Chapter 57: We only rob, we don’t kill
Li Xingye originally wanted to kill these people who followed him without knowing their own limitations, but he soon felt something was wrong.
The survivors in the surrounding area, even those who didn't know his true strength, wouldn't be stupid enough to attack him in the flower and bird market - no one would gamble whether those inconspicuous seeds would suddenly become a killer weapon.
Especially after hearing their conversation, Li Xingye discovered that they did not know him, which could only prove one thing, that these people came from far away places.
But this is even stranger.
It has been so many years since the end of the world, and any place where food can be found has long been searched by the survivors and stored by people with space abilities.
Therefore, in the later period, everyone could only survive on the food that the space ability users had previously stored.
Likewise, everyone gradually realized that this was just a slow death. No matter how big the space is or how much food there is, there will always be a day when it is all eaten up.
Therefore, in order to save energy and reduce consumption, most people will not leave familiar areas. After all, zombies are also constantly evolving, and the longer the journey, the greater the chance of accidents.
This has also led to some people gradually losing their humanity in their growing despair.
By the tenth year of the apocalypse, it was rare to see new faces in the same area, so Li Xingye was indeed curious about the origins of these people.
A madman in the imperial capital? Which aspect do you mean?
Li Xingye subconsciously put the remaining fruit core into the space, because he was thinking about something and couldn't help but be distracted.
Those who had followed him for a long time thought they had found an opportunity and suddenly attacked from different directions!
Li Xingye was still sitting leisurely on the rattan chair, supporting his chin with one hand, with no expression of surprise on his face.
The most senior of the attackers was the short-haired woman who rushed in the front with a fire blade.
Compared to those who were starving to emaciated bodies, she was only slightly thin, and there were even traces of muscles on her arms that were not covered by clothes. It was obvious that she should not have been too short of food before.
But when the woman saw Li Xingye's unchanged face, her heart sank: It's over!
The next second, her uneasiness came true.
Li Xingye made almost no movement, but several people froze one after another and then fell straight to the ground!
Everyone looked at their ankles in horror, where a thin vine as thin as a dodder had climbed up without them noticing. However, the supernatural powers in their bodies surged towards the vine like a tide!
Once the superpower is cut off, those attacks relying on the superpower will naturally disappear as well.
A tall, thin man with a stubble on his face stared at Li Xingye as if he had seen a ghost: "You... How is it possible? I have never heard of anyone being able to absorb the supernatural powers of another person! No, could it be that... you are also from the imperial capital?!"
The tall and thin man's words made the other people who were in shock come to their senses. They looked at Li Xingye with eyes filled with deep hatred: "You bunch of beasts, are you finally going to attack other places?!"
Li Xingye didn't say anything, but the short-haired woman spoke first: "He Fang, calm down. This is Rongcheng, the imperial capital can't reach that far. Even if they want to attack other places, they won't go far away."
The woman looked at Li Xingye, her expression neither humble nor arrogant: "Brother, whether you believe it or not, we just want to rob, not kill. One of my companions was injured, and he can't survive without food. I said this not to defend myself, after all, the end of the world is the law of the jungle.
"But since you didn't kill us right away, you probably wanted to get news about the capital from us. I can tell you everything I know, but I hope you can release my companions. They all followed my orders..."
Before the woman finished her words, the others immediately objected, "Boss! I won't leave! Let's die together. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been able to escape the imperial capital alive!"
"Yes, Boss. In today's world, the only difference is whether you die early or late. We are not afraid! It's just... it's a pity that we can't tell Xiaoliu..."
"Hey, it doesn't matter whether you tell me or not. At worst, we can meet again in the underworld after death."
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Li Xingye helplessly watched these people talking to themselves and starting a tragic atmosphere. For a moment, he thought that he was the one who took the initiative to attack.
He was impatient with talking nonsense and moved his fingers, and the noisy voices stopped immediately.
The woman's heart tightened as she looked at the vines tightly wrapped around the mouths of several people, but she found that Li Xingye did not seem to want to kill them. It seemed that he simply disliked the noise, so he blocked their mouths.
She heaved a sigh of relief and also had a better idea of Li Xingye's character. Without waiting for Li Xingye to ask, she said directly: "My name is Liang Yushuang, and I escaped from the imperial capital. There are only two large bases in the imperial capital now, but their styles are completely different.
"The Bayi Base was built by the surviving soldiers. The leader of the base is an eighth-level water-type mutant on the surface, but the real core is the seventh-level healing-type mutant.
"After reaching the seventh level, the healing ability can be used for group healing. But most importantly, it can heal those who are poisoned by eating food grown in the apocalyptic soil. So after the normal food was used up, their base still relied on those poisonous food and healing abilities to maintain its strong strength."
There was a hint of surprise in Li Xingye's eyes, but he had to admit that this was indeed a good idea.
It’s a pity that there are very few people with healing abilities in the last days, and you may not even find one among a million people. What's more, the healing system itself has no ability to protect itself, and it is difficult to grow unless it can find a suitable team.
The military is indeed the most suitable environment for the growth of the healing type.
Liang Yushuang took a breath and continued, “The other one is called Dawn Base.
“In fact, the people in the Dawn Base were originally split from the Bayi Base. It is said that there was an irreconcilable conflict between the two sides, and the leader of the Dawn Base left with a group of people, which led to the split into two bases.
"The Dawn Base... is full of crazy scientists."
Liang Yushuang seemed to have recalled some painful memories, and her voice was a little unstable, but she quickly adjusted herself: "Their leader is a psychic. I don't know his level, and I have never seen him, because no one can get close to him.
“He used his supernatural powers to control a group of people to conduct experiments, saying that he wanted to find the secret of the end of the world and bring hope to everyone.
“But in fact, no one knows what they are researching except themselves. Those who participated in the experiment also seemed to have disappeared without a trace.
"All I know is that they seem to have a special way to drain the supernatural powers from people."
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