Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 56: Chapter 52: The Last Trouble

After dinner, Huang Zhiqiang lay in bed and opened the footage he had been recording for the past six days, staring blankly for a long while.

By now, he wasn’t so certain anymore...

The emotions of the other three had rubbed off on him.

Late at night, after tossing and turning for a long time, Huang Zhiqiang called his father.

"Dad, are you asleep?"

"I’ve got some inside information..."

"You have to believe me, just this once..."

After hanging up, Huang Zhiqiang turned to ask Zhao Youcai.

"Youcai, did you call your family?"

"No."

"Huh? I thought you trusted Dongzi. What if... your dad, your mom, and your brother..."

"Heh heh~ When the time comes, I’ll turn on a video call and watch them tear each other apart like dogs."

Zhao Youcai sneered, then pulled the covers over his head and was soon fast asleep.

He left Huang Zhiqiang staring in astonishment.

...

「Sunday, 6:00 AM.」

Thirteen hours until the S-Virus outbreak.

The group of four had already finished breakfast and gathered.

Yu Dong scanned the residential complex with his binoculars. The tall, thin man didn’t seem to have arrived yet.

At that moment, the two teams of welders had arrived.

Disguised as a property management work crew, the four of them directed the two teams of welders to seal the underground garage entrances of Building 1 and Building 3 with steel plates.

They also put up a sign directing residents to use the underground garage in Building 2.

"We can’t seal them all. If the residents can’t get to their cars in the garage, they’ll definitely complain to property management... It could easily cause a commotion ahead of schedule. This afternoon, we’ll seal the entrance to Building 2 with angle iron ourselves. It’s not as sturdy as steel plates, but based on my experience from my past life... it’ll be enough."

The welding would take a long time, and Sundays were when the complex had the most foot traffic. It would be difficult to get it done smoothly in the afternoon, so Yu Dong and the others had to settle for the next best thing: angle iron.

Fortunately, he had used this method in his past life to seal the complex’s main gate, and the zombies hadn’t been able to push through it at all.

Yu Dong and Liu Ye’ye were at Building 1, while Huang Zhiqiang and Zhao Youcai were at Building 3.

As the four of them waited for the welders to finish... a man in a suit came down and glanced at the sign.

"Fuck, I have to work overtime on a weekend, and now I’m going to be late. Why does everyone pick on me!"

The wage-slave zombie, right on time for his weekend overtime, left in a huff.

Just as Yu Dong thought things would go as smoothly as in his past life... a moment later, DING~

The elevator doors opened again.

A maintenance man wearing a property management uniform with a tool pouch slung over his shoulder got out.

He was holding a brand-new security camera in his hand.

After exiting the elevator, he glanced at the sign.

[Building 1 & 3 Garage Entrances Damaged. Please Detour to Building 2.]

Then he looked at the three welders who were busy welding the steel plates.

"Huh? Who told you to come here? Why are you sealing the complex’s garage entrance???"

Because of the loud noise from the cutting and welding, the three welders didn’t hear the person speaking behind them.

The maintenance man, a look of disbelief on his face, pulled out his phone. He glanced at the work group chat; sure enough, there was no message about this.

"Stop, stop, stop! Stop what you’re doing!"

He strode forward and shouted sternly.

Just then, a knife emerged from the shadows and was pressed against the maintenance man’s neck.

"Shh~ Don’t move... My knife is very sharp."

Sweat dripped down the maintenance man’s face... The sharp pain on his neck made his heart race, and his whole body began to tremble.

"Don’t... don’t... don’t do anything rash. We live in a society with laws..."

While the three welders were still unaware of what was happening behind them, Yu Dong gave Liu Ye’ye a look. They dragged the maintenance man into Room 101, tied him up tightly with rope, sealed his mouth with duct tape, and took his phone, turning it off.

After they were done, Liu Ye’ye took several deep breaths, feeling like her heart was about to pound out of her chest.

"Yu Dong... what we’re doing is illegal."

"The law won’t matter after 7 PM... We can’t let him ruin our plan."

"What about this guy? He... he seems like a good person."

Yu Dong recalled his past life. At 7 o’clock, this maintenance man hadn’t been in the complex, so he didn’t know if the man had turned or not.

"If he doesn’t turn, it means we saved his life. He’ll thank us for it."

They locked the maintenance man in the spare bedroom of Room 101, and the two of them went back downstairs to wait.

The maintenance man stared at the room full of fertilizer, charcoal, sulfur, and potassium carbonate... He was scared out of his wits.

’I’m screwed!’

’I’ve gotten mixed up in something huge!’

After going downstairs, Yu Dong looked at the two newly replaced cameras in the elevator. After a moment of thought, he decided against destroying them.

If newly installed cameras broke right away... it would definitely attract the attention of property management, especially Lin Xiaojun.

Yu Dong didn’t want a direct confrontation with him right now.

Besides, they had already finished transporting their supplies, so there was no need to destroy the cameras.

In contrast, things went more smoothly for Huang Zhiqiang and Zhao Youcai. They didn’t run into anyone, and the work was completed by 9 o’clock.

What was done was done.

It would now be very difficult for property management to come and undo their work.

As Yu Dong walked out of Building 1, his gaze hardened.

He saw the tall, thin man again. The man had changed his clothes and was taking a walk in the complex, but Yu Dong still recognized him.

’This person must be here to watch me... Who is he?’

’Which butterfly flapped its wings...?’

At that moment, Yu Dong realized that he only knew how the world had developed after the choices he made last time; he wasn’t omniscient about the future. Every change he made after his rebirth could bring him unexpected trouble down the line.

With only ten hours left until the apocalypse, someone was still watching him... Yu Dong couldn’t help but feel a little agitated.

This meant that anything he did from now on could be discovered, leading to unknown variables.

He called all the team members back to Building 1.

"Huang, Youcai, at 6 PM, it’ll have to be you two who go out and seal the main gate. I have to go out... to take care of a problem."

"Huh? If we lock the gate, how will you get back in?"

"The underground garage of Building 2... I’ll come back through there and then seal it. We’ll regroup in Building 1 after that."

"Alright..."

At 5 PM, the doorbell rang. It was Xufeng.

"Dongzi, what’s the plan? What are we doing today? How are your preparations coming along? When’s the live stream starting?"

"Soon, very soon. Huang just needs one last piece of footage... and we need your help to play a passerby."

"No problem! I’m a great actor!"

"Great. Sit with them for a bit. I have to go out."

Huang also quickly chimed in, "Xufeng, come take a look at the footage I’ve shot these past few days and see how we should edit it..."

Xufeng was in position.

Liu Ye’ye wasn’t home at the moment; her father was about to arrive at the complex.

Yu Dong had originally planned to meet him too, but there was no time now. He had to deal with the man who was watching him to prevent his final plans from being ruined.

Reaching the complex entrance, Yu Dong clapped Liangzi on the shoulder. As he did, he glanced back and saw out of the corner of his eye that the tall, thin man had indeed followed him out of the complex.

"Hey~ Liangzi, your phone, quick, let me borrow your phone. I left mine back at school, need to make a call."

"Here, Brother Dong."

Liang Mian quickly handed the phone to Yu Dong. Yu Dong made a call, talking as he walked into the shadow of a building. Liangzi was tactful enough not to eavesdrop.

After all, the guy had his back turned, so he obviously had something private to say. He wasn’t a moron like Lin Xiaojun; he knew how to read a situation.

While Liang Mian wasn’t looking, Yu Dong took out the SIM card and swapped it with another one.

Then he walked back out and returned the phone to Liangzi with a smile.

"Don’t forget, 6:30, downtown at Zhuoyue Studio. That junior I told you about..."

Liangzi’s eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Brother Dong! If this works out... you’ll be my big brother for life!"

"Hahaha~ It’s a sure thing. I already showed the junior your picture. She thinks your muscles are hot..."

"Then I’ll wear something that shows off my physique tonight!"

"Alright, it’s a deal!"

Walking out of the complex, Yu Dong’s expression turned icy.

In the next two hours, he would resolve the biggest problem from his past life... once and for all.

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