Chapter 379: Big Gold Tooth and Night Owl, Control Level -74%

In an underground civil engineering structure in the southern district of Green Forest City.

Night Owl held a bowl of steaming hot food and approached the bedside. On the bed lay a man whose entire body was constantly shivering with chills.

"Gold Teeth, how are you feeling?"

Gold Teeth opened his eyes and looked at the food in Night Owl's hand.

"Still... still okay! Has Zhou Yuan... not replied yet?"

Night Owl placed the food on the table beside them.

"He has replied....."

"What did he say?" Gold Teeth's eyes brightened slightly.

"Gold Teeth, Old Zhou said... he's coming over right away....."

"Coming over right away?" Gold Teeth's expression froze.

"In this kind of weather... how can he come over?"

Night Owl shook his head slightly.

"That's what puzzles me too. He's in the Northern District, we're in the Southern District, completely opposite ends..."

"To be honest... I can't think of any way he could get here from the Northern District... I just checked the situation outside. The snow... is very thick."

As Night Owl said this, his mood was also rather complicated.

Gold Teeth also fell silent.

Of course, they hoped Zhou Yuan's words were true, but the reality was that the probability of Zhou Yuan making it here in this weather was infinitely close to zero.

In other words, Zhou Yuan was most likely deceiving them.

But from their understanding of Zhou Yuan, he wasn't the type to make such jokes.

It was precisely this contradictory sense of dissonance that made the two of them anxious and uncertain.

They both hoped Zhou Yuan would come, yet reason told them he wouldn't.

"Sigh~~ How are the brothers? How much longer can the food and fuel last?"

"The food can last at most half a month. As for fuel... at most three days...." Night Owl's voice carried a deep sense of helplessness.

The biggest problem was, in the current environment, they couldn't even go out to search for fuel. Going out meant freezing to death.

"This...." Gold Teeth was about to say something else...

*BANG—*

A loud crash interrupted their conversation.

Night Owl immediately stood up.

"Gold Teeth, you stay lying down. I'll go see what happened."

"Go quickly...."

Night Owl recognized the direction the sound came from—the underground entrance of the civil air defense shelter.

The commotion also alarmed the thugs huddled together for warmth. They struggled to their feet, grabbed their weapons, and waited for Night Owl's orders.

"Owl Master..."

"Don't act rashly... Let me see what's going on first...."

Night Owl arrived at the entrance.

*Bang, bang, bang*—the sounds were still ringing out continuously.

Just as Night Owl was about to call out and ask, Zhou Yuan's voice came from behind the large door.

"Night Owl, can you hear me? Make a sound... *cough cough cough*... Damn it, why is the snow so heavy."

"Zhou Yuan?"

Night Owl was somewhat incredulous.

"Haha... Night Owl, I'm here. Hurry up and open the door. Tell the brothers to put away their weapons! Don't let anyone's hands shake and cause an accidental discharge."

Night Owl's mind was still in a state of utter confusion.

But he snapped back to reality immediately, turning his head to look behind him.

"Put them down, put all the weapons down. We're saved... put all the weapons down..."

In fact, there was no need for Night Owl's order. All the thugs present had heard Zhou Yuan's words.

A glimmer of hope for survival appeared on everyone's faces.

"Quick, someone go tell Gold Teeth that Brother Zhou is here... hurry!"

After giving the order, Night Owl had already instructed someone to open the large door.

*Creak....*

As the door slowly pushed open, Night Owl immediately saw Zhou Yuan's figure.

"Brother Zhou, I never thought you'd really come. I thought..."

"Haha, thought what? Thought I was tricking you, right!"

Zhou Yuan said with a loud laugh.

He then pulled Night Owl over to stand before Yu Yuan, his expression turning serious.

"Night Owl, let me introduce you. This is Lord Yu Yuan. Our Black Rock Caravan is already under his lordship's command. It was also his lordship, after learning of your difficult situation, who instructed me to try and recruit you."

"Including this time, it was his lordship who led me through the wind and snow to get here...."

Zhou Yuan's words made Night Owl adopt a solemn expression.

He looked at Yu Yuan, his eyes already showing respect and awe.

"My lord, I am Night Owl. Thank you, my lord, for being willing to extend a helping hand...."

But inwardly, he was utterly shocked.

When did the Black Rock Caravan pledge allegiance to someone else? They hadn't received any news about it.

He had never even heard of such a faction existing in Green Forest City.

If it weren't for Zhou Yuan personally introducing him, Night Owl would never have believed it.

However, Night Owl wasn't seeking anything else now.

As long as someone could take in their group of brothers and give them a way to survive, no matter which faction it was, he would give his life to them from now on.

Yu Yuan had already swept his gaze over the group of people before him.

To be honest, they were in a truly pitiful state!

They clearly hadn't expected the temperature to drop so drastically overnight.

Almost every one of them bore signs of frostbite. Their clothing couldn't be called extremely thin, but it was absolutely insufficient for survival at the current temperature.

Everyone's clothes were pieced together from various sources.

Clearly, this was the result of stripping clothes from those who had frozen to death and wearing them themselves.

Honestly, Yu Yuan found it somewhat miraculous that they had survived until now.

It was at this moment that one of the thugs behind Night Owl swayed unsteadily and fainted.

*Thud—*

Everyone's attention was drawn over.

"Quick, Little Wu has collapsed. Carry him near the bonfire..." Someone swiftly moved to help.

Yu Yuan and Zhou Yuan followed the crowd to the side of the bonfire.

But soon, the bustling crowd gradually stopped their movements.

"Owl Master... Little Wu is gone too! He was just too seriously ill."

Night Owl looked at the corpse whose body had already turned a bluish-gray color, took a deep breath, and closed his eyes.

"Carry Little Wu into the corpse room. His clothes... strip them off."

Everyone performed the task in silence.

Yu Yuan also let out a soft sigh.

The next moment, a pile of wood, instant noodles, drinking water, and canned food appeared beside the bonfire.

This scene shocked everyone present. They all looked at Yu Yuan with disbelief.

How did these things appear?

But some people couldn't help but take a slight step forward.

They were immediately pulled back by others.

Night Owl was also stunned by the sudden appearance of the supplies.

He looked at Yu Yuan with utter disbelief.

"M... my lord...."

"Your bodies are too weak. First, build up the bonfire. Let everyone eat their fill before anything else...."

And the very second after Yu Yuan spoke these words.

Night Owl directly knelt on the ground.

"My lord, you have saved our lives. From now on, our lives are yours!"

Behind Night Owl, those thugs shivering from the cold all knelt down in unison.

"My lord, you have saved our lives. From now on, our lives are yours!"

"Enough, we can talk about that later. First, you need to survive."

Yu Yuan helped Night Owl up, feeling quite pleased.

Because at this moment, on the Virtual Light Screen, within the [Civilization Overview] page, the faction control column had already displayed information for the [Big Gold Tooth Brotherhood].

And the control degree for the [Big Gold Tooth Brotherhood] had astonishingly reached...

—74%