Their clothes were covered in dust and blood, and their faces were etched with fear and despair. Zuo Feng slowly stood up and walked steadily forward, his gaze sharp as a knife, looking directly at Yuan Bingmo and the other two.
"Did you ever think this day would come?" Zuo Feng's voice was low and powerful, each word like a heavy hammer, striking hard at the hearts of Yuan Bingmo and the other two.
Yuan Bingmo looked up, his eyes filled with resentment and unwillingness:
"You broke your word! You said we would keep to ourselves!"
A cold sneer flashed in Zuo Feng's eyes, but his tone became even more resolute:
"Word? Word is for people; for beasts like you, what word is there?"
Yuan Bingmo gritted his teeth, clenching his hands into fists, his knuckles white from the effort.
Beside him, Lian Fengtian and Ban Jiye also looked ashen, trembling all over, as if they could collapse at any moment.
The commotion of the arrest naturally attracted the attention of the survivors; figures were already stirring in the distance, and whispers began to rise.
Zuo Feng looked around, snorted coldly, and continued, "Originally, I intended to keep to myself with you, but..." At this point, Zuo Feng's tone suddenly changed, bone-chilling:
"You actually ate human flesh! And it even included infants. Did you really think no one in the apocalypse could deal with you?"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Bingmo and the other two instantly turned pale, a hint of terror flashing in their eyes.
Their bodies trembled uncontrollably, their mouths twitched, trying to argue but finding no words.
But Yuan Bingmo did not want to die, so he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, tears streaming down his face:
"Sir, it's not my fault, they both forced me! I swear I'll never dare again!"
Ban Jiye and Lian Fengtian exchanged glances, a hint of anger and betrayal flashing in their eyes.
Lian Fengtian roared, "You're lying! You were the one who started it!"
Zuo Feng watched coldly, his mind already made up.
In this apocalypse, human nature had fallen; these three would surely die today.
Ban Jiye immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Sir, it's all Yuan Bingmo's fault. Please spare my life, I can be your servant, I am a Mutant, I am useful."
Zuo Feng was unmoved, saying coldly, "What if you're a Mutant? The apocalypse needs humanity, not beasts."
Yuan Bingmo collapsed to the ground in despair, the hope in his eyes extinguished.
Zuo Feng then continued, "Answer me, how many high-ranking officials in the Xingyao Alliance have eaten human flesh?"
Yuan Bingmo's lips trembled, but a spark of hope burst forth in his eyes as he frantically shouted, "Sir, I have a list! As long as you let me go, the list is yours!"
Zuo Feng frowned slightly and said coldly, "Give me the list, it might make your death quicker."
Yuan Bingmo gritted his teeth, unwilling to speak, his eyes flickering.
The list was one of his bargaining chips; how could he hand it over so easily?
"Sir, the list is here!"
At this moment, a seductive woman pushed through the crowd and rushed over, holding a worn notebook in her hand.
Her eyes were filled with hatred as she stared intently at Yuan Bingmo and the other two, handing the notebook to Zuo Feng:
"Sir, they ate my child and treated me as a plaything. This notebook records all the supplies allocated to the high-ranking officials of the Xingyao Alliance, and naturally, it includes human flesh supplies."
"Bitch, I treated you well! How dare you betray me!"
Yuan Bingmo roared, struggling to pounce on the woman, but Zuo Feng kicked him to the ground.
The woman sneered, her eyes full of the joy of revenge: "You gave my daughter to your subordinates as food, and you really treated me well, didn't you!"
Zuo Feng took the notebook, scanned it briefly, his killing intent surging, then handed the notebook to Da Bai Tu:
"You, with Jian Ruoxi and Qiu Ling, find a few other survivors who know these high-ranking officials, and according to the list, arrest every single one of them."
Da Bai Tu took the notebook, and with just one glance, a cold glint flashed in her eyes. She immediately called the remaining Firefly Squad members, and they set off with murderous intent.
Soon after, Xiao Nv, Little Maid, and Wen Yu returned. Little Maid was holding a plant in her arms. Little Maid carefully handed the plant to Zuo Feng and whispered, "Feng Ge, this is that Youth-Preserving Plant."
Zuo Feng took the plant and examined it carefully. It was a little chili, but it had grown into a chili tree about the size of a little pine tree, densely covered with bright red, miniature little chili, about the size of a xiao songta (little pine cone), both raindrop-sized.
Zuo Feng nodded and handed the plant to Little Maid:
"You hold onto it for now. We'll study it when we get back. Let's deal with the current matter first."
Little Maid nodded, carefully cradling the plant.
Upon seeing the plant, Yuan Bingmo and the other two turned ashen. That Mutant plant was their biggest bargaining chip, and now that it was in Zuo Feng's hands, a wave of despair washed over them.
Yuan Bingmo trembled, his voice hoarse: "Sir, please spare us, we are willing to be your servants!"
Zuo Feng's lips curled into a playful, cold sneer: "Being a Mutant won't save you, I don't care for it; and it seems you no longer have any bargaining chips."
Yuan Bingmo slumped to the ground in despair, the last flicker of light in his eyes extinguished.
Not long after, Da Bai Tu and the other women escorted the high-ranking officials of the Xingyao Alliance to Zuo Feng. The officials looked terrified, falling to their knees and begging for mercy.
Zuo Feng's cold gaze swept over them. He took the notebook recording the allocation of supplies and said coldly:
"You heartless wretches, did you ever think you would have this day?"
More than thirty high-ranking officials, along with about twenty mistresses who had attached themselves to them, turned pale as earth, trembling and not daring to look up.
After carefully checking the list and confirming its accuracy, Zuo Feng coldly ordered, "Leave no one alive."
Before his words finished, the Firefly Squad members moved swiftly. Amidst flashing cold light, the wails of the high-ranking officials rose and fell, eventually fading into silence.
After executing the high-ranking officials of the Xingyao Alliance, Zuo Feng's gaze turned to the seductive woman who had provided the notebook, a complex expression in his eyes: "I have avenged you, but you also ate human flesh; in your pursuit of revenge, you did not treat other people's children as lives, and you became just like them. Have you thought about how you will bear the cost of your revenge?"
The woman remained silent, tears welling in her eyes. After a moment, she slowly looked up, her voice firm:
"I was already prepared. From the moment my child died, I was already dead; the children who died because of me, I owe them, and I can only repay them in the next life! Sir, I will never forget your kindness. Please, do it!"
Zuo Feng was silent for a moment, then took a deep breath and slowly drew the tactical knife from his waist.
A cold flash, the woman's body trembled slightly, a relieved smile appeared on her lips, and she slowly fell.
Zuo Feng sheathed his knife, a trace of weariness in his eyes. This woman had completely lost herself for revenge; her persistence and resoluteness were regrettable.
If she had only sought revenge without harming the innocent, Zuo Feng would naturally have spared her; but this woman, in order to get close to her enemies, did not hesitate to sacrifice innocent children, and had already stepped into the abyss.
The 'evil' of human nature was infinitely magnified and distorted in this apocalypse;
Zuo Feng couldn't even imagine that cannibalism would be displayed so vividly before his eyes.
In this apocalypse, human survival was already difficult; shouldn't they unite to resist the zombies, rather than, as now, anyone with a bit of strength trying to control the fate of others?
A wave of sadness swept through Zuo Feng's heart. In such a world, how much hope was left?
"These three main culprits, let the women who lost their children deal with them..."
Zuo Feng shook his head. After dealing with the high-ranking officials and the twenty or so mistresses;
Only about 100 mistresses remained;
Not far away, these mistresses were watching all this. Most of them were low-ranking members of the Xingyao Alliance, used and discarded by the high-ranking officials. Zuo Feng didn't know how they felt at this moment.
"Da Yuanyuan, you take Jian Ruoxi to inventory the remaining supplies of the Xingyao Alliance, and then distribute them;
Da Mi Tao, you take Qiu Ling to gather the remaining mistresses, waiting for the distribution of supplies;
Da Bai Tu, you take Wen Yu to return these children to their families.
Once everything is handled, return to the villa, and we will discuss the resettlement of these people."
After Zuo Feng had made all the arrangements, he quietly left the scene with the remaining women and returned to the villa.