Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 546 - 21: Fight for the Seed, Two Women Quarrel

Chapter 546: Chapter 21: Fight for the Seed, Two Women Quarrel

Just like a hardworking little bee, Little Lolita sorted through the thick layers of corpses on the deck, picking up seeds. Both of her hands were covered in broken flesh. It was nauseating. Xu Biyun thanked Tang Zheng and went out. After all, for her, every extra seed she stored meant a qualitative improvement.

"Thank you." Ai Yixin punched her ignorant husband and thanked the Conquerors. Then, pushing herself further, she hurried towards the sea of corpses to dig for seeds.

Since the punishment troops were not only numerous but also strong, the number of seeds dropped would increase. Everyone should be able to gather three to four Bronze Seeds. With some luck, one might even find gold. Of course, if one is too slow, they will naturally get nothing.

A zombie, only its upper body left and dressed in military uniform, was still crawling towards Lu Fan. It was dragging a long stretch of black, curved intestine behind it, looking like a devil that came out of hell.

Bang! Lu Fan held onto his revolver, blowing the zombie’s skull away. The majority of the Nazi zombies were killed, but a few slipped through the net, causing the newbies to hesitate.

The Conquerors had dispersed long ago, each picking up their own stuff. However, they tacitly avoided the bottom, where most of the zombies were killed by Lin Weiguo and Tang Zheng.

"Why aren’t they picking up weapons? What is that stone with a halo wrapped around it like Saturn?" Reporter Ruxiong had sharp eyes. After seeing Ruan Feifei go out to collect the spoils of war, he became suspicious. It should not be the weapons that caught her eye, so she must have learned some secrets from Tang Zheng in exchange for using her body.

Ruxiong didn’t ask more and went out to pick up seeds. Even if he had to ask, he had to wait until he got them. He saw that there were many people here, speculating that he might be robbed by the Conquerors after picking up the seeds, so he ran directly to the second floor.

"Isn’t there a smart one!" Tang Zheng had the seeds given by Yin Shangwu, but they were still too few. As soon as Qin Yan put on the Band-Aid, he took her hand and rushed to the ship’s side. He then leaned on the railing, jumped down, and Qin Yan didn’t slow down, not bothered by the four-meter height.

Ruxiong was startled when he saw them jump down, then frowned.

"Collect over there." Tang Zheng found a Star seed under a giant zombie body. He waved it gleefully at Qin Yan, then pointed out several locations. These zombies were all killed by him. Of course, he remembered which ones produced the seeds.

Qin Yan gave Tang Zheng a look and quickly took action.

Ruxiong’s observation skills were not bad. He anxiously ran to a spot Tang Zheng pointed out and indeed found a seed.

This was a Bronze Seed, shaped like an olive and about the size of his thumbnail, with a bronze fluorescent sheen. Upon contact with Ruxiong’s fingers, the continuously rotating light on the seed burst instantly. Some of it swirled around the seed before finally condensing into a halo, settled in the middle of the seed.

Although he didn’t know what it was used for, he was sure it was a treasure. Ruxiong swallowed a mouthful of saliva, glanced at Tang Zheng, looked at the other places, hesitated for a moment, but fortunately controlled his greed and decided not to go after more.

"Know your limits. The more you give, the more you get." Tang Zheng said indifferently. Although Ruxiong didn’t kill any zombies in the previous battle, he did contribute. Plus, his smart behavior earned him a seed. Of course, if he got greedy, Tang Zheng wouldn’t mind teaching him a lesson.

"Thank you." Ruxiong was happy, knowing that this was Tang Zheng’s approval, "I will help you pick up."

"No need, just stay up there." Qin Yan drove Ruxiong away and said to Tang Zheng, "Giving them seeds is a sheer waste. It would be better to use them to upgrade the strength of the Conquerors."

"Do you think Chu Baichuan and Dantai would leave any for him? Pang Meiqin and Xu Biyun are also thinking of seizing them." Many props could be exchanged for seeds as well as points, so the Conquerors were also short.

"One star, three gold, and five bronze, a great harvest." Tang Zheng had collected a lot and was quite satisfied. Qin Yan also seemed happy with her loot.

Tang Zheng didn’t want to play the villain; he would let the other Conquerors fight over the spoils. The newbies would undoubtedly support him more, but he had to be wary of them shooting black guns at him.

"What’s going on?" Before they could get back on the top deck, Qin Yan heard the commotion among the newbies, "Someone is fighting!"

Ruan Feifei and Manli were fighting amidst the blood and flesh, scratching faces, pulling hairs, utterly engrossed. The newbies were standing on the side, watching. Zhao Guangji, in particular, was the one whistling the loudest. After experiencing a life-and-death escape, they needed an outlet for their emotions. Seeing two women fight over a seed, which they didn’t have, naturally made them feel unbalanced. Their dark side emerged, and they didn’t try to separate the two women.

Ruan Feifei was, after all, young. It wasn’t easy for Manli to fight back, and she fell quickly into a disadvantage.

"What are you doing standing there? Help me!" After taking a punch, Manli roared at Xu Liangmao and Jia Honglang. The two men looked at each other, then at the Conquerors standing nearby. No one wanted to invite trouble.

"Give me back my seed." Ruan Feifei’s face contorted in rage as she targeted Manli’s face, since she knew about the protection offered by the clothing.

"Hu Xiaoyan, Jia Honglang, come help me." Manli suddenly tackled Ruan Feifei and hugged her tightly, swearing, "You bitch, how did you know this stone is called a seed?"

With her teeth shaking from the blows, Manli was going into shrewish mode. She didn’t care about maintaining her image, but still had some sense to her. She knew that by pushing the female host to the opposing side amongst the newbies.

Why would you know it’s called a seed? The newbies felt unfair. They all started looking at Ruan Feifei differently. Zhao Guangji even took out his phone and recorded the two women brawling. He thought if he posted the video online, it would definitely get tens of millions of clicks.

"It’s a pity that their clothes weren’t torn apart," Zhao Guangji smacked his lips, considering the purpose of the seeds.

Pang Meiqin, bored, was filming with a DV camera. Ai Yixin, being more thoughtful, advised a suggestion, aware she was also considered a newbie. If she didn’t act kindly enough, people would despise her. She knew very well if it wasn’t for Tang Zheng’s soft spot towards her because she was pregnant, Chu Baichuan would have been dead a long time ago. Judging by the attitude of the other Conquerors towards her and her husband, it was clear that they had no respect for them.

"What the hell are you doing? Stop it!" Tang Zheng furrowed his brows, embarrassed by their behavior.

The two women rolled around in the remnants of the flesh and blood. Upon hearing Tang Zheng, they shivered, but didn’t release their grasps. Ruan Feifei was clutching the mature woman’s chest, causing her face to change color. However, the heroin didn’t fare any better: her face was covered in scratch marks.

"Don’t make me repeat myself," Tang Zheng pointed his gun at them, "Let go, and stand apart."

The newbies also fell silent after witnessing Tang Zheng slaughter thousands of zombie dogs effortlessly. Anyone with enough guts to resist now would be a fool. They didn’t want to admit it, but they knew collectively they probably couldn’t even kill one zombie dog.

The two women stood there in utter disarray. Their clothes were torn, and they were both covered in bits of flesh and blood, barely recognizable as if they had just climbed out of a meat sauce.

Ruan Feifei, convinced of her beauty and confident that Tang Zheng would side with her, suddenly slapped the mature woman. Yu Manli was startled and instinctively wanted to hit back, but upon seeing Tang Zheng approaching, she held back and glared at her fiercely.

"Ha." Seeing Yu Manli trembling from anger but not daring to do anything, Ruan Feifei gave her a triumphant look before slapping her again.

"Didn’t you hear what I said?" Tang Zheng’s face went green with anger. He towered over the two women and yelled at Ruan Feifei.

"I, I want more seeds from you," Ruan Feifei managed to come up with an excuse.

"Do you take me for a fool?" Tang Zheng retorted with a slap.

Ruan Feifei held her cheek in disbelief. She couldn’t believe a man would dare to hit her! As the star host of a provincial television station, she was constantly being courted by successful men. She had never been treated this way before.

Tang Zheng swung his hand back, slapping her again. Another three slaps delivered to the face of the female host made her mouth corner swell.

With her lips quivering and tears streaming down her face, Ruan Feifei felt wronged.

Yu Manli was delighted and a smile crept onto her face. But as soon as she noticed Tang Zheng’s gaze upon her, she quickly wiped the smile off her face. She never thought she would be standing so nervously in front of a young man in his twenties. For some reason, a complex feeling of shame mingled with comfort began to churn within her chest, causing her body to gradually heat up.

"If discord within the team arises again, you will be expelled and left to fend for yourselves," Tang Zheng stared at the two women, his gaze penetrating their souls.

"Understood," the two women answered timidly. At this point, even if Tang Zheng asked them to attend upon him in bed, they wouldn’t dare utter a word of objection.

"The same goes for the rest of you newcomers, so watch out for yourselves," Tang Zheng was about to turn around and leave when Yu Manli grasped his arm.

"Here, the seeds." Yu Manli opened her palm to reveal two bronze seeds. She wasn’t sure how to use the seeds, and she knew asking the Conquerors would not get her an answer. It was likely they would even try to seize them. After all, others weren’t as kind as Tang Zheng. At this point, it seemed safer to win his favor. Besides, he hadn’t questioned her about the seeds, which probably meant he had accepted her ownership of them.

"Mine." Ruan Feifei also handed out the bronze seeds she had picked up, cursing Yu Manli internally for her shamelessness. But she wasn’t dumb, she instantly understood the mature woman’s intention. To maintain her image in Tang Zheng’s heart, this was the safest move to make.

"Keep them. You will soon hear the hint from Trojan," Tang Zheng tossed half of the collected seeds to Lin Weiguo. The old soldier didn’t hesitate and pocketed them.

"Tang Zheng, what are the seeds for? Do they give us superpowers?" Lin Haifeng asked, voicing the question all the newbies had. "We all contributed, why don’t we all get a share? Isn’t it a bit unfair for you guys to keep everything?".

Tang Zheng looked at them. The newbies fell silent, clearly agreeing with Lin Haifeng.

"On what grounds?" Pang Meiqin scoffed, folding her arms and staring at the newbies. Dantai and the others also had grim looks on their faces.

"We all need to survive together, and to do that, we need trust. Keeping secrets will not bode well for our cooperation," Lin Haifeng squirmed uncomfortably under the multiple pairs of eyes on him, but he managed to stutter out his explanation.

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