Zhang Mu and others walked on the deserted streets and looked around. The dilapidated signs scattered around showed the former prosperity.

"I remember that Min Street was quite lively before. Why is there no one here now?" Yuan Rui looked in all directions and found that it was really empty. There were only some dried bloodstains dragging on the street.

After hearing Yuan Rui's words, Zhang Mu just smiled coldly, "The most prosperous place is actually empty, and there is not even a group of zombies. Only a silly girl like you would be so slow to realize it."

Yuan Rui seemed to have thought of something, and then exclaimed, "Uncle, what do you mean?"

Zhang Mu then pulled her behind him and whispered, "Yes, all the zombies have been cleared out. There are only two possibilities. Either the mutant beasts swept through."

Halfway through his speech, Zhang Mu's eyes sparkled and his signature smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"The other possibility is that a powerful enough Awakened Evolver has appeared and unified this area and cleared out all the first-level zombies."

Yuan Rui was very confused. She looked around in confusion and asked quietly, "Is there really such a person? Wouldn't that make him as powerful as the uncle?"

"It's hard to say who is more powerful, but there is no doubt that the traces on the ground show that it is the latter possibility."

Zhang Mu looked towards the corner of the street and said slowly, "I never thought that in just ten days, an evolver capable of clearing out the zombie swarm appeared in the city of Xi'an."

This was news that Zhang Mu had never heard of in his later lives. Either this evolver was hiding too deeply, or he was quickly swallowed up.

"Then where are these evolvers who killed all the zombies?"

Yuan Rui was about to say something else, but Zhang Mu waved his hand and interrupted her. Zhang Mu's eyes became serious, looking towards the corner of the street, and said word by word, "No need to look for them, they are already here."

When Yuan Rui was about to speak after leaning in the direction of Zhang Mu's gaze and seeing nothing, a sound of footsteps came from far away and reached her ears.

In an instant, a group of aggressive people rushed out from the street corner with various weapons, some holding hammers, some holding kitchen knives, some holding baseball bats, and even some holding door panels.

Although the style was rather rustic, Zhang Mu could intuitively observe that these people looked very good.

The dishes that had never been hungry appeared. So, their leader, the one who cleaned up this group of zombies, was doing a good job in essence.

Yuan Rui was so scared that she wanted to take a step back, but Zhang Mu grabbed her arm and protected her behind her. He said calmly, "It's okay, let me handle it."

Dozens of people surrounded Zhang Mu and his partner, but they didn't say anything. Zhang Mu also looked indifferent, quietly waiting for the main person to arrive.

Is it a show of force?

You are playing with what the big guys in later generations left behind. Seeing Zhang Mu's unmoved look, there were already some whispers in the crowd, as if the survivors they surrounded before would be frightened speechless and join their team obediently. But Zhang Mu didn't seem to be afraid at all.

After a few seconds, people automatically made way for each other and a tall man with brown curly hair came out. He was a hair taller than the 1.83-meter-tall Zhang Mu. His voice was so loud that it sounded like a thunderclap right next to people's ears.

"You are not a survivor of Xi'an City, right? Where did you come from? What are you doing here?"

The three questions were asked one after another, each louder than the other, deafening. Even his men couldn't stand it. However, Zhang Mu, who was the first to be asked, was fine. He looked at the brown-haired man and said calmly, "I came from a nearby town. I just want to settle down in the city."

Seeing Zhang Mu's nonchalant look, the brown-haired man instantly lost track of Zhang Mu's background. Judging from his accent, he was definitely not a local, so it was possible that he came from a small town.

The brown-haired man thought Zhang Mu came from a nearby town, but he didn't know that the town Zhang Mu was talking about was actually Luoyang City. But Zhang Mu could only tell a small lie. If others knew that it only took him ten days to get from Luoyang City to Xi'an, which was more than 500 kilometers away, no one would believe it, or they would regard Zhang Mu as a monster.

Zhang Mu just wanted to complete the transaction peacefully. He didn't want to conflict with the local forces, so he just told a little lie in a friendly manner.

The brown-haired man pondered for a while and said loudly, "Friend, you should know what is going on in this world now. You came here from the small town alone and probably didn't encounter any powerful monsters. Why don't you follow me? We are all survivors, so we can take care of each other. What do you think?"

He felt that he could not see through Zhang Mu, but

Those who are not afraid of danger in a battle must have extraordinary courage or absolute confidence. The brown-haired man thought Zhang Mu was the former. After all, he didn't think Zhang Mu could beat dozens of men alone, and he himself was no ordinary person.

Zhang Mu looked up at him, smiled and replied, "No, I'm just passing by. I'll be staying for a while. I'll be leaving Xi'an soon, so I won't join your team."

The brown-haired man just frowned slightly, but the burly men behind him were not happy. One of them pointed his weapon at Zhang Mu's nose and said, "It's your blessing that our Brother Lin is willing to take you with him. You are just a lucky guy who has not encountered any danger. You don't know the immensity of the world. You dare to refuse Brother Lin's invitation. Do you know the land..."

The man was just halfway through his speech when the brown-haired man surnamed Lin waved his hand to stop him from talking about the next thing. The brown-haired man carefully looked at Zhang Mu's calm face and whispered, "Since you don't want to, then Lin Shui won't force you. You can do whatever you want. However, this area near Huimin Street will be occupied by me, Lin Shui, first. If you don't want to join, then please don't take any of the supplies here.

After all, it was dozens of us who cleaned it up together, and I also have a bunch of brothers to feed.”

The people around him wanted to say something else, but Lin Shui pushed them aside, making way for Zhang Mu and the other man.

Zhang Mu was still as calm as ever. He just said to Lin Shui, "Okay, thanks." Then he took Yuan Rui out from the encirclement of dozens of people.

The big man who spoke just now asked Lin Shui angrily, "Brother Lin, why are you so polite to him? I think this kid is just pretending. If you scare him again, he won't be so tough anymore. If you use your ability again, won't he be easily shocked by you?"

Lin Shui's voice was still as loud as before, but with a hint of solemnity.

"I feel the same dangerous aura from this person as that person did from me."

Everyone who heard Lin Shui's words took a deep breath.

"Brother Lin, are you talking about that person?"

Lin Shui nodded slightly. After receiving Lin Shui's affirmative answer, everyone's faces changed in an instant.

None of them dared to mention the man's name, but only talked about it in low voices, with unspeakable fear in their eyes.

(End of this chapter)