"Why did you bite his head off? I was going to catch it alive," Looking at the headless red-crowned crane and Bowwow who was chewing its head, Lin Qiao said with slight reproach.

But, Bowwow simply raised its head to look at her while biting the bloody bird head.

Lin Qiao sighed and said, "Alright, forget it! It's such a huge bird. That silly snake won't be able to swallow it anyway. But, I don't think it'll eat dead animals. We'll get it a smaller animal later. This one is too huge!"

She glanced at the crane's body which had slowly stopped moving, then showed her claws. "Get your paws away. I'm gonna skin the bird. Its feathers look nice… I'll keep them."

She drove the zombie dog away, then started skinning the red-crowned crane.

She had been feeding on living animals for quite a long time, so by now, she was able to skin a prey without making the blood splash. Soon, she skillfully, skinned the bird.

She carefully cut open the tissue under the bird's feather with her claw, then peeled off its skin.

The crane was huge. After spending an hour moving around it, Lin Qiao finally peeled off its skin along with all the feathers without letting any blood flow out. In the end, the skinned bird was left lying on the ground.

She took a large bucket out of her space, then cut the bird into two. She gave half of the bird to Bowwow, and put the other half in the bucket. Then, she glanced at the sky and found the sun to be rising.

She spread the bird skin on the lawn by the roadside, then sat on a rock under a tree nearby before picking up the bucket and starting to eat the bird.

She tore off the bird's meat piece by piece, then put it into her mouth and chewed. The raw meat tasted sweet and smooth; added with the sweetness of the blood, Lin Qiao just couldn't stop eating.

Meanwhile, the zombie dog dragged the other half of the bird which was as big as itself into the grass and started eating with a great appetite.

As Lin Qiao was enjoying the meat, an army bypassed West Lake and headed toward Upper City District from another road. About twenty armed vehicles which looked similar to the ones that Yang Jianhua had before were rumbling on the road in a formidable array.

In the luxury RV in the middle of the motorcade, Long Yubai was lazily leaning on the couch. He was holding a glass of wine, looking outside the window with his legs crossed. His watery eyes were sparkling with a faint, cold light.

Looking at the deserted scene outside the window, he was thinking about Yang Jianhua. Before leaving the base, he gave the latter that level-six zombie nucleus.

Yang Jianhua thought that he didn't want to give him that nucleus. In fact, he just didn't want to give it to him so easily. He had plenty of level-six zombie nuclei, so why would he care so much about that one? He only wanted Yang Jianhua to know that it was not easy to get benefits from him, and to have a clear understanding of the price which he needed to pay.

A cold beam of light flashed across his eyes. After that, he poured the wine in the glass into his mouth through lips that were lightly colored and thin.

"Find a place to take a rest!" He swallowed the wine, then spoke to the driver and the man in the front seat.

"Yes, sir!" The man in the front seat turned back and gave him a glance before responding. Soon, the motorcade stopped on a square.

Long Yubai lazily leaned against the back of the couch and said blandly, "It's such a long ride! My entire body is limp! Lin, come over here and give me a massage."

"Yes, sir!" The man on the front seat glanced back at Long Yubai, his eyes wearing a delighted look. Next, he took a glance at the driver, who knowingly opened the door and got off the car.

The man called Lin got off the car as well, but before long, he opened the door of the backseat, raised one of his long legs, and came over to Long Yubai's side.

He closed the door and then grinned, "What's wrong? Bai, does the long ride make you lonely?"

That man was very tall, over six feet in height, and was incredibly strong. His muscles made his clothes quite snug.

While speaking, he sat down next to Long Yubai and took over the glass from his hand before putting it on the cabinet nearby. After that, he reached a hand toward the other's waist.

Long Yubai just had some wine, and the alcohol made his eyes and cheeks turn pink. He turned slightly back to give that man a sideways glance, then slowly moved his eyes away.

That man was deeply tempted by that glance, so he couldn't help but swallow his saliva and fix his glowing eyes on the latter. Next, he abruptly put a hand on his chin and turned his face back before kissing his lips heavily.

He understood that the massage which Long Yubai just asked for actually meant sex; Long Yubai wanted some special service from him.

Long Yubai let that man bite his lips. He narrowed his eyes, as if he had lost himself in this kiss.

But in fact, he just didn't want to open his eyes to see that man's face.

That man wasn't ugly, but not handsome either. His face wasn't delicate enough, yet he was in good shape. Long Yubai liked his muscles.

That man was one of Long Yubai's right-hand men, also one of the vice-leaders of Earth Dragon Base. He wasn't the handsome type that Long Yubai liked, but the latter needed his abilities.

There were plenty of capable men in the post-apocalyptic world, but not many of them had pretty faces and great body shapes.

Long Yubai loved handsome men, which was why he had been letting Yang Jianhua do whatever he wanted.

This time, he made a trip to East China and told Yang Jianhua that he came here to bring trouble to the Lin Family people. But in fact, he came here because he heard that Wu Chengyue, a Chief of Sea City Base, was a very handsome man. He was not only one of the leaders of Sea City Base, but was the head of all the base leaders, a possessor of the rare lightning power, and an incredibly powerful man.

He wanted to meet a man like that since long ago.

Soon, the RV began shaking. The soldiers who guarded outside completely ignored it, and only looked around the RV as if nothing was happening.

"Eh… eh… emm… be gentle!" A series of soft moans and gasps were heard from the RV. Anyway, those soldiers were used to that kind of noise.

The RV kept shaking for the next two hours.

After the noises from the vehicle finally stopped, Long Yubai came out and headed to the bathroom that his people had prepared for him. His face was filled with satisfaction, and clothes half torn off.

His men found a clean room for him nearby and put a large bucket filled with steaming warm water in it. Next to the bucket was a set of neatly folded clothes.

After Long Yubai walked in, the room was guarded by over twenty soldiers, in case someone suddenly attempted to break in during his bath time.

Half an hour later, Long Yubai walked out, all refreshed. As he got back into the RV which had just shaken for two hours, the motorcade quickly regathered and left.