The walkway was blocked, so Lin Yuan had to retreat and take the right side. The passage next to the rooftop rooms on the right was much wider, but it was planted with vegetables, leaving only a path wide enough for two people.
The zombie that had been stomped on was still stuck in the dirt, refusing to come out. Seeing the zombie struggling with its face buried in the dirt, the kind-hearted Lin Yuan couldn't bear to watch any longer and quickly stepped forward to send it to the afterlife.
From then on, the rooftop of Lin Yuan's building was cleared. The rooftop of the other building was not planted with vegetables, but rather with many flowers such as chrysanthemums, roses, aloe, cacti, and succulents.
Just as he was about to go and take a look, the door of the rooftop room opposite opened. A woman with a bow and arrow first poked her head out. After confirming there was no danger, she stepped out, her bow still drawn.
Upon seeing Lin Yuan, the woman nodded, then continued to survey the surroundings. Only after confirming that no one had come to water the flowers early in the morning did she dare to relax. However, she didn't put down her bow, keeping it held in her wrist.
The woman stopped at the connecting point between the two building rooftops.
"I'm sorry, I don't have many arrows in my quiver, so I couldn't help you." She then showed her quiver at her waist, which indeed had only one arrow left.
Lin Yuan didn't remove his helmet, nor did he lower his weapon. He was still immersed in the novels he had read. In the apocalypse, he could trust no one but himself, and he especially couldn't trust a beautiful woman's words.
He simply nodded without speaking, gave a thumbs-up, and prepared to leave, not wanting any further complications with this woman.
Just as he slowly retreated, the woman spoke,
"My name is Wu Tian, what's yours?"
Wu Tian? Lawless?
Damn, what a cool name!
Lin Yuan was stunned. He hadn't expected this woman, who was clearly a beautiful archer, to have such an audacious name.
But he quickly calmed down and said coldly, "Is there anything else?"
However, Wu Tian immediately detected the deliberate pretense of coldness and couldn't help but laugh.
"Little brother, have you been reading too many novels? Sister just helped you kill a living dead, and not only did you not say thank you, but you also think sister is a bad person and want to drain me dry first? Then peel my skin, pull out my tendons, and suck my marrow? Shall I put down my bow and arrows?"
After speaking, Wu Tian actually put her bow and arrows on the ground. In fact, she was gambling. There was a patient at home, and medicine was urgently needed. She had noticed Lin Yuan was still alive from the beginning and had secretly observed him. Her home was also on the 11th floor.
The power went out this morning, and the aroma of her braised food could be smelled from far away. To preserve it for a long time, she had to go out to the rooftop to dry it!
This person's face still had a childish innocence, and his heart couldn't be too bad. He was worth the risk.
Was she speaking so directly?
His face twitched a few times, wanting to retort, but he had heard that archers had great arm strength. Although he couldn't see the muscles on Wu Tian's hands, judging by her agility alone, Lin Yuan felt that he might not be able to defeat her in a bare-handed fight.
He then sighed helplessly, "Beautiful sister, haven't you read novels? By putting down your weapons like this, you've made me conflicted about whether to tie you up and take you back as my bandit queen."
Wu Tian looked at him and said decisively, "You won't. I'm on the 11th floor of the building next to yours. I've seen you in your bedroom for the past two days, holding a cat. Being able to keep a cat in this environment means you're either an idiot or kind-hearted. It's obvious you're not an idiot."
But being called kind-hearted seemed like an insult too. Wasn't I being too saintly?
He then took off his helmet and looked at Wu Tian, saying, "Let me make it clear. First, I'm not a good person. I keep a cat just because I'm afraid of loneliness. Second, I won't help you for free. You need to pay a certain price. Third, although I haven't killed anyone, I think I could do it. Fourth, stop peeping at me. If you want to look, look openly. I thought there were no survivors in your building. Fifth, my name is Lin Yuan."
Wu Tian giggled, "So these are the agreed-upon five articles, or rather, the five stipulations, little Yuan~"
That last "little Yuan" was enough to melt his bones. Although Lin Yuan's heart fluttered a bit, he maintained a stern expression on his face, "Don't call me that. We can be allies now, and don't try to seduce me. I'm young and hot-tempered. Just tell me what you need."
Seeing that her charm offensive had failed, Wu Tian returned to seriousness, "My sister's asthma medicine is running out. I have to find her asthma medicine."
Asthma medicine?
Lin Yuan was a bit confused, "I don't have asthma medicine. It's not a common household medicine. If you don't have anyone with asthma at home, you wouldn't keep it. You killed a few zombies, and they had keys. Why didn't you look for medicine in their rooms?"
"I'm not sure if they have medicine, but I know who has medicine. The family opposite my house also has asthma. We've met before, and their family definitely has it. But there are two zombies in their house. The one I killed was the only one who came out. The rest are inside the room. I can't handle them alone, so I have to find someone to help!"
Two more?
When Lin Yuan heard this news, his first reaction was not to go. It was a joke. In the hallway, he killed zombies when they fell down the stairs. His first real confrontation, he didn't gain any advantage at all. That was a female zombie with half her neck gone.
He shook his head, "No, if you open the door, it will definitely make noise, and it will inevitably attract both zombies to rush out. I can only stop one at most. What will you do about the other one? Even though you helped me once just now, I can't risk my life to get medicine with you."
Seeing Lin Yuan's firm refusal, Wu Tian became a little anxious, "That won't happen. Their family only has a couple, a husband and wife, and an elderly person. The asthma medicine belongs to the woman. The elderly person's feet are both disabled. Even if they mutated, they wouldn't be able to rush out immediately. You have this spike, and if we cooperate, we can definitely kill them!"
Lin Yuan looked into her eyes, trying to discern something, but Wu Tian's gaze was very clear, and he couldn't see anything from it. He couldn't see her expression through the mask either.
In fact, even if there were any schemes, he wouldn't be able to see them. He was just a greenhorn fresh out of school, with rather limited experience. In the eyes of those who were truly good at scheming, playing with him was like playing with a toy.
"You're not lying to me?" He asked a very foolish question, especially asking it to a woman.
Wu Tian wasn't in a hurry with him. She knew Lin Yuan was struggling internally. If it weren't for a bit of kindness in his heart, he would have turned and left long ago, or even attacked directly.
"I'm not lying to you. How about this? I'll hold back the zombies later, and you do the killing. The knife is in your hand, and it still has zombie blood on it. You'll always be the one in control. Once I get the medicine, everything in that house will be yours. I won't touch anything."
Lin Yuan looked at Wu Tian and remained silent, as if saying,
"Not enough."
Wu Tian was almost in tears. She hadn't been this nervous when killing zombies.
"If that's not enough, I'll sleep with you for a night!"
Lin Yuan's eyes immediately lit up. Such a good deal?
Wu Tian was truly a great beauty. She wore jeans, and one could immediately tell she had long legs. Even her jacket couldn't hide her voluptuous figure. There was also a hint of heroism in her brows, her eyes were bright and spirited, and she wore her hair in a single ponytail. Even with a mask, Lin Yuan could imagine she wouldn't be bad-looking.
Just thinking about it made his mouth water. Although he hadn't intended to, he was still hesitating.
"Okay, deal!"
Seeing Lin Yuan agree so readily, Wu Tian was almost enraged. Men, they were all the same.
In fact, Lin Yuan also wanted to test whether people in this apocalypse were as unpredictable and deceitful as described in novels.
With a sharp weapon in hand, the urge to kill arose. He was no longer afraid of anything now.
There was no time to delay, so the two of them quickly ran to Wu Tian's floor. The two corpses on the ground had already been searched, and all the keys were with Wu Tian. Standing at the door of the room opposite Wu Tian's house, Lin Yuan handed the riot control fork to Wu Tian and told her to aim it at the door.
This woman seemed to have practiced. With her lunge stance, she looked quite capable.
Everything was ready. She inserted the key and knocked on the door. What greeted them was a loud bang as the door was slammed shut. Thinking about it, they decided to surprise the zombie. Before the zombie could slam the door a second time, Lin Yuan suddenly turned the lock, pulled the door open, and the zombie, caught off guard, lunged out and fell to the ground. Wu Tian was also quick-witted. She lunged forward and stepped on the zombie, which was trying to turn around, and then wedged the riot control fork into its flailing arm. The zombie was very strong, and she almost couldn't hold it down at first.
"Hurry! This zombie is so strong!"
Lin Yuan found the right angle and followed up with a stab.
Unexpectedly, the zombie tilted its head back, almost breaking its neck. The butcher knife, which should have hit the back of its head, struck its forehead. The hard skull directly wedged the butcher knife in place.
He tried to pull it out a few times but couldn't. Lin Yuan was about to use his foot to help when he saw another zombie crawling on the floor, about to reach the doorway.
Damn it, wasn't this old man's legs disabled? How could he crawl so fast?
There was no time. Since he couldn't pull the knife out, Lin Yuan exerted force with both hands, pushing the knife in all the way to the hilt, with the tip protruding from the back of its head.
The zombie was as dead as it could be. He signaled Wu Tian to watch out for the one crawling behind. However, before Wu Tian could completely turn around, the crawling zombie on the floor suddenly sprang up like a spring, pushed off the ground with its arms, and lunged straight at Wu Tian.
Damn, don't zombies not jump?