"Come here!"

"Put down your guns!"

The defense team members rushed forward, disarming the two bandits and tying their hands and feet with ropes. Only then did they breathe a sigh of relief.

They knew they had won this battle!

"Is there anyone else inside?" Li Tianran walked over and glanced at Meng Sen on the ground. The scarlet blood and gruesome wounds were visually shocking.

"No one else!" The fat man, with several guns pointed at his head, said in a terrified voice, "There were only five of us to begin with… When we were killing Meng Sen, he took out two of us, and then we took him out…"

Li Tianran watched all of this indifferently.

These people, just ten days ago, might have been law-abiding citizens, perhaps even helping old grandpas cross the street. But now, they were willing to kill their companions for survival, and they could no longer be called human beings.

They were beasts!

Beasts who had lost their moral compass and humanity in the disaster!

If it had been him a few days ago, he might have found this scene unacceptable. But after Xiaotian's betrayal, he finally understood that to survive in this environment, you had to be crueler than others, more ferocious than those inhuman beasts, to protect yourself and the people important to you!

So at this moment, Li Tianran looked at the corpse on the ground without any emotion.

As if only a dog had died…

"You guys are really capable of selling out your friends for survival… Heh!" Wang Bing sneered, his eyes filled with mockery, staring at the two tied-up bandits. "If heaven has eyes, it should let you all die in infighting!"

"..." The fat man's face turned red with shame, and he lowered his head.

The other bandit seemed to sense the killing intent in Wang Bing's words. He screamed, "You said… you wouldn't kill us if we surrendered!"

"We said we wouldn't kill you, but we didn't say we wouldn't beat you up…" Wang Bing sneered.

The others beside him also grinned, rubbing their fists, and surrounded them.

Their hatred for the bandits was like a farmer's hatred for a chicken-stealing weasel. They had worked so hard to accumulate their wealth, only to have it effortlessly snatched away by the bandits. No one could stand that!

They had indeed killed many bandits just now, but if they really wanted to vent their anger, a good, old-fashioned beating was much more satisfying!

A group of people surrounded the two bandits, punching and kicking them wildly. At first, the two bandits were still screaming and wailing, but later, only weak moans and pleas for mercy remained.

"Alright, drag them to the car and keep an eye on them." After letting the defense team members vent for a while, Li Tianran said, "Leave two people to guard them, and the rest of you come with me to the warehouse!"

Hearing this, everyone stopped.

The main reason they killed the bandits was to reclaim their own food. Now, hearing Li Tianran's words, their faces immediately lit up with uncontrollable excitement.

"Where is your warehouse?" Wang Bing grabbed the fat bandit's hair and asked coldly.

"North of the backyard, a warehouse with two big iron doors…" the fat man said, his speech slurred, his face covered in blood.

…

Whoosh!

The two modified iron gates were violently smashed open, and Li Tianran led more than a dozen defense team members inside.

As soon as they walked in, they were stunned by the scene before them.

Inside the nearly thousand-square-meter warehouse, there were piles of various grains, food, and some daily necessities, and even some large equipment.

Rice and flour were piled up like small mountains in the warehouse!

Cigarettes, alcohol, and various snacks were stacked together in boxes, almost touching the top of the warehouse!

"Heavens! How much food did they steal…" A defense team member stood beside him, swallowing hard, his eyes wide. "They've not only plundered a small town, but practically an entire city!"

Although this was a bit of an exaggeration, it was enough to prove the large quantity of food in the warehouse. If it were distributed, even if the entire town shared it equally, it could last them at least seven days!

Since the Cataclysm, the defense team members had never seen such a large amount of food.

Thinking about the hardships they had endured in recent days, they couldn't help but laugh out loud, then tears streamed down their faces as they knelt on the ground, spreading their arms, wanting to embrace their new future!

With this food, they would no longer have to worry about hunger.

They and their families could survive safely in this Cataclysm!

Some people couldn't wait to rush up, tear open the packaging of some food, and stuff it into their mouths, chewing voraciously.

It was a box of soft bread.

Before the Cataclysm, it cost forty-five yuan.

After the Cataclysm, it once rose to five hundred yuan, and was quickly snatched up, becoming priceless.

At this moment, the defense team members chewed the bread, feeling the aroma of grains exploding and spreading in their mouths. They felt that the battle they had just fought, the life-and-death danger, was worth it!

"Stop for a moment!" Just then, Wang Bing suddenly shouted. The defense team members were stunned and turned their attention to him.

"We were able to avenge ourselves, to come here, to eat soft bread again… All of this is thanks to Boss Li. So I propose that Boss Li get to pick first from everything in the warehouse!" Wang Bing said in a deep voice, "After Boss Li is done, we'll divide the rest equally!"

Wang Bing's words silenced the entire warehouse.

"Yes, yes, yes! Let Boss Li pick first!"

"If it weren't for Boss Li, we'd all be drinking the northwest wind right now!"

"Quick, make way for Boss Li!"

The defense team members grinned, enthusiastically and consciously putting down the things in their hands.

The expected scene of fighting and snatching did not appear.

Li Tianran was also a little surprised. He thought that after seeing the food, the defense team members, who had been forced to unite due to the pressure from the bandits, would start fighting and have conflicts over unfair distribution. But now it seemed that his worries were completely unnecessary.

They had gone through life and death together during the battle, and a kind of "battle friendship" had grown and strengthened between them.

And most importantly, Li Tianran's previous act of chasing and killing more than a dozen bandits had completely subdued them.

If they had previously obeyed Li Tianran's orders only because he possessed weapons and great strength, then now, they were completely convinced by Li Tianran.

Daring to face more than a dozen people alone, who among them had such courage?

Who could stand alone with a sword, only Boss Li!

Li Tianran waved his hand indifferently. He didn't have a high demand for the things in the warehouse. He wanted to refuse, but then, the corner of his eye suddenly caught a glimpse of a certain object in the corner, and he was immediately stunned.

"These bandits, they even stole this?" Li Tianran's voice trembled slightly as he quickly ran over.