There was a moment of silence on Ge Dalong's end. He never expected that Zhang Shi had stockpiled so much ice in advance.
With nothing else to do, Zhao Feng pulled Wu Qing into the group chat, and the four of them started chatting and joking around. As they talked, the topic turned to the wildfire that had hit Zhao Feng's shelter.
Upon hearing about Zhao Feng's experience, Wu Qing recalled something she had accidentally seen on the world channel.
"A foreign organization has somehow gathered its members together. I heard they have vehicles and are exploring all over the continent. According to other survivors, this group has already found several shelters and looted them. One of them is even from our Xia country. He was unwilling to let his resources be taken away, so he set fire to everything and burned it to the ground. According to him, the primeval forest behind him was also affected and caught fire."
Zhao Feng scratched his head, looking suspicious.
"It's probably not that much of a coincidence. In this kind of weather, it's not unusual for a fire to start occasionally."
...
In the afternoon, the weather became even hotter and more humid. Zhang Shi and Zhao Feng lay lazily on the sofa, not wanting to move at all. They left all the work to Lao Bai and Xiao Mei. The two chatted idly, occasionally taking a sip of iced cola, thoroughly enjoying themselves.
Zhao Feng remembered that the barbed net had been set up for quite some time and it was time to harvest it. He then lazily sat up, pulled Zhang Shi along, and went to the stream to check the harvest. Pipi also hopped along with the two of them.
Unexpectedly, the two had barely reached the riverbank when Pipi whispered a warning. Zhang Shi listened intently and heard a loud engine roar coming from the opposite bank. The two exchanged a glance, then quickly found a large rock and crouched behind it to investigate.
A moment later, a military green convertible jeep pulled up on the riverbank. Three burly men got out of the jeep. They looked like foreigners and were speaking a foreign language that Zhang Shi and Zhao Feng couldn't understand. They were looking in the direction of the shelter.
The stream wasn't wide, only a dozen meters long. After the system translated, Zhang Shi understood what they meant.
One of the blond, muscular men spoke up.
"Brother, look at that wall over there. It's at least four or five meters high. If we take over this shelter, we'll make a fortune."
The man called "Big Brother" was bald, wearing a black short-sleeved shirt, with dragons and tigers tattooed on his arms, and a fierce-looking face.
"Don't get too excited yet. This shelter looks unusual. Let's make some plans first, so we don't end up making a mess of things."
Another younger brother, a Black man, looked excited.
"We've only encountered small fry along the way, who were killed before we even had a chance to put up a fight. This time, we've finally met a worthy opponent. I'm going to give him a good beating, preferably a woman, hehe..."
The bald man interrupted the black man, handed one pill to each of his two henchmen, and said in a deep voice.
"Alright, it's getting hotter and hotter, and we're running low on heatstroke medicine. It's almost evening, so let's take down this shelter as soon as possible and spend the night here."
After saying that, the bald man put the jeep into his backpack, took out a rubber raft, and the three of them pushed the raft into the river together. They then climbed into it and prepared to cross the river.
Zhao Feng felt that someone was targeting him and had long been unable to tolerate it. Seeing that the other party was about to cross the river, he immediately took out his bow and arrows, intending to shoot a sneak arrow.
Zhang Shi quickly stopped him, speaking softly.
"Don't alert them, let them come over first."
Being inexplicably targeted by a group of strangers made Zhang Shi furious, but the jeep and heatstroke prevention medicine in their hands were more tempting to him. He suppressed his murderous intent and decided to let the three men come over before making a move.
The three survivors were clearly enhanced with strength attributes. Facing the rapids, they easily crossed the small river, which was only a dozen meters long, in just a few minutes.
The vegetation along the riverbank was lush, growing to knee-high in just one day. Zhang Shi and Zhao Feng lay prone behind a rock, using the grass as cover to observe the three men.
After crossing the river, the three burly men cautiously circled the shelter twice, seemingly scouting the area.
Seeing that there was no movement inside the shelter, the black man scurried over to the bald man to report the situation.
"Brother, there seems to be the sound of livestock bleating inside, but otherwise there's no other noise. The owner of this shelter must have gone out."
After saying that, the black man greedily licked his lips.
"It's been a while since we've had any fresh meat, hasn't it?"
The bald man nodded, greeted the other blond-haired man, and took out several ladder sections from his backpack. The three of them then openly began assembling the ladder at the foot of the wall, seemingly intending to build a makeshift ladder to climb over the wall.
Since the wall was expanded, the length of the electric fence has been insufficient to cover the entire shelter, which gave these outsiders an opportunity to enter.
On the sentry tower, the Black Mist guards had already noticed the anomaly, but Zhang Shi, through the territory control module, instructed them not to act rashly. Zhang Shi was also very interested in the organization behind these three and planned to capture them alive to obtain some intelligence and prevent any future trouble.
Before long, the three burly men had assembled the ladder and carefully placed it on the wall. After testing its stability, the bald man gave the black man a wink, signaling him to go up and check the situation first.
Somewhat reluctantly, the Black man was the first to climb the ladder, which was made of bamboo and wobbled precariously. He climbed with extreme care, taking each step carefully.
Seeing that the time was right, Zhang Shi patted Zhao Feng, then took out his composite bow, aimed at the black man in mid-air, and shot an arrow.
"Whoosh!"
The arrow whistled through the air, piercing the black man instantly and sending him crashing to the ground. The man's eyes were wide open, completely unconscious; he was utterly dead.
Zhang Shi knew the law of the jungle in the wilderness, and he would show no mercy to those who coveted his shelter.
"Who goes there!"
The bald man turned and roared, only to be met with Zhao Feng's flint giant axe. The bald man was no pushover; he drew a large cleaver and barely managed to block Zhao Feng's attack. Feeling the immense force from the hilt of his cleaver, the bald man knew he'd met his match and retreated hastily, trying to catch his breath.
Startled by the sudden turn of events, the blond-haired man hurriedly hid behind the bald man, only to be slapped across the face by the latter.
"Coward, what are you hiding for? Grab your weapon!"
Zhao Feng had no intention of giving them a chance to breathe, and slashed at the two of them with a sweeping move.
The bald man had sharp eyes and realized that this skill couldn't be taken head-on. He grabbed the blond man by the collar and leaped into the air, as if he were suspended by wires, jumping two meters high and dodging the attack once again.
After landing, the bald man's face was flushed, clearly indicating that he had exerted a lot of effort.
"Brother, there must be some misunderstanding between us. We are from the Eagles, and our leader is Mr. Bell, who is ranked second in the world. We hope you can give us some face and let's just let this matter go."
Zhao Feng didn't care about male or female eagles; he grabbed an axe and charged. Zhang Shi watched coldly from the side and mocked him.
"Second in the world, huh? You're really strong. But I've already killed your people, how are we going to settle this score?"
The bald man was quite skilled; after several rounds of dodging and weaving, Zhao Feng hadn't managed to hurt him in the slightest.
"What debt? Didn't Heilong die by accident?"
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