Most of these crystal cores were obtained today from killing zombies with the excavator, and they could finally be absorbed.
An hour later.
Name: Qin Shilei
Level: Plastic Eight-star
Experience: 124/500
Cultivation Method: None
Qin Shilei took out a force gauge he had found in the gym above the supermarket today.
He punched out, and the display showed 1985 catties.
This was an increase of about 257 catties compared to before the upgrade.
This strength was truly becoming increasingly inhuman.
Zhang Xiaoli had also risen to six stars, and her strength had increased by several fold, far surpassing the vast majority of people.
After assigning the night watch personnel, the three of them took turns resting in their rooms.
The rats outside squeaked all night, and the rustling sound only stopped after dawn.
An Qian hesitated, then finally mustered the courage to say, "Qin Shilei, you'll pass by Ning'an City on your way to take Zhang Xiaoli home. Can you take us with you?"
Qin Shilei replied readily, "Yes, as long as you don't cause trouble."
He had first encountered An Qian when he transmigrated, and the Seven-star Sword in his hand was a gift from her. She was his benefactor in a way.
Hearing his agreement, An Qian's worried heart finally settled down.
It had taken her and Zhang Yong four days to reach Donglin Town, while Qin Shilei had caught up to them in one day.
By following Qin Shilei, she was sure to get home faster.
Now, all that was left was to find Zhang Yong.
Zhang Xiaoli said with a strange expression, "You guys, look at the chat channel."
"An Qian, run quickly, don't come to Huimin Supermarket. Fei Biao and his gang are all at Huimin Supermarket."
"An Qian, you don't need to worry about me. After you get home, help me take care of my parents."
"An Qian, farewell. My most beloved!"
"Little beauty, if you don't appear before me within half an hour, I'll immediately kill your companion."
"An Qian, did you see that? Hurry and run!"
The three of them looked at each other in dismay.
Zhang Yong kept telling An Qian to run, but also claimed he was captured by Fei Biao and specified his location.
This was clearly a ploy to get An Qian to rescue him.
If he had truly been thinking of An Qian's safety, he would have just said he had left on his own and told her to be careful.
He even repeated the information from time to time, as if afraid it would be overwritten.
An Qian looked up and said, "Can you guys wait for me for a moment? I'll go and rescue Zhang Yong first, and then we'll part ways."
Qin Shilei praised, "You are teammates. It's good that you don't abandon your teammates in this apocalypse. We'll accompany you to rescue him, and then the three of us will set off together."
Riding the Thunder Dragon, they once again traversed the streets of Donglin Town. They noticed that the number of rats on the street had noticeably decreased.
To avoid alerting the enemy, Qin Shilei and the others parked their vehicle more than a hundred meters away from Huimin Supermarket and proceeded on foot.
They arrived at the third floor of a building near the supermarket, lifted a corner of the curtain, and observed the situation in front of the supermarket entrance.
Over a hundred people, laden with bags, stood in front of the supermarket.
Fei Biao and his twenty to thirty men were in the center of the crowd, and a bruised and battered Zhang Yong was among them.
His hands were tied behind his back, and a tattooed man beside him kicked him from time to time.
"Are they preparing to leave this town?" Zhang Xiaoli asked doubtfully.
"They must have been frightened by the rats last night and are planning to move to another place," An Qian guessed.
She paused, then added, "I'll go down and rescue him now."
Qin Shilei stopped her, raised his short bow, and smiled, "Today, I'll show you the divine skill of 'a hundred paces, unerring shot'."
He glanced outside, then turned to ask, "Which one is Fei Biao?"
An Qian looked over and replied, "It's too far, I can't recognize him."
It was tens of meters from this building to the supermarket, and Fei Biao was standing in the middle of a group of strong men, making him difficult to identify.
"Then let's start with the person next to Zhang Yong."
"Whoosh!"
An arrow shot through the slightly open window, flying rapidly towards the supermarket opposite.
"Ah!"
A strong man next to Zhang Yong fell, his eyes filled with disbelief.
The crowd immediately descended into chaos.
Most of the civilians ran back into the supermarket.
However, Fei Biao and his group looked around angrily.
Swish, swish, three more arrows flew over, felling three more men.
An Qian had informed him that Fei Biao and his gang were all hooligans and ruffians, and moreover, they had ill intentions towards An Qian. Qin Shilei had no guilt in taking action.
"Who the hell is it? Get out here!"
Fei Biao's enraged roar could be heard from afar.
His response was three arrows.
Three more of his men fell beside him.
"The arrows are coming from over there."
Someone pointed in Qin Shilei's direction.
"Tap tap tap!"
Over a dozen people ran towards Qin Shilei's building, firing indiscriminately in that direction.
Fei Biao led seven or eight men into the supermarket.
Before leaving, he instructed his subordinate, "Bring that student along."
Three subordinates ran towards Zhang Yong.
They were met by three rapidly approaching arrows.
Zhang Yong was not completely foolish. Seeing that the guards watching him were dead, he turned and tried to flee into the distance.
Fei Biao, who was rough but not stupid, noticed that the shooter had killed everyone next to Zhang Yong.
"Could the opponent be Zhang Yong's accomplice?"
Suspicion arose, and he turned and fired a shot. Without checking the result, he turned and entered the supermarket.
Unlucky Zhang Yong was shot in the calf by Fei Biao's casual shot and fell to the ground.
Qin Shilei shot three more arrows and then retreated behind the wall.
"Bang!"
The glass he had just been at was shattered by a shot.
Qin Shilei, hunched over, moved to the adjacent room and slowly opened the window.
He stood up, quickly shot three arrows, and then hid behind the wall again.
"Tap tap tap!"
Several more gunshots rang out, and the room's glass was shattered again.
Qin Shilei cautiously poked his head out and looked outside.
The remaining eight or nine men, terrified by Qin Shilei's unerring archery, turned and fled back the way they came.
"Whoosh, whoosh!"
He drew his bow and shot, his arrows chasing after the men like lightning.
Even though the strong men ran at full speed, none of them could escape Qin Shilei's deadly arrows.
Three men remained, who in their panic, quickly hid behind a large tree by the roadside.
"Whoosh!"
An arrow curved and shot down the men hiding behind the tree.
"I surrender, spare me!"
The other two men completely broke down. They stood up with their hands raised, begging for mercy loudly.
This archer was not human.
The opponent had fired nearly twenty arrows, and not only were they all fatal, but even those hiding behind the tree couldn't escape.
Until now, they hadn't even seen the opponent's face, nor did they know if it was a man or a woman.
They had no courage to face such an enemy.
Unfortunately, Qin Shilei did not take prisoners and casually shot two more fatal arrows.
An Qian, hiding behind the wall, asked, "What happened to Zhang Yong?"
Qin Shilei looked carefully and said apologetically, "He seems to have been shot in the leg and is now crawling away."
He had originally intended to catch Fei Biao off guard, so that they wouldn't be able to pay attention to Zhang Yong.
Facing an unknown powerful enemy, if Fei Biao and the others only cared about escaping, Zhang Yong would have a great chance of escaping on his own.
This would avoid a direct confrontation with twenty to thirty gunmen.
An Qian stood by the window, observed for a while, and said, "You provide cover here. I'll go down and rescue Zhang Yong."
Qin Shilei quickly stopped An Qian, who was about to go downstairs. "I'll go down. You and Xiaoli stay here."
He then turned to Zhang Xiaoli and said, "Hold this bow. Shoot anyone who dares to show their head, to kill."