Chapter 166 Acting Showdown? A Test!

Su Ze stood by the window of Dormitory 404, looking at the open space at the school gate that was previously shrouded in darkness but had now abruptly appeared.

The spires of the villas in Taoyuan Residential Area were faintly visible in the morning light, while on the other side, the Global Financial Center stood like a rusted long sword piercing the clouds.

The tremors brought by the regional fusion had just subsided, and the Public Channel was already in an uproar.

"This... is this the new district? Why does it look so much more high-end than our place?"

"Look! Someone is coming to the school gate! It looks like they're from the neighboring residential area!"

Su Ze withdrew his gaze, his fingers tapping rapidly on the virtual screen to pull up the private chat interface with Wang Meng and Xu Feng.

"Wang Meng, Xu Feng, take some people to make contact."

Su Ze's message was concise, "Remember, do not reveal my existence, and don't mention the true combat power or resource situation of our Dormitory building."

Wang Meng replied instantly: "Understood, Boss! Are we playing the pig to eat the tiger?"

Xu Feng followed up: "Rest assured, Boss, I know the weight of this. Right now, we can't tell friend from foe, so confidentiality is the top priority."

"Not only must you keep it secret, but you also need to put on an act. When you two meet, pretend to be at odds—the more heated the conflict, the better. The other leaders will also take people out. I want the people from the new district to think that Jinghai University is currently a mess of loose sand, with every floor engaged in internal strife," Su Ze continued.

"Haha, I'm good at acting!" Wang Meng sent a grinning emoji, "I'll make sure they think we're all just cowards who only know how to bully our own."

After arranging the leaders, Su Ze posted a pinned message in the Public Channel.

[4th Floor - 404 - Su Ze (Room Owner): Attention everyone, it is strictly forbidden to reveal any information about me to outsiders. Everything in the Dormitory building is ostensibly led by the eight leaders, and the eight factions are hostile to and plunder each other. Do you understand?]

The channel was immediately flooded with a uniform stream of "Understood."

At this moment, at the Jinghai University school gate.

About twenty people were stumbling across the open ground between the two regions.

Just as Wang Meng said, this group of people looked wretched.

The leader was a wrinkled old man, followed by several women holding children and a few scrawny young men.

They were wearing designer clothes, but they were now tattered and stained with dried blood and mud.

"Help... is anyone there..."

"Please, give us something to eat... my family was all bitten to death by those monsters..."

"My son was bitten to death by those monsters, and my daughter-in-law is gone too. Please, take us in..."

The group stopped at the school gate, not daring to step directly inside, only pleading through the fence.

Wang Meng led a dozen burly men, swaggering out of the Dormitory building.

Each of them carried iron bars or machetes, putting on the air of local thugs.

"What's all the noise! Are you at a funeral?" Wang Meng walked to the school gate and, through the tightly closed iron gates, squinted at the group.

The leading old man fell to his knees with a thud, crying with snot and tears: "Young man, please have mercy! We escaped from Taoyuan Residential Area. It's full of monsters, our families... *sob*..."

Wang Meng let out a cold laugh: "Are there so few players in your area? What, you can't even handle a few zombies now?"

"Young man, stop joking, those monsters aren't something humans can deal with..."

While the old man cried, he secretly observed the Dormitory building behind Wang Meng from the corner of his eye.

At this time, Xu Feng also led a group of people out from another exit.

"Wang Meng, what the hell are you dawdling here for?"

Xu Feng had a stern face and a blunt tone, "Since these people are from the residential area, they must have plenty of good stuff on them. Can you handle it all? Do you want me to help you share the load?"

"Xu Feng, stop talking shit!" Wang Meng suddenly turned his head, slamming his large iron bar onto the ground, "This place is my territory, and I found these people first. Get back to your 8th floor!"

"Heh, your territory? Does this school have your name on it?" Xu Feng curled his lip in disdain and waved his hand to his subordinates, "Brothers, let's go check out the building over there. Don't lower yourselves to the level of these bandits."

The two groups had a public argument at the school gate, even pushing and shoving a few times, before Xu Feng finally left "indignantly" with his men.

Before leaving, Xu Feng took a stealthy glance at these elderly, weak, sick, and disabled people.

He sighed silently in his heart.

He hoped these people were truly in trouble and not harborng schemes...

If that were the case, he would at least be willing to give them some food to give them a sliver of hope for survival.

...

After Xu Feng led his men away, the other leaders like Wu Hailong and Qiao Yunfeng also made their appearances. They all seemed to be operating independently, refusing to yield to one another...

This scene fell into the eyes of those "refugees," causing a faint, almost imperceptible glint to flash in their originally terrified eyes.

In the crowd, a young man with his head lowered had flickering eyes as he secretly sent a private message through the chat channel.

Meanwhile, inside Villa No. 1 of Taoyuan Residential Area.

Liao Long looked at the message sent back by his subordinate, a cruel arc curling at the corner of his mouth.

"Brother Long, they've sent word."

A burly man spoke excitedly.

"It's a mess over at Jinghai University. Several leaders are fighting among themselves for territory."

"And they don't seem to have any unified command; they're just a bunch of disorganized rabble."

Liao Long took the screen and looked at it, sneering: "I told you, just a bunch of students, what kind of waves could they possibly make? They get a bit of strength and think they're the boss. I've seen plenty of that type before."

"Go, tell them to keep acting."

"Have them find a way to infiltrate the Dormitory building. I want to know exactly how much food and how many weapons they have!"

"Also, find out their manpower configuration and their strength. They must get it clear; if they fail, they know the consequences."

"Understood!"

"In addition, don't relax your guard on this side. speed up and catch those women for me!!" Liao Long's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Understood, Boss. We've already sent many people to search house by house in W. I expect it won't be long before we catch them... If it really doesn't work, we'll just execute Zhuang Yi and those guys in public. That should force those women out..."