"What are you doing? This is my home, why can't I live here?"
In front of a villa,
A somewhat sallow-skinned young man struggled violently,
But was pinned to the wall by several awakened individuals.
Among those soldiers,
There were also a few who had awakened abilities, but their levels were all below A-class.
However, it was rumored that one awakened on the third day, but unfortunately, he was still in a daze and hadn't woken up!
"Either join us, or get out!"
Zhao Qingxuan said, clasping her hands behind her back.
"If you're sleeping next to my bed, how can I tolerate someone else snoring?"
"This is my home, why are you driving me away?"
"Why? Because this villa area has been requisitioned by us!"
"This is illegal!"
"Hmph! In this apocalypse, the rules we set are the law!"
Yang Shu said coldly.
"One more time, join or get out?"
"I... I'll join!"
"Very good, then I'll tell you our rules..."
There was no need to waste time explaining grand principles.
In the apocalypse,
Whoever has the stronger fist is in the right.
If you're not convinced,
I'll beat you!
The villa area was large,
It took the entire afternoon,
For Yang Shu and the others to clear out most of the villa area.
Even the zombies within it were cleaned up.
Now that there were more people, they no longer needed these zombies to help guard the villas!
During this time, they also found dozens of ordinary people and more than a dozen awakened individuals!
Among them was Chen Zhou, whom Zhao Qingxuan had met before, the one who was tricked by Wang Luo into consuming an energy source crystal.
And that person surprisingly turned out to be an S-class awakened individual.
This made Wang Luo, who received the news, a little surprised.
"I guess he didn't live very long in his previous life!"
There were many geniuses who died prematurely in this world, just like that soldier who was still unconscious. If Zhao Qingxuan and the others hadn't appeared, he would have likely met his end!
It wasn't until nighttime,
That Zhao Qingxuan and the others returned excitedly!
"Why are you so happy?"
Wang Luo, who was petting a cat in the yard, asked curiously.
"Of course we're happy, we actually found a lot of supplies while clearing the villas!"
Zhao Qingxuan said happily.
Not to mention anything else,
They found quite a bit of rice and flour, as well as other grains.
Enough for them to eat for a while.
Wang Luo nodded,
Besides supermarkets and other places, some homes might have some supplies, like rice, which is a common household item.
Although the power was out now, and electrical appliances couldn't be used,
They had generators!
At worst, as long as they had a lighter, they could find some firewood to cook, and wouldn't starve!
If they wanted to live a slightly better life,
They could go to the supermarket to get some side dishes, and life would be great!
In short,
As long as they had courage and were cautious,
They could almost survive the first month.
"I'll go to the material reserve bureau tomorrow, and you guys continue to collect supplies from the supermarkets!"
"Are we going by helicopter?"
Zhao Qingxuan asked.
"Yes, once you find supplies, you can pack them and let the helicopter bring them back!"
Wang Luo said.
"Won't we be sniped?"
Yang Shu was a little worried.
"Generally, it's fine. Not everyone has firearms and the like!"
"By the way, is the person who can fly a helicopter an awakened individual?"
"He's a B-class awakened individual!"
"Then let him absorb an energy source crystal to upgrade to Black Iron level first, so he won't die easily even if he's sniped!"
Yang Shu nodded,
They had already collected hundreds of energy source crystals during this time,
Upgrading a B-class awakened individual was a piece of cake!
The main reason was that they had been collecting supplies all this time and didn't have time to hunt zombies specifically!
Otherwise, they would have harvested even more energy source crystals.
"Don't you have a reward system? You can encourage ordinary people to kill zombies! Otherwise, after a dozen days when the zombies evolve, ordinary people won't even be able to kill them!"
"Take this opportunity to collect more energy source crystals for future use!"
Wang Luo said to the two of them.
In his previous life, some awakened individuals who emerged later couldn't improve because they lacked low-level energy source crystals.
In this life, Wang Luo wanted them to be prepared.
"Oh! Right, Wang Luo, we found something strange while inspecting the villa just now!"
Zhao Qingxuan suddenly said.
"What strange thing?"
"We saw a flower!"
"Uh! What's strange about that?"
"No, that flower could actually move!"
"Move? What do you mean?"
Wang Luo was puzzled.
"It means what it says. The flower was originally growing in a flowerpot, and when it saw us coming, it ran away!"
"Do you think plants can gain intelligence due to mutation?"
"Really?"
Wang Luo looked at Zhao Qingxuan in astonishment.
A flower that could run?
He had never heard of such a thing.
But seeing their serious expressions, Wang Luo became curious.
"Where is that flower?"
"It ran away! We planned to look for it, but it was almost dark then, and we couldn't find it!"
"It ran away?"
Wang Luo frowned. "Then let's go look for it tomorrow morning. I've become somewhat curious about the flower you mentioned!"
This was truly strange.
Wang Luo wasn't surprised by animals gaining intelligence, as they already had it, just not to this extent. But this was the first time he had heard of plants gaining intelligence.
The next morning,
Zhao Qingxuan took everyone and began to search.
Even the ordinary people were brought along, a grand total of seventy to eighty people.
These people had nothing to do after eating each day,
And they didn't dare to go out, so they could only stay in the villa. After a long time, they felt suffocated.
Fortunately, the zombies in the villa area had been cleared out yesterday afternoon, so they dared to come out so openly today.
Many hands make light work,
Before long,
Everyone found a plant in a corner of that villa.
By the time Wang Luo arrived,
The plant was trembling as it was cornered by a dozen burly men.
It was no exaggeration to describe it as "flower branches trembling"!
This was clearly a Venus flytrap!
"Come, come, make way!"
Wang Luo said to the people around him.
"Brother, be careful! This Venus flytrap is very aggressive. Several of us were injured by its vines just now!"
Someone reminded him from the side.
"It's alright, I'll be careful!"
Wang Luo smiled.
Seeing that there was a way to escape,
The Venus flytrap "whooshed" and ran out.
"It can really run?"
Wang Luo's eyes widened.
Even some people who had rushed over were amazed.
In this era, anything could happen,
Even plants could run away!
"Can plants truly gain intelligence?"
As the Venus flytrap was about to reach the sewer, Wang Luo suddenly stepped in front of it.
Seeing its path blocked,
The Venus flytrap struggled left and right, trying to escape, but Wang Luo blocked it every time!
Suddenly,
The Black Abyss was drawn,
Wang Luo directly pointed the blade at the Venus flytrap.
The Venus flytrap instinctively sensed danger and froze in place, only its leaves and flower kept swaying!
"Can you understand me?"
Wang Luo asked in a deep voice.
The Venus flytrap did not respond,
Its leaves and flower continued to tremble.
"Since you can't understand me, then I'll have to kill you!"
With that, he raised his long saber to strike down.