She knew she was very beautiful, and in the academy, she was the target of pursuit for many boys. Just last year, a tall boy from the music department, who somewhat resembled the Korean pop star Rain, blocked her in front of the dormitory building, insisting that he had to be her boyfriend. That guy was slick-tongued, even showing off flirtatiously, striking what he thought were cool poses, which was infuriating to watch. At that time, Grace Sutton didn’t even think—she just smashed him on the head with the hot water bottle in her hand... Since then, all the pretty-boy types would steer clear whenever they saw her.

Chapter 6: Recovery

She had always been afraid of the man in front of her. The ferocity, wildness, and violence emanating from him made him almost unapproachable. But he was brave, and strong. Especially after what happened this morning in front of the hardware store, Grace Sutton suddenly realized he had another kind of special charm.

But he actually touched my face! Pinched my flesh!

Thinking of this, Grace Sutton couldn’t help but grit her teeth hard, gripping the steel pipe in her hand, her eyes instinctively focusing on all of Henry Sutton’s vulnerable spots. Especially between his legs.

“If you dare touch me again, I’ll turn you into a eunuch right away——”

Grace Sutton silently recited this line, her face flushed. But even she didn’t understand: why not act now? Why wait until next time?

……

In the guest room on the third floor, two zombies were cleared out. For these lone monsters, Henry Sutton very quickly extracted hormones and silver bones from their bodies. The broken corpses and severed limbs were thrown out the window, landing on the road outside.

The tap water supply had long since stopped, but there was another independent underground water extraction system inside the building. The water tank on the roof was huge, and the massive solar panels could not only provide hot water around the clock, but also ample electricity.

The security bars outside the window were exceptionally sturdy, with steel bars at least over five centimeters in diameter. Henry Sutton had calculated that to forcibly break through this layer of protection, you’d need at least the physique of a second-tier enhanced human—that is, a thousand kilograms of impact force.

He returned to the hall, reinforced the already locked back door with an iron chain. Henry Sutton lowered the rolling shutter, drew the curtains, turning the place into a completely sealed space.

“This place is even safer than I imagined.”

Henry Sutton wiped the sweat from his forehead, walked over to the sofa and sat down, took out a plastic bag containing cold steamed buns and braised meat from his backpack, tossed it to Grace Sutton standing across from him, and said, “Eat something for now, we still have a lot of work to do.”

……

The basement cleanup was much simpler than Henry Sutton had expected.

The vault was a small room of over fifty square meters. The heavy round gate stood open, with six blood-soaked zombies wandering around. They were all wearing black bulletproof vests, steel helmets, and metal badges on their chests reading “Security Guard.” Two male corpses in bank uniforms lay in front of the vault door, their internal organs and limbs torn to pieces. Nearby, the rear door of a transport vehicle marked “Kunming Security” was open——obviously, at the moment the virus broke out, a cash transfer was underway here.

There was no gold, nor any brand-new red banknotes, only dozens of numbered canvas bags. Inside were piles of tattered, worn-out currency, mostly in one-yuan denominations.

Walking through the bloody, sticky mess hacked apart by a fire axe, Henry Sutton stripped a bulletproof vest from a zombie he had just killed, picked out the smallest size, and handed it to Grace Sutton.

Four Type 97 riot shotguns were scattered on the ground, along with over two hundred rounds of ammunition found on the zombies and in the vehicle. Besides these, there were five riot shields in the transport compartment, as well as the same number of police batons and stun guns.

Henry Sutton took off his jacket and put on a bulletproof vest. Seeing Grace Sutton fiddling with the weapon she had just acquired, he couldn’t help but smile faintly and ask, “Do you know how to use it?”

The girl shook her head.

Henry Sutton walked behind Grace Sutton, held her hand that was gripping the gun, raised it level, and said in a calm, steady tone, “This kind of gun is a close-range lethal weapon, you don’t need to aim too precisely, and you have to reload after every shot. Police rounds aren’t very powerful, but no matter what, it’s still much better than a steel pipe.”

Even through the bulletproof vest, she could still feel the body heat coming from Henry Sutton. The strong, masculine scent of his sweat kept her nerves taut. She wondered if Henry Sutton noticed that his stubble was scratching her neck? It tickled... Strangely, she didn’t find his actions annoying at all.

……

The steel door leading to the surface slowly opened. With the power supply ensured, the sensor card found on the bank employee’s corpse allowed the underground parking lot’s security system to function again.

The “Chevrolet” sedan parked by the roadside had already been abandoned——the key was still in the ignition of the transport vehicle, and in terms of both safety and sturdiness, it was far superior to an ordinary civilian car. In this era where the framework of order was gradually collapsing, as long as you had the ability to take possession, you were the master of everything.