"Bang!"

Zhang Ran finally closed the driver's side door, the metallic clanging sound particularly muffled in their chaotic minds.

He glanced at the rearview mirror, pursed his lips, and froze.

In the mirror, the sister-in-law's yellow and white figure was clearly reflected. She was running with her back to the truck, never looking back. She just raised one hand to wave goodbye to them. The next second, she turned and disappeared into the narrow alley between the buildings.

Following behind her were even denser, darker swarms of giant gray rats.

It was the eldest sister-in-law! In the midst of leading the rat swarm, she actually turned back and fired to help them clear out the rats near the car door, just to give them a chance to survive and ensure they could safely get into the car and leave.

Zhang Ran's eyes burned, his vision blurred, and his heart was gripped by a tremendous bitterness. He raised his hand and fiercely wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes. Without the slightest hesitation, he shoved the key in, started the engine, shifted gears, and the truck engine roared as it sped out of the residential area.

"Honey... Waaah... Can we come back and pick up my sister-in-law? What will she do here all alone?"

Li Wanning also witnessed that scene, and her heart was filled with indescribable emotion and panic. She covered her mouth and cried uncontrollably, her shoulders trembling.

Tang Dashan was curled up in the passenger seat, only able to breathe weakly after his serious injuries. He was in a daze and could faint completely at any moment.

Zhang Ran's heart was in turmoil.

He absolutely did not want to leave his sister-in-law alone in this hellish neighborhood, but she told him to go find Mr. Shen.

He was a soldier...

Moreover, the eldest sister-in-law seemed to be handling things with ease.

"Listen to your sister-in-law! Go find Mr. Shen!"

He gripped the steering wheel tightly with both hands, his knuckles turning white from the force, and slammed his foot on the accelerator.

The truck accelerated rapidly, its heavy body crushing the giant rats that had surrounded it on the road. The rats were violently smashed to pieces, their blood, flesh, and fur splattering onto the bumper.

Zhang Ran now had only one thought in his mind: as long as he found Mr. Shen, he would definitely have a way to save his sister-in-law!

"Help! Stop the car! Help me—!"

Less than ten meters ahead of the truck, a disheveled man suddenly darted out from the roadside, spread his arms and blocked the middle of the road, roaring menacingly to stop the truck.

Zhang Ran's eyes widened, and he slammed on the brakes twice. The tires screeched as they rubbed against the ground, but the truck, fully loaded with supplies, had enormous inertia and was already accelerating. It was impossible to stop it in such a short distance.

"Bang!"

The man was like a tattered sack, violently thrown away, tracing a weak arc in the air before crashing heavily to the roadside, lifeless.

Several giant rats that were chasing him immediately swarmed forward, dragging his body and quickly disappearing into the shadows.

Zhang Ran's lips were pressed into a stiff line, and he expressionlessly looked away from the rearview mirror. His heart felt like it had been hit hard by something, but he dared not linger for even a moment.

Li Wanning was still in shock, trembling all over. The image of the man being hit and thrown into the air kept replaying in her mind, and she was too frightened to say a word.

The sudden braking caused Tang Dashan to slip, his broken leg hitting a hard object inside the car. The intense pain made him groan, but it also made him a little more alert, though the pain also brought him agitation.

"Damn it! That idiot! Why didn't he just crawl under the wheels?! What the hell! Brother Ran, it's not your fault! A fully loaded truck like that, in such a short distance, you can't stop! This is fate! This is the end of the world!"

Tang Dashan sensed Zhang Ran and Li Wanning's feelings and offered them weak, intermittent words of comfort.

"Yes, I'm fine. You should get some rest."

Zhang Ran's voice was deep, his eyes fixed on the road ahead, his foot on the accelerator never letting up.

.........

Li Yuetong quickly circled the building and returned to the main road of the community. Her chest rose and fell slightly as she took a couple of breaths.

Seeing Zhang Ran and his truck smash through the gate barriers and escape the rat-infested neighborhood, a sense of relief flashed across her eyes, and she nodded in satisfaction.

The sound of claws digging at the ground drew closer and closer behind her. She glanced back and saw the swarm of rats chasing her running frantically, their scarlet eyes staring at her with increasingly ferocious expressions, as if they wanted to tear her to pieces immediately.

Li Yuetong tilted her head slightly, looking completely innocent.

She had only led these guys around the apartment building three times, why were they staring at her so fiercely?

Seeing the swarm of rats about to rush forward again, she calmly raised her pistol and fired several shots, killing or maiming more than a dozen giant rats at the forefront.

Then, under the even more furious gazes of the rats behind her, she turned around with a grin and ran away again on her long legs.

"Squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak—!"

And so, she led the giant rats around the neighborhood more than ten times.

Of the more than three hundred mice that initially chased her, most of them have already fallen behind!

Either they'd be picked off or crippled one by one by her using kite-flying tactics, or they'd be so exhausted that they'd completely give up and just squat by the roadside, staring blankly at Li Yuetong and her giant rat marathon team.

Whenever she ran past these slumbering mice, their eyes, which looked on with amusement, were as clean and clear as those of a college freshman, showing no trace of their ferocious, man-eating appearance just moments before.

At this moment, Li Yuetong stopped in the middle of the main road, bent over with her hands on her knees, panting heavily. The intense running made her chest rise and fall heavily, tracing a clear arc.

Opposite her, more than a hundred giant rats had long lost all their ferocity and lay sprawled on the ground in disarray!

Some were lying down, some were sprawled out, and several were even huddled together, all of them gasping for breath with their mouths wide open, looking even more disheveled than she was.

After two minutes of silence, the giant rats, having recovered, didn't even bother to glance at Li Yuetong. They silently turned around and slowly crawled away.

Another minute passed, and only thirty-odd giant rats, the last to arrive and the most stubborn, remained on the other side, still staring at her relentlessly.

"Ha—! Hahahaha!"

Li Yuetong burst into laughter instantly, feeling extremely happy.

In total, she led the group of giant rats around the neighborhood for almost twenty laps.

Whenever they gave up the chase, she would turn back and shoot a few of them dead. The screams of her companions would always provoke the remaining giant rats into attacking again in a frenzy.

After going around in circles, she must have killed at least several hundred giant rats with her gun.

She finally understood why Mr. Shen didn't want to take her with him when he went out, treating her as a burden.

Now that it's her turn, she's free and unrestrained, with no one to worry about or protect, and she's finally experiencing how wonderful this freedom is.

After Zhang Ran and the others left, she was like a bird freed from its cage, able to fly however she wanted.

These giant rats, in terms of intelligence and endurance, are no match for her.

The only thing that bothered her was that her chest was too large, and it would hurt when she ran.

Li Yuetong pouted. It was infuriating; she didn't dare do anything to them!

Because Mr. Shen cherishes them very much.

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