What Wen Shangcheng said, Shang Qi and the others had already sensed upon their arrival.
The ability blockers had an effect on others, but not on Shang Qi and Su Ling.
And the ability blockers on Su Ling and Shang Qi's side, upon sensing that the prison area's ability users were blocking their abilities, immediately retaliated.
This struggle was clearly in Su Ling's favor, which was the basis for Wen Shangcheng's confidence!
This first wave of confrontation came from the ability blockers on both sides.
As for others besides Shang Qi, they watched and waited to see the outcome of the battle.
Shang Qi and his group didn't take the prison area's ability users seriously. Large trucks were parked side by side outside the prison area. Led by Shang Qi, the group stood in front of the trucks, their spirits and demeanors commanding attention.
Su Ling, being the only girl in the group, sat comfortably inside one of the trucks.
In such a situation, with Shang Qi present, she didn't need to act.
It wasn't time for action yet; she would step in when it was truly necessary.
Before long, the first wave of the confrontation concluded with victory for Shang Qi and Su Ling's ability blockers.
On the prison area's side, after the failure of the first wave of the struggle, someone ascended the post-apocalyptic wall to look down.
The ability user standing on the wall was a large, burly man over six feet tall with a full beard. He was physically strong and powerful. His name was Xu Du, the leader of the prison area's ability users. Before the apocalypse, he was imprisoned here for multiple murders.
He had been sentenced to death, but he survived the apocalypse.
As one of the first to awaken abilities, he seized the opportunity to escape, killed the guards, freed other surviving ability users, and then used the prison as their post-apocalyptic stronghold, establishing himself as a king. He had claimed the area around the prison as his territory.
After the apocalypse, he led other ability users to intercept and rob ability users and survivors passing through the prison area. Women were all subjected to their lust, while men were killed.
They amassed considerable wealth this way, enriching themselves and other ability users. The jerky hanging on the city walls was not from any poultry or livestock.
Only Xu Du and his men knew what kind of meat it was.
This was the apocalypse, a world of cannibalism.
The strong ruled, and the weak were like fish and meat, unable to resist.
Xu Du stood on the wall, looking down. When he saw the military trucks driven by Shang Qi and his group, there was no expression on his bearded face, but a fleeting ferocity in his eyes.
They, like these "desperadoes," couldn't stand anything related to officialdom.
Even though the apocalypse had shattered all order, he just couldn't stand it.
This was precisely why Wen Shangyin and his group's attempt at negotiation was rejected by Xu Du and his men.
In their eyes, Wen Shangyin, Song Lian, and their group were, in a different sense, also associated with officialdom.
Once hatred and perceptions are deeply rooted, they are difficult to change, and Xu Du and others were no exception.
Especially after the apocalypse, they were spared death and imprisonment, and they preferred the unrestrained and joyful life after the end of the world.
Xu Du surveyed the area below, his gaze finally fixing on Shang Qi. Then, he spoke, "What are you here for?"
Shang Qi looked up, met Xu Du's gaze from the wall, and replied with extreme arrogance, "To slaughter you."