Chapter One: The Beginning Unfolds

  Clang! Clang!——

  Liang Jing held two over one-meter-long variant bull horns in his hand, which were quite heavy and substantial. The two horns together weighed at least several kilograms, and the sound they made when struck against each other was somewhat dull and very dense. The two long bull horns had only a slight curvature at the tip, otherwise, with their spiral texture and sharpness, they would make excellent long spears, far surpassing many metals in terms of toughness and hardness...

  Hiss!

  The sharp thread tip was facing one side, and the stripped coarse diameter of up to twenty centimeters of the variant bull's leg bone was vertically inserted, only to hear a crisp sound, and the leg bone was actually penetrated by the threaded cow horn, and even the bone was about to break into two pieces. This is still Liang Jing himself didn't use much force, the main effect is still the cow horn and its own weight.

  Sigh!——

  Several people nearby also gasped in shock, no wonder they saw those men die earlier being pierced by the cow's horns like tofu, all the way to the root of the horns. This is beyond the understanding of ordinary people. It seems that many parts of the mutant creature are even stronger than many alloy metals.

  Just then, a noisy sound came from one side. Liang Jing looked over and saw that the survivors on the opposite side were talking about something while pointing fingers at Ah Yao and his group. However, Liang Jing thought about their situation and knew their intentions, but it was also convenient for him to see what they knew.

  "Someone from Liang Ge's side said they need to discuss something with you, and it seems like it's urgent." Ah Yao quickly ran over and said to Liang Jing.

  "But we've already intercepted them!" In Ah Yao and the others' hearts, people who repay kindness with enmity are not worth showing a good face to. Now that they're here, it's definitely not for anything good. They became even more unfriendly towards these people, and Ah Yao, Zhang Hu, and several others even sarcastically ridiculed and humiliated them.

  "Never mind, let them come over and see what they have to say." Liang Jing had already made up her mind, and now that she and the others didn't even know exactly where they were, they could still use these people.

  Several men walked over under the watchful eyes of a few people guarding the prisoner. The leader was a middle-aged man who dressed impeccably, with an average build and a slightly paunchy appearance that made him look more stable. To his right was a burly, dark-skinned laborer-type man wearing camouflage clothing. On his left was a balding, pot-bellied middle-aged man who looked like a "successful person", possibly a high-ranking executive or boss, also dressed in a suit and leather shoes. It was unclear whether they were tired from rushing over, but just looking at them made one feel uncomfortable. At least Liang Jing himself didn't like wearing these clothes, preferring to wear shorts and a loose-fitting vest for comfort. The last two men were in their twenties, and had been among the group that came earlier to demand the mutated bull from the gloomy man who was shot dead.

  "Speak up, what's the matter!" Liang Jing looked at these few people who were getting close, and in his heart, he also had a good feeling, taking a look to see how their strength was and whether they posed a threat to himself. The lesson of experience made Liang Jing want to make it an instinct, seeing that they were just ordinary people, not waiting for the other party to speak, directly saying.

  "Uh—"

  "Hello, I'm Li Chengliang, I am..." The middle-aged man was choked by Liang Jing for a moment and immediately regained his composure to introduce himself.

  "Halt! I'm asking you what's going on!" Liang Jing cut off the other party's self-introduction with great impatience, his tone somewhat like that of interrogating a criminal.

  "Uh! —— Ah, it's like this, the big boss just now is really sorry for what happened, and deeply regrets the inconvenience caused to you all. In fact, the behavior just now was only Li's personal behavior, and has nothing to do with our entire team." No way, when people are under the eaves, they can't help but bow their heads. Now that we've finally integrated the entire survivor team and become the de facto leader, the first thing to do is to bring benefits to the team, boost everyone's confidence in ourselves, and solidify our position.

  Moreover, the man surnamed Li had a gun in his hand, and the big country was also loyal and devoted. He had a group of thugs under him, and he dominated the team, taking whatever he wanted, including women, without letting go. We were also very helpless and unable to do anything about it. If we hadn't all known that the situation was bad and stuck together, I'm afraid we wouldn't be standing here now, and would have been killed by him long ago.

  The middle-aged man surnamed Li kept explaining and trying to distance himself from the gloomy man, and how he and others were oppressed by the gloomy man. As he spoke, his address to Liang Jing changed from "this boss" to "Boss Liang".

  "Thank you very much for being able to rid the people of harm," said the middle-aged man who led the way, shouting at the two men in their twenties behind him. "Xiao Gang and Xiao Yuan, come here and apologize to Old Lao!"

  "This big brother, I know we're wrong, just spare us." A relatively short and small man reacted quickly, immediately begged for mercy and even knelt on the ground.

  "Hey, Mr. Liang, let's just forget about it and consider us even, okay? I've got an 80-year-old mom at home and... uh... we really didn't mean to cause any trouble, it was all because of that guy surnamed Li who forced us into this." Another younger brother reacted quickly as well, but his words were a bit too smooth, like he had been watching too many TV shows or something. He even threw in some classic phrases, but then suddenly seemed to realize he might have gone too far and wasn't sure which "Li" guy he was talking about - the dead one or the current one - who exactly was forcing him into this situation.

  The five of them looked at Liang Jing with tension, waiting; the world had been changing for almost a week now, and they had also experienced many dangers and hardships. They naturally knew that human life was now as fragile as grass, and if they didn't get Liang Jing's forgiveness, after what they did earlier - forcing him to take responsibility for saving their lives - it was hard to say what would happen next. Without the power to resist, death was a simple matter; more importantly, they were all leaders, so if Liang Jing wanted to target them, they would definitely be his first targets.

  "Alright, get up." Liang Jing looked at the man kneeling in front of him with a frown and waved his hand to indicate that he forgave them. He disliked men who had no backbone, always kneeling at the sight of someone.

  The five of them smiled with joy, thanking Liang Jing repeatedly. Meanwhile, the middle-aged man surnamed Li gave a signal to the balding, pot-bellied man on his left, as if there was something else he wanted to say. However, the balding man seemed rather timid and hesitated several times before speaking up.

  "Hmm? Anything else?" Liang Jingwu's senses were sharp and he immediately picked up on their movements and expressions.

  "Uh—is, is that so... We were wondering if the beef from your cow monster is edible? Can we exchange some with you?" The bald-headed man was seen by Liang Jing to be speaking somewhat nervously. Earlier he had personally witnessed the fate of the gloomy man and Da Guo's two men. At this moment, the Liang Jing in front of him was an evil demon who ate people in his heart.

  "Oh? This beef is definitely edible and it's actually good stuff, with a fresher taste and better texture. Most importantly, this beef is also beneficial for the body. What can you offer in exchange?" Liang Jing had already thought of a plan when he heard their request. From seeing the situation of these people and the sudden change in the gloomy man's attitude earlier, he knew they were not doing well. In fact, he had already planned to give them some, as humans should help each other in this difficult world to keep civilization alive. As long as they weren't enemies and it didn't affect himself, Liang Jing was a good person. Moreover, one head of cattle weighed nearly three tons, and the meat he had stripped off weighed over one ton, almost two tons. He and his people couldn't finish eating that much, and they didn't want to waste it either. These past few days, they had been fighting against mutated monsters, and there was no shortage of edible beast meat. It would be a waste to throw it away, so he might as well do someone a favor and make a contribution to humanity."

  Since then, all meats other than Steelback beast meat have been verified by Liang Jing's three passes before consumption; first, use a silver needle to verify that the beast meat is not poisonous, then let the highly toxic Ripper attack and suck on part of the beast meat to see if there is any poison that can be absorbed, and finally, it is Liang Jing himself who tries it, after all, Liang Jing's personal resistance and treatment effects are very good, and ordinary poisons are hard to harm him.

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  Uh——not used to asking for votes at the end of chapters, always forget, new author seeking red tickets and collections clicks, thank you——