Chapter 471

y, what's more.

Several people secretly pondered.

This is already the apocalypse, staying in the Military Region and speaking frankly...

Safety is safety, but it's too harsh!

The safe ones are ordinary people, not them!

In order to protect ordinary players without strength, these Awakened Ones often have to go to the front lines, and their treatment is also poor.

Supplies are scarce, and the death rate is still high.

Watching the channel constantly show those Awakened Ones living like local emperors, to say one isn't tempted is a lie.

Male Awakened Ones keep ten or eight little star models; female Awakened Ones can also play with fresh meat and boy bands in various ways.

No law, no morality.

In this Apocalypse, as long as you have strength, it's a hundred times more enjoyable than before the Apocalypse!

Same Awakened Ones, why should I be the one to sacrifice?

Relying on my own strength, I could start a team or join another faction to enjoy the good life—why not?

Who wouldn't want to be a top person?

Listening to the meaning in the words of the somewhat older Awakened One, Zhang Shao secretly sneered.

This is planning to split the 'money'.

Nothing to think about; he waved his hand, indicating that several people should come closer:

"If we're going to sell, sell it to the forces around Linjiang."

"After all, Long'an Base's strength is greatly diminished, and Lin An himself is no good. Selling to the nearby forces, we might still have a chance to get a share."

"If we sell too far away, other forces can't even make a move."

"You know... Lin An's equipment is not few..."

Just as several people were nodding in agreement, the somewhat older Awakened One suddenly interjected:

"Selling once would be too much of a loss, and besides the disc is missing, we're also in trouble."

"We can't find a suitable machine to have someone copy this thing."

"Huh?"

Zhang Shao looked at him in surprise, but only heard the person's eyes shift, then quietly added:

"I know an Awakened One; although his strength isn't strong, his ability is somewhat special."

"His talent... can copy things!"

"Moreover, he hasn't participated in the previous meetings, and he doesn't even know about Lin An's affairs."

"If we find him to help, we don't have to worry about our matters leaking out..."

Upon hearing this, several people were overjoyed, exchanging glances.

If what the somewhat older Awakened One said is true, doesn't that mean the news could be sold several times!?

Moreover...

Several people all understood his implied meaning.

If they don't know about Lin An's affairs, then doesn't that mean we don't even have to split the 'money' with him?

After a quick discussion, several people impatiently rushed straight to the Survivors' gathering place.

"Li Xingwen, you fucking get out!"

"Laozi today won't cripple you, otherwise I'm not surnamed Wang!"

In the muddy, chaotic Survivors' gathering place, a dark-skinned sturdy man wearing iron-ring-like gauntlets kicked over the iron pot set up in front of the simple tent.

Behind him followed seven or eight men similarly bare-chested, with a fierce aura.

The ordinary people around looked at him in fear; the woman whose iron pot was kicked over clung tightly to the child in her arms.

Dare to be angry but dare not speak.

"Quick, quick go call Little Li Brother..."

Several thin and weak ordinary people, with anxious expressions, passed the message backward, approaching with apologetic smiles.

The scattered soldiers on guard around looked expressionlessly at the scene before them, unmoved.

The big man is a non-military Awakened One, with ordinary strength.

But relying on his Awakened One status, he pulled together a supplies search team.

Perhaps not comparable to the Military Region's Awakened Ones, but enough to make these ordinary people somewhat fearful.

As long as no lives are lost, the Military Region also can't be bothered to manage these matters.

"Damn it, even our boss dares to be cheated, you bunch of lowly scum are really fucking tired of living!"

Following behind Wang Zhiqi, a man who looked like a thug slapped the apologetic middle-aged man's face with a palm, his unfriendly eyes fixed on the not-far tent.

【Maintenance】

That is where Li Xingwen is located.

Having said that, he glanced at a frightened little girl beside his feet and picked her up in one hand.

"Do you still have food in your hand? This corn is what we tricked from you, right?"

The little girl was scared into wailing loudly, causing the surrounding Survivors to instinctively clench their fists.

The big man's followers acted brutally.

They dare not move against the Military Region's people, but dare to cause trouble for them.

Perhaps they don't dare to kill you, but in this world, being injured means death is not far off.

Such things happen far too often in a gathering place of millions of people.

The military had no time to attend to it.

「Let go of Xiao Yan! What have I lied to you about? 」

The tent marked 【Repair Section】 was flung open; a big boy with a youthful face angrily rushed out from the tent, wrench in hand, charging at the man.

「Bang! 」

He kicked out.

Although his physique was far superior to that of an ordinary person, before the combat-oriented Awakened Ones, Li Xingwen was instantly kicked to the ground, his face turning pale as he clutched his abdomen, unable to move.

Without giving him a chance to fight back, and lacking combat experience, Wang Zhiqi let out a snort and seized Li Xingwen's throat.

「Kid, do you still dare to say you didn't deceive us? 」

「What the hell! I told you to copy a grenade, and you copied a toy shell for me!! 」

Having said that, Wang Zhiqi grimly tightened his grip on his throat, then fiercely slammed the grenade from his waist onto the ground.

「Pff」

The imagined explosion did not occur.

Only to see the grenade, like a thrown firecracker, explode weakly with a puff.

Although its appearance and structure were identical to a real grenade, its power was no more than that of a child's toy.

「I... didn't... deceive you.. 」

Li Xingwen's face turned red from strain, and he began to struggle to explain.

「I said... my ability can only copy the appearance... 」

「It's you... 」

「Bang! 」

Wang Zhiqi hurled him into the muddy water, then crouched and sneered:

「Really? Did you say that? 」

「How come I didn't hear it! 」

He exaggeratedly poked his ear, and the burly man snorted, pulling a dagger from his waist and brandishing it.

「Laozi says you're deceiving, and that's deceiving! 」

「A broken toy tricked me out of ten catties of food, you have the guts! 」

「I tell you, either pay me tenfold, or work for Laozi! 」

「Otherwise.. 」

Wang Zhiqi half-smiled as he traced the dagger across his palm, the meaning obvious.

Upon hearing that, Li Xingwen's face turned ashen; he clenched his teeth, finally understanding why these people wanted him to copy a grenade.

Asking him for help was a pretense; deliberately picking a fight was the real motive.

Tenfold compensation, yet he barely had enough food for himself, and still had to support others on a daily basis.

This clearly was to have him...

He secretly regretted it in his heart.

If it weren't for the neighbors who fled with him being too hungry, he would never have taken on this group's work no matter what.

A thin, middle-aged man with an uncle-like appearance anxiously tried to shield Li Xingwen, pleading desperately:

「Boss Wang, there must be some misunderstanding here... please just.. 」

「Get lost, what's it to you! 」

Wang Zhiqi's henchman slapped the man across the face, surrounding Li Xingwen.

The Survivors nearby fell into panic.

Li Xingwen had grown up before their eyes.

Although he usually liked to play pranks, his nature was not bad.

As an Awakened One, he could easily have joined another team, but to look after them he stayed and opened a small stall for repairing items.

It can be said that without Li Xingwen, many of them would not have escaped this far.

The crowd was roused.

Wang Zhiqi gave a cold glance around.

「What? Still want to fight? Anyone who makes a move, I'll cripple! 」

As his words fell, the crowded crowd suddenly got separated.

Only to see several Awakened Ones in military uniform looking around, ignoring the stunned Wang Zhiqi, excitedly gazing at the boy in the mire.

「That's him! 」