Chapter 431

"What to trade for them..."

After hearing Zhang Su's words, Liao Youzhi felt slightly relieved, but then he became furious.

He exchanged glances with Liu Yao and Yang Xinqi, suppressed his anger, and said: "Zhang Su, although it's the apocalypse now, we are all people of status. You have no justification for this, and you still want to hold our people hostage for ransom? Do you really think our three factions are easy to bully?"

"Also, aren't you worried about the safety of your friend Li Zongkai, and don't you care about the survival of Civilization Guardian?"

After Liao Youzhi finished speaking, Zhang Su wasn't in a hurry at all, but Wu Daqiang and the others had obvious looks of anxiety on their faces. All the Pegasus Islet personnel were safe and sound in the north, but their brothers and their boss were truly being controlled by the other side.

"Heh, that's right. Old Li is my friend. It's fine for you to threaten me with my friend's life, but I have thirteen lives in my hands. Can't you do the math? What are you using to negotiate with me?"

Zhang Su's cold voice drifted through the mall. He deliberately didn't mention those who Li Zongkai had brought along, intending to confuse the situation. He had originally planned to say he held eighteen lives, but that would have seemed too deliberate.

Liao Youzhi suddenly felt agitated. As expected, Li Zongkai's weight in the other party's heart wasn't enough, but he still had a way! "Zhang Su, as the leader of a faction, your brain really isn't working very well. You hold thirteen lives in your hands, but don't I? Do you know how many people Civilization Guardian sent? I'm telling you, including Li Zongkai, there are twenty-one in total. Do you understand? Twenty-one and thirteen—which is more, which is less? I want to see if you can do the math!"

Zhang Su saw that the other party reacted quite quickly, so he turned his head to look at Wu Daqiang and asked: "How many combat personnel does your camp have? You sent five of you out, and there are twenty more?"

Wu Daqiang nodded with a strained expression: "Twenty regular troops and twenty reservists. President Li must have brought all the regular brothers out to cooperate with your operation, and he also picked a few from the reservists!"

His meaning was clear: *We burned our bridges for you, so don't you go back on your word; you have to save our brothers! * Zhang Su nodded secretly. With Civilization Guardian's strength, being able to muster forty combat personnel was already not bad. He waved his hand to signal Wu Daqiang and the others to be at ease, then said to Liao Youzhi.

"Twenty-one is indeed greater than thirteen, but Liao Youzhi, you need to get one thing straight: except for Old Li, the other twenty guys are Civilization Guardian's people, not my Pegasus Islet brothers. Are you trying to scam me!?"

"I won't waste words with you. If I can save Old Li and the Civilization Guardian brothers, I think that's fine, but if you intend to use them to threaten me, I'll kill a few of the people you sent right now to show you! Fine, since you have fewer people, I'll just kill three of yours!"

Just as Zhang Su finished speaking, Liu Yao rushed forward and snatched the communicator from Liao Youzhi's hand: "Zhang Su, don't you dare mess around! If my brothers lose even a single hair, I'll take your dog life! Hello, hello, are you fucking talking? Hello, hello, damn it!"

"Officer Liu, this is a one-way intercom. If you don't let go, they can't talk back..."

Li Zongkai saw Liu Yao jumping around and cursing and kindly reminded him.

Liu Yao hurriedly released the talk button upon hearing this.

About ten seconds later, Zhang Su replied with extreme calm: "It's already too late. So, how about it? Do you want to talk properly? Too bad, the chips just decreased by three. You wouldn't stop talking now, would you?"

As soon as Zhang Su finished speaking, another voice sounded from the other side: "Talk, talk, Zhang Su, I think we should talk properly. Don't be rash..."

"Fuck your mother, Zhang Su! I'm going to level your goddamn Pegasus Islet!"

Liu Yao was manic, pushing Yang Xinqi aside, jumping and shouting. He felt Zhang Su was lying to him, but he also felt that lying to him was meaningless. He was conflicted and angry.

"Your brothers are dead, but mine are still alive. I advise you to be kind and don't get my people killed!" Yang Xinqi was also anxious. He never expected Zhang Su to be so brutal, killing people at the slightest disagreement.

"How about..."

Just at this tense moment, Gong Chengming, who had been on the sidelines and almost invisible, spoke up.

"How about we first confirm whether what the other party said is true or false!"

Gong Chengming stepped forward and said solemnly.

At this moment, the button on the communicator in Yang Xinqi's hand hadn't been released yet. Although the sound transmitted to Zhang Su's side was small, he heard it clearly. His heart skipped a beat. He hadn't known Gong Chengming was right there, and the situation was becoming increasingly mysterious! But at least his goal had been achieved: the other party was indeed arguing because of the hostage issue. This was the result he needed.

Unlike the solid front of Pegasus Islet, the so-called Four Tigers of Beicheng were now a scattered mess, existing in name only.

Liao Youzhi noticed the signal light on the communicator flashing and hurriedly took it back from Yang Xinqi's hand. His face was livid as he said: "I don't believe you really killed the Little Eagle Society brothers, unless you let Wu Baokang talk to me!"

"Wu Baokang? Pfft, I have to say Wu Baokang is a tough guy, but are you sure he won't give in? But if you want to listen, then listen. It's nothing more than wanting to confirm if your own men are still alive. You found so many excuses. Come, bring Wu Baokang over!"

Zhang Su saw Wu Baokang being brought before him, casually untied the rope in his mouth, held up the communicator in his hand, and said: "Come on, your boss wants to ask you something!"

Wu Baokang looked at Zhang Su with a complex expression. The guy in front of him was truly terrifying—deep, unfathomable, ruthless, and highly skilled. Seeing the other party shake the communicator in his hand, he spoke.

"Leader, it's me!"

"Little Wu!" Liao Youzhi's heart tightened. After hearing his subordinate's voice, he felt mostly relieved and hurriedly asked: "How are the Little Eagle Society brothers?"

Wu Baokang lowered his eyes and sighed. *Isn't this a blatant trap? * He smacked his lips, saw Zhang Su signaling him to speak, and said: "Dead. Dead through and through."

They had kicked the bucket last night, so of course they were dead through and through—they were already frozen stiff!

"Come, come, Bright Knight Fan Dahai, right? You let out a fart too!"

Zhang Su walked to the front of the Apocalypse Group members with the communicator and untied the rope on Fan Dahai's mouth.

Fan Dahai saw Zhang Su's eyes and understood tacitly. He howled: "Ah, Commander, those three guys from the Little Eagle Society died so miserably just now! Their throats were slit with a single blade... It's too terrifying, Commander, you have to save us!"

Yang Xinqi's face was ashen. His brain was spinning at high speed, starting to think about how to save the people.

"Heard that? Of course, you can also suspect that they are cooperating with me to lie to you. Think whatever you want; believe it or not." After Zhang Su finished speaking, he released the talk button and casually stuffed a cigarette to Fan Dahai as a reward for his active cooperation.

Liu Yao's hanging heart finally died. It wasn't that he really cared that much about the lives of his three subordinates, but he felt aggrieved. Why were the other factions fine, and did his people deserve to die just because they were the fewest? What kind of logic was that! Gong Chengming saw that Liu Yao was about to go crazy again and hurriedly spoke first: "Leader, we cannot be impulsive. We must talk to him peacefully and save our brothers back."

"That's right!" Yang Xinqi hurriedly chimed in, ignoring the fire-breathing Liu Yao, and said bluntly: "We can't ignore the lives of the remaining brothers just because a few people died. We should talk to Zhang Su properly!"

"Talk to him now? Where would the prestige and face of our three factions be?"

Liao Youzhi's expression was grave. The complexity of the matter exceeded his expectations. If he had known that the chip of Li Zongkai wasn't easy to use, he would have just attacked directly...

Li Zongkai had thought of this at the beginning, but unfortunately, Liao Youzhi only understood it now—it was already too late.

"Prestige and face can be won back by fighting, but if the brothers' lives are lost, they are truly lost!"

Gong Chengming's expression was extremely solemn, and his tone was also very heavy.

As soon as these words came out, they immediately struck a chord with the dozen or so combat personnel of the Survivor Alliance nearby. Not only did the hearts of the First Vanguard Team feel warm, but even the members of Liao Youzhi's personal guard were very moved.

Who wouldn't like a boss who cares about their life safety?

(End of chapter)