Chapter 83

Luo Jingpeng still remembers: When Lin Feihu handed him the vial of medicine, his face showed reluctance and solemnity.

The enhancement drug is a crucial controlled material.

Even within the military, the process of receiving injections is subject to extremely strict verification procedures. There is no way to embezzle or profit by falsely reporting the number of people injected.

Lin Feihu obtained two second-stage vials and seventeen first-stage vials from the military. For these items, he paid with over four thousand of the strongest and most combat-conscious survivors gathered from various places.

This stuff is extremely valuable.

In comparison, the food and fuel that Su Hao exchanged for this first-stage vial seem to be at a disadvantage.

But the effect of this action was very clear — Luo Jingpeng completely dispelled the last bit of doubt.

He was certain that Su Hao was from the military and indeed urgently needed these supplies.

Otherwise, the good deal of exchanging hundreds of tons of food and fuel for a first-stage vial would not have fallen into his lap.

The world is in chaos, but the noble families and conglomerates still have sufficient food production and energy sources. These things can be reproduced, but human life is finite. Facing the ubiquitous zombies, everyone wants to become stronger, everyone wants to gain power, and everyone is willing to pay everything to exchange for the opportunity to surpass ordinary people.

Obtaining a vial of medicine means a greater chance of climbing higher.

Glancing at Luo Jingpeng, who was excited and agitated, Su Hao's lips curled slightly, revealing a faint smile.

He came from the future and was very familiar with the value of enhancement drugs at different stages of various historical periods.

Two months later, the military will restart three new first-stage drug production lines.

In March next year, first-stage enhancement drugs will be open to noble families and conglomerates. In exchange, they will receive more selected strong survivors from various groups to supplement the military. At the same time, the military's production focus will shift to second-stage drugs.

Rarity makes things precious, and abundance makes them common.

The convoy moved quickly. There were few zombies on the empty streets. As Luo Jingpeng watched the scenery outside the window pass by, his face became increasingly gloomy.

This was not good news.

He knew that the team made a lot of noise when they arrived yesterday. But he didn't expect that the act of blowing up a building would attract so many zombies. Not seeing many on the way meant that a large group of zombies must have gathered in the direction of the team's camp. When he received the news in the morning, Luo Jingpeng didn't think the zombies outside the barricade could pose a threat. Now, it seemed he had clearly made a mistake.

However, to be fair — the barricade built using the collapsed building was very sturdy, and the zombies couldn't possibly break through.

Just as various complicated thoughts were swirling in his mind, Su Hao patted the driver's shoulder, signaling to stop. Then he pointed to a residential building about a hundred meters ahead and said seriously, "It's here."

Su Hao had said: He was very familiar with this city and knew most of the people in the survivor teams.

"This is the team closest to your camp. Whether or not they were the ones who attacked you last night, at least you can get some useful information."

As he spoke, Su Hao pushed open the car door and jumped out.

This was Cao Rui's camp.

Among the various situations Su Hao had anticipated, one included being sought out by external forces to seek support or stir up relations among the survivor teams in the city for their own benefit.

Now, "Castle" serves as the main base for the entire team. Cao Rui and Du Tianhao each lead a squad of about fifty people to set up new camps in other directions of the city. They rely on each other, communicate via radio, and can respond in the shortest time.

Three camps mean a threefold increase in the contact surface, allowing them to gather more survivors.

Outsiders cannot see through their relationships.

In this world, there is no television, no newspapers, and no paparazzi or journalists who pursue the truth. Any outsider with ulterior motives who tries to approach the camp to gather information will be killed without exception.

The mysterious black particles in their blood determine Cao Rui and Du Tianhao's "worker bee" status.

They cannot betray.

Of course, to outsiders, the relationships between the teams seem very distant, with almost no contact, and even potential hostility.

Luo Jingpeng, accompanied by two confidants, followed Su Hao into the residential building. Just then, Cao Rui was leading several fully armed team members down the stairs.

She was still wearing tight leather clothes and black leather pants. Her flat abdomen and long legs fully embodied the true meaning of "figure." To highlight the perfect proportions of her waist, Cao Rui lifted her left leg and placed it on the step, raising the gun on her hip and making her round buttocks cause all the men watching to feel an urge to swallow their saliva.

Luo Jingpeng had seen many women, but he was still slightly dazed at the moment. Cao Rui's captivating large eyes were fixed on him, occasionally flashing a seductive smile, even teasingly raising the corners of her mouth.

Cao Rui walked over, her steps as light as a cat. Inside her open leather jacket was a white, semi-transparent shirt, faintly revealing the full breasts held by a black bra. She stopped about twenty centimeters from Luo Jingpeng. Very close, Luo Jingpeng and his two confidants couldn't help but look at her long, exposed thighs.

At that moment, they felt their blood flow accelerate, and their sphincter muscles involuntarily tighten.

This was not lust, but awe.

Most men's first reaction to seeing a beautiful woman is like this.

The physical reaction might not be as exaggerated, but the actual thoughts are similar.

Cao Rui clearly knew her lethal effect on men. She flicked her wavy long hair back, leaned close to Luo Jingpeng, and unexpectedly placed her left hand on his shoulder. Her lips approached his ear, exhaling a mysterious, fragrant breath, "I heard you're looking for someone?"

Cao Rui's actions were too exaggerated.

While feeling awe, Luo Jingpeng suddenly sensed a potential threat, and the relaxed alert nerve in his brain suddenly tightened.

He wanted to retreat, his right hand subconsciously reaching for his gun. But Cao Rui laughed, "Hehehe," and her left hand firmly gripped his shoulder joint, controlling Luo Jingpeng's arm nerves like a steel bar. The strength instantly drained from his fingers to his arm, and the intense pain and tearing sensation made Luo Jingpeng's eyes widen, almost fainting on the spot. "Bang bang—" Cao Rui's right hand drew the large-caliber gun from her rear hip and aimed at the two confidants standing next to Luo Jingpeng, pulling the trigger. The powerful bullets accurately hit their foreheads, exploding their heads like ripe watermelons.

This sudden chaos was completely unexpected.

Luo Jingpeng screamed, his left hand quickly grabbing Cao Rui's arm, his face contorted in a fierce struggle.

His actions had no effect — this beautiful, seductive woman seemed to be a reincarnation of a powerful god, using one hand to grip his shoulder and spread her fingers to press hard on his carotid artery, suppressing his breathing, making Luo Jingpeng almost suffocate.

She... she only used one hand.

How could she have such immense strength?

"Are... are you an enhanced person?"

As he asked this question, Luo Jingpeng suddenly felt many previously confused feelings become clear. The truths he had suspected but were hidden by some disguises were now clearly revealed.

He saw Su Hao standing nearby, casually watching the slaughter. This terrifying man with the eyes of an eagle, firmly staring at him, exuded the fierce aura of a dominant leader.

Outside, intense and rapid gunfire could be heard.

Then came endless screams, chaotic footsteps, terrified curses, shrieks, pleas, and cries...

All of this quickly became quiet. Many people were roaring, threatening. He could hear phrases like "Drop your weapons," "Hands on your head, squat down," "Whoever moves will be shot" repeatedly.

Among them, the highest and sharpest were from a woman named Han Jing.

Luo Jingpeng felt a chill all over his body. Only a trapped wild animal usually feels this way.

It was very bad.

It was very uncomfortable.

Even his bones felt numb.

"Are... are you all in this together?"

Luo Jingpeng stared at the cold-faced Su Hao and the seductive Cao Rui.

This terrifying fact made him shiver and feel hopeless.

No one answered.

Then, Luo Jingpeng saw Tang Zi walking down the stairs.

He recognized this girl.

When the team entered the city yesterday, she and another man were caught by Lin Zhou.

As for what happened afterward... Lin Zhou was the son of the chairman of the "Shengfei" Group, had leadership authority, and was an enhanced person, so he could do things that ordinary people found unacceptable.

Tang Zi's face still had bruises and purple marks. She held a thick wooden stick, baring her teeth, and stared at Luo Jingpeng like a devouring demon.

"Wait! You... how can you be here? You, how... how..."

"Bang—"

The powerful stick swept through the air and struck Luo Jingpeng's head. His left cheek immediately split open, blood splattered everywhere, his nose collapsed, and even his two front teeth were shattered.

Cao Rui had been suppressing the main nervous system in Luo Jingpeng's shoulder and neck. He couldn't resist or even dodge, only watching helplessly as the thick stick repeatedly struck him. His ears were filled with chaotic explosions, his vision blurred with blood, and his mind went blank.

Even as a first-stage enhanced person, he couldn't withstand such fierce and brutal force.

Tang Zi wanted revenge.

She had already been injected with Su Hao's blood and taken silver bones. After 24 hours, she would become a true enhanced person.

She was grateful to Su Hao and Xin Yan.

This strong sense of gratitude was the best growth space for the black particles.

As long as she satisfied her desire for revenge, Tang Zi would become a "worker bee" faster than anyone else.

Luo Jingpeng was just the first.

Xin Yan had promised, and so had Lin Zhou.

Luo Jingpeng could hardly breathe.

His legs trembled, blood flowed from his nose and mouth, and the sounds in his ears became very strange. Continuous heavy blows left him with no strength to resist, his face pale. If Cao Rui hadn't been holding his shoulder, he would have already fallen, collapsing into a pile of mud.

The brutality made Tang Zi feel an unprecedented excitement and pleasure.

So she raised the stick again.

This time, she aimed directly at the man's temple.

Tang Zi was confident that she could smash that dirty, ugly head on the spot — you killed Chen Yao, and I will take back a hundredfold from you!

The stick swung through the air, making a "whoosh" sound, and struck heavily. "Bang—" Su Hao's figure moved like a ghost. No one saw how he crossed nearly ten meters, blocking in front of Luo Jingpeng and grabbing the stick Tang Zi was swinging.

"He didn't participate in the abuse. At most, he was a spectator."

Su Hao looked into Tang Zi's eyes, which were burning with flames, and calmly persuaded her, "Your enemy is Lin Zhou, not him. Let him live; I still have use for him."

Tang Zi's red eyes twitched, her chest heaved. She gripped the wooden stick tightly, exhaled a long breath of pent-up anger, and silently nodded.

Outside the residential building, the entire convoy was already under control.

When Su Hao and Luo Jingpeng entered the building, Han Jing had already quietly dispersed the rest of the team —— everyone from the "Shengfei" Group saw Su Hao and Luo Jingpeng get into the same car. At that time, they even had smiles on their faces. So, the "Shengfei" people subconsciously treated the team members who got into the car as partners. They didn't notice that these people were looking for protection around the vehicles, gradually forming an encirclement.

To prevent the negative impact of low morale, Lin Zhou and Luo Jingpeng did not publicly announce the destruction of the other two advance teams. Even their close confidants and intimates were unfamiliar with the city. The relationship between Su Hao's and Cao Rui's teams was even less known to outsiders. As Han Jing's team quickly dispersed, black gun barrels also appeared on the rooftops and windows of the surrounding buildings, aiming at the targets in the convoy that had already been locked.

When observing the "Shengfei" Group's camp last night, Su Hao had already noticed: this large-scale external team was composed of two different types of people.

The first type should be the core members that the "Shengfei" Group began secretly training before the virus outbreak. They were responsible for the team's management, equivalent to officers.

The second type were the workers who built the barricades, moved goods, and were busy between the trucks and the camp buildings. They were likely survivors gathered from various cities. Although they could get food and water, they had to perform heavy physical labor.

From the observations last night, the internal personnel of "Shengfei" were severely divided.

If it weren't for survival needs, few would be willing to be treated like cattle and horses, let alone be forced to work under the threat of guns.

Su Hao had interrogated Lin Zhou. The information provided by the other party was not far from his guesses.

The convoy led by Luo Jingpeng had about 700 armed personnel.

"Shengfei" was a small group. According to records from the future world, such groups typically had about 2,000 to 3,000 core members. Kunming was far from the group's northern headquarters. To gather a large number of survivors in a short time, the best method was to set up multiple camps. Therefore, they couldn't have specifically dispatched nearly a quarter of their "officers" for this city.

Identifying the core members from these people was not difficult — their clothing was made of wool, and their styles were different from others. They spoke loudly and gave orders. Most importantly, the "Shengfei" Group emblem on their chests was larger and had a silver border.

All this information was obtained from Lin Zhou's forced confession.

This young Lin family waste had no so-called "integrity" — one dose of morphine and a beating, and he revealed everything he knew.

Before leaving the bank building with Luo Jingpeng, Su Hao used radio communication to contact Cao Rui and ordered her to prepare for an ambush.

Han Jing's team and the nearby snipers had clear targets. After the chaotic gunfire, 83 bodies were added to the crowd of the surrounded. Besides the core members of the group, there were also several gathered survivors.

The civilians gathered by the "Shengfei" Group were not professional soldiers. They gathered together for food and water. After being transferred to the northern base of the group's headquarters, they received training in driving, farming, mechanical repair, and production. They could use guns, but their battlefield reactions and offensive awareness were far inferior to soldiers. In the training camp, they often received beatings, punishments, and even cruel whippings for minor mistakes... They had almost no sense of identity with "Shengfei," let alone cohesion.

At best, they were a group of armed civilians gathered by violence and authority.

The leaders were all dead.

The snipers had a high hit rate, and panic and fear made the survivors forget to resist.

They held their guns, hid behind the vehicles, and trembled, peeking outside. When four modified off-road vehicles, each equipped with heavy machine guns, surrounded them from different directions, they completely lost hope.

They put down their guns, raised their hands, and were slowly gathered into a chaotic group, their eyes filled with fear and confusion.

Cao Rui accompanied Su Hao out of the residential building and stood on the high steps.

From this angle, she closely observed the young man's profile.

He possessed wisdom, decisiveness, resilience, and a calm, composed demeanor. He was brave and cunning like a fox. He knew how to control the city and gain more followers.

These were the most charming qualities in a man. No woman could resist them.

Su Hao couldn't know what Cao Rui was thinking.

He calmly looked at the hundreds of captives in front of him, his pupils releasing a gaze with a hint of joy.

The current situation was very different from the early days of the virus outbreak a few months ago.

Su Hao had a high chance of subduing these people.

As long as he gave them trust, disbanded and reorganized them, integrated them into the team, and made them feel the importance and favor from the leaders, he could gain their recognition and turn them into new "worker bees."

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