Chapter 308

"Fine, fine, fine, a bunch of women chattering, it's really annoying. Whoever wants to participate in daily training and join the combat squad, raise your hands. When Youliang comes back, I'll tell him!"

Yang Liehuo himself supported this matter, so he simply agreed to them, which would also stabilize their emotions. He was just about to count the number of people when the walkie-talkie rang.

"Uncle Huo, Uncle Huo, Village Chief Lei and the others are back, and there are people from Sky Ma Yu, there are people from Sky Ma Yu, more than ten vehicles! Repeat..."

"Received, received! More than ten vehicles? Damn, how many people came... I hope nothing went wrong!"

Yang Liehuo tucked away the walkie-talkie, his heart skipped a beat, and he stood up saying: "Go, go, go, stop talking about our own business for now, let's go meet them first!"

After saying this, Yang Liehuo grabbed the rifle he had placed beside him and walked out of the courtyard, followed by twenty-some villagers. Although they were mostly women, having more people made it look quite imposing.

He didn't want it to be said that on their own home turf, they had fewer people than the other side; that would be a bit embarrassing.

This time, unlike the first time, Zhang Su drove to the section of road laid with caltrops, got out of the car, and called for people to start cleaning up, as if they were locals, acting especially proficient.

Soon, more than ten vehicles met the group of people led by Yang Liehuo coming out of the village.

"Go, go, no problem, drive forward..."

Suddenly, the women exploded. The elderly were worried and followed the cars forward, leaving only the two children who didn't understand anything feeling happy, because they hadn't seen so many cars in a long time and felt it was very lively.

"No, my man didn't come back..."

"It's over, Brother Huo, did something really happen to Youliang and the others?"

Yang Liehuo's brow furrowed into a knot, and he felt a faint sense of unease in his heart, but he didn't dare to guess the worst-case scenario, walking with heavy steps behind the last vehicle.

Beside the village committee's basketball court, Zhang Su and his party got out of the cars, and everyone from West Camp Village also stood to the side.

Before anyone could speak, Zhang Su just shook his head, and two women started wiping away tears on the spot.

The headlights illuminated several streets in the village. The two children hadn't been out to play at night for a long time, so they took the opportunity to run and jump happily, completely unable to feel the eerie atmosphere.

"Where is Brother Kuizi? Where is Brother Kuizi?"

"Ask clearly first."

Yang Liehuo stood to the side, directing the vehicles forward. Soon, he saw the vehicles that his own combat personnel had driven out. Seeing this, he was stunned!

Yang Liehuo looked around again, but couldn't find a single person from Kuanzhuang. He walked up to Zhang Su, his face twitching, and said in a deep voice: "Little Brother Zhang, I am Yang Liehuo, we've met before. That... where are Youliang and the others?"

Where did the people from his own village go?

The horrifying scene made Yang Liehuo break out in a cold sweat. The other villagers who had come with him also panicked. Some were even too impatient, throwing themselves onto the car windows to look inside, wanting to find a familiar face.

Whether driving or sitting in the cars, there wasn't a single familiar face.

"This..." Yang Liehuo was shocked, his steps unsteady as he took a step back, his eyes wide as he said: "Little Brother Zhang, what exactly happened?"

"When we arrived at the Green Dragon Corps barracks today, a group of people from the southeast had arrived before us and were already studying how to clear the zombies inside the barracks. Later, both sides agreed to lure the zombies away together. After working for several hours, we lured away about forty thousand zombies, and the barracks were finally basically cleared."

"During the luring of the zombies, we were lucky, only one brother suffered a minor injury. The group from the southeast wasn't so lucky, three died! After we cleared the scattered zombies and entered the barracks, we discovered that Village Chief Lei had already taken his people through another door, beating us to the punch and occupying the Green Dragon Corps' weapons warehouse!"

As he spoke, Zhang Su lit a cigarette, the smoke curling up, and the scene was very quiet.

Gulp.

The women at the scene swallowed hard. Their combat ability might be lacking, but that didn't mean they didn't understand human nature. The other two groups were risking their lives to clear zombies, while their people were sneakily sitting back and enjoying the fruits of others' labor!

If this had succeeded, it would be hard to hold them accountable later, because it was the apocalypse, but if they were caught in the act, there would surely be a fight!

"A pack of lies!"

The old woman leaning on the cane couldn't accept Zhang Su's statement at all, and said angrily: "You bastard, you must have killed Youliang and the others, and now you want to splash dirty water on them?"

"Hey, old thing! Let me tell you, don't think you can throw a tantrum here just because you're old. If you dare to scold my husband one more time, do you believe I'll send you on your way?"

Seeing the old woman being unreasonable, Zheng Xinyu pulled out the baseball bat tucked between her back and her backpack and pointed it at her. Even though the threat value of a baseball bat couldn't compare to an automatic rifle, the insult was extremely strong.

As the big sister, Zheng Xinyu was defending the big brother. As soon as she moved, the others naturally followed. Sharp gazes pierced the old woman's face, coupled with the sound of pulling back gun bolts, even with her unreasonable nature, she felt a wave of panic and quickly shut her mouth.

Zhang Su didn't even bother to argue with an old woman. Seeing Yang Liehuo's face changing colors and looking very haggard, he continued: "The fact that I dared to come to Kuanzhuang proves I have nothing to hide. That's right, the people, we killed them. Not a single one left, we finished them all off!"

Thump.

Several people collapsed to the ground on the spot, their faces full of despair, staring at Zhang Su with tear-filled eyes, silently accusing them of their sins, not understanding why it had to be this way. Was it just because of snatching weapons?

Those were living, breathing lives, more than ten lives, just gone like that?

Yang Liehuo sighed heavily, his expression collapsing instantly, as if he had aged ten years in an instant. He was now the only remaining powerful combat force in Kuanzhuang, but at this moment, he didn't argue or make a scene, because when Lei Youliang made his decision, he had already imagined this outcome, it was just one of the very worst among the countless outcomes he had imagined...

There was an even worse one, and that was the total annihilation of the village!

"Why did it have to be this way, how could it be this way, no, it can't be..."

The irritable old woman was also wilted now. When she learned that her village's combat troops had all been killed in action, her heart was equally filled with despair.

"After the other group and I finished clearing the zombies, we arrived in front of the weapons warehouse, thinking Lei Youliang intended to negotiate for benefits after snatching the weapons. It turned out my perspective was too small..."

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The worried Yang Liehuo and the tearful Kuanzhuang women looked at Zhang Su one after another. That was considered a small perspective? Then what would be a big perspective...

"Village Chief Lei's goal was very clear: he intended to wipe us out directly!"

Zhang Su raised his voice, his gaze like a torch as he looked at the Kuanzhuang crowd. Seeing the look of disbelief on most of their faces, he continued: "Two rocket launchers, and everyone else holding rifles—if this isn't planning to fight us to the death, what is? You don't even need such powerful firepower to deal with zombies!"

"Of course, we aren't pushovers ourselves. We have weapons, and we have people! If the situation had developed to this point and we had pressed the pause button, it wouldn't have been impossible to talk if both sides took a step back. But Lei Youliang did one last thing that caused this farce to completely spiral out of control."

"What thing?"

The one who asked was Yang Liehuo, who looked at Zhang Su with a solemn face.

Zhang Su said slowly: "Lei Youliang negotiated a deal with that group from the southeast, intending to join forces to deal with me! Right in front of me, he stated bluntly that he would kill us, and then he was still eyeing the supplies of Sky Ma Yu. There was no other way; he did this, and even if Buddha came, he couldn't save him!"

(End of chapter)