I hacked through the chaotic world with my blade

Chapter 1265 - 299: So... Sorry, I Can’t Tell You

"Hahaha..." Zheng Tianhao laughed loudly, "Don’t lecture me, damn it. In the apocalypse, it’s survival of the fittest, the order is long gone. You’re standing in front of me, saying these things because you’re stronger than me, so I have to listen. Aren’t you just oppressing me in a different way, trying to appear righteous for someone else to see."

The strong man and the guy with yellow hair exchanged a glance.

The guy with yellow hair immediately stepped forward, angrily scolding, "Zheng Tianhao, watch your attitude. Don’t think I don’t know what you’ve done. Did you survive through your own efforts? You’re just ungrateful."

The strong man said, "That’s right, you told us that back when the apocalypse started, you were just a security guard. The homeowner took you in, but you killed their child and claimed the female homeowner for yourself. You’re simply a beast."

The guy with yellow hair continued, "Later, when a rescue team made up of survivors showed up, you lied, claiming the dead mother and daughter were your wife and child. You acted desperate and wanted to leave with them to gain their sympathy, and they took you away. Later, when the concept of Awakeners emerged, and the crystals could enhance strength, you killed people in the team for the crystals."

The strong man said, "That’s right, don’t think we don’t know. We know about everything you’ve done."

"Shut up." Zheng Tianhao roared, glaring at them with blood-red eyes, "You ungrateful bastards, I should have killed you long ago."

The strong man and the guy with yellow hair said, "We know we did wrong, but it was because you forced us. We’re willing to reform now, to be good people again. We will not share the sky with evil anymore."

Zheng Tianhao gritted his teeth, his voice as fierce as a vicious dog, "Lin Fan, are you really not going to give me a chance to live?"

Lin Fan said, "I told you before, it’s not that I don’t want to give you a chance, but you never gave yourself one."

"Damn it."

Zheng Tianhao glared menacingly at Lin Fan.

Crunch! Crunch!

His body was swelling, flesh moving frantically, and viscous liquid dripped down from his mouth corner.

His clothes were continuously ripping apart.

"If you won’t give me a chance, I’ll fight you."

Zheng Tianhao knew that in his current state, he was no match for Lin Fan. His only hope was a genetic mutation, to completely become a monster, to increase his strength tremendously, surpassing current limits.

The strong man said, "He’s going to mutate, he’s going all out."

The guy with yellow hair said, "Be careful."

Lin Fan shook his head, "I wanted to hand you over to Officer Huang, but you choose to mutate. It seems you really have no intention of repenting. When I face a threat, I can only defend myself, to ensure my own safety."

From the apocalypse to now, the people Lin Fan killed all attacked first. Faced with such situations, he could only defend himself, which ultimately resulted in fatalities.

Even if Officer Huang saw it, he would understand him.

After all, it was self-defense, there’s nothing wrong with that.

Swish!

A silvery white light appeared.

The strong man and the guy with yellow hair stared with their mouths agape, shocked at the scene before them. The mutating Zheng Tianhao turned into an ice sculpture with just a silvery white flash, which really scared them dumb.

Crack!

The ice sculpture shattered, ice shards scattered all over the ground.

"It’s a pity, I couldn’t get any useful information."

Lin Fan was a bit helpless, it would’ve been great if he could get some useful information, but unfortunately, the other party didn’t know the headquarters’ location.

Just then,

the woman he rescued came to his side, suddenly knelt down, startling Lin Fan, who quickly helped her up.

"What’s wrong?"

The woman pleaded, "Can you help me with something?"

"Tell me."

"I have a boyfriend. When I was captured, he was out searching for supplies. I don’t know if he’s still out there. I want to check if he’s okay, can you take me to see?"

"Alright, no problem."

Lin Fan agreed to her request without hesitation.

"Thank you."

"No need to thank me, everything will get better."

...

In a very small town.

Lin Fan brought the woman here. The strong man and the guy with yellow hair knew this was where Zheng Tianhao captured the woman. They didn’t expect her to have a boyfriend.

Soon, they arrived at an old, low-rise neighborhood.

The woman and her boyfriend lived here.

"It’s the third floor, right?" Lin Fan asked.

"Yes." The woman nodded.

Lin Fan could naturally sense there were no zombies around. Though he didn’t know where all the zombies had gone, it wasn’t the time to think about that now.

"You take care of her, I’ll go check if anyone’s there," Lin Fan said.

The strong man and the guy with yellow hair nodded.

Lin Fan walked into the stairway, quickly reaching the third floor; the security door was ajar, not closed.

He frowned slightly.

This situation was not a good sign, it was quite likely something had happened.

Door open, he went in.

Inside, dust was covering everything from not being inhabited for a long time.

This was a small two-bedroom apartment. According to the woman, it was a house she and her boyfriend had worked hard to buy. They didn’t have much money, and their families couldn’t help, so they relied on their own efforts.

Fortunately, she and her boyfriend worked hard. After three years, they had a place to call their own in this small town.

Though it was small and old, they were very satisfied.

"No one’s lived here for a long time."

Lin Fan glanced around the living room, found nothing, went on to the kitchen, still nothing, then opened the master bedroom door, looking inside, there was a corpse on the bed.

The corpse had decomposed, the foul odor had long dissipated, it had been dead for quite a while.

He was startled, if his guess was right, this was likely the woman’s boyfriend.

He approached the bed, there was a dagger on the floor, he guessed it might have been used for wrist-cutting suicide.

On the bedside table was a notebook.

He opened it to read.

The contents seemed to be left by the man.

[Yuanyuan, where have you gone.]

[Yuanyuan, outside are all zombies, where did you go, have you become a zombie too.]

[I want to go out to find you.]

Page turn, second page.

[No, I can’t go out, what if you come back and don’t find me.]

[It’s been five days, I still haven’t heard from you, and I haven’t found you among the zombies.]

[Ten days...]

Page turn, third page.

No content.

Lin Fan holding the notebook, looked back at the corpse on the bed, then tore off the second page.

Took a deep breath.

Turned and left the master bedroom.

Downstairs.

"I only found this, I read what’s inside. I think when your boyfriend found out you disappeared, he also left here to look for you."

Lin Fan handed the notebook to the woman.

The woman eagerly flipped through, the contents made Yuanyuan cover her mouth, "He went to look for me, but he didn’t know where I was."

Saying this, tears started to fall.

Lin Fan said, "I believe he’s still somewhere out there looking for you. Don’t worry, take your time, I think one day, you two will meet again."

"Really?" Yuanyuan asked.

Lin Fan said, "Really, you will."

He didn’t want Yuanyuan to know the truth, although it was selfish, Yuanyuan’s mental state had only just begun to recover. If she suddenly learned her boyfriend committed suicide, she might do something bad.

So... sorry.

I can’t tell you.