Encountering a Robbery

Cui Yang was also rather curious. Knowing he could not ask directly, he could only speculate in secret. Of course, because of his poker face, no one else noticed any of it.

Still, having a spatial ability user along would indeed be convenient when gathering supplies.

As for him coveting the supplies, that was not a problem. They only needed to listen to Shen Mo's inner thoughts to know.

Leng Shiyi had clearly thought of this as well. He did not dwell on why Shen Mo had not mentioned it when they went to gather supplies yesterday. Just as Shen Mo had originally thought, his ability had not been very useful yesterday.

But today, without any large vehicles, this ability became especially useful.

Cui Yang gave Shen Mo a complicated look, feeling that what he had said about saving him yesterday was probably true.

After all, abilities were not something one could simply have at will. It was clear that this Shen Mo had quite formidable methods. If he really wanted to mess with him, it was hard to say whether Cui Yang could win.

Thinking about it, he was even somewhat glad that Shen Yue had beaten him up yesterday. After all, Miss Shen Yue knew her limits and would not play dirty. Shen Mo, on the other hand, might not be so restrained.

After drinking some water, everyone got into the car. With the sun blazing outside, they truly could not rest well out in the open.

The gas station was really close. Before they had driven for long, they could see the building in the distance.

There were especially many stones scattered along this road, making it look terribly bumpy.

Because the sun was so harsh, many of them had their eyes closed to rest and recover their energy, so no one noticed the silvery glint mixed among the piles of stones.

It was not until Yang Xuan kept driving that he realized something felt wrong with the car. "Damn, we've been set up. There's something on the ground. The tires are ruined."

Su Ze raised a hand to adjust the glasses on his nose, rolled down the window, and looked outside. "Thumbtacks! They were deliberately mixed into the gravel, so we didn't notice them right away."

"What a pain. Can't anything go smoothly for once? My ability hasn't recovered yet. What about you guys?" Cui Yang looked at the tiny electric arc winding around his finger, his expressionless zombie face turned toward the others.

Leng Shiyi rubbed between his brows helplessly. "Me neither. At most, I can provide you with a glass of ice water, then have my little cousin heat it up. Just wait. Since someone set this up, they should be coming soon. As long as they're human, there's room to negotiate. Su Ze will handle the talks later. You and Yueyue should be able to manage."

A dangerous gleam flashed across Su Ze's lenses. "Fine. Leave it to the two of us."

Sure enough, not long after the car stopped, a group of vicious-looking, ill-intentioned people rushed out with clubs in hand.

The man at the front had a scar running across his face, making him look exceptionally fierce.

A lackey beside him, with binoculars hanging around his neck, looked extremely excited. "Boss, trust me. This time they're definitely fat sheep. Look, their car barely has any wear on it, and I saw boxes inside. They must have supplies."

"Good! If they really have goods, you'll be rewarded handsomely today! Hahaha!"

At the boss's glance, another lackey knocked on the car door with an iron rod and shouted arrogantly, "Listen up, everyone inside! Get out of the car if you know what's good for you. Otherwise, neither you nor your car will be leaving here."

The people in the car looked at one another. This was their first time encountering a robbery in all their lives. It was quite novel.

Leng Shiyi calmly assessed the situation. There were quite a few of these thugs, but their group lacked any real order. They probably were not carrying guns or anything similar. They did not look very strong, but it was unknown whether any of them had abilities.

"The others stay put. Su Ze, go first and test whether they have any ability users among them, or whether there's anyone else behind them."

"Leave it to me." Su Ze adjusted his glasses, a cunning glint flashing in his eyes.

Bluffing people? That was what he did best.

Su Ze rolled down the car window and asked mildly, "Friends, we're merely passing through and mean no harm. If you need anything, we can discuss it."

The scar-faced man looked at his frail appearance and burst out laughing. "Cut the crap! Get out of the car and hand over all your supplies!"

Cui Yang, sitting inside the car, felt his heart sink. It seemed these people were not doing this for the first time. They were probably repeat offenders.

After all, he was officially employed now, and he had spent time in the military before. After the apocalypse, the country had also organized surviving soldiers to conduct rescue operations in various places.

But were people who committed evil in this apocalypse truly worth saving?

On second thought, he found it rather tragic. Humanity was already suffering through a disaster, yet they still had to guard against harm from their own kind. Perhaps extinction truly was not far away.

A poker face really was the perfect camouflage. No matter what he thought, no one could see it on his face.

Leng Shiyi did not notice his teammate's inner conflict. Since the car could no longer be used anyway, he simply gave the others inside a look. Then everyone got out of the car openly.

As the male and female leads, they were naturally the face-value representatives of this world. Any one of them could be a world-class top star.

The moment they got out, they formed a striking sight, leaving the robbers nearly staring themselves cross-eyed.

"Well, well. You all look pretty polished. It's the apocalypse, and you pretty boys and pretty girls are still living quite comfortably, huh?"

These people looked like wealthy young masters from Aristocratic Clans. Every last one of them was a fat sheep. If they pulled off this job, they might not have to worry about supplies for a long time.

What was more, several of them looked at their delicate, fair appearances, and a lewd gleam flashed in their eyes.

It had to be said—they were genuinely disgusting.