Chapter 25: After the Mouse Tide (Third Watch) Seeking Red Tickets and Favorites

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  Along the 2-3 meter wide gravel road, Liang Jing and Ling Qinghe quickly found the location of Zhang Hu Ke and others. There were four small tile houses divided into two sides, with a two-story building in the middle. The exterior had not been renovated yet, and it seemed that the previous owner was not very wealthy, as people had already started living in the building. Not far from the front of the building was a small river ditch commonly seen in Jiangnan Province, with a water surface over 10 meters wide. Due to its remote location, there were many reeds growing on the riverbank, and behind the two small tile houses on the right-hand side was a small lake covering an area of less than one square kilometer.

  I don't know how Zhang Hu and the others found such a quiet and secluded place, Liang Jing smiled bitterly in her heart, this kind of place is prone to dangerous mutations; seeing that Zhang Hu, Liu Zhi Xiong and Wang surname man Ah Yao were all inside, but the four of them looked somewhat dazed, only when they saw Liang Jing return did they suddenly change their expressions; "Boss!"

  "Boss, you're back."

  Liang Jing nodded, ignoring them, and continued to move on her own. After a day of physical labor, she was exhausted and dirty, especially after dissecting the steel mouse earlier. Her body was covered in bloodstains, so she decided to take a bath first.

  Hehe...

  Turn on the faucet, but only a few drops of water and a hissing sound came out. Liang Jing smiled wryly again, feeling that nothing here was to her liking. It seemed like every time she needed water, it would suddenly stop working. She had no choice but to take this plastic bucket outside to the small ditch to fetch some water.

  After taking a bath, I felt refreshed and invigorated. It was only then that I learned from Zhang Hu and the others, who had greatly improved in appearance, that they had come up with a plan to attract and hold back the mouse tide, and then ran a long distance to escape its line of sight. In their panic, they followed a small path made of sand and stone along one side of the road until they arrived here. At the time, they didn't have time to think about anything else, and fortunately, they didn't know whether it was good luck or that other mutant monsters had also hidden from the mouse tide's aura. They hadn't encountered any danger, and the group silently checked and tidied up the house while waiting for Liang Jing to return. Of course, the mutated black-backed dog (zombie) had been hiding in the dark, following them. Generally speaking, they could handle ordinary monsters, but they just didn't discover it.

  "Ling Qinghe, you go cook dinner, it's getting late." After understanding the situation, Liang Jing suddenly reacted, now that it was not early, the sky had slowly darkened, unlike the world before the mutation, where there were electric lights and whatnot, now even lighting a fire was very dangerous.

  Ling Qinghe responded with a gentle "yes", and there was still food in the house, including rice and some commonly eaten vegetables. There were even quite a few bags of rice stored away. Liang Jing took out two packages of cured sausage and over two catties of dried meat, believing that tonight's dinner would be sumptuous. To think that before the world changed, such feasts were rarely seen, made Liang Jing, as a loser, extremely fond of this new world. Although it was perilous, his heart felt at ease, without any depression or anxiety, and his mind was clear.

  "Tell me what's going on with you two?" Liang Jing asked Wang and A Yao.

  At this time, the two people on the other side didn't look very good. Even when Liang Jing came back alive just now, he was only half relieved and looked very depressed, it seemed that this blow to them was quite big.

  "It was like this, after you guys left in the afternoon, we and the newly joined short-eyed man headed straight to Hualian Supermarket. At first, there wasn't much danger on the road, just a giant spider monster that we were able to deal with quickly since we had experience... then..." Finally, it was the strong Wang surname man who spoke up, recounting their journey from leaving the administrative building all the way until the mouse tide appeared.

  When they heard that these ordinary people were able to solve the variant spider through division of labor and cooperation, Liang Jing couldn't help but brighten up his eyes. It seemed that humans were not as powerless as he thought. As long as they used their brains, their strengths were not much different. As long as they had the courage to fight, they still had some competitive power. However, in the end, there was still a sense of melancholy. So many people were left with only Wang and Ah-Yao, while others were either engulfed by the mouse tide or escaped separately, and it was unknown how they were doing now. But everyone knew that the survival rate was too low, because the momentum of the mouse tide in the afternoon was not something that ordinary people could escape from, unless they had a physical quality like Liang Jing's. When he heard the short, bespectacled man and several others enter the super-real world and excitedly shout, attracting a group of variant mice to form a mouse tide, if it weren't for Wang's ability and calmness in giving orders to abandon everything and escape, they would have been done for. At least Ah-Yao and he wouldn't be alive now. Liang Jing couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Luckily, he had seen through these people early on and hadn't taken them under his wing as subordinates. Otherwise, this kind of thing would have happened sooner or later. Even if he himself was fine, the assets of his subordinates would have been completely lost.

  "What happened to those short guys with small eyes?" Liang Jing also cared about their outcome.

  "At that time, they rushed into the supermarket shouting and yelling, but soon a large number of rats poured out of the supermarket. The Wang surname man's estimate was that everyone knew it would be dead for sure, rushing into the tiger's den and shouting loudly."

  In the kitchen, Ling Qinghe heard the words of the Wang surname man and was also relieved. Fortunately, she had made a decision to follow this stranger, Liang Jing, without listening to the advice of the short-eyed man, or else she would have died miserably too. Thinking about the terrifying mouse tide in the afternoon, her heart trembled with fear. The overwhelming momentum that swept everything away was even more devastating than a plague of locusts. And thinking again about Liang Jing's heroic appearance in the afternoon, she made another firm decision, and her hands and feet moved even more quickly and lightly.

  At this time, the man with the surname Wang in the house showed a struggling face, seemingly hesitant, and finally seemed to have made up his mind. "Liang Jing Lao Da, Ah Yao and I want to join your team. No other words are needed. As long as Liang Lao Da can treat us equally, we will be loyal without any second thoughts."

  Wang Meng now seems to have a clear understanding of this world, where ambition must be matched with corresponding strength; otherwise, it's not something he can handle. After two consecutive days of facing enormous danger and suffering heavy casualties, they are now left with only Wang Meng and A Yao. Although he believes he still has some ability, ordinary people must rely on the strong, without strength as a foundation, in this perilous and barbaric world, one misstep could lead to being overwhelmed. Previously, he had discussed this with A Yao, who didn't have any objections, after all, they now had nothing left but the weapons in their hands. In his heart, A Yao respected Wang Meng, but the experiences of the past two days made him yearn for a leader with exceptional strength to rely on. Thinking of this, the man surnamed Wang let out a sigh.

  The young man who was using a steel spear, Ah Yao, also looked at Liang Jing with an expectant face.

  Huh?

  At this time, Liang Jing was still thinking and analyzing the problem of the mouse tide in the supermarket. He thought that there must be a big problem for such a large-scale mouse tide to appear in the supermarket; it had to be said that mice were highly intelligent creatures that had existed since the age of dinosaurs. It was said that in this city, there was only one new type of rat poison that could kill a mouse, and soon all the mice in the city would not eat food with this poison. Perhaps the mutated mice knew that there was a lot of food to eat in the supermarket, so they gathered there, sleeping during the day but being woken up by the short-sighted man and others, leading to the mouse tide. If it were really like this, then the food that had not been collected and stored would probably... Liang Jing didn't dare to imagine what would happen next, as no one was cultivating food and everything was in a state of non-renewable resources.

  Looking at the Wang surname man and Ah Yao, Liang Jing was also a bit surprised. Today, their encounter with the mouse tide couldn't be blamed on them, they weren't intentionally doing it, it could only be said that they were unlucky to have met. It was just unexpected that the strong Wang surname man would want to join, knowing that in this team everything had to listen to his command. Liang Jing also saw that the Wang surname man's ambition was not small, he had some ability, was calm, decisive, and cold-blooded, but unfortunately didn't have good luck to break through and become an Awakened One, and was unlucky enough to meet the short glasses man and several pig-like teammates, and even more unfortunate to encounter such a terrifying mouse tide.

  "You can join, but I must reiterate two requirements: one, listen to my orders and act accordingly; two, do not betray me." Liang Jing said he would allow it, but still required confirmation.

  "I believe you all know my abilities, if betrayed, the consequences would be unpredictable; well, if you have any questions, you can tell me directly, and express your dissatisfaction, we can discuss it thoroughly..." After that, Liang Jing didn't say anything about quitting, he believed as long as he was fine, they wouldn't bring up this request.

  "As for what you said about treating everyone equally, that's impossible. For now, everyone is more or less the same, but in the future, treatment will definitely vary, with some being better than others. It depends on individual performance and ability, and one has to strive for it themselves. After all, if someone doesn't contribute and instead holds everyone back, no one can tolerate that." Liang Jing said this while intentionally or unintentionally glancing at Liu Zhi Xiong, who immediately lowered his head, lost in thought.

  "No problem!" The man with the surname Wang also responded decisively without asking anything; Ah Yao on the side also nodded in agreement, indicating no objection.

  Liang Jing nodded slightly in response...