"Chen Guang, something happened! Zhang Liang was injured by a zombie just now, badly. Come quickly!"

Chen Luo was chatting with Chen Guang when one of Chen Guang's companions rushed over in a fluster.

Chen Guang was shocked. Injured by a zombie? Was it a zombie horde?

Impossible. Chen Guang wouldn't be so stupid as to fight a zombie horde head-on, would he?

Chen Guang left Chen Luo and hurried off to see how his companion was.

Zhang Liang had been smoking a cigarette at the entrance of the complex when a zombie came toward him. He didn't pay it much attention, planning to strike it when it got close.

Having been around zombies for so long, Zhang Liang had figured out their strengths and weaknesses. Zombies were strong, but slow.

As long as you avoided their attacks and gave them a couple of blows to the head, they'd fall.

Zhang Liang was used to it and wasn't afraid of zombies.

But he didn't expect this zombie to play by different rules. Before it even got close, it launched a fireball at him.

Caught off guard, Zhang Liang was hit squarely.

The fireball struck Zhang Liang's chest, instantly burning a hole through his abdomen.

A severe injury.

If his companion hadn't been nearby and rescued him in time, Zhang Liang would have been a goner.

What they couldn't understand even more was that the zombie ran away after seeing so many people, instead of charging forward recklessly as they usually did.

Rescuing Zhang Liang was the priority, so they didn't chase it.

But how to save him?

Could this kind of injury be healed with ordinary wound medicine?

If he didn't get timely treatment, Zhang Liang would die.

Chen Guang, who had arrived, felt a chill run down his spine after hearing what had happened.

So zombies really could use magic, just like Chen Luo had said, and they even had some basic intelligence.

They had been staying in the closed-off complex, wanting to deal with the zombies inside first before exploring outside. They hadn't seen any Level 1 zombies, let alone mutated ones.

They had always thought that only survivors could wield supernatural powers.

Chen Luo walked over, and Chen Guang felt like he had grasped at a life-saving straw.

"Chen, Chen-ge, is there any way to save my brother?"

Chen Guang didn't think Chen Luo could do anything, but he was desperate. Maybe, just maybe…

Chen Luo nodded and called Mi Li over, asking her to cast a healing spell on Zhang Liang.

Chen Luo didn't say, "You have to promise to be my underlings before I'll save him."

That kind of intelligence was truly worrying.

Silver-white energy emerged from Mi Li's palm and entered Zhang Liang's wound.

Zhang Liang's wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Chen Guang and the others watched Mi Li in utter shock. A healing spell?

Did such an ability exist? None of them had it in their group, nor had they ever seen anyone who did.

If they had this ability, would they still be afraid of getting injured?

Mi Li cast two healing spells in a row. Although Zhang Liang's wound wasn't completely healed, new flesh had grown over the entire injury.

Zhang Liang, who had been half-dead and in a semi-conscious state, was now able to stand up nimbly, although he was still in some pain.

Zhang Liang said gratefully, "Thank you, thank you."

Chen Luo chuckled, gave Chen Guang a look, and left with Mi Li.

That look was to tell Chen Guang to consider his earlier proposal.

Unexpectedly, a Level 1 zombie had appeared at a crucial moment to help him.

Was I lying?

Chen Luo shook his head. If he wasn't short on manpower right now, he wouldn't have bothered so much. He wouldn't even need to trick you; you'd be begging me to take you in.

Right now, Chen Luo's requirements were low. As long as you listened to orders and dared to fight zombies, he'd take you. Once he had more people, he'd need talent and strength to even consider you.

As soon as Chen Luo left, Chen Guang sighed, "I can't believe he was right. Zombies can really use magic. What kind of world is this? Is it even possible to live?"

Chen Guang repeated what Chen Luo had just said.

"He said that we can join forces, but we have to listen to him."

Zhang Liang was the first to speak up, "Just listen, then. I don't want to admit it, but he's definitely more capable than us."

"Putting everything else aside, if we join him, at least we won't have to worry about getting injured in the future. With a healer, what's there to fear?"

Everyone voiced their opinions.

"Judging by his expression, he's known about the secret of the crystals for a long time. Damn it, it took someone else to tell us before we knew. We're so many days behind. That guy's definitely smarter than us."

"I don't care. I'm stupid anyway. Even if I don't listen to him, no one will listen to me."

"I don't care either. He has a lot of girls on his side. As long as he lets me join, I'll do anything."

"That guy isn't just smart, is he? He can casually throw out a dog that seems really strong. I have a feeling that his strength is probably terrifying."

Chen Guang said with a wry smile, "I forgot to mention, he said he could easily slaughter all of us working together. I didn't believe him before, but now I'm starting to."

A middle-aged man in his forties lit a cigarette and pondered, "Logically speaking, we're the ones who cleared out the zombies in the complex, so we should have considered the resources in the complex to be our own."

"He's moving the resources now, and we didn't stop him. If we dared to stop him, he'd probably wipe us out on the spot."

"We had the idea of joining forces before. This person is stronger than us, both in terms of the big picture and his strength. We can't expect him to listen to us after we join forces, can we? That wouldn't make any sense."

"He was able to bring it up beforehand, directly, so I think this person is still alright. Our original goal was to survive. It's better to have a smart person leading us than to explore on our own."

"I'll just say it outright. Even if you don't agree, I want to join their side on my own. At least the probability of survival will be higher."

Chen Guang looked at everyone. It seemed like no one was against it. What was there to discuss?

In particular, the original three girls in the group had already gone over to help the others with their work after seeing so many girls gathered together.

They had directly defected.

Being with women was safer than being with a group of big men, right?

They had to join, even if they didn't want to. Otherwise, life would be even harder with a group of beasts.

Chen Guang and his group ran over excitedly.

Chen Guang said with a smile, "Chen-ge, we're willing to listen to you."

He had been calling him Chen Luo at first, but Chen Guang had the sense to call him Chen-ge directly.

Chen Luo laughed. He had successfully tricked them?

Of course, it was good to have more manpower.

Although it was a bit hasty, without much investigation, he still had Mi Fan, didn't he?

Chen Luo's expression was serious. "Alright, welcome everyone to join. I only have two requirements: listen to orders, and dare to fight zombies. If you can't do that, don't blame me for turning on you."

Fa Wang echoed from the side, "That's right, I'll turn on you too!"

Chen Guang and the others nodded repeatedly. Chen Luo couldn't conveniently learn their specific information at this time.

"Then that's settled. Help with the moving. Since we're joining forces, we'll live together to have someone to look after each other. Is it okay if everyone moves to my place?"

With the addition of Chen Guang and his group, the heavy truck was quickly filled. Chen Luo planned to go back to the villa area to put the supplies away, then come back a few more times.

Chen Luo arranged for Chen Guang and the others to continue moving, first gathering the supplies together, while he took his original team back to the villa area.

They had cleared the road when they came, so there were no obstacles on the way.

But there were a few more cars in the villa area.