Even without cheats, we must survive the apocalypse

Zhou Wanmeng nodded and left quickly.

In order to avoid the surveillance on the fifth floor, Chu Xiao took Yun Duo'er to find a blind spot and finally climbed into the open-air garden on the fifth floor. This was originally a place for tourists to take a walk and rest after shopping. The environment was very good. Chu Xiao originally just wanted to hide here to avoid surveillance and patrols, but he didn't expect to see Wang Manyi venting in the flower garden...

……

Time returns to the present.

Chu Xiao had to admit one thing, this woman had a really good figure, worthy of being a celebrity. It was obvious that she had always strictly managed her figure.

Regardless of the age of this woman, at least it feels good in the hand and is well maintained.

However, Chu Xiao was also very clear that this woman was an ambitious venomous snake. Even though she was a beauty as tempting as a ripe peach, Chu Xiao was not willing to have any more interactions with this vicious woman.

——Besides, it’s far inferior to the girls in my family.

It was truly a pleasant surprise that we were able to capture Wang Manyi so easily.

Chu Xiao didn't expect that this scheming woman would be so shaken. She actually took the initiative to leave the safe area and vent her emotions alone in the deserted open-air garden. The whole process was so smooth that Chu Xiao was a little suspicious. He wondered if this was a trap for him. He even watched for a long time. He even worried that Wang Manyi might be a hidden master like Zheng Wei.

Obviously, he thought too much.

The man was very strong. Because there was no comparison, Chu Xiao himself did not know to what extent his body had been pushed by the virus after experiencing these days of life and death. However, in Chu Xiao's view, Wang Manyi's struggle was no different from that of a kitten... No, cats at least scratch people...

Soon, the woman gave up struggling. She did not resist and cooperated with Chu Xiao and was taken to the corner of the flower bed.

Wang Manyi was a smart woman. She knew that resistance was meaningless. Judging from the strength shown by the hostage-taker, she would be killed immediately if the hostage-taker had the idea. Since the hostage-taker did not kill her immediately, it meant that he wanted something from her. In this case, in order to survive, whether the hostage-taker wanted money, sex, or something else, she could negotiate. As long as there was something to negotiate, she would have a chance.

Chu Xiao put the silenced pistol sent by Ruan Mengmeng against Wang Manyi's head and threatened in a low voice: "I will let go of my hand next, don't scream or try to run away, otherwise you know the consequences."

Wang Manyi, with her mouth covered, nodded slowly and raised her hands to indicate that she would not resist.

So, Chu Xiao slowly let go of his hand.

"Can I turn around?" Wang Manyi asked.

Chu Xiao thought about it and felt that there was no need to hide his identity, so he replied: "Okay."

Wang Manyi turned around slowly, and when she saw the man holding her hostage, she did not show the slightest surprise, but chuckled calmly: "It's you, after all."

In order to prevent Wang Manyi from doing anything, Chu Xiao kept aiming the gun: "Did you guess it was me?"

"Well, after all, the policemen were just dealt with by Sun Baishi's men. I can't think of anyone else who would take action now except Officer Gu's boyfriend... I was really careless."

Chu Xiao noticed that the woman emphasized "Sun Baishi's people" instead of "our people".

(ps: I’m not in good shape recently, a little stuck…)

Chapter 37 Negotiation

Wang Manyi obviously recognized Chu Xiao's face, and he was accompanied by Yun Duoer, an eye-catching and exquisite girl.

"You and Gu Ke are really a family. You both use the same method to kidnap people." Wang Manyi looked calm, as if she had not been kidnapped at all. She straightened her messy dress calmly and asked as if chatting, "Is this little girl your child?"

"Obviously not." Chu Xiao couldn't figure out the woman's attitude, but he himself obviously didn't know how to be a vicious kidnapper. Even if he deliberately put on a vicious expression, he couldn't scare others at all.

"That's right. Although the vicious policewoman is good-looking, it doesn't look like she can give birth to such a beautiful girl... oh, yes, the age doesn't match up." Wang Manyi smiled at Yun Duoer and extended her hand to the little girl. At least she looked very kind and warm. "I didn't have time to say hello to you before. Hello, lovely girl."

Yun Duo'er didn't buy it. The little girl hid behind Chu Xiao, tightly grasping the corner of the man's clothes, staring at Wang Manyi vigilantly, and had no intention of paying any attention to the hand hanging in the air: "I don't talk to bad women!"

Wang Manyi didn't care and looked at Chu Xiao with a smile on her face: "You were too rude just now. You hurt me. Mr. 'boyfriend', if you have anything to ask me, you can try a more friendly way."

She gathered her messy hair, gently opened and closed her plump lips, and seemed to be panting because of the fierce struggle just now, and she also very naturally used some small movements to reveal the seductive scenery under the red dress. She was very good at dealing with men, whether it was the exposed white shoulders and the deep ravines in the bulge, or the slender thighs looming between the high-slit skirt, they all announced to Chu Xiao: This is a stunner that can arouse people's primitive desires.

"You really are worthy of being an actor. I can't tell whether you are acting or not." Chu Xiao shrugged, "But forget it, it doesn't matter..."

Chu Xiao suddenly attacked and slapped Wang Manyi on the pretty face. Even though Chu Xiao had restrained his strength, the woman's cheek still swelled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Wang Manyi fell to the ground after being slapped. Chu Xiao squatted in front of the woman, grabbed her long hair which she had just groomed, and turned her face towards him as she screamed in pain.

"Don't take yourself too seriously." The man's voice was flat, without any ups and downs.

Unfortunately, Chu Xiao's actions did not break down Wang Manyi's defense. This woman was much more cunning than he had expected.

The delicately made-up face became distorted in pain. Wang Manyi almost cried out of pain, but she still tried to speak in a calm voice: "The way you treat a lady is really too rude."

"Really?" Chu Xiao said expressionlessly, "I'm sorry, I can't pretend to be a villain. After all, my face shows that I'm a positive person, so... I can only use my actions to scare you. Besides, with what you did, it's not unfair to get a slap like this."

“Has no one told you?” Wang Manyi’s eyes were stiff and fearful for a moment, but her reason suppressed them. Even though her face was injured and she fell to the ground in a mess, this woman still showed extraordinary elegance. “You are much more terrifying when you have no expression on your face than when you pretend to be fierce.”

"I'll take that as a compliment."

Wang Manyi was obviously a smart woman, elegant and calm, and even in this situation, she was still unwilling to take off her mask. If Chu Xiao hadn't just seen her frantic and crazy appearance when she was alone, he might have really been deceived by her acting skills.

This is a false elegance that she performed for so long that she even forgot that she was wearing a mask called "elegance". Once the things she could rely on disappeared, the mask fell off, exposing the true nature of this woman. This ambitious woman was more afraid of losing power than losing her life.

Beneath her outward elegance, she is still deeply engraved with viciousness and ambition.

However, a woman who would not forget to perform at such a time was terrifying to Chu Xiao, and this feeling made him very uncomfortable. Obviously, the other party was already in his hands, but she was out of his control. Chu Xiao was even a little curious about what happened before that made this woman lose control like that.

"I want you to take me to the West District." Chu Xiao said in a deep voice.

"Okay, sure." Wang Manyi agreed decisively, as if she had already guessed Chu Xiao's intention. "Actually, you don't have to be so rude. Just put it nicely and I will naturally agree to it."

Chu Xiao did not answer her - he did not believe the second half of the woman's words.

"So, you are here to look for your policewoman girlfriend, right?" Wang Manyi mentioned Gu Ke. "This is really an enviable love story. He is willing to risk his life alone to save his girlfriend."

Chu Xiao still didn't say anything. He didn't want to be affected by her words. This woman was obviously testing his bargaining chips through words. It was obvious that she began to treat this matter as a transaction and had begun to seek benefits for herself.

"Then you have found the right person." Wang Manyi did not care about Chu Xiao's silence, because silence itself is also a kind of attitude, "Because, I am the last person in this shelter who has seen Officer Gu."

"So, this is your bargaining chip?" Chu Xiao narrowed his eyes. He controlled his expression and tried not to expose his emotions to the other party. "Do you know where Gu Ke is?"

"Yes, I know." With a swollen face, Wang Manyi said with great certainty, "Because that beautiful female police officer who made people jealous did the same thing as you are doing now before she disappeared."

Chu Xiao couldn't tell whether what she said was true or false, but out of caution towards this woman, he assumed that everything she said was a lie.

Because there must be some truth mixed in with the clever lies. Chu Xiao felt that Wang Manyi might not know where Gu Ke was, but she must have contacted her before the accident. According to Wang Manyi, Gu Ke also kidnapped her like this before he disappeared, and his purpose was also to go to the closed West District.

Chu Xiao recalled the beautiful figure whom he had never seen in real life. He imagined that in the darkness when the power suddenly went out, she dared to carry out the beheading plan alone with her passion and impulse. He smiled unconsciously, but it quickly disappeared.

"I don't need you to help me find her, you just need to take me to the West District." Chu Xiao picked up Wang Manyi from the ground and put the gun to her back. "Don't try to play tricks, or I will shoot immediately. It's not a loss to have a big star like you as a scapegoat."

——In fact, if that were the case, Chu Xiao felt that he would suffer a great loss.

"Okay, okay, I'll cooperate." Wang Manyi dusted off the dust on her body. "Then let's go now. You picked the right time. Now should be the most appropriate time to go to the West District."

This was Wang Manyi's guess, but it was well-founded. Because most of the guards in the West District had come to the shelter to deal with the police, and were currently taking over the various affairs in the shelter, so this was exactly the time when the guards in the West District were the most relaxed.

(ps: Tsk… I’m too obsessed with writing about bad women…)

Chapter 38 Good Man

The West District is a fairly large area. From the outside, it looks like a large construction site, but in fact, all the external projects are just disguises. On the surface, the West District and the current shelter are a large integrated structure. In fact, all the roads leading to the West District in the shelter are just disguises. There is nothing behind the obstacles that block the passages. The real West District is a special building that is completely independent of the shelter.

It is for this reason that even though the police could guess that there were some problems in the West District, they were unable to find a way to enter the West District in a short period of time.

"How did you know to come to me?" Wang Manyi didn't show any signs of panic. She walked leisurely with Chu Xiao in the open-air flower garden, like a noble lady attending a cocktail party.

Although Wang Manyi was very cooperative, Chu Xiao did not dare to let his guard down at all. This woman gave people the feeling of being very similar to his own secretary. The difference was that Chu Xiao pulled An Suxin out before she fell into the abyss, but the woman in front of him had been in the abyss for a very long time.

The man did not answer Wang Manyi's question. He held Yun Duoer's hand and pointed the gun in his other hand at Wang Manyi's back.

"Coincidence... or did someone tell you secretly?"

"Shut up!" Chu Xiao lowered his voice and threatened, "Do you want to be slapped again?"

"It's really scary," Wang Manyi said, but there was no fear on her face. Instead, she had a hint of smile. "Little brother, for you, is a slap scary enough to threaten others? Then you are really a good person."

The woman sighed, and there was a hint of mockery in her smile: "I'm sorry, but this body of mine has been through much more terrible things."

Chu Xiao couldn't tell whether what the woman said was a lie or not, but he felt the overwhelming crushing of her life experience and social experience from her words and smile.

How much cruelty and darkness have those eyes witnessed?

"I hope you know that I have killed someone before I came up here. So, if you dare to play any tricks, I will not hesitate." Chu Xiao put the pistol against Wang Manyi's waist, allowing the woman to directly feel the cold temperature of the gun muzzle.

"Of course I believe you will kill me without hesitation, so I will cooperate with you." The woman smiled, and her tone suddenly became very ambiguous, "But, sister, I would rather you point another 'gun' at me."

Yun Duoer looked up at Chu Xiao. The little girl didn't quite understand what Wang Manyi meant: "Do you have any other guns?"

"Shut up! This trick of yours won't work on me. My girlfriend is much prettier than you!" After saying that, Chu Xiao tapped Yun Duo'er's little head again, "Don't ask nonsense questions, kid."

The "girlfriend" Chu Xiao was referring to was his secretary, but Wang Manyi thought Chu Xiao was referring to Gu Ke.

"Yes, Officer Gu is indeed very attractive."

Wang Manyi led the two through the open-air flower garden and into the corridor on the other side of the shelter. There were cries, gunshots, and screams coming from downstairs. The survivors were being driven like livestock. Not far from them, Chu Xiao noticed that there were guards patrolling the shelter. The young man tensed up and grabbed Wang Manyi's wrist tightly to prevent the woman from doing anything to attract other people's attention.

However, Wang Manyi did nothing.

"I don't want to die yet, so you don't have to worry." The woman led Chu Xiao into an empty closed corridor and reminded him, "There are surveillance cameras ahead, so you'd better follow me closely. I know where the blind spots are."

Chu Xiao had no choice but to believe her. He felt very bad now. This kind of woman was the type he was least good at dealing with. He knew very well that even if he could kill her at any time, he would inevitably be in control of the situation in this confrontation.

The young man made an unpleasant "tsk" sound and felt that he should really ask his secretary or his sister to come over and teach this pretentious woman how to behave.

There were many forks in the road ahead, like walking into a maze. They didn't know how far they had walked. In the empty corridor, there were only three of them. According to Wang Manyi, there were originally guards here, but because the police's combat effectiveness exceeded expectations, her people suffered heavy casualties, so many people from the West District were transferred over to temporarily manage the shelter.

Judging from Wang Manyi's tone, the people in the West District and her people in the shelter seemed to be divided into two completely different factions.

"Let's continue with our previous topic. While we still have some time, let me, your 'sister', teach you a lesson." Wang Manyi chuckled. "Do you know why you feel unhappy? Even when you pointed a gun at me, I was still so... um... calm?"

Chu Xiao was not surprised that his thoughts were seen through by this woman. After all, she was a woman who had worked in the entertainment industry and had a good ability to judge people.

He said expressionlessly, "Tell me about it."

"Because you are a good man. A gentle and kind man who would not be able to bear the pain of slapping a bad woman."

This answer made Chu Xiao choke. He wanted to curse, "Fuck you!" He suddenly wanted to prove that he would do something even more outrageous. He would watch someone die without helping him. He would kill his companions on the adventure without any evidence just to save his life. He would kill someone just because the girl next to him was coveted! How could he become the good man in the eyes of this woman?

"Let me give you a piece of advice." Wang Manyi said softly, "In this world, good people don't live long."

She slowly stopped in front of an inconspicuous door: "We are here."

Yun Duoer looked at the door, her pretty little face turned pale, and sweat oozed from her palms, as if there was something terrible hidden behind the door.

Chu Xiao noticed that there was a fresh blood stain on the door, which had not yet dried. He quickly guessed the origin of the blood stain - it was the monster once called "Feng Junnian". The surrounding walls must have experienced a lot of impact, and there were very obvious potholes on the surface. It seemed that a violent monster vented its dissatisfaction here.

To be honest, Chu Xiao really didn't want to face that monster guy, because he didn't think that his strengthened body could be stronger than a concrete wall.

There was an obvious bullet hole on the door lock. This was the mark left when Gu Ke forced his way in last night.

"Gu Ke is behind the door, but I don't know where she is." Wang Manyi turned around and faced Chu Xiao. "Okay, you have accomplished what you asked me to do. Now how are you going to deal with this woman who has lost her usefulness?"

"Do you think I will let you go? Or do you think I will kill you now?" Chu Xiao held Yun Duo'er's hand and pointed the gun at Wang Manyi. "You go in first. If anything happens on the other side, I can at least use you as a scapegoat!"

The vicious bad woman smiled elegantly: "You are the one who suffers if you use a bad woman like me as a scapegoat."

(ps: I originally wanted to portray Wang Manyi as a simple, vicious villain like Zhao Huanxi, but I couldn't help myself and spent some time trying to establish and enrich the image of this villain.)

Chapter 39 West District

Behind the door is a long corridor without any superfluous decoration. The almost pure white walls reveal a gloomy atmosphere that makes people feel chilly.

Yun Duo'er looked very bad, and the little girl was trembling all over. Her small body almost completely leaned on Chu Xiao, as if she might fall down at any time. So, Chu Xiao was alert to Wang Manyi to prevent her from making any small moves, while he bent down and picked up Yun Duo'er's small body.

The little girl hugged Chu Xiao's neck tightly, and the trembling in her body eased a lot. She leaned against Chu Xiao's ear and whispered softly: "My lord... I feel very bad... There are some terrible things here..."

"I know...but I have to come..."

Not to mention Yun Duo'er, whose senses were so sensitive that they were close to supernatural powers, even Chu Xiao's own senses kept giving warnings, as if they were walking in the belly of some indescribable strange existence.

Chu Xiao considered letting Yun Duoer stay in the shelter and hide with Zhou Wanmeng, but the little girl rejected the suggestion very firmly.

"If we separate, I will die!" Yun Duoer emphasized, so Chu Xiao had to bring her here with him.

As the road continued to extend inward, the space suddenly opened up. From the layout, this place was somewhat like the large laboratory I had seen in the hospital before. Transparent glass separated the functional rooms, and various cold instruments were placed inside. There was no one in these experimental areas, and they were so clean that they looked like they had just been built and had not yet been used by people.

Although he had seen a similar scene in Susu's family laboratory, Chu Xiao didn't know why the environment here made him feel even more depressing and terrifying.