You were supposed to hoard supplies, why the heck did you hoard zombies!

Chapter 80 The Magic Police

Xu Lin broke out in a cold sweat.

He nearly thought he was about to be killed outright by that car.

The heart in his chest was beating violently, as if predicting that everything that had just happened was not a dream.

Zhou Tao's icy gaze was deeply imprinted in Xu Lin's mind.

Why did he do that?

Meanwhile, the people in the car started arguing about what just happened, with the two women squished by the rear door continuously condemning the recent actions.

"Zhou Tao, have you lost your mind?"

"Yeah, Zhou, did you even think about the consequences of what you've done?"

"If it weren't for Officer Xu, we would have—"

The two women were still speaking, one after the other when Zhou Tao, sitting in the passenger seat, suddenly turned around and roared: Read the latest on empire

"Enough!"

"I call the shots in this car now!"

"If it wasn't for that Xu, would so many of us have died?"

While saying this, he grabbed one of the women by the neck and said viciously:

"Do you pity him?"

"Fine, then go down and join your dear Officer Xu!"

No sooner had these words fallen than the moving van came to a sudden stop, and the two men in the back, paying no heed to the woman's pleading, threw her out of the vehicle.

The other woman, from start to finish, simply watched with a look of horror, not daring to say a word.

Zhou Tao gave her a cold glance, then turned his head away.

"Drive."

The van then moved forward once more.

At the same time, a second car brushed past Xu Lin.

The people inside showed no intention of stopping either, quickly disappearing at the exit after rounding the turn ahead.

The woman who was left behind was still sitting on the ground, cursing bitterly.

And then she broke down in tears.

Just then, a sluggish shuffle of footsteps suddenly sounded by her ear.

"Xu, Officer Xu?"

Hope surged in the woman's heart as if she had grasped the last straw to save her life.

But when she looked up, she saw a mouth filled with the stench of blood biting down on her face.

By the time Xu Lin arrived beside the woman, breathless, her throat had already been torn open.

"Heh...heh..."

"Xu, Officer Xu...I..."

"I don't want to die...I don't want to die..."

The woman's breathing was as coarse as that of an asthma patient.

She clutched Xu Lin's hand tightly, yet her pupils became more and more dilated, as if covered with a layer of gray-white mist.

A flicker of emotion finally appeared on Xu Lin's indifferent face.

His facial muscles kept twitching with anger and despair woven together, forming a strange expression that looked like both laughter and tears.

"It's alright..."

"It's over now..."

The three men, seeing the person's face clearly in the car, immediately went to open the door, but found the doors were like they were welded shut and couldn't be opened at all.

At the same time, the zombies on both sides were less than twenty meters away from them.

They panicked, crying out in a hurry:

"Officer Xu, open the door!"

"It's me, I'm Little Wang, I've always been following you!"

One of them, noticing the icy expression on Xu Lin's face, finally realized something and a hint of guilt flashed in his eyes.

He was about to explain when the person inside the car asked:

"Why?"

"What?"

The man was stunned, then quickly replied:

"I apologize, Officer Xu, we were wrong earlier!"

"In that situation, we had no choice; you can understand, right?"

Seeing this, the other two quickly added, "Right, right, right, special circumstances call for special measures, isn't that what you taught us?"

"Can we discuss this in the car?"

"The zombies are coming!"

"Please!"

Their expressions became increasingly frantic, their tone more desperate, as they spoke and their arms worked hard to pry the door open.

But Xu Lin made no move to open the door, just watching them indifferently.

"Special circumstances?"

"Heh, that does make sense."

As he spoke, he suddenly rolled down the car window in front of him.

One of the men, elated, immediately reached his hand through from the outside, fumbling for the door's lock.

But just as he was about to touch the lock and open the door, a hatchet, already stained red with blood, suddenly chopped down on his arm, which was halfway inside!

Amidst the severe pain, the man screamed and quickly retracted his arm.

A flash of anger appeared in the eyes of the other two:

"Xu, what are you doing?"

"You're an officer!"

"It's your duty to save people!"

"Blame Zhou Tao, for god's sake—it was him leading, not us!"

The two glared at Xu Lin inside the car, but subconsciously took a few steps back.

Just then, a sound came from behind them.

Zombies.

The injured man was the first to be tackled to the ground.

Then came the two companions who had just been furiously cursing at Xu Lin.

Seven or eight starving zombies didn't give the three men a chance to resist, and in a matter of seconds, they were silenced.

Xu Lin watched the tragedy unfold outside through the car window, the last traces of compassion in his eyes being replaced by indifference.

Their lives were ones he had saved.

Now, they were simply being returned.

An officer?