Chapter 298: He Is Always Like This

"Brother Zhang, what are you going to use the tank for?"

Pan Guoliang was curious why Zhang Su had suddenly frozen mid-sentence. This didn't look like a boss's style; a boss should be eloquent and talk endlessly.

Zhang Su came back to his senses. He didn't have time to ponder why another person had died. He pointed toward the command post and said: "I want to go into the lab to find some things and see if there are any survivors hiding inside. But that house is tottering and doesn't look stable, so I plan to use the tank to raze it to the ground."

Unexpectedly, less than two seconds after Zhang Su finished speaking, while his hand was still pointing.

*Rumble! *

A loud noise erupted from underground. The intense vibration, accompanied by a shockwave, made everyone unable to stand. Some even fell to the ground. Those with quick reflexes grabbed the tank or supported their companions to hide, looking completely bewildered, not knowing what had happened.

Zhang Su and Pan Guoliang were the worst off. A shockwave carrying debris knocked them both off the tank, and they fell directly to the ground. Fortunately, neither of them was a weakling, and a roll prevented any injuries, but their faces had a few more cuts, and their internal organs were churning.

When the vibration subsided and the dust settled, everyone poked their heads out from behind the tank and looked toward the direction of the explosion, all of them stunned.

The small command post building that had stood firm before was completely blown up. Bricks and stones were scattered everywhere; the large ones were almost half the size of a car, and the small ones were crushed into powder. Because the explosion originated underground, a large pit had sunk at the original site of the command post, and even the corpses piled nearby had been blown away.

"Big Brother!" Zhao Dezhu dug at his ears and shouted: "You're even more awesome than a tank! With one point of your finger, the building exploded!"

His exaggerated expression and rich body language made everyone unable to help but laugh. The trembling in their hearts also gradually subsided. Fortunately, they were a hundred meters away; if they had been even fifty meters closer, those with bad luck would have been done for!

Zheng Xin saw Zhang Su walking out from behind the tank, shaking his head, and hurriedly ran over, concerned: "Your face is bleeding, your forehead is broken, are there any other injuries?"

"Damn it, are those people from Lishan crazy? Why did they blow up the barracks?"

"Damn, it's just like what that brother said. Brother Zhang is truly awesome, his words become reality. With this ability, why do we need a tank..."

Pan Guoliang held onto the tracks and walked from the side of the tank to the crowd, shaking off the dust from his body. His dirty cheeks had four or five bloodstains, and his clothes were covered in mud spots.

Meng Changwei took out his walkie-talkie and shook it. Although he was curious, he didn't turn back. Some things didn't need to be known too clearly.

The people from Xidaying Village, who were carrying corpses out, were so scared that they dropped the bodies and hugged their heads, squatting down. This kind of explosion sound had already triggered their emergency response. The terrifying scene from a few nights ago surfaced in their minds. Now, they only dared to look at the explosion site through their fingers. Clusters of flames bloomed in the ruins, making the already dilapidated barracks look even more desolate.

Meng Changwei leaned out to look back and gasped: "I guess something triggered the explosion. Could it be they were test-firing the tank?"

On the barracks side, Zhang Su sat on the vehicle. His hearing needed some time to recover. He pointed around and said: "Zhuzi, Bozai, Zhang Ya, Wu Lue, you guys go and keep an eye on the surroundings!"

Zhang Su gestured continuously to Zheng Xin.

Zhang Su shook his head in pain, letting Zheng Xin apply medicine to him. He clutched the petrified skin hat he had already taken off. The truly uncomfortable part wasn't his skin or internal organs, but his ears.

"No need, if there's anything we need help with, Boss Zhang will contact us."

While muttering, she took emergency hemostatic medicine from her bag and applied it to his wounds.

Everyone knew this explosion definitely had nothing to do with Zhang Su's "Death Finger," but they were afraid of a secondary explosion, so they retreated into the distance.

The Dachiabao Township group, who had just driven less than five hundred meters away from the barracks, all shrank their heads the moment the explosion sounded.

"Test-firing the tank? Holy crap, that's too crazy... Boss, do we need to go back and check?"

The huge sound caused him to experience temporary deafness again. He could only see the people in front of him opening their mouths, but he couldn't hear a sound.

The driver of the lead car looked at the barracks direction in the rearview mirror, but unfortunately, due to the angle, he couldn't see anything.

"Deaf, I'm deaf! Can't hear!"

His ears were deaf, so one could imagine the explosion sound. They needed to be ready at any time in case the horde made a comeback.

"Alright!"

"Brother Su, you rest first."

"Leave the sentry duty to us!"

The four of them knew what Zhang Su was worried about and nimbly ran toward the surroundings with their guns on their backs.

Zhang Su's mood was a bit depressed right now, not because of his ears, but because of the number in his mind.

The explosion happened less than ten seconds after the number dropped, and then it dropped from thirty-seven to thirty-three. It could be imagined that there should have been five people hiding in the laboratory before, and then for some reason, one died, and then the explosion happened...

With this blast, the remaining few were also gone.

As for whether it was possible to survive the explosion, Zhang Su only felt that was wishful thinking.

No need to get close to feel it; even a hundred meters away would be enough to suffer, let alone the center of the explosion?

Now the number in his mind had become 【31/33】, with two survivors unaccounted for.

"Damn it!" Zhang Su lit a cigarette and smoked silently to ease his mind.

In the distance, Ma Changshou saw that things had calmed down and hurriedly ordered the villagers to continue working.

Everyone rested for more than ten minutes. Zhang Su saw that the surroundings were calm and there were no signs of zombies appearing. His hearing had also gradually recovered to a near-normal level; it would take a few more minutes to return to its extraordinary state. He didn't dawdle anymore, raised his hand wanting to point to the command post, thought about it, put his hand down, jumped off the vehicle, and tilted his head toward the large pit of the command post.

"It's been so long and there's been no reaction, there shouldn't be a secondary explosion. Let's go over and see what the situation is."

After saying that, he carried his gun and walked toward the pit.

Everyone followed without a word.

Pan Guoliang was naturally among the crowd. He leaned toward Zhao Dezhu and whispered: "Brother, is our Brother Zhang always like this?"

"Always like what? I don't understand..." Zhao Dezhu didn't put on airs when he saw the newcomer trying to get close to him.

"Explosions, how dangerous! Brother Zhang walks in front, and we follow behind?"

Pan Guoliang didn't understand and felt this was inappropriate.

Zhao Dezhu frowned and scratched his head, his expression turning serious: "Oh, now that you mention it... Big Brother really does always rush to the front!"

There were others around when the two were talking. Hearing their conversation, everyone felt a stir in their hearts.

This was a point for which Zhang Su was respected by his companions. In the eyes of others, even if he knew there was danger ahead, Zhang Su would not hide in the back and let others scout the path; he was often the first to charge.

Some things might not have been spelled out, but everyone could feel it from the bottom of their hearts. After Pan Guoliang said this, the people following Zhang Su quickened their pace.

"Zhuzi!" Zhang Su saw Zhao Dezhu walking quickly to his side, rushing forward, and called out to him: "What are you doing?"

"Heh heh, Big Brother, I can't always let you take the risk. Let me go scout first!"

Zhao Dezhu turned and smiled, then continued to jump forward, moving through the ruins very nimbly. Clearly, his previous injuries had already healed.

"What's going on..."

Zhang Su's ears hadn't fully recovered, so he didn't know what they had talked about. He looked at Zhao Dezhu and the companions who had walked to his side, feeling baffled.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 299 =====