Jiang Rou, with Boss Ma at her side, raced all the way back to the courtyard they had come to last night.

They found the place completely abandoned.

Boss Ma sniffed a few times, but in the end he couldn't smell anything.

Jiang Rou checked as well.

The powder she had used before to track this convoy seemed to have failed here too, leaving no trace that could point to their direction.

Someone here must have discovered it.

The more Jiang Rou thought about it, the angrier she became. Her attempt to steal the sheep had failed, and instead the others had stolen the convoy's sheep.

Although she had no proof, Jiang Rou was convinced those sheep were taken by Chen Ye and the others.

She thought of that obnoxiously poor one-eyed guy.

In a rage, Jiang Rou punched a metal house and blew it to pieces.

The impact even left a big crater in the ground.

Gritting her teeth, Jiang Rou spat, "Bastards, if I see you again—"

Boss Ma stood there without daring to utter a word.

An enraged Jiang Rou was dangerous, despite still looking impressive.

…

"Smells... so good!"

Chu Che sniffed, looking utterly rapturous.

Tonight while camping, the convoy had already started butchering the ordinary sheep.

On the way back last night, one of the sheep had looked listless from the crowding.

After the bumpy trip, that sheep had been half-dead.

So that sheep became tonight's dinner.

Last time, Chen Ye, Chu Che, and Sun Xixi had been cautious and hadn't had a single sip of the mutton soup.

But tonight…

Tonight they couldn't get any either.

Because tonight the convoy was roasting a whole lamb.

Gong Yong had even built a makeshift oven for it.

Of course, the convoy survivors divided portions based on each person's contribution.

Not much, but compared to the Shepherd Convoy, this treatment was pretty good.

On the survivors' side, they also set up a large pot.

They carefully cleaned all the offal and tossed it into the pot.

They added some potatoes, lettuce, and lettuce leaves as side vegetables.

Some people even went off to gather various wild greens.

Those wild greens had been tried bit by bit until they confirmed they were edible.

After the apocalypse, the climate had changed.

With other unknown changes as well.

Many familiar wild greens had disappeared, and new, unrecognizable ones had appeared.

After two years of nomadic life, the survivors had done some exploration.

Their pot of mutton soup would hardly give much to each person.

But everyone was still happy.

At least everyone got some meat, after all.

"Captain Chu, they're going to Xi City too. What if—"

Gong Yong spoke up.

He was a little worried.

After all, that sexy vixen had a bad temper.

And the other side was very strong.

If they really ran into them—

Never mind how Chen Ye's group would fare, he himself certainly couldn't withstand them.

If they targeted him, he probably couldn't even run away.

He had offended them before.

Damn it…

Gong Yong regretted it a little.

"Da Yong, you can't be too honest in life!"

"If it happens, it happens. What can she do to us?"

Chen Ye chuckled.

He showed no sign of psychological pressure at all.

Gong Yong fell silent and just glanced at the roasting sheep.

His expression seemed to say, "Where did that come from? Don't you keep track?"

Chen Ye apparently read the unspoken comment.

Before he could answer, Captain Chu said, "Yeah, why would she pick a fight with us for no reason?"

"To me, Jiang Rou doesn't seem completely unreasonable."

Ding Dong couldn't stand it any longer.

She blurted out, "Captain Chu, Yezi, you two better be careful!"

"The Shepherd Convoy sure won't let this go!"

"Their convoy has two Sequence 4s, we should prepare!"

"Or we might as well not go to Xi City…"

This was the first time Ding Dong had taken something that didn't belong to her in such a brazen way.

It had been one thing when scavenging supplies,

since those were ownerless.

But these sheep clearly had an owner, and they had met them not long ago.

Chen Ye snorted coldly, "Let others have the first day, why can't we have the fifteenth?"

"Ding Dong, this is the apocalypse, this is the apocalypse!!!"

"Captain Chu, Xixi, this meatworm is actually plump, somehow tastes like lamb?"

Sun Xixi rolled her eyes and refused to respond.

Captain Chu, however, as if reading minds, said, "Yeah, is this meatworm a new variety? Why does it taste like lamb?"

"It should be delicious!"

Iron Lion swallowed and looked bewildered. "Yezi, this is obviously—"

"Shut up!"

"Eh—"

"Xu Lina, do you think this is lamb or meatworm meat?"

Xu Lina was silent for a moment, then whispered, "Meatworm meat!"

Ding Dong immediately froze in anger. "You lot are birds of a feather!"

After saying that, she stood up and left in a hurry, her steps brisk, as if she scorned being associated with Chen Ye's group.

At that moment,

the lamb was ready.

Before the cook could speak, a powerful gust of breath seemed to blast everything aside.

The cook gaped at the sight in front of him.

Chen Ye erupted in Smoke Breath, his whole body looking like a demon climbing out of the Abyss, one hand grabbing the freshly roasted whole lamb, his figure like lightning.

The pink-haired girl wasn't far behind. With a light stab of her long sword, she cut off a leg and put it in her hand.

She gave a small portion to Little Fish and kept the rest.

Iron Lion had been on guard; although not very bright, he still had a great talent for eating.

With his four arms he seized a leg and tore it off.

The two big heads hungrily bit into the leg.

Gong Yong held his bowl, one hand reaching for a leg.

He was stupefied.

He had thought last time was outrageous, but this time was even more absurd.

The roasting rack was something he had made himself.

Not a single bite for him.

"Aren't you… aren't you even human?"

At that point, Gong Yong forgot to be afraid of Chen Ye and chased after him.

"Yezi, Chen Ye, give me a bite, give me a bite!"

Chu Che, who at some point had grabbed a huge rack of lamb, ate with grease on his mouth.

He was sly like that—when did he take it? No one noticed.

Xu Lina licked her lips, unsure what to say.

Suddenly she felt her bowl grow heavier.

She saw a large piece of lamb in her bowl as well.

Xu Lina thought perhaps her words—"Mr. Chen, in the final days of one's life, could you be a little kinder to me?"—had moved Mr. Chen to pity her.

Xu Lina smiled brightly, like a hundred flowers blooming, radiant as spring sunlight.

Chen Ye hugged the remaining lamb meat and opened his mouth, eating without restraint.

Just then,

Ding Dong rushed over with Zhou Xiaoxiao, both in a hurry.

Seeing the empty roasting rack and everyone eating merrily,

Ding Dong was furious, "You… you people, are you even human? Didn't leave me any at all?"