Chapter 297: Pick Up One Whenever You Can

"Brother Zhang, hurry up and decide, otherwise you'll miss the chance to be a second parent!"

Pan Guoliang hadn't eaten for two days, had only drunk a bottle of water, and was seriously injured. If he hadn't had a sturdy foundation, he would have been dead already and wouldn't have lasted until now.

Zhang Su had been hesitating because the number in his mind hadn't jumped; it was still 【30/38】. This meant Pan Guoliang hadn't surrendered to him from the bottom of his heart. However, the other party was right: if he didn't save him now, he would probably kick the bucket soon.

Inner thought: I was expecting to recruit one or two hundred people from the Green Dragon Corps to expand the labor force and fill the combat strength, but now it's turned into this. I'll just have to pick up one whenever I can...

Thinking of this, Zhang Su unzipped his down jacket, reached into his inner pocket, and felt around for a while. He pulled out a small, grayish, flat object about the size of a pinky fingernail.

*Plop. * Zhang Su threw the zombie thalamus onto Pan Guoliang and said, "Eat it, you'll be better soon."

Pan Guoliang saw with his own eyes the thing Zhang Su pulled out from inside his clothes. He reached out two fingers with some difficulty to pinch the zombie thalamus and pressed it hard. It felt like an eraser, a bit bouncy.

His face showed an extremely strange expression, and he teased: "Brother Zhang, are you Ji Gong?"

"What do you mean?"

"If you aren't Ji Gong, how can you roll mud balls to save people? What is this thing? How long has it been since you took a bath? You just reached in and rolled out such a big mud ball..."

Zhang Su was slightly stunned. He looked around at the brothers and sisters who had followed him and didn't hesitate much, saying: "Although we led the horde away, it's still not safe here. Forget about standing guard, I advise you not to do that either!"

"Okay, I'll try it when I go back today!"

Meng Changwei had long seen Zhang Su talking back and forth with the tank. The question was purely a greeting, and he didn't wait for the other party to answer, continuing: "The barracks' grain is quite abundant, we can't finish moving it, so we plan to come back tomorrow to continue."

Supplies were important, but if it cost the lives of some companions, it wouldn't be worth the loss. The three forces that had come over were all from the south; whether there were other survivor camps that knew about the fall of the Green Dragon Corps was unknown.

Zhang Su understood what the other party meant and had black lines all over his head: "I can see you won't die for a while... This is a gene-level healing medicine developed by a top biological doctor I painstakingly rescued from a secret research institute. Eat it quickly, I have things to ask you!"

Zhang Su didn't understand what the other party meant for a moment.

Pan Guoliang was between laughter and tears, feeling that heaven was toying with him.

Zhang Su spread his hands.

Pan Guoliang didn't understand these terms but felt they sounded impressive. Moreover, Zhang Su didn't look like he was lying. Now, the look in his eyes when he looked at the "mud ball" in his hand was different. He thought to himself, treat a dead horse as a living one, and steeled his heart to stuff the gray piece into his mouth.

Just at this moment, Meng Changwei and the Lishan members who were helping them walked back.

Meng Changwei frowned and looked around, clicked his tongue a few times, and sighed: "What you said makes sense. By the way..."

The Green Dragon Corps had lost many supplies during the battle with the horde, but even so, a portion of the inventory remained intact. A lean camel is bigger than a horse; just the remaining inventory was more than the grain stored in Dachiabao Township!

"Standing guard?"

"Heh heh..." Meng Changwei smiled and said: "I just came to discuss with you. I see you probably can't move so many things in one trip today, so why don't we arrange for some people to stand guard here? What do you think?"

As he spoke, he flipped a walkie-talkie out of his backpack, walked to the tank, and handed it to Zhang Su: "This is a military walkie-talkie I just found. Looking at the parameters, the effect should be quite good. It's already paired. The straight-line distance between our two families isn't actually far, so we can try to contact each other."

Zhang Su took the walkie-talkie with a strange expression. He was usually the one giving walkie-talkies to others; this time, someone was giving one to him, which felt quite interesting.

"There are survivors in the tank?"

"Secret research institute? Biological doctor? Gene-level healing medicine?"

"Boss Zhang..."

"Fine, what I promised you is yours. We definitely won't take the grain, but I don't have the energy to help you guard this place. If someone comes to steal things, don't blame us."

*Pat, pat. * Meng Changwei patted the solid tank and smiled enviously: "What a domineering thing. If you put this in the camp, who would dare to mess around? Hahaha, Boss Zhang, we'll withdraw first and come back tomorrow."

"Okay, you guys be careful on the road, goodbye."

"Goodbye!"

The two sides said goodbye. Zhang Su watched Meng Changwei walk toward the convoy and handed the walkie-talkie to Zheng Xin, telling her to keep it safe.

He had a good impression of the people from Dachiabao Township. Their strength was not weaker than the original United Village, they had principles in doing things, and they had a sense of proportion in their conduct. They could be considered a clear stream among survivor forces.

It was just a pity that the places where the two sides were located were separated by rugged mountains, otherwise, they could have completely united to develop.

As the saying goes, great minds think alike. Meng Changwei had similar thoughts to Zhang Su. The stance of acting without a word earlier had scared him, but it was precisely this thunderous method that was the key to controlling the situation.

Besides that, Zhang Su's attitude toward the Green Dragon Corps survivors and the promises he made to them were all very decent.

Zhang Su naturally wouldn't know Meng Changwei's thoughts. Just as he was still considering how to enter the underground laboratory, he heard an exclamation from inside the tank.

"Holy crap, this is a miracle drug! You really are Ji Gong..."

The voice wasn't loud and was clearly deliberately lowered, but with Zhang Su's hearing, there was no obstruction.

Pan Guoliang lay on his side in the tank. Because he felt his wound itching intensely and his whole body was burning, he lifted his clothes and watched with his own eyes as the wound healed bit by bit. The speed made his jaw drop.

A few minutes passed, and the wound he had thought would cost him his life had completely closed, and even new granulation tissue had grown out. Touching it with his hand felt so real!

Pan Guoliang looked up at Zhang Su with eyes full of shock, as if looking at a god.

Zhang Su looked down at Pan Guoliang, indifferent to his shock. Anyone who came into contact with the magical effects of a zombie thalamus for the first time would be like this; he had been the same. What he cared about most at this moment was something else: the number in his mind had changed!

【31/38】

Clearly, the man with the pious look under his feet had completely surrendered.

Zhang Su was very satisfied with this result and not surprised. If it were him, he would also be willing to follow a boss who could instantly heal fatal wounds. This sense of security was simply off the charts!

"This challenge mission is really good; it can indirectly test whether the other party has surrendered. It's a pity that this mechanism will be gone after it's completed."

Zhang Su muttered in his heart, squatted down, reached out his hand, and said: "Can you move now? If you can, come out and meet everyone!"

Pan Guoliang stood up in a daze and shook Zhang Su's hand. He didn't dare to use much strength at first, but he really couldn't feel the pain of the wound, so he leaped up and climbed out of the gunner's hatch using both hands and feet.

When he saw the outside situation again, the cold wind blew, giving Pan Guoliang the feeling of having lived two lifetimes.

"I thought I would never see this world again, haha, thank you Brother for saving my life, I'll call you Brother Zhang from now on!"

Pan Guoliang bowed very respectfully to Zhang Su.

"Very good, I like people who know how to repay kindness. Meet everyone, they are all brothers and sisters, get to know each other."

Zhang Su patted Pan Guoliang's solid shoulder. The person in front of him was no shorter than himself, and his strong body looked like he had impressive combat power. Moreover, his shrewd appearance wasn't that of a simple-minded, muscle-bound freak.

Pan Guoliang looked at the dozen pairs of eyes around him, cupped his hands, and said: "Hello everyone, I'm Pan Guoliang, thirty-three years old this year. From now on, I'll follow Brother Zhang just like everyone else. Please take care of me!"

"Hello, hello..."

"Welcome, Brother Pan."

As time passed, having lived in the apocalypse for a long time and experienced several trials, everyone's judgment had grown. They could see seven or eight out of ten who was harboring evil intentions and who was sincerely defecting. Plus, with Zhang Su personally vetting them, everyone had a good degree of acceptance for Pan Guoliang and took turns introducing themselves and exchanging pleasantries.

As for the seriously injured Pan Guoliang recovering at lightning speed, the Lishan group didn't feel strange. They all knew Zhang Su had secret medicine. As for the three from Xin Qi's group, even if they felt strange in their hearts, they didn't dare to ask randomly.

"Brother Zhang, have those three also joined Lishan?"

After meeting everyone, Pan Guoliang pointed to Xin Qi and the others and asked.

"No, we haven't yet. We can only be considered, uh... Brother Zhang's captives."

Xin Qi didn't wait for Zhang Su to explain and hurriedly clarified.

"You can't say it like that." Zhang Su shook his head and said: "They have passed the observation period. Although they aren't official members of Lishan yet, they are no longer in the status of captives."

"Really?"

"Holy crap, that's great."

"Does that mean... we might also have a chance to join Lishan in the future?"

Xin Qi and the others were very excited after hearing Zhang Su's words.

Zhang Su nodded and said: "That's right, there's a chance, it depends on your performance. Uh, Pan Guoliang, right? I plan to use the tank to..."

Before he could finish, Zhang Su's heart tightened. The number in his mind changed again; the thirty-eight representing the number of survivors became thirty-seven. Clearly, just a moment ago, a member of the Green Dragon Corps had died.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 298 =====