Chapter 168 The Hunting Capital (Part 11)
Hunting Light was developing steadily. Si Yi's method successfully spread Hunting Light's existence and, to a certain extent, disrupted the peace of the zombie world.
This is a good thing for both the hunters and humans.
With the zombies' own world in chaos, they naturally had no time to care about the remaining humans, giving people more time and opportunities to recuperate.
Thanks to Si Yisi's covert manipulation and the careful actions of the ability users, the zombies didn't notice anything unusual for a week or two!
"It feels like fighting with a doll..."
An Chengshuang muttered this under his breath as he fiddled with the stiff, inflexible, rusty doll in his hand.
The new humans are not sensitive to such calculations; if it weren't for their numerical advantage, they would really seem like dull puppets to humans.
"However, why did you only make people aware of the existence of Hunting Light, but not establish any communication channels to receive these allies?" An Chengshuang blinked. "Although I am weak, I can still help you in this regard!"
Yes, Si Yisi only sent out a large number of leaflets through the hands of zombies to deliver the information, but did not tell any more about Hunting Light on the leaflets!
They knew nothing about the new organization, except that it existed.
Won't this lead to a potential loss of members?
“Information leaves traces,” Si Yisi told An Chengshuang. “No matter how secure the information channels are, they can be cracked. The safest thing is... no information channels at all.”
Si Yisi has always felt this deeply; there are always people who think that they have eliminated their online browsing history and that everything they do is flawless.
But if you really want to investigate, Si Yisi can uncover everything about that person in less than a second.
He didn't even use the high-level data stored within the system; he simply used quite simple techniques.
So Si Yisi knew how unreliable this was.
"Karei has not yet reached a perfect stage. Letting members who are interested in joining know this at this time will only shatter their expectations."
Ji Hefeng always managed to glean the meaning behind Si Yisi's words without her noticing. He followed up with his next sentence as Si Yisi gave him a subtle, knowing smile:
"So... Anming wants to first leave a good impression of Shouguang in people's minds?"
Once you have a good impression, things become much simpler. People tend to embellish things they have a good impression of to some extent, and that...
They could not forget the existence of the Light of Hunting, and this light took root silently in people's hearts at this time.
Those who rejoice in the existence of the Hunting Light will inevitably share it with their companions, thus creating a virtuous cycle.
Wouldn't this be a great way to promote the product?
Ji Hefeng looked at Si Yisi with a hint of amazement, then suddenly lowered his head, his expression somewhat complicated.
Si Yisi knew where his complexity came from. Qi Anming himself was really not good at handling this kind of thing, and in the apocalypse, he couldn't find a suitable person to be his strategist.
This caused their team to stumble and struggle through the apocalypse, experiencing several periods of depression, during which many people left the team.
This includes friends who fought alongside them for a time.
Ji Hefeng was probably thinking... if Qi Anming had been like that back then, perhaps they wouldn't have suffered so much along the way.
Qi Anming will improve in this area after he returns. Si Yisi glanced at Ji Hefeng lightly, giving her a silent response.
His existence, or rather the existence of the host, has always had an impact on the mission objective. Their actions and attitudes will, to some extent, cause subtle changes to the original body that has regained control of the body.
However, most of the time it's about playing to your strengths and avoiding your weaknesses.
"Have most of the people from the eight hunting grounds been rescued?" Si Yisi quickly got back into focus.
"Yes," Yin Qiufan replied with a smile, "There's basically nothing to worry about."
This was already the tenth day since the establishment of Hunting Light, and the zombies were still completely unaware of it.
Si Yisi nodded in response, then sat down at her desk, closed her eyes, and focused intently on withdrawing the power she had released.
Beams of tiny light surged into Si Yisi's embrace like swallows returning to their nests, while the last beam of light lingered on Si Yisi's fingers, shimmering with iridescent light.
"This is……"
The last ray of light returned from Anqing City, which is very close to where Si Yisi and his group are.
The ability informed Si Yisi that traces of people had been discovered here, not just one person, but several groups of people.
The zombies were taken down as soon as they entered the area where these people were. These people were dressed neatly and did not look disheveled at all. It was as if they had occupied a place in the city that had been occupied by zombies.
"Humans gathered together?"
Si Yi thought he would meet with them.
Within Anqing City.
A group of people loudly carried the zombie into the pure white laboratory.
"We weren't mistaken. There was a golden light on the zombie's head. After the golden light disappeared, a large gash appeared on the zombie's head, and the crystal core rolled out."
"You're not mistaken—this zombie has long lost its self-awareness."
A young man in a white coat had a flush of anger on his face as he held tweezers in his hands, which held pieces of zombie flesh.
"Humans are hunting zombies? What are these things... Hunting Light?" The young man paced back and forth irritably. "Zombies are a new species now, why can't humans live in peace with them?"
"We always talk about protecting animals, but shouldn't a new species be protected even more?"
"Zombies and humans should coexist peacefully, and a little sacrifice is normal... How could someone be so foolish as to break the balance that has been so hard to maintain?"
The young man kept condemning the act of killing zombies, and what was even stranger was that although the people around him seemed slightly uncomfortable, they did not refute him.
——
These survivors all knew that the reason they were able to have a base in the zombie-infested city was because...
The young man in front of them made a deal with the zombies, helping them develop technologies in medicine and other fields.
The young man, Wen Yangyu, not only did not hate the zombies that took the lives of their kind, but also felt that humans should give way to zombies...
Because zombies are a completely new species that needs to be "cared for"!
"No, no, no!" Wen Yangyu bit her nails. "How can I let these people succeed? Shouguang, right..."
He suddenly turned to the group of people in front of him and asked, "Do you think an organization that has been established for a long time, has a safe base and sufficient food resources, would be more attractive to people than a new organization with no fixed abode?"
"...Yes, yes."
After a moment of silence, the group answered with trepidation.
Wen Yangyu's anxious expression vanished instantly, and he gently smiled, a smile as warm as a spring breeze, yet inexplicably chilling to the heart of those who faced him.
He wants to steal the people from the Hunting Light Sect!
Then what……?
Those who enter cannot leave; they are forced to live surrounded by zombies and have to go to great lengths to please Wen Yangyu, the person in charge.
Is Wen Yangyu even human? No, his friendly attitude towards zombies... only makes him seem more like a zombie!
Si Yisi's side.
He knew about the situation in Anqing City; there must be a relatively large human settlement there.
It would be unrealistic to expect him to happily go and meet up with the organization in Anqing City.
One of the people in Shouguang was captured by zombies in Anqing City, so Si Yisi called her over.
Shen Jiali is a girl about the same age as An Chengshuang. She still seems a bit lost and hasn't recovered yet.
"Jiali, have you had any contact with any human organizations in Anqing City?"
"Human organizations?" Shen Jiali looked blankly at her and shook her head. "I don't know."
She spoke frankly to Si Yisi: "But my mother told me to avoid a white house... She said the people there are very fierce, and it would be difficult to get out once you go in."
Where is the white house?
Si Yisi didn't expect Shen Jiali to know, and she shook her head in complete bewilderment.
Is it difficult to get out?
From Shen Jiali's subsequent additions, Si Yisi learned that the people who entered the white house were not dead, but very few of them came out. Even when they did come out, it was always in groups of seven or eight, and it seemed that there was always a young man in a white coat with a gentle smile accompanying them.
White houses, white coats...research institutes?
Shen Jiali's mother had a bad impression of the people in the white house, and Shen Jiali noticed her mother waking up in a fright several times.
Without exception, they all had nightmares related to the White House.
So she resolutely avoided getting close to the White House, even though there was plenty of food there.
"What is your mother's ability?" Si Yisi had a guess, and soon heard Shen Jiali answer, "Yes, it's related to dreams?"
Listening to Shen Jiali's description, Si Yisi vaguely felt that the seven or eight people who came out together were like zombies playing with the humans they had captured.
That is, to confine and raise them like pigs and cattle.
Shen Jiali's mother's abilities are related to dreams, so her dreams are likely targeted, making her aversion to the White House all the more understandable. In any case, the human organizations in Anqing City don't seem very friendly...
Si Yisi put the matter aside for the time being, but a few days later he learned some rumors from Shouguang's information channels.
"Are human organizations in Anqing also recruiting members?"
“Yes,” An Chengshuang said, somewhat puzzled, “They seem to have special channels that allow them to easily transmit information.”
"How did they do that? Aren't communications mostly controlled by the zombies?" An Chengshuang said. "Is there plenty of food? Did they claim a piece of land? And..."
He paused for a moment: "The places this organization chose to distribute information seem to overlap significantly with our Hunting Light... Are they trying to steal our business?"
"Where is the human organization based, and what is its name?"
An Chengshuang replied, "It's a research institute in the southern part of Anqing City, I think its name is—Conservation Association."
"The name of the organization's manager is... Wen Yangyu."
Wen Yangyu? Si Yi thought about this unfamiliar name. This person hadn't made a name for himself in the apocalypse. Was he a lone wolf?
But then he chose this moment to establish a human organization, and it seems he manages it quite well.
It's hard not to find it strange.
"What if it really goes against us?" An Chengshuang was focused on the future of his own Shouguang, which could be described as being very attentive.
To his surprise, Si Yisi smiled dismissively.
“What does it matter?” Sis said. “Our first target has never been a human organization, but rather…”
"The entire city of Anqing."
He wanted to destroy the entire city!
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