145: Robbery, leave your clothes behind

Xu Jingzhe and Avril looked at each other, both seeing joy in the other's eyes.

Clothes!

They were clothes!

Being a 'savage' and running around naked felt terrible.

"Hey kid, aren't you going a bit too far?"

"Is this broad your woman?" One of them circled Avril, sniffing her incessantly, his face full of enjoyment.

Fragrant, so fragrant. This woman had curves in all the right places, and her thighs were firm and powerful—they could crush a man to death.

Xu Jingzhe barely held back his laughter. The dignified Eve Five Princesses, a woman ranked high among the younger generation, someone who had survived under a Contaminant, was now being teased by ordinary Contaminators.

How could he not find it funny?

"We just happened to meet by chance," Xu Jingzhe said solemnly.

Upon hearing this, the three men became even more excited. Was it really that exciting to meet by chance?

"Looking at you two, you must be new to the Pollution Zone; you haven't even condensed a pollution core yet."

"How about this, hang with us three brothers, and we guarantee you'll live the high life."

Although the man speaking looked lewd, he had to admit he had some brains, knowing to keep a woman by his side for long-term enjoyment.

"Then... can you give us some clothes to wear?" Xu Jingzhe asked.

"Clothes?" The three were stunned; this request was a bit... strange.

"Oh, fine, you can have some, but forget about this broad. This bark outfit has a wild vibe, I like it." He wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth and placed his large hand on Avril's delicate, fair shoulder.

Deep in Avril's eyes was undisguised disgust. From start to finish, she hadn't even looked at the three of them, as if looking at them for even a second would make her vomit up her yesterday's meals.

She slapped his hand away and said coldly, "Take your dirty hands off me."

"Hey! You broad, you're getting cocky, aren't you? What are you acting all pure for?"

After speaking, he reached out and swung at Avril's cheek.

In his eyes, some women were just cheap; they didn't know what was good for them. If polite words didn't work, a beating would make them obedient.

"Smack!"

Xu Jingzhe made his move, striking after but arriving first, landing a slap on the man's face.

Although his pollution core had cracked, the energy stored in his body was still thirteen times that of an ordinary person. Combined with his physical strength, even though he had held back, this slap still sent the man flying seven or eight meters away.

He crashed into a large tree and spat out a mouthful of blood.

The remaining two were shocked. A single slap sent a Contaminator flying three years—this guy was playing the pig to eat the tiger!

Ignoring their injured companion, they turned and ran.

"Robbery, leave your clothes behind!"

Xu Jingzhe chuckled, pushed off the ground, and in a few breaths, caught up to the two, knocking them to the ground with one punch each.

"Are you going to take them off yourself, or do you want me to do it?" Xu Jingzhe asked with a smile.

But this smile looked even more lewd than the one the man who had teased Avril just moments ago.

"I, I, I... I'm a man, I like women, this, this brother..."

Suddenly, the smile on Xu Jingzhe's face froze.

Did he look like he was into... men?

Damn it!

He kicked him again and said, "Take them off!"

Putting on the stolen clothes, Xu Jingzhe felt refreshed. He took the other set of clothes and handed them to Avril.

Although Avril was disgusted, she still found a secluded spot, took off her bark clothes, and changed into the man's clothes.

Surprisingly, after putting on the man's clothes, Avril's charm didn't diminish; it had a different flavor. A dominant 'alpha' vibe quietly appeared on her face, making men's adrenaline soar and leaving them wanting to conquer her.

"What should we do with this one?" Avril pointed to the man who had teased her earlier.

"You decide, let's get going soon."

Avril raised the corners of her mouth and gave Xu Jingzhe a meaningful look. She stepped forward and stripped him naked, not even leaving his underwear.

Afterward, she found some soft vines and tied the three of them together in a 'bondage' style, holding the vines in one hand.

Grinding her silver teeth, she said hatefully, "Men who provoke me always end up like this!"

Xu Jingzhe touched his nose; at least he hadn't provoked her, and he was even her savior.

The three had only been in the Pollution Zone for five or six years and had always hung around the outskirts, never having heard of Tark City. Xu Jingzhe was helpless; their strength was so low that he didn't even care for their pollution cores.

After walking for a day, Avril's mood improved, so she released the three.

The two continued to head deeper into the Pollution Zone.

Two days later, at sunset, a patch of unfinished buildings appeared ahead, tall and short, numbering about a dozen.

Several of them had collapsed, and a few mutated birds were standing on them resting.

Looking from afar, it was very dilapidated. The walls of the unfinished buildings were covered in creepers, and finger-thick saplings grew out of the cracks, swaying in the wind.

At the same time, on the north side of the unfinished buildings, a squad was fleeing towards this side.

Everyone had terrifying wounds on their bodies, dripping with blood.

The last person was holding a sniper rifle, hiding in the shadows, covering for his teammates.

"Li Qiang, keep up!" Li Zhi spat out a mouthful of blood and roared loudly.

The competition between the Adam City and Eve City squads wasn't a competition at all—it was a slaughter! They weren't looking for Contaminators to hunt for pollution cores; they were specifically hunting for the Nüwa and Pangu City squads.

They were ruthless, seeking one-hit kills.

"Cough..." Li Zhi clutched his abdomen; blood loss made his steps unsteady.

"Brother Zhi, I'll cover you!" Li Qiang's eyes were bloodshot, and he had almost lost his sanity.

His body was almost completely petrified, reaching three meters in height. He held a thousand-jin boulder in his left hand and another in his right. Carrying them with both hands, he rumbled forward like a stone giant.

"Qiangzi! Come back!!" Li Zhi bit his teeth until they shattered, roaring with all his might; one brother had already died.

Li Qiang looked back reluctantly and smiled at Li Zhi.

"Boom!"

The two boulders shattered, pulverized by an alloy arm.

Then, Li Qiang's head flew high into the air, a bullet accurately hitting it. Flesh and blood mixed with white skull fragments remained in the Pollution Zone forever.

The rage in Li Zhi's eyes burned, but in the end, his strength and technology were inferior to the opponent's, and he could only flee for his life like a stray dog.

Ten minutes later, they arrived under the unfinished buildings, coincidentally running into Xu Jingzhe.

Li Zhi paused, barely able to believe his eyes that he would run into Xu Jingzhe here.

"Li Zhi!" Xu Jingzhe was shocked and quickly stepped forward to support him. He looked at the two behind him; they were both Li family members he had seen before.

"Three Young Masters." Li Zhi knelt on the ground, a tough guy shedding tears.

"Be-behind us, there are enemies. They are from Adam City, very powerful! Li Qiang is dead, and Li He is dead too."

"Do you still have medicine?" Xu Jingzhe asked. The priority was to save them.

"No, it's gone. We've been hunted for over ten days. Apart from some pitiful food and water left, all the medical supplies are used up."

Xu Jingzhe was just about to speak when he was interrupted by a loud bang.

"Boom!"

Just then, the broken wall was smashed open, and a bald, muscular man, fully two meters tall, walked out from the dust. His right arm was a modified alloy arm, and the fist on his left arm was also alloy.

Behind him followed four people, their bodies all modified, looking fierce and malicious.