I lay low and gave up, but my servants were caught in a cycle of life and death.

Thank you to Muye, Wuchang, and Kaixinmei for your votes!

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Lu Yan took Shen Rang to a men's clothing store, leaving Lin Ruojin and the others to play by themselves.

With a kitchen knife to clear out the zombies in the mall beforehand, and with Xiao Li following along, Lu Yan felt very reassured about their safety.

Lin Ruojin suppressed her urge to rush into the women's clothing store to grab clothes, and took Xiao Li and Lin Ruohua to the supermarket on the basement floor to get daily necessities.

Lu Yan kicked aside the zombie corpse blocking his way and walked into a men's clothing store. "Shen Rang, have you awakened your spatial abilities yet?"

Shen Rang nodded. "He has awakened."

Lu Yan was overjoyed. "Come on, come on, let's sweep away all the clothes, bags, and jewelry here!"

Who cares about the size? If it doesn't fit, just throw it to Xiaobai to remake!

Lu Yan enthusiastically browsed three stores, but suddenly realized that shopping was also a tiring activity, and immediately lost interest.

Lu Yan patted Shen Rang on the shoulder, "I'm not going to shop anymore, you keep packing, and don't forget to pack up all the gold and jade jewelry too."

After Lu Yan finished speaking, he led Lu Bao out of the mall.

He ran into Pang Shi'an and Zhou Zhengqing, who were looking for him.

"Are you going in to collect supplies?"

Zhou Zhengqing asked, puzzled, "What if I don't?"

"What I mean is, are you two going too? Why not just send your subordinates?"

Pang Shi'an quickly replied, "No need for that, Brother Yan, we mainly came to see you."

Lu Yan's eyes lit up. "They're wandering around inside, let's go play cards!"

"ha?!"

"Come on, come on! I happen to have some cards! There are three of us now, so we can only play Dou Dizhu. Or, how about you find someone else and we play Guandan? Do you know how to play Guandan?"

Zhou Zhengqing and Pang Shi'an stared wide-eyed. This was the apocalypse! The apocalypse!

Is it right to drag them both into playing cards during such a tense time?!

"Brother Yan, I'll go find one for you!"

Pang Shi'an, that opportunist, ran away.

Lu Yan grabbed Zhou Zhengqing's arm and pulled him into the RV.

Pang Shi'an's contracted beasts, the golden retriever and the tabby, also got into the car with Lu Bao, their former boss.

Lu Yan had Lao Hei bring out the crystal cores to entertain Lu Bao's underlings.

Fortunately, Lao Hei swallowed up a few buses on the road, which made the space much larger; otherwise, the living room really wouldn't have been able to fit those big guys.

A short while later, Pang Shi'an pulled someone into the car.

"Brother Yan, this is Li Mo from our reconnaissance company, the army's champion at Guandan!"

Upon seeing Lu Yan, the man first saluted, "Mr. Lu, hello, my name is Li Mo."

Pang Shi'an yanked Zhou Zhengqing aside, "I'm in a group with Brother Yan!"

Zhou Zhengqing reluctantly stood up and said to Li Mo, "Don't be so formal."

Lu Yan nodded, "Yes, at the poker table there are only teammates and opponents!"

The four people sat down at the square table.

Lu Yan shuffled the cards and made the first move.

The fight begins.

Lu Yan played a small 5 first.

Zhou Zhengqing pressed J, "If you can't take it, then pass."

Pang Shi'an, "Whom do you look down on? A"

Li Mo glanced at everyone out of the corner of his eye, then said, "Pass."

This time it was Pang Shi'an's turn to start, and he chuckled and played a 3.

Li Mo glanced at him silently, "4"

……

After playing two rounds, Lu Yan raised an eyebrow. "Playing like this isn't fun! This round doesn't count, let's start again! Pang Shi'an, do you still want a contracted beast? Go sit across from me! Have some fun!"

Zhou Zhengqing laughed heartily, switching places with the disheveled Pang Shi'an. "Shi'an, you still have a lot to learn!"

"If we just play, there's no prize, it's not fun."

As Lu Yan spoke, he pulled out a handful of crystal cores and placed them on the table. "Ten crystal cores per game, how about it?"

The three nodded. "Okay."

Pang Shi'an looked across at the other side, "Li Mo, Brother Yan is a big spender, let's try our best to win all his crystal cores!"

Lu Yan's lips curled slightly. "Hmph, don't you dare lose your underwear to me, I don't accept them."

……

Lin Ruojin and her team emptied the entire mall of supplies twice, and the soldiers also rescued more than a dozen starving survivors.

Lu Yan took a moment to instruct Lu Bao and the parrot to lead the way to the banyan tree spirit's neighborhood.

Cai Dao, Xiao Li, and Shen Rang continued to kill zombies and clear the road under the car.

Upon arriving at their destination, the group ended their card game. Lu Yan calculated the score and found that he had actually lost 100 crystal cores.

However, it was really fun to play. Unlike in my previous life, I was always thinking about feeding the leader cards to make sure he could run first. I would think twice before playing a card, which was so frustrating!

Lu Yan readily told Lao Hei to bring out 100 crystal cores and hand them over to Pang Shi'an and Li Mo.

Zhou Zhengqing also lost 100 crystal cores. It was the first time he had experienced the pain of losing money. Before the apocalypse, he rarely played cards, and the few times he did, he always won money.

Zhou Zhengqing glanced at Pang Shi'an secretly. This kid really doesn't know how to be flexible. His card feeding is so unskilled. If you stop him from feeding cards, he will stubbornly refuse to feed him a single card!

"I don't have that many with me. I'll give them to you when we get back to base."

Pang Shi'an, ever outspoken, asked, "Commander Zhou, you're not trying to renege on your promise, are you?"

Zhou Zhengqing's forehead throbbed with anger. "I don't have any spatial abilities! I only have a few crystal cores on me, isn't that normal?!"

"Oh, right!" Pang Shi'an pushed the crystal cores on the table toward Lu Yan's hand. "I don't have anywhere to put all these crystal cores, so I'll put them here for now."

Li Mo silently pushed the crystal core back.

Lu Yan laughed and said, "Okay, let's go, get out of the car."

After getting out of the car, Pang Shi'an was shocked. "Weren't we supposed to be going to the zoo? Where did we end up?"

"The parrot said there's a powerful banyan tree spirit in this neighborhood that can contract with mutated beasts. Why don't you try contracting with a mutated plant?"

"If we can make a contract, you can plant its branches near the base's protective wall. Wouldn't that give the base an extra layer of protection?"

"Wow!" Pang Shi'an excitedly patted Lu Yan's shoulder. "Brother Yan, how did you get such a clever idea?"

The parrot fluttered up and protested, "Weren't you supposed to cut down that banyan tree spirit to make my birdhouse?"

"Take a look first. If it doesn't behave, I'll cut it down and make a bird's nest for you."

"Little brother, wait here. I'll go cut you a tree branch to use as a perch."

After saying that, the cleaver flew away with a "whoosh".

Lu Yan waited a while, but the kitchen knife didn't return. He frowned. "Is the kitchen knife having a blast inside?"

"Come on, we'll find it once we go inside," Pang Shi'an said casually, and walked into the residential area.

With Lu Yan and his incredible retinue of servants around, what danger is there in this apocalypse!

Lu Yan pondered for a moment, then followed up, "Everyone, be careful."

Xiao Li and Shen Rang flanked Lu Yan, while the Border Collie Lu Bao walked in front of him.

Emerald Bay is a high-end residential area in Qingcheng City, covering an area of ​​12 square meters.

The group entered from the east gate of the community and walked for about five minutes before seeing a grove of banyan trees to the south that blocked out the sun, taller than a building of more than twenty stories!

The tall buildings were squeezed and leaned crooked by countless protruding tree roots.

"Hurry up!"

Lu Yan exclaimed in surprise and immediately summoned the Phoenix Feather of the Universe, soaring into the sky.

Everyone turned and ran.