308: Do you still have the nerve to beg for mercy?

The couples in the plaza had a hint of fear on their faces. Huang Taoying coughed and said, “Don’t be nervous, everyone. As long as you obey, nothing will happen. Now, raise your hand if you saw Green Devil last night.”

At this, a few people hesitantly raised their hands. Huang Taoying counted, and there were 18 people in total. She frowned in dissatisfaction; they were all residents of Building Seven. In Building Eight, only one couple raised their hands.

This meant that Green Devil had disappeared in Building Eight. Tian Ming did not raise his hand; he wanted to see what Huang Taoying was up to.

At this moment, Silly Big Guy stood up and lifted the male of the couple from Building Eight like a chick. The man was terrified.

Huang Taoying’s expression darkened, and she said, “Tell me, did you see Green Devil last night?”

The man trembled like a sieve, swallowed, and said, “Yes, I did.”

“Where did Green Devil inspect rooms last night?” Huang Taoying asked again.

“In, in Building Eight.”

“Where did he go after he finished with you?” Huang Taoying asked.

“After he left, he went to room number ten. After that, I don’t know.”

Huang Taoying waved her hand, and Silly Big Guy put the man down. Room number ten was the room where Tian Ming and Lisa were staying. Huang Taoying looked through the list in her hand and asked, “Who is Lu Tianlin?”

Tian Ming had changed one character in the name he filled out. He slowly stepped forward and said, “That’s me?”

“That’s you?” Huang Taoying frowned.

“Did you see Green Devil last night?”

Tian Ming nodded: “Yes, the guy who was all green, right?”

“Then why didn’t you raise your hand?” Huang Taoying roared.

At this moment, Silly Big Guy also walked over, raised his hand, and prepared to lift Tian Ming. But just as his fingers were about to touch Tian Ming, he was instantly frozen in place. Silly Big Guy felt an invisible force holding his hand in mid-air, and no matter how he struggled, he couldn’t move.

Originally, Tian Ming had wanted to team up with the community administrator to get her to cooperate with him to save people, but this Huang Taoying was clearly a traitor.

Seeing Silly Big Guy unable to move, Huang Taoying’s expression changed slightly, and a hint of fear appeared in her eyes as she looked at Tian Ming.

A black mist rose from Tian Ming, like a swarm of locusts. Silly Big Guy was instantly engulfed by the black mist and, in a moment, was torn to shreds by countless Nanometer Avatars. The remaining Corpse Kings, just reacting, instantly perished.

Tian Ming kept two Red Crystal Cores for Number Two and Number Three and absorbed the remaining three himself. There was almost no change; the quality of the blue Red Crystal Cores was getting worse and worse.

Tian Ming acted, eliminating all the Corpse Kings in the community in a mere dozen seconds, without alarming the zombie horde outside. Huang Taoying, terrified by this, fell to the ground.

“You, you are an Ability Users from the Alliance?”

“You guessed correctly.” Tian Ming smiled coldly.

Huang Taoying’s face was pale. She swallowed and said, trembling, “Officer, officer, please spare my life.”

Tian Ming narrowed his eyes slightly. To humans, Huang Taoying was a traitor, helping the corpse race manage humans and enslave survivors. What else could such a person be but a traitor?

“Spare your life? You serve the zombies, and you still have the nerve to ask me to spare your life?” Tian Ming sneered.

“I, I was forced to! If I didn’t follow orders, I would become their food. I, I had no choice,” Huang Taoying cried.

“No choice, right?” A cold sneer appeared in Tian Ming’s heart. He raised his hand and waved it, and a pulse laser shot towards Huang Taoying. The powerful energy instantly penetrated her, turning her into ash.

At this moment, the young men and women in the community were stunned. Tian Ming looked at these newcomers and said, “I am Lu Tianming from the Alliance’s Donghai Shelter. If you don’t want to become zombie food and breeding tools, I can give you a chance to escape.”

The deed was done, and Tian Ming could only grit his teeth and continue. The originally scattered crowd gathered here, especially the men, whose eyes lit up with a glimmer of hope upon learning that an Ability Users from the Alliance had arrived.

Tian Ming looked at them and said, “I will give you weapons, give you transportation, send you out of the city, and have the Alliance dispatch a transport team to meet you a hundred kilometers away. There are too many people, and I can’t take care of all of you, so you need to escape on your own. Those willing to take a gamble, raise your hands!”

The people in the plaza fell silent, staring wide-eyed at Tian Ming.

Staying here didn’t necessarily mean death, because the zombies cherished their food. But everyone knew that they would die sooner or later, and their bodies would be completely gone. But taking a gamble might offer a chance at survival, or it might mean dying even faster.

The men didn’t hesitate much and raised their hands one after another. The women looked at the men, some with fear on their faces, but more of them firmly raised their hands. They chose to survive, they chose to take a gamble.

Tian Ming nodded. His control range now exceeded a hundred meters, and he could conjure weapons and ammunition at will. The weapons and ammunition Tian Ming conjured were all ordinary.

Tian Ming could also conjure high-end light laser weapons, but he chose not to give them these. These people were civilians, and the energy batteries for small laser weapons wouldn’t last long. They couldn’t be recharged during an escape, so it was more practical to carry hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

Although nuclear batteries could provide infinite endurance, their power generation was too low. When used with energy weapons, they needed to be paired with an energy storage device. Each shot would require recharging.

This type of weapon was fine for large troops or mechs, but for civilians, carrying a charging pack weighing nearly a hundred kilograms and running how far was a problem. Don’t run out and end up with radiation everywhere.

The conventional weapons were all rifles, equipped with high-penetration tungsten core ammunition, which posed no problem against anything below a Corpse King. As for how many of these people could escape, Tian Ming didn’t care. In the apocalypse, it was survival of the fittest, and the rules were cruel.

Hours later, both men and women were fully armed. Tian Ming distributed a Superpower Potion to each person and said to them,

“What you hold in your hands is a Superpower Potion. This is different from Ability Users; it will give you physical qualities far exceeding ordinary people, but it may also cause you to die from pain during injection. Moreover, you will need to inject it periodically to maintain your body’s energy. Do not inject it unless absolutely necessary.”

At this moment, Number One Avatar appeared beside Tian Ming. Tian Ming said to Number One, “Take these thousand or so people out of the city. I need to go to the second breeding base. Help me contact the Shelter and have them come out to meet us.”

Number One nodded and said, “As you command, Master.”