Meng Yang simply told Tian Tian, ​​"Don't worry about them, just focus on doing your own thing." Then they started digging for crystals together.

Meng Yang's special ability was very useful here. He stretched a vine into the zombie's head, rolled out a small transparent crystal, and threw it into the satchel on his waist before continuing to search for zombies.

This efficiency is exceptionally high, making Tian Tian look on with envy.

This vine is great! It doesn't require you to use your hands to open your head and stir up that disgusting, sticky stuff inside. It's completely clean.

Seeing the undisguised envy on Tian Tian's face, Meng Yang chuckled with amusement.

"Don't envy others. Everyone has their own use. Just like you, we would be sad without water."

Tian Tian nodded in agreement. "I just think you're amazing, Uncle Meng, it's so convenient."

Tian Tian is a cheerful girl who is not envious of others or thinks her special ability is bad. She is just envious of how clean and fast the crystal mining is.

"Okay, that's good." Meng Yang nodded.

The two of them talking and working together makes it faster.

The mountain of zombies behind them was ignited by a large fireball.

Before long, thick black smoke rose up, curling straight into the sky.

In the cloudless sky, the thick black smoke was particularly noticeable.

The people inside the town saw this, but there were too many zombies outside to dare to come out. Until they could determine how many people were outside, they would continue to hide.

Meng Yang released a few more vines and used them to wrap up the remains of the dead people nearby and burn them together.

All I see are these things, so I just want to clear my eyes.

The others didn't say much, just let him do as he pleased.

Only Zhou Lingyu and the others curled their lip, as if the matter was superfluous, still thinking about burial or something. But no one saw their expressions.

The group continued to follow behind, rummaging through each house.

They are well aware that there is no room for those who do nothing, but they simply refuse to do the heavy or dirty work.

We don't ask them to do heavy or dirty work, because we're afraid they won't do it well and will delay things.

They only do simple things, like searching the house and cleaning things, and that's enough. They just take action; they're afraid of doing nothing.

As long as they don't cause trouble, others won't bother with them.

Everyone was serious. In this deserted town, seeing so many corpses behind them, it was impossible to remain calm.

Empty houses, yellow sand sweeping through deserted streets, a desolate scene devoid of human presence, and a chill that pervades the body even under the blazing sun.

The more prosperous it was in the past, the more desolate it is today.

Every house Li Xiao entered showed signs of a struggle.

Even the most loving family members can turn against each other in the end. After painful pleas and despair, what will be left in the end?

Blackened bloodstains were splattered on the walls, floor, bed, and door...

The scratches and claw marks on the doors and windows tell a story of the tragedy and desolation of that time.

The faces of the crowd were devoid of any emotion; they had become accustomed to it.

When you see too much pain, you stop noticing anything anymore; people become numb.

You can pretend you don't see the corpses and remains right at your feet.

They repeated this process day after day in this numbness.

We can already see what's going on inside the town; the houses are one or two stories high, and at most four stories.

Further on, you can see mountains, several connected together.

It's strange, though, that I haven't seen a single plant since I came in.

I've never seen any of them, big or small, tall or short, which is very strange.

There are trees growing on both sides of the highway, but I haven't seen a single one since entering the town.

All that could be seen was the scorching sunlight shining on the gray-yellow houses and streets, and the dried black marks sprayed everywhere on the ground and walls; no other color could be seen.

They were almost at a place on the map where there were living people, and Li Xiao dawdled over to Cheng Shaolin's side.

Cheng Shaolin turned his head and saw her coming over, raising an eyebrow. He wondered what Li Xiao wanted to do.

In Li Xiao's opinion, it was safer to tell Cheng Shaolin, so she planned to whisper a few words in his ear.

Why did you come here?

Li Xiao didn't know how to tell him, and hesitated for a long time.

Cheng Shaolin asked Xiao Peng to stand in for him, then walked over to Li Xiao and asked her if something was wrong.

Li Xiao looked into Cheng Shaolin's eyes and said, "Do you...believe me?"

Cheng Shaolin saw the deep seriousness in Li Xiaoliang's bright eyes. Cheng Shaolin nodded, "Yes, I definitely believe you."

Li Xiao nodded and hummed in agreement.

Li Xiao glanced at the town, lowered her head and whispered something.

Cheng Shaolin thought he had misheard. "Huh?" Was the voice too soft for him to hear?

Li Xiao raised her head, looked into Cheng Shaolin's eyes, and repeated herself, word by word, "There are living people in that house over there."

Cheng Shaolin proved that he hadn't misheard; it was indeed the same as what had just been said.

...?

!

Looking intently into Li Xiao's eyes, he asked, "Really? How did you know?"

Li Xiao nodded. "There's one over there, one on the right, and one more behind it."

"I don't know what the people inside are like, whether they're men or women, we'll only know when we see them." After saying that, he prepared to leave, not forgetting to give that last piece of advice.

Watching Li Xiao leave, Cheng Shaolin was still in disbelief. He didn't know how Li Xiao knew all this, but if she said it was true, then maybe it really was. He'd go and see for himself.

Cheng Shaolin walked back to Xiao Peng's side. "Xiao Xiao, is something wrong?" Xiao Peng asked when he saw that Li Xiao hadn't come over.

"It's nothing." Cheng Shaolin said, still thinking about what Li Xiao had just said as he worked.

Seeing that there were already many zombies gathered together, let's use a big fireball to wipe them all out.

They soon arrived at the place Li Xiao had mentioned, and Cheng Shaolin glanced at the house.

This street is the main road that was previously the main road. There are two-story buildings on both sides, and very few three-story buildings. They are just a little far from the road, about three meters away.

The house in question was inconspicuous among all the houses; they were all pretty much the same, with railings on both sides but no railing in front.

The door on the first floor was closed, with traces of blood on it, blackened and dried by the sun. The windows were all intact, and the curtains were drawn, so you couldn't see what was going on inside.

The second floor was the same, with only one window facing the street. One corner of the curtain was not drawn, as if it was deliberately left open to make it easier to observe outside.

That should be it.

Seeing Cheng Shaolin staring intently at the house, Shao Jie became very curious.

Cheng Shaolin didn't say anything, but simply asked him if he felt there was anything strange about the house.

Shao Jie and Xiao Peng then turned their attention to the house.

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