Chapter 1: The Beginning

  The crisis was lifted, and the chaotic team on the other side slowly calmed down. Liang Jing and his group, however, got busy processing the two mutated cows. The weight of these two mutated creatures was not small, and their meat was rich in nutrients, which had a great effect on replenishing physical consumption and enhancing physical quality. This was a fortune that Liang Jing and his group couldn't afford to miss, let alone when ordinary meat food was scarce in the post-apocalyptic world.

  Taking a glance at the robust mutated bull, which was as sturdy as a small mountain, he recalled that the mutated black-backed dog had been valiantly killed by Liang Jing two days ago. Its body was wrapped in horse hide, a fitting end indeed. With a plan forming in his mind, he instructed the others to deal with the mutated cow near the surviving team, while he used [Corpse Puppetry] on this side...

  This massive mutated bull is a great choice for either charging into battle or as a mount or draft animal, with its sturdy limbs, thick and tough defense, enormous strength, over 7 meters in length and 3.5 meters in height, already exceeding the standard of a medium-sized bus, it's unimaginable how huge it is, and the impact force it brings is incredibly powerful, if not for Jia Yu Jin's fifty kilograms of metal in his hand being transformed from sixteen short knives copied by Liang Jing into special metal, transformed into a long spear, it would probably be unable to pierce through the mutated bull's defense under its powerful impact and bend and fold instead.

  Under Jia Yu-jin's guard, Liang Jing began to cast the "Corpse Slave Technique". The dark and deep jumping god in the sunlight started again, but soon disappeared, making Liang Jing very helpless, not knowing whether it was a success rate under sunlight or the monster's body was too big to fail.

  Failed again!

  Here again - failure!

  After nearly half an hour, seeing that the energy in his body had been consumed by almost half, Liang Jing thought to himself that this was the last time, and if he still couldn't succeed, then forget it. This heavy corpse is hard to move, Liang Jing can only wait until tonight to see if he can succeed again, if not, just eat it as food instead.

  Under the sunlight, Liang Jing once again performed [Corpse Puppet Technique], and the air in the surrounding area dropped by several degrees. A terrifying wail rose up, but it was unknown where it came from or what place it originated from. However, the crowd of people nearly two hundred meters away couldn't feel anything, and could barely see what was happening over here.

  Finally... it's done!

  This time, Liang Jing's successful use of the "Corpse Technique" earned him another powerful treasure. As the various wails and screams disappeared, the temperature slowly returned to normal. Looking at the massive beast in front of him, its thick yellow-white fur was now gray-black, giving off an even more savage aura. The two horns were even darker, shining with a mysterious light that seemed capable of piercing through the sky. Liang Jing's heart was also racing with excitement as he gazed upon this enormous creature, which was comparable in size to a large bus and could easily seat many people on its back. With Old Jia's metal control, creating a cow cart would be easy - all they needed to do was find an existing vehicle by the roadside and modify it.

  Suddenly, Liang Jing's sharp ears picked up the sound of commotion coming from one side, mixed with the voices of Wang Meng and Lao Shu, causing Liang Jing to raise an eyebrow...

  …………

  Whoosh!

  "What do you want? Are you looking for death?" The mouse heard the speech and movements of the people in front, felt something was wrong, quickly moved his hands, pulled out the gun from his waist and aimed at the group of people in front.

  Almost simultaneously, the others' movements were not slow either. After these few days of killing and seeing blood, they were no longer the novices who would hesitate or show mercy. Under Liang Jing's scolding, their actions had become swift and decisive, never dragging on or hesitating. Because Liang Jing had previously instructed them not to draw too much attention, their pistols were all hidden at their waists, covered up fairly inconspicuously, with even the holsters concealed under their jackets. At this moment, with a "whoosh", they all drew out their pistols, 9 black holes of gun barrels aimed straight at the opposite side.

  Huh?!

  The gloomy middle-aged man's face changed, unexpectedly the other party was so tough; he originally thought that since the other party had taken care of the two-headed cow monster and returned to be his 'guard', looking at the two-headed cow monster as if it were a share of their strength, the other party should have given them one head of the cow monster, after all, they were outnumbered. Moreover, the other party was armed with cold weapons, even if they resisted, without guns, he could easily control them. This way, even if the other party's throwing gun was very powerful, it would still take time to make a move. Of course, this was the worst plan, and if not necessary, he did not want to fight the other party to the death; unexpectedly, the other party was extremely tough, without any intention of negotiating, and instead was even tougher than himself. Seeing that the other party was so unyielding, he merely hinted at having a gun in his hand, trying to intimidate them, but ended up with nine gun barrels pointed at him.

  "Don't be reckless, you should know that we are representing the elderly, women and children behind us to make a request, there is no other meaning; besides, you have fewer people and can't finish so much meat anyway, our side has made an effort and even sacrificed six or seven lives, can't we earn a cow?" The gloomy man immediately changed his tone and said loudly.

  He knew that this wouldn't do, the seven or eight men around him had already been scared out of their wits by the cow monster earlier, and now seeing so many gun barrels they couldn't even hold onto their own weapons, their legs trembling. So he directly 'represented' all the weak and vulnerable people, saying you can't even eat that much, can't leave some for us, and brought up the six or seven people on his side who had died or been injured in the attack by the mutated cow to stir up everyone's resentment and resistance.

  "Are you looking for death? Threatening us?" The mouse and the crowd's faces changed, this side had a team of two or three hundred people, the pressure suddenly increased, it seemed like they were facing a great mountain, he also knew what the other side meant, but he didn't have any intention of compromise at all, they had been struggling on the edge of death, although feeling faced with so many people, they wouldn't retreat one bit.

  "What's going on?" Liang Jing and Jia Yujin walked over to see what was happening, but the mutant cow had gone to hide in a shady spot, unable to stay under the scorching sun for long, and hadn't followed them over. It seemed like they were still in trouble.

  "Brother Liang, Uncle Jin, they want to rob us of this cow, otherwise they'll threaten us with guns."

  "Now we also have guns and are not easy to bully, actually representing a group of people to threaten us."

  "Look at those people, they still think we owe them something. They glare at us with red eyes, as if it was us who killed their people."

  "It's just that if we didn't take action, a large group of people would die without even knowing how they died."

  "Yes, things that forget gratitude and betray righteousness, take advantage of others when they themselves are incapable."

  “…………”

  The mice were chattering away, making the gloomy man's face even darker, but the few men beside him seemed to have changed, looking a bit hesitant. Ah, yes, if it weren't for their rescue, they would all be dead by now. They should be their lifesavers, shouldn't they?

  "Shut up, if it weren't for us holding back the Minotaur, could you have killed them so easily? My painstaking design, sacrificing so many brave guards, just to get this result. You're just here to finish off the last blow and steal our victory."

  The gloomy man also burst out, as time went on, the food in the team became less and less, even he, this 'guard', couldn't eat his fill, let alone meat, not to mention good food. Anyway, since they had already turned against each other, he might as well lead everyone to confront the opposing side. He didn't believe these people would dare take action, besides, his own side wasn't weak either, two Type 56 semi-automatic rifles, saying this, he glanced at the big country envoy beside him.

  Liang Jing had also figured it out by now, and with one glance at the gloomy middle-aged man, he knew that everything was this guy's doing. His face looked like he was owed money by everyone, and no matter how you looked at him, he didn't seem like a good person. Just now, when the old mouse and the others hadn't seen it, he had seen the other party's actions - what a design to sacrifice people, just to delay them for some time, and after escaping from the crowd himself, running so far away, now he actually ran back here to find trouble with him, speaking nonsense with his eyes wide open, yet still looking so righteous. Liang Jing was both angry and admiring of this guy's talent...