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    “What are you doing, Cecilia?!”

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    Wesley and Eli, who were standing by the doorway, immediately ran down the stairs to help Juno.

    “She lost her bnce. How’s that my fault?”

    Cecilia dusted herself off. A small smile of satisfaction shed across her face as she nced down at Juno, who had taken quite a nasty fall. She shot a quick nce upstairs before she turned ito /ilook at Theresa, who was standing by the window.

    Taking advantage of the fact that Wesley and Eli had gone to help Juno… Cecilia quickly ran back inside.

    She greedily extended her hand toward Theresa. “I’ll tell you more if you’ll give me another.”

    “But I’m not interested anymore.” Theresa turned herzy gaze to Cecilia, who immediately scowled in dissatisfaction. “Why are you being so difficult?!”

    “What? Do I owe you something?” She paused for a moment. “I ran out of chocte bars, anyway.”

    “So? What’s that got to do with me?”

    She red at Theresa, fuming quietly. Sensing the imminent approach of Wesley and Eli from behind, she finally turned away in frustration.

    “That woman’s trouble. She’s the type who thinks the entire world owes her something,” Quentinmented darkly, watching Cecilia walking away from them.

    “There’s that old saying, ‘Small favors are appreciated, big favors breed resentment.‘

    “But even that doesn’t fit her–she doesn’t have a lick of gratitude in her. Just giving her the tiniest bit of favor will make her feel owed.”

    Theresa simply smiled quietly and said nothing.

    People like Cecilia were a dime a dozen, especially in the apocalypse.

    If someone showed her the slightest kindness, she would cling to them desperately–like a drowning man grabbing at a lifeline. The moment they stopped extending their kindness, they became her mortal enemies.

    To her, it was only natural–the entire world itself owed her something.

    Theresa turned toward the stairwell where the Wilde siblings were helping a frail woman to her feet.

    “You shouldn’t have bothered with that nutcase, Juno! Cecilia is crazy, she’s always jealous of somebody or something!”

    “Yeah, you shouldn’t even have saved her in the first ce. Nothing good came from it. In fact, she’s been bad–mouthing you ever since!

    Juno did not respond to theirments as they steadied her. She simply waved them off and started

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    walking upstairs alone.

    At that moment, Cecilia’s voice came from above.

    “Juno! It’s your turn to water the nts downstairs!”

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    “What the hell is wrong with you, Cecilia?!” Eli yelled back. “You just pushed Juno down the stairs! How can you make her go and water the nts downstairs in her condition?”

    “If she doesn’t go, who will? What will we eat if the potato nts wilt away!?”

    “I’ll go,” Juno quickly answered. Gripping the handrail to steady herself, she slowly began to descend the stairs again.

    “Juno, I’ll go with you.” Wesley offered his assistance, unable to stand around and watch any longer.

    “Wesley, Matthew instructed you to keep an eye on the situation here. What if someone sneaks inside and meets with those outsiders while you’re gone? Can you shoulder the responsibility if something happens to the camp?” Cecilia snapped.

    The sharp rebuke left Wesley speechless.

    Then, Cecilia came downstairs with two other girls. “We’ll go with Juno!”

    The three women walked over to Juno and went downstairs together.

    After their departure, there was no more drama to watch.

    Theresa quickly lost interest. Turning her gaze toward the zipline, she switched on her earpiece.

    “How’s it going on your end?”

    “We’ve sessfully entered the Military Garrison. We should be able to locate the documents within half an hour.”

    “Okay.” Theresa nodded.

    Across from her, the Military Garrison seemedpletely empty. Lucas and his team had long vanished out of sight.

    Meanwhile, the zombie horde downstairs began to calm down. The prolonged silence had gradually settled them. Without any sounds to agitate them, they were no longer crowding around or thrashing

    about like before.

    At that moment, a window five floors directly beneath Theresa was thrown open–and a potted nt tumbled out.

    A shrill scream followed.

    “Juno!”

    A woman was shoved against the window ledge, her head hanging dangerously over the edge.

    The zombie horde below, which had just begun to settle, immediately erupted into a frenzy.

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    One by one, the zombies surged frantically toward the spot where the potted nt had fallen.

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    Clusters of zombies violently scrambled upwards, climbing over each other until they formed a grotesquedder with their bodies.

    Among them, one speed–type mutant zombie was particrly agile. It stepped on the heads of the other zombies–hooking its sharp ws into the crevices of the ss facade and clinging tightly to the edges of the aluminum window frames–and swiftly propelled itself upward.

    In the blink of an eye, it had already reached the fourth floor of the building. Targeting the woman’s head sticking out from the window above, it suddenly released its grip on the wall and leapt upward with terrifying force. Its jaws snapped ferociously at the air.

    Just as its grotesque and foul–smelling face rushed rmingly close to the woman’s head-

    The woman yanked her head back inside just in time.

    iBang/ii! /i

    The zombie mmed into the ss window frame and plummeted to the ground.

    Wesley and Eli ran downstairs immediately.

    Even those on the upper floors had noticed themotion. They hurriedly rushed down the stairs to check on the situation.

    A group of women returned from below.

    As they climbed the stairs, Cecilia grabbed Juno by the cor and shouted at the crowd upstairs.

    “Desmond, Juno identally dropped a pot of potatoes out the window! She even screamed, which nearly drew all the zombies to us!”

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