The Law of the Jungle

Now that he had lost an arm, quite a few people felt as though they had finally gotten some satisfaction.

Among those present, there were plenty who had been bullied by Liu Ping, either openly or behind the scenes.

That guy had originally still shown some restraint, afraid of arousing public anger.

Ever since joining the Thunder Team, however, he had grown unbearably arrogant by relying on the team's influence.

Earlier, a survivor had accidentally bumped into him while walking, and he had used flames to burn the man's entire body.

Although he had not burned him to death on the spot, burns covering such a large area were basically as good as a death sentence in a place with almost no medical treatment and not even the most basic sanitary conditions.

Sure enough, the burned survivor died from the pain that very night.

Before the apocalypse, Liu Ping had seemed like an honest, steady man. No one had expected him to be so ruthless!

He could not always do whatever he wanted by relying on his ability. There were also people he could not defeat.

But whenever he encountered someone whose skills were superior to his own, he would call on the Thunder Team to back him up.

Any survivor who was neither deaf nor blind knew how powerful the Thunder Team was. No one was willing to provoke them over a momentary burst of anger.

For that very reason, although Liu Ping acted meekly and submissively within the team, it did not stop him from swaggering and throwing his weight around in front of ordinary survivors.

As for whether Jiang You would be avenged by him or the Thunder Team, no one actually cared.

"Are fire ability users all this hot-tempered?"

Jiang You watched the fireball fly toward her without dodging. There was not the slightest trace of fear on her face.

She extended her hand and spread her palm. Wisps of faint air currents gathered from all around into her palm. In the end, they wrapped around the flames like a swimming dragon and completely enclosed them.

The flames, which had been charging straight ahead, were wrapped in these currents that redirected immense force with minimal effort. Their direction changed as lightly as a feather.

It was like a ferocious beast being gently stroked by a delicate hand before docilely lying down.

It was simply unbelievable.

The smug smile on Liu Ping's face froze.

He stared at what was happening in front of him in disbelief.

The flames that had always inspired fear were actually being carried by something invisible, dancing up and down with the movements of Jiang You's palm.

"How... how is this possible?"

"You... you're an ability user too!"

An ordinary person could not control his flames like this. The only explanation was that the other party was an ability user as well.

Moreover, her ability was very likely stronger than his.

But how could that be?

If she was an ability user, why had no news of it gotten out?

Everyone knew that ability users held a very high status now. Regardless of age or gender, countless teams would fight to recruit any ability user.

Unwilling to accept this, Liu Ping condensed several more clumps of flame and launched them at Jiang You.

But without exception, under Jiang You's control, those flames were wrapped in something invisible. They were like ghostly flames in a horror movie, hovering in front of her and drifting up and down, yet refusing to attack her.

Jiang You smiled faintly. "If you're feeling hot-tempered, why don't you enjoy a little breeze?"

She had recently been experimenting with new ways to attack. Since Liu Ping had delivered himself to her door, he was the perfect test subject.

She had some impression of this woman. She seemed to be the younger sister of the boss lady who ran a fruit shop near the entrance to the residential community.

She had seen her helping out in the shop before. When Jiang You had gone there to buy fruit, the woman had even given her an apple.

"How do you want him to die?"

When the woman saw her gaze, she asked, "Are you asking me?"

Jiang You nodded.

The woman froze for a moment, then crawled forward several steps.

"Kill him! I want him hacked to pieces and left dead without a complete corpse!

"He killed my sister and my little niece. He personally pushed them into the zombie horde!

"Please, please help me kill him. As long as you kill him, I'll give you my life!"

Tears still streaked the woman's face, and her expression was crazed.

As she spoke, a six- or seven-year-old girl carefully made her way down from upstairs, supporting herself against the stairway.

She groped along the handrail, her eyes vacant.

As she descended, she called out in a hushed voice, "Auntie, Auntie, where are you? Auntie..."

Hearing the voice, the woman spun around and pulled the girl into her arms. Even though her whole body was trembling, she immediately tried to soothe the girl's emotions.

"A Bao, I'm here. Auntie is right here! Don't be afraid!"

She pressed A Bao's face into her embrace and glared at Liu Ping with hatred. "Liu Ping, you animal worse than a pig or a dog! You'll die a horrible death!"

"You little bitch, you'll die before I do!"

Liu Ping glanced at the little girl, then gritted his teeth and hurled several fireballs at them in succession, completely ignoring the child in her arms as he tried to burn them to death.

But just as before, the flames were caught by an invisible wind before they could land on the woman.

Unable to bear it any longer, Liu Ping glared at Jiang You. "You woman, don't push it! This is between me and them. What business is it of yours?!!"

It would have been one thing if she had blocked the flames attacking her, but she even had to interfere when he was killing someone else.

"I advise you not to play the saint. I have the entire Thunder Team behind me. Even if you're powerful and I can't beat you,

"we have plenty of people on our team. Who do you think you are? There are countless grudges in this world. Can you really manage them all?"

"I can tell that you're an ability user too. How about this? We'll set aside the matter of you cutting off my arm for now. I'll recommend you to join the Thunder Team. From now on, we'll eat meat and drink together, and share both fortune and hardship!

"As for this woman, she's nothing but an ordinary person. An ordinary person's life is worthless!

"The apocalypse has already arrived. There is no right or wrong in grudges anymore; only whose fists are bigger. I'm an ability user, and I'm powerful, so I'm the one holding the knife!

"Since she's weak, she should obediently become the fish on the chopping block! The law of the jungle is the most fundamental truth!"

Liu Ping glared viciously at the woman. "A lowly, pathetic ordinary person like you should obediently go die!"

Hearing this, Jiang You let out a cold laugh. "The rights and wrongs of your grudge aren't my concern. I'm not a judge. But today, I simply don't like what I see. What are you going to do about it?"