Ye Yao had originally expected that revealing this matter would shock everyone.
To her surprise, Xiao Wenqiang showed no sign of shock at all. Instead, she patted her ears and retorted sarcastically, "Did I hear you correctly? What did you just say? Memories from your past life?"
At this point, Ye Yao had no choice but to reveal her secret of rebirth, and for some reason, she even seemed to possess an air of superiority.
"I mean, I have memories of my past life, so your secret is no match for me. You had a spatial ring in your past life."
"Past life?" This time, Xiao Wenqiang's smile was gone, and she asked with a stern face, "If you truly have memories of your past life, why are you in this predicament now?"
She pointed to Ye Yao's current situation. "Honestly, that excuse is even worse than you saying I have a spatial ring."
"It's true! Brother Da Ming, believe me!" Seeing that Xiao Wenqiang was being stubborn, Ye Yao could only seek validation from Ma Mingguang, who was still choking her.
"If you have memories of your past life, wouldn't you have known about the zombie virus outbreak beforehand? Why didn't you tell the country and the government earlier?"
"If you have memories of your past life, why didn't you tell me about this ring artifact from the beginning? And how did you know I had an artifact in your so-called past life? I think most people wouldn't easily publicize such a thing, right?"
"If you have memories of your past life, then since I possess this so-called powerful artifact, was I also very powerful in my past life? May I ask how I was powerful? And when can these zombies be completely dealt with?"
Xiao Wenqiang threw out several questions in a row.
Ye Yao was cornered by the questions and didn't know how to answer, because it seemed like no matter what she said, she would be in the wrong.
If she directly stated that Xiao Wenqiang had exposed the secret of the spatial ring to save her, then what she had said to Ma Mingguang and the others before would clearly be nonsense, and it would also reveal her as an ungrateful person.
If she didn't say that, she would have a hard time proving she had memories of her past life. Coupled with the fact that her own actions had caused Ma Mingguang to lose two brothers, he definitely wouldn't let her go now.
Ye Yao mulled over everything in her mind.
Suddenly, she thought of another path.
"I'm sorry, Wenqiang. I misunderstood your ability before, which is why I lost my head and was tricked by Ma Mingguang and the others."
Ye Yao's words stunned both parties present.
"There are no memories of a past life at all. I just made up an excuse out of fear. Wenqiang, please forgive me, okay?"
Ye Yao thought that Xiao Wenqiang was usually soft-hearted, and if she apologized and pleaded with her, there might still be a chance to survive.
Moreover, judging by her expression just now, she probably really didn't know about the secret of the spatial ring yet.
Perhaps she had awakened a spatial ability independently. If so, as long as she stayed by Xiao Wenqiang's side, there might still be a chance to obtain the spatial ring.
After all, the ring required a drop of blood to recognize a master, and currently, only she knew this secret.
Ye Yao began to weep uncontrollably. "Wenqiang, we've always been the best classmates and friends, and even roommates in the same dorm. Believe me, I was really tricked by Ma Mingguang and the others this time. Please save me. I will definitely repay you by working like a horse and a cow in the future..."
Ma Mingguang was disgusted by Ye Yao's performance. His right hand was still on her neck and couldn't be released, so he couldn't help but reach out with his left hand and slap her twice.
Ye Yao's nonsensical babbling stopped instantly. Accompanied by her scream, her cheeks quickly became red and swollen.
"Bitch, that's not what you told me yesterday. Now that I've lost two brothers, you're switching sides? Fat chance!"
Ma Mingguang finished speaking and then looked up at Xiao Wenqiang, saying, "This woman is full of lies, you shouldn't believe her either. This time, it was my side that was unfair. Considering I also lost two brothers, how about this? You can take some of the remaining supplies with you, but leave this woman to me. I want to teach her a lesson, what do you say?"
Xiao Wenqiang pretended to think for a moment, exchanged glances with her remaining companions, and quickly nodded in agreement. "Alright! Prepare more food for us, and then we'll go our separate ways."
Upon hearing this, Ye Yao, disregarding the impending beating, cried out shrilly, "Xiao Wenqiang, you can't do this! You bitch..."
Before she could finish speaking, Ma Mingguang, annoyed by the noise, knocked her unconscious with a blow. After tying her up quickly, he took Xiao Wenqiang and the others to the small warehouse.
Although Ma Mingguang and his group only had three people, they had stockpiled quite a bit of food. There was already a lot of bottled water and packaged food in the convenience store at the gas station, and with what they had looted later, it was enough for the group to eat for over a month.
Xiao Wenqiang didn't stand on ceremony either. With a wave of her hand, she put most of the food and bottled water into her spatial ring. Besides ordinary biscuits and bread, there were also self-heating hot pots, self-heating rice, instant noodles, and the like. She even collected car lubricating oil, simple repair tools, car decorations, and more.
As they looked around, Xiao Wenqiang and her group discovered gift boxes of local specialties, cooking oil, cigarettes, tissues, and other items, which they also took without a second word.
Seeing these actions made Ma Mingguang's heart ache uncontrollably, but he was no match for them in terms of strength and numbers, so he could only remain silent. He merely clenched his fists tighter, his eyes turning red.
Fortunately, Xiao Wenqiang didn't go too far and left Ma Mingguang with about two weeks' worth of food.
After everything was counted and stored, she smiled and bid farewell to Ma Mingguang. "Brother Da Ming, thank you very much. We'll meet again someday."
Ma Mingguang forced an ugly smile, cursing inwardly, but he never wanted to see her again. Yet, on the surface, he still said with a smile, "We'll meet again, we'll meet again!"
Watching Xiao Wenqiang's group drive away, Ma Mingguang's smile instantly turned sinister.
He returned to the location of the convenience store and looked at Ye Yao, who was still tied up, her hands and feet bound, and lying unconscious on the ground. He went outside and brought back a bucket of liquid.
"Slap!" In the cold weather, a bucket of icy liquid was splashed onto Ye Yao's face.
Ye Yao choked and woke up, realizing that some of the water had flowed into her mouth. She tasted it and found a slightly salty, fishy smell. She quickly spat it out.
Ma Mingguang, standing beside her, grinned strangely. "How is it? Does my urine taste good?"
When Ye Yao heard that it was urine, she felt extremely disgusted and retched on the ground. Before she could even vomit anything, she was kicked in the stomach and sent flying two meters away.