Upon hearing this, the survivor standing next to the burly man immediately complimented, "Brother, you're brilliant..."
The burly man chuckled smugly and said, "Just a little bit better than you guys, otherwise, how could I be your boss!"
The burly man got out of the car and gathered the group of people together.
Then, he explained the plan.
At that moment, a weak voice rang out again: "Boss, in a place like this, do we need a reason to kill someone?"
The burly man was speechless.
Even the other survivors turned to look at the survivor who had spoken.
The burly man said coldly, "What? What's wrong? What's the matter? Why don't you become the boss?"
The survivor trembled in fear at the rebuke, quickly lowered his head, and clutched the corner of his clothes tightly with both hands, not daring to meet the burly man's sharp gaze.
Seeing that he didn't speak, the burly man didn't press the matter further. He pointed to a few quick-witted survivors and said, "Go into the woods to pick peaches. Be careful, and if you find anything amiss, run! We'll wait for you here!"
The men nodded and replied, "Yes!"
Then, after gathering their gear, they plunged into the peach grove.
The burly man squatted down and quickly gathered some resources.
Rare materials, legendary materials, a pile of food, and a whole bunch of crafting blueprints.
Although it's not exactly a top-tier or rare item, it's a shame to throw it away.
The group divided up simply.
The burly man instructed, "Put it here for now. If Ye Li comes over later, we can say we're organizing supplies here!"
Upon hearing this, everyone exclaimed in unison, "Brother is wise!"
The group waited outside for more than half an hour.
A rustling sound suddenly came from the peach grove.
Everyone looked up.
The group of people who had just entered the peach grove emerged from it in a hurry.
Upon seeing this, the burly man quickly stood up, his sharp eyes scanning the figures of the group.
My hands are empty.
The clothes didn't look like they contained large peaches.
The burly man frowned and asked, "What happened? Where's Tao'er?"
The people who came out looked stiff, and one of them said directly, "There are no more peaches!"
"Hmm?" The burly man frowned, his thick eyebrows twisted like braids, and glared at the group. "What do you mean?"
The man quickly explained, "All the peaches in the grove have been picked!"
"They've all been picked?" The burly man's eyes widened instantly, almost popping out of their sockets.
The other survivors had the same expression as him, all looking dumbfounded and incredulous.
At this moment, another survivor who had just entered and exited the peach grove quickly added, "We haven't explored the whole place either, but all the peaches in the areas we visited have been picked!"
The burly man sneered, "No wonder we can't see Ye Li; he's picked all the peaches."
One survivor muttered to himself, full of doubt: "But Ye Li is just one person... plus a monkey. How could he possibly pick all the peaches in the entire forest in less than a day?"
Just as all the survivors were deep in thought, the survivor with the rather wise eyes in the crowd suddenly seemed to have thought of something important, slapped his thigh and shouted, "Could it be that Ye Li has one of those machines that can automatically pick peaches?"
The burly man rested his chin on his hand, seemingly lost in thought, and said, "It's not impossible to pick all the peaches from an orchard, even half an orchard, in such a short time!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the survivors who came out of the woods exchanged glances and said, "But, boss, we also saw a lot of claw marks in the orchard. Is it possible that the monsters living in the orchard picked all the peaches?"
Another survivor chimed in, "Yeah! I also think it's possible. A self-service peach-picking machine is a bit too far-fetched, isn't it?"
Upon hearing this, the burly man's lips twitched, and he glared at the survivors: "Damn it, why didn't you say so earlier?"
The group said, sounding aggrieved, "We didn't even have a chance to say anything..."
"alright!"
The burly man waved his hand, interrupting the survivor, and said quickly, "Pack up and get in the car. Let's go check it out. I don't believe that in such a large peach orchard, we can't even find a single peach pit?"
After saying that, the burly man got into the car first, started the engine, and drove away.
The other survivors quickly followed suit.
The convoy drove forward for a while, and looking left and right, there wasn't a single peach tree in sight on the roadside.
Until the end of the peach grove.
The burly man stopped the car and jumped out.
I stood by the peach grove and took a few glances.
There were a few peach pits lying on the ground.
There were still some peach pieces hanging on it.
Some even had half left.
"What a waste, what a waste!" The burly man's face was full of heartache as he looked at the ruined peaches on the ground. He really wanted to pick them up, wipe them clean, and eat them.
But a group of people were watching from behind.
As the eldest son, I really couldn't bring myself to do it.
At this moment, a survivor came over, looked at the mess in the peach orchard, and said, "Boss, it looks like all the peaches in the orchard have been picked!"
The burly man glanced into the peach orchard a few times, skeptical, and said, "Go and take another look inside. I don't believe that Ye Li could possibly leave not a single peach in such a large orchard. At the very least, if you can find a few unripe ones, even small ones will do!"
The survivor who had come with the burly man responded with a "Yes!"
Then, they quickly walked into the peach grove.
The burly man stood still.
After the survivors who were following him had completely disappeared into the peach grove, he looked with a heavy heart at the peach pits on the ground with some fruit pulp still remaining. He squatted down and first collected the ones with more fruit pulp.
What a waste!
What a waste!
"Shameful!"
"......"
The burly man muttered to himself as he picked them up.
He hid the fruits with more pulp back in the car, then returned to the original spot, glanced towards the peach grove, and saw that no one was coming back...
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