Chapter 536: Chapter 530: Drawing a Clear Line

"Ten Zhuang Xinyis tied together wouldn’t be worth one of my team members."

Hearing Zheng Heng’s blunt words, Zhuang Xinyi burst into tears, unable to control herself.

"Things have reached a boiling point. The entire team is incredibly dissatisfied with her."

"You know the situation. It’s not that we want to be cruel and abandon Zhuang Xinyi. But it’s been over a year since the apocalypse began, and not only has she not improved one bit, she’s been constantly holding us back. If this keeps up, do you expect me to lose even more capable teammates?"

"I’m the leader of this team, and I’m responsible for every single member. Zhuang Xinyi was our classmate, but everyone else who joined Zheng Heng’s team are our teammates."

"Ask yourself, how much have we helped Zhuang Xinyi since the apocalypse began? Haven’t I helped her enough?"

"We’ve already lost enough people and supplies because of her various mistakes. Before this mission, I was upfront with her about the risks and dangers, and I advised her not to come."

"And what happened? She insisted she could handle it, but what did she do in the end?"

"Her screaming drew the mutated zombies from the next building to attack us! Then, during the hasty retreat, she started holding us back again."

"But Zheng Heng, let’s be fair," Zha Peng retorted, his face cold. "Those three protected Xinyi voluntarily. It’s not like she begged them to save her, did she? In the end, they couldn’t get away in time... you can only say it was their fate."

"They protected Xinyi because they saw her as a teammate, a member of the group who needed protecting! It doesn’t mean they were obligated to do it!"

Zheng Heng’s expression turned cold as well. "Zha Peng, I’m incredibly disappointed to hear you say that. I never thought love could make someone so blind. Have you forgotten? Those three teammates were caught, bitten, and torn to pieces because they were trying to fend off mutated zombies for Zhuang Xinyi."

"Shouldn’t you at least feel a little grateful?"

"Zhuang Xinyi, I have one last thing to say to you. I hope you’ll actually listen."

Zheng Heng’s face was stern. "I know you insisted on coming along this time because you were hoping to find some opportunity to awaken a superpower of your own. But these days, the chances of someone gaining a superpower are basically negligible."

"Normal people have their own ways to survive. Not having a superpower doesn’t mean you’ve lost everything. If you can’t get over this obsession, I think your future will be very dangerous."

"Zha Peng, if you’re not afraid of Zhuang Xinyi continuing to drag you down, then go right ahead and stay by her side to protect her. As for our team, from this day forward, we are cutting all ties with Zhuang Xinyi! From now on, Zhuang Xinyi is no longer a member of our team."

Tears streamed down Zhuang Xinyi’s face. She turned to Zheng Feina, her eyes pleading.

Zheng Feina turned away, unwilling to meet her self-pitying gaze.

Helpless, Zhuang Xinyi’s gaze finally landed on He Zhi. She called out mournfully, "He Zhi."

"He Zhi, you’ll help me, won’t you? We’ve been best friends for so many years, you can’t just leave me to die. If you kick me out, what do you think will happen to me? You all know better than anyone what my fate will be."

"I was wrong, I know I was wrong! I promise I won’t be a burden to anyone anymore. Please, can you forgive me just one last time?"

"I’ll never make a mistake like this again! From now on, for any mission, if you decide I should stay home, I won’t argue or insist on coming with you."

"I’ll be good and stay put. Please, I’m begging you, don’t kick me out."

Seeing the woman he loved being cornered like this, the veins on Zha Peng’s forehead bulged. "Zheng Heng! Zheng Feina! He Zhi! Xinyi has already begged you, she’s a crying mess! Just forgive her this one time!"

"How can you be so heartless? We were all classmates. Do you really have to be so ruthless?"

Zheng Feina pursed her lips and said impatiently, "It’s not that we’re heartless. We’re just completely fed up with Zhuang Xinyi!"

"Since you love her so much and treat her like a precious treasure, then take her with you! Stop staying here and bringing disaster upon the rest of us, okay? Wouldn’t it be better for you two lovebirds to just bring ruin on each other?"

Zha Peng whipped his head around, glaring at Zheng Feina. "You’re getting more and more heartless."

"He Zhi, you think so too? That Zhuang Xinyi should leave?"

He Zhi sighed and remained silent.

’She knew better than anyone what Zhuang Xinyi was capable of.’

’If they really kicked her off the team, she probably wouldn’t survive three days...’

’But this incident had also shown her Zhuang Xinyi’s and Zha Peng’s true colors.’

’When danger came, those three teammates risked their lives to save her, yet Zhuang Xinyi turned around and abandoned them. Zha Peng even had the gall to say they were just unlucky and would have survived if they’d escaped sooner.’

’What kind of logic is that?!’

’Others sacrificed their lives to save her, yet the one who was saved was so cold—not a single word of apology, not even a single tear shed for them.’

’Teammates like that were terrifying. Since the Zheng siblings had made their decision, He Zhi didn’t want to argue with them.’

’Zheng Heng was still the leader. She wasn’t willing to start an internal conflict with her teammates over cold-blooded people like Zhuang Xinyi and Zha Peng.’

’Since Zheng Heng and Zheng Feina had made up their minds, so be it.’

Zha Peng was furious. He pointed a finger at Zheng Heng, Zheng Feina, and He Zhi and sneered, "I don’t believe it. I can survive just fine in this apocalypse with Zhuang Xinyi, even without you."

"And I swear, I’ll make sure Zhuang Xinyi and I outlive every single one of you! Just you wait! We’ll see who has a longer life, who gets the last laugh!"

"Zha Peng..." Tears immediately streamed from Zhuang Xinyi’s eyes.

But she had tormented her teammates with tears so many times that they had all grown used to it.

So now, Zhuang Xinyi’s tears were worthless. Everyone just glanced at her silently before looking away.

"Zha Peng..." Zhuang Xinyi sobbed, fresh tears streaming down her face as she looked at him.

Zha Peng was both heartbroken and furious. He wrapped an arm around Zhuang Xinyi’s shoulders and led her to the side, away from the group.

When he caught the curious gazes from Xie Ning’s group, he snapped, "What are you looking at?"

Xie Ning silently averted her gaze.

’Zhuang Xinyi and Zha Peng must be absolutely furious after being kicked off the team by Zheng Heng.’

’But Zheng Heng had made the right call. It would be for the best for the rest of his teammates.’

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