In his previous life, Wang Yu, ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth, attempted to seize the Hai Chen Garden with twenty to thirty survivors from his school.
From his current perspective, this was simply courting death!
Not to mention the surviving residents and security guards within Hai Chen Garden, the very fact that this place was enclosed by high walls would attract countless people.
How could these university students, with their limited social experience and lack of ruthlessness, contend with those ferocious, venomous, sinister, and cunning individuals for territory?
They would likely be utterly annihilated without even a single exchange.
The reality, however, was even more tragic!
In his past life, they were ambushed midway by a group of armed thugs. They never even saw the gates of Hai Chen Garden.
Not only did they lose half their vehicles and personnel, but Chen Luoxue was also captured!
At that time, with only Wang Yu and Zhang Han at level 2, and a few others at level 1, they were no match for the armed thugs. They could only abandon half their companions and flee.
Later, Wang Yu regained some clarity, rerouted to an abandoned warehouse, and only then managed to settle down with the others.
It was there that he also met Brother Sun, the previous owner of the scaled long sword.
Tonight was again a pitch-black, lightless expanse. Setting aside the zombies, even an ordinary person with 5.2 vision would be unable to see anything more than three steps away.
A slightly plump figure moved rapidly through the streets teeming with zombies.
In such a dark environment, he seemed to glide on the wind, weaving left and right. As he passed the zombies, he could even stir their clothes or long hair, causing them to flutter.
The unseen zombies, oblivious, showed only brief agitation as the figure passed, with no other abnormalities.
This figure was Wang Yu, moving swiftly with the wind shield activated, carrying Chen Luoxue on his back.
While traversing a section with few zombies.
“Wang Yu, why aren’t the zombies attacking us? Is it because they can’t see us?”
Wang Yu shook his head, “Although zombies can’t see at night, they have highly developed senses of smell and hearing, which makes it easy for them to identify humans.”
“They aren't attacking because I've used my wind ability to shield our presence, so they can’t detect us.”
Chen Luoxue nodded thoughtfully, then followed up with a question, “Can I have this ability to mask our presence in the future?”
Wang Yu couldn’t help but chuckle twice, “As long as you listen to me and agree to any of my requests in the future, you can have this ability.”
Chen Luoxue considered for a moment, “Any request… does that include the kind we did on the rooftop earlier?”
“Yes! Of course, it includes that kind.”
Wang Yu said it as a joke, but he hadn’t expected Chen Luoxue to genuinely fall into thought, as if contemplating the exchange of effort for reward…
After a while, Chen Luoxue patted Wang Yu on the shoulder, “I promise! As long as I can get this ability to mask our presence in the future.”
“……”
Wang Yu also fell into thought.
Why was a university professor so naive and easily deceived? Where had things gone wrong?
“What’s wrong? You’re not tricking me, are you?!”
Seeing Wang Yu suddenly fall silent, Chen Luoxue thought he was just playing with her to engage in that kind of thrilling game.
“Ah, no, how could I trick you? As long as you listen to me from now on, I guarantee you’ll get this useful ability!”
Seeing Wang Yu patting his chest and making a promise, Chen Luoxue finally believed him, relieved.
Wang Yu thought to himself, “You’re definitely going to awaken the darkness ability anyway, so isn’t that even better? At night, not only can it mask our presence, but the whole person can directly blend into the darkness! Extremely useful!”
If he could possess the darkness ability himself, coupled with the effect of the secret realm.
Damn, who would dare provoke him? Wang Yu would simply transform into a night envoy, sneak into someone’s base undetected in the dead of night, and then unleash all his subordinates!
Just ask if you’re scared or not?
After passing a street intersection with relatively few zombies, Wang Yu stopped.
“It should be around here.”
…
In a dimly lit hall illuminated by candlelight.
Several figures sat around, drinking. Packaged snacks were laid out on the coffee table as accompaniments.
“Boss, are we just going to stay here? Why don’t we go to Hai Chen Garden? It’s so much better there, with its tall walls, heavy iron gates, and big villas.”
“Yeah, I heard there are many top-tier beauties inside too! Like noblewomen, mistresses, young heiresses, and I even heard the maids are beautiful!”
A burly man with a scar by his eye flicked his cigarette butt away and glared at the others.
“I think you’ve had too much to drink, and it’s rotted your brains!”
“Damn it, do I need you guys to tell me if Hai Chen Garden is good or not? The problem is, with just a few of us, and these two broken pistols we have, do we dare go to Hai Chen Garden?”
“You guys don’t know, Hai Chen Garden has quite a few real weapons. I heard from a CEO who lived there that they even have rifles and submachine guns!”
The subordinates gasped upon hearing this, “That exaggerated? Good thing we didn’t go there, otherwise we’d have been delivered on a platter.”
A lean, slender young man who looked very sharp said, “Our boss is the smartest!”
“Instead of going to Hai Chen Garden, we’ll intercept people heading there on the way. That way, we can safely get their supplies and women, and maybe with a bit of luck, we can capture some top-tier beauties fleeing back to Hai Chen Garden!”
Hearing this, the other subordinates chimed in, flattering the burly man.
Although the scarred man didn’t say anything, his expression clearly indicated he was enjoying the praise.
This group was the enforcers of a bar not far to the south, and this burly man was their leader, named Xu Mingyuan.
Besides being bar enforcers, they also collaborated with other entertainment venues. In simple terms, they resolved disputes and trouble for others.
Furthermore, they also took on some "private jobs."
These private jobs were essentially doing favors for people. For instance, if a rich second-generation encountered trouble with someone at a bar and wanted to pay to deal with them, they would accept such assignments.
The higher the price offered, the more efficient their work, and the more ruthless they would be!
After all, they were unemployed vagrants with no assets. Even if they crippled someone and were caught, they would only be locked up for a while.
At most a few months, because those who made a living this way knew a few people and could bribe their way out of serious trouble, avoiding years in prison.
Having offended many people, Xu Mingyuan pulled some strings to obtain two handguns from Southeast Asia to protect himself from retaliation.
He never expected that without firing a shot, the apocalypse would arrive.
They had originally been over a dozen brothers, but now only a few of them were still alive and able to gather together.