A group of people left the supermarket.
“So many crystals, and Qin Feng took them all. Sigh…” Liu Xiaohui lamented, spitting blood from heartache.
“The gap in strength is too great, there’s no way to compete,” Zhang Heng said helplessly.
Did he not feel the sting?
But there was nothing he could do.
In the apocalypse, strength was everything, and there were no fair fights.
He didn’t want to die!
Before, he had already been able to judge from Qin Feng and He Ming’s battle.
Qin Feng alone could wipe out their entire team.
They were not on the same level at all.
Crystals were important.
But life was even more important!
“Qin, you bastard, don’t let me catch you, or I’ll definitely kill you!” Wu Kai said with intense malice.
“Wu Kai! I advise you not to…”
Zhang Heng frowned and tried to dissuade him.
Suddenly, his expression changed: “Be careful!”
He dodged!
*Whoosh!*
A dazzling cold light flashed.
“I prefer to nip enemies in the bud,” Qin Feng said, standing two meters away with his dao.
Wu Kai’s body split in two.
Blood flowed everywhere.
Zhang Heng and the others turned pale.
“Why could He Ming advance to level 3?” Qin Feng suddenly asked.
“Before the apocalypse, he was an explosives engineer and used dynamite…” Zhang Heng explained, his throat dry.
“Take this.”
Qin Feng casually tossed a cloth bag to Zhang Heng and turned to walk back into the supermarket.
Zhang Heng was stunned for a moment, then opened the bag.
Inside were dozens of crystals!
He was dumbfounded, looking at Qin Feng’s retreating back: “Why?”
“There aren’t many adventurers left in Great Xia.”
Qin Feng didn’t stop.
There was one more thing he didn’t say.
In essence, Zhang Heng and he were on the same path!
The offensive faction.
Not the defensive one.
People like them were rare.
And this world needed people like them.
To him, dozens of crystals were nothing; he only needed half an hour of hunting, and these were spoils of war.
“Let’s go!”
Zhang Heng tightly gripped the bag of crystals.
With these crystals, they wouldn’t have to worry about improvement for at least the next few days.
The other team members were still level 1.
By absorbing level 2 crystals, it only took a few to break through.
Of course, these crystals were only enough for a few days.
They had to increase their hunting efficiency!
If their team’s improvement speed couldn’t keep up with the zombies’ evolution, they would die sooner or later!
…
On the rooftop of a building.
Zhang Tianbao took a crystal and shoved it into his mouth.
When he had just “recognized his ancestors,” He Ming had given him a pile of crystals, fifty to sixty in total.
According to He Ming’s intention, it was a meeting gift for his subordinates.
Not just for Zhang Tianbao alone.
Everyone was supposed to get some.
But then…
He Ming died.
And he escaped.
How could the crystals still be for Zhang Heng and the others?
Perfect, he could hoard them all.
Many adventurers chose to stay on rooftops when resting.
From a higher vantage point, they could see further.
It was easier to keep watch.
Of course, Qin Feng didn’t need to.
With enough strength, he could kill as many as came, no need to be on guard.
But Zhang Tianbao was different.
Even on the rooftop, he didn’t feel safe.
He was timid at heart, and now that he was alone, he didn’t even dare to sleep.
Crucially.
His superpower was very weak.
Similar to Han Xiao, he had no offensive capability.
Even at level 2, he couldn’t fight against a level 2 zombie, let alone a level 1 zombie.
“Qin Feng! You bastard!”
“I clearly had kingly potential, and it’s all because of you…”
“Don’t let me get my hands on you!”
The thought of Qin Feng made him grit his teeth.
He had taken all the glory, being first in both individual and team rankings.
Then.
When the residential building was attacked, he had gone to the rooftop to call for help, and that guy must have heard him but offered no aid.
He had even killed his newly recognized boss.
And left him all alone.
Everything was because of Qin Feng!
But…
While he gnashed his teeth in hatred, from a realistic perspective, he found he was helpless against Qin Feng.
After an unknown amount of time.
Even though he didn’t dare to sleep, he couldn’t resist the fatigue.
He fell into a deep sleep.
He didn’t know how long he slept.
Suddenly!
As if in a dream, he was on the rooftop, surrounded by a horde of zombies.
“Don’t come any closer!”
He jolted awake.
Then…
He looked around.
And indeed!
The rooftop was full of zombies as far as the eye could see, exactly like in his dream – he was surrounded!
He was stunned for a moment, then prepared to lie down.
“It’s a dream!”
He told himself.
“Do… do you still… recognize… me?”
A zombie, two and a half meters tall, like a giant, was actually speaking.
It grinned.
It was terrifying, to say the least.
Zhang Tianbao felt his bladder tighten.
How could a zombie speak?
“It must be a dream!” He told himself again.
“Dream, your mother!”
*Slap!*
The giant zombie swatted him hard across the face.
That’s right!
It was the intelligent zombie from before!
It hated Zhang Tianbao to its core.
This damned “food” had led a group of people to throw stones and kill many of its kind.
That day, after Qin Feng left, it had broken into the residential building.
Unfortunately, the culprit had escaped.
Before the collective evolution, it had already advanced to level 2 by consuming crystals.
Then it evolved further.
Reaching level 3 directly.
Crucially, it had coincidentally become a rare mutant.
At level 1, it was already smarter than other zombies, and after evolving to level 3 and then mutating to level 5, its intelligence had developed significantly, far surpassing other mutants.
It could even speak!
It had become the most powerful zombie king in the entire capital.
Using its superior intelligence, it had assembled a vast zombie army.
Two hours ago.
It had led the zombie army past this area and, with its extremely keen sense of smell, detected a familiar scent.
It was him!
The “food” that had killed its companions!
So, it had brought a group of zombies and quietly ascended to the rooftop.
It found Zhang Tianbao sleeping.
It didn’t attack.
The more intelligent a creature, the more it would find ways to torment its enemies rather than kill them outright.
A quick bite was too easy for him!
Meanwhile.
Zhang Tianbao’s nose and mouth were bleeding from the slap.
It was real!
Damn it!
“Help…”
He instinctively wanted to cry for help.
But then he thought, the place was full of zombies, and the behemoth in front of him was a powerful mutant.
There was no one to save him even if he shouted!
To be fair.
This zombie could speak, indicating a very high IQ.
Of course, Zhang Tianbao didn’t recognize the mutant as the intelligent zombie from before.
The higher the intelligence.
The less likely it was to act on personal likes or dislikes, and it would likely weigh the pros and cons.
This was an opportunity!
“Big brother… can I follow you?”
*Plop!*
Without hesitation, Zhang Tianbao knelt before the intelligent zombie: “From now on, you are my own brother!”
What the hell?
The intelligent zombie was dumbfounded.
A “food” recognizing it as an older brother?
If Zhang Heng saw this, he would want to tear Zhang Tianbao apart.
This scumbag!
Whenever he saw someone stronger, he immediately recognized them as father!
Indeed, when people are shameless, they are invincible!
“I… don’t need you…” the intelligent zombie growled.
It wanted to kill Zhang Tianbao!
Furthermore, it wanted to use the cruelest method, making him wish he were dead before killing him without a whole body.
Zhang Tianbao was so scared he peed himself.
Not an exaggeration.
He actually peed!
The yellowish liquid instantly flowed out, and a foul odor permeated the air.
Die?
He couldn’t die!
“Big brother! I can cooperate with you!”
Suddenly!
His eyes lit up, and he thought of a way: “You want to hunt humans, right? I can help you!”
“Think about it, the survivors are hiding, and it’s hard to find them, isn’t it?”
“But I am human!”
“As long as I stand out, survivors will trust me and come out of hiding.”
“That’s right! I know of a human who killed many of your kind.”
“At least… he killed thousands!”