"Live! I want to live."

After this battle, Zhou Qingshen could no longer persist. If they didn't hand over Ω, they would all die here and would have no way to bring the item back to Xiangcheng. So in the end, the item would still fall into Cheng Zhen's hands!

It's better to be pragmatic now; at least we haven't lost our lives.

Those behind him agreed immediately. That's right, let's live first and think about everything else.

Zhou Qingshen took the boxes from the two people beside him, stacked them together, and presented them to Cheng Zhen with great sincerity.

Cheng Zhen curled his lips into a wicked smile, offering no comment. However, when his gaze fell upon the boxes in the man's hands, his expression instantly turned cold and ruthless. He moved with lightning speed, flipping both boxes to the ground in a flash.

The moment the box was opened, the surrounding zombies suddenly became unusually agitated again.

"This box is problematic too!"

Yu Fen shouted and led his men to kill the monsters.

Cheng Zhen narrowed his eyes, opened a portal in a second, and threw both boxes into Xiashan Town.

Jiang Wan was right beside him, so when the portal opened, she saw the current state of Xiashan Town.

Hordes of zombies are gathering in that direction...

The scene was absolutely stunning!

If they hadn't thrown these things away, they would have been the ones surrounded by thousands upon thousands of zombies!

Thinking about it this way, Jiang Wan couldn't help but get goosebumps all over her body. Thank goodness!

Zhou Qingshen and the others were dumbfounded; so this was the root of the problem!

He then explained why the zombies kept chasing them; it turned out that the two small boxes containing omega and cinnabar had also been contaminated!

And somehow, when the box is closed, people can't smell any odor at all, yet it drives the zombies crazy.

At this moment, his beliefs and perseverance were severely impacted, and because of these things, he lost nearly a hundred brothers, many of whom were superhumans.

If it were simply to obtain strategic resources like Ω, he would grit his teeth and accept it, but it was clearly a trap set by Vermilion City!

He squeezed his eyes shut, feeling utterly drained of energy and power.

With the two small boxes gone, the zombies here instantly lost their target and stopped their frenzied charge towards this side.

Yu Fen led his men to kill the closest ones, but Cheng Zhen called out to him, "Don't chase them."

"Rest here, we still have a mission."

Yu Fen waved to his brothers, and together they cleaned up the workshop. Then he took two of his brothers and slipped out.

Zhou Qingshen thought Cheng Zhen would accept all the Ω and cinnabar, but he didn't. He took half of the Ω and returned the rest to him.

Cheng Zhen stared at them sharply and said, "I will return these things to you and I will also escort you safely back to the outskirts of Xiangcheng. You can pretend that you went through a near-death experience to return."

Zhou Qingshen remained calm, but the people behind him were already excited. They could go back! They could finally leave this man-eating wilderness and return to the safety of Xiangcheng!

"What are your conditions?" Zhou Qingshen asked.

Cheng Zhen admired his intelligence, so he said, "I need to know all the movements of the inner city and Vermilion City from now on."

He had informants in his team, but they were already dead.

Therefore, this is a good opportunity to openly and legitimately win them over.

His aura was icy and intimidating, giving people immense pressure. His gaze swept over everyone as if it were a tangible force, making them dare not say no.

Even Zhou Qingshen swallowed hard, and after a moment of internal struggle, he nodded: "Okay."

He was confident that if he said no, Cheng Zhen would throw them all out to feed the zombies.

Only then did Cheng Zhen relent: "Go back first, then self-isolate and protect yourselves. The antidote will be delivered to you."

Looking at the wounds on his dozen or so people from being scratched and bitten by zombies, Zhou Qingshen's eyes involuntarily welled up with tears. Being alive was the most important thing; why should he think about anything else?

Cheng Zhen saw the group of ten people off and continued to activate his supernatural abilities, which had no effect on his current state.

Yu Fen finally returned at this moment, each carrying a cloth bag wrapped in clothes.

"Where have you been?"

Yu Fen opened a cloth bag and generously let Cheng Zhen choose first: "Boss, you choose first. Although they are all crystals of poor quality, they are better than nothing!"

They were all exhausted and were counting on the crystals to replenish their energy.

Cheng Zhen felt full of energy and didn't need this at all, but he still symbolically picked out a piece.

Jiang Wan's expression changed: "Where...where did you get all this?"

These crystals don't smell of soil at all; in fact, they seem to have a... foul, bloody odor?

Cheng Zhen knew she would be offended, so he didn't say anything. He put his arm around her shoulder, trying to find an excuse to take her to the RV.

But Yu Fen was quick to speak, and upon hearing this, he immediately said, "It's these zombies! Don't you know? They are actually all mutants, and they also have crystals in their bodies."

Forehead……

Jiang Wan felt inexplicably nauseous, but quickly shifted her gaze and attention to stop the churning in her stomach.

Cheng Zhen glared at Yu Fen, then led her into the RV.

Yu Fen was left standing there, eyes wide open, completely bewildered. What... what just happened to him?

He didn't do anything!

So why did the boss glare at him and yell at him?

They rested at the building materials factory for a day, and then set off again early the next morning to cut arrow bamboo.

Seeing that ten tons was enough, Yu Fen called for a halt: "We've completed our task! Now let's dig for bamboo shoots!"

Cheng Zhen and Jiang Wan exchanged a glance, both feeling that if Longcheng really had pandas, they would probably need even more bamboo in the future.

Cheng Zhen then gave the order: "Divide into three teams: one team to keep watch, one team to dig bamboo shoots, and the other team to dig up mother bamboo."

They plan to plant cold-resistant arrow bamboo and arrow bamboo without bracts in the forest farm, and then expand the planting scale as much as possible.

When they returned to Xiangcheng fully loaded, it was just in time for the final deadline to hand in the mission.

A robot disembarked from the helicopter, its cold voice ringing out: "You're finally back. If you'd been a second later, I would have declared your mission a failure."

After inspecting the goods, the cold voice remained unmoved: "Mission complete, ranking 39th."

39...

That's an improvement over the last time.

Battalion Commander Chen and the others chuckled, appearing quite happy.

Jiang Wan was not very satisfied with this. The bamboo she found was very fresh and tender, and the quantity was not small, so what was the problem?

Her competitive spirit made her want to get to the bottom of things.

However, the robot ignored her and only took out the mission reward—a box of Omega—saying, "The top ten get generous rewards, good luck!"

Seeing that she was in low spirits, Cheng Zhen comforted her, "It's okay, just complete the mission and get the Ω."

Jiang Wan's gaze was firm: "But I want to see the scenery of the top ten."