Diona soon led her people close to the area where the bandits were holed up.

They’d originally planned to get out of the car and approach slowly. But for some reason, a considerable number of zombies had gathered in the area. If things continued like this, they’d probably be drawn to the bandits packed together there, swarm up, and launch a full-scale attack.

“Diona, things look pretty rough around here…”

As they drove around the outskirts of the abandoned town, some of Diona’s companions were already getting cold feet.

“If we park around here, getting in will be easy. Getting back out, though? Not so much.”

“…” (Diona)

The blonde girl lifted her face and gazed into the distance, toward the entire ruined town lying silent beneath the blazing midday sun.

“Something must’ve happened in there.”

The White Rabbit God created The World, while the Black Rabbit God was responsible for destroying it.

People believed that humanity was the creation of the White Rabbit God, while the monsters who saw humans as food and enemies—including the zombies—came from the Black Rabbit God, bringer of calamity.

“If we give up now, the zombies will definitely destroy the supplies they’ve hidden.”

“Even if they survive, they’ll abandon this base and move somewhere else with the supplies. We still won’t get our hands on any resources.”

Diona climbed out of the front passenger seat and leapt into the truck bed.

Someone held her from behind as she planted her right foot on the roof of the speeding vehicle.

“A hundred… in a small group like this.”

“One, three, five.”

After a few quick gestures, Diona made a rough calculation. “Just this group we can see has at least five hundred.”

“There are definitely more in the other directions.”

“But they don’t seem likely to gather in numbers big enough to breach the walls anytime soon. In other words, they won’t attack right away.”

Diona lowered her hand. “We can use that window.”

“What?! Use that window?? Diona, are you seriously thinking of taking all of us into that hellhole right now?” A scarred woman cried out. “That’s insane! If you’re set on doing it, I’ll follow you all the way to hell—but think it through before you say something like that!!”

“I’m not taking everyone in.” Diona waved her hand lightly.

She said,

“Four. I only need four people to come with me.”

“Everyone else will keep driving around the perimeter. Make sure the zombies don’t catch up, and buy us a little more time before they launch an all-out attack.”

After a brief calculation, Diona had a plan. “We’ll take one vehicle and lead a group of zombies straight into their wall, smash it down, and I’ll kill the bandit leader. If anyone else can rally them, I’ll kill them too. Three people will grab their supplies in the confusion, and one will stay with the car and keep the engine running.”

At last, Diona made up her mind. She took a deep breath, then opened her eyes.

There wasn’t a trace of hesitation in her gaze.

The red-haired female leader was pinning Lin Mo down. She shouted filthy abuse at him and raised her fist.

Lin Mo accepted his loss.

He hadn’t lost because he was outmatched. He’d lost because he never guessed that, in the Matriarchal Apocalypse, his enemy would have some special ability that went beyond the rules of the world.

He should’ve known better. By now, he knew the Black Rabbit God was a goddamn scumbag—a worthless piece of trash—and understood that it wanted to torture all ten transmigrators to death. He should’ve stayed cautious and kept a low profile. Instead, he’d lost because he was too confident in his own strength. He had it coming…

But in the very next instant, Lin Mo suddenly heard the roar of a car.

He jolted. The red-haired female leader’s fist still came down on his face.

Bang!

He took the punch. But the heart that had already given up and resigned itself to death started beating with hope again.

(A car?)

In the apocalypse, hearing a car wasn’t outside his expectations.

But he’d personally lured a huge number of zombies to surround this place. It was obvious what such a loud noise meant.

(The zombies are going to attack this place early!)

(I just have to hold out. Even if they rough me up a few times, it doesn’t matter—as long as I’m alive when they start dealing with the zombies, I’ll still have a chance to escape!)

So Lin Mo naturally began to tremble, putting on a look of terror at the thought of dying.

“I-I’m sorry. Please, don’t… Please don’t kill me. I’m begging you…”

He opened his left hand, which he’d just used to shield his face.

Lin Mo quickly filled his eyes with tears. Then, with a timid, despairing look, he let them spill down his face.

“I just want to live. That woman isn’t dead. I thought I could kill her, but… but I…”

He wept as he tried to please the woman on top of him. “I was seducing her. That part wasn’t a lie. I really did want to use my body to please her, but then I got my chance… so…”

“But I really didn’t kill her! She’s so beautiful, and even though she was a little rough, she was a real woman… I-I only knocked her out and locked her up over there. I didn’t kill anyone. I’ll take you to her, just please… please don’t kill me like you killed the others.”

The more he sobbed, the harder Lin Mo cried. He let the tears stream down his face while cautiously keeping an eye on everything around him.

The red-haired woman stared toward the sound of the car engine. After a long moment, she suddenly roared, “What the hell is going on?!! What the hell is with today?!!”

Lin Mo’s tearful voice had moved a few of the bandits nearby, but the red-haired leader didn’t hear a word of it.

“Hey, kid!!”

She grabbed Lin Mo by the collar.

Her clenched left fist trembled slightly, but for the moment she didn’t punch him again. “Were the ones outside with you?! How many of you came here? Talk—now!!”

“Hah… hah…” Lin Mo panted, pretending to be terrified.

From the sound of it, there was only one car outside.

And the noise seemed to be getting closer and closer…

“Six,” Lin Mo said in a trembling voice. “There are six more besides the ones here.”

He said, “They must’ve come looking for us because we haven’t been back for so long.”

“You’re bringing all the fucking zombies here?!” The female leader slammed Lin Mo onto the ground. “You fucking piece of shit. If you wanna die, go die on your own!”

This was his chance—!

Suddenly, Lin Mo’s eyes flashed with a sharp gleam.

But after the female leader had subdued him, the other women had already taken his two guns and tossed them far away.

(I’m alive. As long as they don’t break my arms and legs, I still have a shot at winning!)

The moment he hit the ground, Lin Mo let out a scream, then made himself look even more terrified, like he could barely control himself.

“W-Wait! I can lure them all here. Take me with you, and I’ll lie to them so you can wipe them all out!”

“I-I’m a valuable man! And I’m this good-looking, too. As long as you spare my life, I don’t care if the others live or die—I can stay with you. Whoever wants to have me, I’ll serve her with all my heart and make sure you’re all satisfied. Big sisters! Big sisters—look at me! Come on, look at me! Don’t you want to have fun with me, nice and easy, for a long, long time?”

Lin Mo didn’t expect his lies to fool anyone.

For him, as long as he was still alive and his limbs were intact when the zombies began their attack, that counted as a win.