The Fawning Liu Lu

Jiang He casually took a piece of bread from his system backpack and tore open the plastic wrapper.

He pulled out the small, wheat-scented bun inside and stuffed it into his mouth.

Since Jiang He had kept his hands tucked inside his sleeves all this time, he wasn't worried about exposing his system space.

Those people would only think he'd had the bread hidden in his clothes all along.

Hearing the rustle of plastic,

the survivors around him looked over enviously when they saw that Jiang He still had food.

"Isn't that the kid who led the escape last night?"

"We left in such a hurry last night that we lost all the food we brought along on the way. There wasn't a scrap left!"

"He knew about the danger in advance, and he ran so slowly when he escaped. He must have plenty of food hidden on him!"

Jiang He had no intention of paying any attention to the whispers around him.

If anyone was blind enough to come and provoke him, he wouldn't mind sending them to their death!

Although he could only use a level-one ability right now, his strengthened body would still make it easy to kill a few people as a warning to the rest!

He swallowed the chewed bread in one gulp, then smacked his lips twice, still savoring its sweetness.

Then, under the jealous, resentful gazes of the survivors, he tucked his hand back into his sleeve and took out three ham sausages this time.

He got up, found three fresh branches, and set the peeled sausages over the fire.

"What a sin! Now he's even having a barbecue!"

Among the survivors, a slightly chubby young man clenched his fists and muttered under his breath at the sight.

Listening to the crackle of the flames consuming the branches and smelling the distinctive aroma of the sausages, the survivors around Jiang He couldn't help swallowing.

They made no attempt to hide the greed in their eyes.

Although Liu Lu's Rampage Group ate well, there were so many of them that these survivors knew they couldn't possibly get any food from him.

By comparison, Jiang He was all alone, so he naturally became their target!

"Young man, I see you have three sausages. Could you spare me one? My granddaughter hasn't eaten in days!"

Jiang He looked up to see a pale, hollow-cheeked old man standing before him, gripping a little girl's hand tightly in his right hand.

When she saw the man in front of her looking at her, the girl lowered her head, at a loss.

She was in little better shape than the old man, and sweat covered her sallow, gaunt little face.

Perhaps because she hadn't eaten for a long time, her bright, lively eyes had sunk somewhat into their sockets.

The girl looked uneasy, her little mouth pressed tightly shut, as though she feared she wouldn't be able to control herself in front of the food.

Her little hands were clasped tightly behind her back, and she turned her head toward the wrecked bus, not daring to meet Jiang He's eyes at all.

He thought carefully and found that he didn't remember either of them!

Moreover, their clothes were fairly clean, so they probably hadn't been through the desperate escape last night, and they were even less likely to be members of Liu Lu's camp.

Jiang He figured the grandfather and granddaughter were probably "burdens" abandoned by a convoy nearby.

They must have been starving by the time they got here, so they'd swallowed their pride and come to beg for food...

Seeing someone take the lead, the hungry survivors around them could no longer sit still.

They rose one after another and slowly gathered around Jiang He.

He swept a glance over them, taking in every move they made.

Jiang He showed no reaction. He stuffed the three cooked sausages into his mouth, then looked at the grandfather and granddaughter with a vicious expression.

"No!"

The single word burst mercilessly from his mouth, his tone stern and utterly uncompromising.

He was already worried that Eldritch Horrors might have slipped in among them, so naturally he wasn't about to be friendly to these strangers!

Clearly frightened by Jiang He's tone, the girl's small body trembled violently!

Her big eyes quickly filled with tears, but not a single drop escaped.

"Grandpa, let's go!"

The girl tilted her little head up and, seemingly afraid the old man would worry, forced a smile onto her pretty, yellowish face.

"Hee-hee, Caicai isn't hungry."

The old man seemed to want to say something, but though his lips trembled for a long time, no sound came from his throat.

In the end, he could only shake his head and let the little girl lead him away.

As if he hadn't seen what had happened, Jiang He turned his gaze to the fire beneath him and pulled the Bloodsucking Dagger from his jacket pocket.

"What? Do you think you're any different from them?"

He twirled the dagger a few times, and a cold killing intent flared in his eyes.

In his previous life, although Jiang He had been exploited by Superpower Sequence users, that didn't mean he'd never killed anyone!

Not a single ordinary person who had tried to take advantage of him had escaped!

So the viciousness in his eyes was no act!

The people around him had intended to come forward together and force Jiang He to hand over his food, but faced with the cold gleam of his dagger, none dared to be the first.

They had only eaten their fill last night. Though they were a little hungry now, they weren't yet desperate enough to risk their lives...

Only after the crowd dispersed did Jiang He slowly put away his dagger. He had long since expected that none of them would dare make a move, so his emotions didn't fluctuate in the slightest!

In the Rampage Convoy's camp in the distance, Liu Lu watched everything with interest.

"That man is a troublemaker. If you want to bring these people into the convoy, you'll have to be careful of him."

At some point, the figure that had been busy on the bus had disappeared.

Hearing the familiar voice beside him, Liu Lu instantly dropped the carefree expression on his face and replaced it with a fawning one.

"Qianqian, you must be tired! I've told you before, just leave that dirty, tiring work to someone else. As the convoy's second-in-command, all you need to do is stay back and give orders!"

Wang Qian's face remained expressionless as she watched Liu Lu grovel. She found herself a folding chair and sat down.

"I awakened the Technician Sequence. I can't avoid dealing with these machines."

Liu Lu chuckled at that and waved for someone to bring over a bowl of rice.

"It's all my fault for not telling those two crystals apart back then! If only we could have switched sequences, you wouldn't have to work so hard!"

Wang Qian couldn't help frowning at the rice Liu Lu offered her.

If this rice had been made into thin porridge, it could have fed the camp for days!

Yet Liu Lu had cooked it into rice just to save face!

Seeing several days' worth of food used up in an instant, Wang Qian felt displeased, but she didn't voice any criticism. Her tone merely grew a little colder.

"You'd have me awaken the Assassin Sequence and fight those monsters while a grown man like you hid behind me and clapped?"

"No, Qianqian, you know me. You're my reason for staying alive! How could I possibly let you fight those monsters?"

Liu Lu was clearly a little incoherent. Though he didn't understand why Wang Qian's tone had suddenly turned cold, he patiently explained himself anyway.

Seemingly unwilling to continue the subject, Wang Qian took the rice from Liu Lu and began eating it in small bites.

Clearly, it had been a long time since she'd had a steaming bowl of rice with toppings too!

Seeing that his goddess was ignoring him, Liu Lu knew that approaching her again now would only have the opposite effect.

So he immediately switched back to his previous carefree expression and waved to the convoy members.

"The deputy leader is here. Everyone can eat now!"

This was an ironclad rule of the Rampage Convoy: even if the food went cold, no one could pick up their chopsticks until Wang Qian arrived!

Liu Lu had laid down this rule when the convoy was first established, and people had occasionally spoken out against it before.

But those voices of opposition vanished completely after Liu Lu awakened a Superpower Sequence!

A Superpower Sequence had absolute authority within a group!

And the first thing most people who awakened a Superpower Sequence did was subdue those who resisted them, or even kill them...