The most ruthless person in the apocalypse

Chapter 1010 Internal strife
"Dr. Fu, I can tell you definitively that someone visited this island after the disaster. Several doors in the villa were open, that must be the garden. There were also signs of a fire, and broken glass was scattered all over the place..."

Zhang Su used binoculars to gather a lot of information, but apart from the three zombies on the beach, he found no other living creatures.

Fu Weijun clenched his fists, his brows furrowing slightly: "I locked the lab door; they shouldn't be able to get in!"

"Hopefully..." Zhang Su nodded slightly, then continued, "We can land; no danger was detected!"

At a command, three minutes later, the two helicopters landed smoothly on the helipad behind the villa.

The villa was not built in the exact center of the island, but in a decent flat area, more to the southwest, about two kilometers away from the eastern reef area where zombies roamed.

Stepping off the helicopter onto the island and standing on the helipad, the light from the sky cast shadows on the ground, and the diffraction made everything look blurry—a very magical lighting environment, as if I were in a giant aquarium.

"Brother Su, should we go and deal with the zombies on the beach?"

Wu Baokang volunteered.

Zhang Su shook his head and said, "It's far away. We'll talk about it later. Let's focus on the things at hand first."

Based on aerial observations, the three zombies, which were nearly two kilometers apart, were just ordinary zombies and would not pose any threat to the villa.

"Goodness gracious, Dr. Fu, this is the laboratory you've been longing for. Isn't this a luxurious European-style villa? Are you conducting experiments in this villa?"

Qi Xiaoshuai looked at the two-story building not far away with a flashlight, his eyes filled with envy. Even though it was now dilapidated, you could still see its original simple and grand style.

"That's too extravagant, this is really too extravagant. I can't even afford an 80-square-meter apartment. Damn it, I'm talking about my salary, don't get me wrong..."

Zhao Dezhu shook his head repeatedly with a strange expression.

Even though the house is now worthless, it still evokes deep emotions in Zhao Dezhu and Qi Xiaoshuai, who once struggled to build it.

Zhang Su and the others also felt envious, but Liu Lingping was the only one who remained calm. Given her family's financial situation, she wouldn't envy these things. After all, the cost of building the post-apocalyptic bunker where she lived before was probably higher than the laboratory in front of her!

"Let's go check it out first. Um... who wants to stay here and watch the helicopter?"

"Huh? Brother Su, this island? Zombies are stealing a plane?"

"It's better to be careful. I'll stay."

Chen Hanzhou was the first to raise his hand. He wasn't very interested in the laboratory, but he was curious about the large glowing sphere in the sea.

"I'll stay here too."

Liu Lingping followed closely behind, fearing that her spot would be snatched away. She was also afraid of the dark mansion not far away.

"Okay, then I'll have to trouble Xiao Chen and Dr. Liu. It looks like there's no one on the island, but let's still be careful. Let's go..."

Zhang Su led the way towards the villa.

"Why did these people have to make such a mess of things? It's outrageous!"

When Fu Weijun arrived at the villa garden, his face was grim. When he left, the place was spotless, but now the ground was littered with garbage.

"Heh, Brother Su, these people know how to manage their money, they roasted half a lamb!"

Wu Baokang walked to a fallen barbecue grill. There were many bones on the ground, and a gnawed sheep's head lay on the ground looking at everyone. It was decorated with bits of barbecue seasoning, and its mouth was slightly open, as if telling its tragic story.

"You raise sheep on the island?"

Zhang Su turned to look at Fu Weijun, whose face was grim.

"I did not keep any animals on the island..."

Fu Weijun shook his head in denial.

"Those guys are pretty clever, they even managed to bring a sheep with them on their escape, but... they didn't even finish eating the sheep before something happened to them."

Zhang Su used his foot to lift the lid of an insulated box, inside which was a lamb chop. He then looked at Zhao Dezhu and said, "Zhuzi, you must have handled frozen goods often before. Can you tell what's going on with this thing?"

"I'll give it a try!"

Zhao Dezhu stepped forward and picked up the lamb chop. With the outside temperature at minus thirty degrees Celsius, even the best insulated box could not keep out the temperature for long, and the lamb chop was already rock hard.

He examined the meat with a flashlight, then poked a small hole in it with a knife and smelled it. He concluded, "This meat looks quite fresh, so it must have been chilled when it was slaughtered, frozen for about two months. It's edible!"

Edible – the highest praise for food in the apocalypse!
"Two months... have those guys been dead for that long already?"

Wu Baokang kept thinking about the zombies on the shore. "They're probably fighting amongst themselves. Otherwise, with so much food, how could they die? They're fighting before they've even finished eating the sheep? They didn't share the sheep properly, haha."

Qi Xiaoshuai made wild guesses with a strange expression.

Wu Baokang chimed in, "If everyone coming to the island is either a man or a woman, then there's not much of a problem. The real issue is that infighting between men and women is all too common!"

An isolated island, cut off from external crises, does not mean that other crises will not erupt internally.

"Hey, right! Dr. Fu, you said that you and your girlfriend used to live here alone, so you must have hired someone to clean or something, right?"

Zhang Su suddenly asked a question. He remembered watching some TV dramas where living in a villa required housekeeping services, otherwise the experience would be terrible. Back then, Fu Weijun was in a wheelchair, so it was impossible for his girlfriend to handle everything herself.

"Yes, there was a small housekeeping team, a cook, a gardener, and a cleaner—four people in total. Mr. Zhang, do you suspect that these were done by the housekeeping staff? They left the island with me, but we can't rule out the possibility that they survived and brought people to the island for refuge..."

Fu Weijun immediately thought of the problem.

Zhao Dezhu and the others exchanged glances, their expressions exaggerated. "Listen to this! This is what life is all about! Gardeners, cooks, how wonderful!"
Zhang Su nodded and said, "It can't be ruled out. Let's go in and take a look."

It doesn't matter who came up there, because they've already turned into zombies...

As they spoke, the group bypassed the barbecue area and arrived at the back door of the villa.

The cherry wood door was half-open, giving everyone a suspenseful view. The surveillance camera under the eaves was covered in dust and probably had long since stopped working.

Zhang Su made a waiting gesture and looked into the villa through the crack.

Beware of zombies, but even more so, beware of Lao Liu!

The helicopter descended from the sky, and the sound could be heard several kilometers away. If there were still survivors inside the villa, there was a good chance to ambush them in advance!
Apart from a slightly messy appearance, there was nothing unusual in sight, and no breathing or heartbeat could be heard coming from inside the villa; it was deathly silent.

"You may enter."

Zhang Su opened the door and invited the other five people inside. The hinges were of excellent quality and made no unusual noises.

A few beams of light illuminated the villa. It wasn't particularly messy, but it was far from tidy. It was clear that the people who had fled here were very unrefined. Since they had taken over the place, this was their home, and they didn't care about their living environment at all.

"The generator is probably out of fuel. Everyone, take out your lighting equipment," Zhang Su directed, taking two folding camping lights out of his backpack.

"Mr. Zhang, there's a backup power generation system underground. They definitely don't know about it. I'll go turn it on!"

After Fu Weijun finished speaking, he walked towards the stairs.

"Zombies! Don't go out alone!"

Zhang Su grabbed Fu Weijun's shoulder.

Upon hearing Zhang Su's words, Zhao Dezhu and the others immediately became alert. Even though they were now much stronger than before, encountering zombies in such a confined space still posed a risk of being bitten, so they had to be careful.

Fu Weijun naturally didn't move either. Among the people present, he had almost no fighting ability. He was just excited to be back in a familiar place.

"Where are the zombies, bro!"

Zhao Dezhu asked softly.

"They're available both upstairs and downstairs."

Zhang Su pointed up and down, guessing that the zombies hadn't sensed their presence before they entered the villa, so they remained dormant and hadn't heard any noise outside the door. Only after they entered the villa and made a commotion did they let out a faint howl, a characteristic unique to zombies!

"Upstairs are bedrooms and a recreation room, downstairs are laboratories..."

Fu Weijun introduced the layout of the villa to everyone.

"You lead the way, we'll turn on the backup power first."

Zhang Su pulled out a long-handled bone hammer. It had been bent during the battle with Hei Xiazi, but he had bent it back to its original shape. It was far from reaching the fatigue limit of steel bars and was still usable.

Fu Weijun stopped talking and started using his flashlight to point the way. The group quickly made their way down the stairs to the underground.

Ouch, wipe it.

A weak zombie howl came from the corner, accompanied by the sound of pants scraping on the ground.

The group shone their flashlights over and saw a man whose left hand and left foot were handcuffed to a sturdy metal door. He had probably starved to death; he was even thinner than a typical zombie. The ground was covered with dried, crusted filth, but it no longer smelled bad…

(End of this chapter)