Qin Shi Lei rode Xiao Qiang towards the back of the crowd, seeing people continuously arriving from afar. There were the old, weak, women, and children, as well as frail men, and even tall, robust individuals.
Qin Shi Lei not only noticed a large number of survivors arriving but also saw some who had just received their rations quietly returning to the back of the line to queue up again after leaving a distance away.
"Greedy wretches!"
He turned and returned to the front where food was being distributed.
Another half an hour passed, and the grain Qin Shi Lei had taken out was all distributed.
However, the number of people gathered here was even larger than at the start, stretching far down the street, with at least forty to fifty thousand people.
"It's my turn, where's the food?"
"Hurry and give us the food, I've been waiting for an hour."
"Living Bodhisattva, please give us some more food, my youngest daughter is starving."
"You said one catty of grain per person, how is it gone when it's my turn?"
The people at the front, seeing that the food was gone, started to complain and clamor.
Qin Shi Lei leaped onto the top of a large pillar in the square and said in a deep voice, "The food is all distributed. Those who still want food can come with me across the river to kill zombies. Every crystal core exchanged for ten catties of grain."
His resonant voice covered a radius of over a kilometer, drowning out the noise of the square.
There was a moment of quiet around, followed by an even more clamorous wave of sound.
"What? The food is gone?"
"Are you playing with us? We waited all morning in line, and you say the food is gone."
"Boss Qin, we heard you have thousands of tons of grain, please give us some more."
"Big Boss Qin, please give us some more food. If we don't eat, my granddaughter and I will starve."
"Big Boss, as the number one person on Blue Star, why be stingy with a little grain and tarnish your reputation for dishonesty."
The crowd below chattered incessantly, begging Qin Shi Lei to produce more grain.
As for his suggestion, no one paid any attention.
Qin Shi Lei patiently said again, "The food is distributed. If you still want it, take my boat across to kill zombies."
As soon as his words fell, they were met with strong dissatisfaction from the crowd below.
"With my old bones, you expect me to kill zombies? You might as well let me starve."
"I'm a woman who barely weighs ninety catties, I can't even kill a chicken usually, let alone kill zombies."
"If you don't want to give food, just say so. Making us kill zombies is trying to kill us."
"Bah, what number one person on Blue Star. Hoarding thousands of tons of grain, yet watching us starve indifferently. I curse you to be eaten by zombies soon."
"Hmph!" Qin Shi Lei sneered and said again, "Since you're unwilling to kill zombies, then disperse."
Although he said he would take them to kill zombies, if they actually went, he would only have them help collect crystal cores, not send them to their deaths.
"What disperse? Are we supposed to have waited in line all morning for nothing?"
"Is the number one person on Blue Star so untrustworthy? You promised one catty of grain per person."
"What a f-ing number one person on Blue Star. I think his cultivation was earned by exploiting others."
"Not only is he not distributing food, but he's trying to trick us into feeding zombies, what a heartless bastard."
"To make killing zombies easier, I heard some people lure zombies with live humans. I think that's his plan."
Countless people, whether they had received food or not, now spoke up to condemn Qin Shi Lei.
When the members of the Rock Stone Battle Group below heard these vulgarities, their hearts blazed with anger, and they drew their weapons, pointing them at the others.
As long as Qin Shi Lei gave the order, they would immediately silence those people forever.
However, before the Rock Stone members could act, an old man immediately fell to the ground and shouted loudly, "They're killing people! The Rock Stone Battle Group is killing people! The number one person on Blue Star is killing people!"
"Is this the same scamming tactic from before the apocalypse?"
Qin Shi Lei was amused by the scene.
He looked down and shouted, "Rock Stone members, heed my command! Return to your positions and prepare to cross the river to kill zombies."
At his command, the members of the Rock Stone Battle Group who were maintaining order in the crowd left the throng and headed towards the dock with those distributing food.
In less than a minute, all members of the Rock Stone Battle Group, except for Qin Shi Lei, had left.
The crowd below was stunned.
"This Qin guy is still here, let's block him and not let him leave until he gives us food." Someone suggested.
"He seems to have a flying pet, so blocking him won't work." Someone else reminded them.
As soon as he spoke, Qin Shi Lei leaped onto the back of Xiao Qiang, who had just flown over.
In the blink of an eye, he disappeared from everyone's sight.
"How about we go surround his place? We won't leave until he gives us food."
"Let's go, we'll head there now."
The large crowd slowly moved towards Chi Yuan Hao Ting again.
Some clear-headed individuals quietly left the group.
Twenty minutes later.
These people arrived in front of the residential complex again.
Most of the members of the Rock Stone Battle Group had already crossed the river to the west of Nanzhuang City.
Qin Shi Lei, along with dozens of members, guarded the main entrance of the complex.
"Commander, these people are truly detestable, coming to block our gate again," a member said indignantly.
"All personnel, on alert. If they dare to storm our complex, kill them without mercy," Qin Shi Lei ordered calmly.
At his command, more than ten people holding shields stepped forward and formed a shield wall.
The remaining people immediately disengaged the safety locks on their machine guns and loaded rockets into their rocket launchers.
To protect their families living in the complex, they would not allow these refugees to step foot inside the compound.
"Big Boss Qin, we just want some food to survive, please take pity on us."
"I'm kneeling for you, please give me something to eat."
"Big Boss Qin, you have thousands of tons of grain, if you give us just a hundred tons, we can survive. Why are you abandoning us?"
"As long as we can survive, we will leave immediately and never bother you again."
The refugees outside the gate pleaded with Qin Shi Lei for food.
"Haha."
Qin Shi Lei sneered and pointed at a few people, sarcastically saying, "Several of you have already received food. How dare you show your faces here again? Do you want me to treat you like ancestors?"
The people pointed at turned red with shame and stepped back, hiding in the crowd.
Some people around them shoved those individuals far away with disgust.
"Get lost, you have the nerve to come back here after taking food."
"Big Boss Qin, those greedy people have left, please give us food."
Qin Shi Lei said calmly, "I repeat, I am not the lord of Nanzhuang City and have no obligation to provide relief. If you want food, come with me to kill zombies."
Those people stammered, only asking for food, but no one said they would go with Qin Shi Lei to kill zombies.
If they were truly brave enough to kill zombies, they would have gone long ago, and wouldn't be groveling to a junior for food now.
"I will not give out half a grain of rice," Qin Shi Lei said coldly. "Leave here now."
Hearing the resolute tone in Qin Shi Lei's voice, everyone felt their hope of survival had been stripped away, and they stood there, stunned and unsure what to do.
"If you won't give it, we'll take it by force," a harsh voice suddenly shouted from the crowd.
"That's right, let's rob them!"
"If we don't rob, we'll starve anyway. Everyone, charge!"
"There are so many of us, one mouthful of spit would drown him."
Pushed by some with ulterior motives, the crowd began to charge towards the gate, and it looked like the iron gate was about to be forced open.