As Wang Shouli reached out to Qin Feng,
Zhou Haiyang immediately drew his saber, and Xiao Ruoruo also became vigilant.
This was the apocalypse.
The first rule of survival: caution!
"It's fine, he can't hurt me," Qin Feng said with a light laugh.
His newly awakened Level 1 ability, for someone of his physique-focused type, wouldn't even be enough to break through armor.
Suddenly!
Just as Wang Shouli's fingers were about to graze his shoulder...
A hazy white light appeared!
His dislocated left shoulder had been reset, but the soft tissue injury still ached.
As the white light seeped in, the pain rapidly subsided until it vanished completely.
"Heal!"
Qin Feng's pupils tightened.
He had saved Wang Shouli because the man seemed decent.
But!
Having saved him, that was that.
At most, he would give him a Level 1 crystal to give him a chance to awaken, as for what came after...
Whether he lived or died would depend on his own fate.
Qin Feng hadn't intended to bring him along.
Everyone's potential was different, and the vast majority could only stop before Level 5.
He had forcibly conscripted Xiao Ruoruo and Zhou Haiyang.
He had forcibly taken Bird Master.
He had saved Han Ling.
This was because, in his past life, they had all become top-tier powerhouses.
As for Wang Shouli...
He had never heard of this person in his previous life, so he hadn't planned to bring him along.
But now, things were different!
Healing was a rare ability.
And, for their team, it was extremely valuable at this stage.
It could significantly improve their survival rate on the battlefield and their sustainable combat power.
"Come with me,"
Qin Feng said gravely, "With an ability like yours, you won't survive long on your own."
Relying on Wang Shouli alone, even at Level 10, would be useless; he would eventually die.
Healing had no combat power.
"I'm sorry, I can't agree..." he shook his head.
"Who asked your opinion?!"
Zhou Haiyang raised his saber, pressing it against his neck, "Forced conscription, understand? If you don't come with us, you die!"
He himself had been conscripted this way.
So had Xiao Ruoruo.
Did the captain ask for your opinion?
That's a joke!
Of course, all those who were conscripted...
As time passed, no one held any resentment for being forcibly conscripted.
Only gratitude remained.
Without the captain's forced conscription, they would have become food long ago!
"You saved my life."
Wang Shouli was completely unafraid, his calmness astonishing, "Kill me, and it'll settle the debt. We'll be even."
Everyone: ...
The reason Xiao Ruoruo and Zhou Haiyang had accepted forced conscription...
Was because they were afraid of Qin Feng.
And they were afraid of death.
But Wang Shouli wasn't afraid of death!
"Why?"
Qin Feng knew that force wouldn't work on him; he needed to understand the reason, "Follow me, and you can live."
"Once a soldier, always a soldier!"
Wang Shouli's face was resolute, "I'm the village head! There are a lot of elderly and children in the village; I must stay and protect them!"
Most of the young adults had gone out to work.
Those left behind were mostly the elderly and children, with very few young women.
What could these lonely elderly and children do?
They lacked the stamina to travel through mountains and rivers.
As the village head, the only thing he could do was lead them in a desperate defense of the village.
"Stop wasting words."
Zhou Haiyang was impatient, "Tie him up and take him!"
Qin Feng shook his head.
In the apocalypse, people like Wang Shouli were rarer than pandas.
Responsible.
Accountable.
Fearless for their mission.
He was worthy of respect!
Qin Feng turned, "Everyone has their own aspirations, let's go."
"Thank you!"
Wang Shouli stood at attention.
He gave Qin Feng a military salute.
...
The Great Xia Livestream.
Many chose silence, but some felt it was not worth it.
-- 'Wang Shouli is worthy of respect, but he's also stubborn!'
-- 'There are only the elderly and children left in the village. Even if there are fewer zombies than in the city, they won't be able to hold out forever!'
-- 'Does he not know they can't hold out? This is responsibility!'
-- 'Knowing it's impossible yet doing it, sometimes it's foolishness, but in him I see accountability.'
-- 'I'm an old soldier, salute!'
At this moment.
The netizens of Great Xia on Blue Star and the survivors on the apocalyptic planet were no longer separated by space.
Wang Shouli's sense of duty moved everyone.
...
Qin Feng left then.
Wang Shouli also turned towards the village.
Suddenly!
Qin Feng turned his head.
Whoosh!
All eyes turned towards the village.
The village was three to four li away, surrounded by open fields, and coupled with the keen senses of a physique-type ability user...
"Something has happened to the village," Qin Feng narrowed his eyes.
With his hearing, he heard cries and shouts.
He could also see a group of zombies chasing after the elderly, young, and women.
"Not good!"
Wang Shouli exclaimed.
He ran towards the village like lightning.
If he hadn't encountered Wang Shouli, Qin Feng wouldn't have bothered with this.
"You're too slow!"
Qin Feng darted forward, hoisted Wang Shouli onto his shoulder, and took off running.
With twelve times the strength of an average person.
Carrying someone was like playing.
His speed.
Just over 4 seconds for a hundred meters!
And that was while carrying someone.
In just over a minute.
The two arrived at the village entrance.
However...
Blood was everywhere!
Corpses were everywhere!
Zombies were everywhere, gnawing on flesh and blood!
"How could this happen... How could this..." Wang Shouli roared in despair.
Not far away.
Several zombies were gnawing on the body of an elderly person lying in a pool of blood.
The elder had already breathed their last.
Their body was mangled, and their flesh was bloody.
Wang Shouli's desperate roar attracted the zombies' attention.
"Roar!"
They dropped the corpses.
And charged towards them like lightning.
Swish!
Swish!
A saber appeared.
With a flash of cold light, zombie heads fell.
The spatial blade was indestructible, but it consumed mental energy during use.
At least.
At Level 2, it couldn't be used for extended periods.
The saber remained his primary weapon.
"Now is not the time for grief!"
Qin Feng roared at him, brandishing his saber and charging into the village, "Follow me! Perhaps there are still survivors!"
At this moment.
Zhou Haiyang and the others also arrived.
They quickly deployed, killing the zombies that had entered the village while searching for surviving villagers.
"Captain!"
Suddenly!
Xiao Ruoruo shouted, "There are survivors over here!"
Swish!
Vines quickly bound a zombie that was gnawing on something.
A volleyball-sized fireball instantly engulfed its head, and the zombie was burned to death.
"Go!"
Qin Feng, with Wang Shouli, ran swiftly towards them.
A woman lay on the ground.
Her left arm had been largely devoured, revealing white bone. Her chest had also been torn open by zombies, and the ground was covered in blood.
She was on her last breath.
"Xia'er..."
Wang Shouli froze for a moment, then rushed forward like a madman, embracing the woman and crying, "Xia'er, don't go... Don't leave me!"
He felt responsible for everyone in the village.
Because he was the village head.
But!
For the woman before him, he had another responsibility.
Because he was her husband!
"Husband..."
Blood foamed from the woman's mouth.
She was breathing out more than in.
"It's no use," Zhou Haiyang shook his head and sighed.
"..."
The young women lowered their heads, their hearts filled with mixed emotions.
Women were emotional.
"Idiot!"
Qin Feng roared, "Are you just going to keep your newly awakened ability for show?!"
Right!
Everyone's eyes lit up.