You were supposed to hoard supplies, why the heck did you hoard zombies!

It indeed wasn't painful originally.

But when Zhang Ye asked her that way, Gao Feng suddenly felt as if the wound was beginning to split apart, and the slight burning pain was making her feel like sitting on pins and needles.

Her body twisted slightly a few times, but Zhang Ye caught on immediately.

"There's no need to force yourself."

"If you need painkillers, just tell me directly; the company's medical supplies are quite sufficient."

The concern from the leader instantly made the woman's emotions even more complex.

Along with that, there was a feeling of heat from the wound.

Spreading slowly throughout her entire body.

Gao Feng's complexion was already turning somewhat red.

In her heart, she kept wondering, what exactly did this man want by suddenly coming to Jiangbei and looking for her for a private chat in the dead of night?

Could it actually be, as the rumors said, for her body?

They say the man's villa is full of women.

That's his harem.

But in reality, from beginning to end, the only women that people seem to have seen were only those three or five, including Tian Miao, the little girl who worked as a telegraph operator at the company headquarters.

However, in the pitch dark with just a single man and woman, it was hard not to let one's thoughts wander in that direction.

Zhang Ye, however, was somewhat panic-stricken.

Logically, there shouldn't be any wounds left by zombies on this woman, so why did she look like she was running a fever?

He was inclined to move back a bit or maybe simply leave the room.

But after careful thought, he decided against that idea.

The timing wasn't right.

She had risked her life for the company.

And here he was, the boss, appearing cowardly and fearing death; what would people say, and how would he lead the team then?

Although there was the restriction of the employee's chart, he couldn't be certain that she wouldn't betray him.

After all, the system didn't say that favorability could only increase and not decrease.

It's always better to be cautious.

Since he had no plan to leave, he had to quickly ask about the important matters, to minimize the chance of any accident happening.

After clearing these thoughts, Zhang Ye directly asked, "Gao Feng, tell me about what you all have experienced these past few days, I guess you must have encountered quite a few dangers."

"Mhm."

The woman responded softly, then her eyes quickly swept across his face before looking towards the garbage bin next to her.
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The events that had occurred three days ago once again surfaced before her eyes.

"That day, I intended to take people and track Peng Yue."

"We followed him all the way to the urban area..."

"Later..."

Her voice was a bit hoarse.

And carried a decisiveness usually found in men.

Within a few short sentences, she had laid out everything that had happened during the past few days before Zhang Ye.

Three days ago, Peng Yue had sent back another group of people.

Then he disappeared without a trace.

Gao Feng, who had always been curious about their movements, decisively led her people to follow.

At first, both sides managed to maintain a distance of about three to four hundred meters, but as they went deeper into the urban area, the obstacles on the road became more and more frequent.

The Hunters ultimately lost sight of the Excellence Fleet at a crossroad.

There, hundreds of starving zombies were gathered.

The road conditions were severely congested.

If it weren't for the timely discovery of a side path, the horde of zombies at that intersection alone could have caused them extremely severe casualties, despite each one of them being armed with guns.

The noise from gunfire in the urban area would be enough to draw all the zombies or Mutant Beasts within a five hundred meters radius.

By then, with their small number of hands, they definitely wouldn't end up well.

Then someone guessed that Peng Yue and his people had probably run off through that side path, so everyone chased ahead for half a day.

Still to no avail.

The imagined convoy camp did not appear.

Even the pitiful bodies crushed by tires that had been everywhere previously were now nowhere to be seen.

They had completely lost the trail.

But Gao Feng was not all that disappointed in her heart.

The reason she had followed Peng Yue's fleet was actually out of concern that he might be scheming against the company behind their back, so she wanted to see for herself what was going on.

But now that he had disappeared, it might be better to take advantage of the outing to gather some intelligence before returning.

On her order, everyone quickly began to survey their surroundings.

Street signs were everywhere.

Knowing their current location was naturally not a difficult task.

But even so, the outcome still left these Hunters dumbfounded.

By following the Excellence Fleet through a haphazard chase, they had unwittingly traveled three to four kilometers and arrived at the center of the Jiangbei District.

Beyond that was a commercial street.

Pass the street and one more kilometer to the north, and they would be in Li Wanhao's territory.

That was a name they naturally had heard of.

As a matter of fact, over this period, the company had already obtained quite a few playing cards from the survivors at the fleet's base, cards that could be used as currency.

Being able to use such items as currency, and the fact that people even in such a remote settlement used it, showed the formidable strength of the other side.

Zhang Ye had also given them specific orders.

Without a good reason, do not provoke or contact that person.

It was not out of fear, but out of concern that stirring the grass might startle the snake and provoke all the forces in Jiangbei District to band together.

If that happened, the company's plan to expand across the bridge would inevitably be hindered.

It was precisely for this reason that the members of the Hunter Squad were filled with curiosity about this boss, including Gao Feng, who was currently the squad leader.

She suddenly felt an impulse.

To gather some intelligence about the other party from the outskirts.

Since they were already here, it would be somewhat wasteful to return empty-handed.

After making the decision, the Hunter Squad resolutely chose to continue forward.

The first step was to cross the commercial street.

The zombies here were not much different from those in the city center.

The greater the human traffic had been, the more numerous the zombies.

But after half a year of mutations, these walking dead had begun to exhibit more distinct characteristics.

Intelligence.

They had become smarter.

This intelligence was not reflected in the individuals.

But rather in the communities of zombies that reached a certain number.

Just like the packs of stray dogs wandering at the edge of the city.

The incident that occurred at first in the abandoned factory district, where zombies lured survivors to chase them and used environmental cover to launch ambushes, had now become the norm.

Seemingly brute and mindless zombies, when gathered together, turned into a tribe that was vicious and cunning, forcing the survivors in hiding to constantly migrate or also band together.

And this further spurred all sorts of survivor forces, large and small, to spring up like bamboo shoots after a rain throughout the urban areas.

But due to the huge numerical disparity between the two sides, the survivors could still only struggle to survive under the pressure of the zombies.

Even the Hunter Squad was no exception.

They too lacked the strength to challenge a large horde of zombies.

Getting past the commercial street was not possible by vehicle.

They could only proceed on foot.

And they had to constantly be on guard against the Type-T Variants that roamed like sentries on the periphery of the streets.

With life and death at stake, everyone's body tensed up, not daring to take an extra breath.

But at this very moment, a firecracker was thrown from who knows where.

The instant the crackling of the explosion began, a tide was already rolling toward the direction of the Hunter Squad.

"Fuck, it's a trap!"