"Since they're from my hometown, of course I have to go and meet them first."
Hearing Zhang Yuan's answer, Liu Ruyan wasn't surprised at all.
Putting herself in his shoes, if she knew someone had been reborn like her, she would definitely want to meet them too.
As for what would happen next, it would be time enough to talk about it after the meeting.
As they talked, Zhang Yuan rode the electric scooter very fast.
Sitting on the back seat of the electric scooter, Liu Ruyan felt like laughing a bit.
Before the apocalypse, she had never ridden an electric scooter so many times. She never thought that now, in the apocalypse, she often went out on an electric scooter.
However, it had to be said that electric scooters had their advantages.
There were also disadvantages.
The speed was too slow.
It was not until half an hour later that Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan finally met Kong Rui.
Kong Rui had apparently been waiting for them for quite a while. Now that he saw the two of them coming, he didn't waste any more words and led them inside.
After going through numerous checkpoints and inspections, Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan entered a sealed room and saw the person sitting inside.
The survivors from the city all looked more or less the same on the outside, so their identities could be recognized at a glance.
Kong Rui spoke in a low voice, "This is the team leader of their operation this time. He knows the most information, so I brought you here to see him."
Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan nodded upon hearing this and looked towards the survivor.
The man was obviously injured, but not seriously.
Zhang Yuan didn't care whether he was injured or how serious the injury was.
"Speak!"
Hearing Zhang Yuan's words, the man looked up at Zhang Yuan. "Speak about what?"
"Tell me about your King."
"Why should I tell you? Don't think that just because you've caught me, I'll do whatever you say."
Hearing this, Zhang Yuan didn't say anything but reached into his satchel.
Seeing this, Kong Rui beside him was startled. "Zhang Yuan, you—"
However, before Kong Rui could finish speaking, Zhang Yuan took out a white - faced and round - shaped object from his satchel.
A plump, soft white - flour steamed bun.
It seemed to have just come out of the pot not long ago and was still warm.
As soon as it was taken out, the fragrance of the white flour could be smelled.
Zhang Yuan held the steamed bun with his slender fingers and gently pressed it, making a dent in the bun.
Just by looking at it, one could tell that this steamed bun must be very easy to chew.
Kong Rui even forgot what he was going to say and just followed the movement of Zhang Yuan's fingers, looking at the steamed bun in his hand.
Kong Rui wasn't someone who couldn't get white - flour steamed buns, but a steamed bun as soft as this one, which clearly had no mixed grains in it, was something that Kong Rui hadn't eaten for a long time.
Zhang Yuan broke the steamed bun in half, and the aroma of meat wafted out.
This steamed bun actually had a hidden secret!
It looked exactly like a steamed bun on the outside, but inside it was filled with minced meat!
In the very center of the steamed bun, there was a meatball the size of a ping - pong ball.
The aroma of meat and the smell of the steamed bun filled the whole room.
Since this room was sealed, the fragrance became even more obvious.
Zhang Yuan gently rotated his wrist. "If you don't say anything, I'll have to eat this steamed bun with stuffed - bun filling myself."
Kong Rui, "..."
What the hell is a steamed bun with stuffed - bun filling!
A stuffed bun is a stuffed bun, and a steamed bun is a steamed bun. What kind of thing is a steamed bun with stuffed - bun filling?
But right in front of him, this was indeed a steamed bun with stuffed - bun filling. Even if Kong Rui wanted to refute, he couldn't find the words.
Kong Rui had originally been worried that the man wouldn't cooperate and that Zhang Yuan, in a fit of anger, might want to kill him directly.
But now, Kong Rui understood.
Killing him would be too easy on that person.
Doing something like this, teasing him with something he couldn't have, was more torturous than killing him.
Just looking at the man's gradually eager eyes and expression, Kong Rui knew that Zhang Yuan's move was right.
Zhang Yuan glanced at the man. "Whether to speak or not is up to you."
The man swallowed his saliva. "I'll speak! As long as you give me that to eat, I'll tell you everything!"
God knew how long it had been since he'd eaten a steamed bun with stuffed - bun filling.
No!
It should be said that he had never eaten one!
But right now, he desperately wanted to eat it!
Hearing his words, Zhang Yuan sneered. "Tell me after eating? If I really let you eat it, would you still talk?
Are you being too naive, or do you think I'm a fool?
I'll give you one last chance.
If you talk now, I might still give you this steamed bun with stuffed - bun filling. If you don't, I'll have to give it to your companions.
There are so many of you. There must be someone who wants to eat it and is willing to talk. Don't you think so?"
"I'll talk! I'll talk right now!"
The man no longer bargained and his tone became firm.
"Our King... That's what he told us to call him.
He has smoky - gray hair. He said it was natural.
The material of his clothes is also very strange. I've never seen anything like it before.
He said he built the underground city. As long as we follow him and listen to him, he'll give us food.
It's not grains. It's a kind of drink. After drinking it, we won't be hungry or thirsty.
Although it can keep us alive, that thing doesn't taste good at all. I don't like it.
I still like the steamed bun with stuffed - bun filling in your hand..."
Zhang Yuan frowned and interrupted him. "Get to the point!"
"Point! Okay, okay! Get to the point!"
The man said, but then he was stunned for a moment. "Point? What's the point? In the past few years, we've been living with him in the underground city, never seeing the light of day.
But fortunately, we didn't freeze to death or starve to death. But that's just it!
He doesn't let us eat our fill. He makes us look for survivors.
All the men have to listen to him. The young and good - looking women are all taken into his harem.
I don't want to die! I can only listen to him!
He told us to come and snatch food, and also to attack the base. He gave us weapons. They're very powerful, but the quantity is not large.
He also told us to sneak into the base and said we should cooperate from inside and outside!
That's all I know! There's really nothing else!
I've finished. Can you give it to me to eat now?"
As the man spoke, he looked eagerly at the steamed bun with stuffed - bun filling in Zhang Yuan's hand, constantly swallowing his saliva.
Zhang Yuan gradually walked closer to him. "Then tell me, what's his name?"
"I don't know! I really don't know! He said we're not worthy to know his name! He just told us to call him King!
He said we're all inferior races. He said he can live for a very, very long time. He's very powerful. He wants to take over the base and then rule the whole Blue Star. That's all he said. We just listened to him..."
Listening to his words, Liu Ruyan's brows gradually knitted together.
Just from this story, the self - proclaimed King really seemed to be seriously delusional!