Finally taking care of one scumbag greatly boosted Xie Lingruo's confidence, making her even more enthusiastic about the actions to come.
Don't tell her that the man hadn't done anything wrong in this life—with the despicable way he acted in the previous life, it didn't change the fact that "a dog eats shit." Dealing with someone like that in advance brought her no guilt whatsoever.
Xie Lingfeng drove the car the whole way. Thanks to the engine modifications he'd done at home, the engine's roar was quieter than average, and their journey was fairly smooth.
Before long, the trio arrived at the nearest gas station, and the first thing that caught their eyes was a few tanker trucks parked outside—which pleasantly surprised Xie Lingruo.
She quickly got out of the car and, along with her father and brother, dealt with a few zombies nearby. Judging by their clothes, they must have been former station employees who mutated. After confirming there were no people around, Xie Lingruo directly used her space ability to collect the tankers remotely.
While she was busy doing that, Xie Father and Xie Lingfeng weren't idle either. With Lingfeng keeping watch, Xie Father refueled their SUV.
After filling the car's tank, they also filled several plastic containers with fuel and loaded them in the trunk—to avoid drawing suspicion.
But just as everything was going smoothly, a group of people in a black Santana car drove toward them—and worse, they were being chased by forty to fifty zombies.
Seeing the scene, the trio immediately dropped what they were doing and jumped into the SUV—thankfully, Xie Lingfeng hadn't turned off the engine.
Their vehicle quickly caught up with the fleeing group, and thanks to Xie Lingfeng's skilled acceleration, they soon overtook the black Santana.
Inside that car, a sharp-faced, monkey-like young man looked extremely annoyed.
They had originally come looking for supplies, but who knew that the supermarket would be swarming with zombies? They had intended to use Xie Lingruo's group to draw the zombies away, but things didn't go as planned.
They hadn't expected those three to react so fast, overtaking their car before they could act.
But the Santana's fuel was running dangerously low, and unless they thought of something fast, their fate was sealed.
The savage-looking leader in the Santana wore a dark expression. Without warning, he pulled out a pistol from his waist and fired at the tires of Xie Lingruo's SUV, intending to make them zombie bait.
But Xie Lingfeng, a former special forces soldier, had already been on high alert. From the rearview mirror, he saw the pistol and immediately had the SUV start weaving in S-curves to avoid getting hit.
This maneuver temporarily foiled their dirty scheme.
At the same time, Xie Lingruo had also noticed what they were doing—and decided it was time for some payback.
She pulled out steel caltrops from her space and scattered them along the road ahead, right in the Santana's path.
Moments later, the Santana drove into the trap, and with a loud bang, the tires blew out. The passengers panicked and tried to escape, all scrambling to get out at once.
In the chaos of everyone trying to flee, only the leader managed to escape.
Why only him?
Because he was ruthless enough to use his own brothers as meat shields, pushing through the horde to save himself.
His name was Li Qiang, a rapist before the apocalypse, who—when the world fell apart—led a few fellow inmates to overpower the prison guards and steal their weapons.
But before he could even enjoy a few days of freedom, all his brothers died. Now, Li Qiang had burned those three people into his memory. He swore he would take revenge.
What gave him such confidence?
Li Qiang had also awakened an ability—and he firmly believed that once given the opportunity, those three would be easy prey.