Chapter 157: This is Very Difficult to Handle

After two o'clock in the afternoon, the twenty people from Zhang Su and Old Li's sides were hiding in a muddy wasteland northwest of the camp. Behind them lay more than a dozen zombie corpses; clearly, even in the wilderness, it wasn't peaceful.

Squatting beside a haystack, looking at the camp from afar, the zombies wandering outside the wall were not too many, not too few. Visually, there were about one hundred to two hundred.

If they used some methods, it wasn't impossible to kill them all, but it was somewhat laborious and easy to cause complications. It was better to lure them away.

"Bo-zai, Old Yu, you can act now!" Zhang Su gave orders to the two through the walkie-talkie.

Before long, two vehicles appeared at the north and south ends respectively, reversing toward the zombies. Once the crisp sound of the horns rang out, the zombies outside the wall seemed to have heard a bugle call and took off in pursuit of the vehicles.

"After that heavy rain a few days ago, the zombies' speed has increased slightly. Don't use past experience to deal with them!"

In the wilderness, Wu Daqiang said in a low voice.

Zhang Su and the others nodded slightly. People who could survive in the apocalypse weren't simple; not only were they observant, but other survivors were the same.

"Let me add a reminder: after the heavy rain, the zombies' various indicators have improved, not just speed!"

Since the other party shared information, Zhang Su also stated what they knew.

"Soldier Wu, I have to remind you: I know the military camp is full of your former comrades, but they have now turned into zombies. If a situation arises, you must not be soft-hearted. It will harm yourself, and even us, understand?"

Old Li said softly to Wu Daqiang. These words entered Zhang Su's ears without missing a syllable.

"Don't worry, Director Li. They are monsters that killed my comrades. I won't be soft-hearted!" Wu Daqiang gave himself psychological hints.

"Director Li?" Zhang Su muttered secretly. He could see Old Li had an extraordinary bearing, but what kind of director he was before, he didn't know, and it didn't matter anymore.

It only proved one thing: people who could do well in the past, even in the apocalypse, could still become leaders of a team. He didn't doubt that once Old Li's group got weapons, they would definitely want to expand their team.

Soon, the zombies outside the wall were lured away into the distance by the two vehicles.

"Set off!"

"Go!"

The leaders of both sides gave the order together. Twenty people stepped on the wet mud and moved quickly toward the wall, looking just like a group of thieves going into a village to steal dogs...

The military camp's wall wasn't very high because the deterrent didn't come from the wall itself, but from the stationed soldiers! Before the disaster broke out, who would have the guts to climb over the military camp wall to steal things?

The height of about 2.5 meters plus anti-climbing spikes meant the total height was no more than three meters. At this moment, it wasn't difficult for anyone present.

The most agile people climbed onto the wall first. When they looked inside the camp, they were all stunned.

"Officer Wu, this... has someone been here?"

Looking at the empty military camp, Zhang Su was very surprised. He could be sure it wasn't because the horns of the two vehicles just now had lured the zombies in the yard away, but because there were no traces of any large-scale zombie activity at all.

At least not after the heavy rain! Wu Daqiang frowned and looked around, only seeing sporadic zombies wandering in the distance. He scratched his head and said: "I don't know what happened!"

Regardless of why there were no zombies inside the camp, it was a good phenomenon for everyone. They climbed over the wall one after another and jumped into the camp.

"Follow me!"

Wu Daqiang ran in the lead without hesitation, moving quickly toward the armory. When he saw the warehouse door was intact, a flash of excitement appeared on his face.

However, when he pulled open the armory door, the excitement on his face instantly collapsed.

The weapons that should have been stored on the shelves were just like the zombies in the camp—nowhere to be found. Only the outlines of the storage boxes remained there, telling later arrivals that things had once been stored here.

Just at this moment, Zhang Su's ears twitched, and he said vigilantly: "Someone! Be on guard!"

The few people who had been following Zhang Su entered a combat state immediately, hiding behind cover and looking nervously toward the door. Old Li's group also reacted quickly, while those who joined Zhang Su's team later, like the programmer and Jia Shiqin, reacted a beat slower than Old Li's group.

Scrape, scrape, scrape.

Footsteps approached quickly. Wu Daqiang looked suspicious and carefully poked his head out to look. He said in surprise: "Little Liu, Gangzi?"

"Squad Leader Wu!?"

The two newcomers clearly recognized Wu Daqiang and let out a joyful cry.

The group hiding in the armory breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the people coming were soldiers from the camp and that they knew Wu Daqiang, so there was no danger.

But when the group slowly walked out of the armory, they still gave the two soldiers a fright.

"Squad Leader Wu, these... these are?"

"Some are my friends, some are... well, partners who came here to do business. What's going on with you two? I don't seem to remember seeing you two that day?"

Wu Daqiang frowned. Some memories flooded back. He would always remember the scene on the day the disaster broke out. He clearly remembered every comrade who fell by his side, but these two were definitely not among them.

Little Liu looked around, found no danger, and said sullenly: "The day before the incident, Gangzi and I fell during training. We didn't return to the barracks that night and spent the night in the small medical building... We escaped a disaster."

Hearing this, Zhang Su couldn't help but sigh that these two soldiers were truly lucky. Not only were they not infected, but they were also isolated in a relatively safe environment. No wonder they could survive.

"When we discovered something was wrong outside, the monsters had already surrounded the medical building. We didn't even have weapons at the time. Hearing the artillery fire outside, we were so anxious..."

Little Liu recalled the scene that day, his face full of pain.

"Sigh, don't mention it... By the way, why is this place emptied out? And where did those monsters in the camp go?"

Wu Daqiang shook his head with a sigh, suddenly remembering the main business, and asked. "We moved the weapons here and stored them in the barracks. We also lured the monsters out bit by bit!"

Gangzi chimed in, his face full of determination, giving the impression of "absolutely completing the mission."

"Well done, you two are both well done!"

Wu Daqiang patted the two on the shoulders with great gratification.

"Ahem!"

Zhang Su coughed and said: "Officer Wu, congratulations on finding your comrades. Why don't we get the weapon matter settled as soon as possible, how about that?"

He had no intention of staying in the barracks; this wasn't the shelter he favored.

"Weapons..."

Wu Daqiang hesitated. He hadn't thought there would be survivors among his comrades, and they were stationed right in the barracks. He didn't know what to do for a moment, so he had to look at Director Li for help.

Old Li understood and said: "That, Little Liu, Gangzi, let me ask, how many weapons do you have there? Mainly tell me about the firearms and ammunition situation."

"Hey!" Zhao Dezhu quickly spoke up: "Also mention the Type 86 grenades. That stuff is good. Don't tell me the camp doesn't have that. As long as it's an infantry brigade, they're equipped with it. And anti-tank rocket launchers!"

Old Li's mouth twitched. He had wanted to muddle through, but he didn't expect the other party to see through it immediately.

Little Liu and Gangzi didn't speak, looking at Wu Daqiang with confused eyes. Clearly, they didn't recognize the man speaking in front of them and wouldn't follow his orders.

Wu Daqiang nodded and said: "Tell them, tell them the general situation."

"We haven't counted in detail. There are about eighty automatic rifles left. Not many Type 86 grenades, only a hundred or so left. There are quite a lot of bullets, we haven't counted, at least fifty thousand rounds. Rocket launchers... didn't see any!"

Little Liu roughly stated the current inventory.

"Don't think about anti-tank rocket launchers. They're at the camp gate... the grenades are gone." Wu Daqiang said sullenly.

Zhang Su remembered the tank blown up at the camp gate, and seeing Wu Daqiang's expression, he had a not-so-good guess in his heart...

Zhao Dezhu didn't pay attention to that. Hearing there were quite a few weapons, he said happily: "Ha, we're rich. We can take sixty-plus guns, at least eighty grenades, and forty thousand rounds of ammunition!"

"What do you mean?"

These words instantly made Little Liu and Gangzi uneasy. As soldiers, they were highly sensitive to weapons. The other party wanted to take away so many weapons as soon as they opened their mouths, which made the two feel great hostility.

"Don't be excited, everyone, don't be excited!"

Old Li pressed his hands toward Little Liu and Gangzi, looked at Zhang Su with some difficulty, and said: "Brother Zhang, you see the situation now, it far exceeds our expectations, right?"

Zhang Su wasn't surprised at all that Old Li wanted to bargain. Ever since the two soldiers appeared, he knew things would develop to this step, but he still had to play dumb.

"This 'far exceeding expectations' you mentioned, Old Li, does it refer to the quantity of weapons? That's not it. Officer Wu previously said there were two hundred Type 95s, but now there are only eighty. That's more than half less. It's clearly far below expectations!"

"No, no, no, that's not what I'm talking about!"

Old Li waved his hands repeatedly and said: "I'm talking about the difficulty of our mission. Look at how clean this military camp is. We came in without any danger at all. This credit belongs to Little Liu and Gangzi, right?"

"That's correct."

Zhang Su couldn't deny this.

"The agreement we discussed earlier was based on the fact that there were no survivors in the military camp and the weapons were ownerless. But now the owners are still here. Taking a step back, Gangzi and Little Liu are Little Wu's soldiers. I think it's only right to increase our share!"

Old Li said very seriously.

While Old Li was negotiating with Zhang Su, Wu Daqiang was also explaining the situation to Little Liu and Gangzi.

Zhang Su didn't refute and nodded: "Fine, then I'll lower it by ten percent, only taking seventy percent. That's acceptable, right?"

"No."

Wu Daqiang shook his head vigorously. He hadn't wanted to agree to the two-eight split before, and even thought three-seven was low. Now that two comrades had suddenly popped up, this ratio was even more impossible.

"Right, the weapons were collected by us at the risk of our lives. It's impossible to give you seventy percent!"

"That's right, absolutely impossible!"

Little Liu and Gangzi wouldn't do it either. Although they couldn't use that many guns, having more weapons was always a sense of security.

"There are many weapons outside the camp. If you want them, go find them yourselves!" Little Liu pointed to the camp gate.

Zhao Dezhu said angrily: "Bullshit, those weapons are all blown to pieces, and they've been soaked in rain for several nights. If one explodes, it'll blow me up!"

"Zhuzi, shut up! Old Li, I negotiated this with you, so I'm only looking for you for an explanation!"

Zhang Su didn't flinch at all because the other party had three automatic rifles.

"This... this matter is very difficult to handle now, Brother Zhang."

Old Li had a headache.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 158 =====