Chapter 317: Transformation in adversity

Silence. After Zhang Su's words fell, only breathing sounds remained in the room...

A moment later, Su Xiaoya murmured and asked, "Then... later, what happened later?"

"Have you ever gone out on a mission with Lei Youliang?"

Zhang Su didn't answer, but threw out a question.

Su Xiaoya shook her head, then nodded again, saying, "Does coming to Tianma Islet this time count? He sent me over."

"Then are there any female members in your Kuanzhuang combat team?"

Zhang Su asked again.

Su Xiaoya shook her head.

Zhang Su's guess in his heart was confirmed. He didn't continue to ask, changed the subject, and said, "When someone attacks us, the only thing we can do is fight back. The firefight broke out instantly, right inside the Green Dragon Legion barracks. The other wave of people didn't participate. The two sides in the battle were only us and the people Lei Youliang brought. In the end, we won."

"You won..."

Su Xiaoya repeated Zhang Su's words, pouted, and said, "Then... then Uncle Lei and the others?"

"Shouldn't the person you care about most be Su Lei?"

Zhang Su looked at Su Xiaoya in confusion.

"My sister!"

Su Xiaoya suddenly opened her eyes wide, stood up from the bed with a 'ceng', and said in disbelief, "How could my sister go with them? This... this shouldn't be!"

The only doubt in Zhang Su's heart was answered. From Su Xiaoya's reaction, it could be seen that Lei Youliang didn't take women on missions at all. As a result, he took Su Lei on this mission, and the possibility of running into himself this time was extremely high. Could there be no deliberate arrangement in this?

There must be!

The only reasonable explanation was that Lei Youliang found out from somewhere about the relationship between Su Lei and himself and wanted to make full use of this point to threaten him. Unfortunately, things went against his wishes!

"Our victory means the other side failed. In this world, failure means death."

As the words fell, Su Xiaoya slumped on the bed like a deflated doll, her mouth slightly open, staring at Zhang Su. Her soul seemed to have left her body. Several lines of tears slid from her eye sockets, dripping down her cheeks.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the room solidified to the extreme.

Su Xiaoya stared blankly at Zhang Su, completely not knowing what to say. The only relative in this world was gone just like that?

Facing the sudden bolt from the blue, she didn't wail, nor did she launch any attack on Zhang Su, because she knew it was meaningless, but her heart was just very uncomfortable.

Zhang Su knew she was uncomfortable, but this was a fact that had to be accepted. Everyone in Kuanzhuang had to accept it. If they didn't accept it, there was only an extreme path to take.

Before, he only felt that Su Xiaoya looked a bit familiar. After learning that she was Su Lei's sister, Zhang Su didn't want her to go to extremes, so he came to tell her personally.

After a long while, Su Xiaoya said softly, "You are joking with me, right?"

"I wouldn't joke about this kind of thing!" Zhang Su shook his head very seriously.

"Then..." Su Xiaoya sobbed, her eyes gray and defeated, and muttered, "Then you... then you came to tell me so much, is it, is it to send me on my way, to reunite with my sister?"

At this moment, she felt the approach of death. Having survived for three months in the apocalypse under her sister's care and received good care, it seemed enough.

"Of course not." Zhang Su's tone was still calm and serious, saying, "Before coming back, we went to Kuanzhuang."

"You..." Su Xiaoya stood up suddenly, urgently saying, "Did you kill everyone in the village?"

Zhang Su could understand the little girl's feelings for her hometown. Having this reaction was normal. He shook his head and said, "Do you know Yang Liehuo?"

"Know, Grandpa Huo!"

"Yang Liehuo knew before that Lei Youliang wanted to steal the weapon depot and then go against us. He didn't agree with Lei Youliang's plan, so he didn't go to the barracks. We arrived at Kuanzhuang and talked a lot with the people who stayed in the village, and finally reached a reconciliation."

Zhang Su told Su Xiaoya about this matter truthfully.

"Reconciliation?" Su Xiaoya's expression was very strange, filled with disbelief and astonishment. She suppressed her voice and said, "You killed my sister, killed Uncle Lei, killed so many people, why would Grandpa Huo reconcile with you?"

Su Xiaoya didn't question Zhang Su, but raised the doubt in her heart. Fifteen or sixteen years old was not young for a girl. Under the influence of various novels and TV dramas, her thinking was very mature. In her view, if Zhang Su wanted to take her life, it would be easy, and there was absolutely no need to make up a story to lie to a little girl!

"Because everyone can see the right and wrong in this matter clearly, so we reached a reconciliation!"

Zhang Su took out a cigarette and lit it, saying, "Do you think we are bad people because we kill? Then I tell you, you are completely wrong! The one who really made things develop to this step is the dear Uncle Lei in your mouth!"

"Uncle Lei was wrong?"

Su Xiaoya felt that her brain was particularly insufficient tonight, wishing she could smash it open and stir it.

"How to explain this thing to you... Simply put, Lei Youliang wanted to be the boss, wanted to be the boss of this area in Qingxian. He always had ambition, but suffered from no opportunity. It should be after he knew the Green Dragon Legion was pushed by zombies that he had ideas."

"Today..."

Zhang Su told what happened today again, and finally said, "Lei Youliang's ambition is very big. Other people in Kuanzhuang, including you, are just chess pieces for him to achieve his ambition. As long as the goal can be achieved, it doesn't matter who is sacrificed. Unfortunately, he met me, met the elites of Tianma Islet."

"Today there could be ten thousand ways to resolve differences, but he led the Kuanzhuang combat team on the most extreme path. Sorry, I have to consider the safety of my companions. Please accept my condolences."

Su Xiaoya listened quietly to Zhang Su for seven or eight minutes, went through everything in her mind, and had an unspeakable feeling in her heart. The right and wrong, the stance, the family or the reason, it was too difficult to judge.

"Tomorrow, Yang Liehuo will bring everyone from Kuanzhuang to move over."

Seeing Su Xiaoya silent, Zhang Su released another bombshell.

After hearing this, Su Xiaoya opened her eyes wide and said in surprise, "The reconciliation you mentioned refers to a merger? Everyone in Kuanzhuang merged into Tianma Islet? They, could it be that they... didn't anyone want revenge?"

"Yes." Zhang Su spread his hands and said, "There was an old woman whose mouth was particularly stinky, and she was beaten to death by me on the spot."

"Ah... Grandma Yun."

Su Xiaoya covered her mouth. The tears that had just stopped not long ago slid down again. She looked at Zhang Su with terrified eyes, thinking in her heart, is this person a devil? How could he bring himself to do it?

In the apocalypse, due to her age and Su Lei's protection, she hadn't seen many tragedies. The story she heard tonight finally made her see the true cruelty of the apocalypse.

"I killed that old woman, and no one had any objections. Do you know why?"

Zhang Su narrowed his eyes.

"Why... why?"

Su Xiaoya asked subconsciously.

"Because her death can save a village of people! That old woman made the same mistake as Lei Youliang. I went to save the rest of Kuanzhuang at that time, not hoping that the grudge between me and Lei Youliang would affect other innocent people, but she didn't care about the situation of others and kept spewing dung. Do you think I ran to save people to be scolded?"

"I provide shelter and a place to live for the people of Kuanzhuang, allowing them to survive, and yet she dared to jump out and scold me. Seeking her own death!"

Su Xiaoya was stunned. After listening to Zhang Su's words, bridges seemed to be built in her mind. Things she couldn't figure out before were all smooth. Recalling the bits and pieces Lei Youliang told her, and then verifying them with reality, she couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.

"I... I think I understand a little. Uncle Lei led people to go against you in the barracks, at least he didn't take my safety to heart, right?"

"Of course. His goal was to annihilate all of us who went to the barracks, and then attack Tianma Islet. If his plan succeeded and he killed our team that went out, and then he led people to Tianma Islet, do you think as a hostage, the people left here would let you have a good end?"

Zhang Su said with a strange expression.

"I really didn't expect him to be such a person. It's a pity that my sister even agreed to be with him."

Su Xiaoya hugged her knees and buried her head very low, her emotions extremely low.

"I told you so much, mainly because I see you are young. To be honest, I don't have the heart to kill you either. Think about it yourself, whether to stay at Tianma Islet or leave alone, as you wish."

After speaking, Zhang Su stood up. Because he felt a little bit of apology for Su Lei, he said a lot to Su Xiaoya. He could see at the time that Su Lei was unwilling to have a conflict, but there was no chance to talk in detail.

Walking to the door, he turned around and said, "By the way, some of your aunts in Kuanzhuang, I suppose, really want to pick up weapons to participate in training and join the combat team. I specially set up a reserve team. If you are willing to stay, you can consider joining when the time comes, so that you have the ability to protect yourself, and you won't be waiting for death in place after losing shelter."

"Reserve team? Can I too?" Su Xiaoya was very incredulous. This was completely different from Kuanzhuang's policy.

"Of course you can. Is it transformation in adversity, or death in negativity? You choose yourself!"

"Transformation in adversity... death in negativity..."

Su Xiaoya didn't react until a long while later. When she raised her head, the big door had already closed.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 318 =====