Chapter 276

"If you aren't afraid of the risk of the chamber exploding, I can give you a batch of problematic grenades."

Lei Youliang spread his hands and made a strange expression, as if to say, even if I give them to you, you can't use them.

Zhang Su rubbed his chin and said: "How many?"

"Hey! A rifle jamming or the chamber exploding is one thing, but if a rocket launcher explodes, that's a matter of life and death!"

The man called Uncle Huo on the side reminded him with a look of astonishment.

Zhang Su had a decent impression of this boisterous uncle; he was straightforward and didn't have as many schemes as Lei Youliang. He smiled and said: "Of course I won't risk my life, just tell me how many there are?"

If the grenades couldn't be used, there was no problem with dismantling them to take out some usable raw materials.

Lei Youliang didn't expect Zhang Su to be serious. He frowned and thought: "Then I can give you one hundred!"

"Twenty rifles, forty magazines, ten thousand rounds of ammunition, twenty functional grenades, one hundred problematic grenades. Deal?"

Zhang Su wore a strange smile and said: "I proved my strength with a battle. It's understandable that you want to win over a powerful ally, but I don't know a single thing about you. Do you think I would agree to an alliance under these circumstances?"

Lei Youliang could feel the pressure, but as the leader of Kuanzhuang, he had to withstand it.

"Cough, Mr. Zhang, that's not how you put it. It's true you blocked the Azure Dragon Legion for us, but the matter isn't resolved. And not only is it not resolved, the Azure Dragon Legion headquarters might send even stronger armed forces to investigate. That's a troublesome matter, right?"

"No... Mr. Zhang, I only agreed to those demands of yours on the premise that we could successfully form an alliance."

Lei Youliang was stunned. He pointed at Su Xiaoya and asked Zhang Su: "Xiao Ya, that... didn't she tell you our thoughts?"

"So, by your logic, our Tianma Island wiping out the grain collection team was an unnecessary act, and instead, it brought trouble to us survivor camps?"

"Ah?"

Zhang Su looked at Lei Youliang with a playful gaze.

This isn't right!

The emotions in Zhang Su's eyes were dull, showing no ripples as he swept across the faces of the ten people opposite him, yet it made them feel extremely dangerous.

The abacus was clicking away, but where in the world is there such a good deal!

The people of Kuanzhuang looked at each other. Lei Youliang felt very speechless inside. He had agreed so readily just now because he held the idea of both sides forming an alliance to deal with the Azure Dragon Legion together, and arming the other side could also reduce his own combat risks.

"You have your premise, and I have my thoughts! What? Do you think the initiative is in the hands of Kuanzhuang?"

Lei Youliang said.

Who would have thought the other side never even considered an alliance?

If there's no alliance, then there's nothing to talk about.

Lei Youliang said very generously. Seeing Zhang Su's suspicious expression, he hurriedly added: "This is my sincerity. I wish for a smooth alliance between Tianma Island and our Kuanzhuang!"

Su Xiaoya hurriedly raised her hand to prove her innocence.

"I said it, I said it!"

Zhang Su raised a hand and asked in surprise: "When did I ever say I wanted an alliance?"

After asking this question, Lei Youliang clearly felt the atmosphere become slightly strange.

"Deal! I'll throw in fifty more wooden-handled grenades!"

"Wait!"

The gazes of the people from Tianma Island also began to turn cold. Such remarks from the other side were purely sophistry, which was disgusting even in the apocalypse!

"No!" Lei Youliang knew he had spoken too hastily just now, which was somewhat inappropriate, so he hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "What I meant was, in the face of greater trouble, we should work together to resist. Fighting separately will only create opportunities for them to pick us off one by one."

A series of righteous words made the people of Kuanzhuang nod repeatedly, feeling that their leader had a grand vision, but when the other side spoke again, they were all stunned.

"If it were before today, the Azure Dragon Legion would indeed have sent people to investigate the grain collection team for not returning on time, and we would have faced unavoidable trouble, but not anymore!"

Zhang Su pushed Su Xiaoya to the back, signaled for Tan Huajun to restrain her, and spread his hands: "Because the Azure Dragon Legion no longer exists."

"What?"

Compared to the shock brought by this sentence, the previous shocks were not worth mentioning.

Lei Youliang lost control of his facial expressions; the proportions of his features seemed to have stretched by two points. He asked a question he couldn't believe: "You... wiped out the Azure Dragon Legion?"

Zhang Su spread his hands and made a very cocky expression, neither confirming nor denying, but he knew very well in his heart that the Azure Dragon Legion, with less than a hundred people left, was completely finished.

Even without seeing it with his own eyes, he could be sure that the remaining people were basically the old, weak, women, and children. Perhaps there might be a few cowardly core members mixed in, but they were already unable to make a comeback.

They were probably hiding in some corner of the barracks right now, shivering as they watched the courtyard full of zombies through the cracks.

What he was most concerned about was the science department; he didn't know the casualties in that department.

It really lived up to Zheng Xinyu's words: smooth sailing, bloodless victory, click and it's yours!

"This..."

"Really?"

"I don't believe it, I don't believe it."

Zhang Su's indifferent attitude left the ten people from Kuanzhuang looking at each other.

"Mr. Zhang, what you said... it's not that I don't want to believe it, but that I dare not believe it."

Lei Youliang's brows were knitted into a knot. If the Azure Dragon Legion had truly been wiped out, then the relationship between Kuanzhuang and Tianma Island would become delicate. At this moment, the thoughts in his heart were extremely complex.

Zhang Su said indifferently: "Whether you believe it or not is your business; the fact is just like that. Why don't we return to the previous topic and hurry up and transport the supplies over."

"Mr. Zhang, things are different from what we thought. Please allow me some time to consider!" Lei Youliang said very sincerely.

Zhang Su looked at the sky in the direction of Qingxian, where a faint red glow could be vaguely seen. He said softly: "The outcome of things does not shift according to one's will. You want to consider? Fine, I'll give you time to consider. Once you've considered it, come to Tianma Island and tell me the result!"

After speaking, he turned and left, grabbing Su Xiaoya and pushing her onto the vehicle.

He could guess what Lei Youliang's so-called "consideration" meant, because once the Azure Dragon Legion was wiped out, the relationship between the forces would become complex, new problems would erupt, and choices and trade-offs would need to be made.

"Uncle Lei, I want to go home..."

Su Xiaoya pouted and turned to look at Lei Youliang, her eyes filled with both grievance and tears. She was afraid of returning to Tianma Island, afraid of being fed that green powder again...

"Hey, are you even a man? Bullying a little girl, leave Xiao Ya here!"

Yang Liehuo shouted angrily.

"She is just a captive, a hostage. Age and gender don't matter at all. Village Chief Lei, goodbye!"

Zhang Su and his group boarded their vehicles one after another. As the vehicles started, they soon returned to the road and drove toward the south, without any hesitation, not at all like the fake departure during the bargaining.

The people of Kuanzhuang stood where they were, watching the convoy drive away. Some were worried, some were furious, and some were lost in thought.

"Youliang, you just let them take Xiao Ya away like that? How are you going to answer to her sister?"

Yang Liehuo pointed into the distance and roared, his spit spraying onto Lei Youliang's face.

Lei Youliang wiped his face with some depression and smiled bitterly: "Uncle Huo, don't be agitated. Do you think I wanted to? The people from Tianma Island came prepared, you saw the formation they had. Do you really want to clash with them?"

"No matter what, we should have exchanged Xiao Ya back first. I said this plan was too risky!"

Lei Youliang pinched his temples and said: "Don't worry, Uncle Huo, they won't do anything to Xiao Ya. The most critical thing now is... Xiaofeng, come here!"

"Here, Brother Youliang, what is it?"

Xiaofeng walked out from the crowd, a young man in his twenties with very spirited eyes.

"I need you to make a trip to the Azure Dragon Legion headquarters and scout the situation to see what exactly happened!"

Lei Youliang ordered in a deep voice.

"Alright, leave it to me!"

"Be careful on the road, watch out for the Azure Dragon Legion's sentries!"

Seeing Xiaofeng run toward the village to get a vehicle, Lei Youliang hurriedly reminded him.

He didn't doubt that Tianma Island had the ability to crush the Azure Dragon Legion's grain collection team, but he held great doubts about the news that the Azure Dragon Legion had already been wiped out!

The truth of this matter was very important and directly related to the future development direction of Kuanzhuang.

(End of chapter)