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Chapter 36 Traveling Gourmet Food

"Just before I came back, I overheard people talking about us. They were two guards slacking off."

After a pause, Song Bailing continued, "According to them, we've been placed under close surveillance. Liu Yu is very interested in us."

If we leave the city, there's a high chance we'll be followed.

"Tsk, this is really troublesome. So what are your thoughts? What are you planning to do?" Chen Yang complained.

"I don't know. Let's find a place to settle down first. As long as we don't wander the streets, the guards won't bother us. As for the way out, I'll continue to gather information tomorrow."

Song Bailing has now clearly defined her role: to handle intelligence gathering and plan development.

As for the military aspect, that's up to Chen Yang.

She was already considering handing over 20% of her points.

This attitude of doing things for money has already shaken her resolve considerably.

"Alright, where to go? You should have already found a place, right?"

Chen Yang had actually figured out Song Bailing's style in a general way.

As expected, Song Bailing nodded: "Come with me."

Before long, the three arrived at a large wooden house.

There was no door at all, or rather, no entrance.

At this time, there were quite a few people inside, all sitting on the ground, with a paint bucket in the middle, and firewood burning inside.

The three of them entered and were the focus of everyone's attention.

"Where is this place?" Chen Yang looked around the drafty room.

"It's like a home for the homeless. Most of the people here are survivors who go out to hunt zombies during the day and return to the settlement to rest at night."

The mortality rate is high and income is unstable, but it is also a stable source of income for the permanent residents here.

So they occupied the house, and the guards didn't bother them.

It must be said that although Lao Liu revealed that Liu Yu was a pervert, the basic order of this gathering place was still able to be maintained.

At least the economic system should be fine.

The arrival of the three did not cause any disturbance.

Those people merely glanced at them and then went about their business. No one seemed to care that there were three more people in the house.

The three of them went to a corner and sat down cross-legged.

"So that's how to spend the night?" Chen Yang leaned against the wall, looking around.

He could clearly sense several unfriendly gazes.

At this moment, Song Bailing also looked back a few times.

Then she looked at Chen Yang: "Let's take turns keeping watch. If we all fall asleep, something bad is likely to happen."

Song Bailing also knew that in the post-apocalyptic world, where morality and law no longer existed, it wouldn't be surprising if the people here did anything.

Seeing that group of elderly and children in the afternoon might make one feel that the people in this gathering place still maintain order.

But that only applies to those who live in settlements and don't need to venture out.

These are people who risk their lives every day to fight zombies, exchanging the crystals inside the zombies' brains for their own survival supplies.

Song Bailing wasn't foolish enough to think these people were good people.

Even though they are struggling to survive by relying on their own hands and labor, they are doing their best to live.

But it is precisely this kind of force that inevitably leads people's hearts into darkness.

The scarcity of resources leads to fierce competition among so many people, naturally fostering a tendency to exclude others of the same kind.

"Never mind, you and Wu Xia can rest. I can handle the night watch by myself."

To be honest, Chen Yang was really worried about leaving Wu Xia or Song Bailing on night watch.

What if someone takes advantage of him while he's asleep and does something to Wu Xia?

That would ruin one's reputation.

Moreover, in a state of negative entropy, he doesn't need sleep; in fact, the more he stays up late, the more energetic he becomes.

"This...can you do it?" Song Bailing looked at Chen Yang with some worry.

"What's wrong with that?" Chen Yang said casually.

Seeing that Chen Yang insisted, Song Bailing didn't say anything.

But she still felt that she shouldn't sleep too soundly later, in case Chen Yang couldn't stay awake in the middle of the night and fell asleep. It wouldn't be good if something happened.

At the same time, she also added the label of "stubborn to the end" to Chen Yang in her mind.

Since entering the instance, the group has been traveling for a whole day.

Song Bailing and Wu Xia were indeed extremely tired.

After a short while, they ate something simple and then fell into a deep sleep.

The two of them were eating the same chocolate that the vice-captain had used to bribe Chen Yang.

If the vice-captain knew that Chen Yang had given the chocolate to his teammates and eaten it all in one meal, he would most likely be heartbroken.

In the apocalypse, this thing is more precious than anything else.

At night, the flame in the paint bucket inside the room flickered incessantly, and every now and then someone would add a little firewood to it.

Chen Yang, Wu Xia, and the other two in the corner were indeed very conspicuous.

Simply put, their clothes and the fact that the three of them were clean and fair-skinned, not at all like they had been hungry, made some people here unconsciously drool.

There is an unwritten rule in this community.

Chen Yang and his group were newcomers and didn't know that yet.

Aside from the permanent residents, the guards don't care about the lives or deaths of anyone else.

In other words, if Chen Yang and the other two die tonight, the guards will not hold them responsible for their group of wanderers.

To them, these three were like walking pieces of braised pork. On the surface, they were very restrained, but to be honest, they just didn't know how strong the three were and didn't act rashly.

But with so many people, there are always a few who are brainless.

At this moment, a man with a completely black body, somewhat ferocious-looking features, sparse hair on his head, and little flesh on his body slowly moved towards Chen Yang and his group.

He had one hand behind his back, holding a dagger.

It was coated with poison.

He had been preparing for this for a long time after seeing the three of them walk in.

He made sure that every inch of the dagger's blade was coated with this nerve-numbing poison.

With just three cuts, I can have a full meal today.

Years of hunger had driven him to the brink of madness.

Many people in the room noticed, but none of them said anything. After all, if he succeeded, everyone would get a share of the profits.

In this day and age, having enough to eat is the most practical thing.

However, what they didn't know was that Chen Yang, even though he was pretending to be asleep with his eyes closed, could still clearly feel the hunchbacked man's movements.

With his current mental and reflex levels, no movement in the room could escape his senses.

Chen Yang knew everything, even the hunchbacked man's actions of poisoning the dagger.

The hunchbacked man was very cautious; he moved only a little bit at a time.

By the time he arrived a few meters away from Chen Yang, several hours had passed.

But apart from Song Bailing and Wu Xia, everyone else in the room was still full of energy and no one was asleep.