<h4>Chapter 42 Meeting an Adept</h4>


    "Big brother, big sister Xing''er asked me to bring food and water over." Xiao Hua stood under the tree and said loudly.


    Kong Yun, who was resting in the tree with his eyes closed, shook his head, "I won''t eat, you guys eat!"


    Even now, Kong Yun couldn''t understand why he had agreed to Hu Xing''s request and brought dozens of old, weak, sick, and disabled people along with him.


    There were zombies outside. It could be imagined how dangerous it was to bring such arge group of people outside. Kong Yun was the only one who could fight. The burden of protecting these old, weak, sick, and disabled people fell on him.


    Although it had only been two days, Kong Yun was physically and mentally exhausted. What was he pretending to be? Why would he take such a thankless task on himself?


    "Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!" The fire phoenix descended from the sky, and the fire phoenix that had scouted the sky for a while had already discovered arge gathering ce.


    Kong Yun took a deep breath and hurriedly sent these people to the gathering ce. It would be easy for him to be relieved. It was not good to be a good person in this world.


    Holding arge green backpack, Kong Yun walked at the front. The fire phoenix was on guard in the sky. Several times, it was the fire phoenix that discovered danger.


    At dusk, arge gathering ce appeared in front of Kong Yun and the others. The city wall was made of steel, and there were heavily armed soldiers guarding the city wall.


    Kong Yun heaved a sigh of relief and finally saw the gathering ce.


    However, when Kong Yun and the others wanted to enter this gathering ce, they were stopped. If they wanted to enter this gathering ce, they had to hand over some things.


    Food, weapons, clothing, zombie materials, and all sorts of other materials were all fine, but there was no charge for them.


    After Zhan Long City was destroyed, the survival point lost its value. Perhaps it could still be used in other cities, but the survival point near Zhan Long City was just a pile of waste paper. Even if you had hundreds of millions of survival points, you wouldn''t be able to buy a piece of bread.


    "What kind of rules are these? Why do you have to hand over the items when you enter?" Kong Yun frowned.


    "The resources of the assembly area are limited. If you want to obtain the protection of the assembly area, you must pay the protection fee." The militia at the gathering ce snorted.


    "What''s going on? It''s noisy!" A man in a suit walked over.


    "Manager Wu, these people wanted to enter the assembly area, but they refused to pay the protection fee. I stopped them." The militia hurriedly said.


    "Why did youe in without paying the protection fee? Waste the resources of the gathering ce! Blow it out!" Manager Wu didn''t even look at Kong Yun and the others. The gathering ce wasn''t a charity hall.


    "How could you be like this? We managed to find this ce with great difficulty. Aren''t you asking us to die if you don''t let us in?" The old man who was blocked outside said excitedly.


    Manager Wu chuckled, "What can you old, weak, sick, and disabled people do? Entering the gathering ce is also a waste of food. Rather than wasting food, it''s better to die outside. The food you saved can still feed several young and strong people."


    Most of the people in the gathering area were young and middle-aged people with fighting strength. They could use them to build city walls and collect resources outside, but what was the use of these old people?


    Kong Yun also knew that Manager Wu was right. Everyone wanted to survive, and no one was willing to bring a few burdens with them. He could understand why he refused to allow these old people to enter the gathering ce.


    However, understanding was understanding. Whether he agreed or not was another matter. He had finally found a gathering ce with these old men after walking so far. How could he be blocked out like this?


    "Are these things enough?" Kong Yun opened his backpack and took out a folded scaled armor. This was the scaled armor of the python mutated beast.


    Manager Wu was obviously a knowledgeable person. He couldn''t move his eyes when he saw this scaled armor. "The scaled armor of a mutated beast?"


    "That''s right, you''re quite knowledgeable. This scaled armor should be enough to allow them to enter the gathering ce, right?" Kong Yun said.


    "Enough, enough, let them in!" Manager Wu hurriedly asked the militia to open the iron door and let Kong Yun and the others in.


    He couldn''t wait to hold this scaled armor in his hand and clicked his tongue in amazement, "Baby! Baby!"


    It was arge gathering ce where houses made of steel could be seen, but there were more straw sheds made of thatch and linen.


    The old men looked at the tall steel city wall and felt a little relieved. This ce was at least much safer than their original ce.


    "Kid Kong, where''s the food? We''ve been walking for such a long time. We''re hungry and tired. You still have some food on you, right? Bring some out." An old man said weakly as he sat on the ground.


    Kong Yun hugged his chest and chuckled, "It''s all eaten up."


    "Nonsense, I clearly saw Xiao Hua send you a lot of food. You can''t eat that much by yourself. Give us some." The gray-haired old man pointed at Kong Yun and said.


    Kong Yun was already unused to these old fellows. If it wasn''t for Hu Xing pleading, he wouldn''t have brought these old men on the road. He only knew how to eat, not work, and rely on the old to sell the old.


    "Oh, so what if I have food? Why should I give you my food?" Kong Yun smiled coldly, his eyes shining with a cold light.


    "Uncle Yang, eat mine if you''re hungry. I still have some left." Hu Xing hurriedly took out water and food from her backpack.


    However, he snatched the food from Hu Xing''s hand and said, "Do you have a lot of food? I didn''t see how much you ate along the way. Did you give it all to them?"


    Hu Xing hurriedly exined, "I… I''m still young and I can handle it, but Uncle Yang and the others are getting old. If…"


    Kong Yun snorted. He had seen the performance of these people along the way. The dozen or so old men didn''t do anything. They were like parasites, all of them had to be taken care of by women like Hu Xing and the others.


    "Kid Kong, since Hu Xing is willing to give us food, why are you stopping us!" Uncle Yang snorted.


    "If you like being a good person, then do it!" Kong Yun threw the food to Hu Xing and turned around to leave. He had already fulfilled his promise with due diligence and brought these people to the gathering ce. As for how they would be in the future, it had nothing to do with him.


    Watching Kong Yun leave, Hu Xing gritted her teeth and squatted down to take care of these old men.


    Kong Yun shook his head helplessly. Hu Xing was really kind to the point of being stupid. However, this was her own choice. Kong Yun could help her once, but he could not help her for the rest of his life. What would happen in the future depended on Hu Xing''s own good fortune.


    After strolling around the assembly area, when the survival point lost its value as money, the transaction returned to the most primitive barter stage.


    Food and weapons were the two most precious resources. The food in the assembly area was also very tense, and many people did not have enough to eat.


    "I''m back, I''m back, the hunting squad is back!" Suddenly, the cheers of the militia came from the city wall.


    Immediately, the entire gathering ce started to boil. Everyone looked in the direction of the gate. The hunting squad was the main source of food for this gathering ce. Only a powerful hunting squad could survive in the wilderness where zombies were rampant and find food.


    "Boom!" The gate slowly opened. As the convoy slowly entered, Kong Yun was also surprised. The hunting team had actually returned with a full load. There were even a fewplete corpses of mutated beasts on the truck.


    Although these mutated beasts weren''tparable to the python Kong Yun had killed, the mutated beasts'' strength was still there. Ordinary people wouldn''t be able to kill mutated beasts, and even if they had nted armor, it would be very difficult to do so.


    A middle-aged man in his fifties or sixties jumped off the truck. Kong Yun''s heart trembled and he couldn''t help but look at the middle-aged man, "Adept!"


    When Kong Yun looked at the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man also looked at Kong Yun at the same time, "Adept!"


    Sun Changkong frowned slightly. Since when did an Adept appear in his gathering ce? Furthermore, he seemed to be quite powerful.


    "Food, so much food!" When Yang Jian and the other old men saw that there was food, they all came forward.


    Seeing Kong Yun, Hu Xing''s expression was a little awkward. Just as she was about to greet Kong Yun, Kong Yun turned around and left.


    Seeing the militia move all the food away without leaving any behind, Yang Jian and the others panicked. This food was actually not for them?


    "Where''s the food? Where''s our food?" Yang Jian couldn''t help but shout.


    "Don''t think about it. If you want food, you can go to work, forge iron, build city walls, and move things. You can get as much food as you want." A young man said.


    "I''m so old, I can''t do anything anymore!" Yang Jian exined.


    "If you don''t work, there''s no food. This is the rule here. If you don''t work, you''ll starve to death." The young man patted Yang Jian''s hand off.


    "We can''t do this. You can''t do this. We''ll starve to death. We''ll starve to death." Yang Jian muttered to himself.


    Hu Xing pulled Yang Jian up and said, "Uncle Yang, don''t do this. There must be a way. There must be a way."


    "Xing''er, we old fellows can''t do anything. If this continues, we will starve to death. You must save us." Yang Jian held Hu Xing''s hand, tears streaming down his face.


    "I will think of a way. I will think of a way." Hu Xing nodded.


    Kong Yun sat in a restaurant. There was actually a restaurant in the gathering ce. There was arge amount of food here, but of course, the prerequisite was that you had enough to exchange for it.


    "This guest, you look very unfamiliar. Are you a neer?" The waiter smiled and said.


    "What, can''t noodles be eaten?" Kong Yun asked.


    "That''s not true. I just need to ask you to pay the deposit first so that we can serve you the dishes." The waiter said with a smile.


    "What is this rule?" Kong Yun snorted.


    ''"Don''t get angry. There''s nothing we can do about it. The food in the assembly area is very tense and the price is very expensive. Normally, people can''t afford it. It''s also to prevent people from not paying their bills." The waiter continued to smile.


    The food in the gathering ce was scarce and expensive. If someone ate the Overlord''s meal, the loss of this restaurant would not be small. Even if they killed the people who ate the Overlord''s meal, it would be useless. Right now, a single person''s life was not evenparable to a steamed bun!