After leaving dormitory area 3.
Wang Yu and others, along with the 14 newly rescued survivors, continued towards the area behind the cafeteria, which was dormitory area 4 in the south.
These 14 boys were all obedient to Wang Yu. One reason was the intimidating display of the others.
Each of them held a knife or sword, and they all appeared cold and fierce, their mental state clearly different from the newly rescued.
Another reason was the experiences of the past few days, which had left them somewhat desperate.
At this point, they would listen to anyone who came to save them.
And this was exactly what Wang Yu had planned.
Why didn't he go around rescuing survivors after the apocalypse began? Because they wouldn't necessarily listen to him.
They hadn't experienced despair yet and didn't know the value of life.
Even if Wang Yu rescued them from the zombie encirclement, they probably wouldn't be overly grateful.
At most, they would say thank you and offer rewards later.
Wang Yu didn't want to hear such nonsense.
Anyway, I'll rest first, spend time with my women, and let you starve for a few days. Then, won't you all obediently listen to me?
What is this called?
This is called mutual benefit!
At least, that's how Wang Yu saw it.
These survivors only needed to starve for a few days to become obedient and follow Wang Yu. Their future safety would at least be guaranteed.
If they had been rescued from the start, they certainly wouldn't have been so obedient. They might have made demands, or even parted ways due to disagreements.
And the risk of survival for these ordinary people would greatly increase once they left Wang Yu.
This wasn't Wang Yu being arrogant or looking down on others, but the reality.
It wasn't just because Wang Yu had the strength to protect others, but also because he had experience and knew about the apocalypse.
Dormitory area 4 was another female dormitory area.
There was also dormitory area 5. The other dormitory areas were a bit further away and not around the second cafeteria.
As for why the girls weren't all living together, with some in dormitory area 1, Wang Yu didn't know.
He had asked others about it.
The reply was: "It's an arrangement from above. Don't ask. No one knows."
As soon as they entered dormitory area 4, Wang Yu noticed something unusual.
The others noticed it too.
Because… behind the main gate, the ground was littered with zombie corpses.
Wang Yu looked and found that their heads seemed to have been smashed open by something sharp, the wounds were very uneven, and the worm crystals inside had been removed.
As for why it was worm crystals and not the corpse worms, one reason was that these zombies didn't look like they had been dead for several days.
Yes, that was right.
Zombies were already corpses, and most people couldn't tell how long a zombie had been dead. But Wang Yu could.
Although he couldn't pinpoint the exact day, he could tell if they had been dead for one or two days, or three or four days.
Another reason was that he didn't think anyone would discover the function of the corpse worms. Besides Wang Yu, a重生 (reborn) individual, who would be so perverted as to eat corpse worms?
Even mutated humans wouldn't, because corpse worms held no appeal for them.
There were worm crystals, though. It was very possible for mutated humans to hunt zombies of the same level and consume their worm crystals. He had seen many in his previous life.
They wouldn't bother killing low-level zombies anymore. Low-level worm crystals were far less appealing to mutated humans than the flesh and blood of living people.
Besides mutated humans, mutated beasts and mutated plants also hunted zombies.
However, they usually ate the zombies directly.
Therefore, the zombies here were likely killed by mutated humans.
Wang Yu frowned and said to You Xinci and the others, "Be careful, there might be mutated humans."
Everyone nodded, acknowledging.
Wang Yu had told them about mutated humans and knew the strength of level one mutated humans.
So, they were only slightly more vigilant, not overly worried.
Although level one mutated humans had similar strength to level one evolved individuals, they were different.
They had all consumed异果 (mutant fruits) and had weapons.
Therefore, they were not afraid of mutated humans.
Wang Yu stood there, thinking. He felt it was unlikely they would be so unlucky.
Although there were corpses everywhere, there weren't too many, not enough to make a mutated human reach level 2.
The probability of mutated humans appearing was low, and the worm crystals needed for their evolution were even more than for evolved individuals.
After all, they were half-human, half-corpse monsters. Their best evolutionary food was humans, not zombies.
So, even if there were mutated humans hidden in dormitory area 4, they should still be level one.
Zombies would consider mutated humans as their own kind, but that didn't mean they would allow mutated humans to slaughter them.
Even among real zombies, they would fight to the death when devouring each other, fighting more fiercely than wild beasts.
Therefore, it wasn't easy or quick for a level one mutated human to reach level two.
Ma Ying led Chen Youting, Zhang Han, and the other boys to the left. Wang Yu led the women to the right.
It was the same as before: kill zombies, rescue people.
Wang Yu followed behind, collecting corpses.
However, as he collected, he still felt something was wrong.
"Why are there so many corpses with their worm crystals removed..."
Although corpses were useful to Wang Yu, worm crystals were more useful now!
He himself needed 1000 worm crystals. His four wives needed 100 each to reach level 2.
That was 400.
Adding Ma Ying, his younger sister-in-law Zhao Lengleng, Zhang Han, and Chen Youting, that was another 400.
Now, these spoils of war that originally belonged to him were snatched away by some trash mutated human, how could he not be angry?
"Damn it, to think that even after being reborn, I'd be beaten to the punch!"
"Husband, what are you muttering about?"
"Ah, it's nothing. I'm counting how many corpses there are. You all be careful up ahead and don't fall into a ditch."
You Xinci smiled, and Chen Luoxue and Zhou Ruoxi also showed sweet smiles.
"We know!"
Zhao Leng, however, was a little jealous, looking at Wang Yu with a hint of resentment.
Including the time spent in the secret realm every day, she had been with Wang Yu for 16 days.
Today was the 17th day, but Wang Yu didn't seem as attentive to her.
Even though she had kept her promise with her sister and his, and was considered Wang Yu's woman.
But Wang Yu's attitude towards her was clearly different from You Xinci and the others.
And every night she heard those sounds, lasting for four or five hours...
How could she not be jealous?
Zhao Leng absentmindedly kicked open a door, but unexpectedly…