Liu Tiantian's comments were immediately met with mockery from a group of male property owners.

"Damn it, it's the apocalypse, who's still pampering you little fairies?"

"Heh, think you're so important?"

"Expecting us to risk our lives to protect you? You think you're worthy?"

Uncle You, who was ridiculed, was left speechless.

He couldn't understand why, despite his good intentions for everyone, they all reacted this way.

He wasn't much of a talker and couldn't out-argue the others, so he simply chose to stay silent.

Zhang Yi found the chat group's conversation quite lively, taking it as a joke, it was rather amusing.

After all, there weren't many ways to entertain oneself these days!

In summary, his conclusion was simple.

The vast majority of people in this property owners' chat group deserved their fate.

The flame war in the chat group grew more intense.

Perhaps because they had been repressed for too long, everyone finally found an outlet and let it all out.

All sorts of vile and filthy words filled the chat group, too offensive for the ears.

So much so that they all forgot the original purpose of creating the group.

Zhang Yi put his phone aside and headed to the kitchen.

Although the extra-dimensional space had plenty of ready-made meals, he occasionally liked to cook himself, to enjoy life a bit.

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He took out fresh ingredients from the extra-dimensional space.

Potatoes, onions, ginger, and garlic were as fresh as if they had just been dug out of the soil.

The beef brisket was also very tender, its fresh red color whetting the appetite.

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Zhang Yi stewed a pot of potato beef brisket and, following the method for clay pot chicken, stuck some flatbreads to the side of the pot.

Once stewed, the flatbreads soaked up the broth, becoming exceptionally delicious.

Picking up his phone, he saw that Fang Yuqing and Lin Caining had sent him messages again.

This time, their voices were filled with desperate pleas.

Fang Yuqing and Lin Caining were crying terribly, clearly terrified by Chen Zhenghao's murderous actions.

The two Green Tea White Lotuses had no ability to resist a villain.

Thus, they were likely to become Chen Zhenghao's next targets.

Especially after seeing the sturdy security door at Zhang Yi's home, they felt even more that his place was a safe haven and wanted to move in.

"Zhang Yi, no matter our past conflicts, at least you once loved me, right?"

"You can't just watch me die, can you?"

"I know you seem tough on the outside, but you have a soft heart. Please, save me!"

Lin Caining was even more shameless than Fang Yuqing.

"Zhang Yi, I don't want to die. Let me live at your place, and I'll do anything you ask! Just don't let me die at their hands."

Zhang Yi could feel their inner terror.

To be honest, if his house hadn't been reinforced, living in such a cold and food-scarce home, his despair wouldn't be less than theirs.

But would he pity these two women?

Hahaha, of course not!

After all, this was the scene he longed to see.

The more desperate they were, the more excited Zhang Yi became.

He didn't respond, just leisurely sent them a video.

In the video, Zhang Yi had a big pot of potato beef brisket in front of him, and a fireplace burning brightly nearby.

The warm and peaceful atmosphere inside the house was in stark contrast to the blizzard and howling north wind outside.

For the two women at that moment, it was an immense provocation.

After all, they were not only struggling to find food but also to stay alive.

They continued to send a barrage of pleading messages, begging Zhang Yi to let them into his room to live together.

Zhang Yi chose to ignore them.

He neither agreed nor refused.

He wanted to give them a glimmer of hope, knowing it was slim, yet they still had to come groveling to him.

The day passed in such boredom.

Chen Zhenghao and his group, having seized some supplies, were in no hurry to continue their actions.

They understood that if they went too far, it would unite all the property owners against them.

Gathering a group, pacifying another, and then killing off some, that was the most rational approach.

However, that night, Zhang Yi noticed some unusual movements from Chen Zhenghao's group through the surveillance.

The entire Tianhai City was without power at night, and only Zhang Yi's home was lit up, unnoticed by those in the same building.

Zhang Yi saw a few of Chen Zhenghao's henchmen carrying two bodies out the door.

He looked closely and felt that the two looked familiar.

He remembered them well because he knew almost all the property owners in the building.

But these two didn't look like they belonged to their building.

So, they must have been other henchmen called over by Chen Zhenghao when the snow started.

After a moment's thought, Zhang Yi understood what had happened.

That day, when Chen Zhenghao and his men attacked Zhang Yi's home, they were drenched by a large water hose.

In such extreme cold of minus sixty or seventy degrees, it was deadly.

Therefore, these two must have been frozen to death.

A cold leading to fever, without a comfortable environment and medicine like ibuprofen, death was not surprising.

Otherwise, why would the average lifespan be so short in ancient times?

The two bodies were stripped of all clothing and then dumped at the stairwell.

Zhang Yi frowned, initially puzzled by their actions.

If they just wanted to dispose of the bodies, they could have thrown them out the window, and the snow would cover everything.

Why leave them at the door?

But as he pondered, a terrifying thought suddenly struck him, causing his pupils to shrink!

Could it be that Chen Zhenghao left their bodies as... backup food?

This thought made Zhang Yi's skin crawl with horror.

But indeed, this explanation made the most sense.

In the freezing cold, the world was a giant refrigerator, no need to worry about food spoilage.

Modern people's understanding of the apocalypse often comes from apocalyptic movies.

And cannibalism is not a rare occurrence in those films.

In the annals of human history, during great disasters, there were records of horrifying acts like eating one's own children or resorting to cannibalism.

Perhaps the peaceful years have made some forget those historical records written in black and white.

Until the apocalypse arrived.

Zhang Yi took a deep breath, and his rapidly beating heart soon calmed down.

Compared to most, he accepted this reality faster.

After all, he had experienced an apocalypse before and had been eaten by others as food.

He knew that when pushed to the brink, due to hunger, humans could perform any cruel act and consume anything edible.

"Chen Zhenghao, what a ruthless man!"

Although Zhang Yi had no respect for the gang leader, he couldn't help but remark.

Many people understand the principle.

But to consider the bodies of one's own brothers as reserve food before the food supply runs out, that's almost akin to losing one's humanity.