the noise and followed Ji Wanwan, halting his steps alongside her.

The two exchanged glances, a silent understanding passing between them to lighten their breathing and footsteps.

Ji Wanwan gave Xu Siming a look, then slowly approached the door of the room and carefully pulled it open a crack, silently observing the activity inside that was sending out noise.

Xu Siming, like a dutiful bodyguard, silently stood by Ji Wanwan’s side, on guard for the appearance of anyone else at any moment.

Inside the room, a middle-aged man was stepping on the head of a "person," his tone arrogant and fierce, while the "person" on the ground had nearly their entire head buried in a bowl of rotten meat.

In a fierce struggle, the "person" on the ground smeared their face with blood, obscuring their original appearance.

The middle-aged man was none other than Lin Changhe, who had earlier led everyone in singing by the bonfire, full of compassion and kindness.

At this moment, his brutal voice bore no hint of love, only making one find it detestable.

Presumably due to the "person" on the ground being extremely stubborn, Lin Changhe was exceedingly angry.

He kicked the bowl away, "Damn it, ungrateful for the favor given!"

As if venting his anger, he stepped out of the cage, took a syringe from the table, and fiercely plunged it into the neck of the person on the floor.

"Ah!!"

As the fluid from the syringe was pushed in, the "person" on the ground let out a terrible scream, their pupils shrinking to pinpoints with visible speed, their eyes instantly turning blood red.

The moment the syringe was pulled out, the person on the ground, like a rabid dog lunging for food, crawled on all fours toward the putrid flesh that had been kicked away.

Seeing what he wanted to see, Lin Changhe let out a hearty laugh.

This laughter echoed in the small room, nauseatingly overlapping.

The person undergoing Corpse Transformation devoured the rotten flesh on the ground; however, this small amount of meat was far from satisfying their hunger for flesh at that moment.

Their bloodshot eyes locked onto Lin Changhe, they lunged at him and bit his thigh.

Lin Changhe’s laughter came to an abrupt halt, and in frustrated embarrassment, he kicked at the "person" gnawing frenetically at him.

The half-transformed person rolled into the cage, and Lin Changhe swiftly shut the door, locking them inside.

The half-transformed person struggled violently within the cage, banging it loudly, not stopping even when their head was bloodied.

Lin Changhe spit in disgust and, still dissatisfied, kicked the cage again.

Ji Wanwan astutely noted that the wound on Lin Changhe’s thigh was slowly healing, and he showed no sign of undergoing Corpse Transformation.

This state of being inevitably reminded her of Xia Li.

"Who’s there?!"

Suddenly, two people appeared at the end of the corridor leading to the outside world, and they immediately spotted Ji Wanwan and Xu Siming at the doorway of the room.

Inside the room, Lin Changhe was startled and quickly turned to look towards the door.

Through the narrow crack of the door, Lin Changhe and Ji Wanwan’s eyes met.

The next instant, Lin Changhe swiftly stepped forward to pull the door open, but there was no one there.

"Tap tap tap..."

Disorderly footsteps drew closer.

Lin Changhe stepped out of the room and saw his men rushing towards him, his brow furrowed, "What’s going on?"

The underlings, faces filled with terror, replied, "Just now there were two people here, and then they disappeared into thin air!"

"Disappeared into thin air?" Lin Changhe clearly didn’t believe it, "Are you sure you didn’t see wrongly?"

The underling started to doubt himself, "I—I don’t know, I really did see people..."

Seeing his underling on the verge of tears, Lin Changhe refrained from saying more.

Although he felt that disappearing into thin air wasn’t likely, he had indeed seen a pair of eyes just moments before—those eyes met his, and it wasn’t an illusion, they had indeed existed, and he was very sure of it.

With this thought in mind, he seriously said to his underling, "The two of you go and search this area."

The secret of the underground corpse refining site must not leak out; such a bizarre matter, he had to quickly inform the head of the refuge and ask for a decision to be made.

...

Elsewhere.

The moment the two of them were discovered, Ji Wanwan grabbed Xu Siming’s hand, and teleported back to the orchard.

"That was close..."

Ji Wanwan looked at Xu Siming, "Did those two people who came in see your face?"

The latter shook his head, "I’ve never taken off the mask you asked me to wear, they didn’t see my face, but I can’t guarantee they won’t recognize me."

After all, his tall and sturdy figure was very conspicuous.

Ji Wanwan knew that after their body functions had significantly improved, their already decent appearances had been further enhanced. She and Xu Siming were quite eye-catching together, so it wouldn’t be strange if they were recognized.

It looked like she and Xu Siming had to prepare for both possibilities.

Just as they were about to go down the mountain, Ji Wanwan and Xu Siming saw a flickering light in the distance.

Squinting to get a better look, it was the exit of the underground corpse refining site.

At this moment, Lin Changhe was walking out from inside, holding a high-powered flashlight.

Suddenly, the light swept in the direction of Ji Wanwan and Xu Siming. With the intensity of the light, if they didn’t hide, they were bound to be discovered.

Ji Wanwan made a split-second decision, pulling Xu Siming behind a protruding rock with instant teleportation.

The flashlight scanned back and forth a few times; after confirming that no one was there, Lin Changhe went down the mountain.

Ji Wanwan watched Liu Changhe’s retreating figure with interest, "This man is quite alert."

Xu Siming scoffed disdainfully, "All tricks and cleverness are useless in the face of absolute strength."

Ji Wanwan rarely saw such arrogance in Xu Siming and couldn’t help feeling surprised.

Looking up to meet the teenager’s bright eyes, her heart skipped a beat, realizing that she and Xu Siming were still holding hands tightly together, and for a moment, she felt her heart miss a beat.

The youth had his own unique style; at that moment, she and Xu Siming were fearless of the apocalypse’s destruction, moving forward bravely, driven by an unyielding strength, unwilling to let their passion wane.

The consequences of today’s actions were still unknown, but at least they would not regret their silence upon reflection in the future.

Once Lin Changhe was far enough away, Ji Wanwan teleported back to the small earthen house with Xu Siming.

After composing her thoughts, Ji Wanwan decided to stay at the refuge for a few more days to understand the truth of the matter.

However, doing so meant that they would have to break their promise to meet with Zhou Kai in the presidential suite three days from now.

Lest Zhou Kai worry when he couldn’t find them at that time, Ji Wanwan took out the walkie-talkie.

It was late at night, Zhou Kai might be resting, but it was too noisy during the day; contacting him now was the most prudent.

"Brother Kai, can you hear me? If you can, respond!"

"Static... static... static... ROAR!!!"

A sudden roar from the walkie-talkie startled the two in the room.

Ji Wanwan, "Brother Kai?!"

Xu Siming also tensed up, quickly walking over to Ji Wanwan’s side to listen to the noise coming from the walkie-talkie.

Soon, a man’s slightly breathless voice came through, "I am fine. It’s very late to be contacting me, has something happened?"

Ji Wanwan, "Yes!"

She quickly explained the situation of the Redemption Shelter to Zhou Kai.

"This is what happened, Brother Kai, you—"

Ji Wanwan hadn’t finished speaking when Zhou Kai interjected, "I’ll come find you after I finish what I am doing."

He didn’t wait for Ji Wanwan to respond before he abruptly cut off the walkie-talkie.

The last thing Ji Wanwan heard was the unique furious roar of the zombies—