After distributing the weapons to the women and finishing breakfast, Liu Yang decided to continue searching for supplies. Although the appearance of the Japanese Empire ability users was a minor annoyance, it wouldn't change his plans.
His goal remained the same: continuously gather resources while expanding his base, encouraging the survivors to farm and achieve long-term sustainability.
Besides, the villa district's walls had been raised to fifty-meter-high ramparts of Eternal Freezing. Even a Level 3 zombie couldn't possibly climb them.
On top of that, the gatekeeper was a Level 3 zombie under his control. Even if Liu Yang were a thousand miles away, he would immediately know if anything went wrong.
With a powerhouse like Taozi guarding the base alongside White Fox and Chen Dan, the villa district's combat strength already surpassed most survivor bases.
Taozi alone possessed enough firepower to wipe out a small base.
With her holding down the fort, Liu Yang could venture out to gather resources with complete peace of mind.
Now that he could fly at Mach 4, even if he were far away, rushing back would only take a few minutes at most.
If an enemy too strong for Taozi to handle actually appeared, delaying them for a few minutes was well within her capability.
However, Liu Yang had already stripped every supermarket, convenience store, and shopping mall clean within a fifty-kilometer radius.
To find more supplies, he needed to expand his search radius to a hundred kilometers.
For ordinary survivors, traveling a hundred kilometers might take days because of the constant danger of zombies.
For Liu Yang, it took less than a minute.
Unfortunately, he hadn't spent much time in these distant areas before the apocalypse, so he didn't know where the commercial centers were. He had to cruise the skies to scout the terrain.
After flying around for a few minutes, he spotted a supermarket about sixty kilometers away from the villa district.
Without hesitation, he descended and headed inside.
The old Liu Yang might have conducted a careful reconnaissance first, but his strength was on a completely different level now. Even a Level 10 zombie would struggle to threaten him, so he walked straight through the entrance.
Inside, many of the zombies had evolved into Moulters. Led by a Level 3 zombie, these Moulters and several Level 2 zombies were lurking in the aisles, waiting to ambush any unsuspecting survivors looking for food.
Unfortunately for them, the person walking in wasn't a helpless survivor, but Liu Yang-a relentless god of slaughter.
The moment several Moulters spotted Liu Yang, they lunged at him. From over ten meters away, they leaped like incoming artillery shells.
Liu Yang didn't even flinch. With just a glance, an ice needle shot out at extreme speed, piercing clean through head after head. The Moulters crashed mid-air before the needle ricocheted off toward the zombies further inside.
Within seconds, every Moulter in Liu Yang's sight was dead.
Realizing the danger, the Level 3 zombie turned around and tried to flee, bringing several Level 2 zombies with it.
Liu Yang cast a cool glance toward them, and the ice needle gave chase.
"Bang!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The Level 2 zombies collapsed one after another.
The Level 3 zombie was faster and had covered more distance, but how could it outrun a projectile flying at Mach 4?
"Thud!"
A muffled thud echoed out as its head exploded.
For an ordinary county base, a zombie pack like this would have been a catastrophic disaster.
Yet Liu Yang cleared them out in under a minute.
That was the sheer gulf between him and ordinary survivors.
Now that his ice ability had upgraded to Eternal Freezing, a single thought and a single ice needle could wipe out every enemy in his line of sight within seconds.
Walking through the quiet, deserted supermarket, Liu Yang began his favorite part: scavenging.
Unfortunately, almost a month had passed since the outbreak. Most of the fresh produce had completely rotted away.
Even durable items like potatoes and sweet potatoes were spoiled beyond recovery...
Dust had settled over the sacks of rice left in the open.
As the zombies evolved and gained intelligence, they had even started searching the supermarket walk-in freezers for food. All the frozen meat inside had been consumed long ago.
They had even dug out and devoured the vacuum-sealed chicken legs!
Liu Yang shook his head. "So as long as it's meat, zombies will eat it... They're no longer driven purely by basic killing instincts.
"They're actively searching for food now, competing with survivors for resources."
Only vegetarian dry goods were left in the supermarket-sacks of rice, soybeans, flour, and canned goods.
Liu Yang didn't let any of it go to waste, sweeping everything into his Dark Space.
He sighed inwardly.
"As time goes on, finding food will only get harder. Luckily, I've accumulated plenty of resources inside my Dark Space.
"For ordinary survivors, the pressure to survive will become overwhelming. They'll have no choice but to join powerful bases.
"Otherwise, small isolated groups will eventually be wiped out by starvation and evolved zombies."
After clearing out the store, Liu Yang headed out to find the next target.
With his infinite high-speed flight, his efficiency had soared. Harvesting every supermarket within a hundred-kilometer radius in a single day wouldn't be a problem at all.
A few days of hard work, and he might actually fill his eighth-level space to the brim.
Just as Liu Yang stepped out through the main doors, he ran straight into a group of over a dozen people heading his way.
They were all armed-local survivors who had come to raid the supermarket, only to find Liu Yang had beaten them to it.
Among the group, two attractive women caught Liu Yang's eye.
They both appeared to be ability users. Beyond their good looks, their posture and aura suggested formidable strength-likely on par with White Fox.
On top of that, they were stunning, with incredible figures and long legs...
Perfect candidates for expanding his bloodline.
Liu Yang stroked his chin thoughtfully.
Female ability users were still extremely rare.
Now that the system's requirements had increased, acquiring new abilities likely meant siring children with female ability users.
These two would make excellent targets.
Noticeably uncomfortable under his unreserved gaze, one of the women sneered, "Hey, kid. The last guy who looked at me like that got thrown to the zombies. Are you tired of living?"
A burly man beside her added angrily, "Who the hell are you, kid? You're definitely not from around here. How dare you ogle Sister Wan'er like that? You're practically drooling! You looking for a death wish?"