Apocalypse — Chapter 87: Keke, the Superwoman?

After only five minutes of torment, Sun Weifei looked almost mentally vacant.

Xiao Yi checked his Loyalty. It had risen to 85%.

He felt as though he had discovered a new continent.

Subjugation did not always require breaking someone’s defenses and cultivating them slowly. Torture could accomplish it too.

That was easy to understand. Even before the apocalypse, certain so-called experts had used similar methods to control children.

“Now this feels like the City of Sin! Only eighty-five percent? Continue.”

Compared with gradual subjugation, Xiao Yi preferred this simple, brutal method.

He activated the Rending Iron Maiden again.

Sun Weifei’s Loyalty climbed to 90%, then stopped completely. No amount of additional torment increased it further.

Xiao Yi also discovered a side effect: prolonged use left the victim vacant and mentally impaired.

“I wonder whether Sun Weifei can still work.”

If this method erased intelligence, the cost might outweigh the benefit. Xiao Yi had worked hard to obtain these specialists so they could serve him.

He summoned the two female doctors.

“Do you know how to castrate them? Turn them into eunuchs?”

The doctors exchanged horrified looks.

Lu Xiaodong and Song Haojia stared in despair.

“No! Kill me instead! Please kill me!”

“I’ll obey! I’ll do anything! Please don’t castrate me!”

They struggled and screamed. For most men, losing that part would be worse than death.

Only Sun Weifei stared blankly ahead. Tears slid from his eyes, but he showed no expression or resistance, as though he had accepted everything.

“We understand the basic procedure, but we’ve never performed it...” Xia Xuan said hesitantly.

“I know someone who can,” the other doctor said. “One of the women who came with us used to be a veterinarian and specialized in neutering cats and dogs. She can perform the procedure, while we handle treatment and aftercare.”

“Good. Bring her here.”

The former veterinarian soon entered and fell silent in fear when she saw the scene.

“City Lord... I did castrate dogs and cats, but I’ve never tried it on a human...”

“Then treat them as dogs,” Xiao Yi said coldly.

...

The operation was completed quickly.

The veterinarian possessed practiced hands and caused no life-threatening injuries. With the doctors providing treatment and bandages, all three men became like the eunuch servants of ancient palaces.

“Can you still dismantle and install the solar-power and purification equipment?” Xiao Yi asked Sun Weifei, fearing the man had become an idiot.

“Yes,” Sun Weifei answered expressionlessly through his tears.

After the castration, his Loyalty rose to 95%. The other two increased from 0% to 20%.

They clearly required more torment.

“Good. Put the other two inside and serve them properly.”

Only after both men reached 95% Loyalty did Xiao Yi feel satisfied.

They needed time to recover from surgery, so he postponed dismantling Lily New City’s systems.

He sent them into the Dark Castle, using its restorative power to accelerate their recovery.

Meanwhile, Si Ruoqing had completed her preparations.

The women’s assault team stood ready.

The Inner City gate slowly opened, and the fully armed team advanced into the Outer City in assault formation.

Xiao Yi did not intend to participate in their first battle. He watched quietly from the wall.

Keke led the close-combat unit, supported by four of Si Ruoqing’s former teammates. Behind them came Si Ruoqing, Li Wanning, and the other women carrying rifles and handguns.

Keke wore a red Nike tracksuit and carried two military daggers. She moved at the front with her back slightly bent.

The Inner City gate slammed shut behind them.

“Hrr... Ugh...”

More than a dozen nearby zombies charged like starving beasts scenting food.

BANG! BANG!

Si Ruoqing fired first, destroying two heads with precise shots.

BANG... BANG... BANG!

Li Wanning and the others opened fire.

They had trained for several days and achieved passing scores against targets, but combat was entirely different.

Zombies moved quickly instead of standing still. Recoil and the terror of fighting them at close range further disrupted the women’s aim.

Several volleys killed only two more zombies. Other rounds struck bodies, but such wounds meant nothing to the dead.

Si Ruoqing had lowered her rifle after two shots to give the others practice. In that brief interval, the zombies closed the distance.

Even she became flustered.

“Close-combat team! Engage!”

Keke seemed to have been waiting for the command. She kicked off the ground and shot forward like an arrow.

Her daggers flashed faster than lightning.

POP! POP! POP! POP!

Zombie heads burst one after another.

In an instant, Keke destroyed every remaining zombie.

She casually wiped the filth from her blades, looked toward Xiao Yi, and stuck out her tongue as though boasting, “Daddy, wasn’t Keke amazing?”

The women stared in disbelief.

Even Xiao Yi was stunned.

Was this truly the same weak, innocent-looking Keke?

She was a superwoman!

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