Chapter 430: Let People Go? You Think Too Much! (Wish Me a Happy Birthday)

"Puff..."

Yang Xinci couldn't help but make a stifled laugh. Knowing that the environment was wrong, he coughed heavily and said with a serious expression: "Sorry."

Liu Yao's ability to stifle laughter was stronger than Yang Xinci's. His expression was distorted in the dim light. There were quite a few people in similar situations to him, including Gong Chengming, whose upper and lower lips were turned inward, and his upper and lower teeth were biting hard.

Li Zongkai's skin twitched, because the abdomen was burning with pain due to stifling laughter.

Liao Youzhi was stupid. After hearing Zhang Su's words, he didn't know how to return for a while, thinking: *He scolded me, how can this guy scold people... *

"Hehe..."

In an instant, Liao Youzhi pressed the talk button and smiled, and then said: "Zhang Su, you want to anger me, I tell you, it's not that easy. Now things are in front of you, why don't we talk about how to solve it? I advise you not to play tricks. That's no good for you or the Civilization Guardians!"

The opponent's intention was obvious, but would he easily fall into the trap?

It's ridiculous! Zhang Su turned his eyes and made a silent gesture to everyone around him, and then said to Liao Youzhi: "I cooperated with Li Zongkai more than two months ago, and we have been together for less than half a day. Do you think there will be a deep friendship between me and him? Why don't you think about it from another perspective, what would you think?"

Liao Youzhi frowned, looked at Li Zongkai who was silent in front of him with a cold smile, and said: "President Li, this one doesn't seem to take you seriously. You say, what should we do?"

He really didn't believe in the friendship between Li Zongkai and Zhang Su. Even if it was placed before the outbreak of the

"Yes, perhaps I was just overthinking it!"

Li Zongkai said in a low voice with his head bowed. In any case, he would go along with what the other party said; his only goal was to save his life first.

"Heh, don't be in such a hurry to cooperate. Although Zhang Su doesn't seem to take you seriously, I don't think the possibility of you two teaming up to play me is zero!"

Having said that, Liao Youzhi said to Zhang Su: "I already know everything about the business between you and Li Zongkai, so you don't need to play games with me. Actually, I don't want to do anything either. There aren't many humans left now; we have no need to kill each other, don't you think? I feel that living in peace is the best solution."

The aggressive approach wasn't working, so he changed tactics.

"It was already very peaceful. You were the one who started this whole thing, right?" Zhang Su didn't go along with Liao Youzhi like Li Zongkai did; he hadn't forgotten the root of the matter.

"No, no, no. It was indeed very peaceful at first, but to maintain peace in your territory, you repeatedly lured zombies toward Qincheng. Our place is already small, and it's not peaceful once a horde arrives, right, Zhang Su?"

Liao Youzhi found the rhythm of the negotiation again and began to become methodical.

"Repeatedly..."

Zhang Su muttered disdainfully. If he hadn't spoken with Li Zongkai, he would still be kept in the dark.

However, the members of Pegasus Islet saw Zhang Su's expression and thought he was displeased. Lu Yubo hurriedly explained: "Brother Su, we usually focus on extermination; we have never lured zombies to the south!"

Zhang Su hadn't been out in charge of clearing and guiding zombies for some time; most of the time, it was Lu Yubo who led the men to handle it.

"Little Lu is right. If we were to lure them, we would lure them to the west, northwest, or due north. We haven't even been to the Beidong Town area, let alone Qincheng."

"Big brother, that idiot Liao Youzhi is framing us!"

Zhang Su saw his brothers were filled with righteous indignation and waved his hand repeatedly: "I know this is all Liao Youzhi's trick."

In his heart, even if he *had* lured them, so what? Everyone else had already played the villain, so why couldn't he?

"Liao Youzhi, it's best not to bring out your self-directed and self-acted tricks to embarrass yourself. Say something useful!"

Most people at the Le Gou Mall didn't have a special reaction to Zhang Su's words; shifting the blame was a common tactic. But Liao Youzhi was different; he felt a jolt in his heart because the other party had hit the nail on the head!

This night at Tianmayu was destined not to be quiet early. Usually, by nine o'clock, most people were already tucked into warm beds, but today was different; groups of three or five gathered together to chat about the capture of the investigation team. There were three people standing guard near the Qingfeng Xiaozhu where the prisoners were held, and a small dog was watching the direction of the cliff, surrounding it from all angles with no blind spots. Unless they grew wings, there was simply nowhere to escape! If they could fly, they might still get away, but in a few days, once Wu Lue finished modifying the firearms mounted on the drones, they would truly be unable to escape even with wings!

"Self-directed and self-acted? Stop spouting nonsense. There are only four survivor settlements in northern Qincheng, and now all four of our leaders are here. Who would crap in their own backyard! President Li, Officer Liu, Commander Yang, come on, everyone say something." "I am Liu Yao of the Little Eagle Society. We are too busy clearing zombies to even have time to lure them back."

"Zhang Su, I am Yang Xinqi of the Apocalypse Group. I hope you won't make things difficult for my brothers. Besides, we are only concerned with our own little patch of land, and the sudden appearance of zombie hordes has caused us great trouble!"

"There have indeed been a few times when hordes appeared..."

Li Zongkai's words were very brief. He looked at Liu Yao and Yang Xinqi with some sadness; these two guys really didn't know anything.

"Heard that, Zhang Su? We definitely didn't do it. The bridge on the Provincial 51 road was blown up, and only Provincial 52 can come from the north. Who else could it be but you?"

Liao Youzhi said in a deep tone, with an attitude that Zhang Su must provide an explanation.

Zhang Su listened to the other party speak seriously, his eyelids drooping slightly.

"Brother Su, this guy is really slandering us. We really didn't dump trash in Qincheng!"

Chen Hanzhou explained somewhat anxiously.

Zhang Su raised his hand and sneered: "If you want to condemn someone, you can always find a pretext."

"Huh? Big brother, it really is a frame-up. Damn it, we must kill this bastard!"

Zhao Dezhu was so angry that fire was coming out of his eyes; he wished he could kill Liao Youzhi right now.

"It's definitely explosive, haha! You're the King of Yama, and we're the Yama Legion. Others will be terrified just hearing the name, haha! I bet those guys were so scared they saw black when they heard the name!"

?? The group was stunned. So, what happened just now wasn't shifting the blame; *this* was the real shifting of the blame...

"Zhang Su, don't get the cause and effect of the matter wrong. It was because you lured zombies to Qincheng that we were forced to send people to your side to investigate. How are you still in the right? Since we've reached this point, I think we should talk about the issue of releasing the people!"

"Release the people? You're overthinking it... You bullied me, and you expect me to treat you with fine wine and food? Collecting the corpses is more like it!"

Zhang Su lied nonchalantly.

But when the other side heard this, they were immediately dumbfounded.

What did he say? They were all killed? "Holy crap, he, he, that bastard actually killed all my brothers?"

"Motherfucker, Old Liao, you took the lead in getting our brothers to investigate Pegasus Islet, and now it's turned into this. You must avenge us!"

Liu Yao and Yang Xinqi were both filled with righteous indignation. Whether it was three people or five who went, they were indispensable forces for their factions.

"Stop arguing! I sent five brothers over too, including my personal guard!"

Liao Youzhi hadn't expected Zhang Su to be so tough either. With a fierce look in his eyes, he grabbed Li Zongkai by the collar and said: "Didn't you say he was smooth in his dealings? Is killing everyone he sees 'smooth'? Smooth your mother's ass!"

"That was Zhang Su more than two months ago. How would I know what he's become now? This is the apocalypse; any single event can cause a person to change completely!"

Li Zongkai defended himself.

"Haha, were you scared?"

Just at this tense moment, Zhang Su's voice rang out from the mall: "Just a joke. I'm not a serial killer. The people you sent are all tied up safe and sound. So, what are you going to trade for them?"

Negotiation is nothing more than a psychological battle. Zhang Su's feint had unsettled the mentality of the few people on the other side.

(End of chapter)