After exchanging pleasantries, everyone became acquainted.
Li Tianyi immediately brought out a large amount of food, which the elderly, women, and children devoured.
The elderly man with gold-rimmed glasses stared at the food, his eyes reddening. Suddenly, he knelt down, pleading, "Please, save the young people in the village! Please!"
More elderly people knelt down and kowtowed to them.
The children also started crying...
Li Tianyi and the others immediately helped them up. "Where are they?"
"North of Xiaoqiao Village in Gaoyang Town, in the pine forest!" said the old woman.
Approximately how many people are there?
"About a hundred people!"
Feng Tianlei was very anxious and shouted, "Map!"
Lu Feng immediately unfolded a detailed topographical map of the area surrounding Gaoyang Town, and pointed to the opposite side of the mass grave, "This is Xiaoqiao Village!"
After reading the report, Li Tian frowned. "To get to Xiaoqiao Village, we have to pass through the town's neighborhood committee. There's a group of vicious fugitives there who are extremely difficult to deal with!"
The paths within the Cloud Mist Mountain kept flashing before Isabelle's eyes.
Suddenly, pointing in the direction of seven o'clock, he said, "This way you can bypass the town committee, but it will take almost three more hours."
"Is it safe?" Feng Tianlei asked.
"Absolutely safe!"
"Okay, please lead the way!"
The three of them were organizing their equipment.
Li Tianyi winked at them and walked to a less crowded area.
They followed, lowering their voices to ask, "What is it?"
"We're only bringing people here; we don't need to send the whole group!" Li Tianyi pointed behind him. "With so many elderly, weak, women, and children left here without protection, what will they do to defend themselves if they encounter monsters or ferocious beasts?"
"What should we do then?"
“In that case, Beibei and I will go, you stay here to protect the people!” Li Tianyi exuded the unique aura of a general.
"Yes, sir!" The three men stood ramrod straight and saluted.
Li Tianyi returned the greeting and set off with Isabelle.
As soon as they left the residence, Isabella asked, "Brother Tian, you didn't let them come along because you didn't want them to know about the system's existence?"
"That's only one reason. The main reason is to see how these three people perform next, and whether they can protect these people."
Also, let's see if the people will cause trouble!
Isabelle rolled her eyes at him. "You're so cunning!"
Li Tianyi smiled wryly, "Beibei, this is the apocalypse. I've already done more than enough by not leaving them to die. If there are any ulterior motives among them, they will cause trouble when they arrive at the shelter. At that time, the shelter will become unstable, and it will be easy for monsters or other survivors to take advantage of the situation."
"How complicated!" Isabelle grew up in the mountains and never thought about these things.
What else could Li Tianyi say but silently bear it all?
They remained silent for two hours.
“If we go through this jungle, we can get around to the vicinity of the pine forest!” Isabelle pointed into the distance.
"No rush, let's rest first!" Li Tianyi pulled her to sit down. "We haven't rested for over ten hours straight. Do you think we can keep a hundred or so people in this state?"
"cannot!"
"Set up warning traps, and go after you wake up!"
"Okay!"
...
Pine forest.
It was a little after 3 p.m.
"Why aren't those old geezers back yet?" the weasel-faced punk youth cursed angrily.
"Hey, shut the hell up!" The burly young man glared at him angrily. "Anyone who dares to speak rudely again, don't blame me for turning on you!"
A dozen or so street thugs, their faces full of anger, dared not say another word, venting their rage with withered leaves.
There were also a few opportunists, barely even street urchins, squatting nearby.
The burly young man watched all this unfold, sighing inwardly, "If the village chief hadn't told me to look after the villagers before he died, I really wouldn't want to deal with this bunch of trash!"
His gaze swept over the remaining people, and he identified a few who were not of one mind with them, making sure to remember them.
Suddenly, three people rushed towards us from a distance, seemingly carrying something in their hands.
The street thugs immediately surrounded him, pointing their knives, swords, and sticks at him as he went out hunting.
"Hand over the food!"
"If you don't hand it over, I'll kill you!"
"Why waste words with them? Just kill them!"
More than twenty people are ready to take action.
A cold shout rang out: "Who the hell dares to move?"
More than seventy people followed behind the burly young man.
Tensions were high between the two sides.
From the shadows, Li Tianyi sneered, "See? This is humanity in the apocalypse. For a tiny bit of food, they'll even kill their childhood friends!"
"People like that deserve to die!" Isabelle's heart was maturing rapidly.
The standoff.
"Mengzi, tell me, how should we divide these pheasants?" The street thug leader kept tapping his palm with his short knife.
“One small piece for each person!” Mengzi said sternly, staring at them.
"hehe!"
"Are you trying to fob me off like a beggar?"
"I don't want many, just two!"
The crowd's faces immediately turned grim. There were only five pheasants in total, two of which were half-grown.
Mengzi tried his best to suppress his anger, "Give them the half-grown ones!"
"Brother Meng?"
"How can this be?"
More than seventy people stood in unison, watching Mengzi.
"Give us the two biggest ones, or not?" The leader of the street thugs had already rushed towards the hunter, and before he even got close, he had already thrust out his dagger.
Li Tianyi quickly pulled the trigger.
The street urchin had a bloody hole in his head, turned slightly, and collapsed dead.
"Don't move!"
Li Tianyi walked towards the street thugs, holding AKs in both hands.
The two people who were closest to the murdered man exchanged a glance and secretly pulled out a dagger from their sleeves.
Li Tianyi pretended not to see it and moved even closer.
Suddenly, the two attacked simultaneously, shouting, "Kill him!"
The street thugs didn't hesitate and followed suit, while the opportunists fled towards Mengzi.
Da da da!
The dual AKs spun and strangled, and the street thugs fell one after another in pools of blood.
Several enemies who attempted to ambush were shot and killed by Isabelle with her bow and arrow.
In less than thirty seconds, all of the dozen or so street thugs were killed.
Li Tianyi pointed his AK at the remaining men and shouted, "Mengzi, find out the opportunists and cowardly street thugs!"
Mengzi nodded to the people around him.
Suddenly, more than seventy people attacked at the same time, killing all the opportunists and street thugs.
"You're ruthless, kid. I like it!" Li Tianyi put down the AK and nodded at him.
Mengzi's face showed a hint of bitterness. "Sigh, this is the last thing I wanted to happen!"
"You're still too kind!" Li Tianyi pointed at the street thug leader. "If I hadn't taken out their leader beforehand, even if you won in the end, how many of you would have been left?"
Everyone was shocked, and the guilt in their hearts instantly vanished.
"Thank you so much for your chivalry, brother. Mengzi's life is yours from now on!"
"Me too!"
"Me too!"
More than seventy people expressed their support in unison, but Li Tianyi dared not believe them all. He picked out a few people he could see through and said, "Pack your belongings, I'll take you to find that group of old people, women and children!"
"good!"
Mengzi took the lead, and the others immediately followed, burying the body in no time.
Li Tianyi nodded to Isabelle...
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