Even so, the young soldier was startled. Seeing Hao Qi standing before him without making any hostile move, he let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Quite the moves you've got there. No wonder you dare to walk the streets alone! With skills like that, ordinary skeletons and zombies probably aren't a match for you, right?"
Hao Qi mentally noted down the terms "skeletons" and "zombies," then smiled silently and followed the young soldier into the building. Once inside, he noticed spent cartridge cases scattered everywhere and a heavy smell of blood hanging in the air. Entering a room, he found nearly ten soldiers lying against the walls, all bearing various injuries. The most severe cases were missing limbs; though bandaged, it was obvious they had received no further medical treatment.
At that moment, the officer who had been leading the group earlier walked over. He looked at the wounded soldiers by the wall, let out a quiet sigh, and asked Hao Qi, "Which block are you from? How come you're only coming out on the streets half a month later? You couldn't possibly have been hiding in a basement like in the movies, could you?"
Chapter 115