Apocalypse: the Most Ruthless Person

”I told Sister Ju Mumio before that I wanted to learn martial arts from her, but she disagreed.”

In the car, Su Xiaoya spoke weakly, helplessly pouting and feeling very despondent.

”What did she say?”

Zhang Su asked absentmindedly.

”She said the martial arts she knows are part of the Ju Clan’s heritage and can’t be taught easily to others. She also said my foundation is too weak, so even if I wanted to learn, I couldn’t.”

Su Xiaoya twirled her fingers, appearing very anxious. Am I really that bad?

”Heh...” Zhang Su chuckled lightly and said, ”It’s true your foundation is weak. When she fights, she looks soft and light, but the core strength required is extremely demanding. As for the Ju Clan heritage, that’s just nonsense. Once you’re in my camp, you can’t keep things to yourself!”

It wasn’t just Su Xiaoya; Zhang Su had thought about it when he saw Ju Mumio fighting. Not only did he want to learn himself, but he also wanted more core members to train!

”Is there a way to make her teach us?”

Su Xiaoya looked at Zhang Su with curiosity.

Zhang Su said with a half-smile, ”Of course, there’s a way, but I prefer she does it willingly.”

Forcing things might not be pleasant, but it’s better than having nothing!

”Willingly?”

Su Xiaoya was even more confused, but she didn’t continue to ask. She returned to her silence, sitting in the passenger seat.

The vehicle drove onto the provincial road towards Celestial Horse Island. Less than three kilometers away, just after taking a turn, Zhang Su’s eyes sharpened!

”Attention, there’s something ahead!”

After grabbing the walkie-talkie, Zhang Su floored the accelerator, speeding up to rush ahead.

Su Xiaoya, in the passenger seat, felt a clear pushback from the acceleration, bladder tightening. Just as she was about to speak, she saw two cars appear ahead!

”Eh, isn’t that the two cars Sister Ju mentioned before?”

Su Xiaoya exclaimed in surprise, the two rapidly approaching cars in front were indeed a white sedan and a gray SUV!

Zhang Su wasn’t the only one who noticed the situation ahead; both Lu Yubo and Wu Lue, following closely behind, saw it as well. Their faces dropped, not knowing what to say.

Lu Yubo sneakily glanced at Ju Mumio through the rearview mirror, noticing she was in the back seat with her eyes closed, seemingly oblivious to everything.

”Oh my, someone really has been tailing us. Those idiots even drove ahead of us, haha!”

In the Senna car, Wang Xin seemed a bit surprised.

”Huh? This... will we be in danger?”

Yi Xiaoling looked nervously ahead.

”If you talk about danger, you should be more worried for them!”

Chen Hanzhou said coldly.

Vroom vroom.

Zhang Su calculated the distance and suddenly braked to stop the car in the middle of the road. The two cars following behind immediately moved left and right with great coordination, nearly blocking the entire road. If the other party wanted to force their way through, there was simply no gap unless they crashed directly into them.

Screech.

Su Xiaoya gripped the handle tightly. To say she wasn’t afraid of the cars crashing would be self-deception.

Fortunately, what she worried about did not happen.

The white Toyota Corolla stopped about thirty meters in front of the FJ Cruiser, and the Buick Envision behind it naturally stopped as well.

Five cars stood still on the road. In the past, this would quickly lead to a traffic jam, but nowadays, even if they stayed put for three to five days, it wouldn’t matter, as long as the people inside could endure it...

Just like this moment, no one from either side got out of the car. They sat in silence, making the scene resemble a freeze-frame, with only the exhaust from the tailpipes indicating it wasn’t a painting.

Grrr.

From the FJ Cruiser, Su Xiaoya’s stomach growled. It was already past three in the afternoon, and none of them had eaten anything for lunch.

”Sis, sis...”

”Call me Brother Su!”

Zhang Su heard Su Xiaoya about to call him brother-in-law and decisively corrected her.

”Brother Su... How long are we gonna sit here?”

”Until they get out of their car first.”

Zhang Su replied very casually.

”I... feel this is pretty dangerous. Could they shoot at us from inside their cars?”

Su Xiaoya shrank back her head.

”The car windows are tinted. It’s so bright outside, they can’t see us clearly!”

Zhang Su answered evasively. If the other party really intended to shoot, there was no need to aim, just shooting at the front windshield would be enough. The reason he’s sure the other party won’t shoot is that he can see the rough situation inside the front vehicle clearly.

Due to the angle of the sedan, he could only see two men seated in the front. He couldn’t determine the situation in the back row, but the SUV was quite clear—only one man was driving, excluding the trunk, there are just three people in total.

”Brother Su, Brother Su, what do we do now?”

Xiaoya had just finished asking, when Lu Yubo’s voice emerged from the walkie-talkie. He couldn’t hold his nerves anymore.

”Wait for them to get out of the car first.”

Zhang Su picked up the walkie-talkie and spoke to the other two cars, then continued to sit quietly. He clearly saw the two people from the sedan quietly discussing something. However, the tightly closed windows of both cars and the not-so-close distance only allowed him to hear faint sounds, making it impossible to discern what was being discussed.

”Listening ability still isn’t strong enough...” Zhang Su lamented in his heart. If it could be a bit stronger, he would be able to hear the conversation. Not too much, just double it, then he could hear what the other side was saying.

As he was thinking this, Zhang Su suddenly noticed the three energy slots in his mind flickering slightly.

”Hmm?”

This phenomenon caught his attention. Thinking about the games he had played before, he felt the flashing energy slots must be prompting him to activate some function.

”My current energy is at seventy-six percent. I was just thinking about enhancing hearing when the energy slot flashed. Could it be...”

While thinking, the thought moved in Zhang Su’s head, and the backup energy slot moved to the main energy slot, flashing brightly, instantly filling the energy in the body.

”Inhale... Exhale...”

Xiaoya was feeling tense when she suddenly heard Zhang Su take a deep, heavy breath beside her, his face twitching as she said, ”You, what’s wrong?”

”Shh!”

Zhang Su made a gesture for Xiaoya to stay quiet. His eyes sparkled, completely different from earlier. Before recharging his energy, he wasn’t very tired; now he was brimming with energy!

The change was also apparent—the hearing ability indeed improved somewhat—he could now vaguely hear their talking!

”Stop dragging it out, it’s pointless. Get out of the car, act like you know nothing!”

”Yes, first figure out where their camp is, then bring people to take them out... Go, get out of the car.”

Having heard just those two sentences, Zhang Su saw the other party starting to check their equipment and clothes, preparing to get out of the car...

However, even a brief two sentences revealed significant information. What do they pretend not to know? Evidently!

The biggest gain wasn’t the information provided by the other side but realizing that during a full-energy state, other enhancements could occur, which had been unnoticed before!

Since hearing could be enhanced, he naturally looked into the distance and noticed that his super sight had also improved significantly, though lacking professional equipment made it unclear how much. The feeling was a 30-50% enhancement—a considerable boost!

With these discoveries, Zhang Su thought it necessary to explore further the full-energy state, possibly discovering more excellent applications.

But that’s for another time; now he must address the immediate issue. As the other side opened the car door, he picked up the walkie-talkie and said: ”Get your gear ready, get out of the car!”

Once said, Zhang Su heard the sounds of magazines being loaded, and the bolts being pulled. Due to various factors during the previous activation of the backup energy slot, he hadn’t noticed the hearing enhancement. It was quite an interesting experience.

”Do I get out, too?”

Xiaoya asked.

”Of course.”

Zhang Su replied while opening the car door and getting out.

”Ah, my friends, hello!”

As soon as his feet hit the ground, Zhang Su heard enthusiastic greetings from across. When he looked up, it was the man from the driver’s seat earlier. Now he was wearing a military coat, hands in pockets, his body shivering, appearing frozen, wretched yet shrewd—just like a merchant gambling business in Russia.

”Hello to you as well. Not sure where you three brothers have come from?”

Zhang Su flashed a smile, seemingly forgetting their tense standoff in the car previously, ambling toward them with his crew.

”We came from Mountain and Sea District. Come, come, have a smoke.”

The man in the military coat saw Zhang Su had a relatively pleasant attitude and approached, pulling out a cigarette pack to offer while saying, ”Brothers and sisters, I want to ask, where’s that car from?”

Zhang Su followed the military coat man’s gaze and realized he was asking about Da Gou’s car. He casually tucked the cigarette into his pocket and replied indifferently, ”How does where my car comes from have anything to do with you?”

”To be frank, our camp had some supplies go missing a few days ago, haha... Some of the brothers saw it had something to do with that car.”

The man in the military coat was around forty, yet his face was deeply wrinkled, folding when he laughed.

”Haha... Brother Su, turns out they’re looking to mess with Liu Shijie’s group!”

Upon hearing the man’s words, Lu Yubo relaxed significantly, shedding much of the alertness.

The scene’s atmosphere revealed that many shared Lu Yubo’s sentiment, even the military coat guy noticed, quickly inquiring: ”Liu Shijie? Do you know any news, brothers? Wasn’t this car yours?”

With a smile-half-not-smiling expression, Zhang Su replied, ”That’s right, this car isn’t ours. We seized it from someone named Liu Shijie, but there was nothing in it at that time. You wouldn’t suspect we stole stuff from you, would you?”

”No, not at all.” The military coat man waved repeatedly, then changing the topic, said: ”Since the issue has been clarified, we have no questions left. Seeing that car in the county scared us, haha... Well, brothers and sisters, until next time!”

”Until next time.”

The two companions beside the military coat man simultaneously cupped their hands, their face lacking the expression-rich demeanor of the military coat man, looking quite wooden.

With that said, the three slowly turned and prepared to leave.