"What is it?"
Chu Liuyue tilted her small face up, blinking her dark eyes innocently.
The smile on Yan Qingdu's lips gradually faded.
A fierce murderous intent flashed through his ink-black eyes.
Just as he was about to pull the trigger, a fair hand grasped his wrist. Chu Liuyue tilted her head slightly and said:
"Yan Qingdu, use your words properly."
"Don't just resort to killing at the drop of a hat."
Yan Qingdu froze.
He looked at the woman in front of him in disbelief.
"You're not afraid?"
He was about to pull the trigger, yet she was bold enough to hold his hand.
Chu Liuyue curled the corners of her lips.
Her tone was unhurried as she said,
"I'm not afraid."
"Because you won't shoot. The sound is too loud and will attract more zombies to the iron gate."
"If they all swarm in here, do you think we can survive until the helicopter arrives?"
Yan Qingdu gave her a deep look.
He turned his head, preparing to withdraw his gun.
But he found that his wrist was still firmly held.
He raised an eyebrow, his tone carrying a hint of carelessness as he asked,
"What is the meaning of this?"
"You just threatened me. Apologize." Chu Liuyue narrowed her eyes, the smile on her lips growing even brighter.
"Apologize?"
It was as if Yan Qingdu had just heard some fantastical fairy tale.
A weak and defenseless woman demanding an apology from someone holding a deadly weapon.
Could she really not tell the difference in their strength?
Seeing that Yan Qingdu remained silent,
A hint of amusement flashed in Chu Liuyue's eyes.
"So you're not going to apologize?"
Her gaze fell on the pitch-black handgun, staring straight at it for three seconds.
Then, the air seemed to distort, as if an invisible giant hand in the void forcefully crushed the black handgun, bending and deforming it.
"Enough!"
Yan Qingdu's expression shifted from his initial carelessness to anxious astonishment.
By the time his voice fell,
The handgun had already been bent into a U-shape.
It was completely ruined.
Yan Qingdu quickly looked up, meeting her dewy, innocent, and pure almond eyes.
His voice turned cold.
"You have an ability too?"
He used the word 'too'.
In fact, many people had gradually acquired abilities.
The serum development wasn't a complete failure. Those who failed became zombies, while those who succeeded gained superhuman abilities.
For example, Zhou Yu'an.
From the very beginning, Chu Liuyue noticed that his strength was unusual. Being able to snap off a steel bed leg with his bare hands meant it was likely a physical enhancement ability.
"I don't understand what you're saying."
Chu Liuyue smiled, her eyes curving into crescents.
She pointed at the obviously ruined gun and slowly spat out one word:
"Apologize."
Although her tone was very light,
It carried a hidden threat.
The dynamic between the two had quietly reversed the moment the gun was bent out of shape.
Yan Qingdu slowly lowered his proud head.
In this world, the strong were revered.
He said very softly, "I'm sorry."
"Good boy."
Chu Liuyue still didn't get up. Sitting back against the iron gate, she raised her hand,
And naturally and casually patted his head.
As if she were petting a stray dog by the side of the road.
What student council president, what male god? He was nothing more than a dog at her feet!
Yan Qingdu's entire body suddenly stiffened.
He couldn't believe she had actually just patted the top of his head.
In this world, no one had ever dared to treat him with such disrespect.
A trace of shock and disbelief flashed through his eyes.
By the time he snapped back to reality,
He saw that Chu Liuyue had already opened the metal box right in front of him.
Her two slender fingers pinched a red vial of serum.
"The thing you want is here."
"Do you dare to come and take it?"
The smile on her lips grew even wider.
Yan Qingdu pursed his lips.
He stared at her with a complex expression.
"Since you've opened this box, you should know the serum's effects."
Chu Liuyue shook her head slightly.
A certain kind of amusement danced in her eyes.
"I don't know. How about you tell me?"
Yan Qingdu remained silent. It seemed he wouldn't be able to get it today, so he prepared to turn around and leave.
Suddenly, the corner of his clothes was grabbed from behind.
Before he could react, he fell backward and landed hard on the ground.
Just as he was feeling dizzy from the impact, a figure suddenly pressed down on him.
Chu Liuyue straddled his waist.
She really treated him like a dog.
Riding him.
"Did I give you permission to leave?" She leaned forward slightly, lowering her head, her breath brushing against his cheek.
Her originally clear almond eyes now seemed to be brewing a violent storm.
The oppressive aura she released in that instant was terrifyingly intimidating.
Yan Qingdu had never thought that one day,
He would be pinned down by a girl.
And in such a humiliating manner, no less.
With his strength, it would normally be easy to push her off.
But he found that when he exerted force, the air in front of him seemed to form an invisible wall. Something was blocking him, making it completely impossible to get up.
After struggling with all his might for quite a while, his strength finally gave out, and he fell back down powerlessly.
And during this time,
Chu Liuyue just sat on him, staring at him as if watching a clown perform.
A very faint curve tugged at the corners of her lips.
"Tell me, what is this serum?"
She shook the red vial in her hand.
And asked again, "Why do you guys insist on taking it back?"
Yan Qingdu was truly out of options.
He revealed a helpless expression.
"Since you have an ability, you must have been one of the volunteers who was injected with the serum."
"The version of the serum back then was the improved blue model, with only one-tenth of the viral load. But the red vial in your hand is the initial version."
"And the strongest."
Before the apocalypse arrived,
The Jiang City Research Institute had been secretly conducting an experiment.
Testing on lab mice was no longer enough to satisfy them.
So they recruited a batch of volunteers.
Of course, it was paid.
At that time, Chu Liuyue, in order to gather enough money for her plastic surgery loan, was attracted by the high compensation and became a human guinea pig for the research institute.
After being injected with the serum, she ran a fever for three whole days.
When she woke up,
She found that she had gained an ability.
And just one week later, the zombie virus completely broke out.
What did that mean?
Those among the volunteers who didn't survive became the source of infection that polluted this city.
Yan Qingdu said this red serum was the strongest.
"If someone with an ability drinks it, will it enhance their power?" she asked.
"I'm not sure." Yan Qingdu shook his head.
"Then why do you want to snatch this thing away? I can tell that you don't want Zhou Yu'an to take it back to the lab," Chu Liuyue pressed again.
Yan Qingdu took a deep breath.
He pointed at her pressing down on him.
"Um, how about you let me up first, and then we can have a proper talk?"
"I could, but you just threatened me, and it made me very unhappy."
Chu Liuyue raised an eyebrow. As she lowered her head, her falling strands of hair brushed across his collarbone and Adam's apple.
The sensation was tingling and numbing.
