"Yes, we must have our revenge!" Sun Xiaoming, the bald man, exclaimed with reddened eyes, his body filled with anger and resentment.
"That villain Chang Li is inhuman. He even killed infants in their cradles. I can't swallow this grievance without vengeance!"
From their words, Yun Xiaoxiao and the others gradually pieced together the whole story.
It turned out that Ci Wan's father ran a farm on the outskirts of Xiang City.
He wasn't just a farm owner, but also a martial arts enthusiast who could single-handedly take on five strong men without breaking a sweat.
Ci Wan and the farm workers, like the bald Sun Xiaoming and the middle-aged Yang Jianhua, had also learned some skills from him.
After the apocalypse, they turned the farm into a stronghold for their family.
They not only took in the farm workers and their families, but also kindly accepted any survivors who escaped from the city.
The family was inherently kind and simple-hearted. With vegetables, livestock, and stored grain on the farm, they could continue to survive even after taking in many survivors, so they didn't overthink it.
Chang Bing and his brother Chang Li were among these many survivors.
At first, the two didn't reveal their wolfish ambitions.
It wasn't until everyone gradually developed supernatural abilities and became familiar with life on the farm that the brothers' desire for power became increasingly obvious.
However, this was quickly discovered by Ci Wan's father.
Originally, he wanted to expel the two from the base.
But at the time, the Chang brothers' attitude in admitting their mistake was very sincere.
They said they would never have such thoughts again.
They repented and wept bitterly.
Ci Wan's father was a soft-hearted and very loyal person, so he decided to give them another chance.
Who would have thought that these two not only didn't give up their ambition for power, but became even more calculating?
They secretly colluded with many outside survivors, building their own faction.
But on the surface, they appeared very loyal, always eager to go out to find supplies and work.
They never again showed even a hint of ambition in their daily behavior.
But Ci Wan just didn't like these two brothers. She had a vague feeling that they weren't as simple as they appeared on the surface.
She had warned her father several times, but he always said she was overthinking it.
He believed that if people made mistakes and corrected them, that was good enough.
But in the end, what she feared still happened.
When she led a group out to find supplies this time, Chang Li secretly had someone drug her father and some of the uncles.
Although they noticed something was wrong halfway through, they still fell victim to Chang Li's scheme in the end.
Chang Li didn't intend to let Ci Wan and her group off either, so he sent Chang Bing and others to intercept them on the way.
Fortunately, Yun Xiaoxiao and her group happened to pass by, otherwise Chang Li's evil plan would have succeeded.
When Ci Wan and her group rushed back to the base, they found it surrounded by piles of corpses.
Those were all their relatives and friends!
From seventy or eighty-year-old elders to infants in swaddling clothes, without exception, all had been murdered!
Filled with grief and anger, they were about to charge in for revenge.
But they were stopped by some people hiding by the roadside who had escaped.
These were the people Ci Wan's father had desperately protected and sent away when he realized they couldn't defeat Chang Li and his group.
It was to stop Ci Wan and the others when they returned.
Ci Wan's father's instructions were for them not to seek revenge, but to leave this place quickly and find a new place to live well.
Although the group was grief-stricken and wanted to rush back to the base immediately, they also knew that with their small numbers, they were no match for Chang Li.
Going back would only result in pointless sacrifice, achieving nothing.
So, they decided to leave first and seek revenge when the opportunity arose.
But in that moment of hesitation, Chang Li's people detected them.
They sent people to chase after them.
So they fled while fighting.
On the road, they encountered several dangerous situations.
In the end, it was always some of those people who had been helped by Ci Wan's father in the past who desperately blocked the rear, buying time for Ci Wan and the others to escape.
So, originally there were more than twenty people fleeing together.
In the end, only eight of them remained with Ci Wan.
Yun Xiaoxiao deeply sympathized with their plight.
This was how the apocalypse was. Sometimes kindness couldn't be repaid with true loyalty.
The story of the farmer and the snake has existed from ancient times to the present.
Although grateful people are the majority, it's hard to avoid encountering a wolf hiding evil intentions.
Yun Xiaoxiao didn't offer to help them seek revenge.
She sympathized with them, but she had no obligation, nor was there any need to let Nie Yizhou and the others take this risk.
The reason she had come to help Ci Wan just now was firstly out of consideration for the goodwill Ci Wan had expressed earlier, and she also admired their character.
Secondly, she could directly see the strength of Ci Wan's opponents and knew that her group could defeat them.
As for something like challenging an entire base, although she wasn't afraid, she felt it unnecessary.
If Ci Wan and her group wanted revenge, she could provide some help, but she would absolutely not let her own people take this risk.
After all, they had only met Ci Wan and her group twice.
Their relationship hadn't reached that level yet.
"How about this? Since you have nowhere to stay now, why don't you come to our base?
Once your injuries have healed, you can decide whether to stay or leave as you wish," Yun Xiaoxiao invited with a friendly smile, looking very kind.
She wasn't worried that these people would betray them like the Chang brothers.
On one hand, it was because Ci Wan didn't seem like that kind of person.
On the other hand, she also trusted the system.
If these people had any ill intentions, they would be immediately expelled from the base by the system.
Of course, she had some selfish motives too.
These people were quite capable. If they could truly settle into their base, it would greatly increase the base's combat power in the future.
Then there was the matter of zombie cores.
They were currently desperate for revenge and would certainly want to increase their strength.
And what would they use to increase their strength?
Evolution fluid, of course.
She had evolution fluid.
But they couldn't just take it for free; they would certainly have to exchange zombie cores for it.
Wasn't that exactly what she wanted?
She needed zombie cores.
This was a win-win situation, mutually beneficial.
She naturally wanted to actively promote it.
Hearing Yun Xiaoxiao's invitation, the gratitude in Ci Wan and the others' eyes grew even stronger.
This could be seen from their intimacy level with Yun Xiaoxiao.
Ci Wan's intimacy with her had directly soared to 100%!
"I'm sorry, I doubted you before because of the evolution fluid. Now I sincerely apologize to you. You are good people, really good people!" Sun Xiaoming said excitedly, his voice tinged with emotion.
Not only had Yun Xiaoxiao and her group saved them twice, but they were also willing to take them in when they were in such dire straits and uncertain about their future.
This kindness was truly greater than the sky.
In a flash, Sun Xiaoming's favorability towards Yun Xiaoxiao also jumped to 100%.
Although the curly-haired young man Wei Qian and the middle-aged Yang Jianhua hadn't reached 100% yet, one was at 98% and the other at 99%, just a step away from 100%.
The other four weren't far behind, all above 80%.
Well, it probably wouldn't be long before they all reached 100%.
Seeing this, the smile at the corner of Yun Xiaoxiao's lips grew even wider.
Good!
Very good!
Excellent!
