Chapter 29 Though Lacking Morals, He Has a Bottom Line

Meng Shiwan's gaze swept over the dozen or so people present. "Do you have any other questions?"

A quick-witted middle-aged man immediately stepped forward and said with a forced smile, "No, no, it's just taking off clothes. I'm a grown man, I'm not afraid of being seen. Anyway, I didn't find any crystal cores."

As he spoke, he took off his clothes in public and, as Meng Shiwan had requested, shook each pocket.

Since he didn't find the crystal core, why was he wasting his breath on this ruthless guy?

If you say something wrong, you might lose your head; it's truly not worth it.

Let them see this quickly, and leave this place as soon as possible.

He had stripped down to just his underwear, but his initial daring wavered, and he hesitated, asking, "Should I take more off?"

Meng Shiwan: ...

She waved the shovel in her hand, "Let's go, next one."

The group felt extremely humiliated, as they were being bullied by a single girl.

Seeing the still-warm corpse beside them, no one dared to resist.

Those who hadn't found the crystal cores came forward one by one for Meng Shiwan to examine before leaving.

When only four or five people remained, they stood still, none of them willing to step forward.

Clearly, these people all possess crystal cores but don't want to hand them over, which is why they're standing there dawdling.

Meng Shiwan extended her hand without saying a word, her meaning already quite clear.

Feeling Meng Shiwan's cold gaze, the group was disheartened, knowing that the crystal core they had painstakingly found that morning was impossible to keep.

A woman stepped forward, placed a crystal core in Meng Shiwan's hand, then took off her outer garment, shook herself to make sure she had nothing hidden on her, and left.

The others did the same with sullen faces.

When it was the last boy's turn, he clutched a crystal core in his hand, just centimeters away from Meng Shiwan's palm, and refused to put it down no matter what.

Meng Shiwan raised an eyebrow and looked at him.

The boy clearly struggled with his conscience, still clutching the crystal core tightly in his hand, and whispered, "I didn't find this crystal core in the charred head of a zombie. It fell out of the head of a zombie I was hunting. Does that mean it's not yours?"

His heart pounded with fear as he watched Meng Shiwan warily, afraid that if she showed impatience, the shovel would plunge into his head.

According to this girl, the zombie cores she burned belonged to her.

His item wasn't found inside the charred corpse, so it shouldn't belong to her.

Of course, the truth is now in the hands of this ruthless person; it all depends on whether she's reasonable or not.

Meng Shiwan withdrew her hand and said calmly, "This crystal core is yours."

She may lack morals, but she has a bottom line.

What's hers, no one can take away; what's not hers, she won't forcibly take.

These words surprised Jiang Feng greatly. He really didn't expect that this villain would actually be a reasonable villain.

He slowly put away the crystal core, constantly watching Meng Shiwan's every move.

If the other party tries to forcefully take it, he immediately hands it over.

The crystal nucleus is not as important as one's own life.

Meng Shiwan stared at the crystal core in his hand, and she really didn't want to give it up.

One crystal core means that it can expand to one cubic meter of space, which can be used to store a lot of resources.

She said, "Give me the crystal core, and I can save your life."

Jiang Feng was slightly taken aback and asked in confusion, "I'm perfectly fine now, I don't need to be saved."

Meng Shiwan said coldly, "You need it."

Jiang Feng understood; the other party still wanted to take it, just in a more artistic way.

If he doesn't know his place, what follows might not be so artistic.

He quickly took the crystal core out of his pocket again, saying, "Here, take it."

Meng Shiwan took the crystal core and pointed to a man with a buzz cut who was about to enter the house. "Who is he to you?"

Jiang Feng turned his head to look in the direction Meng Shiwan was pointing. "That's my brother."

Meng Shiwan said calmly, "Don't go near him when you get back, he's about to mutate."

Jiang Feng was shocked. "Impossible! We were very careful. We didn't have any wounds, and we covered our faces as much as possible. How could we have mutated?"

Meng Shiwan turned around to look for the crystal cores on Li Sheng and Lin Dong. "There are mosquito bite marks on his neck, and he scratched them open. Zombie brain matter splattered on them, and the toxins have already entered his body. He will mutate soon."

Jiang Feng was shocked when he heard Meng Shiwan's words. He stood there staring at his brother's back, his body stiff, unable to speak for a long time.

Even though they were very careful, they still managed to get infected.

That's his own brother.

Meng Shiwan retrieved three crystal cores from the two dead bodies, bringing her total harvest to ten crystal cores, a considerable haul.

She ignored the boy who was frozen in place and walked towards the RV.

Du Zitao, who was carrying things back and forth to his home, kept a close eye on the situation at the intersection.

After everyone had left, he whispered to his wife, "Don't you think that man in black looked a lot like that kind-hearted villain they were talking about online?"

Chen Manning carefully dodged the zombies with their heads blown off at her feet, carrying two boxes of instant noodles, and watched the man in black leave.

"Really? All I know is that she's a villain. She killed someone without any hesitation just now, so it's obviously not the first time. Luckily, we didn't go to collect the crystal cores."

Du Zitao still felt it was similar. "That person online said that the reason why a kind villain is evil is because he kills without blinking an eye, but why is he kind? Because he will silently clear away the surrounding zombies and eliminate danger for the nearby survivors. Isn't this exactly the same as our situation here?"

Chen Manning thought about it and realized, "It seems that's true."

Don't be fooled by how fierce the man in black looks; to them, all they see are the benefits.

Only after the other side dealt with the dense horde of zombies did they dare to go downstairs to move food and collect supplies, so they wouldn't go hungry later.

They don't even need to fight zombies to find a bite to eat.

From a certain perspective, that ruthless killer indirectly did them a great favor.

Thinking about it that way, they should actually thank this villain.

"Ah... Jiang Hai, why are you biting me?"

Shouts came from not far ahead. Du Zitao peeked out and saw a man with a buzz cut hugging and kissing his companion's neck.

Seeing this, the others rushed to pull him off the other man's neck, and saw that Jiang Hai's pupils had turned the grayish-white of a zombie.

The group retreated several meters away instantly, their faces filled with terror.

"Jiang Hai turned into a zombie? He was protected so well, how could he turn into a zombie?"

"Damn it, we spent all morning collecting crystal cores and got robbed, and then Jiang Hai turned into a zombie, almost killing us."

The bitten man sat slumped on the ground, utterly terrified. "I... I was bitten by a zombie. Am I going to turn into a zombie too?"

Jiang Hai had completely lost consciousness by this point and lunged at the people around him again.