Understood!
Isaac, with a fawning smile, offered half of his remaining supplies to Zhang Chen.
Looking at the golden supply box on the ground, Isaac was visibly reluctant.
"Did I give too much? If I did, you can take some back. We cooperate often, and I don't want to take advantage of you!" Zhang Chen said with a smile.
"Not at all, it's just right. I didn't take advantage of you at all, it was a completely fair trade!" Isaac quickly assured him earnestly.
He wasn't foolish enough not to understand Zhang Chen's politeness.
Moreover, the most pressing matter was to get rid of this harbinger of doom, Zhang Chen, as quickly as possible.
As for supplies, as long as the core team of strong individuals like Bazel and Amelia remained, they could eventually accumulate more.
Especially now that they had secured Zhong'an City.
As long as he advertised the Tengxiang Kingdom, surrounded by high walls, and cultivated an image of safety and invincibility, countless survivors would undoubtedly flock here, crossing the ocean to the other side of the bay.
When that happened, would he still lack supplies?
If he lost his life, everything would be gone.
Therefore, when he calculated it, this deal was worthwhile.
"That's good then, we have a pleasant cooperation!"
Zhang Chen and Isaac shook hands amicably.
He believed that after this lesson, Isaac should understand that some people were insurmountable no matter how hard he tried.
For example... Zhang Chen...
After the transaction was complete, Xiao Bai reluctantly walked over.
She had been having fun with a few models.
Perhaps due to the effect of the subservience potion, her violent tendencies had been slightly restrained.
She had only done makeup for the models and changed them into a few messy outfits.
There were no horrific scenes of torn limbs or severed heads.
Er Pang, having finished his frozen meat, licked his lips and happily followed behind Zhang Chen.
The two of them and the wolf then left the hotel building.
After walking more than a hundred meters.
Zhang Chen casually glanced back.
He saw Isaac, along with Bazel and Amelia, waving at him with plastered smiles...
Zhang Chen continued walking for another five hundred meters.
He looked back again.
Not only were Isaac and the others still there, but a few more people had joined them, standing in a line and waving from afar.
It was as if they were reluctant to see Zhang Chen go.
In reality, Zhang Chen knew very well that Isaac didn't have such deep affection for him.
He merely wanted to personally confirm that Zhang Chen had left and wouldn't be back anytime soon...
Zhang Chen walked for a while longer, turned at a crossroad, and was completely out of Isaac's sight.
He found a map of Zhong'an City at a roadside travel agency and entered it into his electronic map.
Then, following the map's guidance, he walked towards the pier.
Not long after.
He saw Professor Xiao and the others aggressively surrounding a man.
It was Liu Wenbo.
Seven or eight corpses lay on the roadside, presumably Liu Wenbo's accomplices.
Liu Wenbo himself had multiple bruises and injuries. He was kneeling before Fan Yiyi, clasping his hands together, and pleading pitifully:
"Yiyi, you must believe me, I had no choice!"
"I was kidnapped by these people. If I didn't do as they said, they would kill me!"
"For you, losing some crystal cores is just a matter of a few days to get them back!"
"But for me, without these crystal cores, I would die..."
"Please, for the sake of our classmates, forgive me!"
Liu Wenbo grabbed the hem of Fan Yiyi's pants and kowtowed seven or eight times, his forehead bleeding.
His attitude was extremely sincere.
Fan Yiyi stared at him coldly, remaining silent.
Liu Wenbo then turned to Professor Xiao Guanghan, kowtowing and begging:
"Professor Xiao, for the sake of our teacher-student relationship, please be lenient!"
"Who hasn't made mistakes in their life? Although I made a mistake, I... I don't deserve to die, do I?"
"Please give me a chance to redeem myself!"
Professor Xiao Guanghan looked at Liu Wenbo expressionlessly and said faintly:
"If we were strangers and you deceived me, it would be your skill, and I would have nothing to say!"
"But look at what you've done."
"We clearly owed you a debt of gratitude, having saved your life!"
"Instead, you used that as a bargaining chip to gain our trust, repaying kindness with enmity..."
"I saved you, and yet you still wanted to harm me!"
"Now that I resent you, if I let you go, you will surely find ways to exact revenge in the future..."
"Liu Wenbo, I hope you understand, I am not a bloodthirsty person."
"Killing you today was entirely forced upon me. For the sake of our team not having to be constantly wary of you in the future, and not be harmed by you, today... you must die!"
After speaking, Professor Xiao Guanghan nodded to Fan Yiyi.
Fan Yiyi gripped her dagger, her eyes fixed on Liu Wenbo.
She raised the dagger high but hesitated to bring it down.
She had killed many zombies and many survivors who had rashly attacked them.
However, this was the first time she had to kill someone she knew.
Naturally, she felt some hesitation.
"Professor Xiao, if Yiyi finds it difficult to do, let me do it. I've had enough of this scoundrel!" the team leader said, rolling up his sleeves.
"No, this must be done by Fan Yiyi!"
"If she cannot overcome this psychological barrier, she will surely die because of it in the future."
"If you want her to die sooner, then you go ahead and kill Liu Wenbo yourself!" Professor Xiao Guanghan said indifferently.
Hearing this, the team leader didn't dare to act and quickly stood aside sheepishly.
Fan Yiyi's hand holding the knife turned pale from gripping it too tightly, even trembling slightly.
Her heart was still engaged in a fierce internal struggle, delaying the fatal blow.
Although Liu Wenbo was begging for mercy, he was also observing the expressions and actions of Professor Xiao Guanghan and the others.
When he heard Professor Xiao Guanghan say that only Fan Yiyi should do it, Liu Wenbo instantly felt a glimmer of hope!
Fan Yiyi was too soft-hearted and kind.
She definitely wouldn't bear to do it.
And the others wouldn't intervene for now...
Instead of kneeling here waiting for Fan Yiyi to make up her mind... he might as well try to fight for a way to survive!
With this thought, Liu Wenbo suddenly stood up and ran rapidly towards the distance.
"Professor Xiao, this kid is running!" the team leader exclaimed anxiously.
Professor Xiao Guanghan reached out to stop the team leader and the others, then turned to Fan Yiyi and said:
"You only have 5 seconds to make your move. If you're late, he will escape!"
"Given his personality, he will definitely make us pay a hundredfold, a thousandfold, in the future."
"He is your acquaintance, but are the others in the camp not your close friends and family?"
These words jolted Fan Yiyi to her senses.
She suddenly drew a longbow and shot an arrow, hitting Liu Wenbo squarely in the back of the head...
The latter's skull exploded, and he fell to the ground dead.