Huang Zhao didn't have the guts to retaliate, but Li Shangchun was disliked by everyone in the village.
Huang Zhao actually provided her with the energy crystal separately, which, whatever the reason, was enough to give him a reason for revenge.
Now that Li Changchun is with a mutated beast, the other survivors in the village are worried and are somewhat distant from her.
Li Changchun naturally noticed this situation as well.
But the return of her beloved Buzi had already made her content.
What does it matter to her how the villagers feel?
After joining the survivors' settlement of the ancient city wall, the people of Lijia Village were placed under the unified control of the military.
Their own supplies were not taken away, but they were required to complete tasks assigned by the military, which was difficult for them to accept.
However, due to their excellent obedience to the authorities, no one dared to cause trouble.
Li Changchun, along with the mutated cat, was called away by a soldier alone and was not assigned any tasks.
At night, Li Changchun returned to the area assigned to the people of Lijia Village.
Everyone was exhausted, and they found it hard to accept receiving a single steamed bun provided by the military.
"I want to go back to Lijia Village."
"As long as you hide well, you can do whatever you want every day, but here you have to work from morning till night!"
"That Chen Run isn't a good person either; he tricked us into this mess!"
In the small cubicle assigned to us, the only light came from candles brought from the village.
Around the candlelight, more than twenty people from Lijia Village were discussing the matter resentfully.
"Shut up, all of you! Are you trying to get us killed?"
"If you want to go back, I'll apply for it for you tomorrow! Haven't you heard what the situation was like with the ancient city wall before?"
"One hundred thousand zombies besieged the city! Mr. Chen took care of it all by himself! Does our Li Family Village even have enough zombies to surround it?"
"Tomorrow we will be moving with the troops to the large shelter that the government built before the apocalypse. The conditions will be much better then."
Chief Li Zongyao roared in a low voice, looking somewhat annoyed, worried about attracting the attention of the other soldiers.
Then he looked at Li Shangchun, who was standing silently to the side, and asked:
"Shangchun, what did they call you away for today? Talk to your uncle about it."
"The accident that happened to your parents was an accident..."
Before Li Zongyao could finish speaking, Li Shangchun interrupted him, saying:
"If too many people are relocated, it may attract zombies. The relocation may be carried out in batches. The earlier you enter the shelter, the safer you will be."
"There will also be a distribution of supplies after entering the shelter. The more you work, the more you get. The more supplies you bring in, the less bad your life will be."
After hesitating for a moment, Li Changchun added:
"Those who awaken superpowers can choose to join the military and receive better treatment."
After saying that, she left the room that made her feel somewhat depressed and went to the city wall to lean against the mutated cat, preparing to rest for the night.
After mutation, Ragdoll cats have fur as tough as steel wire, but as soft as goose down when relaxed.
It made Li Shangchun feel extremely comfortable.
She used to love sleeping while hugging her clown, but now it's the clown who hugs her.
A cool night breeze blew, and all was quiet around the ancient city wall, except for the soldiers on night patrol.
Li Ming sneaked up to the city wall and approached Li Changchun.
Under the dim moonlight, a pair of blood-red eyes opened and stared at him as he approached.
"My God!"
Li Ming was so startled that he fell to the ground.
The shouts woke Li Shangchun, who was resting, and she looked at Li Ming with some confusion.
"Li Ming, what are you doing here?"
The familiar scene fueled Li Ming's rage.
"Li Shangchun, now that you've awakened your superpowers and grown wings, you think you can just abandon us?"
"Don't forget, if we hadn't taken you in, you would have died in the mouths of zombies just like your parents!"
"I may not be able to say anything to you, Chieftain, but I have no such reservations. You're just an ungrateful wretch!"
Li Ming's words completely ignited Li Shangchun's anger, as she had initially wanted to avoid discussing the matter further.
"If they hadn't drawn the zombies away, everyone in Li Family Village would have died!"
"Who is truly the heartless wolf in sheep's clothing?"
"He was on night duty but was slacking off, completely disregarding everyone's lives!"
"You've wasted all these years of your life!"
Li Changchun stood up and, with the physical abilities of a level two superhuman, instantly rushed in front of Li Ming.
"My wings have hardened? Yes, they have! Otherwise, why would any Tom, Dick, or Harry dare to bark at me because they think I'm easy to bully!"
Snap!
With a slap, Li Ming, who had just stood up, was knocked to the ground again.
Li Ming was only a level one evolved being, and had not even awakened his special ability yet, so he was no match for Li Changchun, who was already at level three.
Li Ming raised his head in disbelief; this was completely different from his understanding of Li Shangchun over the past ten years.
What followed was a deep sense of humiliation.
"You think Chen Run would be kind enough to give you resources to improve your strength? I think that gorilla of his is just using you as a food reserve!"
"The next time I see you, I might feed you to the mutated beasts, hahaha!"
"Everyone treats you like Chen Run's kept woman, and you're still smug about it!"
After saying that, Li Ming covered his face and backed away, returning to the small room below.
Li Shangchun, standing on the city wall, was in a state of confusion. Images flashed through her mind of King Kong grabbing her and Huang Zhao handing her the energy crystal.
Buzai walked up to her affectionately and nuzzled her, causing her to stumble back a few steps.
"Bu Zai, you're so big now, I can't even reach your head..."
"Thank goodness you're here with me, otherwise I really wouldn't want to stay in this apocalypse for even a day longer..."
Today, she was called away by the military alone, actually to test her supernatural abilities.
After studying it for a day, I still haven't come to any results.
Besides Buzai, there are no other mutated beasts around, so the research is destined to yield no results.
As Bu Zai listened to Li Shangchun's story, his body suddenly tensed up.
"Meow!"
Its fierce gaze turned toward the Gan River behind the city wall, and it let out a roar.
Li Shangchun followed Bu Zai's gaze, but with her level two superhuman eyesight, all she could see was darkness; she couldn't see anything at all.
However, she believed that Bu Zai wouldn't speak without reason, and out of caution, she immediately rushed towards a patrolling soldier.
"Hello, I am a specially recruited member under Captain Jiang. Now, turn on the searchlight and check the direction of the Gan River!"
The situation was urgent, and the soldiers wouldn't listen to her if she didn't identify herself.
The person Li Changchun knew most about the place was Jiang Haochen, so she started to use his connections to intimidate him.
"yes!"
As expected, upon hearing Jiang Haochen's name, the soldiers shone their searchlights toward the riverbank without much hesitation.
Just one kilometer away on the Gan River, a dark mass of objects could be seen surging towards the city wall from the riverbank.
Upon closer inspection, they were actually a dense swarm of mutated beasts!
Under the cover of night, the mutated beasts that had been scared away by the oil tanker Huang Zhao had thrown during the day came ashore, following the strong scent of human survivors!
The soldiers immediately sounded the alarm bells, and the soldiers on night duty rushed to the barracks to wake up the rest of the soldiers.
The ancient city walls are destined to be anything but peaceful tonight!
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