00:00everyone to turn around and retreat along the same route we came. Only after more than half
00:03an hour, once I was certain we were outside the Black Blood Corps territory, did I let everyone
00:07stop and set up camp. Having survived a battle of that scale, the look in people's eyes was
00:12noticeably sharper than the night before. Not only had they made it out alive, they had taken down
00:16over a hundred blood corpses in the process. Following the boss is the only way to survive
00:20that I end that moment. It became the one belief every single person in the group held without
00:25question. The RV was warmly lit inside. I cut off a piece of tender beef and put it in my
00:31mouth,
00:31but my brow furrowed slightly that we won the fight. But as long as that Black Blood Corps up
00:36ahead wasn't eliminated, getting out of the city meant taking a massive detour. For me and the RV,
00:41it wasn't a big deal, but Wong Gui's group would never be able to handle what came with that route.
00:45Lin Juana looked up from sorting the card hall beside me. Total this round 317 cards that I
00:50snapped back to the present and nodded. Good earnings, but not quite at the surprise level
00:55yet dot I reached into the space ring and pulled out the two gold cards dropped by the night demons.
00:59One was a blood pattern dance rifle. The other was a talent card acute sense of smell.
01:04Lin Juana leaned over with a curious look on her face. I just clicked my tongue dismissively.
01:09This talent has massive side effects. In the apocalypse, having a nose that's sensitive just
01:14means you're constantly drowning in the stench of blood corpses. Quality of life drops straight to
01:19zero dot Lin Juana's eyes lit up with realization. Although it'd be pretty useful for killing
01:25your appetite and keeping your figure. Time moved on, and the next day arrived that a dark green
01:29military truck rolled to a stop outside the camp. A broad-shouldered, crew-cut man named Li
01:34Zhengqi stepped down with five other stocky men, all of them smiling and calling out loudly.
01:39Relaxed, we're a search team from Unity Community. Just here to talk to whoever's in charge,
01:43I let the corner of my mouth curl into an amused smile, then deliberately put on an inexperienced,
01:48wide-eyed expression and walked out to meet them.
01:51Well, Ai Zhengqi sized me up, but kept his tone genuine.
01:54Brother, our camp has solid defenses and plenty of supplies. Bring your people and come with us.
01:59We're stronger together, but IT was a genuinely tempting offer.
02:03Micah told me this man wasn't malicious, and it was along the way anyway no real harm in taking a
02:08look.
02:08When I led my group of 30-odd people into the camp, the contrast was immediate.
02:12They're clean clothes and sharp. Alert Energy looked like a professional outfit straight out of the
02:18apocalypse, instantly outclassing the haggard, dirt-covered refugees scattered around the camp.
02:23A man named Chen Qi watched nervously, quietly dreading that this sharp-looking group might
02:28have their eyes on the camp's resources. Li Zhengqi patted the rifle on his chest with a confident
02:32grin. As long as we're armed, no one's flipping this place upside down. But the moment they stepped
02:37through the doors of the main building, something unexpected happened. A young man came sprinting over,
02:42gun in hand, face pale with alarm. Their second-strongest fighter, Huang Shan, had been bitten and was
02:48critically wounded, barely hanging on, that Li Zhengqi's face went white. He forgot about me entirely and
02:54sprinted toward the medical unit like a man possessed. When he reappeared, his expression was hollow with
02:59despair. Not only had seven of the eight people he'd sent out failed to come back, every last drop of
03:03their
03:03serum supply was gone down of all people. He ended up pinning his last hope on me.
03:07Brother, you wouldn't happen to have any serum on you, would you? Li Zhengqi's eyes were full of desperate
03:11hope, that I just smiled to myself. Honestly, I did have silver tear serum on me, but I needed it
03:15for
03:16emergencies. With Huang Shan fading fast, Li Zhengqi was completely out of options. He gritted his
03:21teeth, that name your price, that I didn't dance around it. I laid my hand flat and stated it plainly,
03:25that gold tear talent card. That's my rate. The blatant opportunism nearly made Li Zhengqi's face
03:30turn green. Then, from upstairs, another desperate cry rang out. Huang Shan's condition was getting worse.
03:36Li Zhengqi's face. Li Zhengqi, a stent his foot.
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