Inside a kindergarten in the western part of Kongshi City.

Several ragged survivors were sitting together, about a dozen of them, none of them elderly or children, but all young and middle-aged men.

They all looked pale, thin, and malnourished, and their eyes were filled with greed as they looked ahead.

In the center, there was a fire that had recently gone out, and on top of it was a large black pot containing some half-filtered dirty water and a dead rat the size of a normal dog, which hadn't even been skinned and was just put into the pot to cook.

The pot was emitting a strange aroma that made the people around it feel a little excited.

At this moment, one of the stronger men among them stood up and pointed at the pot, saying:

"I discovered this first, so I should be the first to eat it. Does anyone else have any objections?"

The man raised his voice and looked around, seemingly trying to establish his dominance.

This group of people were all refugees and scavengers. They hadn't eaten for at least two days and looked like dead men.

It wasn't until today that we finally discovered the carcass of a mutated rat.

"Why should I? I carried this back myself, I want to eat it first..."

One of the shirtless men retorted.

This statement immediately caused a commotion, with everyone wanting a piece of the pie. Among them was even a short man who was secretly crawling to the big pot, drooling as he tried to grab some meat.

"court death!"

Seeing this, the stronger man became enraged, grabbed the shorter man by the collar, and slammed him hard onto the charcoal that had just been extinguished.

"ah!"

The dwarf let out a scream, and the smell of burnt flesh wafted from his face, mixed with the flowing blood.

After a while, the dwarf seemed to have completely stopped moving, having fainted from the pain.

The man, impatient, kicked him aside, and without saying a word, picked up a piece of meat from the hind leg in the pot and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Leave some for me!"

"Brother Qiang, give me some, give me some, I'm willing to do anything."

"Aaaaah, don't try to take it from me!"

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Chaos erupted over a single bite of meat. People were wrestling and shoving meat into their mouths, oblivious to the scalding water.

"Brother Qiang, can I have another taste of that bone in your hand?" The pale-faced woman twisted her skinny body and smiled obsequiously, trying to take the last bone from the man's hand.

The others also stared greedily, after all, that little bit of food, when divided among so many people, was barely enough to fill a tooth gap.

…………

"That's terrible, that's terrible. Boss, why don't you give them some?"

"Okay, this is up to you, it's all your share anyway."

Xu Xing took out several cans of meat and threw them into Zhou Feng's hand.

Zhou Feng smacked his lips. Anyway, he had plenty of contribution points now, so he didn't care about wasting a little bit.

Xu Xing and Zhou Feng were riding on a swan that had just advanced to level four and could fly, as the vanguard to scout ahead.

Zhou Feng happened to witness this scene while passing by the kindergarten, which prompted him to speak up.

Of course, another purpose was to pack up some of them and take them away.

Zhou Feng had just jumped off the swan, holding a can of food in his hand. Before he could even offer it to them, several people opposite him had already turned red-eyed and were eyeing the can of food in his hand greedily.

One of them, stimulated by the food he had just eaten and driven by extreme hunger, rushed over to try and snatch it.

"Pfft!"

The moment the man approached, a small scalpel pierced through the back of his head, without even taking a drop of blood.

Xu Xing came up from behind and patted Zhou Feng on the shoulder: "See? There are always people who don't appreciate it."

At this point, the others trembled and dared not step forward again.

"Although I know that people can do anything when they are pushed to the limit, anything that can harm my interests is my adversary."

Xu Xing picked up the scalpel that was hovering in mid-air and said.

Zhou Feng nodded and ignored the dead man from before.

However, in the end, he still distributed the canned food he was holding.

Those who received the canned food were flattered and immediately opened it, stuffing the food into their mouths without any regard for appearances.

It was as if they were afraid Zhou Feng would change his mind.

Only the burly man, holding a can of food, looked at Zhou Feng with a hopeful gaze.

Snap!

The man immediately knelt on the ground.

"Sir, please take me in. I can do anything, even fight zombies head-on. I just want a meal." The man's voice was a little hoarse.

He realized that the two people in front of him were extremely powerful superhumans who could withstand zombies. Following these people would definitely lead to a good future.

Zhou Feng glanced at Xu Xing.

Xu Xing smiled and said, "A wise man adapts to circumstances. This man isn't stupid; he made the right decision."

"It's alright. That's why we came here. This person does have some talent, but it's a pity that he hasn't awakened it after so long."

She casually tossed some more food to the man.

Then he addressed everyone present, saying, "Now that I am here, your days of suffering are over. Listen up, everyone."

You have two paths before you: one is to join me. I can't guarantee anything else, but at least you'll be able to eat your fill every day.

"Of course, the premise is that you must obey orders. I will not allow anyone to disobey. If anyone does, that person is a prime example." Xu Xing pointed to the dead man.

"The other way is to pretend we didn't see us... so..."

Before Xu Xing could finish speaking, the man who had been kneeling earlier, clearly realizing who was in charge, quickly turned his head and said, "Sir, I...I'm willing to join you."

Others also flocked to the scene, like beggars meeting a wealthy merchant, fearing that if they stayed even a little longer, Xu Xing would refuse to take them in.

Xu Xing sighed, "Alright, alright, you guys wait here. Someone will come to take over later. You can take charge of the order here for now."

Xu Xing pointed to the man known as Brother Liu.

In chaotic times, ordinary people are as worthless as weeds, even less important than a bowl of meat soup. If it weren't for Xu Xing, after some time, perhaps few of these people would have survived.

After making the arrangements, Xu Xing led Zhou Feng further in, but this time, they didn't use the swan to travel; they walked directly through the area.

Along the way, in the areas with zombies, it was basically a chaotic mess, mostly with zombies that had just entered the second stage.

Having traveled such a long distance, we haven't even seen a single level four zombie.

In areas without zombies, most people are ordinary homeless people who huddle together for warmth, and you can see a corpse that has starved to death from time to time.

As you gradually go further in, the situation improves considerably, and people with superpowers begin to appear in some important buildings.

However, they were extremely wary and harbored great hostility towards the unfamiliar Xu Xing. But they also knew that Xu Xing was not someone to be trifled with, so they only glanced at him and left in a hurry.