15 Eel Soup

"You?"

Xiao Zhe was trembling with anger as he looked at Yang Xiao, unable to speak.

But Yang Xiao strode forward directly to Xiao Zhe. As Xiao Zhe raised the steel pipe in his hand, he felt a chill on his neck. Yang Xiao's watermelon knife was already placed against it. Xiao Zhe's expression changed drastically in fright and he trembled as he said, "Yang Xiao, calm down, don't do anything rash, let's talk this through."

"Xiao Zhe, take your men and get back to your camp. Don't show up around our camp again, or I'll kill anyone I see without hesitation."

"Okay, I'll take my men back immediately. What are you still waiting for?" Xiao Zhe roared at the dozen or so boys he had brought.

The stunned boys heard Xiao Zhe's yelling and immediately started walking back to their camp.

"Wait, drag away the bodies of your companions."

Hearing this, the boys could only reluctantly come back and lift up the three bodies on the ground, carrying them to the edge of the playground and tossing them outside.

The calamity had already caused over 90% of people to die, so a few more bodies didn't matter.

But to keep the area around the playground clean, they still threw the bodies into a pit about 100 meters away from the field.

It was an extraordinary time of apocalypse, and many things were no longer so particular. The living could only struggle to survive, while the dead naturally could not receive proper burials.

Yang Xiao put away the watermelon knife and waved at Xiao Zhe, saying, "Xiao Zhe, I dare to let you go because I have the ability to kill you again. So you'd better not try anything with me, or I'll kill you first."

"I won't dare, Yang Xiao, don't worry, I definitely won't let them harass you again."

"Go on, get out!"

Yang Xiao waved his hand. Xiao Zhe dejectedly ran back to his own camp.

Yang Xiao then said loudly to the onlooking crowd, "I know what you're all thinking. Seeing Huang Wen and the other girls being weak, you want to rob their food and water. If you're not afraid to die, then come get it. Let's see if your necks can resist my blade!"

Yang Xiao shouted angrily. The surrounding people immediately lowered their heads and walked away.

These were all members of small teams. After seeing Yang Xiao kill three people in a row, even a big shot like Xiao Zhe didn't dare oppose him. How could they still have the courage?

The onlookers instantly dispersed.

Huang Wen and the others looked at Yang Xiao, suddenly feeling he was the most handsome man in the world. They rushed over and clung to Yang Xiao in a hug.

As a result, Yang Xiao found himself surrounded by a group of ugly girls. Of course, some of them were well-endowed, especially those of a few girls, which made Yang Xiao rather uncomfortable.

After being stirred up by this unexpected incident, the group of girls attained an unprecedented sense of security and satisfaction. As long as Yang Xiao was around, it seemed no one would dare bully them for the time being.

Yang Xiao thought for a moment and said, "Let's move this camp a little closer to the Gene Store, about 20 meters away. There's quite a lot of open space there."

Without even thinking, Huang Wen and the others unanimously said, "Good!"

They immediately started preparing to move.

"Aren't you going to ask why?" Yang Xiao looked dumbfounded.

"What's there to ask? You're the boss," Chen Lu said.

The girls also chuckled.

Yang Xiao shook his head helplessly. Once girls idolized someone, they easily became blind followers. "If you guys idolize me like this, it puts a lot of pressure on me," he thought to himself.

Half an hour later, everyone had set up camp in an open space around 20 meters from the Gene Store.

They rebuilt the stove, started a fire, boiled water, and roasted taros.

Yang Xiao was also busy. He didn't know which girl had found a big pot in the ruins of the academy cafeteria. Yang Xiao briefly washed the pot and put it on the simple stove to boil water.

He used a knife to chop the mutated eel into small pieces, rinsed it with water, then put it in the pot to stew.

The girls surrounded Yang Xiao, watching him stew the eel, and couldn't help but drool. They hadn't eaten their fill for three days, let alone any meat.

Yang Xiao suddenly thought of something and sighed, "What a pity, there's no salt. Sigh!"

"Hehe, who said there was no salt?"

Huang Wen handed Yang Xiao a pack of salt.

Yang Xiao's eyes almost popped out. "Wow, you guys have this?"

"Hehe, this is where we girls have an advantage. We went to the cafeteria ruins to look for food. We didn't find anything else but picked up some pots and pans left behind by others. Also, besides salt, soy sauce, and chili powder, we also found some, but unfortunately, there was no oil."

Hearing this, Yang Xiao immediately gave a thumbs up. "Amazing, our girls!"

Half an hour later, a large pot of eel soup was ready. Yang Xiao sprinkled in salt, soy sauce, and chili powder. The fragrant aroma was overflowing and extremely tempting.

Even the little old man Gu Bo ran out from the Gene Store.

"Wow, who cooked this? It smells so good!"

Yang Xiao chuckled and said, "Old man, why don't you come over and have a bowl?"

Gu Bo didn't stand on ceremony and actually came over.

Seeing Gu Bo approach, Huang Wen and the others, who had always been in awe of him and the two iron-tower-like warriors outside the Gene Store, immediately made space for him to sit.

Gu Bo promptly sat down beside Yang Xiao.

Chen Fei quickly took out over ten metal bowls and handed them to Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao ladled a bowl full of the mutated eel soup and passed it to Gu Bo.

Gu Bo took it and exclaimed, "Mm, smells good!"

He took a sip. "Delicious!"

There were only about ten bowls in total, so three people shared each one. Everyone drank a mouthful of eel soup, with satisfied, happy smiles filling every girl's face.

Chen Lu and the others used iron rods to pull the roasted taros out of the fire and tossed them in front of everyone. "Time to eat roasted taros!"

Yang Xiao picked up a roasted taro and handed it to Gu Bo. "Eat one?"

Gu Bo shook his head. "I'm not interested in this. Can I have another bowl of eel soup instead?"

Gu Bo also knew that Yang Xiao and the others were short on food. When he said this, he felt a little embarrassed.

But Yang Xiao didn't mind and promptly refilled Gu Bo's bowl with eel soup.

Gu Bo gulped it down in a few mouthfuls. He glanced at the pot and saw there wasn't much left. Embarrassed to ask for more, he thanked Yang Xiao and turned to leave.

Feeling slightly awkward, he took a black longsword from the Gene Store and brought it over to Yang Xiao. "I drank two bowls of your soup, so let this be the payment."

Why would Yang Xiao stand on ceremony with him? This was just what he wanted.

He accepted the sword, feeling it was a little heavy. It was pitch black all over and didn't seem particularly sharp. He asked, "Old man, what's so special about this sword?"

Gu Bo looked a bit awkward and said, "To tell the truth, this is the worst sword in my shop."