Little Alice sat in the car, her small hands pressed against the window as she watched Renault eagerly from a distance.

Armed with two weapons, Renault charged into the zombie horde like a divine warrior, cutting down one zombie after another!

The constant sound of notifications buzzed in his ears as the zombies fell one by one.

Before long, Renault’s figure disappeared into the swarm of zombies.

One of the soldiers on the truck noticed Renault and exclaimed, "Oh my God, there’s someone in the zombie horde!"

As soon as he said this, Dong Liang, who was on the truck, looked toward the zombie horde and quickly said:

"Hold on, don’t do anything. Let’s observe first. If he gets bitten in that zombie crowd, he could turn into one of them, right?"

For a moment, the soldiers hesitated, slowing their movements.

What if they rescued him, only for him to get infected and turn on them?

Their bayonets were ready, but instead of charging into the horde, they just stood on the truck, watching Renault with wide eyes.

Renault stood in the middle of the zombie horde, thinking to himself, "Damn it, are they really not going to help?"

But indeed, that was the situation.

In the apocalypse, the coldness of human nature had long since become the norm.

Luckily, Renault had prepared before diving into the zombie horde. He chopped off the head of a nearby zombie and tossed a grenade not far away.

**Boom!**

In an instant, zombie limbs and flesh flew everywhere.

The soldiers were momentarily stunned, their vision obscured by the flying debris. Dong Liang’s eyes lit up with excitement.

That was a grenade!

This guy was no ordinary survivor!

"Who still has bullets? Shoot the zombies in the head—don’t hold back on the ammo!"

Dong Liang shouted, stabbing a zombie in the head with his bayonet.

Behind him, the soldiers sprang into action. Those who still had bullets opened fire on the zombies, while those without bullets stepped to the front, raising their bayonets.

Renault didn’t stay idle either. He tossed two more grenades.

**Bang! Bang!**

The explosions made Dong Liang even more excited.

This guy had plenty of grenades!

In fact, Dong Liang was most excited about the possibility that they could overachieve on this mission.

The primary goal of Dong Liang’s team was to gather supplies from all over Xishan City.

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The Xishan City Base had been hastily established due to the apocalypse, and to sustain it, they needed a large amount of resources.

So, Dong Liang needed supplies—lots of them.

Firearms and other hot weapons, in this cold-hearted era, could provide people with a sense of security.

That was what Dong Liang desired the most.

He kept his eyes fixed on Renault, watching as the number of zombies around him dwindled. Dong Liang couldn’t help but jump off the truck.

"Captain!"

A soldier hesitated for a moment, calling out in concern.

But Dong Liang landed safely in an area without zombies.

Renault, however, didn’t notice him, lost as he was in the flood of notifications in his ears.

In just a few minutes, he had leveled up to level 8!

**Host: Renault**

**Level: Black Iron 8**

Strength: 25

Speed: 22

Constitution: 22

Spirit: 22

Free attribute points: 0

Talent: None

Skills: None

Weapons: **Zhanmadao**, Fire Axe

Experience: 7/80

The speed of this leveling up was like riding a rocket!

Renault finished off another nearby zombie and thought, "It’s still faster to level up by killing hordes. I wonder when I’ll come across this many zombies again."

Turning around, he slashed at another zombie, instantly killing it.

As the number of zombies dwindled rapidly, the soldiers on the truck jumped down one by one, cleaning up the remaining zombies.

Before long, the street was cleared of zombies.

"Hello, I’m Dong Liang, the leader of the second collection team from the Xishan City Base!"

Dong Liang wasted no time, quickly approaching and saying, "With your strength, you could easily get a position at the base. You’d have no worries about food or safety. Doesn’t that sound appealing?"

Renault wiped the black blood from his **Zhanmadao** and then turned to Dong Liang, saying, "Sorry, I’m not interested in your base’s positions."

Honestly, Renault had no interest in the bureaucracy.

Why bother with a position when killing zombies to level up was so satisfying?

**Clang!**

Renault sheathed his **Zhanmadao**, turned, and walked back to the Range Rover, leaving the soldiers with nothing but his cool departure.

To the soldiers, it was a dashing exit, but to Dong Liang, it seemed like Renault was throwing away a golden opportunity, completely crazy.

Not joining the base to enjoy life, but instead killing zombies? Risking his life for fun?

There must be something wrong with his head!

"Hey, buddy, since we’re both from Xishan City, why don’t we get to know each other?" Dong Liang extended his hand, smiling warmly.

"Renault. If there’s anything else, we’ll talk later. I need to go home and eat."

Renault answered indifferently, stepping into the Range Rover.

"Captain, what should we do now?" a soldier asked quietly, seeing Dong Liang standing there in a daze.

"Sigh, if he’s not interested, we won’t force him. Let’s load the stuff from the convenience store onto the truck!"

Dong Liang snapped out of it and quickly directed the soldiers to start loading supplies.

This was a chain convenience store. If they took everything, they’d more than make up for any losses from today’s mission!

He could even go a step further!

With that thought, Dong Liang forgot about Renault and happily loaded a crate of chocolate onto the truck.

...

Not long after, Renault and Alice returned to the small building.

Guo Haoyu was sitting in the living room, cooking porridge. He looked up and smiled. "How was it? Did you run into any trouble?"

Alice nodded, then shook her head, excitedly waving her arms as she said:

"It was so thrilling! Alice killed seven zombies today!"

"Huh?"

Guo Haoyu was in disbelief. He turned to look at Renault.

Renault’s expression answered him.

Shrugging, Renault explained, "This is the apocalypse! Everyone has to work hard to survive. To stay alive, you need the strength to protect yourself!"

"Just like you. If you keep being kind to everyone, you’ll only end up getting hurt."

With that, Renault ignored Guo Haoyu, who was lost in thought, and walked up to the second-floor balcony alone.

There, he picked up the automatic rifle and aimed it at a distant building, though he didn’t fire.

"I didn’t expect that improving my spirit attribute would extend my field of vision."

Renault was surprised. Ever since he reached level 8, his vision had become much clearer.

In fact, he could hit a target 100 meters away with a single shot!

Before long, Guo Haoyu came upstairs.

"Boss, you were right. I still haven’t fully grasped the reality of things. This world has changed."

Renault nodded but said nothing.

"Boss, tomorrow I want to go to Xishan City Base to check it out."

"Hmm? Why go there?"

"My parents should be there. I want to…"

Renault turned his head and saw the hesitation on Guo Haoyu’s face, finding the situation somewhat amusing. "It’s fine. If you want to go, just go. I’ll drive you there tomorrow."