Jiang Wu gripped the alligator turtle battle blade tightly in his hand, warily watching the dark and long mine shaft from his spot.

A few minutes passed, and apart from the previous roar, there was no other sound.

The tremor that Jiang Wu felt disappeared after the roar of the giant beast ended.

It was as if what had just happened was a hallucination.

This made Jiang Wu even more puzzled. What exactly was going on?

With these questions in mind, Jiang Wu continued walking forward.

The system didn't give any notification, and the divine danger prediction ability I redeemed didn't give any further notification either, which means there shouldn't be any danger.

Mi Qingying remained expressionless, her eyes showing no fear of death, as she walked beside Jiang Wu.

She was prepared to die at any moment.

......

On the other side of Copper City.

It is located 20 kilometers away from the mine.

Inside a middle school.

The original wall was artificially heightened and widened using various scrap materials, creating a new wall several meters high to defend against zombies.

Inside the existing wall, many new walls or trenches were built, creating layers of protection and isolating this area into a relatively safe space.

In addition, almost the entire ground inside the middle school was covered with the same type of mutated plants. These plants had large, thick leaves and robust, intertwined roots, making them look as if they had been planted by humans.

At this moment, inside the walled area, two groups of people are facing off, and the atmosphere is tense.

The tall Dai Chenglin was so angry that his face turned red and veins bulged on his forehead. He roared angrily, "Lin Xiaotian, half of the 200 jin of flour you gave me was moldy. I trusted you and gave you the supplies I had painstakingly accumulated to exchange for this, and this is how you cheated me?"

Behind Dai Chenglin, a dozen burly men, each wielding a weapon, glared angrily at the group opposite them.

Lin Xiaotian, dressed in a stab-proof vest, pushed up his glasses, shrugged, and said with a nonchalant expression, "Old Dai, keep your voice down. Believe it or not, all flour is like this now. Most of the flour here is like this. How about I compensate you with another 20 jin of flour?"

Upon hearing this, Dai Chenglin's eyes widened even more, and he said without hesitation, "40 jin!"

Then, he glanced at the mutated wild vegetables growing everywhere, his eyes darted around, and he said, "Add another 50 catties of green ivy."

Lin Xiaotian's face twitched, a hint of displeasure flashing across his face. He said irritably, "Old Dai, I've told you, the flour is all moldy now. What can I do? I can only give you another 20 jin of flour at most."

"As for the pothos..." Lin Xiaotian glanced at the mutated wild vegetables growing on the ground and said irritably, "Don't you grow your own pothos? Why are you getting it from me? Besides, this stuff is slightly poisonous. Aren't you afraid of getting sick from eating so much?"

Dai Chenglin laughed loudly and said, "I won't eat this stuff, and neither will my brother. There are so many women in the family, and they don't need to go out to work anyway, so it's fine for them to eat a little of this stuff."

No sooner had he finished speaking than he abruptly added, "I'll compromise, 30 jin of flour! No less! Don't think I don't know you still have quite a bit of flour here."

Lin Xiaotian fell silent.

After weighing the pros and cons, he said helplessly, "Given our relationship, it wouldn't be a problem to give you an extra 30 jin of flour. However, we don't have much left of the stuff we got from that supermarket before, and I imagine you have even less supplies."

"Although our two teams are the strongest among the survivors of Copper City and have obtained the most supplies, we also outnumber them. If we continue eating like this for a few months, the brothers will probably only be able to drink thin porridge and eat tree bark and wild vegetables every day. At that point, malnutrition will make it even harder to find food. We should try to take over another place."

Dai Chenglin's eyes showed a mixture of interest and lingering fear as he said, "Have you found a new target? I've lost several brothers in the past two months just trying to find a suitable new target."

Lin Xiaotian smiled and said, "Since you say that, you must be confident. During the last exploration, I found a convenience store. There are probably only a little over a thousand zombies around there. If our two families work together, and we also call on Zhu Lin and Mi Qingying and a few other evolved beings, there shouldn't be any problem."

Dai Chenglin remained silent for more than ten seconds before asking, "How will it be allocated?"

Lin Xiaotian smiled and said, "Of course, it's the same old rule. As the discoverer, I get 30 shares. Each evolved human gets 20 shares, and each ordinary person gets one share. I'll send 4 evolved humans and 30 strong men. You'll send 3 evolved humans, including yourself, and 20 strong men. As for Zhu Lin and Mi Qingying, they only need to be evolved humans."

Dai Chenglin nodded and said seriously, "Okay, but first you have to give me 30 catties of flour and 50 catties of green vines. Also, you need to take some photos of the scene so we can analyze it together."

Lin Xiaotian said irritably, "When have I, Lin Xiaotian, ever gone back on my word?"

After saying that, he gave a few instructions to his men, telling them to prepare supplies.

Dai Chenglin felt relieved and said with a smile, "Old Lin, it's not easy for us to come all this way. How about we have a couple of drinks together? You should still have some bar. I remember you still have a dozen or so bottles of Erguotou, and maybe even a few bottles of Guomao."

Lin Xiaotian glared at Dai Chenglin and said, "Goodbye and don't bother coming back. I'm planning to leave that wine here forever, so don't even think about it."

Dai Chenglin roared, "Damn it! What's the point of leaving anything? Who knows if we'll die tomorrow? Are we going to leave it for the zombies to drink?"

Lin Xiaotian remained unmoved.

Dai Chenglin gave Lin Xiaotian a disdainful look, then changed the subject, saying, "Old Lin, you've been chasing Mi Qingying for almost a year now, haven't you made any progress? With her abilities, whoever gets her will immediately have a powerful weapon! I have no chance, I'm too ugly."

Lin Xiaotian shook his head with a wry smile and said, "If I could catch up with her, I would have done so long ago. No one else has a chance. She has sealed her heart shut; no one can get in."

After a pause, Lin Xiaotian sighed and said, "I think her heart is actually dead."

Dai Chenglin curled his lip and said disdainfully, "Women are just fragile. What does it matter if a loved one dies? In this damned apocalypse, whose family hasn't lost many relatives? My family of eight is now down to just me, and I'm still living a good life."

Lin Xiaotian's lips twitched, and he said irritably, "You didn't even know when your family died, but Xiao Mi watched her loved ones being eaten by zombies one by one. It's different."

Suddenly, a burly man shouted in terror, "Boss Lin, look at the sky!"

Lin Xiaotian and the others were stunned and looked up at the sky.

The next second, their expressions all changed drastically.

Suddenly, a giant golden bird appeared in the sky and began to circle.

That giant bird must have a wingspan of several tens of meters!