"Perfect, I had nowhere to vent my anger," Merle said with a sinister smile, grabbing his sniper rifle and giving Tallahassee a look from a short distance away. The two of them immediately ran to the second floor and set up their snipers.
But while seasoned fighters like Merle weren't afraid, it didn't mean others wouldn't be.
Especially the group who had just left Alexandria, they exchanged uneasy glances, clutching their families, unsure of what to do.
Fortunately, Diana was there. She began organizing everyone to dismantle the shelves, using the shelf supports as blunt weapons for a counterattack and as shields for defense.
After doing this, she came to the supermarket entrance and stood with Daryl.
The two looked outside; large trucks were already stopping one by one outside the supermarket.
With each truck that stopped, their expressions grew heavier.
In less than 10 minutes, the trucks parked outside the supermarket were enough to completely surround it. Even if they could handle this number, they would ultimately pay a heavy price.
Not to mention, many people inside the supermarket had no combat ability at all.
"Don't worry."
Seeing Diana's expression worsen, Daryl fully utilized his accumulated combat experience and strong psychological fortitude.
"You lead the people and guard the other doors on the first floor of the supermarket. Don't let anyone in."
"No matter what, it's already approaching dawn. As long as we can hold out until Shawn arrives, there will definitely still be a way!"
Despite the unknown number of enemies, Daryl still had confidence in Shawn.
"We won't hold you back."
Diana agreed decisively, her face solemn.
But before she could turn to leave with the others, Daryl suddenly grabbed her arm.
She looked at Daryl strangely, following his arm, but found that Daryl had the same strange expression.
"Merle, did you see anyone?!"
Daryl was unsure, so he shouted loudly to Merle above him.
After Daryl's voice fell, Merle's reply came after a long pause, his voice filled with surprise.
"…Shit!"
"Brother, you absolutely won't believe who I saw!"
The voice came from the back of the first floor. Merle ran down from the second floor again.
But before Merle could build suspense, Daryl already knew the answer.
Daryl saw two people walking in the distance, followed by a large group of people.
"What the f*ck??"
This was the first time Diana had cursed. At this moment, she no longer cared about her external demeanor as a councilor, but stared at the distance with Daryl, somewhat disbelievingly.
A morning sun rose from behind that group of people.
For some reason, even though they had never interacted or conversed with this group of people, at this moment, in silence, everyone could feel an extremely strong sense of destiny!
The leading man had a smile on his lips, and the gazes of almost everyone behind him were fixed on him.
Some were already injured, limping with a dragging arm.
Some had shining eyes, faces full of hope.
Some moved with a hint of hesitation, but still closely followed the lead man's steps, unwilling to leave for even a moment…
It seemed as if the myriad aspects of life were being concretely displayed at this very moment.
It seemed that as the morning sun rose, a destined, undulating background music also began to play in everyone's ears, the drum beats perfectly syncing with their advancing steps.
"Wu… Shawn??"
Daryl looked at the familiar man, but was somewhat afraid to recognize him.
It had only been two or three days. How did he bring this group of people back from North Carolina?
Before Daryl could think too much, he found that Shawn had already walked to the supermarket entrance.
The people he brought blocked the door, and their eyes, following Shawn, were terrifyingly bright.
Through the glass door, everyone suddenly had an illusion.
They felt like protected animals caged in a zoo, being invaded by gazes.
Clang, clang--
Shawn raised his hand and knocked on the glass door, wondering aloud.
"Didn't I just leave for a few days?"
"How did you forget me so quickly?"
Diana heard this and turned to look at Daryl, indecisive.
Daryl, on the other hand, slowly came to his senses and took two or three steps forward to open the door for Shawn.
"You didn't tell me you'd be bringing an entire army back when you left."
Daryl gestured with his chin towards the people behind Shawn.
"It's a long story," Shawn shrugged.
"No matter what, it's good to have you back." Daryl hugged Shawn.
"Shawn, I knew you wouldn't die out there!"
Hearing this voice, Shawn rolled his eyes.
With such a coarse remark, he could tell who said it just by using his toes.
He turned his head, extended a hand, and clasped Merle's hand, thumbs overlapping, palms tightening.
"Alright, alright, save the talk for the way back. You can start packing up now."
Shawn glanced at the residents of Alexandria, who were secretly relieved.
Shawn's direct overriding of Diana's command did not make them dissatisfied. On the contrary, seeing that Shawn had only been gone for two days and brought back several times more survivors than the entire Alexandria, they began to feel awe towards Shawn.
Without Diana's urging, they began to pack themselves.
Most of their supplies were in their cars, which were hidden in the passage behind the supermarket, next to the warehouse.
So after everyone packed up, they all went around the back of the supermarket, then drove their cars onto the main road.
Daryl and the others followed Shawn to the Zealots' convoy.
They looked at the supermarket supplies, which had already been neatly loaded onto the vehicles, somewhat dumbfounded.
"Yesterday, Merle was still cursing that someone had secretly emptied the entire supermarket, and I didn't expect you to bring it all back today. What else can't you do, Shawn?" Columbus exclaimed with an exaggerated expression.
It wasn't that his performance was too dramatic, but that the feeling of everything being just right was truly too magical.
It was like having a pillow when you're sleepy. All the supermarket supplies were taken away, and before everyone could even savor it, these supplies reappeared before their eyes.
Shawn always managed to do things that exceeded everyone's expectations.
This feeling was quite good.
"Alright, is this something to show off about?"
"Follow me, and you'll find that these are just basic operations."
Shawn said in a low-key tone, but with a hint of feigned smugness on his face.
Then, seeing the people of Alexandria returning to the road one after another, Shawn first had a few people wait for him on the fire truck, while he returned to the supermarket once again.
Last time, Shawn's backpack space was limited, so he only took away things that might be useful at the moment.
This time, Shawn was here to make up for the regrets of last time.
He took out his pickaxe, which had the 'Iron Scourge Module' installed, and began striking at the metal inside the supermarket.
Shawn struck all the shelves and supports, front and back, not even sparing the warehouse.
The metal resources here were unlike the minerals outside, which needed to be searched for and dug out by breaking through soil and rocks.
Everything was neatly laid out in front of Shawn; he only needed to decompose them into raw materials one by one with his pickaxe.
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