Chapter 165

"Ah..."

The United Village villagers crouching around were scared to death by the gunfire and kept dodging in the opposite direction.

They had more or less held a skeptical attitude, thinking that the woman who had tried to persuade them with earnest words wouldn't shoot, but they were wrong!

Blood flowed all over the ground. Yu Qing was tearful, her face shifting between laughter, sadness, and indifference; her emotions were extremely complex.

"I did it... evil people should be killed, they should be killed, they deserve to die! I did it, right?"

Yu Qing muttered to herself, then turned to look at Zhang Su, as if she had completed some mission.

"Yes, you did it! You used thunderous means to punish the evil people who intended to do you harm. This is your transformation. Remember what I just said, no need to blame or feel guilty. Zhuzi, take your wife back to the vehicle to rest!"

"Alright, alright, wifey, come, let's go..."

Zhao Dezhu hurriedly helped Yu Qing toward the RV.

"Mr. Zhang, thank you for giving Qingqing a chance to grow."

Yu Wen walked to Zhang Su's side and said softly. As Yu Qing's father, he had tried to persuade her many times, telling her that the human heart is sinister in the apocalypse and that she needed to know how to be ruthless, but unfortunately, it had little effect...

Lu Yubo didn't understand Zhang Su's meaning at first, but upon hearing him say that, he immediately grasped it and trotted forward. Although there was a smile on his face, his eyes were extremely cold.

Zhang Su raised his voice, making everyone in United Village freeze.

Zhang Su spread his hands.

After killing three people in a row, the remaining United Village villagers were already like birds startled by the mere twang of a bowstring; hearing Zhang Su's voice made them feel cold all over.

"Hey, damn it, a tiny little village actually has rotating governance, fine... come on, those who want to live, drag out the people from Xiguanying!"

"Hehe, Brother Su, I'll help you."

"I'll say it, let me say it!"

But someone immediately took action, and with a flurry of hands and feet, six men were pressed to the ground.

"Hey, what are you doing? You can't kill us, what right do you have to kill us!?"

Zhang Su looked at the few people lying on the ground panting heavily, nodded secretly, and thought to himself, "That's right, these were the ones making the most noise just now!"

"Hey, are you all just watching? Come a few people and help!"

"I heard about Xiguanying just now, someone come and explain what's going on?"

A man in his twenties plucked up the courage and said: "Our United Village is merged from the survivors of eight villages. Xiaoxinzhuang, Wanggezhuang, and Xiguanying have the most people, so the three villages take turns managing things. This week it's Xiguanying's turn!"

Following closely, Zhao Xue pulled Wu Lue, and together with Yu Wen, the three walked to Zhang Su's side.

Zhang Su nodded without saying much, clapped his hands, walked to the middle, and said: "Alright, let's discuss what to do with you people now."

"Eh? Nothing for me to do? Fine, you guys pick one each."

Zhang Su intended to clean out the people from Xiguanying, but when he looked to the side, he found that his own people were all standing by, just staring.

Zheng Xin and Zhong Xiaoshan didn't speak; they walked silently to Zhang Su's side. They knew very well what Zhang Su was going to do and were willing to help him share the burden.

"Ah..."

"What right? By the right that you were highway robbing and bullying men and women! I'm not an envoy of justice, but you messed with me, and you're asking me what right I have to kill you?"

Bang!

The more he spoke, the angrier he got. Zhang Su pulled out his pistol and gave the clamoring man a bullet directly.

The Xiguanying villagers pressed to the ground saw the other side walking toward them with guns and finally understood what they were going to do. They panicked completely and struggled violently, but unfortunately, each of them had two or three people pressing down on them, and they couldn't move at all.

The villager who was forcefully pressing on the man's neck felt a slight vibration transmitted to his arm, and then he saw a bloody hole open up in the man's head below. It scared him so much that he sat down on the ground with a thud.

"Do it!"

Rat-tat, rat-tat...

At Zhang Su's command, the others didn't hesitate; they all raised their guns and picked off the people on the ground.

After the gunfire, blood covered the ground, and the scene was silent.

"I saw you were the one leading the capture of the Xiguanying people just now. What's your name?"

Zhang Su walked up to a man.

"I... I'm called, I'm called Wang Xingui!" The man's heart was thumping wildly, and he answered with all the courage he could muster.

"Wang Xingui, I ask you, you were the most active in catching the Xiguanying people just now. Why? A personal grudge?"

Wang Xingui felt a wave of tension in his heart, steeled himself, and said: "They are rotten to the core. They eat human food but don't do human things. If it were just for food and drink, it wouldn't be a big deal, but they clearly have plenty to eat and drink..."

Subsequently, he added some of the evil deeds the Xiguanying villagers had committed. They didn't treat people as people at all; it wasn't for survival needs, but various tortures, abuses, and killings just for amusement.

The other villages had long found the people from Xiguanying an eyesore, but due to the cooperative relationship and the lack of direct conflict of interest, it was hard to do anything about them.

"Big Brother, you've done a service for the heavens today... To be honest, those people from Xiguanying village are even worse than zombies!"

At the end of his speech, Wang Xingui spat on the ground.

"Are there no good people in Xiguanying? Since they are so bad, why did you merge with them?"

Zhang Su felt a bit puzzled and also somewhat disbelieved Wang Xingui's words.

"Xiguanying used to have the most people. Internally, they split into two factions, and the good side was wiped out... leaving only this group of bandits. We had no choice but to merge; if we didn't merge, there would be infighting, and everyone didn't want that."

"Only when Xiguanying village is in charge do they take everyone out to rob the road. None of us want to do that!"

Wang Xingui explained again, and others nodded in agreement.

If not for the bits and pieces he had observed earlier, Zhang Su would have found it hard to believe Wang Xingui's words, but now, seeing the reaction of the United Village villagers, it was actually within his expectations.

"Wang Xingui, is it? I see you're quite capable. It'll be you. From now on, you're the one in charge of United Village. Who approves, who opposes?"

Zhang Su looked at the crowd of United Village.

Who approves? Who opposes?

Everyone looked at each other. You have a dozen people holding automatic rifles asking who opposes?

Passed unanimously, no one opposed.

"The people from Xiguanying village are all dead. Will you have trouble after you go back?"

Zhang Su asked.

Wang Xingui shook his head without hesitation: "If those women who were kidnapped back find out about this, they'd be too happy to be sad; they'd definitely be grateful to you!"

"No need for gratitude. I have a question: where did all the zombies in Beidong Town go? Don't tell me you killed all the zombies!"

Zhang Su asked his initial doubt.

"How could we kill them all? There are too many! We took turns in a relay to lure the nearby zombies to an abandoned quarry over there."

Zhang Su exchanged a look with the people around him; there are still many smart people in this world.

"Brother Su, now that you mention it, I think it's very likely that a portion of the zombies in Xidaying village were also lured away!"

Chen Hanzhou frowned and said.

"That's right, that's right!" The person who answered the question shouted hurriedly: "This young brother is right. Actually, we learned it from Xidaying village. They lured a large portion of the zombies to the lower reaches of the Haihe River..."

"Lower reaches..."

Zhang Su grinned. Isn't the lower reaches near Shuiwa Village? He sighed in his heart that the peasant brothers have wild ways.

"Do you have any usable vans in your village?"

Zhang Su changed the subject and asked.

Wang Xingui touched his head and said: "Yes, there are quite a few. Um, Big Brother, what is your honorable surname?"

"My surname is Zhang."

"Oh, oh, Big Brother Zhang, do you want a van? I'll give you one!" Wang Xingui said very generously.

Zhang Su shook his head and said: "What I want is food. We cleared out the cancer that was Xiguanying for you, shouldn't there be some token of appreciation? Rice, flour, oil, plus vegetables and meat, fill up a van. Doesn't that feel like a good deal?"

"A good deal, a good deal, two vans are fine. Boss Zhang, I'll prepare two vans for you!"

Wang Xingui was slightly stunned, then nodded vigorously.

Those people from Xiguanying had stored quite a lot of supplies; this was basically the other party's spoils of war.

"Bo-zai, Teacher Yu, Master Jia, you accompany the fellow villagers back to the village and tell everyone the news that Wang Xingui has taken over United Village!"

Zhang Su waved his hand at the three.

Lu Yubo and Jia Shiqin didn't understand Zhang Su's intention, but Yu Wen's heart stirred, a smile curled at the corner of his mouth, and he suddenly became a bit kinder to the people of United Village.

After arranging things, Zhang Su walked to Tan Huajun's side. Seeing Mo Qianlan standing beside her with a pale face, looking like a frightened little quail, he smiled and teased.

"Little beauty, were you scared by this scene?"

Mo Qianlan had spoken very little since joining the team. Usually, besides talking to her mom, she only chatted with Zheng Xin about anime. Hearing Zhang Su talk to her, she was at a loss for a moment.

"Lanlan, Uncle Zhang is talking to you."

Seeing her daughter shyly lowering her head like a mute, Tan Huajun patted her shoulder.

"Thank you for your concern, Uncle. I... I'm fine. I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid of dead people, I'm just a bit afraid of zombies."

After Mo Qianlan finished speaking, she lowered her head again.

"Hey!" Zhang Su turned to look at Zhong Xiaoshan and said: "Eh, Xiaoshan, just like you, afraid of zombies but not dead people."

"No way, Nurse Zhong is so brave and still afraid of zombies?"

Someone questioned on the spot.

"Please, that was when the disaster first broke out, okay? Adaptation takes a process!" Zhong Xiaoshan held her forehead.

Zhang Su smiled and patted Tan Huajun's shoulder, saying: "Old Tan, you are a fierce powerhouse in our team, your daughter should also have your style."

Tan Huajun's chrysanthemum-wavy hair was already tied up, and a confident smile was on her capable face: "Don't worry, Brother Su, my daughter and I combined are definitely greater than two!"

Everyone knew what she meant—even if Mo Qianlan dragged her feet a little, she could make up for it!

About half an hour later, Zhang Su's group set off again. Between the two RVs, there was originally only one Prado, but now there were two more vans.

Zhang Su learned from Yu Wen about some things after going into the village, which once again proved that his observations and Wang Xingui's words were correct: the ones who were truly doing evil were that group from Xiguanying!

"Big brother, no wonder those guys from Xiguanying like to do highway robbery. These two vans of stuff were all pulled from Xiguanying's warehouse; it's quite rich!"

In the van, Zhao Dezhu said joyfully over the walkie-talkie.

"Xidaying village collected six hundred catties of rice and flour, and United Village loaded more than two thousand catties of various supplies. If we had to scavenge this ourselves, how much effort would it take!"

Zhong Xiaoshan roughly tallied the supplies and recorded them on her phone, shaking her head with emotion.

"This is not a long-term solution; we need to find a place to settle down."

Zhang Su didn't feel particularly happy because of the unexpected harvest. Now the team had a full twenty people, consuming about forty to fifty catties of rations every day, plus forty liters of water. No matter how much inventory there was, it wouldn't last long. Only by finding a place for sustainable development could they be secure.

"Tianmayu?"

After leaving Beidong Town for about two kilometers, Zhang Su saw a brown road sign for a tourist attraction, telling passing vehicles that there was a 4A-level scenic spot called Tianmayu five kilometers to the north.

(End of chapter)