Chapter 37.1 - The Lady Killer with Double Standards (1/2)

“Just give me three buns, and I’ll show you around City Z until you know everything by heart! I also accept Instant noodles!”

“Sir, two buns in exchange for the distribution of forces and cities in City Z, the lowest price in the city!”

“Shit, I only need two as well!”

“…”

Inside the city gate, Yin Yiliu saw for the first time the city condition that was closest to the pre-apocalyptic city, with a mysterious undertone.

Only the giant non-aggressive plants between the buildings remained, and the majority of the people on the streets were skinny, sallow-faced, and dressed in tattered clothes, with the very few clean-looking ones mostly being evolved people. There were all kinds of stores, and hawkers sat on the ground on both sides of the street selling their goods.

Since City Z was a super base with huge traffic, many people, both ordinary and evolved, entered the city for the first time almost every day. A group of locals in City Z City saw this as a business opportunity and squatted at the city gate every day.

As long as there were new faces coming in, they would swarm around to promote themselves and were willing to tell the outside evolved people about the power distribution and the structure of City Z in order to earn something to eat.

Most of these people were in their 40s. They had been idle before the apocalypse, and after the apocalypse, they were still useless and cowardly. They were too lazy to do construction or cleaning work, and they were too afraid of death to take on tasks like patrolling and exploring outside the city. Each of them had disheveled hair and dirty faces, with the dirt on their faces even dirtier than the ground itself.

As they got closer to Jin Yang’s team, a sour odor permeated the air around them. Jin Yang’s expression slightly darkened, but before he could say anything, the black wolf pup beside him suddenly stepped forward and snarled at the swarming crowd, threatening them with its white teeth and a low growl from its throat.

The faces of the people who rushed up became pale with fear, and their legs trembled and they took several steps back.

“A-a mutated animal broke in!”

No matter where they went, mutated animals were the most conspicuous existences, especially those who had been subdued by humans. Immediately, several forces in the city were eyeing Jin Yang and his teammates.

Just when the group of people were still frightened, a short boy’s head was squeezed out of the crowd. He took advantage of the brief silence to say timidly, “Sir, I just want one piece of bun,” while enduring the fear in his heart.

Hearing this, Yin Yiliu couldn’t help but turn her attention to the child who was huddled in the crowd.

Only the dirty face of the boy was revealed, with only his black and white eyes could be seen clearly. When he saw Jin Yang and his teammates all setting their eyes on him, he gathered up his courage once more and said,

“Just one piece of bun, I can tell you all about City Z.”

A middle-aged man next to him came back to his senses. With an angry look on his face, he slapped the little boy on the back of his head. After a slap sound rang out, he spat his stinky saliva onto the child’s face.

“This little bastard is always looking for loopholes! Don’t listen to his nonsense, sir. This brat is very thieving. He doesn’t know anything about the distribution of power in the city. It’s all a scam for food!”

“That’s right! Throw him out!”

The child seems to be very unpopular. For eating very little and being smart, he had long been despised for robbing ‘business’ from this group of people several times.

The middle-aged men took advantage of the opportunity by slapping the boy across the cheeks fiercely. Soon after, the child’s thin neck swayed back and forth as he gritted his teeth and endured the pain. Yin Yiliu was worried for him.

Jin Yang pointed at the thin boy who was about to be squeezed out by the crowd and said flatly, “You, then.”

The lowest price in the city, he had no reason not to choose him.

The boy didn’t seem to expect that Jin Yang would still be willing to choose himself. He looked at the group of people in front of him, dumbfounded. After a while, a smile appeared on his dirty little face, and he nodded and changed into business mode.

“Come with me, ladies and gentlemen, and I will tell you everything.”

The little boy’s body was as thin as a paper figurine supported by straws, and it was as if he would fall over with the poke of a finger, while his thin neck supported his head. Zhao Sihui felt a pang of sympathy for him.

The child’s face was always bright with a smile. They didn’t know where he learned it from, but he kept calling them ‘sir’ and ‘miss’. Although he was young, he gave a very detailed introduction.

Firstly he explained the symbiotic relationship between Li Zhenjiang and Niu Feihuang, which was similar to what they had learned at Flying Dragon Base, but more detailed.

Li Zhenjiang was assigned here by the central government, with the rank of general, and had no relatives but only one confidant. He mainly managed the army troops and research institutes, as well as a large number of firearms and equipment. His prestige in City Z was slightly higher than that of Niu Feihuang, and he was a decent figure in the eyes of ordinary people.

While under Niu Feihuang, there were more evolved people of various abilities, and he was the domineering type, belonging to the type of people they should avoid in the base. He had a precious daughter named Niu Ying, who could be said to be spoiled in the palm of his hand. He was said to be an ordinary person without evolved abilities.

They had no idea what the little kid was thinking, but he shivered and said with a serious face that did not match his age, “Do not ever provoke Miss Niu. Women hold grudges the most.”

Yin Yiliu wanted to laugh at the way he shook his head. This child was too precocious. Like a little adult, he already began to think that women hold grudges at such a young age.

Zhao Qiyang was the playful type. Seeing such an interesting little guy, he couldn’t help teasing him.

“How old are you this year?”

“I’m going to be nine years old soon.”

Both Yin Yiliu and Zhao Sihui were a little surprised. They had thought that this little boy was at most six or seven years old. He was almost as short as Yin Yiliu in human form, but it turned out he was actually almost nine years old.

“What about your parents? Why did they let you out alone? You dare to compete with those people at such a young age. You’re not afraid they’ll bully you?”

“I’m not afraid!” The boy’s face showed a calm and indifferent look. “At most, they’ll just beat me. They can’t beat out the food I have eaten in my stomach anyway. Sir, can I have my food in advance?”

The little boy wore a cautious expression on his face, as if he was afraid of irritating Jin Yang. He had probably been tricked or not given ‘wages’ in the past, so he appeared to be extremely experienced.

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