Chapter 66 - Throwing in the towel

 Zhang Yi stood on the balcony, but his body leaned against the window, so that he could return to the room at any time as long as the situation was not right.

 Chen Zhenghao and his little brother were on the next balcony, looking like they had fainted.

 But Zhang Yi could not be sure that they had really fainted to death.

 What if this was a setup that they had united with Zhou Keer to lure himself into the trap?

 It was possible that as soon as he passed by on this side, the people on the other side climbed up and finished him off!

 Moreover, there was still a distance of more than ten centimeters between the two balconies.

 The fence made of stainless steel was extra slippery on a snowy day.

 If he climbed by himself, Zhou Keer could make him fall from the 24th floor just by pushing him.

 So--

 Zhang Yi pointed at Chen Zhenghao and the others on the ground with the gun in his hand.

 "Use these ropes and tie all of their hands behind their backs!"

 "Also I remember that Chen Zhenghao has a gun on him, give it to me as well."

 Zhou Keer had a big speechless expression on her face.

 She hadn't eaten for two days at this point, and after only drinking a little water and dragging ten people to the balcony, she simply didn't have much strength left.

 Seeing Zhang Yi being so cautious and not even willing to come over to help, she bit her parched lips and said indignantly, "You're too careful!"

 "Being careful is a good thing, I won't let myself take the slightest risk."

 Zhang Yi said indifferently.

 Zhou Keer had no choice under Zhang Yi's gun, so she could only follow Zhang Yi's instructions.

 She picked up the ropes and tied those people's hands securely from behind.

 When she pulled out the pistol from Chen Zhenghao's pocket, Zhang Yi's gun was also aimed at her head.

 "Remove the gun's magazine and throw it to me."

 Zhou Keer looked at Zhang Yi and suddenly bit her lip as she asked, "How can I trust you? What if you flip out after I do this?"

 Zhang Yi, however, said, "You have no other option but to trust me now. Only by trusting me will you be able to survive in this harsh environment."

 Zhou Keer pondered for a moment, and it was clear to her that she had no other option but to trust Zhang Yi.

 There was no way for her to break her moral boundaries to eat people, and then she was destined to be starved to death.

 Zhou Keer followed Zhang Yi's instructions and removed the pistol's magazine before throwing it at Zhang Yi's feet.

 Zhang Yi swept a glance with his afterglow to confirm that it was indeed Chen Zhenghao's gun without any mistake before he said to Zhou Ke'er, "You go back inside the house first."

 Zhou Ke'er carefully returned to the middle of the room.

 Her heart was also very nervous at this time.

 Because in case Chen Zhenghao woke up, Zhang Yi could return to the room, but she would definitely die.

 However, as Zhang Yi said, she had no choice.

 After Zhou Keer returned to the room, Zhang Yi did not hurry to step over the balcony.

 He picked up Chen Zhenghao's gun on the ground.

 Glancing at the magazine, there were still three rounds of bullets inside.

 Zhang Yi threw the gun into the foreign space, then returned to the middle of the room and took out a water pipe from the restroom.

 Then he nipped at the dozen or so people over the balcony.

 The reason why he didn't shoot was to save bullets, and secondly, he didn't want others to hear the commotion and come over, adding unnecessary trouble.

 "Wow!"

 Water sprayed out from amongst the water pipes, falling onto Chen Zhenghao and the others across a distance of three to four meters.

 From the indoor temperature of more than twenty degrees to the outdoor temperature of more than seventy degrees below zero, there was a temperature difference of close to one hundred degrees!

 This caused the originally warm water column to spray out with hot air.

 But after it landed on them, it instantly began to freeze!

 Zhou Ke'er in the room couldn't help but hug her arms tightly when she saw this scene.

 Being frozen to death like this was indeed a very cruel thing.

 At this moment, the group slowly woke up due to the icy water rushing over them.

 The icy water had penetrated their entire body, causing them to freeze all over.

 "Ah!!!"

 A small Karami let out a terrified yell as his lips turned purple from the freezing.

 He tried to get up, but realized that his hands were tied dead behind him.

 Moreover, the ground was also covered in a thick layer of ice, causing him to constantly slip and slide, unable to climb up at all.

 Chen Zhenghao also woke up from the icy water rushing over his face.

 He was stunned, and then suddenly realized that he had been drugged!

 But right now, he didn't have the time to pursue who drugged him.

 Because the cold water that was constantly rushing over his entire body made him feel like he was falling into an ice cave, and his entire body was covered with a cold and tingling sensation, as if 10,000 needles were sticking into every one of his pores!

 Everyone woke up and let out terrified yells.

 However, they struggled desperately, but they couldn't get up, and since ten people were crowded on the balcony, they would still get in each other's way.

 "Zhang Yi!!!"

 Chen Zhenghao saw Zhang Yi who was spraying them with that water pipe from the next balcony and let out a roar.

 Zhang Yi finally came out of the room, and the unbreakable window opened a crack.

 It was only a pity that his hands were tied now, and his own life could not be saved in sight.

 "You guys have made almost enough of a mess, it's time to die."

 Zhang Yi said coldly.

 Chen Zhenghao's few people had killed nearly half of the neighbors inside the entire building, and they were even close to catching up to Zhang Yi.

 If they continued to keep him, it wouldn't be long before they would fight Zhang Yi for his life.

 Although Zhang Yi was not afraid, it was best to kill him just to be on the safe side.

 Zhang Yi would not joke with his own life.

 What could be safer than a dead man?

 Chen Zhenghao and the others struggled and roared with their last strength.

 However, they couldn't climb up anyhow.

 Cold icy water poured on their faces, into their mouths and collars.

 Their clothes were soaked through and turned into hard ice.

 Two minutes later, they were lying on the ground, no longer able to make a sound, only their bodies were blue and purple and twitching.

 After three minutes, they couldn't even move because they had already become ten large pieces of ice.

 After five minutes, this pile of ice cubes became even bigger and joined together to become a solid piece of ice.

 Zhang Yi did not continue spraying water in order to save water.

 Frozen like this, it was impossible to live any longer without modern medical treatment.

 Zhang Yi returned to his room and deadbolted the floor-to-ceiling windows.

 He then changed out of his thick cold-proof clothes and called Zhou Keer.

 "You passed the test, you can come over now."

 In the next room, Zhou Keer heard Zhang Yi's voice, and her hanging heart was finally released.

 She trembled and said, "Okay, I'll come over right away."

 She grabbed her medical kit and opened the door as if fleeing, leaving this hellish room.

 Zhang Yi opened the quadruple lock of the thick security door, then took two steps back, raising his pistol in his right hand and aiming it at the door.

 He turned his head to look at the surveillance and confirmed that Zhou Keer's status was fine before he used his phone app to open the last electronic door lock.

 "You can come in now!"

 Zhou Ke'er outside the door heard the voice, raised her cold, pale hand, and pushed hard.

 The door to the room was heavy, and she pushed with great effort.

 However, when the door to the room revealed a crack, a warm current immediately surged and wrapped her up.

 Zhou Keer's eyes sprang up with a flash of excited brightness.

 It had been too long since she had felt this kind of warmth!

 So she increased the strength in her hands and pushed the door open before taking a step inside.

 After entering the door, at this moment, she felt as if she had entered heaven!

 The cold feeling that covered her entire body before was rapidly disappearing at this moment.

 That mesmerizing warmth was like entering a soup bath.

 Slowly, she even began to feel the unbearable blazing sensation.

 After all, the current her was wearing six layers of clothes, two layers of down jacket alone.

 In the 27° room temperature of Zhang Yi's house, the heat was too much for her to bear.

 So she didn't care about the pistol that Zhang Yi was aiming at her and hurriedly took off the clothes she was wearing.