Swallowing her saliva, the girl nervously looked at Xiaofeng.
Xiaofeng smiled and then retreated to a corner.
Seemingly assured that Xiaofeng posed no threat, the girl crawled over as if she had gone mad and started eating the food.
Buns, braised pork, she stuffed them into her mouth.
She ate for more than ten minutes before finally stopping.
Even when she stopped, she continued to eat slowly, in small bites.
"Now, can we talk? I saved you, and I can help you," Xiaofeng said in a friendly tone.
At this moment, the girl slowly raised her head, looking warily at Xiaofeng through her disheveled hair.
"Don’t worry, I won’t harm you. Those two people who were chasing you, I’ve already taken care of them. We’re safe now," Xiaofeng said gently to the girl.
"Can you tell me what’s happening inside the school? How did you manage to escape from there?"
"They... they are not human. They’re even scarier than flesh-eating zombies!" the girl said fearfully, her voice quivering, her hands clutching her ragged and messy clothes, appearing bewildered.
"All of the female students, we were all locked up by the teachers. There used to be more than a hundred, but now there are only a little over twenty left..."
"It’s Principal Wang. He established a secret base underground in the school even before the virus outbreak. Female students had been disappearing from the school before the outbreak."
"It’s him, he deceived female students to go underground and then cruelly killed them."
"After the virus outbreak, he brought all the teachers and students to the secret underground base, but..."
"But after arriving at the underground base, he revealed his true nature. He, along with a few physical education teachers, brutally killed the other teachers and students who didn’t obey his orders."
"For over a year, hundreds of us, and now there are only a little over twenty left!"
.....
Upon hearing this, a surge of anger began to burn in his heart.
"Scum! Despicable!"
Xiaofeng angrily punched the wall.
In peacetime, this damned principal had already lured and killed female students.
One can only imagine how ruthless and cruel he would be after the virus outbreak without legal consequences.
"How many people are there, this principal, and his cohorts among the other teachers?"
Xiaofeng clenched his fists tightly, his eyes burning with raging fury.
"Principal Wang, along with two physical education teachers, a math teacher, and a few other students, probably around twenty people!"
The girl sat in the corner, her head buried in her knees as she spoke softly.
Twenty-something people, at the early stages of the apocalypse, had somehow controlled hundreds of students.
"By the way, do you know what kind of power they possess?"
Xiaofeng asked again.
"I don’t know, but when I was leaving today, I overheard them say that Principal Wang had reached the third-level evolution!"
"Third-level evolution!"
Xiaofeng was suddenly shocked.
He had never expected that there would be a third-level evolution inside.
Back at his restaurant, he wouldn’t care about someone being a third or fourth-level evolution; a single slap could take them down.
But now, outside of his restaurant, it was a different story.
If he were to confront them head-on, Annie could probably hold Principal Wang off.
An Ran could call her elementary students to deal with the others.
Xiaofeng could provide long-range support with his Barrett and could likely kill them all.
However, they were all underground now, and they were controlling over twenty female students, which complicated matters.
Thinking about this, Xiaofeng couldn’t help but fall into contemplation.
"By the way, do you know a student named Gao Ya?"
"Gao Ya? Are you talking about Gao Ya from Class 3, senior year?"
The girl suddenly lifted her head.
"Yes, yes, yes! She’s Gao Ya from Class 3, senior year!" Xiaofeng nodded repeatedly.
"I’m from Class 3, senior year, and Gao Ya is my classmate. She’s being held inside!"
The girl’s words lit up Xiaofeng’s eyes.
"Gao Ya! She’s still alive!"
If the old farmer who planted the seeds knew about this, he would be overjoyed.
"How is Gao Ya? She hasn’t been hurt, right?"
Xiaofeng hurriedly asked.
"No, the remaining girls are all fine. Because Principal Wang is some kind of evolved person, and he needs to evolve with our female students, so... after he’s done, he hands us over to other teachers and students!"
The girl’s words further enraged Xiaofeng. Such despicable behavior, how was it any different from the invasion of Japanese pirates in the past? And they were doing this to their own people!
"Everyone! They all have to die!"
Xiaofeng gritted his teeth and said.
After taking a deep breath, Xiaofeng managed to calm down a bit.
Then, he immediately stood up and said, "You come back with me first, and I’ll figure out how to rescue the others!"
After that, Xiaofeng brought the girl back to the restaurant.
Every minute of delay put the girls in the school at risk.
After arranging the girl, Xiaofeng was ready to go out again with Anne and Anran.
But just as Xiaofeng was about to leave, the door of the restaurant was knocked.
"Who’s there!"
Xiaofeng angrily shouted.
The knocking on the door immediately stopped, and then a cautious voice said, "Big brother, I’m Wang Qiang!"
"Wang Qiang?"
Xiaofeng raised an eyebrow and then opened the door.
Looking outside, he saw Wang Qiang with over ten people, each carrying a sack on their backs.
"Come in!"
Xiaofeng walked back in expressionlessly.
Seeing that Xiaofeng’s tone was a bit off, Wang Qiang chuckled awkwardly and then walked in.
"Um... big brother, these are the mutant pigeons we’ve caught recently, a total of 120. Take a look!"
"No need to look, put them in the kitchen!"
Xiaofeng didn’t seem to be in the mood at all due to the recent events.
Wang Qiang opened his mouth, wanting to say something but then held back.
Seeing Xiaofeng’s demeanor, Wang Qiang prepared to leave with his group.
"Oh, by the way!"
Xiaofeng suddenly stopped Wang Qiang.
"I have someone here who needs a place to stay. Can you take her to that shelter? It might be better for her."
Hearing this, Wang Qiang immediately turned around. "Big brother, you’re asking the right person for this!"
Wang Qiang walked over with a smile.
"To find the best arrangement, you’d go to Shelter Number One, but you have some grudges with Shelter Number One, so that might not be convenient. The next best option is Shelter Number Two..."
Wang Qiang explained.
"The commander of Shelter Number Two used to be the owner of a company in Yulin City. He’s not that bad at heart, doesn’t mistreat regular survivors, and as long as regular survivors work, there’s food to eat!"
Upon hearing this, Xiaofeng nodded thoughtfully.
Seeing this, Wang Qiang cautiously asked again, "Um... big brother, did you encounter some trouble? If you can trust us, just tell us, and our brothers might be able to help you figure it out!"
Upon hearing this, Xiaofeng’s eyes brightened. "Yes!"
Wang Qiang and his group might have ways to deal with this situation.