An Eerie Calm

The young man glanced at Liu Lu behind him. Seeing that he remained silent, he clenched his fists even tighter.

Anger quickly turned the skin all over his body red. He raised a hand, but eventually lowered it again...

"Oh? That look in your eyes-are you thinking of hitting me?"

The burly man seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world. The dagger danced in his hand as he moved up to the young man and patted his face with the blade.

When he saw that the young man didn't dare resist, the burly man grew even more arrogant.

"You're a greenhorn who hasn't even grown any hair yet, and what a coward you are! Hrrk-ptui!"

With that, he spat out a glob of thick phlegm, which landed squarely on the young man's face...

"I don't have time to waste with you! Whoever's in charge here, get your ass out here!"

Seeing how cowardly the young man was, the burly man seemed to lose interest. He tossed him aside and turned to the other Rampage Group members sitting on the ground.

Suddenly, he seemed to spot something. His gaze locked on one direction, and a lecherous expression spread across his face...

Although Wang Qian was hiding at the very back of the group, with most of her body blocked by the other members, her outstanding looks were hard to miss...

"Well, well! How could you hide such a pretty little thing away? You should've let everyone enjoy her sooner! Hahaha!"

The burly man suddenly grinned wickedly, then strode toward Wang Qian.

"Damn it!"

Seeing this, Liu Lu immediately clenched his fists. The Rampage Group had wanted to avoid a conflict in the first place to keep Wang Qian from being discovered, but in the end, they hadn't managed to avoid it...

Women weren't worth much in the apocalypse. Half a ham sausage could even buy a night of pleasure.

But that only applied to ordinary women. Beauties on Wang Qian's level were still extremely rare!

Once discovered, they would inevitably be set upon by the crowd. The hungry wolves would even line up of their own accord!

Without great strength, beauty would become a nightmare...

"What, a sickly weakling like you wants to play the hero and save the beauty?"

Liu Lu stood in the burly man's path. Though his body was swaying on the verge of collapse, his gaze remained firm.

He hadn't backed down even when facing the Picky-Eating Weird before, much less this ordinary man.

"As long as I'm here, don't even think about hurting Qianqian!"

The burly man's interest was immediately piqued.

"You've got some backbone, kid! But backbone alone isn't enough to play the hero and save the beauty!"

As he spoke, the burly man punched Liu Lu straight in the stomach.

Liu Lu wanted to dodge, but his overwhelming exhaustion left him unable to muster even a shred of strength. He could only stand there and take the blow...

"Wah!"

At last, under the full force of the burly man's blow, Liu Lu could hold it in no longer and spat out a mouthful of blood!

Behind him, Wang Qian watched with an expression full of distress and worry. Cold as she was, she couldn't help shedding tears at that moment...

Genuine affection in times of hardship was evidently all the more precious!

Unable to bear watching Liu Lu suffer any longer and with nowhere else to turn, Wang Qian turned and scanned the crowd. At last, she spotted Jiang He in a corner.

Seeing the pleading expression on the woman's face in the distance, Jiang He frowned slightly.

But before he could do anything, the burly man beating Liu Lu noticed where Wang Qian was looking.

"Well, well! You little slut, you look so delicate and weak, but you've got quite a few pretty boys on the side! What, is he your lover too?"

Seeing Wang Qian gazing pitifully at Jiang He, the burly man instantly lost interest in Liu Lu, who was as useless as trash in his hands.

He slowly turned around, then swaggered toward Jiang He.

As he walked, he said:

"Hmph! I'm going to beat each of your lovers into the ground right in front of you, then make them watch from the sidelines... Hahaha!"

Hearing this, Jiang He frowned even more deeply. He had intended to wait until Liu Lu was beaten to death before stepping in, but this guy had come rushing over to court death...

In the few seconds Jiang He spent thinking, the burly man had already reached him.

"Hahaha! You pretty boy, you're even worse than that kid over there! He may be trash, but at least he dared to fight back, unlike you..."

Bang!

Before the burly man could finish, Jiang He darted forward. Without another word, he kicked out, sending terrifying force straight into the man's chest.

Crack!

The sound of breaking bones rang out instantly!

Jiang He hadn't used his superpower for that kick, only his pure physical strength.

Even so, the burly man was sent flying backward, crashing hard into the crowd and setting off a chorus of screams.

Jiang He glanced at Liu Lu, who had been beaten to a pulp at his feet.

Without pausing, Jiang He stepped over him and came to Wang Qian's side, a teasing look on his face.

"You're quite good at diverting trouble onto others, aren't you? Aren't you afraid I'll get back at you afterward?"

Grinning wickedly, Jiang He lifted the woman's chin, intending to tease this cold goddess.

"You!"

Feeling a large hand suddenly touch her face, Wang Qian immediately raised her eyes in embarrassed anger.

The moment her gaze met Jiang He's, she hastily turned to look elsewhere.

Her thoughts were in turmoil, and she really didn't know how to face this bastard!

When the Rampage Group members saw this, they turned and ran toward Liu Lu, lifting him up and carrying him somewhere safe!

After surviving so many disasters, everyone still alive could be said to be a veteran of the convoy.

Naturally, they couldn't bear to see Wang Qian humiliated!

But having witnessed Jiang He's terrifying strength with their own eyes, they couldn't bring themselves to resist. They could only choose to look away and spare themselves the distress...

By then, the crowd had finally come to its senses and begun whispering among themselves, looking at Jiang He with a little more fear.

They had been on the run ever since the apocalypse broke out. They had never encountered the Superpower Sequence and didn't know how terrifying it was.

After seeing what had just happened, they only assumed Jiang He had been born with extraordinary strength.

Ignoring the people around him pointing and talking, Jiang He moved his large hand down until it reached Wang Qian's injured leg.

It was better to heal this woman, so she wouldn't keep troubling him!

He kneaded her leg firmly with both hands for a while and found that her bones weren't injured; her joints were only slightly out of place.

"Bear with it!"

Jiang He warned her with a wicked grin, making Wang Qian blush!

This bastard, does he have to rub my stomach when he's working on my legs...

Before Wang Qian could finish cursing him in her mind, she suddenly heard a crack from her right leg.

"Ah!"

No matter how cold her disposition, she couldn't withstand the sudden pain.

But just as Wang Qian's cry ended, another crack rang out.

"Ah!"

The lilting sound made Jiang He want to keep listening. He almost wanted to tear off both her legs and do it a few more times...

Of course, that was only a joke. He wasn't that cruel!

He held her slender legs and moved them a couple of times. Finding that there was no longer much of a problem, Jiang He stood up.

"Remember our agreement. Don't wait for me to call you!"

At his words, Wang Qian's movements abruptly froze, and most of the joy that had just risen in her heart vanished at once.

I've already agreed to it anyway. Sooner or later, I'll have to go through this ordeal! I'll just think of it as a mosquito bite!

Looking at the man's broad back, Wang Qian assumed he was talking about that matter and comforted herself...

Jiang He passed through the crowd and glanced at the young man who had just been humiliated. He couldn't help shaking his head slightly before returning to the four young women.

The bus and the RV were both being upgraded, so they could only stay outside for a while.

Jiang He plopped down on a stone bench in the service area and curiously surveyed his surroundings as he asked the four sisters:

"How many days have you been staying here?"

The women's opinion of Jiang He had completely changed by now. After all, they didn't know about the deal between him and Wang Qian.

They only thought he was a hero who had stepped forward to do the right thing!