"Qingwei, did you memorize the essence of the eighteen positions?"
"Brother, what are you talking about?!"
Ye Qingwei was so embarrassed that she kept lightly punching Jiang Yang in the chest with her little fists.
Jiang Yang gently blew into Ye Qingwei's ear. "Which one should we use tonight?"
"Ah, Brother, keep your voice down..."
Ye Qingwei's pretty face instantly flushed red enough to drip blood.
The reason she was so unbearably shy was that, after getting a taste of it, she actually wanted to try them all.
But how could she possibly say that out loud? The more she thought about it, the more embarrassed she became.
These past few days, Jiang Yang's "training" had been rather special, thoroughly changing Ye Qingwei's shape.
Not only physically, but mentally as well.
"Hahaha, how about we go through all of them once!"
Jiang Yang's teasing made Ye Qingwei's heart tremble.
Brother had actually thought of the same thing as her.
Could it be that they were truly in sync...
But that only made Ye Qingwei even more bashful. She lowered her little head and did not dare raise it at all, afraid the others would notice those unspeakable little secrets in her heart.
"Look, what's that?"
Qiu Chan suddenly spoke up, startling Ye Qingwei so badly she nearly jumped on the spot.
As Qiu Chan spoke, everyone turned to look in the direction she pointed.
By then, they had arrived on a street near the hotel.
After two days of chaos, there were basically no living people left on the streets, and even Zombies were rarely seen.
The Zombies in this world mostly preferred hiding in dark places during the day. Though they did not fear light, they did not like it either—especially sunlight.
Not far from them, someone lay on the ground. They had not turned into a Zombie, but their entire body was covered in wounds carved open by blades, and their blood had yet to coagulate.
"How disgusting. What is this?"
Ye Qingwei covered her mouth, though she already had an answer in her heart. There were many animal traps beside that "person." None of them had been disguised; they were not meant for people or animals.
"A trap."
Jiang Yang spoke slowly. Even he felt a chill in his heart at the sight. The Apocalypse had only begun two days ago, and someone had already abandoned their moral bottom line?
"There's one here too!"
Xiao Wan picked up an empty fruit can that had been licked completely clean, then spotted a simple trap not far away. It was an animal trap with a bloody piece of raw meat placed on top.
As for what kind of meat it was, everyone in the team had already figured it out. Discomfort appeared on the faces of Ye Qingwei, Xiao Wan, and Zhang Yao.
Wu Lei and Li Shun's expressions also darkened, while Qiu Chan's face remained unchanged.
Jiang Yang used his knife to pick up the raw meat. It was human flesh, though it had not come from the corpse nearby. Both were still very fresh; otherwise, they would not have been able to attract Zombies.
Zombies would rush over when they smelled fresh blood, but using a piece of fresh human flesh and someone who had only recently died as Bait was simply too cruel.
Still, it fit the circumstances of the Apocalypse.
The Apocalypse was this cruel.
Jiang Yang looked around. Some of the nearby buildings had their windows completely boarded up. If nothing unexpected had happened, there should be people inside those buildings.
When the Apocalypse arrived, many people had turned into Zombies, but many had survived as well.
Now that the Apocalypse had begun two days ago, those with strong adaptability should already have started forming their own Small Groups. At the very least, they would have gathered together for safety.
Humans were social animals. There was truth in the saying that strength came in numbers.
"Are we going to fight these people?"
Ye Qingwei was somewhat worried. Jiang Yang was very strong, but before they had even entered the Park, they had already discovered other forces.
When Money-Scattering Boy appeared, there would probably be even more survivors nearby coming out to fight over it.
Even an elephant could be bitten to death by ants. No matter how strong Jiang Yang was, he could not fight a hundred people alone.
Jiang Yang was thinking about the same thing. When Money-Scattering Boy appeared, there definitely would not be few people around.
With his strength, killing all of them would only be a matter of time. The Apocalypse had only lasted two days, after all, and there were not many Professionals yet.
But Jiang Yang was not a bloodthirsty person. If possible, he still hoped to talk with the nearby Small Groups.
He would take the most valuable treasures and leave those people some scraps.
Even in the Apocalypse, it was important that he ate hot pot while they ate the hot pot base, achieving a win-win situation.
However, Jiang Yang did not voice his thoughts. Instead, he looked at the others in the team.
"For now, we can be certain there won't be few teams nearby. When Money-Scattering Boy appears, they'll definitely fight over it."
"Don't any of you have any good ideas?"
Jiang Yang left the chance to speak to the others. As the leader of this team, he couldn't handle everything himself. Training Ye Qingwei now and then, teasing Qiu Chan and Xiao Wan a little—that was already exhausting enough.
"With our strength, crushing them head-on won't be a problem. It'll also intimidate the other survivors nearby."
Qiu Chan gave her Tang Saber a shake. Overwhelming them with absolute strength was the simplest, most direct way to solve things!
The others, however, didn't quite agree and frowned one after another.
Jiang Yang was even more speechless. This woman relied far too heavily on brute force.
In the original story, Qiu Chan had been a reckless lone wolf. Even so, she had never run into much trouble.
It wasn't because she wasn't smart, but because once someone became strong enough... using their brain started to feel like trying to outwit the air.
Someone causing trouble? Slash!
Zombies? Slash!
Still, absolute strength really was the most effective solution, especially in the Apocalypse.
But this was still the early stage. There was no harm in using their heads.
Jiang Yang rested his chin on his hand and pondered while the others in the team had already begun arguing heatedly.
"It won't work to wipe out a group directly with force. We could easily become a target for everyone."
"What if we negotiate with them..."
"Should we drive these people off first and make them get lost?"
"Could we lure them into cooperating with benefits?"
In an alley not far from Jiang Yang's group, several crates and piles of junk were stacked about, with scattered rusted, dilapidated iron fences standing nearby.
Inside the alley, a group of people hid furtively in the shadows, watching Jiang Yang and the others.
"Women—every single one of them is top-notch!"
A flatheaded man lay peering through a gap, his gaze wandering over Xiao Wan, Ye Qingwei, and Qiu Chan.
Every so often, his eyes also lingered over Zhang Yao's body, drool practically spilling from the corner of his mouth.
Suddenly, a sharp pain exploded in the flatheaded man's head.
A burly man in a leather jacket whacked him on the head with a hammer. "I told you to observe the equipment those people are carrying. Are women the only thing you can see?"
The flatheaded man clearly had a good relationship with the burly man and complained, "The boss even took more than ten people out specifically to capture one woman! So I can't even look?"
"Don't talk about the boss. If you reach my position someday, you can do the same. Qiangzi, the Apocalypse has arrived and the classes are being reshuffled. Work hard and don't disgrace the brothers." The burly man's voice carried a trace of wistfulness.
Hearing this, Li Youqiang nodded solemnly and began analyzing the equipment on those people.
"Top-quality protective gear. It all looks custom-made. Damn it, back when things were normal, this would've been a huge order for our factory!"
"The crossbows in their hands seem high-quality too, and they definitely aren't cheap."
"And with all those girls around the leading man, he must've been either rich or powerful before the Apocalypse..."
After Li Youqiang finished speaking, he looked meaningfully at the second-in-command behind him.
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