Wang Qiang insisted on not receiving compensation, but Xiao Feng couldn’t let it go.
"Wang Qiang, listen to me. Even when you were robbing houses before, you still had income, and you are evolutionists. If you don’t have energy, how can you level up?" Xiao Feng carefully analyzed for Wang Qiang.
"You need to know, if you become stronger by following me, doesn’t that mean I also become stronger? Besides, you believe in me, follow me; how could I mistreat you? You represent more than eighty brothers!"
Hearing this, Wang Qiang fell silent.
Even if he didn’t want it for himself, he still needed to support more than eighty brothers.
You can’t let people work for nothing.
Helplessly, Wang Qiang had to agree to Xiao Feng’s proposal.
Afterward, everyone started to act.
Since the accommodation and delivery points were already settled, according to the grouping, each person went directly to their designated place.
Regarding blocking the building’s passages and setting up obstacles on the rooftops, they needed to act together.
Following Xiao Feng, everyone was extremely excited.
They all put in their best effort for the tasks.
It took about three days, but Xiao Feng finally helped the birdmen set up their accommodations and strengthened the defense of their delivery points.
Every day, a birdman was designated to deliver food to each delivery point, and they operated on a rotation system to significantly reduce daily work exhaustion.
This routine continued for over two weeks.
All the birdmen had completely adapted to life in Yu Lin City.
But before they could fully enjoy the quiet times, a chaotic storm approached.
"Brother Feng! People are attacking from all four sides of the city; they’ve completely surrounded it and have started attacking!"
"It’s finally here!" Xiao Feng stood up calmly and walked out of the restaurant, controlling his psychic power to fly into the air.
From this vantage point, Xiao Feng surveyed the surroundings and indeed saw tens of thousands of people guarding from all four directions.
At that moment, a winged birdman slowly flew from a distance.
Upon closer inspection, Xiao Feng realized that this person wasn’t under Wang Qiang’s command.
Immediately landing, Xiao Feng said to Wang Qiang, "Tell all the brothers not to show themselves; everyone should hide!"
"Yes!" Wang Qiang replied, then took out his phone to contact people at each delivery point.
Soon after, the birdman landed and came to the outside of the restaurant.
"Excuse me, is the boss here?"
This person shouted loudly from a distance of more than ten meters outside the restaurant.
The restaurant’s door slowly opened, and Xiao Feng appeared in front of the person.
"Who are you?" Wang Qiang asked loudly.
"All the major shelters in Yu Lin City have formed an alliance to clear all zombies from the city. I was ordered to inform the boss. Please leave immediately, or we might accidentally harm you when we attack!"
"You don’t need to worry about that," Xiao Feng said indifferently. "Go back and tell your commander that you can do whatever you want. Don’t worry about whether I live or die. But..."
"I run a restaurant here. If you need anything, feel free to come find me. We also provide delivery services here!"
With that, Xiao Feng asked Wang Qiang to hand out a menu.
Staring blankly at the menu in his hand, the person looked puzzled.
"Alright, go back. If you need anything from the menu, just call the number on it. We’ll deliver within half an hour!"
The birdman left in confusion.
After he left, Wang Qiang asked with doubt, "Brother Feng, why are we helping those guys? If they really break in, we’ll be in danger!"
"Haha! You’re well aware of the situation in Yu Lin City now. Third-tier zombies are everywhere. If they want to come in, it’s like trying to reach the sky. Even if they’re determined, our strength alone won’t stop them," Xiao Feng explained with a smile.
"Given the situation, if we can’t stop them, why not take advantage of this opportunity and make a big profit? Moreover, if we provoke them and they get desperate, if they try to break in, we’re the ones who’ll suffer," Xiao Feng elaborated.
"That’s true," Wang Qiang nodded thoughtfully.
"The people in those shelters aren’t short on energy, but we lack it. If everything goes smoothly and we profit from this windfall, I can easily upgrade the restaurant again. Who’d I be afraid of by then?" Xiao Feng sneered, reiterating his instructions to Wang Qiang.
"Also, tell the guys to keep their scopes handy, but don’t show themselves. Be careful not to get a bullet in the head from the other side!" Xiao Feng said, emphasizing caution.
"Brother Feng!" Wang Qiang stopped Xiao Feng and asked in a dilemma.
"We gave them the menu. What if they really want to order? Should we really deliver? What if we go there and they don’t pay, or worse, they attack us?"
"Even if they had ten thousand guts, they wouldn’t dare lay a hand on our people!" Xiao Feng said confidently.
"If they dare to make a move, during their attack on Yu Lin City, I’ll make sure they understand what it means to suffer!" he added sternly.
Hearing this, Wang Qiang felt relieved.
The main force stationed outside the city began advancing toward Yu Lin City after a day of organization. With someone commanding them, their movements were orderly. In just one day, they managed to cover about ten miles.
"Oh my, at this rate, they’ll be here in less than a week!" Xiao Feng exclaimed in shock.
"Quickly, tell the brothers on the outskirts to withdraw from the delivery points to avoid getting caught by them!" Xiao Feng immediately instructed Wang Qiang.
However, what made Xiao Feng breathe a sigh of relief was that they only managed to advance within a range of ten miles.
Intense gunfire immediately attracted a large number of third-tier and higher zombies.
As soon as the two sides made contact, the alliance forces from the shelters were defeated outright.
At the same time, the relentless pursuit of zombies drove them back outside the city.
If they hadn’t established a defense line in advance, they might have been pushed back directly.
At this moment, in charge of attacking the eastern front was the camp of Shelter No. 1. Currently, except for Shelter No. 9, which had not joined, all the other shelters had joined the alliance.
As the initiator, Shelter No. 1 took responsibility for the eastern attack. The others, Shelter No. 2 and No. 3, were responsible for the south, No. 4 and No. 5 for the west, and No. 6 and No. 8 for the north.
In the base of Shelter No. 1, the one in charge of this operation was their newly appointed Military Operations Commander.
After Zhang Guotao was expelled, this position was taken over by a person named Zhao Tianling.
Zhao Tianling looked young, at most thirty years old, and was considered promising. The reason he could hold this position was mainly due to his background and strength.
His father was the deputy commander of Shelter No. 1, and he himself was a fourth-tier evolutionist.
What’s more crucial was his exceptionally powerful fire-element evolution ability.
His flames were different from those of ordinary fire-element evolutionists.
The flames he emitted were a kind of white flame, inextinguishable by water. Once touched, anything would be burned to ashes, incredibly terrifying.
People in Shelter No. 1 called it the "Undead Flame," and Zhao Tianling himself was known as the "Son of the Undead Flame."