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Shen Yan's heart immediately jumped. She had barely recovered from that life-or-death tension, and her seat wasn't even warm yet.

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Shen Yan's heart shot straight back up. She had only just started to ease out of that near-death tension, hadn't even warmed her seat yet.

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Now she was being told there were new developments. Would this never end?

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And now there was another change? Was there no end to it?

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Honestly, why hadn't she been among the first wave of infected? At least then she'd have died a quick death.

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Honestly, why hadn't she been in the first batch of infected? At least then she'd have gotten a quick, clean death.

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Her mind raced. She immediately tightened her grip on the safety axe and stared warily toward the exit.

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Her thoughts raced. She gripped the safety axe tight and looked warily toward the exit.

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In a low voice tinged with a faint sense of being dead inside, she asked, "How many?"

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In a low voice still faintly tinged with that near-death feeling, she asked, "How many?"

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Ling Yu's consciousness was now completely focused on the area outside the Zone D dormitory building.

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Ling Yu's consciousness was now completely focused on the area outside the dormitory buildings in Zone D.

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The camera he had just repaired on the sentry tower of the perimeter wall was faithfully transmitting the feed back.

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The camera he had just repaired, the one mounted on the sentry tower along the perimeter wall, was faithfully transmitting the footage back.

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A military-green truck—by its model, some sort of military transport—was pitted and scarred, covered in dark scrapes. One of its tires was flat, dragging an ugly trail as it struggled along the concrete road.

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A military-green truck — by the look of the model, some kind of military transport. Its body was pitted and covered with dark scratches, one tire already flat, dragging an ugly trail as it struggled along the concrete road.

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The truck wove like a drunkard, not fast, but the roar of its engine cut harshly through the deathly silence.

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The truck wobbled along like a drunkard, not fast, but the roar of its engine cut through the dead silence with particular harshness.

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About a hundred meters behind the truck followed a group of zombies.

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And behind the truck, a little over a hundred meters back, trailed a pack of zombies.

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They weren't too numerous—about thirty or forty—but they chased tightly, drawn by the truck's noise, and surged tirelessly toward the core area of the power station.

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Not too many — thirty or forty or so — but they were chasing hard, drawn relentlessly by the truck's noise, surging tirelessly toward the core area of the power station.

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"How much farther is it?" Shen Yan pressed.

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"How far away are they?" Shen Yan pressed.

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The screen switched and displayed the truck's real-time surveillance footage directly.

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The screen switched to show the truck's live surveillance feed.

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[It'll reach the plant gate in about three minutes.] Ling Yu's reply carried a hint of uncertainty.

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[About three minutes until it reaches the plant gate.] Ling Yu's answer carried a hint of uncertainty too.

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Through the camera, he could see figures moving inside the truck. One sat in the cab, and there seemed to be two or three more in the cargo bed, but they were too far away to make out the details.

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Through the camera, he could make out figures stirring inside the truck — one in the cab, what looked like two or three more in the cargo bed — but they were too far away to see the details.

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Still, who else but living people would be driving around a godforsaken place like this? It wasn't like zombies had learned to drive a manual transmission.

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Still, if someone was driving through a godforsaken place like this, what else could they be but the living? It wasn't as if zombies had learned to drive stick.

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Ling Yu ran through the calculations rapidly.

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Ling Yu's mind ran through the math.

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New people were coming. Was that a good thing or a bad thing?

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New arrivals — good thing or bad?

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The benefits were obvious. More people meant more labor.

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The upside was obvious. More people meant more manpower.

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If any of them were professionals—a soldier or an engineer—it would be a tremendous help in clearing out the power station and establishing defenses.

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If any of them were professionals — soldiers or engineers — it would be an enormous help in clearing the station and establishing defenses.

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No matter how capable he was as an "AI," he still needed people to execute operations.

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No matter how capable he, an "AI," was, he still needed someone to carry out the actual work.

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Depending on Shen Yan alone to clear out more than three hundred zombies—that would take forever. She wasn't Superman.

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With Shen Yan alone, clearing out three hundred-plus zombies would take forever and a day. She wasn't Superman.

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But the downsides were equally obvious.

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But the downside was just as obvious.

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First, you never know what's in someone's heart.

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First, you could never know what was in another person's heart.

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Who knew what kind of people they were? Soldiers of order, or thugs of chaos?

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Who knew who was coming? Soldiers of order, or thugs from the chaos?

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What if this was inviting a wolf into the house? Even if he wasn't human anymore, it would still be a headache.

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What if they invited a wolf right through the door? Even if he wasn't human anymore, it would still be a real headache.

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Second, resources. One more mouth meant more consumption.

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Second, resources. One more mouth meant one more share of consumption.

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Although the station's supply stockpile was decent, it wasn't infinite.

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The station's stockpile was decent, but not unlimited.

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Of course, that wasn't urgent. After all, the infection had struck suddenly, and the people here had retreated in a hurry.

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That point wasn't urgent, though. The outbreak had arrived so suddenly, and the people here had evacuated so hastily.

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A large amount of stored food had been simply abandoned. Feeding a few more people should be fine.

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A large stock of stored food had simply been abandoned, so feeding a few extra people should still be manageable.

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Anyway, he ran on uranium-235 now, so he didn't covet those low-energy human foodstuffs.

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Anyway, he ran on uranium-235 now; he couldn't be bothered with humans' low-energy food.

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But third—and most urgent—the truck had a string of zombies following behind it.

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But third — the most urgent problem — that truck had a string of zombies on its tail.

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Letting them in meant letting the trouble in too.

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Letting them in meant letting the trouble in along with them.

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"Are they soldiers?" Shen Yan asked, looking at the truck's paint scheme on the screen.

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"Are they soldiers?" Shen Yan asked, looking at the truck's paint job on the screen.

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[Hard to say. In this chaotic state, the clothes someone wears don't determine who they are.] Ling Yu typed out his concern.

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[Hard to say. In this kind of chaos, the clothes someone wears don't tell you what kind of person they are.] Ling Yu typed out his concern.

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She naturally understood that reasoning.

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She understood that truth all too well.

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My daily routine was doing housework and reading, and also with strange uncles...

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My daily routine is doing housework and reading, and being with strange uncles...

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My daily routine was doing housework and reading, and also with strange uncles...

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My daily routine is doing housework and reading, and being with strange uncles...

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My daily routine was doing housework and reading, and also with strange uncles...

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My daily routine is doing housework and reading, and being with strange uncles...