Raoerde’s face lit up with surprise at Cheng Xiaofan’s words, and he asked, “Mr. Cheng, do you have a very good plan to deal with this?”
Cheng Xiaofan chuckled, “Guess?”
Raoerde was so infuriated that he felt like spitting blood right there and then.
If I could guess it, would I have to humble myself and ask you for advice?
He suppressed the anger in his heart and forced a smile, saying, “Mr. Cheng, please forgive my ignorance, but I truly cannot guess!”
Cheng Xiaofan laughed, “You are indeed ignorant. If I truly had a brilliant plan to deal with the zombie beasts, I wouldn’t be up observing the stars in the dead of night, would I?”
Raoerde then realized he had been toyed with by Cheng Xiaofan, and his expression turned grim.
He said, “Mr. Cheng, you are too unkind. Are you deliberately toying with us?”
Cheng Xiaofan sneered, “Yes, I do like to toy with you. In front of you hidden clansmen, if I were to be kind, wouldn’t that be too foolish?”
“You should know that the reason I gave you those energy pills was simply to wait for the zombie beasts to appear, so that you hidden clansmen could unleash your strength and eliminate some of them!”
“To be honest, I’m not foolish enough to genuinely help you!”
A flicker of killing intent flashed in Raoerde’s eyes, and he said, “Cheng, what if we are unwilling to confront the zombie beasts when the time comes?”
Cheng Xiaofan replied, “If you do not resist, the zombie beasts will naturally destroy you. In the face of death, driven by the instinct for survival, you will undoubtedly fight back.”
“…” Raoerde and the other elders were rendered speechless.
It turned out that this Cheng Xiaofan had them, the hidden clansmen, completely under his thumb.
There was no way to reason with him.
Raoerde stared grimly at Cheng Xiaofan, his facial muscles twitching uncontrollably. He was speechless for a long time.
Cheng Xiaofan waved them away, saying, “You can return to your cave, rest well, and prepare to face the zombie beasts!”
“Based on my observations of the converging energy masses in the sky, those zombie beasts will appear punctually around 3:30 AM!”
With that, he turned and walked back into the cave.
Watching Cheng Xiaofan’s retreating back, Raoerde gritted his teeth.
“Let’s go back too!” Raoerde instructed the elders beside him.
One of the elders grunted menacingly, “This Cheng Xiaofan is utterly infuriating! If not for the formidable blade he carries, I would truly want to kill him!”
Raoerde sighed and said, “Let’s bear with it for now. Fortunately, we hidden clansmen have the advantage of numbers, so even when the zombie beasts appear, we will have a fight in us!”
The elder nodded, “Boss, we’ll listen to you!”
Just as Raoerde and the others were heading back, a peculiar fragrance drifted from behind them, instantly filling their nostrils.
Raoerde and the others couldn’t help but turn their heads.
At that moment, they saw Cheng Xiaofan at the cave entrance, tending a fire. Half a cleaned wild boar was skewered on an iron rod and roasting over the flames.
The rich aroma emanated from the half-roasted boar.
Raoerde and the others were dumbfounded.
Where did this kid get a wild boar?
And furthermore!
There were no hard branches for firewood on this Gobi Desert!
Did he store it all in his spatial artifact beforehand?
Had he already known that the prehistoric oasis on Earth would open up in Fuzhou, and had he prepared for it?
Otherwise!
How could Cheng Xiaofan be so well-prepared?
Grumble…
At that moment, strange noises emanated from their stomachs.
Raoerde’s voice was filled with intense envy and jealousy as he gnashed his teeth, “I can’t believe a wild boar could be roasted into such an intoxicating aroma. This kid is simply not human.”
An elder beside him said, “Boss, we still have some crucian carp left in our cave. Let’s go back and roast them too!”
Raoerde replied, “Let’s go, let’s go back and roast… roast what? We can use the scorching sun during the day to roast fish on the stone slabs, but what can we use now?”
“Let’s just eat raw fish!”
…
Meanwhile, Cheng Xiaofan continuously turned the half-boar over the fire, applying various seasonings.
He had stored several cleaned wild boars in his spatial artifact for emergencies, and they were proving to be very useful now.
The firewood was made from tree roots, which he had collected from the back mountain and stored in his spatial artifact.
These tree roots were strangely shaped and he had originally intended to use them for root carving. However, at this moment, he had to use some of them as firewood.
Once the zombie beasts appeared, he couldn’t let the special warriors fight on an empty stomach, could he?
Cheng Xiaofan had always been very protective of his own people. Despite his somewhat mischievous personality, he never mistreated those around him.
Especially these special warriors meticulously trained by his mentor, he treated them with great care.
Just as Cheng Xiaofan was roasting the wild boar to about ninety percent done, he noticed someone cautiously approaching him.
He immediately recognized the person as one of the hidden clan elders who had eaten two pieces of immortal fish there yesterday.
“What, did Raoerde smell the roasted meat and couldn’t stand it, sending you to beg for some?” Cheng Xiaofan asked with a cold smile.
The hidden elder shivered from the desert chill.
He hugged his arms and bent over, saying, “Yes, yes, Mr. Cheng, please have pity on us and grant us a little meat to taste.”
Cheng Xiaofan said, “Didn’t I give you plenty of crucian carp? Have you eaten it all?”
The elder was honest, “We haven’t finished it all, but your roasted wild boar smells so good that our stomachs are churning, and we truly can’t bear it.”
Cheng Xiaofan smiled upon hearing this. He immediately took out a knife, cut off over ten pounds of meat from the half-boar, and handed it over, saying, “Take this meat back and tell Raoerde to show his strength when the zombie beasts come out and deal with them properly.”
“Die with dignity!”
The elder gratefully accepted the roasted meat and said, “Thank you, Mr. Cheng. I will relay your words to our boss truthfully!”
“Good, take the meat and go back quickly!”
“Yes, yes, Mr. Cheng, I’ll be going back now!” With the roasted meat in hand, the elder suddenly perked up and trotted away.
At this juncture, Cheng Xiaofan was willing to cut off some roasted meat for them, not out of any newfound kindness towards Raoerde and the other elders.
He knew that Raoerde and the other elders were the strongest among the hidden clansmen. Once they clashed with the zombie beasts, their physical exertion would be immense when they unleashed their power.
Giving them some roasted wild boar meat was simply to leverage their hands to eliminate more zombie beasts.
If not for this purpose, Cheng Xiaofan wouldn’t have given these scums a single piece of roasted meat.