Chapter Seventeen: Contradiction (Part One) Seeking Truth in Hiding

  Liang Jingyue became more and more excited, as if he had found a treasure trove of gold.

  Think about it, if you can exert your full strength with just a small amount of power, how long can you keep fighting with that little power? And those who are stronger than themselves can't withstand the state of continuous full-strength attacks without knowing fatigue. It's worth noting that full-strength combat consumes a lot of physical energy, and even if one has perseverance, their body will soon collapse. Full-strength burst attacks aren't marathons, just keep going and you won't stop.

  It's no wonder that Liang Jing didn't discover it before. It turns out that this state can only appear when there is a thought of attack in the brain, and daily activities such as eating and doing things cannot enter this state. In previous battles, Liang Jing used more than 80% of his strength, even if not full force explosion, so he didn't notice this strange state.

  Half a year later, after repeated attempts, Liang Jing was able to enter this state at will, whether in battle or in daily life, as long as he had the intention, he could exert his body's maximum strength with minimal force. In his heart, he called this state "Combat State".

  Liang Jing held the small stone between his thumb and two middle fingers, aiming the red light at the head of the mutated mosquito. With a flick of his two middle fingers, the stone shot out like a bullet, swift as lightning, reaching its target in an instant, leaving no time for the mutated mosquito to react.

  Whoosh...... The mutated mosquitoes' chests were hit, their bodies broken into two segments, almost exploding, disintegrating in mid-air and scattering in all directions.

  Good, perfect. The usability of 【violent throwing】has increased greatly, and the stealthy sneak attack is extremely sharp, more convenient and casual than using a gun.

  So now the problem to be solved is the ammunition, small stones and glass balls are definitely not feasible, too few are not easy to find, inconvenient to store, uneven specifications and shapes have a significant impact on shooting effect, and weight and hardness are also insufficient.

  Suddenly, Liang Jing's eyes lit up.

  Steel ball!

  Right, steel balls can be found in large quantities now. If a factory that produces steel balls is found now, tens of millions or even hundreds of millions can be found directly.

  The use of steel balls is too much, no matter what bearings, motorcycles, aerospace, medical equipment and so on can be used, so the production manufacturers are not few, not far from Clear Water Bay there is a manufacturer specializing in the production of steel balls.

  Liáng Jìng had previously gone to the factory building for a job interview, where the steel balls inside had undergone heat treatment and were all smooth and shiny. There were various models and specifications, and the quantity was absolutely not small. As long as he could get in now, he would easily find tens of thousands of them. If he found a way to load them into his inventory, he believed that for a very long time, he wouldn't have to worry about running out of ammunition.

  Liāng Jìng thought to himself, if he used large steel marbles, with his own powerful strength added to them, the effect would be even more severe than that of a sniper rifle. Thumb-sized, or even larger.

  However, looking at the sky, both suns are setting in the west and it's about to get dark. I can only make plans for later. Now, strange creatures are rampant everywhere, and there is a crisis lurking around every corner. It's not safe to go to that factory either.

  Go to the bicycle and motorcycle repair shop at the entrance of Qing Shui Bay first, find some steel balls for use first, and use them temporarily.

  It's getting dark soon, this is the first night of the end of the world, and Liang Jing always feels uneasy.

  Walking on the dirty, messy and fragmented road, everywhere is stained with black and red blood, walls and streets are dyed, from time to time, you can still see human remains, most of which were caused by being suddenly attacked by mutated monsters.

  All the way, occasionally using 【Violent Throw】 to shoot and kill mutated mosquitoes with small stones, but no mutated spiders were encountered. The mutated spider itself seems to be rare, and the proficiency of 【Violent Throw】 has also been raised to beginner 5%.

  The bicycle repair shop was also a mess with bloodstains everywhere, Master Zhang had disappeared and no one knew what happened to him. However, Liang Jing didn't care about that and instead spent half the day searching for suitable steel balls, finally finding some that were about 8mm in diameter, roughly the size of a small thumb, with nearly a thousand of them. They could barely be used as a makeshift weapon, although they couldn't unleash their maximum attacking power.

  Back at the temporary residence building with Yang Yuanyuan, the sky had already darkened and was about to be completely black. A planet without lights, shrouded in darkness.

  Everyone in the house has stopped, chatting and laughing, only Yang Yu Yuan is still carefully checking for any omissions. It seems that all the places that need to be repaired have been fixed, and some useless things have also been moved out of the door.

  At this time, Liang Jing suddenly found that there were several more people in the house. Four men wearing security uniforms, Liang Jing recognized them as former security guards at the factory, and they were chatting with a few women in the house, laughing and talking.

  Before the end of the world, Liang Jing and these security guards had a normal relationship. They would just smile and exchange pleasantries when they met during work hours. After the world changed, Liang Jing's personality changed a lot, perhaps revealing his true nature, becoming more direct and harsh, not very likable. When he saw several former colleagues who were also security guards, Liang Jing only glanced at them, lightly nodded as a greeting, and didn't care about their thoughts.

  Li Jing also knows that his current personality is not very likable, but he doesn't care because he thinks this version of himself is more free and easy-going than before when he was "putting on a happy face", this is the real him, and he doesn't want to wear a mask anymore.

  Several people on the other side gave Liang Jing a strange look, although Liang Jing was now holding a short knife and wearing a leather jacket on the outside, which made his body look more robust than usual after being strengthened by the white spiritual light of Huang Jin Baluo. However, they didn't pay much attention to Liang Jing, seemingly indifferent to his appearance. In their hearts, Liang Jing was already a dead man, and "dead men" were not worth their concern. They turned their heads and continued to chat and joke with several girls, occasionally making gestures and causing the girls to shriek and laugh from time to time.

  Li Jing couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at this scene. These people were really heartless and didn't have any sense of crisis, not knowing when to restrain themselves. They would eventually die at the hands of mutated monsters or evil men.

  Gao Fu Yu Liu Zhen is a very good example.

  I looked at the pimpled guy and a few others, and yeah, there was another guy over there too, probably arrived in the afternoon. When everyone looked at him, their eyes would dart away, with an unconscious sense of estrangement. It seemed like he knew that he had killed Liu Nengtian and a few others in the afternoon, and the excitement from earlier had vanished into thin air. Those weren't just game characters, but real people whose lives had disappeared right before his eyes.

  Can you not be afraid when facing a murderer? Or are you so fierce that you can fight, and if you suddenly erupt, you can easily kill yourself. If you suddenly erupt, you won't even have time to react, let alone now that Liang Jing doesn't look like his usual talkative self, looking a bit cold and unapproachable, making people feel even more psychologically pressured and hair-raising.

  Liang Jing shook his head and smiled wryly, feeling somewhat disheartened. It seemed that these people's mindset had not transitioned from the past "stable" world to the current apocalyptic world. Perhaps he had changed too quickly and too drastically, but weren't these changes unavoidable? In a world where only the strong survived, if you didn't eat others, others would eat you. At this moment, Liang Jing felt out of place among the crowd, so he didn't say much to them.

  "What's going on with those people? When did they arrive?" Yang Yuwen asked as he walked over, having just come out of the room where he was checking the window seals.

  "They found us not long after we moved in and formed a team with us to survive against the monsters." Yang Yu also didn't think much of it at the time, agreeing to their request. Although several security guards looked somewhat unscrupulous, they were all adult men who could handle things.

  After glancing at Yang Yu Yuan a few times, Liang Jing didn't raise any objections, although he wasn't quite in agreement with the idea. Food alone was already a big problem, but now Liang Jing felt a sense of detachment from this group as well, so he didn't bring it up. He knew that he was only temporarily joining forces with them, nothing more.

  With Liang Jing's current overbearing personality, he can only be a down-to-earth "troublemaker", otherwise, he always feels restricted and doesn't like this feeling.

  He smiled wryly to himself, didn't say much, found a remote corner of the sofa and lay down to rest with his eyes closed. Today was really exhausting, not just physically but mentally as well, so many things had happened in just one day.

  Several security guards glanced at Liang Jing, who was resting with his eyes closed in the distance, and whispered to each other in low voices for fear of being heard by Liang Jing.

  "This Liang Jing is getting more and more pretentious, doesn't even greet us when she sees us..." said the middle-aged security guard with a square face and medium build to the several women next to him.

  "That's right, Old Li said it correctly, this TMD really thinks he is somebody... Humph!" A tall and thin security guard said, but seeing the middle-aged security guard Li Lao Da's gaze, he quickly shut his mouth.

  "With Liang Jing being like this, he definitely won't live for long, pretending to be a big shot will get him struck by lightning...” The relatively young security guard didn't catch the warning glance from the middle-aged security guard and pointed at Liang Jing with his finger, seemingly trying to show off in front of the girl.

  “……”

  Liang Jing's eyes suddenly opened, his pupils icy and indifferent. The temperature in the entire room seemed to drop, and the people inside felt something, their low voices disappearing instantly.