Chapter 1949: Chapter 1949

"Old Zheng! Old Zheng! Wake up!"

"Huh... Ouch... What’s going on? Are we out?"

"We’ve been out for a while now!"

"Damn, can you keep your voice down? If those army groups find out, we’re done for!"

"Don’t worry, right now it’s all Liang Junsong’s people around us."

"Ah... you mean... we’re safe?"

"Of course, otherwise why would I call you? Come on out."

In a truck, Zheng Minghui carefully opened a wooden crate and groggily crawled out from inside. The first thing he did was check the surroundings. The people who were once crowded inside the truck had vanished, replaced by the bossy voices of others outside.

"What’s happening outside?" The few male voices outside sounded unpleasant and arrogant, making Zheng Minghui want to punch someone.

Shen Mingke nudged his mouth and said, "Go see for yourself." With that, he jumped off the truck, and Zheng Minghui sneakily looked out from the back. Besides their truck, there were over a dozen similar large trucks parked behind.

It seemed they had already left Cloud Gorge Base, and the blinding light emanating from Zombie King Camutos to the southeast was nowhere near as intense as it was at Cloud Gorge Base.

They were now at a fertilizer plant somewhere in the wilderness, while Shen Mingke and Zheng Minghui were outside the plant, looking into the gate. The place was packed with people, either squatting or sitting on the ground, silent, listening to some man speaking in front of them.

"This is no longer Cloud Gorge Base; everyone should know what that means, right?"

"I won’t say it again. You all better remember, Brother Song is our leader now. If you want to survive, obey him. Got it?"

People inside the plant wore various expressions while looking disdainfully at the man shouting in front of the crowd—just a lackey. As for Brother Song, that’s the same Liang Junsong that Shen Mingke mentioned earlier. People looked down on him even more, a so-called Level 7 New Human, who hid in the bottom of urea bags to escape from Cloud Gorge Base!

But even if they looked down on Liang Junsong, they had no choice. Having left Cloud Gorge Base, rules and order no longer existed. In a world where the law of the jungle prevailed, rules could only be set by the strongest. Here, the strongest was Liang Junsong, and all they could do was submit.

If they chose to defy...

Since they chose to leave Cloud Gorge Base, no one was willing to recklessly die after leaving.

Isn’t the purpose to survive?

No one spoke, their eyes focused on the lackey at the front. Seeing no one spoke up, the lackey glanced around, picked up a mud-covered steel rod from the ground, and swung it at one of the men!

The next second, a scream rang out, accompanied by the sound of breaking bones. The beaten man curled up on the ground, clutching his arm. Seeing this, others were finally frightened, and some immediately said, "Un... understood!" Get full chapters from 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹•𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖•𝗇𝗲𝘁

"And you?" The lackey smiled, then looked at the beaten man, turning fierce again. How could the guy dare say no? The lackey was ruthless, breaking his bones with one hit. If he resisted, he might be beaten to death!

So the beaten man quickly nodded repeatedly, "Understood, understood! I understand! Don’t hit me!" Soon, more people chimed in, and the lackey showed a satisfied expression, then ran off to the office in the back.

Watching this, Zheng Minghui turned to Shen Mingke and asked, "What’s going on here?"

Shen Mingke rubbed his nose disdainfully and said, "What else? That Liang Junsong bastard wants to be a local emperor." As he spoke, he scanned the crowd inside the plant, quickly spotting several good-looking women. With a flirtatious grin, he said to Zheng Minghui, "Heh, there are a few pretty ladies in there. Let’s take them out to have fun later."

Hearing this, Zheng Minghui glanced over. Like Shen Mingke, he too spotted the notably attractive women in the crowd.

The two exchanged a look, both wearing sly smiles, the meaning clear without words.

But quickly, Zheng Minghui’s mood turned gloomy. In the apocalypse, women were scarce, and any woman with a touch of beauty was kept by the big shots. How could ordinary people enjoy them?

Those without looks would choose to work in professions that couldn’t be mentioned.

Undoubtedly, the women inside the plant were of above-average appearance. Given that Liang Junsong would likely pass them around, who knew when they’d reach him? That’s why Zheng Minghui felt a bit downhearted.

However, Shen Mingke seemed to notice his gloom, chuckling before saying, "Why the long face? I have good news for you."

"Heh..." Shen Mingke chuckled slyly twice before saying, "Out of all these people, how many are New Humans, do you think?"

At this, Zheng Minghui’s eyes lit up, "Stop teasing! How many?"

"Only three, get it?"

"Only three..." Zheng Minghui was taken aback, looking at his old comrade and then the hundreds inside the plant. He and Shen Mingke were both Level 6 New Humans, while the rest, aside from Liang Junsong, were all ordinary people!

So, apart from them, the rest were just regular folks!

Zheng Minghui immediately realized what Shen Mingke meant by good news: Liang Junsong wanted to be the local emperor, so their job was simple—to become his lackeys!

Being two Level 6 New Humans, Liang Junsong wouldn’t refuse them; they could live carefree. Those women, they could do whatever they wanted with them, right?

However, there was still a question in Shen Mingke’s mind: after dealing with Liang Junsong, the guy seemed entirely uninterested in those women.

He had heard of Liang Junsong’s reputation back at Cloud Gorge Base, the guy wasn’t virtuous—it worked, but given his behavior of hiding in urea bags to escape, Liang Junsong clearly wasn’t a gentleman.

No reason—it was truly strange...