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However, although the crowd was somewhat restless, it was merely a restlessness.
They stretched their necks slightly, like ducks waiting to be fed, concerned about any topic related to food.
As for Chu Donglin, who stood smiling in the center of the scene, he became the focal point of everyone's attention at that moment.
The countless strange gazes from the surrounding Survivors made Liu Xiner feel a bit intimidated. She shrank her neck and quietly moved a little closer to Chu Donglin.
Meanwhile, Li Zheng glanced around and cleared a path, pointing toward a building next to the square.
"That is our food storage place. Mr. Chu, would you like to come with me, or would you prefer to stay here while I bring the food back?"
The building was only two stories high; it was not a residential house but rather seemed to be a warehouse left for other purposes.
Of course, it could also be an office for the district property management.
Regardless, its function had changed; it had become the food storage place mentioned by Li Zheng.
Chu Donglin looked at Li Zheng and then at the lonely two-story building standing among the tall residential blocks, unable to help but laugh.
"Mr. Li Zheng, you are quite amusing. That building clearly has nothing in it; how could it possibly be your granary? Please, don’t joke around."
Li Zheng's expression changed instantly. The moment Chu Donglin finished speaking, a sense of terror washed over him as if he were being targeted by a venomous snake. Instinctively, Li Zheng tried to jump away.
However, a hand like an iron claw suddenly gripped his neck. A gust of wind rushed past his ears as Fury's immense strength pinned him to the cold floor.
At the same time, a cold light flashed. A sharp Machete was gently placed against his neck; with just a slight cut, it could sever his carotid artery.
Li Zheng lay rigidly on the ground, allowing Chu Donglin to grip his neck, his face displaying an expression of disbelief.
"You... how is that possible..."
In that fleeting moment, Chu Donglin, who had been several meters away, suddenly appeared behind him as if he had teleported.
The fierce wind generated by the rapid dash left him with no time to react; he was thrown to the ground, and a sharp blade was pressed against his throat.
"What do you want?"
Looking into Chu Donglin's half-smiling gaze, Li Zheng shouted in anger, "I treated you as a guest and was polite to you, and this is how you repay me?"
Yet he could only shout. He didn't even dare to curse, let alone struggle.
The cold blade pressed against his neck sent chills through him, making his hair stand on end.
With the sharpness of the Machete, a slight misstep from Chu Donglin could easily end his life. Thus, despite his anger and fear, Li Zheng dared not move an inch.
"Is there some misunderstanding between us? Mr. Chu, please let me go. We need to talk!"
As Li Zheng pleaded, Chu Donglin glanced at the restless Survivor around them, smiled, and said, "None of us are fools. Now that we’ve come this far, do you still want to play role-playing games with me? Mr. Li Zheng, to be honest, your performance is quite poor. It might fool some naive girls, but do you really think you can deceive me with it?"
"What are you talking about? What deception and performance? Mr. Chu, it seems we really have a misunderstanding! Let me go and listen to my explanation!"
"Well... since you refuse to admit it and insist on being stubborn like a dead duck, then there's nothing I can do."
Chu Donglin sighed, gripping Li Zheng's neck and lifting him up. With Liu Xiner following closely behind him, he began to escort Li Zheng toward a nearby residential building.
As for the other Survivor, they had already drawn their knives and surrounded them the moment Chu Donglin made his move.
However, with the leader taken hostage, they dared not act hastily and turned their gazes toward the highest-ranking individual in the camp, aside from Li Zheng—Dai Yinzhi.
At that moment, although Dai Yinzhi's expression was grim, with Li Zheng held captive by Chu Donglin, he could not afford to take any reckless actions.
Thus, when everyone looked over at him, he merely let out a cold snort and waved his hand.
"Surround him!"
A group of Survivors quickly moved in, blocking Chu Donglin's escape route.
Surrounded by dozens of Survivors, with countless sharp Machetes pointed at him, Chu Donglin instead smiled brightly.
"Don't you want Mr. Li Zheng to live? If you don't clear the way for me, I'll kill him. Do you believe me?"
The last sentence was clearly directed at Dai Yinzhi.
In the crowd, Dai Yinzhi simply stared coldly at him, the scar on his face twitching ominously, his gaze exceptionally frigid.
"If you kill him, you won't escape either."
"Is that so? Why don't we give it a try?"
Chu Donglin laughed as he lightly dragged the knife across Li Zheng's neck, leaving a shallow line of blood.
"You... Dai Yinzhi! Tell them to back off!"
Before Dai Yinzhi could react, Li Zheng had already shouted in a mix of anger and fear, "Do you want to watch me die? Don't forget, I saved your life once. Is this how you repay me? Huh?!"
As he roared, Li Zheng glared angrily at everyone around him and shouted, "And you all! If you don't disperse right now, I'll cut off your food supply! Do you want to starve?"
The crowd exchanged glances, then quickly moved aside without waiting for Dai Yinzhi to speak, obediently clearing a path.
Dai Yinzhi, with a cold expression, looked at Chu Donglin and the Li Zheng he was holding hostage, taking a deep breath.
"Chu, let Mr. Li Zheng go, and I guarantee you can leave the area unharmed. We won't pursue you. If you continue to hold him and drag this out, when everyone's patience runs out, it won't benefit either of us."
"Ha... Guarantee my safe departure from the area? If I just wanted to leave safely, I could have taken Xing'er with me right away. With my speed, who among you could stop me?"
Chu Donglin laughed as he looked at the grim-faced Dai Yinzhi. "Since I've chosen to come here, how could I leave without taking something as a souvenir?"
Recalling the moment when Chu Donglin had exploded with speed earlier, Dai Yinzhi had to admit that he indeed had that capability. If they hadn't turned back to try to persuade him after Li Zheng and the others left for the first time, Chu Donglin would have truly escaped with Liu Xiner, and they wouldn't have been able to catch him.
"But if you know we have ulterior motives, why come here?"
Dai Yinzhi posed the question. "Even if you've trained in martial arts, two fists can't defeat four hands. Are you really that confident you can take down all of us and leave safely?"
"If it's just you guys, there's no threat to me. My reason for coming here is much deeper."
Chu Donglin glanced at Liu Xiner beside him and said, "Of course, there's no need for me to tell you that reason. You just need to prepare food and water and hand it over to me."
"Absolutely not!"
Dai Yinzhi glared coldly at Chu Donglin and said each word deliberately, "Our food supply is already scarce; every portion is extremely precious. How could we possibly give it to you for free? This is absolutely impossible!"
"Then there's nothing more to discuss?"
"No negotiation."
"But if that's the case, Mr. Li Zheng's life is in danger."
Chu Donglin chuckled as he tapped the back of the knife against Li Zheng's face. He teased, "Once the talks break down, the hostage becomes useless... Are you not afraid I might kill you?"
"You dare!"
Before Dai Yinzhi could speak, Li Zheng shouted in a panic. "Chu Donglin, if you lay a finger on me, you can forget about walking out of this area alive!"
After shouting, he turned to Dai Yinzhi and yelled again.
"Dai Yinzhi! You bastard! Tell me, have you been wanting to usurp my position all along? Huh?! Are you happy if I die? Is that why you’re hoping Chu Donglin will kill me so you can take my place?"
"Mr. Li Zheng, it's not what you think."
Dai Yinzhi sighed and said, "You know I'm not an ungrateful person. Since you saved my life back then, I absolutely won't let this Chu harm you. I promise."
"Then hurry up and bring the food!"
Amidst Li Zheng's desperate roar, Dai Yinzhi shook his head helplessly.
"Mr. Li Zheng, you know that Chu wouldn't dare to harm you right now. As long as he’s in this area, he’s like a fish in a barrel. If anything happens to you, he loses his protection and is done for. Before leaving this area, he won't really do anything to you."
"But what if he's a lunatic?!"
"Exactly, what if I am a lunatic? What will you do then, Mr. Dai Yinzhi?"
Chu Donglin looked at the sullen-faced Dai Yinzhi and smiled brightly. "If I were a lunatic and really killed Mr. Li Zheng after you provoked me... what would you do then? Would you take his place as the boss and then kill me to avenge him?"
Dai Yinzhi glared coldly at Chu Donglin, enunciating each word clearly. "If you dare to harm Mr. Li Zheng, I, Dai Yinzhi, swear I will hunt you down to the ends of the earth, and I won't stop until one of us is dead!"
After a pause, his gaze swept over Liu Xiner, who was beside Chu Donglin, and he added, "This Sister Xin'er is so beautiful; I believe many people would be willing to have some pleasant encounters with her when the time comes."
Suddenly—
With a splatter of blood, an arm flew off and landed on the ground with a thud, motionless.
Li Zheng stared blankly at his severed left arm that had just detached from his body. He was momentarily stunned, disbelief etched on his face.
The reality of the situation was so sudden that everyone present failed to react, even Li Zheng himself didn’t feel the pain from where his arm had been severed.
He simply stared in shock at his flying Severed Arm, then glanced back at Chu Donglin with an expression of incredulity but did not let out any screams of horror.
"I have always hated it when people threaten me with my woman—especially this kind of disgusting threat!"
Amidst the gazes of everyone around, Chu Donglin's voice was chillingly cold. (To be continued...)
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