Qin Xiaogao was furious with the man in front of him and immediately shouted to his brothers, "Brothers, attack this blind fool! How dare he provoke me outside the city? If I don't teach you a lesson, you'll really think I have no temper!"
Qin Xiaogao raised his arms and led his brothers forward, ready to fight the arrogant guy. The proprietress quickly took her people and hid aside, not daring to get involved. Damaged tables and chairs could be compensated for, but if people were injured, there was no place to treat them.
Although there were hospitals in the city, the treatment fees were too exorbitant. In the civilian sector, there were many barefoot doctors practicing medicine. When people got injured, they would let these barefoot doctors treat them. If they recovered, it was luck; if they didn't, it was normal.
However, even barefoot doctors were very few in number. Many injured people couldn't even find a barefoot doctor to help them. As a result, people inside and outside the city dared not get injured, because if they were injured and couldn't be cured, it would be troublesome.
As soon as the words fell, more than fifty people rushed forward, ready to beat up this arrogant man. Since he dared to mock himself, he had to be prepared for the consequences.
As a result, at that moment, the man who was eating suddenly leaped up. When he reached near the ceiling, he actually dug his hands into the cement slab, dodging the first wave of attacks from the fifty-plus people below. His fingers were sharp, directly piercing the ceiling, and his body was pinned above like a spider.
Seeing this, Qin Xiaogao couldn't help but sneer and said, "I didn't expect you to be an evolved one. Don't think you're great just because you're an evolved one. We have more than twenty evolved ones on our side. Don't think you can take advantage of us!"
Only evolved ones could perform such actions. Qin Xiaogao immediately reacted, feeling that he had recognized the other party's identity.
When he saw the other party dodging the attack, Qin Xiaogao understood. The other party must be afraid of fighting with his side, so he was trying to escape. He immediately led his men to block the shop door, preventing this guy who mocked him from escaping. Then, all the evolved ones leaped towards the ceiling to continue the attack.
However, at that moment, the man on the ceiling suddenly opened his mouth. His two canine teeth elongated, and there were small holes at the bottom of the teeth. The length of the teeth was exaggerated; even his lips couldn't cover them. The sharp teeth were exposed. At this moment, he looked like a legendary vampire.
The man instantly descended from the ceiling, grabbed a mercenary, and bit his arm. The mercenary let out a scream, his face instantly turned pale, as if all color had drained from it. He could feel his blood constantly flowing out. The man threw away the mercenary, with a trace of fresh red blood at the corner of his mouth.
"Vampire, it's a vampire, help!" The mercenaries were all stunned by the scene. They didn't expect the other party to be a vampire. This guy had long fangs and started sucking blood as soon as he grabbed someone. Even evolved ones were no match for him, easily having their blood drained.
Qin Xiaogao was shocked by the scene. He didn't expect the guy opposite him to be an ordinary person, but a legendary vampire. How could they fight this?
Qin Xiaogao saw garlic on a nearby table and immediately thought of Western legends. Garlic could ward off evil. So, he grabbed a clove of garlic and threw it over.
"Yes, yes, vampires are afraid of garlic. It's like that in movies. Garlic must be effective now!" Qin Xiaogao's hope emerged.
The vampire bit the garlic. Although he didn't peel it, he chewed it for a while. After chewing the garlic, he tilted his head and swallowed it, letting out a harsh laugh: "Eating meat without garlic, half the flavor is gone!"
After saying that, the vampire casually grabbed another mercenary, bit his shoulder, and continued to suck blood, seemingly unaffected by the garlic at all.
Seeing this situation, Qin Xiaogao's shock deepened. He muttered, "The legends are all false. Who said garlic can ward off evil? Vampires are not afraid at all. What should we do next?"
Qin Xiaogao watched as his men were captured and had their blood sucked one by one. His liver and gallbladder were about to split. He originally thought he was going to bully a soft persimmon, but now it seemed he had kicked an iron plate. The mercenaries who were captured, once their blood was sucked, immediately collapsed on the ground, their faces pale and unable to move. He didn't know if they were still alive.
The fight in the braised pork shop also affected Yu Muhe and his group nearby. Fortunately, there were only more than twenty of them, each with a rifle. Although they were single-shot, having guns in their hands gave them some confidence. At this moment, more than twenty people gathered together, watching the fight not far away.
"Boss, should we go help?" Wei Tong asked in a low voice.
Yu Muhe heard the question but retorted, "Help whom? Are we familiar with them?"
Yu Muhe's words were simple: don't interfere, just watch from the sidelines. Anyway, it wasn't their fault that the vampire appeared, so why should they help?
Wei Tong thought about it carefully and felt it was right. It wasn't their brothers who were injured, so there was no need to meddle.
The proprietress also noticed that it was safer to stay with Yu Muhe's group, so she quickly walked over and said with heartache, "If these people start fighting, a lot of the facilities in my shop will be destroyed. If they don't have money to compensate me, I'll be at a great loss."
At this point, the proprietress was still most concerned about the tables, chairs, and ingredients.
Yu Muhe watched these people fight and gradually saw through the vampire's true nature. He couldn't help but frown and say, "This is not the vampire from Western legends. This is an ability user. Although I don't know why he's sucking blood, it's clear that this is not the kind of evil spirit that can't be dealt with in legends."
Yu Muhe revealed the other party's true nature, and everyone was immediately relieved. If it were a real vampire, they wouldn't know how to deal with it. After all, a real vampire wouldn't be easily killed even if roasted under the sun hanging from a lamppost. However, if it were just an ability user, their side were all evolved ones and had rifles in their hands, so they could fight ability users.
In the southeastern coastal region, there had been cases of ordinary people ambushing ability users and succeeding. Therefore, as long as guns were in hand, a sense of security would not be lacking. All fear stemmed from insufficient firepower.
Qin Xiaogao's men were constantly decreasing. In the end, he chickened out and didn't dare to rush forward to fight the vampire. He turned around, opened the door, and rushed out.
Qin Xiaogao's cowardice was ingrained in his bones. Even when ganging up on others, he would let his brothers go first, and he would observe the situation. If he was sure they could win, he would join the fight. But if the opponent was someone difficult to deal with, he could only resort to a swift retreat. At this moment, Qin Xiaogao led the charge in fleeing, and the subordinates who had not yet had their blood sucked also quickly followed.
The current situation was like a tree falling and the monkeys scattering. These mercenaries were all afraid of going to the battlefield, so their fighting will was not strong. If it were mercenaries who had been fighting for a long time facing a vampire, they would have already charged forward. The vampire in the shop also rushed out instantly. Taking two steps at a time, he caught up with the leader, Qin Xiaogao.
Qin Xiaogao quickly begged for mercy, all his backbone gone. He pleaded, "Big brother, I was blind and mistook you for a true god. You are right, we are a bunch of cowards who fear death. We are all opportunistic scoundrels. Please spare me!"
Qin Xiaogao, who disliked fighting to the death on the battlefield, instinctively avoided danger. Thus, he had a flexible moral bottom line. When he should bow and beg for mercy, he would never hesitate. Now, he performed his signature skill from Sichuan opera, the face-changing.
The man ignored Qin Xiaogao's pleas and bit his arm, starting to suck Qin Xiaogao's blood. Qin Xiaogao's face instantly turned pale, and he became listless. He was already gaunt, and after being drained of blood, he lost his ability to move and collapsed on the ground, silent.
The man clapped his hands and walked into the shop, burping with satisfaction. It seemed he was very pleased with his meal. He then threw a piece of gold and said to the proprietress, "This gold is compensation for the damage to your shop. Your food tastes very good. I will come to your place to eat again next time I visit Yuzhou."
The man's stomach was slightly bulging after sucking a bellyful of fresh blood. He couldn't help but loosen his belt and then left contentedly, heading towards Yuzhou City.
Yu Muhe and his men stepped forward and checked the condition of the people whose blood had been sucked. They still had breath, but their heartbeats were much faster. These people could barely even speak.
"These people are lucky to be alive. They were only drained of some blood and won't recover for a while. This is also the consequence of them misjudging the situation," Yu Muhe said with a smile.
Wei Tong looked in the direction where the vampire had left and muttered to himself, "This person said he'll come to Yuzhou next time. Does that mean he's not from Yuzhou? Where could he be from? Why would an outsider come to our Yuzhou for no reason?"
"It has nothing to do with us. Let's eat. As for these people on the ground, the ones who ran away will come back to take them away later." Yu Muhe didn't want to know where the vampire came from. The most important thing now was to eat. The world is big, but eating is the biggest thing.
The proprietress, holding the gold, couldn't help but be overjoyed, muttering, "I'm rich, I'm rich! I never expected to get a piece of gold as compensation. This is money I can't earn in a month!"
When the blood-sucking ability user entered the city gate, he needed to register. He then began to introduce himself to the soldiers at the gate: "I am from the southeast. Please report to your City Lord Shen Feng and tell him that our boss Wang Aoye has something to discuss with him. As for me, my name is Shi Weitian, and I am an ability user."
The soldiers dared not delay and quickly reported the matter layer by layer. Ten minutes later, Shen Feng, in his office, received the call and learned that Wang Aoye had sent someone. Shen Feng was immediately puzzled. He had no relationship with Wang Aoye, and there were some grudges. What did he want to send someone here for?
"Bring him to the City Lord's mansion. I want to meet this person!" Shen Feng quickly said.
Shi Weitian looked at the tall city walls of Yuzhou, his eyes filled with unconcealed envy. He thought, "If only we could have such a large city in our hands. It's a pity that such opportunities are rare and hard to come by."
Then, Shi Weitian was brought to the City Lord's mansion and met Shen Feng in the conference room. Lin Yue and Yang Chang were accompanying Shen Feng. Both of them were ability users, enough to protect Shen Feng's safety. Although Shen Feng's status no longer required protection, bringing a few more people was never a problem.
"Lord Fengshen, I have long admired your demeanor, having only seen you on television. Now that I see you, you are truly dashing and handsome. Hearing about you is not as good as seeing you in person. It is my great honor to meet you today." Shi Weitian quickly stepped forward and said.
Shen Feng waved his hand and said, "Please sit. I still don't know why Wang Aoye sent you to Yuzhou. As far as I know, Yuzhou has no relationship with Wang Aoye, right?"
Shi Weitian sat down. Seeing that there were no outsiders in the conference room, and he had heard of Yang Chang before, while Lin Yue was likely Shen Feng's confidant, there were only four people in the room now. It was normal to state his purpose.
"Lord Fengshen, it's like this. Our boss wants to make a secret deal with you. The cooperation is very simple. He wants to exchange for evolution base. Whatever you want, we will provide. Whether it's food or industrial products, or even gasoline, we can provide it." Shi Weitian did not hide anything and directly stated his true purpose for coming to Yuzhou from the southeast, which was to make a deal.
Shen Feng heard this and seemed to be half-believing. It wasn't that he was unwilling to make a deal, but he considered the inconvenience of transportation. Even if Wang Aoye had food and gasoline, he couldn't easily transport them to Yuzhou. Did he have to bring his own people to transport them? That was too exaggerated.
"This, let's forget it. Yuzhou is thousands of kilometers away from the southeastern coast, and transportation is inconvenient. If it's transported through the Yangtze River, the Three Gorges are in the hands of the headquarters. Transactions cannot be kept secret. Moreover, I can buy gasoline from the headquarters at any time, and food is also sufficient, so I won't trouble you!" Shen Feng immediately refused. He was not a fool and would not agree to cooperate just because someone offered gasoline. They were thousands of miles apart, so how could they make a deal?
Shi Weitian seemed to have anticipated Shen Feng's reaction and continued, "Lord Fengshen, do you have a map here?"
Shen Feng nodded to Lin Yue, and Lin Yue immediately opened the display screen in the conference room and found an electronic map.
Shi Weitian slowly walked to the podium and pointed to the southeast of Yuzhou, smiling and saying, "Lord Fengshen, do you know that there are roads in the Wuling Mountains here? Going north will lead into Yuzhou territory. At that time, no matter what goods are transported, as long as they can enter Yuzhou territory, they can flow down the Wujiang River to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and then go upstream for a distance to reach Yuzhou. It can be said that Lord Fengshen can make a deal right at his doorstep. Why not?"
Shen Feng looked at the map and asked doubtfully, "You can deliver the transaction items to Wuling Mountain? That's impossible, right? You can at most smuggle in places with developed transportation in the southeast. Now you can deliver goods to Wuling Mountain, which is too exaggerated, isn't it?"