140 Chapter 140 - Settlemen (1/2)
Perhaps, this was the god's way of taking care of mankind. Otherwise, with the enchanted beast's strength in the wild, human beings would have no chance of survival.
”Who are you?” After the trio had killed a group of enchanted beast, Liu Xiyue, according to Cheng Yang's orders rode Little White to the left side. She went over there to survey the area. While she was doing this, Cheng Yang and Niu Bing continued to march forward.
The duo had walked less than a hundred meters when suddenly a few people jumped out a broken wall on the right side.
These people were dressed in tattered clothing, had unkempt hair, and faces covered with dirt. They were a bit similar to war-time refugees. They looked very alert and vigilant.
Cheng Yang was pleasantly surprised. He didn't expect to meet the survivors so soon. They had spare him the search. And the most important thing was that walking in the midst of this group of people was a person he knew very well. In the past lifetime, this person was also considered a small celebrity in the area surrounding Xiangcheng City. It's just that two weren't at all acquainted with one another.
”We are just people passing by here. Are you the survivors of Yi Cheng?” Cheng Yang tried to make himself sound as friendly as possible. These people had been living in this depressing atmosphere for more than 20 days, so it was normal for their mental state to be strain. Hence, he doesn't want to make any unexpected movements to startled the other side.
Among the group, a forty year old muscular man asked suspiciously, ”If you're referring the surviving humans as survivors, then I suppose we are survivors. There are monsters everywhere. Where did you came from? It's not from a settlement, right?”
”Settlement?” Cheng Yang seems to recall where he heard this word from before. In the past lifetime, Cheng Yang sometimes heard this word coming from the mouth of the survivors that came to the main city in chats. This so-called settlement was nothing more than a temporary gathering place for these survivors that couldn't transferred. However, after these survivors arrive at the main city, the settlements became a thing of history.
It would take another 10 days before the survivors could go to the main city. After the first month comes to an end, gods' rules would transmit all those that had still not yet transferred to a city where the main city was located in. This might be the second round of screening by the gods. The first screening process was to not die in the earthquake, while the second screening was to survive for 30 days in the apocalypse.
Hearing Cheng Yang's doubts, the muscular man immediately said, ”You haven't heard about the settlement? In the city there are a few places where monster appearance are rare, therefore the majority of humans are concentrated in those places.”
”Do you live in a settlement, too?” Cheng Yang immediately asked.
The muscular man shook his head in resentment, ”The closest settlement to this place is occupied by a group of scumbag. They forced others to find food, while they lazily sit around to enjoy the fruits of the labor. We didn't want to be exploited by them, so we left to look for another place to hide. In any case, these monsters are unlikely to run around everywhere. Apart from the risk of searching for food, there's not much danger being out here.”
From this short conversation, it could be concluded that this muscular man was a simpleton. If it was anyone else that Chang Yang was questioning, it would have already arouse suspicions from others.
Cheng Yang continued to ask, ”How many people does this settlement have?”
The muscular man was about to answer him when suddenly a person jerked him from the side, and gave him a wink.
”Why are you asking about this? Who the hell are you guys?” The muscular man seemed to come to have finally regained his senses. He immediately asked.
Cheng Yang could only forced a smile. Wasn't this way too late to notice?
”Didn't you say the settlement is occupied by a group of scum? Why does it matter if you tell it to us or not?” said Niu Bing
The muscular man answered, ”No. Although we hate these people very much, but they haven't jeopardize the overall safety of the survivors. But if you have any bad intentions and I told you of their situation, wouldn't this be killing those innocent survivors? ”
The moment his voice fell, Liu Xiyue riding the white tiger instantly came to the front of the crowd from the far distance.
”Monster. …” The first person to notice the white tiger received a sudden fright and instantly turned pale. Both his legs began trembling continuously.
Several other people also discovered the white tiger, but when they wanted to escape, the white tiger has already came at their side. At this time, including the muscular man, all the members felt their legs grew weak. Not to mention escaping, they couldn't even muster up the strength to stand.
It would be a lie to say such a big tiger doesn't scare them.
”There's no need to be afraid. This is my pet.” said Cheng Yang as he tried to calm them down.
After the initial shock, these people saw that such a big monster indeed didn't have the tendency to bite people. Moreover, there was a beautiful girl sitting on the tiger's back. It seems it really was just a trained pet like Cheng Yang had mentioned.
”It really doesn't eat people?” The muscular man stood up on shaky legs, still staring the white tiger with dread.