Published: February 5, 2025
Chen Jun gasped as he stood up from the bed, grabbing a cup of water from the table and gulping it down. The transparent liquid spilled from the corners of his mouth, cascading down his chin and flowing over his sweat-drenched, muscular chest.
On the bed, a beautiful woman with a refined aura pulled the sheets over her body, watching the droplets hit the floor with a glimmer of desire in her eyes.
For a weak and powerless woman, the world outside, filled with man-eating monsters, was too dangerous. To survive, sacrifices had to be made.
In peaceful times, such sacrifices could be just effort, youth, or a bit of self-respect. But now, it required giving up one's body, dignity, and even soul.
A week into the apocalypse, many families were running low on food and water. The first wave of survival crisis had arrived. What seemed unthinkable in peacetime began to happen in the apocalypse, gradually becoming the norm, evolving towards something almost grotesque.
Su Yang was a white-collar worker; no, if based on her salary level, she was a gold-collar worker. She could afford to buy a house and a car outright in this expensive city with her income, her abilities were beyond doubt.
And Chen Jun? He was merely the property fee collector in the community! When he saw Su Yang, he could only lower his head and smile obsequiously, even hiding his lecherous gaze from the beautiful gold-collar worker.
More than once, Su Yang had shown a disdainful smirk the moment she turned away.
But now? This man, already in his fifties, had just vented his desires on her lovely body, and the price? Just a paltry amount of food and water sufficient to sustain life each day!
Su Yang had thought about dying more than once in the last couple of days, but whenever she picked up a fruit knife to press against her neck or abdomen, she could never bring herself to do it... just like she couldn’t bring herself to step out of the building to face the man-eating monsters outside.
Chen Jun noticed the woman's yearning gaze and chuckled, feeling immensely satisfied. Just a few days ago, he was still a half-crazed old man, working odd jobs. He had to consider whether to buy the five-dollar or eight-dollar drink, let alone think of women.
But now, he was an evolver. The miraculous potion had restored his masculine vigor, and he had learned to wield a magical wheel. He didn’t need to fight zombies outside; all he had to do was spread the word and sit at home to collect fees.
Despite the streets being full of zombies and corpses everywhere, this city had a lot of people. Many had died, but many more were alive!
These living people wanted to continue living; they needed to spin the wheel.
In just three or four days, Chen Jun had extracted fees amounting to hundreds of magic crystals. His son's Evolution Potion came from this.
With food, women, and power, Chen Jun felt that this was no apocalypse but paradise.
“Dad, a group of outsiders just arrived, they don't look easy to deal with, and they want to spin the wheel.”
A youthful voice came from outside the door, knocking lightly twice.
Hmm? Chen Jun casually threw on a shirt, set down the cup, and opened the door, glancing at his son. “How many people? Do they have weapons?”
“Six people, four women and two men, and they have guns.”
Chen Jun was slightly taken aback; such a team was somewhat formidable.
“Have you called our people over?”
Chen Jun's son nodded, “Called them, everyone has gone over.”
Hearing this answer, Chen Jun said nothing more and quickly headed towards the wheel.
Chen Jun's son stood at the door, watching his father walk farther away, then slipped into the room, walked to the bedside, and grinned as he reached for Su Yang’s prominent chest. Su Yang’s eyes flashed with anger, but she could only lower her head and evade, refusing to let him succeed.
As if he expected this, Chen Jun's son produced a bag of biscuits and a bottle of soda from behind him like a magician.
Su Yang looked at the items, and after a few seconds, the sheet that covered her chest slid down by itself...