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This familiar sense of obstruction was unmistakable.
Blood splattered; beneath the ground, there lurked a second-order stalker!
Chen Mo's hand moved as swiftly as his blade, his perception now far beyond that of ordinary people.
The enhancement brought by his dual Abilities was likely no weaker than any sensory Abilities user.
"Phew..." Chen Mo exhaled, smiling with ease.
With his current strength,
A second-order zombie was as fragile as a lamb.
At the same time, Poverty-stricken had cleared the first-order zombies on the other side, leaving only the last Dissolver.
If a Dissolver sustained massive damage or died, it would explode into a multitude of foul-smelling liquids.
Chen Mo certainly didn't want to taint himself with that stench again.
He lifted his right hand slightly and pointed towards the Dissolver's location.
"Poverty-stricken, it's time."
As Poverty-stricken pounced,
Countless streams of molten iron surged from beneath Chen Mo's feet, encircling the Dissolver.
Rising from the ground, it formed a massive iron maiden, its interior bristling with sharp spikes that impaled the Dissolver!
"Ptui!" The sound of piercing echoed within the metal confines!
Followed by a "Boom" as the explosion resounded.
Corrosive green liquid seeped out onto the ground...
A one-sided slaughter!
Chen Mo and Poverty-stricken cleaned up the battlefield, reaping a rich harvest.
Forty-six first-order Crystal Cores, and after accounting for those destroyed by the Dissolver's explosion, they also collected three second-order Crystal Cores.
Fiddling with a few second-order Crystal Cores, they clinked and scraped in his hand.
Humming a tune, Chen Mo was in high spirits as he leisurely took out a map and checked it.
"It's not too far, Yuze County and Huabei City are just over forty kilometers apart."
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"Let's go, Poverty-stricken."
Chen Mo mounted Poverty-stricken's back.
Transforming into a streak of red light, Poverty-stricken's speed was not inferior to the sports cars before the apocalypse.
They weaved through the wasteland with ease.
The national road was indeed as Liao Ruyu said, teeming with zombies, aside from the scattered few.
Almost every distance traveled, they encountered large groups of zombies.
Blood paved this national road as they fought their way through.
As dusk approached, the blood-red sky grew even darker and deeper.
One man and one beast, like deities walking under the night sky, mercilessly reaped the lives of the zombies.
***
Until night fell.
"Click..." A silver light flickered in the darkness.
Chen Mo's eyes glowed eerily, standing out in the night.
This stretch of the national road was remote, a mountain path surrounded by peaks and silent forests.
Aside from the occasional growls near his ear, the quiet was almost terrifying.
After a brief rest, Chen Mo ate some food to replenish his strength.
Then he and Poverty-stricken set off again.
The night did not slow their pace.
Under the pitch-black night, both Poverty-stricken and Chen Mo could see as clearly as if equipped with night vision.
After some time,
Ahead, Chen Mo, sitting on Poverty-stricken's back, suddenly saw a firelight rise, smoke curling up.
In the distance, it seemed someone was making a fire.
Chen Mo narrowed his eyes, focusing his gaze.
It appeared to be an RV parked on the roadside, with several people resting and adjusting outside.
In the apocalypse, it was not unusual to encounter survivors, which did not surprise Chen Mo.
But this road led to and from Yuze County.
Could they all have come from Yuze County?
Chen Mo's eyes brightened.
If someone could lead the way, it would certainly be more convenient than searching aimlessly like a headless fly.
***
At that moment, outside the RV.
Six men were seated in the area.
Aside from the leader, who looked somewhat fierce and malevolent,
The others were all pale and emaciated, some even looking disheveled.
In front of them was a freshly lit cauldron, bubbling away.
Their eyes were fixed on the pot, flickering with desperate greed.
They couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
They were jade traders who had come to Yuze County to purchase jade, running small businesses.
Who would have thought that the apocalypse would suddenly strike, and they survived by luck, trapped in Yuze County for over a month.
"When will it be ready..." One of the men, eyes reddening, tentatively reached out his hand.
"Damn it, wait a bit longer!" the fierce man slapped his hand away.
The others clearly feared the man and dared not make a move, knowing he was the only Abilities user and the strongest among them.
"Bro... Brothers are hungry..." someone said pitifully.
They had been hungry for too long...
Everything edible, and even inedible, had been consumed...
The man spoke viciously.
"Wait a bit, and you'll have something to eat!"
"We just caught a fat sheep, didn't we?"
"That fatso has a lot of meat, enough to fill us all up!"
The eyes of those present lit up, each one looking ravenous.
Some even drooled at the thought.
"Right, right, right..."
"There's also a woman in the car..."
"After the brothers have had their fun, we can... hehehe..." One of them chuckled foolishly.
"You idiot, thinking about women at a time like this!"
The fierce man looked at the cauldron, which was starting to steam, and felt it was about time. He lifted the lid under the excited and greedy gazes of the others.
Inside was a pot of thick broth with chunks of fatty meat, large pieces bobbing in the white foam...
The meat in the pot didn't seem like pork or beef; it was darker in color, and the skin and flesh were stewed until tender...
The man's eyes also showed desire as he looked at the stewed meat in the pot and swallowed saliva.
"Alright..."
"Dig in."
"Meat... meat..."
"It's meat!"
"I can't take it anymore!"
At that moment, the others went crazy, their bloodshot eyes bulging as they lunged forward like ghosts.
They plunged their hands into the scalding pot as if they couldn't feel the heat.
As if afraid of missing out, they grabbed large chunks of meat and began to devour them ravenously.
The sticky sounds of chewing filled the air.
There was one large piece of white meat left in the pot that no one dared to touch.
That was reserved for the leader.
The fierce man laughed nastily and said,
"Eat slowly, that fatty weighed over three hundred pounds! We've got it all in the car."
"That'll definitely fill us up!"
"I heard the Sixth Army District is recruiting survivors. After we regain our strength, let's head to Huabei City!"