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The next day.

Inside an abandoned, half-built concrete building.

Seventy to eighty people had gathered together, currently dividing the food they had risked their lives to scavenge yesterday.

Most of these individuals possessed level 7 or level 8 strength, and there were also seven who had reached level 10.

"Everyone ration it carefully. Distribute a small portion to each of them and send them back out to forage for food."

The bearded leader frowned.

Yesterday, when he led a team out to scavenge, they ended up surrounded by a massive horde of zombies. If it hadn't been for selling out that woman...

He probably wouldn't have made it back alive.

"Boss, it's a real shame about that woman."

"Yeah, she was so gorgeous. We didn't even get a chance to taste her before she was fed to the zombies."

"Her spellcasting ability was somewhat useful, too. If yesterday hadn't been so critical, how could we have ever brought ourselves to abandon her?"

The leading men ate while sighing in regret.

Thinking of that woman, they couldn't help feeling a twinge of remorse.

Although Ye Piaopiao wore simple athletic attire, her flowing long hair and exquisitely stunning face were enough to make anyone's mouth water.

Wearing glasses gave her an even colder and more arrogant aura, sparking a strong desire for conquest in those around her.

"If I had known, I should have had my way with her a few days ago!" The second-in-command licked his lips.

"Forget it, better think about where we're going to get food now."

Just then, a commotion echoed through the half-built building, and everyone looked toward the stairwell.

They saw one man and three women slowly walking up.

"Sister Piaopiao, it's Sister Piaopiao!"

"Sister Piaopiao, you... you're still alive!"

Seeing Ye Piaopiao, everyone present wore bizarre expressions.

Quite a few felt utterly ashamed and involuntarily lowered their heads, not daring to look at her.

"Piaopiao, you're not dead! That's wonderful!" The bearded leader smiled and stepped forward to greet her.

Behind him, a crowd of people followed.

The second-in-command grinned as he looked Ye Piaopiao up and down, his eyes filled with naked desire.

"Heh, you people really are hypocritical," Ye Piaopiao sneered.

"Piaopiao, the situation was critical yesterday, wasn't it? Besides, didn't you survive anyway?"

"Big Brother, why waste so many words on her? She's just an awakened support class, why be so polite to her?"

The second-in-command pushed past the others.

With a sinister smile, he said, "Honestly, I thought it was a pity when I figured you were dead, but since you've delivered yourself right to our doorstep, I won't stand on ceremony. From today on, as long as you please me and the boss, I guarantee you'll live in luxury and never have to risk your life foraging for supplies again."

Before Ye Piaopiao could respond to these words, voices immediately rang out from the crowd.

"Boss, I can serve you guys too! Please don't make me go out to scavenge for supplies, okay?"

"I can do it too..."

A few ordinary-looking women squeezed out of the crowd, offering flattering and desperate pleas to the boss and the second-in-command.

"Get lost! Why don't you look in the mirror and see what you look like!"

Enraged, the second-in-command kicked several of the women to the ground before turning his gaze back to Ye Piaopiao.

"Haha! See that? The conditions I'm offering you are something countless women would kill for."

"You are going to die!"

Cold glints danced in Ye Piaopiao's eyes. She looked at the bearded leader and said, "Kill him with your own hands, and I will only take one of your arms."

"Haha, Boss, did you hear that? This woman doesn't know what's good for her, what are you still hesitating for?"

At this moment, the bearded leader's expression was also gloomy, but he was relatively sharp-witted.

Yesterday, Ye Piaopiao had been hunted by five to six thousand zombies, yet today she could appear here safe and sound, full of life.

He figured that the man standing before them must have saved her.

To rescue someone from the jaws of thousands of zombies without a single scratch meant the man possessed formidable strength—at the very least, something he himself could never accomplish.

"Brother, this is all a misunderstanding. What do you think?"

Realizing this, the bearded leader cupped his fists toward Lin Yu. Able to lead a small faction, he was far from a fool.

In the apocalypse, brainless people usually died the fastest.

Hearing this, Lin Yu was taken aback.

How did this get dragged onto me? It seems this fellow isn't just all brawn and no brains.

"Piaopiao can handle this herself; I'm just a spectator."

Lin Yu smiled.

He pulled Liu Shiyun and Ru Ke to the side, dragged over a stool, and sat down unceremoniously.

From somewhere, a handful of sunflower seeds appeared in the hands of all three.

They began to crack them open and eat with great relish.

The bearded leader took a deep breath and looked at Ye Piaopiao.

"Piaopiao, this is the food we scavenged yesterday. Take as much as you want, and let's call it square, how about that?"

As soon as these words were spoken, an uproar broke out among the crowd.

"Boss, have you lost your mind?"

"Boss, we went through hell to get this food, and a lot of people died for it!"

"Yeah, if we give it to her, what are we going to eat?"

Hearing the word "food," those who had previously felt guilty toward Ye Piaopiao all jumped out in opposition.

Their expressions changed faster than turning the page of a book.

Their ugly faces were vividly on display at this very moment.

"Heh! Go to hell!"

Ye Piaopiao couldn't be bothered with nonsense. Unwilling to engage in a verbal dispute, she drew the longsword from its scabbard.

"Do you really have to take it this far?"

Murderous intent finally surfaced in the bearded leader's eyes.

"[Spell: Speed Enhancement, Twofold!]"

Without another word, Ye Piaopiao swung her sword, casting a double-layered spell upon herself.

Instantly, her speed stat skyrocketed.

Her figure flashed by in a blur.

"Kill her! I want—"

The bearded leader shouted harshly.

However, before he could finish his sentence, he found he could no longer make a sound.

A thin line of blood slowly emerged across his neck.

"Wh—When..."

He desperately clamped his hands over his throat, but failed to stop the continuous gushing of blood.

Everyone was utterly shocked.

They had only just seen Ye Piaopiao's figure shift slightly, yet somehow she had already slashed their boss's throat.

Of everyone present, only Lin Yu and the two women had clearly caught Ye Piaopiao's movements.

The rest, including the bearded leader, hadn't even seen when she drew her blade.

Even after his throat was slit, he hadn't reacted in time and was still in the middle of speaking, which showed just how terrifyingly fast Ye Piaopiao was.

At tier 1, her speed was 226 points. After her spell tripled it, it directly reached 678 points.

The strongest person present, the level-10 bearded leader, only had a speed of 55 points—a difference of more than tenfold.

"Thud!"

His body collapsed heavily to the ground, the sound echoing like a grim reaper's call within everyone's hearts.

By now, the second-in-command had lost all his previous arrogance, his face contorted with panic.

Retreating into the crowd behind him, he screamed, "Get her! Whoever kills her can be the boss!"

At this moment, terror gripped his heart to the extreme. The strongest boss had been instantly killed in a single move; how could he possibly survive?

How could he have known that Ye Piaopiao had always been stronger than them, and was merely concealing her true capabilities?

Ye Piaopiao's figure moved once more.

She charged toward those who had abandoned her!

One strike per person!

It was like slaughtering chickens or dogs, without the slightest bit of difficulty.

Even those few who had awakened special talents were utterly vulnerable before her, the disparity in stats simply too massive.

They didn't even have time to activate their innate abilities before their throats were slashed open.

"S-class awakened individuals and those below S-class are entirely different concepts; the gap between them is as vast as a chasm."

"Similarly, tiers are crucial. Tier 1 and level 10 are simply not on the same plane."

Lin Yu and the two women watched Ye Piaopiao's blurred figure with a hint of admiration.

"Sister Piaopiao, I was forced into it! Don't kill me..."

Someone cried out, begging for mercy.

Yet, the only reply he received was a flash of sword light.

More decisive and ruthless than any man.