"Welcome!"
Xiao Feng, disguised as a doorman, stood at the entrance with a smile on his face, looking at the people who approached aggressively.
"How many of you? Please come inside!"
Xiao Feng immediately made way for these people to enter.
"Get lost!"
The leader, a thin young man, reached out and pushed Xiao Feng.
But the next moment, he seemed to push against an invisible wall and was rebounded back, crashing into the burly man behind him.
"Get lost, you useless!"
The burly man pushed the young man aside.
Looking at the dark-skinned, tall, and strong man, Xiao Feng asked with interest, "Sir, may I help you with something?"
"Are you the owner of this establishment?"
The burly man asked coldly.
"Yes, that’s right!"
Xiao Feng nodded.
"Yesterday, did you kill my son?"
"Your son?"
Xiao Feng pretended to be puzzled and said, "I’m sorry, but I slaughtered a dog, a goat, and a boar yesterday. I didn’t know which one was your son!"
Upon hearing this, the burly man’s face darkened, and he raised his fist to attack Xiao Feng.
"You’re looking for trouble!"
Xiao Feng stood still, raising his hand lightly to block the burly man’s fist.
Feeling the hardness of Xiao Feng’s arm, the burly man was immediately shocked.
Realizing that he had failed, the burly man became wary.
He took a step back and said, "I’m Li Yong. Yesterday, you killed the person who was my son. I want to ask if my son offended you in any way?"
This man named Li Yong spoke with a tone much weaker than before.
"Hiss!"
Xiao Feng took a deep breath and then looked puzzled at the thin man who had approached.
In his memory, this person had also been in the group yesterday.
"Hey, you, come over here!"
The thin man trembled as he approached and said, "Boss, what are your orders?"
"Did you tell him what happened yesterday? You didn’t know how his son died? Weren’t you present at that time?"
Xiao Feng asked in confusion.
"I... I..."
The man looked helpless and said tearfully, "I told him, but our vice-commander didn’t believe it!"
"He didn’t believe it?"
Xiao Feng chuckled and leaned closer.
Yesterday, Xiao Feng’s methods, if not seen with one’s own eyes, were probably hard to believe!
Then, Xiao Feng stepped aside, revealing the small blackboard behind him.
Thump, thump, thump!
Xiao Feng pointed to the blackboard and said, "This establishment has its rules. Yesterday, your son didn’t follow the rules, and he attacked me and other customers, violating the rules. Do you think he deserved to die?"
"Hmph! Even if he violated the rules, it doesn’t warrant death. I think you and Bai Meng conspired to kill my son intentionally!"
The pain of losing his son, as well as the suspicion of Bai Meng’s involvement, had driven Li Yong to madness.
"Today, I will use your head to mourn my son!"
As he spoke, black hair about an inch long suddenly grew on Li Yong’s dark skin.
Soon after, his body also underwent a transformation, turning into a creature with a leopard head and a human body.
"A Beast-type evolver?"
Xiao Feng watched as if it were a circus act, with a mocking expression on his face, as Li Yong transformed from a human into a black leopard-like creature.
"How interesting, what else can you do? Can you perform with steel wires? Will you be doing that next?"
"I’ll kill you!"
Upon hearing Xiao Feng’s words, Li Yong’s ten fingers instantly sprouted sharp claws, and he fiercely lunged at Xiao Feng.
"A third-stage beast-type evolver. I wonder how much energy your crystal core can exchange for?"
Xiao Feng sneered and, using his skills, reached out into the void, directly capturing Li Yong.
Instantly, Li Yong felt as though he were firmly grasped in the air by an invisible giant hand.
At that moment, Li Yong finally realized that everything Bai Meng and the others had said was true. But it was all too late.
"Help... help!"
"Please... please don’t kill me!"
Li Yong pleaded desperately with Xiao Feng.
However, Xiao Feng completely ignored him, just sneering and saying, "Cutting grass without removing the roots, do you not understand the principle that it will grow back in the spring? Besides, when things are delivered to my doorstep, can I refuse them?"
Boom!
In the midst of this conversation, Li Yong’s body suddenly exploded in front of everyone, turning into a mist of blood.
Within the blood mist, a blue crystal core lay quietly.
With a wave of his hand, Xiao Feng retrieved the blue crystal core from the blood mist.
Then, with another flick, the blood mist was thrown outside.
The blood mist exploded under the scorching sun, becoming a rain of blood that nourished the zombies outside.
Instantly, all the zombies let out a chorus of howls.
"Are you here for revenge as well?"
After all of this, Xiao Feng put on a friendly smile and said to the remaining dozen or so people.
"No, no, no!"
"We’re not here for revenge!"
"We were forced into this!"
"Just a moment ago, one of us didn’t obey orders and was thrown down from the opposite building and fed to the zombies!"
"Please, don’t kill us!"
.....
Instantly, all dozen or so people knelt and begged Xiao Feng desperately.
"We’re not here for revenge, we’re here to eat," said the leader of the group, who Xiao Feng helped to his feet.
"You were here yesterday as well, so you should know what kind of person I am. I open the door to do business, and if you’re here to eat, you’re more than welcome!"
"Yes, yes, we’re here to eat. We’re here to eat!" the man replied nervously, his legs trembling as Xiao Feng helped him into a chair.
"Come, take a look. Today’s specialty dishes are the Razorback Goat buns and the Braised Pigeon. What would you like to eat?"
"We’ll have everything, we’ll have everything!" the man nodded eagerly.
"Great! Just wait a moment," Xiao Feng said, then turned back to the kitchen.
When he came out again, he was carrying plates of delicious dishes.
"Dig in!" Xiao Feng sat down in front of the man.
Seeing these mouthwatering dishes, the man immediately forgot the earlier frightening scene. Memories of the delicious meal from yesterday were still fresh in his mind. This was undoubtedly a heavenly delicacy, and he was thrilled to be experiencing it.
As he began to eat, the other people also started to devour the food. While they ate, Xiao Feng struck up a conversation with them.
After a brief introduction, Xiao Feng learned that this man’s name was Li Fei, and he was the leader of a search team in Shelter Number Nine.
Within the shelter, the man who had been killed earlier, Li Yong, had assigned him to work under Bai Meng as a form of surveillance on Bai Meng. But with Li Yong now deceased, Li Fei was essentially free from that obligation.
"By the way, Li Fei, how many survivors are there in Shelter Number Nine?" Xiao Feng sipped his tea and asked.
"Reporting to the boss, Shelter Number Nine has a total of over two thousand people, including 125 Evolvers, 5 of whom are third-stage, 50 second-stage, 40 first-stage Evolvers, and 30 Life Evolvers," Li Fei promptly reported, providing Xiao Feng with all the information about Shelter Number Nine.
"So many Evolvers?" Xiao Feng was astonished.