Chapter 389

"It was me!"

Facing Zhang Su's reprimand, before Yang Liehuo and Pan Guoliang could speak, a voice rang out from behind Zhang Su.

Xu Yingfen, her clothes torn by zombies and looking disheveled, stepped forward and said with immense self-reproach, "Reporting to Brother Zhang, it was my negligence that caused this disaster. I will accept any punishment!"

She had only lowered her head to eat a meal and closed her eyes to enjoy it for two seconds, and the horde was already upon them. She wished she could slap herself a hundred times!

"You have responsibility, but I want to know, Old Huo, why didn't Village No. 2 synchronize with our progress and move the southern sentry post further out? Huh? Is Village No. 2 busier, or are the people of Village No. 1 and Tianma Island just idle!"

Zhang Su interrupted Xu Yingfen and glared at Yang Liehuo; he was the one primarily responsible for this matter.

In the crowd, Ju Wuying muttered with a strange expression, "Such surging anger..."

Zheng Xinyu looked at Ju Wuying beside her with a strange gaze, thinking to herself, what a 'chuunibyou' line...

"We..."

Yang Liehuo's lips were dry, his mouth bitter. He sighed and said, "We didn't find a suitable place. We planned to wait, just wait a little, and once we found a suitable place... then we'd talk."

"Haha!" Zhang Su laughed in anger, pointing at the darkness in the distance. "Say that again to me—no suitable place? Who was it? Who did you entrust this matter to? Speak, who is handling it?"

He had personally heard Yang Liehuo discussing the sentry post issue with a man. It was possible they couldn't find a suitable place in a day or two, but half a month had passed—no suitable place?

Pure nonsense!

As soon as Zhang Su's words were out, the atmosphere at the scene immediately turned sour...

There wasn't a single fool among those standing at the village entrance. Lu Yubo, who was usually a bit slow, shouldn't have been able to grasp the key point, but as a main participant, he had already learned some of the inside story from Zhang Su. He looked at the people from Village No. 2 with a brilliant expression, as if to say, you guys are done for.

Many people in Village No. 2 were confused, looking at each other. Everyone basically knew about the re-establishment of the sentry posts, but they didn't know who Yang Liehuo had entrusted the task to.

Pan Guoliang said very dryly, "Brother Su, this... this matter, I..."

"You stay put. I'm asking Old Huo about this. You led Village No. 1 and have already completed the task!"

Zhang Su waved his hand; there was no need to drag unrelated people into this now that it had reached this point.

Yang Liehuo pulled off the cotton hat on his head. Steam was rising from his sweat-drenched hair. He lowered his head and sighed heavily, "Brother Zhang, I didn't entrust it to anyone. It was my poor management. I was busy with village affairs and neglected the planning of the sentry post. If you want to punish, punish me. I am willing to accept any punishment!"

"At this point, you still want to shield that person, is that it?"

The expression on Zhang Su's face gradually turned cold.

"No... I'm not shielding anyone. Brother Zhang, it really was my decision that was flawed. I am willing to accept punishment!" Yang Liehuo took a deep breath, raised his head, and looked at Zhang Su with as steady a gaze as he could manage.

Anyone could see that Yang Liehuo was covering for someone, but since he wouldn't say it and insisted on taking the blame, it was very difficult to handle!

"Who is it..."

"Which guy is so shameless?"

"The person Old Yang is willing to shield must be from Village No. 2!"

"You're talking nonsense..."

The members of the Tianma Island elite group whispered among themselves, their gazes sweeping across the faces of the people from Village No. 2, hoping to discover something.

"The man in the jujube-red down jacket wearing a scarf!"

Ju Wuying said in a very soft voice, which only Zheng Xinyu and Zhang Ya standing beside her could hear.

The two followed the hint and looked over. Sure enough, they saw a man standing in the reserve team. From his performance, there was nothing amiss; he just seemed a bit tired, staring blankly with a vacant gaze.

However, the next moment, Zhang Su confirmed Ju Wuying's words!

He didn't pay any attention to Yang Liehuo at all. With a sudden turn, before anyone could react, he had already darted into the crowd like a spirit snake and grabbed the scarf around the man's neck!

"Ah, Brother Su, I, ah, don't, don't, ah..."

The man was still in a daze when he suddenly saw a cold face pressing toward him. Then, a great force yanked him into the air, and after a moment of weightlessness, he fell to the ground. On his left were the stunned reserve team members, and on his right were the sneering elite group!

"Sigh..."

Seeing the man lying on the ground, Yang Liehuo knew that saying anything now was useless. He let out a long sigh.

"Uncle, Uncle Huo, I, this, help me say something! I didn't have any other intentions; I was just thinking for everyone!"

The man rolled on the ground and knelt, begging Yang Liehuo for help.

"Do you think anyone can save you now?"

A cold voice rang out from behind Zhang Zhekai, making him shudder.

"Brother Su, Brother Su..." Zhang Zhekai knelt on his knees, turning in a circle, looking up at Zhang Su with a sorrowful expression. "The weather is too cold, the weather... I felt that going to such a distant sentry post to stand guard was, had, some issues, I..."

"You f*cking felt there were issues?"

Zhang Su flew up and kicked him.

Pfft... Thud!

"Ah... ah..."

Zhang Zhekai was kicked by Zhang Su into the pile of zombie corpses. Looking sideways, he saw a zombie with its eyes wide open in death, which scared him so much he forgot the pain in his abdomen, leaving only the fear in his heart. This fear didn't come from the zombie, but from the cold-faced Zhang Su.

"Uncle Huo... save me."

Zhang Zhekai clutched his stomach, his eyes full of pleading.

"Xiao Kai, things have come to this. If you're wrong, you must admit it. Confess your mistake obediently and strive for lenient treatment!"

Yang Liehuo could see the situation. He knew that since things had developed to this point, there was no room for maneuver. Zhang Su must have had informants inside Village No. 2 and had already understood everything clearly. Continuing to struggle was futile.

"Slacking off during training, never enough when eating, fishing during work—Old Huo, why did you turn a blind eye to such a guy?"

Zhang Su ignored the mud-like Zhang Zhekai and continued to question Yang Liehuo.

These situations were all told to him by Guo Dachao. One only needed to live in the village for a few days to see what problems existed.

"Sigh... Brother Zhang, let me tell the truth. Not long after the disaster broke out, when his father was out with me, he was bitten to death by zombies while trying to save a brother. I..."

Yang Liehuo curled his lips with a very uncomfortable feeling in his heart and said, "I just wanted to take good care of the descendant of an old friend."

"Oh, you wanted to take good care of the descendant of an old friend. Then I ask you now, who is going to take care of their lives?" Zhang Su pointed at the reserve team and asked sternly, "One person's laziness and negligence are enough to bury the lives of everyone in the village. How do you explain this!?"

"This is deformed indulgence, not care!" Zhang Su pointed at Yang Liehuo's nose and scolded, "If you really want to take good care of him, you should make him train desperately, not indulge his laziness. You are cultivating a parasite!"

(End of chapter)