The survivors with blue rings knew that these people were using them as bait, but they had no choice.
Their strength was too weak. Whether facing monsters or other survivors, they could only be slaughtered.
"These people from the Archangel group... they're too cruel!"
Zhao Xiyue saw children among the crowd, and among the corpses lying on the ground, there were also young figures. She couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy.
"It's all for self-preservation. Sacrificing strangers or sacrificing their own comrades, I believe anyone would make the same choice as the Archangel group!"
"Moreover... if you want to talk about the culprit, it should be these soul devourers. If they didn't occupy children's bodies, these children naturally wouldn't have died!" Qian Xinxin said indifferently.
Such things were too common in the apocalypse, and there was nothing to be surprised about.
Some people, for the sake of self-preservation, would even send their family members and lovers to their deaths. Such things were not uncommon. Using strangers as scapegoats... wasn't that the most conventional operation?
If one day the black market and the Archangel group encountered difficulties simultaneously, Qian Xinxin believed that both sides would unhesitatingly use the other as a shield.
People who survived in the apocalypse had such tacit understanding with each other.
Zhang Chen remained silent and slowly raised his right hand.
Suddenly, a huge energy sphere appeared in the sky.
The sphere emitted a dazzling blue light, rapidly expanding and growing larger, then with a bang, it exploded next to the soul devourers!
Countless energy beams shot out in all directions.
The number and density of the energy beams were far greater than those of the soul devourers, and this omnidirectional coverage attack made any attempt to dodge utterly meaningless.
Boom!
The hundreds of soul devourers hovering in the air all turned into wisps of black mist and scattered with the wind.
The surrounding buildings, roads, and the ground were all riddled with holes by the energy beams, as if they had just survived a nuclear bombardment.
A few unlucky survivors from the Archangel camp, who were too slow to activate their protective skills, were directly burned into charcoal.
However, Zhang Chen and the survivors in the plaza were unharmed.
Zhang Chen was fine because his force field deflected the energy in other directions.
As for the more than a thousand survivors in the plaza, they were safe because they were covered by a silvery-white energy barrier.
"Did you do this?"
Qian Xinxin asked Zhang Chen.
She herself would definitely not meddle in other people's affairs. Zhao Xiyue had the heart but not the strength. Only Zhang Chen present could eliminate the soul devourers while protecting thousands of survivors from harm.
"It wasn't me."
Zhang Chen replied.
He really hadn't expected the energy sphere to have such a large kill radius, and he hadn't even thought about rescuing the survivors.
"Then who was it?"
Qian Xinxin asked curiously.
There were definitely no existences with such formidable strength within the Archangel organization, otherwise, they wouldn't have come up with such a crude tactic of using survivors with blue rings as bait to catch soul devourers.
"It was me..."
Suddenly, a hoarse, ancient voice echoed.
Then, an old man with a pockmarked face and gray hair appeared in everyone's sight.
Although he was still more than a hundred meters away, his voice sounded as if he were speaking next to their ears.
"You are..."
Qian Xinxin squinted her eyes, trying hard to recall.
She really didn't remember such a powerful individual among the轮回者 (reincarnators).
"My name is Kong De, and it's a pleasure to meet such a beautiful lady!"
With every step the old man took, his body would flash out a segment of distance.
He seemed to want to show off his strength. Although he could cover the distance in a single flash, he deliberately shortened the flashing distance, unleashing more than ten flashes in rapid succession.
Such physical stamina and energy reserves were undoubtedly extremely rare and powerful existences among survivors.
The old man walked up to Qian Xinxin, slowly took her hand, and gently kissed the back of it.
"It's my pleasure to meet you too..."
Qian Xinxin wanted to dodge, but when she saw the pale yellow ring on the old man's hand, she hesitated.
Although survivors with yellow rings were only one reincarnation away from those with dark red rings, they had survived in the ultimate apocalypse for much, much longer.
The gap in strength between the two was far greater than the gap between survivors with dark red rings and those with light green rings.
It could be said that any survivor with a pale yellow ring could easily defeat any organization of survivors with dark red rings.
Because they had survived in the apocalypse for a long time and experienced more time flow, they were generally middle-aged or older.
"Ah... and this beautiful lady!"
The old man only noticed Zhao Xiyue at this moment, and his eyes lit up!
Before, at a distance, combined with Qian Xinxin's heavy makeup and her figure, she was indeed very eye-catching.
But upon closer inspection, Zhao Xiyue's pure and innocent beauty far surpassed Qian Xinxin's alluring style!
"Please allow me..."
The old man said, reaching out to grab Zhao Xiyue's small hand.
"She does not permit it!"
Before the old man could finish speaking, Zhang Chen interjected.
At the same time, he waved his right hand and gently patted the back of the old man's hand, deflecting it aside.
"Heh, light green ring... interesting!"
"The last person who was so disrespectful to me is still suffering in the water prison, unable to live or die."
"It seems he will have a companion!"
The old man chuckled and looked at Zhang Chen with killing intent in his eyes.
"Oh my, Boss Qian, what breeze brought you here!"
"We're all on the same side, don't misunderstand, please don't misunderstand!"
A golden-haired, blue-eyed, and strong man quickly ran up to the group, introducing with a smiling face:
"Mr. Kong, this is the famous Boss Qian of the black market!"
"Boss Qian, this old gentleman is a friend I invited, Mr. Kong De!"
"We are all friends, there's no need to fall out over a small matter!"
This man was the leader of the Archangel organization, Clarence.
As he spoke, his gaze remained fixed on Kong De's expression.
Seeing that the latter was still not appeased, he quickly said with a fawning smile:
"Mr. Kong, I know you have a discerning eye for beautiful women. I have some beauties here who have long been looking forward to your arrival. Why don't you go and appreciate them?"
Kong De's gaze shifted from Zhang Chen to the beauties, and his tone softened considerably upon hearing about them, saying:
"Your beauties cannot be among these tribute items. They are to be offered to that lord!"
"Of course, of course!" Clarence quickly signaled for the most beautiful girls from the camp to come forward and escorted Kong De towards the hotel.