At this moment, Liang Yuan had already rushed to Wang Yanmeiâs back. He forcefully reached through her shoulders from behind, wrapped his arms around her neck, and locked her shoulders and arms with ten fingers. He shouted sharply, "Punch!"
Wang Yanmei struggled fiercely, her fingernails clawing backward, trying to tear Liang Yuan apart.
At this moment, Cai Zhi pounced out, shouting loudly, "Hold on!"
He pressed down on Wang Yanmeiâs hands, but to no avail, as Wang Yanmeiâs strength was too great.
Unable to restrain her, he was swiped by Wang Yanmeiâs claws, causing the iron plate on his chest to screech and sparks to fly.
Cai Zhi quickly released one hand and used both hands to hold down one of Wang Yanmeiâs hands.
Liang Yuanâs heart was pounding. At this time, Ding Yan had already empowered her punch.
Bang!
Her fist, faintly glowing, smashed into Wang Yanmeiâs temple with full force.
A dull thud sounded, and Wang Yanmeiâs eyes instantly flashed with stars, her mouth and nose spewing blood.
She was strong in her hands and speed, but the rest of her body was only slightly stronger than an ordinary person.
Being punched by Ding Yanâs empowered fist at such close range, hitting the temple, she was instantly dizzy and dazed.
Seeing this, Liang Yuan immediately released her and jabbed her chin fiercely with a pry bar.
With power thrice that of a normal person, it easily pierced through her jaw and into her flesh.
It rammed through and directly opened up the skull.
Wang Yanmei instinctively struggled, waving her hands.
But halfway through waving, she already had no more strength. Her whole body went limp and she collapsed slowly to the ground.
Liang Yuan quickly retreated, raising his handgun and aiming it at the convulsing Wang Yanmei.
Even though her skull had been forcefully pried open by the pry bar, she was still not immediately dead.
Her immense life force was just like Liu Erlongâs before.
It wasnât until nearly a minute later that she completely stopped moving.
Liang Yuan and the other two were breathing heavily, extremely tense.
Liang Yuan held onto his gun, never lowering it from aiming at the corpse.
A few more minutes passed, and Ding Yan said, "She should be dead, right?"
Cai Zhi swallowed hard, "Is she dead?"
Liang Yuan quickly glanced at the system, and it was only then that the systemâs prompt sounded.
"Ding, you have killed a mutated creature, gaining 52 points."
Liang Yuan immediately let out a sigh of relief, followed by joy in his heart.
This Wang Yanmei, as expected of a mutant human who had awakened her abilities, was worth 52 points. He wondered how far her mutation progress had reached.
To know, those few mutant cats were only worth 26-28 points each.
But it canât be compared that way; how much fish meat can mutant cats eat? Their evolution speed is certainly not as fast as mutant humans.
Wang Yanmei ate a lot of mutant fish, as well as human flesh, and had strong emotional fluctuations. It was normal for her mutation progress to be higher than that of mutant cats.
"Phew~ She should be dead," Liang Yuan said, taking a step forward to pull out the pry bar.
Seeing the corpse motionless, Cai Zhi and Ding Yan finally let out a sigh of relief.
But then, the two of them looked at Liang Yuan in unison.
No, to be precise, they looked at the Glock in Liang Yuanâs hand.
"Liang Yuan, your gun...?" Cai Zhi asked.
Liang Yuan glanced at Cai Zhi and said, "Brother Cai, I found this in Liu Erlongâs room."
"Because itâs a firearm and very threatening, I didnât bring it out to tell you. Sorry."
Cai Zhi quickly waved his hand, "Itâs okay, I understand. If it were me, I wouldnât have brought it out either."
This kind of weapon that could be fatal with one shot, whoever got it would surely keep it for themselves. Cai Zhi could understand.
However, he did have questions in his mind but did not voice them out.
The gun was already in Liang Yuanâs hand. He was on Liang Yuanâs side, so why bother asking?
Besides, Liang Yuan was already quite formidable. Without this gun, there was probably no one in this building who could beat him.
Pursuing the matter would only offend him.
Liang Yuan had already explained a bit, which was already giving face.
He was a smart man and did not plan to delve into the matter.
Ding Yan, however, frowned at Liang Yuan.
She did not question him, merely said, "Brother Cai, see if thereâs any more supplies in the room. Letâs gather them up."
Cai Zhi looked at the room full of corpses, feeling uneasy, and nodded, "Alright, letâs hurry, and throw these corpses downstairs. Itâs creepy."
When Cai Zhi went to the bedroom, Ding Yan looked at Liang Yuan and whispered, "Why didnât Liu Erlong use the gun if he had it?"
"If he had this gun, would you be still alive?"
Liang Yuan looked at her, smiled, and said, "Maybe he didnât know there was a gun in that room?"
"That room was one he took over. The gun might not have been his, donât you think?"
"You..." Ding Yan frowned, wanting to say something.
Liang Yuan shook his head and said, "Do you know why I like Yang Mei?"
Ding Yan was stunned, "What?"
"She never asks where my food comes from," Liang Yuan smiled, then turned to search for supplies.
Ding Yan was stunned, replaying Liang Yuanâs words in her mind.
A moment later, her expression became slightly complex, and finally, she laughed bitterly at herself.
She walked to Liang Yuanâs side and said, "Everyone has their own secrets. I overstepped. Sorry."
Liang Yuan smiled but said nothing.
Women, especially highly educated women, their intelligence often brings them a strong personality.
Especially in the teaching profession, they always like to educate others.
Liang Yuan did not like this.
Ding Yan wouldnât try to educate him, but she certainly was quite nosy.
Didnât Cai Zhi know that Liang Yuanâs story was questionable?
But he never asked any questions, proving he was smart.
Of course, Ding Yan was not stupid.
She only pushed for answers due to personal feelings.
Maybe she wanted to understand Liang Yuan, to know everything about him.
But clearly, Liang Yuan wouldnât cater to her.
The three of them gathered usable supplies, then Zhao Kai came down from upstairs.
He had heard gunshots but didnât realize it was from a gunfight.
He had just thought it was the sound of a fight.
It wasnât until the noise stopped that he came down to check the situation.
"Brother Liang, Brother Cai, Sister Ding?"
He called out, and the three of them walked out.
"Come in," Liang Yuan called.
Upon entering and seeing the scene full of corpses, Zhao Kai was truly startled.
Cai Zhi explained what Wang Yanmei had done, making Zhao Kai even more horrified.
"So, after mutation, they really become like crazy people?"
Cai Zhi also felt a lingering fear, "No idea. So far, weâve only seen Wang Yanmei as a mutant."
"Liu Erlong mutated briefly before Liang Yuan killed him."
"Ding Yan was lucky with her successful mutation."
"There arenât many mutated humans yet, so we donât have more examples to analyze."
Zhao Kai sighed, "I still think Brother Liangâs right. We shouldnât rush to gain mutation abilities. If we turn out like Wang Yanmei, weâd be better off dead."
Cai Zhi nodded in agreement.
He couldnât imagine if he turned out like Wang Yanmei, how Cai Yao and Wu Qian would see him.
Then came the stage of searching for supplies room by room.
Since Unit 1 had already been looted by Liu Erlongâs people, there was no food or essentials left.
However, they did find a battery and some electronic devices.
Liang Yuan put everything into the inventory.
Tables, chairs, benches, wooden floors and such couldnât be taken for now, so Liang Yuan had Old Cai and Zhao Kai lock the connecting door of Unit 1 to prevent people from other units from taking these wooden floors and furniture.
At this point, they had completely conquered Unit 1.
During the floor-by-floor sweep, Liang Yuan and the others found more than a dozen survivors.
Among them, three or four had worked with Liu Erlongâs gang and committed heinous acts.
Liang Yuan didnât waste words, just killed them directly.
The remaining seven or eight people, from three families, included the elderly, children, and women.
Liang Yuan didnât make things hard for them, just said, "Iâm not Liu Erlong, I wonât force anyone to do anything."
"Your rooms are still yours, and I wonât take them over."
"However, Unit 1 is now ours after much effort. Everything in other rooms is ours to handle. Any objections?"