"Yes, many survivors have gathered there now. Everyone has been striving hard to live from the beginning to the end. Even though the apocalypse is terrifying, I believe that as long as we unite, the apocalypse cannot defeat us."
As the sunlight shifted, he finally got a clear view of the group of survivors huddled in the corner. The moment he saw the truth, Lin Fan was utterly shocked.
Unexpectedly, the survivors huddled in the corner were all elderly people.
Most of them were in their sixties or seventies.
In the apocalypse, such an age is truly at the bottom of the food chain. Surviving until now is indeed a miracle among miracles.
There might be a problem here.
The elderly person looked at Lin Fan, then turned back to gaze at the folks in the dark corner, his voice hoarse as he spoke.
"Everyone, come out."
Lin Fan looked at these survivors in front of him; indeed, they were exactly as he saw, all elderly and not young.
"How did you survive?"
Lin Fan asked the question in his heart. It was what he wanted to know the most.
It’s challenging for strong young people to survive in the apocalypse, yet this group of elderly people was living well. Seeing their good complexion indicated that they had no issues with food and drink.
"And what’s with the injuries on your faces?"
He asked everything at once.
All the elderly helplessly looked at Lin Fan.
The preceding elder sighed and slowly opened his mouth to tell Lin Fan the truth.
Lin Fan learned the truth: some young people had been taking care of them, one of whom was named Yang Ye. He had the ability to be ignored by zombies and had been outside all along, searching for supplies to support them hiding here.
But just yesterday, a helicopter stormed in, armed with weapons, and took away the young people, leaving only this group of elderly ones behind.
Upon hearing these words from the elder, he immediately thought that only Qin Ling could do such a thing.
The mysterious organization has always been searching for young people.
The leading elder named Huang Wenhua wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "Young Yang and the others are good kids. They never saw us as a burden and have always been taking care of us, giving us good food and supplies, and often fetching us health supplements from outside. Without the meticulous care of those kids, we would have died a long time ago."
"Young man, you are a capable person. Can you save those kids? The people who took them all had guns. I got these bruises when I tried to stop them, and they hit me with the butt of the gun."
Listening to what the elder said, Lin Fan realized they were full of gratitude towards the young people mentioned.
To unconditionally take care of a few defenseless elderly individuals in the apocalypse speaks volumes about the character of these young people.
That young man, Yang Ye, was evidently an Awakener in disguise.
"Please wait for me for a moment; I’ll see what I can do but I’m unsure if I’ll succeed."
Huang Wenhua, the elder, asked, "Do you know those people?"
Lin Fan shook his head and replied, "Not very well, but I know they’ve been capturing the strong and healthy survivors. I’ve been trying to locate them, but all along, they’ve been elusive, hiding their location so that even now, I don’t know where their base is."
He went to the corner.
Lin Fan took out a satellite phone and dialed Qin Ling.
The satellite phone rang for a long time with no answer. Just when he thought Qin Ling didn’t want to take the call, it was finally answered.
"Heh, indeed as I thought, your speed exceeds my imagination. How does a human body sustain such high-speed movement, I’m curious. Even speed-type zombies can’t compare to you. I often wonder, how did you become so powerful?"
Qin Ling was genuinely curious about Lin Fan, exhibiting non-human abilities. Despite their extensive research on zombies, Professor Jin repeatedly stated that no matter how zombies evolve, they can’t reach his level.
I suspect he isn’t human.
Professor Jin Pearl likes to label any incomprehensible being as beyond human understanding.
Lin Fan said, "My issues don’t need contemplation for now. I want to ask, did you take away the young people from here?"
"Yes, I found them and took away the strong and healthy, leaving the elderly and weak for you. Don’t you think this is a great collaboration? You save your people, and I take those I need. In the future, I think it would be great to continue cooperating ."
Listening to what the other party said, Lin Fan realized that in their eyes, these elderly were essentially useless, whereas they targeted the strong and healthy young ones.
Why didn’t they kill these elderly ones?
Instead, they notified him.
Are they trying to test his ability data by doing this?
It’s likely the case.
As soon as they answered the call, they asked if he had arrived, clearly aware of his abilities, aiming for a more accurate evaluation.
"Can you release the few young people you just captured?" Lin Fan said.
As soon as he finished speaking.
There was a palpable silence on the other end.
After a brief stillness.
"Hahaha..." Qin Ling laughed heartily, "Are you kidding me? You want me to release them back? Don’t you think that’s quite an over-the-top request? The shelter I found, the people I found, and I have only taken a group of young people. At least I’ve left you a group of old folks. Instead of thanking me, you’re trying to push your luck by wanting those young ones back. Don’t you think that’s pretty excessive?"