Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 57: Chapter 53: Emergency 2 Hours

Liang Mian watched Yu Dong walk out of the community as if he were watching a god depart.

In his heart, Yu Dong was a god!

Not only had he bought him a meal, but he’d also introduced him to a female college student.

To the sexually repressed Liangzi, this was the equivalent of his parents giving him a new life.

Just as he was fantasizing about his future blissful life, two police cars pulled up to the gate.

Four police officers quickly got out, walked over, and shoved their badges in Liang Mian’s face.

"Official business. Please open the gate."

Liang Mian took one look... and quickly opened the community gate.

"Right this way, officers!"

He even gave them a salute.

The four officers returned the salute and headed straight for Building 1.

A short while later, they emerged, escorting a hunched-over Jiang Xupeng, who looked like a quail with its head drooped, and a woman wrapped in a large coat. They were shoved into a police car, which then sped away.

A buzz of conversation immediately filled the community.

"What happened? Why’d they arrest him?"

"What else could it be? Soliciting a prostitute. It’s not the first time that kid has called for a hooker in broad daylight..."

"I was just over by Building 1 and heard. The police said someone reported prostitution here. It’s people like him who make our community such a mess, turning it into a ghost town."

Hearing this, Liangzi ran back to the security office, his heart still pounding with fear. He grabbed the few small cards he had stashed on top of the air conditioner, crumpled them up, and threw them all away.

’I’ll obey the law... I have Brother Dong... I don’t need these...’

...

Yu Dong glanced at the text message on his phone and smiled faintly.

’That’s one.’

Jiang Xupeng was a pure asshole. While he didn’t have Lin Xiaojun’s viciousness, he was plenty bad. In times of peace, he constantly skirted the edge of the law. After the apocalypse, he became even more deplorable.

For people like him, elimination was the best solution.

Yu Dong had timed it perfectly to get him sent to the detention center. From here on out, only an iron cage awaited him.

Using the reflection in the glass of a coffee shop ahead, Yu Dong saw that the skinny, tall man was still following him. The man then went into the coffee shop.

"I’ll have a cappuccino."

Sipping his coffee and waiting for time to pass, Yu Dong was still trying to guess who this man could be.

’This guy’s surveillance is very professional. If I hadn’t memorized every face in the community from my past life, I really wouldn’t have noticed him.’

’If he’s not from the police, then who could he be?’

It was a puzzle Yu Dong couldn’t solve.

The time gradually approached 6:00 PM... The property management office closed, Liangzi’s shift ended and Old Li’s began, and Old Li, as reliably as clockwork, went to go slack off in the bathroom.

"Go!"

Huang Zhiqiang and Zhao Youcai put on sunglasses and work clothes, then went downstairs carrying two bags.

The two of them took out angle iron and an impact drill, replicating Yu Dong’s actions from his past life.

Over the past few days, Yu Dong had trained them on this step repeatedly until they had perfected it. The moment they started, the drill began to WHIRRR.

The two of them were twice as fast as Yu Dong had been!

WOOF!

WOOF WOOF WOOF!

The sound of a dog barking came from behind them.

Huang Zhiqiang and Zhao Youcai turned around in unison.

An old couple walked over, leading a Teddy.

"What are you doing? Why are you sealing the gate?"

"Are you from property management? How come I’ve never seen you before?"

When Zhao Youcai saw the old woman, his heart stirred.

She was his rescue target for the day.

"Just a moment. We’ll explain when we’re done."

Hearing this, the old couple immediately grew anxious.

"What do you mean ’when you’re done’?! We need to get out! Who told you to seal the gate!"

"I’m going to the property management office to ask what’s going on!"

The two big young men made the old man a little wary. Besides, this was just too strange—the community gate suddenly being sealed.

But the two of them were already prepared.

"Sir, Ma’am, don’t worry. We’re workers hired by property management. It’s just a routine reinforcement and modification of the gate. It’ll be open again in a little while..."

"There’s an event over at Building 1 where you can get free eggs for attending a lecture. By the time you go get your eggs, we’ll be done."

The old couple’s faces lit up with joy.

"Let’s go, hurry. Last time we went late and they ran out."

"Thanks!"

The moment they heard "free eggs," the old couple took off as if they had wings on their feet.

When they got to Building 1, they saw a young woman holding a flyer. It read: [Attend Our Lecture on Women’s Health and Breast Cancer Prevention, and Receive Free Eggs].

"Young lady, where’s the lecture? Do we have to pay?"

Liu Ye’ye smiled warmly and took the old woman’s arm.

"This is an official public service lecture, it’s free. I’ll take you up..."

The old man wanted to follow, but Liu Ye’ye waved her hand. "Sir, this one is for women only. You can go check out Building 3. There’s a lecture for men over there, and you can get free fish."

"Oh!"

The old man hurried off after hearing that, completely forgetting his dog.

The old woman, holding the dog’s leash, followed Liu Ye’ye upstairs...

Outside, the two men quickly finished sealing the gate and returned to Building 1.

"Done!"

Yu Dong glanced at his phone, put down his coffee cup, and headed back to the community.

He ducked directly under the barrier of the underground garage.

The skinny, tall man following him glanced at the empty underground garage... hesitated for a moment, and decided to take the ground-level route.

Then he saw the ground-level gate sealed shut with bars of angle iron, and the crowd that had already begun to gather there.

"Hm?"

Connecting this with Yu Dong’s strange move of going directly into the underground garage, his sharp intuition immediately told him something was about to happen.

He dialed a phone number.

"The target is exhibiting abnormal behavior..."

By the time he chased him to the underground garage, the entrance to Building 1’s garage had been welded shut. It was impossible to push open.

The sound of an electric drill echoed from the entrance to Building 2’s underground garage.

He jogged over, leaned against the wall outside the entrance, and listened to the sound of a high-powered drill coming from the other side. He then immediately went to the entrance of Building 3’s underground garage... it was also sealed shut.

He returned to Building 2 and pushed on the gate... by now it was more than halfway sealed and couldn’t be moved by human strength.

The skinny, tall man put on a confused expression. "Hey buddy, why won’t the gate open?"

Through the gap in the gate, Yu Dong saw his face clearly.

As he drilled and secured the bolts, he asked, "Who are you?"

"I’m a resident of the community."

"I mean your real identity. Why are you surveilling me?"

Hearing this, the man on the other side panicked, his hand reaching inside his clothes.

After a moment of silence amidst the sound of the drill, the skinny, tall man turned and walked away.

After leaving the underground garage, he made a call.

"I’ve been exposed... The target has sealed off the Xiangti Bay Community... Mm... Okay..."

Yu Dong didn’t get his answer and felt a faint sense of unease.

He glanced at his watch. It was already 6:20 PM.

There were still 40 minutes until the S-virus outbreak.

’Forget it, I need to keep moving...’

After sealing the underground garage of Building 2, Yu Dong quickly returned to ground level.

By now, a number of residents had gathered at the community gate. Sister Zhang, who had originally scheduled a viewing for a client, had no choice but to come out and maintain order.

"Everyone, please calm down! I just called the maintenance man. He’s at home eating dinner right now. He’ll come over as soon as he’s done. It’ll be an hour at most, I guarantee traffic will be restored!"

"If you’re in a hurry, you can take the elevator down to the underground passage. I’ll raise the barrier arm there so everyone can use that as a temporary entrance and exit."

Seeing that the residents, though unhappy, had at least been placated and were heading to the underground garage, Sister Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.

’Thank goodness that troublemaker Jiang Xupeng isn’t here... otherwise he’d definitely be starting something with me.’

Just then, two arrogant voices shouted out:

"Who the fuck did this! I’ll fucking kill him! I’ll beat the shit out of him and then... then stuff it in his mouth! Check the security cameras for me!"

"This kind of shit happens right after we move in? A refund! We’re not renting anymore!"

Xufeng and Ding Ming came out.

One was covered in bodybuilder muscles, the other was dark-skinned and clearly a manual laborer.

Both of them were bigger than Jiang Xupeng.

This familiar troublemaker-like appearance made Sister Zhang’s heart sink.

She quickly dialed Liangzi’s number.

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