Survival in the neighborhood: Give me a piece of bread every day

"Okay, send a message to the other residents and tell them to come down."

Chen An nodded.

His stamina has also been fully restored.

We can proceed with the operation now.

Li Jia and the others immediately sent messages to their friends one by one.

Then let their friends send messages to other friends.

This way, all residents can be notified to gather as quickly as possible.

Chen An stared at the chat interface, lost in thought.

This communication method is really troublesome.

It would be great if we could create a chat group.

This way, everyone can receive the message by simply sending it in the group, without having to search for each person individually.

"This world is strange. Technology is so amazing that you can upgrade doors and build furniture just by adding materials... but both the trading platforms and chat rooms are as rudimentary as Tencent and WeChat in the early 2000s."

Chen An muttered to himself.

Even creating a chat group is impossible.

The trading platform doesn't even have a search function.

Developed yet backward.

Another ten minutes or so passed.

The residents gradually arrived.

Two teams obtained two treasure chests, which they sold to Chen An.

"Everyone, please check the headcount. If everyone is here, we'll leave."

Li Jia gave the order.

Such a trivial matter naturally did not require Chen An's involvement.

Chen An united his forces to avoid trouble, not to create more trouble for himself.

A few minutes later, it was confirmed that there were enough people.

The group then left the office building.

Their target was clear: another office building not far away.

But from a distance, everyone could see several people holding sticks and other weapons, guarding the door.

The group spotted Li Jia and his group, and immediately shouted, "We're searching this building. Go somewhere else! Otherwise, don't blame us for being impolite!"

As soon as they finished speaking, they saw through the torchlight that Li Jia and the others had repeating crossbows in their hands!

And the number of people is very large.

There are probably over a hundred people.

The crucial thing is that all of these hundreds of people actually have repeating crossbows!

Those people immediately deflated.

"Brother, we're all from the same neighborhood, and there are many abandoned buildings around here. There's no need to fight over this one..."

A young man with a buzz cut stepped forward and said politely.

"Ha, so arrogant before, so obsequious now, it's laughable! Just now they said they were going to be rude to us, but now that they see there are more of us, they're starting to talk the talk?"

A girl in the crowd sneered and mocked.

Chen An glanced at the girl subconsciously.

You can vaguely tell that she has a good figure.

But this personality... has a problem.

He frowned almost imperceptibly, then looked away.

The short-haired youth, mocked, looked rather unpleasant, but faced with so many repeating crossbows, he dared not retaliate. He could only apologize in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I spoke without thinking just now, but we really just didn't want to have a conflict with fellow human residents, we absolutely didn't mean anything else..."

Li Jia interrupted, "No need for apologies, just tell me why you're guarding outside the building?"

"The rest of our team is collecting supplies inside the building. We're guarding the gate because we're worried about monsters getting in," the young man explained.

Li Jia stared at the young man, his eyes flickering.

He felt that this guy might not be telling the truth.

"Hehe, I bet there's something good inside, that's why you're blocking the door and not letting anyone else in."

The girl who had spoken earlier sneered again.

Many residents immediately agreed with her words.

There might really be something good in this building.

"Don't get me wrong, what good stuff could be in an abandoned building? It's just some biodegradable wood and iron."

The young man with the buzz cut quickly explained.

Upon hearing this, Li Jia instinctively looked at Chen An in the crowd.

I want to know what the boss means.

If the boss wants to go in, then he should fight these guys and go in to see what's going on inside.

In any case, with their weapons and numbers, they could easily take down these people without taking any damage.

Chen An shook his head slightly.

Seeing this, Li Jia withdrew his gaze and looked at the crew-cut youth, saying, "Hmm, you're right. By the way, how long have you been here? Do you know where there are many resources nearby?"

"This is our first time here too, so we're not sure what to do."

The young man with the buzz cut shook his head and continued, "But I heard that this area is on the outskirts of the city. If you go towards the city center, there seem to be more resources there, because there are some large supermarkets, shopping streets, and so on..."

"Oh? I heard it? Who told you?"

Li Jia asked.

"I saw it in a chat room, but I'm not sure if it's true or not."

The young man with the buzz cut explained.

Li Jia didn't ask any more questions, but turned around and said, "Let's go, let's go take a look at the office building next door."

Most of the residents had no objections.

After all, conflict often leads to killing.

They are not robbers or murderers, and they do not want to kill people randomly.

Moreover, these people, aside from blocking them, did not attack them and could not be considered enemies.

Most importantly, there is no conflict of interest among them.

Amidst the commotion, Chen An glanced back at the crew-cut youth and narrowed his eyes slightly.

I wonder if this young man with the buzz cut was deliberately leading them to the city center...

If it was intentional, it proves that this person is malicious and has ill intentions!

The intelligence he had previously purchased stated that the closer one gets to the city center, the greater the number of faceless monsters.

There are even some more terrifying monsters.

It can kill a person in an instant.

Even those who sell information aren't sure what kind of monster it is.

Therefore, if the young man with the buzz cut knowingly tricks them into going to the city center when he knows there are many monsters there, then he has ill intentions and is purely evil!

……

"Damn, that scared me to death! Luckily, Brother Huang reacted quickly, otherwise, if those people knew we had several six-legged monsters in our building, they would definitely try to take them from us!"

"Of course, after all, six-legged monsters can drop treasure chests."

"How can these guys be so rich? Each of them has a repeating crossbow. Are they even human?"

"Perhaps one of them has an exceptionally powerful support-type talent."

Watching Li Jia and the others leave, the men beside the crew-cut youth breathed a sigh of relief and began to discuss among themselves.

The crew-cut youth scoffed at the crowd's words, "So what if they're rich? If they dare go to the city center, they're dead for sure!"

Upon hearing this, the group exchanged glances and couldn't help but laugh.

"That's right. Let alone going to the city center, just a few kilometers further ahead, the number of faceless monsters will increase dramatically. As long as they make a sound, they will attract hundreds or even thousands of monsters in no time. Even if everyone has a crossbow, they simply won't be able to kill them all."

"Hmph, daring to threaten us, you deserve to die here!"

"Keeping such a strong group of guys around is a threat to our toll collection efforts. It would be better if they all died here."

"Hey Huang, should we talk to Brother Wang and follow these fat sheep? If they dare go to the city center, maybe we can ambush them and steal their crossbows. If we can get those crossbows, we'll be the ones calling the shots in this neighborhood!"

The group began to discuss and offer suggestions, a stark contrast to their earlier submissive demeanor.

"I'll contact Brother Wang."

The young man with the buzz cut opened his control panel as he spoke.

But at that moment...

Suddenly, a whooshing sound of wind breaking through the darkness rang out.

Before they could even send a message, they were all shot by crossbow bolts and fell to the ground screaming in agony.

Some people were shot in the head and died instantly.

At the same time, a group of people carrying crossbows emerged from the darkness.

It was Li Jia and the others who had just left.

P.S.: I'd appreciate some free gifts, thank you!