Chapter 417

"We'll talk about our agreement in detail after we meet. I want to ask now, what is going on with Daqiang and the others' mission this time? What kind of tricks is the Survivor Alliance playing?"

Zhang Su had already verified the desired result, then pulled the conversation back to the main topic.

"That, Mr. Zhang, the zombie horde this afternoon, was it really you who lured it to the North Second Ring Road?"

Li Zongkai asked tentatively.

Zhang Su didn't hide anything, nodded slightly and said: "That's right, it was indeed me who lured a wave of zombies to the south this afternoon to conduct an experiment, but the previous few times had nothing to do with me!"

"Sigh, if I had known earlier that Tianmayu was your place, I would never have agreed to this mission. Mr. Zhang, this is a conspiracy from beginning to end!"

Li Zongkai's voice filled with regret came from the loudspeaker, and immediately after, he poured out all the news he knew.

At first, Wu Daqiang and Xiaotiao were still immersed in the shock that the person in front of them might be their new boss, but they were brought back to their senses by the word "conspiracy" and listened intently. The more they listened, the more shocked they became. Only then did they realize how dirty the methods played by the upper levels were!

There was no such thing as luring four zombie hordes to northern Qincheng; the first three were all tricks directed and acted by the Survivor Alliance. More precisely, it was a scheme arranged by Liao Youzhi, because not even many people inside the Survivor Alliance knew about it! After listening, Zhang Su frowned and asked: "Old Li, where did you get this news?"

"This news was passed out by someone I planted by Liao Youzhi's side. The authenticity is one hundred percent, unless Liao Youzhi even lies to his own woman!"

Li Zongkai answered very firmly, and he continued.

"Originally, when the third zombie horde appeared, Liao Youzhi had already summoned me, the Little Eagle Society, and the Apocalypse Group. Later, for some reason, the plan was shelved until another wave of zombies appeared today..."

Li Zongkai didn't know that it was shelved at the time because Liao Youzhi felt the timing wasn't right, so he decided to add more fuel to the fire. It didn't matter whether Tianmayu had lured zombies to the North Second Ring Road today or not, because Liao Youzhi had already secretly arranged the fourth time...

"In other words, the several forces in the north have long been eyeing this place of Qingxian? Hey, wait a minute, according to your meaning, the Little Eagle Society and the Apocalypse Group didn't know that the previous few zombie hordes were Liao Youzhi's handiwork?"

Zhang Su asked.

"They didn't know, otherwise they would have turned against him long ago! The second zombie horde coming down from the north impacted the Little Eagle Society's headquarters. Liao Youzhi summoned our four parties to sit together for a meeting and proposed the idea of pushing north. The plan at the time was to take the road of Provincial 52 all the way to Qingxian, and both sides' forces were to be incorporated; those who didn't want to be incorporated would be driven away.

All supplies were to be divided equally among our four parties, and captives, regardless of number, were to be divided between the Survivor Alliance and the Little Eagle Society. As for the division of land, it had already been roughly drawn on the map, to be started when the earth warms up and all things recover next year!"

After Li Zongkai finished speaking, the seven people in the Little Lucky Restaurant were silent for a while.

Fighting each other seemed to be a program engraved in human genes. In the zombie apocalypse, as soon as things stabilized a little, they immediately started fighting each other, snatching land, resources, and population...

Wu Daqiang and the five others instantly had the feeling of being in the same boat as Zhang Su. Tianmayu was sitting at home when disaster fell from the sky; it was truly the saying "if you want to condemn someone, you can always find a pretext." They themselves were fighting desperately outside, but in reality, they were just pawns in the game between big bosses.

The problems Zhang Su and Yu Wen were thinking about were completely different from those of Wu Daqiang and the others. The other party had racked their brains and planned for a month; there must be a big move. They had to step up their precautions, or...

"Old Li, how much do you know about the situation of the Survivor Alliance? Personnel composition, firepower configuration, and so on."

As soon as Li Zongkai heard Zhang Su's words, he knew what he was thinking, and said in a deep voice: "The Survivor Alliance has exchanged quite a few weapons and equipment from us, and they have close dealings with the Beihe area. You know the special nature of that place; they also have quite a few sophisticated weapons!"

"Usually when we deal with the Survivor Alliance, we see that their search team members don't even have full coverage of firearms, but in reality, the equipment in the Alliance's arsenal must be particularly rich. The most critical thing is that I suspect the Survivor Alliance has... have you heard of mutant zombies, Mr. Zhang?"

"Mutant zombies... that is, zombies with special abilities, right? We call that kind of zombie 'mutated zombie'. I've seen them, and not just one type. Are you saying there are those things inside the Survivor Alliance?"

Zhang Su's expression became a bit heavy.

Ordinary thermal weapons were nothing more than guns and cannons, and there were no overly modern weapons and equipment in the Qincheng area. Mutated zombies were different; their abilities were unpredictable and ever-changing. One must be very cautious before knowing how to deal with them! Li Zongkai nodded under the dim light, tightened his clothes, and said to the communicator: "That's right, I have sufficient reason to suspect that the Survivor Alliance has raised mutated zombies as weapons!"

Sure enough!

Zhang Su and Yu Wen looked at each other. There were many smart people in the world; how could only they know the power of mutated zombies? Even if not every force had the resources in this regard, the Survivor Alliance could become the largest organization in Qincheng city; they definitely had them! "Do you know what type of mutated zombie it is? Have you encountered mutated zombies before?"

Zhang Su asked two questions in a row.

"We have encountered zombies that were not quite the same before, but we never thought of studying them and killed them on the spot. As for the Survivor Alliance's mutated zombies... I suspect it's related to temperature. I heard that the place where Liao Youzhi lives relies on zombies for heating. It sounds very fantastical!"

"No, Old Li, relying on zombies for heating is correct. Burning them, isn't that very normal? Could it be that you guys don't know that zombies are easier to burn than coal?"

The corners of Zhang Su's mouth twitched. Their entire Tianmayu, and even the two satellite villages, all relied on zombies for heating.

Before Li Zongkai could respond, Wu Daqiang smiled strangely and said: "We know..."

Soon, Li Zongkai's voice sounded: "That's right, we all use zombie corpses as coal to burn, but as far as I know, the Survivor Alliance doesn't burn zombies for heating. There must be another way. Liao Youzhi keeps this matter very tight, and my people haven't heard any news."

"Old Li, the uses of mutated zombies are diverse. Even if you kill them, don't treat them as ordinary zombie corpses. Keep them first. I have scientific research personnel here specifically responsible for developing zombie applications!"

Zombie Application Science, a popular major in the apocalypse.

Li Zongkai slapped his forehead when he heard this and said with annoyance: "Oh, that's a pity, they've all been burned..."

At the time, he had personally lit the fire to burn the mutated zombies, mainly because he was afraid that the virus would spread through special channels.

Zhang Su thought of the venom zombies. If any force accidentally found a venom zombie corpse and threw it into the furnace for incineration like an ordinary zombie, that would be a huge disaster!

"Burned is burned, in short, don't burn mutated zombies randomly... Let's not dwell on this for now. According to your meaning, the Survivor Alliance is hiding its strength. If we want to attack, there is a great risk?"

"Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated. We don't understand the situation of the Survivor Alliance, so there must be risks. But if you decide to attack the Survivor Alliance, I can fully activate my spies and bring all the news back!"

Li Zongkai's meaning was very clear: if Tianmayu chose to attack the Survivor Alliance, Civilization Guardians would support it unconditionally! Wu Daqiang and the others were already numb from hearing these conversations. Sure enough, they could only be brave soldiers charging on the front line; the real confrontation had already begun in the dark...

Zhang Su also had people in the Survivor Alliance, but they weren't as awesome as the people Li Zongkai arranged, who could actually climb into Liao Youzhi's bed. The amount of information was definitely different...

"Old Li, I think the Survivor Alliance entrenched in northern Qincheng is a tumor. If you were to manage the entire northern Qincheng, you would do better than Liao Youzhi, what do you think?"

As soon as these words came out, not only was the restaurant silent, but Li Zongkai on the other side was also rendered speechless.

He didn't understand what Zhang Su meant by saying this...

"Mr. Zhang, you... the Civilization Guardians I built now have more than 120 people, and this whole mess is to be handed over to you to manage, so why are you asking me to manage an even bigger mess?"

Li Zongkai felt that Zhang Su was testing him, so he hurriedly expressed his loyalty again.

This time, Wu Daqiang and the others finally understood completely. There had long been an agreement between President Li and the person in front of them; everyone was family, it was just that they didn't know it. The five sighed in their hearts, and at the same time, they were greatly relieved. They really didn't have to die, that was really great...

The looks Wu Daqiang and Xiaotiao gave Zhang Su also changed, with very complex emotions.

Yu Wen was already calm, having basically outlined the relationship between Zhang Su and Li Zongkai in his heart. This was completely an external force that Zhang Su had developed in advance, just like digging a tunnel from both sides, and now it had finally reached the time to meet.

He also sighed and felt emotional in his heart. He had always thought he was far-sighted, but he didn't expect Zhang Su's plan to be even more long-term. It seemed there was still a lot of room for him to work hard.

"These are not urgent. Let's collect intelligence first. I caught people from the Survivor Alliance and the Apocalypse Group, and I killed the three guys from the Little Eagle Society, but didn't ask anything out of them. Do you have anything else to tell me? If not, I'll go chat with the people from the Survivor Alliance."

Zhang Su felt that the news Li Zongkai knew was not necessarily more than that of the Survivor Alliance team leader.

(End of chapter)