While Yue Hengyi was unsure how to deal with the enhanced Li Gui, he suddenly noticed Li Gui stop. Upon closer inspection, he saw that Li Gui's physique had shrunk, becoming even more emaciated than when he was normal. The man collapsed to the ground, looking utterly pathetic.
Witnessing this, Yue Hengyi couldn't help but walk forward, kicking the fallen Li Gui and asking, "Why aren't you so awesome anymore? Weren't you very powerful just now? After taking my miraculous elixir, do you think you've got it all figured out?"
Li Gui's face contorted into a bitter expression, and he began to beg, "Mr. Yue, I suddenly had amnesia just now. I don't remember what happened. Did I offend you? I can apologize, can you forgive me?"
"Forgive you? If apologies were useful, what would the police be for? Although there are no police now, I remember from the Bible that Jesus was also betrayed by a traitor, and Judas has been reviled for over two thousand years! Now, I've killed a traitor, and it counts as doing good under God's witness!" Yue Hengyi said as he grabbed Li Gui by the neck, preparing to strangle him.
Shen Feng walked over at this moment and said, "Hold on, let me check this guy's body!"
After speaking, Shen Feng examined Li Gui's body and found him to be very weak, unable to even lift his hand. He could only speak. The skin on his belly was also very loose, clearly indicating that his subcutaneous fat had been nearly depleted. Seeing this, Shen Feng had his answer.
"I think I understand. This guy was very powerful before because the energy in his body was almost completely consumed, equivalent to burning his life to fight. Now that the energy in his body has been depleted, he can't sustain further action and has collapsed!" Shen Feng said slowly.
"I didn't expect this fruit to have such a use. If we ability users ate it, wouldn't our strength surge in a short period?" Yue Hengyi said with a smile.
Shen Feng shrugged and said, "Do you think it's just consuming energy? Look at this scoundrel's current state. After the burst, he entered a sage mode. Who knows how many days he'll need to rest! After the burst, he'll be unable to act for a while, and it's uncertain if he can recover in the long term!"
"It's still a means to enhance strength, don't be picky!" Yue Hengyi said with a smile.
"Alright, the experiment is done. You handle it. Whether you want to use the tiger bench, whip, or chili water, it's up to you. I won't interfere even if you want to go kite flying. I'll be here monitoring the video views and checking for comments from our countrymen." Shen Feng said casually.
Yue Hengyi didn't need Shen Feng's guidance. He had his own ways of tormenting this traitor. Since Li Gui was unable to act for a while, he would think of a suitable method.
Yue Hengyi dragged the traitor outside the city. The soldiers manning the checkpoint dared not stop Yue Hengyi. This was a fierce individual who had charged into the zombie horde alone and returned unharmed. Charging him a fee would be a death wish!
Yue Hengyi found an anthill and then threw Li Gui to the ground. He cut several wounds on Li Gui's body. Ants generally wouldn't attack humans, but they wouldn't refuse food placed before them. Especially with the appearance of blood, the ants had already noticed the delicious meal on the ground.
The ants quickly crawled onto Li Gui and began to gnaw along the wounds. The sensation of ants biting is difficult to endure because ants inject formic acid into their prey to paralyze them. Li Gui immediately felt an unbearable itch all over his body, but he was too weak to scratch, finding it difficult even to move his fingers.
Suffering such torment, Li Gui no longer hoped to live and began to curse Yue Hengyi with all sorts of foul language, which was truly unpleasant to hear.
Yue Hengyi couldn't stand it and cut out Li Gui's tongue with a single stroke. Li Gui could only make muffled noises and couldn't speak anything. Although human speech is formed by the vibration of vocal cords, without the help of the tongue, it becomes meaningless babbling, completely unable to form a coherent sentence.
Ultimately, Li Gui died of suffocation. The reason was that after his tongue was cut, a large amount of blood flowed into his mouth. When he breathed, the blood entered his trachea. He couldn't cough it out, and his airway became blocked, leading to death by suffocation.
"I'm also a compassionate person who loves small animals!" Yue Hengyi muttered to himself as he returned to the city.
Meanwhile, in the city, Wang Jiaoe had already occupied the original government building. She was now the city lord of Fremantle. To stabilize the situation, she needed to establish her authority. It was like Wu Song entering a prison city and needing to be beaten with one hundred rods of authority first. Without establishing authority, the people below would not obey her.
Wang Jiaoe chose other base leaders as her targets for establishing authority. She had invited the managers of surrounding bases to a meeting yesterday. In the conference room, everyone was arguing incessantly, squabbling over who should occupy which area. Wang Jiaoe did not participate in these discussions but listened silently.
"The port area will be my territory from now on. This area is the smallest, so I won't take advantage. I'll leave the other areas to you. Places like the port, which have no oil, are for you."
"Nonsense! Who doesn't know that the port is the most important? After the city is recovered, we can go sailing! We can go to Cape Town, Arabia, or even India, or Indonesia if nothing else. You occupy the port? Dream on!"
"Since you all want to fight over the port, I won't compete with you. I want the southern urban area. All the manors and farmlands outside the city will be mine!"
"Hmph, you've all got good plans, each of you aiming to reap benefits. I have the world in my heart. I don't need these resources; I only need people. Half the population in this city will be mine!"
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Wang Jiaoe listened to their discussions with a blank expression. The main force in recovering the city was Shen Feng and Yue Hengyi, yet she, Wang Jiaoe, was the one who actually occupied the city. These people from other bases, however, ignored this and immediately prepared to divide it. Such shameless behavior was all too normal!
Finally, after an hour of noisy arguments, the group grew tired. At this point, they remembered Wang Jiaoe, who was sitting at the head of the table. She seemed not to have said a word.
Someone then spoke up, saying to Wang Jiaoe, "Fisia, why haven't you said anything? Why don't we divide the city into ten parts, and you choose first? This is also what you guaranteed when we made the deal before."
Wang Jiaoe nodded, stood up, and walked around the conference room, saying, "That's right. When I made the deal with you before, I did say that I would first release a large number of survivors, and once I controlled the city, we would share the territory equally. However, I've changed my mind now. I want it all!"
Besides Wang Jiaoe, nine base managers were present at the meeting. The noisy discussions were all about future territories, and at this moment, upon hearing Wang Jiaoe's words, they were all stunned.
But then her next words caused everyone to burst into laughter: "Haha, has this woman gone mad?"
"Fisia, you probably think that once you've occupied the city, it belongs to you, right?"
"She probably thinks that now that she has secured two powerful ability users, she can control this city forever, but she forgets that these two ability users will leave."
"Let me guess, how is she using these two ability users? Is it through physical transactions? Haha, that really fits her style!"
The group began to mock Wang Jiaoe mercilessly, their taunts sharp and clearly implying that Wang Jiaoe had an improper relationship with the two ability users from outside, and that she had luckily occupied the city first through her body. In necessary situations, these base soldiers would resort to force.
There were only a few dozen people in the conference room. The nine leaders were naturally seated at the front, while the remaining personnel were at most companions, merely assistants to these leaders.
Wang Jiaoe looked at the people in the conference room who were constantly mocking her, but she didn't get angry. Instead, she smiled and asked, "Have you ever read Chinese history?"
Everyone in the conference room looked at each other, not understanding what she meant. Why would she suddenly talk about Chinese history? Had this woman gone mad?
Wang Jiaoe said unhurriedly, "If you have read it, you should know about the Feast at Hong Gate! My little darlings, it's time to act. Eat the nine people at the front for me!"
As soon as she finished speaking, dozens of vines suddenly extended from outside the window, grabbed the group seated in the front row, and dragged them out. The remaining people immediately tried to open fire, but at this moment, the conference room door was opened, and over thirty burly men armed with submachine guns and wearing bulletproof vests rushed in.
"It's best not to move. These are good things we found from the police station. Their firing rate is very high. In half a minute, they can turn you into sieves, and then you'll be fed to the monsters!" Wang Jiaoe threatened coldly.
The loyalty of these people was not absolute. As the saying goes, loyalty is merely the price of betrayal not being high enough.
Facing the threat of death, these accompanying personnel all caved in. They slowly put down their pistols, not daring to engage in conflict.
"If you don't mind, come over here and take a look. My little darlings are currently feasting!" Wang Jiaoe said indifferently, then led the group to the window.
After being bound by vines and taken outside the window, the nine leaders were then brought out. At this moment, everyone discovered that, without anyone knowing when, a giant plant with a diameter of over ten meters had appeared in the courtyard. Its huge leaves could almost cover the room, and at the center was a large spherical body, with a trunk and roots below. The roots had penetrated the leaders' bodies and were continuously draining their blood.
Under the frantic absorption of the roots, the leaders of the nine bases were immediately drained of their blood and then thrown to the roots to be slowly absorbed later. Faced with such a monster, the remaining people all surrendered. No one was confident they could defeat this monster.
"Now that your leaders are dead, the second-in-command will inherit their positions. Sit at the front row and listen to me!" Wang Jiaoe's voice suddenly turned cold, filled with threat.
The nine second-in-command men trembled and sat in the front row, in the seats that originally belonged to their leaders. Now, they all feared they would suffer the same fate as their leaders. Being eaten by a monster would be too terrible.
"I'll pretend I didn't hear you insulting me earlier. But I can tell you directly, the two ability users from China will leave this place, but this monster will not! Only I can control this monster. If you don't want to die, then obediently follow my orders!" Wang Jiaoe spoke in the conference room, her voice not loud, but everyone could hear her.
Everyone held their breath, not daring to make a sound.
"Now, if anyone is not afraid of death and wants to resist, stand up!" Wang Jiaoe said coldly.
In the conference room, out of more than twenty people, not a single one dared to stand up. After witnessing the scene of their leaders' deaths, they all became obedient.
"Very good. Since you dare not resist, then obediently follow my orders. Drive all your survivors into the city, and gather your soldiers. I want to train them! Whether it's the docks, the manors, the population, or other resources, everything in the city now belongs to me! From now on, you are all my subordinates!" Wang Jiaoe continued.
These people were meek and submissive. Having lost their leaders and now being constantly threatened, they had no choice but to compromise.