The moment he turned around, Xu Qing quickly swept behind him.

He saw seven or eight feet away, seven people in different positions, scattered towards him.

These seven people are all adults, both male and female, and their clothes are mainly fur coats, dark gray in color, with many leather bags hanging on them.

Everyone has weapons on them, scattered among themselves.

Three of them held bows and two held swords. Neither of them left their backs to the other, as if they were on guard.

There is another person wearing boxing gloves on his hands, walking alone, and his position is in the middle.

As for the person who spoke in a weird tone just now, he was a tall and strong man.

This man was carrying a huge battle ax and was also the closest to Xu Qing.

He was extremely burly, had a ferocious scar on his face, and was covered with beard. He had a cruel look in his eyes at the moment, and he took long strides with a ferocious smile, approaching Xu Qing.

All of this was what Xu Qing saw after taking a quick glance.

His pupils shrank, and his mind instantly analyzed that these people did not look like a whole, but more like a temporary team.

This can be clearly seen from their positions and precautions.

And Xu Qing has already guessed the identities of these people. They... are all scavengers!

There is no shortage of scavengers in Nanhuang Continent. Most of them are cruel and do not have much bottom line to talk about. They are all naked predators of the weak.

Apparently this time the blood rain in the restricted area stopped, the barrier opened, and scavengers from all around were attracted and swarmed in.

For them, although the restricted area is dangerous, they are people who live on the edge of a knife. The resources contained in the empty city are enough to make them red-eyed.

Even if most materials are contaminated, there are still things of value.

As thoughts in her heart were spinning rapidly, Xu Qing's body swayed and she was about to jump away from the side.

But the big man approaching him saw that Xu Qing was about to run away, his eyes became more ferocious, and his smile was filled with bloodlust.

"Want to run away? I like to torture and kill brats like you the most. There should be a lot of items in your leather bag. Lei Dui, give this kid to me."

The cruelty in the big man's eyes seemed to be radiated from his pupils, forming a deterrent. Combined with his tall body and battle ax, he felt extremely oppressive.

At this moment, he strode forward, swung the battle ax in his right hand, and threw it directly in the direction Xu Qing was about to leap to.

With a roar, the battle ax whistled, piercing the distance between the two sides, and approached instantly from mid-air.

The big man was very strong and his movements were not slow, but Xu Qing was faster. Almost at the moment when the battle ax arrived, his body suddenly accelerated to avoid it.

The battle ax whizzed past in front of him.

The rising wind blew against Xu Qing's face, blowing some of his scattered hair, revealing his cold and wolf-like eyes under the hair.

The next moment, Xu Qing's body rolled on the ground. Instead of running away, he came close to the big man, raised his right hand, and a black iron stick appeared directly in his hand.

Taking advantage of his lower height than his opponent, Xu Qing jumped upwards and stabbed the big man's chin with the iron stick in his hand from bottom to top!

All this happened so fast. Xu Qing's thin body and previous attempts to escape formed a natural cover for his attack, so that even the big man felt a life-or-death crisis at this moment.

But after all, he was experienced. At this moment, his complexion changed drastically, and his upper body suddenly leaned back. He narrowly avoided the iron mark, but there was still a bloody mark on his chin.

But before the anger in his heart burned, Xu Qing looked cold and quickly pulled out the dagger from his calf with his left hand without missing a single blow.

When the big man leaned his upper body back, he lowered his body and stabbed the dagger hard into the instep of the big man's right foot.

With a pop, the dagger penetrated the straw sandals, penetrated flesh and blood, and was nailed directly into the soil!

The big man's expression was distorted, severe pain swept through his body, and a shrill scream suddenly came out. He was about to fight back, but Xu Qing was too flexible. After taking action, his body shot backwards and fell to the side of a broken wall bunker. He squatted there, ready to wait.

hair.

The swaying firelight covered his face, making him look a little uncertain, but his wolf-like eyes could not be concealed by the firelight. He looked at the scavengers with vigilance and ferocity.

All this happened so quickly, and Xu Qing's age and body shape were so confusing that many of the scavengers were careless and did not react immediately.

At this moment, their eyes all showed fierce looks, and the eyes of the three people who were shooting their bows were even sharper.

Xu Qing, who was hiding behind the bunker, did not look at the big man who was screaming and struggling not far away and pulled out the dagger from his instep. Instead, he glanced at the three bow holders and finally looked at the one standing in the middle with the fist.

The person who traps you.

This man was an old man. Although his clothes were similar to the others, his eyes were the sharpest. Xu Qing could faintly feel the subtle fluctuations of spiritual energy in him.

Based on his position and the instinctive gazes of other people around him, Xu Qing had some judgment in his mind.

The other party...should be the temporary leader of these scavengers.

Xu Qing looked at the old man, analyzing in his heart, and the old man was also looking at him, with something strange in his eyes.

Soon the old man looked away, looking at the rising incineration flame not far away, and became silent.

At this moment, the big man who had pulled out the dagger had furious eyes, and he let out a roar and rushed towards Xu Qing.

"Baby, let's see how I kill you!"

Xu Qing's eyes narrowed with a sharp look, and he was about to make a move, but at this moment, an old voice came calmly.

"Enough!"

These two words seemed to be so intimidating that the roaring man had to stop and look back at the speaker.

The one who spoke was the old man with boxing gloves that Xu Qing had just looked at.

"Thunder Team..."

"This kid should be a survivor from the slums outside. Even the gods have spared him. Please don't take action. Let's go."

"But..." There was a strong unwillingness in the big man's eyes. He believed that he was just careless before. If he really took action, he was sure to crush Xu Qing's neck within a few breaths.

Just as he was about to speak, the old man gave him a faint look.

"Do you want me to say it a second time?"

The big man looked struggling, but finally lowered his head.

Just when he lowered his head, he looked at Xu Qing hiding in the bunker from the corner of his eye. Murderous intent flashed across his face, then he turned around with a cold expression and limped towards the old man.

Xu Qing felt this murderous intention, and narrowed his eyes slightly, watching the group of scavengers warily as they gradually walked away.

But just after they walked dozens of feet away, the old man in the middle paused and turned his head. Whether he was looking at Xu Qing or the hot flames of the pile of cremated corpses, he suddenly spoke after a while.

"Kid, are you willing to leave here with me?"

Xu Qing was stunned. He noticed that the other person's words were talking about me, not us.

So he fell silent and scanned the group of people with his eyes. The old man was also patient and did not rush. He stood in the distance and waited for the answer.

After more than ten breaths, Xu Qing glanced at these people many times, looked at the old man, and then looked at the big man with a cold expression who had been injured by himself.

There was a strange light in the young man's eyes.

He stood up slowly, without speaking, and slowly approached them.

Seeing Xu Qing approaching, the old man smiled, turned around and continued walking. The others also looked at Xu Qing deeply and walked away.

In this way, Xu Qing followed this group of scavengers and watched them search for valuable objects in the city.

During this period, he learned the nickname of the ferocious man, and others called him Can Niu.

This person also glanced at Xu Qing many times, with a cold light in his eyes.

But he was obviously restrained, as if he was not in a hurry and was waiting for the opportunity when the old man who stopped him from taking action was not around.

And he seemed to be very sure that such an opportunity would definitely come along the way.

Xu Qing thought for a moment and thought of the greed of the big man, so based on his familiarity with the city, he gave some help to these scavengers.

Xu Qing's low profile allowed these scavengers to search for valuable items faster and find more items.

The mutilated cow is obviously greedy. Even if it cannot hold it in its body and exceeds its own load, it still wants to take more.

Therefore, he, who was already injured, searched in a wider area than the others and carried heavier items.

It was nothing at first, but as time went by, the big man's physical strength was obviously consumed a lot, and his fatigue far exceeded that of everyone else.

As for the area of ​​the City Lord's Mansion, Xu Qing considered that the old man known as Lei Dui would be helpful to him, so he did not lure them there.

Until night was about to fall, the group finally left the city and camped in the former slums outside the city.

They were very skillful and set up six tents.

Except for the two men holding knives in a tent, the others were all alone. They even lit incense outside the tent, and someone took out some powder and sprinkled it around.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker, various roars began to echo in the city, and these scavengers all walked into the tents.

Only Team Lei glanced at the lonely Xu Qing, took out a sleeping bag from the side, and threw it over.

"Burning incense can drive away strange beasts, and powder can ward off strange things. With your contribution today, with me here, Can Niu won't dare to call your attention. It's quite safe here."

After saying that, the old man ignored him and walked into the tent.

Xu Qing said nothing, but took a deep look at the old man's tent, picked up the sleeping bag, opened it, and got in.

But it was not sealed, but a crack was left facing the direction of the scavenger's tent.

Late at night, the roars and shrill sounds from the outside world became more and more intense, the weird cries also swirled vaguely, and the terrifying atmosphere seemed to be everywhere in the outside world.
To be continued...