Chapter 171

"Alright, things are in the past."

Zhang Su carried the rifle back to his shoulder, and a long sigh of relief was released in his heart. The knot that had been buried in his heart for a long time was finally solved.

"Everyone, throw the corpses down the mountain together. I'll go see how the Zu siblings are!"

"Oh, right, Zu Meng and Zu Tong didn't participate in this?"

Zheng Xinyu asked curiously.

"When I peeked through the window last night, Zu Meng and Zu Tong were extremely unwilling for Liang Xiaocheng to have a conflict with us, and later they were controlled by Liang Xiaocheng..."

Zhang Su spread his hands and looked in the direction of Qingfeng Xiaozhu.

Lu Yubo said: "Damn, I didn't expect Old Meng to be quite righteous."

"Yeah, such people are rare now. Big brother, how about recruiting them to join us?" Zhao Dezhu suggested.

Zhang Su dropped his arms very irritably, feeling a bit sad in his heart.

Zhang Su was listening to Liu Tianji's plan when an unusual sound suddenly came into his ears.

Thump!

Zhang Su kicked open the door of 204. As expected, two zombies were tied to chairs, stretching their necks and clicking their sharp white teeth at the two. They were the Zu siblings, Zu Meng and Zu Tong.

Last night, they had every opportunity to catch Liang Xiaocheng's team off guard, and there would have been no pressure to wipe them out completely. But if they acted at night, except for him being able to see everything clearly, others' vision was blocked, and there was a possibility of accidents. It was better to set a trap for a defensive counterattack!

The low moan of zombies sounded on the second floor of Qingfeng Xiaozhu.

"This... I, they actually killed Old Meng!?" Liu Tianji leaned against the door, his face full of disbelief.

"I'll go and let them out to see what they think. It would be nice if they could stay here with peace of mind. Base construction needs manpower."

"This area is really not small, and I'm afraid it will take some effort to build it up..."

"Hmm?"

After saying this, Zhang Su walked towards Qingfeng Xiaozhu.

Plus Liang Xiaocheng only said that he would control the Zu siblings for one night and would let them go after the matter was done, so he didn't think too much about it. Who would have thought it would turn out like this.

Walking on the wide cement road, Zhang Su couldn't help but look around. Their team had become the nominal masters of this homestay area, and it was time to seriously consider the construction problem.

"Mainly because there is no heavy machinery. Fortunately, we have plenty of manpower, it can be done!"

Awooooo.

Liu Tianji said very optimistically: "The road leading up the mountain needs to be fenced... and I always feel that people can climb up from the foot of the mountain over there. Even if there is no fence, traps need to be set. The road down the mountain is easier to handle. Um, the Baiyun Yayuan at the highest point over there can be used as a sentry post..."

If he wanted to make a plan, he had to understand the situation of the Tianma Yu homestay area clearly.

From a standpoint, Zu Meng and Zu Tong were not enemies and could become friends. From a benefit perspective, as the two people who were relatively familiar with Tianma Yu, they could provide a lot of useful help for base construction. But now everything was too late.

"Damn!"

"Brother Su, I'll go over there and take a look with you!" Liu Tianji's slightly fat body panted and followed Zhang Su.

"Sigh... I really didn't expect it, damn!"

Zhang Su looked at the place where the sound came from, his expression instantly turned cold, he pulled out his pistol, and ran towards Qingfeng Xiaozhu in three steps.

"Zhang Ya is right, Liang Xiaocheng is a lunatic. Damn, I always tell others that I am a bad person. Compared with Liang Xiaocheng, I am a living Buddha!"

Zhang Su put away his gun, took out a dagger, and walked forward slowly, sending Zu Meng and Zu Tong away completely with a complicated mood.

When everyone learned the news that the Zu siblings had been killed, their hearts were heavy. It was rare to have such enthusiastic people like the two siblings in the apocalypse.

"Brother Su, did we kill Old Meng and Sister Tong?"

Zheng Xinyu frowned, her face full of entanglement.

"Are you trying to say that if we hadn't come, the Zu siblings wouldn't have met with disaster? I think as long as he didn't collude with Liang Xiaocheng, being killed was a matter of time..."

Zhang Su rubbed his temples with a headache.

Tragedies were staged every day, but this time it was the turn of the people around them.

In the morning, everyone dealt with the corpses of Liang Xiaocheng's ten people, and then dug two pits for the Zu siblings, which could be considered the last decency in this apocalypse, letting them rest in peace.

After finishing the work, Zhang Su's group thoroughly checked all the homestays in Tianma Yu and confirmed that no one was hiding in them, only then did they feel completely relieved.

"Everyone, the crisis outside has not been lifted. Tianma Yu is our safe home. I won't say much, just one point: be united and don't have internal strife, build our common home well. Can you do it?"

At the parking lot platform at the entrance of the scenic area, Zhang Su stood on a step and gave a speech to his partners.

"No problem, listen to Brother Su!"

Lu Yubo responded actively.

"Can do it, Brother Su, don't worry!"

"Can do it!"

Following closely, everyone responded one by one.

The team had twenty people in total. The longest time they had been together was Zhao Xue and Wu Lue, who had known Zhang Su for several years and had always had a honey-like trust in him. Even Jia Shiqin, Qi Xiaoshuai, and Lu Leiyang, who had been with him for the shortest time, as well as Tan Huajun's daughter Mo Qianlan, had fully felt Zhang Su's leadership ability in just a few days.

Everyone recognized Zhang Su's ability. Even if he was occasionally cruel and ruthless, it was for the protection of the entire team. Without any accidents, he had become the true leader of this team.

"Good!"

It was rare to be able to speak loudly. Zhang Su's voice was loud: "If you have any troublesome things that you think are difficult to mediate, you can find me, and I will mediate. It is not easy for us to come together in the apocalypse. As long as we are always united, we can live well!"

"Live well!"

Everyone responded in unison to this most simple appeal.

"This area, just in terms of accommodation, let alone twenty people, two thousand people can fit... but we can't live everywhere. The living area is too large, and personnel are too scattered, which will be risky!"

Zhang Su pointed not far away and said: "According to the distribution of homestay houses, we will choose rooms from the three homestays of Wangshan, Zhiyuan, and Xiaoxingyun. The rest of the places will be left for stacking things, or if survivors join us, that is, after personnel expansion, we can live in a wider range of places!"

These things had always been arranged by Zhang Su. Everyone was used to listening to his arrangements to do things and had an inexplicable trust, without any objection.

Just like a team playing a game, there must be someone to command. Team members who are used to obeying commands only need execution, not decision-making.

Seeing that everyone had no problems, Zhang Su continued: "I will rearrange the sentry personnel. Today, follow the previous arrangements, but there will be no training today. Choose a house you like, tidy up internal affairs, count supplies, and relax. We'll talk about anything tomorrow!"

"Yay!"

"Long live Brother Su..."

"Haha, can I go down the mountain for a stroll?"

"Fart, the scope of activities is limited to the area above the parking lot and below the mountain stream."

Zhang Su heard delivery boy Qi Xiaoshuai wanted to go down the mountain for a walk and stopped him immediately.

"Run, run, grab the room!"

I don't know who shouted, and everyone reacted, rushing towards the three homestays set by Zhang Su.

"Xinyu, go grab the biggest one on the second floor of Xiaoxingyun!"

Zhang Su roared on the steps.

"Leave it to me! Get out of the way, I'll hit you to death..."

Zheng Xinyu ran wildly towards Xiaoxingyun, and Corgi Haoyun was even faster than her, swooshing past everyone!

The homestay itself followed a family atmosphere style. This kind of decoration didn't cost much, but it had to be attentive.

Each guest room looked very warm under the careful arrangement of the owner. Maybe it wasn't the style they liked, but it definitely had a feeling of home.

The three homestays had more than twenty guest rooms, enough for everyone to live in. Everyone found their own room, and some people logically lived together.

Clean and tidy rooms, neat and new bedding, as well as air conditioning and TV. It's a pity that the TV had no channels, and the air conditioner couldn't be brought because the battery panel power was not enough, but these didn't hinder the satisfaction in everyone's hearts.

Long-lost smiles returned to everyone's faces. In the room, they counted the clothes and shoes they could wear, and some had the leisure to brew a pot of tea and take a sip happily. Everyone felt as if they had returned to the life before the disaster broke out.

It was as if everyone hadn't come to Tianma Yu to take refuge, but to have a team-building vacation here.

Although there was no training task in the afternoon, there were still many things to do after tidying up the internal affairs.

Planning the storage area, all the supplies on the cars were stored in categories. Zhong Xiaoshan was officially appointed as the material statistician, making detailed records of all supplies, and the future daily consumption also needed to be recorded and counted.

Sissy Lu Leiyang became Zhong Xiaoshan's assistant, and some heavy physical work was completed by him, which he was also very willing to do.

"Counting all the supplies left by the homestays, calculated according to high consumption, our food is enough to support sixty-five days. This does not include those chickens, ducks, and fish, because with the reservoir as support, water use is guaranteed. However, pay attention to the anti-freezing maintenance of the tap water system!"

After five o'clock in the afternoon, except for the sentry personnel, everyone gathered in the back garden of Xiaoxingyun Homestay. Zhong Xiaoshan held the notebook in her hand and told everyone about the general situation in the safe base.

"Food is only enough for two months? It shouldn't be, there's so much!"

Zhang Su was the first to question. Just the food brought from West Camp Village and Lianhe Village exceeded 1,500 catties. It took some effort to transport the food in the afternoon, not counting the previous inventory. He thought it was enough to eat for half a year, that is, to survive the coming winter.

Zhong Xiaoshan shrugged and said: "The weather is cold, plus daily training, the speed of food consumption is more than twice the normal. There are two greenhouse vegetable sheds over there. Xiao Chen measured it, and it adds up to about half a mu of land. Maintaining planting and breeding well can extend some days."

"It seems that it is still difficult to be self-sufficient in Tianma Yu. In this winter, there is no way to reclaim land for planting." Yu Wen frowned slightly, thinking about methods for sustainable development.

"Should we consider lowering the training intensity a little?" Zheng Xinyu asked tentatively.

"No!" Zhang Su denied decisively: "A stable living environment gives us more time to learn how to survive in the apocalypse. If we slack off, we may be doomed when we encounter danger next time!"

"Don't worry about food. There is land to be reclaimed in the homestay area. Slowly transforming it into a greenhouse can also be planted. There are so many villages nearby, there must be existences similar to Shuwa Village. Find time to slowly clear the zombies, and pulling a car of food back is enough for a month or two!"

Everyone felt that Zhang Su's words made sense. The shelf life of food was there, and hoarding too much wouldn't work. Only by forming a virtuous cycle could it be lasting, but training must not be abandoned. Once people are comfortable, they will become numb when facing danger again!

(End of this chapter)