As Wu Ze and his group were climbing over the back courtyard wall, preparing to jump out.
"Brother Wu, the bronze treasure chest." Xu Guolang reached out and grabbed Wu Ze in front of him.
"Idiot, is a treasure chest more important than your life? Let go quickly." Wu Ze vigorously slapped Xu Guolang's wrist.
"Brother Wu, they've already killed all the black goats and dropped a bronze treasure chest." Xu Guolang said innocently.
"Uh."
Wu Ze froze for a moment, turning his head to look over there in disbelief.
In less than ten seconds, those people had killed the powerful black goats that had almost taken their lives?
"Experts!"
Wu Ze's eyes lit up, and he jumped back into the courtyard from the wall.
With a smile on his face, he walked up to Zhang Qiang and said sincerely, "Thank you for saving us."
Zhang Qiang responded expressionlessly, "You're welcome."
Wu Ze, completely unfazed by Zhang Qiang's distance, continued to say with bowed head, "Benefactors, do you need us to help deal with the black goats?"
Zhang Qiang looked up at Qin Shilei, signaling him to make the decision.
Qin Shilei said calmly, "No need. You can't handle that goat."
Wu Ze froze for a moment, then said with a stiff neck, "Benefactors, you underestimate us too much. We can't kill live goats, but can't we at least clean up dead ones?"
Qin Shilei pointed to the leader goat on the ground and said, "Try to chop it. If you can chop it, I'll let you help with these goats, and I'll give you an ordinary black goat as a reward afterward."
Wu Ze drew his cleaver and stepped forward, hacking down with all his might.
Except for a few strands of wool falling off, there wasn't even a slight cut mark on the black goat's neck.
Disbelieving, Wu Ze gripped the knife with both hands, raised it high, and chopped down again.
This time, a shallow cut appeared on the black goat's neck, but there was still no flesh or blood visible.
"This..."
Wu Ze's face turned red with shame, and he said, "Benefactors, I'm truly sorry, we can't help."
He felt too embarrassed to stay there any longer and returned to his brothers.
"We'll handle it ourselves. You guys go ahead and do your thing," Qin Shilei said indifferently.
He paused, then handed his Seven Star Sword to Zhang Qiang and said, "Brother Qiang, please deal with this mutated goat first. I'll go and check the situation at the manor."
Watching Qin Shilei walk towards the manor buildings, Xu Guolang whispered, "Brother Wu, that person seems to be searching for supplies. If we don't act soon, we might not get anything."
Wu Ze said with lingering fear, "Let him go scout ahead first, to avoid encountering mutated beasts like that goat again."
He knew that before the apocalypse, these farms had secretly kept all sorts of wild animals, and it was hard to guarantee they wouldn't mutate.
Qin Shilei walked through various parts of the farm, casually collecting the piled-up supplies into his spatial ring.
In a hidden spot, he also found several cages of various snakes. He killed them and threw them into the ring, thinking he could make a Dragon-Phoenix Soup or something later.
After touring the entire farm and finding no danger, he returned to the backyard to help Zhang Qiang and the others deal with the remaining black goats.
They boiled water, de-haired them, disemboweled them, and all seven or eight goats were processed as the sky completely darkened.
He put all the ordinary black goats into his ring, leaving only the leader goat for that night's dinner.
Zhang Xiaoli took a moment to ask the question weighing on her mind, "Brother Qin, why were you so cold to those people? Although they couldn't handle the leader goat, they could have helped clean up the ordinary ones, right?"
Qin Shilei looked at everyone and explained, "That person had a look of trying to take advantage of the situation. I feared that if we agreed, they might start asking for this and that. It's like a low-level character in a game meeting a high-level one, immediately asking 'Brother, can you give me something?'"
Everyone suddenly understood, and they felt that Qin Shilei's approach was good, avoiding potential trouble.
An Qian pointed to the house to the west, where firelight could be seen, and asked, "They're still not leaving. Will it be okay?"
"This isn't our place. If they want to stay, let them," Qin Shilei replied indifferently.
They lit a bonfire and skewered the skinned black goat onto a spit to roast.
Zhang Qiang took out the bronze treasure chest dropped by the black goat and asked, "Brother Qin, how should this treasure chest be distributed?"
Qin Shilei replied, "You open it first and see what's inside. The leader goat was primarily killed by you and Xiaoli, so you should be the ones to distribute the main items."
Zhang Qiang handed the treasure chest to Zhang Xiaoli, signaling her to open it.
"Then I'll open it," Zhang Xiaoli said, tapping it and opening the chest.
**Hundred Steps Piercing Willow (Green):** Unleash a powerful, guaranteed hit. Its power increases with additional Yuan Qi. Cooldown: ten seconds.
**Spirit Potion (Green):** Consuming this increases spiritual power.
"Is this the normal drop rate in the game?"
Qin Shilei's feeling of being an unlucky 'non-chief' was deepened.
Zhang Xiaoli simply used her vines to bind the black goat and took the Spirit Potion and a blue crystal core.
After drinking the Spirit Potion, her spirit greatly increased, allowing her to unleash two vines simultaneously and control them with greater dexterity.
Zhang Qiang took the Hundred Steps Piercing Willow skill and the black goat's hide.
He immediately gave the skill to Xie Haimei, and the black goat's hide was stored in his ring, planning to find someone to sew it into armor later.
Zhang Xiaoli happily accepted the skill and used it right away.
Although she currently had no Yuan Qi, she could still unleash this skill, increasing its power by about thirty percent.
As various seasonings were sprinkled onto the lamb chops, a rich aroma spread throughout the farm.
"I never imagined the meat of this black goat would be so tender and delicious."
Zhang Qiang ate with his mouth full of grease.
"The hide of the black goat is extremely tough, but the meat is not tough at all," Xie Haimei added.
While Qin Shilei and his group were feasting, Wu Ze and his men were also swallowing their dinner.
Two hard loaves of bread and a bottle of mineral water.
"Brother Wu, one of those black goats was injured by us. They're not even willing to give us half a catty of meat. This is too much."
Xu Guolang bit into his bread fiercely, complaining.
"I originally wanted to use the excuse of helping to get them to give us some goat meat, but they're so heartless, not even offering a bit of broth."
Wu Ze also looked indignant.
Before today, he thought it was a great happiness to be able to eat bread.
But now, smelling the rich aroma of roasted meat in the air, Wu Ze found the bread in his mouth incredibly difficult to swallow.
It was the apocalypse, and his group was still risking their lives to find food.
Meanwhile, Qin Shilei and his group were sitting around a bonfire, drinking beer and eating roasted lamb chops.
Listening to the laughter coming from outside, Wu Ze felt how unfair this world was.
He had originally planned to latch onto their powerful group, but he had been driven away in a way that was almost humiliating.
Xu Guolang licked his lips and suddenly said again, "Those few women are really beautiful."
Wu Ze glared at his brother, warning, "Quickly put away that pig-like look. Those exceptional beauties are not for you and me to covet."
However, in his heart, he was secretly thinking, "No, I've finally encountered such experts. I must get some benefit from them no matter what."