Amidst the mist, Nuan Gang’s figure emerged.
And on Nuan Gang’s tongue, Zhang Wei stood, his expression a mixture of bewildered fury.
“Are you all mute?”
A Jin glanced at Tai Sui Shen, then at Zhang Wei, unable to utter a single word.
Tian Zui gasped, a grim smile on his face. “Zhang Wei, you’re finally back!”
“Tian Zui, what happened here?”
“Your subordinate betrayed you. Granny Qian sent me to help.”
A Jin, quick-witted, immediately shouted, “Boss, these people took advantage of your absence, colluding with the North and the Black List to usurp your Food Bank!”
“You’re spouting nonsense!”
Tian Zui cursed, and seeing Zhang Wei’s unfriendly gaze, he quickly explained, “Ask Xi Feng about this. We’ve already rescued him.”
Zhang Wei was utterly confused.
To come home and see his security team fighting his friends, anyone would be disoriented. Instinctively, one would side with the security, as they were his own.
However.
Xi Feng was the person in charge below him, and the whole story should be explained by him.
This was precisely the moment for Xi Feng to prove his worth. He immediately leaped up.
Just as he was about to exclaim urgently, he felt the blood within him surge uncontrollably. With a ‘poof,’ it erupted outwards, splattering everywhere!
Tai Sui Shen emerged with a sinister grin. “So talkative! Even though you haven’t said a word, I anticipated your garrulousness.”
Zhang Wei quickly leaped to Xi Feng’s side to check his injuries.
But Xi Feng clutched Zhang Wei’s hand and said, “A Jin… he thought you died in the Gourmet World… rebellion… that… Tai Sui Shen…”
Xi Feng’s breathing grew faint.
The sudden attack seemed to have drained half of Xi Feng’s blood. Not only was he suffering from severe anemia, but his internal blood vessels were also heavily ruptured.
Even vital organs like the heart had sustained significant damage.
If it were before, Zhang Wei might have been helpless, but now, Zhang Wei had just acquired a divine medicine for replenishing blood and vitality!
He took out a small glass vial and poured out the ruby-like sand within!
Scarlet Sugar!
To be consumed with Du Chong Yuan Shui!
Turning his head, Zhang Wei looked at A Jin expressionlessly. “I need an explanation from you.”
A Jin, fearfully, tried to push past. But Tai Sui Shen grabbed him. “Good friend, you can’t run from responsibility. That’s not what a man does. Just honestly and bravely say what you want to say. I’ll back you up.”
Zhang Wei narrowed his eyes. “You’re that Tai Sui Shen?”
“Heh heh, greetings, King of Northern Chefs, Tai Sui Shen is at your service.”
Saying so, he bowed deeply.
Zhang Wei said, “It seems you’re the quintessential villain in this story. Killing you shouldn’t lead to any misunderstandings, right?”
Tai Sui Shen shook his head, a perverted, twisted expression on his face. “Before that, we must let the protagonist of this scene make a statement! Otherwise, such an interesting event would lose its luster.”
Saying that, Tai Sui Shen pushed A Jin forward, his long tongue licking A Jin’s ear. “Little darling, say what you want to say.”
A Jin felt like he was being watched by a thousand eyes.
Whether it was Zhang Wei in front of him or Tai Sui Shen behind him, both gave him a chilling sensation.
For the first time, A Jin regretted his impulsive actions.
Wouldn’t it have been better to just work honestly?
But then he thought of the vast Food Bank…
He had no retreat.
Even if he backed down now, Zhang Wei wouldn’t let him go!
And if he couldn’t explain himself, Tai Sui Shen wouldn’t let him go either!
A Jin wanted to cry.
Tai Sui Shen cackled. “What? Scared? With me here, what’s there to fear? Or are you… afraid of me?”
He could only brace himself and step forward!
After much thought, A Jin spoke with resentment. “Zhang Wei!”
“Yes, what is it?”
“We brothers were free. If you hadn’t plundered our ingredients, we wouldn’t have been starving and forced to accept your recruitment! There was no debt between us; it was merely a revolt after oppression.”
A Jin seemed to have found an opening and spoke with increasing fluency. “Everything we’ve done is a reaction to your brutal actions! Our surrender back then was also under threat of death. If we hadn’t agreed, we brothers would have long since lost our heads.”
“Everything that’s happening today is your own doing, Zhang Wei. Don’t blame others.”
“With Big Brother Tai Sui Shen here, even ten of you would die here today!”
A Jin turned and said, “Big Brother Tai Sui Shen, as long as you help me get the Food Bank, I will definitely hold a grand human meat barbecue feast for you!”
At this moment, A Jin had completely let go.
Overthinking was useless; nothing could change.
Perhaps…
Everything would develop for the better. Once Tai Sui Shen dealt with Zhang Wei, he would become the master of the Food Bank!
And Tai Sui Shen and Zhang Wei…
A Jin admitted Zhang Wei was strong. Six months ago, with just one person, he could defeat five of them!
But who was Tai Sui Shen?
He was a terrifying figure in history books, who led cultists to harm living beings, and a peerless desperado who survived numerous encirclements!
Although he didn't understand why this person would inexplicably help him, and even wore a mask and other disguises.
But those were unimportant!
As long as Zhang Wei could be killed, everything else was negotiable!
Even if all the living people in the Food Bank besides himself were given to him as food, so what?
Those ingredients were wealth, and he wouldn’t have to worry about anything in the future.
He could lie on a mountain of ingredients and eat for a lifetime!
Wait!
It would be best if both of them were fatally wounded, perishing together. That would be ideal!
A Jin looked at Zhang Wei, but found no anger or other emotions on his face, only disappointment and a hint of faint disdain.
Zhang Wei said, “I hired you as security because you had great strength but lacked matching talent and courage, with no ambition whatsoever. Such a personality was truly perfect for a security guard.”
“Stable, unambitious… are there any better security candidates? However, I didn’t expect that your minuscule courage could lead you to betray me. Greed ultimately prevailed.”
“If you had dared to admit it just now, instead of finding some bizarre excuses, I might not have looked down on you so much. People who can’t even face their own greed truly bore me!”
Tai Sui Shen felt a bit bored. Human meat without negative emotions was like food without seasoning.
He usually ate fear meat, and it had been a long time since he’d tasted resentment meat.
However…
There was still a piece of greed meat in front of him, its aroma already wafting out!
Tai Sui Shen suddenly opened his mouth, his jaw extending over a meter long. From behind, he bit off A Jin’s upper body!
“Heh heh heh, the taste is really good.”
“90-level delicious human meat, it’s truly enjoyable.”
Tai Sui Shen actually killed A Jin at this moment!
Sensen, Yu Miao, A Zhuo, and Xiao Yuan behind him widened their mouths. Did he not need their combat strength?
Thinking too much was useless now. They no longer wanted to stay in this dangerous place.
Leave!
But how could they escape from Tai Sui Shen?
Xiao Yuan shouted!
“Stone Armor!”
Dust gathered on his body, forming a tall and imposing armor, with a scarlet cape extending over ten feet!
But before he could react further, Xiao Yuan screamed. His right arm was severed at the shoulder, blood splattering everywhere!
After the Acacia time, Xiao Yuan lost his right arm again, this time completely becoming a cripple!
No…
Not completely crippled yet. He still struggled and ran wildly, trying to escape this dangerous place.
But the blood within his body suddenly became restless, gushing uncontrollably from the wound, forming a bloodline in the air, tracing an elegant arc into Tai Sui Shen’s mouth.
Tai Sui Shen wiped his mouth. The distant Xiao Yuan had completely turned into a dried husk!
Sensen, Yu Miao, and A Zhuo, in their panic, fled towards Zhang Wei’s direction.
Upon seeing Zhang Wei’s unyielding figure, they stumbled and knelt on the ground.
Tearfully, they begged for mercy. “Boss! We know we were wrong. Please forgive us!”
“A Jin misled us. It’s not our fault! As long as you forgive us, we will be your loyal servants from now on, without a single complaint!”
A Zhuo wiped his tears and said, “We are level 90 Gourmet Hunters. You will surely have a use for us…”
His words were cut short, only to be met by the iron fist of justice!
Plop…
A Zhuo’s mangled corpse fell to the ground, pieces of flesh scattering everywhere.
Sensen and Yu Miao were so terrified they froze, not daring to say another word.
A wolf in front, a tiger in the back, and both wanted their lives!
There was no hope!
Just as he was about to finish off the remaining two, Tian Zui, enduring his injuries, stood up. “Wait a moment. There’s something fishy about this. Leave their tongues.”
Zhang Wei thought for a moment and found some sense in it.
With two casual hand chops, he severed their leg tendons, commonly known as Achilles tendons.
Then, with two punches, he pierced their shoulder blades, commonly known as the scapulae.
This rendered the two men unable to move their upper or lower bodies, their combat effectiveness reduced to almost nothing.
By then, Tai Sui Shen had completely devoured Xiao Yuan. He turned around and said gratefully, “God, you are so thoughtful. You’ve even left me two delicious after-dinner desserts. I bless you and will sing your praises to the heavens.”
Tian Zui bandaged his left arm and stood shoulder to shoulder with Zhang Wei, saying with great seriousness, “Zhang Wei, do not underestimate him. His power is almost unimaginable!”
In the two brief exchanges, Tian Zui could clearly feel Tai Sui Shen’s terrifying strength.
Having trained in Rivendell Forest for so long, he had encountered beasts above level 100, but none had ever given him such a sense of pressure.
It was indescribable, yet horrifying.
It was like a deer in the forest meeting a hunting tiger, a primal fear born from instinct!
Tian Zui, who had always been fearless, suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. A feeling of weakness overwhelmed the pain in his left arm!
Tian Zui chuckled self-mockingly. “I’m actually feeling fear. What kind of insidious skill is this?”
Tai Sui Shen, while eating A Jin’s remains, said indifferently, “Haven’t you realized it yet? How foolish.”
“Realized? What?”
“I haven’t activated any skill. That feeling of fear is just the innate fear humans have for their predators!”
“Innate fear?”
Zhang Wei pondered for a moment. “Is it cannibalism…”
“Hahaha, smart!”
In the primitive era, when humans had not yet been called humans, they were at the top of the Earth’s food chain. No creature had humans as its primary food source.
The fundamental reason was that the human race was too powerful.
Wherever they went, all competing predators were eradicated, whether on the original Earth or in this realm.
Even in the Great Gourmet Era, humans possessed considerable potential, capable of infinitely enhancing their strength through food, with almost no physiological limits.
This was something other species could not achieve.
Therefore, humans had never experienced the instinctive fear of being targeted by a specialized predator!
But Tai Sui Shen was different. Their doctrine allowed them to suppress the human race, even though they were also human!
All humans would lose some of their combat power before him, just as a giant rat would lack the courage to fight a tiny cat!
“But why would someone like that come to the Food Bank and help A Jin?” Zhang Wei asked with a hint of confusion.
Tai Sui Shen spread his hands. “That’s not something you can know. However, I can accurately tell you that no one here today will survive!”
“All of you will become my food!”
Tai Sui Shen roared.
That feeling of fear amplified infinitely. Tian Zui couldn’t endure it and fell to his knees!
The ordinary laborers and warriors were even worse. They all rolled their eyes and fainted, some even urinating.
Tai Sui Shen opened his mouth to its widest, revealing hundreds of needle-like teeth, and lunged at Tian Zui!
Boom!!!
Pfft!!!
Tian Zui struggled to lift his head. The expected tearing and biting did not occur. Zhang Wei’s towering figure had blocked him, still in a punching posture!
And the terrifyingly powerful Tai Sui Shen was actually sent spiraling backward in the air, with a large fist print on his face!
Zhang Wei’s fist was emitting a faint wisp of smoke, the high-temperature gas generated by the rapid friction of the impact.
This punch!
It could actually repel Tai Sui Shen!
Tian Zui stared blankly. “Zhang Wei…”
Zhang Wei patted Tian Zui’s shoulder and comforted him. “You rest for a while. I can handle this minor situation.”
“You… how did you get so strong?”
Zhang Wei tilted his head. “Who knows? Perhaps these three months were too exhausting, accumulating too much frustration? Honestly, I really need a good punching bag right now.”
Three months of hard work, with nerves on edge daily, and then a battle against the powerful Sheng Tarou.
Logically, he should be exhausted right now.
But Zhang Wei felt nothing of the sort.
His muscles were tensed to the extreme, as if he had grown during combat. His gourmet cells seemed to be multiplying frantically.
It was as if…
It was as if all the food he had consumed had reappeared today and fully integrated with his body, as if he had been accepted by the gourmet world!
“Ah!!!!”
“You brat!”
“How long has it been since someone dared to punch me in the face? I’m so happy, so very happy!”
After being hit, Tai Sui Shen showed no signs of dejection. Instead, he became even more frenzied.
His disheveled hair flew wildly in the wind, his clothes were torn, and his gaping mouth and sticky long tongue looked utterly disgusting.
His fingernails grew longer and longer, his limbs contorted unnaturally, and his withered skin turned a reddish-blue…
He looked like a severely mutated zombie.
He also resembled the ghoul-like creatures from various fantasy works.
Tai Sui Shen roared, “I haven’t felt this much like eating someone in a long time. Zhang Wei, I will definitely cure you into jerky and savor it for the rest of my days!”