"Big Brother, there's someone over there… tied to a large concrete pillar with wire…."
Ye Feng and the other three came to hide behind a large black boulder, and Xiao Xiao pointed forward at a distance, speaking.
"That broken half concrete pillar is a bridge pier, most likely part of the overpass we just saw… Someone suddenly appearing here screaming… It might be some kind of trap!"
Wu Ye Lin observed for a moment and spoke in a low voice.
"Ah!~ Ah!~"
"Caw~ caw~ caw~!"
At this moment, the man tied to the bridge pier screamed again, his voice mixed with the cawing of crows.
"So… so cruel…"
Xiao Xiao's brows furrowed tightly.
Because the man tied to the bridge pier had his skull cap removed, exposing his brain, and several crows were pecking at it with opportunistic intent.
The man screamed incessantly, his body struggling and shaking, the blood flowing from his head soaking his neck and shoulder clothes…
"Xiao Xiao, those crows are not ordinary crows, they are zombie crows!"
"Normally, wild animals, birds, etc. don't eat zombies. However, some ferocious beasts or birds might accidentally eat infected humans or animals that have the zombie virus but haven't fully turned into zombies, and then get infected themselves!"
Wu Ye Lin's voice sounded again.
"Zombie crows?"
Ye Feng looked closely and noticed that some of the crows flying around the man at the bridge pier had rotten heads, some had only the whites of their eyes, and dark red bloodstains at the corners of their mouths…
"Zombie crows… Do killing these give usable points?"
Seeing this, a thought crossed Ye Feng's mind.
"Let's go and take a look!"
Ye Feng surveyed the surroundings, casually picked up a few small pebbles, and then walked towards the direction of the zombie crows.
Wu Ye Lin frowned slightly, but eventually followed Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao.
"Caw~ caw~ caw~!"
As Ye Feng and the other two approached, several zombie crows cawed and lunged at them.
"Whoosh~ whoosh~ whoosh!"
"Hiss~ hiss~ hiss~!"
The small pebbles in Ye Feng's hand were thrown out rapidly, instantly killing three zombie crows.
"No usable points~"
After a while, not hearing the system's notification, Ye Feng couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.
"Kill… kill me…"
At this moment, the man tied to the bridge pier spoke, but he wasn't begging Ye Feng and the others for help, but for death.
"Hey, what's going on here?"
"Ah!~"
Before Ye Feng could finish speaking, the man screamed in a hurry.
"Bang!~"
Immediately after, a bloody hole burst open in his chest, and a bullet-shaped blast of air shot directly at Ye Feng's forehead.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!~"
"Clang! Clang!~"
Just as Ye Feng dispersed the bullet-shaped blast of air, a barrage of intense gunfire erupted, scattering rocks and earth.
"Be careful, it's an arcane energy firearm!"
Wu Ye Lin shouted to Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao, who were hiding behind rocks.
"Wind attribute arcane energy…"
Ye Feng frowned slightly. His hand had directly dispersed the wind attribute arcane energy bullet just now, and it now felt a dull ache.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!~"
Another burst of gunfire sounded, and a steel plate next to Ye Feng was instantly pierced through.
"Damn it…"
Ye Feng was somewhat surprised, because at a distance, even an AK could not penetrate that steel plate, but it was easily pierced by the wind attribute arcane energy bullet.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Ye Feng frowned, as he sensed a fluctuation of arcane energy.
"Don't move, hands up!"
The next second, a shout reached Ye Feng's ears.
Almost simultaneously, a rock behind Ye Feng wriggled rapidly, and a thin man instantly appeared. He was holding a firearm that looked quite similar to a shotgun, but it was an arcane energy firearm.
"Don't move!"
"Don't move!"
…
After the shotgun-wielding man appeared, several more shouts rang out, and the surrounding rocks began to wriggle strangely. Several individuals holding arcane energy firearms surrounded Ye Feng and the other two.
"Ye Feng, they are Raiders!"
Wu Ye Lin's voice sounded, full of caution.
Seeing Ye Feng raise his hands, she hesitated for a moment before also raising her hands and walking out from behind the rock. Xiao Xiao, naturally, did the same.
"Raiders?"
Ye Feng looked at Wu Ye Lin with some confusion.
"Look at the insignia on these people's clothes, a black flame above two crossed bloody sabers. This is the mark of the Raiders!"
"This place is likely a trap set by the Raiders. In the early days of the Great Cataclysm, these people often used this method to lure kindhearted people… Many survivor bases were overrun after taking in their people…"
Wu Ye Lin quickly explained to Ye Feng.
"Stinky bitch, you know quite a lot!"
"Shut your mouth!"
The thin Raider man who appeared first behind Ye Feng snorted coldly, then shouted into the distance, "Boss, we've caught four people. The man is scrawny, not much meat on him, but the three women are top-notch beauties!"
Ye Feng turned his head and saw quite a few people walking towards them from upstream.
Many of them emerged directly from rocks and large trees, showing they were earth and wood element arcane energy users…
These Raiders, without exception, all held arcane energy rifles in their hands.
"These guys!"
Ye Feng squinted his eyes slightly, feeling a surge of surprise.
After all, his current spiritual power and perception were extremely strong, yet he hadn't detected so many people hiding nearby, especially that thin Raider man who had ambushed him just now…
"The Raiders basically rob anyone they encounter, even people from the seven major factions…"
"Because the Raiders usually loot and plunder a place and then immediately flee, rarely engaging in direct confrontation. In the post-Cataclysm world, communication and transportation are very inconvenient, making it difficult to track these people…"
At this moment, Wu Ye Lin's voice sounded again, with a hint of anger in her words.
"Stinky bitch, I told you to shut up, are you deaf?"
The thin Raider man walked towards Wu Ye Lin, "Want to open your mouth? Wait till I get my big… Ah…."
Before the thin Raider man could finish speaking, he let out a scream. Wu Ye Lin had slapped him hard on the right cheek.
The force of Wu Ye Lin's slap was immense, directly distorting the thin Raider man's face, deforming his nose, and causing his teeth and blood to spray out…
"Don't shoot, capture them… capture them alive. Such beautiful girls can be sold for a high price… Ah~ Ah!…"
The thin Raider man spoke intermittently, then resumed screaming.
"Go!"
"All of you, get them…"
…