Chapter 148 - 140: What’s Your Relationship with My Yu Dong?

Chapter 148: Chapter 140: What’s Your Relationship with My Yu Dong?

「Ten minutes earlier.」

Inside the Royal Caribbean Cruise ship.

Zhao Youcai pulled his dagger from First Mate Xu David’s stomach. His eyes were ice-cold as he watched Xu David collapse to the floor, the strength to struggle gradually leaving him.

"Courting death."

He then helped up Huang Zhiqiang, who had been knocked to the ground.

"Huang, are you okay?"

"Hiss... My head hurts. I think I might have a concussion... That bastard was ruthless. He didn’t even listen to us, just came at my head. Did you take him down?"

"I killed him."

"What!"

Huang Zhiqiang rubbed his eyes, trying to focus. He saw Xu David lying in a pool of blood, his face a mask of shock.

"How could you kill him, Youcai? We’re here to save people!"

"Killing him was the only way to save more people. So... I had to kill him."

Zhao Youcai’s gaze was calm, his heartbeat steady. He felt no discomfort watching the life drain from Xu David.

He only felt that he had done the right thing.

Just moments ago, they were inside when Xu David suddenly opened the captain’s office with a key. Upon seeing them with Captain Chen Guangzong held captive, he’d immediately drawn a rubber baton from his waist and swung it at them. Caught completely off guard, Huang took a blow to the head and collapsed.

Zhao Youcai had no choice but to draw his dagger. After a desperate scramble on the floor, the sharp blade won...

Captain Chen Guangzong’s eyes were wide with terror. With his mouth gagged, he could only let out muffled screams.

Zhao Youcai stood up and shot a glance at Captain Chen Guangzong.

He said nothing, but Captain Chen Guangzong immediately fell silent.

After closing the office door again, Zhao Youcai pulled the cloth gag from Captain Chen Guangzong’s mouth.

"Does anyone else have a key to this office?"

"No... no one. Only the first mate had one, only the first mate... Please don’t kill me! I didn’t see anything, I beg you! Don’t kill me! I promise I won’t say a word! I can help you dispose of the body... I know how to do it without a trace. I swear I’ll help you! Just don’t kill me!"

Captain Chen Guangzong was already scared out of his wits by Zhao Youcai.

In that moment, he was willing to cast aside all dignity to survive.

He was gutless, and he was terrified of death.

Zhao Youcai patted his face. "Captain, keep up this attitude, and I won’t kill you."

"Yes, yes! I’ll do anything! As long as you spare me..."

Zhao Youcai sneered.

’A 90% chance of turning. This captain will most likely become a zombie too, but for now, he’s still useful.’

"Come on, get back on the broadcast. Tell them to return to their rooms. Make sure all your crew members stay put in their rooms on the 13th floor."

"Oh, oh, okay! I’ll do it, I’ll do it!"

Captain Chen Guangzong resumed broadcasting, his tone strict and authoritative, befitting a captain.

The corner of Zhao Youcai’s mouth twitched into a smirk. The master of the entire ship could only grovel before him.

Beside him, Huang Zhiqiang was silent for a long time. ’The Zhao Youcai in front of me now... is so ruthless,’ he thought.

A few minutes later, the zombie outbreak began.

Captain Chen Guangzong and the two men stared at each other blankly, as if nothing was wrong.

"Heh... You’re pretty lucky to be alive."

Zhao Youcai scoffed.

"Since you’re still with us, say a few more words to your people. Tell anyone who hasn’t turned to stay in their rooms and not to come out. We’ll organize a rescue for them."

"Okay... Yes, okay."

Captain Chen Guangzong could now see through the window that a serious riot had broken out. People were stampeding toward A Port like madmen, but they were blocked by barricades.

Combined with the announcement from Yu Dong he’d heard over the loudspeaker, he more or less understood what was happening.

The zombie apocalypse had begun, and the two men before him were trying to save him and his crew.

He used the ship’s broadcast system to say a few words, calming the surviving crew members.

He looked at the two men, his expression extremely complicated.

"Are you... really researchers? How can you be so ruthless...? It didn’t have to be this way."

He and his first mate, Xu David, had been as close as brothers. Now, seeing him dead in a pool of blood... his heart ached, but he still had to grovel to stay alive.

The people who had come to save him had also killed his first mate... It left him terribly conflicted, unsure whether he should hate them or not.

"Don’t overthink it. You’re lucky just to be alive. Even if he had lived, he would’ve probably turned into a zombie... Besides, he didn’t give us any time to explain. If he had taken me down and let you go... you’d most likely be dead and bitten by now. You should be thanking me for killing him, heh heh."

Seeing that the apocalypse had truly arrived, Huang Zhiqiang actually felt a sense of relief.

Otherwise, after the killing they’d committed today... they’d have no choice but to wait for death.

"Let’s go, Youcai. We need to find our team."

"Captain Chen, you wait here for a bit. We’ll be back for you later..."

They locked the captain in the room, then walked out and went to the top deck.

It was empty up there.

He took out his walkie-talkie. "Ye Ye, what’s your status?"

"We’re on the 3rd floor. The 3rd floor is secure!"

"Okay, we’re coming down now."

The two of them took the elevator straight from the 16th floor down to the 3rd to rendezvous with the main group.

According to the information they had, the crew was all in their rooms on the 13th floor, so other areas should be mostly clear of zombies.

Besides, they were both wearing stab-proof vests and were armed. Even if they ran into one or two zombies, they could try to fight them off...

...

Inside a family suite on the 3rd floor.

"That’s the basic situation."

"The end of the world has arrived right on schedule."

"Everyone, from now on, we’ll have to survive together. Let’s all work with each other."

Liu Ye’ye spoke to the people gathered before her, taking Yu Dong’s place.

This time, Yu Dong had to remain at the port with Officer Wang to manage and screen a large number of people, so leading the core team here fell to her. Liu Ye’ye’s job was to help Yu Dong build up this core team.

The people here were a mixed bunch. Some had been tricked onto the ship, while others had come willingly.

They included Wang Xiuying, Shen Xinyi, Huang Henian, Zhao Wenjie, Yan Yikai, Qiao Ping, and the psychologist, Lin Mo.

Liu Ye’ye had specifically locked Lin Mo in a separate room, and to her surprise, he hadn’t turned into a zombie... a pleasant surprise, all things considered.

"What in the world are you all doing? I have just one question... Can I still get my soybean oil today or not!"

Wang Xiuying had been waiting for a long time and was getting anxious.

Liu Ye’ye smiled faintly. "Grandma Wang, we have soybean oil. Once it’s safe, I’ll take you to see it... We have as much as you want. But for now, you might need to listen to us explain the situation, okay?"

"I don’t understand what you’re talking about! I’ll leave after I get my oil. Just give me my oil first!"

She had no idea that the people outside had all turned into man-eating zombies; she thought they were just a crowd of onlookers and people telling jokes.

Shen Xinyi, however, now understood completely.

’It was Yu Dong... He saved me. He was afraid I would die out there, so he tricked me into coming here...’

She had thought she was being trafficked to Myanmar and had been cursing Yu Dong for ages. She never imagined... it was actually a hero saving the damsel in distress.

Suddenly, Shen Xinyi’s heart swelled with delight.

’He has feelings for me...’

But in the next instant, Shen Xinyi’s eyes narrowed. She arched an eyebrow, lifted her radiant face, and challenged Liu Ye’ye:

"Who are you? And what’s your relationship with my Yu Dong?"