Kill the chicken to scare the monkey...

After just killing those people, there was still a large crowd standing at a distance, watching Li Yu's group with faces full of shock and fear.

These people didn't speak when facing the woman, nor did they speak when Li Yu and his group were talking to those they had just killed.

This group was the largest in number.

Li Yu did not make things difficult for them, as the establishment of the Oil City division will certainly require some cooperative personnel to help with various tasks.

These people might be useful in the future.

On the other side.

With the help of several dozen people led by Old Huang, Ju Tianrui and his team's transport speed increased significantly.

So Ju Tianrui instructed half of the people to drive the vehicles loaded with supplies back to the Oil City stronghold first, then return.

Suddenly, at this moment, the woman who had been hesitating on the sidelines, watching Li Yu's group, was not scared after they killed those people. Instead, she looked invigorated and courageously approached Li Yu's group.

However, before she could get close to Li Yu, Yang Tianlong, standing nearby, pointed a gun at her, halting her steps.

Noble Consort looked at the dark gun muzzle, took a deep breath, and said to Yang Tianlong, "I want to see your leader."

Dapao, Li Gang, and others nearby, upon hearing her voice, turned their gazes towards her.

Yang Tianlong hesitated for a few seconds before shouting to Li Yu at the back, "Xiao Yu, this woman is looking for you."

Upon hearing this, Li Yu furrowed his brow and shouted to Yang Tianlong, "Let her come over."

After hearing what Li Yu said, Yang Tianlong lowered his gun and led her over to Li Yu.

Li Yu looked at the woman in front of him with no expression on his face.

He said in an indifferent tone, "What's up?"

Noble Consort first glanced at Li Gang and the others, then said, "Thank you for saving me. I've been thinking about killing Old Ghost every moment. You avenged me, and I... I want to join you to repay your life-saving grace."

Li Yu raised an eyebrow, not too surprised.

He responded, "What can you do?"

Noble Consort was taken aback upon hearing this. What could she do?

She recalled her work and life before the apocalypse. She originally came from a good family, studied abroad at a young age, and entered the modeling industry by chance after graduating with a master's in business administration.

What can a model do in the apocalypse? It seems... nothing at all.

Besides modeling, she loved archery and was quite skilled at it, capable of reaching a professional level. As a child, she once dreamed of becoming a professional archer. But...

Noble Consort thought for a long time, bit her lip, and said to Li Yu, "I can shoot arrows, kill zombies, and even help you kill people..."

As she spoke, she glanced at the bodies of those killed by Li Yu's group.

In her view, the approach of Li Yu's group resonated with her deeply. Through their actions just now, Noble Consort strongly felt that these were not ordinary people. Moreover, there seemed to be a voice telling her in the dark: This is a rare opportunity.

Li Yu stared into her eyes for a good while, seemingly trying to discern the truth in her words.

For some reason, seeing her eyes reminded him of Song Min.

When Li Yu first encountered Song Min, her gaze was almost identical to hers.

Later, Song Min performed excellently at the Big Camphor Tree Base, becoming one of Li Yu's most loyal people.

She faced zombies without fear and carried out Li Yu's orders without hesitation.

Li Yu liked sensible people like this; they were easy to work with.

A single flower added to the brocade is not as valuable as the timely help of charcoal in the snow.

So he said to Li Gang, "Fetch a crossbow from the car."

Li Gang nodded at his words and then went to the car.

He quickly returned with a crossbow.

Li Yu gestured for him to hand the crossbow and an arrow to Noble Consort.

Li Gang handed it to her, Noble Consort said to him, "Thank you."

......

Li Yu currently did not trust this woman.

But given the number of his people and their guns, giving her a crossbow posed no threat.

The reason for giving her a crossbow, first, was to test if she could shoot as she claimed.

More importantly, it was a matter of honesty. If she couldn't even operate a crossbow properly, it would mean she was blatantly lying to join them.

Li Yu disliked liars.

Li Yu watched as she picked up the crossbow and made some simple adjustments; her movements appeared quite experienced.

He pointed to a building a hundred meters away, "That building on the far right, fourth floor, third window from the bottom, see the hole under it?"

Noble Consort looked at the small hole and nodded.

"Try it."

Noble Consort's expression suddenly became serious, she spread her legs sideways, then raised the crossbow, drawing the string.

Li Yu, watching her movements, nodded inwardly.

Just from this action, it was clear she had been trained.

Swoosh—

Noble Consort let out a breath and then decisively released the bowstring.

Whiz—

The arrow hit the hole precisely a hundred meters away.

Noble Consort's face lit up with joy upon seeing she hit the target; she knew well this was a test.

Luckily, she hit it.

Li Yu nodded with satisfaction. No matter what, this woman's archery skills were quite good.

After firing the arrow, the woman handed the crossbow back to Li Gang.