《Apocalypse Cockroach》 Chapter 1: Doomsday Doomsday TL: WhatTrante,Niku Editor:Niku I close my eyes, and the world doesnt exist! Zhang Xiao Qiang wakes up due to a burning sensation in his stomach, then he sat up, clutching his stomach in a daze, unable to distinguish if this was reality or a dream. The intense hunger in his intestines forced him to get up, all of his senses returned to his body. The room stunk with the smell of dead mouse, outside the window the sky was gloomy. In addition, the soundsing from the zombies downstairs of various sizes and shapes stepping on broken ss made him feel a chill to his bones. From the bedside desk he picked up half a bag of instant noodles, opening the bag he took a deep breath through his nose, the foods aroma caused him to salivate, as if the stench was no longer there. Crushing the instant noodles, he put it bit by bit into his mouth** savoring the taste. Before he knew it, thest bit of noodles disappeared in his mouth. He used scissors to carefully cut open the bag of instant noodles, licking up the remaining crumbs of the noodles, he then rinsed out his mouth with mineral water and swallowed it with the residue. After he finished the rest of his water and got out of bed, he stood by the window watching the zombies on the street wandering around, contemting how long the remaining food willst, unconsciously he started to think about 2 weeks ago. Zhang Xiao Qiang is a recluse, his parents died of cancer, **married to another family,[TL thats what it says in the raws, I assume its someone like his sister] he is the only one left in the house. The unit leader resigned and returned home after an argument, he paid for the starting capital for a small restaurant in WH City with his friend. He was toozy to find a job and he used theputer daily from the morning till night. His parents left him an shopfront to receive rent from so he doesnt need to worry about money for food or drinks. 1 months rent will buy a month of supplies for the home. His weight slowly increased to 170 pounds due to living an easy low profile life. This year, 2012, hell be 34. All over the inte there was talk of an apocalypse but he didnt care, that is not to say he didnt see the destruction of the world in 1999! By March, Mount Fuji erupted, so subsequently there were eruptions all over the world, causing public panic as there were various rumours. Later, world leaders televised a program to deny the rumours, many experts tried to prove that all the events were due to natural causes. Once June arrived, the Earth started to calm down; there were no more earthquakes and volcanoes stopped erupting. The economy was beginning to recover; the price of pork reduced, apocalyptic websites began to shut down and life was looking good, but even so he continued as usual, waiting to die. As the 21st December 2012 passed, nothing happened and the apocalyptic forums were silent; just some noobsining at home about how they cant finish the food that they bought because they bought at least a couple thousand pounds, and also that biscuit prices have increased on the market. On the 24th December 2012 the news reported that a small cluster of meteorites fell into the pacific, but there was no economic loss. It was only on the 31st December 2012 at 9 in the morning that the world changed. Zhang Xiao Qiang had ate night and was preparing to go to sleep when he noticed a strange smell. He closed all the windows and doors, took a hot shower and used the expired air freshener that his sister left behind. Holding onto the quilt, he slept in the darkness. He woke up at 9, ate some food and turned on theputer. When he essed his homepage, he realised that most of his novels were not updated. He looked for old books to read whilst cursing the authors and after an hour, he realised something wasnt right. His house was far from the centre of the city where electricity and water was produced. There are always carsing and going so usually the sound of cars can be heard all the time. However, from when he woke up till now he had not heard a single car, could it be that the roads were under construction? Zhang Xiao Qiang whispers. Suddenly, a scream rings out. He was so startled by the sound, that he didnt even wear his shoes and he went to the window barefooted and looked out. There were 3 to 4 people huddled under a street light. Zhang Xiao Qiang wiped his sses on his clothes and put them back on and after carefully looking, they seemed to be eating something. The coldness beneath his feet reminded him that he was barefoot so he put on slippers to find a piece of cloth to clean the windows, which were dirty as he was toozy to take care of them. Looking again, he realised that in the middle of the few people were a pair of legs. Then the person facing away from him sat down, the light from the street light was shining into the middle of the group. A man wasying on the ground, head tilted to one side, his chest was ripped open and the two people squatting by were fighting over the lungs and liver whilst biting into the flesh. The one who was facing away, was holding onto a heart that he was chewing. Zhang Xiao Qiang went limp and knelt on the floor. He felt nauseous, his throat was dry and his eyes were itchy. He quickly got up and rushed to the toilet and vomited, he vomited until his lips were bitter and he could no longer vomit, after a while only did he get up with the support of the wall. He rubbed away the tears in his eyes and filled a cup of water from the water fountain to rinse his mouth. Sitting on the floor, his head was filled with thoughts of a biochemical crisis that he had seen in horror movies, Dawn of the Dead, Cannibal Cry, and Human Meat Bun etc. After sitting down for half an hour, he started to feel a little better. He went to the window to observe and saw that the number of people eating increased. Beyond the illumination of the street light, there were figures walking towards the group. Under the dim light it was all so strange, he was trembling, he got goosebumps, he felt fear in his heart! Remembering the police, he quickly found a phone to dial with, in his hurry he couldnt remember the number, he started to sweat anxiously! Zhang Xiao Qiang took a breath to calm himself and after calming himself he dialed 110. God seemed to be toying with him as the line was busy, he then dialed 120 but that didnt work either. He also tried to call several rtives and friends but either no one picked up or the line was busy. Anxious and unable to wait, he flushed his home phone down the toilet. The crowd gathering outside the window became quiterge; the corpse of the man is now just a pile of bones at the feet of the crowd and there were many people lying on the bloodstained ground. People were continuously getting up after being knocked down and the others kept taking bites until they are knocked down. Endless screams could be heard in the distance. Everywhere there are ces on fire making the night sky as bright as day. Seeing the city that he grew up in being ruined by the apocalypse, he felt a sadness rip through his heart. Lighting a cigarette, he inhaled a mouthful. He felt a little better, then he turned on theputer and opened up the news page. The whole page was filled with Virus attack, only after spreading did we know that the viral symptoms could be found all the around the world; from North America, ska to South America, Argentina. From the African continent to the Eurasian continent, there are people who are infected with the symptoms and now the whole world is a mess. This post tells the story of the infection.** From roughly 10 oclock in the morning, the country found out that people randomly started to attack others for no reason. After the infected increased in number and began to spread, the national emergency n did not get enough time to start. As the virus became a disaster, the whole administrative system was destroyed and because of the virus, you dont know if your family, colleague orrade, will suddenly go mad. Bites and scratches will cause the person to start attacking others within 45 minutes. The virus was named DestructionOfTheWorld in Europe and in America, it was called Worlds Destruction of D virus. There are two ways to get infected; airborne and contact. The infected are very strong, they have about 1.5 times the strength of a normal person and their speed is the same as normal walking speed. Their sprinting power lowered and the teeth and nails have be sharper thus normal clothes cannot withstand biting and scratching. External Features: No pupils, no sense of vision, stiff walk, both arms extend to knee length. Sharp sense of smell, eats flesh and blood, if you are scratched or bitten, you will start to mutate. Normal people are powerless inparison to the infected. Destroying the nerve centre or cervical spine is the only way to kill them. Until now, no new mutations have been found. Preliminary infection rate estimation is up to 90%. If anyone is reading this post, please try to continue and live on, only if you live will there be hope. If you live, there will be hope. It was clear to Zhang Xiao Qiang that the crowd outside the window were infected. He didnt know if he had been infected, not knowing when he will start to mutate, but he is afraid of death, afraid of being eaten by the infected. He thought of his own arm being ripped off, his intestines being pulled out and eaten, he was afraid. He walked back and forth with a restless mind, lighting a cigarette to calm himself and think of a way out. He didnt even think about going out to call for help as the zombies downstairs are waiting to eat him. Zhang Xiao Qiang sat in front of theputer and began to n. Tap water was undrinkable, only God knew if there were any zombies in the water at the water nt. Luckily he was toozy to boil tap water, drinking bottled water instead, and the house still has half a barrel of water so there is water shortage so far. What about food? Thinking about food he hurriedly stood up, on the tenth of every month he receives rent to buy one months food and today is the first so there will only be 10 days left of food. He doesnt dare to turn on the light so he uses the light from his phone to look around the house for food. He was busy for half a day, making an inventory of all the food and materials. He waszy and normally does not tidy the house so the house is a mess; he didnt even know what he had in the house. Zhang Xiao Qiangs food and materials are: 17 bags of instant noodles, 12 pounds of rice, two pieces of bacon weighing about 8 to 9 pounds, it was brought by his uncle and there is some fat that he didnt like to eat, 21 eggs, 2 pounds of noodles, 0.8 bag of salt, 1.5 barrels of bottled water, 16 cigarette packages and countless small tes. No vegetables but it should be able tost a month if I use it frugally. Now that the food is secured, security needed to be considered. His house is a building from 97 and the building was soon to be demolished. He lived on the second floor with a tform at the front and the back. Outside there is amon area which is nearly 400 [TL: Raws didnt say 400 of what..], the tform had two structures with twenty five to twenty six steps which gave ess to neighbouring tforms. There was a small tform for a garden, on which some people kept flowers, at the back is where is dad and a couple other neighbours built a courtyard with an iron grid. From theputer room one can see the courtyard through the window, and after he went to the front office, checking that the doors and windows are closed, all the windows of the front office have been covered with newspaper After finishing, he sat down in a daze. Theres nock of electricity as the two hydroelectric dams should be able to guarantee at least several months of electricity. The inte should disconnect soon, so he should download some manuals on how to increase ones survivability at home. After thinking about it, he started. Chapter 2: For the Cabbage For the Cabbage TL: WhatTrante,Niku Editor:Niku Zhang Xiao Qiang recovered, the half pack of instant noodles that he ate has been digested. He felt hunger even more strongly, so he had to force himself to not look at the desk that had the remaining instant noodles. He downed a ss of water, hoping that it can fill him up. Since the day of the crisis, half a month passed and everyday he woke up, reflecting. Is his current life a dream? The noodles are finished, the eggs are finished, there are 3 packs of instant noodles ; a pack for two and a half days and a pack for a day and a half. Before, he ate two bags plus two fried eggs as well.. He didnt dare go out to search for food nor did he have the strength to run. Watching his stomach slowly tten, he used to try to lose weight but he couldnt do it, but now he has already lost at least 5 pounds! That thought made himugh, but also made him want to cry. Normally he doesnt care much, but he didnt know if his sister was alive or dead. He couldnt stop thinking about that, because there was nothing to do these past 2 weeks so he just reminisced past events. Thinking about back when his parents were all together at home, thinking about his teachers, the first time he was bullied, when naughty girl tried to draw a turtle on his back, thinking about his ssmates, even thinking about the street corner where he bought breakfast from sister Ba Dong. He kept trying to call his sisters phone but no one picked up, he thought about the worst possible situations, but he did not give up hope for a miracle. The zombies outside the window downstairs continued to wander, asionally you could see nearby residents that are now infected. The streets were strewn with broken ss, torn clothes, some bones, different types of rubbish, there was also the burnt remains of a bus. A feeling of destion gripped his heart when he thought about himself bing a zombie, wandering the streets, when he thought about running out of food and starving to death, when he thought about close good friends bing zombies and eating each other alive, the feelings of destion quickly turned into feelings of despair. He numbly went to the kitchen and picked up a knife, slowly raising the knife to eye level. He was clutching the knife really hard to the point where his wrist hurts, but he couldnt plunge the knife into his heart. He put down the knife and held his head then slid to the ground with his back to the wall, tears were streaming down his face, hes so afraid of death that he didnt have the courage to kill himself. He hated that he was useless, that he wasnt smart, that he cant do any work, cant even kill himself. He slowly calmed down, but then he thought about how 90% of people have mutated into zombies, and he was still alive! 6.3 billion people have been infected, and he was unharmed? Was this arranged by God? After thinking about it for a while he began to feel better, and looked at Gods [TL: Its what it says in the raw] watch on his phone; it was about 10 oclock, if he didnt want to starve to death he would have to go look for food. He would have to fight the zombies in fight or die situation. He went to the lobby and pulled aside the curtains, carefully ripping of a small piece of newspaper that he stuck onto the ss windows 2 weeks ago and looked out. He saw a few rows of cabbage in the middle of the garden tform, the sight caused him to start salivating. He observed the vicinity around the cabbages; there werent many zombies on the tform, the two houses opposite have a greenhouse built between them, with the door open on the balcony. The door that was open had a few zombies going in and out, the stairs for the tform had a zombie walking up and down the stairs, there were 7 altogether 1 near the stairs and 6 across at the other 2 houses. It takes 3 minutes to walk from the other side, his goal was to reach the middle of the tform where the cabbage are. Going bare-handed against the zombies is not an option, the house doesnt have any actual weapons, but he found the tools that his dad left behind. The first thing he saw was an 8 pound hammer, he lifted it and took a swing and shook his head; it was too heavy, he doesnt have the strength, he could swing it 3 to 5 times but not anymore. As he continued to look, he pulled out another hammer, the weight was more appropriate. Then he went to the kitchen and picked up a steel pot lid to be used as a shield. He practiced in the living room to get a feel for the weapons and after he was ready, he prepared to leave. When he reached the door he began to hesitate, putting his hand on the doorknob and dropping it repeatedly, he thought that he would rather die in battle than of starvation. He said to himself if it was meant to be, it will work out for the better, and opened the door and went out. Zhang Xiao Qiang nned to kill the zombie at the stairs first, as it was too close to the garden, then using the 1 minute that it will take for the zombies on the other side to reach he will take as much cabbage as possible. He was wearing army shoes, his dads army overcoat, and thick leather gloves. Whilst the zombies havent noticed, he quickly ran to the stairs. A zombie wasing up, noticing his scent the zombie rushed towards him threateningly. This was the first time he had seen the zombies up close; the skin was grey, the eyes were white and their mouth was wide enough to fit a fist. The mouth was filled with ck teeth that were shaped like triangr knifes, the sight gave him the chills. As a strong stench wafted over, he felt nauseous. The zombie hit the pot lid shield and the shock of the impact cause him to take a step back, then he snapped back into his senses and his fighting spirit returned. He moved his shield to the right and kicked the zombie in the chest and the zombie rolled down the stairs. There wasnt any time to think so he quickly ran to the garden andid down his weapons. He took out a snakeskin bag and pulled out the cabbage from the soil, putting it in the bag. In his peripheral vision he could see the zombies from the opposite side slowly walking towards him. Faster, faster, he panted as he put the cabbages in his bag, he relentlessly reached into the dark soil to find the roots so he could pull out the cabbages. He didnt even feel the mud and leaf juice sshing into his eyes, he was only thinking of getting a few more, this was food, which is hope! The zombie was too close so he couldnt continue to be greedy. He needed to go, grabbing the bag with one hand and the weapons with another he desperately started running towards the house. He saw the corridor opening right ahead and picked up speed, entered the corridor and started running towards his house. Suddenly the opposite iron door opened, his neighbour had turned into a zombie with a dense stench, it turned and threw itself at him. The sharp ws were less than 10 centimetres away from his eyes, a chill ran through him, he wanted to scream but he couldnt make a sound, two words formed in his mind: Its over He fell back onto the floor and his shield was knocked away, the zombie missed, his brain was empty, and he kicked the zombies calf with both legs, throwing it off bnce. As it fell towards him, he rolled to one side, using the hammer in his hand he hit the zombies body again and again and again, when he came back to his senses, the upper half of the zombies body was a bloody pulp, there was sticky ck blood everywhere, with a strong stench that made his head feel like it was going to explode. The tform on the opposite side of the zombie is only about 10 metres away from him. The 3 strong ones walked in front, behind them was a mutated elderlydy slowly following behind. When they caught his scent, they became very excited, because there was potential prey nearby. He jumped up from the ground. There was not enough time to get back the shield, so he just brought the bag back home. Locking his entrance door, he leant against the iron gate. He deeply retched and took a few deep breaths. Zombie blood sshed on his body. He couldnt stand the smell, so he promptly ran to the toilet to change clothes. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned out the bag and neatly arranged it on the floor, there 11 cabbages, roughly 20 pounds. Outside the zombies were scratching the iron gate. Zhang Xiao Qiang for the first time, has confidence in continuing to live. Chapter 3: Guard Dogs Guard Dogs On the 20th of January, at 7:30am, 2013, Zhang Xiao qiangs phone rm woke him up. After he had gotten up, he went to the living room. There, he checked his inventory, 5 days ago, he risked his life in exchange for what was left was the greater half of a cabbage, 2-2.5kg of rice, and cigarettes which he is now out of. He was a chain smoker, the days that go by without cigarettes make him feel both unsatisfied and ufortable. A loud BANG could be heard from across the room from the direction of the security door. Starting 5 days ago, the zombies outside the door started to unrelentingly beat at steel security door. They craved for human flesh, as though they were a faithful dog waiting at his master at the door. The room was filled with a dense stench, but fortunately Zhang Xiao Qiang had begun to used to it. He went to the kitchen, and ced the rice and bacon with the remains of the cabbage into the wok and added water to allow for it to boil. He divided the meal 2 parts for 2 meals, one would be for his breakfast and the other would be for dinner. After eating breakfast, Zhang Xiao Quan as usual, walked to theputer room and looked out the window, down onto the zombies. He looked down the end of the road, saw the dark dull sky and at some clouds which obscured his view. The grey clouds brought with them a cold draft. This left him with a unpleasant feeling leaving him with a hard time breathing. He wishes a convoy would just appeared at the end of the road. The convoy would be camouged and full with rows of soldiers from the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA). Their rifles would swep the world of despair, sending the putrid zombies back to hell, sending them back to where they came from. But all in all, fantasy is just fantasy, the zombies were still roaming the earth, and he still had to worry about the scarcity of food. With both hands on his head, he returned to the living room to prepare for todays physical training. A recluse like himself would gradually be weak, in order to survive he must desperately improve his physical fitness, even something small would be an improvement. 47, 48.... 50 ...Zhang Xiao Qiang let out a deep breath with both his hands on the ground, he was tired as he had not exercised in a long time. He thought about the zombies that are still outside the house, the food inside the house was also running low. Zhang Xiao Qiang with both his hands on his head, took another deep breath, and began to start over. He ced the 8 pound hammer down and used a towel to wipe the sweat off his brow. After 2000 Chinese leapfrogs and waving the hammer around 500 times, he felt tired and lightheaded. The food he ate for breakfast had already digested and his stomach began to growl. Zhang Xiao Qiangid on the couch, thinking about how he could solve the problem of the 6 zombies outside his house. He had lost his shield outside the door, and he had no defensive equipment to fight off the zombies. The metal security door of the building can only be opened from the inside. He slowly opened the door a bit by bit. He thought to himself, even if if he ate rice for several days to build up his strength, he could not take on all six by himself. He couldnt think of a n, Zhang Xiao Qiang with both hands on his head, began to scratch his scalp. he thought of various ideas, a whole range of them infact, yet he still had no n. While thinking he saw his pack of cigarettes on the table and instinctively picks them up and shook it, before remembering that it was empty since yesterday. He looked at the ash tray and took the cigarette butts. He took a nk white sheet of paper, split the cigarette butts and lined them carefully along the paper before rolling it. He found a lighter and lit his makeshift cigarette, inhaled, and leaned against his couch, staring at the homendline phone while in a daze like state. He thought about how many months it had been since he had paid the telephone fees. 3 months or 4 months ? That pretty MM Tel tower is probably filled with zombies now too. His phone also had 80 or so dors in prepaid credit, all gone to waste, what a loss. Zhang Xiao Qiang mind filled with all sorts of ideas and he nced back towards the telephone line. Wait. Telephone line? Zhang Xiao Qiang stared at the telephone line, his heart filled with a glimpse of light. But he could not fully capture his idea. He continues to look nkly at the telephone line, his mind began to pick up in speed. Telephone lines are uses apart from connecting calls are hanging clothes and drying nkets ... His heart lit up and he eximed It is to act as rope. He paced back and forth before he found a rope, tied one end around the security door handle and made sure the other end was also fixed. this will ensure that he wont be attacked by zombies when he opens the door, and it will also so he can deal with the zombies one at a time. Once he thought of this idea, he acted. Zhang Xiao Qiang went the storage room and obtained a thin rope and tied it to the windows railing, and left 10cm distance from the door handle.The opening was too small to use the hammer as a weapon. Instead, Zhang Xiao Qiang found a galvanized water pipe approximately 1.5m, but after re evaluating he thought that a blow would be too weak and wouldnt do harm. Zhang Xiao Qiang continues to rummage through his dads tool box, he feels a sigh or relief. Fortunately his father during the 60s would go to the countryside to dig ditches, 70s he owned a motor factory, and 80s opened his first small restaurant in a small town of Wan Yuan Hu. Unfortunately his father liked to y, fish, hunt and had no mind for his own business. The business was under a loan, but his rods and guns were owned by his father. There was also a period where there was arge crackdown on firearms in china. His father, in fear of being caught, threw his shotgun into the Yang Tze River. Although his father is now gone, his tools still remain. I found it. He rummaged out a triangr filer. The filer had not been used in a long time, yet its edge is still ck metal with no rust, that is just the build quality from the 70s. He uses another knife to cut the wooden handle of the filer to fit the water pipe. He used nails to attach wood securely the pipe to ensure that it would note apart during a critical moment. Everything was ready, Zhang Xiao Qiang checked his equipment and stationed himself at the door. His military outfit had finally been dried and cleaned, it would be a shame that it has to be dirtied again today.The water from the tap had already stopped flowing, he didnt expect to be able to do theundry again. He opens the door with his left hand and preps his spear with his right. bang..... ZXQ closes the door behind him, it stinks out here,the zombie he killed the previous day had an overpowering stench, enough to almost make him not able to open his eyes. He didnt have any masks at home, so he used a woolen scarf to cover his nose and mouth, and sprayed it with cologne to musk the smell of the zombies flesh. He once again opened his door. Immediately a ck w scratched at his face. The zombie tried to force itself through the opening in the door. but this time Zhang Xiao Qiang was not scared, he looked carefully at the zombie. The zombies w was like an eagles, its joints tightening with sharp finger nails. The zombies are desperately trying to enter the gap created by the door Its appearance, it deep empty eyes and prominent cheekbones which were hard pressing against the iron door forcing/drilling its skull through the opening. Zhang Xiao Qiang held the spear with both hands; the points of the triangr file pointed at the eyes of the zombie. He then shoved the spear into its eyes, using both hands to tightly hold the pipe, exerting all his strength to thrust outwards. The first time he used the spear he did not have enough grip strength, he only knew to thrust outwards. Then he went into a daze, but his body erupted with energy that came from deep within his being. He started to get excited, he felt like all the zombies were no match for him, and that he could kill them all. Another 2 ws wed at him through the door, the two ws swinging through the air before his eyes woke him from his daze. He pulled out the spear head, the zombies eyes turned into a dark hole, with dark sticky blood slowly flowing out of them. The zombie first fell onto the other zombies and then slowly onto the ground. The head of one zombie facing him didnt have pupil whites, another one just had blood dark blood flowing out of the holes. These two extreme contrasts gave Zhang Xiao Qiang chills. There are five more he said to himself, he didnt look at the dead zombie again. He hasnt used a long spear before and he also didnt have good grip strength. He then used his superficial spearing technique to kill the remaining 5 zombies, until thest one was lying on the floor. ng! Zhang Xiao Qiang did not lose grip and let the spear fall to the ground. Chapter 4: For Food For Food Zhang Xiao Qiang was sitting on the floor panting heavily, with one leg stretched out, and the other leg bent. There was a 1.6 metre spear by his side, the triangr spearhead was pointing at the security gate. It was covered in old ck foul blood. The green security gates were 7% open leaving a 10cm gap, from where he was sitting he could see several bodies quietlyid outside. 20 days ago they were humans, now they mutated into zombies lying outside. I killed them!!! He didnt feel any guilt from killing them, only the excitement of the victory. I did it Zhang Xiao Qiang told himself. I can continue living, I will keep on living. After sitting for 5 to 6 minutes he was done resting. Zhang Xiao Qiang picked up his spear and stood up. He untied the thin rope on the door and pushed the door open. There were zombie corpses pressing against the door. Zhang Xiao Qiang used his spear to push the bodies out of the way before walking out. He observed the area; the corridor outside had 7 bodies strewn all across, he could barely even find an empty spot to take a step. The zombie that he killed 5 days ago was lying face down beneath his feet, with its entire head hammered into pulp and dark blood and yellow brains were sttered everywhere. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not dare keep looking, he was afraid that if he did he would throw up. Standing on the heap of corpses he felt a chill to his bones, even the cologne infused scarf could not stop the strong stench. Zhang Xiao Qiang found the pot lid shield from 5 days ago and upon picking it up he felt a surge of confidence, even though it was useless against knives and guns, it was capable of blocking the zombies ws. Facing the door, he pushed it open. The house had no lights, the darkness made the air feel cool. He carefully walked to the opposite side of the living room, his body cast a shadow with the dull light shining on the white floor and his body felt a certain coolness. Zhang Xiao Qiang found the light switch for the living room and turned on the lights for the living room. Under the illumination he could finally feelfortable.His goal was the kitchen, he dare not enter the other bedrooms, just in case he ran into a zombie and got scratched which would mean he was screwed. He carefully approached the kitchen. Looking through someone elses home for something will never feelfortable, Ive never attempted burry in the first half of my life, with the apocalypse Zhang Xiao Qiang had to be a thief. Not making a sound he slowly approached the kitchen. Zhang Xiao Qiang heard something scratch at the kitchen doors, his chest tightened, he was afraid of everything! Can God not give him some peace? Zhang Xiao Qiang swore, he decided to just bite the bullet and hold out the pot lid in front of him. Using three fingers of his right hand to hold the body of the spear, he used the thumb and index finger to hold the door handle, gently turning and quickly pulling. Woosh! A dark shadowe out of the kitchen. Zhang Xiao Qiang held the shield with his left hand and pointed the spear at the shadow with his right hand, ready to attack. After looking carefully it turned out to be the neighbours fat cat, the ck and orange spotted cat looked at him and ran out. That cat made his heart flutter. Guess facing a cat is harder than facing a zombie. Zhang Xiao Qiang said to himself as he walked into the kitchen, there was a thinyer of dust on the imitation mahogany dinner table as no one cleaned the kitchen for 20 days. There were only a few plum flower shaped cat paw prints scattered across the table. Zhang Xiao Qiang opened the fridge, some of the vegetables have been left there for a while and is no longer fresh, but he didnt mind and packed them into his pouch. The vegetables and eggs above and the frozen fish and pork below were all taken by him. He also found half a barrel of rice in the kitchen, a jar of pickles, a bag of sugar and some other spices. Zhang Xiao Qiang had to make 2 trips from the kitchen to his house to move everything. Looking at the food in the living room he felt like he was missing something, and thought of the alcohol and tobo cab next to the TV across from the living room. Zhang Xiao Qiang quickly went and carried the tobo and alcohol back. Looking at the corpse outside the door, he thought of a way to get rid of it was it was too smelly. Zhang Xiao Qiang went out looking for a ce to leave the body. He saw that the tform with the garden still had 30 more cabbages, now he could freely take them, the desperate situation from 5 days ago still felt like yesterday. Gah!!! this stupid virus, this stupid world After the apocalypse he had many emotions. The cabbage isnt going to run away so hell ignore them for now. He went to the tform stairs to see the zombie that he kicked down. Ever since he was attacked by the zombie from opposite of his house he has be careful every time he leaves the house. He slowly walked towards the stairway opening and looked down, at the bottom of the stairs a broken-legged zombie was crawling on the ground. His clothes had be pieces of cloth clinging to his body. It suddenly caught the scent of Zhang Xiao Qiang, and started crawling towards him. Zhang Xiao Qiang sat on the tform and watched it slowly crawl from the lowest step. Upon smelling a fresh person, it excitedly opened its mouth, baring its sharp teeth, its ws leaving a trail on the cement. A three point spearhead entered through its nose bridge and pierced the brain. The spearhead rotated left and right , after pulling it out, there was a cup sized hole in its face with dark blood dripping out. Zhang Xiao Qiang became more and more ustomed to killing zombies, just like when he was younger he would sit in the corner killing ants, There was no excitement, no more fear, only a face of indifference was left. He knew he couldnt kill all 60 million zombies in the world, so he will only kill the ones that pose a threat to him. At the bottom of the stairs there is a flower garden. In January the climate makes the vegetation in the garden more bleak; the few 20 year old vines only had a few old leaves and thewn turns yellow. There are 3 cement tes that form the pavilion, it was a recreational area for the elderly from the 7 buildings, usually it is a popr ce. Now there were 30+ zombies in the flower garden wandering around, the closest one was more than 40 metres away. Looking at it until now, it still doesnt give a reaction, letting him know that you needed to be at least 40 metres away to be safe from a zombie. There is also a canteen downstairs. Normally it would sell some alcohol, tobo and condiments but it also sold some rice and eggs.At this point he dare not go there to look for food, because he would need to go through over 30 zombies! The tform on the second floor has a garbage disposal. Normally this would serve two buildings. Zhang Xiao Qiang threw the seven bodies in there. It tired him out and he started to sweat but the problem was solved, but he would leave the one by the stairs, it was far from his home anyway so the stench wouldnt reach him. Looking across the tform he saw the two families houses still open. With some hesitation, by now the units left and right of those are likely to have zombies, and each house had a security gate, so he had no way of opening them. Upon thinking of that, he made a decision. Holding on to the shield and spear, he started heading towards that direction... Zhang Xiao Qiang returned to his houses security gate and ced a pouch at the side of the gate. A filled backpack and a bulging snakeskin bag; these were the rewards for going across the tform. He didnt face any zombies,e to think of it, the six zombies he killed makes up their whole family. Zhang Xiao Qiang quickly dragged the two bags to the sofa to start preparing an inventory of todays rewards. Chapter 5: Harvest, Weapons Harvest, Weapons I poured myself a cup of water and lit a cigarette made from the harvest of Taishan, then inhaled deeply. A 18 dor smoke was better than the 5 dor yellow fruit tasting one. Squinting, while sitting on the sofa and facing the pile of goods, I felt carefree. The smoke curls dance in the air with my thoughts. I was only a recluse, an ordinary person with ordinary thoughts, without any grand ideals. I never thought about bing a self-sacrificing righteous hero to save mankind. I like Mencious quote: I like life indeed, but there is that which I like more than life, and therefore, I will not seek to possess it by any improper ways. I dislike death indeed, but there is that which I dislike more than death, and therefore there are asions when I will not avoid danger. If among the things which man likes there were nothing which he liked more than life, why should he not use every means by which he could preserve it? If among the things which man dislikes there were nothing which he disliked more than death, why should he not do everything by which he could avoid danger? There are cases when men by a certain course might preserve life, and they do not employ it; when by certain things they might avoid danger, and they will not do them. Therefore, men have that which they like more than life, and that which they dislike more than death. They are not men of distinguished talents and virtue only who have this mental nature. All men have it; what belongs to such men is simply that they do not lose it. Here are a small basket of rice and a tter of soup, and the case is one in which the getting them will preserve life, and the want of them will be death;C if they are offered with an insulting voice, even a tramper will not receive them, or if you first tread upon them, even a beggar will not stoop to take them. And yet a man will ept of ten thousand chung, without any consideration of propriety or righteousness. What can the ten thousand chung add to him? When he takes them, is it not that he may obtain beautiful mansions, that he may secure the services of wives and concubines, or that the poor and needy of his acquaintance may be helped by him? In the former case the offered bounty was not received, though it would have saved from death, and now the emolument is taken for the sake of beautiful mansions. The bounty that would have preserved from death was not received, and the emolument is taken to get the service of wives and concubines. The bounty that would have saved from death was not received, and the emolument is taken that ones poor and needy acquaintance may be helped by him. Was it then not possible likewise to decline this? This is a case of what is calledC Losing the proper nature of ones mind. Im not presenting myself as a saint. I was a selfish man, I just wanted to live through these apocalyptic days, being able to wake up everyday to this stench in the air is kind of a blessing of its own. Counting all the food and supplies: Around 5 pounds of rice, roughly 20 pounds of pork, 2 fresh fish weighing about 1 pound, all the dried seafood added together is around 3 pounds, there are 47 eggs, a jar of pickles, a variety of vegetables and some of a roast chicken and a roast duck and about 7 to 8 pounds of orange halves. Soy sauce, cooking wine, not including other seasonings, 12 packs of Taishan cigarettes, 20 packs of Blue Box Yellow Crane cigarettes, 1 and a half River red cigarettes and 15 packs, with a total of 47 cigarette packs. Two bottles of Rice Flower white wine, a bottle of Great wall Cabe red wine. 2 bags of milk powder, 6 bottles of drinks, 22 bottles of mineral water, several types of medicinal drugs, and other living essentials. With all the living essentials in one ce, I rubbed my hands together and reached into my bag, pulling out a crossbow, a binocrs and an army knife. When going across the tform to search for supplies, I entered a house filled with pictures of firearms, so the owner of the room must have been in the military. I found the crossbow and knife in one of the cabs and the binocrs was hanging on the wall. I dont really know how to use a crossbow, but i found an instructions manual for it. MP9 Military Counter Sniper Crossbow: Tensile Strength: 48kg Range: 180m, effective range above 100m Net Weight: 4.6kg Gross Weight: 5kg Main part material: Notch: Imported customized notch material Trigger System: Customized High wear-resistant material Bow Frame: American imported customized frame material Support: Crossbow butt customized stic material Equipped with 1 spare string, arge crossbow bag, a bright LED light, aser sight, four setting mechanical sight, a 432 optical sight, a set of tools for the crossbow, 3 long arrows, 1 bag of steel balls, 2 calibration arrows, 4 standard arrows. I used my leg to press against the string on the MP9, put on a ball and aimed it at a calendar 5 metres away, turned off the safety, pulled the trigger: Bang... The MP9 kicked back, hitting my shoulder de. Almost unable to hold on to the crossbow, I rubbed my shoulders and looked at the calendar. The heads of the models on the calendar are gone and the ground was scattered with bits of paper. I took down the calendar, cement residue continued to gradually fall onto the ground. There was a hole as wide as a cup in before my eyes, a slightly deformed steel ball was embedded in the wall, *whistle...* I took a breath of cold air. It was so fast... It was so strong... If a zombie was hit in the head at this distance, Im afraid the skull will fly off, I thought. My shoulder still ached, I slowly stroked the crossbow with my fingertips, like touching a girls delicate skin, afraid that using too much strength would hurt it. A full body paint with a light reflection, like a girls beautiful lips, free a little mystery and temptation. (Writing this I felt like vomiting, remember that weapons are really important during an apocalypse). I will use the MP9 counter sniper crossbowter. I put it down and picked up the binocrs, it is a silver high powered pair of binocrs, on the instruction manual it says: Bushnell binocrs technical binocr 120150, technical details are: Model Number: 10x50mm binocrs magnification: 10x magnification, lense diameter: 50mm, size type: Standard, Focus type: centre spotlight, prism system: Roof prism system, mirror type: BaK-4 lense coating, film type: multiyer coated rainguard lense, waterproof coating: none, field range: 1000 metres with 114 metres minimum, focus distance: 5.5 metres upwards, pupil diameter: 5mm outwards, pupil distance: 18mm, mirror cover type: scble, weight: 865g, Waterproof protection: Tripod attachment: avable. I removed the cover and went to the window and looked out with the binocrs. The sky was still dark, the dark clouds made me feel depressed. Then I caught sight of the zombies downstairs, looking at their sharp teeth in its mouth, it was almost like i could smell the stench of his mouth. I stood by the window observing, 20 days have passed since the infection and the zombie has started to transform into a mummy. Its hair be more and more scarce, the flesh and blood slowly disappeared leaving only a wrinkled old skin, but the zombies walking speed is still not fast. Having no sense of vision, they bump into walls and cars and other obstacles before changing direction. Many zombies shoes after 20 days of nonstop use began to wear away, some zombies have shoes on one foot and are going barefoot on the other, hobbling along with one foot higher than the other. My home is far from the centre of the city, so the surrounding buildings arent very high, the highest is 8 floors and the poption density is rtively smaller, there is only enough space for 4 cars across the road. There are probably a couple hundred zombies wandering around the 1000metres radius around my house on the road. I observe my surroundings, the hand holding my binocrs became heavier and heavier and my arm began to ache holding it. Eventually the food in the house will run out and I will have to find a way to get to the city. There will be hundreds of zombies around the area where i live, once again rendering me helpless. I look towards the centre of the city, a pir of smoke appearing within my view on the binocrs!!! Just a reminder to please like our Facebook page at C every 200 likes is a bonus chapter! Chapter 6: 1 VS. 3 1 VS. 3 A dark pir of smoke rose up, filling the air in this apocalyptic atmosphere, coloring the bleak sky. The thick smoke rose out of Zhang Xiao Qiangs vision, he knew something had happened there. Curiosity like a cat, was pulling at his heart. Looking at this watch, its was 3:40pm. It was less than 2 hours from dark, so there was enough time for him to go to roof and find out what it was. Zhang Xiao Qiang held the army knife and stored it in the sheath. Theces beneath the sheath was firmly secured onto his thigh, and after taking 2 steps, making sure it does not affect his movement, he picked up his shield, spear and binocrs and headed out. He carefully climbed up the stairs. Zhang Xiao Qiang stayed on the 2nd floor. The roof was above the 8th floor. He carefully took slow steps up the stairs. Reaching the third floor entrance, he tried to open the security gates of tenants of the third floor, but as he thought they were all deadlocked. At least he doesnt need to worry about zombies rushing out of the house. Zhang Xiao Qiang slowly continued up, trying the door handles on each level, all the way to the eighth floor. This allowed him to rx, the apartment he lives on is secure, all the zombies are locked into the houses. When he went past the houses he could hear the zombies scratching at the doors. His smell caused the zombies to more aggressively scratch the doors. The sharp ws scratching the metal doors made a sharp scraping sound, which made him feel ufortable. The owner of the eighth floor sealed the floor of with iron railings. The locked iron gate could only fit one person at a time. Zhang Xiao Qiang tried to use the spearhead to pry open the gate, but it didnt work. He carefully checked under the iron gate, there was a lot of rust at the edge of the gate, and it was locked really tightly. At the side of the lock you could only fit something the thickness of an ID card. Zhang Xiao Qiang grew anxious, he was considering whether he should go downstairs to look for more tools. Looking at the gate, he knocked on it with his hand, and realised that the iron gate was very thin. The owner wanted to save materials, so he used a sheet of galvanized iron and soldered it onto a triangr steel frame to make the gate, there werent many solder points! He breathed a sigh of relief, this is going to be easy!!! He pulled out the army knife and stabbed it into the iron sheet pulling it outwards, Tah... One of the sheets corners had been released. He continued to use the knife to cut, until he created enough space for him to enter. Zhang Xiao Qiang entered the roof on the top floor, there was construction materials scattered across floor of the roof; bricks, sand, cement, various types of PPR pipes, and PVC tubes. Looks like the owner of the 8th floor was trying to secretly build another room on the roof as there was a row of red brick wall that was half built. Three zombies suddenly emerged from behind the wall, 1 in the front and 2 behind. They were facing Zhang Xiao Qiang and rushed towards him, the one in front was even holding a tile knife! FUUUUCK!! Zhang Xiao Qiang yelled, he left without burning incense, bad luck. He turned and ran for 2 steps, and then stopped with both legs!!! If I run now, what will I do next time, there are only three, what is there to be afraid of!!! Blood rushed to Zhang Xiao Qiangs brain stirring him up. He turned to face the first zombie that was running towards him. His left hand desperately holding onto the shield, the right hand holding the spear. His was mouth taking deep, rapid breaths, and his eyes were fixed on the figure of the zombie. He saw that the zombie had skinny cheeks and an exaggerated mouth. Upon making contact with the zombie, his right hand tightly gripped the spear and thrust it in an arc, suddenly, hitting the zombies calf. Kaca... the sound of breaking bones rang out Kathump... the zombie had fallen to the ground Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt bother with the fallen zombie. He started jogging towards the remaining 2 zombies that were rushing towards him. 2 zombies, one of the left and one on right, they were 5 to 6 metres away from each other. He rushed towards the zombie on the left. The palms of the hand holding the spear started to sweat, his heart was beating violently, making it difficult for him to breathe. 2 metres, 1 metre, now!!! Holding the potlid in his left hand tightly on the left of his chest, he used his shoulder up against the pot lid to bash into the zombie. An enormous force went from his shoulder to his wrist, it felt like fire spreading along his hand. The pot lid was extremely dented and it was no longer recognisable. There was no time to think, taking the opportunity that the zombie was on the ground, Zhang Xiao Qiang threw away the damaged iron pot lit, and gripped the spear with both hands, rushing at the remaining zombie nearby. The left leg of the zombie bent forwards. revealing the nasty stab wound from the spear. Poof... The triangr spearhead stabbed into the zombies throat, going through his neck and out the back of his head. Zhang Xiao Qiang rotated the spear left and right, the spearhead mincing the flesh and bones of the zombies neck region and was pulled out easily. A hole was left where the spear stabbed. What was left of the skull, flesh and bones was dangling at the back, and fell to the ground. puff... Zhang Xiao Qiang let out a breath of air, he aimed at the brain, but hit the neck? this skill is still too weak! Zhang Xiao Qiang stepped away from the zombie falling, then ran behind the zombie with the broken leg. He mustered his strength and stomped his back to preventing further movement. Using his arm strength, the spear entered its brain from the back from its head, he turned the spear to release it and the zombie no longer moved. The spearhead was covered with smelly yellow brain juice. There is still one left. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned around and thest one rushed towards him. He wanted to test out an idea, to try to find other weaknesses of the zombies other than the head, so he walked around the zombie, leading it around, then took the opportunity to break both its arms. The zombie was repeatedly stabbed by the spear in the body, the zombies clothes have already been reduced to cloth scraps, and the dry ck body was littered with holes; heart, liver, lungs, have all been punctured to a pulp. The zombie ignored all of this and continued, like a mad dog he used both his broken arms to try and chase him and bite him. Experimentplete, the spear stabbed the stench producing big mouth, pulling out the teeth in his mouth. He got out tissues from his pocket and wiped the sweat off his face, he was calming down. Fuck, 1 versus 3, he actually did it, he really did it, 5 days ago facing even 1 made him deathly afraid. Today he killed exactly 10, of those 3 were face front on with no fancy tactics! Zhang Xiao Qiang felt a wave of relief: who said being a recluse was useless, Im alive, and I will continue to live on, and I will live even better he told himself. His excitement slowly be calmness, Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at this watch, its was now 4:31. Climbing the stairs took around 10 minutes and unlocking the door took around 20 minutes. Killing the zombies, doing the experiment, and finding the core brain didnt take longer than 10 minutes, even though there wasnt much other than brain fluid in the skull of the zombies. He remembered the reason he came up the stairs, so he went to walls of the roof, bringing up the 10x magnification binocrs and looked to where the smoke was. Its been around 30 minutes, the smoke had thinned. In the lens of the binocrs he could see an overturned medium sized van, there were hundreds of zombies gathered around the van. The front of the van crashed into the flowerbed, the van was still on a weak fire. In front of the truck there was a bus and a medium sized truck that crashed together, and there were many small cars behind the van, two car frames and many cars were scattered along the road, Once everything was clear, a van rushed out of the city filled with survivors trying to escape the city. Due to how the road was blocked and the van was travelling at high speed, so the van probably rolled when braking, some survivors burned to death in the car, the others were thrown out of the car to be zombie dinner. Seeing all this, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt some nausea. This is a zombie apocalypse, all the survivors are like hungry mice trying to earn themselves a ray of light under stressful conditions. At least he was lucky, the food in his home is enough for another 2 months. As to what will happen after 2 months? Lets just get through these 2 months, Ill cross the bridge when I get there Zhang Xiao Qiang shook his head, and with the typical mindset of a recluse he went back downstairs calmly. When he went downstairs the sky began to rain!!! Chapter 7: Zombies That Love The Rain Zombies That Love The Rain 31st Jan 2013, Thursday, the virus outbreak happened a month ago. It has been 11 days since Zhang Xiao Qiang returned from the roof. He was now training, doing 3000 leapfrogs instead of 2000, increased number of push ups, sit-ups, high leg lifts etcs. Right now his main weapon wass the spear and his ranged weapon was the MP9 sniper crossbow. It doesnt matter if it was melee or ranged, he was ready. Only by increasing his training, can he continue to live in these more and more difficult times. Rushing forwards, he used his waist to thrust the spear in his arm. Once, then again, and again, ten thousand times of practice in 11 days. This made Zhang Xiao Qiang be more proficient at the spear. The practice everyday made his belly bulge disappear, there were even traces of muscle on his chest. The high leg movements made his body more flexible, so at least he doesnt run out of breath after a running a few steps. Thinking back to when he first started,rge amounts of exercise made Zhang Xiao Qiangs body ache all over. Now after a week, even though its the apocalypse, his physical state has never been better, he cant even remember how many years its been since hest exercised! Everyday he sweated a lot, making Zhang Xiao Qiangs water reserves gradually deplete, so he couldnt shower and his body started to let off a stench. It made him feel a little ufortable, but he didnt care, he was used to the stench, what could be worse than the smell of a corpse? huff... Zhang Xiao Qiang put his spear down, picked up a water bottle and unscrewed the cap, took a sip in his mouth, then he gurgled it for a while before swallowing. Although he felt thirsty, he put the cap back on and put the bottle back on the table. He looked at his watch, it was 5pm, due to habit he picked up his binocrs and went to look out the window. There has been a heavy rain since 11 days ago till now, the sky was mostly ck with some patches of light, this made the window hazy, and the zombies downstairs were standing still like telephone poles, the whole street looked like a strangendscape. Using the binocrs he saw the zombies open their mouths to catch rainwater, and although he couldnt see the facial features of the zombies, he felt like the zombies really liked rainwater, it seems as if even their need for flesh has decreased. This is a strange feeling, Zhang Xiao Qiang has never had any kind of sixth sense, he also thought that a sixth sense was nonsense, but now this feeling randomly started to form in his mind. His subconscious decided that this feeling was true, so he put down the binocrs, patted his face, wanting to forget this strange feeling that this mindset was giving! Picking up the soft shell of the Yellow Crane cigarette and lighting it, he sat on his bed and stared at the smoke rings in a daze. The strange feeling did not disappear but became even more intense. Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly thought of something to try, and in that moment his urge for violence overtook his mind. He stood up to look for a raincoat. After putting on the raincoat, Zhang Xiao Qiang took his spear and went outside. He walked downstairs to the first floor, the 11 days of heavy rain caused some water to start pooling and the heavy rain flushed out the stench in the air. He took a deep breath, it felt like it had been years since he smelt this kind of air with no stench. Even though there was no smell, the air had an additional smell that tasted like rust. The zombies were also standing in the garden in the rain, with their mouths open catching water. Zhang Xiao Qiang tiptoed towards the garden, the rain kept falling and he caused many ripples in the puddles that he stepped on. When he stepped in the water it caused a small wave to blossom which turned into arge ripple. 30m, 20m, he got closer and closer to the zombie, his heartrate increased, carrying the spear with 2 hands tighter and tighter, with two deep breaths, he rushed at the zombie. 10m, 5m, 2m... Zhang Xiao Qiang stood within 2 metres of the zombie, he raised the head of his spear in case the zombie lunged at him. He carefully observed: the zombie did not appear to care about Zhang Xiao Qiang standing next to him, it just continued to catch the rainwater with his head. He noticed that after the zombies were drenched in rain for a few days, their skinny cheeks became rounder, their ws also had more meat, and he couldnt really see their bones. Zhang Xiao Qiang took two steps back and looked around using the dim light. The number of zombies in the garden had increased from 30 to about 40, many zombies in the hallways and houses walked out, and were outside in the rain. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw this and was taken aback, he was ready to run. He raised the spearhead against the zombie, and ten thousand practices of this assassination technique led to this day. He stabbed the spear into the eye of the zombie, and then pulled it out. The zombie fell to the ground and made a big ssh in the puddles. Zhang Xiao Qiang was afraid of waking the other zombies and started to run. After running 10 metres he looked back, all the zombies quietly were standing there. He felt a rush of excitement: killing zombies that dont move is even more fun!!! Seeing the sky getting darker and darker, Zhang Xiao Qiang rushed over. The 21st zombie had fallen from Zhang Xiao Qiangs spear, and the route to the canteen had finally been cleared. Visibility was rapidly decreasing so he had to take this opportunity. He rushed to the front door of the canteen, he wanted to be the zombies boss, Zhang Xiao Qiang rushed in, he felt around and couldnt find the light switch. He found arge carton, he will put whatever he finds in there. In the end he found a couple boxes of cigarettes. He strapped 2 buckets of mineral water and strapped it with a braided belt to the spear, using it to bring it back to his house. Carrying the water and other supplies on the spear felt like climbing a mountain. Zhang Xiao Qiang could barely breathe, with the galvanized pipe on his shoulder, the burning pain did not stop. He clenched his teeth and walked home one step at a time; he could barely see the path already. The heavy rain was still going, a months worth of rainwater poured down the neck of the raincoat, gradually reducing his body temp. Only with persistence, and even with his legs staring to give out, the arms carrying the spear started to tremble. He gained a second wind and ran to the house, finally reaching the tform. Seeing the house seemed to help regain some of his strength, he used thisst bit of strength and rushed into the corridor. With one foot in the corridor and the other still outside, his body could no longer hold on. With the supplies on the spear, he dropped it onto the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang lied on the floor, panting desperately for air. He turned around, lying on the cement ground, looking at the stairs and the ceiling, continuing to pant. After 7 to 8 minutes his breathing slowed, and he sat up against the wall. Mineral water, rice, lobster sauce, canned fish, various biscuits and cigarettes scattered around him. ha! haha! hahahahaha..... Zhang Xiao Qiangughed loudly, he didnt stopughing. Theughter continuously rang out, and tears started streaming down his face, the tears ran across his cheek onto his chin and dropped into the raincoat. Chapter 8: Infected? Infected? TLN: Sorry guys, looking at this chapter, we believe that white wine is actually Vodka, hence it has now been changed. Zhang Xiao Qiang wiped away the tears on his face, stood up and collected the scattered things around him. The rain was still heavy; all that could be heard was the pitter patter of rain. He wasnt thinking of anything, he was just mechanically putting the materials away one by one in the living room. Pa...He closed the iron gate, and then Zhang Xiao Qiang returning to awareness. He still had his raincoat on, the rain water was dripping off the bottom of the raincoat, the clothes inside were all wet, and the cold made him start to shiver. Zhang Xiao Qiang changed his clothes, he was sitting down wrapped in nkets, his heater was set to maximum. The crimson light from the heater reflected off his face, the light was like countless small needles pricking his face, but he still couldnt dispel the cold that reached deep within his bones. Zhang Xiao Qiang was wrapped in the nket and shivering, the rain outside the window was still falling. Thinking back to when he found the vodka Vodka can get rid of the cold. He dug it out from the bottom of the boutique bag <>. He removed the cap with a pop, and poured 52 Vodka (Thats the brand name) into his mouth. The vodka had a strong taste that caused Zhang Xiao Qiang to almost spit it out, he swallowed it with difficulty, feeling a tingling. The vodka was like hot oil, burning along his throat all the way to his heart, he could feel the heat from his throat to the his heart. The coldness he felt in his bones slowly dissipated, he turned the heater down. Zhang Xiao Qiang was wrapped in the nket staring at the heater in a daze. Zhang Xiao Qiangs hunger caused him to get up for food, he got out of bed and went to living room, pulling out a box of wafers. He opened the packaging, and a cockroach fell out of the box. It fell on the ground and began to climb, without thinking he stepped towards the cockroach. An empty bottle of water was ced on theputer desk, the cap was tightly closed, there were 2 air holes on the cap. The cockroach was lying motionless quietly in the bottom of the bottle. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt end up stepping on it, he just decided to keep it in a bottle, without giving it food. He wanted to know how long it wouldst without food. In this city of despair, Zhang Xiao Qiang was like living a life of a refugee, without hope, without future. Other than the zombies downstairs there was only this cockroach to apany him, lonely, like a beast, the thought keep lingering in his mind, like poison, continuously eroding his soul. Zhang Xiao Qiang sometimes thought if he was the only one left, so, he was earths king, a king of 1. If you cant stand being alone, then youll have to learn to be alone. Zhang Xiao Qiang ate rice crackers, while nning how long his current supplies wouldst, he contemted using the rain to escape this city, it was too bad he didnt know how to drive, or steal a car. Go out? Zhang Xiao Qiang shook his head, to dispel the thought. Not knowing how long this rain willst, he didnt know if all zombies liked the rain. He didnt know where he can go, he has only ever been to WH city and X city once for his sisters wedding. He unknowingly finished a box of wafers, with his mouth dry, he picked up a bottle of mineral water and poured arge mouthful, and swallowed it, feeling weak. Zhang Xiao Qiang set the stic bottle on the ground, his whole body started twitching, his heart felt like it was being pounded by a hammer over and over again. He wanted to scream loudly, but he couldnt make a sound, he could only produce soft huffing noises, his internal organs felt like they had been hit with a red hot iron ball. He continuously felt his entire body on fire, his stomach had been lit.The mes felt like they were spreading from the inside to the outside, the skin on his hands became red, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt so much pain like he was about to die. He never had been subjected to so much pain before, for the first time, he felt like dying, so he could end the suffering. Zhang Xiao Qiang was lying on the ground, hitting the floor tile with his head repeatedly, blood flowed to his eye, he couldnt see clearly, everything was a shade of crimson. Zombies, food, survival... none of it was important. He just wanted to end this intense pain, even if it means taking his own life, but all he could do was hit his head on the ground and hope he would faint. He didnt know how many hours it had been, or maybe it was minutes, but the pain ended. Zhang Xiao Qiang opened his eyes, his face was covered with a mix of blood, tears and snot, his body was curled like a cooked shrimp, his body was still convulsing, and his jaw was closed tightly. The stic bottle in his hands had been crushed into a ball, the water flowed from the bottle onto his body, sprinkling on the ground. His recently changed clothes were now soaked in blood and water. Zhang Xiao Qiang was cold, he wanted to go to the heater, but he didnt have any strength left, and his cold body was getting increasingly heavy. His eyes began to blur and his mind was getting drowsy. Is it over? Zhang Xiao Qiang murmured, Im going to see dad and mum!!! Zhang Xiao Qiang woke up in severe pain, the burning sensation started to cause him to begin convulsing, he didnt know how many times its been. Every time he also felt cold to the bone, then he would wake up to this burning sensation all over, not knowing how many times its been, not knowing what time it is, if hell exists, he was would already be in it. The pain and cold continued without reducing, but then Zhang Xiao Qiangs nerves were starting to numb, he kept passing out and waking up again, but unlike before his mind was nk, he didnt know anything, anything! The rain definitely had the virus, I must have swallowed some of the rain. Zhang Xiao Qiang couldnt stop thinking. The cold once again started to spread throughout his body, even the blood in his body started to clot. Have I been infected? Bing a zombie is this painful? Zhang Xiao Qiang continued to think, the coldness became stronger, and his thinking began to slow. Mutating into a zombie takes 45 minutes, hasnt it been time already? Its taking so long!!! he thought, going faint. Quickly mutate into a zombie.... and then darkness. 1st Feb 2013 7:30, his mobile phone rm rang, Zhang Xiao Qiang was awoken by the ringing of the rm. He opened his eyes, he was still in a blur, he found himself lying on the living room floor. He wanted to stand, but his body didnt have the strength, he used his hands to prop himself up. Zhang Xiao Qiang sat up, and then he remembered the events of the previous night. Am I a zombie? Zhang Xiao Qiang quickly checked his fingers, his fingernails were trimmed neatly, he touched his teeth. Theyre t... he said. I didnt be a zombie!! his body gained some strength, and Zhang Xiao Qiang struggled and got up, walking to his bedroom. The figure in the mirror looked broken, his hair that had been unwashed for a while was tangled, his face was bloodstained, his eyes were smaller, but he could still clearly see the ck brown pupil. Not bing a zombie didnt make Zhang Xiao Qiang that happy, naturally he wasnt depressed, after experiencing the hell that was yesterday, he was in an neutral mood. He looked out the window, the rain had stopped!! Chapter 9: Evolution? Evolution? Ever since 9 days ago, after the deathly experience from the D Virus, after a week of self-care, his body had almost recovered. He slowly recovered the strength to start training. Even though he had that nightmare that was a life or death situation, his body was still the same. He didnt be stronger, he didnt be more flexible, Zhang Xiao Qiang still couldnt see without his sses. Thinking of those characters from novels that were infected by a virus, didnt they get special powers and after finding a space to mess around with it, then they became heroes going around the world looking for zombies to fight, why wasnt his life good like that? After experiencing the D Virus he wanted to kill himself, his body was weak for a week, he couldnt even hold a rice bowl. Gahh!!!!!! Zhang Xiao Qiang sighed deeply, same circumstance but different life!!!! huff! huff! huff! huff! Zhang Xiao Qiang gasped, the spear thrust forward and retracted again and again. His forehead sweat profusely, gathering at the scar, stinging a little. He kept thrusting the spear, trying to use as much of his energy as possible, just make himself a little stronger for survival. He put down the spear and rubbed his aching wrist, and picked up the mineral water from the table and took arge gulp. ha!!! he felt refreshed, even though it was an apocalypse, Zhang Xiao Qiang feels like himself right nowpared to before, was getting through life with much more enjoyment. He exercised everyday after waking up, has breakfast, does 5000 thrusts, has lunch, takes a nap, practices thrusts again, has dinner, ys a single yer game then sleep! Even he didnt know how to appreciate his previous collections anymore.[TLN: ? Porn stash?] His physical fitness was getting better and he was losing weight. Man! It was forced out of me!! Zhang Xiao Qiang sighed. As usual, he went to the window and looked through it with his binocrs. It was already a kind of habit, other than the zombies there wasnt much of a view to see. Using the binocrs he could see up to the zombies nose, seeing its every move clearly. Even though it had rained for over 10 days, the sky was still so gloomy and dull. There were ck gray clouds cascading, blocking the winter sun. Only a few weak rays of light shone through, illuminating the city. Could it be that it was starting to evolve? Zhang Xiao Qiang was holding the binocrs, even with the rain from thest few days it wasnt able to clean the streets. Broken bones, shards of ss and broken bottles were scattered everywhere. Thinking of that day when it was raining, he could feel a dull pain, not only did the rain contain some of the virus, it also had a strong corrosive effect. The steel fence outside the window had be rusty, if he didnt look at them everyday, Zhang Xiao Qiang would have thought that it was corroded by water vapour for more than 10 years. Turns out it was the rain, could it be that it was the acid rain? The corrosive water falling onto the zombies clothes left them wandering around in tattered clothing, all that was left was some fragmented rags on the zombies body. The zombies on the street were still wandering around as usual, their walking was a bit more flexible, their fingernails on the ws were a little longer. Some zombies looked taller and stronger, their walks were no longer staggered. It looked no different from a normal person walking, naked, with ck translucent skin, pushing down many zombies that were walking in front of it, but this didnt affect it at all. Some other zombies were more skinny, their bodies became smaller, but also became more agile, with more flexible joints. It was already able to climb some small obstacles, their nails were longer, double the length of ordinary zombies. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt a chill in his heart, the zombies are beginning to evolve. Did mankind have any hope left? He gripped his binocrs, with both hands until the blood started to recede, and his fingers turned green. Putting down the 10x binocrs, his mouth was left with a bitter taste, he lit a cigarette and deeply inhaled then slowly exhaled. Leaning on the windowsill all he felt was decadence. After a few days of observations, Zhang Xiao Qiang saw that downstairs had roughly 200 zombies. There were 9 evolved zombies; 3 agile ones and 6 strong ones. The mutation rate was about 5 percent. Since the Y city had roughly 500,000 people, there should be 25000 evolved zombies. China had a poption of roughly 1.5 billion, there should be 75,000,000 evolved zombies, with the world having 7 billion people? he shuddered... not daring to do the calction. Zhang Xiao Qiang leaned on the window sill, nkly staring at the zombies downstairs. Beneath his feet were many cigarette butts. he remembered watching an American movie, <>, the hero lieutenant Dunbar lost contact with the outside world. Living in a vast grassy ins, living a peaceful and monotonous life, with only a wolf that had 2 white front legs with him. He was in a better situation than Zhang Xiao Qiang. He had a whole field, but Zhang Xiao Qiang was trapped by countless zombies in his living room. The wolfs name was Two White Socksand it liked scampering around, while Zhang Xiao Qiang had Nameless Cockroachquietly lying at the bottom of a bottle. Zhang Xiao Qiang picked up the mineral bottle and looked at it. The cockroach was still ying dead at the bottom, shaking the bottle, the cockroach started crawling around at the bottom, trying to climb out, falling back down again and again. Zhang Xiao Qiang quietly watched, feeling some sorrow for the cockroach, but more sorrow for himself, he was not different from the cockroach in the bottle, bound by their own destiny. Watching the cockroach filled his heart with boredom, he suddenly wanted to go the roof, to look at the sky, the ground, and the city and the Yangtze river at the edge of the city!!! So he did, he fastened the knife, hung up the binocrs and picked up his spear. Climbing up the stairs, the rooms that had zombies smelled Zhang Xiao Qiang and started scratching at the door. On the stairs to the roof, looking out to the vast world, his depression slowly faded away. The sky and earth was still so dark, in the distance he could see building rooftops with zombies wandering, only the Yangtze river was still the same, quietly flowing. Looking at this he was ecstatic. dong... dong... dong... the sound of the heavy object reached Zhang Xiao Qiangs ears, It came from downstairs. Zhang Xiao Qiang decided. Putting the binocrs away and picking up his spear, he went down. dong... dong.. dong... the sound became clearer and the sound grew louder. 7th floor, 6th floor, 5th floor, should be here. The door near the stairs were violently shaking, it was almost like there was a rhino banging at the door. The gates were violently trembling and putty around the frame and the paint started to fall onto the floor, the space in the corridor was too small, Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to go downstairs first. Thinking of main characters in novels, the one that killed zombies not melon slices [TLN: ???], reaching a point like this needed extreme caution, truly speechless with a thousand silent tears!! [TLN: May be an idiom, not sure. 뵽С˵ǣһɱɥʬɱв˰ģô͵СССģǧа] Zhang Xiao Qiang tried to rush down to the 5th floor, Tong... the gate had opened, caught by surprise the gate flung open towards him, hitting him with full force, his mouth could taste some sweetness as it filled with blood. A tall dark figure pounced towards him, his mind had no time to think, his body fell to the ground. kuuhhh... squeeaaak the metal gate next to Zhang Xiao Qiang made a loud screeching sound as if it was breaking, arge zombie made several visible scratches on the gate. In that moment, Zhang Xiao Qiang lying on the floor used both his legs to push off the zombies thigh, falling down the stairs to the fourth floor, the individual steps were hitting his back as he fell. He was so nervous he didnt feel any pain, all he could think of was to keep his head raised. thump... was the sound heard as Zhang Xiao Qiang hit a broken sofa that was near the bottom of the stairs, his head was still faint, ROAAR...the zombie upstairs started to rush towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. The zombie had no sight, and was missing a foot, it used its ws to pounce down the stairs. He had no time to think, he gripped his spear with his right hand, and held his crossbow, with the stock resting on the sofa behind him, eyes pinned on the zombie. pu... the triangr spearhead pierced the zombies chest and the zombies momentum was halted by the spear pierce. The spear had reached a point where the water pipe was between the ribs before the zombie had stopped. Zhang Xiao Qiang then started to loosen the spear, rolling the zombie to one side, leaving it on the sofa. He knew that this wouldnt kill the zombie, he got off the floor and at the same time took out his knife, chiak... the knife entered the zombies temple and he twisted the knife before pulling it back out. huf... its done. The clothes that Zhang Xiao Qiang were wearing were thick winter clothes, he was lucky to have no injuries. With the zombie at one side, Zhang Xiao Qiang cleaned the knife with dirt before putting it back in the sheath. cing his feet on the corpse, he ripped out the spear. The zombiey on the ground with its eyes facing the heavens, it was at least 180cm tall and was thick and strong. It was a strength variation of the zombie, its muscles had branches of veins, and its fingernails on its ws had remnants of metal. Leaving it alone, Zhang Xiao Qiang walked into the house that it came out of. Once he entered he smelt the stench of a corpse. He walked into the living room, looked left and right, the house was well decorated. The living room was made of mahogany, there was a huge fish bowl next to the window, but the water in the tank was cloudy, there was only a few dead fish inside. There was a lot of paintings and calligraphy hanging on the walls. Going to the bedroom door, the ground was covered with expensive handmade carpets, there were 2 to 3 skeletons on the ground, by the head of the Simmons bed there was a huge picture framed on the wall, a young husband, with a delicate, lovely wife, there also were lively and beautiful twins. The family of 4 were smiling, the scattered bones and smile corresponded, the sight was particrly cruel!! Next to the bedroom was a study, which was next to the balcony. The ss on the balcony was broken and there was broken ss scattered on the floor. Stepping out onto the balcony, further broke the ss beneath his feet, making clinking sounds. The balcony was soaked from rainwater, making the wooden floor wet and slippery, the paint on the wall also began to fade. Zhang Xiao Qiang seemed to have figured it out, the master mutated, turning into a zombie, killing his wife and children in the bedroom, before they could mutate he ate them. After it started raining, the zombie broke the window so it could catch some rainwater, evolving into the strength zombie that it is now. Zhang Xiao Qiang did a search of the house and realised that the family never cooked at home. The kitchen was empty, there was only a few boxes of milk and 2 cans of coffee, but there was at least half a tank of water on the water dispenser. [TLN: I assume its the tank of a water cooler] He brought these goods back down with him. Chapter 10: Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) TLN: Chinese New Year = CNY Today is Chinese New Year, Zhang Xiao Qiangs first Chinese New Year since the apocalypse, a lonely Chinese New Year. Reminiscing back to when he was younger, everyone in the home would get up early to prepare Chinese New Year goods, Zhang Xiao Qiang would take a warm shower and put on new clothes, and see his parents prepare a big meal. A rooster drained of blood was lying on the floor weakly kicking, scattered feathers were gently fluttering in the air. Mother had a bucket of hot water ready to scald the rooster. Zhang Xiao Qiang and his sister were looking on while nibbling on melon seeds.Mother raised it, grabbing it by its two legs, the chicken was just hanging upside down, blood dripping along the beak onto the ground, leaving a red trail. The whole rooster from the head to the legs were rotating clockwise, until it made a final effort to break free before finally dying, its wings fluttered in the pail, and some of the boiling water spilled out. Zhang Xiao Qiang and his sister screamed out and hid. Then mother scolded them, loudly reminding them not to dirty their new clothes. On normal days, fathers solemness is hard toe by, never with a serious face. Carrying the te of spring rolls that were wrapped yesterday, keeping it beside the pan while watching the heat, humming an off-key tune, letting Zhang Xiao Qiang and his sister sit nearby singing along. The people on the streets were also in a hurry to get home, wanting to get home a little earlier to spend CNY with their families. When it was night, father took out arge red firecracker and hung it outside. Zhang Xiao Qiang was like a tail behind fathers back, following him around, his sister was hiding behind the door, covering her ears and looking out. crackle cracklethe fireworks started, the family of four sat together, the table had a variety of dishes, father poured himself a cup of rice wine and slowly sipped it. Mother was holding a rice bowl talking, about how they needed to get up early tomorrow to visit grandma. Zhang Xiao Qiang and his sister were eating the food inrge mouthfuls, eyes looking at the table, darting between the dishes. after the big meal, the parents cleared the table, zhang xiao qiang and his sister sat near the white charcoal fire, eating melon seeds looking out at the y night event. Father was now sitting in the middle with a cup of tea, taking a sip from time to time, when Chen Pei Si appeared on the screen, zhang xiao qiang and his sisterughed heartily, the parents had smiles on their faces. Thiking of the past, and of the current siatuion, a sadness filled his heart. The apocalyptic CNY made Zhang Xiao Qiang feel great loneliness, looking at his phone by his pillow, he wished that someone would send him a happy CNY greetings text, even if it was just a 1008 telmunication advertisement!!! The phone remained silent, feelings of despair started to grow, the growing loneliness was going to make him go crazy, he picked up the phone and threw it on the ground. [My dads not a phone!] pa da...the phone hit the ground and split into 3 parts, the main body, the battery, and the back cover. It did a staggered bounce before falling back down and rolling to one side. Zhang Xiao Qiang held his head and sat on the edge of the bed, nkly staring at the phone!!! Not knowing how long had past, his emotions started to stabilize, he picked up the bottle next to theputer and gave it a shake, watching the cockroach inside cheerfully running around, Zhang Xiao Qiangs mood started to improve again. At least he was alive, at least he could stand here and leisurely toy with the cockroach, his luck was better than at least 90% of the worlds, and he could still breathe this air that probably wasnt fresh. haha!!!!!!! Zhang Xiao Qiangughed at himself, he always thought he was an experienced recluse, never had any empathy, why did he suddenly feel all moody and mncholic at the end of the world? It was CNY today, Chinas most important event, why couldnt he celebrate it himself? And so he did, Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at his watch, it was almost noon, he started to get busy, he used the bottled water and started to boil it, he took the luxury of a bath, this was the first time he had a bath since the apocalypse. After being refreshed he put on some clean clothes, discarding the dirty water from the bath and entered the living room. A bowl of boiled fish, a dish of pork braised in brown sauce, a bowl of steamed egg and a big bowl of cabbage soup. Normally this would just be a simple meal, but in an apocalypse this was a luxurious dinner on the table. He ced 3 extra sets of utensils on the table, for his sister and parents, next to his fathers chopsticks was a ss filled with rice wine, he also poured a cup for himself of Great Wall Cabe Sauvignon and slowly sipped. He unconsciously finished a bottle of wine, the depression in his heart made him want to drink more. Picking up the bottle of rice wine, he started pouring it in his mouth. He drank half the bottle, his eyes were blurry and he felt like he had returned to the past, the whole family sitting around, mother was talking about some family gossip, with father ignoring all of it, but holding the cup and slowly swirling it, reaching for some food with his chopsticks to go with the wine, and his sister at the side asking for a new pair of shoes. Zhang Xiao Qiang woke to an intense headache, he slowly got off his bed, the cold air made him feel chilly, the picked up a water bottle and finished it off, to deal with a nights worth of dry mouth. The leftovers from yesterday were heated in an microwave, and eaten for breakfast. He had too much liquorst night, his mouth was left with a bitter taste, he couldnt taste what he was having for breakfast. Following his routine of practicing thrusts, afterpleting his morning tasks he took a break. Taking out his MP9 military crossbow, he stood by the windowsill practicing his aim, 8 steel marbles have been used for this practice, but he was not willing to use the 6 arrows, because it would be hard to get back after shooting it. After dozens of attempts his aim was significantly better, at least he wasnt just shooting towards the east all the time. The MP9 sniper crossbow had its crosshairs trained at one of the agile type evolution zombies. The zombie was just loitering, his MP9 was slowly following the zombies movement. The zombie under his crosshair started moving, rushing over in a single direction. Was something happening? Zhang Xiao Qiang put down the sniper crossbow, and picked up the 10x binocrs and looked through it. In the sights, he could see one zombie pounced on an agile zombie, then the normal zombies nearby also started to move towards them. Zombies were infighting???Zhang Xiao Qiang held the binocrs in a daze! The binocrs pointed at the zombie being attacked. This was a variation of the agile zombie type, it looked better than the normal agile zombie; it was more flexible, around 1.4 metres tall, significantly smaller than normal zombies. It bent back with quick movements and the other zombies couldnt catch it. It was holding something in its two hands and eating it. At first Zhang Xiao Qiang couldnt see what it was eating, it was only when it faced him did he see it, he could see a mouse tail exposed in its hand. The mouse was not big, so the disturbance wasnt long, after the mouse had been eaten, the zombies settled down. Looking at the slightly stronger agile zombie return to the other side of the street, there was a row of old houses, there was a sewer in the corner, the mouse must have came out of there. so D Virus was only effective on human beings. Zhang Xiao Qiang thought. He saw that agile zombie quietly waiting by the sewer, rting it to the strength type zombie that he killed a few days back. D virus in the rainnding on the flesh and blood of the zombies cause them evolve?? Zhang Xiao Qiang finally had some understanding of why they started to evolve. Just a reminder to please like our Facebook page at C every 200 likes is a bonus chapter! Chapter 11: Big Dog Big Dog TLN: Author switches between 1st and 3rd person 1st Person I continued to live a simple life in this no longer noisy city. My life was; wake up, train, eat, continue training, eat, train again, eat, have a bit of leisure time and then sleep. Large amounts of training everyday has caused me to go through my food supplies quickly. Sometimes I even forget the reason for all this training. I just mindlessly and mechanically exercise. Without the inte and without keeping track of the days, I didnt know what else to do other than train. I coudnt just sit idly because once I do that, I would start to think stupid thoughts and be trapped in that mindset all day long. Other than feeling tired like a dead dog, what else is there to do? Everyday after training, taking the binocrs to the window to watch the zombies is one of my few forms of entertainment. Yesterday was 18th of Feb, which was my birthday. It was my first apocalyptic birthday. It was very ordinary and when I thought of it, it served only as reminder that I was one year older. I couldnt really remember what life was like before the apocalypse. It felt like the life now was real and everything before was nothing but a dream, disappearing after he woke up. Looking out at the zombies outside the window, I was extremely bored so I started giving the zombies names. The ordinary zombies were called Cannon Fodder, the power type zombies were called Titan, D zombie for short, the agile zombies were called sh and S zombie for short. Maybe I just have poor taste! That S zombie that likes eating rats is still in front of the sewer, but it had be stronger. It looked more flexible... Looks like more rats have met their fate. This zombie seemed to be continuing to evolve; its height was still 1.4m, its arm length was longer, its palm was now at ankle level and 5 sharp points were on his ws like shiny ck daggers. There wasnt a single zombie within 15m of it. If a zombie identally entered its territory, it would make a low warning growl. The way I see it, the S zombie and D zombies on the street all started to evolve after eating human flesh. If they continued to eat more flesh, then they will continue to evolve. S zombies will be S2 types and S3 types, or even higher to S4,S5 or S6 type. D zombies will also evolve simrly. There was only less than 10% of the human kind left behind, so those zombies that cant get any human flesh will attack other creatures. 6.3 billion or more zombies eating all the worlds creatures. Thinking about this made meugh bitterly. A zombie could evolve to live under water. If this really happened, then all that would be left on Earth are the zombies and insects. Im going to get these stupid ideas out of my head. I continued to observe the zombies. After looking for a while I felt bored and was getting ready to leave and start preparing dinner when I noticed the zombies started rushing to the end of the street. Survivors??? I quickly picked up my binocrs and looked over. The zombies were crowded together in the distance. It wasnt a very good viewing angle. I felt anxious and I didnt want to go to the roof, but I felt like I was missing something. There was almost no more zombies downstairs as they were all crowded at the end of the street. From afar an S zombie could be seen in the middle of the crowd jumping up and down. A few D zombies from outside of the crowd pushed their way in, causing some zombies to fall, forming a few straight lines. The fallen zombies on the straight lines were then tramples by the rest of the zombies. Seeing this, I know that unless the survivors were using a tank, they wont survive. The distant crowd of zombies that were pushing and shoving were a mess! That unlucky soul must not just be a pile of bones!!! Suddenly.. Two ck figures shot out from the zombies. In the sight, he could see two huge Soviet Red dogs [TLN: They are actual dogs.Ȯ]. One left and one right facing the surrounding zombies. One had a zombie arm dangling in its mouth, taking advantage of the time the zombies needed to climb after it to gnaw freely on the food. The other was outside the zombie crowd carefully pacing back and forth, looking to find prey. I know that Shan Dong is where Soviet Red dogs are bred the most. S zombies ran to the front. The S zombie that liked to eat rats ran in front of the other zombies. Making a shoouu.. sound, one of the dogs were pounced on by the zombies in front of it. The zombies used their ws to severely grab onto the front legs of the dog. The dog didnt care. It bit off the zombies arm and ran off with it. The other dog just finished eating. It rushed down to the zombies body and tore of arge chunk of meat before running off. The two dogs were running and jumping between the zombies... Looking at it seemed silly. FUCK... This year, dogs are better off than people!!! Imented. In my opinion these dogs were also infected, but it didnt turn into a zombie dog, but instead evolved into a really big dog. It was 1.6m tall and 2m long. If it had a head of a horse I would think it was a horse. These damn zombies, these damn dogs, this damn apocalypse I cursed under my voice. The more I thought about it, the worse I felt. I was almost killed by that damn rainwater, which was even more terrible than the 10 greatest torture techniques of the Qing Dynasty. Ive suffered and felt pain without gaining any benefits. I dont know if I have immunity against the D virus. I dont dare to go find a zombie to test it. Feeling extreme bitterness, I used my tone deaf and broken voice to sing a song. ˵ˣ벻 ˵˽ֻԼ һ紵 ҡڲ͵ͷ ҺȻһ㹦 㴥Ҫ îֻϵù ̫ Խ˵Խ ԽԽͿ װں ˵ ҪеĹ ÿζСһ ҺȻһ㹦 㴥Ҫ îֻϵù ̫ Խ˵Խ ԽԽͿ װں ˵ ҪеĹ ÿζСһ Խ˵Խ ԽԽͿ װں ˵ ҪеĹ ÿζСһ [TLN: This is an actual song, if you want to listen to it, . Its an angsty song about a person that is basically toxic. If you really want it tranted, I can do it but itll be literal and I doubt youll be able to sing to it >.>] Feeling a little better I went downstairs. Outside the window, the two big dogs seemed to have finished their meal. They were no longer hunting and were just wandering around. The 200+ zombies from the street have been gathered together, surrounding these two dogs and forming a circle around them. hahahaha!!! Iughed gloating, You pushed your luck too far, where can you run this time? If I couldnt eat the grapes, then I hope the fool that does eat them gets poisoned! I thought while anxiously staring out the window. [TLN: the grapes saying is him saying if I cant have a good thing, then no one can I believe] The space around the dogs was getting smaller. The zombies were closing in. I was upstairs getting increasingly happy. Ohwoooo!! the slightly bigger dog howled. Its limb pressed against the ground, spewing white gas towards the zombie in front of it. After 2 seconds, the dozens of zombies that were hit by the white gas stopped moving. The two dogs then burst through the zombies that couldnt move, heading out of sight. Looking at the zombies that were knocked on the ground, I was just stupidly standing there, not moving. It was like my brain was turned to mush. Magic??? Sorcery??? It seemed like half a day passed by before I said those words. Chapter 12: The Cat That Really Looks Like A Leopard The Cat That Really Looks Like A Leopard [TLN: Looks like its back to 3rd person] Zhang Xiao Qiang was stupidly standing next to the window sill, nkly staring downstairs. The gathered zombies started to scatter in all directions, once again spreading along the street. The ones with missing legs were left writhing on the ground and those frozen by the big dogs began to get up from the ground, continuing to wander. What happened to this world??? Zhang Xiao Qiang asked. With no one there to answer him, if TV stations still existed, those experts that were still alive would be interested. From all areas of knowledge, experts would try and exin the new discovery. All big TV stations and all big news stations will cause a bigmotion. all right.... Zhang Xiao Qiang rubbed his face, Its an apocalyptic world, the virus hase, the zombies have evolved so dogs having abilities isnt that strange. he exined to himself. The days go by one at a time. Although he never missed a training session, sometimes he couldnt really find the motivation to stick to it. Him wanting to bezy, would unconsciously walk to the window, looking at the zombies below and ask himself: Do you want to be a zombie? If you dont want to train then go! Go downstairs and find them. Go and be one of them. No need to be afraid of the days toe and you dont need to be afraid of not having food and will never need to be afraid of being alone!! Every time he got to this point, Zhang Xiao Qiang would turn around and train even harder. The fat in his body had began to turn into strong muscles. Looking at his six pack, he started to tear up: How many years has it been? How many years has it been since Ive seen abs on my body? Afterpleting todays weight training and resting a bit, he finished smoking a cigarette and started cooking. Looking at what he supplies he had left, it wouldnt be able tost longer than a week. Need to go out and look for food. Zhang Xiao Qiang was thinking while making food. The other day, killing the D zombie made him have psychological doubts. After finishing his meal, Zhang Xiao Qiang would always turn on hisputer and y some singleyer games. The boot sound rang out and then hisputer went ck. The lights in the house also turned off. The fuse is blown? Zhang Xiao Qiang had a reaction. However after looking around for his mobile phone he started to look for the fuse. Only after half a day did he realise that the city power grid after working for three more months, is down. The whole city plunged into darkness. Zhang Xiao Qiang sat on his bed looking out the dark empty night outside the window. He was surrounded by silence, he could hear his own heartbeat. asionally the noise of empty cans being kicked by a zombie could be heard from down stairs. That sound woulde from far away in the silent night, very far away. Zhang Xiao Qiang sat there silently. It felt like he had never been this quiet before. Thinking back as far as he could, he became sleepy and fell asleep. Zhang Xiao Qiang opened his eyes. Yet another new day had begun. Without electricity, the induction cooker wont work so he thought about ns for the future while eating the cold rice leftover from yesterday. I cant live on like this. Without electricity, without cooking ability and without food one can only slowly starve to death If Im fast I should be able to rush over. FUCK, I dont know where those two dogs ran off to! Trying to run out of the city from the streets is undoubtedly too hard. Even just downstairs, there are nearly 200 zombies. The two big dogs that appeared a few days ago have been here twice more then disappeared again after eating a few zombies. The car park for the flower garden downstairs had quite a few sedans but Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt know how to drive. Even if he got the car keys he still wouldnt be able to drive them. So far he can only ride bicycles. Hes only ridden those scooters with small wheels and a small motor twice. He couldnt think of anything. He didnt want to think anymore. Just prepare the supplies first before thinking! Zhang Xiao Qiang emptied his backpack and put it on. Checking his waist for the army knife, he carried the MP9 military sniper bow on his back, picked up his spear and went out. Reaching the tform, he looked around. He felt like each zombie had its own territory. Its been 3 months and still no zombies came up to the tform. He went to the tforms stairway entrance and looked at the garden. Whats happening here??? The zombies in the flower garden were all gone. There were many bones just scattered across the ground, Where are the zombies? Zhang Xiao Qiang quietly said. He slowly walked down the stairs to the garden. Spring was still not here yet. The vines on the pavilion had a few growing buds. The few remaining dead leaves set a depressing scene. There was dry grass on thewn messily scattered everywhere. The garden had piles of bones, creating a stunningly strange scenery! Zhang Xiao Qiang walked into the garden. There was a strange smell and a sense of curiosity filled his heart. Feels like something is watching me. Zhang Xiao Qiang said to himself. All of a sudden, he felt some fear. Last time, it was this feeling that made him rush into the rain. The consequence of that was unbearable pain and it also made him feel inhuman. He regretted what he did after the event. Zhang Xiao Qiang stood in the garden and observed his surroundings, trying to find out what he was smelling. Ultimately, he didnt find anything. He just carefully moved towards the canteen, taking the tiger tooth army knife from the scabbard to ensure he can use it at anytime. Taking out the MP9 military sniper crossbow, he loaded a steel arrow to prepare for use at anytime. He held the knife in one hand and the crossbow in the other, keeping on alert. Only until reaching the canteen did Zhang Xiao Qiang let out a sigh of air. Without anyone tidying the ce for months, the canteen let out a musty smell. Zhang Xiao Qiang took as much instant food with high calories as possible; chocte, ham, and tins of canned beef, also taking a few bottles of water, a few cigarettes, and after putting in a few lighters, nothing else would fit anymore! Lifting it, it was only about 20 pounds. He easily put it on his back and started to head home. The feeling of being watched felt stronger when returning. After walking onto the tform he could feel an intimidating chill from his tailbone all the way to the top of his head. His strange sixth sense kept warning him. The garden area felt dangerous. Zhang Xiao Qiang slowly started to walk to the house and the feeling of danger grew strong and stronger. When he reached the middle of the tform the feeling was at its peak. Zhang Xiao Qiang slowly removed the backpack, carefully cing it on the ground. The spear on the bag allowed him to pick it up easily. Using both hands to hold the sniper crossbow he pointed it in the direction of the stairs. A ck and beautiful leopard appeared on the crosshairs of the sight. On its head, it had two red eyes shing like hazard lights. It bared its whitish yellowish fangs to show its savageness. Its 2m long and 1.2m tall body seemed to hide dangerous strength, ready to burst out at any moment. There were sharp wsing out of its padded feet tightly pressing against the cement floor. FUCK, how did the leopard from the zoo get here?! Why does it look familiar? he thought. Zhang Xiao Qiang took aim at the leopards head, ready to pull the trigger. When its whole bodyid onto the tform, he felt dumbfounded. This leopard was beginning to look more and more like the fat cat from his neighbours home. Chapter 13: Cat or Leopard? Cat or Leopard? In that moment he really didnt know if it was a fat leopard that looked like a cat or a fat cat that looked like leopard. It suddenly rushed towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. He tightened his finger, pulled the trigger and an arrow fired out. In the blink of an eye a great force knocked him sideways. He rolled a couple times on the ground to disperse the momentum and got up. The leopard was 7-8m away, prowling around Zhang Xiao Qiang. It had a steel bolt stuck in its shoulder. Zhang Xiao Qiang threw aside the sniper crossbow and picked up his spear and went back and forth with it. His right shoulder felt a numbing pain. Using his peripheral vision to see, the clothing on his right shoulder was torn to bits. There were 3 deep bleeding wounds that were 5-6 cm long. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt bother with the wound and fixed his eyes on the leopard. If he didnt hit it with his crossbow, forcing it back, it would be at his throat right now. The leopard lowered its head. It walked around him lightly and with agility. It made a purring noise with its throat. It was intently looking for Zhang Xiao Qiangs weaknesses, ready to deal the fatal blow. Zhang Xiao Qiang kept facing it. He was following its movements. Gripped by the tenseness, he loss track of time, and he couldnt feel any pain from his wound. Atst, it couldnt take it anymore and rushed towards him. The countless thrust exercises have finallye into y. The head of the spear thrusted towards its head at lightning speed. At the same time, its head tilted down. The spearhead moved past its ears and stabbed its back, drawing blood from its beautiful fur. Zhang Xiao Qiang was also knocked to the ground by its great strength. Zhang Xiao Qiang rolled face up, but before he could get up, the leopard was already rushing towards him. He gripped the spear with both hands. He pointed the spear at the leopard in the air, waiting for it to stab itself. The leopard already had rushed before him, it could see that it was going to be stabbed by the spear. So unbeknownst to Zhang Xiao Qiang, it moved its lightweight body in the air and flew over Zhang Xiao Qiangs head, with the spearhead lightly grazing its hind legs. Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately stood up and faced the leopard. The leopard, taking advantage of him not fully standing rushed towards him. However, this time the leopard didnt jump into the air to attack but lowered its body, rushing for his thigh. All that can be said is that the leopards battle instincts are too sharp. It has evaded the few times hed done his spear thrusts and every time it would take advantage of his weakness to attack him. In the blink of an eye, the leopard rushed in front of Zhang Xiao Qiang. Kill!!! This cry did note out of his voice. It came from his banging heart in his chest. With his whole body revitalized, he thrusted the spear in his hands towards the leopards head. Like the previous attempt, just before the spear connected, the leopard lowered its head and once again it moved across its back, removing some fur. Zhang Xiao Qiang was pulled to the ground by the leopards tail. His shins were aching, but he didnt have time to check if the bone was broken. Once again, he raised the spear, pointing it at the leopard and sure enough, the leopard rushed towards him while he was down, with its eyes fixed on his throat! Zhang Xiao Qiang held his spear like before, pointing it at the leopards head. The leopard was just a moment before colliding with it when it jumped aside, not wanting to suffer any more loss. Zhang Xiao Qiang got up. Just like the beginning, he faced the leopard once again. His shoulder was hot with pain. His shins had fractured bones which kept tormenting his pain receptors. A cold sweat continually flowed along his cheeks. He ignored everything else, the only thing in his eyes was this catlike leopard like monster. Even if it was a tiger it wouldnt be this strong!! The bolt lodged in its shoulder des seem to be causing it pain. The leopard was getting increasingly agitated. Its scarlet eyes were shing red with hatred for Zhang Xiao Qiang. Hate? It surprised Zhang Xiao Qiang with its human-like emotions! He continued to press on. It was like a dog attacking a hedgehog. Any given opening can be used to deal a bit more damage. Zhang Xiao Qiang was like using a feather nket to hit a rabbit: it was unlikely to hit. Now this kind of gave Zhang Xiao Qiang a headache as he cant beat it, cant run away, not even free to move as he was afraid of revealing a weakness. He used his peripheral vision to find the crossbow. Cant... Zhang Xiao Qiang and the leopard had been fighting for a few rounds. The battle was getting further and further away from his backpack. Using the sniper crossbow to scare it away is a hopeless n as well! Now he could only hope that it will go away on its own. The leopard had been circling Zhang Xiao Qiang for an unknown amount of times. Zhang Xiao Qiang had also been facing the leopard for an unknown amount of time. Now, his whole body was aching. Only his heart was unyieldingly beating. The leopards eye looked more and more dangerous. It also grew impatient. Zhang Xiao Qiang also felt the strain and knew he couldnt keep going much longer. You TMD [TLN: Not sure what it stands for] want to fight? Come fight quickly. Want to run then run now. Dawdling around here is really annoying! Zhang Xiao Qiang scolded it in his mind. At this point the leopards patience ran out. He still had no n after watching Zhang Xiao Qiang for so long. It was angry! Ahwooo.... The leopard made a low growl. As Zhang Xiao Qiang heard it, it sounded like the fat cat from next door. But why do these circumstances feel so familiar? FUCKFUCKFUCK... Zhang Xiao Qiang yelled under his breath. The spear that he was holding with a death grip was knocked away. Now both his hands were holding his head like a zy donkey rolling back, not thinking about anything. He couldnt think about anything! He was only desperately rolling away! A burning me from behind him sprayed over and in a short time, he had reached the edge of the fire. Other than burning some hair, there were only a few burns on his face. After a few more rolls the me on his clothes were extinguished. After the spray of mes, it became dull. When it saw that Zhang Xiao Qiang had no spear in his hands, it rushed towards him. [TLN: I have no idea where the mees from, it just suddenly explodes.] Seeing the leopard rushing towards him, Zhang Xiao Qiang drew his tiger toothed knife and tried to estimate the distance between them. Closer. Closer. When it was 5m apart, the leopard mmed its hind feet into the ground and lunged towards him. In the moment before it bit Zhang Xiao Qiang, following the posture of his daily lunge training, he lowered his body and gripped the knife in his right hand. The cutting edge was moving forwards with the knife tip facing up. His left hand was supporting the back of the knife, with the de tilted forwards. The pressure went from the de tip to the cutting edge then to the wrist. Then, the resistancepletely disappeared. The leopard lightly fell onto the ground behind him. He turned to look at it. Then in the next moment,all kinds of organs fell out of its body flopping onto the ground. The leopard took 3-4 steps towards Zhang Xiao Qiang before falling to the ground, twitching. sigh.... Zhang Xiao Qiang let out a deep breath. He walked to the leopards body and looked at it. No matter how he looked at it, it still looked like the fat cat that Zhang Xiao Qiang released from the kitchen two months ago. Zhang Xiao Qiang still remembered seeing it when it was running away. Could it be that the cat had mutated to be this size? Thinking of this, Zhang Xiao Qiang then kicked it really hard with one foot; Ungrateful fool, had I knew this would happen, I would have just left you in the kitchen to starve The knife had cut from its throat all the way to its asshole. The ground was getting bloody. Serves it right Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to recover his spear as his life today depended on it. FUCKFUCKFUCK Zhang Xiao Qiang yelled at the dead cat as he looked at the spear. The three pointed file had been burnt into charcoal and the galvanized pipes were burning red and a little deformed. After all the sweat and blood, seeing it turned into this, how could he not be angry? Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled out the knife, wanting to cut up the cat into 8 pieces. One slice, two slice and still, he continued to stab the corpse. Suddenly he stabbed something hard that shook his arm numb, Was it bone? He cut it out. An irregr triangr object was exposed. It was the size of a fist. Picking it up, it was covered in blood, but it felt really hard. Cats also had cartge??? Zhang Xiao Qiang picked up the hot spear. After putting on his backpack and retrieving the MP9 he went home, carrying the cat cartge. After closing the iron gates, his heart was rxed. He could feel the strength in his body disappearing. He felt weak and dizzy. He used thest of his strength to climb into bed, then he didnt know what else to do. Chapter 14: Massive Meal Massive Meal Zhang Xiao Qiang woke up. He was woken up by something. Yesterday, fiercely fighting with the evolved cat used up all his strength and energy. He couldnt remember anything of what he did after he got home. His belly was on fire and a simr feeling was stimting his taste buds. There was only one thing on his mind, eat. Zhang Xiao Qiang ran to the living room, grabbing the bag and opened the zipper. He poured everything onto the ground. All kinds of food, cigarettes and mineral water were scattered all over the floor. He knelt on the ground, picking up a bar of chocte, opening it and shoving it into his mouth. He didnt chew. He swallowed it in one mouthful. Various food packaging bags were constantly falling onto the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiangs hunger was controlling his mind. He only knew how to tear open wrappers and shove food in his mouth. The ground was filled with all kinds of torn wrappers and empty metal cans. The food slowly reduced until itpletely disappeared. The feeling of hunger grew stronger and stronger. He ran into the kitchen, opening the rice bag and scooped out raw rice, shoving it in his mouth. His mouth was chewing and making crunching sounds. The dry broken rice was making his throat sore as he swallowed, causing him to choke and roll his eyes. He didnt even get the chance to drink some water. He was just continually shoving food in his mouth. When there was only 5kg of rice left in the bag, he was satisfied. Raw eggs were cracked open. Egg white, egg yolk and egg shells were all swallowed. Chinese cabbage; he didnt care if it was the leaf or the stem, he ate them both. He was like a hungry locust, crazily eating any kind of food that he could see. When he couldnt find any more food, he slowly came back to his senses. It looked like a devil had been there, raiding the entire kitchen. Did I do this? Zhang Xiao Qiang was sluggish. What just happened to him felt like a dream. Not remembering anything after waking up. What was enough for half a month was finished. Whatever the taste, whatever the texture he couldnt remember it. With all that food in his stomach, his stomach still didnt feel bloated. It still felt like he wasnt full yet! Maybe my digestive system is mutated? Zhang Xiao Qiang was baffled. He couldnt understand and was toozy to figure it out. This was also his greatest advantage, he never had toe to a dead end. [TLN: I think it means that he would never get stuck in a certain mindset] The slight tickle on his right shoulder reminded Zhang Xiao Qiang of yesterday. He was wounded. The clothing and wound were stuck together. It was dried and stuck to his body. He carefully took off his shirt and used a wet rag to clean out the wound, slowing revealing it. It cant be? There are too many things that have surprised Zhang Xiao Qiang today. He clearly remembered that yesterday, there was a wound up to half an inch deep on his shoulder. It was 5-6 cm long. Now the wound was a closed, dark brown scar. It seemed like with gentle removal, the dark dried blood would naturally fall off, not leaving a trace of injury. Im superhuman now? Zhang Xiao Qiang was surprised by his own healing ability. Could it be that after being affected by the rain, his healing ability was enhanced several times? Isnt that spoken of in legends? The <>? he let his thoughts run wild. At least I dont need to be afraid of being hurt? Thinking of all the food that he ate, he wanted to yell. Or maybe I shouldnt get hurt anymore, otherwise I would gain a zombie-like appetite, Thinking of this he got a chill. He didnt bother with the wound anymore. He started to check the burnt spear. The galvanized pipe was a little deformed but still could be used. Some pieces of wood could be attached to the head of the pipe. After securing it with some nails, he tested it in his hands, Its alright And the MP9 sniper bow was put together with the weird tooth, <> that caught Zhang Xiao Qiangs attention. Holding it in his hands, they were covered in dirt. After using some water to wash it clean, it looked like some kind of red quartz, with a mottled dark colour along with a rugged form. It was somewhat warm to the touch. The longer it was held the higher the temperature. Can it be used to heat water? Zhang Xiao Qiang thought as he put it into his pockets. There was no food left in the house, he needed to go look for more. No electricity, no food and the canteen downstairs is quickly running out of food. I can no longer stay at home, I need to escape Zhang Xiao Qiang resolved. Zhang Xiao Qiang would rather stay at home if possible. Because this ce had nomunications, no media and no people, there nothing to gain here. Outside there was many dangers: countless zombies and variations of dangerous cunning animals but there was also an unpredictable future. Picking up his spear and opening the iron gate, he went out to look for food. He walked to the entrance of the stairs and saw the mutated cats body. There were 19 zombies tearing at its corpse. A thick smell of blood and stench came over. There were 2 S zombies and 6 D zombies there. Zhang Xiao Qiangs appearance gathered the attention of the zombies. The two S zombies were already starting to rush towards him. He didnt have much time to think. He turned and ran away from the zombies that were running towards him. The two S zombies were close behind Zhang Xiao Qiang. After running a path of half an arc he looked back. The S zombies were even closer. The six D zombies were still back there, not having a reaction. S zombies run faster than me Zhang Xiao Qiang was a little worried. The S zombies were only 3-4 steps away. They were about to catch up. Fight. He put his right foot down and his left foot took half a step back. He suddenly twisted and thrusted. Kill! Zhang Xiao Qiang yelled. The spear pierced the zombies forehead. He swiftly twisted the spear around and pulled it out. The other S zombie was already right before him. It swung at Zhang Xiao Qiangs face. He took half a step back with his right foot, avoiding the zombie by turning his body. A dried and skinny arm carrying a stench waved past his nose. Then he put his hands in the air and drew a circle, mming the back of the zombie before him. The zombie fell forward to the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang took a few steps forwards and killed it with the spear. Zhang Xiao Qiang breathed a sigh of relief. The six D zombies were just stepping towards him at normal speed. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt dare to be careless. Bringing the 6 D zombies in a circle, he wanted to lure them and kill them one by one. Too bad zombies only instinctively follow him which allowed him this opportunity. Zhang Xiao Qiang stole a nce at the corpse of the cat. The body was mutted. There were still a few ordinary zombies eating, Ive got a n Zhang Xiao Qiang would lead the 6 D zombies to his side. As expected, the D zombies and the normal zombies collided, causing amotion. Zhang Xiao Qiang decided to take advantage of the rare opportunity. Rushing behind one of the D zombies, he thrusted his spear. He then retracted his spear and the D zombie fell to the ground, pinning a normal zombie onto the ground. The rest of the D zombies walked past the cat corpse and started walking towards him. He didnt have time to kill a second one. Zhang Xiao Qiang brought the remainder of the D zombies around. 5 of them, 4, 3, 2, and after thest one had been dealt with, Zhang Xiao Qiang leaned on his spear to catch his breath. There were 7 zombies remaining. One of them was still pinned onto the ground by the dead D zombie. With the fierce fight that had just urred, it didnt gather their attention. Other than flesh, they didnt care about anything else. Even with Zhang Xiao Qiang standing behind them he was still unnoticed. Zhang Xiao Qiang stabbed them to death one by one. Looking over on the tform, there were 15 zombies that were scattered everywhere, giving Zhang Xiao Qiang a sense of aplishment. The zombies on the street were lead here by the smell of blood Zhang Xiao Qiang came to a conclusion. After resting, he prepared to go downstairs to look for food. He walked over to the entrance of the stairway and saw hundreds of zombies downstairs. Chapter 15: Preparations Before Departure Preparations Before Departure Zhang Xiao Qiang became dull after looking downstairs. Could it be that all the zombies on the streets hade here? The small space downstairs was crowded full of zombies. Where the stairs met the tform, the ground was nted. The stairs entered the main building and creates an angle. Hundreds of zombies were all squeezed at the end of the nt. A few of the zombies at the edge of the group smelt Zhang Xiao Qiang and started heading towards him. Having just experienced a fierce fight, his body was getting weak. After thinking about killing a few hundred zombies, he decided that he might tire himself to death, so he returned home, bitterly thinking of a n. Downstairs outside the window, the streets were empty. There were only a few zombies with broken legs crawling around. The zombie that liked eating rats, that was possibly still evolving was among them. There was also one where its thigh had only bone left, as the big mutant dog took a bite. At that time, it was the fiercest one. It was running the fastest, so naturally, now it looked miserable. What can I do? Use fire? I dont have any gas and even if I used cooking oil, I dont have much of it!!! Use the sniper crossbow? I only have 6 bolts. Ive got 40 steel balls left but at most I can kill a quarter of them, what about the other three quarters? What if I ignore the zombies and used a rope to get from the window to downstairs? But how do I get over the protective fence as I dont have any equipment. Cover my entire body with thick clothing and rush out? Zhang Xiao Qiang shuddered and shook his head. Thats just asking to be killed They have no sight, an average hearing ability and a strong sense of smell. Zhang Xiao Qiang started to sum up. Zombies are sensitive to flesh up to 1000m away. All the zombies that were within a 1000m radius were downstairs. Strong sense of smell... Zhang Xiao Qiang continued to speak aloud. They can smell things that are up to 1000m away, meaning that the olfactory organs are developed. It means what they smell is precise, which means it is vulnerable to being damaged. Ive got it to Zhang Xiao Qiang, the more sensitive the sense of smell, the more important it is to the body. When the zombies are mutating, their sensory organs are developed unevenly as there is an over reliance on smell. The stronger the sense of smell, then the more it will affect the zombies bodies. The sense of smell is the zombies radar, if it is lost, then they will just be like headless flies! He couldnt make a molotov, but making a few homemade gas bombs should be no problem. If I can think of it, I can do it. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked towards the kitchen. After a short while, there were a few gas bombs before him. The mainponent was dry hot pepper with some cinnamon pepper wrapped with sheets into a ball, topped with peanut oil. (At the time of making, he almost added in some bean paste, luckily he came back to his senses.) In addition, he separately wrapped some ck pepper in some newspaper. Preparing to leave, the mutant cat body had gathered 7-8 more zombies. They were probably the ones that followed Zhang Xiao Qiang. He didnt bother with them as there are still a whole bunch of bodies around. It should be enough for them to eat for a while! Zhang Xiao Qiang returned to the entrance of the stairway. The zombies were still crowded downstairs. The zombies on the outer side once again started to stagger towards him. He then threw the pepper wrapped in newspaper at the group. The newspaper opened up midair and the ck pepper inside spread out. The ck pepper in the air created a grey fog that slowly covered their bodies. Not long after, the whole group started to go crazy. Zhang Xiao Qiang then lit the homemade gas bomb and threw it into the group of zombies. In moments the group of zombies were enveloped in a cloud of thick smoke. Zhang Xiao Qiang could even smell the odour of the tear gas standing at the top of the tform, which says something about the zombies downstairs. The group of zombies were acting like they had poked a hos nest as they were mindlessly running around. The zombies were pushing each other, scramming about. others that were gassed were scratching and biting the zombies around them. Some zombies were knocked to the ground, then over a 100 legs stepped on it, submerging them into the group. Zhang Xiao Qiang, from the tform looked on. Seeing this kind of scene was rare and was a wonderful refreshing sight. The zombie group downstairs ran away with not a single one left. The 10 remaining zombies were the ones that were paralysed as they were trampled by the zombie group. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked back to see those few zombies that were around the mutant cat body still munching. Seeing this, he tightened his grip on the spear. Standing near the canteen, the floor was filled with bags. Zhang Xiao Qiang picked up cookies and started eating. Every now and then he took arge drink of mineral water. In the morning, he hadpletely finished all the food in the house and he still wasnt satisfied. After that, he killed over 10 zombies. He was exhausted and felt even more hungry, so now he was just standing in the canteen, eating to replenish his strength. The biscuits on the shelves were quickly consumed. When it was thest biscuit remaining, he greedily scanned the food shelves. There were only 8 full bags left he said with some regret. The small store was never really big, so after looting it a few times most of the shelves were nowpletely empty. They were only left with a few dozen packets of instant noodles and some rice noodles, but there was still a lot of seasoning. Not wanting to leave anything behind he stuffed it all in his backpack. Remembering that his house didnt have many cigarettes left, he took a red box of<>, (they were 50 dors before so couldnt afford them but now he cant leave them behind,) and a soft china and went home! Zhang Xiao Qiang prepared to escape the city tomorrow. Now that he had to prepare all his supplies, after going home, the first thing he had to do was to search a few houses to see if he can gather any more food, but unfortunately he only got a handful in return. However, in the military home he found a box of steel balls, and a multi functional folding shovel. The shovel can be used like a pair of pliers. It was hidden under the bed. Lastly, he found a map of the province in the table drawer. He put all the instant noodles first, then the 10 pounds of thai rice, two bundles of noodles and some pickled vegetables. After a few bottles of mineral water and after looking at the backpack, it was only about half full. It can still can pack a lot of things. He added a few more bottles of water. Thinking about it, he went back and put in the beef and chili sauce. After thinking about the ss bottles weight, he found an empty bottle of mineral water and mixed a variety of sauces into it. Then, after packing a number of cigarettes into it he was basically done. Then he found arge military water bottle. It was what his dad used to use when he went hunting. After washing it clean and filling it with water, there wasnt much water left. Who knows whether the water outside has viruses in it. He also found an old military bag that can be used to store the metal lunch boxes from home. The lunch box can be used when cooking along with a small ceramic cup. These were all left by this dad. Zhang Xiao Qiang couldnt help but sigh. Even though the stuff left behind by dad is old, theyre all pieces of treasure. Doing a final check, then thinking for moment, he took the <> in the house and poured it into a stic bottle. He also took 2 bags of salt and a bag of tea, putting them into the bag, Living supplies are ready now. To check the weapons, there were the spear and knife. After using it a dozen times Zhang Xiao Qiang found a tick with the sniper crossbow. He sanded off the protectivecquer from the body of the arrow. It can prevent wear this way. In addition, it can also increase the arrows stability. Just make sure that its lubricated with oil from time to time. Then he finally packed the military shovel and its all OK. He wanted to put the iron hammer and military shovel together, who knows when theylle in handy. When Zhang Xiao Qiang was done preparing it was getting dark. Zhang Xiao Qiang moved a few imitation mahogany chairs against the door, then lit a fire in the living room. A wind blew in through the open window. The fire in the living room started dancing. The room was then dark and bright. The light and darkness were dancing with his thoughts of all the memories, both the good and bad of this house. It was thest night before Zhang Xiao Qiang left. Just a reminder to please like our Facebook page at C every 200 likes is a bonus chapter! Chapter 16: Fighting the way out after being surrounded Fighting the way out after being surrounded Zhang Xiao Qiang woke up in the morning. Looking out the window, the sky was hazy. There was a cool breeze blowing against his face, making ripples in his heart. Zhang Xiao Qiang has moved houses 3 times before. The house hes living in this time has been the longest time. Hes spent half his life here. At first he thought that he would have spent the rest of his life there as well but fates changes. Today he will have to abandon it. After packing his travel bag and checking his weapons. He changed his clothes and went outside, doing onest look around his house. He kept everything in this house firmly in his mind as he doesnt know if he will ever return. He also didnt know what he would face in the future. Walking from the living room to the kitchen to all the way to the bed room and finally touching hisputer, he sighed, In future with noputers or the inte, I forever bid farewell to the title of recluse. Next to theputer was the cockroach in the stic bottle. The cockroach was still at the bottom, ying dead. It seemed to be oblivious to what was happening outside the bottle. Zhang Xiao Qiang picked up the bottle and shook it. The cockroach, being subjected to movement, crawled around, trying to find a way out. Two days without water and food didnt seem to have an impact on it. Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly feltpassion. Cockroaches are so humble, so small, yet so calm in such a desperate situation. It saved up every bit of energy in its body, minimizing energy consumption, silently waiting for the opportunity to escape one day. Even if it is the cockroachs natural instinct, it is this very instinct that he admires. Suddenly Zhang Xiao Qiang had hope for the future, he was no longer worried. I will follow the cockroachs example. I will survive in this apocalypse like the cockroach. Zhang Xiao Qiang told himself. Unscrewing the lid, he poured the cockroach out and it quickly run to a corner. Zhang Xiao Qiang blessed it in his heart May you live on. Zhang Xiao Qiang opened the iron gate and took onest look back at the house then walked out. The iron gates were locked. He wore the key on a string around his neck. It was close to his heart, it will forever be his spiritual guide, the home of his soul. 27th March 2013, its been 90 days since the apocalypse. Zhang Xiao Qiang had officially left the house to face the apocalyptic future. The mutant cat body had already been burnt to ashes. The air was filled with a burnt stench, mixed with the smell of dead bodies. There were still 7-8 zombie bodies scattered across the concrete floor. Zhang Xiao Qiang was toozy to bother with them and started heading downstairs. The zombie crowd from yesterday had already scattered, but there was still 40+ zombies out in the garden. Zhang Xiao Qiang reached downstairs. There were a dozen zombies near him on the ground with bones that were crushed by the zombie crowd. These zombies turned to face him, opening their mouths wide, they released an odor. They wanted to bite him but were unable to climb up. He crossed the floor of zombies and went down the path leading to the street. He used the MP9 Sniper crossbow to take care of any zombies on the street that got in the way. After passing by the 2 mutated dogs hunting, plus the ones that he had killed yesterday on the tform, there were now only a dozen zombies left in the garden. Now within the 1000m was a total of less than 100 zombies, so there was only 1 in a 10m radius. The street that lead to the city centre had been blocked. The end of the street that leads to the outer city would take 3-4 hours walking. There would definitely be zombies on the way there, even though the poption density was low, there still could be tens of thousands! Now he could only just start walking and see. Zhang Xiao Qiang was standing at the centre of the street. He only needed to face the less than 50 zombies at the end of the street. Looking at these zombies, he felt distressed about the remaining steel balls. Even though he had half a pound worth of balls, once used theyll be lost. He needed to at least kill one zombie for each ball. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked along the street carefully, sprinkling some rice wine on his body. The pungent smell of alcohol made him feel a little dizzy, Had I knew this day wasing, I would have learnt to take alcohol better. Zhang Xiao Qiang was carrying the sniper crossbow, carefully tip toeing. He was carefully walking around the broken ss on the ground. The spear was slotted in the leather buckle at the side of the backpack. The tip was pointing up and every now and then it would hit the back of his legs. The smell of the rice wine made it so that zombies outside of a 30m radius couldnt smell him. Too bad it doesnt work if they are any closer. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked past the zombies one at a time, carefully making sure not to rm them. It felt like a live action version of <>. When facing a zombie couldnt be avoided, then he would slowly approach it within the 30m radius and wait for ite closer to him, then he would shoot it with the sniper crossbow at close range to kill it. After the reaching the end of the street he didnt know how many zombies still wanted to eat him. Zhang Xiao Qiang can only try to save every bit of energy, in case of an unknown crisis. When Zhang Xiao Qiang killed the eleventh zombie he was finally at the intersection of the street. He let out a deep bitter sigh. It wasnt easy getting here. The sight before him made him tear up. Going forwards at this intersection was the main road leading to the city. Arge dump truck that was carrying sand had rolled onto the street. Its 8 metre long bodypletely blocked the road. On the left road of is a building material warehouse, which lead into a development area. There were factories over in the development zone. Just one factory alone would have thousands of employees, which are probably all zombies now. Zhang Xiao Qiang going there wouldnt be finding escape but rather be looking for death. On the right road, it had all kinds of small restaurants, all the way until the rivers edge, containing a port. The number of zombies on that street was no less than there were behind him, but all he could do was bite the bullet and go down the street towards the river. The zombie density here was much higher. It took a lot of effort for Zhang Xiao Qiang to walk through here. Sometimes he would have to face 2 zombies at once but he also became more proficient at killing the zombies. He was no longer waiting till they got close. He was killing them from afar. He also managed to kill two D zombies. Luckily, he didnte across any S zombies. The strength of the D zombies didnt matter much to him as they werent facing him, giving him time to aim. But facing S zombies made his heart race. They were too fast. If he wasnt careful, they could easily wound him and if they wounded him he would be one of them. Zhang Xiao Qiang still didnt want to be a zombie. After walking halfway, he stood by a tall ss wall and took a break. crash The ss wall shattered. The air was filled with broken ss. A tall D zombie jumped next to Zhang Xiao Qiang. A massive right swing was heading towards him. He hurriedly ducked and the ws flew through the air above his head, hitting the spear in his backpack. The force went from his backpack to his body, the momentum causing his body to be thrown onto the ground. He was facing the sky. The D zombie then bent forwards and swung its hands down. Zhang Xiao Qiang quickly rolled to the side. bang The ws hit the cement pavement. Bits of debris was flying everywhere and countless bits of sand fell onto his head and into his cor. Zhang Xiao Qiang had been stunned by the zombie. He just kept rolling. The military water bottle he was carrying was making clinking sounds. He rolled until he was behind the zombie and pulled the iron hammer out of his backpack. Mustering up all his strength, he hit the D zombie in the ankle. Bang... A great recoil force was transferred back, pulling the hammer back from the shock. The force was strong enough to almost knock the hammer out of his hands. The muscles in his palm were torn, they felt like they were burning. A big foot was about to crush him and Zhang Xiao Qiang dare not deal with any more other D zombies, so he tried to roll to the side of the river desperately, until he hit a wheel at the side of the road. Only then did he get up. He felt dizzy. The D zombie started to walk towards him. Behind it was was broken the ss wall with countless number of zombies rushing out. There were at least 4 S zombies running past the tall D zombie, running towards him. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt the urge to pee. Screaming out loud, he turned back and started running towards the river. After running for 3 steps he saw that the road ahead had zombies that were slowly surrounding him. It must have been the breaking ss before that got their attention. He had beenpletely surrounded by the zombies. Chapter 17: So Close Yet So Far So Close Yet So Far Zhang Xiao Qiang was shaking and looking in all directions, trying to find a way out. Numerous zombies from both ends of the streets were closing in on him. He med himself for not being careful enough. Seeing the zombies getting closer to him, he grew more anxious. To get away from the S zombies behind him, he had to go forwards into the group of normal zombies on the street. His eyes were fixed on the group of zombies and when he noticed a bus in the corner of his eye, his eyes lit up. It was a luxury bus but the front had smashed into the corner of a building. The body had the words XX City Port Group printed on it. There was a pickup truck behind the bus. The 4m height of the vehicle would allow him to temporarily escape the zombies. The S zombies behind him were getting closer and closer so he didnt hesitate and ran to the bus. Zhang Xiao Qiang got onto the back of the pickup truck. He climbed onto the roof and jumped onto the bus. Ping Hended on the edge of the bus. His backpack affected hisnding. The top half of his body was on the roof but his lower half was scrambling to climb up but his backpack was causing him to start to slip off. Im going to die because of this bag sooner orter Zhang Xiao Qiang scolded as he was trying to climb onto the bus. The S zombies were almost there. One hard push on the bus windowsill gave him the little bit more force he needed to get onto the bus. Just as he pulled his legs up, he heard a bang sound. It was the body of the bus being rocked. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked below. An S zombie was on the ground. Looks like it just rammed into the bus. Zhang Xiao Qiang lied on the roof, staring at the gloomy sky with the backpack to one side. His chest rising and falling quickly. The possibility of death just then had consumed a lot of his energy. The feeling of hunger struck once again. Sitting up and opening the backpack he took out a few packets of instant noodles and ate them dry, leaving no time to even drink water. Zhang Xiao Qiangs rolling on the ground didnt seem to cause any damage to the military water bottle. There were just a few ces where the paint had worn off. <. A person fell into a hole and grabbed onto a vine. Below him was a bottomless pit. There was a viper next to him ready to bite him and a rat was at the root of the vine gnawing away. He also wanted to collect the honey on the vine leaves. Act recklessly This was Zhang Xiao Qiangs evaluation, after returning to his current situation. Other than there not being a mouse, theres also no honey to gather. Today Ive escaped death a number of times. Is this where it will catch up to me? S zombies didnt catch me, the D2 didnt kill me but now just a mere cannon fodder will be the death of me??? In the veryst moment, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt peace. So many things happened today. So many adventures have made him mentally and physically tired. If its over a little earlier that would be good too he said quietly. dong, dong, The impact sounds continued to ring out. The ss was going to break at any time. This zombie had never eaten flesh and had never been rained on. It must just be a low level one!! Zhang Xiao Qiangmented, if it was a zombie that has eaten flesh then this would have been over already and he wouldnt continue to suffer. God! You keep messing with me! Im not afraid of you. Follow the story and send a mouse. waiting to die has made Zhang Xiao Qiang start to shout hysterically, making sounds that are at the same level of the D2. Come out quickly, mouse. Come out and big brother will give you a hug Zhang Xiao Qiang was nervously humming a song, looking about for a mouse. The mouse in the story was gnawing at the vine above his head so Zhang Xiao Qiang looked up in search for a mouse. hahaahhahahaha!!! Zhang Xiao Qiangughed madly. Before dying he was going to entertain himself and it turns out he found the honey. On the grill there was arge shading canopy that was blocking his vision. Its been there for quite a while and the winds by the river were quite strong so there was a thin hole in the canopy. Zhang Xiao Qiang climbed above to the top of the fence. He pulled out the sabre toothed knife and started cutting. The PC fibres were falling around him and not long after, there was a hole big enough to fit a person. Above it were more rows of the steel grill. There was a person height of distance between the sets of grills. If he was careful, surely he would be able to climb up. Im not afraid of being burnt by fire. And once again, Zhang Xiao Qiang had escaped death and he started to ease up. He climbed oneyer at a time, cutting through eachyer of canopy. After climbing 7 floors, he was about to reach the top. daaammiitttt!!! In saying that, one window was opened, and then another window was closed. As a result Zhang Xiao Qiang was on the grill at the highest level. Zhang Xiao Qiang was sure that the head of the household was a different person. This was an independent person. A person who was out of taste. A person who was a goodrade of the countrys steel industry. A good subordinate, a good citizen. TMD. Incredibly, even though it was a stainless steel canopy, he owner was able to carry it out. Zhang Xiao Qiang used the knife, dang dang, even with the back of the knife, it wouldnt budge. From here looking down, the group of zombies looked like ants crowded together. Looking up, the cold steel made his teeth tingle. Hanging on the 7th floor and on the 2nd floor were not the same. The wind in the higher levels was stronger! It was making humming sounds. Zhang Xiao Qiang was just sadly thinking about if he just added salt and hung for another 2 days, he would be pork jerky! Zhang Xiao Qiang continually tried to cut it with his knife, cutting, cutting, cutting, but that piece of metal was newly installed. His hands were getting increasingly stiff. The wind was also getting stronger and he was also getting colder! Zhang Xiao Qiang knew he had to leave before dark because by the next morning, he would be a dry wax corpse. The steels toughness was too high. The knife was no use. Zhang Xiao Qiang put the knife away and took out his hammer and started to desperately bang it. bang, bang! Every time he hit it, it bent a little, then it would bounce back. After 99 times, on thest 1 he shivered. Could it be that he would die because of this cold! Zhang Xiao Qiang was stupidly looking at the steel. The sky began to darken. The city in the winter is not too cold, but at night it was below 0 degrees. Zhang Xiao Qiang was hanging in the air with nothing to block the wind. The one nket he had, he threw away to the zombies. He was hit hard. He had overcame so many dangers. Zhang Xiao Qiang couldnt believe he couldnt get through this little bit! dang, dang, dang!! The sound of the metal being hit echoed in the silent city. Zhang Xiao Qiang heard the sound back in his ear after it echoed. Zhang Xiao Qiang was acting as if he didnt feel anything. He couldnt feel anything. In his eyes was only this damn steel te. pu... He didnt hit the steel, but started to hit the cement wall instead. A small piece of cement residue hit his face. He narrowed his eyes, aiming at the small pit in the cement wall. Should I hit a hole in the concrete wall??? Zhang Xiao Qiang shook his head, it was better than continuing the hit the steel te! Zhang Xiao Qiang continued to swing the hammer. After reaching the steel te he stopped, Cement wall? Steel te? Is the steel te nailed to the cement wall? HA Zhang Xiao Qiang eximed. He was no longer using the hammer to pound the steel te, but used it to hit where the steel te and cement wall were connected. A screw in the wall that nailed the steel te was loose. Zhang Xiao Qiang continuously hit it. His hands were beginning to ache and he was also starting to get hungry. He just continued to mechanically hit it, numbly hitting it. The screw got looser and looser. The sky was also getting darker and darker. Between the sky and Earth, there was twilight which was illuminating the world. siiaaaa The steel te had finally been disconnected. It swung down and crashed into the level below. Zhang Xiao Qiang shivered as he put the hammer back into his bag. After continually hitting the cement wall and with the reflective force going back into his hand, he couldnt open his hands anymore. Zhang Xiao Qiang used his left hand and right elbow. He was struggling to get onto the roof. Once he was up, he lied on the ground. There were too many experiences today. Chapter 19: Him Again Him Again Zhang Xiao Qiang sat on the floor, body huddled up. He ripped open a packet of instant noodles with his teeth and ate it with some water. Only after eating 5-6 bags did he stop to take a breath. He gripped his right hand into a fist, recalling todays events. Staying at home every day was easy, yet going out for just half a day was so hard!!! What he encountered today was more dangerous than anything he had faced for the past half yearbined. His mood swings made Zhang Xiao Qiang feel particrly tired. Zhang Xiao Qiang also felt some pride in himself. He was able to get himself out of mortal danger several times. The crowd of zombies and the tank-like D2 didnt cause him much harm. All he suffered was a cut on his forehead. Could it be that I have the potential of being a main character? Zhang Xiao Qiang was ttered when thinking this. Tap... The roof ess door opened. A silhouette headed towards him. It was dark and vision wasnt clear on the dark roof. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt know that the zombie wasnt from the crowd downstairs. He pulled up the spear. When it was about to get close, he tripped on the water heater below it. He fell onto the ground, Have I not been toyed enough with today? Zhang Xiao Qiang said, cursing God. He thrust the spear in his hands towards the zombie. Unfortunately, him lying on the ground makes him unable to use much of his strength. The spearhead stabbed into its calf. Stopping its movement for just a moment, Zhang Xiao Qiang took the opportunity to get into a kneeling position on the ground, forcing the spear further into the calf of the zombie. The zombie then lost its centre of gravity and fell onto the ground. vooshh... Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled out the spear from the zombies brain. When he killed this zombie, there wasnt a second zombieing up the roof, giving Zhang Xiao Qiang a breath of air. The rooftop was already so dark. He felt around for his matches, trying to look at what the zombie looked like. Too bad the wind was too strong so he couldnt light it. Zhang Xiao Qiang took out his hammer and used it to drag the zombie by its mouth into the corridor. He closed the roof ess doors as the wind outside the door was freezing. Taking out his matches again, he saw the zombies face with the faint me. It was a female zombie. Its face was ck and dry, so he couldnt make out her original facial features. Her clothes were undamaged. She wore a stylish, bright red jacket and a pair of jeans, Her life was pretty short. Zhang Xiao Qiang concluded. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt around, reaching the 7th floor. He used the hammer to smash a few mesh doors. There wasnt any reaction. Feeling around the walls, he walked down, not afraid of any zombies on the stairwell. He had stayed upstairs for so long that the zombies would have been attracted to him a long time ago as the blood stain on him was a navigation light for the zombies. Reaching the 4th floor, he stepped onto something soft. It was dark so he couldnt see it. Zhang Xiao Qiang was startled and got goose bumps! Unable to see was what he was afraid of. This fear of the unknown was more than the fear of the D2. Zhang Xiao Qiang took 2 steps back and sat on the stairs. Taking out the matches, Zhang Xiao Qiang lit one. The faint mes were shaky and unstable. A milky whitedies bag was lying quietly on the stairs. He let out a breath of air and picked up the bag, starting to rummage through it. There was a bundle of keys, a purse, some foundation and mascara, and also nail clippers and an eyebrow pencil. After inspecting the purse, there was an ID inside, several bank notes, and a few hundred dors. The ID card had a picture of a young woman smiling, Cao Xiu Yun, 12/5/1984 This must have been the zombie that Zhang Xiao Qiang killed on the roof! She should live here, so there must be a door in which the key fits. He was lucky, he might not need to sleep on the concrete tonight. Pa... He threw the match onto the ground. After holding it for a long time it started to burn him. Zhang Xiao Qiang reached into his bag and pulled out a new match. He went around on the 4th floor, trying the key. nope After reaching the 3rd floor, still no. Could it be upstairs? He returned to the 5th floor. ka The security door opened and he carefully went into the living room. The living room was big with simple dcor. Zhang Xiao Qiang found a shlight on the shelf by the door. After testing it he found that it was still working. Using the torch to search around it seems that this family used 3 rooms and one hall structure, one master bedroom, one study and one childrens room. There was a dry childs corpse on the bed of the child bed. The boy was around 5-6 years old. All that was left on the body was dried bones. Lying on the bed, it looked just like a mummy. Probably starved to death. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt continue looking and walked out. There was too much tragedy in this apocalyptic world. Who knows what would happen to him tomorrow? He had no desire to always be moody and mncholic. Every day he had to work for his survival. Too tired Zhang Xiao Qiang went to the master bed room andy down on the spacious bed, closing his eyes. That night, he slept in someone elses bed with a mummy next door. He didnt even care. The morning light was shining on Zhang Xiao Qiangs face. He opened his eye in a bit of a trance, as if he was lying on his own bed but when he saw a strange living room, strange curtains and a strange quilt, he remembered that he was on some strangers house. He started to remember the mummy next door and remember how he escaped death again and again yesterday. Zhang Xiao Qiang got out of bed. His body was aching a little. His stomach was calling out, reminding him that he needed sustenance. He walked to the kitchen. The ground had all kinds of snacks and snack bags. Standing in the kitchen was like standing at the edge of a garbage dump. Opening the fridge, he saw various ingredients nicely stacked. It had been a long time so most the food had gone bad. The freezer above had a lot of frozen meat and sausages. The electricity hadnt been gone for long so the ice hadnt melted yet. Zhang Xiao Qiang found quite a bit of rice in the kitchen cupboard along with some cornflour, noodles and other grains. Kids nowadays! Pampered! When I was his age, I was able to already make eggs with rice. Zhang Xiao Qiang thought of the child having rice around, yet starving to death was amusing. This family used gas. After trying it, it didnt ignite. It should be out of gas. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked around the kitchen and found a small can at the back of the cupboard,beled Lucky Gas. He turned on the gas, puaaa... blue mes appeared. He used the leftover ingredients in the freezer to make a hearty breakfast. One pot of rice that was big enough feed 7-8 people and all the dishes were eaten by Zhang Xiao Qiang. Rubbing his stomach and burping, he said Have I be a big eater? It was iprehensible. Touching his forehead, the wound from yesterday was already scarred. Zhang Xiao Qiang used the bottled water in the living room to clean himself. He put on clean clothes from the male master of this house. Making the flour into bread and cooking all the sausages, he put them all into the backpack. After packing, he went downstairs all the way to the bottom floor. There, he saw that outside of the gate was packed with zombies. Once the zombies smelt Zhang Xiao Qiangs smell, they were waving their arms through the gaps in the fence. Then the zombies near the door were pushed aide and arge figure stood out. D2 Zhang Xiao Qiang uttered. Bang... The iron gate was deformed. He turned and started to run upstairs. Chapter 20: Escape Day Escape Day Zhang Xiao Qiang put his index finger in his mouth. He closed his eyes and tried biting down. Didnt bite He couldnt find it in himself to bite down. He took out his knife but was afraid that it was infected. Bang, bang The sound of the door kept ringing out, it got annoying. He felt around to find some kind of sharp object. Feeling his crossbow, he used the arrowhead to mark his hand. Blood came out of his index finger. Zhang Xiao Qiang painted blood on the security door from the second floor all the way to the seventh floor. He returned to the room to think of a n. I cant go to the roof. There wont be a ce to go but I cant just stay in this room! The security door wont hold off a D2. Zhang Xiao Qiang went to the window and looked down. Downstairs at the back of the residential building he could see that there were fences on both sides. There was a little space where there werent any zombies but there was a grill blocking the windows, The guy who installed this grill wants people to die He was full of resentment. The sound of banging on the door continued. Zhang Xiao Qiang was like a headless fly scurrying around. He went to the bathroom and saw an exhaust fan on the wall. It was just big enough for a person to climb out of. Using the hammer to climb out the knocked out exhaust fan, he poked his head out. Its quite high The distance of 5 floors was around 15-16m. Tearing up the curtains and sheets, he tied them together and put it out the window. Not enough Zhang Xiao Qiang looked around for material that could serve as rope. The D2 had already reached downstairs and the door banging was already upstairs. The photo frame hanging on the wall was shaking. Really?! Pig brain!! Zhang Xiao Qiang scolded himself. Picking up the ripped quilts, returned to the childs room to pull the little boys bed sheets. Dont be surprised, when New Yeares, Ill burn you unlimited money. [TLN: burning stuff to send things to afterlife culture/religion thing] Zhang Xiao Qiang said aloud. Bang The D2 had started banging on the security door across the hall. Zhang Xiao Qiang panicked and let the rudimentary rope down. Then he dropped his backpack, satchel, water bottle and spear as well. He put his two feet outside the hole with the rest of his body in the bathroom. Bang, bang, bang The D2 knocking at the security door was like it was knocking at Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart. He was stuck in the window. Baaang The door broke open. The D2 came inside. Zhang Xiao Qiang was breathing heavily and he was slowly pushing himself outside. Only shoulders left Zhang Xiao Qiang encouraged himself. He was slowly backing out, one bit at a time. His heartbeat was also increasing slowly. The D2 went into the living room. Then into the study, into the kitchen, then into the bathroom. At that point Zhang Xiao Qiang still had half a head to get out of the window. He was stuck by the window and the zombie was standing below the window. The bathroom was already not that big and the exhaust fan wasnt that high either. The D2 was only less than a metre away from him. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not dare to make a sound. He begged God to bless him. The D2 sniffed the air, waving its two ws around like it wanted to carry him out. One w was swung mercilessly at his forehead. The swing pushed his hair, moving it. He continued to have sweat cold sweat. Aaoo.... The zombie couldnt reach him and it was angry. It waved both its arms even more vigorously. The basin and the mirror were scratched. Debris flew everywhere. The D2 could smell blood and it wasing from Zhang Xiao Qiangs head. Zhang Xiao Qiangs brain was just nk. His knees were working to hold him on the other side of the wall and in the moment that the ws were about to hit him, Zhang Xiao Qiang managed to duck out. He could hear the D2 let out a crazy roar. Zhang Xiao Qiang quickly descended, staring at the window, afraid that it could climb out too. The linen were sometimes loose and other times tight. The sheet that was fixed onto the window ledge was then ripped off by the D2. Zhang Xiao Qiang fell down. Tong Zhang Xiao Qiangs back knocked into something. He didnt take the time to think. He just rolled a couple times and used the force to get up. A normal zombie was smashed by Zhang Xiao Qiang. It was lying on the ground. The tattered coat on its body had green XXs printed on it. Under the pressure of his spear, it was having trouble getting up. Zhang Xiao Qiang lifted his foot and kicked the back of its head. ka The zombies neck was broken. Zhang Xiao Qiang picked up his backpack and his satchel, looking around. Both sides were fenced up. There was a small shed full of flower pots and another small shed locked tightly. Outside the small shed there was an aluminumdder used to trim trees. Zhang Xiao Qiang ced thedder against the fence and climbed on top of it. Outside was the riverside avenue. Zhang Xiao Qiang jumped off the wall and looked around. He had finally escaped! The riverside avenue was recently built. The wide road was deserted. Across the fence on the sidewalk, there were several containers neatly stacked together. There were several cranes hanging amongst it all. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked on the lonely road. The environment was quiet. There wasnt a single zombie to be seen. To tell the truth he hated killing zombies. Up till now he had killed quite a few and he even killed a few evolved zombies. He didnt even get increase in ss. [TLN: Not sure what this means. Maybe he thinks its like a game like GDW and SW] If theres no meaning, then theres no reason to pay. If I dont need to then I wont kill a zombie Zhang Xiao Qiang thought. Next to the port was the greenbelt [TLN: like a garden I think]. Along the greenbelt was the riverside. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked through the woods, carefully bypassing a few zombies. There are usually some elderly doing some exercises by the river so they werent very fast. Soon he was standing by the waterfront. Looking at the broad Yangtze River, the water was slowly flowing downstream. In the clear green river, there wasnt any of the citys pollution. The water was clear. It was also somewhat fresh. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked slowly along the riverbank and he slowly rxed his emotions. Not long after, Zhang Xiao Qiang was blocked by a zombie. Looking ahead, there were more than a dozen wandering around in the river. The zombies were around fishing rods that were pointed at the river. They were all normal zombies so Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt want to waste the iron balls, so he went ahead with his spear. Zhang Xiao Qiang was by the riverside killing zombies. The quiet flowing river was the same as a thousand years ago. It was carrying countless memories of the past and witnessing the changing times. The Yangtze River, under the river, on the riverbank, the zombies and him. He did a running rump, crying out! The spear pointed ahead, his body filled with energy. When thest zombie fell, he quietened down. The zombies were arranged in a crisscross position. The sweat on Zhang Xiao Qiangs forehead slowly faded. Seeing that he had defeated a dozen zombies alone, he felt a burst of excitement. At first he was blocked into his room by 6 zombies. But now he cant even see his growth! Zhang Xiao Qiang couldnt believe it. Zhang Xiao Qiang continued to slowly walk along the river. The riverside wasnt easy to walk on. From time to time there would be a ce where sewage was released from the riverbank, forcing him to walk around it. Even when it was dark, he was only able to only walk half way. He dug a hole in the sand with his military shovel. It allowed him to stay there for a night. As he huddled in, he ate two loafs of bread and had a mouthful of water. He wrapped himself in the silk that he brought from the fifth floor tightly. The silk was smooth and delicate but it couldnt block the wind. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt colder and colder. There wasnt anything to make a fire with nearby. He then remembered the cat stone.Digging it out from his bag, he put it on his chest. A warmth radiated out, spreading from his chest to the rest of his body. Zhang Xiao Qiang listened to the sound of the riverpping against the shore and slowly fell asleep. Just a reminder to please like our Facebook page at C every 200 likes is a bonus chapter! Chapter 21: Girl Girl Zhang Xiao Qiang awoke to the cold morning air and strong rivers breeze. The fresh cold air of the winter didnt have the putrid stench like the city. The mutated cat stone continued to provide heat to Zhang Xiao Qiangs body. It was warm and Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt want to open his eyes, quietly enjoying this moment offort. A warm breath of brushed over his face, he opened his eyes. There were two massive dogs before his eyes. Their breath hitting him in the face. Zhang Xiao Qiang tightened up, afraid to move. These two big dogs were the same soviet red dogs that were near his house a few days ago. Now they were even bigger, the bigger one was already almost 180cm, the smaller one was around 170cm. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt dare make a single movement, staying in the sand pit whilst the two big dogs sniffed around him. The mutated cat from before had caused him a lot of suffering, now there are even stronger and bigger dogs. Moreover, there were 2 of them. Zhang Xiao Qiang had a bitter taste in his mouth: Looks like ill be eaten by dogs, at least its a more creative way to die. Zhang Xiao Qiang unconsciously thinking. his eyes looking around trying to secretly look at the 2 big dogs before him. They had slender limbs, their ws were bigger than Zhang Xiao Qiangs hand, their chest was as thin as their waist. The bigger one had white spots on its forehead. The smaller one had red hair at the tip of its tail. Zhang Xiao Qiang was waiting for them to eat him, but they lost interest, going his backpack, pulling it around on the sand and pulling it to him and making a wu wu sound. Could it be? Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt have much more time to think, he opened the backpack and pulling out one stic bag. The one with the red hair tip took the stic bag from Zhang Xiao Qiangs hands. It used its ws to rip it open, and started eating the cooked meat and sausages inside. Not longter the food split between the two big dogs were finished. Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart was beating quickly, that was 7-8 pounds of cooked meat and over 10 sausages! theres nothing left. After the dog with the red hair top finished, it started jumping around the bigger dog. Then the bigger dog continued to sniff at him. Are they still hungry? Zhang Xiao Qiang despaired. The big dog sniffed Zhang Xiao Qiangs chest but didnt do anything else, leaving him helpless. I dont have milk!! Zhang Xiao Qiang cried to the big dog. The big dog continued to sniff, Zhang Xiao Qiangs mind lit up, taking the cat stone from his chest and handed it over, Could it be that it wanted that? The big dog sniffed the stone twice, took two steps back and snorted, without the stone, the big dog brought the smaller on along the river, ying as they went. huuu... zhang xiao qiang let out a sigh. Seeing these two big dogs ying in the water, Zhang Xiao Qiang eximed: dogs are just stronger than cats, no wonder taking care of a cat is different with taking care of a dog. He ate something and carried his backpack, before beginning to embark on todays trip. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked onto the road, the two big dogs were far behind him. Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped moving to find that they werenting closer. Zhang Xiao Qiang thought that the only mutation of the cat was its scarlet eyes, but the eyes of these dogs were clear. Could it be that the mutated cat got rabies? Zang Xiao Qiang was baffled. This green belt is in a small square, by the side there were a few tape recorders. There were 70-80 zombies scattered on the square, one S type and two D types. Definitely near a ce where a bunch of aunties lived, Zhang Xiao Qiang jumped to a conclusion. Zhang Xiao Qiang put his binocrs away, trying to think of a way to go around, ssoouu....,as two figures rushed past from behind him, he quickly raised his binocrs to look at them. The two big dogs were running circles around the zombies, biting off a zombie skull from time to time. The zombies ws were powerless against the sturdy thick fur of the dogs. This continued until all that could be seen were zombies lying on the ground, not a single standing zombie in the whole square. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked ahead, seeing the two big dogs bite open a few evolved zombie skulls, licking the the yellow brains. After eating the brains, the dog tore at the flesh of the D zombie and started eating that. At the side were ordinary zombies and an S zombie, but they were ignored. The two big dogs continued to eat more of the D zombie while licking their mouths. Zhang Xiao Qiang tightened the backpack onto his shoulder and continued to move forward. Reaching closer to the ce where the urban and rural areas meet, the two big dogs rushed towards Zhang Xiao Qiang barking before running off in a different direction. Watching the two dogs figures gradually disappear, Zhang Xiao Qiang said Unfortunate that I lost my two talismans[TLN: I think hes referring to the dogs as lucky charms? cause they helped him] as he continued to move ahead. On one side of the Yangtze river, Zhang Xiao Qiang killed an ordinary zombie. As he pulled out the spear from the head, the zombie fell to the ground, and a rusty key fell out of the zombies pocket. Monster drop??? Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the key on the ground, and subconsciously looked around to find a legendary treasure chest. There was no treasure chest, but he did find a bicycle in the vicinity. It had a basket which contained deteriorating lunch, a teacup, a portable water bottle. The back seat had a fish basket, filled with fishing equipment. It appears that the owner was riding a bike to go fishing before he was infected, and became a zombie just after parking the bike. The tires didnt have any air in them, they looked deted. But Zhang Xiao Qiang found a portable foot pump in the fish basket. The owner was also a careful man. The bike was in a good condition, the owner was parked at the bridge, escaping the corrosive rain. Zhang Xiao Qiang fully filled the air. The end of the bridge leads into the suburbs. Zhang Xiao Qiang got on and rode it towards the suburbs. Zhang Xiao Qiang was riding the bike on the cement path by the countryside, he was peddling quickly, he felt euphoric: I basically own this bike!! Even though it was only a bicycle, and it was very differentpared to a car, but it was still so much better than walking. On the road, from time to time, the scattered zombies would smell him. But Zhang Xiao Qiang just whizz past them riding his bike. Seeing the S zombie behind him getting further and further away, he happily wanted to start singing. Theres a situation! Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped the bike, and lifted the binocrs that he hung around his neck to observe. Both sides of the road was a row of fishponds, on one side there was a tin hut and the other side was a car. On the rusty hut there were several characters painted with white oil paint which vaguely made out the words tobo, snacks, fishing equipment rental. In front of the hut were 7-8 zombies together squatting on the ground, a clean white bone was thrown to the side, with a few of the remaining fingers clutching a bottle of mineral water. Bad luck! seeing that debris Zhang Xiao Qiang was shaking his head. Initially he wanted to go round, but then he thought of how he was quickly running out of food. The 20 pounds of meat and sausages were eaten by the dogs, the 2 slices of bread left were only just enough to make 1 meal. There wasnt much rice left, he didnt have a fire so how could he just eat it raw? so Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped by the hut, picking up his spear and going behind the zombie, it only cared about the flesh before it and ignored him. It wasnt even hard, it was just like when Zhang Xiao Qiang was killing frogs as a child. Stabbing the zombies one at a time to death. Going into the little shed, the goods were messily ced, and there wasnt much. Zhang Xiao Qiang is afraid that zombies from far away will be attracted here, but he didnt just randomly put things into his bag, he chose all kinds of foods and mineral water to fill it. He also shoved a few beers into his pocket before leaving. Walking towards the bicycle he saw a honda, How unfortunate! why didnt i learn to drive? Zhang Xiao Qiangined. I didnt learn to drive because of a fear of death in case of an ident. Just before he left, he decided to walk up and drive it. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked through the car window, Not bad, its not perfectly clear, but I can see a figure of a person Zhang Xiao Qiang went to the front of the honda, looking through the windshield. A person sitting in the passengers seat was looking at the small shop. A head with shoulder length hair and body was wearing dirty clothes, which were so dirty that he was unable to tell what the original colours were. Its not a zombie!!! Zhang Xiao Qiang thought, he had never seen a zombie so quiet. Zhang Xiao Qiang opened the door, and a foul smell escaped, even his nose that was used to a stench couldnt take it. Its face was pale and malnourished, and its face was pretty clean, but its eyes were a little cloudy. Zhang Xiao Qiang got excited: IT WAS A GIRL! and, and shes alive. Chapter 22: Yang Ke Er Yang Ke Er Zhang Xiao Qiang stood outside the car and watched the girl, she was sitting in the car in a daze. huu are yuu? It had been too long since he had talked to someone else. Plus, this is the first time Zhang Xiao Qiang had seen another living person since the apocalypse. He was really excited, so his pronunciation wasnt very urate. Cough, cough, who are you? Zhang Xiao Qiang tried again. No response? Zhang Xiao Qiang waved his hands before her eyes. Still no response? Zhang Xiao Qiang put his hand on her shoulder and nudged her a few times. She was moved around by Zhang Xiao Qiangs pushing. Still no reponse! Zhang Xiao Qiang looked up and around. A few dozen zombies had appeared at the pond behind him. He was running out of time. pa... Zhang Xiao Qiang pped her across the face, waaahhh... she started to cry. Finally a response. Zhang Xiao Qiang said with a sigh. Who are you Zhang Xiao Qiang asked. waaahwaaahwaahh.. Stop crying the zombies continued to increase in number, he was getting a little annoyed. waahwaaahwaaahh... ignoring him. pa! he pped her across the face again. It was like turning off a noisy music yer. It was finally quiet again. Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled the door open, put his things in and closed the door with a ka. Start the engine Zhang Xiao Qiang said sitting in the back seat. Quickly start the car! the surrounding zombie figures were beginning to crowd. Do you want to be eaten by zombies like him? Zhang Xiao Qiang shouted, pointing at the dead body. Uncle, do you think this is a biochemical crisis? the girl said to Zhang Xiao Qiang. un, un, uncle????? Zhang Xiao Qiang was in the back seat, he quickly touched the beard on his face. Did i shave before going out? Zhang Xiao Qiang thought while feeling his stubble. pa!!! pping himself, now is not the time to be thinking about this. Zhang Xiao Qiang pointed at the bodies of the zombies scattered on the floor and cried: what are they if not zombies? Theyre monsters!! Zombies in the movies are a mess of rotting flesh, they are not like this kind of monster flesh!!! the girl argued back. Zhang Xiao Qiang really wanted to p her again, but if he does it might get them all killed. What kind of time is this to be arguing trivial matters like semantics. I dont care if its a zombie or a monster, if you dont want to be eaten by them then start the car Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes shed with rage, in his mind a thousand bombs just detonated. i dont know how to! Ive always wanted to learn by no one would teach me! she said to him. Her words were like a bolt of lightning striking his skull, leaving him fried. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt say anything and got out of the car. He put on his backpack and water bottle, getting ready to leave on his bicycle. He took onest nce back at the woman sitting in the car, to find her watching him in a daze! Lets go! you sitting there is waiting to be killed! Zhang Xiao Qiang growled at him, he really didnt know how this stupid girl managed to survive this long. Oh... she responded, and walked to Zhang Xiao Qiang staring at him pathetically at a loss, with tears in her eyes! The veins on zhang xiao qiangs forehead were about to pop, sit behind me he roared from his chest. She then clumsily climbed onto the bicycle frame. Zhang Xiao Qiang then used his strength to pedal quickly leaving the scene, ahhhh!!! the girl at the back was screaming. She tightened her grip, Zhang Xiao Qiang was almost pulled off by this girl. What now??? Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped the bike and looked back at the girl. I, I wasnt sitting right. she lowered her head like a little girl, Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt say anything more and start pedaling quickly again. Zhang Xiao Qiang was on the bike seat, and she was sitting behind him. He had met her at 3-4pm, they were hurrying to the road. It was getting dark, but Zhang Xiao Qiang found a small forest before it did. The small forest was by a stream. There wasnt a home within a 1km radius, so naturally there shouldnt be any zombies around. Zhang Xiao Qiang cut some wood for a fire with the shovel.The iron foodbox was added to the fire, cooking rice in it. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt say a word and she didnt make a sound. Whats your name Zhang Xiao Qiang said breaking the silence. Although she had caused his much distress today, him being alone has also been kind of lonely, so he endured. Yang Ke Er she said looking at the fire, sounding depressed. Yang Ke Er? Zhang Xiao Qiang curled his tongue, feeling some resentment, Ke Er? where is it? [TLN: I believe her name has some reference to big breasts] Her body odor had a stench of urine, and her body was still underdeveloped, she was young! very young. Other peoples chest areas were the size of a papaya, or an apple, or at least 2 eggs. Her? eggs, more like fried eggs. She seemed featureless, but she is youthful, which her only point of merit! Who was he to you? thinking about the person that was reduced to pieces of flesh, he wasnt even sure if it was a male or a female. But that the question made her sad so she didnt answer. Zhang Xiao Qiang remembered seeing a pair of adidas shoes on the ground, must have been your brother right? Zhang Xiao Qiang thought of his own sister. No! it was my husband! Zhang Xiao Qiang nced at her, with an appearance like this, who would have wanted her? That guy must have been really desperate and didnt have a choice! Zhang Xiao Qiang felt reverence towards hismitment! Saluting his volunteeringrade! How did you survive the days? zhang xiao qiang continued to ask. She looked up and recalled: That day my husband and I went shopping together............ The viral outbreak was on the day of her boyfriends birthday, they were skipping sses to go out. They were going to the supermarket to buy food in preparation to go by to the park by the river and be alone. While they were carrying the food out of the supermarket, the whole world changed. It was so scary! The people on the street were all going crazy... she said in a trance. 90% of the people on the street began to mutate in session, husbands eating wives, mother tearing into daughters and sons being chased and bitten by their mothers. Seeing the chaotic street, and seeing the crazy people, her knees felt weak and she knelt on the street. Her boyfriend who liked to y games had better mental fortitude, so he held her and escaped to the supply truck in the supermarket. Those monsters kept hitting the car. No one was picking up the phone, no one picked up when we dialed 110, my mom and dad werent picking up either, i was really afraid! She said while eating rice. I havent had rice in so so long, it smells so nice.. her mouth was a little busy, so Zhang Xiao Qiang started eating his biscuits and she continued her story. Uncle! do you carry meat in your bag? I havent had that in a long time either! she said pitifully, with a few grains of mouth still in her mouth. It was fed to the dogs! Zhang Xiao Qiang did not respond politely, biting into the biscuits and imagining himself biting into <>. If you dont have any then thats fine!! so short tempered! Oh, it was a good thing it rained heavily for a few days... she ate and continued. After the heavy rain the zombies started to evolve, bing to threat to them. The monsters were constantly scratching away at the vehicle, from the morning to the evening never stopping, I was so afraid that they would finally scratch through. The monsters also rammed the car, shaking it. It was so scary! Luckily my husband was there with me! And like this she and her boyfriend stayed in a supply truck eating and drinking the supplies for 3 months. Eating and sleeping in the truck, up until yesterday. We heard a caring so we looked through a crack in the door... Two men drove a honda to the supermarket to find food, unfortunately they never came back out. Her boyfriends dad was a pickup truck driver, so her boyfriend learned to drive small truck at home. So while the zombies were in the supermarket they took the opportunity to run, using the honda the boyfriend drove out of the city. Reaching the suburbs they saw a small shop. After having cold beverages for months he wanted something different, and so eventually he ended up in the zombies stomach Thats it!!! she finally said. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the fire then his watch, 10.05, a few small incidents took her 4 hours to tell. Most of the time it was her being scared and her husband being good to her. Zhang Xiao Qiang threw the thick silk quilt at her, saying 2 words: good night. Chapter 23: Peeking at Yang Ke Er Peeking at Yang Ke Er Trantor : WhatTrante Editor: DT Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt sleep wellst night. Ever since the 2 big dogs woke him up, he had be insecure when sleeping, making his sleep very light. Just a breeze swaying the grass would wake him up and make him start patrolling the surrounding area with his spear. After making sure that nothing was out of the ordinary he would add more wood to the fire and continue sleeping. Its not that he didnt want to wake up Yang Ke Er to keep watch, but seeing her curled up by the campfire, wrapped in nkets and sleeping tight, Zhang Xiao Qiang shook his head. Getting her to keep watch would basically be the same as not having anyone keep watch. Just like this Zhang Xiao Qiang kept tossing about until daybreak, and after waking up Yang Ke Er he decided to take a nap. The fire continued to burn, boiling the water in the lunchboxes, waiting to use the boiling water to make tea. In the absence of vegetables, the only recement was tea. Uncle! Yang Ke Er called out weakly from the side. What???? Zhang Xiao Qiang said not looking up from the mes. Can I go wash myself??? The creek doesnt have a lid, go wash yourself! Zhang Xiao Qiang muffled in reply. There are dirty things in the water! Yang Ke Ers voice was getting louder. ??????? Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at her with questioning eyes. Yesterday, my husband and I drove out of the city.... Yang Ke Er started telling her story again. Yesterday, as they drove out of the city, there was a survivor in a residential building. That survivor was trapped upstairs and asked them for help, and her boyfriend said that the zombies downstairs made it impossible to pass. The survivor then motioned for them to drive the truck to the back. Behind the building was awn, and because the surrounding suburbs had not be developed, normally there wouldnt be many people there, and so naturally there wouldnt be many zombies either. After they stopped behind the building, the survivor escaped from the roof using the PVC drain pipe, climbing down and going out of the city with them. The survivor was a middle aged man over 40 years old, he was also a believer in the 2012 doomsday, so he relied on the food that he stored in his house to survive till now. Unfortunately while he had food he didnt have enough water. It seemed like he was about to die of dehydration before he met them. They didnt get a chance to find a bottle of water on the road, but she and her boyfriend did keep a few bottles of soft drink. However people are selfish. Her boyfriend said that they didnt have any water, and that they were going to think of something after leaving the city. That man after seeing a pool of water by the road couldnt take it anymore. He got out of the car and drank as much as he could. After getting back into a car for 10 minutes, the middle ages man felt like throwing up, so he threw up out the window of the car. After throwing up again and again! That man became a zombie. Theres definitely something wrong with the water!! It was so scary. Before he turned into the monster he was just sitting behind me. Now that I think of it, I feel scared! she said sounding like she had more to say and patting her chest. That unlucky kid must have drank arge amount of rain water. Zhang Xiao Qiang only had a few drops sshed into his mouth before he went through arge amount of suffering, while that guy drank till he was full. If he didnt be a zombie it wouldnt be fair. As long as you dont drink any, nothing will happen! Zhang Xiao Qiang taught her through experience, thinking about the time he waspletely drenched in rainwater but waspletely fine! She looked down at her legs, not making a sound, silently protesting at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Look Zhang Xiao Qiang said as he went passed her, walked to the creek and started to wash his hands. The stream was cool in the early morning, chilling his hands stiff. A few months without the humans polluting it, the water was clear and bright without the slightest impurity. Zhang Xiao Qiang stood up and flung the water on his hands, some of it hit the fire causing it to roar. Yang Ke Er who was watching him took a few steps back. Feeling unsafe she took a few more steps back. She kept going until she felt safe before stopping to observe him. Seeing her intently observing his actions, made him ufortable. Not thick skinned enough! Zhang Xiao Qiang said in self-contempt. He couldnt even stand a little girls gaze. 5 minutes... 10 minutes... half an hour... After 1 hour she was still staring at him. Are you done??? Zhang Xiao Qiang grew weary. Yang Ke Er at this time then hesitatingly headed towards him, taking 3 steps forward and 1 step back before standing 5m away and no longer wanting to get any closer: You really havent be a monster? she asked in a sceptical tone. Do monsters talk to people about ideas? Or teach you how to wash?? Zhang Xiao Qiang said impatiently. Oh! Yang Ke Er rxed, and walked by the stream. Turning her head at Zhang Xiao Qiang she said: Can you turn away? You can wash yourself somewhere where I cant see you!! Zhang Xiao Qiang responded unyieldingly. If I cant see you Ill be scared of the monsters!! Yang Ke Er pulled an unfair card. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned around. After ten or so minutes had passed, Zhang Xiao Qiang once again looked over at her. He was not some sort of righteous gentleman, and so naturally would not give up on an opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Yang Ke(r) had stripped down to her underwear. She seemed to notice something, and slightly turned her body. When she turned away, there was naturally nothing to see, so he put on the behaviour of a gentleman. Zhang Xiao Qiang started to sneak a peek again, the early spring coolness had not yet passed. Yang Ke Er rubbed her arm, and her little calf was gently shivering. Her desire to be clean overwhelmed her fear of the cold. Yang Ke Er took off her bra, and Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes moved up. What? Those fried eggs were pushed up by the bra? What are they then? Fried quail eggs? Zhang Xiao Qiang felt cheated. PASS. His eyes moved towards her hips. She was wearing cute sky blue underwear with crayons printed on them. The cute underwear was supposed to be tight fitting, but they were a little loose on her, had he not seen her delicate white thighs, Zhang Xiao Qiang would have thought those were a zombies butt. Nothing in that department either. PASS. Finally he hopefully nced at her waist, Where is her waist? Her upper body and lower body were of the same thickness, nothing there either. PASS. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt lost, he tried so hard to find something but found nothing. No chest, no waist, and no hips. Not long after she finished washing, wearing only long johns, she began washing her clothes in the stream. He watched as the water turned from brightly clear to muddy ck. Zhang Xiao Qiang sighed, How dirty was she!! After washing her clothes she gathered them around the fire to dry them. Zhang Xiao Qiang was cooking a meal, calcting how much he needed to make for an extra person. Right now they can only have 2 meals a day, Yang Ke Er would ignore any opinions that Zhang Xiao Qiang might have. Yang Ke Er held onto the lunchbox and ate. Zhang Xiao Qiang was also holding the lid of the lunchbox while eating fragrant glutinous thai rice apanied with chilli sauce and sweet beef sauce mix. Yang Ke Er took a few bites Wow... and threw up acidic water onto the ground. She isnt infected is she? Whats wrong? Zhang Xiao Qiang carefully took a step back as he asked the question. She looked at him pitifully, I might be pregnant!! Huff... Zhang Xiao Qiang let out a breath of air. As long as shes not infected its fine. If youre pregnant then youre pregnant. Just give birth! Zhang Xiao Qiang said without care. I dont want to be a mother so early, Im only 14! Boohoo... she started crying. Badang! The lid in Zhang Xiao Qiangs hands fell onto the ground. He was a little dizzy. He had thought all this time that she was 17-18 years old, since her height and appearance seemed that way! What can I do as a 14 year old? Catch loaches, hang frogs, not do homework, draw transformers on textbooks! The most intimate contact that Zhang Xiao Qiang had with a girl at that age were, drawing a turtle on the back of a girls seat, he tore her textbook, and she gave him a p! Zhang Xiao Qiang once again thought about how that p felt, Zhang Xiao Qiang stroked his cheek as he looked at her crying loudly. Is this world changing too quickly, or I just dont understand it? Youre already messing with love at such a young age? Zhang Xiao Qiang carefully asked. My whole ss does it! A girl that cant find a husband would beughed at, and boys that cant find a wife are known to be ipetent! Booohooo... she said as she was crying. Zhang Xiao Qiang was once again speechless. He imed to be a new era recluse, but now he realised he couldnt even keep up with the times!? Why did you do stuff like this so early? This isnt good for your body. Zhang Xiao Qiang guiltily said to her, fearing that she would find him old-fashioned. I didnt want to either, but in the container, other than making love what else was there to do!!! she said to him confidently. Zhang Xiao Qiang waspletely silent. Chapter 24: Yang Ke Er’s Strangeness Yang Ke Ers Strangeness Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt bother with her anymore. He quietly packed up their bags and got ready to go. Yang Ke Er eventually grew tired of crying and slowly calmed down. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt know where to go, when he was at home his goal was to escape the city, now that hes out of the city, hes lost! Zhang Xiao Qiang just rode along the road on the bike, with Yang Ke Er behind him. Along the side of the roads were row after rows of rice paddies, like a chequered clothes scattered along the pond. Theing of springtime meant that branches on the trees were growing anew. There were already swallows flying by the river stream in the distance. The scene ahead was covered in fresh green. Girls nowadays seem really heartless. Yang Ke Er, who is behind him had already recovered. The issue of her pregnancy tossed aside. Uncle! The stick you have on you is poking into me! Yang Ke Er said while pulling at the spear in Zhang Xiao Qiangs backpack. Hearing her say something about a stick and poking, he almost drove the front of the bike into a ditch! Just endure it! Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt look back. He just said these 3 words. Your stick poking me really, really hurts! Yang Ke Er was still pulling at the spear. Zhang Xiao Qiang was riding the bike. His nose was hot. It felt almost like his nose was about to bleed, then he turned his head, willing his thoughts to the morning bath scene, to shake him out of it. Thinking of how featureless she was, it cooled him down like ice water from the winter. Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped caring about what she said and continued pedalling, but she only became more animated. Uncle, did you kill all those monsters from yesterday alone? Youre so strong! she suddenly thought of. Uncle, where do you live? What do you do? The life of a recluse wasnt something particrly exciting so he kept quiet. Uncle, does carrying the backpack and cycling make you tired? Do you want to take a break? Sitting at the back makes my butt hurt! Do you not see the zombies by the side of the road? Zhang Xiao Qiang muttered, continuing to ignore her. Uncle, what does your mum do? My mum works at XX, so its possible that they know each other! Her mouth was like an unzipped zipper, talking non-stop. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt like there was something next to his ear making a buzzing sound. Uncle, what does your dad do... HELP!!! Thinking back to that time when he saw <>. Shes just like a fly buzzing... buzz... buzz... all the time, never stopping. I really want strangle her and take out her intestines and wrap her neck with it. Ahh!! Then the whole world would be quiet. Zhang Xiao Qiang was suddenly filled with an urge to kick her off the bike, grab her neck and choke her. If you dont want to die then shut up!! Zhang Xiao Qiang roared. The noise behind him disappeared. The whole world was quiet, too bad it was only quiet for 2-3 minutes. Mum!! Dad!! Im so scared!! Boooohooooo... she burst into tears. The zombies in the distance were attracted to them because of her crying. Zhang Xiao Qiang regretted his decision. He shouldnt have saved her yesterday. Shes just a brain dead loli. She is unable to discern the situation. She cant see the zombies by the side of the road, only knowing how to cry. Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to leave her alone on the road and leave, but he couldnt get the resolve to do it. He was a recluse, not a murderer. Hey little sister, dont cry anymore, I was wrong alright? If you keep crying youll attract the monsters! Seeing that there was a passenger bus by the side of the road, surrounded by dozens of zombies. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt want Yang Ke Ers weeping sounds to attract them. At least Yang Ke Er wasntpletely dumb. She stopped crying and just sobbed behind him. He rode the bike and rushed past the bus. The zombies were trying to follow him from behind. Crunch Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped the bike, putting one foot on the ground. On the right, there was an S zombie rushing towards him from the road ahead. It was blocking the road. Quickly escape! The monster is about to catch up! Yang Ke Er cried out in a hurry. The S zombies speed was too fast, if he were to ride past it, it would definitely pull them off the bike. It appeared too suddenly, so Zhang Xiao Qiang was unprepared. The zombies from behind were getting closer and closer. The back of the bike was also carrying something cumbersome. Get off the bike Zhang Xiao Qiang yelled, and he pulled out the hammer and headed towards the S zombie. There was no movement from behind him. There are monsters!! Yang Ke Er protested. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt bother with her. He got off the bike first. He didnt have time to get out his spear, so he took out his knife. Crash The bike crashed into the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt bother to look back to see if she was dead or alive. Numerous encounters at fighting zombies have given him the experience toe up with a n. Although he didnt have his spear in hand, it was only 1 S zombie so Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt feel afraid. The hammer smashed into its chest. It recoiled and took 2 steps back. Zhang Xiao Qiang rushed towards its side and cut at its neck. At the same time it also felt that Zhang Xiao Qiang was near it, so it swung its arm to grab him. The knife hit the nails of its ws, making an ear piercing metallic sound. FUCK, what kind of nails did it grow? Are they like Wolverines? Zhang Xiao Qiang was surprised. The knife was knocked aside by the w, and the other w started to swing towards him. Zhang Xiao Qiang leaned his head back. The w swung just before his eyes, giving him a mouthful of the corpses stench. Then Zhang Xiao Qiang kicked the zombie in the thigh. It fell back and sat on the floor. While it was struggling to climb back up, Zhang Xiao Qiang ran up behind it, gripped the knife and pointed it downwards. The de pierced the zombies head till it was stuck. Zhang Xiao Qiang yanked it back up, but it was stuck in its skull, so Zhang Xiao Qiang used the zombies shoulder as a footrest to force the knife back out. Yang Ke Er was letting out a bloodcurdling scream at the side. Listening to it chilled Zhang Xiao Qiang to the bone. That Yang Ke Er must be food to the zombies by now! Zhang Xiao Qiang eximed as he looked towards the bicycle. Pfffsshhh! Zhang Xiao Qiang spurted with a smile. That girl ran to the boundary between paddy fields, screaming, running and jumping at the same time. The zombies behind her were pushing and shoving in a row. Every now and then a zombie would trip over into the paddy field. Just like a girl in a game pulling along a train, every time the zombies couldnt keep up and were about to be left behind, she would look back at the zombies bewildered and once she saw a zombie she would scream and continue to lead them around. Shes just too talented! Her running speed was at such a strange ce; just enough to not get caught by the zombies and not enough to leave the zombies behind. The entire process flowed smoothly. It was just very amusing to watch. If you didnt know she was scared, you would think that she was excited right now. Quicklye!! Zhang Xiao Qiang cried at her. She didnt have any reaction to the outside world, all she did was bow her head and yell and run and jump. Zhang Xiao Qiang set up the bicycle and rode near her, she was writhing around as he tried to get her, as if she didnt know him. Zhang Xiao Qiang put her on his shoulders and started heading in the other direction. She was deliriously searching around his backpack while on his shoulder. Zhang Xiao Qiang put her on the frame of the bicycle, and started pedalling ahead. An acre of paddy field slowly slid away from sight. She also sat in silence. It was getting dark, and the night wille once again. Chapter 25: I’d Rather Die Than Let Go Id Rather Die Than Let Go Trantor/Editor: Dookie The bright camp fire warms the body, as Zhang Xiao Qiang sits by the fire casually sharpening his army knife. While Ke Er holds onto the silk nket tightly and stares nkly at the fire, her body trembling uncontrobly and the food next to her left untouched. Probably traumatised. Zhang Xiao Qiang looks away, not caring about her and continues to sharpen his knife with a millstone. The continuous usage from previous days has damaged and blunted the Tiger Tooth Sword; the weapon to keep him alive should of course be taken care of. Other than the sounds from the burning firewood, only the sounds of him sharpening his sword fill the air of the night. Sir, do you think I will die? Ke Er suddenly asks Zhang Xiao Qiang with a light in her eyes. Yes! Maybe tomorrow, maybe the next, maybe next month, maybe next year, it all depends on your luck! Zhang Xiao Qiang says confidently, as he reminisces the first time he faced a zombie, charging it with a pan lid. Sir, will you protect me? Ke Er asks with a sign of plead of desperation in her eyes as she looks at Zhang Xiao Qiang No! Im not even sure if Ill be able to live myself, maybe Ill die right in front of you tomorrow Zhang Xiao Qiang replies, this time with even more confidence, as he recall the time he was covered in wounds facing a mutant cat. The time pinned on top of a bus, feeling the wrath of a D2 zombie. And also the time he was hung on a safety fence, unable to move with the feeling ofpletely hopelessness. The light that was in Ke Ers eyes dimmed down, with a face of despair. Shes already feeling hopeless Zhang Xiao Qiang thinks to himself as he looks at her facial expressions. She stops talking and Zhang Xiao Qiang also remains silent, as he continues to admire his army knife using the light from the fire. The longer he look, the more restless he bes. An image of him waking up to a hopeless and despair apocalyptic reality shes across his mind. Do you want to live? Zhang Xiao Qiang asks suddenly, breaking the silence Girl slowly looks up to him in confusion. Do you want to continue to live? Zhang Xiao Qiang asks again, the light in her eyes appearing again as she nods. If you want to continue living in this apocalyptic world, you have to depend on yourself. As Zhang Xiao Qiang recalls himself training at home with his gun. Depend on myself??? Ke Er asks with doubts From now on you have to forget everything from the past, Zhang Xiao Qiang says, looking at her You are no longer daddy and mommys little girl, you are no longer the mischievous student in ss, you even have to go beyond that and forget that youre a woman, Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly recalls his days of living the happy otaku life. You have to learn to observe the zombies, face the zombies and until you be able to kill a zombie. Zhang Xiao Qiang continues to lecture, from a perspective of a veteran. How am I supposed to kill? Ke Er asks Youre very nimble and agile, youve got pretty good speed as well. Zhang Xiao Qiang recalling the time she pulled the train to distract the zombies. As long as youre not scared, the zombies wont be able to catch you, you only have to worry about the evolved zombies...... Zhang Xiao Qiang continues to pass on his knowledge from experience, telling her about his past encounters, as Ke Ers confidence starts to grow. Thanks sir! Ke Er says with gratitude Sleep early, well start training tomorrow Zhang Xiao Qiang says Ok, Ke Er says as she begins lying down in her nkets, Sir, when you looked at me showering this morning, what did you think? Did you like what you saw? she asks, out of nowhere. It was my loss, no boobs, no waist, no ass; you dont even have one out of the 3 good traits!! Zhang Xiao Qiang sighs Hmm! Ke Er turns, facing away from him and ignoring him As the night goes on, the cold starts to creep in, Ke Er moves closer towards the fire as she falls asleep, Zhang Xiao Qiang ces some firewood between her and the fire, in case she rolls into it during her sleep. Zhang Xiao Qiang wants to sleep, but the possibility of something happening during the night haunts him. This paranoia makes restless. Not knowing when the zombies wille and go. Every time theye, it means that hes screwed. First time he struggled until near death during heavy rain, second time he was attacked by a mutant cat, and this will be the third time. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt want to wake Ke Er, he doesnt know when danger will strike, nor does he know where it wille from. At least for now he has Ke Er in his sight so he is able to protect her. Thete night wind blows, as the fire dances beautifully like fairies,pletely mesmerising. Zhang Xiao Qiang can no longer feel the warmth from the fire, as the feeling of uneasiness creeps into his bones. Zhang Xiao Qiang picks up his sniping cross bow and nocks an arrow, which is a luxury to use. He checks the knife on his belt, spear in his hand. Still feeling unprepared, he picks up a hammer and puts it into his belt. Zhang Xiao Qiang sits by the fire, awaiting the unknown that is toe, as time passes, he bes more and more nervous. Zhang Xiao Qiang hates this feeling, the feeling of not being in control. Instead you can only be a little chest piece which can be trampled on anytime. Hed rather face a D2 zombie than to have to have to wait for this unseen danger. Time passes on for who knows how long, a giant ancient beast like figure appears in the distant light Zhang Xiao Qiang observes it carefully A big head with two strong horns appears, almost as if they are sharp enough to pierce the night. The spiral and sharp horn shimmers in the fire light, almost like metal. Tworge hooves allows it to stand strongly, the rest of the body is unseen due to the body, What kind of monster is this? Zhang Xiao Qiang does not know how this mutant monster came to be like this, but those big sharp horns and strong hooves are definitely powerful. Zhang Xiao Qiang is frozen in fear, fear that the beast may mistake him as a threat. After his experience with the big dogs, he knows that not all mutant animals are a threat to humans. His breathing slows down,pletely still. Praying that the monster will leave by itself. The beast walks towards the fire, curious yet slightly scared, very careful. Itpletely ignores Zhang Xiao Qiang who is by the fire Zhang Xiao Qiang also careful observes the beast, standing in at about 160cm, with a slightly yellow coating, body as thick and strong as a wall. When carefully observed, it slightly resembles a mountain goat. The goats that he have seen has short and thick horns, bending slightly backwards. This monster however, has the horn of an African gazelle, long and straight. As time slowly passes, the monster continues to move closer, Zhang Xiao Qiang prepares himself and bes very alert. He aims between the eyes of the beast with his crossbow. The atmosphere bes eerie; the monster takes his interest in the fire as Zhang Xiao Qiang aims at the beast, Ke Er sleeping by the fire,pletely oblivious of the situation. The beast seems to lose its interest in the fire and begins to take a step back to leave. Pa, an ember bursts out from the burning firewood, startling the beast as it charges towards the fire, horns pointing in an attack position. Not knowing the beast is targeting the fire, he fires the crossbow, straight onto the forehead of the beast, the crown of the arrow shaking ever so lightly. The monster stops in his tracks, with the arrow still on his forehead, charges at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang feels bitter in his mouth, how can you kill something that cant be killed by a crossbow? Zhang Xiao Qiang throws away the crossbow and holds onto his metal spear. Ill give it my all!. Theres nowhere to run, escaping into the darkness is an even quicker death. The beast seems to be in extreme pain, as he tries to take out the arrow. Failing to do so, he redirects his anger towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. It tramples the ground a couple times and charges at Zhang Xiao Qiang with its two big horns directly pointing towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. He ces the end of the spear on the grow for support and readies his stance to face the beast, the spear pointing towards the beasts forehead, as he waits for it to charge into it. The beast charges, speed not up to par with the mutant cats but its power is on the same level with the D2 zombies. Zhang Xiao Qiang rolls towards the side the moment contact is made. Pong, Pa. The first sound is the crash and the second sound is the spear breaking into two pieces. As Zhang Xiao Qiang hears the cracking of the spear on the ground, his heart bes cold. The huge colliding power also damaged the beast, he stumbles. He shook his head trying to clear the grogginess. A chance he wont get again, he charges forwards and catapults himself onto the beast. Left hand holding onto its mane, right hand thrusts the army knife towards his neck. Dong! the sound of the knife piercing through his leather like skin, and yanks the de out. The monster, enraged, begin to il about. Zhang Xiao Qiang throws down his knife and puts the monster into a headlock. He only has one thought in his mind, Id rather die than to let go. Just a reminder to please like our Facebook page at C every 200 likes is a bonus chapter! Chapter 26: A big piece of meat A big piece of meat Trantor: WhatTrante Editor: xXmA5ta0f5hAd0WZzzXx The beast violently thrashed around the campfire, throwing Zhang Xiao Qiang around like a ragdoll. Dizzy and unable to keep his sense of direction, he vomited, as he clung to its back in desperation. If not for the searing pain in his hands, he would have thought that he had lost his limbs long ago. Suddenly, there was a bump. It seemed to have broken his tailbone as he felt a numbing sensation creep from his hips to waist. Wahh... Zhang Xiao Qiang cried out. Now, he was continuously vomiting, but all he could taste was the bitterness of only the bile that remained. The monster carried him on its back, unrelenting in its rampage. All his joints felt as though they had been torn apart. Unable to muster up the strength to fight, all he could do was mp onto its neck and waist. In the corner of his mouth, he could taste a faint sweetness; Zhang Xiao Qiang had bit down too hard, and his gums were starting to bleed. It was hard to keep his eyes open; he could feel the unconsciousness quicklying upon him. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt know where it would take him, nor did he know what fate awaited him, but none of that mattered now. He was already riding it and it was toote to get off. Reaching a galloping pace, the wind began to sting Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes, so he buried his face into the beasts back. He could hear the wind as it whipped through its fur and the steady, rhythmic pounding of its feet. His body felt the vibrations and the bumps in its body. His mind was nk, he didnt care about anything, only the peace of theing end. After some time, the sky began to lighten. The beast also started to slow down, and touching its neck, he could feel some wet fur. Only when the sky waspletely bright, did it reduce its pace to a trot, panting heavily. Heres my chance! he realised, releasing his hands and grabbing onto the horns of its head, pushing it forwards. Zhang Xiao Qiang sat on its neck, his legs tightly wrapped around its throat. Holding onto its horn with his left hand, he drew out the hammer from his waist and smashed it down forcefully onto its head. Eeee... the beast let out a wail as it tried to throw him off. Zhang Xiao Qiang started to feel faint again. However, its bucking stopped, and Zhang Xiao Qiang struck its head again, causing the beast to shake its head once more. At that point, he stopped, so as to avoid being thrown off, and once it had, continued his attack. This happened in turn, over and over, eventually tiring the beast, however, Zhang Xiao Qiang was losing the strength to hold on. Suddenly, as he leaned back, the beast stood up, throwing him backwards. But as he fell, he managed to grab on to its horn and held on, waiting for it to return to the ground. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted the crossbow arrow firmly embedded in its forehead, lodged just deep enough to hit bone but not the brain, making it painful but not fatal. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw hope, and gathering himself, he sat on its back and waited for an opportunity. Another chance! it stood up again. Zhang Xiao Qiang grabbed onto the horn, left leg wrapped around its chin, right foot on its back, and straightened himself up. Dang the hammer hit the tail of the arrow, causing it to sink further into the beasts forehead. Eeeee.... it moaned again loudly, leaving his ears buzzing. The beast continued to leap up and down; sitting on the top of it, he felt like he was flying up and then falling. The hammer flew out of his hands, the left hand that was holding onto the horn was now bloodied from grinding. He did not know how long it would be until it finally ceased, before it, taking a few steps back... then a few more, fell down sideways onto the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt let go, and so was thrown onto the ground with it. He groaned as he pulled his left leg out from underneath it. Unable to feel anything, he rubbed his calf to which there was a slight pain. Is it broken? he worried, and checked it more carefully. The leg bone was fine, but his left foot was hanging off his leg, Its dislocated. Zhang Xiao Qiang gently pushed it a few times and until it suddenly moved up. Sshhhh... he breathed in painfully, and looked again; it still wasnt connected. Ive never learnt to do this, he chuckled to himself nonchntly. After several attempts, and torturing his feet in the process, he finally managed to fix it. The wounded Zhang Xiao Qiang looked over at the in beast. Morning! Uncle, waaa! Thats a big goat!!! Yang Ke Er eximed from behind. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned around to see that the camp was only 10m away. Smoke gently wafted away in the breeze from the now extinguished camp fire. Yang Ke Er sleepily looked at the mutated beasts body; he had spent one night riding the beast and ended back at the starting point. He shifted his gaze to her, then to the sky, which waspletely bright. A wave of weariness washed over him. Dont worry about me, im going to sleep Zhang Xiao Qiang said hoarsely, as hey on the carcass which was still warm and fell asleep. A little girl was ying leapfrog at the same time, as she panted continuously. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the tworge horns on their sides. The big horn, around 60-70cm in length, was engraved with spiralling lines from the top to bottom. They both felt like they were made of jade and knocking them together made a brittle metal sound. The big horn was hollow, thick at the bottom and thin on the top. The top was sharp and felt firm, there was no trace of the knife cuts, but it had a cutting edge. It really is a treasure! eximed Zhang Xiao Qiang as he ran his hands over it. Looking carefully he saw the smooth fine lines, admiring its mystery and elegance. Even though he wanted to take it off he was afraid to do so. A knife would have no effect and his hammer would only smash it. Mulling it over in his mind, he decided to take the steel crossbow bolts and use the hammer to slowly chisel away at the horn of the beast. By the side there were some bamboo poles with pieces of animal fur. The hide was also a treasure; poking it did not damage it in the slightest, but it was still soft. As he was pulling it off, his head started to hurt from a wound he had sustained, so he used his shovel to slowly strip it away. Now the beasty there naked. Uncle, that was 2000 times! Yang Ke Er reminded Zhang Xiao Qiang that she had done 2000 jumping jacks. Rest for a while, then do another 2000! he responded casually, wondering what good the two horns could do? Uncle Yang Ke Er said. ???? Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at her. Its a lot of physical work, is there any meat to eat? Otherwise I cant keep jumping! Yang Ke Erined. No! Zhang Xiao Qiang was definite. Isnt that a big piece of meat? Yang Ke Er pointed to the naked beast. Huh? Zhang Xiao Qiang began to think. Zombies eat flesh and mutated dogs eat zombies, however, the dogs did not be infected after consuming their virus-infected flesh. This means that the virus in the meat will let it evolve but not mutate, furthermore indicating that there are some substances in the animal that will produce a positive response whenbined with the virus. Therefore, animals must be immune to the virus. Zombies dont eat other zombies, because their flesh will have no effect on their evolution. Zombies must then be only interested in virus-free flesh. Previously, the zombies had surrounded the dogs, so naturally they would have wanted to eat the dogs meat. This means that the flesh of therge dogs had no virus, as it had already been cleared by the animals body! Which means you can eat it and itll be fine! Zhang Xiao Qiang realised. Uncle, can I! Yang Ke Er persisted. Continue to train, well talke dinner time! Zhang Xiao Qiang said. Yeeeesss!!! Theres gonna be meat to eat tonight! Zhang Xiao Qiang bounded away, in high spirits. Chapter 27: Just call me cockroach! Just call me cockroach! Trantor: chinesenoveltranted To eat or not to eat, that is a question. Zhang Xiao Qiang was staring at the big piece of meat as he thought to himself. It will be great if we can find someone to try it out... Zhang Xiao Qiang took a nce at Yang Ke Er but eventually decided to drop the idea to make her test out the meat as she is still a young girl, even though she is a little brainless, and no longer pure (like a virgin). But it is a norm to not be a virgin. Someone once said Virgin? You have to go to the elementary school to find one But Zhang Xiao Qiang still thinks that one should be able to find a virgin in high school. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked back to the meat, the color of the meat has turned slightly ck, maybe because no one released the blood from the meat in time and all the blood has flown back into the meat. Swallowing his saliva, he started to have strong cravings as he had not eaten any meat for the past few days. He started limping towards the meat, stopping right in front of it. He used his knife and cut a big piece of meat. Closing his eyes, he started to stuff the meat into his mouth. Right before he put the meat into his mouth, he stopped as the strong stanch of the raw meat jammed the nerves in his nose. He walked over to the bonfire and started to barbeque the meat until the meat start to turn slightly yellow and smelled nice. Relying on his body that had just passed the test of the weird rain, he stuffed the meat into his mouth. Its a little tough! Zhang Xiao Qiang said. Oh it got stuck in between my teeth, as he summarizes the tasting session. Are you done? I cant wait anymore! Yang Ke Er asks while she barbeques the monsters hind leg by the bonfire. Zhang Xiao Qiang took a look at the meat and said not yet. After seeing that Zhang Xiao Qiang did not react badly to the meat, the little girl also ate the meat. This proves that Zhang Xiao Qiangs theory is right, the D virus is bad for humans but it does not affect animals negatively. I wonder if the monkey will turn into zombie monkey? that thought came to Zhang Xiao Qiang while he was looking at the bonfire. Its burnt! Its burnt! I said its done but uncle dont believe, hmmpf! Yang Ke Er startedining about the meat being a little burned. You threw my good intentions into the drain! Dont eat it since its burnt. Zhang Xiao Qiang chided at Yang Ke Er. Alright, Im sorry. Oh my god, the meat is so tough! Yang Ke Er said with a frown. It doesnte off no matter how hard I chew! Treat it like you are eating a sow (female pig) and chew on it a few more times! Zhang Xiao Qiang shared his experience. Uncle, whats your name? Yang Ke Er finally remembered to ask for his name. He felt his heart wrenched after he recalls some memories when Kang Ke Er asked for his name. Xiao Qiang! Xiao Qiang! Stop ying ande back for dinner, His mother would call for him when he was young. Please introduce yourself, The teacher steps down from the podium while he walks up, staring into the eyes of more then fifty people. I... I am Zhang Xiao Qiang, he answered softly, that was a memory in high school. Xiao Qiang, what you gonna do... Seeing someone younger dying before your very own eyes, that was when his ssmate recited a famous movie line to him. [JY: Because Xiao Qiang is amonly used name, it was used everywhere] Zhang Xiao Qiang? Hahaha, isnt that a cockroach? Sorry, hahaha.... I cannot take it, its too funny, This happened when he went for a blind date. Thinking about all those experiences, he is filled with resentment towards his name. It is like curse, following him until he dies. A name is just a symbol, it is just a memory, it cannot represent anything! Zhang Xiao Qiang told Yang Ke Er sternly. But how should I address you? I cant always call you uncle right? Are you having menopause? Or are you still angry that Iughed at you for being single... He fell silent after hearing Yang Ke Ersment. He suddenly remembered how a cockroach begs to live after being trapped in a bottle, and also the times where he faced difficulties after leaving home. You can call me cockroach. Zhang Xiao Qiang makes up his mind. What? Cockroach? That is disgusting, I hate cockroaches! Why do you have to call yourself that! Yang Ke Er made a negative remark about that idea of calling him cockroach. Are you full? Go to sleep if you are full! We will continue the training tomorrow! Zhang Xiao Qiang orders Yang Ke Er to go to bed, while trying to change the subject. .......... Yang Ke Er squirms into the nket while muttering something. Zhang Xiao Qiang finishes thest piece of meat, touch his belly and sighed. He always eats a lot when he is injured. Although it is good that he will recover fast, it is upsetting to see the food supply decreasing so fast. He cuts off the remaining meat from the monster to barbeque, preparing to keep the meat as his food supply. Although the meat is tough, it does helps to suppress his hunger. The monster is left with bones after cutting off all the meat. Zhang Xiao Qiang searched through the abdominal of the monster but could not find any galldder stone like the ones he usually finds in a cat. Could it be that only cats have that? Zhang Xiao Qiang wondered. With all the meat is now barbequing by the bonfire, Zhang Xiao Qiang wondered to himself, The monster was enormous in size but there wasnt much meat, only about 100 pounds. The rest is taken up by bones and organs, and after barbequing, we are left with around 50 pounds of edible meat, (I remember buying roughly 5 pounds beef and after cooking, whats left is only 2 pounds, not sure it was due to some injection to make the meat heavier C Authors own thought) After keeping the barbequed meat, he took a nce at the monster skin, and proceeds to scrape off the fascia (connective tissues) and used the ash from the burnt wood to tan the skin. He stops after seeing that it is almost done, thinking how should he use the skin? That is a tough question! The main weapon has been destroyed as the ironnce has broken into two. The triangr pointed top of the ironnce has also turned into a S shape and the metal pipe is also bent out of shape. The ironnce has been through many battles with Zhang Xiao Qiang and he feels sad that he can no longer use it. He buried the ironnce and hugged the pair of monster horns to sleep. Uncle Zhang, slow down, I cannot run anymore. Zhang Xiao Qiang stays in front, riding the bicycle with the bag of monster meat at the back of the bicycle while Yang Ke Er does her training, running behind the bicycle. Zhang Xiao Qiang ignores her and continue riding his bicycle. Zhang Xiao Qiang stop now!! Yang Ke Er shouted, panicking. She managed to guessed his name right then. Crunch! he stopped, finally you stopped! Pant, pant! Im so tired! Yang Ke Er walks to Zhang Xiao Qiang, breathing heavily. Zhang Xiao Qiang ignores her and look through the binocrs. What happen? Yang Ke Er asked curiously. There is a zombie in the field ahead, around a mile away with no buildings in sight. This is a rare opportunity! Can you see that zombie? Zhang Xiao Qiang told Yang Ke Er while pointing to the direction of the field. Whats the matter? It looks ordinary, Yang Ke Er doesnt give a second look and used her hand to fan herself. Go and kill it. Zhang Xiao Qiang spoke as if it was as easy as killing an ant. .......... Yang Ke Er freezes up upon hearing what he said. B...But I dont have have any experience! Yang Ke Er stares nkly at Zhang Xiao Qiang. No one has experience at the start. It is a good opportunity now, go, I will watch you from the back Zhang Xiao Qiang exins to Yang Ke Er. T.. Then will you rescue me if I encounter any danger? Yang Ke Er pleads. No, I told you before! You can only depend on yourself, if you dont dare to kill it today, you should dig a hole and bury yourself! Saves you from going through unnecessary suffering! Zhang Xiao Qiang spoke firmly, with a stern look on his face. I.. What do I use to kill the zombie? with an excuse, Yang Ke Er holds on to the side of his clothes tightly and looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang with puppy eyes. Take this, Zhang Xiao Qiang said as he took out an iron hammer. Chapter 28: Yang Ke Er versus zombie Yang Ke Er versus zombie Trantor: chinesenoveltranted Hey uncle why are you being mean to me and not give me that thing? Yang Ke-er said as she points to the crossbow in Zhang Xiao Qiangs bag. You gotta have the courage to face the zombie and not run far from it! Zhang Xiao Qiang grumbles and continues, If you are not going, I am going to leave you here, because I do not want to be fighting for my life while having to deal with a free loader, as he gets ready to leave on his bicycle. Okay Im going... I didnt say I am not following, Yang Ke-er whines as she drags his feet and headed towards the zombie. The zombie was approximately 60 to 70 meters away but Yang Ke-er took his own sweet time, and after five minutes she was still 40 meters away. If you are not going to hurry, I am really leaving! Zhang Xiao Qiang shouted to Yang Ke-er, and his loud voice alerted the zombie. It started to walk towards them. Yang Ke-er then started to walk faster towards the zombie and once the zombie could smell her, it ran towards her. Mummy! Yang Ke-er cried as she turned her back towards the zombies and started running. Zhang Xiao Qiang who was a few meters away heard it loud and clear. Woosh! a silver bullet whizzed past the face of Yang Ke-er, and she was shocked at what just happened. She was scared stiff and stopped right at her tracks. If you continue to run, Ill kill you! Zhang Xiao Qiang proims as he continues to take aim at Yang Ke-er. WAAHHH Yang Ke-er cries uncontrobly. Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that it is cruel to make a 14 year old girl face zombies, but he had no other choice. He remembered telling Yang Ke-er during that night when they had a close encounter with the monster, and also countless times after the doomsday, that No one is anyones saviour!. To survive in this doomsday, amid the zombies and monsters, you can only count on yourself. If she cant kill this zombie, Ill just have to let it kill her, Zhang Xiao Qiang thought to himself. Since doomsday, every survivor starts life afresh. Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that he is only a small character in this world, and do not have the responsibility and obligation to save anyone. That is why there is no rules, no human rights and most of all, theck of feelings for others,. If you are going to focus on these points, you are just going to die faster. Yang Ke-er continues to sob as she looks at Zhang Xiao Qiang pointing his crossbow at her relentlessly. She hesitates for a while, before turning around and started running towards the zombie. Once Yang Ke-er is about 7 to 8 meters away from the zombie, she changed her direction, running to the back of the zombie. Oh? It seems that she is starting to use her brain. I see some improvement, Zhang Xiao Qiang thought to himself as he lights up a cigarette, watching from afar. The zombie tried to turn to face Yang Ke-er, and once ite face to face with her, Yang Ke-er ran around again to the back of the zombie. And so the both of them continued to y hide-and-seek, running from each other. Suddenly, thump, the zombie could not keep up with Yang Ke-ers tempo, fumbling with its movement and fell to the ground. Chance! Zhang Xiao Qiang shouted with delight. Yang Ke-er also knew that this is her chance and ran towards the zombie. Thump Yang Ke-er was too focused on the zombie that she missed her footing and fell over, just like the zombie. Cough, cough... Cough! Zhang Xiao Qiang choked on his smoke when he saw how Yang Ke-er screwed up such a great opportunity. Yang Ke-er stood up, but the zombie was also up by then. Round one, Yang Ke-er versus zombie end in a draw. Yang Ke-er took a few moments to adapt to the situation. No longer afraid of the zombie, she came was now within two meters away from the zombie. Zhang Xiao Qiang could see that Yang Ke-er has indeed improved, and felt relieved. As Zhang Xiao Qiang finishes his cigarette, he looks at his watch and exims 15 minutes!. He looks up at the sky, and had an evil thought C I hope that she settles this before she dies from exhaustion. Yang Ke-er continues to watch the zombie and suddenly the zombie threw its arms towards her. Without flinching, she evaded the attack and side-stepped to the back of the zombie before giving all her might in hitting the zombies back. It was a pity that this type of attack is useless against zombies, and the zombie retaliated by swinging its arm again, this time its sharp fingernails barely missing Yang Ke-er eyes. Round two is over and Yang Ke-er has the upper hand. But Zhang Xiao Qiang was bored as hell, lighting up another cigarette and blowing smoke rings. With the experienced gained earlier, Yang Ke-er is now feeling gutsier and provoking the zombie from all different directions. She was floating around like a bee, moving from left to right before finally positioning herself right behind the zombie again. This time, she kicks the zombies legs, making it lose bnce and it fell to the ground. Ah.... Yang Ke-er screams as she prepares to give the deadliest attack to perverts and ruthlessly kicked the zombie right between the legs. Zhang Xiao Qiang winced when he saw that. The fight was far from over. With the zombie still on the ground, Yang Ke-er jumped on its back, took out her iron hammer and smashed the zombie frantically. The zombie tried to get back up but after countless blows, it stopped moving. Round three and we have a winner! Zhang Xiao Qiang walked to Yang Ke-er, but she was still hitting the zombie, and was mumbling something repeatedly. Thump, Zhang Xiao Qiang ced his hand on Yang Ke-ers shoulder. Woosh, the iron hammer swung towards Zhang Xiao Qiangs face and he managed to jump back and evade that blow. That was a close shave. Yang Ke-er carry on her assault on the zombie, and it seems that Yang Ke-er was in a trance. Zhang Xiao Qiang went to squat beside Yang Ke-er and saw that she was sobbing and cursing, sob sob sob... Stupid cockroach... sob sob sob... smelly cockroach... Ill use an insecticide and spray you to death. Sob sob sob... Zhang Xiao Qiang could sense a strong resentmenting from Yang Ke-er. What a scene C Zhang Xiao Qiang squatting beside Yang Ke-er while she continued to smash the zombie. Soon, the strength in Yang Ke-ers body slowly weaken and once the hitting stopped, Zhang Xiao Qiang brought Yang Ke-er aside to rest. How did that feel? Zhang Xiao Qiang asked. Im hungry! Yang Ke-er eximed, as she rubbed her tummy. It seems that she is back to normal. Uncle, you didnt see what happened just now, that monsters fingernails missed my eyes by a tiny bit! Really! Just a little bit more and it would have scratched out my eyes! Ah! I was so terrified then... Yang Ke-er continued to exin the whole process with much vigour by animating it, while still holding on to a barbequed meat with bites in between. Zhang Xiao Qiang watches on, while eating his barbequed meat. He had saw everything that happened earlier and was obviously not interested in hearing her exin again. Ha ha ha!! I killed one today. Tomorrow I can kill two. Haha, two, I swear I can mercilessly kill ten thousand of them, haha The more Yang Ke-er says, the more excited she bes, and she started to be furious. Seeing how Yang Ke-er is acting, Zhang Xiao Qiang started to feel uneasy. Here, Zhang Xiao Qiang said as he presented the crossbow in front of Yang Ke-er. ????? Confused, Yang Ke-er looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang, but dare not reach out to ept the crossbow. Take it, Zhang Xiao Qiang said before putting the crossbow in the hands of Yang Ke-er. You are now qualified to use it! he continued, as he appears nonchnt about it. Chapter 29: The night attack Are you really giving it to me? Yang Ke Er started to fiddle with the crossbow happily but she cant seem to use it well. The way you use is wrong, you should use it like this.... Zhang Xiao Qiang taught her how to adjust the scope and load the iron bullet and arrow. Click! Yang Ke Er loaded the arrow and started aiming aimlessly. Zhang Xiao Qiang took a look at the first zombie that Yang Ke Er killed and pitied the dead zombie. Yang Ke Er had managed to crushed all his bones, except the head which seems perfectly unharmed. The zombie looked worse then being cut into pieces. Uncle! Will you still abandon me? Yang Ke Er asked casually, aiming the crossbow at Zhang Xiao Qiang from time to time. Gulp! Zhang Xiao Qiang swallowed his saliva nervously. Staring at the sharp arrow on the crossbow, his legs starts to tremble a little. Well...... Zhang Xiao Qiang sounded a little hoarse. Hmmm???? Yang Ke Er asked doubtfully. As long as you continue your training and have the courage to face the zombies alone, I will not abandon you. Zhang Xiao Qiang replied firmly, ignoring the cold sweat on his forehead. Yes, I will continue to work hard! Yang Ke Er smiled brightly. Sigh! Zhang Xiao Qiang let out a sigh of relief. After a short rest, they continued their journey, with Zhang Xiao Qiang riding the bicycle and Yang Ke Er seated at the beam of the bicycle. Shortly after they started their journey, the bicycle starts to tremble. He stopped to check on the bicycle and noticed that the front tire has already been deted due to aceration. FUCK! Such bad luck! Zhang Xiao Qiang cursed. Come down! We need to change transport. He shouted at Yang Ke Er. Change what transport? Uncle? Yang Ke Er continued to stay on the beam firmly. 11 Road (JY: 11 represents two feet which means walking) Zhang Xiao Qiang said while taking out the barbequed meat from the rear of the bicycle. Zhang Xiao Qiang carried the barbequed meat and started walking on narrow road, with Yang Ke Er following behind him with her crossbow. They left the poor, lonely bicycle far behind. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked breathlessly, still carrying the barbequed meat while Yang Ke Erins that she is tired and needs a break. Looking at the darkened sky, it should be nightfall soon. Not far ahead on a small hill there was a 2 story high house, and because there werent any other buildings around, there werent any zombie mobs in sight too. Zhang Xiao Qiang decides that they should rest in the house. Ever since he was stuck in a house due to a D2 Zombie, Zhang Xiao Qiang has a strong resentment towards houses. However, after that incident when he lighted a bonfire in the night which ended up attracting the monster, he felt that a house is still safer than being out in the wilderness. The house was a ssic small farm house and it looked quite old. The white wall tiles were no longer shiny and the corner of the walls were filled with yellowish dried moss. The cement floor at the front yard was full of cracks. The stainless steel windows of the house were locked. Thup Thup Thup Zhang Xiao Qiang knocked on the window and tries to hear if there is any movement in the house. There was only silence. Zhang Xiao Qiang stepped back to observe the house, looking for a point where they can enter the house from. Uncle, what are you looking for? Yang Ke Er asks while looking at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Dont disturb me, cant you see that I am trying to find a way to get into the house? Zhang Xiao Qiang said, feeling annoyed. If you cant enter from ground level then we should go in from the top! Yang Ke Er suggests as she nces at the second story. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the second story and saw that there was a balcony directly above the main entrance. A ss door was in the way from getting into the house from the balcony. He couldnt see if the ss door was locked but even so, they could use the hammer to break into the house. Zhang Xiao Qiang ns to let Yang Ke Er step on his shoulder to climb up onto the balcony so that she she can unlock the main entrance door. Uncle, there might be monsters inside! Yang Ke Er said nervously, looking around. Are you still afraid of zombies now? Zhang Xiao Qiang asked. Oh right! I am no longer afraid now Yang Ke Er recalled the victory she had against the zombie earlier on. Look at where you are stepping! You almost stepped on my face! Sorry Sorry! A little higher. Just a little higher! Forget it! Just take it as is my unlucky day and step on my head! Uncle, I still cant reach it. Why dont you step on me instead? How can you take my weight with your small and skinny frame? Get ready, I will push you up! Zhang Xiao Qiang pushed Yang Ke Er up using his hands. Yang Ke Er grab onto the railings and pulled herself up onto the balcony. Uncle, wait for me! I will go and open the door! Yang Ke Er disappears into the house the next moment. Kacha! the steel door unlocks. Uncle, its so dark inside, Im scared! Yang Ke Er told Zhang Xiao Qiang sounding fearful. Zhang Xiao Qiang ignored her and walked into the house, its been a long time since anyone has stepped into this house and the house gave a little eerie and cold feeling. Inside the main hall, a longevity painting hangs on the wall, directly facing the door. The cab beside the painting had a statue of chairman Mao. The interior of the house was very simple and the white flooring of the house had turned slightly yellowish. Zhang Xiao Qiang explored the first story and found the kitchen. Apart from the overflowing kitchen sink, the rest of the kitchen seemed pretty empty. There wasnt any rice, sauce, oil or salt in sight. It was so empty that when a mouse enters the kitchen it will run away crying. Beside the kitchen was a passageway. Following the passageway all the way to the back is a small yard, with a few rooms beside it. One is a garage and there were some tools and tires at the corner. The other room is a woodshed. There are 2 other rooms, one is a pigsty while the other is a fire cage room (JY: that is what they say in the novel) where people in the vige would use it to make smoked meat. Of course, there wasnt any smoked meat in the room. There is an iron gate in the yard which leads to the back on the hill and the iron gate is locked firmly with a general lock. The owners must have managed to escape from the virus, gathering all their food supplies and drove off with their car. They even have enough time to lock the front and back gate. Zhang Xiao Qiang made a guess. The room at the 1st story must be an old mans room as it was filled with old furniture and an old wooden bed. The rest of the rooms were used as a store room, and there was rice spilled all over the floor. (JY: rooms used to store rice supplies I guess) The 2nd story consisted of a living room, a guest room and 3 bedrooms. The living room had wooden flooring, a big sofa and a set of high-ss home theater system. The 3 bedrooms came with clean bed sheets which they can sleep on. After dinner, Zhang Xiao Qiang and Yang Ke Er used the big cauldron in the kitchen to boil hot water and took a hot shower happily. (JY: definitely not together?!) You can sleep inside and I will sleep at the living room. Take note if there is any movement at night, dont sleep like a dead person Zhang Xiao Qiang told Yang Ke Er before they go to bed. Okay, stop nagging! Ohhh! Its been a long time since I slept on a bed! Yang Ke Er walked towards to the bed happily. Zhang Xiao Qiang lied down on the sofa and covered himself with a nket while cing the army knife within reach. Zhang Xiao Qiang fell asleep quickly in the soft andfortable sofa. An iron tube pokes Zhang Xiao Qiang in the stomach. Still half asleep, he used his hand to rub his tummy and continued his slumber. The iron tube then taps on Zhang Xiao Qiangs face, this time round he opened his eyes in shocked! A shlight was shining at him, making it hard for him to open his eyes. All he could see was a blurred shadow holding a shlight. It took awhile for Zhang Xiao Qiang to get used to the bright light. He squinted his eyes and saw a homemade shotgun aiming at him, with the shlight pointed all over his body as the person tries to see if he had any hidden weapon. Who are you? the shadow asked. He sounded like a young man. Im a survivor! I came here to seek refuge! Zhang Xiao Qiang replied, trying to sound as genuine as possible. I dont care if you are a damn survivor or not. Why are you at my house? Speak! the shadow sounded very angry. Put the gun down and hear me out, I am not a bad guy. Zhang Xiao Qiang exined. You are at my house and yet you ask me to put down my gun? Huh? Screw you the person red up and Bang! the shotgun hit Zhang Xiao Qiangs face. Zhang Xiao Qiang clutched on to his face and continues to persuade the man. Dont move, move again and I will shoot you! Yang Ke Er emerges to join in themotion as she holds on to her crossbow. Chapter 30: Are you crazy?! The man turned and aimed his shotgun at Yang Ke Er, preparing to pull the trigger any time. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the opportunity and pounced on him. Bang! a gunshot was fired and cement powder fell around them as the bullet hit the ceiling. Zhang Xiao Qiang and the man fell to the ground still interlocked with each other while the living room was filled with the smell of gunpowder. Both of them rolled on the floor while one tried to overpower the other. Pa, they knock onto the sofas leg and at the next moment, they hit the coffee table, shattering the ss. The shattered ss fell all around the floor cutting both of their faces and arms but no one seems to notice it. Once the mans grip loosens, Zhang Xiao Qiang snatched over the shotgun but immediately after that he took a strong hit to his nose. The man took the opportunity to give Zhang Xiao Qiang a headbutt when he was busy stealing the shotgun. It was like a spice shop opened up in Zhang Xiao Qiangs face, as he could feel the taste of sourness, saltiness, bitterness and spiciness all at one go. Zhang Xiao Qiangs tears and mucus started to flow out. Before he could react, a pair of strong hands grabbed onto his throat. The pair of hands, full of calluses, start to tighten with force. With the air stuck in his chest, unable to get out of his airway, Zhang Xiao Qiangs face started to turn green, and his vision blurred from theck of oxygen. The long forgotten shlight was at a corner, illuminating the wooden floor. Unable to see both of them clearly, Yang Ke Er stood near the bedroom door waiting anxiously. With the whole world spinning, Zhang Xiao Qiang lifted his right leg, using all his strength and sessfully sent the man flying bynding a kick on his abdominal. Cough cough! Gasp gasp gasp! Zhang Xiao Qiang remain seated, rubbing his poor throat. He started coughing and breathing heavily while at the same time trying to take in as much air as possible. Ahhhhhhhh!! The man pounce onto Zhang Xiao Qiang again. Knock Zhang Xiao Qiang frantically tries to bring up the shotgun and the barrel hits the man. Ahh! The man cried, as he turned around and rushes down the stairs. He seems to be well aware of the surroundings and disappear quickly. Stop daydreaming! Quick, help me up! Zhang Xiao Qiang was still seating on the wooden floor, demanding Yang Er Ke to help. Okay Yang Ke Er ends her daydreaming and walks over to Zhang Xiao Qiang to help him up onto the sofa. The fight that happen left Zhang Xiao Qiang confused. He retrieved the shlight and shined it onto his watch. It is 5:20am. Seems like they will not be able to continue their sleep, and who knows if the man wille back or not. Yang Ke Er heartlessly went back into the bedroom and continue her beauty rest while Zhang Xiao Qiang stay seated on the sofa, waiting for daybreak. Could he be the owner? Had he mistaken us as thieves? Zhang Xiao Qiang thought. That can be it! Why wasnt he staying here then? There are no zombies near here so its pretty safe... he was confused. Is he hiding a secret? Such that he had to secretly return to his house at midnight instead. Zhang Xiao Qiang continued to let his mind run wild. Morning uncle! Zhang Xiao Qiang lifted his head, and saw Yang Ke Er walking out of the bedroom, rubbing her eyes. Looking through the ss door, it is now morning. With the first story main entrance remains tightly locked the sunlight could only enter the house through the first story window. Still, it managed to slowly brighten the entire house. He did not enter from there, so how...? following the passageway from the kitchen to the yard, the iron gate is unlocked with the lock hanging on the gate. Opening the iron gate, a small walkway leads towards the hill. There wasnt much vegetation on the hill. A few pine trees about the height of 2 to 3 humans can be seem along the walkway. Apart from the pine trees, rows of bushes were growing neatly on the hill. Stay here and wait for me. Dont go loitering around. Zhang Xiao Qiang instructed Yang Ke Er while he took the pair of monster horns and stuff them into 2 hollow bamboo sticks. He fits one-third of the horn into the 1-meter-long bamboo stick with the shape end of the horn sticking out of the bamboo pole. Then... What if you dont return? Yang Ke Er pursed her lips and asked. Then you better just die far from here as possible!! Watch your belongings! Zhang Xiao Qiang doesnt care about his unlucky mouth anymore. Holding onto the shotgun with the bamboo pole on his back, he follows the walkway into the hill. Holding onto the shotgun, he stops every now and then looking at his surroundings staying on high alert. He continued for about 15 minutes. Spotting a cave from afar, he continued on without any obstructions before reaching it. The cave is about 6 to 7 meters tall and about 5 meters wide. There were some carvings at the side of the cave. Loading the shotgun, Zhang Xiao Qiang ventured into the cave cautiously. The cave seems pretty deep. Near the entrance of the cave has carvings that read be prepared for war. After walking about 10 meters in, he spotted a three wheeled agricultural vehicle. The vehicle is painted red, with the word spear painted in white at the side of the vehicle. Above the oil tank was a key. A key... Zhang Xiao Qiang tries to take a closer look. With a strong force from behind, a big feet furiouslynds on Zhang Xiao Qiangs back. Zhang Xiao Qiang stumbled forward and falls t on the uneven ground. Bang he fired the gun into the darkness as he identally pulled the trigger when falling. Without thinking too much, Zhang Xiao Qiang rolled over to the side. Dang a huge boulder was thrown right in front of Zhang Xiao Qiang, and he quickly stood up, while drawing out his bamboo horn pole. He immediately faced the threat. A man was standing behind the vehicle and Zhang Xiao Qiang couldnt see him clearly as it is rather dark in the cave. But he could tell that the man is holding a kitchen knife and looked nervous. I knew it! You guys finally came, you are here to arrest me right? The man shouted at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Grabbing onto the bamboo horn pole with both hands, Zhang Xiao Qiang took 2 steps forward. He was then able to see the face of the man. He looked young, must be in his early twenties. He also looked strong as he clenches his hand into a fist while his other hand holding tightly onto the kitchen knife. His legs were trembling and he appeared to be afraid and nervous. You, donte over, I didnt wish for that to happen, please dont arrest me. The man was getting agitated when he saw Zhang Xiao Qiang approaching him. His hands were now trembling like crazy but he continued to keep his kitchen knife pointed towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. Are you crazy? Zhang Xiao Qiang whispered to himself. Buddy, calm down, Im a passerby, Im not here to arrest you. Zhang Xiao Qiang tried to convince him that he meant no harm. No, you are lying to me, you are here to arrest me, you are here to kill me. AAAHHHHHH!!! The man roared and pounced towards Zhang Xiao Qiang with the knife. Ding! Zhang Xiao Qiang blocks the attack with his bamboo pole, Dong! hends a kick on the chest of the man which forced the man to stumble 10 steps back. AAAHHHH! The man threw the knife at Zhang Xiao Qiang and ran towards the exit of the cave. Zhang Xiao Qiang managed to use the bamboo poles to make a cross in front of him, thus sessfully stopping the flying knife. Deng! the knife falls to the ground. Oh no, that little girl! Zhang Xiao Qiang was afraid that the man will try to hurt Yang Ke Er and quickly chased after that man. Once Zhang Xiao Qiang rushed out of the cave, he saw a shadow running towards the hill. He continued to chase closely until the man stopped at the stop of the top of the hill. They were now next to a cliff. Below the cliff was a stone pit and there was no more road to run. Donte closer, I didnt wish for it to happen, I didnt want to kill them, you cant me me! The man continues to bber on while backing up, all the way to the edge of the cliff. ........ Zhang Xiao Qiang went speechless. He was attacked during midnight and had to remain on high alert until morning and he now has to witness this man going crazy in front of him. Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to turned his back and ignore the guy but was afraid that he would stab him from the back. Killing him wasnt on his mind as he didnt have the heart to kill him. I did kill them, but they were no longer my grandparents, no longer my parents, not my brother and sister-inw, they were monsters, they ate Xiao Hao in front of me. The mans face looked ferocious as he mumbled non-stop. Hey buddy, take it easy, no one is saying that you are wrong! Zhang Xiao Qiang pretended to persuade him but deep down, he felt indifferent. Zhang Xiao Qiang could tell that the guy had no inte and wasnt aware that the world had changed, therefore thinking that he had became a murderer. HAHAHAHA! Dont try to lie to me, I know you are here for me, I am not going to jail, you cant catch me! The man went crazy and jumped off the cliff! Zhang Xiao Qiang stood at the edge of the cliff and looked down. The man was lying above a huge rock, with fresh blood flowing down from the rock onto the ground. Stupid idiot Zhang Xiao Qiangmented. Its too scary if one doesnt know how to get on the inte, that was Zhang Xiao Qiangs final conclusion about the world. Chapter 31: Uncle, You’re a big baddie! Chapter 31: Uncle, Youre a big baddie! He followed the mountain path down, until he saw a row of newly erected graves: Grave of Xiang Wei Ge, Father. Grave of Huang Xiu, Mother. Grave of Xiang Wei, Brother. Grave of Chen Xiang Yun, Sister-inw. He looked further and saw Grave of Xiang Jia Hao, Nephew. and 2 other graves, a total of 7. When the apocalypse happened, the mans family had begun to turn, and in front of him, devoured his little nephew Xiang Jia Hao. He had then killed them all, but the blow to his mental state was too strong, and he had been living in guilt, fear and me in these past months. The man was afraid ofing in contact with the outside world, and even more so his own home. Hence, he had onlye at night to check, until he met Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang could not be sure if death was a good or bad ending for the man, if he hadnte across Zhang Xiao Qiang, he might have lived on, but in constant fear and torment. This fucking apocalypse!! Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart was ovee with an intense rage. After he came down the mountain, he remembered that there were some farming vehicles in the cave, and turned around to make his way there. Tu-tu-tu-tu!! He operated the tractor to the mouth of the cave, and was a little excited, Damn son, I have a vehicle! After getting used to the machine through a few rounds, he stopped the tractor. He sat on the bo, and lit a cigarette, inhaling a deep breath to calm himself down. With this vehicle, it was better than travelling on foot, and although he had experienced a lot since leaving home, it was the first time he had felt joy again at the prospect of gaining a means of transport. He opened up the hatch, and discovered that the fuel was still half-full. Should I check the cave for some fuel? The inside of the cave was quiet, and the passage dark and narrow. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned on his torch and went deeper in. After 30m, the cave started to be even more narrow, allowing at most 2 to 3 to fit in the tunnel, before suddenly broadening up at the 50m mark. In front of him, there was a huge cavern, with the roof being about 30m from the ground, and there was a deep, narrow crack on one side of the wall. Light came in from that crevice, allowing sight in the cavern. At another 7 or 8m in front, there were a few stone steps leading downwards, where there was a pool. It was notrge, but the pool was deep, so much so that the bottom could not be seen. The water was clean and clear, and it must have been ok for consumption, as the man had been here a few months without being ill. Climbing up the steps, there was arge tform, of about 500 or 600 sqft, and it was dry and well-ventted. There was a bed in the centre of the tform made of grass, covered by a bunch of cotton quilts. Not far away, there was a small makeshift furnace made out of stone, stacking together to be a stove. There was even arge iron pan on top the stove. Everywhere around the tform, there were several jars, filled with hundreds of stic woven bags. Zhang Xiao Qiang observed his surroundings carefully, and noticed that the cave was well stocked up, and those hundreds of stic bags were filled with rice and other rations. Each bag could carry a hundred jin, hundreds of them meant there was a few ten thousands of rations here. There was even dried bacon hung on one side, and the amount seemed to have been gleamed off at least 2 fat pigs. That was not all. Zhang Xiao Qiang discovered that there were even a thousand jin of cabbages, all ced neatly, as well as a dozen jins of dried plums, 2 huge jars of pickles, and there was even a coop of a dozen chickens,prising of a rooster and his hens pecking about in one corner. This is too sick, its a hell of a base! Zhang Xiao Qiang eximed. Should I just stay here till I die? He was extremely unwilling to leave the resources behind. However, the moment he thought of living together with Yang Keer for life, he felt a chill down his spine. Thatss was too domineering, if he really had to live with her? It wasnt going to be a rtionship with his wife, it would be more like serving his ancestor. As he drove the tractor slowly into the garden, Yang Keer who was training stared at him dumbly. Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately smirked: Little Yang, you havent seen such a cool tractor before right? Uncle, where did you steal that from? That sentence almost caused Zhang Xiao Qiang to topple from the vehicle. What do you care, quick pack up, were moving!!! Zhang Xiao Qiang barked at Yang Keer. In the end, he decided to move to the cave to live for a period, before making his way towards the capital. Humans were after all social creatures, when facing the dangers of the apocalypse, a group was better than an individual. Furthermore, Yang Keer was training, and before she had fully grown, it was better to gain some street smarts to survive out there. As they moved the mattresses and nkets from the upper storey, as well as other necessities from the rest of the house into the tractor, he called for Yang Keer to prepare to move out. Uncle, did you notice something different about me today? Yang Keer used her hands to ce her hair behind her ear, using a strange tone to ask. Zhang Xiao Qiang squinted, nothing was different about that t figure. Nope, nothings different! He announced. Uncle, look carefully again. Yang Keer walked up to him and raised her head. He fought his instincts to draw back, even though her clothes had been washed once, it had a history not being changed in 3 months, and that smell that emitted from her, it was truly indescribable! En? Something was not right, each time Yang Keer got to within a 3m radius, Zhang Xiao Qiang would be overwhelmed by the smell till his tears came out. However, there was no weird stench today, in fact, it felt...fresh? Yang Keer hadbed her hair neatly, and her shoulder-length hair tied neatly into a ponytail by the side. She was wearing a colorful scarf around her neck, and she was dressed in a pale yellow windbreaker. A pair of jeans that was a little white from being washed too often covered her bottom, and her feet donned a pair of female hiking shoes. Her entire person had be fresh, furthermore, adding to her bath yesterday, that pale face was a little flushed, and her lips that had been dry seemed to be a little lush. She blinked her huge eyes, wrinkling her nose in a mischievous way, causing her to look a little charming and cute, like a young flower that had no equal. Zhang Xiao Qiang stared, and unconsciously felt a little light-headed. Then he took one more look at her figure, and the previous dreamy-like fantasy in his mind disappeared without a trace. At this moment, Zhang Xiao Qiang knew himself clearly, he had always thought that he was a lolicon, and thought that he had the bearing of some perverted uncle, now that he saw this loli in front of him, seeing that t washboard-like figure, he finally understood. Seems like, Ive always been a connoisseur of curvy women! He nodded slightly to himself. Whats nice to see, how long have you not brushed your teeth? Your mouth smells! Zhang Xiao Qiang could not help but tease Yang Keer. Uncle, youre a big baddie! Yang Keer pouted. Her clothes seemed to remind Zhang Xiao Qiang of his own dirty clothes, with holes in some ces as well. Guess I should go get changed as well. After flipping over everything upstairs, he finally found some suitable clothes, just that the colour was a bit too bright for his liking. In fact, it might draw the attention of some mutant beasts from afar. He looked some more and discovered an unopened pair of lingerie, Should I get Yang Keer to try these on? He thought evilly. Forget it, if given to her, itd be a waste of a nice pair of lingerie! Zhang Xiao Qiang shook his head. He came downstairs, having donned a piece of ck down jacket, with a high-necked sweater inside, and he wore an old-fashioned blue navy pants, which was of unknown material, but it was rugged and resilient. It was suitable for any situation, and was most likely worn by the mans father in the past during his service. It still looked new, and was extremelyfortable. Zhang Xiao Qiang then threw the rest of the clothes into the boot, Sit tight! calling out to Yang Keer, before driving the tractor towards the cave. Chapter 32: What Thing?! Chapter 32: What Thing?! Yang Keer was currently running around the tform continuously, while Zhang Xiao Qiang was currently sharpening a wooden stick, sticking it into a beast horn, and tested its durability. The beast horn was light, yet sturdy and extremely tough, after being shaped into a spear, it was a whole lot lighter than the steel spear. He disyed a number of spear techniques, carefully executing the moves in case the beast horn came off. Pu He stuck the beast horn through the ground, and the head pierced into the ground smoothly. Even after shaking the spear, it was still considered sturdy. He found some metal nails and used a hammer to lock the beast horn in ce. Pu, pu, pu Following the sounds of the hammer falling, the spear was driven further into the ground, and before he knew it, he realised that the beast horn had been driven about 40cm into the ground. Even when he tried to push the spear body, it did not move. He tried to yank it up, and could not pull it out. Zhang Xiao Qiang bent down and peered at the spearhead. It was lodged deeply into the ground, and the ground beside it had already started to crack, with some earth and soil shaken loose. Shit, thats sick. Theyer of soil was only about 30cm thick, and below it, was ayer of rock. The beast horn had actually prated the rock and was stuck in it. I didnt use strength though? Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the beast horn in frustration, grabbing another beast horn and tried stabbing at the rock. Pu The beast horn actually drove about 2, 3cm into the rock. Theres a way! Zhang Xiao Qiang used the other beast horn to dig up the beast horn spear. He looked at the rock that had a hole carved out, then looked again at his beast horn spear. There was not a scratch on the spear head, the beast horn still as sharp as before, and the entire surface was shiny. It seemed as though Zhang Xiao Qiangs earlier actions had no effect on the beast horn. What an amazing weapon! He let out a sigh, Im afraid that it can pierce even a D2! The sky was turning dark, and the clouds were likewise obscure. Zhang Xiao Qiang drove the tractor along the road in the countryside, as Yang Keer squated in the trunk, with some food resources beside her. Which house already? Zhang Xiao Qiang asked as he drove. Its the 3rd one! Uncle, we havent even touched the food in the cave yet, and they wont be gone so soon, why are we sourcing for more? Yang Keer asked in confusion. Why do you care so much! Zhang Xiao Qiang did not bother with her and continued driving. Although he had decided earlier to find a survivors base in WH City, it did not mean that he shouldnt prepare a backup n for himself. That cave could be considered a secret hideout, and it was an excellent ce for storing resources. The more the better. Since it was a peaceful time now, he wanted to make use of the opportunity to stock up. Having searched through 3 houses in the afternoon, they found a few thousand jins of rice, as well as other food. He felt it was not enough, and hence they were on the search again. The tractor stopped by a river, which was only about 6m wide. The water was not deep, and one could see the pebbles and soil beneath the water. The riverbank was narrow, with wild grass growing along the sides. There were also all sorts of stic bags and bottles as well as some ss containers that were clustered at one side, causing the water to be quite murky. There was a small bridge overlooking the river, and on the opposite bank, there were a few double-storeyed houses there, with some vegetable grounds surrounding them. However, due to theck of care and tending, there was no vegetable growing. Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped the tractor by the bridge, as he brought Yang Keer across, wanting to give her more experiences in dealing with zombies. However, even after creeping up to the first house, there was no sign of any zombies. Seems like theres something wrong? He looked through his binocrs, noting that the vige was extremely quiet, with no sign of light or smoke anywhere. The two of them proceeded with caution. There was a building that looked somewhat new that stood at the edge of the vige, with a brick house on either side, and the building was surrounded tightly by over a hundred zombies. However, there was no sign of any activity above. Theres someone up there? Looking through the binocrs, Zhang Xiao Qiang came to a conclusion. Should we save them? That was the important question! He was currently hesitating, this could be considered the 3rd survivor he came across, and the 6th survivor that Yang Keer met. Other than the both of them, the rest had met their ends due to various reasons. The survivability of humans in the apocalypse was too small, Zhang Xiao Qiang also hoped to meet more survivors, but the number of zombies in front of was too daunting. If it were just a few, or a dozen, I would still consider, but I dont have any choice now! He decided to give them up, and hoped to scavenge for more resources before they attracted the zombies. Wait over here, Ill go drive the tractor over! He turned to Yang Keer and said. Uncle, look! Yang Keer pointed to behind Zhang Xiao Qiang, eximing. The zombie horde had started to shamble over towards them, led by 2 S-Types, while the D-Type and ordinary zombies were behind. Run! Zhang Xiao Qiang grabbed Yang Keers hands and started making for the river. Are you hurt anywhere? Zhang Xiao Qiang asked as they ran. No! Why? Yang Keer had a incredulous expression as she replied. Then could you have touched something with blood? He pressed again. Blood? Oh, Uncle, en, that, does that count? Yang Keer replied with embarrassment. As they spoke, they came to the bridge, the S-Type drawing closer, dashing ahead of the rest of the horde by arge margin. Lets talkter! Zhang Xiao Qiang gripped his beast horn spear tightly and turned around to meet the lunge of the S-Type, intending to take down the most threatening S-Types first! The 2 S-Types lunged towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, who sucked in a deep breath and thrusted forwards. The front S-Type stopped suddenly, its body turning rigid, as the beast horn pierced through its brain, emerging from behind. He then twisted the spear, causing half the head to be sliced off and sent flying. Just as he adjusted his stance, the other S-Type came swiping at Zhang Xiao Qiang, and he hurriedly brought the spear up to block, preparing to thrust forwards yet again. Peng Came the sound of a sniper crossbow from behind, as the S-Type found an arrow in its eye socket with a Pu, before it slumped to the ground. Uncle, how was that? Yang Keer had a smug expression. The D-Type and the other ordinary zombies were still a distance away, hence the pair walked slowly towards the tractor. What did you say that thing was? Zhang Xiao Qiang was a little doubtful. Uncle, youre so bad, its the thing that happens to girls every month! Yang Keer rolled her eyes, with an expression as though Zhang Xiao Qiang wascking inmon sense. Oh! It sure is a huge wound! He nodded silently, before stopping as he realised something. Hey, didnt you say you were pregnant? He looked at her in bewilderment. What does a pregnancy have to do with that? Yang Keer had a simr expression as she retorted. Thats true! Are there any rtions? Zhang Xiao Qiang was thoroughly confused now, he had never studied this in biology before! He took a look at the double-storeyed house on the opposite bank with a look of pity in his eyes, There must be so many resources inside! After turning his gaze away, he inadvertently noticed that the bridge was made of cement, but the barrier in front of the bridge was made of red brick, possibly due to some scrimping of materials. If one stomped hard enough, the red bricks could be shaken loose. With an idea popping in his head, he eximed: Ive got it! If he destroyed part of barrier on the opposite side to amodate 2 or 3 people, then drive the tractor to block the centre of the bridge, it could seal the bridge. Give me that item! Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately told Yang Keer. What thing?! Yang Keer had a strange look. Your sanitary pad, tampon, whatever that has your blood gtin! Zhang Xiao Qiang replied with a serious expression. Chapter 33: Cannibalism! Chapter 33: Cannibalism! After racking his brains and using all sorts of innuendos to refer to the item, Zhang Xiao Qiang finally managed to obtain it from Yang Keer, even when holding it, he could feel the warmth. He got Yang Keer to back up a distance, so as to not attract the zombies. Zhang Xiao Qiang then used 2 fingers to gingerly grab it, and ced it carefully at the tip of the beast horn spear. The beast horde was nearing, and he stretched the spear outwards over the river, awaiting the zombie horde to get hooked. The beast horn spear and the item hanging at the tip looked like a g waving in the air, with that bit of red that attracted the attention of the zombies. Zhang Xiao Qiang stood behind the tractor, coupled with the length of the spear of about 1.5m, he stood out of reach of the zombies. The D-Type had reached the bridge by then, and as the blood on that thing was fresh, the D-Type seemed to ignore everything else and tried to lunge for that. Ssh! The D-Type stepped on thin air and fell into the river below. The remaining zombies behind immediately lurched forwards in agitation, smelling fresh blood. Their steps quickened, as they scrambled to reach the item, falling into the river like ducks in the meantime. The D-Type was below the bridge and struggling to get up, but was constantly knocked back down by the falling zombies one after another. The pile of zombies began to grow like a pyramid until all of them had fallen into the river. Their limbs were intertwined, locking each other in ce, and one could even hear the muffled groans of the D-Type underneath! Haha! As expected, Im amazing for having such a bright idea! Haha! Zhang Xiao Qiang gloated in glee on the bridge, before beckoning for Yang Keer toe back. He then shook the beast horn spear free of the item, dropping it on the mountain of corpses below, and without sparing a second look, he drove the tractor further into the vige. As he drove, he whistled a tune happily, while Yang Keer sat restlessly in the trunk. That D-Type was truly one of its kind, it actually got baited but the gtin to its demise. Zhang Xiao Qiang thought happily to himself. Oh right, it seems like if a man were to touch it, one would be unlucky? Will it really bring me bad luck? He started to feel goosebumps. The tractor came to a stop outside the bungalow that was surrounded by the zombies earlier. Zhang Xiao Qiang came down and surveyed the surroundings, seemed like the owner of the ce was well off. There was a plot ofnd in front of the house that was converted to a flower garden, and he assumed that the owner must have appreciated flowers. He knocked on the iron door. No response? He then called out, Is there anyone at home, Im here to save you! There was still no response after a while. Zhang Xiao Qiang then climbed over the fence, jumping into the garden. It had been neglected for too long and there were wilted flowers everywhere. The area was about 30 to 40sqm, with a well in the middle, which was covered with a metal board to prevent things from falling in. He came up to the door and yanked it open. Inside the house, one could see a few old-fashioned furniture that looked a little weathered, and there was ayer of dust over everything. There were no modern decorations, and the entire feel was ancient and aged, giving Zhang Xiao Qiang the impression that he had stepped into the 1920s or 1930s. Following the wooden staircase up to the 2nd storey, the interior decor was a huge contrast, being extremelyvish and modern. However, there was ack of light, and it gave off an eerie feeling. Cough, cough Coughing sounds came from a corner, which made Zhang Xiao Qiang swivel his gaze over. There were 2 leather sofas at the corner, with a ss side table. Some tes were ced on it, while a man sat at the edge of one of the sofa, looking aged, his hair showing signs of white. He was extremely emaciated, looking like skin and bones, even worse than a zombie. The moment he caught sight of Zhang Xiao Qiang, he became agitated, opening his mouth as to say something. However, all that came out were coughing sounds. He tried standing up but had no energy, and he got even more agitated. Food, food! He finally managed to string 2 words clearly. Zhang Xiao Qiang retrieved a piece of beast meat and gave it to the man, who immediately grabbed it and shoved into his mouth. He started choking from the hasty eating, till his eyes rolled up and the whites were showing. Zhang Xiao Qiang stood silently by the side, observing the man, who had gobbled the meat up extremely quickly and cleanly. He knew that the meat was extremely distasteful, its texture coarse and hard to swallow. Its only good point was that it could help curb hunger, just a small piece couldst for a bit,parable to those dry biscuits. After consuming the meat, the man looked positively better, and his sentences became more coherent. Do you have more? Give me some more! The man looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang pleadingly. You have gone hungry for a long time, you cant just stuff yourself. Give it a while, Ill pass youter! Zhang Xiao Qiang tried to persuade him gently. No, I want it now, I.. I have money, I can give you loads of money, its true! Im not lying. Please, just give me more! The man became agitated again. I have no need for cash, I do have food, but I wont give you now, youll have to wait. Zhang Xiao Qiang spoke quietly. You dont want cash? Speak, whatever you want, if I have it, Ill give it to you, please just give me food. The man was positively begging now. You will die if you eat so much at one go, having survived till now, shouldnt you be more careful? Zhang Xiao Qiang rebuked gently. Haha! Death? Why would I fear death? Ive been waiting for death for a long time, starving to death, do you know that feeling? I hope that I die choking on food! The man was looking slightly demented. You wont have to die,e with me, I have a never-ending supply of food, itll be enough for you to eat till your old age. Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to take him away from here. No, Im not going anywhere. This is my home, theres my wife...wife? Oh.....oh........ Speaking halfway, the man suddenly became hysterical. My wife has been with me for 30 years, 30 whole years ah........ As he spilled his story, Zhang Xiao Qiang found out that this man was extremely wealthy, and had a number of consignments at WH City. He was usually based there, but he woulde back to his old home near the end of each year to spend the new year with his wife. Last year, he had ended his assignments earlier than expected and returned home early. The disease struck then, and while the couple was lucky to be spared from infection, their home was unfortunately not well-stocked with food. They were stuck inside for 2 months eating sparingly before the wife passed away from hunger due to her weaker constitution. The man, who had sumbed to hunger, resorted to cannibalism, feeding on the flesh of his wife, surviving all the way till now. Ive eaten her!! I deserve death!! I should have apanied her a long time ago!! Give me food, let me choke to my death!! The man began asking for food again the moment he finished narrating his story. During the story, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt his repulse growing by the minute. Just the thought of feeding on human flesh was enough to make him gag. However, he knew that the man couldnt be med, because if he was in his shoes, it was not certain if he might have resorted to cannibalism as well. Do you have weapons? Do you have any weapons here? Zhang Xiao Qiang decided to fulfill the mans wishes. After all, ending his life earlier in this godforsaken world would be cutting short his tragic life. Weapons? Haha, yes, yes, wait here, Ill go get them. The man then stood up shakingly, and shuffled into the study nearby. Soon he came back carrying a wooden briefcase. Zhang Xiao Qiang opened it up, discovering a handgun, 3 magazines, and a number of rounds packed nicely. Why didnt you use this to kill those monsters? He couldnt help but ask. Ive tried. The man replied, But theyre impossible to kill! Zhang Xiao Qiang was thoroughly speechless. He then went back down to the tractor, pulling out a few dozen jins of rice and meat. After handing them to the man, the man went back and shut the door tight, never to appear again. Chapter 34: Stop choosing, let’s transport them all! Chapter 34: Stop choosing, lets transport them all! Zhang Xiao Qiang sat at the drivers seat of the tractor, the wooden box lying on hisp. The gun was ck in colour, a little heavy when carried, and it had a ck star carved on the side. It was a Type 54 pistol, also well known in Hong Kong movies as the ck Star pistol. Although the gun was obviously much older than even Zhang Xiao Qiang, the original owner had kept it in good condition. There was no sign of wear or tear anywhere. He pulled back the safety, and aimed at a small tree before firing. Ka The click from the empty chamber resounded. He was pleased with this idental gain, with this item, he had an additional form of insurance. However, the bullets werecking, there were only 50 rounds left after filling the 3 magazines. He loaded one of the magazines, before raising it to point it everywhere. As long as one was a male, it was impossible to not like guns. Especially for someone like Zhang Xiao Qiang who only ever managed to handle toy guns before, it made him more excited. Uncle, did you find this inside? Yang Keer had an expectant look, as though she wanted to try. Kids are not allowed to touch firearms! Zhang Xiao Qiang eximed, while shoving the gun into his back. Yang Keer became even more dismal. Huge sacks of rice, coarse grain, bean, vegetable oil and meat were all loaded up into thepartment, as they moved back to the cave. The once huge and bare tform of 500 sqm was suddenly loaded with a lot of items. The vige had a bountiful harvest this year. The virus had happened during the end of the year, where most of the families had just started smoking their bacon. It had indirectly benefited Zhang Xiao Qiang. When will we be able to finish all these? Looking at the little molehills of food, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt a little worried. Most of the viges had the habit of feeding pigs, furthermore, due to their attractive prices, most families actually kept 3 or 4, while therger ones kept a dozen or more. Although they would ughter a few near the end of the year, they would still keep about 1 or 2. Adding all these up, each household actually had about 150 jin of dried bacon, not counting the dried fish, chicken, duck or even rabbits andmbs. One 5 equals 5, two 5s equals 10, three 5s equals 15, four 5s equals 21? As he counted the dozens of smoked pigs in front of him, in addition to the hundreds of smoked trotters, and even some ribs, he gradually nked out, and got confused with his calctions. After finally tallying the amount of meat he had, which weighed a total of 10,000 jins, the rest of the goods were about a 1000 jins as well. The vige seldom eat fresh meat, preferring to eat their own dried meat. Only during asions would they purchase from the neighbouring towns. The total amount of meat amassed in one year was truly awe-inspiring. In his estimation, the amount was enough to feed him and thess for a hundred years. However, these were all perishables, notsting more than 2 years. The towns have been upied by the zombies as well, and most lifeforms were slowly evolving. The problem of food will only be bigger as time passed. Thinking about having all these food go bad, Zhang Xiao Qiang could not help but feel agony. Suddenly, he recalled a childhood memory where he was at his maternal grandmothers ce. When he was 8 or so, life wasnt as good in the viges, and they seldom got to eat meat. His parents had brought him and his younger sister to visit their grandmother, who had brought out the dried meat she had painstakingly saved just to wee them. At the time, because Zhang Xiao Qiang had not seen his grandmother for long, he had longed to be close to her so he followed her about everywhere. He remembered seeing his grandmother taking out a piece of golden brown dried meat from rice bran. He had then asked out of curiosity, the purpose of storing the dried meat in rice bran. His grandmother had exined that keeping dried meat in rice bran helped to extend the storing period to 7, 8 years with no problems. There were some who had even kept meat for 10 years and found no change in taste. Haha! Rice bran! Zhang Xiao Qiang had the burst of inspiration, Come, lets go for one more round while its still early!! He told Yang Keer excitedly. Wuwuwu..... Uncle, youre bullying me, Im still tired, look! The skin on my hands are all ky! Yang Keer groaned as she tried to sob while disying her hands to Zhang Xiao Qiang! Sure, dont go then! Next time, you wont get any meat! Zhang Xiao Qiang gave an ultimatum in irritation. Wuwuwu.... You only know how to bully me, I am not yet grown up ok? Yang Keer grumbled but followed nheless. Not yet grown? Hell, you non-adults have already done those things that even adults are unsure if they should be doing, you still got the cheek to say youre not yet an adult? Hmph! Zhang Xiao Qiang retorted, while feeling a little sour inside. The tractor rolled along with tutu sounds until they came to the vige again. The zombies under the bridge had stood up by then, and had caught scent of humans, shoving and pushing as they tried to go near the sides. Zhang Xiao Qiang ignored them, since both sides of the embankment was high and steep enough. Even a normal adult male would not be able to climb up, not to mention these zombies that couldnt see! As per their established procedures, after they stopped the tractor, they entered the house and began to search. They would search for their targeted items and move them quickly. Rice bran was usually kept in the store areas, or near the pig sty, since most families used them to feed the pigs. Zhang Xiao Qiang would transport the items from the ground, while Yang Keer was in charge of cing and arranging in thepartment. Uncle! Just as Zhang Xiao Qiang was prepared to turn to go on a second trip, Yang Keer called out. What? Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped, eyeing Yang Keer as he pulled out his cigarette, preparing to take a breather. Uncle, can I go upstairs? Yang Keer pointed to the building and asked. Whatever for? Zhang Xiao Qiang felt curious, since rations and food items were usually in the kitchen or store areas on the ground level, there was no need for either of them to head up. Its because... because my items are running out, I want to go check upstairs. See if they have any. Yang Keer had an unfriendly gaze as she stared at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Hu! He blowed out a mouthful of smoke in irritation, Just what is it? Speak properly! Youre so hateful, Uncle, its that thing you used to bait the zombies! Ah... your expression then was truly flustered! Yang Keer spoke unabashedly. Oh! Go go! Go find more, those are important! Zhang Xiao Qiang became flustered again. That item was truly a divine weapon! Seeing Yang Keer walking into the building, Zhang Xiao Qiang thought back to the scene. What was that guy again? Archi-something who said, give me a ce to stand and I will move the earth. I say, give me a sanitary pad, and I can get zombies to evenmit suicide! Zhang Xiao Qiang felt somewhat smug about himself. It must be fresh, of course! He added with an afterthought. Uncle,e quickly! Therere good stuff here! Yang Keer called out from the upper level. Dont tell me she found a safe deposit box? Zhang Xiao Qiang hurried up. Arriving upstairs, he thought he had entered a flea market of sorts. The living room on the 2nd storey was about 70-80 sqm, the walls were filled with rows of shelves, on which all sorts of items were disyed. There were all sorts of military and camouge uniforms hanging on the walls, including older versions of green uniforms, and blue navy ones as well. It seemed as though they were sold to the farmers to be used during their work. Zhang Xiao Qiang took in the sight in wonder, while Yang Keer bustled about excitedly, picking items of her preference. On one particr shelf at the corner, there were a number of farming and training shoes, rubber boots, brushes, towels, soap, etc. There was a small hardware cab that revealed screwdrivers, switch plugs, electric bulbs and other various electrical items. Female sanitary items and toilet paper were ced on another shelf together with shampoo. Zhang Xiao Qiang even saw a shelf that contained mens wear and undergarments. How many days have I not switched out of my underwear? Zhang Xiao Qiang thought back. Although he had changed twice at other ces, his undergarments had not been changed, as he didnt dare wear other worn ones. However, upon seeing clean ones, he felt his own undergarments dirty and bing itchy. The rest of the shelves contained all sorts of tools, as well as toys and study materials of children. Finally, he came across a shelf that contained all sorts of cigarettes, of different prices and quality. It seemed that the owners were preparing to wee the new year with guests. Yang Keer thatss on the other hand had gotten a backpack from goodness knows where and started to select items to pack. Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately cut her off: Stop choosing, lets transport them all! Chapter 35: Uncle, I’m taking a bath, do you want to see? Chapter 35: Uncle, Im taking a bath, do you want to see? Hehe! Heh! Hahahaha..... Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the various goods in front of him, feeling a huge sense of satisfaction throughout his entire body. They had been moving without stop during the entire week. The whole transportation had taken a week of endless toiling and nervous movement, in order to collect everything in the cave. Thinking back, Zhang Xiao Qiang could not help but weep! He had lost a few pound, and even that chubby cheeks of Yang Keer had begun to turn sharp. Regardless, he felt aplished looking at the stack of resources, as Yang Keer was squatting by one side brushing her teeth. It seemed as though thess was trying to recover the 3 months of non-brushing, obviously, she took Zhang Xiao Qiangs previous words to heart! As for the rice and other consumables, there was no need to mention further. Close to 200,000 jins of rations were stacked till the roof. The farmers house had more than a years worth of items stored up, it must have been due to the habit of saving for a rainy day brought from the 1960s where food was scarce. Adding on to all the items that were not sold off in time, now they were all collected here. All sorts of household items like nkets and covers were all brought back as well, even the misceneous items in the shelves were not spared. Zhang Xiao Qiang had actually moved the whole cab back. He had also insisted on bringing back 10 stic containers used to store Baogu White Wine, each of them easily as tall as half a person, capable of storing a few dozen jins of water. Yang Keer was clueless as to why Zhang Xiao Qiang was hoarding so much, especially with regards to those stic containers. He, on the other hand, knew that drinkable water was extremely important, just 2 of the containers couldst 2 people for more than month. If we didnt find those tanks of diesel, these wouldnt be brought back! Zhang Xiao Qiang sighed, as he remembered about the diesel, his gaze traveled to the bottom of the tform, where 5 huge steel tanks of diesel were ced neatly in a row. 4 of them were full, with one half-full, and standing next to them was a Yamaha single-phase diesel generator. Seeing that generator, Zhang Xiao Qiang had some lingering fear. The generator had been discovered at some random shophouse. At that time, the doors and windows were locked. Zhang Xiao Qiang had broken into the house and immediately discovered the blue color generator, as well as the 6 tanks. When he then pushed the generator out, he realized the problem. The generator was heavy, just 2 jin short of a full 100 kg. Zhang Xiao Qiang could carry a 100 jin bag of rice with no issues, but he couldnt carry the 100 kg generator up by himself. Yang Keers strength wasnt going to be of help, and even after trying for half a day, they didnt manage to move it onto the tractor. Zhang Xiao Qiang had run of ideas, and was feeling dejected. At the end, Yang Keer had managed to pull out some lever from goodness knows where, and after expending all their energy, they managed to transport it onto the tractor. Now, catching sight of that generator, Zhang Xiao Qiang almost cried again. Uncle, take a whiff, is there any smell? Yang Keer came up to Zhang Xiao Qiang and blow into his face. Another week and youll be fine! He replied absentmindedly. Youre so mean! Stupid Uncle! Really? She was half doubtful, half trusting of his words, as she brought up her palms and blew into them to try and smell her own breath. After straightening out his thoughts that were disrupted by Yang Keer, Zhang Xiao Qiangmented. When that pulley of god-knows-how-long ago was used to move the generator, it scattered after one use, which caused Zhang Xiao Qiang to gape. Without the pulley, they couldnt lift the oil drums, without the oil drums there would be no diesel, without diesel, whats the point of moving that freaking generator?! In the end, he had used his own mouth to siphon the diesel out, as his thoughts came up to here, he could still feel the taste of the diesel in his mouth. Yuck. Uncle, Im taking a bath, do you want to see? Yang Keer carried a tub of hot water as she walked in front of Zhang Xiao Qiang, her face wearing a weird smile. Shoo shoo shoo! Little kids have nothing to show, wait till youre matured! Zhang Xiao Qiang shooed her away. Hmph! Yang Keer darted to another area. Things are so boring without aputer or inte! The otaku in Zhang Xiao Qiang reared its head! Ever since he had stepped out of home, he had been cautious and wary, even when moving supplies into the cave, he had no other thoughts in his mind. Now that things had stabilized, his otaku-side became restless again. Why didnt I think of transporting aputer here? Looking at the generator, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt dejected, when suddenly, he remembered that he saw a PSP3000 in one of the houses. It could have been left behind by some kid or child of the farmers. The moment he thought of it, he went ahead to do it. He found a wiring board, connecting it to the generator, before filling it with diesel and manually starting the generator. Weng weng weng... The generator began to stir alive noisily, while a bulb that hung atop a bamboo pole erected between 2 simple beds lighted up. It glowed with light and warmth, giving the cave a cozy feel. Zhang Xiao Qiang sat on the bed and yed the PSP, looking at the light, he felt that there was finally some semnce of civilization again. Theres electricity? Yang Keer stood under the bulb, her head tilted to the side as she used a towel to dry her wet hair. En!!! Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded proudly. Yay, then can we use the hot water heater to bathe? Yang Keer jumped excitedly. Little girl, even if you can transport the item back, it cant be pressed! He chided her seriously. ============================== After cing 2 bed covers inside the tractors trunk, Zhang Xiao Qiang heaved out a sigh, the preparations were almost done. An oil drum filled with diesel had been ced securely inside the trunk as well. Next to it, he packed 3 huge containers of water, 2 bags of rice, as well as a few packets of dried meat. There was also a red stic tub with a few chickens, he had decided to bring all the chickens being reared in the cave. At the end, he stuffed a huge oil cloth that could prevent water from seeping in, before nodding and saying: Its all ready. Uncle, do we really have to leave? Yang Keer eyed the tform that was packed full of resources, before asking. Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded wordlessly. Can we not? Yang Keer could not bear to leave the current safe haven. You can stay here alone if you want to! Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at her and replied honestly. She looked at the tform once more, before looking towards the cave hole, shivering. Uncle, Ive decided, wherever you go, Ill follow! If we have to die, lets die together as fated mandarin ducks! She spoke up with an air of knowing. Who wants to die with you?! If you want to die, please die further away, otherwise, Ill never rest in peace! Although Zhang Xiao Qiang cursed out, he was a little moved! Oh, if its like this! Then its better that you die and I live, so I can find a handsome guy to bring here! We will live in our perfect sanctuary! Yang Keer pouted and shot back. Damn, your father I have not even died and youre already thinking of splitting our assets? The slimmer of emotion that he had felt instantly disappeared, as he scolded Yang Keer. Ok fine! Lets not go further, sleep early tonight Uncle, theres a long day ahead tomorrow! Oh yeah, lend me the PSP when youre going to bed. Youve been on it for so long! She blinked in a bid to act cute, before taking the PSP and jumped into her bed. I really brought a little ancestor with me, why was I soft-hearted to save her?! Zhang Xiao Qiang grumbled as he climbed into the bed and looked up at the ceiling. Hong Long Thunder rumbled outside, the sound traveling into the cave. ============================================================================ *Fated Mandarin Ducks (Direct trantion from ͬԧ) which Im guessing is from an old chinese film: hkmdb/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=3306&disy_set=eng Chapter 36: Dig deep tunnels, store grain everywhere! Chapter 36: Dig deep tunnels, store grain everywhere! Haha! Its raining, we cant move! Uncle, take your time to settle. Let me have the PSP! Yesterday, what was that Hunter game, the dragon was so hard to fight! I must definitely kill it today! Yang Keer grabbed the PSP and ran back to the cave in excitement, leaving Zhang Xiao Qiang to stare numbly out at the sky. The rain poured endlessly and heavily, that one could not see beyond 10m. The rain water flowed down the hill and gathered in deep puddles right outside the cave. The continuous rain drops caused the water to bubble endlessly, and those bubbles would then be pierced by the rainfall, before the cycle continued. The other time, it had rained for 11 days straight, how many days would this rainst? Watching this downpour, Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart turned cold. The previous rain allowed the zombies to evolve, while biological lives started to mutate. What would happen after this storm? To him, those unevolved zombies were like sheep that feasted on grass. If enough came together as a herd, it was possible to trample on people, but they were not too fearsome. The evolved zombies, on the other hand, were like hunting beasts, and they would rip ones throats out, tear open ones chest to feast on blood and meat. It was impossible to defend against. However,pared to the mutant beasts, the zombies wont count for much, as they still relied on walking, chasing after flesh and blood to evolve. The mutant beasts would appear at any time, and had intelligence. They had hunting abilities from their innate bloodline, and they knew how to trap, outnk and even ambush. The various sorts of dangers made one extremely vignt and cautious, any survivor that could survive till now definitely did not have it easy. The road was just going to get tougher. Thinking to all the humans out there who might perish to all these factors, Zhang Xiao Qiang could not help but sigh. Since the heavens want to rain, let it be! Zhang Xiao Qiang went back into the cave, although his steps were much heavier than before. The light bulb shone in the darkness, flickering ever once in a while, and the illumination would be dark at times. Jiiiiiii The cutting machine whirled to life, and a burning smell wafted through the air, as Zhang Xiao Qiang lowered his head, carefully carving the mutant beast skin. Previously, after he spent some effort in carving a few pieces of the skin, he did not manage to find any use for it. Now that he had time on his hands, he remembered the cutting machine and electric drill he found, and decided to make a leather armor. Uncle, whatre you doing? It stinks! Yang Keers gaze travelled from the PSP to Zhang Xiao Qiang. If you find it smelly, go further away! Im busy now, cant bother with you! He replied without lifting his head, carefully operating the cutting machine. After 2 to 3 minutes. Uncle, my tummy hurts! Yang Keer rubbed her stomach, while looking at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Think of something yourself, Im not a doctor, nor do I understand anything about pregnancy. Zhang Xiao Qiang was still focused on his task. It isnt like that, I just want to take a poop! Yang Keer was slightly embarrassed, as she lowered her head and voice. Then why are you spacing out there for? Dont tell me youre waiting for me to clean your butt for you? Zhang Xiao Qiang finally looked up, the corners of his mouth lifted in smirk. His expression was truly irksome. Youre so hateful! Uncle, youre disgusting! Your thoughts are vile! Yang Keer ced her hands at her hips, walking towards him in indignation. Huh? Compared to you students? Im more pure and innocent! He became unhappy, his heart felt a little sour. Zhang Xiao Qiang was a traditional male, and only managed to lose his virginity at the age of 27. However, when his girlfriend broke up with him, ending that short 3 or 4 months of bliss, he had not tasted the joy of being with anybody again. There were many a times where he would clutch his pocket money, pacing outside the nightclubs and sex parlors. His palms would soak his money wet with perspiration, and he came close to resolving himself to entering each time. However, the moment he thought back to those posters about sexually transmitted diseases, it would be like a bucket of cold water that poured over him. His eyes glistening with tears, he would then turn back and run back home, acting like a monk as he spent time with Miss Five (His own hand). Oh the resentment! How many years has it been since hest done it? 7? Or 8 years? He even forgotten the feeling! Uncle! What do I do, the rain outside is so heavy! Yang Keer was slightly anxious as her words brought back Zhang Xiao Qiangs wistful reminiscence! Usually, they would settle their big businesses outside the cave, however, since there was a heavy downpour now, the toilet was gone! Go solve it yourself, as long as its not on the path we use, nor near the water or any of the food items, everywhere else is fine! Zhang Xiao Qiang brushed her off with these 3 ground rules. If thats the case, isnt the only ce that deepest part of the cave? But its so dark in there! Im scared! Yang Keer gazed towards the darkest corner of the tform, her face full of reluctance. Then you can hold it in for all I care! Zhang Xiao Qiang then ignored her as he continued to work. Yang Keer stood there hesitating, before finally giving in and making her way to the undesirable ce, bringing the PSP with her. Dont tell me thisss also has otaku tendencies? Seeing Yang Keer walking slowly with the PSP in her hands, Zhang Xiao Qiang thought to himself. Thats mine! Dont always hog it! Uncle,e take a look quick! Yang Keer screamed suddenly. Zhang Xiao Qiang was shocked by that sudden scream, and almost injured himself with the machine. Its just that t ass of yours, whats nice to see?! Nonsense! Zhang Xiao Qiang stood up and hollerer back in anger. No! Theres a door here! Yang Keers voice travelled once more. Door? Dont tell me thatss wants to seduce me? Zhang Xiao Qiang thought evilly, as he started to walk over. A huge metal door stood quietly at the deepest recess of the cave, and the rust was like multipleyer of scales. It was almost impossible to discern the door from the stone. How did Yang Keer find this? Yah! Uncle, of course you didnt know about it, it was so dark here! Therere so many rocks here, so I used my hand to guide me along the wall, when I suddenly felt the metal, hence I saw it! Im good arent I? Yang Keer strutted about smugly, having thrown all thoughts about doing her business to the back of her mind. He knocked the metal door, which gave off a dull sound, and the rust fell like rain drops. The door had been sealed shut, and the lock seemed to havebined with the metal door due to the rust. Gu Zhang Xiao Qiang used a crowbar to pry the door open, revealing a stank smell, Theres no venttion within. He thought to himself. He held onto Yang Keer who was trying to rush in, waiting for the smell to dissipate, before taking out his torchlight to shine in. Yang Keer could not contain her excitement as she followed in. After passing the metal door, they came to a huge space just after a few steps, and the light from the torch revealed a huge aperture in a stone wall. The space was huge, almost a 1,000 sqm, and there was nothing in, only a number of old slogans hanging on the wall. Paying tribute to the Great Chairman Mao! A bunch of paper tigers! Dig deep tunnels, store grain everywhere! Yang Keer recited it at one side, being exposed to something she had never seen before. Uncle, whats the meaning of Dig deep tunnels, store grain everywhere! Yang Keer asked in curiosity. It means digging holes when theres nothing to do, and filling them up when therere things to do! Since he didnt find anything noteworthy, he replied in irritation. Chapter 37: Just sleeping? Chapter 37: Just sleeping? Aishh!! Its already been 3 days! When will the rain stop?! Watching the relentless downpour, Zhang Xiao Qiang sighed in frustration. There was no way of knowing what would happen after the rain, however, it was certain that the zombies would not just die out! He shook his head and went back into the cave. When he re-entered the cave, he saw Yang Keer behaving mischievously again. She held a Beast Horn Spear behind her back with one hand, while another hand held to her forehead as though she was gazing into the distance, acting like she was Sun Wu Kong. When she saw Zhang Xiao Qianging in, she hastily shifted her stance and pretended to be practising her thrusts. Trying to ck when Im not around again? Zhang Xiao Qiang rebuked Yang Keer. In this world, having learnt an additional skill meant an extra tool for survival. Whether one had talent was one thing, whether a person put in hard work was another thing, even the most talented geniuses would not amount to much without hard work! What.... I was just resting my sore arms a little while, it was really for a short while! Plus, when I was working hard, you didnt see, if you didnt see those times, how would you know if I didnt put in effort! Yang Keer shuffled her feet begrudgingly, while trying to act cute. Alright alright! Continue your practice! Zhang Xiao Qiang felt goosebumps. The Beast Horn Spear in Yang Keers hands was about 1.6m, almost as tall as herself. Thinking about her body proportions, Zhang Xiao Qiang sighed again: The areas that she should be developing isnt developing, instead, her growth hormones are going to her bloody height. Theres nothing to appreciate ah! He had made the Beast Horn Spear for her, because he wasnt a petty man. Even though Yang Keer had her weaknesses, and was cowardly, she wasnt bad as a person, and knew who treated her well. She could be considered to have matured a little. It was just that this littless would try to use herck of body proportions to try and hook Zhang Xiao Qiang! Her teasing was also a sort of torment for him, each time she tried to disturb him, he would think back to the time where he had identally peeped at her while bathing. Then he would suddenly regain his rity, it was not that he shunned her, but to just thinking of hugging that washing board, he couldnt get excited! Furthermore, with her around, Zhang Xiao Qiang had no chance to spend some time with Miss Five (His own hand), thinking up to this point, it truly made him want to cry! He lit a new cigarette, and eyed the 2 simple leather hides in front him. His heart was filled with excitement as he cut them into strips and sew them into the camouge clothes. Even if they cant block bullets, they can at least withstand the ws of the zombies? He thought silently. His mind was suddenly filled with the memory of the D2 tearing apart the huge bus, Other than the D2! He made the decision then, if he ever saw a D2 again, he would have to run far away! It looks a little big? I cant get used to it! Yang Keer wore the camouge clothes and spoke. The camouge suit looked extremely baggy on Yang Keers body, like a little girl wearing her fathers clothes. True, it does look a little too big...Oh! I got it. Zhang Xiao Qiang then pulled out a belt and draped it around Yang Keers waist, giving her the appearance of a cute militarydy. Yang Keer stuck her chest out, at the same time adjusting the belt, Its a little tight she moaned. No choice, since yourecking a waist. Zhang Xiao Qiang rolled his eyes and replied. Yang Keer began to do some waist stretching, as Zhang Xiao Qiang lit up a cigarette, feeling bored. Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, and grabbed a stic pail and walked towards the cave exit. Beside the cave entrance, he used the pail to gather the rain. He was unsure if this was the right decision, as he remembered the previous time when he was tormented just after being drenched a little. It was an agony he never wanted to experience again. However, since leaving home, and barely escaping death numerous times, Zhang Xiao Qiang came to crave power. The power to control his own life and death, not leaving it to some ridiculous encounter which could rob him of his life, nor luck to protect him. Carrying the pail, he went back to the tform, where Yang Keer was currently using a needle to alter her camouge uniform under the lights. Obviously, she was not satisfied with Zhang Xiao Qiangs sewing skills. Looking at the huge pail of water, Zhang Xiao Qiang began questioning himself, why the hell did he collect such a big pail?! Is it his hoarding nature again? Anything that seems the slightest bit valuable, he would forget himself and collect as much as possible? He grabbed a small cup to be filled, and as he stared at the water, he began to struggle internally. Should he drink it or not? This question was currently the most important at this moment. Lesser, I should try a lesser amount first! He could not bear to down such a huge amount. He straightened himself, as he watched the water trickle into the cup, and the agonizing and unbearable pain during that 2 days shed in his mind again. He spaced out as hepsed into a dilemma again! Before he knew it, the cup was filled to 80%. Looking at the cup, the numbing courage that he had mustered began to dissipate like the clouds, as he ced the cup on the simple table on the tform. He heaved a long sigh, lighting up a cigarette and eyed the pool below the tform absent-mindedly. Glug glug.... Ah! Deng! From behind, the sound of Yang Keer drinking and relishing before cing the ss cup back on the table came travelling to Zhang Xiao Qiangs ears. He felt something wrong, and immediately swivelled around. Only to discover the empty cup on the table, while Yang Keer strolled back to the bed to continue working on the clothes. Wait! Zhang Xiao Qiang called out frantically. ...... Yang Keer turned around to look at him, uncertain. Why did you not ask me before touching my cup? He was furious, this stinkingss really did not know the meaning of death!! Uncle, dont be petty! I dont mind it, so why should you? Yang Keer retorted animatedly. Forget it, are you feeling ufortable anywhere? Zhang Xiao Qiang asked once again. Yang Keer scratched her head in confusion, before rubbing her stomach, massaging her face, and massaged the back of her head. She then replied: Nope. There must be, try checking again. Zhang Xiao Qiang continued pressing. I dont think there is? I just feel the urge to sleep! Yang Keer rubbed her eyes. Just sleeping? He couldnt believe it. En! Uncle, did you put something in the water?! Youre so despicable! She quipped while reaching for her bed and snuggling under the covers. Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to retort but he noticed that she had already fallen asleep. Watching her sleeping face, Zhang Xiao Qiang could not help but stand guard, thinking to do away with her the moment she showed signs of turning. I hope she doesnt transform into some weird thing. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not try to disturb her sleep, instead, he stood vigntly. After an uncertain amount of time, Yang Keers body suddenly twitched, and Zhang Xiao Qiang got nervous, his right hand gripping the Beast Horn Spear tightly, preparing to attack anytime. Yang Keer turned around, her mouth mumbling in her sleep, as she scratched her backside while still sleeping. Being frightened for nothing, Zhang Xiao Qiang gradually calmed down but maintained his watch. On this night, Yang Keer slept extremely well, while Zhang Xiao Qiang suffered greatly. Thisss was young, but she had many bad habits, like grinding her teeth, snoring, salivating in her sleep. She seemed to possess any crude forms of behaviour, and every little movement on her part would cause Zhang Xiao Qiang to tense up. The funniest moment was halfway through her sleep, a strange liquid came flowing out of her nose, causing Zhang Xiao Qiang to be fearful that she was finally turning. Suddenly, she breathed heavily, and the unknown substance became a nose snot bubble, matching her breath as it became smaller and bigger with each intake and exhtion. He had a strange sense that he was watching a cartoon character sleeping. After looking at his watch and noting that it had been almost 8 hours, Zhang Xiao Qiang could not withstand the droop of his heavy eye bags, and he fell asleep identally. Chapter 38: Uncle, You Must Take Responsibility! Chapter 38: Uncle, You Must Take Responsibility! Zhang Xiao Qiang slept groggily, before suddenly feeling that something was tickling his nose. He wanted to sneeze but he couldnt. He opened his eyes, only to discover a pair of eyes as wide as the moon in front of him. The pair of eyes were staring at him unblinkingly, as a waft of breath from the owner blew on his own face, giving it a sort of warmth in the midst of this cold early spring. Uncle, youre really interesting! Why did you not sleep on your bed, instead lying on the floor? Yang Keer had an amused look as she sat on the floor, asking Zhang Xiao Qiang. You..you..you.. When did you wake up?! Zhang Xiao Qiang stammered. I just woke up! I had a really good sleepst night! Oh yes, Uncle, why were you sleeping on the floor? The ground is really cold! Yang Keer continued to pester. Oh, that, that, ahem! Its like this, yesterday I was sleeping on the bed, halfway through, I must have rolled out of bed and onto the ground! En! Its like this! Zhang Xiao Qiang was unwilling to tell her that she almost became a zombiest night, and decided to pull a fast one. Yang Keer gazed at the neat bed that was 5m away, and then turned back to look at Zhang Xiao Qiang, and tilted her head in confusion. Cheh! Uncle, do you take me for an idiot? You expect me to believe that you rolled all the way from so far, and sat here to sleep? Yang Keer scoffed a little, her face showing an expression as though she thought that she had solved the worlds hardest mystery. Forget it! Theres no point talking about this, tell me, do you feel anything different from usual?: Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at her face and asked nervously! Different? Yang Keer scratched head as she thought. Zhang Xiao Qiang observed her carefully, not daring to miss anything out. Do you feel like extremely hungry, so much so that you can gobble up an entire cow? Zhang Xiao Qiang quipped in from the side. Nope! Yang Keer eyed Zhang Xiao Qiang and replied. Then do you feel that your body is aching all over? That the pain is even permeating through the bones? Zhang Xiao Qiang did not give up. I still dont feel anything! Yang Keer did not understand why Zhang Xiao Qiang was acting so weird, but she tried her best to go along. Then do you feel an endless source of energy within your body, that the moment you lift your hand you can conjure a fireball or ice arrow? By this time, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt doused by a bucket of cold water, had he really spent a night up in vain?! Uncle, did you dream that you broke through or something? Do you want me to use a super powerful curse to summon a beast to raze the whole world? Yang Keer felt that Zhang Xiao Qiang must be still dreaming. Damn it, do you feel strange anywhere? Hurry and check yourself! Zhang Xiao Qiang was getting angry, but he didnt know if he was angry at Yang Keer or himself. He had gone to collect the rainwater for no reason, after that he even subjected himself to needless torment. No means no! Whatre you getting angry for? Oh, oh, I feel like taking a dump now, does that count? Yang Keer responded weakly. Zhang Xiao Qiang feltpletely depressed. Yang Keer ran off to relieve herself, as Zhang Xiao Qiang eyed the cup in his hands. He saw that it was still half-full with the clear rainwater. The water was extremely clean, not murky nor dirty, and it looked no different from the usual drinking water. Dont tell me it only knocks people out? Zhang Xiao Qiang was doubtful, but he still poured the rest of it into his mouth. A little nd, mm! It feels a little unsmooth. He smacked his lips as he made his observations. ========== Why cant I fall asleep? Zhang Xiao Qiangid on his bed and looked at the ceiling, thess had fallen asleep soon after she drank it, while Zhang Xiao Qiang was still tossing and turning, could it affect people differently? Aiyaya! It hurts! Uncle, did you put axative inside? Yang Keer rubbed her stomach as she walked out, her face contorted in agony. In a short span of time, she had already went 3 times. Gulugulu.... Her stomach began making noises again. Ahh! Again! Wuuu.... If this continues, my intestines are going to be passed out as well, wuuu..... Yang Keer sobbed as she ran towards the cave recess again! Zhang Xiao Qiangid on the bed, looking at the scene incredulously, before his own stomach began to sound gulugulu. I got it too?! Zhang Xiao Qiang leapt out of bed, and had no time to grab any toilet papers around before he ran after Yang Keer. Yah! How can you be like this! Cant you see Im here?! Yang Keer was squatting with the stone wall behind her, as she screamed out. Matter of emergency, Im also suffering from diarrhea, just bear with it! Zhang Xiao Qiang eximed shamelessly as he hurriedly unfastened his pants, squatting opposite Yang Keer. But..but...but...Im a girl!! Couldnt you do it outside?! Yang Keers entire face was flushed red as she stammered out. Do you want me to shit on your bed or on the food?! Zhang Xiao Qiang gritted his teeth as he replied, before suddenly tensing up, and his ass rxed. A huge amount of shit came out as though the dam had broke, and a huge stench wafted through the space. Rxed? Comfortable? Zhang Xiao Qiang felt as though he had just shaken off all the worlds burdens, feeling extremelyfortable, not minding the stench one bit. Humph! Yang Keer pulled up her pants and ran out. Zhang Xiao Qiang couldnt care less about her grumbling, but he suddenly thought: It seems like she didnt wipe her butt?! After 3 to 5 minutes, Zhang Xiao Qiang was about to stand up, when he saw Yang Keer rushing in again, squatting opposite him. Cant you see that theres a man here?! This time, it was Zhang Xiao Qiangs turn to raise his voice, seemingly forgetting his own shameless behaviour earlier. Do you want me to shit on your bed or on the food?! Yang Keer truly learnt from him. He pulled up his pants and was about to run out when her voice rang out, Uncle, you forgot to clean your butt! Zhang Xiao Qiang almost crashed to the floor when he heard that. Like this, the 2 of them continued running back and forth, shouting at each other, suffering from their diarrhea until their assholes turned numb, before they finally got a break. Both of themid exhausted on their own beds, Yang Keer stirred as though she had something to say. Zhang Xiao Qiang gritted as waves of the burning sensation from his asshole coursed through his body, thinking: Maybe the rainwater had some croton? Yang Keer suddenly spoke up weakly, interrupting his train of thoughts. Uncle! That, that... En... You saw my private area, so.... You must take responsibility! Yang Keer sat on her bed as she sobbed. Couldnt you see that I was busy then? Who would have the energy to look at you! Zhang Xiao Qiang did not bother about her, thinking: Humph, you want me to take responsibility for you you?! Who would do the same for me?! No, its not that! I didnt even let my husband see it! Yang Keer dered towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. Huh?! He didnt see? You guys have done it but he didnt see?! Zhang Xiao Qiang couldnt believe his ears. Really! Its the truth! When we were in the car, I had been using my hand to help him do it, they say that otherwise it would hurt there! Yang Keer felt extremely ashamed as she squatted on the floor, drawing circles with her fingers. They? Whore they? Zhang Xiao Qiang felt a little curious as he asked. They are a bunch of elder sisters living together with me, they lived upstairs! Didnt you say youre pregnant?! Zhang Xiao Qiang was astonished. En, they say that if women helped their men to get that out, and it touches them, the women would get pregnant. Also, they said if a couple didnt want pregnancy, then they have to store that in some protective thing. I had gotten that on my hands, so Im definitely pregnant! Yang Keer spoke to that point, her face with worry. Little girl?! Did you not learn anything from biology? Zhang Xiao Qiang maintained a straight face as he asked Yang Keer. Those elder sisters of hers never made things clear. I was still under the impression that pregnancy and thissss period had no rtions! Zhang Xiao Qiang thought to himself dispiritedly. Other people say, biology wouldnt be tested, since it was not important, its ok not to read! Yang Keer still didnt understand how pregnancy and biology was rted. ..... Zhang Xiao Qiang was speechless. ============================================================================ The truth is out! Yang Keers mind had been deceived by those elder sisters! Hahaha! This is why its important to study. 2 uninformed people trying to survive together getting the wrong ideas about everything else. Chapter 39: Argh! My Back! Chapter 39: Argh! My Back! Zhang Xiao Qiangid quietly on the bed, staring up at the ceiling of the cave. Its another day. How many days has it been since I left home? He wondered, Why did I have to drink that cup yesterday? Thinking back on the events of yesterday, he had been basically squatting together with Yang Keer the entire time, their assholes tortured incessantly. Thinking up to this point, his asshole tightened involuntarily. Morning! Uncle! Yang Keer bounded with energy towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, greeting him. Borrowing the light that shone in through the crack, Zhang Xiao Qiang squinted his eyes and looked at her. She seemed a little different from usual, yet it was hard to pinpoint what. Her hair was tied in a ponytail behind her right ear as usual. It shone with a ck luster. Her eyes were like the moon, wide and round, blinking asionally with that mischievous glint. That little nose was slightly wrinkled, and the rose-red lips were pulled slightly back whenever she smiled, revealing a row of white teeth. Her radiant face had 2 small dimples, and while there was no blush, there was a healthy flush in her skin, and when she lifted her chin slightly, she was like a bright sunflower. Coupled with that military uniform, she seemed like a vibrant and charming army beauty. Todays Yang Keer was as captivating as the sun, and Zhang Xiao Qiang felt giddy for a moment there. Useless! He berated himself. He was, after all, an old-timer who had seen over 300 shows, and seen even the roots of the old bird*, how could he be mesmerized by this littless? Ah! Uncle, you seem to look younger oh! Yang Keer was astonished as though she discovered something huge. Ha! Really? He immediately felt his own chin. Could it be the effects of the rainwater? He thought silently. Yes, yes! You looked like my dads age previously, now you look as young as his younger brother! Yang Keer replied so honestly, looking around for a mirror as though to prove her words. ....... Zhang Xiao Qiang was struck speechless. He discovered that he had just been upgraded from old uncle to younger uncle. Im not a strange uncle! He screamed out in his heart. If you continue like this, who knows, you might be like an older brother! Yang Keer chipped in again. Brother? Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly thought of an old song. 󵨵ǰѽ (Little sister, walk forth bravely) ǰĪѽͷ (Walk forwards, and dont look back) ͨĴ· (The road that meets the sky) ǧŰپǧŰپѽ (Nine thousand nine hundred nine thousand nine hundred and nine) 󵨵ǰѽ (Little sister, walk forth bravely) ǰĪѽͷ (Walk forwards, and dont look back) ͨĴ· (The road that meets the sky) ǧŰپǧŰپѽ (Nine thousand nine hundred nine thousand nine hundred and nine) 󵨵ǰ߰ (Little sister, walk forth bravely) ǰĪѽͷ (Walk forwards, and dont look back) Ӵ˺Ǻ¥ѽ (From now on, you must lift that red embroidered floor) ź (Throw the red embroidered ball) ҵͷѽ (Hitting my head) һѽ (Drinking a pot of tea with you) ĸѽ (Oh the red sorghum wine) ĸѽ (Oh the red sorghum wine) 󵨵ǰѽ (Little sister, walk forth bravely) ǰĪѽͷ (Walk forwards, and dont look back) (Lyrics to an old song: https://.youtube/watch?v=i0RIojAF3Gc) Uncle, take a look! Yang Keer managed to pull out a mirror from goodness knows where, pulling him out from his reverie. Hehe... Haha... He took a look in the mirror, and his eyebrows arched high as heughed out loud. Before the apocalypse, he was still a reclusive otaku, the image in the mirror had been a weak fatty with a pair of soulless eyes. Now he looked like a young male of 27, 28, his skin was glowing white, and his looks were, in fact, decent. Coupled with that growing bristle around his jaw, it gave him a more manly feel. Zhang Xiao Qiang touched his jaw and looked at the mirror again: Its good to be young! Uncle, when is it meal time, Im hungry! Yang Keer broke him out of his self-admiration. Shua, shua... The spat danced about in the wok, as the meat and vegetables were flipped about constantly in the wok. A fragrant aroma wafted about in the cave, as their stomachs started growling in hunger. A pot of white rice, a huge pan of fried meat and vegetables were then served onto the simple table. Yang Keer swiftly went for a piece of lean meat, not caring about the fatty ones. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked on depressed, his eating was also slow. I like the lean meat too!! He screamed out in his heart. Feeling fed up, he immediately swept up all the lean meat into his own bowl, before slowly savoring them. Uncle, how can you be like this?! Yang Keer was extremely angry, her eyes staring daggers at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Her gaze carried a fury that seemed to originate from a vengeance of having her family and generations being killed, and she seemed as though she wanted to stomp on Zhang Xiao Qiang like a cockroach. He stopped momentarily, feeling the burning gaze until he could not take it anymore. Ai! It seems that my skin is still not thick enough! He shook his head and grabbed a piece of fatty meat and ced it in her bowl, lightly chiding: Kids cannot be choosy! Petty ghost, miser, thick skinned monkey, Ill poke you to death! Ill poke you to death! She muttered under her breath, the chopsticks stabbing into the piece of meat in her bowl. Zhang Xiao Qiang ignored and buried his head low to eat, when suddenly, Ka a sound of breaking came from Yang Keers hands. He raised his head up and was stunned. The pair of chopsticks had pierced the meat, the rice, and even the bowl, poking out from beneath. Yang Keer loosened her grip as she stared numbly at her own right hand. Zhang Xiao Qiang stared nkly at the chopstick that went through the bowl, his mouth open, and rice falling from the corners. Theres a problem with the bowl! She immediately tried to exin, bbergasted. ========================== Uncle, look! This pole doesnt feel study! Yang Keer raised the Beast Horn Spear in her hands, showing to Zhang Xiao Qiang. It was broken in two. Bullshit! It must be you, dont think I dont know?! He thought that it was her getting revenge for him eating all the lean meat earlier. Aiya! Its the truth, watch if you dont believe! She raised her right hand as she grabbed the spear, before clenching. Kacha! The body of the spear broke again. He immediately sucked in a breath of cold air. Go lift that bag of rice. The two of them stood near the rations, as Zhang Xiao Qiang spoke to Yang Keer. Uncle, youre bullying me again, how can I lift such a heavy thing?! She grumbled while pouting, before lifting one of the sacks of rice with both hands. Instantly, over a hundred jin was lifted up like a balloon by thess, as she held it in front of her chest. She seemed doubtful and switched to one hand as she began to swing it around a few times. Uncle? Is it cotton in here? She asked uncertainly. It cannot be! Throw it to me! He would instantlye to regret that decision for a long while. The huge sack of rice knocked heavily into Zhang Xiao Qiang, sending him to the ground. ARGH!! MY BACK!!!!!! He screamed out from under the sack of rice. Haha! Uncle! Do you think Ive be superhuman? Hehe! Superwoman, I am Ultraman, Hahahaha..... Yang Keer gloated gleefully, her hands on her hips as she struck a pose. ========================== Hiss! Lighter, will you? Are you trying to crush me?! Zhang Xiao Qiang was currently sprawled on the bed, as he snapped at Yang Keer who was giving him a massage. Chapter 40: The Sun is out! Chapter 40: The Sun is out! How?! How?! Why is it like this?! Zhang Xiao Qiang cried without tears, watching Yang Keer running the tform. He felt depressed. His back injury yesterday had gotten better, however, neither his strength nor agility had gained much boost. He tried exerting his strength and found that it had increased about 20%, in other words, he could contend against a D-Type, whereas his agility was on par with an S-Type. However, whats the point? In the past, he had killed the D-Types and S-Types like stepping on cockroaches. He was still as helpless if he were to meet a D2 now! The same goes for if he met a mutant beast, wouldnt he still have to hang on for dear life like a cowboy again? Zhang Xiao Qiang griefed silently, on what basis did Yang Keer be such a strong person, whereas he became an unkible cockroach?! Why was it thatss had just slept soundlessly for a night and instantly gain a huge strength, whereas he had suffered in torment only to be an unkible cockroach?! Furthermore, if he was injured, he would be a hungry ghost! Dont tell me... is it because of my name?! He felt depressed again, All because of that stupid show! A few dark clouds that couldnt be seen by other people surrounded him, he was truly aggrieved! Sigh!!!!Sigh!!! He let out a deep sigh, there was no choice, he was stuck with it. After all, his name was selected by his parents, and he had lived with it for 30-over years. Although it was truly a hard youth for him, having to endure the teases and the insults from girls. He couldnt even lift his head for over 10 years. However, inparison, he had lived till now, those old ssmates and girls must have be zombies too! Uncle, stop sighing! Dont worry, Ill protect you! Yang Keer came over with a proud look, her head held up high, eyes aiming at the ceiling, her little chest also puffed out, so much so that even her small quail eggs hugged tight by the military uniform. ........ He was speechless and became even more dispirited, looking at this little sparrow-likess in front of him. Uncle, be assured, from now on, anyone who bullies you, Ill hit them! Whoever you want to beat up, Ill join you! Yang Keer patted her own chest and promised him. At least you know how to repay favors! I didnt take care of you for nothing then! Zhang Xiao Qiang felt a little consoled, before suddenly thinking: Wait, then arent I the one relying on her now?! His mans pride dashed the thoughts of relying on her in the future. I gave you a little smile and you thought it was love, give you a little sunlight and you think its freedom? Look at yourself now! Have you done your practice for today?! He snapped at thess, who had forgotten herself. What... Im already stronger, cant I just practice less? She immediately shot back, albeit timidly. Have you seen an ant killing a cat before? Just because its strong? Whats this attitude of yours? You have wings now and want to fly is it? He lectured her sternly, his face a steely expression, not budging. Yang Keer shuffled over to her training spot while grumbling under her breath: No matter how an ant trains, it would be unable to defeat a cat ah! So stupid, how can you make thisparison?! What are you muttering about? Dont think I cant hear you! You still dont want to get going? Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly barked out behind her! Its nothing! So annoying, youre less like an uncle, and more like an auntie. Yang Keer picked up the Beast Horn Spear that used rebar as its pole and continued her practice. Silly thing, you still want to try me? Zhang Xiao Qiang was feeling a whole lot more smug now. The proverb those with brains would lead was truly spot on! Then he became depressed again, a man shouldnt be hiding beneath adys skirt, instead one had to brave challenges! He started to hype himself up, remembering the details from the day before, Thatss drank 80% of the cup that day! I only took in half, maybe the difference in amount is the cause? He thought to himself excitedly, thinking that he must have found the reason, and rushed towards the pail. ======= Why is there no reaction? No drowsiness, no shitting, why is there nothing? Zhang Xiao Qiang was grabbing onto a toilet roll, as he sat on the bed and waited. However, reality was cruel, he did not have any reaction! Maybe its only effective for females? He was truly distressed, this was the agony of not being able to contend with a girl. Maybe its only effective the first time round? He could feel the suffocation of being suppressed by thatss. Macho-ism was the only main ideology that Zhang Xiao Qiang was going for in this world, and had been putting his effort. He had no chance in the past, now, after much difficulty, he had managed to let Yang Keer have a taste of what it means to rely on a man. However, the tables have been turned. Hemented continuously: Being a man is sure not easy, especially one that weathers everything silently! He, Ha, He, Ha! Yang Keer was practicing her spear thrusts diligently, as beads of perspiration formed and flowed down the shape of her face till her chin, before dripping together with the rhythm of her movements. Zhang Xiao Qiang watched her mutely, and started to hold less hope for the strange rainwater. He decided that it truly must be effective the first time round. It seemed that Yang Keer gained strength as well as a boost in looks, whereas he only got the boost in looks. Although his strength and speed was enhanced somewhat, it was negligiblepared to Yang Keer. The apocalypse does not rely on ones face to earn our feed! He cried out inwardly, not feeling jubnt over the improvement in looks. Even if he became as handsome as a toyboy, there were no more sugar mummies in the current world! The rainwater this time was definitely something good. The first time had been different from the second time, with the first giving Zhang Xiao Qiang an experience as though he had been tortured and tormented by the Japanese soldiers during the upation. Just that little bit of rainwater was enough to almost send him to heaven. The second time felt more like some sort of slimming tea, other than the difort of the asshole, every other part of him was fine. After drinking an entire cup, there was no other issue. It seemed to be some sort of boost for humans. My precious! After thinking up to here, he gazed at the huge pail of rainwater and had a hint of excitement in his eyes, no matter what, he definitely had to store this first. Seeing that huge pail of water, he still felt it was not enough, even if he couldnt use it, he can leave it for his future son! As he daydreamed, he sighed again: I dont even know who or where my future wife is. Thatss? But her figure? He couldnt consider it no matter what. Good stuff will never be enough, as Zhang Xiao Qiang hoisted the pail up in preparation to go collect more, he saw the perspiration-drenched Yang Keer. The otaku side of him reared his head, and the slogan reappeared in his mind: If one can sit, dont stand, if one cany down, dont sit, if one can save strength, dont use it at all. Anyway, she has strength now, if I dont utilize it, its a waste! He felt no shame at his current epiphany and called her to lift the two pails to collect more rainwater. Kuang dang The stic pailnded on the floor and spun a few rounds, before rolling to one side. Oh! The sun is out! Its been a long while since we saw the sun! Yang Keer began cheering under the sunlight. For the 4 months after the onset of the apocalypse, the weather every day had been dreary, with dark clouds hanging in the sky, not allowing even the sliver of sunlight through. It gave the world an even darker and grim feel to it. Now that the rain had stopped, and the sun came out, the golden rays shone on thend with a radiant light. The warm rays of sun washed over Zhang Xiao Qiang, yet his heart was cold: Dont tell me that if once men touch it, they really be unlucky? Why is everything not going my way? Seeing Yang Keer rejoicing under the bright sunlight, Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly remembered an old childhood rhyme: The sun is out, and the girl smiles brightly! Chapter 41: What’s that? Chapter 41: Whats that? There was a suffocating heatwave in the air, as the sun zed brightly like in July or August even though it was only in April. The anomalous weather had been devastating to the vegetation, as all the nt life on the main road could be seen drooping over, with even some of the smaller younger grass already looking withered. It was as though they were all bent over, begging for mercy from the scorching sun. Zhang Xiao Qiang drove the tractor on the main road, while decked in the camouge military uniform. His entire back was drenched in perspiration, and the hot air that blew in his face didnt help at all, only serving to make it more unbearable. The clothes on him became drenched before drying, then getting drenched again, revealing patches of white salty spots. Yang Keer sat behind in the trunk, breathing loud, the camouge uniform taken off, wearing only a tube. Her upper body was slick with perspiration as well, while she had a handheld fan from goodness knows where. Her legs were propped up on a sack of rice, while there were plenty of rations and other items packed beside her, as well as some clothes and nkets. This was the 3rd day of sun since the rain stopped, and it was the 2nd day since Zhang Xiao Qiang and Yang Keer set off. Before they left, Zhang Xiao Qiang had to drag Yang Keer to the tractor and pile up stones to seal the entrance to the cave. As long as there was no one who knew the terrain well that came, the cave would be practically invisible. The half-full pail of rainwater was also kept in the deepest recess of the cave. As they left, Yang Keer was extremely unwilling, even though the cave was simple, and lighting was poor, it was extremely safe. They had moved everything themselves and gradually prepared the cave to be habitable. We wille back! Zhang Xiao Qiang had promised her, while thinking to himself: Noputer, no inte, no big-breasted women, only a ghost woulde back here. Its so hot! So hot! So hot!!! Argh so hot! So hot! So hot!! Yang Keer continued to moan and groan behind, as though her whining could drive away the heat. Due to the excessive dehydration through perspiration, Zhang Xiao Qiang was beginning to feel faint. The on-off dry and wet clothes with sweat spot were also extremely ufortable. Lastly, the loudining of Yang Keer behind was droning in his ears. Crunch. Zhang Xiao Qiang brought the tractor to a stop and shouted at Yang Keer: Enough! Stopining, its getting on my nerves! ...... Yang Keer immediately shut up, but her hands continued to work the hand-held fan faster, as though to work the indignation out. Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled out an empty bottle beside him and handed it to her: Help me fill it up, add some salt in it. As his throat was parched, it felt like fire just to speak, and his voice sounded extremely hoarse and croaky. Uncle! Can we just find a ce to rest? Dont you find it hot as well? Please? Yang Keer seemed to not mind that she was just covered in a tube, as she tried to shake her hips to plead with Zhang Xiao Qiang. Her fair skin was currently baked slightly red in the heat, looking like an apple. On the other hand, Zhang Xiao Qiang was oblivious to the surroundings, awaiting for the bottle to be handed to him, and he instantly drained it down. Uncle, please answer me! Im getting fainter! Look at my skin and how boiled it is! She continued pleading with him. Im driving and notining, youre just sitting there but have so much to whine about! He was starting to look down on her, thisss really did not know how to endure a little hardship. In the past, while finding work, he would ride the bicycle in the heat, cycling the entire day. When he didnt have money to buy water, he would just find natural water sources by the road side! Hai! In any case, Im your wife-to-be, cant you just give in to me? Otherwise, Ill just strip naked andy on the top of the tractor, not wearing anything, well see who suffers then! Yang Keer resorted to threatening, shaking her fist at Zhang Xiao Qiang, although the wife-to-be was termed by herself. ....... Her threat was really useful, as Zhang Xiao Qiang began to hesitate: Thisss dares to even do such things, if its seen by others, she will really be taken advantage of. Although her figure isnt anything, but shes pretty decent, now shes still young and has plenty of time to mature. Ive taken care of her for so long, if she really were to be hoodwinked by some other pretty boy, Ill really cry next time. As he thought to himself, he seemed to have forgotten how he usually bullied her. Alright alright! Im afraid of you! Lets find a ce to rest then! He also felt the heat getting to his head, and was actually looking forward to a momentary break. Yay! Victory! The leader is a paper tiger! Yang Keer immediately forgot herself and hollered out that slogan from the cave, until she saw Zhang Xiao Qiangs expression and immediately swallowed her saliva, shutting her mouth. By the roadside, there was a huge green tree, with a trunk that not even 3 people could fit around. It provided arge shade and looked extremely appealing. Zhang Xiao Qiang drove the tractor slowly, stopping beneath the tree. Before he even turned the engine off, thess had already grabbed her spear and leaped down the vehicle. The shade and air beneath the tree were immediately cooler, and Zhang Xiao Qiang heaved a sigh as he prepared to get off. A long shadow suddenly pounced towards him. He had just stood up, one foot in the drivers seat, the other outside the vehicle on thin air. He hadnt even had the time to react to the shadow when all he saw was a pair of red eyes. A mouth full of sharp white canines was opened wide, preparing to chomp at his throat. His mind turned nk, and his whole body froze, losing the ability to even shut his eyes. Pa Yang Keers actions were quicker, as her right hand had already raised the Beast Horn Spear and thrust towards the shadow. Gu Like a hammer on a watermelon, the things head was immediately sted apart from the strength of Yang Keer, causing its eyes, brain matter, blood and splintered bone parts to stter. Before that thing even fell to the ground, and Zhang Xiao Qiang had the chance to breathe, another shadow charged towards him. Yang Keer used her rudimentary spear technique, sweeping across towards it, although there was no strength of her thrust. The thing immediately leaped back to dodge the Beast Horn Spear, before using its hind legs to adjust its trajectory by bouncing off the Beast Horn Spear and charged towards Zhang Xiao Qiang again. This time, he was ready, and his right leg pushed off the seat, shooting backward. Gu Pa He got entangled with the thing as they fell on the floor, and the impact caused him to be short of breath. That thing had immediately shot back up like a spring, lunging for his throat. He was still lying on the ground, with no time to get up, and immediately used his left arm to block in front of his throat. The only thought in his mind was Dont let it bite my throat. He felt his left hand being pushed back, noting that the thing had bitten the sleeve, and he immediately swung with all his strength to m it against the ground, before cing his whole body weight on his hand. A pair of red eyes, white teeth, and a round head. This was the first time Zhang Xiao Qiang came up close to this thing, and a strong stench could be smelled from the things body, causing his eyes to water. With his body weight pressing on that thing, his right hand formed a fist and he began to pummel the head. After pummelling countless times, his skin had torn and fist was bloody until he could see the bone of the thing. Its flesh and blood were mangled to the point where it was unrecognizable. After ascertaining there was no movement anymore, he released his breath, andid on the ground, looking at the tree, panting for air. Chapter 42: Wow! So cute! Chapter 42: Wow! So cute! Zhang Xiao Qiangid silently on the ground, staring at the sky, his ragged breathing matching the rhythm of his rising and falling chest. His right hand was sore and painful, and the alternate numb and painful feeling came in waves, feeling as though it was being cooked slowly. He ignored the pain, only gazing at the sky. His adrenaline was still pumping from the dangerous situation, and that short exchange had robbed him of a huge part of his stamina. He feltzy to even move a finger until the mocking look of thatss entered his line of sight. Uncle, youre weak, I just killed one with a smack, howe you had to tangle for so long just to kill it? Also, the one you killed seem to be smaller than the one I killed oh. Yang Keer squatted beside him, looking straight into his eyes, her face wearing a mischievous smile. Zhang Xiao Qiang rolled his eyes: Stand up and talk, otherwise your backs gonna ache. He then thought: Maybe thisss has something about her, why did those 2 thingse for me instead of her? Yang Keer helped to bandage his right hand, while heid there like a dead fish, looking up at the dense foliage while pondering. My luck truly is bad! Before meeting this girl it was already horrid, now, it seems to be alwaysing in abundance. Camping that night almost got me killed by the Mutant Beast, staying in the house almost got me strangled, drinking the rainwater almost caused me dysentery. Now, were just looking for shade and I was almost mauled. Maybe this Yang Keer is a malignant star in my life?! If I continue to be with her, Im truly doomed. He scrutinized thess who was concentrating on bandaging his arm. She looked up to see him watching herself and immediately shed an incredibly bright smile. Her face was flushed red from the heat, looking like a delicious apple. Her teeth that were revealed looked like the alluring crescent moon, while her eyes gleamed like a clear pond. With her smile, 2 little dimples appeared, and the current Yang Keer looked charmingly cute! At that instant, that inner otaku of Zhang Xiao Qiang felt captivated and he had a strong possessive thought: Thess is mine, no one can take her from me! He swore upon his pride as an otaku! Hiss!! Be more gentle! Are you bandaging me or pulling the hairs from a pig?! He moaned as the waves of pain came surging. Okay okay, I got it! You cant me me, Ive never done this before, furthermore, who asked you tond yourself in such a state?! You dont know how to treat yourself better! Yang Keer became gentler, while grumbling, and it felt like a wife nagging at her husband. Zhang Xiao Qiang actually felt warmed by her grumblings. Having lived alone for so many years, he had be lonely. With thisss by his side, it felt like his world had be a little more lively and colorful. She dressed his wounds clumsily while trying to be careful, applying medication and bandaging them. Heid under the shade, enjoying the shade, even forgetting his pain for a moment. His mind turned nk, and he didnt want to engage in any thoughts, just enjoying the serenity of the moment. Uncle, its done! Take a look, see if youre satisfied! Yang Keers voice sounded, drawing him out from the peaceful moment Oh? So fast? Zhang Xiao Qiang opened his eyes in slight disbelief. En! Quick, check my handiwork out! She urged him, with an expression of hope, obviously wishing to gain his approval. How should this be described? His right hand was incredibly depressing to look at. His entire right hand looked like a deformed pear, having various odd bulging areas and cavities. The bandage end was left hanging out, and it felt like Yang Keer had wrapped the parts that didnt need to be wrapped while forgetting to wrap the parts that required aid. Then she must have decided just to wrap the entire thing further. Looking at the entire thing, his right hand felt like it became heavier by half a jin. There were no knots, no lipstick marks, but thatss had pulled out a market from goodness knows where to scribble a Product of Keer on it. There was even a deformed heart drawn below it. I guess...its ok, dont getcent, and continue to work hard. He forced down hisughter and put on a serious face as he replied. En! I got it! She looked extremely pleased. But, but Uncle! Were out of bandaging! She turned around and said while looking at that huge dumpling on Zhang Xiao Qiangs hand. En! I know, Ill think of something! He promised with a deadpan expression while sighing in his heart: That was a whole roll of bandage!! After a long rest, and feeling rejuvenated, Zhang Xiao Qiang stood up. His left sleeve had been bitten through the cloth, and the beast hide within even had small dent marks. Seeing this, he sucked in a breath of cold air, this beast hide was resilient to even military-grade knives! If he had been bitten directly, neither his flesh nor bones would be able to withstand it. He rejoiced silently on his decision to put the beast hide within his clothes. He came up to the corpse and inspected it, noting that it was the size of a vige dog. It had an elongated body, while its limbs were short and stout. In fact, the ratio of its limbs lengths to its body was about 1:5, looking extremely strange. One of the creatures had its head exploded from a single p from Yang Keer, leaving only the lower jaw still connected to the neck. The other had been pummeled to death by Zhang Xiao Qiang, and its features were still roughly discernable. Its head was round, while the tail was long and thick, with a length of twice its body. It looked somewhat simr to an African ferret. Uncle, whats that thing? Yang Keer used her Beast Horn Spear to poke at the corpse, feeling a little curious. En! It looks familiar, it could be those weasels that like to steal chickens from the viges. Some ces refer to them as the Great Immortal Wong. He was reminded of a childhood memory where he saw the weasel hide hanging on the wall of his uncles home. Can it be eaten? Yang Keer wanted to try eating it. Not sure... It should be possible? He was uncertain, as he had never seen his father hunting weasels in the past. Do weasels bite? Howe they were on top the tree? Do they know how to climb? Yang Keer had long since treated Zhang Xiao Qiang as Mr 100,000 Whys*, asking without stop. ...... He became sullen. She held a knife which she found, before slicing the bodies up, not minding the stench. Zhang Xiao Qiangs hand was resting in a cast in front of him, and he watched thess work with a littlefort in his heart. At the same time, he was extremely curious, how did this Yang Keer pull out so many weird things from nowhere, like a Doraemon? Does she usually hide them somewhere? Jiji A sound came from the tree. Both of them were immediately attracted by the sound, with Yang Keer readying her Beast Horn Spear, and Zhang Xiao Qiang hiding behind her with an Im not well look. Jiji The chittering keep sounding, as though it was a little anxious? Suddenly, 3 round little heads pop out, the baby weasels that looked slightlyrger than a normal mouse appearing from the dense foliage. Their eyes gleamed brightly as they looked down. Wow! So cute! Yang Keer squealed, and the 3 baby weasels were frightened as they scurried back. Did they attack us because we entered their territory? Zhang Xiao Qiang seemed to havee to an understanding. Chapter 43: Yang Ke’er loses her temper! Chapter 43: Yang Keer loses her temper! Why not, theyre so cute! Why cant we bring them along? Its not like they cannot be raised! Yang Keer continue toin. Zhang Xiao Qiang had adamantly rejected the notion of bringing the 3 weasels away. Zhang Xiao Qiang was driving the tractor with one hand, and it crawled at a 20 miles/hour speed. His position felt extremely awkward, and he wasnt used to it, however, since they were uncertain about the possibilities of mutant beasts at that area, they could only continue on their journey. It was not like he didnt think of teaching her to drive, however, since obtaining that obscene strength, she had been extremely over-confident. What if she suddenly decided to turn the tractor into some race car. There was no choice, he had to sacrifice himself and drive with his injury. Uncle, were you listening at all? Yang Keer saw that Zhang Xiao Qiang was silently driving and not minding her. She continued to pester him. ................. He continued to drive on without replying, controlling the wheel with his left hand required his concentration, even though it was just an ordinary tractor. Zhang Xiao Qiang!! Youve seen all there is to see! Touch all theres to touch! What? Now you want to shirk responsibility? Yang Keer saw that Zhang Xiao Qiang was ignoring her and began to raise her voice. Gazhi He brought the tractor to a halt as he looked back at her helplessly, while she was currently using the binocrs to look at him, being mischievous. If I dont hit her, she would step all over me, seems like I need to teach her a lesson! He wanted to teach her a lesson, to know what happens when he was enraged. His eyes erged like he was about to spit fire, his left fist curled up into a ball and opening up again, his chest heaving as though he was about to explode at any moment. Seeing that he was about to burst, Yang Keer continued to stare at him through the binocrs without batting an eyelid. ======= After a while, his inted lungs released the air, the now half-crippled Zhang Xiao Qiang had no energy to discipline her. He was feeling depressed but helpless at the same time. You said Ive seen it, fine! Take it that Ive seen it! But when did I ever touch you? Since he couldnt use force, he tried to reason. What? That day after you sprained your back, didnt I massage you? After massaging so long, isnt that already counted? She began to y the rogue. Damn it, by your logic, I should have married thedy who washed my feet! He was truly furious, how was it that this girl was so young yet ridiculous? Whats going to happen if she continues to be like this in the future? Yang Keer didnt speak, only pointing towards him, while her finger shook. You still dare to act against me? Come,e,e! Ill teach you what it means to be part of the Zhang family! He stepped out and was about to bring down judgment on this littledy who didnt know her boundaries. Nono, its not that, theres someone there! Yang Keer pointed behind him while saying. He grabbed the binocrs and looked towards the direction. There was a fork in the road up ahead, and at about 200m away there was a small factory. The factory was being surrounded by a wall, so it was hard to see the situation in it. On top of a small building which could be a nt or a warehouse, there was a man jumping up and down on the roof, waving to get their attention. What do you think? He asked for her opinion, after all, he was a casualty now, and the only person who could act was her. Lets take a look first! Dont worry, I wont run away with some toyboy! Yang Keer replied with understanding, as though she could see through his worries. As the tractor came to a stop about 200m away from the factory, they looked at the person again, one of them through the binocrs, another through the scope of a sniper rifle. They discovered that the factory was small, there were only 3 nts and 2 warehouses within, as well as a 3-storey office building. It seemed that the office was the living quarters, as there were all sorts of clothes hung on the windows, fluttering when blown. A man was wearing a suit that was faded and waving a g frantically on top the warehouse. He seemed to be weing the arrival of the two of them. Uncle, what do we do? Shall I rush in? Yang Keer piped in cautiously. Wait! He was still gazing through the binocrs. Wait? Uncertainty filled her mind. He raised his wrapped up right hand and made a motion. She looked like she understood, but at the same time, none the wiser. Seeing as she had no response, he reminded her: Did you forget that time when I used your item to attract the zombies to jump into the river? Aiya! How can you bring that up? So shameful! Yang Keer lowered her head in embarrassment, before lifting it again. Her eyes shone as she asked: I thought only females have that, I didnt know you men have it too? Hearing that, Zhang Xiao Qiang almost tumbled out the vehicle in disbelief and could feel the strong gap in theirmunication. There was a joke that suddenly surfaced in his mind: A man couldnt grow a beard, and was vexed. He went to the hospital to try for surgery but to no avail. In the end, the doctor had to use the hair from his wifes private region to imnt on the mans face. The next time he saw the patient he asked how he was. The man had replied, everything was ok, but he would get a nosebleed for a few days each month. My right hand is injured, theres the scent of blood, the zombie will be attracted here! He patiently exined, while sighing in his heart: Fear not the wolf as an enemy, but fear a pig as a friend! Yang Keer finally understood, and her face dejected as sheined: Why is it that only women have that. So annoying. AS they spoke, the zombies began to pour out of the warehouse, as an S-Type ran at the forefront, with 2 D-Types following behind. There were 45 other ordinary zombies. The S-Type looked like it had eaten a lot, and was about to evolve to an S2. Its height was about 1.4m, its arms longer than its legs, looking like some sort of ape. The S-Type was quicker than any other S-Types Zhang Xiao Qiang had met before. In a sh, it had pulled the distance closer. He grabbed hold of Yang Keer as she leaped down, reminding her: Remember, never, never ever let the zombies scratch you. She was filled to the brim with confidence and nodded casually before continuing. He was not as confident in her, the S-Type was simply too fast if it had been him, he had no confidence in taking it down. At this point, he used his teeth to rip his bandages apart and hit his hand on the wall of the vehicle. Immediately, his wounds tore open again, as blood flowed. The S-Type smelled the blood right before it came in contact with Yang Keer and immediately made for Zhang Xiao Qiang, ignoring her. Gu The S-Type was immediately sent flying like a ragged doll towards the distance. Just as it had been about to pass Yang Keer, she had thrust out with the Beast Horn Spear, causing its body to flip 180 degrees before flying away. She was not satisfied with the result and went towards the D-Type. Too impatient, she should wait for them toe themselves. Zhang Xiao Qiang assessed her from the back. Yang Keer ran up to the D-Types and with both her hands, using the Beast Horn Spear to thrust out in a circle near the necks of the D-Types. As she drew the spear back, 2 heads rolled to the floor, as the headless bodies crumpled slowly. Seeing this, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt more at ease, the zombies that posed more of a threat were taken out, the rest were just fodder. They had neither speed nor strength, as long as one wasnt surrounded, it would be ok. Chapter 44: I’ll kill him! Chapter 44: Ill kill him! Aiyaya! Youre a grown man, and you still dont know how to love yourself. Look, the wound is open again! Yang Keer was grumbling that Zhang Xiao Qiang had smashed her dumpling of love, and began to help him bandage his wound again. Behind her, the grass was littered with many fallen zombies, each of them not possessing aplete corpse. They were either missing a head or a limb. The sun had set, and the remaining rays of sun washed over this apocalyptic battlefield, giving it an even more deste feel. The sun rays shone on Yang Keer, giving her a golden radiance, which made her look like a little goddess. After undergoing through that strenuous activity of wiping out those zombies, her cute nose was dripping with beads of perspiration, and under the glow of the sunlight, her forehead looked even more alluring. Her big round eyes were focused on Zhang Xiao Qiangs right hand, applying medication on him. Her warm breathing would blow gently on his hand from time to time, which had long since stopped hurting. Instead, the constant breaths gave his hand a sort of tingling sensation. Looking at her carefully bandaging his wound, Zhang Xiao Qiangs thoughts drifted to the earlier scene of her fighting. She had the talent, if he was honest, and was incredibly perceptive of her surroundings. She didnt just charge headlong without thinking, instead, she had skirted around the edge, and borrowed their slow speed to take them down one by one. The horde had been whittled down slowly by her. That Beast Horn Spear of hers should be called the Beast Horn Bat! When Yang Keer had been killing the zombies, it wasnt through thrusts, rather, she had swung down repeatedly. Some had been relieved of their limbs, while others found their heads smashed. There were even a few who had their bodies sliced in two. That Beast Horn Spear of hers had then been stuck in the ground, reaching a height of 1.7m, allowing her easy ess. The rebar used as the body of the spear was still holding up. The Beast Horn atop the spear was gleaming in the sunlight, and it wasnt an unbearable re, instead, it felt like a subtle and restrained halo. The Beast Horn had a unique property, in that dust and dirt could not rest on its surface. Even the blood that had gotten on it during the ughter of the zombies flowed down, moving along the grooves, leaving it as clean and shiny as it was before. Its a pity, this spear! He looked at the spear and shook his head. Uncle, were you listening? Yang Keers eyes were opened wide, with a little glint in them. Her cheeks that were soft and puffy, as her rosy red lips were pouting. The look of a young girl showing her displeasure was truly refreshing. Cough, cough! He had not been listening and pretended to cough while racking his brains to divert the topic away. En, that, oh! I was thinking, did we forget something? He put on a serious face as he asked. ????? She didnt understand and started to think if she had really forgotten something. Didnt wee for that fellow? He used his eyes to motion towards the factory. She rose her head to look as well, noting that the man was still hopping about on the roof, except that his energy level had seemed to drop. That lonely figure against the setting sun, desperately waving the g, it truly looked deste and pitiful. Cheh! We had to spend half the day to take care of those zombies! Yet he still dares note down. He must be those weakling-types, I cant be bothered with him! Yang Keer was obviously displeased with that guy on the roof! Zhang Xiao Qiang saw that the sky was getting dark and said: Lets just spend the night there then! As the tractor drove closer, the factory grew in their sight. XX TOWN XX Food Factory Arge signboard hung on the wall, and the paint seemed old. As they entered the factory, they could see all sorts of rubbish, moldy bags of flour, torn and tattered pieces of cloth, a variety of packaging bags, as well as some human bones. The warehouse was about 8m-tall, and the huge iron door had been dented in a number of ces. There was white paint that spelled Important warehouse, fireworks are prohibited. The walls of the warehouse were sturdy, made of materials from the 60s or 70s, and the 5m-tall walls were fitted with old wooden window frames. A row of simple U-shaped steel pipes embedded in the wall led to the rooftop in the form of a staircase. The man was currently looking downwards as though to check for more zombies. Come on down! Its safe! Zhang Xiao Qiang beckoned him, while Yang Keer ignored the man. After ascertaining that there was no trouble below, he slowly followed the steps down. Aiya! Big brother, Im truly grateful! You may not know this, I was trapped in here for a whole 4 months! If you hadnte by, I dont know what I would have done! The man was extremely emotional, looking as though he was about to kneel in gratitude! Zhang Xiao Qiang observed the man carefully, who looked to be about 23, 24. His clothes were dirty, while his face was generally clean but pale. His unkempt hair covered his ears, and it looked like a hairstyle out from the 80s. He had a bewildered expression, and the first impression anyone would have was that he was pretty decent. Whats your name? How did you survive till now? Zhang Xiao Qiang sat down in the living quarters of the factory meant for customers, as he asked while looking around. Haha! My surnames Xie, you can call me Xie Yuan Shan. I was the manager here. At that time, when I was taking stock of the goods...... He began to narrate the events. The factory was a processing nt for dried biscuits. There were 50 employees, all of whom were vigers nearby. The nt owner was Xie Yuan Shans uncle. After Xie Yuan Shan had graduated from his university, he hade over here to work. Nearing the end of the year, business would boom, and there were plenty of goods lying about. He had thus been keeping track of the finished products in the warehouse in a bid to calcte the potential profits when the apocalypse broke out, and the workers went crazy and bit each other. His brain had fortunately continued to work, and he pulled the doors close to protect himself, not daring to step out. After half an hour, the warehouse operator had also begun to exhibit weird behavior, causing Xie Yuan Shan to back up until the operator fully turned. Xie Yuan Shan had then killed her, before locking himself in the storage, using the windows daily to climb to the roof to see if there were people passing by. Xie Yuan Shan ah! How did you settle the issue of water? Zhang Xiao Qiang asked curiously. Big brother, youre too courteous, call me Xiao Shan! Its like this.... The finished goods warehouse had to be kept clean at all times, and there was a water tank behind the huge door. Usually, the employees would use the water tank to clean themselves. The tank drew water from underground, and the vigers would use the water as daily usable water. Big brother, my life has been saved by you guys, in the future, feel free to make use of me, I will do my best. As Xie Yuan Shan swore solemnly, his eyes kept roving over to Yang Keer. Cough Zhang Xiao Qiang coughed out to indicate that he should stop looking. I saw that this little sister here was so strong! He looked a little embarrassed. Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded silently. Shes your sister? Xie Yuan Shan asked carefully. No! Im his wife oh! Yang Keer felt bored, and when she heard his question, she immediately took the initiative to announce it proudly. Oh! This big brother sure is capable, haha! Heughed and looked sincere, but Zhang Xiao Qiang felt something amiss. The factorys huge door was sealed shut, and Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest were sitting within, surrounding a fire. It wasnt that they did not want to fall asleep, but the feel of the dormitory was off, and there was a scent in the air. Hence, they decided to sleep outside, fortunately, the temperature wasnt too low. Zhang Xiao Qiang and Yang Keer discussed and decided to each take half a nights watch since they had to be on guard against an additional stranger, whose motives were unknown. Drop that, otherwise, Ill kill him. Zhang Xiao Qiang was still groggy when he was suddenly shaken away. Before he opened his eyes fully, he was kicked viciously in the stomach. He instantly doubled up in pain, gasping for air. Chapter 45: Stop Hitting Him! Chapter 45: Stop Hitting Him! Zhang Xiao Qiang opened his eyes, only to see an arrow pointed at himself. He hadnt the time to look properly when he was kicked once more in the stomach. The pain was intense and he let out a muffled grunt, hugging his stomach in pain, wracked in pain. What did you kick him again for! Yang Keers voice resounded, she was sobbing. Throw that thing in your hands away! Zhang Xiao Qiang could hear Xie Yuan Shans voice clearly. Before he could react, Xie Yuan Shanshed out with another kick at his right hand. ARGH! Zhang Xiao Qiang cried out helplessly. The white color gauze on his right hand turned red again, his wound reopened.45 Stop hitting him! What do you want?! Yang Keer screamed out while sobbing. En? What do I want? Hahaha! Of course, I. Want. You. I want to fuck you! Xie Yuan Shan let out a maniacalughter. Haha, you guys said so yourself, the world is gone, the country is gone, Im free to do what I want! He continued to rave without a care. You ungrateful bastard! Dont forget, we saved you!!! We should have left you to be eaten! Yang Keer was furious, however, Zhang Xiao Qiang was curled up in a ball, not able to witness anything. Hahaha!! Ungrateful?! Well said! I truly am ungrateful! Know what happened to a person who said that to me? She was strangled slowly to death!! Haha!! You have no idea how good that felt! Xie Yuan Shan then kicked Zhang Xiao Qiang once more as a warning not to move, before continuing to speak. I hadid on top of her, watching her eyes turn big slowly, and her tongue stuck out slowly. She had grabbed onto me so tight, that my soul almost left my body in bliss! Hahaha! That was the best fuck I ever had! He seemed to enjoy narrating his experience, getting more excited by the minute. Hahaha!! Women are just asking for it, 40 years old already, still trying to pretend to be pure, since we were trapped here together, if not her, who do I fuck? Hahaha!!!! Every day, I had screwed her every day for 3 whole months! As he was reminiscing, he saw Zhang Xiao Qiang twitching andshed out with a few kicks again. Stop hitting him...wu wu wu... Yang Keer continued to sob. Hahaha, its more pleasurable like this! Haha! I enjoy it! Xie Yuan Shan looked at the crying Yang Keer and his face was grinning perversely. Cough cough!! I know, that warehouse operator didnt turn at all. She had been murdered by you! Zhang Xiao Qiang managed to cough out. Bang! Another kick came. One more kick for the right answer! Xie Yuan Shan leered at Zhang Xiao Qiang on the floor with a look of satisfaction. Wuwuwu... Yang Keer saw Zhang Xiao Qiang being beaten up, and she gripped the Beast Horn Spear tighter. Right, where was I? Ha! Yes! That warehouse operator, I remember it was her who pulled me in from the outside and closed the door shut!!! So what? The very next day, I screwed her! Haha! She scolded me non-stop, so I fucked her, non-stop! He swallowed his saliva in excitement before continuing. Oh yes, I screwed her without stop, only then I can forget about the nightmare outside. Only then I will forget about me being eaten by them. Only then I can still feel like a man. I killed her! Hahaha! Who asked her to try and kill me? 40 years old and still acting all pure?! Hahahaha! Even after she died, I didnt stop, I continued to screw her corpse until it stank! By now, Xie Yuan Shan had gotten incredibly excited, his expression insane. His face had started to contort and it looked incredibly disgusting. His eyes had a madness to them, as his body shook uncontrobly, as though thinking back to it had brought back the excitement. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw that Yang Keer was still a distance away, and it was not possible for her to act. He could only try to seize the opportunity to slowly creep backward with his left hand. Xie Yuan Shan saw that Zhang Xiao Qiang had moved out of the corner of his eye. Pu Zhang Xiao Qiang spat out a huge mouthful of blood, having been pummeled another dozen times. His organs felt like they have been disced. Cough cough, hah, hah, cough cough As he coughed, he gasped for breath, his internal organs feeling like they were on fire. Ah!!!!!!!!! Yang Keer screamed out, unable to watch any longer, as she prepared to charge at Xie Yuan Shan with the Beast Horn Spear. Dont! Donte over! Ill kill him, I swear I will! He saw Yang Keer and became anxious, as he stuck the sniper crossbow in Zhang Xiao Qiangs face, pressing into his flesh. Hu! What the hell do you want?! At most Ill seek vengeance for my husband! Yang Keer was pressured to the point of going mad. Calm down, I wont hurt him, as long as you throw that thing in your hand away, and take off your clothes, let me have my fun, Ill let you guys leave tomorrow! I promise! Xie Yuan Shan put on a false front as he spoke to Yang Keer, his own state of mind unstable. Yang Keer gazed at Zhang Xiao Qiang as her tears flowed down her face, her teeth biting hard down on her lips, causing beads of blood to form. Her hands grabbing the Beast Horn Spear started to shake. Dont, hes ly.... Zhang Xiao Qiang opened his mouth to warn her, but he received a kick before he even finished. Stop it!!! Ill listen to you!! Yang Keer became frantic again when she saw Zhang Xiao Qiang being beaten up. Thunk! The Beast Horn Spear was thrown to the ground, and Yang Keer reached for her buttons. Xie Yuan Shan saw that she had thrown her weapon aside, and began to rx his guard. The sniper crossbow in his hands lowered a little, as his entire attention was focused on Yang Keer, who was beginning to strip. Taking the chance that Xie Yuan Shans attention was not on him, Zhang Xiao Qiang swung that dumpling fist of his towards Xie Yuan Shans crotch, as a dull thud sounded. Oof! Xie Yuan Shan shrieked in a strange voice, obviously, the impact had not been light. Zhang Xiao Qiang used his left hand to pull out the 54 behind his waist, aiming at Xie Yuan Shan, and pulled the trigger. The gunshot didnt sound, instead, the 54 did not even react. Fuck He cursed inwardly. This gun would go off inappropriately, yet now it doesnt work when required. It truly caused one to be helpless. Without time to think, he brought his left hand up slightly before swinging down, viciously smashing the knee of Xie Yuan Shan. Ka The sound of bone breaking sounded out loud. Ah!! Xie Yuan Shan dropped his sniper crossbow and rolled on the floor. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked towards Yang Keer, whose left hand was pressing her right hand at her buttons. She stared mutely, obviously still in shock. Whatre you nking out for? Come over here and help! Those actions had depleted all of Zhang Xiao Qiangs energy, and heid on the floor, everywhere hurting like hell. Why is it always me who gets hurt? Zhang Xiao Qiang couldnt wrap his head around it. Oh, Yang Keer broke out of her trance and ran forwards to pick up the sniper crossbow, before stomping viciously on Xie Yuan Shans right leg. Following the sounds of bone snapping, Xie Yuan Shan screamed out again. She proceeded to stomp each of his limbs once, including that 3rd leg in the middle, before running to Zhang Xiao Qiangs side. By that time, Xie Yuan Shan was lying almost passed out on the ground. Chapter 46: Generation Gap? Chapter 46: Generation Gap? How are you? Does it hurt? Are you ok? Yang Keer helped Zhang Xiao Qiang up, allowing him to sit up. Hiss~~ He hissed in pain as Yang Keers action caused the pain all over him to ache. She quickly minimized her movement in order to relieve the pain. Do you know how bad guys in movies usually die? He leaned on her as he looked at the bonfire in front of him. ...... She didnt speak, remaining silent as her tears streaked down her face, dripping onto Zhang Xiao Qiangs face. Its because the bad guy usually talks too much! He mumbled. Do you know why the female leads in movies are always so sad? He turned his face slowly to look at Yang Keer, tolerating the pain. Its because those silly female leads always believe what the bad guys say! The back of his head was resting on Yang Keers quail-egg chest as he spoke, his expression wooden. Did you think that once you satisfy that pervert, he will really let us go? As he spoke up to here, his tone became less steely. I couldnt bear to watch you being beaten up ah! I was worried about you! Her voice became smaller as she spoke, her words revealed a sour grievance. ................ Zhang Xiao Qiang became speechless and felt that it was really hard tomunicate. This Xie Yuan Shan was such a deranged maniac, what else would he not do? He even raped and killed his rescuer, would he just change or give up just because of a half-cripple and an adolescent? Thinking up to this point, Zhang Xiao Qiang dared not continue his thoughts. Ayer of cold sweat broke out behind his neck. We were too careless. He quietly assessed. Watching the flickering fire in front of him, he started questioning himself, when was it that he allowed himself to be this careless? Was it the peaceful fortnight in the cave that whittled his sense of caution? Or was it because Yang Keer had be so strong that he had subconsciously thought that she could handle everything? Or was it the fact that he had sewn in ayer of mutant beast-hide inside his clothes. When they were suddenly attacked by those mutant weasels, he had not been on guard, nor thought to check carefully, nor was there a sense of danger. At that point, he didnt even have the time to grab a weapon, if it wasnt for Yang Keer, his throat might have been ripped already. The funny thing was that he had truly be conceited after a few close brushes with death. He had been the one to cross the territory of the mutant weasels, that was why they were attacked. Why didnt they think to use the binocrs to check it properly first? Had he really thought that once he had the inner armor he had be invincible? Even funnier was that after that injury, he still kept his guard down. The world was still dangerous, Xie Yuan Shan could not be trusted, yet he still carelessly got Yang Keer to stand guard. She was boisterous and still young, yet he had been the one to sleep like a log. Thinking back to when he first left house, he had been extremely cautious every step of the way. Every single de of grass that was blown would arouse his suspicion. How did he be so careless? As he assessed himself, the more he felt gripped with tension. The rules and society norms before the apocalypse had already broken like ss. People were capable of all sorts of things now due to the virus and breakdown in society. He remembered reading something called the Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality*, where it talked about three fundamental structures of the human mind: The id, the ego, and the superego. The id was concerned with the instant gratification of basic physical needs and urges, it only cared about exerting of self, regardless of principle. The ego was the rational, pragmatic part of personality. It is less primitive than the id and is partly conscious and partly unconscious. It mediates between the ego and super-ego, and it sought to bnce satisfying the id, and avoiding conflicts through the superego. One would gain gratification, even it was dyed, but making the moral decision and ording to societal norms. As for the superego, it was the saint part of everybody. Those people who wanted to continue to be moral even in the face of death in movies were considered to have a stronger superego. People from before the apocalypse knew to abide by rules andws, maintaining order in society. However, in the apocalyptic setting now, everyone is just concerned with their own survival, and there was a disregard for thew, and order. Before the apocalypse, it was the ego that ruled. Now, it was the id that ruled. I cant be like that anymore! Im not a savior, and I should stop thinking of being the good guy! He came to terms with his thoughts and now wondered if he should just be a bad person entirely. Ah~~~~Oh~~~~ Xie Yuan Shan was like a dead dog, lying at a distance, moaning and groaning from time to time. His limbs had been smashed thoroughly by Yang Keer. His body was twisted in all sorts of angles, and it was hard to tell which direction he was actually facing. For example, if his face was towards the ceiling, his feet should be pointed the same way. However, it was his heel that was pointing to the sky. His pants were drenched, and there was a strong stench of urine. He must have relieved himself uncontrobly after being taken care of by Yang Keer. She could smell the sour piss smell from him and frowned as she ced Zhang Xiao Qiang down gently. She then walked over to Xie Yuan Shans side and grabbed him by the clothes before tossing him a distance away. He flew across the warehouse and disappeared into an unlit corner. Putong The sound of something heavynding sounded. AHHH~~~~!!! His tragic scream of agony sounded out. Yang Keer then walked back to Zhang Xiao Qiangs side and hugged him in her embrace, as gently as she could. It was a huge difference from her usual self. Zhang Xiao Qiangid against her and received her warmth while hearing the asional moans of pain in the background. Zhang Xiao Qiang made the decision then, he wont be a nice guy nor a bad guy. The good guys get taken advantage of, while bad guys usually faced a worse ending. How did he get the sniper crossbow? He suddenly piped up, breaking the silence. It must be, must be, when I was doing my small business! She lowered her head as she spoke, after which her chin almost touched her chest. Why didnt you call me up when you wanted to go to the toilet? He continued to ask with a mild expression as he watched the fire. Because you were sleeping so soundly, and I didnt want to disturb you... She found her reason and lifted her head again. Ai~~~~ He let out a long sigh. No matter what, she had good intentions, although it had made things worse. Do you know what to do in the future? He felt like he was teaching a wilful daughter. En! I know! Next time, I will report everything to you! Yang Keers expression was extremely docile now, like those little kids from kindergarten that promised their aunts not to be naughty anymore. Oh yes! What do we do with that Xie-guy? Shall I kill him? Yang Keer thought of Xie Yuan Shan still lying a distance away and asked Zhang Xiao Qiang for his opinion. Forget it, killing him would just dirty your hands, wait till tomorrow! Well feed him to the zombies! An otaku does not know the meaning of repay evil with good. You want to kill him, dont you feel scared? Dont you feel like vomiting at the thought of ending someone elses life? Zhang Xiao Qiang asked her curiously. How was it that the guts of the girls nowadays were so daring? Not really! After killing the first monster, it felt pretty good, in fact, it felt better than y games at home! Yang Keer seemed to unfazed by the question, in fact, she looked at him like he was silly. Maybe, after ying so many games, theyve be numb to killing? Zhang Xiao Qiang grew up under the Red Guards and had no idea how to handle the younger generation. Shit! Last time, there was a gap between my dad and me, now theres a gap between thisss and myself?! He finally felt that he wasnt that young anymore. *Source: Boundless. Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality. Boundless Psychology Boundless, 17 Aug. 2016. Retrieved 26 Jan. 2017 from https://.boundless/psychology/textbooks/boundless-psychology-textbook/personality-16/psychodynamic-perspectives-on-personality-77/freudian-psychoanalytic-theory-of-personality-304-12839/ Chapter 47: Kill Me! Chapter 47: Kill Me! On this deste night, with the bonfire in front of them, providing warmth. Zhang Xiao Qiang rested against Yang Keers body as he slowly fell asleep. Yang Keer was hugging Zhang Xiao Qiang as she sat against the wall, and had fallen asleep long ago. He could hear her steady heartbeat and constant breathing. Her warm exhtion feltforting on his neck. The sky was beginning to grow brighter, as the night passed. He suddenly felt that there was something wrong with his body, Not good. His entire body felt like it was being pricked by countless needles, and there wasnt a spot on his body that didnt itch. It then transformed to a feeling of millions of ants crawling up and down his skin. It felt like they were burrowing into his flesh and even his bones. Itchy! It was incredibly itchy! There was not a single ce that didnt itch terribly! The matter of the intense itchiness was one thing. There was an additional tingling sensation that coursed throughout his bones, causing him asional numbness, as though he was hugging a tangled mess of cables that released electricity. Compared to the pain yesterday, this alternating sensation of itch and numbness was pure torment. He wanted to scream out to vent his vexation. However, he could not, as he had lost all control of his body, and he couldnt even blink. Yang Keer was woken up in shock by his situation, as he was trembling uncontrobly, as though he was having a fit. What is it? Her eyes were still puffy and heavy. He could not speak, but he knew it was his unnatural recovery ability at work. His previous injuries had been less severe, hence the sensations were not as intense. After a nights sleep, everything would be normal, save for an increased appetite. What is wrong?! Wu wu wu~~~~~ As Zhang Xiao Qiang could not reply, Yang Keer became even more anxious, crying out in anxiety. His eyes were currently shut tight, and his body shaking. It looked as though he was suffering. Yang Keer hugged him even tighter, using her face to feel his foreheads temperature. Zhang Xiao Qiang was oblivious to any external sensations, the only thing on his mind was the sourish itchy and tingling feeling. As time passed, he was beginning to feel better and managed to catch a breath. Go. Zhang Xiao Qiang opened his eyes and managed to croak. What? Yang Keer saw that there was a reaction and quickly brought her ear closer. Make food..at least..10 persons worth.. He stammered slowly. ???? Yang Keer couldnt believe her ears, seeing that he was in such a condition and was actually asking for food. Go, quick, dont mind me, He insisted, his body already recovering slowly, and it didnt feel as exhausting to speak. Oh She saw that Zhang Xiao Qiang was getting better, and his words bing more coherent. She then left him as she got to work, albeit clumsily. Heid quietly, as the sky got brighter, turning a clear blue, without a single cloud in the skies. The tingling sensation was slowly fading away when his stomach was struck with an intense but familiar hunger pang! He felt his strength returning, and he quickly rose from the ground. The bonfire had been stocked with more firewood, as she used a simple tripod to act as a stand while she cooked some rice. Her face was covered with smoke as she continued to cook. Zhang Xiao Qiang could not wait any further and quickly scrambled to the vehicle to grab some ready food. Ahhh! That hit the spot!! He massaged his stomach, having downed 7 beggar chickens, and a whole pot of half cooked rice. He regained his vitality and energy. You didnt get much sleepst night, go rest some more. Ill go do something! He told Yang Keer, actually taking the initiative to be nice for once. Oh, She felt tired as well and crawled into the trunk, hugging a nket to sleep. Time to settle some scores! He muttered as he walked over to Xie Yuan Shans spot. Xie Yuan Shan was lying on the ground like a dead dog, with no movements whatsoever. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at him quietly, noting that the clothes on his limbs were dyed red from the blood. There was a strong stench emitting from him, causing one to gag! He was somewhat semi-conscious, as he continued to groan in pain. Zhang Xiao Qiang tore open the bandaging on his right arm. The wound had already healed, with a ck-coloured scab covering it. He then grabbed Xie Yuan Shan by the cor and dragged him towards the big doors of the factory. Ah~~ Xie Yuan Shan was rattled conscious by the movement, and he began to groan with more energy. Zhang Xiao Qiang opened the huge door, and saw a few zombies with broken limbs crawling on the ground. They must have been attracted by the smell of bloodst night. He ignored them, and dragged Xie Yuan Shan with him as he stepped around the zombies. As he neared the surrounding wall, he flung Xie Yuan Shan onto an empty spot, and he stood one side. By this time, Xie Yuan Shan could not care how Zhang Xiao Qiang was treating him, he just wanted to end it all. He kept moaning and muttering incessantly, hoping to alleviate the pain. The sun was climbing slowly, and the golden rays of sunlight were beginning to shine on the earth, increasing at a rapid speed visible to the naked eye. As Zhang Xiao Qiang was bathed in sunlight, he noticed that the zombies had crawled over. Xie Yuan Shan saw them too, and he became slightly agitated, looking towards Zhang Xiao Qiang and mouthing some words. Give....give me....a quick...death....kill me... Just these few words took quite a toll on him, and he gasped for air after. Zhang Xiao Qiang just stood there quietly watching, not saying or doing anything. The zombies were nearing Xie Yuan Shan, and he began to shake from the fear and anxiety. He tried to twist and squirm backward like a worm, as huge beads of perspiration came flowing down his forehead. Finally, they caught up with him, as one reached his legs, its ws grabbing onto his left leg and bit down. AH~~~ Right before death, he had a final burst of strength to scream out, his voice full of agony and misery. Another zombie grabbed his head and bit down on his ears. It was torn cleanly with the zombies teeth. Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately bent over and vomited. However, since the massive amount of food he ate earlier had disappeared like a ck hole, he could only hurl water. Xie Yuan Shan was still not yet dead, as he screamed out without stop. Zhang Xiao Qiang heard those cries and could remember when the zombies had tried to eat him right at the beginning, and he quickly bent over to vomit again. The noises finally stopped, and Zhang Xiao Qiang rested a while before he felt better. He didnt know if feeding Xie Yuan Shan was a torture to Xie Yuan Shan or himself. In any case, he couldnt watch on, and was somewhat in awe of Yang Keer, who had watched her own boyfriend being eaten alive and had not vomited. Could it be a numbing effect of watching too many horror films? He couldnt quite understand the younger generation. After taking care of those crippled zombies, Zhang Xiao Qiang went back to the tractor, where Yang Keer was still sleeping soundly, with a contented smile on her face! Chapter 48: Seeing a D2 Again! Chapter 48: Seeing a D2 Again! Dawn was the best time during the day, and it was no exception during the apocalypse. Zhang Xiao Qiang drove the tractor on the main road, with WH City as the final destination. WH City was after all the capital, and there would be a stronger degree of importance attached to it aspared to the other prefectural cities. Coupled with the Armed Police Force, there would definitely a huge number of survivors stationed there. The survivability of people in this apocalypse was really too low. Although an otaku didnt need too many bonds or rtionships with other people, one could not be sealed up in a mountain for his entire life. He would need society and a breath of air with others as well. More importantly, he needed things to do and spend his time. An otaku, after all, was termed as an otaku because theres nothing else in his life. He just wanted to spend his time here on earth. An otaku didnt fit in anywhere, and he would not care how others view him, as long as there was a space for himself in this harsh world. An otaku liked to view the world from a bystanders point. They might not be seen, or might be obscure, but they had their own ce in life, their own ways of thinking, and it wasnt forced upon on them. With their own world, they can ignore any authoritative thinking and can exercise critical reasoning. That was because they had their own culture. However, even their own space could not be separated from the actual world. Most of them had to live like shut-ins, tolerating the looks and criticism of others. Why was it that people were unepting of such otakus, yet the number of otakus was growing in the world? That was because otakus had begun to harbor thoughts of freedom, they werent willing to be judged ording to societal norms. They might not be epted in arge part of society, but they could live with themselves with a sense of identity. The morning sun wasnt particrly hot, and there was even a coolness in the air. As the wind blew on ones face, it felt refreshing. Yang Keer was sleeping like a pig in the trunk, and even the noise generated from the journey could not affect her sleep. Thinking back to her performancest night, Zhang Xiao Qiang thought: What a fool! Yet, the corners of his mouth were arched up in a smile, after all, her thought process had been centered around him. It felt gratifying, no wonder some of the otaku-seniors he knew liked to y games with developing rtionships. Theres something! Suddenly, he caught sight of something and brought the tractor to a sudden halt, pulling out his binocrs to take a look. There was a small river about 300-400m in front, and there was a concrete bridge above the river. It was not huge, at most about 10m in length, and 8m wide. A long-distance bus had crashed into the fence on the left of the bridge, forming a sort of ˡ character. The right side of the fence and the bus had about a 3 to 4m gap, which was just nice for a small car to pass through. However, there were already several zombies there. If it was before, Zhang Xiao Qiang would have gotten Yang Keer to go clear the zombies together with him. However, after the 2 near-death experiences, he became more wary and cautious. He got down from the car and went up to a small dune ahead to observe. As heid prone on the ground, the angle was clearer for him. He could see that the coach was a 12m-long King Long bus, its body painted bright red. The bus had mmed into the opposite end of the bridge, knocking off a chunk. The bridge was filled with about 50 zombies, although there were no evolved ones to be seen. There was even a banner that read From SZ City to J City. After crossing the bridge, it would be a short distance before reaching J City. It must have been the drivers intention to leave the public road to head towards J City through here. Thinking back to the highway, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt depressed again. Just a day earlier, he had wanted to experience driving a tractor on the highway, who knew that after driving just a few li, he came across an exit, and felt like he had entered an abandoned car dump like in the movies. All sorts of vehicles, regardless of make or model, were sprawled out all across the highway, with plenty of collisions as though they were ingredients in a pot of stew. Some of the crashes had resulted in a vehicle stack of about 7-8m high, and a few had burnt together, leaving only a charred exterior. There were zombies and bones everywhere, and it truly looked like a scene from an apocalypse. Left without a choice, Zhang Xiao Qiang had then gone back to the old road. As he observed the situation in front, he heaved a sigh of relief. As long as there were no evolved zombies, it wouldnt be a problem. Just as he was about to get back up, he realized something was off. Near the area where the road met the bridge at the opposite end, there were 4 or 5 cars in a collision, each of them looking like twisted metal. However, the doors of all the vehicles had been torn and thrown aside, at least a distance of a dozen meters. This was definitely not the strength of a normal zombie! The temperature was slowly rising and perspiration dripped from his forehead. The longer he prone, the more stifled he felt. However, he did not dare leave to it chance, and continued to observe longer. He didnt know the area well, and the map only showed this way towards the capital. However, he would go around it if he had to, rather than face the risk and go through the river. The zombies at the opposite end of the bridge began to move, as though they were getting out of the way when suddenly a huge D2 appeared from the vehicles. The moment the D2 appeared, Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart turned cold. The previous encounter with a D2 was a nightmare he did not wish to revisit. He could never forget the terror as he was on top of the roof of the bus. He also could not forget the heart-pounding moment when the D2 had almost reached the toilet window he was getting out from. He turned around and wanted to leave. He was terrified, and to him, facing the D2 wasparable to a karate expert facing a fleet of advanced tanks. Even the sniper bullet that could pierce metal only caused a scratch on the D2s skin. He had no confidence of winning against it, not even the Beast Horn Spear that could pierce through diamond gave him the confidence. The D2 walked up to the bridge and stopped. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw it sniffing the air when it suddenly bellowed in rage, which he could hear even from such a distance away. Shit. He was shocked and realized that the wind blew his scent towards the D2, and it had already noticed his presence. He leaped up quickly and ran towards the tractor, stepping on the elerator and turned around to drive towards the road. Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to increase the speed, but suddenly, the tractor began to fail at this critical moment, its speed decreasing rapidly until it came to a stop and died. Fuck! He remembered that he forgot to refuel when they left. They had always refueled when it was out of diesel, now there was no time for regrets. He quickly woke Yang Keer up, who was still groggy, and grabbed the Beast Horn Spear and hoisted the bag of stuff as they ran towards the field. Uncle, why are we hiding, Yang Keer asked curiously as she was pulled along by him. Zombie! Zhang Xiao Qiang did not bother to turn around to see if the D2 did chase after them, even though there must be at least a 2km distance between them. Che! Uncle, whats there to be afraid of? Watch me take care of them. Yang Keer did not understand the situation and turned around to wee battle. Zhang Xiao Qiangs strength could not match hers and was dragged by her. He became anxious, and spoke: Its an evolved, and it must be the 2nd time! He could not help but try to exin the situation. How many? Yang Keer paused to ask. 1! By now, he was beginning to feel embarrassed. After all, he had killed his fair share of zombies before, and now he was acting like a mouse, scurrying around. Its really powerful, even arrows cant damage him! Zhang Xiao Qiang hurriedly piped in, covering his cowardice. Is it fast? Yang Keer was beginning to understand, ording to game logic, it was like meeting a boss. A strong and fast BOSS was not something they could provoke at this point. Not really! It should be at the same speed of a normal persons jog! He thought back to the first time he came across the D2! Then theres no need to be scared! ording to my gaming experience, as long as it doesnt touch us, we can slowly grind it down! Yang Keer was extremely proud of her own gaming and proceeded to walk towards the bridge. Chapter 49: One Thousand Years of Death! Chapter 49: One Thousand Years of Death! Damn it, if we die, we die! Even if we can hide today, we cant hide tomorrow! Better to die early and get reincarnated faster! Zhang Xiao Qiang watched as Yang Keer prepared to go face the D2, and his ego and chauvinistic side reared its head, forgetting his fear towards the D2 and quickly overtook her to walk in front of her. Im an otaku! Im also a man, and men always have to lead! He kept chanting that to himself, as though it could force the fear of the D2 to the back of his mind! Zhang Xiao Qiang and Yang Keer stood by the tractor and awaited the arrival of the D2, causing Zhang Xiao Qiang to reminisce about the old nonsensical films. The hero would usually wait quietly, without fear, just peace, and serenity, for the final fight! He would then die, and the evil demon king who wanted to destroy the world would perish with him! And all of humanity would remember him for eternity! When I die, will there by anyone who remembers me? Zhang Xiao Qiang chuckled at himself and turned to look at Yang Keer. Yang Keer, on the other hand, was not nervous. Instead, she looked positively excited. It was the same fervent towards an imminent boss fight. She felt as though the D2 was taking its time, and her right foot was tapping the ground constantly. The Beast Horn Spear was stuck into the ground repeatedly in rhythm as well, causing a small hole to appear on the ground. Seeing how rxed Yang Keer was, Zhang Xiao Qiang also began to loosen up, observing the nearing dot in the distance. Seems like the La Marseiise song? Hearing the rhythm of Yang Keers tapping, it brought some memories back for Zhang Xiao Qiang. Shall we have some Panzerlied then? Watching the D2 approaching slowly, he felt even more rxed. Wa! What a monstrous creature, it looks even bulkier than Arnold Schwarzenegger!* Yang Keer was shocked when she saw the D2. She had never thought that the normal zombies that she saw could be such a bulky mass. Stop gaping there, hurry and prepare! Its about to reach! Zhang Xiao Qiang readied his Type 54 and checked the ammunition in it. With a Ka sound, he aimed at the D2. He held the gun in his hands but was not as confident in his heart. Only God knows if the bullet could prate! As the D2 reached the range which the gun could fire, he still didnt pull the trigger. He had no confidence that he could hit it from 50m away, and he could not bear to waste the bullets. The D2 was about 2.5m tall and was evenrger than the previous one that Zhang Xiao Qiang encountered. Its head was gleaming without a single strand of hair, unlike the ordinary zombies that had at least a few strands. Its eyelids were closed shut, not revealing its pupils. It had huge trapezius muscles and looked like a chunk of wall. Its movements were not very fast, but because its strides were huge, it could match a person at jogging speed. Both its thigh and calf muscles were taut and bulging, and its ckened skin looked like a piece of steel, that changed shape as it continued to advance. Peng When the D2 got to about 30m, the 54 in Zhang Xiao Qiangs hands went off. He ignored the recoil from the gun and kept his gaze on the D2. It had just stopped for a moment before continuing to advance, the bullets had no effect on it! Peng peng.... Zhang Xiao Qiang continued to fire, and the recoil caused him to lose all feeling in his wrist. 5 of the 6 shotsnded on the D2, and it was seemingly ticked off by the pain, as it bellowed and increased its pace. Seeing the D2 running towards them, Zhang Xiao Qiang hastily tried to reload. His blind faith towards guns caused him to only hurry to reload and try again! Ya! Yang Keer let out a shrill shout as she raised her Beast Horn Spear to meet the D2, it was truly a newborn calf not fearing a tiger! When he finished reloading, he saw Yang Keer stepping up to meet the D2, and he cursed out before keeping the gun and taking the Beast Horn Spear to chase after her. Compared to the 2.5m D2, Yang Keer was just like a little doll, and she could only see up to the waist, any further up, she would have to tilt her head. She raised the Beast Horn Spear with both hands, circling around the D2, before violently hitting the D2s thigh. Beng A sound rang out like she was like hitting a drum and causing a hole in the skin! The D2 stumbled forwards before steadying itself, raising its left shoulder like it was about to smack a fly. Yang Keer was shocked numb by the vibration resulting from that hit when the D2 suddenly swung its left shoulder and knocked the Beast Horn Spear, which bounced back violently. The rebounded Beast Horn Spear knocked into Yang Keer with its rebar shaft, and the huge force sent her flying a few meters away,nding on the cold hard ground. She fainted without being able to hold on to the spear, as it dropped to one side as well. The D2 didnt seem to care that it was bullying a young girl, as it turned its attention towards the passed-out Yang Keer. Seeing that she was in danger, Zhang Xiao Qiang forgot his fear entirely and charged towards the butt of the D2. With the elements of nature and time, there was only a belt holding up a tattered pair of pants below the waist of the D2. The pants could not cover the erged parts of the D2, and even the inner pants had already ripped and were gone. Through the torn and tattered clothes of the D2, Zhang Xiao Qiang caught sight of its bumhole. Without time to think, through his many years of ninja training, he finally could employ this one skill. Pu the Beast Horn Spear was thrust out viciously into the D2s anus, and it immediately stopped in its tracks and shuddered. Zhang Xiao Qiangs blood had rushed to his brain, and in his adrenaline-filled state, he didnt know that he had pierced directly into the D2s bumhole, only forging through with his constant practice of twisting the spear. The Beast Horn was already in a spiral pattern, and with his constant twisting, it was driven further into the D2s bum like a corkscrew being drilled into a bottle of wine. With evolution, the senses of the evolved zombies were heightened. Just like the ordinary zombies that could not smell Zhang Xiao Qiang earlier, but the D2 had caught his scent. Therefore, while tearing into its bumhole did not count for much, it drove the D2 nuts because of its heightened senses, and it became more enraged. Like previously, the D2 had also been barely scratched by Zhang Xiao Qiang and it had chased him down like a dog with a bone, ignoring all other scents of blood, to the point it tore the entire coach up. What more could be said about now? Hou hou hou!!!! The D2 unleashed an angry roar as it turned around in a bid to swat at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang was only preupied with twisting the Beast Horn Spear, not caring about anything else. The only thought in his mind was: Dont let the girl die, the D2 is huge, I need twist it more! Zhang Xiao Qiang focused his entire attention on drilling the D2s bumhole, and his thoughts were brought to a distant memory of him helping customers to uncork wine at a restaurant job. The current Beast Horn Spear in his hands was about 2m-long, with 80% of it the actual Beast Horn, of which 40% had already been drilled in. Just as he was drilling with all his might, the spear was suddenly swung one direction, and Zhang Xiao Qiang who was holding onto the spear tightly was also swung together with it. The D2 reached out and grabbed thin air, but could still feel that there was something stuck in its bumhole. It continued to twist around over and over again to reach the pest, but all it grabbed was thin air. Zhang Xiao Qiang continued holding on tightly, following the movements of the D2 as he ran. It felt like he was on the stormy seas, being here one moment and there the next. He had long since regained his rity, but he didnt dare let go, for fear of the D2 crushing his bones the moment it caught him. If Yang Keer were to wake up now, she would find that the scene was oddly familiar, like a game of Eagles and Chicks that she used to y when she was young. The D2 was the eagle, and Zhang Xiao Qiang was the chick. The D2s bumhole was the mother hen. Zhang Xiao Qiang was now on the verge of tears, even though he had no tears to cry out. Why was it that he had to be in such situations every time? He couldnt move up nor down, and he hung on dearly for life. The skin on his hands was beginning to split, and they felt like they were on fire. In addition to the friction, it felt like pouring salt over a bleeding wound. Zhang Xiao Qiang was swung around continuously by the D2, and he was beginning to feel light-headed. He didnt know how long more he could hold on, while Yang Keer stillid there lifelessly, her condition uncertain. TN: It actually says governor there, but I have no idea which governor, hence I used Arnie as he was the first thought that came to mind. Anybody got the Naruto reference? Chapter 50: Another “Ten Thousand Years of Death!” Chapter 50: Another Ten Thousand Years of Death! 5 minutes...10 minutes...20 minutes...1 hours... Zhang Xiao Qiang yawned in boredom. The D2 had stopped once in awhile, and he would then use all his strength to thrust inwards, which would cause the D2 to go on its rampage again to fish for the moon. Following the vibrations through the spear, Zhang Xiao Qiang would then follow the flow of the strength and run, in any case, as long as he stood behind the chrysanthemum of the D2, everything would be OK! At the start, it was incredibly agonizing for Zhang Xiao Qiang. It was incredibly numbing and tormenting. However, as they say, those who suffer from the illness knows it well, through the constant revolutions, he had developed a new technique. He gradually became ustomed to using only one hand to grab onto the spear. In fact, he didnt need to use much strength as well. The moment he felt the vibration from the motion of the D2, he would automatically follow the flow of motion. It was as though he was walking a dog, and the Beast Horn Spear was the leash. With the flow of time, the D2 became even slower, and Zhang Xiao Qiang even had the time to asionally nce at Yang Keer. Zombies were once humans after all, and they could not just keep on going forever like machines. Although the D2 was strong as hell, with the constant twisting and turning, its stamina was also depleting. In the end, it had even begun to ignore Zhang Xiao Qiang, ignoring the Beast Horn Spear stuck in its ass, and it stopped to rest. Zhang Xiao Qiang was afraid that the moment the D2 recovered, he would be in trouble. Hence, each time the D2 came to a stop, he would forcefully thrust once more into the D2s bum, and with each jolt of pain, the D2 would resume its motion of ying the eagle catching the chicks game. Ah!!! Zhang Xiao Qiang yawned once more, he hadnt slept very well yesterday, and this past hour had drained him of his energy. Although it was beginning to recover, he had since lost the sense of danger and the adrenaline had ebbed away, causing him to feel more tired, and couldnt help but yawn again and again. The D2 stopped moving, and Zhang Xiao Qiang stabbed once more. Hmm? It stopped moving? There was no vibration from the Beast Horn Spear. It seemed as though the D2 couldnt care about him poking its butt. He resumed his corkscrew work, and the Beast Horn Spear went further in a few inches. AOOO~~~~ The D2 roared out in agony and resumed its futile attempts to fish for the moon. Just a small matter, you think I cant toy with you to death? Zhang Xiao Qiang licked his lips and began to run again. After another 15 minutes, the D2 came to a stop again, and it really ignored everything. Seeing the D2 motionless, Zhang Xiao Qiang was speechless. However, he gritted his teeth, sticking one foot into the ground, and began gouging the D2s bumhole, like the old-fashioned way of drawing water from a well, where vigers would shake the bucket vigorously. The ckened chrysanthemum of the D2 was vited even more. Even the flesh around the area had been ground to a mess, and all one could see was a ck hole. AO~~~~~ The D2 cried out in what must be the most miserable voice in history, causing shockwaves to assault Zhang Xiao Qiangs ears. His hands tightened and began to run. This time, the D2 did not stop and expended all its efforts to try and grab Zhang Xiao Qiang. He didnt dare to let go, and began to focus, increasing his reaction to the changes as well as his running speed. One man and one zombie continued in this strange scene, while Yang Keer was still lying on the ground, her fate uncertain. Zhang Xiao Qiang also didnt know if his eyes were going blurry, but it seemed that Yang Keers posture seemed a little different? The D2s running became even more staggered, its legs starting to give way. Zhang Xiao Qiang was also gasping for air, his legs turning sore. The vibrations traveled through the spear again, and Zhang Xiao Qiang went with the flow, running towards the left when suddenly, the D2 seemed to have be smarter, first twisting its body to the left, then changing direction and swung viciously to the right. The sudden opposing motion caused Zhang Xiao Qiang to let go of the spear involuntarily. He finally came face to face with the D2, and he looked at the Beast Horn Spear stuck up the D2s ass, before gazing back at the D2 lunging at him. Holy Mother!!! He cried out and turned around to run. Zhang Xiao Qiang and the D2 ran across the paddy field, in this spring weather. As the D2 ran, the Beast Horn Spear in its butt continued to shake, like a lightning pole, swaying with its steps. Zhang Xiao Qiang had to utilize all sorts of dodging, rolling and evading techniques to escape the clutches of the D2. The D2 was filled with intense hate for this puny human, and the man and zombie continued to run around Yang Keer, passing her body a number of times. The D2 was oblivious to Yang Keer, only setting its sight on that irritating human that had stuck something up its bum. Once I had a chrysanthemum in front of me, but I didnt treasure it it was only when I lost it, that I felt regretful. Its the most painful ordeal in this world. If the heavens can give me another chance I will definitely not let go If theres a need to put a number limit to this chance I hope its ten thousand years!!!* Zhang Xiao Qiang was full of regret as he ran for his life. The D2 could have be a dead fish, but he had been toocent in his reaction and now, he became the rabbit in front of a lion. Zhang Xiao Qiang continued to run for his life amongst the field, as the D2 chased relentlessly behind. From time to time, it would raise its huge ws to sh at Zhang Xiao Qiang. It was not that Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt think of using some form of cover to defend against the blows, but the field was so vast, and there was no obstruction anywhere. The D2 had a huge body, and even if it was stopped by ridges in the field, it would stagger slightly, before resuming the chase. As he ran, he neared Yang Keer, when he heard the wind from behind. He leaped without thinking, and did a forward roll in mid-air, executing a body roll the moment hended on the ground and stood up to run. In his hands, there was the Beast Horn Spear that had rebar as its shaft that he picked up. The moment he picked it up, he felt like throwing it away. It was freaking heavy, weighing over 10 jins. He didnt have the strength that Yang Keer had. He could carry it on a daily basis but carrying it while running was too much. In the end, he decided not to throw it, his own Beast Horn Spear was still stuck in the D2s bum, his pistol was not effective, and holding the heavier Beast Horn Spear was of somefort to him. Suddenly, Zhang Xiao Qiang eyed a ditch in front of him out of the corner of his eyes. It was about 2m wide, and the depth could not be seen clearly. Without a choice, he could only regard a dead horse as one that is alive to treat*, the D2 shouldnt be able to jump so far. He ran towards the ditch while continuing to grab the D2s attention, and the moment he reached the ditch, he leaped. He flew through the air andnded on the opposite side. As he had jumped too hastily, he was a little unstable, and he threw the Beast Horn Spear aside to roll. Aftering to a stop, he finally diverted the momentum. Before standing up, he heard the loud thud behind him. He twisted to look, the D2 had fallen into the ditch. AO~~~~ Seeing the prey that had escaped its clutches, the D2 roared in anger. Zhang Xiao Qiang was by now numb to the enraged roars, he had heard it roaring countless times during the chase. However, he had to give it up for it, it could still roar so brightly and clearly each time. He edged carefully forwards. The ditch had been cemented and was about 1.8m-deep. There was no water, instead, a thickyer of mud. The D2 had dropped in, with only its upper half visible, the bottom part of its body submerged in the mud. The D2 was stuck in that constrained space and tried tosh out at the surrounding mud with its ws. The earth flew about, with dust and all sorts of mud being thrown around, as though heavy construction was being carried out. The mud wall was starting to copse, with the constant assault by the D2. Seeing this, Zhang Xiao Qiang became anxious again. The D2 was likely to climb out after a while, and he pulled out his 54, walking up to within 1m away from its head, and raised his gun to fire at its head. Peng peng... The bullets could not prate the bone but caused the D2 pain and it raised its arms to block in front as it tried to back up. AO~~~~~ The D2 roared pitifully again, and Zhang Xiao Qiang saw that the Beast Horn Spear that had been stuck in the D2s bum was pushed further in when the D2 retreated against the mud wall. The monstrous strength of the D2 coupled with the sturdy mud wall of the ditch caused the chrysanthemum to truly be split open. TN: *When I read this, I burst outughing. This is one of the famous quotes of Stephen Chows character Joker/Sun Wukong in the Chinese Odyssey, the actual quote goes like this: Once I had one true love in front of me, but I didnt treasure her it was only when I lost her, that I felt regretful. Its the most painful ordeal in this world. If Im given another chance I will say three words to her I love you If there a need to put a time limit on this love I hope its ten thousand years C taken from http://journalite.blogspot.sg/2008/08/quotes-from-chinese-odyssey.html Its a pretty good film! *A Chinese idiom literally means: know clearly that things are impossible, or hopeless, but still try ones best. The author is seriously injecting a lot of humor and imagery in this single chapter. Chapter 51: Wake up! Stop sleeping! Chapter 51: Wake up! Stop sleeping! The D2 wailed in agony and swung its right hand backward, causing the mud wall behind it to be smashed. However, no matter how it grabbed, it could not reach the spear. The D2 remembered the origin of its agony and swung once more towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang had already taken the opportunity to point the Beast Horn Spear at the throat of the D2. It was not that he didnt think of aiming for its head, however, seeing that shiny bald head without a single spot of hair, he was afraid that the spear might slide right off. Hence, he yed it safe and went for the throat. Pu The Beast Horn Spear went through the throat of the D2, all the way to the cervical spine. A huge force traveled down the shaft of the spear towards its end, before disappearing into a huge stone the size of aputer monitor that was used to lodge the spear in ce. The D2 wanted to roar in anger once more, but it could not do so anymore. The Beast Horn Spear in its throat had ravaged its vocal cords, and it was truly in a sad state now. It had a spear up its ass, and a spear in its throat, causing it to be unable to move backward nor forwards. Seeing that the D2 was finally stuck, Zhang Xiao Qiang finally heaved a sigh of relief and reloaded the 3rd magazine for his pistol. He stepped forward, aimed and fired. Peng.... The 7 bullets were fired at the mouth of the D2. However, the target was too small, and Zhang Xiao Qiangs marksmanship was too poor. The bulletsnded at the corner of the mouth, causing the D2 distress. Pu The D2 spat out something foreign from its mouth, as the object flew and knocked the stone at Zhang Xiao Qiangs feet. Deng A huge yellow tooth ricochet off the stone. Having its tooth broken caused the D2 to be enraged again, and this time, it swung both its arms to hit the rebar Beast Horn Spear. Tong The rebar Beast Horn Spear became U-shaped as it bounced towards the sky, and Zhang Xiao Qiangs gaze followed it up. The U shaped Beast Horn Spear shot towards the sky as it revolved a few times, with a huge, round and bald head flying by its side. The eyes that had been shut all along were also wide open. The pale eyes seemed to have a bewildered expression. The D2 had died with grievances. The Beast Horn Spear and the D2s decapitated headnded at the same time. The Beast Horn Spear stuck in the ground and stopped moving immediately. As for the head of the D2, it kept rolling, all the way till Zhang Xiao Qiangs feet. The eyes were staring at his feet, as though intending to bite down. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt his whole body instantly rx, as he slumped to the ground numbly. He was unable to shake himself from the scene he had just witnessed. Initially, the D2 had been stuck in ce by those 2 Beast Horn Spears. There was no need for the handgun even. Zhang Xiao Qiang had no way of hurting the D2 at all, and he had thought that it was over, keeping the D2 trapped in the ditch, he had finally escaped from danger. It was time for them to part ways. Who knew that the D2 had been so fearsome, that when swinging its arms, it had caused the rebar to bend, at the same time, the vibration from the impact had traveled up the spear towards its own cervical vertebra. The Beast Horn Spear had then sprung up from the tension, tearing the D2s cervical vertebra, flinging its head up towards the sky, together with the Beast Horn Spear. The D2 had been killed by its own strength, how could it not die with regrets? The D2s head was by his feet, and the huge body slumped into the ditch. The upper body in the hole it had dug and there was a Beast Horn Spear lodged up its ass. At a first nce, it seemed as though the D2 was killed by pration of its chrysanthemum. Zhang Xiao Qiang sat on the ground and slowly regted his breathing until he shook himself out from the daze. He looked at the corpse of the D2 and felt a sense of pride welling up in him. Since the 1st encounter, he had always thought of running when facing a D2. There were times where he had woken up from nightmares about D2s as well. The brute strength, the fearsome defense, that caused him to be helpless. He had never thought it was possible for him to actually kill one. Now he had done it, he hade out alive, the D2, dead. Looking at the corpse, he felt like he was in a trance, his entire body floating. It was as though he was in a dream. He poked himself extremely hard in the leg, Hu and shook his head clear. Finally regaining some strength, he climbed up, and noticed the D2s head looking like a ser ball! Fuck. You. He raised his leg and kicked out. The D2s head rolled all the way into the ditch. Hss....Argh...Damn! He felt like he had just kicked arge shot put, hugging his right leg as he hopped about, moaning in agony. He didnt know whether tough or cry. Earlier, when chased like hell by the D2, he had at most tumbled around here and there, not injured in the slightest. Now that the dust had settled on the fight, he had actually hurt himself. It seems like killing the D2 was the extent of his luck. He stepped down the huge pit that the D2 had smashed open earlier and stepped on its rubbery skin till he reached the waist. He then grabbed the Beast Horn Spear stuck up the chrysanthemum and tried shaking it loose, to no avail. It was likely that it had been lodged in the pelvic bone. He tried a few more times, without much sess. He gave up on that Beast Horn Spear, and picked up the rebar Beast Horn Spear that had been warped in shape, and walked over to Yang Keer. Seeing her still on the ground, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt his heart tightened. If it had been a time where he had just met her, he would not have cared about her life or death. An ignorant young girl that didnt know anything, if she was dead, she was dead. However, its different now, even though she like to act up, and was a little unreasonable, at the most critical moment, she had been worried about him. He might be an otaku, and withdrawn, even stiff, but he was not ungrateful nor cold-hearted. Furthermore, although shes young, she knew how to take care of others, and would refer to herself as his wife. While he would say that he didnt care much for it, he still felt good in his heart. The moment he thought that this bright and bubbly littless would not be by his side, he felt as though his heart was being crushed by a huge stone. With a heavy heart, he walked up to her side. She was lying there quietly, her camouge uniform a little wrinkled. Her right arm was stretched out, her left arm crossed on top of her right arm, acting as a pillow under her face. It looked like a scene from Sleeping Beauty. Looking at this, the heavy feeling in Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart disappeared without a trace. This Yang Keer had actually forgotten all about the danger and was sleeping soundly. He could even hear a slight snoring. With thisss sleeping like a pig in front of him, he wanted to bawl out, the person who had wanted to take the initiative to fight the BOSS was actually sleeping on the ground. The one who wanted to run and escape had been the one to fight for his life. An intense rage welled up in him, and he raised his leg intending to kick out, but at that moment, he couldnt bear to, and he looked at the sleeping girl, the corners of her mouth lifted in a slight smile, and released a long, deep sigh. Why did I save such a little ancestor!!!! Wake up! Stop sleeping! He began to shake her. $#&^%%& She flipped around, mumbling some incoherent words, before going back to sleep. Honestly speaking, Zhang Xiao Qiang could not help but be in awe. That huge spectacle andmotion of the D2 chasing him, she had actually slept through it. The D2 had even roared so loudly so many times, Zhang Xiao Qiang had even fired a few gunshots, all these had not been enough to wake her up. Its daylight already! Wake up! He switched tactics. En~~~mm, just a while more... call me up when theres food! She was still unwilling to open her eyes. Its time to eat! Wake up! She instantly shot upwards, wide awake, even saying as she got to her feet: Im so famished! I couldnt even sleep properly! Wheres the food? Where? She could even remember to eat! She could not find the food and looked towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. He stared at her with a steely face, a vein threatening to pop in his forehead! AH! BOSS!!! She finally reacted and looked frantically for her weapon. Chapter 52: A Spear Is Used to Poke! Chapter 52: A Spear Is Used to Poke! The rebar Beast Horn Spear that had been twisted into a U-shape was thrown at her feet. Yang Keer turned her head wildly about, using her eyes to scan for signs of the D2. Zhang Xiao Qiang could not bother further and went to the bag he had thrown to the ground. He took out an army canteen and gulped down the contents. That..wheres the BOSS? Yang Keer asked in a small voice, sounding like a little kitten! He turned around to roll his eyes, before lighting a cigarette, and taking a deep puff. He gazed at the smoke absentmindedly, his thoughts still on the fight with the D2. That.... Uncle, youre so formidable! You actually chased the BOSS away? She tried to appease him while watching his expression carefully. The power y had swapped hands yet again. Werent you supposed to be powerful? Arent you the girl that had undergone transformations? Didnt you want to represent the moon to punish it? Howe you were there sleeping so soundly? He questioned her, his feelings sullen. Yang Keer had insisted on fighting instead of running, in the end, she had been taken out in one move. If it wasnt for Zhang Xiao Qiang piercing the chrysanthemum of the D2, Yang Keer could very well have ended up in its tummy! If she had tried her best, he would have let it go. The crux of the matter was she had actually fallen asleep at its feet! He had previously seen such cases in magazines and reports, but he didnt expect to actually witness it today. That...that...? I also didnt know! At that time, I just felt like my chest was suffocated, and my eyes went ck, then I dont know what happened next! Until you woke me up! Yang Keer tilted her head to a side as she tried to recollect her memories, but she could not understand why she had fallen asleep. Seeing her confused look, Zhang Xiao Qiang sighed again: The teenage girls nowadays, how did her teacher guide her? After finding two stones to support each other, she stuck the rebar Beast Horn Spear into the groove and used her strength to straighten the rebar again. Seeing the rebar Beast Horn Spear being straightened out, Zhang Xiao Qiangs mouth went agape. Whats that thing in your hand? Uncle, didnt you say, this was called the Beast Horn Spear? Yang Keer looked at the spear in her hand before looking back at Zhang Xiao Qiang. She was a little confused about his words. You also know to call it a spear? Is a spear used to hammer? Zhang Xiao Qiang was irritated. Having taken the pains to construct the Beast Horn Spear for her, she had used it as a mace. ........ She lowered her head silently and felt aggrieved. Wasnt it good that she could still hit the monster? Seeing her adamant on not admitting her fault, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt his anger rising more. He took a few deep breaths and patted his face to cool down. Can you use the spear to smash it apart? He pointed to the huge boulder beside her. She eyed the boulder that was almost as high as her, and checked out the width that was not less than the height, and gulped before shaking her head. Try using it to thrust in. He told her evenly. Yang Keer raised her eyebrows in doubt but proceeded to do as he said. With a swish, as though she had used a pair of chopsticks to pierce into tofu, 40% of the length of the beast horn went through easily. She was amazed and looked at the beast horn spear in her hand in disbelief. Do you understand now? Zhang Xiao Qiang asked her as she pulled the spear out, revealing a huge bowl-sized hole in the boulder. .................. Yang Keer still had a look of confusion and didnt understand what he was trying to say. Using his thumbs to massage his temples, he reminded himself: Calm down, calm down. When you were her age, you were still catching loaches and fishing for frogs. Calm down! After a while, Zhang Xiao Qiang sighed out in exasperation, and looked at the bewildered Yang Keer and exined: The Beast Horn Spear in your hand is capable of piercing through anything! Especially the spiral pattern of the Beast Horn, which allows it to go deeper. If you used the Beast Horn Spear to thrust at the D2 instead of smashing, you could have easily pierced its kneecap then its bone, and the D2 will be at your mercy! Saying everything in one shot, Zhang Xiao Qiang was still red in the face. He had also just thought of these points, but even if he had known earlier, he didnt have the strength like hers to pierce so deep. En, She nodded, and truly understood now. But, it was you who asked me to smash in the first ce! Her voice traveled over, breaking the moment of satisfaction Zhang Xiao Qiang had at being able to guide her. En? When did I say that? He replied it was his turn now to be confused. It was when I killed the first monster! You gave me the hammer! Yang Keers words cut deeply into his heart: One cant truly escape his sins! He decided not to pursue the matter and called her over as he walked towards the corpse of the D2. Wa! Uncle, youre so awesome! You managed to kill the BOSS! She saw the headless corpse of the D2 that was slumped over, and was shocked. She could not understand how she had failed to hit it with her strength, but Zhang Xiao Qiang had managed to eliminate it. Go pull out my Beast Horn Spear. He spoke up, pointing to the spear in the D2s chrysanthemum. Ahh!!! So disgusting! Uncle, youre too horrible! How can you stick this there, so dirty! She recoiled in horror at the order and tried to worm her way out of it. Fine, the next time we see a D2, Ill just use yours. He threatened her. Alright alright! Ill just go, why do you have to be so disgusting! She grumbled, and slowly inched her way towards the Beast Horn Spear stuck up the D2s bum. д Ұ׵ ס ҹ̫˪ ˭ڸ¥ϱؾ ᵯ ɫĴ һֽϱ紵 Զ һ Ʈɢģ ջ˪ Цѷ ˶ϳ ¾ ҹδ ӰӼ ҹµں˫ Ʈ˲ л ˲ Īɽ IJ ϲ˰ һҡ ˭Ľɽ һװ Хɣ ΢΢ ̾ һҹί ջ˪ Цѷ ˶ϳ ¾ ҹδ ӰӼ ҹµں˫ ջ˪ Цѷ ˶ϳ ¾ ҹδ ӰӼ ҹµں˫ (Lyrics from the Jay Chou song, Chrysanthemum Terrace Link: https://.youtube/watch?v=-b7LLMjLILg) She sang Chrysanthemum Terrace at the side, as Zhang Xiao Qiang held it. The head of the spear still looked as clean as new, and under the sunlight, it seemed to sh as though it was alive. Seeing the beast horn, Zhang Xiao Qiang still felt ufortable. He had used water to wash it a few times and even used some white wine to disinfect it. It still felt wrong, though, there was no choice, the spear had been stuck up a ce that the sun had not shone before. After refueling the tractor, it came to life, and they started driving towards the bridge once again. Chapter 53: I Love You, Hubby! Chapter 53: I Love You, Hubby! After confirming that there were no more BOSSes hiding around, the 2 of them readied their spears as they crossed the bridge. Yang Keer was about to step forwards, her spear readied to face the ordinary zombies when Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped her. If you kill to your hearts content now, there will be corpses everywhere. How will we drive across then? You go and move the corpses? He chided her lightly, as she pouted and did not speak! See the empty area by the bridge? Go there and wait. Ill go attract their attention, kill each one that you see. If there are two, take down two. Dont ever faint again! Zhang Xiao Qiang kept nagging, and Yang Keers face was showing an irritated expression. Seeing her expression, he was reminded of his own past, where his father had often lectured him, and he had the same look of displeasure. Maybe this is the rebellious phase of teenagers? Maybe I really have be old? Zhang Xiao Qiang decided not to think further and went to engage the zombies. As he expected, the moment he got close, the zombies began to lunge for him without thinking. The group began to move towards the empty area. He attracted their attention, while Yang Keer began killing the zombies with relish. After attracting about 20 to 30, Zhang Xiao Qiang turned around in preparation to join Yang Keer and fight the zombies, and all he saw was that the ground was strewn with corpses. There were maybe 2 or 3 that remained standing. Yang Keer seemed as though she had been possessed by a valkyrie. She spun the rebar Beast Horn Spear around like it was nothing, flipping zombies around in the air. There were some that had their heads bashed in, shambling around, groping for air. Seeing the zombies flying around and lunging aimlessly, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt dispirited again. Yang Keer had tantly not listened to him, she used all sorts of techniques and purposely did not pierce. In a sh, she had cleaned up the entire ce and looked towards Zhang Xiao Qiang with an entertained look. Ai~~~~ He felt like he had failed, other people had managed to raise some cute lolis, why was his incredibly wilful?! Forget it, let her be! His feelings sour, he decided not to think anymore, and continued his task of attracting the zombies. Killing the 50 zombies basically didnt require his help at all, Yang Keer was enough to handle it! Seeing the corpses all lying everywhere, Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt feel envious at all. Even if they could kill more, it was still the lowest cannon fodder! How can shepare with him? She might as well not act, if she had to, she had better finish off a BOSS in a move! The bridge was cleared of all zombies, and Zhang Xiao Qiang proceeded to drive the tractor across. The moment they reached the opposite bank, he jumped down from the tractor and made his way towards the King Long coach. Whats going on? Are there still monsters? Yang Keer immediately followed him, her arm ready-ing her favorite spear! Zhang Xiao Qiang stepped carefully around the scattered human bones and assessed the coach in front of him. The left side of the front of the coach had been rammed heavily. The driver had long since gone to goodness knows where. There was only the ck blood stain that remained on the torn up drivers seat. The entire coach seemed otherwise intact, most of the ck tinted windows not broken. Only the huge door near the bridge had been knocked open, lying on top of another car. Thinking about the possible loot, his mood became better, and took the initiative to joke with Yang Keer: Dont you usually pick up items after killing the monsters? Uncle ah! Are you having a fever? Those monsters cant wear clothes, what items would they drop?! She could not understand his greedy nature. Haha! There might not be treasure drops, but there might be treasure chests! He spoke while climbing towards the King Long coach. It was a mess inside the coach, with human bones, torn cloth and all sorts of luggage strewn across the floor. His aim were these pieces of luggage, as most people would usually bring some goodies on their way home for the festive season! Yang Keer went back to the tractor and sat in, on her left, a huge pile of snacks, and on her right, there was shampoo, conditioner, face cleanser, hand moisturizer, lip gloss and even brow pencils and all sorts of cosmetic tools. She munched on her snacks while admiring the BonMarche bag in her hands. Zhang Xiao Qiang had no interest in these sort of things and didnt even know what their value was. Ai~~~~ He felt like he had sighed countless times today. The loot today were only some snacks and female cosmetics, and the bag that Yang Keer had not let go of ever since he found it. He had also found a Nokia phone, which was inside a leather pouch. There was a spare battery, and the moment he saw this phone, he took a liking to it. The original products could not bepared with his old lousy model, furthermore, this was out in October 2012, and its value on the had been 8,888. At that time, he had been in shock. Such a handphone could allow him to build 3puters. Although he didnt know what use the phone would bring in the apocalyptic world, he decided to bring it along. After changing the battery, he turned it on. It came on with a sweet sound, and the China Mobiles logo came on, followed by a picture of a small girl in the background. The little girl looked about 12 or 13, her right hand holding a pair of chopsticks as she held it in front of the camera, her face wearing a mischievous smile. She was extremely charming to look at, like a little fairy girl! The little girl on the phone had a pair ofrge and beautiful eyes and a pretty face. Together with that mischievous look, it caused one to feel extremely heartwarming, yet at the same time, a sense of heartache. Zhang Xiao Qiang sighed as he looked at the girl. Honestly speaking, the girl was truly beautiful! She was much better to look at whenpared to those girls from those games online. Even Yang Keer that huge loli could not bepared with this girl. Yang Keer could only be considered slightly above average, and she had the potential to be a beauty. But this girl, this girl already had the looks that were definitely out of the world, even at such a young age. He shook his head: Such a loli, if she hasnt been eaten, she should have be a zombie loli already! Yang Keer still had not ced the bag down, as though she could not get tired of it. Zhang Xiao Qiang began browsing through the phone out of boredom. So many things had happened today, and the sky was getting dark. They decided to camp for a night within the coach after cleaning it up. Opening up the message inbox, he saw a number of unread messages from Wife. He scrolled to the earliest and began reading. 2012.12.31 10:40 am: Hubby, where are you? Pleasee home quick, the people outside have turned mad!! 2012.12.31 13:21 pm: Hubby, where are you? Im scared, the people outside have begun eating each other! 2012.12.31 19:50 pm: Hubby, are you hurt anywhere? The madmen outside have begun to knock on the metal door, Mimi and I have hidden in the basement, its safe! 2013.1.1 10:00 am: Hubby, howe youre not answering, Im getting worried! 2013.1.1 14:17 pm: Hubby, did you receive the messages, howe I cant call through! I miss you, Mimi misses you too... 2013.1.7 08:02 am: I dont know where you are.. I dont know if youre still alive. Yesterday, I saw Boss Zhang from opposite trying to make a break for it. I saw his car surrounded, and he was pulled out before being eaten alive....I love you, hubby. All the messages have been read. Zhang Xiao Qiang sighed out again, his mood depressed. The wife of the owner of this phone had hidden with a cat called Mimi inside the house. The owner of the phone had either been eaten or became a zombie. His wife was still waiting for him to go home to save her, but her husband would never be able to make it back forever! Chapter 54: Where did the undergarments come from? Chapter 54: Where did the undergarmentse from? Didididi....... The ringing rm from the phone caused Zhang Xiao Qiang to wake up with a shock. He stood up and stretched, his hands on his hips as he began loosening his body up. The rm kept ringing mercilessly, and Zhang Xiao Qiang itched to turn it off. Coupled with the familiar tune, it felt like he had gone back in time to before the apocalypse. Yang Keer continued to sleep soundly, just that her posture was extremely unbing. The nket had dropped on the ground, her head tilted to the side. She was drooling and there was a line of saliva from her mouth to her thigh. The shimmering saliva drops looked like parts of silk from a spider web, linking her mouth to her thigh. One of her legs was stretched out, the other raised up on a chair. The lingerie she was wearing was extremely loose since the huge cups had nothing to cover, thus revealing her quail eggs. The 2 quail eggs were like lotuses described in ancient poems, with pointy ends. They were slightly flushed pink and there were light-coloured acacia beans on top of them. Zhang Xiao Qiang picked up the nket and prepared to drape it over her, while his eyes roamed over to the slightly-exposed Yang Keer. Wait?! As he caught sight of the ck undergarments, he felt them familiar. Damn it! Wasnt this the one he had found? He had felt it too wasteful to give to her, and kept it at the bottom of his bag to give to a more well-endowed girl should he encounter one. How the hell did this stinkyss steal it for her own? He was thoroughly angry now, she had actually taken it without a sound to wear it, it was theft of his private property! The phone rm was still ringing, and Yang Keer was beginning to rouse from her sleep. She covered her ears and moaned: Mum! Turn the rm off, 5 more minutes please!! Yourete for school! Zhang Xiao Qiang turned off the rm and shouted beside her ear. Yang Keer instantly bolted awake, shouting with a frantic expression: Oh no oh no! She trembled when she saw Zhang Xiao Qiangs ugly expression and saw the nket in his hands. She felt cold all of a sudden. She lowered her head and discovered her little treasures revealed. AH~~~~~~~~~ She shrieked, shielding herself, and groaned: Its over! They were seen! I cant face people anymore! Wuwuwu..... Peng Zhang Xiao Qiang threw the nket on her head, covering her entirely. Out with it! Where did the undergarmentse from?! He barked out. She replied with a muffled: That... that! as though she couldnt exin herself. She tugged the nket down, revealing her head, as sheughed sheepishly. Uncle! Youre perverted! You actually kept a piece of female lingerie in your bag? Rx! I wont tell others, treat this lingerie as a fee for keeping my mouth shut! She spoke with such a self-righteous tone, her expression still cheeky. He looked at her, baffled, before sighing deeply. After the matter was cleared, Zhang Xiao Qiang got off the bus to prepare breakfast, and as he thought to the breakfast Yang Keer prepared yesterday, he almost vomited. He removed the steel beam blocking the door and kicked the door open. Fresh air came rushing in, and he breathed in deeply, feeling invigorated. The sun shone warmly, and as he prepared to step off, a bunch of shiny objects caused his attention, and he turned back to take a closer look. The front of the coach had been rammed, and the windshield had crack lines running all over it. Right underneath it was the drivers seat, and the source of the shine was a bunch of keys! His eyes lit up, as the saying went finding a key when one is out usually meant good tidings, he hoped this was the same. Peng the luggagepartment was opened, and a number of luggage appeared, all packed neatly. Ji~~~~ He opened the first bag, and it revealed countless handphone cases, knockoff phones. He brought out a set that had a full battery and saw that it waspatible with the Nokia he had. He calcted, noting that using the batteries from here couldst the phone till next year. After collecting all the usable batteries and keeping them carefully, he then opened up the second bag. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt his eyes water when he saw the contents, as he remembered a saying: If God closes a window, he usually opens another one for you. There were all sorts of lingerie inside the 2nd bag, with different looks, sizes, styles and his heart was immediately ame. Seeing Yang Keer still engrossed in a mobile game, he quickly and silently kept the most alluring and captivating ones, even the more expensive-looking ones into his bag. Come over! Select your own ones, taking some of all sizes also, in case you run out of them when you hit puberty! He called Yang Keer over to choose. When she saw the various lingerie packed like gs, she whooped with delight and dived into it. The first one was selling of phones, the second one seemed to deal with undergarments, dont tell me the third one deals pirated CDs? His thoughts began to drift as he opened up the third bag, feeling as though he was opening up chests in games. The 3rd bag was extremely normal, with only a few male clothing inside. After pulling out the clothes to throw them aside, he felt the bag again and discovered something thick. He pulled it out and ced it on the floor. It was a paper bag that contained 20 packets of money. The moment he opened them, he noticed a huge stack of 100-dor bills neatly packed. Each stack was worth $10,000, 20 packets of them meant $200,000. He tore open all of them and threw the money into the sky. 2,000 100-dor bills floated about in the air before falling to the ground again. The bills floated about,nding on the roof of the bus, some near the 2 people, some onto the bridge, and some evennding in the river, following the flow of water. As Zhang Xiao Qiang stood amidst the falling bills, he had an overwhelming feeling that he could not voice! Yang Keer was distracted from the game and grumbled that he shouldnt throw rubbish about. Rubbish? He contemted her words. It was true! Humans slogged their lives, only to discover at the end, that it had all been for a bunch of paper. The apocalypse had robbed the value of these paper, and he was still feeling emotional over such rubbish? It was truly silly of him! He recollected his feelings, before opening the fourth bag. The owners must have been a young couple, as there were both male and female clothing, and there was even a couple set of TNF jackets, one gray blue, the other light blue. The gray-blue was the males while the light blue belonged to the female. Zhang Xiao Qiang took a sniff, noting there was no smell, and threw the female jacket over to Yang Keer, as he continued searching. Ha, He picked up a diary and eximed in surprise. There were 2 of them, one clean with no decorations whatsoever, the other was stuck with all sorts of cat stickers. There was even a mini cartoon cat puppet keychain. These 2 diaries were outdoor-dedicated notebooks, released in April 2012. Its silver ck titanium shell casing could absorb all sorts of impact, and the notebook could function in all sorts of weather, regardless of temperature, be it in the desert or rainforest, on a in or in the waters, the notebook could be written on. When he had first seen the description of the notebook on the, he had been itching to get as well. However, the steep price had caused him to falter. Now he actually obtained one! He carefully kept the notebook inside theptop bag, when he saw 2 folded bags. He opened them up to take a look and saw 6 mirror-like objects ced in two rows. He wasnt sure what they were at first until he felt the connection port. Could this be the legendary sr-charging battery pack?! Chapter 55: Your Brother I, am such a guy! Chapter 55: Your Brother I, am such a guy! The tractor continued on its way towards J City. Yang Keer sat behind listening to her song, and the song yed beside Zhang Xiao Qiangs ears. Somehow, it filled him with a sense of frustration. Other than the 2 notebooks that he found in the early morning, he had also found some dried seafood. The depressing thing was that other than some unreadable map data on the notebook, there was not a single game, nor some artistic films for men. At that time, Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to curse out loud, you dont even have porn, are you still a man or not?! Grrr The tractor came to a stop, and Zhang Xiao Qiang read the map in his hands listlessly. J City was drawn as a small circle on the map, to get to the old highway to WH City, they had to pass by J City. Seeing the various minuscule details on the map, Zhang Xiao Qiang started to get anxious. He wasnt familiar with J Citys road, who knew if they would be able toe out after going in? Furthermore, even if J City wasnt big, it should have a dozen thousands of people! What if there happened to be some D3 or S3, then wont they have served themselves on a tter? Zhang Xiao Qiang hesitated in the suburban area. He wanted to discuss with Yang Keer, but was met with a thats your problem from her. He was speechless then. Should we or should we not? he continued to be in a dilemma. Papapa Suddenly, the sounds of gunshots shocked him. The source seemed to be nearby. Get ready! He shouted at Yang Keer, pulling out his handgun from his waist. Yang Keer also armed herself with the sniper crossbow and began to take aim. The music of the notebook was already shut off, and both of them scanned their surroundings with alertness. The mood was tense and silent, and Zhang Xiao Qiang could even hear Yang Keers rough breathing. Papapa Another 3 gunshots, furthermore, it was closer. Ah A mans wretched scream rang out, and the short bursts of gunshots became longer, it seemed like the situation had turned for the worse. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not move. The best thing to do in an uncertain situation was to wait. He wasnt special forces, nor was he a trained agent. He was just an ordinary person and was contented with protecting his own life. He chose to be careful in such a situation. The tall grass by their left side that reached obscene heights blocked their view, and they could not see what was going on. Zhang Xiao Qiangs expression was grave, whereas Yang Keer looked unconcerned, her sniper crossbow ready, and she had a lollipop in her mouth. The tall grass began to move, and Zhang Xiao Qiang tensed up. Hu! 4 shadows came charging out from the tall grass, not even ncing at Zhang Xiao Qiang or Yang Keer, as they continued on their way. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked incredulous, 4 strong burly men, 2 of them holding sharpened steel beams, one holding a Long Quan sword, and one holding something that looked like a long arch bow, although there were no arrows to be seen. The 4 men were scurrying, looking like retreating soldiers fearful for their lives. Maybe they met a D2? Zhang Xiao Qiang was rmed, and he began to operate the tractor in a bid to escape. The previous time, he had relied on luck to finish off the D2, not capability. It was also too much of a high hope to rely on thess. Maybe its an S2? He forgot that if it was really an S2, they would not be able to even escape. Right at this time, a man holding a .81 rifle came bursting out, raising his gun and firing behind. However, his bullets were running out, and after 3 to 5 bursts, the rifle stopped firing. The man grabbed at his waist, only to grab thin air. He cursed out loud before throwing the rifle and running after the other men. Shortly after, 3 S-Types came running after the man, growling as they ran. Zhang Xiao Qiang and Yang Keer watched all these, dumbfounded. The men and zombies had basically ignored their existence. Uncle? Are they filming? Howe those monsters didnt bother about us? Yang Keer was bewildered and couldnt help but ask. Before he had the chance to reply, another 2 S-Types came out from the grass, they looked more injured, one of them with multiple gunshot wounds in its legs, looking like a Chinese vampire as it moved. The other looked like a beehive, its entire chest to its abdomen covered with bullet holes. Whatever the damage was, it seemed incapable of running fast. The 2 injured zombies could smell the scent of the 2 humans here, though. Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped Yang Keer from acting, as he watched them approach. One hopping, one shambling, moving towards the tractor. Pa pa With 2 gunshots, both S-Types fell to the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang blew the smoke from the gun, his heart excited: Within a 1m distance, Im still a sharpshooter! Up to this current point, it was the first time he had used the handgun to kill zombies! He caressed it and sighed! As he eyed the .81 on the ground, he considered picking it up. Or should he wait for the zombies to be confirmed dead first? Although there were no more bullets, he still longed to own a rifle. It was a dream since young. As for the men who were running earlier, they werent within his consideration. They were not voluptuous women anyway, who cares if they were dead or not. Zhang Xiao Qiang couldnt care less about others and did not stop Yang Keer from observing. After the incident with Xie Yuan Shan, Yang Keer had also matured a little and was more cold to strangers. Look look! Uncle, look at the man whos carrying the gun, hes about to be caught! Haha! Hes going to get caught! So silly, just throw the gun away and youll be faster! Right, Uncle? Oh, he was really caught! Oh, he got bitten! Yi? Howe only one stopped to eat? The other 2 are still chasing? Maybe theyre full? She used the sniper crossbow to look, her mouth full of vicious words, without a shred of sympathy. Zhang Xiao Qiang on the other hand was ignorant of everything else except the gun on the floor. The more he looked at it, the stronger the urge to pick it up. He was, after all, a geek, and yet, a traditional Chinese male at the same time. Taking things without asking is theft. Although he had picked up countless stuff along the way, they were all without an owner! So, I shall wait for you to die! Zhang Xiao Qiang decided to be a gentleman, albeit a fake one. Uncle! Theyreing towards here! They must have heard the gunshots earlier! Yang Keer reminded Zhang Xiao Qiang, as she readied her spear! Wait for them to get closer first! Dont use the Beast Horn Spear! We cannot afford to reveal our possessions! Zhang Xiao Qiang did not wish to save anybody, but it didnt mean he wouldnt kill the zombies. Furthermore, asking some locals for the way would not hurt. The remaining 4 people ran like hell towards the tractor, as Zhang Xiao Qiang eyed them. He made no sound to urge or motivate them. Hu-Ha-Hu-Ha! From afar, one could hear their ragged breath. Their faces were red from the exertion, and their faces contorted with their burst of strength. They looked like the lords of hell painted in front of temple gates! The one who was wielding the Long Quan de had reached his limit, he was struggling to breathe, his eyes wide open. He was somewhat frothing at his mouth. As he heard the steps nearing behind, he could not help but turn to take a look. Only to see a small S-Type chasing behind him, shing out with a w. He could almost smell the w on his face! Ah!!! He screamed out loudly, and shook his shoulders, trying to increase his speed more. Seemed like he forgot he had a de in his hands, the Long Quan de in his right hand danced as his right hand swung up and down, reflecting the sunlight! Shua A gust of wind blew past his ear and struck something behind him, followed by a putong sound, it seemed like something had fallen? He couldnt afford to care as just kept his head forward, running towards Zhang Xiao Qiang before he slowed down to catch his breath. At least there was some form of hope. He thought as he ran, not forgetting there were still 2 behind him! One of the S-Type who had been feasting a distance away was shot in the head by an arrow fired from Yang Keers sniper crossbow, leaving one S-Type still chasing the man. Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled out the military knife and threw it towards the S-Type. Pu! The spinning de lodged itself in the zombies head, and it slumped to the ground after stumbling a few steps! The men had run to the tractor and wanted to get on, but they were forced to halt when they saw Yang Keer aiming at them. They turned behind to look. Stunned! Their faces went ck with shock. One of the zombies was on the ground with an arrow in its head, the otherid on the ground as Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled out the military de from its head. The men didnt move, nor make a sound. They just stood there dumbly, watching Zhang Xiao Qiang walk up to the S-Type feasting on the dead man. The S-Type stopped eating and stood up, facing Zhang Xiao Qiang. It was obviously angry at being interrupted in the middle of its meal! It snarled then pounced towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, who was not in the least flustered. As though time had slowed down, he took a small step to the right, allowing the S-Type to lunge past him, and as it was in the air, he swiftly brought the knife and shed its head from behind, lodging the de in its brain. Zhang Xiao Qiang then pulled out the knife, leaving the S-Type to bleed profusely, before it slumped to the ground. Even as he walked back, the men still had not shaken out of their stupor! Gulu The man with the Long Quan de swallowed his saliva in shock. Gulugulu The remaining 3 men finally reacted, each of them gulping their saliva! Your brother I, am such a guy!!! Zhang Xiao Qiang had an extremely smug look. Chapter 56: News of WH! Chapter 56: News of WH! The 4 of them stared at Zhang Xiao Qiang, not believing their eyes. This guy had just taken down those zombies like it was nothing! Zhang Xiao Qiang coughed slightly, looking at them. The bow-carrying man had already perished at the hands of the zombies. The one who was carrying the .91 rifle looked about 25,26 and his clothes were filthy and the color indistinguishable. His face was fierce, and he looked the sort to get into trouble. Of course, he was extremely docile now as he looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang in awe, who knows what he was thinking! The other 2 was normal looking, both had ordinary faces, those that would be lost in a sea of humans. They looked about 20-ish as well, and stood side by side, seemingly shrunk back. They nced at the fierce man with the .81 rifle from time to time, it was obvious that he was their leader! The one who held the Long Quan de was the oldest, he had plenty of wrinkles and looked about 40. He looked like the honest sort. Whos calling the shots here? Zhang Xiao Qiang used a piece of cloth to clean the de before putting it back on his waist. He looked to them and asked, while Yang Keer maintained her sniper crossbow on them. The honest-looking older man had no response, he just stared at the de hanging by Zhang Xiao Qiangs waist, his expression dumbfounded. The other 2 looked towards the fierce man, both not speaking! Ke ke, Im their temporary leader, is there anything that Brother Expert needs from us? The fierce man smiled lightly, trying his best to keep his features less aggressive. It was a pity his looks were too impressionable, causing his smile to feel fake. Zhang Xiao Qiang was not someone who judged others by appearances anymore. Xie Yuan Shans smile had seemed sincere, as though he was willing to go through knives and fire. In the end, he turned out to be some heartless monster. Oh? Whats your name! Zhang Xiao Qiang got excited. The 4 of them didnt have any bags, hence it was likely that they lived nearby. Furthermore, the fierce-looking man had said he was the temporary leader, which meant they had more people around! Ke ke, no need to stand on ceremony, you can call me He Wen Bin. Dare I ask what your name is, Brother Expert? He Wen Bin nodded and bowed as he asked politely. You can call me Cockroach! Zhang Xiao Qiang was reluctant to reveal his name, and whats more his name was synonymous with the cockroach! At least it seemed like a sort of street name! Oh! Brother Cockroach! Is there anything you require of us? You have saved our lives, its the least we can do! As he spoke, he went to pick up the .81 rifle! Seeing the .81 returning to its owner, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt his heart bled! Forget it! Treat it as practice for next time! He couldnt bring himself to snatch it over, and could only curse inwardly! You guys have your guns and swords, why were yall chased by those zombies?! He was curious, as he felt the S-Types to be manageable,pared to the D2. Killing once was like killing an ant. Brother Cockroach, your skills are formidable, we cantpare. Those freaks were too fast, other than their heads, theyre resistant to damage everywhere else. We had 10 men today, now its just us 4! As he spoke, He Wen Bins expression turned uglier by the minute. A 60% casualty rate was simply too devastating. Is there a survivor base around here? Zhang Xiao Qiang saw his chance and casually approached the topic. Not that I know of! Other than the 40 of us, we havent seen anyone else! He Wen Bin said hesitantly. Zhang Xiao Qiang also managed to get the information that he needed. Bro... Brother Bin, didnt we pick up some news over the radio previously? One of the ordinary-looking men quipped in! Oh! I remember! The radio had said that there were some survivor bases in the towns around WH City! He Wen Bin ryed the information that he recalled. How many people are there, is there some form of government? Zhang Xiao Qiang asked hurriedly. As long as there was some form of government, then there would be order. He didnt want to live in some chaotic situation, and he wasnt exactly confident in himself. Not sure, there should be a few hundred thousand people! In any case, the radio told us to get there, but Brother Long said not to listen to them, we might as well try to survive on our own. At least we wont have to be other peoples cannon fodder. He Wen Bin wasnt sure of the details. Zhang Xiao Qiang sucked in a breath of cold air. The original 9 million poption of WH City had dwindled to only a few hundred thousand?? Even if the rate of infection of the zombies was 90% there should have been at least close to a million survivors! Does that mean the actual survivability ratio was only about 1%?! Who is Brother Long? Zhang Xiao Qiang was curious about this man, someone who can gather over 40 people in such a world was truly someone who had capabilities! It was Brother Long who saved us from the gallows. By now, He Wen Bin was more open about his information, he seemed to understand the situation and knew they werent enemies. Zhang Xiao Qiang knew there was a farm nearby here, and he had a rtive who could still be alive. Do you know a Cai Quan Yong? Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at He Wen Bin with hope, if he could find a rtive, it would be great! I dont think so, I was in a solitary cell! He Wen Bin thought for a while but had no recollection. He turned towards the honest-looking man and asked: Old Frank, do you have any idea? The honest-looking man was actually called Old Frank. He thought for awhile before replying: We dont use our real names in there, most of us have callsigns. Without the room number or call sign, I wouldnt recognize who youre referring to! Did many escape then? Zhang Xiao Qiang clung on. Therger holding cells were the first to be thrown into chaos. I was a thief in the past, and I was near the door. The moment things got awry I had smashed the lock and escaped. I didnt see anyone else make it out, plus the officers were all turned. I ran to the single cell area and released all those who had not turned before we all escaped! Old Frank spoke as he reminisced, it seemed like he was the savior of all those criminals who were still alive then! By now, Zhang Xiao Qiang gave up, and he eyed the men in dispirits: Who is a local here? One of themon-face replied carefully: Me, I am a local! What can I do for you? Other than going through J City, are there other ways to reach WH City? Zhang Xiao Qiang still decided to go to WH City, after all, there was safety in numbers. From here towards the east, all the way till West Lake Vige, then northwards till Gou Jia Dam, after which you can follow the main road further west and you can reach the center of the city. Mostrge trucks that carry coal use this path! After that, he seemed to hesitate, as though there was more he wanted to say. Is there a problem? Zhang Xiao Qiang naturally wanted to get hold of all information. This was rted to his life, he wanted to be as informed as possible. WH isnt broadcasting anymore. It seemed that there were many people who decided to drive to WH, but something scary emerged there. Of every 10 that went there, 8 would be killed, and 1 would be driven crazy! He paused momentarily, before continuing. I heard from those who managed toe back, that the roads are all blocked. The monster is very powerful, it was able to tear apart a huge coach, and many have died at its hands! After finishing, he looked towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, awaiting his reply. Are there other roads then? By now, Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart was in his throat, as he looked at Common-Face, hoping. Common-Face did not say anything more, just shaking his head. Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly felt as though he lost his goal, not knowing where to go now. Will he really have to return to the cave and live a life with Yang Keer from now on? He Wen Bin looked at Zhang Xiao Qiangs despondent look and had a thought. Brother Cockroach, why note over with us to our ce? We can wait for a chance to go to WH together? He Wen Bin suggested this carefully, afraid that Zhang Xiao Qiang might re and turn his anger on him. Zhang Xiao Qiang thought for awhile and decided to go along. Even though the Brother Long wasnt some decent character, he wasnt exactly to be taken lightly. He had killed the S-Type in front of these men here, furthermore, he had Yang Keer and her monstrous strength! He nodded and He Wen Bin got the rest to hurry back towards their location. Brother Bin, Old Three and the rest are still stuck in that small building there, who knows, they might still be alive? Old Frank suddenly spoke, reminding He Wen Bin. He Wen Bin looked at the rest of them, one old the rest weak, as he touched his empty .81 rifle, and turned his gaze towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. Seeing the hopeful gazes of these grown men on him, Zhang Xiao Qiang began to feel a headacheing on. Was this what it was like to be a hero? Chapter 57: Light the fire! Chapter 57: Light the fire! Zhang Xiao Qiang got Yang Keer to guard the vehicle, while he followed He Wen Bin and the rest. They followed closely behind him, watching the tall grass nervously from time to time, obviously fearful. As they passed a patch of wild grass, they saw an S-Type feasting on a corpse. Seeing the corpse, He Wen Bin and the rest turned green. One of the Common-Faces took out his sharpened steel beam and handed it to Zhang Xiao Qiang. He weighed it slightly, thinking: Its not asfortable as the Beast Horn Spear. They were still a distance away from the S-Type, which was only focused on consuming its meal, and seemed to be oblivious to Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest. Zhang Xiao Qiang raised the steel beam spear and threw it towards the S-Type, which soared in the air and pierced the S-Type in its leg, nailing to the ground. Great! He Wen Bin looked at that blow from Zhang Xiao Qiang and eximed. Zhang Xiao Qiang maintained a deadpan face, but he was starting to feel flushed. He had actually aimed for the head, who knew his throw was poor and hit the leg instead. He Wen Bin and the rest didnt know and actually apuded him for being urate. Aoo~~~~ The S-Type howled and begin struggling violently to stand up. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked over casually, raising his hand and Peng, fired a shot at its head. While holding the gun in his left, he pulled out the steel beam spear with his right hand before throwing it back to Common-Face. He watched him catching it nervously, and carefully observed the rest of their reactions. He had used his gun to demonstrate his power, letting them know he had a gun as well. Who would have expected, they were uninterested in the gun at all!! They felt that it had been too normal to use the gun, and even thought that Zhang Xiao Qiang must have wanted to prevent his clothes from being dirty, that was why he used it. He Wen Bin took the Long Quan de from Old Frank and handed it to Zhang Xiao Qiang: Brother Cockroach! Use this! You can try to save bullets as much as possible! He was the one who felt heartache at Zhang Xiao Qiangs expenditure of ammo. Zhang Xiao Qiang was speechless, realizing his y had been for naught. He received the Long Quan de and immediately discovered it was something special. This Long Quan de was not like the usual prop that most olddies used in their wushu practice. This was heavy, especially heavy! Right now, Zhang Xiao Qiangs strength was not like in the past, he had be so much stronger than his past geek self. Especially after drinking the rainwater for the 2nd time, his strength had been increasing daily. Just now, that steel beam spear had felt too light in his hands, yet this sword felt just right. Brother Cockroach, take a look, there are some inscriptions as well! He Wen Bin pointed to the hilt and piped in. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the flowery patterns on the hilt, with two words: Jing Wei. The entire de looked extremely normal, other than the patterns near the hilt, the rest was not exceptional. The de itself was in, and it didnt seem to have been utilized before. The mouth of the sheath looked like an ingot shape, and its color was dark, with some slight copper rust. The hilt was simply made of wood, and when held in his hands, the grooves felt extremelyfortable. In short, all in all, this de was not that different from a stainless steel Long Quan de. He held this Jing Wei de and looked to He Wen Bin with slight confusion. He Wen Bin saw his doubt and hurriedly exin. This time, when they hade out to scavenge for resources, they had discovered a secret basement in an old house. There were a few antiques and collector items within. It must have been some store of family heirlooms. Initially, they had thought that the antiques were worthless in the apocalypse now, and couldnt really bother with them. However, Old Frank was up to his usual tricks and managed to find a secret device, revealing a wood box, which contained this sword within. This in-looking sword had actually been kept in the most secretive of ces. Old Frank had not let go of it ever since. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked back towards Old Frank, if he couldnt bear to, he would return it. After all, he had the Beast Horn Spear, and that was the true treasure. Old Frank saw Zhang Xiao Qiang actually looking to him for his opinion, and was moved. His expression also became warmer. Its fine, its fine! You keep it. I have no use for it. Seemed like Old Frank still felt good about being appreciated. Like this, Zhang Xiao Qiang wielded the de in his left hand and the .54 in his right. The group proceeded towards the ce where theirrades were holed up in. Seeing the horde in front of him, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt his scalp go numb, So packed! Not a dozens, not hundreds but a few fucking thousands?! Zhang Xiao Qiang twisted to look at He Wen Bin, who like the rest, had horrified expressions. Howe its like this? Howe? It wasnt like that earlier! Old Frank saw the horde of zombies and his face turned green, his lips pale. His eyes were opened wide in disbelief It was the first time that Zhang Xiao Qiang encountered a horde of this size. Each time he came across a group on his journey, thergest was about 200 or 300. Even a human crowd of more than 10,000 would look vast, the sight of a few thousand was pretty shocking. The area they were at was a vige near J City, and they were currently at the top of a hill. There were a few old houses at the foot of the hill. Looking at the various trees and rundown condition of the houses, the vige looked to be old. With the small bridge, flowing waters, spring and huge trees, the vige looked like something out of another world, except for the slight construction site at one corner. The district was halfway done, with the tall buildings not roofed up. Countless cranes and supportive scaffolding were all around. 2 silhouettes stood on top of one of the scaffolding, observing the zombies below. From looking through binocrs, their desperation and dismal expressions could be seen, as there would be one or 2 S-Types wing at the scaffolding. The funny thing was that after turning into zombies, the creatures forgot how it was to be human, and they would drop back on the horde during each attempt to climb the scaffolding. What do yall think? Zhang Xiao Qiang looked towards the rest. Why dont....why dont we retreat for the time being? Lets think of a n? He Wen Bin began to think of falling back, and the 2 Common-Faces nodded in agreement. Even Old Frank wanted to get away from here, he was just embarrassed to say it out. Zhang Xiao Qiang nced at them then surveyed the surroundings again. The 2 people were trapped at the upper level of the halfpleted bungalow, while the zombies were below. Not far away, there was a mid-sized truck, and there were many sacks of rice that could be seen. The distance from the hilltop to the bungalow was only about 100m and the 4 men were already shaking in their boots, not to mention the 2 above the zombies! Is that vehicle yours? Zhang Xiao Qiang pointed to the truck and asked. He Wen Bin nodded, as the 2 Common-Faces replied: We drive it usually, were familiar with the road! Wheres the nearest gas station? Zhang Xiao Qiang thought of using inmmable gas. ========== Thest zombieid slumped to the floor. Zhang Xiao Qiang admired the Jing Wei de in his hands, feeling satisfied. Cutting through bone was as easy as slicing tofu. It didnt look sharp but was, in fact, capable of splitting hairs. Even after slicing through a dozen zombies, it had no sign of wear. The entire gas station had been cleared of zombies, and there was an oil truck parked by the side. Zhang Xiao Qiang got the rest to search for the keys. While they were looking for the key, Zhang Xiao Qiang noticed a car repair shop nearby, and there were some old tires lying about. Some of the stacks of old tires were even higher than him. Atst, the key was found on one of the zombie corpses, and Zhang Xiao Qiang directed them to load the old tires onto a truck that was supposed to be repaired. He then used a metal chain to hook the truck to behind the oil truck, as they drove the oil truck towards the location where the other 2 people were still stuck. A number of old tires rubber tires were stacked on the hilltop. They got the diesel from the cans and tanks and doused the rubber tires. Meanwhile, there was no reaction from the zombies that had squeezed closely together. Light it up! The 2 tires were set on fire, and the moment the diesel doused on the rubber was lit, Zhang Xiao Qiang directed He Wen Bin and the rest to push the tires down the slope. Only to see 2 rolling balls of me heading towards the zombie horde and came crashing into them as they burnt. The zombies within the horde tried to escape outwards, while the zombies on the outside squeezed inwards. It was extremely chaotic. From atop the hill, they could hear the agonized wails of the zombies! Chapter 58: Successful Rescue! Chapter 58: Sessful Rescue! The rubber tires began to burn, and it became harder for the mes to die out. The zombies became human charcoal as they bumped around, spreading the mes to one another. Even from the top of the hill, Zhang Xiao Qiang could smell the burning flesh, and his stomach churned. He then looked to He Wen Bin who was staring dumbfoundedly and said: Continue! He Wen Bin and the rest immediately stirred as though they had just consumed some drugs, and began to take off their clothes, setting tires on fire with excited looks. One by one, the tires began to roll down the hill. From time to time, there would be some that rolled away and fell on its side. Seeing the scene in front of them, it looked like a scene out of an ancient battlefield. The horde was broken apart, as many of them had been set alight and tried to escape in various directions. Even the D-Types and S-Types were not spared. The escaping zombies caused other things to be set on fire as well, and the entire area at the foot of the mountain was in mes. Come with me, lets go get them. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at He Wen Bin and spoke. He Wen Bin hesitated. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt force him, whatever he could do had been done. It was enough as it is! If it wasnt for the various smells at the foot of the hill, that caused the zombies to lose their strongest sense, Zhang Xiao Qiang would not go down even if he was beaten to death. The burning rubber was also threatening, even more so than any sort of toxic gasses in the past. Screw it! Ill do whatever Brother Cockroach asks of me! He Wen Bin came to a resolution. He then bowed and nodded: Of course, Im not as capable as Brother Cockroach, please look after me! Zhang Xiao Qiang nced at him and didnt say anything, as he began his march downhill. His 54 was kept in his waist, and his hand held the Jing Wei de! The distance of 100m was long, in just a blink of an eye, they had reached. Zhang Xiao Qiang avoided some burning tires and took down some zombies. He then stood amongst the zombies as he shouted to He Wen Bin: Get them toe down, Ill handle things here! He Wen Bin saw the few hundreds of zombies shambling about, and the back of his neck tingled with fear! His voice came trembling as he shouted: Old Three! You and him, fucking get down! What the fuck are you staying up there for?! Brother Bin? Oh my god! My savior Brother Bin!! I thought we were finished!! Wereing down now,ing down now!! Dont go!! Ill definitely burn some incense for you! And the voice came traveling down the scaffolding, mumbling nonsense! This man was incredibly nimble, in just a while, he managed to get down. Then he saw the zombies wandering about like flies, and his legs almost gave way in terror! Zhang Xiao Qiang hacked at another zombie as he asked: Wasnt there one more up there? Old Three wanted to leave quickly, and replied hastily: That Screwdriver had been scared witless! Hes just hugging the steel beam and wouldnt let go! I couldnt convince him toe down at all! Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded and didnt say anything and began to run back up the hill. He Wen Bin followed closely behind him, not daring to take a wrong step. As the 3 of them reached the peak, the other 3 who were guarding became emotional as well. Pa! He Wen Bin pped the back of Old Threes head, shouting: Whatre you spacing out for? Arent you going to thank Brother Cockroach? If he didnt insist on saving you, we would all be back sleeping! Old Three looked young, as though he had not reached 20, but his face had a mature look to it, as though he had a rough past as well. Thank you! Thank you, Brother Cockroach! Youre my father! As he spoke, he bowed profusely, as he was about to bow the 3rd time, Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped him. Im not dead yet! Dont need to bow thrice!* Pa! He Wen Bin pped Old Three again, as he scolded: Told you to study properly, what ack of culture! Yang Keer saw Zhang Xiao Qiang and the resting back, and her mouth immediatelyined of boredom. Brother Cockroach! This is? Old Three immediately asked. Ha! You can call me Cockroach Sis-inw! Yang Keer replied with a smug look! Old Frank, Common-Face 1 and 2, as well as Old Three, sat in the truck as they drove on the road. He Wen Bin drove the tractor, with Zhang Xiao Qiang and Yang Keer sitting in the trunk. Yang Keer pored over the notebook that belonged to the female owner, while Zhang Xiao Qiang leaned against the side of the trunk and smoked. Sofortable! Not having to drive caused Zhang Xiao Qiang to be pleased, as the drivers seat was incredibly ufortable. He felt as though he was being squashed having to sit there all day to drive. The saying was pretty true: Those who didnt drive dont know the hardships of driving, those who dont get to ride wont know the pleasures of just riding! He Wen Bin was thoroughly convinced of Zhang Xiao Qiang and his miracles, and was in so much awe and veneration, that whatever Zhang Xiao Qiang asked, he would immediately answer without holding anything back. How did you guys escape? Was there anyone else left alive in the armed forces? Zhang Xiao Qiangs question came from the back. Aiya! At that time, it was truly chaotic! Too many people went crazy, and the armed police went in to try to suppress themotion! I had just been sentenced to a smaller cell a few days before until Old Frank set me free! Thinking back, it was truly terrifying! He Wen Bin didnt look like a decent person, and he must have been a local tyrant in the past. However, his demeanor had truly changed aftering in contact with the zombies. If it wasnt for his brash nature, he wouldnt have dared to go along with Zhang Xiao Qiang directly into the horde earlier! How many of you made it out? The .81 seems decent, how did you get it? Zhang Xiao Qiang handed a cigarette over, as He Wen Bin received it with one hand, cing it in his mouth. He didnt light it but continued to drive. There were about 20-odd of us and 2 prison guards. I picked up the gun from the ground. However, the ammunition iscking, we wanted to head to the armory to search for some, but those who had been guarding became freaks, and in a while, we lost 6 men. He Wen Bin thought back to the first time he witnessed the zombies tearing apart other humans, and his expression turned ugly. He paused a while before continuing: Oh yeah yeah! That time was truly chaotic! There were those monsters everywhere, no one knew when one of them would juste biting! Fortunately, a number had been kept locked in the bigger building. He Wen Bin continued to speak, while Zhang Xiao Qiang listened quietly. He Wen Bin had a rough childhood, and his mother had run away when he was very young! His father had a bad temper and loved to discipline him. Each time he was beaten, there was not an area that was left untouched. Furthermore, he hated studying, and he didnt manage to finish even his first year in middle school before he was kicked out and he started hanging out on the streets. He fought viciously and earned a name for himself as time passed. As he hung on the streets before he knew it, it had been over 10 years, and his father was passing away from liver disease. He then headed home to take care of him. Before his father passed away, he had held his hand tightly to remind him to lead a better life. What could he do? He was illiterate and had not evenpleted a year of studies! After meeting with a few obstacles, his old friends from the underground tried to get him back, but he insisted on walking the right track. As he spoke up to this point, He Wen Bin began sighing! He revealed, that after, someone managed to introduce a bodyguard position to him. Due to his connections in the past, the hooligans gave him face, and the owners business never suffered a single moments harassment! It was fine and dandy, until one day... At this point, He Wen Bins face contorted in fury: Fuck! FUCK! He had better not let me see him, otherwise, Ill make sure his asshole is torn open! The boss had been operating some business in private other than his 2 trading shops, and He Wen Bin did not know what he was doing! One day, the boss had brought him to a hotel for a business discussion. The moment they entered, the boss had received a phone call, after which he handed the briefcase to him, asking him to send it to the reception. He Wen Bin had not suspected anything and agreed to do so. The moment he exited the elevator, he was jumped on by 4 or 5 men, with guns pointed at his head! It turned out that the boss was a drug dealer, and had used the trading shops as fronts to wash money and transport the drugs over illegally from all corners of the world! That day, it had been time for a transaction, but the boss received a tipoff! In an instant, He Wen Bin was treated as a drug trafficker, even though he had no links to the money whatsoever. With the drugs in the case, it was enough for him to be sentenced to life imprisonment! At first, he thought his life was over until the apocalypse happened! At the end, Old Frank had released about 30 over prisoners and met 2 prison guards on the way. They picked up a number of .81s. Along the way, a few of the cells were opened, and the zombies inside came out, scattering their group. A number were eaten while the rest tried to run for the main door. However, it was controlled electronically, and since it was connected to a system, they had to turn around to search for the control room! After taking down a few zombies, their ammunition was running out! As they went to the armory, they lost another 6, with nothing in return. In the end, Old Frank had found some ammunition in the guards office. By the time the group made it out, they were left with 20 people, and a few of them wanted to kill the prison guards as well. However, not all were in favor, some of them didnt really suffer in the jail as well, hence they objected! In the end, they were split into two camps, with the 2 prison guards leading 7 or 8 others who had led decent lives in the jail on their own way. The remainder followed Brother Long, and they managed to rescue a few more survivors, forming some small establishment. ============================================================================ TN: A custom of the Chinese, bowing thrice to ancestors. Chapter 59: You Don’t Have To Show Mercy! Chapter 59: You Dont Have To Show Mercy! The diesel truck in front slowly came to a stop, and He Wen Bin followed closely behind, before stopping as well. Before he disembarked, he told Zhang Xiao Qiang: Be careful of this guy named Chen Yi. He had murdered a family of 8 before being sentenced to jail, and was awaiting his death sentence. He isnt much of a supporter of Brother Long, and his personality is really vicious. Even under Brother Long, he might find trouble with you Brother Cockroach. Zhang Xiao Qiang was on guard and nodded to show his understanding. He Wen Bin thought and continued: If Brother Yi really tries anything funny, you dont have to show him mercy, Brother Cockroach! Zhang Xiao Qiang assessed He Wen Bin carefully and felt that he was a really decent person. Take this. Zhang Xiao Qiang threw a Huanghelou cigarette, as a show of appreciation! He Wen Bin immediately thanked him profusely, keeping the cigarette carefully in his clothes. The diesel truck hade to a stop in front of a mid-sized chicken farm, which had walls surrounding it. The walls were painted with red paint stating: Fatty Jiangs Chicken Farm. A huge rusty door was locked securely, and there was a huge pile of rubbish outside, with chicken feathers and bones forming the bulk of the waste! Peng Peng Peng! Old Three knocked thrice, before hollering: Those inside, are yall dead?! After a while, a voice resounded: Damn it, I knew it was you when I heard your voice. Shit-head, cant you say nicer things?! From within, a silhouette appeared as he opened the lock! The man who appeared was about 30-plus, and his sense of dressing was incredibly strange. While He Wen Bin was dirty, his clothing was at least neat and practical. This guy was draped in some weird ck windbreaker, and he had some fanciful cotton shirt that looked like a womans shirt. He wore a pair of torn jeans, which revealed a red colored underwear through the holes. His legs had a pair of swimming flippers, and blood could be seen on it. The blood had not been washed off, instead, it had dried, and looked extremely disgusting. His hair was messy, and there was some white stuff on it, their origins unknown. He wielded a .81, which was also dirty, patches of smudges and dirt everywhere. Its owner had obviously not clean it before. Old Hairy, why have you worn another womans clothes? He Wen Bin looked at Old Hairy in ridicule. Keke! I just ate, and was about to do that woman, before Old Three knocked the door! Old Hairy didnt seem to mind the ridicule from He Wen Bin as he chuckled! Shit, youre willing to do it with that old woman? 40 years old and she looks like a mother pig! Her waist is so thick! Just one look at her and I feel like vomiting! Three began to criticize Old Hairys tastes. At this time, Yang Keer came down from the tractor, her hands hugging the notebook close. The moment Old Hairy saw Yang Keer, his eyes grew bright, and he nced back at He Wen Bin, not daring to look too brazenly. He just sneaked a peek! Where are your eyes looking at? Look again and Ill gouge out your eyeballs! He Wen Bin saw the shifty look in Old Hairys eyes and he warned him fiercely. Old Hairy did not say anything and immediately opened the gate, before standing by the side. The diesel truck and the tractor were driven into the chicken farm, stopping at an open space in front of a bungalow. Old Hairy was also a criminal, he was sentenced for raping and killing underaged girls! He was awaiting his death in the first ce. We dont really like the sight of him. He Wen Bin introduced to Zhang Xiao Qiang under his breath. The moment he heard it, he became ufortable. Such a person was the enemy of all geeks and nerds. The moment they thought to how a cute and innocent loli could be abused and then killed mercilessly by such bastards, they would find it unforgivable! A 4-storey bungalow had been built in the center of the chicken farm, it seemed to have been renovated not long ago, as its outer paint seemed fresh, and the huge ss windows looked refreshing! Being in the center of the farm, it gave one the feeling as though they were amongst the chickens. There were a few red brick houses near the main bungalow, and they must have been used to rear the chickens, as well as storage. Around the house, there were a few pasty-looking men in torn and tattered clothes that walked in and out! There were no women to be seen, not a single one. Howe I dont see any women here? Zhang Xiao Qiang was incredibly curious, could women have died out in the apocalypse? Haha! Would Brother Cockroach want a woman? All thedies are in the house, they donte out! However, some cant be touched, as they belong to Brother Long and Brother Yi. The rest can be screwed as you like..... Just then, He Wen Bin saw Yang Keer looking at him with a hateful gaze, and he shut his mouth awkwardly! The small door of the bungalow was pushed open, and a huge burly man stepped out. His entire stature was solid and imposing, and his eyes revealed a fierce look, as though he was looking for a fight. If He Wen Bin looked like those small-time gangster looking for trouble, this man was definitely the head of the gang! Hahaha! Bin, you guys are back! You actually obtained a diesel truck eh, why are yall so capable suddenly? Brother Yi, Ive brought 2 men back! He Wen Bin had a look of respect as he reported to Chen Yi! Chen Yi didnt listen, he just noticed that there were only 5 of them, and his face turned ugly! Just you guys? Are the rest dead? Chen Yis expression turned dark, as he asked solemnly! Our luck was bad this time, we met those that can run extremely fast! The fact that we managed toe back was already a stroke of luck! He Wen Bin was extremely honest and began narrating the story, with Common-Face 1, 2 as well as Old Frank nodding their head in agreement. Haha! Just as well! Lets treat it as fewer people to share the food with! Chen Yis face suddenly turned lewd, as his gaze fell on Yang Keer who was minding her own business! Not bad, you guys actually managed to bring back ass, littless, from now on, you follow me, I will let you have... As he spoke, he reached out towards her, until Zhang Xiao Qiangs 54 was pointed right at his head. Chen Yis smile froze on his face, his hand stopping in mid-air, his eyes turning towards He Wen Bin and the rest. He Wen Bin had an apologetic expression, as the rest all looked down at their feet, as though they had not seen anything! Zhang Xiao Qiang also did not speak, although he wore a smile that was not a smile on his face. The gun in his hand was extremely steady, the ck muzzle pointing in between Chen Yis brows. Brother Yi, I havent finished. This is Brother Cockroach that saved us, he had single-handedly killed 6 of those fast monsters! He Wen Bin began to exin. Screwdriver and I were also surrounded by thousands of those monsters on a scaffolding, it was Brother Cockroach that saved me from them! Three also piped in. Haha! Bin, then it was wrong of you! Why didnt you speak earlier, haha! Brother Cockroach right? Rx rx, were all a family here! Chen Yi pretended not to see the gun in Zhang Xiao Qiangs hands, as he began to greet him warmly! Zhang Xiao Qiang kept his gun and grabbed his extended fist. This humble one had just arrived, and am not ustomed to the ways here, do forgive me! Its fine, its fine! My surnames Chen, you can call me Chen Yi! Brother, you have good moves! Have you trained before? Chen Yi had tried to probe Zhang Xiao Qiangs threshold, and Zhang Xiao Qiang knew this guy was not simple. He could start and end things easily and cleanly, such characters were extremely sinister, as one would be unsure when they would turn around to bite you. I didnt really train ording to anything, just did it blindly! Zhang Xiao Qiang replied in a humble manner. Brother Yi, arent you going to invite Brother Cockroach in? He Wen Bin reminded him from the side. Chen Yi immediately pped his forehead: Look at how muddle-headed Ive be, forgive me, please please, please! Come in! Chen Yi led Zhang Xiao Qiang to the living room and pulled out a packet of cigarettes to offer to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang took a look and noted that it was those 7-dors-a-pack types. He received it quietly, as Chen Yi ran upstairs and hollered: Those damn women upstairs, there are guests! Come down and brew some tea! He then turned around and smiled at Zhang Xiao Qiang: Brother Cockroach, you must be joking right? You train blindly and you can defeat 6 of those monsters? Ive seen those things, even 7 or 8 rifles would only be able to take down 1! Those things are easy to kill, some are at most faster than the rest. I think I have killed a dozen or so already! You just have to have the courage! Zhang Xiao Qiang replied dismissively. At this time, 4 young women came down, wearing gorgeous clothing, and even makeup on their faces. One helped to pour tea for Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest, while the remaining 3 knelt by Chen Yis feet and helped to massage his legs. Brother Cockroach, did any of them catch your eye? Just speak, theyre really good for warming the bed at night! Chen Yi looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang with a carefree face as he offered! Chapter 60: One cannot lust after a brother’s wife! Chapter 60: One cannot lust after a brothers wife! Zhang Xiao Qiang took a good look at the women and noted that they looked healthy,pared to the men outside, and their demeanor was extraordinary. The women were also assessing Zhang Xiao Qiang, although there was no hope or fear, just a wooden expression. Zhang Xiao Qiang might not have interacted much with others, but he could see that Chen Yi was trying to pull him closer! Yang Keer looked at those women and became tight-lipped, not saying anything. Brother Yi must be joking, a gentleman does not seek others possessions! This little brother doesnt have the fortune! Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the women and shook his head. It was a lie to say that he was not tempted, as the women were all mature and had well-developed figures. Yang Keer was far fromparison. However, the situation was unclear now, furthermore, He Wen Bin had warned him of Chen Yis character before. It was better to be careful about everything. Plus, Chen Yi was definitely not the type to settle for being number 2, who knew if he offered women one day, and the order to kill Brother Long the next? Chen Yi sent a kick towards one of the women wearing a red dress, cursing: Stupid bitch, why are you so dense, go wait on Brother Cockroach! Otherwise, Ill skin you and feed those freaks! The woman tumbled a few times, before getting on her knees again. She then kowtowed towards Chen Yi: Thank you, Master! After that, she crawled like a dog towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, before wiping her hands on her clothes, and began to massage his legs! This woman was 20+ and had a pretty face and nice skin. It was just slightly worse than Yang Keer. She had never dyed her hair before, and her hair was lush and thick. The outer red clothes were not buttoned fully, and one could see that underneath, she wasnt wearing anything. Those twin peaks were slightly flushed, as the top halves were revealed to Zhang Xiao Qiang! The woman looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang with fear and expectations in her eyes, at the same time, there was the slightest hint of despair within. Zhang Xiao Qiang hesitated awhile but did not reject the woman. Since it was the first time he met Chen Yi, he couldnt not give Chen Yi face. The woman heaved a sigh of relief and began to massage his leg. Zhang Xiao Qiang called Yang Keer over and whispered in her ear, before she went out, her face full of unhappiness! Seeing that Zhang Xiao Qiang had epted the massage, Chen Yi was pleased: How does it feel brother? Even his form of address had be slightly warmer, as though Zhang Xiao Qiang was one of his people. This woman is called Su Qian, she used to be some manager at some big hotel. She was unwilling to follow me at first, but now, she has be my bitch! Hahaha! Chen Yi was smug and began to ramble about how to control women. At this time, Yang Keer came in, and in her arms were 4 stic bags of the premium Huanghelou Cigarettes. He then beckoned her to hand them to Chen Yi. As the woman beside Chen Yi received the cigarettes, Zhang Xiao Qiang spoke: As a gift for our first meeting, I hope that Brother Yi will not mind the simplicity! Chen Yi was extremely pleased with Zhang Xiao Qiangs attitude and immediately took out one to smoke, giving He Wen Bin, Three, and Old Frank one packet each. The 2 Common-Face did note in. They thanked Chen Yi profusely, as he lit his cigarette up, leaving the rest to be brought upstairs by one of the women. Chen Yi chuckled as he said: Youll have to forgive me, brother, it really is a bad time! We dont have much of anything! Hearing Chen Yi sigh, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt astonished. There were very few survivors everywhere, resources were everywhere. All you had to do was to transport them no? Su Qian was busy massaging his legs, causing them to feel really rxed, while he pondered. He had thought that his abilities so far were ordinary and what most people would do. Kn fact, he was worried that others might be more courageous. Who knew this guy who was supporting 8 other people was living so pathetically? Especially since he met He Wen Bin, and the rest of the burly men, who had run like rabbits when chased by the S-Types. They didnt even dare to utilize their weapons. Are they weak? Or am I strong? A pair of gentle hands rubbed his thighs, working their way up towards his groin. His little Qiang almost got erect and Su Qians masterful skills brought Zhang Xiao Qiang out from his thoughts. He began to take deep breaths, controlling little Qiang to stay down. Without giving him a breath, Su Qian unzipped his pants and reached for little Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang was so startled he almost leaped out of his seat. It was the first time he was facing such a thing! Im not into such public acts! Zhang Xiao Qiang spoke immediately. Su Qians face turned pale immediately, her eyes looking at Zhang Xiao Qiang with a sort of desperation, as Chen Yis face turned ugly by the second, his eyes staring daggers at Su Qian. Zhang Xiao Qiang noticed that things were not going right, and continued: Help me with my calfs, your hands are good! Chen Yi immediately looked better, as Su Qian stared back at Zhang Xiao Qiang with gratitude in her eyes, helping to take his socks off. She ignored his feet stench, and propped his legs between her breasts and helped to massage his calfs. His legs that were so stinky were actually receiving the warmth and softness of Su Qians breasts, Zhang Xiao Qiang could not help butment: What depravity! He felt embarrassed, but still asked Chen Yi: Brother Yi! Most of the people there have already died! Theres nothing to stop you really! If you have the energy, why not just move them? Ai!! Brother, you misunderstand! There might be resources out there, but well have to use our lives to exchange for those! We dont have much ammo, and the gunfire can attract the attention of those freaks. If we are slightly slower, we might lose our lives! Chen Yi sighed, pausing a while before continuing: We had over 70 or 80 of us, but half of those who dared to go out perished! Brother, you saw for yourself, this time He Wen Bin and the rest had been a party of 10, now, theyre down to 5. If it wasnt for you, they would all have died! Zhang Xiao Qiang finally understood a little. They didnt go out to snatch items, it was to steal while braving the zombies. As long as they alerted the zombies by ident, then it became a matter of who ran faster! I heard from He Wen Bin that there were a number of people here, are your rations enough? Zhang Xiao Qiang remembered that their resource truck was still stuck in the midst of the zombie horde earlier. Haha, Brother, dont worry, theres a rule here, as long as one dares to go and get stuff, there would be meals to be had. If one wants to stay at home and be a dead dog, then they would only get chicken feed! We might not have much here, but we have plenty of chicken feed! Now Zhang Xiao Qiang was extremely clear why the women and He Wen Bins group looked better, aspared to the rest of the men outside who looked pasty. It was because the men outside ate only chicken feed! Si~! A numbing sensation came traveling up his leg, and Zhang Xiao Qiang sucked in a breath. Su Qian looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang with an expression of concern, although her hand didnt stop, but turning slightly gentler. Ha! That was amazing! Zhang Xiao Qiang felt little jolts traveling up his body, giving a veryfortable sensation. Su Qian rxed and continued to apply her massage, and the look in Chen Yis eyes towards Su Qian also became warmer. Brother, you might know, this womans skills are really top-notch. I heard she used to do foot massages before bing a manager. Fuck, in the end, shes still a bitch, if you like her, Brother, shes yours. Before Zhang Xiao Qiang could reply, Yang Keer began shooting furious nces at him, and Zhang Xiao Qiang rolled his eyes. When men are talking, women should stay one side quietly! Zhang Xiao Qiang shot back with a lowered voice. Yang Keer didnt look at him anymore, and lowered her head in anger, sulking. Haha! Brother Yi, you jest! One cannot lust after a brothers wife! Zhang Xiao Qiang rejected before things were clearer, it was better to look at things in the bigger picture. This was his decided course of action! Chen Yi seemed very satisfied with Zhang Xiao Qiangs words and felt that he was throwing his lot with him, and was about to speak further. Old Bin! Old Hairy just told me you brought a guest, howe you didnt bring him to see me? What if others say weck manners? A bright resounding voice came from the door, as a burly man with steady steps walked in confidently. The man was about 30, his gaze piercing and solid. He had a huge scar from the corner of his right eye towards his lower left jaw. It was like a snake had decided to make his face its habitation. He had a slightly protruding lower jaw, as well as a high forehead, giving others an impression that he was a man of power. At this point, he stared fixedly at Chen Yi, saying: Brother Yi, am I right? Brother Long! Brother Long! Brother Long! He Wen Bin, Three and Old Frank stood up immediately to greet the man. Brother Long ignored them, only keeping his gaze straight on Chen Yi. Chen Yis facial expression was steely, turning from green to red, then finally ash gray! He lowered his head and spoke: Brother Long is right! As Zhang Xiao Qiang watched by the sides, it wasnt his turn to speak, even the 3 women by Chen Yis side lowered their heads, not daring to speak. Su Qian continued to hug Zhang Xiao Qiangs smelly feet, ignoring everything that was going on, only focusing on his feet. As for Yang Keer, her expression was extremely strange, as though she wanted to say something, but unsure what to say. Her expression was anxious, and she kept trying to get Zhang Xiao Qiangs attention. It was a pity that Zhang Xiao Qiang was watching the y unfold, oblivious to Yang Keers furtive nces, and naturally did not notice her strange behavior. Brother Long seemed satisfied with Chen Yis response and smiled towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. It seems like you have the same dialect! Were you from Y City? Zhang Xiao Qiang could detect the familiar ent in Brother Longs words and ask! However, Brother Long did not reply, as he stared dumbly at Yang Keer! Chapter 61: I have many relatives! Chapter 61: I have many rtives! The current atmosphere within the living room was extremely strange. Brother Long looked at Yang Keer with a look of disbelief, while Chen Yi sat one side with a dark face, no one knew what he was thinking. He Wen Bin and the rest were poring over their palms, as though they were trying to read their own fortunes! The few women had their head bowed low, looking like ostriches. Zhang Xiao Qiang sat with one leg on a chair, the other wrapped in Su Qians embrace. Yang Keer was a little anxious, her hands hugging in front of her chest one moment, then releasing to put behind her back, at the end she left them at the side, not knowing what to do. The atmosphere was extremely solemn, with so many people in the room, but there was only silence. The air felt stifled, with a little hint of Zhang Xiao Qiangs foot odor! Youngest Cousin-Uncle!* Youre here? Finally, Yang Keer broke the silence, greeting Brother Long! When Zhang Xiao Qiang heard her form of address, his leg almost kicked out at Su Qians face, his entire body slipping onto the floor. He thought of a little childhood rhyme: I have many rtives! Brother Long seemed to have awoken from a dream, walking up to Yang Keer and asked: Youre Brother Chengs daughter? Are you Keer? Shit, how did you grow up so fast? Brother Long could not believe his eyes. Congrattions Brother Long! Thats great, Brother Long found his rtive! He Wen Bin and the rest began to congratte him. Uncle, Im already turning 15! Youve been in for 6 years! Yang Keer reminded him! Keke! No wonder! Thest time I saw you, you were still hanging on to your fathers hands to buy yogurt. When he didnt allow, you sat on the floor and threw a tantrum! Didnt you stop when I gave you a hundred bucks! As Brother Long reminisce, he sighed! Seems like her sulking habit was honed from young? Zhang Xiao Qiang sort of understood why she liked to sulk now. What!! I was still young then! Yang Keer immediately retorted in embarrassment. Wheres your dad and mom? And my mom? How are they? Brother Long became somewhat emotional, after all, even convicts were human, they would still miss their family. Yang Keer was reminded of her own parents when she heard that, her eyes turning red: I have no idea! That day, I was walking on the streets with friends, before being stuck in a truck for 3 months. I made it out of the city with difficulty, and my friends were all eaten by the monsters! Wuwuwuwu...... She began crying, only continuing after a while: Dad, Mum, and Grand Aunt all lived within the city, and thats where most of the monsters were! If I wasnt saved by Brother Cockroach, I would have been eaten! Wuwuwu..... Thinking of the unknown circumstances her family was in, the bitterness in Yang Keers heart was finally released when she met a rtive, and she began to cry her heart out. Hearing her sobs, Brother Longs emotions turned heavy, his eyes bing red as well. He Wen Bin and the rest lowered their head in sadness, also missing and worried about their families! Even Chen Yi was hugging his own head as he thought about his own family. The expressions of thedies beside him couldnt be seen, but tears could be seen dropping from their faces. Zhang Xiao Qiang also felt his feet turning wet from a few drops of tears and noticed Su Qian had stopped her massage, with his stinky feet still in her bosom. Her eyes were dim as she stared straight ahead, her tears flowing freely. Zhang Xiao Qiangs parents had left early, and they had not really suffered. He had also believed that his own sister would be fine. Even he, being a shut-in, had begun training himself in order to survive. His sister, who was stronger than him, would definitely be fine! Therefore, Zhang Xiao Qiang observed the heavy expressions of everyone else with a bystanders point of view. Brother Long wiped his eyes as he spoke up: Alright, lets not dwell on the sad stuff, today is a joyous asion, a truly joyous asion! As he spoke, he turned to face Zhang Xiao Qiang, who stood up hastily to greet him: Brother Long, how do you do! Brother Long is also from Y City? Zhang Xiao Qiang was standing with one foot bare, after all, this was someone elses territory. He could not afford to be toofortable. Furthermore, it was Yang Keers family. Hahaha, its where I was from! Sit sit sit, dont stand on ceremony. Brother Long motioned for Zhang Xiao Qiang to sit down, as he sat down on a long sofa in the middle of the living room himself. He dragged his hand across the surface of the sofa as he asked: How should I address you, little brother? Zhang Xiao Qiangs looks had turned younger after drinking the rainwater twice. He looked about 20+ now. Furthermore, since he had never gone hungry since the apocalypse, plus his constant training, he looked extremely valiant and robust, and caused others to think he was young! Ha! Brother Long is too polite, my nickname is called Cockroach, and its fine not to mention my own name! Zhang Xiao Qiang was truly not at ease with his name! Keke, brother! Now, as long as you have the capability, even if youre called Worm, others would have to call you Grandmaster! Hahaha! Brother Long didnt seem to mind Zhang Xiao Qiangs words, and his demeanor seemed easy-going. Since youve saved Keer, and fed her well, thats ability. How are your skills? It seemed like Brother Long still had not heard about his deeds. Brother Long! Brother Cockroach is truly formidable! Even those monsters that took us 7 or 8 guns to kill, Brother Cockroach took down 6 of them single-handedly! We were all saved by him! He Wen Bin helped to hoist Zhang Xiao Qiangs g so to speak. Yea! Brother Long, you may not know this! Screwdriver and I were stuck on a scaffolding with over a thousand of those monsters, Brother Cockroach had charged into their midst, killing 7 on his way in and another 7 on his way out to rescue me! At first, I thought that it was all over, Screwdriver was also scared witless, he must still be hanging there now! Three also began to boast on behalf of Zhang Xiao Qiang. Keke! Three is exaggerating, I just set some fire, and caused some chaos before I went down to save them! Zhang Xiao Qiang became abashed as he brushed it all aside. Brother Long, you werent there! I followed Brother Cockroach closely all the way, there were at least a thousand of them all around. We killed our way in! I saw Brother Cockroach taking down at least a 100 all by himself! To be honest, my pants still have not dried from me wetting myself earlier! He Wen Bin began to blow up the events, at most, Zhang Xiao Qiang had killed a dozen by ident as he was stumbling about! Yes Brother Long, I saw clearly from the roof, it was Brother Bin who hollered at me toe down! Three did not dare ck off with his part of the tale. Even Old Frank who had remained silent wanted to chip in, but he truly did not know how to express himself, only standing aside and nodding profusely. Brother Long looked at the events, with a pleased and amused expression: Hahaha! A valiant general, you truly are a hero! Today, it truly is a double joyous asion! Bin! Brother Long was happy, and by referring to Zhang Xiao Qiang as a general, he was basically calling himself themander-in-chief. Brother Long, I will follow your instructions! He Wen Bin was like a docilemb as he awaited Brother Longs words. Go, go get 2 chickens from the coop. Today, lets have a good celebration. Also, make sure Old Drunk watches the chickens carefully. Should they be missing a single feather, Ill skin him! Yes! He Wen Bin quickly turned around and hurried to the coop. Haha, Ive allowed little brother to witness a joke! From the beginning, at least half of the chicken had died from hunger, and those hooligans had just eaten mindlessly. By the time Three said it was fine for the chickens toy eggs, there were only a hundred left! I was afraid of them all dying out, hence I got someone to look after them! Brother Long was afraid that Zhang Xiao Qiang might find him miserly, or petty, and began to exin. Su Qian began to dress Zhang Xiao Qiangs foot, putting on his socks and shoes, before working on his other leg. Yang Keer continued to re at him, pouting as she watched. Watching Su Qian take off the socks of his other leg, Zhang Xiao Qiang quickly did the math in his head. Chen Yi had 4 women, Brother Long should also have the same, together that would make 10. He and Yang Keer were 2 and adding on He Wen Bin and the rest, that would be about 20 people. 20 sharing 2 chickens was indeed a little thrifty. Brother Long, this little one had not gained much on my journeys, but I would like to offer a few 100 jins of rice and dried food, I hope that Brother Long doesnt take offense! Zhang Xiao Qiang made the decision to stay here temporarily, and he prepared to hand over part of his stock. Having dried meat everyday was getting nauseating, and Yang Keer didnt eat any fatty meat, why not give it away as a gift? Haha, little bro, youre really straightforward! Not to mention meat, even rice would truly satiate all our palettes here. Even the food in prison cannotpare to it! Brother Long was very appreciative and immediately got Old Frank and Three to help collect the goods. Yang Keer followed them out, keeping watch and ensuring that they didnt touch her secret stash. TN: *Fathers Younger Cousin-Brother (Male Cousin) **I Have Many Rtives: actual direct trantion from the Chinese, The Uncles From My Family, Too Many to Count! Youtube link: https://.youtube/watch?v=2P-s7x7xD_4 I must admit that as I tranted the line about the rest of the people in the house bing sad, I had tears in my eyes as well. I can only imagine if I was in such a situation, and there was no way of finding out any information. There would be that burden. And hearing someone else revealing what was on everyone elses mind, it truly is heartbreaking. I love how the author has bnced the light-heartedness and the severity of the situation at times. Hoping to see more vivid descriptions! Chapter 62: A Problem with Rations! Chapter 62: A Problem with Rations! The 3 women were chased up by Chen Yi, but he didnt disturb Su Qian, allowing her to continue to massage Zhang Xiao Qiang. The 3 men began to chat in the living room, each of themmenting about the state of the world. Yang Keer carried a stic bag of Huanghelou cigarettes, giving them to Brother Long. Chen Yi saw that Brother Long only received 2 packets, and his expression became better, and his words flowed more. However, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt his heart bleed. In one day, he had already taken out 6 packets of those premium cigarettes. Those were 50 a pack! And he had only found them. Brother Long took out a pack, throwing one to Chen Yi, as he lit one and sucked in a deep breath: Brother, you have been living well, eh? Ai! Its truly hard to make a living in this world! Yang Keer seemed to want to say something before Zhang Xiao Qiang coughed slightly and shot her a look, and she excused herself to go out for some air. Zhang Xiao Qiang was naturally unwilling to let Yang Keer reveal the secret base. Those resources had been painstakingly stocked up by the both of them, and he didnt want to just hand it over like that. Furthermore, the cave had always been the backup n, if he couldnt continue out there in the outside world, at least he would still have a home. Not long after, He Wen Bin came in, dering that the food was ready, and they all went into the dining area. The interior design of the kitchen was pretty decent, and the huge round table had a rotating ss top. 12 high wooden chairs were already arranged, and the surrounding wallpaper had some hints of gold. A few calligraphy scrolls hung on the walls, it was just that the previous owner had not much taste. There were Chinese-style drawings as well as oil paintings from the western world that were just randomly hung together. Near the wall, there was even a small idol of Guan Yu. The Guan Yu idol had a freezer on its left, and on the right, a chilled wine rack. They were both empty at the moment. The dishes on the rotating ss top was simple, there was a huge bowl of egg white soup, a te of dried meat and fried vegetables. There was also a te of chicken that had no seasoning added, as some other vegetables. On top of that, there were some fried potato chips and a bowl of hot pot chicken. When Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest had just sat down, 2 men walked in, one of about 1.65m, and his body sturdy. He had a full beard and looked like a dwarf from games. He had a leather jacket, and his muscles looked like they were about to rip the jacket apart. It didnt seem to be made of genuine materials... The other man was the exact opposite. He was tall, towering at 1.8m, extremely skinny, and if it werent for his pupils, people might mistake him for a zombie. He had a balding hairline, with the top part extremely shiny, and his face was ordinary, save for his vulture-like eyes. It gave people an ufortable feeling. Haha! You guys are back? Comeee, sit and eat. Brother Cockroach, let me introduce them to you, this is Cannon. Brother Long pointed to the dwarf and said. Cannon has a fiery temper and can tolerate a beating. He had challenged 10 people once, and managed to kill 5 of them! He truly is something! Cannon nodded silently, his eyes fixated on the meat on the table. Brother Long then pointed to the tall one, This is Vulture, and he had imed a number of lives before working for S Citys boss. Vulture did not say anything, just watching the expressions of everyone, no one knew what he was thinking. Damn, we truly walked into the lions den. Zhang Xiao Qiang cursed inwardly but smiled at the two. There was a total of 9 people seated at the table. Other than Zhang Xiao Qiang and Yang Keer, there was He Wen Bin and the other 2, Brother Long, Chen Yi and the 2 neers. The women had disappeared. It seemed like not everybody had the qualifications to eat. Even Old Hairy was not present. Brother Long also introduced Zhang Xiao Qiang and Yang Keer to the two men, before dering the start of the beast. 4 women who looked ordinary then came in, as they began to serve rice and white wine. They didnt look too healthy, walking somewhat crookedly. Their clothes were untidy also, although they were clean. As they poured the wine and served the rice, Brother Long listened to Vulture and Cannons reports. Brother Long, most of the ces have been cleaned. The rest are too dangerous, we dont dare to get too close! Vulture was talking about the spoils today. Yea, Brother Long! Today I brought men and charged into a small shop, and only managed get some cigarettes and wine, as well as some instant noodles. Cannon also muttered bitterly. Today, we left with 10, came back with 5. If it wasnt for Brother Cockroach, none of us might have made it! He Wen Binmented. Everyone had ugly expressions, only the littless was digging into her chicken and drinking her soup. How much more rations do we have? Brother Long asked solemnly. Adding on to what Brother Cockroach brought, we have about 700 jin. The 15 women need to eat about 20 jin each day. The men who go out to scavenge have about 50 jin. The current rations would onlyst us for another 10 days or so. After which, we would have to rely on the chicken feed! He Wen Bin began to calcte for Brother Long, and the men looked worse. Zhang Xiao Qiang found himself worried as well, wondering if it was a mistake to join them. Only Yang Keer didnt seem to bother, continuing to eat. She had long since relied on the backup n of the cave, and because of that, she was truly unworried! Why not we control the ration, each person can only take half from today onwards. Chen Yi suggested. Brother Long thought for a while, then shook his head: If they dont eat their fill, they might not be able to transport items even if they were found! Or shall we mix half rations half chicken feed? Three also piped in. Brother Long had not even replied when He Wen Bin spoke up: Those who dare to head out look forward to the food, if were all to eat the chicken feed, who would still go out and risk their lives? Lets stop talking about these unfortunate things,e lets dig in. Brother Long called an end to the discussion, as he stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth. Everyone also began to eat and drink: Today is supposed to be a celebration for Brother Cockroach. Come, lets down some wine. Brother Long held up his cup and toasted. Zhang Xiao Qiang also decided to throw his thoughts to the back of his mind, downing a toast as well. Great! Straightforward! The men called out, and like that, one cup after another, they began to drink. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not know how he came to be lying in this foreign bed, he just knew he threw up a few times. When he was peeing, he didnt even fumble with his Little Xiao Qiang. Heid there in the dark, not being able to sleep. His head was aching dully, yet his mind was clear. With all that he had seen and heard today, even if he knew the apocalyptic world was truly cruel, and living was not easy, he had not expected things to be this bad. Thinking back to how Su Qian had to thank her assaulter even after being beaten, and those women who had to kneel like dogs, and those men who were sallow-looking outside. He thought back to the ungrateful Xie Yuan Shan, the deranged man who had eaten his beloved wife, as well as the young man who had killed his whole family beforemitting suicide. Zhang Xiao Qiang had never thought of himself as a good person,pared to Chen Yi and Brother Long, he was practically a saint that one had to make friends with even at ones deathbed. He wasnt some big person, nor was he some all capable person, he just wanted to find some government to rely on. Ever since he was blocked by the D2 and was told that there might be a monster in WH City, he had somewhat lost sight of his goal. He had even thrown his lot in with these convicts, watching women being belittled, and he could do nothing. He didnt know what his next move should be, nor what direction he should be moving towards. He looked at the photo in the Nokia phone and the photo of the lovable and pretty little girl. He looked and was lost in thought when he was suddenly filled with a hope. The hope to find a pretty girl, to settle down and have a bunch of kids, and ensure the continuity of his family line. He ced the phone down and didnt feel like his heart was so empty. Having found a goal again, he wanted to live on, and continue his bloodline, and to have family visiting him for the many new years toe! Even though his head felt like splitting, his heart was somewhat secure. He didnt have to bother how others led their lives. As long as his own life was ok, he would be satisfied. He didnt have to bother being a hero. Just like Chen Yi said, without any ability, and if one didnt want to go out and work for food, then chicken feed was all they deserve. Zhang Xiao Qiang continuedying down quietly, awaiting the alcohol-induced state to wear off. Once the headache subsided, he would be able to sleep well. The door opened, and a silhouette entered, before closing the door. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt for his .54 gun under the pillow andid quietly under the nkets. He awaited the person to slowlye over. The silhouette was not used to the dark and was moving about slowly. The house was extremely quiet, and one could hear the weng weng sounds from a generator outside in the distance. Chapter 63: Form Does not Differ From the Void, And the Void Does Not Differ From Form Chapter 63: Form Does not Differ From the Void, And the Void Does Not Differ From Form. Zhang Xiao Qiang slowly sat up, and pulled the handgun out, aiming at the silhouette. He then used his left hand to ess the shlight function from the Nokia. Without alerting the shadow, he just slowly waited. He didnt know whether it was Yang Keer or someone else, or if the person had malicious intent or not. He just prepared silently, till the person reached the bed. When the shadow reached the bed, it stopped, and Zhang Xiao Qiang heard a shuffling sound, as though someone was taking off clothes. Did I sleep in the wrong room? He did not dare move carelessly, as he wasnt sure how he came to be in this room. Hisst impression was not being able to reach for Little Xiao Qiang when he tried to pee, and when he looked down, he had then slumped to the floor with no memory afterward. When he awoke, he was naked, lying on this soft bed. His handphone and gun had been ced under the pillow, his clothes and military de were ced neatly by the side. Seeing the gun and the military knife, he had then heaved a sigh of relief and proceeded to rx to await sleep. Brother Long was Yang Keers uncle and naturally would not mistreat Yang Keer. Furthermore, that stinkyss was not vulnerable at all. If she could use more of her brains, Zhang Xiao Qiang wouldnt be a match for her at all. Of course, these were just words. Yang Keers daily attitude to things was Its your business, nothing to do with me. As long as there was food and things to y, she couldnt care if you led her towards a ditch. Who knows, she might follow you in herself. Alright, enough of empty words! After removing clothes, Zhang Xiao Qiang caught a scent of a woman, as a warm and soft hand felt its way up Zhang Xiao Qiangs leg, before slowly reaching up to grab the slightly aroused Little Xiao Qiang. Then, the entire bed shook as she climbed up the bed and lowered her head under the nkets. As the woman grabbed Little Xiao Qiang, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt like a sensation as though a thousand ants were climbing up his abdomen, as the gentle hand began to stroke up and down, almost igniting his long-time reserve ammo. He quickly took a deep breath, and imagined the woman to be some 1.5m short and fat woman of more than 108kg, forcefully bringing down his arousal and the excited Little Xiao Qiang. It was just like that saying: Its all in the mind! Who knew if this was a trap! As the woman lowered her head and licked his thighs, before waiting for her to continue, he ced the cold hard gun at her forehead. Her entire body froze in terror, as the movement of her hands stopped. He then shone the shlight abruptly in her face, causing her to squint in the sudden light, not daring to move, waiting to see what Zhang Xiao Qiang did. He held the .54 pistol against her head, while his other hand held up the Nokia with its shlight function. Sluggish. The expression on Zhang Xiao Qiangs face was that: sluggish and shocked. Could this guy even disy such a reaction? The woman in front of him was stark naked, her eyes shut tightly for fear of being killed. Her thick lush long hair was draped around her shoulders, and under the light, it shone a slight blue. Her clean and pretty face was unblemished, and those willowy eyebrows of hers were without any scratch. Goodness, could such an angel exist? Was she born like that?! Her cheeks were flushed slightly red, not from makeup, but from her skin, it was the healthy glow of a countryside girl! The bridge of her nose was high and sharp, but not excessively so, as though it was a sculpture carefully carved by a Greek artisan. Her slightly thick lips gave her face an added appeal, and as she was halfway in between his legs, he could not see her front. Only her back was revealed outside of the nket, yet her delicate and smooth skin, coupled with that shapely figure of hers was enough to cause ones mouth to water! Who are you? In such an environment, Zhang Xiao Qiang became even more guarded. He did not know who was behind this woman who had offered herself. She was extremely beautiful but having been a hermit for almost 7 years in his life, he had cultivated a powerful perseverance, adding on to his age, he was naturally not some young punk controlled by his hormones or used his Little Xiao Qiang to think! I, I was sent by Brother Long to serve you! Im Yuan Yi! Her voice was clear and bell-like, and her clean and clear Chinese, unmarred by ents, was like a teenager reading a poem. It was extremely soothing to the ears. As she got used to the light from the Nokia, she slowly opened her eyes. Her ss-like eyes were numb, with a gaze that did not hold much hope. She was not embarrassed about being nude in front of Zhang Xiao Qiang, instead, staring at the cold gun quietly, waiting for Zhang Xiao Qiang to make his decision. Go back! I just want to sleep quietly. Tell Brother Long I thank him for his intentions! Zhang Xiao Qiang massaged his temple as he said dully. It was a lie if he said he wasnt tempted. Yuan Yi had an aloof aura, which was unique, like the cold and proud gem amongst snow. Her features were like a fairys that did not belong to the mortal world, and what was even more enticing was that this fairy-likedy was currently prepared to do what a callgirl would do. Such a huge contrast was enough to cause Zhang Xiao Qiang to give in! However, he saw the conflict between Brother Long and Chen Yi, and although Brother Long was Yang Keers uncle, and was from the same hometown as he was, and even if he didnt like Chen Yi, he didnt want to get involved in their struggle. After the matter with Xie Yuan Shan, he knew how unfathomable the human heart was. Brother Long and Chen Yi had both been convicts that made it out from the jails. Their subordinates were the same. If Brother Long got rid of Chen Yi, then as the saying goes the fox would be sad at the death of the hare*, and he would lose the support of his men. In this world, where there was danger everywhere, one would lose his or her life if not careful. If the remaining humans did not band together, and still engaged in inner conflicts, then they would be gobbled up by the zombies. Likewise, for Chen Yi, he might not be supportive of Brother Long, but he would not kill Brother Long. If he did so, he would risk the subordinates not approving of him, and he could not just kill everyone who did not agree! There were many humans left anymore, with the death of each person, it was another huge loss to the human race. Like this, Zhang Xiao Qiang became the important piece. First, he was an outsider and didnt have any rtions with the people within. He was also a strong person. If either of them made use of him to deal with the other, then the rest would not say anything. At least they would not suffer a loss of face, and they can make use of the opportunity to deal with him in the manner of justice. There was a saying: To keep the bow when the birds are gone, as well as when the cunning hare was killed, the dog is cooked. Zhang Xiao Qiang was not like Yang Keer, and wasnt stupid. He had seen plenty of dramas and power struggles to know that what the 2 heads were nning. He did not want to be the hound that was cooked! Hence, by maintaining his distance as the 3rd party, it was the best move for him! He could deal with the zombies, and even if he met the D2, who said he could not deal with it? Furthermore, he had saved He Wen Bin and the rest, and they held him in awe. They wouldnt dare to backstab him, after all, not everyone was like Xie Yuan Shan. Zhang Xiao Qiang was truly helpless. Seeing the beauty in front of him, he was truly tempted, and Little Xiao Qiang was getting active again. However, he maintained his calm and started chanting: When the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, Was Coursing in the Deep Prajna Paramita, He Perceived That All Five Skandhas Are Empty. Thus He Overcame All Ills and Suffering. Oh, Sariputra, Form Does not Differ From the Void, And the Void Does Not Differ From Form. Form is Void and Void is Form; The Same is True For Feelings, Perceptions, Volitions, and Consciousness Sariputra, the Characteristics of the Voidness of All Dharmas Are Non-Arising, Non-Ceasing, Non-Defiled, Non-Pure, Non-Increasing, Non-Decreasing... He put on an air of a gentleman while looking at the absolutely stunning and inviting figure of Yuan Yi in front of him. TN: For those whore interested in learning idioms: http://cltv.hellomandarin/discussion/2011/04/19/learn-chinese-the-fox-is-sad-at-the-death-of-the-hare-chinese-online-ss/ For those interested in the Heart Sutra: http://.buddh/e-learning/heartstr.htm When I was growing up, Singapore used to air many films made about the 8 Immortals, Journey to the West, and many other Wuxia and Xianxia shows. The Heart Sutra was very popr then. Chapter 64: Kill Me! Chapter 64: Kill Me! Yuan Yi did not move, instead, she looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang and said coldly: Then just kill me now. If youre afraid of making the bed dirty, you can do it outside. Brother Long would not me you! Zhang Xiao Qiangs expression turned steely and he became enraged. Ever since Xie Yuan Shan had held the crossbow against him and threatened Yang Keer, he vowed to never let anyone threaten him! And this woman in front actually dared to use her own life?! Scram! Get the hell away! I dont want to see you again! He roared at Yuan Yi. He really hated her threat, forcing him to do something against his wishes. Yuan Yi did not move and maintained her cool expression, her emotions not faltering. She just continued to stare at Zhang Xiao Qiang woodenly. Seeing that she did not express the intention to move, remaining sprawled in front of him, even her hand was still on Little Xiao Qiang, his anger intensified. He had never seen such a shameless person before. His right leg tensed, ready to kick her off the bed. However, just as he was about to lift it, he recalled a memory. When he was in the 1st year of high school, even after a girl pped him, he did not retaliate. It was because his father had told him, a mans anger should be aimed at another man, under no circumstances could he raise his hand against a woman. It didnt matter how good the reason, exnation or excuse was. The moment a man raised his hand against a woman, he was not fit to be one. The freshest memory in Zhang Xiao Qiangs mind was before his father had told him this, there was once he had got in a scuffle with his sister, fighting over a toy. He had then shoved her, which earned him a long beating with his fathers belt. When the beating was over, before his mind cleared up to ask the reason he was being disciplined, his father had then said this. Even his previous threat to Yang Keer was to scare her. As he eyed the thick-skinned woman in front of him, he felt aggrieved. Especially since his Little Xiao Qiang was still in her grasp. It made even more painful. So you want to die? He asked in a strange tone, like a pervert asking a little girl if she wanted sweets. Yuan Yi looked back at him seriously, and nodded! She seemed to heave a sigh of relief and her tense body rxed. She even released her grip on Little Xiao Qiang. Following that, Zhang Xiao Qiang also breathed out, and Little Xiao Qiang became less on edge. See this? Its a military grade knife, and its extremely sharp. You know those man-eating monsters right? Ive used this to kill a number of them. Now, Im lending it to you, go out and just slice your artery. You should then feel something spurting out! After that, you should begin to lose your strength and feeling. All thats left is to face your fate. Go on! Remember to close the door on the way out! Thanks! He wanted to chase her away, his headache had subsided, and he was ready for some good sleep. However, Yuan Yi stayed where she was, as she looked at the knife, and thought for a while before shaking her head: If I wanted tomit suicide, I would have long done so. Do you think I enjoy living life like this, without a future, without hope, being on tenterhooks everyday? She became agitated, and her expressionless mask began to break down, as tears welled up in her eyes. He looked at her helplessly. It had truly been an exhausting day, and he was subjected to drinks after. He really wanted to sleep, now he was in this situation with this woman whom he wanted to beat but could not. And here she was, trying to pour out her sorrows. Yuan Yi began to calm down, as her emotions returned to its tranquil state. Her eyes dimmed again. Just kill me. Ill be grateful. Really! Take it as showing me mercy, please! She began to plead again, it seemed as though she really wanted to die! He felt his headacheing back again. This time, it was not due to the alcohol. He really was at his wits end towards this woman who would not stop pestering him. He didnt mind killing, feeding Xie Yuan Shan to the zombies was proof of him not being weak-willed. It all boiled down to him being an otaku, a nerd, a shut-in. He wasnt a killer by nature and had been forced to do it. There was no enmity between Yuan Yi and him. Furthermore, she was good-looking. If Brother Long was not trying to rope him in, he wouldnt have had this chance of encountering such a fairy-like person. He cant use the excuse of her disturbing his sleep to kill her after all. Give it up! I wont kill you, if youre not going to leave, Ill call for someone to drag you away! No! Yuan Yi eximed in shock! She seemed to be anxious about Zhang Xiao Qiang chasing her out and hugged his body tightly. He immediately felt her voluptuous chest wrapping around his Little Xiao Qiang, which stood at attention almost instantly, as though ready to break into the national anthem. This time, the 2 of them were truly skin on skin, without a shred of clothing nor space between them. His already wavering resolve was threatening to shatter, as Yuan Yis body was extremely cool to the touch, and the sudden contact caused his mind to clear up again. He began to squirm and try to push Yuan Yi away, wrapping himself in the nket tightly, and looked at her as he thought: Damn it, I almost lost it right there! Just a little and there would have been an explosion! After being pushed away by Zhang Xiao Qiang, Yuan Yi did not continue to grab him, as she sat by the bed in all her naked glory. She looked to him and said: You can either kill me or fuck me. I wont leave either way! Zhang Xiao Qiang did not look at her and got off the bed. He did not care if he was seen naked, and he began to dress with the clothes by the bedside. She watched on at a loss, not knowing what to do. The cold atmosphere was palpable, as she gripped the corner of the bed tightly while biting her lip, to the point it almost bled. Zhang Xiao Qiang wore his clothes and made his way to the door: Since you insist on staying here, you can keep staying here. This Brother here is not going to wait, I shall just go out and sleep on the floor, anyway, Im used to such a lifestyle! Seeing him about to step out, Yuan Yi became like a frightened kitten as she leaped from the bed and ran to his side, kneeling on the ground and grabbing his legs, not letting go. Zhang Xiao Qiang tried to brush her off, but her grip was like a soft-shell turtle not letting go. No matter how he tried, he couldnt get her to move. He was beginning to get irritated again. He had finallye across a girl that was even more thick-skinned and shameless than Yang Keer! Thinking how Yang Keer would most likely be as exasperating as this woman in front of him, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt a chill in his heart. Seeing Yuan Yi burrowing her head between his legs, Zhang Xiao Qiang was feeling extremely dejected. He suddenly felt that zombies were a lot more adorable. Even handling the D2 was so much cuter than this Yuan Yi. He was even willing to have another go with the D2 than handle this Yuan Yi. Women were more dangerous than zombies? This was his thought. What the hell do you want? I told you, I wont kill women! Be it an 80 year old or 8 years old, I wont kill! Thats my principle! Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the ostrich-like Yuan Yi and sighed in exasperation. He then decided to go at it the harsh way: Dont expect me to get in bed with you, I have OCD, and I dont like to have used goods. He said this with a resolute face, his gaze turning bitter, as though he had just termed her as trash. Yuan Yi did not say anything, nor make any moves, she just grabbed on tightly. Seeing that she was still not budging, his anger began deting. If youre not letting go, Im going to shout for help, and you cant me me if others saw you like that. He was really running out of options, thinking to call for help, hoping that someone was nearby. Yuan Yi swung her head up violently, looking at him with a pitiful gaze: Please, Brother Long said, if I dont treat you properly, he would feed me to those monsters! He would really do it! I want to die, but I dont want to die like that! I saw how they ate other people....Im scared....Im really scared!! This time, Zhang Xiao Qiang was really speechless and out of options. He knew Brother Long was not a saint at all, he could do whatever he want. Especially since that, the food was running low, having one less person meant less expenditure. Zhang Xiao Qiang could really harden his resolve not to care, and allow her to be fed to the zombies, but it would be no different from ending her life himself. Dudu.... The Nokias ran out of battery as it beeped, and the room was then plunged into darkness. The 2 of them continued to stay where they were, and the moonlight outside grew more lively, spilling into the room. It illuminated the room once again, as the temperature dropped further. Yuan Yi was still naked, and she shivered in the cold. A little squeaky sound broke the silence, as a small figure darted into the room, before stopping in ce at the sight of the 2 of them. Chapter 65: One doesn’t have to stand on ceremony with a brother’s wife?! Chapter 65: One doesnt have to stand on ceremony with a brothers wife?! Zhang Xiao Qiang and Yuan Yi turned to look at the person in shock. Under the moonlight, the scene in the room was revealed for all to see. Yuan Yi, who was kneeling on the floor, hugging Zhang Xiao Qiangs legs tightly. She looked like a beautiful jade sculpture, her fair white skin glowing with radiance under the moonlight. Zhang Xiao Qiang was in his army cks, being hugged by her, it gave the feeling as though a newlywed bride was unwilling to see her husband off, and the person who had just entered stood there nkly, eyeing them and was apparently shocked herself. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the person and felt like banging his head on the wall. One woman was enough to cause him problems, now there were 2, how could he not feel like killing himself?! Yes, thats right, the person who came in was Su Qian. Her long hair was currently tied up, and she wore light makeup, wearing a light chiffon dress. Under the moonlight, it could be seen that there was nothing underneath the dress, and adding on to Su Qians good looks, it gave off a mature and alluring vibe. Although she wasnt as pretty as Yuan Yi, she was hot and extremely charming to make up for it. It seemed as though Chen Yi really didnt mind his own loneliness, and had actually gotten Su Qian toe over, just to get on his good side. Is it, as they say, one doesnt have to stand on ceremony with a brothers wife?! Su Qian stood there nkly for awhile, before stepping forwards and hugged Zhang Xiao Qiang from behind. Her breasts pressed against his back, it was as though she wasnt wearing anything! He could clearly make out the softness of the two peaches on his back. Su Qian! Not you too! Please go out! I wont touch you guys today. Im really tired, I want to rest! Zhang Xiao Qiang endured the tititing feeling and wanted to chase Su Qian out as well. Su Qians body froze, as she immediately stopped what she was doing, and knelt on the floor. She began to kowtow profusely, knocking her forehead against the cold hard floor, causing dull thuds. In this quiet and dark night, Zhang Xiao Qiang heard them very clearly. He was of a more favorable impression of Su Qianpared to Yuan Yi. After all, Su Qian had taken his really smelly feet and massaged them like it was nothing, being extremely meticulous at the same time. Furthermore, she seemed more vulnerable than Yuan Yi and caused one to feel the need to protect her. What was more, she didnt try to bargain with Yuan Yi, instead just pleading silently! Get up please! Seeing Su Qians forehead turning slightly bruised, Zhang Xiao Qiang could not hold it anymore and spoke out. She was extremely well-behaved after Zhang Xiao Qiang said that, she immediately stopped, and stood up. Without waiting for anything, she continued to hug him, just waiting silently with her head lowered. Dont tell me you will also be fed to the zombies if you dont do it with me? Zhang Xiao Qiang asked in exasperation. He did not believe Chen Yi was willing to do so, as Su Qians quality was easily the top 2 amongst Chen Yis women! To men, having a beautiful woman was a sort of treasure to be unted after all. Su Qian nodded profusely, lifting her head to look at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Seeing that he didnt believe her, she became even more anxious and spoke her first words since entering the room. Its true, really! Brother Long and Brother Yi had saved a pair of twinsst month, and they were both extremely pretty. Ive never seen such beautiful girls before. Their tempers were slightly bad though and was a bit hard to control. Both Brother Long and Brother Yi had one twin each. The elder twin didnt follow Brother Longs instructions, and wouldsh out from time to time, so Brother Long tied her up and fed her to the zombies. When Brother Yi saw that, he also fed the younger twin to the zombies. We all watched from the sides, not daring to look away, as Brother Long had said then, whoever did not watch would be fed as well! Yuan Yi began trembling as she heard the recount, it was apparent that she remembered the scene, and her hands exerted more pressure to hug Zhang Xiao Qiang. She buried her face deep in between his legs. Zhang Xiao Qiang was really caught in between 2 hard ces. How can he just leave them alone like this? Or should he bring them to Brother Long and Brother Yi and do them together? That was utter bullshit, he couldnt even stand the sight of rape, robbery, how could he bring himself to do it? However, he was even more unwilling to get embroiled in their power struggle, how could one be willing to be the good hound only to be cookedter? Seeing Su Qian with her lowered gaze, as well as the thick-skinned and stubborn Yuan Yi, he was weighing the pros and cons of the various ways out, when an idea suddenly struck him. Got it. Be it Brother Long or Chen Yi, both were trying to pull him in. If he epted Brother Longs good intentions, it would mean offending Chen Yi, and the same goes for the other way round. However, if he decided to ept both of their goodwill, then he would offend both, or it could be that they might not be offended at all. In any case, both of them will stay on the same starting line. Neither of them would have gained any benefits. Thinking up to this point, Zhang Xiao Qiang rxed. Since he decided toe here, to heck with it, might as well just offend the both of them. Since they were still at loggerheads, they wouldnt have the time to concern themselves with him. He would just take one step at a time. Yuan Yi, get up! Rx, I wont chase you off! He spoke to Yuan Yi, who hesitated. Seeing that Zhang Xiao Qiang was starting to get annoyed with her dy, she stood up. His impression of her got even worse, seeing that she wanted him to help her but couldnt bring herself to trust him, what in the world was this supposed to be? Does the world still possess any moral qualities? Zhang Xiao Qiang went back to the bed, taking of his clothes and leaving his underwear on before burrowing into bed. He then turned his head to the 2 women and said: Make yourselvesfortable. He closed his eyes peacefully, finallying to a solution to his headache. He began to fall asleep, and felt the light shaking of the bed, as both women crawled into bed with him, as both reached out simultaneously for Little Xiao Qiang. Little Xiao Qiang was threatening to stand up again, and Zhang Xiao Qiang sat up and sighed: Damn it, are you guys done?! Whatever the hell you guys want to do, please do it yourselves, Im really tired, please! I just want to sleep! OK?! The both of them instantly became docile, and shifted outwards, creating some distance between Zhang Xiao Qiang and themselves. He plopped back down and began to sleep. Squeak The door was opened again, and this time, a girl with a washboard figure came in shining the light on her phone! Uncle?! You dare to sleep around behind my back?! How could you do this to me?!! I spent so much effort to help you transport stuff! Aiya! Youre so disgusting, you actually found 2 at the same time?! Yang Keer was obviously concerned about Zhang Xiao Qiang and hade in to check. His drowsiness was again chased away by Yang Keer, and as he sat up to look at her, and looking again to his left and right, where both Yuan Yi and Su Qian had their heads on the pillows, he couldnt help but mutter: What the fuck..... Are we supposed to be ying mahjong here?! Chapter 66: You’re not allowed to look! Chapter 66: Youre not allowed to look! It was another bright and sunny day, as the warm rays of sunshine shone on the bed. The beam of light managed tond on Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes, and the heat caused Zhang Xiao Qiang to wake up. He opened his eyes and stared up nkly for a while before his head cleared. Yang Keer was like a ko bear hugging Zhang Xiao Qiang tightly, causing his hands to be somewhat numb. Her head was by his face, and her warmth breath blew on his face consistently. He could smell her breath and knew for certain she had been brushing her teeth religiously thrice a day, it seemed as though thement previously had been stored in her mind. The nket had been kicked aside by Yang Keer in her sleep, who was wearing a set of sexy pink lingerie. However, due to her figure, the bra was just hanging loosely, while her budding chest was revealed in the bright morning light. The little pink dots caused one to covet them. Yang Keers drool had smeared all over Zhang Xiao Qiangs shoulder. Together with her long hair, it made him ufortable. What was worse, the lingerie she was wearing was precisely the set that he had hidden beneath his bag. He couldnt get angry, and he didnt care anymore. It was enough as long as those 2 that he had secretly stashed in an ultra secret location and was safe, she couldnt possibly find them. He then realized his legs were stuck in between something, soft and springy. He couldnt help but began to wiggle his toes, and when he suddenly felt something the size of a peanut, and he tightened his toes. Mm From his feet, the sound of a females voice greeted him, and after that soft moan, the peanut-like thing brushed against his toes again. He looked towards the end of the bed and discovered 2 shapes wrapped in the nkets. He knew they must be Yuan Yi and Su Qian, having been chased to the end of the bed by Yang Keer. They were huddled together, not daring to move, and spent the night like that. Seeing the 2 nket-wrapped shapes, Zhang Xiao Qiang thought back to the previous night, when Yang Keer had discovered the 2 women sleeping by Zhang Xiao Qiangs side and was incredibly angry. She began to mouth off as she lectured him. Zhang Xiao Qiang was always of the idea that the man makes his own decisions. He had been strongly for this idea, and it was the style of his Zhang family. Hence, he became furious and did not speak, looking at her quietly instead, but coldly. When Yang Keer saw his look, she became frightened and shut her mouth, lowering her head as she drew circles with her feet. You dont have to meddle in my business, understand? Zhang Xiao Qiang had told her off in an incredibly harsh warning tone, and she had nodded to show that she understood, but she did not look at him, obviously not satisfied. I will not bother with your matters also! Got it?! Zhang Xiao Qiang felt extremelyfortable then. Long live male supremacy! To hell with the envious housewives! When Yang Keer heard that, she had lifted her head in surprise, and began nodding, her expression pleased. Seeing the 2 female sleeping wear on the ground, she puffed up her cheek again, stomping on the nightgowns on the floor. It seemed like a womans jealousy was not determined by age! When Zhang Xiao Qiang began exining the circumstances of Yuan Yi and Su Qian, Yang Keer began to feel sympathy for them, of course, her goodwill was only directed towards women, she couldnt care less about the men. Atst, Yang Keer had agreed to let them stay in the room, but her jealousy made her tell them to sleep at the beds end. She slept right beside Zhang Xiao Qiang in that lingerie of hers, while Yuan Yi and Su Qian had obeyed, curling up like little puppies at the edge of the bed, not daring to overstep their boundaries. The peanut-like shape stopped brushing past his feet, and the shape on the right began to squirm a little. Zhang Xiao Qiang then suddenly felt his toe being engulfed in a warm and wet ce, as an active tongue began roaming everywhere on his feet, licking him consistently. The feeling was incrediblyfortable, and he had never experienced something like this before. Little Xiao Qiang had been subjected to tormentst night began to stand again, as the nket form a small tent over his private area. It seemed as though the scene was extremely familiar. Come to think of it, wasnt there a scene like that in one of Shiratori Sakuras films?* The person under the nkets on the right side seemed to be Yuan Yi, as Zhang Xiao Qiang seem to recall her lying on the right side. He never expected for her to be so bold and passionate, as opposed to her cool exterior. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt have a good impression of her in the first ce, seeing that she couldnt live or die, but still wanted to maintain a sense of feminine strength about her. Zhang Xiao Qiang was brought up in a chauvinistic setting and had no favorable intentions towards such women. Instead, the vulnerable Su Qian, while not as pretty as Yuan Yi, or as charming in terms of demeanor, Zhang Xiao Qiang preferred her more, solely because she felt more woman-like! Doing this, Yuan Yi was basically going against her pride. If it was Su Qian, Zhang Xiao Qiang might have felt embarrassed and told her to stop. As for Yuan Yi? Zhang Xiao Qiang allowed himself to enjoy the service by Yuan Yi, and when his left leg felt extremely good, he reached out with his right foot, without any sense of shame. He picked up on Yuan Yis infuriating shamelessness, and thought to himself: Did I wash my feet yesterday? Hmm, what if I didnt? Heh heh.... Suddenly, Yang Keer moved, and opened her eyes groggily, before she stared nkly at Zhang Xiao Qiang. YA! She screamed out, and when Yuan Yi heard her scream, she also stopped licking, grabbing his feet in front of her breasts instead, and stopped moving. Yang Keer began to stammer: You..you..you... why are you in my bed? She then began to check herself, and when she noticed her budding breasts revealed, she immediately dove under the nket, and began to moan again: Its over, its over, Im seen again!! I have no more face to face others! She began to kick out as she cried out, and unfortunately, the one sleeping at her feet area was Su Quan. Su Qian was just being kicked at constantly, without making a noise, and not moving. She just endured the kicks silently! Zhang Xiao Qiang could not watch on anymore and told Yang Keer: Stop your crying, why dont you think back aboutst night? She stopped, and sank into her thoughts, before her face flushed in embarrassment: Hehe! Sorry! It didnt ur to me! Whats more, being seen by my own husband is normal! After that, Yang Keer dove into his arms, her head burrowed in his chest. She then began to sniff at him. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at her speechless, what about the poor Su Qian whose face must be covered in bruises by now?! Yang Keer raised her head, and her moon-like eyes looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang and asked: Is this the rumored male scent? Howe it smells just like my dad? Is it all the smell of cigarettes? At this, Zhang Xiao Qiang knew for sure he didnt bathe! How did Yuan Yi force herself to do it? Maybe Brother Long also didnt like to bathe? Yuan Yi began to move again, as her tongue began to work its way. However, Zhang Xiao Qiang had lost his mood. Get up! He smacked Yang Keers bottom, and nudged Yuan Yi, expressing for her to get dressed. Hua Both Yuan Yi and Su Qian came out of the covers at the same time, as 2 beautiful and mature women revealed themselves, without a shred of clothing. Those beautiful, bouncing peaks flowed with their actions, and the light red color of their nipples was extremely enticing. Su Qian had pointy breasts, not sagging in the slightest, as they faced forwards. Yuan Yi had those half-ball types, very full and firm, and seemed perfect to hold! Ah! Yang Keer cried out again and jumped up to grab his face, her mouth muttering: Youre not allowed to look, youre not allowed to look. The two of you! Howe youre not wearing anything?! Zhang Xiao Qiang pried her hands away and swiveled to look at Yang Keer. Have you forgotten what you saidst night? No matter whether I get involved with other women, or the kind of women I hang out with, those are my matters! You can choose not to look if youre notfortable! His threat was obviously effective, after all, Yang Keer wasnt even 15, and had not even fallen in love properly. Now, she was up against a chauvinist, and had been lectured into silence! I was the one to follow you the earliest! Youve seen everything of mine! You must take responsibility! She looked down at her sexy lingerie, her voice small. I got it! As long as youre obedient, I wont ignore you! He waved his hands. Also! I want preferential treatment! She looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang, intending to bargain. Preferential treatment? He looked at her and nodded, and she immediately lit up with joy. If you want preferential treatment, sure, wait till youre fully developed! Zhang Xiao Qiang followed up with a K.O. Yang Keer looked down at her quail eggs, and hung her head in dejection. TN: Shiratori Sakura C A JAV film actress. Search at your own risk. NSFW Chapter 67: I want to return the goods! Chapter 67: I want to return the goods! At this time, Yuan Yi and Su Qian had already finished dressing and stood aside to await Zhang Xiao Qiangs instructions. When Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at them, his eyeballs almost popped out. Su Qian was decked in that almost translucent night gown, and in the daylight, her figure was even more apparent. Her twin peaks were caused the fabric to curve around her chest area, and her garden below could also be vaguely seen. Yuan Yi had more clothes on, her top consisted of a ck tank top the width of a finger, covering only her nipples, while the most of her breasts were still visible. Below, she wore a pair of jeans that covered her thighs, while her long and slender calves were revealed. Zhang Xiao Qiang could not keep his eyes from roving all over their figures. He knew this room was on the first level, so if he went out, it would directly be the living room. From yesterday, he knew that people would definitely be moving through the living room, who knows, Three and Old Frank might currently be sitting outside. If the women went out like this, there would be a feast for everyones eyes. Brother Long and Brother Yi would definitely not be happy as well, should he get the women to dress more appropriately? He began to search the room, hoping to find some articles of clothing. He opened up a cupboard, only to discover that it was empty, with Zhang Xiao Qiangs backpack inside. Seeing it, his eyes lit up. He had kept plenty of emergency articles within, including food, cigarettes, and water. Of course, there were some clothes that were clean as well, and some military uniforms. It was suitable for them to wear. He opened his backpack and began to rummage through it, as the food items were ced at the top. In a stic bag, there were some cooked pig ears and pig tails. There were also some piles of pork meat. He took all these items out and ced them aside. Underneath those, there were the cooked wheat grains, some bread. These were the items that didnt perish easily! Gulp! As he was searching, he heard the sounds of swallowing. He raised his head and saw Yuan Yi staring fixedly at the pack of pork, all the while gulping her saliva. Su Qian didnt dare to look so brazenly, instead, she snuck looks from the corners of her eyes. Her gulping of saliva wasnt slower than Yuan Yi. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt amused. He hadnt felt the scarcity of meat himself, having met Yang Keer and the both of them could deal with any Mutant Beast they came across, thus settling the issue of meat. After that, they even came across the huge stack of dried meat, to the point that Yang Keer could afford to be picky with her food. Now, these 2 beauties were salivating at the dried meat, and the contrast in attitude was hrious to Zhang Xiao Qiang! How long havent you guys had meat? He paused and asked them. Yuan Yi did not reply, she just kept staring at the meat and salivated. Su Qian looked back at Zhang Xiao Qiang and answered hesitantly: We managed to eat some chicken heads, feet as well as some scrap piecesst month. But its been a while! We get to eat rice and vegetables usually. Some of the sisters upstairs dont get to eat their fill. She finished weakly as her eyes darted towards the meat as though they were a life-saving treasure. No wonder thedies behaved so funnily yesterday. Thinking back to the previous day, he opened up the bag, and said: Each of you gets a bit, dont grab more than what youre allowed! It wasnt that he was generous, it was just that he had received their services, Su Qian had massaged him really thoroughly, and Yuan Yis morning service had pleased him, hence he decided to reward them. When Yuan Yi heard that, she hesitated for awhile before she walked straight for the meat, and grabbed a huge fist, before gobbling the food up. Su Qian came forward slowly, before muttering her thanks and grabbing a pigs tail to slowly nibble on it. Zhang Xiao Qiang closed the stic bag again and did not give Su Qian more just because she took less. The chance was there, and she had to grab it for herself. Yuan Yi had known that instinctively, and hence, managed to grab more. This was after all the survival of the fittest in the world. Zhang Xiao Qiang acknowledged Yuan Yis actions, but he couldnt help but feel more repulsed by her. The hate and disgust were unexinable, it could be because due to her act of being strong yet helpless, or it could be herck of shame fromst night. In any case, even her service earlier in the morning could not change Zhang Xiao Qiangs perception of her. Looking at them savoring the meat, Zhang Xiao Qiang shot Yang Keer a look: Take a look at how they live their lives, you really need to count your blessings! Yang Keer turned to look away and ignore him! Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest of them began to walk out the door, entering the living room. Immediately, they saw Brother Long and Chen Yi sitting in the living room, drinking tea and smoking, while one of the women who dined at the table was waiting on them. Brother Long took a look at Yuan Yi behind Zhang Xiao Qiang andughed good-naturedly: Hahaha!!! Little brother, how was it? That chick is not too bad eh? Chen Yis face had turned unsightly until he saw Su Qian behind Zhang Xiao Qiang and his face broke out in smiles also: Haha! Little brother, you actually bagged two of them! You really have an appetite! Seeing Yuan Yi and Su Qian behind Zhang Xiao Qiang, Brother Long and Chen Yi exchanged looks, Chen Yis eyes had a challenging look, while Brother Long had an indifferent expression. Following that, Yang Keer pushed Yuan Yi and Su Qian and bounced out, calling out good morning to the 2 of them, before heading out. Seeing Yang Keer bounce out, Brother Long and Chen Yi were truly speechless, only Zhang Xiao Qiang shook his head and sighed: This is really going to be troublesome... even if nothing happened, theyre going to imagine that I did everything! Zhang Xiao Qiang began to dig into breakfast as they chatted, and soon, Yuan Yi and Su Qiang both brought out a little luggage bag of their own as they came to the living room, each of them looking to Brother Long and Chen Yi respectively. Cough, cough. Brother Long cleared his throat and spoke out: Little brother, from now on Yuan Yi will be yours. She will have nothing to do with me, and whatever you decide of her, is your own business. If youre unhappy with her, you can kill her, I wont me you! After he finished, he turned to look at Yuan Yi: From today onwards, you will follow Brother Cockroach, remember to do your best, should he be dissatisfied and return you, you know whatll happen, dont you? After he finished, he saw Zhang Xiao Qiang about to open his mouth to say something, and immediately intercepted him: Brother Cockroach, dont decline my goodwill. Its settled then! As the saying goes, bros before hoes, give your brother some face, eh? When Brother Long finished, Chen Yi also joined in: Haha! Brother Cockroach, you and me both hit it off well! Lets save the words, Su Qian is yours, you can do what you want with her! He also warned Su Qian after that: Know your ce, dont try anything funny and if you make Brother Cockroach angry? Hmph.. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the 2 beauties in front of him and felt a headacheing on. Su Qian was not too bad, she had been pretty obedient. As for Yuan Yi? The more he looked at her, the more he felt put off. His expression turned sour, should he just tell Brother Long he doesnt like Yuan Yi? Zhang Xiao Qiang was prepared to return the goods, he knew Brother Long valued his face, but he truly could not stand Yuan Yi. Especially her attitude and her insistence on her strength, if it were before the apocalypse, it was eptable, at most Zhang Xiao Qiang would just avoid her. Now, she was like a te of vegetables, yet she still put on this air as though she was rightfully at the top. He couldnt stand it, not with his masculine thinking. Yuan Yi seemed to know that Zhang Xiao Qiang did not like her, and when she saw that he had the intention to reject Brother Long, she began to get anxious and looked at him. Her eyes filled up with tears, her face pleading. She bit her lips till they bled a little, even then she was focused on him. Seeing her desperate expression, Zhang Xiao Qiang began to hesitate again. He really disliked her, but it was not to the point where she had to die. She opened her mouth as though she wanted to say something, although she kept silent in the end. Youre still so proud even at this time? He began to get angry and stood up in preparation to turn down Brother Long. He had no way of enduring such a lifestyle with this stubborn woman, even the Yang Keer who was stubborn at times was more obedient than this Yuan Yi. Chapter 68: Does my house have rules? Chapter 68: Does my house have rules? Zhang Xiao Qiang was about to stand up, and he nced at Su Qian. He noticed that she was also looking at him pleadingly. He truly felt at a loss. Brother Long saw that Zhang Xiao Qiang was standing halfway, and his brows arched, and asked: Lil Bro, is there a problem? Haha, many thanks for the goodwill of both brothers! Im just thinking about taking a walk since I havent really seen the ce! Zhang Xiao Qiang could disregard Yuan Yi, but he held Su Qian in a favorable light. She had been a manager once and had seen all sorts of characters. Yet, her demeanor was what drew Zhang Xiao Qiang in, with his otaku and somewhat masculine thinking. Oh thats good, seems like Lil Bro just wants to survey the surroundings eh? Brother Long was being extremely good-natured, seemingly epting of everything that Zhang Xiao Qiang said. Lil Bro, shall I bring you around? Chen Yi did not want to lose out. What the hell are you standing there for? Dont you know where Brother Cockroachs room is? Why arent you moving? Such an eyesore! Seeing that Su Qian had taken the initiative to move to Zhang Xiao Qiangs room, while Yuan Yi was still standing there numbly, Brother Long barked out, obviously feeling like he lost face. Zhang Xiao Qiang agreed with Brother Longs criticism of Yuan Yi, and thought to himself: Maybe Brother Long also dislikes her? Thats why he must have given her to me? As Zhang Xiao Qiang was about to step out, Brother Long called out: Now that the 2 women are in your room, our rules here as follows: they are your responsibility. Their meals will be your burden, and if you dont feel up for it, you can throw them behind, letting Old Bin and the rest to help. Take note that the women will be shared by them as well! Got it, Brother Long. Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded, this was the rule of the apocalyptic world after all. Those with capabilities get to eat more. Even Brother Long and Chen Yi had to work hard as well. Not to mention himself, who had just joined recently. The moment they walked out the front door, they heard a wail of agony, breaking the peace and serenity of the chicken farm. Chen Yi frowned, and looked towards the source of the noise, noting that there was a crowd. He turned to face Zhang Xiao Qiang: Lets go and take a look? As they walked forward, they could smell the chickens, and a number of men with sallow skin were gathered round, staring numbly. In the center, He Wen Bin was using a steel spear to whip a man. The man wasnt very old, he didnt even seem to be 20. He had a pair of shorts, and his back was full of bruises. He was hugging his head and crying out in pain. Three and the other 2 Common-Face from yesterday were wielding weapons as they stood guard. A man who looked to be over his 50s was kneeling and knocking his head profusely as he pleaded: Stop hitting him, please stop, he will be beaten to death! Hit me! Let me pay for my sons misdeeds! Please! Brother Bin! Beside the chicken coop, there was a man in histe 40s, his nose huge and inmed, and what little hair on his head was swaying in the wind. He wore a dark green military uniform, and there were many feathers on his clothes. His shoes were also covered in chicken shit. He had a .81 rifle slung to one side, his hands holding a white wine bottle. From time to time, he would nce over at themotion. Whats going on? Chen Yi barked out, and the men who were spectating immediately scattered, making way for him. Brother Yi, Brother Cockroach! He Wen Bin and the rest immediately called out in greeting. Brother Yi, its like this, thisd had been feeding the chickens in the morning, and he hid an egg in his pants. Fortunately, old Drunk had kept count earlier, and saw thed behaving suspiciously, hence he pointed the gun at him, and thed spilled the beans in fright. He Wen Bin began to exin the situation, and Chen Yis expression turned ugly. Beat him! Beat him up good! He actually dared to take liberties while shirking from responsibilities? Trash! Chen Yi was furious, especially now that food was scarce. Thisd dared to steal food?! He Wen Bin began to hit him again. Dad, Dad! Save me!! It hurts!! The young man was rolling on the floor as he screamed out. He Wen Bin ignored his wailing and continued tosh out until he was tired. Three then stepped forward to take over. Zhang Xiao Qiang watched quietly by the side, as he thought to himself: Look carefully! This is the world now! There are no rights, nows, nopassion! Those without strength will be beaten up if they stole. Zhang Xiao Qiang do you want to end up like him? The father of the young man continued to kowtow, as drops of blood began to appear on the ground. No one moved a muscle. Seeing the blood, Zhang Xiao Qiang continued his thoughts: This is the consequence of not having strength! If one wascking, then one should stay low-key. If one wanted to steal, one had to be prepared to be punished if caught. Suddenly, he was reminded of the 2 dogs, and his weakness when facing them, that he could only await death. He also thought back to escaping the D2, awaiting his fate atop the coach at that time. When he remembered himself grabbing on to the Mutant Beast, allowing it to drag him for a whole night. At that time, he didnt even know what would end up of him! Many times, he had barely scraped through, staying alive up to now wasnt due to his strength, but luck. He realized he had gotten ahead of himself the past 2 days. From the way He Wen Bin and the rest handled their S-Type situation, how Chen Yi tried to rope him in and now currying favor with him, and Brother Longs inclusion. He had forgotten himself and felt like he was at the top of the world? That he could wear his underwear on the outside? He suddenly felt that he was so hypocritical, he had even admonished Yang Keer for having the same issue, and now here he was. He, who had run like mad when he saw the D2 not a few days ago, now acting all high and mighty because Brother Long and Chen Yi were both trying to pull him in, feeling that it was natural. What a joke! He was just an otaku, and now, he was actually trying to be on equal footing with these triad members who had survived on the streets for many years. Which of them didnt have blood on their hands? The noisesing from the boy on the ground became softer, as it gradually rescinded to the sounds of panting and gasping. Even Three had reached his limits, his entire body drenched in perspiration. Alright! Go see if hes still breathing, if hes not dead, throw him back, well reduce his chicken feed by half from now! The old man heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the order, as he thanked them profusely and hoisted his son onto his back, moving slowly with a trail of blood behind him. Chen Yi apanied Zhang Xiao Qiang as he went about the chicken farm. He saw that the there wererge patches of barrennd, and felt strange. Brother Yi, why dont you guys get the cowards to do some farming? As long as thend is tilled, and tended to, I think you guys should have some foode autumn! Ai! Lil Bro, you dont understand! We found some seeds nearby, but this freaking weather is too abnormal. It could be spring today, tomorrow summer, the next day, it bes freaking winter! All the seeds and crops have died, nothing can grow. Chen Yi was also frustrated over the apocalypse, if they could grow crops, they wouldnt have to risk their lives against the zombies. Yet, they had no choice but to go out continuously, and how many zombies were there? With over 60 billion people on earth, China had at least a dozen billion. How many people were still alive? If it were up to Chen Yi in the past, the young man would have been beaten to death. However, he did not do so because he knew exactly how precious humans were now. When the 2 of them went back to the living room, Brother Long, Vulture and Cannon came out, and Brother Long spoke again to Zhang Xiao Qiang: Lil Bro, you had just arrived here, you should rest up a few days. Once youre familiar with the surroundings, you will have to head out like the rest of us to scavenge. Yesterday, your items were plenty, and it should be enough tost those women of yours for another fortnight or so. Its settled then, were going out now. If you want to head out, just let Hairy know, hell open the gate for you. Brother Long wanted to go out to source for resources himself. Even Chen Yi was on his side on this. It seemed like they were truly forced to a corner. When Brother Long and the rest stepped out, the chicken farm only had Old Hairy, Drunk and Three staying behind. Three was extremely warm to Zhang Xiao Qiang, heeding his beck and call. Zhang Xiao Qiang told him to go handle his own matters, while he returned to the room. When he entered the room, he saw the mischievous Yang Keer sitting on the sofa, while Su Qian and Yuan Yi stood by her side, not daring to make a sound. His eyes widened in bewilderment: Three Kingdoms? When Yang Keer saw Zhang Xiao Qiang entering the room, she immediately stood up: Husband! I didnt bully them! I was teaching them the rules of our Zhang household! Does my house have rules? Howe I didnt know? Of course, he didnt voice this out and thought inwardly. After all, Yang Keer was still loyal, and she would do what he asked. It was fine allowing her to have her quirks. You step out first! I need to talk to them! He motioned for her to go out. Since he had established himself as the lord of the household, Yang Keer could only go out begrudgingly. When she closed the door, she mmed it shut hard, and the dust on the ceiling was shaken loose. Chapter 69: Yuan Yi’s Background! Chapter 69: Yuan Yis Background! The moment Yang Keer left the room, Su Qian immediately knelt by Zhang Xiao Qiangs feet and began massaging his legs like yesterday. He didnt mind her, as the weak had their ways of survival if he was going to be fake and treat her fairly, where was her food going toe from? The skies? He sat down and soaked in the pleasurable feeling, as he cast a nce over at Yuan Yi, who was obviously not at ease. Do you know? I really dislike you! He opened his mouth, looking at her. His face was wearing a smile, but his smile was cold, so cold that Yuan Yi felt her scalp go numb. Do you know why I stood up at that time? I didnt want to go out, I really wanted to return you! As to how Brother Long would have dealt with you, it wasnt really my concern! He looked at Yuan Yi who was turning paler by the second and said slowly. Yuan Yis face was pale, in contrast with her lush, red lips, and she couldnt take the pressure anymore, kneeling down and kowtowed continuously. Once, twice, three times she knocked her forehead at his shoes, and she raised her head to look at him, her eyes filled with tears. Its not that I care about you, Im just worried that youll dirty the floor! He thought back to how the father had kowtowed profusely for his son. Yuan Yis eyes were filled with despair, and she was very afraid, her body trembling. She thought back to the time when the twins were fed to the zombies, and remembered in clear detail how they were torn apart bit by bit. She had almost gone crazy then, her fear of Brother Long reaching an intense level. Yet, shecked the courage to kill herself, instead, letting her pride go, and stooped to doing even the most shameful of things, as shed hate to be fed to the zombies even more thanmitting suicide. Will I really be fed to those monsters? Yuan Yi felt even more deste, her eyes were not numb at this point, but a truly soulless expression. She could not understand why it woulde to this. She had even gone to service his feet with her mouth. This was the lowest of the low that she could think of, and not even the shameless of call girls would do something like that. She had gone to such lengths just so she would not be sent to the zombies, yet she was still going to meet such an end? She knew that Zhang Xiao Qiang was being honest, when they had woken up, he was extremely cold to her. She could feel his loathing, and she didnt know what she did wrong. She had done her best, and she was angry at him, hating him for not warming up to her. She hated Su Qian, hating that bitch that didnt seem to possess any redeeming qualities. She wasnt as beautiful, or as young, or as educated, nor was her background exceptional. She felt that Zhang Xiao Qiang was like a cat, while she was the mouse under his paws. The cat was toying with the mouse, enjoying the process of watching the mouse sink into despair. Su Qian didnt lift her head, she just continued to massage Zhang Xiao Qiangs legs. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at Yuan Yi coldly, noting that her expression would change from hurt to anger, to an anguished look of hopelessness. She lowered her head, awaiting his decision. Zhang Xiao Qiang watched her expressions, and reminded himself from time to time: Look, look, Zhang Xiao Qiang, this is the fate of a weak person. You want to be like her and beg for your life? Earlier, the scene of the young man being beaten severely had branded itself thoroughly in Zhang Xiao Qiangs mind. The apocalyptic world had its rules now, in the past, it had just been the 2 of them running for their lives. Although they hade across a few survivors, they hadnt truly experienced the cruelty of society now. Until they saw Su Qian and Yuan Yi, and even the pair of father and son who were subjected to such treatment. He had known, the world now wasnt soplicated anymore. As long as you were capable, and had the ability, you would get by. If you didnt have the strength, and you were afraid of everything, then youre only fit for chicken feed and would be beaten with barely a breath of life left, just over an egg. Where are you from? What were you doing before? Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at Yuan Yi waiting like amb for ughter and felt some sense of conquest. He was suddenly interested in her background. Such a weakling, and yet so much self-serving pride. Her past must not have been simple. Yuan Yi lifted her head slightly, and looked at him, this time, she did not hesitate and began narrating her life. Her bright and melodic voice, coupled with the meticulous massage of Su Qian, Zhang Xiao Qiang sat and engrossed in her storytelling. Yuan Yi was from SH, and her family was well to do. Her father was a businessman as well! After she finished high school, she had immediately flown to Ennd to study abroad, returning only in June 2012. After she returned, she had immediately gone on to help her dad with his business, in preparation to take over. Then, J City had discovered a huge copper mine, and the miningpany was procuring some mass orders to begin some work. As the vice-president of her fatherspany, she had personallye over to J City to discuss the deal. As the mine was far from the city, the party had reached J City two days before the virus broke out and left early the next morning. When it was about 10, the virus had started, and she managed to run and hide with her manager inside some warehouse. Within the warehouse, there were plenty of celebratory goodies and apples, as well as wine and cooking oil. There was even mineral water in bottles. After they relied on the apples for an entire week, upon seeing that there was no more help, the 40-year-old manager, who had mush for brains, began to harbor designs and wanted to rape her. Yuan Yi had long since been wary of him, and when he was pretending to engage in small talk, she had reached behind and used her stockings to strangle him. After another week of staring at the corpse, she couldnt handle it anymore and opened up the window, using the red wine to soak the clothes of the corpse. She then used the clothes as ropes totch around the metal railings of the window, using a chair and tightening the ropes until the metal railings bent. When the railings wererge enough to fit a person, she risked being eaten and escaped. After a few scares and tense incidents, she managed to procure a small rental car, and as she drove towards J City, she was picked up by Brother Long and had been living with him till she was given to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Shit, no wonder the prides so deep set. So shes a wealthy princess! Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that it was funny. Even after bing a toy, she still wanted to maintain that aloof nature, she should be thanking her ancestors that she could still live till today! Do you know why I didnt send you back? Zhang Xiao Qiang felt like he had to make things clear, as he was now in charge of her, and while he wasnt a douche, he wasnt a saint either. He would not keep her for free. ???? She shook her head in confusion. Su Qian was looking to me, pleading with me, that was why I didnt return you! I dislike you but not Su Qian! Do you know why? Thank you, Master! Su Qian lifted her head to smile sweetly at Zhang Xiao Qiang, expressing her thanks before continuing to massage him. Yuan Yi looked towards Su Qian in gratitude, her hate disappearing. She still shook her head, and her heart became even more agitated. Why was it that Zhang Xiao Qiang just disliked her? Was it just because she wanted him to kill her? I cant get used to it, no matter how, I dont understand all you rich folks, having been forced to such circumstances, and you still act like youre all high and mighty. You must remember your status now! Now, its thew of the jungle! It doesnt matter what your background is, how good-looking you are, or what youve studied! Youre just a dog now! A dog that has to wag its tail just to eat. And please dont think that youre some pedigree, youre just the lowest of mutts. Zhang Xiao Qiang hadshed out in one breath, that his mouth went dry. He saw that Yuan Yi was still stunned, as though she was still trying toprehend what he had just said. He sighed, thinking to himself, So what if you studied in Ennd?! What are you spacing out for? Cant you see that Im thirsty? Go get me a cup of water! He was getting used to the number of times she was getting on his nerves. Such characters would get eliminated sooner orter in the natural selection of things. Oh! She seemed to have snapped out of her daydream and ran towards the living room. What about you? Whats your story? Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at Su Qian and asked, he had to know his people thoroughly, after all, they were relying on him. I, Im from a family thats not so well-to-do.... She began to narrate as she continued her massage. Chapter 70: Getting a license together! Chapter 70: Getting a license together! Su Qians family wasnt well off, and both her parents were factory workers that wereid off. At the lowest of times, they had gone hungry sometimes. Fortunately, the school had waived off school fees, however, at her graduation ceremony, she had looked at her university admissions notice, and cried her heart out as she notified her parents. Her father had then thought of an insurance he had gotten for himself in the past. It had note to term yet, so he gritted his teeth and went out on a road tomit suicide. s, he didnt die, but was paralyzed as a result, and became even more of a burden. Su Qian had then knelt in front of her dads bed and swore while crying to never get into university. Instead, she went on to serve at a restaurant as a waitress. She was hardworking and had performed decently. She was willing to learn and had be extremely well-versed at every aspect of the restaurant. The manager promoted her and wanted to keep her under supervision for a period before rmending her to the regional manager to be promoted yet again. Just when it seemed that things were looking up, her mother started to get exhausted and was falling sick often. Su Qian advised her mother to get a health check up, but she insisted not to, instead wanting to save the money. It was until when her whole body was swollen and she could not eat that she finally agreed. After the initial check, they found out that it was renal disease, and it was in itste stages as well. The result was like a huge blow to Su Qian. She dragged her mother to be hospitalized and found an aunt that usually grew crops in the fields to look after her mother for 800 a month. She then quit her job and went to help wash feet, bing a sort of massage girl. She would earn at most 1,600 at her previous job, even after promotion, she could get a little more than 2,000. Yet the starting pay of the massage job was at least 2,000, and if her customers were satisfied, they would tip much more. Like that, she could earn about 5,000 a month. If she didnt have any reservations about the extra nature of her job, she could even push for higher. The hospital bills began to climb, and her mothers illness was getting worse. She then gave her first time to a 60-year-old boss for the price of 8,000. After that, she took care of her dad during the day, while providing services as a call girl at night. J City wasnt big, and the news of her being a call girl slowly traveled to her fathers ears. He pretended not to know until her mother passed on, and he had rolled down the bed, crawling towards the kitchen to grab a knife to cut himself. By the time she reached home, his body had gone cold. Her father had gone smiling, with a letter in his hands, the contents revealing that he didnt me her, and wanted her to live on properly, for the sake of her parents, and to walk the proper path again. At the very least, he hoped that she could get into university. Speaking to this point, Su Qians entire face was streaked with tears, while Yuan Yi stood dumbfounded by the side. I did want to die, to end it all. I have the courage to do so, but my father wanted me to live on, and even if I have to live like an animal, I will do so! After arranging for her fathers funeral, she then proceeded to study on her own, under the countless pointing and whispers behind her back, toplete her adult studies. She then worked from the bottom at a hotel all the way up to a managerial position. Nearing the end of the year, she had gone to a customers ce to deliver some vouchers and was trapped there when the apocalypse happened until Chen Yi saved her. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned to look at Yuan Yi, who hurriedly poured some tea for him. He looked at Yuan Yi in front of him, as well as the crying Su Qian, and he couldnt help but sigh: This damned apocalypse! Do you know your position now? He took a sip, before eyeing Yuan Yi. Compared to Su Qian, Yuan Yi had basically led a sheltered life. Other than the fact that she was a businessmans daughter, she was nothing. Although she might put on a front and is willing to do things, there was a deep-rooted arrogance in her bones that came from money. Yuan Yi knelt down and began to imitate Su Qian, massaging Zhang Xiao Qiangs other leg: Master, Ill listen to you. I wont ask you to kill me again, Ill be good. Please dont send me back to Brother Long. You can get me to do anything you want. Although her performance was slightly better, Zhang Xiao Qiang still felt a little off. He thought for awhile before he spoke up: Since you have killed someone before, you have a little courage. I dont intend to raise vases here, if you want to eat your fill, youll have to learn to grab for it, to fight for it. Of course, Su Qian, the same goes for you. Yuan Yi and Su Qian both turned pale, and they couldnt speak for a long while. Even their actions stopped. Zhang Xiao Qiang was not impatient, and he continued to drink his water, awaiting their responses. Even the littless who was not yet 15 had to fight for her life, these 2 adults couldnt possibly be freeloading right? Of course, it wasnt like he was asking them to actually risk their lives. Instead, they had to get used to the atmosphere and to condition their bodies. In the future, he would have 2 more assistants. After the situation with Xie Yuan Shan, Zhang Xiao Qiang found it harder to trust men. Even He Wen Bin and the rest that he rescued was not spared from his distrust. If he wanted to go and get resources, he would only bring women. In any case, Yang Keers strength was more than enough. Su Qian was the first to nod in agreement, she seemed to feel that it was a chance, the chance to shake off thebel of a toy. Yuan Yi also nodded, although she had some reservations. If, if I were to be surrounded by those freaks, you, you must kill me before they eat me alive! She pleaded with Zhang Xiao Qiang. This time, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt better, and he kept his thoughts to himself. He couldnt possibly take care of everybody, and he wouldnt go the extra mile to. If it was a really dangerous situation, he would not hesitate to extract himself first. He would not stop just because of a woman as well. The only exception was Yang Keer, and only she was the exception because he knew that if he was in danger, she would not hesitate to save him as well. Even at the cost of her own life. She might be silly and slow, but Zhang Xiao Qiang preferred her like that. He also liked women with no ulterior motives. He liked his women to have a one-track mind towards him, it was a pity that he had no feelings for Yang Keers washboard figure. Which of you know how to drive? Zhang Xiao Qiang thought to the numerous abandoned cars he saw on his way, and he didnt know how to operate them, instead, he had no choice but to use the tractor to slowly roll. It was especially so on the highway, with so many cars, their keys still intact, yet he didnt know how to drive. He felt a little sour, there were so many good cars! I know! Me too! Yuan Yi and Su Qian both piped in, and eyeing these 2 women in front of him, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt even more depressed, he was trulyckingpared to these 2 youngdies. Yang Keer! Zhang Xiao Qiang called out loudly, bang the door was swung open, and Yang Keer rushed in, saying: What? Whats going on? Do you need me to teach them a lesson? When she saw Zhang Xiao Qiang staring at her, she became embarrassed and said: I didnt eavesdrop! Really, I just came! He waszy to reprimand her, and instead got Yuan Yi and Su Qian to stand up, as he walked towards the door and said: Come, lets go get a license together! There was a huge empty patch ofnd behind, which was also the parking space for vehicles. Parked all around thend were Beijing Jeeps, Mitsubishis, and Land Rovers parked there, even some Nissan Lannias and Audis. There happened to be some trucks as well, it seemed as though Brother Long had gotten them back. Zhang Xiao Qiang chose a Beijing Jeep and told Su Qian to teach him, while Yang Keer chose a Landrover and Yuan Yi was in charge of teaching her. The chicken farm wasnt big, nor was it small, and the 2 vehicles could actually drive for a distance. Yang Keer was a fast learner, and she was already starting to show some signs of beingfortable with it, there was only some minor problems with the turning or reversing. It seemed that she would be better in only a few more days. As for Zhang Xiao Qiang, he sat in the driverspartment, gripping that steering wheel, his leg pressing the pedal. He was not sure if it was the elerator or brake, and his right hand gripped that rod that was even bigger than a plunger. He continually screamed out loud, watching the other car passing him by constantly. He sighed in his heart: Its not that I dont want to learn. I just dont have the skills for this!! They continued their practice till it was meal time, after that they continued again. By the time Zhang Xiao Qiang nted his feet back on the ground, his hands were practically held in front of him as though he was still grabbing the steering wheel. After one full day, he finally understood the difference between the elerator and brake, and how to control the steering wheel. As to the rod that was supposed to be shifted up or down, he was still confused. Seeing the 2dies in front of him, his mood became better. Didnt those bosses in the movies have chauffeurs? He had 2 right now, didnt he? Zhang Xiao Qiang was exhausted from learning, it was that exhaustion that resulted from long periods of tension and adrenaline. He sat in the living room and sipped his tea, with Su Qian helping to massage his shoulders. He was satisfied with his living right now, there was a safe location, there were 2 women waiting on him, at night, as long as there was electricity, he could charge his game console and y some games. As long as he didnt let his guard down, he was quite settled! As he was rxing, Brother Long and the rest returned. He heard them even before they entered the house, as He Wen Bins voice traveled: Brother Long, these 2 days have truly been ominous, adding the casualties of yesterday and today, we have lost 10 brothers! I think we should offer some incense to Guan Yu and pray for some good luck and protection! Chen Yi was lecturing him: Is it any use? We dont do it often, now that we do it, which deity would protect you?! Zhang Xiao Qiang raised his head, only to see Brother Longs sullen expression as he entered, with Chen Yi and the rest following behind. Chapter 71: Married?! Chapter 71: Married?! Brother Long walked into the living room and saw Zhang Xiao Qiang, who greeted him. He smiled forcefully. Following behind was Chen Yi and He Wen Bin, their faces were unsightly as well. Their foreheads were creased in an expression of hate. Brother Long! What happened? Zhang Xiao Qiang felt surprised, the group had gone out with 20-over men, what problems could they have met with? A D2? Ai! Lil bro, you have no idea... when shit happens, they happen in a row..... In the morning, Brother Long and Chen Yi had brought their men and gone to Ping Shan Town, there was a grain purchasing centre that belonged to the armed forces. It was then converted to a granary, and the surrounding farmers would bring their crops here to sell. At the edge of this town, the usual human traffic was not high, and after a period of grain storing, it was sort of safe here. Brother Long had thought of opening this granary and had driven 4 SUVs as well as a truck there. At that time, there werent any zombies around the centre, and even after sending scouts out, they didnt discover anything unusual. The whole party had then rxed and began to drive closer to the centre. They then broke the doors open. When they saw a huge number of supplies stored, their eyes all went red, and without any wasted breath, they began to transport them out. However, disaster struck before they even got started on the 2nd trip. There was a small warehouse near the huge centre, and it used to be the armory for the armed forces. After that, it had be the facility where the vigers would stay to do their ounts and settle their money. The scouts had been focused on the exterior of the centre, and by the time they discovered the zombies running out from the warehouse, it was toote. A number of men fell at the centre, and Brother Long immediately gave the order to retreat. They drove the cars towards the exit, with Cannon sitting in the first vehicle, leading the rest to charge through the zombies. Unfortunately, there were a few D-Types blocking the door, after they knocked a few zombies down, the speed of their charge was reduced significantly. Soon, the first car was overturned. The drive had been crushed by the car, while Cannon had knocked his head in a hurry to escape the vehicle. When the zombies caught scent of the blood, they immediately went crazy. A few pounced on the dead driver, while a few tried to attack Cannon. Cannon hurried climbed onto the truck, and soon, the vehicle fleet was surrounded by zombies. The situation was chaotic then. An SUV was overturned at the exit, the few SUVs behind had no means of pushing it away. The truck that had the capability to knock it away was stuck behind. The overturned car blocked the path, and there were zombies all waiting outside. The rest of the team did not dare exit their vehicles to get on the truck. Like this, 20 men were all surrounded by a few zombies. As theycked sufficient bullets, Brother Long did not order them to open fire. He became more anxious by the minute until he decided to grab a subordinate and shed him a few times, before throwing him towards the exit. The unfortunate man screamed and howled in pain on the ground, and caused the zombies to be attracted to themotion. Everyone then scrambled out of their vehicles to get on the truck, after which, they drove straight through the exit, knocking the overturned car. Keke, honestly speaking, it wasnt that bad, lucky those fast monsters didnt appear, otherwise even the truck would not be able to hold them off! Brother Long was even pleased that they didnt meet the S-Types. Zhang Xiao Qiang was stunned silly, a few grown men were just surrounded by a few zombies, and they had abandoned all their SUVs and lost 2 men?! Brother Long was still even counting his lucky stars that they didnt meet an S-Type?! Zhang Xiao Qiang was finally beginning to worry for the chicken farm. What if they met a D2? Wouldnt the entire ce be plunged into chaos? This ce is decent, but we cant stay long! He thought to himself. Brother Long, the centre must have some survivors there! Those monsters must have been lured to the warehouse by some of the survivors. Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly thought of this and tried to validate his conjecture. I know! We met them before, however, they had been surrounded by those zombies as well. Usually, it takes just a few men to settle the zombies! But this time! The moment we were surrounded, we could only escape! Brother Long was depressed, why did those guys have to hide in the granary centre, causing himself to lose 2 of his men, and suffer a blow to his power?! Then what about the food you brought back? Zhang Xiao Qiang asked in concern, the ration was important, if there was not enough, everyone would be uneasy! About a ton! We can sustain for another month or so! Brother Long felt that the results were eptable, having gained a months worth of food for the price of 2 lives. Brother Long, whats the charter for going out to search for food? Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to rify things, not wanting to work for free. Haha! Lil bro, you cant wait anymore? We base the distribution on individual ability here. Whatever you bring back, 20% has to be forked out, of which, 5% is mine, 5% is Chen Yis another 10% will be for your future upkeep, in case some mishap were to befall you, then its sort of an insurance to look out for yourself. The remaining 80% is for you to distribute among yourself and your subordinates. Brother Longs rules were like a personal ie tax, other than taxing on the returns, you had to procure some insurance for yourself as well. Oh right, Brother Long, the women, how do I settle their food? Zhang Xiao Qiang remembered that Yuan Yi and Su Qian could not enter the dining room. They will eat whatever you give to the kitchen, of course! If you hand them rice, they eat rice. You give them fish or meat, they have to eat fish or meat! Up to this point, Brother Lon seemed to have thought of something and continued: Early this morning, thess came out from your room. You better treat her properly! Dont let her down! Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart stirred: Are we considered married?! Do we bring back survivors that we encounter? Zhang Xiao Qiang decided to make a trip to the granary centre. In any case, Brother Long had already scouted the ce, he just had to be more careful. Bring them all. Those who dare to risk their lives can go and work, those who dont dare can only eat chicken feed and do manualbor. The women that catch your eyes can be with you in your room, the rest can be sent behind to be taken care of together with the rest. Obviously, women had no price in this world now, they were mostly treated as toys by men, those with better looks would be monopolized, those with average looks would be shared among a group of men. It was hard for a female figure to make a mark in this current world. The strong and independent women or even the wilful and stubborn ones would live a harsher life in this apocalypse. After everyone dug into a less-than-appetizing dinner, Zhang Xiao Qiang went back to his room. Yang Keer was sprawled in bed ying some games on the notebook that she brought. She was dressed in pajamas that were covered in cartoon stars. Her little legs were moving constantly. Yuan Yi and Su Qian were taking care of her, pouring water and offering snacks. Zhang Xiao Qiang was preparing himself for a good time, seeing Yang Keer there, he knew there was no chance now. She was constantly keeping watch on him and was not at ease leaving him together with the 2 beauties. She was now acting like a queen, overtaking his bed, and his women. There wont be any good times tonight! Why arent you in your own room? He asked Yang Keer. Im considered your woman after all, why are they allowed in your room and not I? Yang Keer replied brusquely. Forget it, you go back to your room, they can follow you there. Ill sleep alone, alright?! Zhang Xiao Qiang couldnt be bothered anymore. Ever since they came out from the cave, he hadnt been training. Today, his eyes were opened once again to the harsh reality of the world, and his feelings and desire to get strong were stirred. He wanted to rest early, and resume his training tomorrow. Yang Keer then climbed up slowly, putting on a silly expression: Ill just sleep on one side, really! Im very honest, you can do whatever you want, Ill just sneak a peek! Peek at what? Tomorrow, all three of you will have to start your training, Yang Keer youll train thrice as hard! He eyed the 3 of them and barked. Yang Keer had bezy after she gained her strength, even stopping her own training. Since he himself had not trained, he was not at liberties to pick on her. Now, he had to lead by example. Yuan Yi and Su Qian were temporarily under his care, and he had to increase their survivability. Of course, the bottle of rainwater could not be given to them, it was his treasured possession after all. Even Yang Keer did not know her strength came from the rainwater. It was not that he was petty, but until he could ascertain that their characters were truly trustworthy, he would not give them any. Not to mention the Yuan Yi that he disliked, even Su Qian who caught his eyes would not be given any until they have proven themselves. Surviving in this apocalypse was tough, if one was not careful, one would be eaten by others, with nothing left behind. Yang Keer carried her notebook and pouted as she marched out the door, and Yuan Yi and Su Qian followed behind. Chapter 72: Don’t think that I’ll not hate you just because of this! Chapter 72: Dont think that Ill not hate you just because of this! Now that the room was calm, Zhang Xiao Qiang sat down on the sofa and pulled out a cigarette. He slowly puffed on it while consolidating his thoughts. Regardless of whether he was willing or not, Yuan Yi and Su Qian had be his personal property. Yang Keer was also entrusted to him by Brother Long. It was not like at the start when he was just alone, even if he disliked Yuan Yi, what could he do? Stare with eyes wide open as she was fed to the zombies? Su Qian was ady, but her fortitude was immeasurable as well. She had climbed up to be a manager from the lowliest of workers, how could it have been possible without some means? Although she seemed weak and obedient, what if she found a better backing, would she then betray him? As for Brother Long and the rest, lets not talk about the shit that he and Chen Yi were embroiled in. They had a huge group of over 20 burly men, each of them fiercer than the next. Yet, they had been scared to piss when they met a bunch of zombies? Fuck, they still dare to refer to themselves as granddaddies. They couldnt evenpare with thess Yang Keer. They cant go to WH City, and here wasnt a good ce to stay long. Where could he go? Where would be a sanctuary for him? Go back to the cave? He shook his head, he couldnt stay an ostrich forever. The outside world was too dangerous, any Mutant Beast could easily eliminate him. If they were in the cave and were trapped, they would die without a doubt. At least, out in the open, if something was wrong, there would be time to escape. As he was thinking, the door opened, and Yuan Yi stepped in with a kettle of hot water, cing it in front of him. She then turned around to grab a red stic basin as well as a towel and returned. Seeing those, Zhang Xiao Qiang asked: Was it Keer who asked you toe? Yuan Yi nodded and began to wet the towel and cleaned him. As he enjoyed the bathing treatment from Yuan Yi, he thought to himself: Even that Yang Keer could see his dislike for Yuan Yi? That was why she was at ease with her in my room? Where did she learn it from? Zhang Xiao Qiang sat still, not moving, allowing Yuan Yi to work her way across his face. It felt like he was a master, being served by his maids. After Yuan Yi washed his face, she then began to tug at his military uniform, undressing him, until his entire top was bare. She then dipped the towel in the basin of hot water again, before starting on his upper body. Honestly speaking, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt a little ufortable, as it felt like he was back in his younger years, and his mother was helping him to wash his back. He had long since forgotten when hest scrubbed his back. He had always showered, and his back had been a blind spot. After cleaning his back, Yuan Yi reached out to take out his belt. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw that she had undone the buckle, and proceeded to take off his pants himself, as Little Xiao Qiang was revealed and hung by the side. He didnt feel embarrassed, and Yuan Yi didnt seem to mind as well. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at her, and his feelings were in a turmoil. He did not hate her as much, but he still disliked her, instead, there was an intense feeling of sorrow. If he could choose, he would rather not have her service, instead, going back to the old days when he was living day to day. Maybe, it could have been a matchmaking session where he would meet a girl, even if she was not pretty, to get settled down and start a life together. He would then build a nest, and live life till old age, instead of this damned apocalypse now, where danger was rife, and he did not know when he would get eaten alive by zombies or Mutant Beasts. Yuan Yi was very meticulous and did not leave any area uncleaned. At the end, he even stood up, every part of his body was cleaned and scrubbed. After his body was cleaned, Yuan Yi went to change the water and poured some more hot water for him to wash his feet. As he took off his socks, the stinky aroma was immediately released, yet Yuan Yi didnt seem to care, nor show the slightest frown, as she lifted his feet into the basin. Shit! Are you trying to scald me? Grow a pair of eyes, will you? Zhang Xiao Qiang was already feeling vexed over his future ns, and his mood wasnt good. Yuan Yi had not helped anyone to wash their feet before and had scalded his stinky feet. He had involuntarily cursed out in pain. Yuan Yi became frightened and began to kneel and kowtow, and Zhang Xiao Qiang felt like he was suddenly some evilndlord, and she was some pitiful maidservant, and immediately felt disgruntled. Forget it, just be careful next time. He spoke out, and Yuan Yi raised her head in surprise, not daring to believe that Zhang Xiao Qiang had just let her off like this. Seeing the look in his eyes turning ugly again, she quickly lowered her head. She caressed his feet gently, and began to massage, as she licked and sucked, and Zhang Xiao Qiang felt the burning sensation recede and leaned back on the sofa closing his eyes. As he felt her tongue going up and down his feet, he couldnt help but wonder: Does she have a foot fetish? After washing his feet, she looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang, her eyes seemingly asking if there were anything else that he had in mind. He hooked his finger, beckoning for her toe closer. Yuan Yi came by his side and knelt down, lifting her head to look at him. Zhang Xiao Qiang sat down like that naked on the sofa, lifting his right hand to run through her hair. The color was very nicely done, not like those slipshod jobs. Her hair flowed down like silk, gently swaying with the wind beside her face. As for her skin, it was smooth, and warm, not unlike a perfectly-cut piece of jade. Yuan Yi did not dare move, until Zhang Xiao Qiang reached to grab her chin and stared into her eyes, speaking softly: Youre really beautiful, in my life, you can be considered the 3rd most beautiful woman Ive seen. Yet, I dont like you, and really hate you! When Yuan Yi heard those words, she began to feel scared again, her entire body trembling, yet she tried to not move her face, for fear of provoking Zhang Xiao Qiang. You are a woman, you are a weakling, and weaklings must understand where they stand. Dont entertain any useless thoughts, got it? His voice was extremely soft and gentle, but there was a strong killing intent masked in his words. Zhang Xiao Qiang was warning her, not to drag her feet in the future, otherwise, he would not hesitate to abandon her. She might be submissive now and willing to do the most shameless of things, but she had been educated overseas after all and had been exposed to the culture there. From time to time, there would be instances where she could not help but act a certain way. Yuan Yi became even more fearful and her teeth started to chatter. Her body began to tremble more. Youre a weakling, youre a woman, but a woman is not always a weakling! Zhang Xiao Qiang decided to give her a chance at the end, after all, surviving in this world was not easy. Yuan Yi opened her eyes to look at him, not blinking at all. Her body also stopped trembling, and she could tell the meaning in her words. Tomorrow, Yang Keers training is three times of you guys, you understand my meaning? Yuan Yi hurriedly nodded, and subconsciously licked her dried lips. Seeing that fresh red tongue brushing across her lips, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt an involuntary rush of desire and reached out to pull the back of her head towards him with slightly more force. She stared at him, and noting the desire in his eyes, she lowered her head and took his Little Xiao Qiang into her mouth. Zhang Xiao Qiang closed his eyes and allowed himself to enjoy the treatment. Yuan Yis tongue was extremely skillful and active. As for Zhang Xiao Qiang, who had abstained from this for over 7 years, he didnt know if it was 3 or 5 minutes, but he shot his load soon after. Feeling extremelyfortable, he opened his eyes to look at Yuan Yi, whose face was flushed red, and she seemed to be swallowing. After making sure that Zhang Xiao Qiang was thoroughly clean, she stood up and prepared to bring the basin out. Wait! He called out. The training tomorrow would be taxing on them, and since the daily meals werecking in nutrients, he couldnt just let his women suffer after all, right? Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled out the stic with the dried meat and ced a few into the cups in the room and gave it to her. Share them with Su Qian, if I find out that you took them for yourself? Hmph! Yuan Yi did not mind his tone, as she received it with gratitude and turned to leave. Zhang Xiao Qiangid on the bed, feeling entirely rxed. His 7 years of cultivating his indestructible body had finally been broken today. Thinking back to how Yuan Yis face was flushed from excitement, could she belong to the legendary special constitution? As his thoughts traveled, he slowly drifted to sleep. Dididi...dididi... The rm from the handphone woke Zhang Xiao Qiang with a shock. He turned it off, andid quietly, waiting to awaken fully. Squeak. The door was opened, and Yuan Yi came into the room. She was dressed in her military uniform, and she was currently carrying a basin. When Zhang Xiao Qiang saw her, he leaped out of bed. He had gone to sleep naked, and hence woke up naked as well. Little Xiao Qiang was stiff like a g due to the morning wood syndrome and stood erect. Without waiting for Zhang Xiao Qiang to say anything, Yuan Yi reached out voluntarily. She intended to put Little Xiao Qiang in her mouth. He hurriedly stopped her, as he wanted to devote his energy to training today. He couldnt afford to waste his vitality here. His current strength was still too weak, and could not afford to enjoy himself now. Yuan Yi helped him to wash his face and dress, and after everything was settled, Zhang Xiao Qiang asked: Was it Keer who called you? Miss Keer gave Su Qian and me a handphone each. Since I saw it was almost time, I decided toe over! Yuan Yi lowered her head as she spoke, afraid that Zhang Xiao Qiang might frown upon her initiative. Zhang Xiao Qiang caressed her face and said: Dont think that Ill not hate you just because of this! After that, he left. Chapter 73: Su Qian’s Resolve! Chapter 73: Su Qians Resolve! Outside, Yang Keer and Su Qian were also dressed in their military uniforms, waiting for Zhang Xiao Qiang. Yang Keer was wielding her rebar Beast Horn Spear drawing circles out of boredom, while Su Qian and Yuan Yi stood barehanded looking at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw that the chicken farm was spread out for a 1000m. Running around for 3 or 4 rounds would be just right, as most military men ran for about 3km as their daily warm-ups anyway. Since it was the first time for Yuan Yi and Su Qian, he didnt want to push them too hard. Zhang Xiao Qiang was equipped from head to toe, carrying his backpack, with the Jing Wei Sword stuck at the side. Inside, he had filled up his army canteen with water, and he carried his Beast Horn Chrysanthemum Spear as he ran in front. Yang Keer was also carrying a light blue haversack as she lifted the Rebar Beast Horn Spear and followed behind. Yuan Yi was next, and Su Qian brought up the rear. At the 400m mark, Yuan Yi and Su Qian were beginning to slow down. Yuan Yi forcefully tried to maintain her pace, while Su Qian was slowly left behind. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not holler at them nor did he encourage them, instead, he just remained at his pace in front. If they could not keep up, they would be eliminated sooner orter. Yang Keer had a rxed expression as she followed behind, her body constitution was much better than Zhang Xiao Qiang after all. The weight of the Beast Horn Spear and backpack was negligible to her, therefore, she even had the energy to assess the 2 women behind her from time to time. Yuan Yi was in better body shape, because she had been exposed to all sorts of conditioning from young, and had not truly suffered in life before. Even when she went overseas, she continued to train hard. After she returned back to China, she began to ck a little. That was why she needed more time to get back into her routine. After she got used to it, she would be better. Su Qian was different, as her background had been difficult, and she didnt eat the best of foods and didnt manage to grow to her fullest potential. Her constitution was slightly weak and had to focus on her responsibilities even after work. She naturally had no time to train. She was beginning to feel the exhaustion but relied on her strong willpower to force herself to continue with it. Zhang Xiao Qiangpleted the first round and soon came running at Su Qians heels during his second round, before overtaking her. He continued on without giving her a nce, while Yang Keer was following closely behind. She stuck out her tongue and made a face at Su Qian as she continued to run. By the 3rd round, even Yuan Yi had overtaken Su Qian, and she gave Su Qian an encouraging nod as she continued to run. Su Qian continued to run slowly, her throat feeling like it was being roasted. There was not a drop of moisture in her mouth, and it felt like it was about to smoke. Her chest was rising and falling rapidly, as she breathed in and out raggedly. Her legs felt like 2 heavy anchors, and every step felt like a huge test to her. Su Qian gritted her teeth as she ran quietly, her mind nk. She didnt and couldnt care about anything else. She just kept her eyes fixed in front as she ran slowly, all the while finding a new target to surpass. When she saw Yuan Yi overtaking her as well, her tears started to well up. However, she quickly used her hands to wipe them away, while telling herself: The apocalypse has no ce for tears! as she continued to run silently and bravely. Her body was starting to feel sluggish, and her steps were faltering as well. A small voice within her began to sound itself: Just give up, give up. Youve already run far enough, its your limit here. Just give up, any more and youll die. Su Qian began to wobble, and her frequency of steps slowed down somewhat. She was beginning to consider giving up. However, her brain would not stop reying images of the beautiful pair of twins, that had been eaten alive by the monsters. They had been so young still. Only 16 years old, and had not known much about the world, having been spoilt by their parents. They had only opened their mouths to scold Brother Long and Chen Yi and were immediately tossed to the monsters, screaming for a full 10 minutes before their deaths. The screaming seemed to ring out in her ears, and Su Qian subconsciously increased her pace again, as if to escape from the sound. Not long after, she felt her body bing even more unbearable, as though there was a huge mountain pressing down on her. That little voice in her began its bewitching again: Just give up, its already enough. Youre a woman, and youre pretty, you have the capital! As long as you can hook Zhang Xiao Qiang, what do you have to worry about in the future? Yang Keer thatss is not your opponent at all, just a few measures, and shell be cast far away! Su Qian began to think about Yuan Yi again, who was prettier than her and had a higher education. She had an aura that even surpassed Su Qians, yet just because Zhang Xiao Qiang did not like her, she was almost returned to be fed to the zombies. How could shepare with Yuan Yi? What if one day she also got on Zhang Xiao Qiangs nerves and was thrown to be fed to the zombies as well? Chen Yi was a vicious man, he would definitely throw her to the zombies. Thinking about those monsters again caused her to break out in cold sweat, and she hastily increased her pace. After that, it didnt matter how much that small voice continued to tell her, Su Qian ran forwards numbly, she didnt know how long she had to run for, or how much distance was left She just continued to move her legs, repeating that phrase within her heart: Even if I die running, I have to face forwards. Her body became heavier, and she felt worse. From time to time, her head would be hit by a dizzy spell, and her vision would start to blur. She lost track on the number of times Zhang Xiao Qiang and Yang Keer had overtaken her, she just continued to run forwards, as though she had lost control. The fact that she was able tost so long was a sort of miracle to Su Qian. However, she did not know where the finish line of this miracle was. She felt that the road beneath her feet was the longest she had ever traveled in her life. It was to the point where the end was not in sight Her mind was in chaos, she would suddenly remember the day that while her friends went out to celebrate getting their results, she was hiding in one corner to cry. Her thoughts then traveled to that 60+ old man sprawled on top of her, while she was gritting her teeth with thoughts of her mothers surgery fees. She then remembered her dad lying in a pool of his blood, his hands still gripping that blood-smeared letter. As she remembered her neighbors contempt and gossip while she studied quietly at home, hearing them refer to her as a bad example to their own children. She also thought back to her struggles of climbing thedder to sess under the conditions of exclusions by her colleagues. Her face was streaked wet with tears, that couldnt stop flowing, her military uniform long since drenched in her perspiration, sticking to her body. She knew Zhang Xiao Qiang was different from Brother Long and Chen Yi. He did not need any useless people, he did not need weaklings. This was a chance, a chance for her to escape her fate of being an abandoned weakling. She had to grab hold of this opportunity, just like how she had always done. Otherwise, it would mean her death!! Hu Zhang Xiao Qiang heaved a long sigh as he came to a stop, having finished the 4th round. After he stopped his running, he immediately began his other forms of training. He thought back to how his otaku self would have screamed for mercy at the 1000m-mark. Yang Keer stood by the side with a rxed expression, 4 rounds were truly considered a warm up for her. Even that few beads of perspiration on her forehead caused her to look a little more charming. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at her and thought back to his instructions the night before: What did I tell youst night? Your training is 3 times theirs. That is to say, while we run 1 step, you run 3 steps, we run 4 rounds, you have to do 12 rounds! Ya! Youre bullying me, what right do you have? Just because Im a young girl? I wont do it! Where are my rights! I want equality! Yang Keer began to act up upon hearing his words, as she stomped and huffed andined. She put on an expression that said I would not do it. Therere no rights to speak of, who wanted to go challenge the D2 previously? And fell asleep the moment she went up? With a single sentence, Yang Keers little temper was immediately doused. She began to sob as she grabbed her spear and resumed her running. After Yang Keer began running for a while, Yuan Yi came to a stop in front of him, her face flushed red. Beads of perspiration continued to flow down her face. Her entire body was drenched in perspiration as well. She looked to Zhang Xiao Qiang, before looking at Yang Keer, and gritted her teeth to follow. It seemed that her lifestyle had been pretty healthy while overseas, and her constitution was decent. It even surpassed Zhang Xiao Qiangs health from previously. Su Qian continued to run slowly, at this point, havingpleted 2 rounds. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not push her, nor did he care. To him, what mattered was not giving up. The speed didnt matter, not giving up meant that there was hope. There was a chance to be stronger in this cruel apocalypse. No one could save you, only by relying on yourself, would life be slightly easier. Zhang Xiao Qiang hoisted his Beast Horn Spear as he began to squat and hopped about. As he bobbed up and down, he gradually entered his zone, and he forgot the women who were running. Each time he pushed himself to the brink, he would remember the various situations of peril that he was in. He would then push himself to surpass his limits. Chapter 74: What’s this you’re singing? Chapter 74: Whats this youre singing? Which round was this? How many times had she overtaken Su Qian? Hu...Hu... Yuan Yi panted constantly, her shoulders heaving. Shecked the energy to look around, the only figure in her eyes was Yang Keer. When she was overseas, she had been extremely disciplined, running everyday. She also took part in all sorts of activities. However,pared to Yang Keer, she wascking severely. She was beginning to feel light-headed and short of breath. She could only continue to pant for breath and follow Yang Keer doggedly, not allowing herself to be left far behind. Her fathers praise, her mothers love, and the various adoration from the males in her office seemed like something that was long ago. It was as though it had been from a different lifestyle. She had been considered a favored daughter of the heaven and did not put any men in her sights in the past. She used to think the world revolved around her, with her looks, her figure, her knowledge, and her background. They were all top-notch, and she was practically wrapped in honey. She had thought that she would be like Nezha*, bringing herpany to greater heights, and she would find an exceptional man that was outstanding to be her husband, and she would bear him a cute and beautiful baby. Both of them would then lead perfect lives, loving each other, watching their kid grow up as they grew old. Suddenly, the world turned into hell, and she had always thought of herself as strong, even when she was trapped in the warehouse, she didnt give up hope. Even when she killed the old man who wanted to rape her, she didnt felt the disgust or fear, in fact, she felt her self-defence was justified. Until she met Brother Long, she had never been in rtionships before and had always loved herself first and foremost. She had not let any man touch her. When Brother Long forcefully took away her virginity, she had hated herself so much! Even more so, she had harbored thoughts of killing Brother Long like how she did in the old manager. Yes, she must kill him. Brother Long was strong, and she wasnt his match. He had many subordinates, and she had to wait for the chance. It was until the twins appeared, and what a pair of beautiful twins! They were like angels that descended from heaven, and she who had always been proud of her own looks suddenly felt so inferior. The pair of sisters were wilful and always infuriated Brother Long. Who would have expected Brother Long to be so vicious, and what happened as a result was that everyone was forced to watch as the pair of sisters were fed to the monsters. Even after so long, she was still affected, each time she saw something simr, she would be reminded of the nightmare. She was scared, truly frightened. Each time she thought of the possibility of being eaten, she would be driven crazy. She didnt dare harbor any more hatred, and such a deste feeling left her wishing for death, and she would constantly bring out the knife she hid, intending to slit her own wrists. However, she never had the courage to go through with it. Each time, she would hold the knife while sobbing, after that she would keep the knife, before being toyed with by Brother Long, and her days would repeat. Now that Zhang Xiao Qiang had appeared, he was different from Brother Long and the rest, he didnt want her, and told her to leave. Afraid that Brother Long would throw her to the zombies, she had bugged Zhang Xiao Qiang shamelessly, hoping that he would kill her. After that, when she thought that he wanted to return her to Brother Long, she was truly fearful. Brother Long loved his face and reputation, and would definitely feed her to the zombies. She was so frightened, and that sort of despair was even deeper and stronger than being a bitch for Brother Long. Zhang Xiao Qiang hated her, although she didnt know why, and she didnt want to know the reason anymore. She knew that as long as she was obedient, even more so than Su Qian, she would not be fed to the zombies. She did not hate him, nor did she have the qualifications to, as her life wasnt in her hands anymore. When Yang Keer disappeared from her view, she began to get anxious, and quickened her pace: Will he get angry? When Zhang Xiao Qiang finished his 2nd set of frog leaps, he looked at the 3 women. Yang Keer was proceeding along at a leisurely pace, Yuan Yi following far behind. Her performance was decent, and her constitution strong. She should be able to start training in weapons. As for Su Qian? Wheres she? He couldnt see her anywhere, instead, he saw that there was a figure lying on a patch of flowers. He walked over and saw that she was extremely pale, and was unconscious. He carried her over towards the entrance and she still wasnt moving. Zhang Xiao Qiang opened up his canteen and pour some water on her face. With the cold water pouring on her, Su Qians body trembled slightly, as her tongue licked the little beads of water around her mouth. If youre awake, then get up yourself, stop acting like a dead dog! Zhang Xiao Qiang spoke coldly. He was expressionless and did not show any concern even to this girl who he was more well disposed to. En~~~~ She moaned a little and sat up with difficulty. Peng! A dark green water canteen was thrown at her feet, and she picked it up and hastily gulped down some water. In her haste, she choked slightly and began coughing. How many rounds did you run? Zhang Xiao Qiang asked. I... I cant remember, Ive lost count towards the back! She immediately knelt down and lowered her head in fear, her body trembling. If you dont know, restart! This time, youd better keep count! Zhang Xiao Qiang shot back coldly. Regardless of how she thought, his words were final. Yes, Master! Su Qian nodded once and began to get to her feet wobbly, going back to the track. Ha! Im done! Yang Keer ran to his side, this time, it wasnt just her forehead, but her entire body covered in perspiration. Begin your frog leaps! He didnt say much, as he resumed his sets. Zhang Xiao Qiang and Yang Keer resumed their training after breakfast. By that time, Yuan Yi had finished her rounds, and her entire body was lying on the ground like a strand of noodle, as she panted heavily. Su Qian was still in the midst of her rounds, her entire body seemingly close to another fainting spell. Yang Keer went to get Su Qian, allowing her to rest with Yuan Yi before they were given a piece of biscuit to eat. Most of the women here could only eat 2 meals, without breakfast. Yuan Yi and Su Qian had expended energy in the morning, and their stamina consumption wasrge. Zhang Xiao Qiang was not a miser, and would naturally give them more meals. When they finished eating, Zhang Xiao Qiang told them to continue with their frog leaps. In the future, if they met some existence they couldnt fight, at least they could run! As they were exercising, Brother Long and Chen Yi came out, and when they saw the women exercising, they felt curious. Lil bro, whats this youre singing? Brother Long couldnt help but ask. Haha, Brother Long, Ive just arrived, and dont have much manpower, I want to make use of these 2 women first, theyre ves after all. Zhang Xiao Qiang was unwilling to let Brother Long know of his intentions to leave. Hence, he decided to use this as an excuse. Lil bro, its not that I want to nag, what are you standing on ceremony for? Were a family! Brother Longs tone was slightly chiding, Chen Yi also nodded. This little brother is still unsure of the situation round, so I want to just make some preparations, if I intend to embark on a big mission, I will definitely seek the assistance of Brother Long and Brother Yi! Zhang Xiao Qiang spoke some perfunctory words. Haha, youre more than wee to, but yes, getting familiar is good. Whatever you need just let me know! Chen Yi was extremely pleased, after all, he only had a number of subordinates, if he gave Zhang Xiao Qiang a few, he would have a lesser number as well. Those cowards would usually bumble things, up, bringing them isnt too safe. Lending them out might prove to be a decent exchange. Brother Long and Chen Yi exchanged some words, before they went out with their men to source for resources, not even looking at Yuan Yi and Su Qian. Zhang Xiao Qiang, Yang Keer and the rest worked out till noon, where they rested and had their meals. Yuan Yi and Su Qian were pushed to their absolute limits, their hair disheveled. Their faces were full of dirt and perspiration, like 2 wildcats. As they walked, they would wobble from side to side, even climbing the stairs proved to be a challenge. As for Yang Keer, it was like it was nothing to her, in fact, it felt exhrating. TN: *Nezha: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nezha Interested readers should check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gods_of_Honour Chapter 75: Hold this!! Chapter 75: Hold this!! After the meal, Zhang Xiao Qiang went back into his room, sitting on the sofa and smoking a cigarette. He thought back to the morning exercise and felt that he might have been to harsh on them, and was considering to let them rest in the afternoon. Otherwise, they might not meet the requirements for tomorrow. Since the crux of the training had not been achieved yet, should he decrease the tempo somewhat? Yuan Yi and Su Qians performances could be said to be satisfactory, especially that Su Qian, who had that unbreakable resolve. She gave it her all during the training, and it could be seen that she was willing to grab the chance. The moment he finished the cigarette, he drank some water and had a thought. If the ns to go to WH City were off, should he continue to J City? The situation there was uncertain, and it was considered the ce with the strongest security under the government. There should be some form of preparation there. Who knew, there might be remnant troops, at least there wouldnt be ves or women being treated as bitches right? Or should we head for BJ? Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that it was funny. Even the WH City that was only a few hundred km away could not be reached, not to mention BJ that was at least over a thousand km away. He didnt even have a map, what if he identally exited the country? Squeak. The door was pushed open, as Yuan Yi entered with a white nightgown, carrying a basin. Seeing the basin, Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately felt ufortable with his perspiration-soaked body, the high-intensity exercises in the morning had caused his entire uniform to be soaked. It felt just nice for a bath. He stood up and didnt let Yuan Yi do it, instead, taking off the clothes himself. He feltfortable immediately. In the past, he didnt have the qualifications, now that he had, he didnt have to feel awkward about himself. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt get Yuan Yi to help him with the bath this time as well, he quickly washed himself off roughly, before handing the towel to Yuan Yi, who felt at a loss. He changed to a new set of clothes and climbed into bed. Yuan Yi was about to carry the basin out when Zhang Xiao Qiang called out: Bring me the lunchter, Ill take a nap. Yesterday, Zhang Xiao Qiang had eaten lunch with Yang Keer, there wasnt a need to head to the kitchen to eat. Furthermore, Brother Long and the rest would usually ce their rations in the kitchen, and once it was prepared, it would be sent to the rooms. Unless there were some urgent matters that require discussions. Zhang Xiao Qiang had met the chef yesterday, he used to be a sous-chef, and his skills were decent. He was the only person in the entire group that didnt have to risk his life and could eat his fill. It seemed like the saying be a chef and you wouldnt go hungry had some truth to it! As he slept, someone entered the room. He opened his eyes and noticed Yuan Yi carrying lunch in. Lunch was pretty appetizing, the chef had prepared y pot rice, Zhang Xiao Qiang could not remember when was thest time he had y pot rice. Eating such a rare meal in this current apocalypse was truly a luxury. When he ate it cleanly and drank some water, Zhang Xiao Qiang asked: Wheres Keer? She usually kept such a strict eye on him, and yet, today Yuan Yi had spent almost half a day here and Yang Keer was nowhere to be seen? Miss Keer didnt eat and just fell asleep, she said she didnt sleep well in the morning! Zhang Xiao Qiangid back on the bed, getting Yuan Yi to sit at the head of the bed and massage his temples. He could smell the fragrance from Yuan Yis body, as his brain started to whir again. If he had no goals, he could only stay here temporarily, at the very least, he had to ascertain that Yuan Yi and Su Qian could protect themselves before they left. As to their thoughts? Where they important? However, up to this point, Brother Long and Chen Yi were still nice on the surface, regardless of how fierce or vicious they were, at least to himself, they had sent women and allowed him to rest. He could not just take it for granted as well, at the very least, he needed to prepare some resources. At that time, whether they lived or not wasnt his problem anymore. The granary? Zhang Xiao Qiang considered that ce, before shaking his head. Even Brother Long and his 20 men could not handle the ce, if he brought these 3 women there, wasnt that equivalent to pping Brother Longs face? However, the vicinity was cleared by Brother Long and the rest, and a little further, they would be able to reach the city. Thinking about the millions of zombies awaiting them to send themselves as food, he quickly vanquished the thought. Thinking up to this point, he began to feel frustrated, and the fragrance from Yuan Yi was still lingering, and it caused him to be distracted. He flipped his body, sprawling on the body, hugging the pillow and begin to think again, where should he start his own establishment? As he sprawled, he felt ufortable, and he wanted to toss again, when his right hand brushed Yuan Yis thighs, and he subconsciously felt her up, feeling the smooth skin at his fingertips. Zhang Xiao Qiang was suddenly reminded of the miningpany she was trapped in, there seemed to be red wine and some other resources there? At this point, he lifted his head and noticed Yuan Yis face was flushed red, eh, something felt different under his hands? He took a look and noticed that he had absent-mindedly treated her legs as a pillow. Her legs were turning numb. Seeing her flushed and embarrassed expression, Zhang Xiao Qiang truly felt strange: Maybe she really belongs to those special type? The ce that you escaped from, where is it roughly? He felt that it was worth a try. Its at some town called Gu Ye Town near Guang Shan area... Ah! Zhang Xiao Qiang felt a little interested and did not let go of her thigh, instead, applying slightly more strength. Yuan Yis face started to flush more, and could not help but moan. How many zombies were there? Were they near the town? He continued to ask. There were dozens of them, should beposed of my ex-workers, it takes about 5 minutes to drive to the town. Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped caressing her thighs and began to sink into his thoughts. 5 minutes? Then discounting the possibility of a thousand other zombies in the town, he and Yang Keer should be able to handle those. The 2 women could get a feel of fighting for their survival, rather than being shocked or scared at the next major operation. From here to there, how long would it take? Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to make sure and to take into consideration all factors. Im not too sure, the other time, the small car took about 1 hour back here. The main issue was that the roads werent too good, and the car had traveled slowly. Yuan Yis flush started to subside with the stopping of Zhang Xiao Qiangs hands. It was not yet 1 pm, and if they left now, there was still enough time. Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately pried Yuan Yis hands away and jumped out of bed. Go, wear your uniform, wake Yang Keer, both you and Su Qian will follow us to that ce. He ordered as he put on his shoes. Yuan Yi turned pale, she knew that it was the time for her toe in contact with those zombies, but she hadnt expected it to be so fast. She went off without a sound, although her steps were heavy. By the time Zhang Xiao Qiang prepared his items and brought his weapon and water out, thedies were still not ready. He sat down and waited. By the time they came out, it took 20 minutes. Seeing them drag their feet, Zhang Xiao Qiangs expression was ugly. He saw Yang Keer and her sleepy expression and didnt say much, he knew it must have been her who was slow. Yuan Yi and Su Qian would not have dared to make him wait. When they walked to the car park, Yang Keer insisted on her Landrover but was shot down, as it was not a race, they were going to get supplies. How much space could the Landrover fit? In the end, they drove a cargo truck, and Su Qian sat at the driver seat, with Yang Keer sitting beside to learn, whereas Zhang Xiao Qiang and Yuan Yi sat behind, observing the scenery. Zhang Xiao Qiang was feeling uneasy, as the unpredictable weather was making it hard to grow anything. Yuan Yi looked out at the passing scenery with an amazed expression. She had been cooped up at the chicken farm for too long, and the sights outside were too mesmerizing. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at his watch, noting that it was about half an hour, and they should be there soon. He pulled out his handgun to check and saw Yuan Yi eyeing his gun. When she saw Zhang Xiao Qiang looking at her, she immediately lowered her head, as though she did something wrong, her hands turning white, as she became fearful. Zhang Xiao Qiang could understand how she feel because it was normal to think that with a gun, it was easy to have control over ones life. She would not be treated like a dog then. This was themon thinking of a weakling, cing their hopes onto an insignificant item. They had never thought to train to be strong. Ka He loaded some bullets, and handed the gun to Yuan Yi, who looked at it, not daring to take it. Hold this!!! Seeing Yuan Yi being hesitant, Zhang Xiao Qiang barked out. Chapter 76: Please Don’t Give Up On Me! Chapter 76: Please Dont Give Up On Me! Yuan Yi reached out for it involuntarily, and when she took it she looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang helplessly. Her hands trembled uncontrobly, unsure if she should hold it or put it down. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt wait for her to respond, and grabbed her hands to aim at his own head, looking into her eyes and barked: Shoot! Yuan Yi was frightened, extremely so. She suddenly felt that what she was holding wasnt a gun, but a red hot charcoal. Her entire body shook, and she wanted to let go of it, but her hands were gripped tightly by Zhang Xiao Qiang, and she couldnt get out of his grip no matter what. Su Qian felt uneasy, as she looked at the rear mirror from time to time. Yang Keer shot a nce behind, before continuing to observe Su Qian nonchntly. Shoot! Havent you always wanted this?! Zhang Xiao Qiang ignored Yuan Yis pale face, her fear, and her anxiety, as he barked out continuously. Tears welled up in Yuan Yis eyes and flowed down. She wrenched her hands away forcefully, and the gun dropped on the seat. Pa!! Zhang Xiao Qiang finally went against his fathers teachings and pped Yuan Yi harshly. She immediately brought her hand to her face, not daring to move and continued to sob quietly. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt extremely disappointed. He had seen the hope in her eyes when she looked at the gun and understood her way of thinking. Hence, he decided to give her a chance, by allowing her to open fire. It was to prove whether she had the courage to resist or fight back. If she really dared to do so, it meant that she had the courage in her still. If there was the courage to resist hismand, she would have to courage to survive in this apocalypse. Just like how Zhang Xiao Qiang had given Yang Keer a hammer to kill a zombie in the past. Killing a zombie was not so easy, it required the courage to face ones fears. Yang Keer had done it, yet Yuan Yi had shrunk away from it. Zhang Xiao Qiang picked up the gun, looking at Yuan Yi with contempt. She could not bepared with a 15-year-old girl, and dared to dream of grasping her own destiny? She just assumed the aura of a strong woman, yet her cowardice was deep in her bones. Other than using her capabilities as a bargaining chip, what else could she do? Zhang Xiao Qiang had been exasperated when he hit her. After pping her, he instantly felt regret, was his reputation tarnished just like that? Youre a weakling! Zhang Xiao Qiang eyed Yuan Yi and spoke. Youve always thought that you were strong and that others could notpare to you. That is why you have a sickening pride in your bones. Zhang Xiao Qiang continued to rub salt into her wounds, as Yuan Yi sobbed silently. Her voice became softer, and she listened to Zhang Xiao Qiangs words. In your false pride, there lies your cowardice. You cant evenpare to a 14-year-old girl. She had managed to use a hammer when she was facing her fears to kill a zombie! Ask yourselves, can you do that? Yang Keer was slightly dissatisfied with Zhang Xiao Qiang using her as an example. You might be a woman, you canck the strength. You can evenck the skills, but no matter what, you cannotck your courage. Without it, you dont have the qualifications to live in this apocalyptic world! After he spoke his piece, Yuan Yi began wailing. This was the first time she actually bawled since the apocalypse began because she knew Zhang Xiao Qiang was right. She had no courage, every time she thought of killing Brother Long, she would hesitate. When she saw him feed the twins to the zombies, she began to find excuses for herself. Suicide? Each time, she hadcked the courage to do so. It was allid out bare by Zhang Xiao Qiang, and she finally came to terms with it. Master, please dont give up on me, Ill listen to you. Really. Even if you want to treat me like a dog. Dont abandon me, wuwuwuwu..... She began to beg earnestly while crying, afraid of her fate in this cruel world. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt frustrated, he really wanted to give up on her. Someone without courage would only serve to drag him down. There would be countless obstacles in the roads and journeys toe, how could he bring this coward along? Seeing Zhang Xiao Qiangs face as though he couldnt make a decision, Yuan Yis fear grew deeper. She immediately grabbed him and muttered constantly: Master, please, dont abandon me, I will do anything, anything! Pa! Zhang Xiao Qiang sent another p. If he could hit once, there would be twice, especially since he disliked her. Yuan Yi tolerated the p and was happy: Master, go ahead and hit me, you can hit me however you like! Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly felt that Yuan Yis current behavior was a joke, and extremely pitiful. Sit properly! He barked, and she immediately sat straight with an obedient look. Ill give you one more chance! This is a hammer, if you see a single zombie, you have to kill it! Otherwise, you can let it eat you. Or you can choose to get out now! Zhang Xiao Qiang gave her the choice, and she hesitated again. She knew that she could not regret her decision. Right now, she was fearful of Zhang Xiao Qiang, even more so than Brother Long. Brother Long was ok as long as she was obedient, but Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted her to go face those monsters. Her heart was thrown in turmoil, as she looked out and saw the scattered zombies all over the fields. She turned her gaze to the hammer again and looked towards Zhang Xiao Qiang with a pleading look. However, he ignored her begging look. His hand became lighter, as the hammer was taken from him. He took up the gun, unlocked the safety, and said: I will kill you before they eat you. Yuan Yi heaved a sigh of relief, her face full resolute. She gritted her teeth as she looked at the zombies outside. The car came to a stop, and Zhang Xiao Qiang stepped out with binocrs in his hands. He saw a split in the road, and there was arge grassy in on the right. There were a few buildings and a carpark, which contained a few smaller cars, 2 buses, and 2 huge vehicles. One of the buildings was a 4-storey building, with 2 rows of shophouses painted blue. There were also 2 bungalows that were half-finished. Zombies were roaming about the construction site. The zombies around the building werent many, maybe 3 or 5 of them. There was a dozen at the carpark. It seemed that they were attracted when Yuan Yi had escaped. From the outside, there didnt seem to be any D-Types or S-Types. However, Zhang Xiao Qiang would not be careless, after all, it used to be a work location, and there might be over 100 of them hidden somewhere. Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled Yuan Yi down from the car, and Yang Keer also jumped out with her Beast Horn Spear, followed by Su Qian. Go settle those in the carpark, leave only one. Be careful. Hearing Zhang Xiao Qiangs instructions, Yang Keer started to saunter towards the carpark with her spear on her shoulders. She looked confident of her victory. Seeing Yang Keer saunter slowly towards the zombies, Yuan Yi and Su Qian both felt astonished and fearful at the same time. They knew those tough burly men back at base were not a match for these zombies, and yet this little girl of less than 15 dared to face them alone? And Zhang Xiao Qiang himself seemed unworried as he told her to go. Do you feel ashamed? That you arent evenparable to a young girl? Zhang Xiao Qiang eyed the 2 women casually, who were trembling in their shoes. Su Qian saw Yang Keers back and she clenched her fists tightly, seemingly mustering the courage. Yuan Yi held that hammer, but her heart felt heavier, as her previous false bravado wasid bare by Zhang Xiao Qiang. Her pride and arrogance were also stripped away. Seeing how Yang Keer walked up the zombies, Yuan Yi was not afraid, only feeling a sense of cold that seeped through her bones. She didnt even dare face a single zombie, not to mention a crowd of them. Zhang Xiao Qiang was right, he didnt need useless women beside him, was she truly not evenparable to a youngss? Not even by a mile? Why did it seem that whatever she studied abroad was for naught? Ha! Yang Keer ced all her frustration over Zhang Xiao Qiang finding other women into her strikes, as she quickly came up to a zombie and smashed outwards. She swung as though she was a baseball yer, and the Beast Horn Spear was her bat. As for the ball, it was the ugly mug of the zombie. Kacha...peng....The sounds of bones snapping and a watermelon squashing sounded off together, as the head of the zombie was split in two from Yang Keers swing. Its top half separated at the lips rolled to the floor. The lower jaw was still on the neck, showing its row of teeth. All sorts of blood and matter flew outwards, and Yang Keer ducked and twisted. Not a single dropnded on her. The headless corpse slumped to the floor, as Yuan Yis hammer dropped to the floor with a thud. Su Qians face was entirely white, her body shivering from the fright. Chapter 77: You call this Guts? Chapter 77: You call this Guts? Yang Keer made short work of the 1st zombie and immediately went for the remaining ones. She was usually docile and obedient, other than eating her snacks, she was very civilized. Yuan Yi and Su Qian had been submissive towards Yang Keer because she had been the earliest to follow Zhang Xiao Qiang. She also happened to be Brother Longs rtive. Yet, they didnt ept her in their hearts, and each felt their own service towards Zhang Xiao Qiang was better than Yang Keers. Until they saw her rampage now. Their entire backs were filled with cold sweat. Yes, her performance now could be said that it was a frenzy. It had always been her character, be it her games and her speed at clearing them, or killing the zombies in one or 2 moves. She was used to this sort of adrenaline rush and she would squeal with excitement from time to time. Not a single zombie ended up as aplete corpse. Wait~...Peng....Zhang Xiao Qiang saw Yang Keer engrossed in her fun and had long forgotten his words. As thest zombie was about to be mutted by her, his warning came toote. Yang Keer saw thatst zombie was not moving, and she licked her lips in satisfaction. She then threw her gaze towards the rest of the zombies near the construction site. She raised her spear and was about to charge to vent her feelings, Ha! This feels so much better than ying games!! I love this feeling!! Pa! A single palm came pping her buttocks, and she yelped, jumping in the air. Do you have ears?! Zhang Xiao Qiang began lecturing Yang Keer, as she lowered her head glumly, her feet drawing circles on the ground. Yuan Yi saw Zhang Xiao Qiang scolding Yang Keer, who didnt lose her temper, and her fear and respect towards Zhang Xiao Qiang grew. Even Yang Keer who was so fearsome was being so obedient now, he must truly be something else. They decided to ignore the zombies near the construction site and proceeded to clear a few more near the building. Zhang Xiao Qiang got Yuan Yi to lead the way to the warehouse, while Yang Keer and Su Qian followed behind. Yuan Yi led the way nervously, while Zhang Xiao Qiang stuck close behind her. He didnt use his Beast Horn Spear, instead, he held the Jing Wei Sword, as it was easier to use in the narrow corridors. The warehouse is up ahead. Yuan Yi spoke as she took a step forward. Just as she was about to turn the corner, Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately grabbed her cor and pulled her back. A pair of ws lunged out from behind the corner. Ah!! Yuan Yi screamed in fright and immediately knelt on the ground. She hugged Zhang Xiao Qiangs legs and did not dare to move. Shit, I knew you arent reliable. He scolded her and pushed her aside, before shing outwards at the zombie that had just revealed its head. Before the zombie fell, Zhang Xiao Qiang took a quick nce around the corner and noticed that zombies had filled up the corridor. There were too many to count. Retreat back out! Zhang Xiao Qiang shed out again at the zombies in front of him. There were too many, and the ce was too narrow. There was no space to maneuver. All of a sudden, a short and skinny zombie shot out speedily from the horde, and a ckened w reached out to sh him. Zhang Xiao Qiang used the Jing Wei Sword in his hands to sh upwards and separated its arm from the shoulder. The armnded uselessly on the ground, while the S-Type continued its lunge without a care for its arm. Peng....Zhang Xiao Qiang fired the Type 54 in his left hand. At the moment when he had chopped off its arm, he had stopped in ce, aiming at its head to fire. While he was handling the S-Type, the remaining ordinary zombies shuffled forwards. Seeing the numerous ws dancing in front of him, his scalp turned numb. He couldnt move, as he knew he couldnt possibly chop off all the ws at one go. Get down! Yang Keer shouted from behind. Without time to think, he immediately got down on the floor, before doing a back roll. A huge shadow flew above him. It turned out that Yang Keer had noticed something wrong, and wanted to step forward to help. However, as the corridor was too narrow, she had hastily grabbed a door, pulling it off its frame with some strength. She then grabbed it like some sort of huge shield and charged forwards. Kadong the huge steel door blocked the zombies, and she tilted the door upwards. She then proceeded to push with all her might, sending them back further down the corridor. They grabbed at the door incessantly, while the walls on either side had deep scratch marks. Yang Keer then lodged the door into the ground, sealing the corridor. This time, the zombies were all sealed in, and their ws only grabbed outwards helplessly from the corners. Yuan Yi was still sitting on the ground, her pants a little wet. It seemed that she had peed herself out of fear, and was thanking her ancestors for barely escaping death. Zhang Xiao Qiang got up from the ground, and walked to Yuan Yis side, looking at her. When Yuan Yi saw Zhang Xiao Qiang looking at her, she got up hastily, closing her legs in embarrassment. Her face started to flush but turned pale upon seeing his expression. You call this guts? Zhang Xiao Qiang felt depressed and frustrated. He was truly speechless. She finally had some decent expression intending to hurt some zombies, in the end, she had peed herself. Even Yang Keer was not like that when she was surrounded by those things in the past. He finally understood it was not that he should get her to kill the zombies, it was getting her to go up and ept being a dish for the zombies to try. Lets try this extreme method then? As he thought up to this point, he grabbed her shoulder and pulled her towards the steel door. Yuan Yi saw the zombies in front and began to struggle to get out of his grasp, the sudden burst of strength almost tearing Zhang Xiao Qiangs arms off. You think I cant cure you of your fear? He became more vicious and grabbed her with his left hand, and his right hand grabbing her hair. He pushed her towards the zombie ws until Yuan Yi saw that they were mere centimeters away from her nose. She began to scream in fright, and shook her head forcefully, trying to get out of his grasp. However, her hair was in his grip, and other than the pain in her scalp, she could not get out. When she could smell the putrid rotting stench from the ws, she closed her eyes out of desperation. Open your eyes! Otherwise, Ill throw you in! Zhang Xiao Qiang threatened her coldly. Yuan Yi was afraid of being eaten by them, and immediately opened her eyes to look at the ws and the zombies behind the door. The zombies were packed like sardines, and the ws were grabbing outwards continuously without stop. It was impossible to count how many there were. The metal door was squeaking due to the pressure, as though it was about to tear open, releasing the zombies. Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly felt Yuan Yi tremble uncontrobly, as a strong fecal scent came from Yuan Yi. He did not bother about it, as he had even managed to handle Yang Keer when her stench was even stronger back then. Chapter 78: Yuan Yi = Slaughter! Chapter 78: Yuan Yi = ughter! 5 minutes, then 10 minutes. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that Yuan Yis body had stopped moving. If it wasnt for the warm body temperature, he would have thought she had died from fright. He took a closer look and still didnt understand. She wasnt frightened anymore, and she had stopped shaking from fear. Her eyes were wide open staring at the zombies. It seemed that the longer she was exposed to them, the more used she got. Since the zombies could not get to her, she naturally had nothing to fear. Yet, even with those things from her worst nightmares in front of her, her breathing seemed slightly irregr. Her face was turning slightly flushed, perspiration dripping off her face, and her legs were rubbing constantly. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw Yuan Yi getting turned on and felt bewildered. He had never expected her thoughts to travel so far out there even when facing zombies. This womans mind was truly unfathomable. Zhang Xiao Qiang released his grip, while Yuan Yi stayed where she was, not moving. She didnt even turn her head, and she seemed to not mind that there were zombie ws barely inches from her face. Her eyes were wide open as she observed the zombie, trying to take in all that she was seeing. It was almost as though she was engrossed, and the zombie was like some priceless historical artifact. Zhang Xiao Qiang patted her shoulder, only then she was brought out of her stupor. When she looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang, her flush subsided, reced by her pale expression again. Her hand sunk, as a long, strange spear was ced in her hands. The spear was a golden-yellow Beast Horn Spear, and the feeling of the contours was exquisite, as though giving off light. It looked mysterious. Yuan Yi held the Beast Horn Spear and looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang, not knowing why he passed her such an item. You can stand here and kill the zombies. When all the zombies are killed, you can leave. If by the time were done and youre not, you can just stay here! Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted her to get used to killing, only when she can strengthen her resolve, she would be able to face future obstacles with more courage. ughtering was the fastest method, and this was basically allowing her to do so from a safe distance. If she could not even do this, then he would not hesitate to leave her behind. This is yourst chance, if..... He was halfway through his sentence when Yuan Yi abruptly thrust forwards, the spear piercing the mouth of one zombie. It was like poking tofu, as the spear went all the way through to the back of the head. She then twisted the spear, causing the brains to be torn apart. She then pulled out the spear and proceeded to thrust again. This time, her thrust went a little lower, and the spear pierced through the heart of another zombie. She then twisted it again, causing arge hole to appear in the chest of the zombie. Everyone could see through the hole. The zombie had no reaction to the hole in its chest, instead, it stepped forward to bang savagely on the iron door. Yuan Yis expression regained its flush, and her eyes brightened up. She licked her dried lips while thrusting yet again with the spear. This time, since her bloodlust was awakened, the spear pierced the throat of the zombie and twisted. The flesh at the neck tore, and with a Pa sound, the zombies head dropped to the ground. The headless corpse then fell backward, squashed by the rest of the zombies from behind. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at Yuan Yi venting her feelings and felt conflicted himself. He knew that he disliked her, yet he couldnt help but give her chances time and time again. Why? Could it be that he saw a little of himself in her? She did not dare to kill herself, yet she wanted to die. Wasnt he like that in the past? He had been trapped at home and lost all hope. Every day, he had woken up to despair and torture. He had tried slitting his own wrists but didnt dare to go through with it in the end. He had also been weak. A coward. When he had taken the risk for the sake of a few cabbages, he had then sessfully gone through the change. He had taken charge of his own destiny, and killed a zombie, gaining his confidence together with his strength. Only when he faced the attack of the 3 zombies did he truly felt like he had the makings of someone strong. Seeing Yuan Yi somewhat reminded him of himself in the past. Comparing the current him and his past self, he had given Yuan Yi chances time and time again. It was not that he was being benevolent, nor was it due to her good looks. Instead, because she was his follower now, he had to take charge of her. He had to give her the capability to struggle and survive in this world. There was no need for weaklings. Regardless of your looks or position prior, those meant nothing in the current world now. Yuan Yis current condition was getting abnormal. Other than her initial nervousness and fear, she was bing more excited by the minute. Her breathing became more rushed, and she seemed somewhat intoxicated. Her eyes were wide open, and excitement could be seen in her pupils. She was forgetting herself and had started to inch closer. The zombies in front were all she saw, and she forgot about those at the side. One zombie near the side of the wall reached out and made a grab for her shoulder. It looked as though she was about to be scratched, and she was lost in her excitement, not noticing the danger. Peng... Zhang Xiao Qiangs reaction was fast, and he kicked out at Yuan Yis leg. She was sent to the ground, rolling to one side as her head knocked the wall slightly. She sat up, rubbing her head as she looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang with confusion. Wheres your eyes? Howe you didnt even notice a huge zombie in front of you?! If I was the slightest bitte, youd have be like them!!! He pointed to a zombie right at the edge of the wall and scolded Yuan Yi. She saw its w grasping at her earlier location, and her heart tightened. She couldnt breathe for a while, only letting out a long breath as she calmed down. She looked back at Zhang Xiao Qiang again with gratitude in her eyes. Continue. He seemed not to notice Yuan Yis gratitude, only lifting his watch to look at the time. He wanted to go back before the sky turned dark, and it was already half past 2. They needed to hurry. She pushed herself off the ground and used the Beast Horn Spear to support herself. She looked at the zombie that had almost got her and her eyes shed with a savage glint. There was no more excitement, nor fear. Instead, there was a hint of red, as though a fire had been ignited. Ha! This was the first time she had shouted out, and the speed of her thrust also increased. The spear prated the shoulder before Yuan Yi twisted and tore off the entire arm. As the right armnded on the ground, Yuan Yi pierced the left shoulder, and the left arm was removed as well. The Beast Horn Spear pierced the zombie again and again, leaving multiple holes. The bloodlust in Yuan Yi was also getting stronger, and from time to time, phrases like Fuck you and Die bitch could be heard. Now she wasnt a weakmb anymore, instead, she had turned into some hooligan sister on the streets? Seeing the zombie being torn apart by Yuan Yi, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt his skin crawl. He did not know if forcing Yuan Yi like this was right or not. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not feel excitement or fear towards the zombies. There was only purely a survival instinct. Other than the D2, he had not felt a sense of achievement from killing them, and he did not particrly feel like it was a fun thing to do. Yang Keer had a naive game-like attitude towards the zombies. To her, they were like whack-a-moles to be smashed. She didnt have to think, and just had to smash. She would enjoy it temporarily, then forget about it the moment she turned around. Yuan Yi was different. She was purely enjoying, yes enjoying the pleasure of ughtering. To her, the zombies were no longer the stuff of nightmares. Instead, they had be toys for her to y with. Seeing them fall one after another, their flesh and bones being separated, she felt the excitement. Her body was trembling, only this time, it wasnt from fear but from the adrenaline and joy. She felt a sense of satisfaction from destroying them and wished there would be no end to them so she could ughter to her hearts content. Zhang Xiao Qiang realized he could not see through Yuan Yi. There was a deep set pride in her bones, yet her servitude was even more praiseworthy than Su Qian. She was obviously weak, yet her bloodlust was so much stronger after she got over her fear? The zombie that had irked Yuan Yi off could not withstand the torture, and its body began to fall apart. It slumped to the ground, while Yuan Yi licked her lips again, assessing the remaining zombies as though selecting a prize. She was considering her next target! Quickly. Stop wasting time. Zhang Xiao Qiangs warning sounded out, and Yuan Yi dared not dy anymore. She began to thrust out more efficiently, and her aim was getting urate. Each strike would pierce the zombies through the eyes, and the zombies would slump back like robots that ran out of juice. Yang Keer stood one side in boredom. Such a killing method was like art n craft in kindergarten. There was no excitement. She liked to wave her bat around, swatting the smelly freaks around like flies. Su Qian was watching all these with a pale expression. She couldnt understand, Yuan Yi was more cowardly than her. She had always been at a loss when facing zombies, yet she was now so adept at killing the zombies. How did she suddenly be so good? It was like watching a god of war, furthermore, Yuan Yi seemed to be enjoying herself. Her past cowardly self had disappeared, and she had left Su Qian in the dust. Chapter 79: Go back, or else, die! Chapter 79: Go back, or else, die! Su Qian couldnt understand Zhang Xiao Qiang. She had been a call girl as well as a manager and had seen all sorts of characters. However, she had never seen someone with such a strange temper like Zhang Xiao Qiang. He obviously disliked Yuan Yi, yet he gave her chance after chance. He also treated herself better than Yuan Yi, yet was stricter with her during training. She was afraid that she could not keep up with his pace and would be abandoned. She was just a woman, a slightly calctive one at that. However, how could her little schemes be used in this world where everything made no sense now? In the morning run, she knew that she was the weakest amongst the 3 women. Not to mention Yang Keer, she could not evenpare with Su Qian. As a woman, her value could not match up to Yang Keers innocence nor Yuan Yis beauty. She had originally thought that she was strong, and she could take suffering. As long as she met Zhang Xiao Qiangs demands, she could shake off her status as a female ve and be a warrior beside him. However, as she watched Yuan Yi killing the zombies like a warrior herself, Su Qian felt a strong sense of defeat. Dad! Watch over me! Your daughter will live on well! Su Qian cheered herself on silently, and the helpless look in her eyes was reced with resolution. The zombies had no sense of sight and had no perception of danger. As the zombies in front were killed, the ones behind would step forward dumbly. Yuan Yi didnt even need to move her feet, as she continued to strike at those new zombies. She had expended a huge amount of stamina in the morning and suffered a few scares in the afternoon. Her body was starting to get exhausted and was losing her sharpness in her thrusts. 3 more....2 more....1 more... She continued to chant silently. Only after thest zombie was down, did she begin to rx. Seeing thest zombie, Zhang Xiao Qiang took out his handgun and cocked the safety. It was a D-type, and its strength could knock the door away. While Yang Keer had stuck the door to block the ordinary zombies, it might not necessarily block the D-type. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not want to alert Yuan Yi. It was thest test for her today, if she could get past this, he would gain another assistant. If not? Rest in peace, Ill avenge you! The D-type had been stuck behind because of the rest of the ordinary zombies. Only after the ones in front were dealt with by Yuan Yi could it move in front. The fallen zombies corpses had be obstacles on the ground, causing the movement of the D-type to be slow. As it came up to the door, Yuan Yi raised the Beast Horn Spear and struck out. At that moment, the D-type stepped on an empty spot, and its body staggered. The Beast Horn Spear brushed past its face and tore its right ear off in a bloody fashion. The bones in the face were exposed. There was also a huge bleeding hole where the ear used to be. When the zombie felt its ear hurt, it roared out in fury: AO~~~~~ The D-type then charged towards Yuan Yis direction. Peng The steel door immediately received a powerful impact, and the corners stuck in the wall creaked loudly. More parts of the wall were dislodged and scattered. Seeing that the door was not able to withstand the blows from the D-type, Yuan Yi began to panic. She lifted the spear again and tried thrusting. However, her speed wascking aspared to previously, and this time, it pierced through the D-types right arm. Ha~~ Yuan Yi screamed out in frustration and tried to put her bodyweight into the spear. The Beast Horn Spear then pierced through the chest of the D-type, before being stuck in its ribs. Without waiting for her to pull it out, the D-Type raised its left arm and smashed towards the spear. With a kacha sound, the wooden part of the spear was split in two. Zhang Xiao Qiangs Chrysanthemum Beast Horn Spear was made out of wood, and the wood wasnt some quality stuff. It naturally could not withstand the strength of the D-type. Yuan Yi held the half-broken spear and stared dumbly. When she saw the D-type about to crash into the door again, she turned around with the intent to escape. Yuan Yi could not believe her eyes as she looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang, tears welling up in her eyes. He was currently pointing his handgun at her forehead. Go back, or else, die!!! His face was extremely stern and furious, with his handgun kept aimed at her. As long as she retreated another step, he would open fire. Yuan Yi was truly anxious. She looked at the dark expression on Zhang Xiao Qiangs face and looked behind at the D-type continuously smashing the door. In the end, she looked at the half of the spear still in her hands in despair. Guang Dang A steel bar was thrown at her feet. It was precisely the steel bar that she had thrown in her panic much earlier. It seemed that Zhang Xiao Qiang had picked it up somehow and had thrown it to her. Yuan Yi gritted her teeth and stared at Zhang Xiao Qiang, flinging the wooden spear savagely onto the floor. She then unzipped her military uniform, revealing only a small exercise bra, before bending over to pick up the steel bar. At that moment, the door gave way with a huge rumble, and it was flung towards the left side, causing another loud bang. Arge shadow loomed over. Ya~~~~~~ Yuan Yi held the steel bar in her right hand and screamed a challenge at the D-type, charging to face it like a diator from Ancient Rome. The zombie naturally could not understand Yuan Yis taunt, it only knew that its right hand was pinned in front of its chest due to the Beast Horn Spear, and without its right hand, its movements were clumsy and slow. It was somewhat like an ordinary zombie right now. Yuan Yi faced the D-type and began to dodge left and right, her footwork bing more nimble. The D-type just ignored everything and lunged towards her. Yuan Yi made use of the fact that its right arm was useless and evaded to its right, routing behind it. Dang Dang Dang She then proceeded to bash its head thrice. However, her strength was running out by then, and an attack of such minimal force was like a mosquito bite to the D-type. At this time, the D-type caught the scent of Zhang Xiao Qiang and made for him. Seeing the D-type stepping forward to its death, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt it funny. He had arranged for it to be a duel between 2 clumsy oafs, and somehow he had to be dragged in? Dong Zhang Xiao Qiang raised his leg, intending to send the D-type back to where it came from. Yi Yuan, however, took the chance to use the steel bar to pummel the kneecap of the D-type. Ka A loud sound rang out, and the D-type finally wobbled unsteadily. It was enraged by Yuan Yi this time and raised its w intending to grab her. She retreated slightly, dodging its w by barely a hairs breadth. When Yuan Yi readjusted her position, the D-type had regained its center of gravity, and it stepped forwards again to grab at her. Yuan Yi immediately dodged backward. As she retreated, she forgot to take her surroundings into consideration and as a result, she tripped over the door that was left on the ground. The D-type chased up and sent another w, as she rolled backward all the way till she reached a corner. Her fair skin was now covered in dust and grime. Yuan Yi stood up, her face dirty, in preparation to face the zombie again. The D-type had attacked so many times to no avail and roared out in frustration again. Guang Dang Yuan Yi threw the steel bar to the ground, and raised her hands in a bare handedbat manner, watching the bulky D-type charge at her. Chapter 80: Thinking of Rebelling? Chapter 80: Thinking of Rebelling? Zhang Xiao Qiang was bbergasted? Wasnt she doing just fine? Her earlier performance had already gained his approval. Although she had not yet wrapped up the fight, it was not a fault of her. If she fought like that, any normal zombie would be finished easily. He had not stopped her purely to see her limits. At the very least, her current performance had already outstripped Yang Keer of the past, even himself. He had kept his aim on her but he didnt fire. Although he disliked her, he was not a petty man. As long as Yuan Yi reached his expectations, he was willing to ept her. Yet before her energy ran out, she had actually thrown her weapon down?! Was she giving up? Maybe she was epting death? Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that it was such a pity! Yang Keer became excited. She felt that Yuan Yis performance against the D-type was more exciting than staying behind the door to poke the zombies like frogs. Now, Yuan Yi was even trying to fight with her bare hands, which was even more thrilling than routing around the D-type. She became excited, her eyes widened in anticipation, not daring to miss a single detail. All she wascking was a Pepsi in her left hand and a box of popcorn in her right, and a sofa beneath her bottom toplete her horror movie viewing pleasure. Su Qian was very different from Yang Keer when she had seen Yuan Yi stumble to the floor, she had brought her hands to her mouth. She was afraid to scream, fearing that it might distract Yuan Yi. When Yuan Yi had rolled around, she had pressed her hands to her chest, not able to withstand the terror. When Yuan Yi threw the weapon on the ground, Su Qian immediately shut her eyes when she saw the D-Type stumbling towards Yuan Yi. She peeked out of the gaps in her hands, ready to close her palms. Yuan Yi watched as the D-Type stumble towards her with one useless leg. There was not a single trace of fear on her face. She didnt stand at her original spot, instead, walking towards the middle of the corridor. As she assessed the zombie, her face was slightly flushed red, her brows raised high, her teeth biting her lips. Her body was trembling slightly, not from fear, but from the adrenaline and excitement. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the zombie reached out with its w, not wasting any movement as it swiped towards her. Suddenly, Yuan Yis body moved slightly, and the D-Types body flew up. Dong... the D-Type crashed onto the ground, resulting in a cloud of dust. Zhang Xiao Qiang was wide-eyed with shock. Before he could even react further, the nimble figure of Yuan Yinded on the zombie, and with a kacha the zombie stopped moving. As the dust settled, Yuan Yis curvy figure wrapped only in a sports bra was stepping atop the zombies body, her right leg dug in the throat of the D-Type. Its head was twisted sideways, and seeing it out-of-shape, it was obvious that its head had been stomped. If there was a slow-motion camera, it would be able to showcase that Yuan Yi had dove into the grasp of the zombie, but before it could react, she had grabbed its right w with both hands. She then bent down slightly, pulling its weight down, causing it to flip over. As itid on the ground, she had jumped and broken its spine. It was a wless victory. This time Zhang Xiao Qiang truly had nothing to say. It didnt seem that he was ever at her level?! At the very least, he knew he didnt dare to engage in close quarterbat against any zombies, even if they were one-armed. Was this the same Yuan Yi that had pissed her pants earlier? Was this the same woman who didnt dare to utter a sound after being scolded by her? This was definitely not the same woman that had kept her anger quelled because she was afraid of being fed to the zombies. Yang Keer was shocked, she looked at the D-Type on the ground, and then looked at Yuan Yi again. No matter how she racked her brains, she couldnt understand how did the D-Type fly? Su Qian stood one side, her emotions in a mess. She did not understand why the both of them had stepped out with simr statuses, herself even being at a higher position than Yuan Yi, but now Yuan Yi had suddenly changed. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not even hate Su Qian, but Yuan Yi had suddenly transformed so much? It was not even something that could be described as time, but she had actually changed so much right in front of her eyes?! When Yuan Yi was killing those zombies behind the door, Su Qian was already feeling ufortable. When Yuan Yi was forced to engage the D-Type, Su Qian was still having mixed feelings. And when she was facing off with her bare hands, although Su Qian dared not look on the surface, didnt she celebrate silently? Now that Yuan Yi had finished off such a terrifying monster like a warrior, why was her own heart feeling sour? Yuan Yi held her head high and stuck out her chest as she walked towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. Her eyes were now filled with a fiery gaze, bright and unclouded. It was the first time she was looking at Zhang Xiao Qiang in his eyes, and her first time using such a challenging gaze. Her expression was calm, she did not express any joy at her victory. She didnt have the lingering fear of having survived. Instead, she just looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang, as though nothing really mattered. Zhang Xiao Qiang kept silent, nor did he move. He held Yuan Yis gaze straight, and he didnt look at her with a hateful look. Instead, it was a calm and objective evaluation of her this time. He suddenly noticed that Yuan Yi wasnt short, her height slightly over 1.7m. She was even taller than himself, who was at 1.68m. In the past, she had always huddled herself, in a bid to make herself seem small. Hence it wasnt as apparent. However, she was walking tall and proud now, and he suddenly felt like she was belittling him. Zhang Xiao Qiang finally understood, why he had always found her irksome. It was not for any rubbish reason. The main reason was only one because he had always hated women taller than him using that condescending gaze on him. Although Yuan Yi herself had never used that sort of gaze, nor her current behavior now, an otaku was always sensitive. True, he had not discovered that she was actually taller than himself, but he must have felt it subconsciously, it was like him discovering that things had happened at night while he was camping in the past. The feeling wasnt strong this time, but it had resulted in a dislike towards Yuan Yi, a sort of repulsion that a macho man gets when faced with a taller woman. Thinking of rebelling? As he thought that, he couldnt help but straighten himself, and stare back at her. How many near-death experiences had he faced? She thought that he would be afraid of her? This little chick? Zhang Xiao Qiangs gaze became extremely fierce. His eyes were filled with a sort of deathly aura, not killing intent. It was the sort of aura that he had begun to emit having survived numerous life-threatening situations. Chapter 81: You! Come Here! Chapter 81: You! Come Here! 1 minute... 2 minutes....before the 3rd minute passed. Yuan Yi moved, as that pair of ripe melons that threatened to break out of the sports bra began to recoil back. She did not dare continue her proud disy, instead, walking over to the wall and grabbed the steel bat. She then returned back to Zhang Xiao Qiang and kneeled down, lowering her head to express her subservience and her utmost obedience. Yang Keer, who was fidgeting with anticipation, became displeased. She had thought that she could make use of this chance to teach this stupid woman who did not know her position. Who knew that she turned out to be a fluffy pillow, actually bending before Yang Keer could make a move. What a pity! Su Qian lowered her head, her body shaking slightly: Why? Why? Why was that bitch Yuan Yi able to stand with her head high in front of him? Is it because of strength? Stand up! Zhang Xiao Qiang spoke to Yuan Yi kneeling at his feet. She obeyed and stood up, returning the steel bar with her head lowered. As Zhang Xiao Qiang received the steel bar, he told Yuan Yi: Lift your head up. From now on, you dont have to kneel, you dont have to lower your head. Even if its to me. From now on, you have regained your right to walk as a person, not on your fours like a bitch! Yang Keer pouted and sulked, her cheeks blown up, as she put on an unhappy expression. Su Qian continued to stand with her head lowered, her trembling bing more pronounced. Her fists were curled up tightly, and her hands had gone white: Yuan Yi can live a new life, am I still a dog then? A bitch that can be bullied? Someone with strength can regain their lives? Kuang Dang One door was pulled open, as a strong rotting stench emitted out from the room. Fortunately, the smell of the zombies outside wasnt that light, so it was more bearable. The moment they entered the room, they saw a corpse on the floor. There was not a single item of clothing on it, instead, the pants were half taken off at the ankles. Within, they could see an underwear with a Japanese AV adult star image on it. Seemed like this brother was also a pervert! The room wasnt big, a few dozen square meters at most. Both sides were blocked by various cardboard boxes. There were a few half empty mineral water bottles lying around, a red wine bottle and a half-eaten apple. When they opened up one of the boxes, there were many Fuji Apples packed neatly, and they seemed to be in good condition. Another box was filled with 24 bottles of mineral water. Seeing those bottles, Zhang Xiao Qiang called Su Qian over and muttered some instructions to her, before she turned around to leave. Zhang Xiao Qiang then called Yang Keer over and got her to begin transporting the apples. Yang Keer seemed unhappy about it, but she still carried 3 boxes up at one go and went out. You! Come here!! Zhang Xiao Qiang called Yuan Yi over. Yuan Yi looked positively wretched at this point. She had the sour smell of piss on her, and there was dust, dirt, and grime all over her face, hands, and even her sports bra. She looked like some beggar, and in front of Zhang Xiao Qiang, she was still docile, just that her eyes were now filled with a little fire. Yuan Yi didnt speak, instead, walking over to him and looked at him. She didnt say anything nor do anything. Her eyes no longer had the numbness and despair of the past, instead, they were deep. Zhang Xiao Qiang couldnt see through her anymore. Take off your clothes!! His tone was extremely mild, as though it was a small matter that wasnt worth a fuss. When Yuan Yi heard that, she received a shock, and clenched her fists tightly. She took a deep breath and grabbed her sports bra, before pulling it off in one tug. She then stuck her voluptuous chest, looking at Zhang Xiao Qiang and awaiting his next move. Continued!!! However, he barely nced at her, instead, he continued to open the caps of the mineral bottles. It was as though he had only eyes for the mineral water, not showing interest towards Yuan Yi beside him. Yuan Yi didnt hesitate this time, immediately removing all her clothing. She didnt even leave her underwear on and stood stark naked in front of Zhang Xiao Qiang proudly. There wasnt the slightest hint of shame on her face. However, her eyes revealed a sardonic look, and her mind must be filled with dark clouds. Zhang Xiao Qiang assessed her, and she didnt to mind his gaze, just standing quietly awaiting his move. At that moment, he reached out with his right hand. Cold mineral water came pouring over Yuan Yis head, flowing down her body. The streams of water trickled down her perky breasts, flowing past her small and tight waist, even past her flower garden. It then dripped down her full thighs and calves, all the way to the floor. The cold water caused Yuan Yi to shiver uncontrobly, and she didnt dare move. Zhang Xiao Qiang continued to allow the water to pour over her head, and for a moment, she thought she had be a toy again, being yed by men. Dont you know how to wash? Are you waiting for me to wash for you? His cold voice broke her out of her wild thoughts, and she proceeded to scrub herself. A number of mineral water bottles were poured continuously over her head, and the dirt was washed off, forming a dirty pool of water at her feet. When Yang Keer came back, she stepped into the pool identally and was instantly pissed off. She started toin to Zhang Xiao Qiang, who ignored her as he continued to pour water all over Yuan Yi. Yang Keer grumbled and carried another 3 boxes of apples out. Her feet stomped through the pool, causing the dirty water to ssh everywhere as if to vent her unhappiness. Su Qian came back and held a set of military uniform. She waited quietly as she watched Zhang Xiao Qiang pouring water over Yuan Yi. Her heart was feeling sour, and she was envious. She promised herself to catch up to Yuan Yi, and she had to shake off her identity as a female ve. After 12 bottles were spent, Yuan Yi was finally clean. Zhang Xiao Qiang grabbed the set of clothes from Su Qian and threw to Yuan Yi for her to wear. After dressing herself, she stood clean in front of Zhang Xiao Qiang, without a speck of dust, nor the smell of urine anymore. She felt refreshed. She had no more resistance towards Zhang Xiao Qiang anymore. She didnt want much, and she didnt care about his thoughts towards anymore. She didnt care in the past, and wouldnt care in the future. All she wanted was her dignity. She didnt mean to rebel by challenging him, instead, she wanted the same treatment he had for Yang Keer. Although she knew she was not Yang Keers equal, she wanted to reserve some dignity for herself. Just a little bit. That was all she was asking for. When Zhang Xiao Qiang got her to remove her clothes, she thought that he wanted her, and at her most ufortable moment. She thought that her position in his eyes had no change, and was just a shameless bitch. In the past, she had lowered her head and admitted her defeat, as she had no qualifications to bargain with him. Hence she had obliged, even if it were only on the surface. However, her heart was different. Who would have thought, Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt unleash some primal desire to fuck her, instead, it was to get her to wash. He even got her new clothes. This was enough. She had already gotten what she wanted. Zhang Xiao Qiang had not expressed any other motives, and she bore all this in her heart. Only after losing it did she realize the preciousness of her dignity. It was truly hard to regain some form of self-respect. She had undergone various tests and trials these past few days, and while her body was exhausted, her heart was at peace. She had truly gained peace. She finally felt that Zhang Xiao Qiang was a true man and one who was worthy of following. Chapter 82: It feels good to be a man! Chapter 82: It feels good to be a man! Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at Yuan Yi who was cleaner now, without that pungent smell and nodded his head in satisfaction. He then pulled out his Type 54 handgun and handed it to her. Take it, you have the qualifications to use it now! Yang Keer had just walked in after her 3rd trip and she heard that familiar phrase. Her heart was immediately dissatisfied. This was what Zhang Xiao Qiang had said to her when she killed her first zombie. Now he was saying it to Yuan Yi, maybe he really had some designs on her?! No, this cannot be! She had to keep a lookout for this Yuan Yi, Hmph, this sister still has not gotten her taste, Ill definitely not let this vixen steal my hubby! Yuan Yi received the handgun with agitated emotions. It was the first time that she had truly felt joy since the apocalypse. Zhang Xiao Qiang had allowed her to bathe and change, which already made her very happy. Now, he was giving his gun to her, and there was an indescribable joy within her. The gun was a priceless item, especially in this apocalypse. Just one alone could be exchanged for a few women more beautiful than her. She was speechless with gratitude and started to promise silently..... I might have epted you, but it does not mean that my dislike of you is gone! Dont ask me why! I dont know myself! What are you standing there for? Go help move!! Zhang Xiao Qiang saw Yuan Yi spacing out and began to berate her, asking her to move. While he did say he didnt know why he hated her, he was extremely clear in his heart. There was only the simple reason that Yuan Yi was taller than him. As a macho man, he could not stand it. Yuan Yi immediately kept the gun in her pockets and started transporting the boxes. Although Zhang Xiao Qiang had reiterated his dislike for her, it had no effect on her now. Her body might be tired right now, even with the weight of the boxes, there was a spring to her steps. The young take the toil of the elders*. Zhang Xiao Qiang was naturally cking when he could. He hummed a tune and grabbed an apple, taking a bite without even cleaning it. He saw a box that had some red wine within and opened it to take a look. Oh? Seems unfamiliar? What brand is this? He brought one bottle up and noticed everything was in English. He was basically illiterate when it came to English, not even knowing if there were 26 or 27 alphabets. The only phrase he knew was S, E, X or S, E, X, Y. These were the 2 things he used in his travels online. He couldnt even remember if his English teacher was male or female. He turned the bottle around, only to notice that there was a [Mousse Wine] written there. It seemed to have been imported from France. Truly rotten Zhang Xiao Qiang muttered, as he opened it up and took a gulp, Whats the difference anyway? He didnt know how to savor wine and naturally, could not tell the difference between imported and local wine. He threw the bottle to the ground, causing the contents to spill on the ground. He proceeded to walk out, there were over a hundred bottles anyway, this couldnt be considered as wasteful. He plucked out his half-Beast Horn Spear from the D-Type and saw a huge redwood door locked shut opposite. There wasnt a single sign on the door, and seeing that there might be a treasure within, his heart skipped a beat. He used the Beast Horn Spear to destroy the lock easily, before kicking the door wide open. The redwood door creaked loudly as it swung. It was dark inside, and there were countless boxes stacked neatly together. Zhang Xiao Qiang casually opened one box, noting that there were 4 smaller ones inside, 2 red and 2 green. Zhang Xiao Qiang used his Nokia to light up the area, taking a clearer look. On the red boxes, there were the words Dried Sausages and on the green boxes, Dried Mushrooms. He tore them open, and the Dried Sausages box indeed contained some dried pork meat, sausages and other parts of pigs. As for the Dried Mushrooms box, there were a few different varieties of mushrooms, including edible tree fungus, portobellos, etc. When Zhang Xiao Qiang saw all these, he became excited. The dried mushrooms could be taken as vegetables, and the dried sausages would not spoil quickly, which meant they could consume them for the time being. Zhang Xiao Qiang continued further in until he reached the middle of the room, where there were many woven bags. These woven bags had the words Thai Rice printed on them and were filled to the brim, each bag likely weighing at least 25kg. Seeing the neatly packed rice sacks, he counted at least 100 of them, which meant that there were at least 5,000 jins of rice. Behind the rice sacks, there were a few more cartons that were packed with other fruits. It seemed that the warehouse was stocking up on products to be given out to the workers for the new years. However, before they had the chance to do so, disaster had struck. Now, Zhang Xiao Qiang stood to gain them all. There were a few other items packed at the corner of the warehouse, containing a few light blue overalls and work clothes. The material was thick, and they felt better than the military uniforms that Zhang Xiao Qiang had on. There were even some antiseptic and boots for both sexes, and they seemed to be actual military-grade boots. Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately took off his peeling sports shoes and switched to the boots. He took a walk in them and felt extremelyfortable. As he looked at the items within, he began calcting. If he brought this much back, he would have to give Brother Long and Chen Yi some. He would also have to give some to He Wen Bin and the rest to try. By the end, he would have nothing left, wasnt it disadvantageous for him? Zhang Xiao Qiang had never let go off his original personality. He had never thought of stealing any men amongst those criminals, and he would always approach a situation from a will-i-lost-out-or-not standpoint. Furthermore, he was a bit of a miser and naturally disliked bringing things back only to share. Ill separate the items in 2 vehicles, 1 will have less of the longersting items, and more of the perishables like the apples. Half of the rice and oil can be packed as well. The rest, Ill hide them! Aftering to a decision, he walked out. Yang Keer and the other 2dies were resting outside the door. Yuan Yi and Su Qian were extremely exhausted. Yang Keer was also somewhat calling out for rest. The time was still early, and they had already moved all the apples. They were now transporting the oil, and since he knew they didnt dare ck off, he threw them a bag of candy as a form of reward. Yang Keer whooped in delight and tore the bag open, taking one up and immediately ate it. Yuan Yi also walked up boldly, grabbing a handful before she walked to one side and ate her share. Su Qian was slightly more nervous, taking up those that Yang Keer had dropped and hid one side to consume them. En, after you guys have rested enough, move everything inside these 2 warehouses out, but dont load them up yet! Zhang Xiao Qiang spoke to them in a casual tone. Yang Keer began toin loudly. There are some of your favorite things in there, like dried sausages and rice! Zhang Xiao Qiang was like a perverted lecher trying to trick a little kid as he tempted Yang Keer, who sadly, was immediately hooked when she heard those items. Her eyes were filled with images of dried sausages. As for the other 2, Zhang Xiao Qiang basically ignored them. Yang Keer was not exhausted in the first ce, she had just taken the opportunity to ck. Now that there was motivation, she began to transport with renewed vigor. Yuan Yi and Su Qian followed behind and did not seem to mind Zhang Xiao Qiangs idle posture outside. He was like the lion of a pack, where the lionesses would hunt and rear the young, while the leader of the pride just sat around andzed. Such a feeling made Zhang Xiao Qiang oddly pleased, ah, it feels good to be a man! *еӷ C An actual Confucian analect http://culture/ebook/jing/sishu/lunyu_en/02.html Chapter 83: These are actually the originals?! Chapter 83: These are actually the originals?! Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt bother about the women being busy. He continued to stroll to the second level and flipped the office about. However, other than some documents and broadcast information, there was nothing of interest. The 3rd level was not much different from the 2nd level, even after searching through the offices, there was nothing noteworthy. He came across a room that was locked, and barged through, only to find manyputers and cabs of folders. He was speechless, he already had a notebook, none of these were useful. He came up to the 4th level, where he entered a meeting room. It was cold and clean, other than the table and chairs, there was nothing else. Passing through it, he entered a living room, and the interior decor was extremely luxurious, with leather coverings and fur rugs. These were all useless to Zhang Xiao Qiang, and nothing seemed to be noteworthy. There was a room connected to the living room, and its huge redwood door was locked shut. Something inside was scratching against the door, and ording to his experience, Zhang Xiao Qiang knew there was a zombie within. He was about to turn and leave when he thought to himself: I searched everywhere for naught, what if therere good items behind the door? Then wouldnt it truly be a pity? Ka The Beast Horn Spear destroyed the lock easily. Zhang Xiao Qiang thenshed out with a kick, causing it to fling wide open. Something behind the door was knocked to the ground. Normally, it would be hard to tell the sex of the zombie after the person had turned, only by observing if there were deted balloons on the chest would one be able to tell, or one could tell the clothes. The zombie on the floor had a colorful female windbreaker, and there was even a light purple scarf around its neck. Its lower body was wrapped in tight wool pants, and there was even a pair of high heels. Before the zombie could get to its feet, Zhang Xiao Qiang had stomped down on its spine, and itid still, never to move again. Zhang Xiao Qiang assessed the posh-looking office. It seemed that the owner had a pretty high status. Without mentioning the expensive furniture, just the [Fishing in Snow] calligraphy hanging on the wall, that was the work of a famous expert, was a clear indication. Even Zhang Xiao Qiang had heard of the experts name. There was a wine rack in the corner, inside, there were many bottles of expensive and branded liquor. Zhang Xiao Qiang couldnt understand the English words, however, he could tell that there were many bottles of white wine, which didnt seem to be sold on the shelves nowadays. There were also a few bottles where thebels had faded, some even been torn off. Only after closer inspection was he able to tell that the bottle was before 70. Finally, there was a few Decanter wine ced in the most eye-catching location. Zhang Xiao Qiang proceeds to tug the entire wine rack without wasting his breath, screaming inwardly: Its mine!! ALL MINE!! Ill have to keep them even if I dont drink them. He found a luggage to keep all the wine, before going to check the bedroom beside the office. There wasnt anything else of value, and while there were branded clothes, they were not his size. Furthermore, running for your life in branded clothes, wasnt it begging for a quicker death? There were a few pills and supplements under the pillow, as well as a few thin nightgowns. It seemed that the owner of the ce had been a pervert himself. That zombie he encountered might have been his secretary when alive. Only when he saw a piece of underwear with photos of the various countries did he realize that the dead corpse in the main store was the owner. Zhang Xiao Qiang rummaged some more, finding a few packets of cigarettes, at least 20 to 30 of different brands. There were even brands he had not heard of before. There was some Panda*, Nanjing Nine Five Extremes and these were squeezed at the bottom. Even the Huanghelou 1916 were not conspicuous. The ones packed on top were some unknown white colored ones with no names. He couldnt care less, and just shoved everything into his bag. Atst, he managed to find some really good things. A number of magazines and films depicting women in various states of undress and clothes were stuffed at the deepest recess of a drawer. By a stroke of luck, he managed to find it, and as he looked at the well-kept pictures and videos in appreciation, he couldnt help but exim: Shit! These are actually the originals?! Zhang Xiao Qiang packed everything up and walked down to the first level in high spirits. Yang Keer and the rest had almost finished transporting, and when she saw Zhang Xiao Qiang carrying the various bags, she ran over to check. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt mind her looking through. She saw the cigarettes and wine, and lost interest, running off. Hehe, my treasures are all at the bottom, you wont be able to see them! Zhang Xiao Qiang hummed a small tune as he followed her out. The emptynd outside was now filled with all sorts of goods. Taking one look, it felt like a great achievement. Yuan Yi and Su Qian were sprawled on the ground resting, while Yang Keer would rummage through the cartons looking for items that interested her. She had changed into a pair of high-leather boots. Now she just looked slightly shorter than Zhang Xiao Qiang. Seeing this, Zhang Xiao Qiang begged quietly in his mind: Whatever gods there are above, please dont let this littless grow any taller!! Zhang Xiao Qiang ignored the women and looked towards the carpark, noting that all the cars had been covered with ayer of dust. Even their colors were sort of fading, and they looked decrepit. Walking towards a Hummer, he wiped off the dust on the windshield and saw that the interior was spacious. It was enough to fit at least 7 or 8 people in. Thepartment on the roof could fit more items as well. Once they could find the key, they could drive this off. Eyeing the Hummer, Zhang Xiao Qiang began to wonder, where are the keys? Yuan Yi walked up to him and spoke carefully: This is the vehicle of Director Li from the Preparatory Office, its that dead guy in the room earlier. The truck began to drive off in front, while Zhang Xiao Qiang sat in the Hummer and looked out at the scenery. He sighed quietly in his heart. It could be said that he and the Director Li were fated, Zhang Xiao Qiang having profited from Director Lis collection of wine and cigarettes, and even some movies. Now he even got his Hummer. What a nicerade! He actually kept the key by his side, that Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt have to climb all the way up to the 4th level, saving his energy. Yuan Yi drove and focused on the road. Ever since she had received the handgun from Zhang Xiao Qiang, her performance had been careful. She knew Zhang Xiao Qiang disliked her, therefore she tried to be careful. She had the courage to face zombies now, and she believed that it was possible because of him. Unknowingly, she had grown to rely on him as her strength. If he didnt want her anymore, she didnt know if she could face the zombies again. He lit a cigarette up and took a deep puff. He began to ponder, Yuan Yi was a woman of various emotions. She was proud at times, self-loathing at others, but there was a deep desire to destroy within her bones. She didnt even know it herself, but when she was torturing the zombie, Zhang Xiao Qiang had seen it clearly and felt his hair stand then. Chapter 84: Do You Have A Smoke? Chapter 84: Do You Have A Smoke? When Yuan Yi was forced to a corner, she could explode out with a shocking bravery. She possessed a calm that surpassed normal people, and in fact, she enjoyed the killing. This was something that Zhang Xiao Qiang could not understand. She was obviously amb that was afraid of ughter but had suddenly turned into a lioness. As for Su Qian, although she had lowered her head, her trembling body had given her away. Zhang Xiao Qiang knew exactly what she was thinking. When a weakling saw people of simr status suddenly leaping through the gates to be a dragon, they would be envious. However, he didnt understand why Su Qian would have such a hateful gaze towards Yuan Yi. He could not understand what made it such that this weak woman would actually have such a hair-raising look. Yang Keer was the least of Zhang Xiao Qiangs worries. She was a little ditzy true, but that was also her strongest point. She didnt worry about anything and just wanted to be happy. It was rare in this apocalypse, and Zhang Xiao Qiang had not seen the smile that Yang Keer had on anyone else. Indeed, her smile that came from the heart was one of the few pleasures in this dark world, at least to him. Of course, there was himself. He had almost forgotten how it was like to be so desperate at the start of the apocalypse. He had risked himself for the sake of a few cabbages. Yet after killing a D2, he had be arrogant, and from time to time, he would remind himself to work hard. However, he didnt decline Yuan Yis service, it was a poor excuse for him to enjoy it anyway. When Yuan Yi had used her bare hands to take down the D-Type, Zhang Xiao Qiang had been shaken. He suddenly found that he was nothing without his weapons. He might be able to take down one or 2 normal zombies, but against a D-Type, hecked the courage. At that time, he realized he had been overtaken by this softmb. Her bare handedbat might seem dangerous and risky, but she had actually calcted that the D-Type could notplete its steps. He was jealous as well, especially when she had dared to stand opposite him. At that time, he had a sudden urge to destroy her. In the end, Yuan Yi had been the one to step down. Zhang Xiao Qiang also felt at a loss, there was no pride in holding it against a woman. That was why he helped her to bathe, treating it as a sort of make up to her. He had even given her his gun, other than epting her, he wanted to rid himself of the reliance on external weapons to face the outside dangers. Do you....... Yuan Yi was not used to initiating a conversation and did not know how to continue after she opened her mouth. What? Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt catch it. Do you have a smoke? Can, can, can I.... As she was stammering, Zhang Xiao Qiang threw her a packet of Pandas before she even finished. Keep it! Zhang Xia Qiang eyed the road as he spoke. Yuan Yi stuck the cigarette in her mouth, before taking out a lighter. She sucked in a breath, then hacked and coughed for a while. However, she didnt put the cigarette down and continued to take another puff. She slowly blew out a smoke ring, as though she was reminiscing about something. Zhang Xiao Qiang had not yet settled his thoughts and was bing more sullen. He turned to her and asked: Have you learned martial arts before? Yuan Yi nodded: In the past, I did learn a few moves from some random old man on the streets in Chinatown. He didnt tell me his name, although everyone there called him Old Man Liu. When she had first arrived in Ennd, she wasnt ustomed to life there and liked to walk around in Chinatown. She wanted to see the familiar sights and hear the familiarnguage. Slowly, her homesickness began to ease, and she made more friends and began to go out more. It was until she saw the aging old man that was carrying stuff and had difficulty opening the door. Yuan Yi had stepped up to offer assistance. As they made small conversation, the old man found out that Yuan Yi was from Shanghai, and immediately became emotional. He was surnamed Liu and was also from Shanghai in the past. During a special period*, his family had immigrated to Ennd. He missed home often, and had always wanted to go back, however, he had lost contact with his close ones there, and since he was alone now, it was not convenient to go out at all. He could only reminisce about his hometown. Yuan Yi and Old Man Liu began to contact each other frequently, and Yuan Yi felt sorry for the lonely old man. Whenever she was free, she would head over to keep himpany. One day, Old Man Liu happened to be practicing some moves at home, and when he saw Yuan Yie over, he asked if she was willing to learn. Since she saw the hope in his eyes, she couldnt bear to turn him down. In actual fact, Old Man Liu didnt know much, it was all that his family had passed down. Some were fundamental techniques and break-falls. However, some of the moves were pretty dangerous, and if used correctly, it could cause substantial damage. After imparting the moves to her, he had warned her time and time again not to use them casually. When she returned, she didnt practice as much. There was no one to practice with, and thus she let herself get rusty. Even after the apocalypse set it, she had not thought that her moves woulde in handy, until she was forced by the D-Type earlier. The bar had been useless, and when she red up, she had subconsciously executed her techniques. Zhang Xiao Qiang became silent again, thinking about how to get Yuan Yi to teach him those moves. He realized that melee weapons were more effective than firearms in this apocalypse. The sounds of gunfire would attract other zombies, and the recoil did not aid in aiming. Unless it was the case of a veteran that dealt with guns often, it would be almost a miracle to see amon person handling a gun with uracy. However, melee weapons were different, there were no loud sounds that would attract other zombies. There was no expenditure of ammunition, and the most important thing was the courage to face the zombies. Only with courage would one be able to brave through other situations. Only with courage would one be able to navigate through this new world without making silly mistakes that might cost a life. Zhang Xiao Qiang had never handled a gun before, and since the start where he had to fight for a few cabbages, he had almost always relied on his melee weapons. Looking back, he realized that he who had been using melee weapons was stronger than the criminals who relied on those firearms. Melee weapons could be broken and destroyed. That was where self-defence skills were important. There were differences in bare-handedbat and melee weapons, what was critical was not the ability to handle weapons, but the judgment and collected thinking required when facing against an opponent. This was because the entire body was the weapon. One couldnt just rashly charge into a situation that might result in more folly than results. Only by calmly assessing the opponents weak points would one be able to grasp at life with more certainty. Chinese kungfu wasrgely based on the calmness of the mind precisely because of this. However, it was not practiced as and when one liked. It required experience and patience. At the very least, it was not like killing, where one could master the movement of killing a zombie as long as one had done enough of it. Yet, his machismo would not allow him to open his mouth to ask. How could a man plead with a woman?! He couldnt even order her to teach him, ah! Seeking favors from others sure dont feel good! He scratched his head in frustration and looked out the window. Their current location was near the town that he had rescued Three the other day. He thought back to the huge horde the other day and was feeling a little relieved when suddenly he came to a thought. He hadnt yet found a location to store all the goodies in his truck yet! Previously, the garage where they hade up with the burning rubber tires n, there was a small courtyard behind it, wasnt there? Guzhi The 2 vehicles came to a stop at the car repair garage, and Zhang Xiao Qiang leaped out the vehicle. Previously, they were up to their necks in the rescue mission, and no one had observed the ce carefully. Zhang Xiao Qiang had caught a glimpse only when he was clearing the zombies. Even He Wen Bin and the rest did not notice. TN: It sounds like an event in Shanghai but I couldnt find the actual name for it. Has anyone ideas? Chapter 85: Wretched Old Hairy! Chapter 85: Wretched Old Hairy! The number of old tires here were stacked high. Be it at the entrance or all the way to the back, there were tires everywhere. It seemed that the entire building had been collecting tires all these time, and the tires were stacked all the way to the ceiling. Should there be a careless nudge, it felt as though the mountain of tires could easily topple and bury them alive in it. On either side of the garage, there were also tires stacked up high, only by following a small path on the left would one see a small trail that would fit a delivery truck. However, the road had been blocked by more tires. From outside, people would not realize that there was a space behind the wall of tires. On either side of the road, there were also walls of tires which created a path all the way to a small courtyard. The gate to the courtyard was open, and there were a few dried corpses at the gate. These were killed by Zhang Xiao Qiang previously, and they hadid on the ground since. Upon walking into the courtyard, they saw an empty area. There were a few spare parts and tools lying around. Three small roofed houses stood at each side of the courtyard, forming a sort of enclosure. Other than the house that faced the gate that was converted to a living quarters and kitchen, the other 2 had been converted into garages. There was all sort of parts and tools, as well as more tires inside those 2 houses. The kitchen used coal, and several hundred kilograms of honeb coal were stacked neatly. However, the water supply had long since stopped, and there was no well-water in sight. Even if there was, Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt dare use it. The Hummer and the delivery truck were parked in the small courtyard, and Zhang Xiao Qiang began to order Yang Keer and Yuan Yi to clean up the ce, while Su Qiang began to prepare the coal and used the mineral water to prepare dinner. It was already half-past four in the afternoon, and they could still have dinner before rushing back to the chicken farm before nightfall. After the living quarters had been cleaned, once they found a clean bed, it would be eptable to live there. The doors and half-walls were destroyed and cleaned away, allowing the Hummer to be parked there. The rest of the ce could be left alone. Zhang Xiao Qiang had converted this area to a temporary resting stop, should things go awry, at least they could hide here. They could also light up the rubber tires outside, preventing any zombies from shambling in. It was considered safe. Zhang Xiao Qiang, Yang Keer and Yuan Yi sat at the table to eat, Su Qian didnt dare to, instead, she remained standing. Zhang Xiao Qiang couldnt be bothered and left her be. She helped to refill Zhang Xiao Qiangs te and poured water for him, while Yuan Yi was more at ease. From time to time, she would look at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Those tes that he loved to take from, she would leave alone, and instead, she went for the dishes that he didnt prefer. Yang Keer couldnt care less, whatever she liked, she would take. From time to time, she would even fight for sausages with Zhang Xiao Qiang. They ate heartily, and it was an enjoyable meal. In the past, when he ate alone, it had been incredibly lonely. Then Yang Keer had joined in, and things became livelier. When they ate with Brother Long and the rest, the atmosphere felt off, and he always had to think before he talked. He wasnt willing to hang out with those convicts for too long, that was why he wanted to leave. However, they would still have to make their preparations, at the very least, Yuan Yi and Su Qian had to strengthen their bodies. It was incredibly tough and dangerous outside. If things got out of hand, he needed to make sure they were all ounted for. After all, it was a team that he was forming, he naturally had to take responsibility for them. Dang dang dang Zhang Xiao Qiang knocked on the metal door. He had hollered a few times, and there was no movement. He was starting to be irked by Old Hairys attitude and was thinking if he should castrate Old Hairy before he left. Cominging, gosh, you just keep on knocking, cant you see the time?! One cant even get some peace around here. Old Hairy muttered as he walked over to open the door. He had obviously not heard of Zhang Xiao Qiangs escapades, seemed like he wasnt very well-liked by the rest. The moment he opened the door, Old Hairy caught sight of Yuan Yi standing behind Zhang Xiao Qiang. His eyes widened and his saliva came drooling. He could not help but take a step towards her. Ha! Youre after all a used bitch from Brother Long, this face, this figure... As Old Hairy spoke, he reached out with a hand to grab Yuan Yi. AH~~~~~~~!! The next moment, he was grabbing his right shoulder in pain. Old Hairy obviously looked down on Zhang Xiao Qiang and thought that he got in Brother Longs good books because he saved Yang Keer. Furthermore, Old Hairy had always lusted after Brother Longs women, now that Yuan Yi was no longer his, he thought he had a chance. As he had a gun, and Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt, even if he raped Yuan Yi, all Zhang Xiao Qiang could do was toin to Brother Long. He had followed Brother Long for so long, even if he didnt umte any hard work, he had umted plenty of merits. At most he would just be punished lightly. On ount of face, Brother Long would most likely let him go. But he would be considered to have scored if he did get to fuck this beauty. Old Hairy wanted to relish the sensation and had kept his eyes on Zhang Xiao Qiang, yet he didnt expect that themb he thought he could taste turned out to be a fierce female tyrannosaur. Yuan Yi even dared to fight against a D-Type with her bare hands, what was this old and useless man to her? Before Old Hairys dirty hand had touched herself, Yuan Yi had allowed his right hand to get close, before using her left arm to snake around his right shoulder. She then applied force, causing his shoulder bone to dislocate, which resulted in a kacha sound. At the next moment, Old Hairy was grabbing his shoulder and hollering in agony while rolling on the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang grabbed onto Yuan Yi just as she was about to send one more stomp towards Old Hairy. He could allow her to injure the unfortunate scumbag, but she definitely could not kill. After all, Zhang Xiao Qiang was just a guest, there was no need to be so vicious. Yuan Yi was pulled back and she turned around without thinking, intending to p whoever it was that stopped her. Zhang Xiao Qiang could not react and just watched as the palm came close to his face. The palm brought a forceful gust and stopped right before Zhang Xiao Qiangs face. Yuan Yi was panting in her fury and her eyes were bloodshot. When she saw Zhang Xiao Qiang, the bloodlust immediately receded and she released her hand, lowering her head and stepped back behind him. At that point, Old Hairy had just rolled to her feet, and she immediately stomped on his right leg. Kacha, his right leg was devastated. AO~~~~~ Old Hairys pitiful screams rang throughout thepound, breaking the peace. Whats going on? Brother Longs voice sounded from inside the building. Soon after, an entire group came running out. They saw Old Hairy thrashing about on the ground in pain, Zhang Xiao Qiang with his arms folded, and Yuan Yi wearing high boots currently stomping on Old Hairys left leg. Yuan Yi looked at Brother Long and didnt say anything, instead, her eyes became more bloodshot, and she applied more force into stomping on Old Hairy. His screams became more tragic. Everyone behind Brother Long immediately sucked in a cold breath. They had all seen Yuan Yi before and knew that she was given to Zhang Xiao Qiang. They didnt expect that just one day of following him had turned her into such a ferocious person. Did Zhang Xiao Qiang have the habit of rearing tough women? Hahaha! Lil Bro, whats going on? Were all family here, lets talk it out! Brother Long began to cajole Zhang Xiao Qiang while motioning for his men to go pull Yuan Yi away from Old Hairy. After all, Old Hairy had been following him since they broke out from the jail. Cannon stepped out without a word, his eyes full of killing intent as he stomped towards Yuan Yi. There was no given warning, and it looked as though he wanted to stomp her to death like an ant. Chapter 86: The two of you, help yourselves, please! Chapter 86: The two of you, help yourselves, please! Yuan Yi swept a nce at Cannon, and swiftly pulled out her .54 and fired a shot. Peng! The bulletnded at the feet of Cannon, causing a cloud of dust to rise. Cannon abruptly came to a stop, as the ck muzzle of the gun rested in between his brows. At this time, he could neither advance nor back down, and his forehead was slick with perspiration. Yuan Yis eyes were red, but there was a hint of ridicule in it. She shot Brother Long a challenging re, as she exerted more strength with her feet. Ah... Old Hairy could not tolerate the pain and scream out once more. Yuan Yi kept the .54 steadily pointed at Cannons head, without a hint of shaking. Brother Long stared at Yuan Yi with disbelief. He looked towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, who in turn, chuckled back: Haha, Brother Long, this cant be med on me. Who asked Old Hairy to step out of his boundaries? Yuan Yis pissed, I went to stop her and was almost pped in return. Brother Long again turned to look at Yuan Yi, asking in surprise: How did she be like this in such a short period of time? Lil bro, whats your secret? Keke, youre jesting. How can I have any tricks? It was just that today, Yuan Yi went to challenge a big and strong monster, and killed it with her bare hands. After that she became like this, I also cant wrap my head around it? Zhang Xiao Qiang did not reveal that it was he who forced Yuan Yi to fight the D-Type. Furthermore, before Yuan Yi had attacked the D-Type, she had killed a few ordinary zombies. If it were Brother Long, he would have never thought of doing something like this in his wildest dreams. Brother Long and the rest of his men behind him had a huge change of expressions. They couldnt believe their ears. A woman actually did something that none of the men here dared to do?! A single word. Strong. However, Brother Long didnt seem to believe it, his eyes still showing hints of apprehension. Yuan Yi, stand down! Are you tired of living? Brother Long shouted at Yuan Yi, as though to rely on his past hold over her to control her. However, she was no longer that weak and cowardly Yuan Yi. She could fight against zombies now and had gained the courage to face her fears. Zhang Xiao Qiang was also vexed over her. He might be able to control her now, but what about in the future? Yuan Yi looked at Brother Long and lifted her leg, which caused him to rx. He thought that fortunately, he still had some degree of control, and could scare her into submission. He was already beginning to think of how to ask for her back. Kacha.... After she lifted her foot, she immediately brought it down swiftly, stomping on Old Hairys right knee. This time, he was truly crippled. All 3 joints have been ruined. In the future, all he could do was to lie on the bed, plus he had no family to take care of him, his future in this apocalypse was basically sealed. Brother Long saw that his threat was ignored by Yuan Yi, and he immediately red with anger. This Yuan Yi in front of him had been sprawled like a bitch for him in the past! She was just a lowly bitch! You want to rebel?! He reached for his waist. Yuan Yi brought the gun to aim at Brother Long. This time, everyone froze. Zhang Xiao Qiang watched silently. He was also pissed inwardly. What did Brother Long treat him as? He was still shouting at Yuan Yi in front of him, furthermore, Zhang Xiao Qiang really found Old Hairy an eyesore. He was d that Yuan Yi had taught Old Hairy a lesson on his behalf. Even if she was a little rowdy, and had almost pped him by mistake, it was an internal matter. When was it Brother Longs turn toe and stick his nose in their matters? When he saw Brother Long about to reach for his gun, he really almost exploded there. He would teach his own people, there was no need for Brother Long to step out of line. That was intolerable! Until Brother Long was stopped right in his tracks by Yuan Yis gun. Zhang Xiao Qiang whooped in his heart, almost humming a tune out of pleasure. Brother Longs face was ashen, everyone behind him was also stunned. Only Chen Yi had a slightly gloating smile, he was happy that Brother Long lost face here. If it was not settled right, Brother Longs prestige would be dashed, then he would stand a chance. Amidst their silence, Zhang Xiao Qiangs gaze fell on Yang Keers worried face. After all, Brother Long was Yang Keers rtive. It was all a matter of face, and since he would not stay here for long, he decided to let it go. Yuan Yi put the gun down. Everyones looking, yea? Otherwise, people will say I dont know how to teach my people. He finally spoke. However, he wasnt sure if she would listen. If in the event, she suddenly felt that she had grown wings, then he would be helpless as well! Fortunately, Yuan Yi looked towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, her eyes faltering, and she finally brought the gun down. She then stood by his side, her eyes still bloodshot. Yang Keer was extremely displeased and wanted to teach her a lesson. However, she did not do anything, just bearing the episode in mind. Zhang Xiao Qiang had been keeping an eye on her, shooting her a look when she was fuming. Any issues would be handled privately, and not to be washed out in the public. Hahaha!! Lil Bro, youre truly are a man amongst man. How long has it been, this woman is already under your control? Ai! We truly have grown old!!! Brother Long chuckled loudly, as though to brush the whole thing aside, and this would be an issue within Zhang Xiao Qiangs own faction. Brother Long is jesting! However, Brother Long, Yuan Yi is already my woman, she has no ties with her past anymore, I trust that Brother Long has not forgotten that? Zhang Xiao Qiang was subtly warning Brother Long and Chen Yi not to have any ideas towards him, otherwise, he would just sweep everything away. Hahaha! Lil Bro is right, one must take care of his own women! Dont you agree, Brother Long? Chen Yi saw that there was a chance to p Brother Longs face further and began to speak for Zhang Xiao Qiang, as though they were both on the same side. Brother Longs face turned ugly, and he spoke gruffly to his men: Carry this useless trash in! Two men stepped out, one carrying Old Hairy in front, the other behind, and carried him in. Brother Long was about to turn and leave when Zhang Xiao Qiang called out. Brother Long, I had some decent returned today when I went out, can I trouble Brother Long to calcte how much is the tax? When the truck doors were opened, and they saw the amount of food stacked neatly, as well as the apples that had rolled out of their boxes, everyone went cked-jaw. Having eaten rice and vegetables day after day, how could they not be attracted to the apples? Haha, Lil Bro, you struck a fortune eh, where did you get all these? We havent had fruit in so long. Our mouths are all watering! Chen Yi immediately eximed, his eyes lighting up. However, he didnt move, since the rules were there for a reason. Other than those taxable, the rest had to be found by oneself. Since Brother Long and Brother Yi have been so generous with this little brother, I shall be open as well! 2,000 jins of rice. 80 cartons of apples, 40 bottles of oil. Theres also a few cartons of red wine for you guys. Its all etiquette anyway. The two of you, help yourselves, please!! Zhang Xiao Qiang waved his hands, and the goods on the trucks were given to Brother Long and Chen Yi. In any case, he had kept a whole load for himself. This was considered the dowry for Yuan Yi and Su Qian. Brother Long and Chen Yi immediately broke into smiles. They were not dumb and knew what Zhang Xiao Qiang meant. Yuan Yi and Su Qian were now properly exchanged for with goods. He was formally returning them their goodwill, and it represented that no one owed anyone anything. Chapter 87: Assassin! Chapter 87: Assassin! Brother Long had a face full of smiles, but the smile didnt quite reach his eyes. Chen Yi, on the other hand, didnt seem to care, he hoped that Zhang Xiao Qiang would leave quickly. After all, this secluded ce could not possibly hold him. Whats more, he had thoroughly offended Brother Long today, on top of crippling Old Hairy. It meant that he had offended everyone else. Yuan Yi had crippled Old Hairy, Brother Longs authority was undermined by Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiangs displeasure was vented, he didnt feel that Yuan Yi was in the wrong. What the hell was Old Hairys problem? He dared to take liberties with his people, if he didnt make an example out of him, others would think he was easy to bully, no? Yuan Yi felt great, he felt great himself as well. Brother Long could go and fuck himself for all he cared. When they went back to the basement room, Zhang Xiao Qiang told Yuan Yi and Su Qian to step out, while he held Yang Keer back. Is your rtionship with Brother Long good? He took a puff on his cigarette as he asked. Not really, we seldom meet anyway, at most, it would be once every year! Whats the matter? Yang Keer didnt understand why Zhang Xiao Qiang would suddenly ask this question. If Brother Long wanted to kill me, who will you help? Zhang Xiao Qiang finally came to the point. How is that possible? Isnt your rtionship good? Yang Keer was after all still young and didnt understand theplexity of the situation. If it were Su Qian or Yuan Yi, they would know better than to ask this. They had already seen the friction in the rtionship. Ill ask once more. If Brother Long wants to kill me, whose side will you stand on? Zhang Xiao Qiangs expression was serious, if Yang Keer decided to stand by her rtive side, then he would immediately leave with Yuan Yi. Even though he disliked her, her performance had been satisfactory, at the very least, she was stronger than He Wen Bin and the rest. Furthermore, she was still respectful to him, and he was slightly at ease with her. She could drive as well. As for Su Qian? He couldnt factor her into his ns, her thoughts were too deep, he hadnt the time to fully understand her. Yang Keer felt something amiss, and her face turned slightly pale. Her breathing also became slightly ragged. She looked at Zhang Xiao Qiangs serious face and replied while stammering: Of course its you, youre my husband, after all, Ive already decided to follow you for life. She paused for a while before continuing: Whats more, my parents didnt like Uncle,st time Grandaunt had been hospitalized over him. When Zhang Xiao Qiang heard her express her thoughts, his expression rxed. He looked at her and spoke sincerely: In the future, whatever he asks of you, ignore him. En! She nodded, her face tight. Zhang Xiao Qiang then shooed her out and kept his cigarettes and wine. He then ced his secret stash of films together with the stash of sexy lingerie within a set of camouge uniform. He then sealed it with tape. There was no choice. Yang Keer like to rummage through his stuff, and if she saw what she liked, she would just take it without regards for his feelings. He felt like he was hiding dirty money. After he had packed everything up, he heaved a sigh of relief and propped his legs up while puffing on his cigarettes. He thought back to how Yuan Yi had crippled Old Hairy, he could have stopped her, true, but after seeing Brother Long, he had allowed Yuan Yi to vent her anger. He wanted to test Brother Long, and true enough, they were the sort that did not do anything to the strong but would pick on the weak. Without the guns in their hands, they were nothing. Who said that otakus didnt have ns? After all, otakus had spent a number of years in society before, and they had seen all sorts of characters and backstabbing. How could he allow his years of being taken advantage of go to waste? Again, thoughts of his next move began to upy his mind, causing him some headache. He did not have the chance to roam the country in the past, and he did not know the situation anywhere else. He knew that Tibet was sparsely popted, he had seen the huge amount of area on the map. However, he didnt know how to operate a ne or train, how could he get there? The door opened again, and Yuan Yi came in with a basin like the day before, intending to help Zhang Xiao Qiang with his bath. He looked at her strangely, her expression was normal, indifferent even, there was no sign of unwillingness or repulsion. Yet, she alsocked the enthusiasm to serve and wait, and it was all just like a natural sort of thing to her. He didnt say anything, after she had disyed her character today, was it getting harder and harder to understand her? Didnt he already express that she was to take charge of her destiny? However, beyond the slight challenge, the initiative to ask him for cigarettes and eating together, she had not asked for anything else. Just like the day before, she helped him to wipe his face and back, before kneeling to help him wash his feet, she even checked the temperature herself first. Her actions caused him to be bewildered, and as he watched her, there was none of the enjoyment of thefort like yesterday. The Yuan Yi today was entirely different from the Yuan Yi yesterday. Yesterday, she was still a weakling. It was natural for Zhang Xiao Qiang to enjoy her services. However, today, he had explicitly told her there was no need for her to kneel, and to be like a dog. She could walk her own path like a normal person. Yet here she was willing to do something like this even though her life had changed. After cleaning him thoroughly, she grabbed a hold of Little Xiao Qiang just like yesterday, her eyes waiting for Zhang Xiao Qiangs signal. However, he was not in the mood for it. He really didnt understand what she was thinking and waved his hand to send her back. He wore his clothes andid on the bed. Today, he had fallen out with Brother Long. For a peace of mind, he decided to keep his military knife under the pillow. A shadow appeared by the window, even the pale moonlight could not drive him away. The shadow began to move, and it reached out gently to stick a metal card and fidgeted about. The sound was like a little mouse scurrying about. Soon, the window was pried open, and the shadow leaped in, with something like a steel bar in his hands as he moved towards the bed. As the silhouette reached the bed, before he could raise the steel bar, the nket was suddenly thrown over him. Without waiting for him to react, a leg kicked out, sending him tumbling towards the ground. Just as he came to a stop, a person sat on top of him and the silhouette within the nkets muttered a groan. Zhang Xiao Qiang stood barefooted, and he saw a head pop out from the nkets. The person seemed to be struggling, and the moment his head popped out, Zhang Xiao Qiang pounced on him with his knife. The person immediately stammered: Dont kill me, Im ........ Zhang Xiao Qiang couldnt care less about the following words. With one leg in front the other stepping on the mans chest, the military knife shed across the neck of the intruder. The man stared wide-eyed at Zhang Xiao Qiang, his right hand grasping at his neck, before he slumped back against the floor, staring at the ceiling as he thrashed about. Zhang Xiao Qiang covered the head with the nket again, and the room regained its peace and tranquility. There was only the slightest sound from within the nkets. He didnt want to know if it was a person sent by Brother Long or not. Even if he knew, so what? He was just a passerby, once the chance came, he would leave. Whos to say this wasnt a trap? It was possible that the assassin was sent by Chen Yi. If he identally alerted the opponent, then he was inviting trouble. Without revealing anything, it was equivalent to taking down one of the enemys trump card. Everyone would be able to twist the logic to fit their story, hence, Zhang Xiao Qiang couldnt be bothered to listen, and immediately finished him off. Seeing that the clock read half past twelve, and there was a dead body in his room, Zhang Xiao Qiang could not continue sleeping in his room. He decided to head to Yang Keers room. He found his bag and packed his luggage and left the room. The living room was dark, and he borrowed the light from his phone to light the way. He saw 2 doors and was stunned momentarily, which was the right door? He suddenly felt that it was an inconvenience without texting. He walked up to a door and tried its handle. It wasnt locked, and he pushed it lightly before walking in with huge steps. He knew that once Yang Keer slept, she could not be woken up. Hence, he didnt care, and when he caught sight of the Beast Horn Spear on the table, he knew this was Yang Keers room. Chapter 88: I’ll Sleep Here Tonight! Chapter 88: Ill Sleep Here Tonight! There was a saying: You might have guessed the beginning, but not how it ends! Zhang Xiao Qiang had just walked to the side of the bed, and before he could do anything, he was suddenly covered by something and received a kick to his chest. He was sent tumbling to the ground, his head spinning. He thought back to how simrly he had dealt with the intruder in his room, it truly is retribution! Zhang Xiao Qiang rolled backward, as the follow-up attacknded on thin air. He stuck his head out of the nket, in time to see a sharp knife making for his head. His handphone had dropped on the ground, and the light was too dim to illuminate anything. He only saw the knife being held in a ck shadow, and the person was agile and nimble. Zhang Xiao Qiang quicklyid back and used his waist strength to propel him forwards in a barrel roll. The sh of the de swept by and prated the nket. Without waiting for Zhang Xiao Qiang to get up, another ck shadow pounced over from the side. The hands seemed to be holding something squarish that was brought down repeatedly on Zhang Xiao Qiangs head. He turned to his side and sent his right leg kicking out furiously, connecting with the leg of the assant. The shadow grabbed the point of impact in pain and sat down. In a single breath, the knife-wielding shadow pounced from behind, with the knife aiming for Zhang Xiao Qiangs neck. He hurriedly scrambled backward, kicking out at the wrist of the shadow, causing the knife to drop to the ground. The moment the knifended on the ground, Zhang Xiao Qiang used his legs to hook the legs of the assant, causing the body to fall onto Zhang Xiao Qiang. A slender hand grabbed onto his right shoulder, and in a single motion, slid down to his wrist. The assant grabbed hold of his ring and little fingers and was about to snap them. Yuan Yi, its me. Zhang Xiao Qiang finally recognized the scent of the person, as Yuan Yi had climbed into his bed a few nights ago. He could not forget the unique scent. The pressure lessened, as Yuan Yi stood up and helped Zhang Xiao Qiang up as well. In the dark, Zhang Xiao Qiangs face was flushed red. There was a slight warmth in his cheeks. He had truly been tossed and thrown about tonight. After all, he was a character who was known to have killed a D2, yet he was pummeled by a woman, almost losing his fingers in the process. What was most depressing was that Zhang Xiao Qiang had just used a simr method to deal with the intruder in his room. In the end, he was almost dealt with the same way by Yuan Yi. How could this not be a blow to him with his machismo thinking? At first, her performance had sort of pleased him, but now she had pulled into his cklist. The light on the phone came on again, as Yuan Yi stood by the side, embarrassed. She didnt know where to ce her hands. In front of Zhang Xiao Qiang, she didnt dare to speak. Instead, she chose to lower her head like a wooden dummy. Su Qian stopped rubbing her calf, as she stood up to wait Zhang Xiao Qiangs instructions. Yang Keers limbs were spread out as she snored loudly. Only her stomach was covered by the nket, while everywhere else was exposed. Her fair legs were illuminated slightly by the dim lights of the phone. When did you discover me? Zhang Xiao Qiang was curious, he didnt really make noise when he came in. When you turned the doorknob, I was awakened. I tried calling Miss Keer and Su Qian, but only Su Qian woke up. Yuan Yi whispered softly. It would be a miracle if you could wake Yang Keer up! Even the D2 could not wake her... Zhang Xiao Qiang celebrated in his heart. Fortunately she had not woken up, otherwise, with her strength, he might have suffered a few broken bones. Someones dead in my room, Ill sleep here tonight! Zhang Xiao Qiang spoke nonchntly as he took off his shirt and climbed into bed. Yuan Yi and Su Qian finally stirred from their shock and were helpless against his tone. The way he spoke about the intruder in his room and the death was as though he was talking about a mouse. Zhang Xiao Qiangid down quietly, not bothering about Yuan Yi or Su Qian. The training in the morning had been intense, and now his eyelids were already drooping. He just wanted a good nights sleep. Everything else was unimportant. Something or someone dug into his embrace, and he didnt care. In any case, there was Yuan Yi like a personal rm, and he didnt have to be vignt all the time. This sort of feeling was a first in Zhang Xiao Qiangs 30 years of life. He could not describe it, he just knew it felt extremelyfortable. In his dreams, he was getting it on with an adult star, towards the end, her mouth had even wrapped around Little Xiao Qiang. Something danced about Little Xiao Qiang very actively. He was woken up from his dream, and he felt that there was a tongue really dancing around his Little Xiao Qiang, and he could not hold it anymore, ejacting. As heid there feelingfortable, he enjoyed the sensation,ying beside Yang Keer. Yuan Yi and Su Qian was at the other end, and the person who had serviced him in the morning was Su Qian, if not Yuan Yi. Yang Keer was snoring like a little piglet in his arms. It felt like he was hugging and rocking one to sleep. He checked his watch and noticed that it was 6.20am. He then pressed his fingers around Yang Keers nose, causing her to stir from theck of oxygen. When she awoke and saw Zhang Xiao Qiang looking at her, her eyes immediately brightened up. Her first expression was one of wonder, the next happiness: Husband! Youre finally willing toe find me on your own initiative? As she asked him, she began to sniff at him all over, trying to remember his scent. He pped her butt and said: Get up, time to train. Yuan Yi and Su Qian had already woken up, and as they got out from under the covers, Zhang Xiao Qiang saw Su Qian looking at himself with an expectant look. There were even some of the leftovers from earlier at the corner of her mouth. Yuan Yi looked coldly at her without saying anything, just dressing and preparing to head out. The group of them trudged towards the field where they practiced yesterday, before putting on the equipment and embarking on their run. There was a difference from yesterday. Other than Zhang Xiao Qiang and Yang Keers speed remainingrgely constant, Yuan Yi and Su Qian fell behind fast. After all, there was still the soreness from yesterday, and their bodies were still aching, trying to adjust to the rigorous training. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not rush them, after all, he had taken simr slow steps to get to where he was. Only by enduring and pushing through, will their constitution see some improvements. It was the dark before dawn still. When it came to the time to rest, Zhang Xiao Qiang gave Su Qian a piece of bread, while he led Yang Keer and Yuan Yi into the dining hall. At first, Yuan Yi didnt have the qualifications to eat at the dining table, but Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that she could hold her own against zombies, and thus she had the right to. It was sort of a statement to her as well, saying that her status had changed. She didnt have to crawl around and must have confidence in herself. Chapter 89: Challenge! Chapter 89: Challenge! When Zhang Xiao Qiang walked into the dining hall, Brother Long and the rest were already seated and waiting to start their meal. As they watched Zhang Xiao Qiang walk in, Brother Long and Chen Yi were full of smiles, as though they had nothing to do with the man who snuck into Zhang Xiao Qiangs roomst night. Haha, you guys are already runningps so early in the morning, Lil Bro, youre really hardworking! Brother Long began speaking, before pausing halfway, with his smile still intact: It seems that Lil Bros room wasnt that peacefulst night, did Lil Bro sleep well? Seeing his shameless smile, Zhang Xiao Qiang replied nomittally: Oh yeah, there was a rat that came in, it woke me up. I pped it to death and managed to enjoy a good nights sleep. I wonder which stinky hole did that rate from? Haha, what a good p to death, lets eat, lets eat! Brother Long did not continue the line of conversation, everyone was smart enough to know that some things could not be talked about openly. Yuan Yi sat quietly by Zhang Xiao Qiangs side. She didnt nce about, only digging into her meal quietly. Hmph! Out of line! Cannon who was sitting at another side of the table saw Yuan Yi digging into her breakfast at the table without a sense of propriety. He was reminded of her pointing her gun at his head, and he began to pass snide remarks at Zhang Xiao Qiang not controlling his women well. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt bother retorting, he was toozy to deal with Cannon. A fellow that was scared to death of even ordinary zombies, what the fuck? Lowering himself to speak to Cannon was truly embarrassing. Ding Dang! Yuan Yi threw the spoon in her hands into her bowl, lifting her head to stare at Cannon. She did not speak, although her eyes began to turn bloodshot, her tongue licking her lips. Her nostrils red as she began to take heavy breaths. Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that Yuan Yi had been infuriated, and she was getting pumped up as though facing the zombies yesterday. In her current state, she was extremely dangerous, she might not even listen to his words. Cannon had provoked Yuan Yi, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not want to step in, and he was unwilling to. After all, Yuan Yi was his subordinate, just like Cannon was Brother Longs underling, how could he speak up? Cannon became angry as he found Yuan Yi ring at him, and stood up in a sweeping motion, shouting at her: What the fuck are you staring at? Stupid bitch, eating at the table and you think youre fit to challenge me? What the fuck are you? Hearing his shout, Yuan Yi did not explode out in anger, however, the bloodlust in her eyes became thicker. There was a sort of flirtatious look in her eyes, her gaze on Cannon was like looking at a zombie. She turned to Zhang Xiao Qiang, her eyes questioning. Zhang Xiao Qiang knew she was asking for his permission to act, and he felt a headacheing along. Cannon had killed in his life, and had taken on a number of people at the same time. His moves were not simple, was Yuan Yi really a match against him? Yet, seeing Yuan Yis pleading look, he thought to himself: Forget it! Ill let her be. Who knows, it might be better that she suffers a little lest she gets too proud. Sigh, yes ok! No weapons, no taking of life! Zhang Xiao Qiang finally spoke, as though to remind Yuan Yi, but it could be taken that he was warning Cannon as well. Should he dare to hurt Yuan Yi, he would not hesitate to act. Yuan Yi immediately stood up, staring at Cannon challengingly. Cannon immediately barked: Let this granddaddy show you how a good dog should act! Youre nothing without a gun! Yuan Yi did not reply, instead, stepping over to an empty area beside the dining table. Brother Long and Chen Yi did not say anything, just watching coldly. He Wen Bin and the rest were more docile, lowering their heads to focus on their own food, as though they were not interested in whatever was going on. They knew of Zhang Xiao Qiangs strength firsthand, yet they also had to rely on Brother Long for their future. Hence, they could only pretend to be deaf and mute. Cannon looked at Yuan Yi mockingly, striding over while trash-talking: Its possible to not hurt you, you just have to spend the night with me, hehehe... Yuan Yi did not reply, instead, lowering her stance, fixing her gaze on Cannons shoulder. He also became serious and knew Yuan Yi was not for show. No one had the mood to eat now, as they kept their eyes peeled on the unfolding scene. Yang Keer raised her legs onto her chair, her eyes twinkling with excitement while twirling her soup spoon in circles. The stare-down did notst too long, as Cannon threw out a forceful punch first, aiming for Yuan Yis chest. His speed was rtively fast, and Zhang Xiao Qiang just caught sight of the punch about tond on Yuan Yi. No good! He eximed silently, his right thumb unfastening the cover of his military knife, ready to provide assistance anytime. At this point, there was not a ripple on Yuan Yis calm expression, and she shifted her body slightly to evade the iing blow. The next instant, her hands had caught hold of his shoulders, and she used her body weight to press down on his joint. Cannon was different from Old Hairy, he did not panic, instead, shoving hard with his right shoulder. Yuan Yis strength was much lesser, and her grip was shaken loose, even her footing became unstable. Cannon took the opportunity to send his left fist towards Yuan Yi. She had no time to evade the blow, and quickly stepped towards his body. Before the fistnded, she quickly lowered her body and scooted under his legs. She then used her right hand to prop herself up from kneeling, before sweeping Cannons feet with her own. He was sent stumbling forwards a few steps. He turned around swiftly and adjusted his position. His expression became a lot more grim, as he could tell that Yuan Yi did possess the skills, and her fighting spirit was strong. In the few exchanges earlier, they were about equally matched. Cannon and Yuan Yi stared at each other for a few seconds before they charged at each other again. Cannon sent a powerful kick with his right leg, causing a slight gust of wind. Yuan Yi crouched down as the leg came sweeping above her head. She did not even check to see if the right leg hadnded and pounced forth towards Cannons waist. Cannons foot had notnded, and his body was still twisted to the side, his center of gravity disced. When he was mmed by Yuan Yi, his entire body flew and collided into the LED Tv hanging on the wall. Bang! The LED disy dented inwards after Cannons head smashed into it. ARGH!!! He started to roar in frustration and made to grab the disy by the corners, wrenching it out. He then turned around and flung it towards Yuan Yi. She was just behind him intending to follow up with her strikes but had to duck to dodge that projectile. Sou... The disy screen brushed past Yuan Yis back, crashing into the window. Without waiting for the disy tond, Cannon had pounced onto Yuan Yi with a bloodshot look in his eyes. Seeing Cannon use an item to ost Yuan Yi, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt extremely displeased. Brother Long and Chen Yi had no expression, but He Wen Bin and the rest had ugly looks. Even Yang Keer was cursing that Cannon was shameless. Cannon had be like some enraged bull, as he began to destroy the items around him in a bid to charge at Yuan Yi. As he pummeled the items, ss teacups, paintings, furniture, were all destroyed by him. He was like a tornado that sought to rip everything around him apart. Yuan Yi circled around him with light footsteps. Dodging his constant assaults, her eyes were calm, and she continued to keep a lookout for an opening tounch an attack. Cannons right hand shot out to w at her face, and she stopped short without hurry to allow the blow to pass. All of a sudden, Cannon changed his strike and grabbed at her clothes, pulling her in and intending to send his left fist to pummel her face. Chapter 90: Stop… Chapter 90: Stop... Zhang Xiao Qiang saw that Cannon had grabbed onto Yuan Yis clothes, and with a tug of his finger, the military knife slid into his hands. He tensed his body, ready to throw the military knife anytime. He couldnt care anymore, no matter how displeased he was with Yuan Yi, she was his subordinate. Since the men here were mavericks, he might as well bring the women away. At the least, they would not leave such wretched lives here, and they would not seek to kill themselves because of ack of hope. Yuan Yi did not falter when her clothes were grabbed. From the very beginning, she had been calm and expressionless as though there was no danger whatsoever. Being pulled by Cannon, her body flew forwards involuntarily. She swung her legs forwards to block in between her body and Cannons chest. Riiiiiip! The military uniform was torn from the cor to the right waist. With the ripping of the uniform, Yuan Yi flew backward onto the ground and was knocked slightly out of breath by the pain. Cannon was likewise in a bad situation. Having being kicked in the chest, he stumbled back a few steps. He then rubbed the front of his chest where there was a footprint before his breathing regted. Both parties stood up at almost the same time, and Cannon red at Yuan Yi furiously, his hands rubbing his chest. That kick of hers hadnded at the position of his heart. Yuan Yis appearance was likewise miserable. One of her sleeves was torn off, leaving a huge hole at the side. Arge amount of skin was revealed near her cor, and one could see her tank top when taking a closer look. Rip... Yuan Yi tore off her entire uniform, looking exactly like she had yesterday. Seeing her fair skin and beautiful figure being disyed for all to see, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt sour in his heart. This woman that he disliked so much could actually cause him to feel jealous. Even if he didnt like her, she was still his woman, how could she be seen by others? Cannon was thoroughly infuriated, and it wasnt an ordinary rage. He was feeling extremely humiliated. He was a person of renown, and people would have feared his name. However, he was forced to a standstill against this woman, who up to a few days before had still been a female ve. He felt as though everyone present was mocking him, and he wanted to kill someone badly, he wanted to tear this bitch in front of him into pieces. He wanted to bathe in her blood to satisfy his rage. Yuan Yi didnt care for his rage, she only looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang out of the corner of her eyes. As long as she saw him, her gaze was resolute, all she needed was his eyes. She would be fearless, and she wanted him to know that she was not useless, and wanted to make sure he had no way of abandoning her at all. Ao! Cannon made his move, this time stretching his arms outwards to grab Yuan Yi. The moment he caught her, then the ball would be in his court. He wanted to rip her clothes off and fuck her in front of everybody, before breaking her bones one by one and tearing her heart out to bathe himself. He lunged towards her like a crab, making weird grunts. Yuan Yi was tall, her 1.7+m frame standing there, seeing Cannon who was 1.6 plus charging at her, it was truly a strange scene. Seeing this familiar scene, Zhang Xiao Qiang heaved a sigh of relief. A flying man was about to appear. Right before Cannon reached her, Yuan Yi ducked into his space, grabbing his left shoulder while kicking out at his legs. With her waist power, Cannon was sent flying. ng ng!! Cannon crashed into a ss wine cab, as shards of ss fell all around. Cannon was lying on the ground with pieces of ss in his face. There was even arge shard of about 6 to 7 inches stuck in his right eye. His hands were on his head as he rolled about and screamed in pain. Yuan Yi walked over to him and brought her leg up over his knee. Stop.... Brother Long noticed that things werent going smoothly and stood up to shout. Yuan Yi ignored it and brought her leg down viciously. Kacha Cannons wail of agony resounded through the dining hall. He Wen Bin and the rest stared on with pale faces and their backs drenched with perspiration. Chen Yi was silent, his gaze somewhat cold when he looked at Cannon, yet there was a hint of a smile at the corner of his lips. Brother Long stared at Zhang Xiao Qiang with a steely expression: Is this how you teach your women? Zhang Xiao Qiangs expression turned unsightly. Brother Long was fixed only on Yuan Yi, yet had no issue watching Cannon try to murder Yuan Yi every step of the way. Was he that easy to bully? He stood up ready to retort when Chen Yi suddenly spoke up. Hahaha! Brother Long, rx rx. Lil Bro, you calm down too. Brother Long was agitated, thats why he said that. After all, Cannon had thrown so many things, everyone had seen it clearly. What say you guys? Chen Yi sought to cajole Brother Long and Zhang Xiao Qiang, before throwing his gaze towards He Wen Bin and the rest. They didnt know what to say and kept their eyes down on their bowls, as though the bowls in their hands had be priceless antiques of war. Brother Long stood there, his expression unsightly. After a while, he calmed down and wore a forced smile: Hahaha! Lil Bro, forgive this older brother for being so muddled. Its not your fault, nor is it Yuan Yis fault! Haha, Lil Bro is really lucky, if I had known Yuan Yi was such a good fighter, your brother I would not have given her! Brother Longughed, while subtly reminding Zhang Xiao Qiang that Yuan Yi was a gift from him. It was sort of giving both of them a way to back down. Yuan Yi walked over to Zhang Xiao Qiang, who quickly took off his shirt for her to wear. He also muttered for her to not casually take off her clothes. She kept silent, her hands clenching tightly, although there was the slightest smile on her lips, which wasnt obvious if one didnt look. Zhang Xiao Qiang motioned for Yuan Yi to sit beside him before he replied Brother Long: Haha! This little brothers woman was truly at fault, she should have just taught him a lesson. There was no need for her to be so vicious. After that, he turned to reprimand her, and Yuan Yi herself had no more of her valiant disy earlier, instead, lowering her head to ept the scolding. After a few mouthfuls, Zhang Xiao Qiang spoke up: This little brother had intended to stop for a few days before continuing my journey. I think we would not be staying for long, I hope for Brother Long to amodate me a few more days. Zhang Xiao Qiang made use of the chance to express his intentions to leave, and Brother Longs expression became even better. It seemed as though he could not wait for Zhang Xiao Qiang to go. If he had insisted on staying, Brother Long had no choice but to join hands with Chen Yi to take him out. In his eyes, Zhang Xiao Qiangs performance was too overwhelming, to the point that Brother Long felt threatened. Chapter 91: Brother Long and Chen Yi! Chapter 91: Brother Long and Chen Yi! Cannon was carried out by Three and the others, leaving the area full of shattered ss and items. Zhang Xiao Qiang said his goodbyes and left with Yuan Yi and Yang Keer. Only Brother Long and Chen Yi remained in the dining hall. Second, what do you think? Brother Long took a sip of his tea, before probing Chen Yi. Chen Yi scratched his head, thinking for a while before saying: We should kill him if we can, otherwise, he had better scram. Brother Long shook his head, his right hand tapping the table from time to time. He suddenly stopped before saying: The person you sentst night, any news from him? Ive havent seen him yet, who knows where he is? Chen Yi was very obedient now. He didnt have his usual arrogant manner, and it seemed as though Chen Yi and Brother Longs rtionship was not as simple as what others saw. Sigh! Theres no need to search anymore, just send someone to go to thatds room and clean up the corpse. He truly is vicious himself! Brother Longs expression was grave. He had no means to deal with Zhang Xiao Qiang now. Furthermore, He Wen Bin and the rest were fearful and in awe of him. Cannon was now crippled. As for Vulture? Who knew what he was thinking. They had no choice but to watch Zhang Xiao Qiang strut around. Were just going to let him off like that? With 2 bitches given just like that? Chen Yi was slightly infuriated. 2 beauties had just been given to the wolf, a heartless one at that! What else can we do? As long as he doesnt stir trouble, we should be counting our lucky stars! Did you not see the loot he brought back? He Wen Bin and the rest were all starry-eyed! He went with 3dies and could bring so much back. It shows that he truly has some capabilities. If thatd were to just call out, who knows how many of the brothers would just follow him! Brother Long was truly vexed, he had thought he had gotten a huge catch, who knew it was a fucking shark! His little abode here was not sufficient to hold this character. What about, that niece of yours? Chen Yi tried asking. You dont know this. Keer has only seen me a few times in the past. Were not close at all. Didnt you see thatss following thatd all day long? She doesnt even take me as her uncle at all. Chen Yi racked his brains further, Why dont we think of a way to get him to clear the warehouse? Then we can all shift there and lift, the rations there should be sufficient! Brother Long sunk into deep thought. The rations were running out here, and the warehouse did, in fact, haverge volumes of rations. It would be more than enough for the bunch of them here. Once they settled the issue of food, they could then slowly expand. If they ever got their hands on the ammo dump of the prison, then they would be a formidable faction around these parts. By then, if theres anyone alive in J City who came, they would have to rely on them. What ideas do you have? That kid is truly cunning, hes not someone who wont bite unless the bait is truly worth it. Brother Long saw that Chen Yi seem to have some idea. Haha, what ideas can I have, theyre all about women, possessions, and weapons. As long as the kid has a desire, we have a way dont we? Chen Yi was very clear that everything had a price. As long as one was willing to pay. Brother Long thought for a while, before lifting his head: Women is nothing, as long as we have rations, would we be afraid of ack of women? However, weck possessions. Furthermore, the kid wont be moved by what we have. Look at how generous he was yesterday. We do have a few rifles, but the ammunition... Chen Yi looked back at Brother Long: Our ammunition had been expended while looking for food. Whats more, even with our current speed, when will we actually obtain enough food? Dont we have about 2,000 to 3,000 rounds? Why not just tell we only have 300 left? Brother Long lit up a cigarette and paced about, each step heavy with his thoughts. The broken ss was ground further under his footsteps. He suddenly came to a halt and gritted his teeth and said: Change of ns. Lets gather the women, and one of the guns. Well discuss with him tomorrow. Its fine even if he wants all the women, I just want the storehouse. Zhang Xiao Qiang was currently standing beside a greenhouse near the carpark, as a wrinkled old man with calluses on his hands was carefully looking at the Beast Horn that Zhang Xiao Qiang handed him. He swung and tossed it about, before saying: I cant determine the material, it definitely is not weaker than industrial diamond. With my current tools here, I cant drill a hole in it. Zhang Xiao Qiang thought for a while, then said: Theres no need to drill a hole, just turn it into a long spear. Youre free to do it however you like! Yang Keer piped in: Husband! The spear you gave me isnt hardy, I just used it a few times and its already bent. Look! The Rebar Beast Horn Spear in Yang Keers hands was slightly bent, it seemed as though she had forgotten her strength as she used it. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at it and smoke almost came out of his orifices. She had ignored all his teachings and preferred to use the Beast Horn Spear like a whack-a-mole stick. Whatever she had practiced in the cave seemed to be for naught. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned to the man and said: Make an additional mace as well. Keep it rounded, and it can be as heavy as you want. It doesnt have to be long, about her height would be right. Then make one more de. It should be asrge as a dogs leg. The material must be good, not malleable, and would be alright even when hitting other metal. He thought for a while more, then continued: Make a shield as well. It doesnt have to block bullets, just enough to fend off attacks. The wrinkled man rubbed his hands while nodding, and Zhang Xiao Qiang motioned to Yang Keer. She went out and brought back 2 sacks of rice and threw it at the mans feet. The man looked at the sacks of rice and he was overjoyed, as immediately promised to hasten the process. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at him and said: Fast, and good quality, I will reward you more. However, if Im not satisfied, heh heh... The mans forehead was instantly slick with perspiration. He didnt even dare to nod his head, he just gripped the sack of rice tightly. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned around and walked out, Yuan Yi and the rest followed behind before Yang Keer suddenly bounded ahead in boredom. Zhang Xiao Qiang checked his watch, noting that it was still early for food. He didnt want to eat here, and turned to say: Lets head out to eat! They made a trip back to the secret garden of the rubber tires. Su Qian prepared food, while Yang Keer rummaged around for anything of interest. Yuan Yi followed Su Qian around to learn how to cook. She was clumsy but learned fast. She didnt let any detail slip her, and would ask directly about things she wasnt sure of. Zhang Xiao Qiang strolled around the outside until he came to a small garden. There were no longer any nts or weeds growing. The entire patch ofnd was barren. Coming here, he felt a stifling sensation. Vegetation had ceased to grow in this apocalypse. If this was to continue for a few years, the remaining human poption would definitely run out of food. By then, if they were out of choice and had to head to the zombie-infested cities, how long would theyst? Chapter 92: Wow! So Many! Chapter 92: Wow! So Many! Ding Dang... Zhang Xiao Qiang stepped onto something hidden in the mud and used his feet to shake the mud off. A squarish metal board appeared in front of him. A secret base? His heart stirred, Maybe Ive truly found a treasure? He pulled on the chains, and a huge ck tunnel was revealed. There were steps leading downwards. There wasnt much dust, therefore, the location shouldnt have been empty for too long. Following the steps down, he turned on the light of his phone, and a passageway that could fit 2 to 3 people at one time was revealed, the 2 sides of the aisle were reinforced with cement, the same went for the ground. Walking in the tunnel would cause footsteps to echo. Zhang Xiao Qiang wasnt sure what was in front, he could only be more cautious, his Jing Wei Sword in hand, and his ears pricked for any movements. The tunnel wasnt long, only about 10m, the moment he passed it, he came to a cave-like space, where the walls werent cement, but rock and stone. He used his hands to brush past them and felt a warm temperature. However, when he used his light to shine into the room, he got a scare. He stared numbly, wanting to curse but not sure to curse at what. He suddenly had the desire to vent his frustrations, by burning everything in front of him cleanly. He walked in more carefully, noting that there were many machines and working desks around. His luck was good, and he found a diesel generator. After activating it, the room was lit up, and the machines stirred to life. He saw countless discs on one working desk, with various beautiful women in poses on the cover of the discs. There were also games and movies that were stacked neatly. If it were only one piece, Zhang Xiao Qiang would cherish it. If it were 10, he would be happy, but seeing these thousands of discs, he felt like cursing. Everybody knew that this apocalypse had no time for entertainment, rxing once in awhile was still eptable. But to actually indulge every day, hoping to die faster? Wa! So many! Yang Keers voice had just sounded out when she pounced on the stack and began rummaging. There were games, movies, and she continually stuffed them into her pockets, as though they would disappear. Whatre you doing here? Zhang Xiao Qiang couldnt be bothered and just asked out of habit. As long as she didnt touch his secret stash, he would thank his lucky stars. Yang Keer popped out from the mountain of discs and said: Time to eat! == Zhang Xiao Qiang sat at the table, looking at Yuan Yi with her charcoal face, and began to wonder if Yuan Yi wanted to stop being a violent fighter and instead, be a housewife. On the other hand, Su Qian seemed as though she had something to say. Looking at her, Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded for her to speak. Can... Can I start to kill monsters too? She stammered her words out, not daring to look at him, as though he would suddenlysh out at her for being out of line. Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded, an ordinary zombie was actually much weaker than most human beings. As long as one was careful, it wouldnt be a problem. Yang Keer was initially like Su Qian, but she also managed to take down a zombie herself. Furthermore, the ability to survive in the future did not depend on ones strength, rather, it was the courage and wits. After all, a persons strength could not rip apart a bus, but a D2 could. You must think carefully, we would not provide aid, even if you were to be eaten by the zombies, I would not bother with you. Yang Keer and Yuan Yi had to go through this, you will not receive any special treatment as well! He looked straight at Su Qian, to him, one should not regret ones choice. Since she didnt want to be a ve, she had to have the courage to face a zombie and the possibility of being eaten. Of course, Zhang Xiao Qiang would not actually let her be eaten. The moment she was infected, he would end her misery fast. After Su Qian spoke her mind, the atmosphere in the room became sullen. Yang Keer continued to reach for food, grabbing a sausage onto her te. She removed the fatty parts and ate the rest, cing the fatty parts on Zhang Xiao Qiangs te. To her, Su Qians well being was of no concern to her. Yuan Yi only ate what was in front of her. Her head was lowered at all times, and she had paused momentarily when Su Qian spoke up. She then continued, as though they were from separate worlds. Even though Su Qian had helped plead on her behalf before. This was the first time that Su Qian looked straight at Zhang Xiao Qiang, her expression resolute and her chest stuck out proudly. To her, it was a chance to shed off her status as a ve. Zhang Xiao Qiang wasnt lenient, as long as he felt that you werent useful, you could be abandoned immediately. In this zombie-filled world, being abandoned meant that one would be eaten or starve to death. Su Qians life had been a hard one. She could not trust others, and would rather control her own fate. To her, men could not be relied on, even if Zhang Xiao Qiang was better than Chen Yi, and did not step all over her, so what? She still had to lower herself in front of him, afraid to anger him and had to step carefully. She had her schemes, amongst Chen Yis women, she wasnt his favorite, but she suffered the least. When Chen Yi had sought her opinion on being gifted to Zhang Xiao Qiang, she had maintained an expression that it was up to him. Being by Zhang Xiao Qiangs side, she had maintained this aura of being a weak woman. She knew men liked to protect rather than facing a strong woman. She had seeded, gaining his affection, and felt that she gained an edge over Yuan Yi. Until Yuan Yi had single-handedly killed the D-Type, obtaining his recognition and approval. His own words were that she had no need to kneel anymore, and could walk upright. Su Qian was stirred, this was what she wanted. Her life now was more shameless than when she had been a call girl. She had never thought that she was worse than anybody, even Yuan Yi. If their fates had been switched, she would definitely have done better. Zhang Xiao Qiang gave his instructions and they proceeded to dig in. However, his mind traveled back to the secret base of bootleg operations. It was now his. The ce wasnt small, and there was electricity, as long as they prepared some living necessities, it would be suitable. If they could strengthen the metal covering at the entrance, then it would be even more secure. Of course, water had to be prepared beforehand, since there wasnt any within. They would also need to get an induction cooker. Zhang Xiao Qiang had be like a squirrel preparing for winter hibernation since the apocalypse started. He had not much hope for the future, and could only amass resources to the best of his abilities. He had no big ambitions and was a simple, traditional Chinese man. Even if the amount was enough tost him a lifetime, what about his future generations? As a future ancestor, he sought to gather as much since the future was going to be uncertain. Thinking about it, as Su Qian kept the dishes, he brought Yang Keer and Yuan Yi to move their supplies into the secret base. Yuan Yi was cooperative, doing whatever he asked. The human excavator Yang Keer was the one thatined. Why must she carry the items back and forth like a camel, furthermore, it was so inconvenient?! Why? Will they spoil outside? Youre ve driving us! Yang Keerined as she threw a bottle of water on the ground, and sat down. Chapter 93: That’s the one, go! Chapter 93: Thats the one, go! Zhang Xiao Qiang saw that Yang Keer was throwing a tantrum again, and wanted to lecture her. However, he saw that as she was pouting, she was secretly observing him out of the corner of her eyes. She saw that he was looking at her and immediately turned to face him. Seeing half of the items moved, Zhang Xiao Qiang also felt that he might have taken advantage of Yang Keer. The majority of the work was done by her. Yet he and Yuan Yi had been helping out a little. He sucked in a breath of air and felt a headacheing on. How should he convince her? This...Keer ah, do you know that if things are left outside, they will go bad? He replied in an amiable manner. Hmph, so what? As long as we head out to collect some, we would be ok if we dont meet a BOSS right? Yang Keer was obviously treating the zombies as her own security guards over other stashes of resources. To her, at that time all she had to do was kill them and reach for their items, which wasnt a problem. Keer ah, if you say were strong, and steal whatever we want, what if everything outside goes bad? Zhang Xiao Qiang was seriously trying to educate her. Aiya, Hubby, arent you annoying! At that time we can just look for those that havent gone bad, plus.... She lowered her head after shooting Yuan Yi a look and said softly: We still have that treasure cave! Hearing Yang Keer call him Hubby, Zhang Xiao Qiang had a sh of inspiration, time to use the saving ones generations tactic. Keer ah, do you think we will have kids in the future? He felt like a perverted uncle dangling a candy in front of a kid, while Yang Keer was like an innocent loli in front of him. She tilted her head to think before she smiled brightly: Yes! Our baby would definitely be pretty and cute, Ill feed the baby candy, and watch it call me mama! Arent you afraid of tooth decay? He muttered, before continuing: Not just one, but a bunch, a huge bunch. Yang Keer nodded: I know, its just not in the ns right now. Well see how it goes. Should we have more boys? Or more girls? Seeing her racking her brains over his kids in the future, he felt out of sorts, she was stillcking in certain areas, what if they have no milk, will they just die of starvation? So you must think, our kids will have their own kids, their kids are your grandchildren, the grandchildren... He had not finished speaking when Yang Keer immediately cut him off. I dont want to be a granny... I dont want to be old so fast, ah~~~~~ Face full of wrinkles and mouth with no teeth, its extremely ugly!! Yang Keer seemed to be opposed to having grandchildren, she didnt think that she was only 14, how to be a grandmother? You can rest at ease, you wont be old, that thing I gave you to drink previously was a special treasure. You downed everything, it was water from the legendary fountain of youth, you wont turn old. In order to convince Yang Keer, Zhang Xiao Qiang was basically running his mouth off. If it wasnt too fantastical, he was sure it was a mistake she would catch on. Haha, really? Yang Keer rubbed her face slightly, pleased when suddenly she seemed to have thought of something. Oh no! Then wont our daughter not have the fountain of youth? Yang Keer was now worried about the daughter that didnt even exist yet. Zhang Xiao Qiang was started to lose his patience, his brows having jumped a few times. He took in a deep breath, regaining hisposure before he continued. Then you can just give birth to sons! En! She nodded her head, obviously forgetting that daughters would marry out, while sons were truly ones own. She was too biased! So! We must now start to prepare resources for our kids and their kids, otherwise they might starve to death. Zhang Xiao Qiang came to his main point. Ha, true true, for the little babies, I have to work hard as a mother. Yang Keer felt extremely motivated after that tall-tale, and instantly carried a box of 24 bottles of mineral water up, even intending to add on more. As she walked, she suddenly stopped and ask: Is this too little? Should we go to the cities and kill all those monsters and move everything back here? Too far is as bad as not enough. Zhang Xiao Qiang remembered this idiom, as he thought of the hundreds of thousands of zombies within the cities, and felt a cold sweat down his spine. There will not be enough space to stuff everything! He could only continue to hoodwink her. En! I understand! Yang Keer was once again, led on by Zhang Xiao Qiang. By then, Su Qian had also started to help, and the speed was hastened. After they threw out all the pirated discs and the equipment, the secret base was a whole lot more spacious. Pushing the stored resources aside, the ce could amodate about a dozen people. It was unclear how the original owners managed to dig this ce, but a space of 200sqm was now theirs, and it was still spacious even with the resources brought down. Looking at the spacious den, Zhang Xiao Qiang knew his next step was to fill this ce up. He was a hoarder, and he would try his utmost to collect as much as he could. = Yang Keer leaned back against the Hummers door and ate an apple, while Yuan Yi stood about 3m behind and stared at his back. Su Qiang was currently wielding a hammer, her legs shaking as she stood by his side. Zhang Xiao Qiang could tell that Su Qian was truly afraid, and how she was struggling internally. He could only give her this fair stage, how she tread this path would depend on herself. If she didnt dare to charge up, no matter how favorably he viewed her, he would have to abandon her. He was, after all, just a mediocre fighter. Against the ordinary zombies, he could still handle his own, but against any Type 2 and above, he was basically grasping in the dark. Furthermore, there were those Mutant Beasts out there. It had already been 4 months, who knew how terrifying the extent till which they mutated? At that time, 2 dogs of about 1.6 to 1.8m had only taken a month. Zhang Xiao Qiang was suspecting that they were already starting another round of puberty. (A joke used to describe people that suddenly experienced a growth spurt) The Mutant Beasts were different from zombies in that, they had eyes, could make a judgment. The first time Zhang Xiao Qiang had dealt with that Mutant Cat, he was forced into a corner. It had used the least amount of effort to ensure thergest benefit. They had intelligence after all, and knew how to lie in wait, and pounce on an opportunity when the humans had an opening. There were only a few zombies along the several hundred meters of road. As they passed some of the vehicles on the road, they could still see zombies in the drivers seats struggling. This was after all not the city where human traffic used to be high, and those zombies on the road were likely infected people who were walking. They had long since forgotten themselves and their aims, only mindlessly shambling about, hoping to find fresh blood and meat, satisfying their urge. Seeing the dozens of zombies on the road, Zhang Xiao Qiang waszy to choose, and he randomly picked one before telling Su Qian: Thats the one, go! Chapter 94: Seed! Chapter 94: Seed! Zhang Xiao Qiang had selected the closest zombie, which was about 50m away from them. The clothes on the dposing body had been reduced to tatters under the changes in weather. As pieces of cloth hang on its ckened skin, from afar, it looked like a huge crow crossing over. The sunken head was like a deformed pear, and its strange shape would cause onlookers to be revolted. Its shirt was still barely hanging on by a button near its neck, and the red material gave it a look of amander. Except that, it wasnt truly a leader of a troop, but a zombie that would strike fear in the hearts of people. It was quite naked save for the few pieces of cloth that blew about. On its chest, there were 2 lumps hanging, what must have been a pair of beautiful and perky breasts, that had been reduced to sagging pieces of flesh. It caused Zhang Xiao Qiang to be repulsed, and he almost developed a fear of breasts. Other than the thighs that seemed to be meatier, the rest of the body was skin and bones, just like a skeleton soldier from the games he used to y. Su Qian looked at the female corpse, and she stood for quite a while, not daring to move. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not urge her and just stood aside as he mulled over his own thoughts. Yang Keer began to yawn, as such a scene was boring to her. She went back to the car to immerse herself in some movie. For some reason, she was screaming her lungs out as she watched the movie, causing the atmosphere to be particrly terrifying. Su Qian was originally hesitating from her own fears, but upon hearing Yang Keers screams from watching some horror movie, she was even more terrified. She turned to look at Zhang Xiao Qiang, who was still deep in his thoughts. She turned to Yuan Yi, hoping for some form of encouragement. It was a pity that Yuan Yi was staring at Zhang Xiao Qiangs back, not interested in Su Qian at all. I can only rely on myself! She told herself and took a deep breath. With a resolute look, she walked towards the zombie slowly, and she could make out the disgusting features the closer she got. At about 40m away, the zombie also discovered Su Qian, and the smell of meat caused it to be excited. The zombie swiveled its head towards Su Qian, and its teeth gnashed non-stop. Its footsteps also began to quicken. Su Qian stopped at about 10m away and started to circle the zombie. Her observation was astute, and she knew the weak points of the zombie and knew how she could use it to her advantage. As long as the zombie was not too close, she could lure it around like a carrot attracting a donkey. Su Qian was prudent and tried her best to lure the single zombie and not alert the rest. She lured it to a small ditch, which was dug in the past due to electrical works. The ditch wasnt deep, about knee-deep, and was about 1.5m wide. Any person would be able to jump across. However, it was impossible for the zombie, and the moment it stuck its foot out, it was the beginning of its tragic fate. The zombie stumbled down into the hole and began to struggle to get up. Su Qian made use of the chance to quickly bring down the hammer and smash the skull apart. ck and yellow brain matter sttered all over her hands and face. She threw down the hammer and slumped to the ground, staring at the dead zombie. She knew she had done it. She could kill those disgusting monsters as well. She had the right to speak up from now on. Although she was not as strong as Yang Keer or Yuan Yi, wasnt this a start? Wasnt it? Yang Keer continued to watch her horror movie, while Yuan Yi wasnt bothered by it. Zhang Xiao Qiang had watched from the beginning till end and had not objected to her methods. As long as she could maintain that sort of calm when dealing with zombies, and not lose her head, it was good enough for him. Zhang Xiao Qiang called Su Qian over, and everyone boarded their vehicles as they made for a small market. Yuan Yi drove, while Yang Keer continued to watch her movie, asionally screaming out in the car to the horrifying background music and sound. Zhang Xiao Qiang and Su Qian sat behind, and she still could not settle down, her face pale and her fists clenching and unclenching. Can you tell me about the market? Zhang Xiao Qiang was resting against the headrest with his eyes closed, yet assessing the risks in the expedition this time. It might be a small town, but there would be at least a few thousand people? Although they might not all be gathered in the market, if they werent careful, they might identally stumble into a horde. Su Qian had gone around asking for medicine for her dad and came across this town once. There was a strange old doctor that was famous around these parts, and her rtives had suggested for her to give it a shot, that was why she hade here treating the dead horse as a live one. (Idiom: the attitude of trying everything in a desperate situation.) The small town was at the foot of a hill, and the residents would usuallye here to purchase items. There was a highway about 5km away, bringing connection to this town. Some factory workers would also like to drive here for their meals, hence there were plenty of small eateries set up. It was a bustling ce before the apocalypse, although the market had lost some of its traffic to the town. The previous time that Su Qian hade here, she had sought high and low for the doctor and was clear on some parts of the town. She even knew what some of the distinct structures were for. Theres a supermarket within the town, medium-sized I guess, about 3 to 4 workers from what I remembered. Therere a few handphone shops, and theres also a dealer for farm equipment. The rest are mostly dealing with clothes, seeds, and... Wait a minute. Zhang Xiao Qiang interrupted Su Qian. Youre saying that theres a seed shop in town? Zhang Xiao Qiang was nervous now. Seeds could be the lifeline of the future. As long as there were seeds, the moment the weather became normal, they could get yearly harvests. How could they be just seeds? It would practically be a goldmine! Seeds could be kept a few years if stored properly. Even a lotus seed could germinate after a thousand years, whats a few years to seeds? Yes, those families in the hills rely on growing crops to live. The entire hill is an agricultural spot! The seed shop should have had good business. Su Qian reminisced. Zhang Xiao Qiang kept quiet. The shop was his for sure. It could be treated as the family heirloom in the future. With seeds, humankind would have hope As long as theres food, humans could survive. Once they regained the upper hand, the zombies would be ended for sure. When they reached the town, they discovered that the hill was quite tall, even higher than the highway that was about a dozen meters high. The hill was covered in dense vegetation, of which pine trees seemed to be themon variety. There were many small paths leading to the centre of the town, and there was a deste and barren-looking patch of crops at one side. The town wasnt big, and a number of houses were scattered around the foot of the hill. Amongst them, there were even some dpidated old houses that were turning yellow, and many of the newer buildings seemed to be built towards the highway. Many of them hung restaurant signs, as well as other services, like spas and even some massage services. On one side of the town, there was a small river running by, and on the opposite bank was a small bus-stop or tourist stop. 5 huge coaches and a number of other small buses were parked at the open field, surrounded by a number of eateries, as well as a small convenience store. A number of zombies were stumbling about, and all sorts of rubbish and bones littered the entire area. Chapter 95: Look! What’s that?! Chapter 95: Look! Whats that?! To reach the town, one had to stop at the tourist stop, as the bridge linking the town to the opposite bank was behind the stop. The small river was about 2 to 3m wide, and there were all sorts of rubbish gathered at the banks. A pool of water had collected under the bridge, but the water was murky and dark, and there were even zombies within. Their skin was bloated, and the entire river looked like poison. There was a construction site on the left of the tourist stop, where the works hade to aplete halt. A half-dug ditch was in the middle of the site, and there was even some water that had pooled inside. It seemed that the foundation works had not yet begun when the virus outbreak happened, and the workers had be the roaming zombies. Zhang Xiao Qiang hesitated a while, before deciding to quicken the pace. He handed Yuan Yi a tire spanner, and Su Qian a long steel bar. He wielded his Jing Wei Sword and together with Yang Keer, they charged towards the parking lot. There was only one S-type, and Zhang Xiao Qiang had immediately noticed its nimble figure. He prepared to head towards it to chop at it, having disposed of a few ordinary ones earlier. He soon got within a 40m radius of the S-type. Yuan Yi charged towards the S-type without a second word, but before the S-type made any move, the ordinary zombie beside it snapped towards Yuan Yi. She stepped back to allow the ordinary zombie to stumble past her, and rammed into it with her shoulder, sending the zombie crashing to the ground. The S-type quickly shed towards Yuan Yi, who did not evade the blow. Instead, she brought up her spanner to meet the ws of the S-type. It lost its center of gravity and was led downwards by Yuan Yis maneuver, before a huge hammer came crashing down on its brittle bones. With a crack, the S-type stumbled forwards a few steps and crashed into the ground as well. Seeing Yuan Yi stealing his prey, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt annoyed,Damn, so fierce after a taste? He vented his frustrations on the surrounding zombies, totally annihting another 4 or 5 more as the battle drew to a close. Zhang Xiao Qiang had managed to kill about 7 or 8 of them. As for Yang Keer, it was practically obscene. Yuan Yi had killed an S-type as well as 2 ordinary ones, while Su Qian killed one face to face. That particr zombie was really unfortunate though. Midway through its pounce, it was knocked to the ground by a fellow zombie that was headless, and Su Qian immediately took the chance to kill it. Seeing the corpses strewn all over the ground, the empty broken-down buses, the darkening skies, as well as the seemingly uninjured members of his party, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that with some background music, the scene looked like straight out from a game. They leaped over the bodies and made their way into a small restaurant. The furniture in the restaurant was a mess, as all the tables and chairs were in various states of disarray. Chopsticks and cutlery were all over the floor, the pictures of beautifuldies hanging on the wall were moldy. An old television set hanging in one corner even had a beer bottle stuck in it, and the entire ce emitted a horrible stench. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked around the restaurant for a moment, before walking towards the kitchen. The ce was filthy, not just the usual, but the entire ce, from the walls to the ceiling, was covered in grime. It didnt matter where one looked, there was not a white spot to be seen. Even the salt and pepper bottles were ckish and yellow. Seeing the state of this kitchen, he had no intentions of grabbing anything, even a person aszy as he felt that this was uneptable. As he was about to step out, he stopped and looked into the rice bin again. The once-red bin had already turned a darkish-red, but it was empty inside. There wasnt even a husk. Following that, he discovered that even the storage cabs were all swept clean. Any area that would be a sort of ce to keep the dried goods or spices were also cleared of everything. Something wasnt right, did someonee before to take away everything? He walked out again to survey the restaurant and its exterior. There were 5 such eateries around here, as well as a convenience store with a window opened. Each restaurant was in simr states, there was not a single clean ce, yet everything had been taken away. Is there someone alive? He came to a conclusion, but was somewhat bewildered, how did this mysterious person get past so many zombies and transport the goods then? Pa Zhang Xiao Qiang pped his forehead, he had been so used to walking through the front door that he never considered the windows. What a fool. He turned and entered the kitchen again, noting that the windows were a dummy cover. The originally clear windows had been turned ck with the oil and grime. If it wasnt for the wooden panes, he would have thought those were some wooden boards on the wall. He pried open the windows carefully and looked out. What he saw instantly caused his scalp to go numb. His stomach heaved and he never thought he woulde across something more disgusting and revolting than the zombies that he had gotten used to killing. Today, he had finally seen it. Theyout of the restaurants was simr, with the windows facing one side. Not far from the windows, there was a sunken pit, which must have been a pool in the past. It had now turned into a sewage shared among the restaurants, as all sorts of muck and shit were thrown in. Disposable items, used napkins, bones, and even stic bags and dead rats were all thrown into the pit. The stench was unbearable, to the point that it was overpowering, violent and severe. Zhang Xiao Qiang had never faced such a test before, and he didnt know if it was for 5 minutes or 50 seconds, all he knew was that he quickly rushed out and hugged a broken down signboard as he began throwing up all over the ground. He retched till there were tears in his eyes until his body was rid of that diabolical smell. Even the dposing smell of the zombies was moreforting than that hell hole. After what seemed like a long while, Zhang Xiao Qiang regained his breath. He decided not to care about the fate of that unknown survivor. The stench was not meant to be inhaled. No wonder no zombies dared to go in. It was a biological weapon, whoever went in would fall. It was even more potent than the strongest ofxatives. However, things dont always go ording to wishes in life. He had actually given up on the survivor but was unfortunately seen by the survivor. Look, whats that?! Ah! Theres a survivor! Yang Keer held Zhang Xiao Qiangs binocrs and swept about, and she somehow possessed the ability to zero in on things, as she quickly found something strange. Chapter 96: Old Beast! Chapter 96: Old Beast! There was a small hill not far from the back of the restaurant, and there were a few bungalows atop the hill. At first nce, there wasnt anything noteworthy, but upon closer inspection, one could see a bamboo pole sticking out from the roof. There was a red-coloured item hanging at the edge of the pole as the entire pole sway left and right. Zhang Xiao Qiang couldnt determine if it was a problem with his eyes, but that red cloth looked suspiciously like a bra? It had been a guess, but it was now a reality. Zhang Xiao Qiang sighed, Shit, I still need to breathe in that gunk! He eyed the bungalows, gritting his teeth and taking a step. Fuck, Ill just go! Everyone else has died, how can my future generations find their partners? Do they have to be like Sun Wukong trapped under the Wuxing Mountain? Zhang Xiao Qiang tried to give himself an absurd reason, and he prepared to go check out who the survivor was. If he liked who he saw, hell bring along and dump at the chicken farm, otherwise? Amitabha. He found a handkerchief of Yang Keer, that had been sprayed by some unknown brand of perfume. Yang Keer had treated it as some precious brand. He then wrapped it around his nose, and as he took a deep breath, he coughed out. However, the surrounding stench had disappeared, and although the smell of the perfume was overpowering, it was still a fragrance. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not go through the window in the kitchen, the grime and gunk were too terrifying. He walked to the end of the restaurant and jumped over a low wall to reach the backyard. The oil on the ground had driedpletely, splitting at different areas. The wall on his right had a thickyer of oil that became a crust of at least an inch thick, and the slight reflection caused one to be nauseous. He continued to walk through the narrow tunnel, careful to prevent any of the dirt and shit all around to get on his shoes. As he routed around the mountains of garbage, he turned to look behind. ###%%#...... Zhang Xiao Qiang began to curse, there was a path right behind the rusty signboard, the exact same one which Zhang Xiao Qiang had hugged as he was retching earlier. The signboard had blocked the path from outside earlier. As long as he went around that, he could reach the carpark. That meant that he had done all those things for the past 5 minutes for nothing. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt say anything and walked out that way, getting Yang Keer and Yuan Yi to follow him. After a short distance, they came to the bungalow at the hill, noting that the bungalows happened to be surrounded by a few walls 2 meters high. The main gate was locked, and the rust had long since covered the entire door, covering any sign of the original color. Through the bars of the main gate, they could see that it was all quiet inside, not a single movement. Somethings not right! Zhang Xiao Qiang became wary. There had been some signal, that was why he brought Yang Keer and the rest in. After they entered, there was suddenly no movement, what if it was a trap? What if someone inside had ulterior motives in seeking rescue? After the matter with Xie Yuan Shan, Zhang Xiao Qiang was more cautious towards his countrymen more than zombies. Some people could be extremely dangerous when their inner demons got the better of them. The hurt they were willing to cause others were even worse than zombies. He loathed these type of people, if it happened to others, it wasnt an issue to him, but if it happened to him, it was a humiliation. He would rather get more women on his team than getting other men. Women were weaker, as long as he maintained his dominance, women would usually not revolt. Men were different, they had ambition, and because of women, or power, or any other reason, could decide to kill Zhang Xiao Qiang to be the head. Zhang Xiao Qiang had plenty of resources, if Brother Long was to find out that he had still hidden so much food, even at the potential cost of casualties, he would definitely fight him for it. Chi Yang Keer used the Beast Horn Spear to poke into the hole of the gate and twisted it. All sorts of small parts flew out, and they pushed the gate open. The garden was filled with all sorts of rubbish, and there was even a small water tform near the wall, as the rusted structure still flowed with water continuously. The bungalow was somewhat old, and the lime powder of the walls was beginning to ke. The windows were shut tight, and it was impossible to see inside. It seemed quiet and peaceful, not a movement to be detected. If it wasnt for the handle of the door to becking in dust, Zhang Xiao Qiang would have assumed that the ce was abandoned long ago. Zhang Xiao Qiang tried to push the door open, but he couldnt make it move. It seemed that there was something blocking it from behind. He heaved a sigh of relief. It wasnt a trap, if it were, the door wouldnt have been blocked. It seemed that the person inside was fearful, even when the party outside was one man and 2 women. It must be because the person isnt confident of dealing with Zhang Xiao Qiang, that was why they had sealed the door. Zhang Xiao Qiang ignored the door and didnt get Yang Keer to smash it open. Who knew if the person was waiting behind to retaliate? He held his Jing Wei Sword and walked over to the window, before smashing it with the hilt. Hua La The ss shattered. Ah.... A womans scream rang out from within the house. Zhang Xiao Qiang quickly charged in through the window and mmed the door open. A 4yer cab which was red in color was stuck behind the door. The house was dark and dim, with only the light from the sunroof. The entire atmosphere was incredibly sinister, and the various paintings on the walls also felt dangerous. The moment they entered the house, the womans screams had not stopped, it even sounded somewhat maniacal. Zhang Xiao Qiang followed the corridors towards the back, and the light became dimmer and dimmer. There was nothing on the floor, not even cement, it was just the old loess, which had beenpacted over time. (Loess: a looselypacted yellowish-grey deposit of wind-blown sediment of which extensive deposits ur e.g. in eastern China and the American Midwest.) The potholes on the ground were uneven, causing Zhang Xiao Qiang to be careful. In an unknown situation like this, he could lose his life if not careful, and he held his Jing Wei Sword in his right, while he used his left hand to follow the wall. Feeling the uneven ground, and touching the walls and thickyers of dust. He was calm but alert, prepared to deal with any sudden situation. The dark and sinister ce, together with the shrill screams, as well as Zhang Xiao Qiangs heightened anxiety, it all added up and felt like some horror film. The chill reached his bones, and he felt like he had entered a terrifying movie world. As he passed dark corridors one after another, the end started to get brighter, and he realized that there was a room up ahead. He came to a room where the sunlight was shining through the window and noticed that the womans screaming was right beside his ear. It was shrill to the point that his ears were ringing. He turned to look and was instantly stunned and shocked. His entire world was flipped upside down, and the scene in front of him caused him to realize what absolute tragedy meant. He could not hold it in any longer and vomit. He dared not look any longer and left by the back door. There was a garden patch right outside, with firewood gathered. A path led to the hills, and the trail went on for a distance until it was blocked by some shrubs. A man darted out from somece ahead and followed the trail downhill. He was wearing an old-fashioned yellow military uniform, and he was carrying some bulky canvas bag. He wore ck cotton shoes, and his legs were obviously giving him trouble as he sort of limped as he ran. His speed wasnt fast. When he turned back to look, Zhang Xiao Qiang caught sight of his features. He was an old man of about 60, his hair all white, and his face wrinkled. His eyes were small, like that of a mouse, and his nose was huge. It was evenrger than Old Drunk back at the chicken farm. He had a goatee of about half a foot long, and it was blown about by the wind. When he saw Zhang Xiao Qiang almost catching up, he squealed in fright and continued to run downhill. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw him run and did not waste his breath, continuing to chase. However, he was constantly thinking to himself, to break the bones of this inhumane bastard, one by one. The scene earlier had caused even Zhang Xiao Qiang who did not consider himself a good guy to be incredibly enraged. He thought he had seen the worst of humanity, where Brother Long and Chen Yi treated their women like dogs, and their male subordinates having to eat chicken feed. Even then, he had not felt that it was too excessive. When the man and his child had stolen the egg and were beaten to barely a breath from death, he had not felt it was wrong as well. Women offered their bodies and pride but could eat their fill and gain the protection of their men. They might even avoid being raped by too many men. Those who ate chicken feed, they might not be living the best life, but they were at least alive. They could only me themselves for not daring to work for food. They dared not look at the zombies that even women dare to kill. Compared to this old man in front, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that Brother Long was simply a saint. At the very least, Brother Long would bring survivors back under his wing. The day to day chores would also not be forced upon these people. After all, they knew the importance of staying together in this cruel world. It was the first time Zhang Xiao Qiang had used the term Beast to describe someone. The old man in front of him was truly worthy of the name. This damn old man actuallymitted cannibalism. Zhang Xiao Qiang was young and speedy, in a matter of moments, he had reached the old man and sent a flying kick at him. The old man let out a shriek and fell to the ground, rolling forward, until he hit the pile of firewood and was stopped. Zhang Xiao Qiang panted as he walked up to the old man, who was knocked silly. His chest was heaving up and down, his right leg broken. A part of his broken bone had pierced the skin and was exposed, as blood seeped out from the wound and dyed the pants red. Zhang Xiao Qiang stomped on the chest of the old man, which resulted in a shout of agony. He opened his eyes, and saw the exposed broken bone, screaming even louder. Zhang Xiao Qiang had not yet pummeled this old man, but he was already screaming his head off. Zhang Xiao Qiang disliked torturing people, even the person who had tried to assassinate him was killed off quickly. Only those who were truly despicable deserved torment, just like Xie Yuan Shan and the old man in front of him. He let the old man looked at his own broken leg as he wailed in despair. The despair was a more tasteful medicine than even the punches of Zhang Xiao Qiang. Chapter 97: Miracle Doctor Yu? Chapter 97: Miracle Doctor Yu? The old man was even more stubborn than Zhang Xiao Qiang had thought. He whisked out a dagger from his bag, it was very small, not even half a foot long. Compared to Zhang Xiao Qiangs military knife, it was a joke. The old man was definitely not trying to resist, was he? He had a broken leg, what could he do to Zhang Xiao Qiang? There was only one possibility, which was that he wanted tomit suicide, to escape from torture. Zhang Xiao Qiang was prepared to twist the hand of the old man. He wanted the old man to watch himself bleed to death, to wallow in despair, and regret the day he was born. However, the next actions of the old man were outside of his expectations. If he wasnt doing what Zhang Xiao Qiang had assumed he would do, it would mean that he was too afraid of death, and loved all he had. The old man didnt try tomit suicide. Instead, he used the dagger to slice the pants that were soaked red in blood, cutting through the cloth like it was nothing. He then removed a gourd from his bag and poured some powder on the wound. The bleeding stopped instantaneously, while theplexion of the old man turned pale. Upon seeing that the powder had taken effect, he then pulled out a ck metal bottle, and poured out a small pill from within, before swallowing it. Soon after, hisplexion regained its healthy and rosy color. The bag of the old man was like the pouch of Doraemon, he pulled out yet another cloth package, and retrieved some brick-sized object with pimples on it. He carefully chipped off a part the size of a peanut, crushing it into powder, and applied it directly to his wound. Zhang Xiao Qiang had been watching with some interest, and the moment the old man applied that powder, the bloody scent in the air had disappeared. Zhang Xiao Qiang was astonished, this was some miracle shit! With this item, there was no need to fear the idental attracting of zombies with blood. And he wouldnt have to fret over the womens time of the month. What is this?! He couldnt take it anymore and ask. The old man turned to Zhang Xiao Qiang to reveal a smile uglier than a crying expression: Oh esteemed lord! This is handed down for generations from my ancestor. Its called fishy soil. It can cause a smell that can stir even gods when applied to blood. With water, you can mask your body scent. Even dogs cant pick it up. He stopped and saw there was no change in Zhang Xiao Qiangs expression, before continuing: Those man-eating freaks, as long as they dont get within 7 or 8 meters, they cant pick up the scent as well. As long as you let me go, Ill give it to you. Ill even pass you the blood coagnt and the life-saving pill. I will even... The old man had not even finished speaking when Zhang Xiao Qiang sent him a kick that knocked him out: Pei! He spat bitterly: You fucking beast, want me to spare you?! Not even in your dreams, old bastard! He continued to curse as he took off the old mans bag and picked up the dagger beside. The dagger was ordinary-looking, and itcked luster. It didnt even have any engravings like the Jing Wei Sword, and the entire body of the dagger was starting to turn ck. It was as though it had been left forgotten on some shelf for many years. The handle was something else though, slightly ck and moist, and the texture felt like jade. The longer one held it in his hands, there would be some warmth. He opened up the bag and the outermost item was some scabbard made from leather. As he assessed it, he could tell the rough workmanship. He inserted the dagger into the scabbard and hung it at his waist, intending to use it as a spare. The various bags contained numerous pill bottles. Other than the pill bottle containing the life-saving pill, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not recognize the rest. However, at the deepest recess, he managed to retrieve something wrapped by tin foil. He opened it and found that there was ayer of oil paper. After peeling thestyer, his eyes went dazed. This are bamboo slips? As he checked out the thing in his hands, he realized that the dozens of bamboo boards were tied together with a thin copper wire. The boards were shiny, and there were some engravings on them. Zhang Xiao Qiang could not recognize the words and surmised that they must be seals. Since he didnt understand them, he decided not to waste time looking. He carried the bag while lifting the old man and walked back to the house. When he entered the garden, he saw Yang Keer and Yuan Yi standing by the door without a shred of color on their faces. There were 2 puddles of vomit on the floor, and the sour smell wafted through the air. It seemed that the woman in the house had stopped screaming, and Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that his ears had some relief. Su Qian walked over from the conjoining building, and when she saw the old man of Zhang Xiao Qiangs shoulder, she was shocked: Miracle Doctor Yu? She revealed his background. Zhang Xiao Qiang was extremely reluctant to enter the house again. He had just caught a mere sight of it earlier and his entire stomach had churned. Now that he was standing and looking clearly, he found himself be even angrier and revolted. The ce was some attached room to the kitchen and was usually used to store some beans and potatoes. As long as they were kept well, it would be hard for them to go bad. If they did, they couldnt be consumed, and it would be a waste. There were some pickle jars in the corner, as well as some corn hanging from the beam. Beneath the corn, there was a simple wooden bed. A 30-something womanid on it, her body stark naked. There was only a tattered cotton on her stomach, while the wooden nks between her legs had been removed to form a hole, where her buttocks were stuck. Below her buttocks, there was an old-fashioned spittoon, and the contents were the womens excrement. The smell was rank and filled the entire room, causing one to feel like vomiting. The woman was plump, and her skin white. She had shut her eyes while lying there, as though oblivious to the world. The constant screaming had robbed her of all energy as well. She was in a pitiful state. Zhang Xiao Qiang could swear that he had never seen someone in a worse condition before. Yuan Yi and Su Qian could be said to have lived in heaven. This woman was missing her hands and feet. Both her arms and one leg had been broken, while the remaining leg had nothing beneath the knee. Her once-plump thighs were filled with wounds, with only half of it left. Her bone could be seen, and the half that was left was almost scrapped clean of meat. The scene truly caused ones scalp to be numb. Where her breasts used to be, there were only 2 bloody wounds. The flesh was revealed, and it was truly horrifying to look. A long bench was beside the bed of the woman, and there happened to be arge bowl of sugar on it. Inside, there was something strange and dark, and a stic funnel was ced beside the bowl, with a stick through it. AH!!!! Behind, Su Qian had screamed and immediately crumpled to the floor. She began to vomit, and the stench in the room had an additional souryer to it. This ce was really not meant to stay in for long. Chapter 98: Solitary World Chapter 98: Solitary World The woman lying on the wooden bed was shocked by Su Qians scream, and she opened her eyes. She began wailing again, and Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that she did not have long to live. She had been kept alive like some livestock by the doctor, who came over to slice some meat each time he wanted to eat, before using the blood coagnt to stop the blood flow. The powder was truly effective, abit too effective. However, as Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the packet hanging by his body, he had a sudden urge to fling it away out of disgust. The womans wails reverberated throughout the room, which caused even some dust to be shaken loose from the ceiling. Zhang Xiao Qiang could not watch any longer, and walked over to her. He ced her right hand on her neck. Seeing an unfamiliar face, the woman instantly stopped her wails, and her eyes seem to shine with some vigor. Kaka... She opened her mouth but the words wonte up. However, the begging look in her eyes was clear to him, and Zhang Xiao Qiang began to exert more strength. Slowly, the womans face started to turn red, then purple, and her eyes started to roll up. Her mouth hung open, while her tongue that was half of its original length began to roll out. Finally, he felt that her pulse had stopped, and he pulled his hands back. The womanid quietly on the bed, having regained peace. She did not have an unwilling look at the time of death, instead, there was a tranquil calm on her face. There was even a slight smile at the corner of her mouths. She had finally to leave this god-forsaken ce, where not only did zombies consume human flesh, even other humans had resorted to cannibalism. Zhang Xiao Qiang watched her quietly, his emotions in turmoil. He was infuriated, but at the same time, there was a profound sorrow. He wanted tough maniacally, but at the same time, he wanted to scream in anguish. He turned around to look at the unconscious doctor, the fury in his eyes had disappeared. Instead, there was only a deep, icy look. It had never appeared before from Zhang Xiao Qiang, and even to the sick freak Xie Yuan Shan, there had only been fury. However, in the current situation, there was only this intense cold radiating from him. Yang Keer and Yuan Yi saw his expression and they immediately felt like they were plunged in ice. Their bodies trembled uncontrobly, as the temperature of the room seemed to decrease. Yuan Yi felt it the most. She had been sort of a vine, rely on Zhang Xiao Qiang to find her inner pride and strength. Now, seeing him like that, she felt it the most, and could feel an intense dread and fear. She lowered her head, afraid to look at Zhang Xiao Qiang, and her fear that had disappeared in the past returned. She didnt even dare to breathe loudly, as Zhang Xiao Qiang walked towards her slowly. She felt her skin all standing on ends, as though there were a million ants crawling all over her. She wanted to scream from the feeling, but she didnt dare to, and as his footsteps neared, she felt an intense urge to relieve her dder out of fear. She gritted her teeth to control herself, until finally, he walked past her without stopping towards the living room. With beads of perspiration, she leaned against the wall, and slumped down to the floor. As she panted heavily, the shadow of Zhang Xiao Qiang in her mind had grown evenrger, to an extent where she knew she would never ovee. Yang Keer was faring slightly better. She could feel that Zhang Xiao Qiang was intensely terrifying right now, although she couldnt pinpoint what exactly. As he walked by, she followed behind without hesitation, although she continued to look around to see if there were any hidden treasures. Su Qian continued to follow behind, there was nothing out of the ordinary to her. She was fearful though, not because of Zhang Xiao Qiang, but because of the world, and the circumstances that her fellow human beings were being pushed to. She was afraid, very afraid. It was even more intense now than ever, she had never expected cannibalism to happen. It was even under the conditions of having food, yet the darn old man had kept his fellow human being like a livestock to feast on. Su Qian was beginning to feel the true depths of despair. Zhang Xiao Qiang currently was in no mood to understand or care about what the women by his side was thinking. He knew that he had only seen 2 people, one unforgivable old man, one immobile woman, there had to be someone who sent that signal earlier. He did not know who the person was, and he did not know what role the other person yed in this cannibalism issue, but he wanted to get his answers, was there anyone else who had partaken in human flesh? Zhang Xiao Qiang could be described in one word: careful. He was always alert and meticulous, and his view had always been: Dont go looking for trouble, but if trouble knocks, dont fear it. However, the earlier scene had somehow burrowed itself deep within his conscience, and although he didnt know the woman, witnessing her fate, he was of only one mind to seek revenge for her. It was not out of heroics, nor ideals. It was purely because as a person, he had the reason to do so. If a person could see that and be numb to it, then the person was definitely not normal. He would be worse than a beast, at the very least, some animals would not eat their own kind even when hungry. Hence, Zhang Xiao Qiang was prepared to act, if there happened to be someone else who had eaten human flesh? Heh heh.... He mmed open various doors, flipping the entire house. Not a single corner was spared from looking, and even if there were corners not easy to search? Not a problem, he would just use his sword to sweep the area. If he had identally killed someone, too bad, if the person could hide, it meant that he or she was afraid. As to what theyre afraid of? Does he need say more? No, no, no! Fuck, where did that bastard go?! Zhang Xiao Qiangs icy look was deepening, and the fury in his heart was billowing. He wanted to vent it, and go on a massacre. At this time, he reached thest room. Without even looking, he sent a kick, and the door remained shut with a bang. There was a rattling of some lock behind. Kacha The Jing Wei Sword came shing down, and the lock was chopped in two. Zhang Xiao Qiang kicked the door once more. Gadang! The wooden door swung open, and 2 people appeared in his icy sight. It was a small room, and the furnishing was simple, with only a bed, and the windows were sealed shut by wooden nks. However, the work had been shoddy, as the nks were not straight, and some of the nails were left party hammered in. Rays of light still managed to shine into the room. There was a little girl of about 11 or 12 seated on the bed, and she wasnt wearing anything, just sitting there stark naked. Her eyes were fixated in front, even when Zhang Xiao Qiang barged in, her eyes did not move. It was as though the only thing in her eyes was the wall in front, and even as the dust began to fall off the wall, she kept on looking, silently. Chapter 99: As long as we can live! Chapter 99: As long as we can live! Zhang Xiao Qiang walked in slowly, seeing the little girl staring ahead like a puppet, the cold fury in his eyes began to diminish. The girl had numerous wounds on her body, and they were all superficial. However, there seemed to be cigarette burn marks on her front and back. There were some bite marks on her thighs, and her right cheek was swollen, as though she had been punched before. Her eyes were vacant, even when Zhang Xiao Qiang blocked her view, there was no response whatsoever. Zhang Xiao Qiang prepared to grab a nket to cover the little girl. However, as he approached her, the silent girl suddenly moved. Not even looking at him, she justid there and opened her legs wide, closing her eyes and gritting her teeth as though to prepare for whats toe. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not spare a second nce, and just threw the nket over her. The other person was also a girl, except that she was older by a few years, looking about 17 or 18. There were no injuries to her face, and she was pretty. The girl was holding onto a bamboo pole on the ground, and there was a red bra tied to the pole. Her neck had been fastened with a steel wire cor, which was connected by a thick metal chain to the other end of a lock at the foot of the bed. Her body was covered in multiple wounds as well, however, it was definitely less serious than the younger girl. It seemed that this older girl was not as abused. Her position was near the windows, and she had used the edge of the pole to push a few of the window panes away. It seemed that she had somehow retrieved the pole from outside, before tying the bit of clothing left on her to signal for help. The older girl looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang with a hint of fear, especially since he came barging in with an icy killing intent. Until she saw him drape the nket over the little girl, and she heaved a sigh of relief. Zhang Xiao Qiang swung the Jing Wei Sword down, and the lock was immediately cut open. He then motioned for the girl to stand up, at this time, Yang Keer and Yuan Yi walked into the room. Su Qian was nowhere to be seen, and her actions were unclear. You, you guys... The older girl opened her mouth to clear her doubts, but before she could continue, her words were interrupted by Zhang Xiao Qiang. Were not a rescue force, and were not good people. I dont want to ask for your name. Having nothing to vent his frustrations on, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt extremely stifled. When the older girl heard Zhang Xiao Qiang admitting that they werent decent folk, her face turned pale, and her legs trembled again. How many of you are here in total? Whos the old man? Zhang Xiao Qiang began to interrogate, hoping to discover if he had everyone where he had them. My younger sister and I live here, that day, my mother felt some pain in her joints and I went to find Miracle Doctor Yu.... The older girl then proceeded to narrate everything she knew leading up to the current situation. This was a family of 3 women, the father of the girls had been out working, and when the zombie outbreak happened, their mother was suffering from some pain in her leg joints and they decided to invite the old man over to take a look. At that point, they looked out the hill and saw the chaos in the tourist stop. Hence they hid in the house, not daring to go out. The old man was quite brave, after a few days of observation, he determined that the zombies had a set behaviour, and as long as he was careful, and adding on to the weird medicine he had, he began to transport food items. The food was plenty and sufficient, and they had water. However, the old man was pretty perverted, and liked to take advantage of the two sisters. One time, their mother discovered the actions of the old man, and she was a terrifying force to reckon with. She scolded and cursed at him, and chased him out. It wasnt until he got on the ground and kowtowed that she let him off. However, he bore the resentment, and one night, he doped their food. As a result, all three were knocked out. The old man kept them separated, using the mother to control the 2 sisters. The sisters were obedient, allowing the old man to lock them up, and since the little one was of no threat to him, he decided not to lock her. The 2 of them did not know of their mothers condition, just persevering, until one day, the younger sister noticed that her soup had a finger bone. She immediately said that the old man had eaten their mother, which the old man didnt deny, and he even threatened: Whoever is disobedient, I will eat who. The younger sister was stubborn, and wanted to kill the old man day after day. Hence, he brought her out under control, whereas the older sister remained tied up in the room, afraid. When her sister came back, she was relieved, but she only heard a sentence from her sister: Mummy is not dead! After that, she had be mute! The old man was sick in the head, but because of his age, his thing wasnt as effective. Hence, he had resorted to torture to increase his excitement and pleasure. The 12-year-old girl was his favourite subject of torture, and once in awhile, he would bring her out, and back, each time she came back, she would look like she had suffered some huge illness, until she had gonepletely insane. Such deste days passed until Zhang Xiao Qiang and his team came over. When the old man saw them, he quickly locked them in the room, and he tried to run, but he was still caught by Zhang Xiao Qiang. Fuck, what a sicko, not only did hemit cannibalism, he even forced the younger sister to watch him eat her own mother! No wonder she turned insane! Zhang Xiao Qiang was bing more infuriated by the second, even Xie Yuan Shan could notpare with this old man. Yuan Yi found 2 sets of clothes and gave them to the older sister, who helped her younger sister dress after she was dressed herself. The younger sister was like a puppet, allowing her sister to control her. She had no response to the outside world, when something came to the side of her mouth, she knew to open her mouth, when she needed to relieve herself, she knew to find the spittoon under the bed. When she saw a man beside her, she would just open her legs wide. There were no other responses. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the 2 and felt his head hurt, and spoke to the sister: Your mother has passed away peacefully. Ive caught the old bastard, tomorrow Ill kill him. What will the 2 of you do? The older sister immediately became frantic: Take us away! I dont want to stay here, Im afraid! Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the 2 of them, the older was cowardly, the younger had gone insane. He could not bring them both along as burdens. Sending them to the chicken farm, they would just be toys, a life only slightly better than their current fate. Seeing his hesitation, the older sister became more anxious, and she kneeled on the floor with tears streaming down her face: Please, please please, bring us away. We dont eat much, just a little. Im willing to do anything, anything!! Take us away, we dont want to stay here any longer! Seeing that he had no response, she began to take off her clothes, and even her younger sisters clothes. She then brought her sister together with her to kneel in front of Zhang Xiao Qiang. Seeing that they were willing to use their bodies to exchange for their lives, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt likeughing bitterly, he looked at the older sister and said: I can take you away, but Ill hand you to someone else, you must think carefully. Since the older sister didnt care how her body was used, Zhang Xiao Qiang wasnt concerned about it any longer. It would do fine to send them to the chicken farm. At that time, their lives and deaths would no longer concern him. Yes, anything, as long as we can live, anything is fine! The older sister stood up, her face resolute. She pulled her sister up as well, and bowed to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Chapter 100 – Crucifixion Authors note: Its the 100th chapter, and it sure wasnt easy! There have beenments that my grasp of the overall picture is not strong enough, and I would most like be unable to continue after the 100th chapter/ However, my current contributions are at about 2W, there should be no problem! Chapter 100 C Crucifixion The sky was getting darker. Zhang Xiao Qiang checked on the ropes used to tie the old man up. He went back to the living room, where a small oilmp was lit. The flickering me would cause the shadows to dance in the room, and from time to time, the shadows seem to depict scenes of demons dancing. The food on the table was simple after Zhang Xiao Qiang sat down, everyone began to sit as well. The older sister walked in at this moment, her eyes red with tears and she kneeled beside Zhang Xiao Qiang, kowtowing and saying: Thank you very much, I will always bear your kindness in heart. Please give that old bastard a few more shes tomorrow! It seemed as though the older sister was aware of her mothers plight. Her hatred for the old man had reached a peak, and she was barely containing herself from rushing over to bite him. The younger sister stood by her side, her eyes still staring nkly ahead. Even after seeing her dead mother, there wasnt any response. Dont worry, tomorrow, Ill definitely make sure he gets his just desserts! Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded to show that he understood, and thought of an idea. = Early the next morning, Zhang Xiao Qiang stood and admired his own handiwork. He had woken up early to get busy. First, he had shoveled some earth into a ditch to cover the water collected within the ditch, He had then hammered a cross into the ditch, before pouring gas into the ditch. The gas had been collected from the petrol kiosk near the tourist stop. After pouring over 2 tons of fuel into the ditch, Zhang Xiao Qiang was afraid that the firepower might not be enough. He then instructed Yang Keer to go grab the firewood behind the backyard and ced them into the ditch. By then, the initial preparations were all ready. Having been busy for 2 hours, it was time for the punishment. Zhang Xiao Qiang nailed the old man to the cross, making him suffer the same treatment that Jesus did. He then used his military knife to carve some criss-cross lines on the body of the old man. Having suffered torment yesterday, plus being tied up the whole night, the old man was almost half-dead. Even as the military knife drew all over his body, hecked any energy to scream, instead, just gasping. However, Zhang Xiao Qiang was not interested in truly carving him over a thousand times. He just did a few simple ces and watched as the fresh blood dripped all over the firewood beneath his feet. Zhang Xiao Qiang then hurriedly climbed out of the ditch. Standing at ground level, Zhang Xiao Qiang kicked the woodendder into the 5m-deep ditch. He let out a long breath. The old man had been draped with a white sheet on Zhang Xiao Qiangs whim, and his posture was exactly like how Jesus had suffered. Adding on to the blood-stained bedsheet, the effect was truly horrifying. The old mans head was lowered, and his status was unclear. The older sister grabbed her younger sister by her hand, and watched as the old man bled slowly. She gritted her teeth, while her hands holding her sisters gripped tightly as well. The younger sister lifted her head due to the pain and saw the old man suffering on the cross. A gleam shed across her soulless eyes, and she stared fixedly at the old man, as though she had caught sight of the most precious treasure in the world. The corners of her mouth were lifted. The morning winds blew the hair of everybody present. Zhang Xiao Qiang watched his watch for over 5 minutes. Soon, there was movement on the bridge nearby. First, it was one and two, then soon a group of them. Then, a whole horde of zombies began to mor over, and the bridge was soon filled with them. The small bridge was small and could only amodate about 3 or 4 people at any one time. It wasnt long as well, and just a few big men could fill the entire bridge from start to end. If a thousand-plus zombies wanted to pounce over, it would be too unrealistic. Other than the few in front, those behind began to pool at the back and were squeezing forward. From time to time, a few zombies would be forced underneath and stepped on by the others. Normally speaking, the S-types were the agilest, and they would be the first to rush forward. However, the situation was that all the zombies were squeezing and stuck with one another. The S-types were small in frame, and their bodies were not as big as the ordinary zombies. Their strength was just barely stronger than those ordinary zombies, and hence, their advantage in speed became ineffective. Zhang Xiao Qiang stood by the ditch and watched themotion. The sisters were frightened out their wits and were getting restless. The younger sister still seemed nk, and her expression was wooden, but she had taken the initiative to grab at the hems of her sisters clothes. The older sister did not seem to notice the change in her sister, her attention on the terrifying zombies. Seeing the thousand-over zombies trying to get over to their side, her face turned pale, and her legs trembled uncontrobly. Yang Keer, on the other hand, was excited. Previously, she hadnt seen the situation where Three had been surrounded by the thousands of zombies. Now, she was seeing with her own eyes how the restless zombies were trying to get over. Her hands were grabbing her Beast Horn Spear, and if it wasnt for Zhang Xiao Qiangs stern warning, she would have charged forwards to begin her gopher game. When she was up against a dozen, it had been exhrating to knock their heads off. With over a thousand in front of her, her hands were twitching like a little kitten. Yuan Yi had been frightened by Zhang Xiao Qiangs demeanor the previous day, and it might only be Zhang Xiao Qiang that truly frightened her. Now, as she watched the thousand-over zombies squeezing over the other side, and seeing them clearly, her bloodlust began to appear. Her eyes turn bloodshot, and her tongue licked her luscious lips constantly. Her nostrils red, and her breathing became ragged, her legs trembling slightly with adrenaline. She was totally in the zone, and the moment Zhang Xiao Qiang gave the order, she might charge forwards even faster than Yang Keer. She wanted badly to rip the heads of the zombies from their bodies and kick them like ser balls. To her, killing zombies were a pure form of pleasure. It was even more pleasurable than engaging in a fight with a fellow human. There would be no need to hold back, and she could kill as she liked, and ignore whatever stupid or stinking rules. She didnt kill much yesterday, but the feeling had been wonderful. Thinking up to this point, that strange feeling welled up in her, slightly tingly, and she looked at the opposite bank with a heated look of anticipation. Although Su Qian had killed off two on her own, her current condition upon seeing those thousand zombies wasnt better than the elder sister. The most she had seen was the day prior where Zhang Xiao Qiang had brought them to scavenge resources. At that time, she was feeling jittery, although it wasnt like the extent that Yuan Yi was feeling, it was slightly better. However, it was just that she could control herself better. When she discovered that Yuan Yi had changed so much, she found it hard to ept and looked at Yuan Yi with a look of jealousy. She had always prided herself as being strong-willed and was slightly despondent that she might never catch up to Yuan Yi. Be it her running, or killing of zombies. When she finally started to kill some, Yuan Yi was already fearless towards even a thousand. Right now, Su Qians heart was truly feeling despair. She had thought that she could catch up to the rest of the group, and she knew Zhang Xiao Qiang wasnt some soft-hearted man. Even after the pitiful begging of the elder sister, he had made the cruel decision to send them to the chicken farm. That was where Su Qian and Yuan Yi hade from, and she knew clearly their fate. Based on their current conditions, Brother Long and Chen Yi would not ept them, which meant that they would be given to He Wen Bin and the rest, plus they wouldnt be fed well. As long as one wasnt useful to Zhang Xiao Qiang, they would be eliminated. If one day, she was no longer useful to Zhang Xiao Qiang, what would happen then? Her body began to tremble, as she looked at his back, as the shaking continued through her legs. Chapter 101 – D2 Chapter 101 C D2 Zhang Xiao Qiang was unaware of the thoughts of the women behind him. He was only concerned about the zombies and his n. In fact, he was not very confident, after all, he only graduated from high school, and he did not know if his n would really proceed smoothly. What was most diforting was that he used to lose all the time when he yed games with others. A number of the zombies managed to shamble over, while those behind wanted to but were stuck together. The bridge looked positively stuck, and Zhang Xiao Qiang stared dumbly. He could never have imagined that the zombies could not even get past the bridge. Instead, it was those scattered zombies that had arrived earlier and were free from the pileup behind, that were slowly approaching. However, whats the point of just clearing this dozen of them? His final goal was to enter the market and the seeds that he was aiming for. They were all waiting for him to collect, what if he waited too long and they went bad? Then it would really spell disaster for his future generations. The old man in the ditch was beginning to stir awake. When he saw the plight he was in, he began to scream out hoarsely, and the cross began to shake. As he twisted, he felt the full extent of the nails in his limbs, and he screamed even more miserably. Zhang Xiao Qiang could not be bothered to look at him, only watching the zombies anxiously, even cursing the builders of the bridge for the narrow opening. Hubby! We missed out on morning exercise, and arent there already monsters there? Why not... Yang Keer looked at the zombies and became restless, as she asked Zhang Xiao Qiang, hoping to vent her energy. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not waste time to argue with her, instead, he waved his hands and said: Only those which crossed the bridge. You cant go for those at the bridge, otherwise, Ill spank you. Yes!! Yang Keer just wanted to smash some gophers, and she couldnt care about anything else. She let out a weird war cry and charged towards the zombies. A shadow rushed past her, it turned out to be Yuan Yi who could not control herself any longer. Yang Keer saw her passed and instantly pouted, charging forth with more speed to surpass Yuan Yi. Su Qian saw the two of them pouncing towards the zombies, and she looked at the zombies while hesitating. She then began to walk forward as well, just that her steps were more careful, and her speed was not fast. Seeing the 3 women taking the initiative to approach the zombies, the older sister was very shocked. She had always thought that the 3 were Zhang Xiao Qiang women, and were women he protected. Who would have thought that they were zombie killers as well? Yang Keer charged under the challenge from Yuan Yi, and dodged a few ws and bites, leaping into the midst of a few zombies. With a loud Ha, she used her Beast Horn Spear to draw a circle around her, sending 4 or 5 zombies soaring through the sky. Yuan Yi was even more engrossed in such simple killing, however, she was careful. She didnt charge headlong into danger unlike Yang Keer, instead, she began to work her way from the outer zombies. As she neared a zombie, she used the hammer to hook it by the belt close, and pull them down to the ground. She followed up by dodging a bite from another zombie, her right feet twisting in the ground. Her entire body swung furiously towards the right, sending the hammer smashing into the zombies head. Its brain was immediately sted apart, and the contents sttering onto the ground. By the time she turned to find another target, she found the zombie on the ground already taken out by Yang Keer. The dozen of zombies was soon routed by the two of them. Yuan Yi wasnt flustered, instead, using the hammer to hook one zombie and dragged it behind Zhang Xiao Qiang. When the older sister saw the struggling zombie, she became frightened and dragged her younger sister away. Su Qian was full of regret now, scolding herself for dragging her feet. She had not even gotten the chance to approach the zombies, and they were already cleared by the 2 others. There was no victory to be proud of, and she felt like she had been thrown far behind in the race again. She was afraid that she might be eliminated. Yuan Yi swung the hammer and broke the limbs of the zombie beneath her feet. She wasnt in a rush to kill it, instead, she wanted to take her time to enjoy the process. Although the zombies could not feel pain, she didnt care, she just treated it like a toy, a sort of outlet to vent her energy and feelings. Yuan Yi continued to break the bones of the zombies, while Zhang Xiao Qiang watched the bridge with increasing nervousness. This sort of waiting was the most torturing, as the zombies were still stuck, while the zombies behind continued to push forward. Some of the smaller S-Types had already been squashed and disappeared from view. The bridge was starting to look like it might copse. The zombies might be a lot lighter individually, but the bridge could not contain the number of them! Although a few zombies would break free from time to time, more were being pushed off. The vast majority was still stuck on the bridge, and some of therger D types were beginning to roar out in frustration. They wanted to scare the cannon fodder beside them away, but the normal zombies could not get away no matter how hard they tried. The other zombies from behind only continued to push forward. Suddenly, the zombies at the opposite side began to stir, as though a hos nest had fallen among them. Many zombies were tossed aside way at the back. Zhang Xiao Qiang picked up his binocrs and squinted, noting that a house was suddenly smacked up in the sky, as a huge and towering figure appeared. His chest tightened as a single word escaped his mouth involuntarily: D2.... Yes, the 2m-tall figure looming behind the zombie horde and was shoving them to the side was a D2. Those who could still move quickly scattered due to the fear. A D-Type suddenly mmed into the D2 due to themotion and shoving, and before it could react, the D2 had grabbed it and lifted into the air. When the 1.8m D-Type caught the scent of the D2, it began to struggle, and it looked like a little child in the humongous hands of the D2. It tried its best to struggle out of the D2s grasp, but the D2 began to apply more pressure, and the thrashing of the D-Type began to decrease until it stopped totally. AO~~~~~ The D2 let out a huge roar, and twisted the neck of the D-Type, like a child ying with a toy and ripping its head off. It then flung the corpse away towards a cement wall, where the head of the D-Type was smashed into pieces like a watermelon. Zhang Xiao Qiang watched all these through the binocrs. Chapter 102 – D2’s Meal Chapter 102 C D2s Meal Run! Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately turned around to shout, the D2 was too strong, and neither Yuan Yi nor Su Qian was a match against it. Any single hit from it would definitely cause their bodies to crumple. It wasnt the time for them to go up against such a freak yet. Furthermore, Zhang Xiao Qiang detested doing useless things or wasting energy for naught. Su Qian heard the urgent tone of Zhang Xiao Qiang and immediately turned and bolted away. The earlier scene of the D2 flinging the D-Type like a doll almost caused her to piss her pants. She had not expected to see such a terrifying monster. She was out of all bravado, it wasnt even possible for her to face an ordinary zombie now. If she could escape now, she had to. She thought that should Zhang Xiao Qiang die, then she would be forced to hide in this town forever, till death. The pair of sisters followed Su Qian, with the older sister pulling the younger one along. She had also witnessed what happened, and never thought that those monsters could evolve to such a horrifying extent. She had no confidence in Zhang Xiao Qiang now whatsoever, the D2s strength wasnt something humans could deal with. Especially since Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest only had melee weapons. Seeing Su Qian and the sisters running towards the hill, Zhang Xiao Qiang noticed that Yuan Yi and Yang Keer were missing. He turned around and saw Yuan Yi remaining where she was, just looking at him. What are the fuck are you doing? Didnt you hear me telling you to run? Zhang Xiao Qiang stared furiously, and never thought that Yuan Yi would not listen to him at such a critical juncture. Yuan Yi saw Zhang Xiao Qiang losing his temper at her, and her legs began to shake. She felt a strong icy feeling rise within her, and she forcefully suppressed her fear. She just looked at him not saying anything, her nostrils ring stubbornly. Zhang Xiao Qiang noted her stubborn, and he suddenly understood, You go watch the car, thats my only form of retreat. Its important. Zhang Xiao Qiang tried changing his tone, Yuan Yi took a look at Su Qian running in the distance, before turning back at Zhang Xiao Qiang. She then lifted her hammer and ran after Su Qian. Yang Keer stood one side with an agitated expression. She didnt seem to care about Su Qian and the rest running off. She just stood there looking at the D2, her hands gripping her Beast Horn Spear tightly. Her expression was one of going to fight a BOSS again. What? You forgot what happened the previous time? Zhang Xiao Qiang spoke coldly, hoping to douse her intention to fight the BOSS. Ha! Previously, this miss had been careless. This time, open your eyes and watch how this miss will teach the D2 a lesson. WO~~ AH~~~~ Yang Keer was full of adrenaline right now and treated Zhang Xiao Qiangs words superfluously. Zhang Xiao Qiang ignored her, after all, she did possess some experiencepared to Yuan Yi and the rest, even if it were only for a few seconds. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked towards the D2. The D2 had not yet found a path to the bridge. It just continued to force its way towards the opposite bank. From time to time, the zombies would drop into the river from trying to get out of its way. Even more, zombies were being pushed to the ground and squashed beneath theirrades from behind. The rivers depth was also uncertain, regardless, as long any zombies dropped below, they never resurfaced. There were some that were fortunate enough to be swept to the banks, where they would get to their feets again. However, those in the flow would be swept away. Following the shoving of the D2, over a few hundreds of zombies were being swallowed by the waters. Finally, the D2 managed to reach the bridge, and the narrow bridge was already filled with over 300-over zombies. Together with the mouth being jammed, even the D2 had no way of crossing over. The D2 had been attracted by the scent of the old mans blood. It was now a situation where it could smell but not taste it, and it began to get enraged as it waved its hands about. Have you ever wondered how a tractor pushed flocks of sheep at once? That was the scene now. Countless zombies were smacked till their heads flew, or their bodies crashing towards the ground. The D2 would then proceed to stomp them beneath its feet. Numerous zombies were being sent soaring through the air like dumplings, dropping into the river. Who knew how long it took, but the D2 finally got close to Zhang Xiao Qiang. He became careful, as he knew the hearing of the D2 was especially acute, so he had instructed Yang Keer to remain silent. The initial number of zombies was about a thousand over, but now, with the D2s rampage, it was reduced to about 600, and the jam on the bridge had been resolved. The remaining zombies did not feel fear, instead, following the path that the D2 had opened up, and pounced towards the opposite bank. The D2 did not notice the presence of Zhang Xiao Qiang nearby, it just opened its mouth excitedly as it charged towards the old man. It fell into the huge ditch without suspecting. As the D2 fell into the ditch, 2 or 3 of the S-Types also fell right behind it. Unfortunately, they hit the D2, and without any other movements, the D2 just grabbed out with its ws and tore one of the S-Type into 2. The fate of the S-Type can be left out, lest you lose appetite. As the D2 engaged in killing its own kind, the other 2 S-Types charged forwards to take a bite out of the old man. When the old man felt his leg being bitten, his wooden and numb expression finally twisted, as he screamed out in pain: Ah~~~ His screams were miserable, and his voice became even more shrill. The D2 was stirred by the screams of the old man, and it tossed the S-Type away and walked towards the old man. One of the S-Type did not notice the approaching D2 and was stomped under the feet of the D2. Being interrupted in the middle of its feast, the S-Type was furious, and it just swiped out. s, it was in trouble. The ws of the S-Type could not do anything to the defenses of the D2, but its actions enraged the D2 further. The D2 grabbed the head of the S-Type and pped down with its other hand. The D2 flung the corpse away, before grabbing for the other S-Type. Seeing that the S-Types had only served to infuriate it time after time, it wanted to take care of them first before enjoying its feast. When the S-Types were tossed aside like ragged dolls by the D2, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not rejoice at having the zombies kill each other. He realized an important issue, it was that the evolved zombies were beginning to develop intelligence. They could get angry, and dispose of eyesores first. They even knew control, even in front of fresh blood, they could deal with other things first. The D2 grabbed the old man and removed him from the cross, before picking him apart to devour him carefully. There was no waste whatsoever, even the bones were all swallowed. Wa~~~~ Yang Keer could not hold it any longer and throw up violently. Wa~~~~~ Zhang Xiao Qiang was trying to suppress his urge as well, but seeing how Yang Keer threw up, he also vomited uncontrobly. Both of them squatted on the ground facing each other, as though they were engaging in a vomiting contest. Neither of them couldugh at the other, and the color of their faces was as pale as possible. The D2 was truly thorough in its meal, and it took its time. By the time it was halfway through, the 600-plus ordinary zombies had shambled over and fallen into the ditch. Of course, the ditch could not amodate such volume, but the zombies themselves werent staying still. They were squashed under one another, forming a pile of corpses. The ones behind continued to roll down and under the feet of the D2, however, the D2 was engrossed in its meal and didnt bother about the rest. As the D2 ate, none of the other zombies dared to snatch it, they just stood aside and wait for a chance. As long as the D2 was full, they would get a bite. Seeing this, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt his scalp go numb, was there already a hierarchy amongst the zombies already? He did not have the courage to watch on. After all, all the guests had arrived, it was time to serve dinner. The old man was just the appetizer, now it was the main course. A thick arm of firewood, wrapped inyers of cloth, until it resembled some swollen thing, was doused in fuel. Zhang Xiao Qiang brought a lighter to it and lit it up. Chapter 103: Barbecue? Chapter 103: Barbecue? Aiming for the ditch 10m away, Zhang Xiao Qiang flung the torch in his hands fiercely. 1, 2, 3...Hong! A huge me burst out from the ditch, roaring towards the skies. A searing hot temperature swept out towards Zhang Xiao Qiang and Yang Keer, who immediately turned around to run. The heatwave chased at their tails until they reached a distance of dozens of meters before they felt it was safe to stop. The pir of fire rose to about 10m, and dark smoke billowed out. Ashes danced as the smoke continued to rise. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt his scalp go numb, never setting such a huge fire before, he hadnt expected it to be so strong. He and Yang Keer was almost turned into grilled chicken as well. Yang Keer watched the fire, her small mouth open in shock. After a long while, she regained her wits and lost her temper at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Why is it like this! I was still hoping to fight the BOSS! Hubby, are you afraid that I will cause to lose face by killing the D2?! After a while of grumbling, under the pretext of fearing that her skin might get dark, Yang Keer walked retreated further towards the house, her words now focused on the topic of food. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt bother, he continued to watch, as he was not confident that the fire was enough to deal with the D2. Wasnt its skin too thick? AO~~~ A huge roar resounded from the ditch. It was the D2 wailing out in pain, as the heat had finally be unbearable. Soon, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt the ground beneath his feet tremble. Even as the ditch was burning in mes, Zhang Xiao Qiang could see sand and stone being knocked out from the ground. It seemed that the D2 was hammering against the earthen walls. The ditch was about 5m-deep, Zhang Xiao Qiang wasnt worried about the D2 climbing out. At the very least, each time it hit the walls of the ditch, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt the tremors weakening as time passed until there werent any movements left. Ao~~~ The D2 roared out once more pitifully before the sound died off. The mes became even fiercer, as though proud that it had extinguished its victim. The bodies of zombies were usually devoid of water and were vulnerable to mes. Even a person whose bodyposition was at least 70% water could burn up, whatre more these mummy-like zombies? As the mes burned on, a strong scorched smell permeated through the air. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt stifled and decided to walk about to take a look. By the time he walked to the bridge, he realized he had walked around the radius of the mes. The end of the bridge had lost its original color, and it was only one color now: ck. It was a result of the countless zombies being stuck and cooked together. It was a pile of mixed meat and internal organs, and Zhang Xiao Qiang almost threw up again. However, because he had already thrown up just earlier, there was nothing much that his stomach could regurgitate. He walked towards the edge of the bank and saw a few zombies standing, some lying, some flowing along with the water. The deepest part of the river had been filled with zombies, and some zombies stood on the pile made of their fellow zombies. Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to cross the bridge to take a better look, but it was covered inyers of meat and bones. He simply could not find a ce to set his foot down securely. In order to cross properly, he would have to find a huge shovel to sweep off the gunk on the bridge, before spreading some quicklime on it. However, he didnt have the time, nor the energy to do so. He decided to grit his teeth and stepped gingerly into the meat paste. He tried to convince himself he was walking through a thickyer of mud. Every single step felt heavy and long. By the time he reached the opposite bank, he vomited again. There was the sight of the metal shack torn in two by the D2, as well as the hundreds of zombies being ttened during the D2s rampage. Some small stands that sold cigarettes and tabloid magazines had been destroyed. A small alleyway between 2 buildings led to the market, however, each step was filled with ayer of ckened meat and bones, where numerous zombies had long since lost their lives. As he exited the alleyway, he saw a huge stic sheet covering the marketce. There were 2 stands that sold clothes, 1 sold childrens clothes as well as toys. There was an autumn and winter clothing store as well, and finally, the most eye-catching was a store that sold womens leather coats. Without any zombies roaming about, the entire area was quiet and peaceful. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked silently, and he felt strange. There were no zombies, no people, there was no difference from prior to the apocalypse, it was just that there was nobody. His military boots caused some scrunching noises in the mud, and from time to time, he would pass by some bones. He walked till he reached a cement pier, and there were a few tarpaulinsid out on the ground. The vegetables that were disyed on those sheets were already dposed, even potatoes and garlic that were usually easy to store had gone dry. Zhang Xiao Qiang continued to walk on, when suddenly he came to a stop. He whirled around suddenly, eyeing those vegetables and beans on the sheets. A feeling arose in his heart, slowly turning into hope. He came to the oil sheet, and grabbed a garlic, as he gently stroke the buds. His eyes turned moist, the garlic was ok. He picked up the beans, which had lost much of their moisture. However, there were still little sprouts in some of them. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked around carefully and came to a conjecture. The huge field was covered in the stic sheet to block out the violent sunlight. The surrounding buildings and zombies had also helped to block the winds. Although these buds had not much water, they still sprouted, if they were transferred to the earth, and under some care, they should be able to reap some benefits. What could be more precious than these? He carefully picked up the wrinkled beans that seemed to have be moldy in his hands, and looked at it carefully under the light, as though he was looking at a precious diamond, his heart filled with joy. Guang dong... From afar, the sound of a beer bottle dropping to the floor sounded, and a strong sense of oppression arose in Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart. It was that inexplicable and annoying sixth sense of his. He was careful, and he knew each time his senses went crazy, there would be trouble afoot. This time was sure to be the same, and he pulled out his Jing Wei Sword and military knife. Wielding the knife in his left and the sword in his right, he watched his surroundings carefully as he retreated towards the marketce. The field was still silent, however, it took on a whole new suspenseful feel to it. It seemed as though the earlier disturbance might have been a figment of his imagination, but the feeling that something was about to happen became stronger. In fact,pared to the past time that could be described as a drizzle, it was like a thunderstorm in his mind now. Zhang Xiao Qiang was alert, but not afraid. Each time his life-and-death situations had forged his mental fortitude, although he did not know the trouble would arise from where he knew that it was vital to stay calm. Being impatient and panicking would not solve any problems, it would only serve to lose his life. He moved slowly with the balls of his feet, not making as much noise as possible. He retreated slowly like this, all the way till he exited the marketce. The sense of crisis did not lessen, but it did not increase as earlier. When he reached the alleyway, he heaved a small sigh of relief. As long as he crossed the bridge, it would be ok, at least there wasnt anyplicated terrain there, nor were there any obstruction. He could then see what the source of danger was. Chapter 104: All of a sudden, the hairs on Zhang Xiao Qiangs back stood on their ends, and the sense of danger reached a peak. His heart hammered furiously and it felt like it was trying to beat right out of his chest. The overwhelming sense of danger caused his mouth to go dry. Itsing. He couldnt afford to think so much, and immediately stomped with his right foot, ducking to the left. His shoulder came in contact with the ground and he rolled once twice before he felt the sound of air ripping from behind him. Although the first attack had missed, with Zhang Xiao Qiangs perception, the danger was not over. His chest tightened as though prepared for the next attack. He raised his body, half kneeling on the ground. His left hand which was wielding the military knife smacked towards the ground, and he sent his Jing Wei Sword slicing to his back. Dang... A short, ck silhouette blocked the blow, before disappearing in an instant. The things speed was crazily fast. Zhang Xiao Qiang was still in his half kneeling position, and his scope of vision was limited after that shadow zoomed past the corner of his eye, it did not reappear. He straightened up fast, panting and observing the surroundings. He did not know what it was, and the earlier danger had caused him to be extremely nervous. He raised his sword while turning on the spot, hoping to seek out the enemy. The entire field and stalls, even the quiet marketce, theck of sound now made it more deste, to the point of chilly. His surroundings had be calm again, but Zhang Xiao Qiang dared not let down his guard. He was afraid that the sneak attack from the back would happen again. He wasnt afraid of a frontal assault, even if it was a D2. However, this ghost-like thing was really creeping him out. For the first time, he had felt more danger than from a D2. Who knew where it was hiding right now, and when it would just attack him again. Danger from the unknown was the strongest factor for his anxiety. Zhang Xiao Qiang slowly ced the military knife back into his pouch, while he held the Jing Wei Sword single-handedly. He probed around to reach for something to help himself. The thing was too quick, and his weapons would just be enough to cause a distraction. He had to find some way of slowing the thing down. Zhang Xiao Qiang swept his eyes across every stall slowly. His brain whirled, thinking of solutions for him to deal with the situation. The thing was speedy and not entirely small. He had to find some way of trapping it. He nced at the various goods and products until he saw thick dark curtains hanging on the wall of a furniture shop. His eyes lit up, and the scenes from 2 days ago of the usage of a bedsheet came to mind. Once when he had used it on the assassin, and the other when Yuan Yi had used it against himself. Zhang Xiao Qiang slowly inched towards the furniture shop, and with a tug, he pulled the thick curtains down. By now, he was already past the alley and was near the bridge. The bridge was still messy from the blood and meat all around, but he wasnt in the mood to be revolted. He was focusing so hard since his life was in danger. Zhang Xiao Qiang then assessed the surroundings once more, noting that there werent any strange movements. He took a deep breath, and shouted out once, before turning around to run towards the opposite bank. He still felt the stickiness of the meat paste beneath his feet, but as a result of his haste this time, the gruesome parts sttered up and outwards, getting on his body, hands, and face. Zhang Xiao Qiang ignored all other feelings, with only the car park at the opposite bank in sight, his movements quick. He did not engage in any useless movements and just ran with all his might, not even daring to look behind. From an aerial view, one could see that on the roof of a small building near Zhang Xiao Qiang, a ck figure was crouching silently at a corner. It would sniff in the air from time to time, then adjust its position ordingly. Right as it was about to pounce towards Zhang Xiao Qiang earlier, he had suddenly shouted once and turned to run. The ck figure was jolted, by the time it could react, Zhang Xiao Qiang was halfway across the bridge. It became angry, and without caring for its advantage in stealth, it immediately chased after Zhang Xiao Qiang, leaping out from the building and pouncing forwards. Zhang Xiao Qiang reached the carpark and he turned back to look. He immediately caught sight of the ck figure charging towards him. The running posture was like a wild dog, its speed fast. In just a blink of an eye, it had crossed the bridge. The uneven tform of the bridge did not even hinder its movement in the slightest, by the time it reached the opposite bank, it had leaped up to w at Zhang Xiao Qiang. He finally knew what it was. This was an S2. Its speed was terrifying, and its agility was truly beyond anything he had seen. Compared to the S-Types he had seen previously, the contrasts were the speed, the efficiency in movement, and the amount of caution it possessed. It liked to attack from the back, and while Zhang Xiao Qiang did not know how the S2 could tell the back, he knew that the attacks werent light. This was a natural assassin, and finally, it had made its appearance. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw that the S2 was already right in front of him, and he raised his Jing Wei Sword, hollering out as he swung at it. This was a strike that carried all his force, as though it could split mountains. At the same time, the S2 raised its ws to swipe at him, and the sword met the ws. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt like he had just swung down on a piece of wood. The Jing Wei sword was a weapon that could even slice through steel beams, and yet, it was stuck in the ws of the S2 now. The S2 had obviously not experienced something like this before, and it did not attack Zhang Xiao Qiang again. It began to shake, trying to wriggle free. Zhang Xiao Qiang took the opportunity to drag downwards, swinging in order to slice away one of the fingers. The S2 was dragged along with the force of the swing. When it regained its footing, it turned around to pounce at Zhang Xiao Qiang, its speed even faster than before, enraged at having lost its w. Beng... The S2s head mmed into the curtain that Zhang Xiao Qiang had opened up. The curtain was huge, and it was able to cover the S2 entirely. The zombie immediately got tangled within and rolled around on the ground like a ball. Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately aimed and was preparing to stab out, when a hand with only 4 fingers ripped the curtains. Zhang Xiao Qiang faltered, knowing that it was possible that the S2 might retaliate furiously if he missed and hit a wrong spot. He grabbed the corners of the curtain and begun to drag it towards the burning pit. The ws of the S2 dug into the ground and mud, unwilling to be dragged. However, all it served was to leave some w marks on the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang continued to pull while the S2 tried to resist, to no avail. In fact, it lookedical if the situation wasnt serious. The pit was still burning strongly, it was just that the mes were slightly smaller. Bearing the high temperatures andck of oxygen, Zhang Xiao Qiang tugged the bundle of curtains and swung it towards the pit. With a kick, he sent it tumbling into the pit. Chapter 104: S2 makes its appearance! Chapter 105: It’s not that my troops are incompetent, the enemy is too crafty! Chapter 105: Its not that my troops are ipetent, the enemy is too crafty! Watching the S2 wriggling within the curtains as it was kicked into the burning pit, Zhang Xiao Qiang heaved a sigh of relief. He immediately felt the fiery temperatures that he had been withstanding and could feel his airways being assaulted by the smog. Even his hair and eyebrows were starting to turn crisp from the fire. His skin was feeling tender and red, and he hurried to retreat back. At this time, Zhang Xiao Qiang was feeling ecstatic. He had settled the D2, even the new S2. Although the speed of the S2 was terrifying, he had managed to find its weakness. As long as he could take away its advantage, he could take his time to deal with it. Today, the experience in dealing with the S2 was incredibly precious, and he knew that in the future, it would aid him in future situations and he would not be as unprepared. This time, he had relied partly on luck, and the other, on his calm and cool head as well as judgment. He had managed to settle on a solution even in the midst of danger and did not suffer too much when exchanging blows with the S2. He had even managed to slice off one w from it. He was beginning to feel more proud of himself. Who would have thought? That an otaku like him could have his achievements today? He could handle himself on equal footing against a D2 as well as an S2! As long as he did not meet any strange Mutant Beasts, he would at least be able to guarantee this little life of his. The zombies on this side of the bank had been turned into ashes in the pit, and Zhang Xiao Qiang let down his guard, until... A powerful force knocked into his right waist. He was caught off-guard and was sent flying through the air, before mming into the ground like a wretched mutt fighting for food. His right hand loosened its grip, his Jing Wei Sword falling to the side. He gritted his teeth with his chest in pain, as he tumbled, the sky and earth constantly changing position. Feeling his head bing dizzy, he forcefully grunted and came to a stop. By the time he felt safe to prop himself up, his surroundings were swaying and his mind felt like he had just been in a rock concert, ringing incessantly. Pa.... He pped himself hard, shaking himself out of his stunned state. At the location where he was attacked, a figure that was charred entirely ck turned around. It was precisely the S2 that had been kicked into the burning pit earlier, it had actually climbed out of the pit, and its current state was extremely pitiful. Earlier, its dposed skin had been ck, although there was still some parts where flesh could be seen. However, it was now like an entirely charred ck bean, with multiple wounds everywhere, some parts still smoking. One of the shoulders was burnt until only a stump left. The other w had been charred and of the 5 fingers, there were only 3 slightly shorter ws left. Its legs had been heavily burnt, one of them slightly shriveled more than the other. Zhang Xiao Qiang guessed that one of the major tendons or veins might have been torn when it was burning. The S2s nose had been affected, and it swiveled around trying to get a grasp of Zhang Xiao Qiangs position. Its throat continuously growled out, and it was the first time Zhang Xiao Qiang heard it making any noise. Of the zombies that he hade across, ordinary zombies would not make any noise, only silently shambling about. They were like soulless spirits doomed to wander the face of the earth. The S-types would make some noise from time to time, their expressions like cold-hearted killers when they were hunting. Nothing could shake them out of it during a hunt, just like the D2. When it came to the D-types, the D-types would roar in excitement or in pain, sometimes when other ordinary zombies get too close to it as well. The vocal boxes of the D-types were exceptionally powerful, and the D2 need not be mentioned, when Zhang Xiao Qiang had stuck the Beast Horn Spear into the butthole of one, it had roared out almost all the way till its death. The sounds from the throat of the S2 was like a hiss from a venomous snake. Hearing it caused Zhang Xiao Qiangs scalp to go numb, and he pulled out his military knife holding it in front of him while inching slowly towards the Jing Wei Sword. He had not taken more than a few steps when the S2 suddenly turned to face him and immediately propelled itself explosively towards his direction. Although the S2 only had 3 limbs left, its speed was still not slow. Of course, there was a differencepared to earlier, however, it was still faster than ordinary S-types. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the S2 nearing him as it reached out to w at his stomach. He had already prepared himself, and wouldnt let the S2 get its way. When the S2 raised its ws, Zhang Xiao Qiang leaped forward. Tong! He had leaped over the S2s head to jump behind it, before striking out with the military knife towards the back of its head. The S2 felt itself grabbing thin air and swiped backward. Dang! The military knife struck the ws of the S2, which twisted slightly to grab towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. He felt his wrist hurt, and the military knife was sent flying by the w of the S2, after which the remaining w reached out for his face. This time, Zhang Xiao Qiang was left bare-handed, without any weapons, he was slightly at a loss. His confidence and skills had been built on his handling of weapons, now he regretted not getting Yuan Yi to teach him some martial arts. At this critical juncture, Zhang Xiao Qiang finally came to an understanding: Machismo will kill oneself! Zhang Xiao Qiang dropped to the side, one of his legs kicking out at the shorter, burnt leg of the S2, and it also fell to the ground unsteadily. The S2 immediately tried to hack at Zhang Xiao Qiang as it fell on the ground, forcing Zhang Xiao Qiang to squirm out of the way. He got to his feet and made a dash for the small hill. As he turned around with his backside facing the S2, he suddenly thought of a saying: Its not that my troops are ipetent, the enemy is too crafty! Zhang Xiao Qiangs hands were empty, and his running speed was faster due to the lesser load. His aim was to obtain the Beast Horn Spear from Yang Keer or even allow her to deal with the S2 behind him. Although it was a thinking that he would never admit to, at the end of the day, who else but himself to me for losing his weapons?! He turned around to take a look, and he immediately sought to increase his pace and speed. He saw that the S2 was already near him, even with its 3 limbs, it was so much faster than him. Seeing the grimy and dirty signboard, Zhang Xiao Qiang quickened his pace. He was already near the hills. As long as I get past that signboard, Ill be fine. He consoled himself. Tatata... the strange rhythm of the S2s running had already traveled to his ears. Zhang Xiao Qiang could even hear that hair-raising sounds the S2 made with its throat. He knew he didnt have the time to get past the signboard any longer. He aimed for the space beneath the signboard and immediately executed a slide that most international ser yers would be proud of, his whole body sliding towards the signboard. When he reached the space under the signboard, he felt his entire backside burning, as though it had been ground away during the slide. He had not climbed up when Peng... The signboard was knocked away, the S2 having crashed into it and appeared right in front of Zhang Xiao Qiang, blocking his way. Chapter 106: Little shit, watch how I take care of you! Chapter 106: Little shit, watch how I take care of you! Cold sweat broke out on Zhang Xiao Qiangs forehead, dripping onto his shirt. He was feeling out of breath but he didnt even dare to pant, his face flushed red. The S2 was right in front of him, swiveling about trying to listen for his whereabouts. Fortunately, the S2s sense of smell had been damaged, it did not know that Zhang Xiao Qiang was just barely 5m away from it. His light breathing and the sounds of his heart beating was also blown towards another direction by the wind. At this time, both of them were rigid and tense, maintaining some strange sort of impasse. Zhang Xiao Qiang eyed the S2, all the while cursing the owner of the stall with the signboard. For the sake of saving money, the owner had actually scrimped on the material! What a load of trash! Earlier, he had thought that it was a sturdy piece of metal, who knew that it was just framed in metal, whereas the entire thing had been made of stic. Such a deception had almost cost Zhang Xiao Qiang his life. Heid on the ground, each second passing painfully. He thought back to the dagger that he had picked off the old man, and his hand crept towards his waist. Wait a minute? Where was it?! He was afraid that he might have kept it in the other pocket and gently flipped himself over, reaching for the other side. Its not there! He started to panic and knew he was definitely left with his fists. His breathing became rushed, and the hurried breathing attracted the attention of the S2. It stopped and tried to listen carefully. At that moment, Zhang Xiao Qiang quickly held his breath, not daring to breathe out. The S2 continued to listen out carefully, and Zhang Xiao Qiang felt himself suffocating. His heartbeat became even more rapid, as though it was right by his ear. He looked at the S2 and was prepared to fight it out with it. So what if he died? He would go out like a boss! It would at least be better than dying from breathlessness! Fortunately, the S2 resumed listening out elsewhere, and Zhang Xiao Qiang tried his best to slowly let out his breath, and breathe in fresh air slowly but steadily. After a few times, the feeling of suffocation gradually subsided. Eyeing the S2 in front of him, he was again reminded of the missing dagger. Where could it have gone? His brain whirred, and he thought back to dinnerst night. He had tried out the dagger and was mocked by Yang Keer for having such an ugly knife. In order to show herck of appreciation for authentic goods, he had sliced the table lightly, causing the wood to be sliced through like tofu. Her eyes had sparkled then, and he had smugly kept the dagger. If he recalled correctly, she had been the one to call him up today? Knowing her for so long, she had never taken the initiative to wake up first. She had even helped him prepare his clothes... wait a minute!! Take his clothes?! Since when was she so caring?! @#%#@% Zhang Xiao Qiang was cursing at her in his heart, there was no need to find, the dagger was definitely stolen by thatss, how is she always so fast at this?! The S2 had been listening for so long to no avail and was beginning to get anxious. Zhang Xiao Qiang also felt anxiousying just 5m away from the zombie. As long as he could get his hands on the Beast Horn Spear, it would be a simple matter of killing it. However, he had no weapons now and had no choice but to pretend to be a dead dog. The speed of the S2 pacing about was extremely fast, and soon it was gradually drawing closer to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Chance! His heart leaped, and he struck out fiercely with his right leg, causing the S2 to stumble forward. Zhang Xiao Qiang took the opportunity to roll out onto the legs of the S2, pressing it under him. He then got onto the back of the S2 and sent a number of fists raining on its head. However, it was a pity his fists werent as powerful as hammers, nor had he trained in the Iron Palm Fist. His blows were ineffective against the S2, which was struggling while pinned under Zhang Xiao Qiang. It was still very lively, and almost sent Zhang Xiao Qiang flying from its back. He was now riding the back of the proverbial tiger and not able to get off. He could only try to continue and pummel the S2s head. Each time his blownded, his Stamina would deplete bit by bit, while the thrashing of the S2 became even more violent. Towards the end, Zhang Xiao Qiang had no choice but to use both hands to grab onto the brain to hold on. He continued to press down on the brain of the S2, while his body swayed and rose together with the movements of the S2. While holding on, he was praying in his heart: Please dont let Yang Keer and the reste out now, this scene is too humiliating! It was unclear why all the zombies seemed to be so energetic. The higher the evolution stage, the longer theysted. Previously he had tangled with the D2 for a good half-day, this time, the S2 was also simr, only starting to falter after such a long time. The head of the S2 suddenly shook vigorously from side to side, trying to get out of Zhang Xiao Qiangs grasp. He naturally would not allow that to happen, his hands exhibiting more strength, and pressing its head towards the ground. With a burst of inspiration, he grabbed the head and bashed it repeatedly on the floor. The thuds rang out constantly, and the struggling S2 became even more frantic. Zhang Xiao Qiang knew this was the final burst of energy before its death, and he became even more careful, using his legs to wrap tightly around its waist, even if his knees were being squashed towards the ground. The cement beneath the S2s head was gradually turning ck, as the charred kes of skin and brain matter sttered onto the ground. The S2s struggling was also gradually bing weaker until it stopped entirely. When Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that there was no more movement, he didnt let up, as he continued to bash its head. He only stopped when he felt himself out of breath and strength. By then, the head of the S2 was like a rotten tomato, half of it gone, with yellow brain juices and ckened blood flowing out slowly. Zhang Xiao Qiang sat on the side and gasped for breath. When he stood up, he felt his whole body aching, this battle had reminded him that under no circumstances should he ever let his guard down towards any evolved zombies. Otherwise, he might just lose his life. He didnt even want to turn back to look for his military knife and sword, his entire body was wrecked, and he just wanted to lie and rest. He kicked the body of the S2, and it didnt move, but the memory of it jumping out of the fire to tackle him was too fresh in his mind. He was afraid that it might be feigning death again. He picked up a rock and smashed it violently on the back of the S2s head. Siiii~~~~~ A huge gaping hole appeared, and the S2 leaped up from the ground, not seeking further trouble with Zhang Xiao Qiang. Instead, it ran about frantically like a decapitated housefly, until it mmed into the wall of a restaurant, before slumping to the ground, twitching. Zhang Xiao Qiang watched it twitched in its final moments and flung the rock away. Little shit, you still want to act in front of this brother? Watch how I take care of you! He turned around towards the carpark. He knew the S2 could feign death, and its life force was much stronger than a cockroach. He decided not to leave it to chance anymore, he must absolutely chop off its damned head. After retrieving his weapons, he sliced down with his Jing Wei Sword, only then, he turned to return to the house and noticed that Yang Keer and Yuan Yi were preparing to step out. Ya! Youre back! I was about to call you for dinner! Yang Keer saw that Zhang Xiao Qiang had returned, and was happy. At least she didnt have to make another trip out. Yuan Yi was more astute and discovered that his situation wasnt right. His face was weary, his body dirty, and there was even dark stuff on his clothes and face. You guys go ahead, Im going to sleep. He muttered as he went into the house. Yuan Yi saw that he was slightly limping and immediately stepped forwards to support him into a chair. Ill go get some water to clean you up! Her bright voice whispered softly, by then Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyelids were already closing, and he nodded slightly before everything turned ck. When he opened his eyes again, he was lying on a bed, his body clean and fresh. There was a nket over him, and he looked up at the ceiling above him. He thought to the raging mes consuming the D2 and the hundreds of zombies, as well as the sneak attack and scuffle with the S2, fighting for their own lives. Chapter 107: What’re you staring at? Hurry and move it! Chapter 107: Whatre you staring at? Hurry and move it! He turned his head and noticed Yuan Yi sitting on a chair by the bedside. She was staring out the window, her mind drifting elsewhere, and her expression was vivid. It was different from her usual cool demeanor, and it was only noticeable if one looked at her eyes carefully. She was quiet, looking out the window, thinking about something. Her eyes seemed to glisten with some emotional sadness, as the wind from outside blew and touched her silk-like hair softly. The breeze brought a waft of her fragrance towards Zhang Xiao Qiangs nose. It was likely that she was reminiscing about her life in the past, chasing those memories. What time is it? Zhang Xiao Qiang murmured, stirring her out of her stupor. She immediately turned to face him, her eyes regaining their usual cool. Its one oclock, youve been sleeping for barely an hour! Zhang Xiao Qiang noted that Yuan Yi had resumed her nonchnt and cool attitude, and felt vexed. It was like she was putting on a facade in front of him. He couldnt be bothered about whether she was proud or shameless since shes on the team, and already is a member, why would she put on a facade? For who? If you feel that it isnt suitable for you here, you can leave, I wont force you. Zhang Xiao Qiang kept the nket and sat up, looking for his clothes. He absolutely did not mind her leaving, he hade to an understanding, it was still better for his own people to watch out for one another. Yuan Yi heard his words and her face turned pale. She knelt down by his bedside, looking at him and not speaking. Her eyes began to well up with tears, as she bit her lips, her face putting on a look of grief. Alright alright, forget it. If you want to stay on, youd better start acting like a proper member of the team! Zhang Xiao Qiang found her expression of being abandoned slightly amusing. Yuan Yi quickly nodded her head and used the back of her hands to wipe away the tears. She then brought his clothes for him to change into. Zhang Xiao Qiang realized that she wasnt unhappy about helping him with his clothes, and he truly felt that she was truly something else. When the D2 had appeared, she had not moved, even when she saw how big and strong it was, she should have known she wasnt a match for it. Yet, she had insisted on staying behind. Her actions and thinking were truly hard to wrap his head around. After their meal, Zhang Xiao Qiang walked out with the rest of the women behind him. The pair of sisters watched on as Zhang Xiao Qiang began to pour fuel over the door of their house. The elder sister gritted her teeth and stood silently until she could not endure it anymore and pulled her sister to kneel down, ovee by grief. The younger sister stared at the dancing mes and pyro show in wonder, as though there was something strangely enchanting and magical about the dancing cinders. The Hummer drove past the huge pit that was charred ck from the mes earlier and came to the bridge. Yang Keer saw theyer of flesh and bones on the bridge and was stunned silly. Even Yuan Yi who was usually stoic turned green, while Su Qian covered her mouth with one hand and trying to calm her rising nausea with the other. As for the sisters, the elder sister hugged her younger sister and closed her eyes, not daring to look. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the remnants of the fire pit and thought back to how the S2 should have been lured together with the rest of the zombies. Why did it not get attracted? It was bullshit if someone were to say that lure of blood was not strong enough. The zombies relied on it to evolve. So what was the reason? Zhang Xiao Qiang was immersed in his thoughts when a gust of wind blew his hair. That was when it hit him. It was the wind. The wind had carried the scent of blood to a distance, and hence the S2 had been attracted towards the marketce. However, the burning fire had overwhelmed the scent of blood, hence the S2 had stopped in the market until Zhang Xiao Qiang appeared. Ahyaya! Hubby, I get a headache when I see those things. Can we use another route? Yang Keer could not take the sight of the meat paste on the bridge anymore, and looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang, putting on a begging look. Zhang Xiao Qiang was reluctant to use this path as well, furthermore, it might not be possible to get the car across. Lets find another way. He then turned to the sisters. Do you know if there are any other roads to the market? Not near the highways if possible! Theres one downhill, it allows the transport trucks for the market to move. The older sister pointed to the direction of the river. Upon entering the market, this time, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not dare to be careless. He looked carefully at the surroundings. Only after making sure there were no visible dangers did he go back to the Hummer. Yang Keer and the other women began to pick and choose clothes from the stores that sold womens wear. Yang Keer had just put on the leather coat, with a pair of sunsses she got from God knows where, and her mouth was even sucking on a lollipop, as though she was some rich princess that should not be messed with. Looking at all the different pop-up stalls, Zhang Xiao Qiang was tempted to move all of them back. However, it was not practical. He could not load everything up in the Hummer even if he packed the Hummer full, and if he packed any lesser, it would be losing out. That would mean that he had killed the D2 and S2 for free because if someone else came along and realized there were no zombies here, they would be able to take everything away! At his expense! Zhang Xiao Qiang was truly a miser, the most vexing thing would be having some random stranger taking advantage of what he had already done. He walked around the market, vexed, but he could not just set fire to the entire ce too! It was truly depressing. Arge blue dump truck drove slowly towards the entrance of the market. The doors opened, and Zhang Xiao Qiang jumped down from the high driver seat. Su Qian also stepped on the side of the door and came down gingerly. Yang Keer stared at the dump truck, her expression dumbfounded as she muttered: Oh my-my, how many times must I move to fill this thing up? Zhang Xiao Qiang had found the blue dump truck in the backyard of some small hostel, and after opening it up and dealing with the 7 or 8 zombies within, he then searched the entire ce and found the key under a pillow in one of the rooms. Eyeing the dump truck, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt a little smug. At least now, he didnt feel like he would be at a loss. As for Yang Keers thinking? Whatre you staring at? Hurry and move it! Little kids will grow faster by exercising more! Zhang Xiao Qiang used this excuse that was not much of an excuse to get Yang Keer to move, while he began to search for treasures around the area. He weaved in and out of different shops, ignoring those that sold handphones. He came to a shop that dealt with agricultural machinery and seeing the different shapes and types of tools, he was a little excited, never seeing any before. There were those that assisted in nting, some in reaping, some even helping with the menial side ofbor. There were some items that he could not understand what they might be used for, and as he looked closer, he discovered a namete: XXX Drilling Machine. The machine was orange-red in color, and was a miniature drilling machine, about as tall as a person, and it seemed that operating it was simple and convenient. Zhang Xiao Qiang thought to the small base near the vehicle garage, where there was a small area with no cement, and the ground seemed to be moist, with lots of moss. There might be a water vein there, who knows, what if he brought this to install a well there? He then went into a shop that sold seeds, where the majority seemed to be vegetable seeds. These seeds were all packaged in small stic bags, sealed tightly shut as they were ced on the different shelves. Seeing these bags of seeds, Zhang Xiao Qiang was excited, they were more precious than money and gold anyway, as gold couldnt be eaten nor worn. Only seeds were the true treasure, with seeds, there would be harvest. With harvest, there would be hope, and to the humans of the current apocalyptic world, nothing could excite them more than hope. Chapter 108: Wait… Chapter 108: Wait... Zhang Xiao Qiang walked into the storeroom and saw the various seeds stored neatly, and felt depressed again. He wanted to move them badly, but it wasnt too practical now. The base could not store them, and although the huge dump truck could transport, the rest of the goods were equally important. In the end, he still decided to move them all, even if he didnt want to engage with Brother Long now, he was still stronger than the zombies. Zhang Xiao Qiang would not give it now though, itll be right before he leaves. His decision caused the women to be exhausted, from Yang Keer to the younger sister who was still nk from her trauma. No one was spared from the transporting. Yang Keer had followed Zhang Xiao Qiang for the longest period and knew him the best. She understood his hoarder mentality, everything he saw he wanted. In the end, she even took the initiative to move the air conditioner back. Zhang Xiao Qiang could not watch any longer and said that it could not fit in. The supermarket was swept clean, including the convenience store, the bedding store. Thedies had taken half of the womens wear, as Yuan Yi and Su Qian both changed out of their military camouge, instead, wearing tight jackets, entuating their figures. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not say anything, as he also knew the material of the camouge uniform was so-so. It had been torn in various ces after his scuffle with the S2. Seeing that they were about done, Zhang Xiao Qiang checked his watch. It was gettingte. They drove back towards the garage base. He sat in the Hummer, with Yang Keer ying around with some makeup, causing him to be irritated. Youre just a kid, why are you ying with this?! Yang Keer was genuinely pissed and she retorted: What! Arent I a woman too? Furthermore, Im someone with a husband, if I dont doll myself up, what if my husband is seduced by some other vixen?! After saying that, she shot Yuan Yi in the front a re, her tone thick with jealousy. Just mind yourself, what kind of makeup do they sell here? Care that you do not make your face into a clown. Zhang Xiao Qiang chided gently since he knew that the stubborn and jealous Yang Keer could not be persuaded. Furthermore, it was true that his rtionship with Yuan Yi was somewhat ambiguous. Yuan Yi heard the usatory tone in Yang Keers words, and she remained expressionless. She was living for one person now, the person who had given her the courage to live on. She had heard the underlying meaning in Zhang Xiao Qiangs words at noon, and she had been scared stiff. Her courage and indifference to everything was all a facade. She was still fearful, and only by being with Zhang Xiao Qiang was she brave enough to face her troubles, even the D2 that would cause any other person to lose their cool altogether. When she had seen the D2 throwing the D-Type around like nothing, she was really frightened then, but as she looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang standing in front of her, she was suddenly not afraid. With him around, what was there to fear? So what if Zhang Xiao Qiang could not defeat the D2 and was killed? Without him, she would go back to her past self where she didnt even dare tomit suicide. Then what? Go back to being a bitch? Since that was the case, she would rather follow him to hell, at least they wouldnt be alone in death. As long as she was by his side, she could take on anything. Zhang Xiao Qiang truly did not know what Yuan Yi was thinking. To him, rather than guess what a woman was thinking, he might as well just use a rope to hang himself. The torment would be lesser and it would be faster. Rather than know a womans heart, he would just be a monk for 7 years. The current him was joyful from his harvest, and he had no thoughts on how to rescue the rest of humanity, or building some base and bing a lord. He was content with being an unknown person, and he was content with living his life well. As for others, is it my problem? Why the hell should I care? Yang Keer heard Zhang Xiao Qiang and pondered, before looking at the products with unknown brands, and imagining her face to be filled with pimples, she quickly opened the window and threw everything out. Seeing that, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt pleased. Ive decided, Hubby. We will go to the city to snatch the best makeup products, what do you think? Yang Keer seemed to have thought of something, and spoke up smugly, waiting for Zhang Xiao Qiang to praise her. Shit! You want to court death dont drag me along! He almost threw up blood when he heard her words. For the sake of her face, she would want to challenge over thousands of zombies?! Is she for real?! As the saying went in his hometown: Rushing to death! The huge dump truck and Hummer drove back all the way to the garage. Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted Yuan Yi to send the pair of sisters directly to the chicken farm. The fewer people that knew about their secret base the better. The sisters got off the dump truck and walked towards the Hummer. The elder sister did not know what their fate would bring, she just pulled her younger sister along, who suddenly stopped by Zhang Xiao Qiang and stared intently at him, taking in all the details. The older sister felt frightened and tried to get her sister to move, but the younger sister would not budge. She stood there rigidly, her eyes fixed on Zhang Xiao Qiang. There was no nkness in her eyes, just calm, and they were extremely clear. There were no other movements. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked back at her, the little girls head only reached up to his chest. He wanted to open his mouth, but felt at a loss what to say. He knew what was awaiting these sisters, and he could stop it, but he didnt want to. He knew that if he became soft, and brought her along, what would happen if they met danger? There was no way this mentally impaired child could defend herself, and she would be assorted by trouble everywhere she went. If that was the case, it would be better for her to be on the farm. At the least, she could continue living on. If her luck was good, she might find a man who was willing to provide for her. The girl nodded, then followed her sister to the Hummer. As she retracted her gaze, her clear eyes dimmed back to their nk state. Zhang Xiao Qiang understood her thoughts, she was thankful for Zhang Xiao Qiang, for killing the old perverted scum, and avenging her mother. This 12-year-old was already so mature, and herst nod was her form of goodbye, and an eptance of her fate toe. Seeing the pair of sisters get into the Hummer, the younger sister stared out the window, her eyes nk. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt his heart ache, he knew this girl was clear all along, her current numb state was just a way of locking her feelings and spirit. He had killed the old man, and obtained a key to her heart, but was now pushing her to another pit. In the future, there might not be another way of getting her to open up. Yuan Yi started the Hummer and was about to drive off. Wait... Chapter 109: -Title missing- Chapter 109: -Title missing- Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped Yuan Yi, then got Yang Keer to throw down a few bags of rice from the dump truck, before hoisting them into the Hummer. He then instructed Yuan Yi: Hand them to Old Frank. Tell him, it doesnt matter whether he treats them as his daughters or his wives, hed better take good care of them. These are the words from Cockroach! Yuan Yi nodded and resumed driving. As the Hummer left, Zhang Xiao Qiang sighed yet again. This was the most he could do. At least he knew that Old Frank was trustworthy and dependable, his nature honest and kind. Being under him would be an infinitely better fate than being shared between the rest. Giving them some food and rice was also the least he, Zhang Xiao Qiang, could do. He shook his head to clear his thoughts, before turning to the dump truck in excitement: Time to unload! Hey...ehhhh... Yang Keer let out a long moan of frustration, as she sat down on the floor. She looked up at the various stacks of goods and sobbed. Even Su Qian who was usually mild-mannered looked like she was about to cry. Su Qian was preparing dinner, while Yang Keer sat on a chair, engrossed in her [nts vs Zombies 3]. Her mouth was muttering nonstop, while Zhang Xiao Qiangid quietly on his bed, with Yuan Yi massaging him. As she applied more pressure, he would moan: Gentler... ah, thats the spot. Slightly harder...Shit... are you trying to kill me? Following his moans andints, Yuan Yis expression was even more bitter than Zhang Xiao Qiang. She had no idea how to make him satisfied, and her forehead was slick with perspiration. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt depressed, he had thought that with Yang Keer as a forklift, he could take the chance to ck off. In the end, when he was directing them, Yang Keer was confused about the item to throw, and he had no choice but to catch the bag she threw. Who knew it happened to be a whole bag of rice instead of clothes that he was asking for. What a tragedy. Now, he was enjoying Yuan Yis massage, but cursing Yang Keer in his heart. As Yuan Yi continued to massage him, he could smell her fragrance and was slightly stirred. Earlier, his words directed at her were not nonsense, he really couldnt understand what she was thinking half of the time. Of course, other than Yang Keer who had no ambition nor thinking of her own, Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt really understand any other woman, Su Qian included. Although she had initially given him a good impression, after a long time of interacting with her, he felt that there were certain things about her he was notfortable with. Especially when he had told them to run earlier, she had been the fastest, without saying anything. When he had witnessed how fast she ran, although it seemed like he didnt mind on the surface, in his heart, he felt a little uneasy. If she had hesitated slightly, he might have felt better. Of course, these things could only be thought of, and not said. After all, Su Qian had listened to his orders to run, and instead, it was Yuan Yi who had disobeyed but stayed with him that caused him to be touched. Although he was still cold to her, he was not heartless. You already possess the strength to live on in this world, even surpassing most of the men. Why... are you unwilling to leave? Dont you feel stifled by this life youre leading now? These words have been floating about in Zhang Xiao Qiangs mind, and finally, he spoke out, softly. He did not know how he would treat Yuan Yi in the future, he just knew that he was prickly about her height, and his past experience with taller women caused him to be spiteful towards them. Even if Yuan Yi was willing to die together with him, it was something that might not change. Yuan Yi heard the question and paused slightly. She then continued the massage, while her sweet and clear voice rang out beside his ear. Me? I dont know, I just feel scared, really scared. Even more so than when I was threatened to be fed to those monsters. I really dont know, I dont want to know how to live on by myself! She paused slightly again, but Zhang Xiao Qiang could feel that her momentum was increasing. It feels like a dream still, that everything has changed. When I hid alone in that warehouse, staring at that corpse, day after day when the sunlight shone on me, I would think to myself Yuan Yi, when will you be like that? I was scared, that was why I ran. When I lived with Brother Long and those bastards, I hated it, but I was also scared, even when I wanted to die, I couldnt! Zhang Xiao Qiang could feel a few warm droplets of water on his back, he didnt say anything and did not disturb Yuan Yi, instead, heid there quietly and epted it until even the tears turned cold. He didnt console her either, he wouldnt do that. In this deste world, one could only rely on oneself, he justid there and listened to her. Yuan Yi did not say much as well, it was like she had been repressing her feelings for so long and finally broke down, rambling on and on. After she finished, she felt refreshed, as though a weight had been lifted off her heart. She had never been so calm since the apocalypse started. Yuan Yi was extremely thankful to Zhang Xiao Qiang and grateful for his listening ear. She could pour out her burdens, even in this apocalyptic world, which was already a blessing. She looked to him, and wanted to say thank you, but realized that his head was skewed and his eyes shut. It was evident that he had been sleeping for some time. Yuan Yi smiled gently as she covered him with his nket, looking at his face that resembled a child while he was sleeping, before walking out. = Early the next day, Zhang Xiao Qiang got up and wore his clothes. He had forgotten everything that Yuan Yi had said, only remembering Yang Keers reckless throwing of the rice sack that nearly broke his back. He honestly had no way to deal with that stubborn kid, she might even have forgotten what he had done. Furthermore, she knew his tenacity and was less worried about him not being able to recover. He walked to the garden and noted that the darkness of the night was receding, however, the mornings were eerily calm, with no sounds of birds chirping, or the hustle and bustle of humankind. It was truly deste. The Hummer stopped by the chicken farm. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not get off, only horning a few times. Soon, Old Frank appeared, and he brought the keys to open the gate, as he nodded at Zhang Xiao Qiang. He saw that it was Old Frank who opened and immediately got down, before assessing Old Frank. Apparently, he had tidied himself and even washed his clothes. Some of the torn parts of his clothes had been patched, and his unkempt hair wasbed neatly. He looked positively younger. Haha! Not bad! Just a few touches here and there and you look so much younger! Zhang Xiao Qiang teased Old Frank, who turned red with embarrassment. He muttered: Its thanks to the pair of sisters you sent overst night, Brother Cockroach! Haha! Zhang Xiao Qiang roared withughter: You must treat them well! You can be considered an old cow enjoying young grass, ah! (Idiom: Old cattle enjoying fresh grass C meaning an older man paired with a much younger woman.) Old Frank heard that and hurriedly corrected him. Brother Cockroach, I.. Im only 28 this year! Zhang Xiao Qiang was shocked to the core, he had always thought Old Frank looked so honest, and attributed it to his personality, instead it turned out that he was truly young, and was just slightly mature-looking. How are the sisters? Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at Old Frank, who was red with embarrassment, after all, he could not allow the people he brought here to be bullied. Theyre fine! Im taken them in as sisters, with Brother Cockroachs gift of rice, I can assure you that I will take good care of them! When he spoke about them, Old Franks eyes shed with joy, his entire expression one of happiness. It seemed that he truly felt great about having family again. Zhang Xiao Qiang was not too interested in how he took them in, he nodded to express his acknowledgment, and drove the Hummer in. Chapter 110: For the granary? Chapter 110: For the granary? Zhang Xiao Qiang got out of the car, preparing to go see if the person he had tasked with his weapons was done. It truly was a feeling of despair when onecked weapons. He had already made the decision to get Yuan Yi to teach him and Yang Keer some moves. Brother Cockroach! Youre back? Brother Long and Brother Yi had been waiting a day for you! Three came out and hastily spoke to Zhang Xiao Qiang. It seemed as though he had been waiting just to convey these words to him. Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded to show that he got the message and walked to the living area. It turned out that Brother Long and Chen Yi were coincidentally there. The moment they saw him walk in, they stood up and their expressions were extremely weing and warm. Seeing them act like this, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt like something was up, There is no free lunch in this world! Haha, Lil Bro, youre finally back. These 2 days that youve been gone, this older brother of yours have truly suffered sleepless nights! Brother Long put on an expression of concern. I said it, didnt I? Lil Bros moves are definitely good, he wouldnt be in any danger, see, isnt he back safe and sound? Not a scratch on his skin, he truly is someone capable! Chen Yi also fawned over Zhang Xiao Qiang, their fake words of concern caused Zhang Xiao Qiang to be wary. Just 2 days ago, they had expressions on the edge of falling out, yet they were so hospitable now? There was definitely something wrong. Brother Long and Chen Yi began to exchange words back and forth about Zhang Xiao Qiangs good points. He didnt bother replying and just stood there puffing on his cigarettes, watching their performance. He didnt be high on their praises, instead, his guard was up, they were all proud men. The fact that they were doing this proved that they had something on their minds. Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that he was already an outsider to them, having stood out as a sore thumb, and only a gullible fool would fall for their tricks. Brother Long and Chen Yi continued their banter, all the way till lunch, as they invited Zhang Xiao Qiang warmly to the dining area. He went with the flow, intending to see what they were up to. As the bunch of them sat down, he noticed that there were only him, Brother Long and Chen Yi sitting for the meal. There were lesser people, but the dishes were sumptuous, with chicken and meat. Some of the goods that Zhang Xiao Qiang had brought back were also served. A te of peeled apples as well as some other appetizersid out on the table. In this current world, the word sumptuous could not describe it properly, luxurious would be the correct word. Brother Long opened up a bottle of Moussas Dry and poured it personally for Zhang Xiao Qiang, while Chen Yi helped to ce portions of food on his te. Looking at how coordinated they were, he was getting slightly confused, he had known these 2 to be at loggerheads, now they were working together to curry favor with him, what in the world was going on? As they ate and drank, Brother Long and Chen Yi were slowly turning red, and Brother Long grabbed onto Zhang Xiao Qiangs hand as he started to vent his frustrations on the cruelty of the world. He continued to paint a picture where it was tough leading the men to scavenge for stuff under the threat of the zombies and even started to tear. Chen Yi was also sighing every once in a while, interjecting with some random person who was only 16 and had to find medicine for his own father, in the end losing his life. As the both of them continued, it seemed as though they were ready to break out into tears. Zhang Xiao Qiang was swept along in the emotions, as he thought back to the tough period where he had struggled for a long while over the scavenging of food. It was only with the thought of death that he had charged at finally, and that sour and deste feeling resurfaced. It was truly a tough period. Brother Long and Chen Yi were both so convincing in their sincere words, that Zhang Xiao Qiang almost patted his chest to assure them that he would provide for them until he remembered how the young man who had stolen an egg was treated. He thought back to the woman who was cannibalized on, and only wished for death, and even the mentally impaired child. His passion and his empathy instantly vanished. Brother Long, Brother Yi, everyone here knows each other well. Just speak your mind, and stop with the games. You guys are obviously tired, and Im tired of this act as well. Zhang Xiao Qiang downed the contents of his wine ss in one mouth, cing the ss down as he spoke up. Brother Long and Chen Yi were still immersed in their roles, and for a moment, they were stunned silly. Bang! Brother Long pped down on the table, causing the utensils to jump a little. Even the winess toppled and spilled over on the yellowish tablecloth. Great!! Lil Bro sure is forting! Brother Long eximed loudly, as he shot Chen Yi and eye. Chen Yi stood up and immediately poured a ss for Zhang Xiao Qiang again, as he said: It should be a small matter for you, Lil Bro! He then raised his own ss to Zhang Xiao Qiang, before downing its contents in one go. What are your thoughts on the granary we escaped from previously, Lil Bro? The moment he said it, Zhang Xiao Qiangs mind whirred. Previously, Brother Long and Chen Yi had brought along 20 men with 7 to 8 vehicles in order to open the granary, in the end, they had lost 2 men, and abandoned a number of their vehicles there. He had lost his confidence in Brother Long and the rest then, due to this, and he had originally intended to head there to sweep it clean. However, he had found his own treasure hoard where Yuan Yi was previously held, as well as the trip to the market, and thus, he had forgotten about it. If he recalled correctly, there were even survivors in the granary. Zhang Xiao Qiangs thoughts flowed before he said: Brother Long, Brother Yi, I wont say much. I just want to know whats in it for me, I wont stay here for long anyway, and I will not do work for free! He had put it out there, not intending to do freebor. They wanted him to get the granary? Sure, but they had better made sure that he waspensated, he was only concerned about his own life, he could not perform free work nor be taken advantage of. Brother Long immediately exchanged a nce with Chen Yi when he heard those words, and the two of them were filled with smiles. Brother Long raised his hands and pped twice, not long after, 5 or 6 young women entered the room, dressed provocatively and dolled up. They lined up neatly in front of Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang watched dumbfounded from the moment Brother Long pped till the women entered, and he did not have the chance to react when he was assaulted by the various fragrances of perfume. Seeing their poses and flirty gazes, there were some who were even bold enough to lick their lips. The scene was extremely familiar to Zhang Xiao Qiang, it was as though thosedies from those shady nightspots in movies had appeared in front of him. It was as though, he had be a customer waiting to be serviced! Zhang Xiao Qiang nced at Brother Long, his gaze suspicious, not knowing what tricks they were about to pull. Of these women, 3 were Chen Yis women, and he had seen them before. The rest werent that much different from Yuan Yi. There was one who stood out from the rest, her looks above Yuan Yis and she was the one licking her lips at Zhang Xiao Qiang. She didnt wear much, her revealing clothes barely covering the necessary spots, and they were even somewhat translucent. Her peaks could be seen clearly, and she wasnt wearing anything below. Her hands stroked her thigh from time to time, lifting the skirt barely, causing ones heart to palpitate. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt dare look too long, how could he handle this? He didnt even dare to those salons with special services, in the past, he had seen these sort of things before, but they were all on hisputer! Right now, there were women in the flesh not 2 meters away from him, hoping to entice him. He feared that if he continued looking, he might make a fool out of himself. He turned to look at Brother Long, who was assessing Zhang Xiao Qiangs expression together with Chen Yi. Seeing him turn, Brother Long chuckled: How is it, Lil Bro? Are they to your liking? Dont stand on ceremony, just pick whoever you like. As long as you bring the granary back, all of them are yours to bring away. This time, both Brother Long and Chen Yi had gone all in, even bringing out the precious gems of Brother Long. It was all for the granary. Women? What are they? Theyre just goods that knew how to eat and couldnt do anything. This time, Zhang Xiao Qiang firmly decided not to, he could not even handle Yuan Yi and Su Qian without having a headache, if he added on more women, it would just be looking for trouble. Furthermore, they may all be treasures in the eyes of Brother Long and Chen Yi, but to him, they were just added burdens. He needed partners who could run and act with him, not those stay at home concubines. Haha! Brother Long, your joke is too big this time, its not that I dont want them, but this little brother simply cant ept so many. Even a spear would be ground to a needle! Zhang Xiao Qiang started to decline, as he joked about himself. He was not some refuge center, why should they just dump people on him? Upon seeing Zhang Xiao Qiangs rejection, Brother Longs expression turned ugly, as he red at the most beautiful and alluring woman, who immediately shook in fright. Chapter 111: Deal? Chapter 111: Deal? En...ning That woman called out in a timid voice, breaking the somber atmosphere, her eyes full of hope as she looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang. She brushed her hair to one side slightly, revealing her exquisite ears, before slightly adjusting her body and letting the cor slid down her shoulder. She then gently bent forwards, causing Zhang Xiao Qiangs mouth to water. She was the big-breasted girl of his dreams! He gulped silently, before pinching himself on the thighs, shaking his head clear. He dared not look at this powerful scene, it was still not the time for him to be enjoying himself with women, even if he wanted to indulge in such activities, it had to be done at a reasonably safe ce, where it was certain that no one would try to do him in, He turned to look at the other 2 men: Brother Long had better be more sincere. In this current world, women arent worth much! Brother Long took a look at the pale-faced women and he waved his hands. They hurried out, inwardly rejoicing their escape from misfortune or punishment, leaving the 3 men in the dining area. Hahaha! Great, Lil Bro knows his priorities! Setting his sights beyond the women and aiming for the mountain! How can those men who let themselves be bogged down by women amount to anything, men should be like this! Brother Long seemed to have found somemon ground with Zhang Xiao Qiang, and praised him, while indirectly praising himself, iming all of them were real men, and they shouldnt be petty! When the women had left, Chen Yi brought out a tray covered with a blue velvet cloth. He ced the cloth in front of Zhang Xiao Qiang, and said: Lil Bro, what do you think this is worth? Zhang Xiao Qiang took a look at Chen Yi, and removed the cloth, as a well-maintained .81 rifle appeared in front of him, with 4 magazines ced neatly side by side, and the bullets gleaming brightly under the light. Zhang Xiao Qiang was immediately moved, after all, the only thing that could stir him other than big-breasted women were guns. Possessing a powerful gun was a huge dream of Zhang Xiao Qiang, and although he had obtained the .54, that little fellow was not enough. After ying with it for a while, Zhang Xiao Qiang had lost his interested. When he saw the rifle that He Wen Bin had almost abandoned in his escape, he had positively salivated over it. It was just that due to his traditional thinking that he did not seek to steal it in front of the other party. Now, a perfectly fine rifle was ced right in front of him, how could he not be affected? He reached out to touch it, and ced it on his shoulder, testing the position and aim, feeling it up, before cing it back. How, Lil Bro? Brother Long was also slightly befuddled, it was obvious that Zhang Xiao Qiang adored the gun, why did he ce it back? Haha, rx Brother Long, business is meant to be taken slowly! Zhang Xiao Qiang took a look at the 4 magazines, noting that each had 30 rounds. That meant there was a total of 120 rounds, what shit could 120 rounds do? Brother Long saw Zhang Xiao Qiang gazing at the magazines and instantly came to an understanding. He then shot Chen Yi another nce, who nodded and sat beside Zhang Xiao Qiang, lighting his cigarette for him. He then said: Lil Bro, its not that your older brothers are petty, its simply that we dont possess much of these bullets! We have a total of 1,000 bullets, you must consider! We have to keep some to protect ourselves, after all, right? What about if we add on another 30 rounds? Chen Yi also threw all pretenses out the window, as he began to haggle like a market vendor. Even Brother Long went red in the face, feeling embarrassed. Fortunately it was Chen Yi, otherwise, Brother Long himself might have instantly promised additional 300 rounds. Not more than a thousand? You must be blindly guessing, it seems as though you have at least 2 thousand! Zhang Xiao Qiang sneered inwardly, as he replied without batting an eyelid. Brother Yi, the granary is really a fortune, right? There might be over thousands of tons of food. Even if you have to feed 3 generations, it will be more than enough! Lets not talk about others, if you give me an additional 680 on top of this 120, the total 800 will be a blessed number. Zhang Xiao Qiang wasnt someone that minced his words and immediately asked for 800 rounds. Lil Bro! Were in a difficult position here. We didnt manage to take much when we ran from the prison, after all, we still have to leave some for our own protection. Without the bullets, our rifles are no better than bats! What if I add on another 10 rounds? Chen Yi was basically shameless right now, from his current haggling, one could not see any sign of that criminal who had killed an entire family, instead, he was like some vendor, bargaining really diligently. Looking at him now, where was the fierce killer? Hearing him, it was as though this guy was bankrupt desperately trying to hold on to whatever finances he could. Brother Long heard the additional 10 rounds and he almost snorted on his red wine. He ced the winess down and covered his face with his right palm, not daring to listen on. It was simply too embarrassing. After all, he was a renowned bandit and was just trying to find a means of living. He had been a person of fame and character after all, who would have thought theyd be reduced to such a shameless state today? Haggling over 100 rounds of bullets? Brother Long stood up, intending to add on 300 rounds, but when he saw Chen Yis look, his face turned red, and he huffed angrily before sitting down. Zhang Xiao Qiang and Chen Yi continued to haggle, with Zhang Xiao Qiang slowly reducing from the 800 to 700 then to 500. Chen Yi, on the other hand, raised up till 200 and did not let up after that. Looking at them both, their expressions red, and their tones getting more curt, it seemed that even after an hour of arguing, they would end up nowhere. Brother Long felt antsier the longer it dragged out until he finally could not take it anymore and stood up to say: Lil Bro, its not that your brother I, am petty. We have the bullets, many thousands of them are all in the armory. If you can enter it, you want how many, you can get how many. I truly dont have that much here! Why dont we do it like this! I will add on a hundred to make up a total of 300. Ill also give you that beautiful woman, well settle it like this ok! Hahaha! Alright, lets deal on this, Chen Yi, lets go help Brother Cockroach with the bullets. The moment he finished, he pulled Chen Yi out. Zhang Xiao Qiang had no time to respond when he just felt a gust of wind blew past him, and both of them had disappeared. He realized that their speed was no lesser than an S2. Seeing the empty dining hall, and the rifle on the table, he wanted to cry but no tears came out. Brother Long was truly a veteran in the jianghu, with a single sentence, he had been dragged along with their ns. When Zhang Xiao Qiang heard that he had to go to the prison to obtain more bullets, he was agitated. There were over thousands of zombies in there, furthermore, if there were D2s and S2s, wasnt it basically looking for suicide? Furthermore, when he heard Brother Long raise from 200 to 300, he was thinking of arguing for 330, after all, he wouldntin about having more bullets. Who knew Brother Long had added on the woman to the deal, and he was shocked. Wouldnt he be drained at this rate? How could he live on? Chapter 112: What material is this made of? Chapter 112: What material is this made of? Zhang Xiao Qiang had wanted to reject when Brother Long had already pped the table, spew out a string of sentences, and disappeared with Chen Yi like lightning. In a sh, their shadows could not be seen. If he wanted to say he had no feelings for the woman, it was bullshit, but he was about to set off, and although he did not know why he knew for sure reaching WH City was the ultimate aim, how could he just bring an additional person? Furthermore, her face revealed a number of things, she must have been used to a nightlife and must have drunk more than what he had. He knew he wouldnt be able to count on her. No matter what he thought, he knew that he could not bring the woman when he left, only Yang Keer and Yuan Yi. In fact, he had struggled with the decision on Su Qian. After all, her thoughts were deep, but he had already promised her that as long as she killed a zombie, he would bring her, and a man must always make good on his promise. After pondering for so long, he decided there was no point to dwelling on it too much. He raised the rifle excitedly, and cocked it, aiming at the wall opposite, almost intending to fire. Fortunately, he regained his wits and calmed himself down, cing the rifle and magazines down, before taking them and heading to the basement in excitement. This time, he had really chanced upon a windfall. Just killing a dozen of zombies and he would earn a gun. Truly a steal. Hehe... Zhang Xiao Qiang hugged the rifle and walked, looking extremely smug. He caressed the rifle and thought, if he were to face the S2 again, just giving it a bullet, see how that little shit would take it? Hehe... Pirate Captain, hey hey hey, Pink Lady, ah ah ah He started to hum a song as he kicked the door to his room open, and saw the extremely alluring and beautiful woman sitting on his bed, and the words got stuck in his throat. He stared at her dumbly, when she saw Zhang Xiao Qiang enter, she immediately stood up. He did not take a second nce and went out the room, passing the corridor and entered Yang Keers room. He then felt extremely embarrassed. Yang Keer was wearing some casual clothes lying on the bed, ying her games, while Su Qian was cleaning the table with a cloth. Yuan Yi was naked, holding up a pinkce bra, and he did not know if she was taking it off or putting it on. Peng... The door closed, and Zhang Xiao Qiang took in the glorious sight of Yuan Yi and all her beauty. It was not that he had not seen it before, just that previously, it was at night, while now it was in broad daylight, and he could see every curve and line clearly. Her shoulders were slightly slumped, as a strand of hair was still stuck to the side of her face. When she turned her head to look at Zhang Xiao Qiang, that slightly charming style sent Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart beating furiously. When she saw him looking, she lowered her hands, allowing Zhang Xiao Qiang to look at her, not a single shred of embarrassment on her face. Her gaze was especially intense, without the coolness that she usually possessed, nor the bloodlust she had when inbat. Currently, her eyes were clear, and she was exuding a peaceful and calm aura, and for the first time, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that she wasnt that detestable, and her eyes were really attractive. As they held their gaze, he felt his excited heartbeats calming down again. She stood like this presenting herself, not caring about Yang Keer or Su Qian in the room. It was like a natural response of a wife bearing herself to her husband. The bolder her disy, the bolder Zhang Xiao Qiang was in looking. The woman in his room had long been flung out of his mind, and his eyes roved all over her body. Just when he was about to look down, a nket came falling over her, blocking his view, and he sighed silently in his heart, before withdrawing his gaze. Yang Keer sat there pouting on the bed, her eyes boring into Zhang Xiao Qiang. Her hair was slightly messy, yet it was as natural as Zhang Xiao Qiang felt her to be. Furthermore, her fuming appearance caused him to brighten up. Without waiting for her to snap at him, he immediately exined: Your Uncle just sent me another woman, shes prettier than Yuan Yi, and her body, tsk tsk, theres nothing that I can say. Shes in my room. The moment she heard that she immediately got off the bed and made a beeline for his room. She had instantly forgotten about Yuan Yi, who removed the nket the moment Yang Keer left. Seeing that Zhang Xiao Qiang had no intention to keep looking, she began to get dressed. As for him, he took the moment to go out and headed out the main door. He walked a few rounds in the chicken farm, eyeing the thin and sallow men, feeling a little frustrated. He then moved on to the workshop and immediately heard the sounds of nging. The man was currently hammering a piece of steel, and the moment he saw Zhang Xiao Qiang, his face broke out in a fawning smile. Zhang Xiao Qiang assessed the surroundings before asking: Howre my weapons? The man nodded hastily and replied: Ive finished with a de as well as a shield, Im now preparing the mace. After which, he turned around and grabbed a de to hand to Zhang Xiao Qiang, who felt that the de was slightly heavy, though lighter than the hammer Yuan Yi wielded. Its entire frame was as like an erged machete, and as he swung it casually, it felt extremelyfortable. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the man, who hurried to pull out a long and thick steel beam. He swung down, and with a Pu, the steel beam was sliced in two. Having sliced it so easily, Zhang Xiao Qiang was instantly shocked. He had never seen such a sharp de. He carefully assessed it again, the color was slightly dark, and there were various scars on it. It didnt seem to be thick, and he asked the man in wonder: What material is this made of? The weaponsmith hurried to exin. Not far from the chicken farm, theres an old abandoned ce that was stacked high with old and abandoned parts. It seemed as though it was popr for factory workers to steal and sell stuff. The weaponsmith and known that there was good stuff there, and hence, he risked his life to head there tob for materials. His luck was decent, and he managed to find a knife made of iron te, which was a special industrial material. He then worked on it to be the machete in Zhang Xiao Qiangs hands. When he heard that he felt a rush of inspiration: Do you still have more of this material? How many more des can you make? The desmith pondered before replying: I guess maybe one more, but if you want the size to be smaller, 6 or 7 shouldnt be a problem. Zhang Xiao Qiang was ted. Such a sharp weapon was vital, having more was better. He instructed the man to separate them into smaller des and small throwing knives and promised topensate him. Chapter 113: Root of troubles?? Chapter 113: Root of troubles?? The desmith then took out a thick kite shield, its surface was smooth and curved, with its bottom edge slightly sharp. Behind the shield, there were 4 buckles attached, one of them movable aspared to the other 3 that was fixed. It weighed about 4 or 5 jin when held. He began to exin, that it was aposite shield, made of 5yers of thin steel stitching. It could block weapons and even be used to attack. With the internalyers, the structure was solid and strong and could withstand impact by spreading the force out. When testing, the user would only feel a slight vibration. Hammers could not break it, and it was a good defense against axes. Zhang Xiao Qiang took both the de and shield towards the basement. He was extremely satisfied with this 2 equipment. He ordered one more set, this first set would be for Yuan Yi, and the other for Su Qian. As for Yang Keer? Giving her a strong mace would be for her to smash to her hearts content. By now, Zhang Xiao Qiang had already forgotten about the additional woman, until he walked into the room and discovered something off. There were now 4 women in the room, with a mahjong table set up, and all 4 were seated and ying. Yang Keer was making noise, Yuan Yi had not the slightest ripple on her face, seemingly bored. Su Qian still had that careful expression, watching Yang Keer as she yed her tiles, pushing out some soft sweets. The 4th woman had the most in front of her. It was possible that Yang Keer was losing the most, as she pulled out a bag of sweets to open up, her eyes still staring at her tiles. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not disturb them and closed the door softly. He walked to the end of the corridor and knocked his head on the wall. Raising it, he wanted to knock once more, but the pain in his forehead made him give up the stupid idea. He went to the living room and lit up a cigarette, which was soon finished. He remained in his contemtion for a while more, before standing up to heading back to the room. When he walked in, they were still oblivious to his presence. He walked behind Su Qian with an expressionless face. Yuan Yi saw him and wanted to stand up until he shot her down with a look. Bang! The shield and de were thrown to the table, and only then did Yang Keer discover Zhang Xiao Qiang had walked up to her. She stood up and lowered her head. How could she know that this sort of thing would piss him off? Why didnt she think of ying it more discreetly, like this, wasnt it asking for a beating from Zhang Xiao Qiang? Zhang Xiao Qiang eyed the new woman coolly while he spoke: The rest of you go back to your rooms! Yang Keer went out obediently, with Yuan Yi and Su Qian following behind. Yuan Yi, hold up! Zhang Xiao Qiang called out, before pointing to the weapons on the table: Those are for you, take them! Yuan Yi saw that Zhang Xiao Qiang had some weapons specially prepared for her, and her eyes lit up, as she stepped forward to receive them. When she went out, she even made sure to lock the room behind her. Zhang Xiao Qiang then walked to the sofa by the door, and propped one of his legs up on his knees, as he carefully assessed the woman in front of him. She was beautiful and extremely flirtatious looking. Her hair was lush and long, reaching her waist, with a slight tinge of yellow in them. She did take good care of them though, and as the moonlight shone on her hair, they positively radiated. One lock of hair fell down perfectly just above her right eye. Her skin was fair, as fair as crystal, giving one the feel that she might break apart just by blowing at her. Her face was clean, without any noticeable marks, and as she stood there silently, her entire lotus-like frame made it enticing to touch her. Yet, at the same time, there was this unfounded fear, that should she be touched, she might just break apart, and it felt better to leave her alone in the moonlight. Her eyes were slightly sultry, the corners deep. Her pupils were dark like ck pearls, and they were bright and clear. When they moved, they were like tireless little birds moving about, and when they were peaceful, they were like magical stones that seemed to draw one in. A little nose, that was sharp at the right ces, and seemingly perfectly sculpted. Every corner, every angle seemed to meet just perfectly, and with such a visage, it does cause one to wonder, what else but the doting love of God could have crafted such a masterpiece? Her cherry lips were slightly lifted at the corners, revealing 2 rows of bright, white teeth. It was like a rose blooming in the dawn of morning, with dew hidden within the petals, and such an image would carve itself into the minds of even the least creative person. Her exquisite face was plump in the right ces, and thin in others, matching her perfect features, looking like a delicate flower right out of a painting. She was still wearing the silk shirt from earlier, except that this time, there was a dark red shawl on her shoulders, draping over them, ending right above the area where her breasts were. They were lifted due to the curvature of her breasts, and the most captivating part was that her magnificent peaks seemed to be bursting out of her clothes, not willing to be tied down by the small and constraining space. She had worn some undergarments this time, but her smooth and shiny thighs drew Zhang Xiao Qiang in, especially her thighs. When the wind blew, the silk shirt would just barely cover some parts. This sort of teasing image was even more powerfully arousing than when she wasnt wearing anything before. He felt a rush of blood to his head, as though his nose would start bleeding anytime. This woman was not as cautious as Su Qian or Yuan Yi had been, she just stood there brazenly, eyeing Zhang Xiao Qiang back without any fear or numbness in her eyes. Her gaze was particrly sultry, and from the time that Zhang Xiao Qiang had entered, she had been entuating every charm that she had. It was obvious she was trying to seduce him, and control him thoroughly. Whats your name? He opened his mouth, he had to take his mind away. He had not much experience in dealing with such women on a frontal basis and was not like Brother Long and the rest who were well-versed in such situations. After all, he was still an otaku. His understanding of women came from all sorts of information on hisputer in the past. Such a beauty, one that Zhang Xiao Qiang had neverid eyes upon in real life. Compared to her, all the idols and celebrities he knew about previously were simply like farm girls. This sort of woman, he truly feared. If he hade across such a woman in the past? He would definitely be hiding in a corner to check out her out, and when meeting up with some friends, he could talk about her. But if he was asked to go up to her to make contact? It would definitely have been impossible. There was nothing he could say if such an absolutely stunning beauty was in front of him. It was a huge sort of pressure on him, and he knew, he couldnt even handle normal girls, whats more, this was simply a 100/100 specimen of the human species. Other than being mocked at, what would he have gained? Yet now, even in the apocalypse, all the more he did not want to mess with her. Although amongst Brother Longs hierarchy, the ones with strength would possess women, he was afraid, afraid that he would be enthralled by her day in and out. If it had been at the start when he arrived, seeing such a woman gifted to him, he might have rejected half-heartedly, before entangling with her all night. However, he had juste out on top against a D2 and S2, and he was nearly torn to shreds by the S2. Such a life-threatening situation had shocked his senses yet again. No matter how much he loved beautiful women, he loved his life more. To him, indulging in a woman was like a slow-acting poison. My name is Shangguan Qian Yun, Master, will you be able to protect me? Her voice was thick and husky, exuding sex with every word she spoke. As she spoke, it was like moan after moan, causing his heart to itch. He was already trying to keep his eyes on her forehead, trying his best not to bring his eyes towards anything below that. Now that she spoke with such a tender and young, yet moaning tone, his little buddy immediately fought to stand, pushing against his trousers. The root of all troubles! Zhang Xiao Qiang assessed this boiling pot of problems right in front of him and cried inwardly. He finally understood how those kings in history had caused their kingdoms to decline. It was these sort of troubles! Once they met them, they would lose all rationality. How would any man still be ambition or valor if he was stuck in the recesses of someone so alluring?! Chapter 114: What can you do? Chapter 114: What can you do? Shangguan Qiao Yun saw that Xiao Qiang did not actually pounce on her the moment heid eyes on her, unlike other men, and she was immediately surprised. In her eyes, all men would pounce on her, and they werent different. There would always be shock first, followed by desire. Those that were slightly more civilized would at least talk about life and philosophy first, but they would not be able to conceal that feeling of lust towards her. Instead, Zhang Xiao Qiangs expression was strange to her. There was no desire, nor the disgust that gay men had towards her. Instead, she had seen that look of appreciation for her beauty, but it was quickly reced by a guarded look. What was he guarding against? She was just a little woman seeking to live in this cruel world and was just trying to make use of her abilities and capital to help fight for space and food, a man who could protect her. She even hoped that she could find a man who would take her away from this ce, to the ce she wanted to go. Of course, she couldnt understand, Zhang Xiao Qiang was really attracted to her at first sight, but he was, after all, a petty person. He had not awakened any desire to control the world, to indulge in wine and to enjoy pleasures with women. To him, as long as he could live on, no matter how sneakily or stealthily, finding some women he could live with and having some kids was more than enough. His aim wasnt high. He also did not feel like he was some hero out to save the world. What can you do? What skills do you know? Zhang Xiao Qiang continued to focus on her forehead as he spoke while thinking how to chase her away. He could not amodate this devilish woman. He did not even know her background, and to him, they werent people meant to be on the same path. When she heard the question, Shangguan Qiao Yun froze on the spot. Other than a womans body, what else could a man want? Wasnt her body enough as capital? Wasnt she beautiful enough? Wasnt her body enticing enough? Ever since she recognized that her body was her greatest asset, Shangguan Qiao Yun had never really focused on studying. Instead, she went on to learn how to truly seduce a man. She practiced posturing at home, even her stride, her ankles swollen from the constant usage of high heels. She practiced all sorts of social etiquette, and while her family background wasnt that good, she managed to procure the resources through various channels. She controlled her expressions through the mirror, giving herself all types of smiles, to the point her cheeks would swell and she couldnt eat. She even took cold icy showers in the coldest of winter days, to feel the biting cold all the way to her bones, allowing her skin to be doused in that freezing water. Her teeth had chattered so hard that she felt creeped out. The cold water was like a sharp knife that sliced her skin, and it was all because she had no money for maintenance of her features. She went to practice dance moves as well, enduring the face of the dance teacher, who had suffered from bad e. She had swallowed her disgust and gone ahead, just to save a bit of money. All of this was for? The simple reason for making her life better. Living a morevish life, it wasnt for pride or honor, and it wasnt even for the reason of moving up in life to be a socialite. She was a woman of principle, to her, status didnt mean much, it was not like she had not endured worse days. She just wanted her mother to lead a better life. Her mother had scrimped and saved just so she could put better food into Shangguan Qiao Yuns mouth all the way till she graduated. Her mother could not bear to change her clothing, washing them out just so she could doll her daughter up. Her mother who had helped to fan the mosquitoes away from her sleeping daughter all the way till midnight. She had a great mother, but a bad father. She remembered vividly that her mother used to be extremely beautiful, even more so than those fairies in paintings. However, for some reason, her mother had slowly grown old and haggard, while her drunkard father only knew how to beat his wife. Didnt her mother already suffer enough? For the sake of the family, her mother had done so much and aged even more so than her peers. Seeing her mothers condition, it was like a hot knife through Shangguan Qiao Yuns heart. As she grew older, she knew more and strived to do her best. She was always in the top 3 in school, her performance exemry, and she just wanted to make her mother proud. Until that one night, when her father hade into her room with heavy breaths, his eyes bloodshot as he climbed into her bed. She was frightened then, and her father had started to tear her clothes. The woman who had usually been so meek and careful in front of her drunkard husband, and was usually beaten without a sound ofint, had suddenly transformed. She had rushed into the room, charging over like an enraged lioness smashing a chair onto that beast of her father. How was an aging woman a match for the man though? Her father had then retaliated and pummeled her mother till she was bleeding, and just when he turned around and intended to continue with the rape, her mother had rushed out the door in a frenzy and screamed at the top of her lungs. Just like that, the man who had called himself her father was sent to jail. At that time, she was only 13. She was unable to forget that night, and never forgot how hurt her mother got in protecting her. When she reached high school, she discovered that her male schoolmates would always send her love letters, inviting her out on dates, while the male teachers would disregard the age difference and took the initiative to guide her. All their eyes were only on her buttons though, while her fellow female school mates would eye her with jealousy. She had understood then, she knew what to do for a better life for her mother. She managed it then, the son of the wealthiest man in J City had been seduced by her, the well-known yboy had beenpletely smitten. She got married to him and managed to control him tightly, forcing his attention and energy on herself. Even her mother had been moved to thevish vi, with specialist doctors looking after her. There was a maid to help her clean anything. She had thought that life was going good, and everything was about to be better when the virus suddenly struck. The days of the apocalypse caused her to be disced, and she had relied on her assets topletely control those men. When she saw those men charging into the groups of zombies for her, she would feel extremely satisfied. Even in the apocalypse, she could live on so well. She had her body, while the men around her just wanted to fuck her. However, she had easily kept them at bay, yet constantly keeping them close. The men had even fought amongst themselves just for a look of appreciation from her. She had felt like a goddess, and men were ves to be stepped on beneath her feet. It was until she met Brother Long that her thoughts changed and she finally realized how cruel the world could be. His overbearingness, his cruelty, and merciless heart. She had been extremely confident in her looks and felt that she could be one of the top 3 beauties in J City, even among hundreds of thousands of people. Yet when sheid eyes on the pair of twins, she had truly felt envy and jealousy. They were so much more beautiful than her, and when they stood side by side, it was a powerfulbination, forcefully suppressing the aura and charm she had painstakingly trained. When they were fed to the zombies, she had also been forced to witness the depravity of the situation. As she watched the pair of sisters who were more youthful than her, more radiant than her, being torn to pieces, she had felt extremely suffocated, and did not dare harbor thoughts of conquering Brother Long. There was only fear. Brother Long was indifferent towards them. It wasnt that many times that he wanted them, even for her. He had sex with her once and then basically ignored her. Brother Long preferred to step over them, forcing them to eat like dogs on the floor, setting them on each other, or even watching them fuck one another. She had thought that he was an ambitious character who saw the mountain and not women until she discovered his secret. Brother Long would carry a tray of food up to the roof each time, and it was forbidden for the women to go there. Once, he had forgotten to lock the door, and Shangguan Qiao Yuns motto had been to conquer him, you must know him. With such a thought, she had secretly sneaked upstairs, noting a small house on the patio. The door was locked shut, and when she peered into the window, she got the shock of her life. The interior of the house was extremely simple, with a bed and a chair to fill up space. A young handsome boy was sleeping, clutching his pillow. He was not sleeping tightly though, as there were various signs of abuse on his legs. When she realized the identity of the boy, she had backed up in horror with her hand over her mouth. Brother Long was a depraved pervert! Ever since then, she had lived on the edge, until this time, when Brother Long wanted to send her to Zhang Xiao Qiang. She knew her chance hade, and she had tried her best to hook Zhang Xiao Qiang in, to the extent that it was a performance that would put most hookers to shame. She wanted to get away from Brother Long, the further the better. Hence, she had to grab this chance. Zhang Xiao Qiang was a man, as long as he was a man, she would have the means to conquer him. Which man didnt love sex? Only when she was in front of him, did she realize that he was immune. When he asked her that question, she had stared nkly. Ever since graduating from high school, she had only known to seduce men. What else did she know? Her emotions were in a mess right now. Her past hardships, and torment she had to suffer, just to trap men, and till date, she had met men that were actually immune to her charms. Brother Long was one, Zhang Xiao Qiang was also like that. She did not know how to answer, and Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that her expression was slightly amusing. So it seemed that this top grade beauty was just a pretty embroidered pillow, but her insides were fluff. Had he actually not dared to raise his head in front of such bimbos in the past? I know how to wash clothes, cook, and I, I, I know how to service men!! Shangguan Qiao Yun thought to her days spent with her mom while studying and reckoned that she had indeed picked up some skills. Now that she spoke her mind, she did not know what he was thinking, and to her, men who did not fall for her charm like Zhang Xiao Qiang scared her. Chapter 115: Seduction! Chapter 115: Seduction! Can you shoot? Can you fight? Can you repair a car? Zhang Xiao Qiang threw out a flurry of questions, each one met with a shake of Shangguan Qiao Yuns head. Seeing that she kept shaking, he suddenlyughed and sat back to take a puff of his cigarette. He took a look at the beauty standing uneasily before him. Keke, you truly are a looker, its true. If it were before, no one could possibly hope to support you without a certain status... As for now? Your charm is useless here, those monsters out there would not ignore just you because youre beautiful, so....wherever you came from...you can go back! The moment she thought of being back by Brother Longs side, Shangguan Qiao Yuns eyes were filled with fear. She looked towards Zhang Xiao Qiang with a pleading look, putting on a pitiful expression, a face full of tragedy. She truly looked like a fearful littlemb now, and if it were any normal situation, most people would not be able to help themselves from reaching over to draw her into their protective arms. This sort of expression, Zhang Xiao Qiang had seen plenty of. Yang Keer had used it, Yuan Yi had used it, Su Qian had used it. Even the pair of sisters had it. He never felt like he had the strength to protect them all, in this world full of desperation, it was hard enough to find a sense of security. In Brother Longs eyes, he might be someone strong, but it was just because they havent truly experienced this world yet. Zhang Xiao Qiang had traveled over a hundred miles, and seen how fearsome the world was. That was why he had not given up and badly wanted to travel to WH, just to seek some form of safety. You know Yuan Yi, right? Zhang Xiao Qiang opened his mouth to ask. She nodded her head, after all, they had all prowled around on the floor, biting each other for the sake of entertaining Brother Long. However, she had seen how Yuan Yi had totally transformed into another person just after a few days. She had seen how Yuan Yi was and thought Zhang Xiao Qiang was extremely magnanimous with his treatment of his women, that was why she had given her all to try and seduce him. She never expected him to be immune to this. Do you know why she can follow me now? When he asked this question, Shangguan Qiao Yun shook her head, she had asked her earlier, but Yuan Yi had remained tight-lipped. Previously when we went out, I threw her straight into the midst of those monsters. She managed to kill her way out of dozens of them. If it were you, could you do it? Zhang Xiao Qiangs cold voice fell upon her ears, and when she heard it, she got so frightened that she could not stand steadily, instantly crumpling to the floor. She raised her head to plead with a sobbing tone: Im really useful, dont chase me away, please...wuwuwu. I dont want to go back to Brother Long. Im willing to do anything, you can hit me or scold me, please, just dont abandon me!! Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at this delicate beauty who seemed to summon the rain clouds when she cried and still continued after thinking awhile. You also know Su Qian, she could follow me because shes obedient. Yet from what I saw, you actually dared to bring them entertainment? What kind of a world this is, dont you know? If youre not careful, you could lose your life. Bringing you along, I dont see a single shred of benefit. All I see is y and leisure. Youre just a pile of shit, so I can only request for you to leave. He finally spoke his mind, his true reason for being guarded against her, and felt himself rxing. As to how she thought about it, he couldnt care less. Bringing her along was truly too much of a danger. To him, Finding a pretty one was useless, he might as well bring a capable one. Any of the 3 women beside him now was so much stronger than her. Shangguan Qiao Yun stopped her crying, as she stared dumbly at the floor. Her frail and lonely shadow could be seen on the nks. She truly felt at a loss now. She had no idea what to do, she didnt know what to say. She could pull a few tricks and handle Yang Keer earlier, and at that time, she had thought to conquer Zhang Xiao Qiang, she had to start from his women so that they would not be an obstacle to her. Then, when the time came, she would force them away, so Zhang Xiao Qiang could bring her to WH, and then she would find someone stronger to follow. She obviously could not say all these and thought she had the ability to seduce Zhang Xiao Qiang, who knew that his thinking was so deep. Her world crumbled, her deeply-rooted faith in herself, her ambition, and her pride all left her. There was no other excuse she could use to stay by his side. She would only return to Brother Longs side as a dog. She felt that she had no courage to live like this, in this world that only brought despair. She stood up once again, as her scarlet shawl fell to the ground. Her white and slightly transparent silk dress also fell off her shoulders. She squeezed her breasts together, revealing that deep and captivating valley, in between the two massive yet soft mounds. There was a slight fragrance emitting from her, as he t abdomen rose and fell together with her breathing. Her mesmerizing eyes seemed to radiate with some astral shine, as though the universe was right there in her eyes. She looked at him quietly, her face flushed red. At this moment, she was that absolutely captivating beauty, her incredible body twisting ever so slightly. Her slender waist and long beautiful legs came closer. She was like a virgin experiencing her first time, revealing her naked body to Zhang Xiao Qiang shyly, inviting him to taste her. Shua... His Little Xiao Qiang was fully at attention now, and he could almost hear its excited breathing. It was an excitement like never before, and he had never seen such allure, such attraction even from the films he had watched. His throat went dry, and his saliva seemed to have disappeared, his heart hammering wildly. Even his previous life-and-death struggle with the S2 had not caused him to be filled with this much adrenaline, and all he wanted right now was to embrace her and fuck her wildly. He had stood up subconsciously, taking in that jade-like body of hers. His breathing had turned ragged as well, his cold expression reced with a slightly drunken stupor. The windows were open, as a cool night breeze blew in, causing her to tremble ever so slightly, her snow-like shoulders shaking. Her corbones were entuated, and ayer of goosebumps could be seen over her perfect skin, even her nipples had stood at attention. He reached out with his rough and coarse fingers on her smooth cheek, feeling that fair and smooth skin. It was so smooth that he could not stop there, as he followed the trace of her face down towards her jaws, and looking at those trembling, lush lips, he lifted her chin slightly, his eyes meeting hers. It was a pair of eyes that seemed to shimmer with tears, and when Shangguan Qiao Yun saw that Zhang Xiao Qiang was staring straight at her, she closed her eyes, slightly separating her lips, like a flower blooming. A bright red tongue stuck out ever so slightly, as she took the initiative, seemingly impatient for Zhang Xiao Qiang to take her in. Chapter 116: Warmth Chapter 116: Warmth Zhang Xiao Qiang inhaled deeply, releasing his hands, and walking towards the window. When his heart and emotions had finally settled down, with his back to Shangguan Qiao Yun, he said: Go back. Tell Brother Long Ill settle the granary for him! She stood naked behind Zhang Xiao Qiang, the moonlight shining on her skin. She was just like a jade sculpture of a fairy goddess, and when Zhang Xiao Qiangs cool voice sounded in her ears, the flush on her face quickly receded like snow melting in the sun and regained her usual skin tone. Seeing his calm back, Shangguan Qiao Yun knew that her hopes were all dashed. She didnt wear her clothes, instead, looking at his back, wishing so bad for him to turn around and embrace her tightly. She knew this man was truly normal, yet vicious at the same time. He had destroyed all of his own hopes, living like that day to day, no different from a zombie. She saw the military knife at his waist, and in a sh, she hugged him, before pulling out the military knife and made a motion to stab it into her heart. When he was hugged suddenly, Zhang Xiao Qiangs mind was thrown into chaos, he was still thinking about how to reject this woman until he realized the military knife was being whisked out. He came to his senses and immediately turned around to grab her right hand, following up with a fist flying towards her face. His fist came to a stop right in front of her eyes, his fingers barely scraping her eyebrows, which caused his hands to itch slightly. He released his clenched fist slowly and came down on the de, intending to retrieve it. She stared at him stubbornly, her right hand still grasping the de tightly. Those pretty lips of hers were clenched tight, her teeth biting fiercely, and a hint of red blood appeared as her lips were bitten through. Zhang Xiao Qiangs re intensified, as though sending her a warning to let go. He began prying her fingers off one by one and then kept the military knife back into his waist. He went back to the sofa and asked: Why are you insisting on following me? She hesitated for a while, before seemingly letting go of something in her mind. She looked at him and said: I know you want to leave, I want to follow you. I know therere loads of people in WH, I want to reach Wuhan. (WH is most likely Wuhan) He looked at her with a mocking expression: So that means, all that nonsense about following me and doing anything for me was bullshit then? Your end goal is Wuhan, right? Once you reached there, with your qualifications, who would turn you away? His words were like a hammer that struck her heart heavily, and she looked at him with a pale expression, closing her eyes waiting for him to deal with her. So it became like this for a short while, Zhang Xiao Qiang sitting there looking at her jade-like naked body, Shangguan Qiao Yun standing there with her eyes closed, waiting for Zhang Xiao Qiang to judge her. He was truly not interested in dealing with her, after, they were all the same, struggling to live in this apocalypse. He wasnt necessarily better off than her, as long as what she did, did not affect him, he could care less about her life or death. His greedy eyes rove all over her body, but he didnt make a move. He knew that the moment he fucked her, he would have to promise her safety. Such an ambitious woman was too dangerous for him though, he could not guarantee that he could bring her under his control, however, the more he looked, the fierier he felt. You can follow us, but I would not lend a hand in times of danger. All your food and water will have to be borne by yourself, I dont feed freeloaders. Zhang Xiao Qiang decided to bring her along. It could be because he didnt want to see such a pretty flower dying in front of him, or it could again his machismo that prevented him from seeing Shangguan Qiao Yun taking the deste way out. In the end, he had promised her a shaky promise. She opened her eyes in disbelief, not understanding howe things had suddenly taken another 180 degrees turn. Zhang Xiao Qiang had already taken his eyes away and got her to get dressed, before sending her to Yang Keer, but warning her not to teach Yang Keer the wrong things again. Zhang Xiao Qiang then brought the .81 rifle to the chicken farm and let loose a few bullets, feeling the recoil on his shoulders. As he walked back massaging his sore shoulders, it was already past dinner time. He walked back to his room, as there were some emergency rations there. Especially since he wiped the small town clean, his rations had grown. Other than choctes and beef jerky, there were also a few cans of pork and fish. The moment he entered the room, he noticed Yuan Yi sitting at the sofa, with some dinnerid out on the table, covered with a huge bowl. Like this, the temperature could be maintained for a lengthier period of time. Upon seeing Zhang Xiao Qiang walk in, she stood up, not saying anything. Her eyes were still clear, and Zhang Xiao Qiang himself did not say anything as he sat on the sofa. She opened up the bowl, and the dinner inside was still piping hot. Seeing how considerate she had been in sending his dinner, and even selecting the portions, as the moonlight shone on her face, Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly felt something melting his heart. A sense of warmth rose in his heart, and his mind turned nk. He just sat there quietly, taking it in, the warmth that enveloped his heart right now, filling it up with all sorts of sensations. The sweet, the sour, the saltiness and the bitterness. This was a feeling he had not felt in a really, really long time, and the detest he had for Yuan Yi disappeared like the clouds. As he ate silently, Yuan Yi stood there watching him. He ate slowly and carefully. He had never known how the taste of dinner was like and just quietly absorbed the feeling of someone caring for him. How many years has it been? Ever since his mother had left the world, no one hade to care for him. Yuan Yi was also someone who had only cared about herself. However, after he got over deliberately ignoring her, he realized he could truly feel the warmth. Even as he took his time, he managed to finish his meal. Seeing Yuan Yi slowly cleaning up, he sat on the sofa and smoked his cigarette. He looked at Yuan Yi who was going about her chores, he couldnt help but said a sentence that had always been at the tip of his tongue. From now on, you just follow me, till the day we can both die together! Atst, he finally said it. Yuan Yi stopped and stood up to look at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Her eyes shone brightly, and she nodded heavily, before bending down to continue packing up. Zhang Xiao Qiang watched her all the way, till she left. The room became peaceful again. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the empty room and felt frustrated. He turned off the lights, and the room plunged into darkness. Even the moon had hidden, and the only illumination was the slight light from out of the window, while the smoke filled up the room, shrouding Zhang Xiao Qiang. With his mind in turmoil, after feeling that warmth from Yuan Yi, his mind had strayed. He was reminiscing about his mother, and how she had looked when she left this earth. The appearance of the D2s, the S2s, even the scene of the father kowtowing for his sons crime of stealing the egg, as well as Shangguan Qiao Yuns naked body earlier. He felt a rush of blood to his head. His emotions were in a mess right now, and he wanted to vent them. He even felt like taking the .81 to go ughter Brother Long and the rest. Only a sliver of rationality held him back from doing something crazy. After a few deep breaths, he finally quelled his messy thoughts and was preparing to stand up, when the door opened. Chapter 117: Throb Chapter 117: Throb Yuan Yi was carrying a pail of water, like always, thus, Zhang Xiao Qiang let her help him wash. Seeing her carry out her duties as an obedient wife, he felt the warmth rise in his heart again. Although it wasnt as strong as earlier, it was a precious feeling, and he wanted to treasure it very much. He closed his eyes to soak in the sensation and stopped himself from thinking. He felt like he was floating, there was no helplessness, no zombies. It was not the world where humansmitted cannibalism, and he badly wanted to remain like this forever. All of a sudden, a peculiar sensation traveled up from Little Xiao Qiang, shocking him awake. He opened his eyes to see Yuan Yi ying with it, kissing it. He reached out to gently caress her cheeks, stopping her in her tracks, raising her smooth jaw to look her in the eyes. Yuan Yi looked at him quietly, her ss-like eyes radiating in the dark of the night, like little stars in the night sky. Her gaze was exceptionally clear now, and pure, and that sort of gaze was only shown to him, while others would only get to see her cool side or bloodlust. He got her to stand, before pulling her into his embrace, her face just short of his lips. She became nervous, her breathing turning ragged. That rushed breathing blew on his face, and he enjoyed that sweet fragrance, looking at her quietly. It was the first time he was just really looking at her, carefully. His intense gaze caused her to be slightly flustered, as though there were some expectations, and she felt a little anxious. It seemed as though she finally could not withstand the pressure as her body trembled slightly, and her lips closed tightly, her eyes half-shut. Her breathing became even harsher as well, and looking at those alluring lips, Zhang Xiao Qiang could not help but kiss them softly. As Zhang Xiao Qiangs gaze was on her, Yuan Yi felt her body heating up, a warmth spreading all over her, and her heartbeat became faster. His manly aura radiated, causing her to take a breath involuntarily, as though she had to take all of that scent in when suddenly, a warm and moist feeling covered her lips. She felt as though all her strength had been sapped out of her just with that light kiss, and she could not help but turn weak in his arms. With such a beauty turning weak in his arms, and that cool but demure scent exuding from her, Zhang Xiao Qiang breathed in deeply and felt his brain go crazy. After he kissed her, his hands brushed her hair, moving towards the back of her head. She could feel his warm hands, and her body tensed, before rxing again with the movements of his hands. She twisted slightly, allowing her position to be leaning more into his center of gravity, and feeling his heartbeat, she felt a rare sense of bliss. Zhang Xiao Qiang slowly inched towards her waist, before bringing her tighter into his arms. With that stronger pressure, Yuan Yi moaned slightly, her clear voice sounding beside his ears. It caused his heart to be itchy, and he could feel her breath on his face and at his ears. He then pressed his cheeks against hers, feeling the cool skin of hers, while he warmed her. The tip of his nose blew the strand of hair away from her face, while his hot breath tickled her exquisite ears. He watched as her face flushed, a slight red covering her ears. He could not help but take her bright pink ears into his mouth, using his tongue to slowly roam about. Her body trembled, as though she was about to faint. She could feel his hot tongue, his lips nibbling her earlobes, his gentle flicking of the tongue, as an amazing sensation overcame her, in wave after wave, pulse after pulse. She was enveloped in that feeling, her strength entirely gone, and she didnt even want to struggle against it at all. Her eyes were shut, as she gave into that intense feeling. Seeing that her body was trembling slightly in his embrace, he pulled away from her sensitive ears, while his hands brought her legs apart, and plopped her right on hisp. By this time, Yuan Yis head was nk, nk from any sort of thoughts. She just sat there quietly listening to his heartbeat, as though it was the only thing in the world that mattered, that made her happy. At this moment, even if she had to go to hell, she would have no regrets. As long as she was by his side, so what if they had to go through hell? He brought her to the bed and ced her down. Looking at her, with her eyes closed as sheid there, Zhang Xiao Qiang lowered himself on top of her. Yuan Yi kept her eyes shut, waiting for the impending violent storm until she felt that moist lips again on her face. Her tense body rxed once more, enjoying the sensation of the careful pecks all over her face until they came to her lips. Zhang Xiao Qiang had kissed her entire face carefully and gently, leaving her lips for thest. The moment their lips came in contact, he could feel her tense up again, and his tongue pushed in slightly until she opened her own lips. However, he met the next barrier, her teeth. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt feel hurried, as he continued to flick his tongue everywhere, across her teeth, across her lips, until she could not help but open them, and he took the opportunity to stick his tongue in further. By now, Yuan Yi had be braver, and her little tongue took the initiative to meet his before she drew it back shyly. It then came and touched Zhang Xiao Qiangs again, who did not let go this time, and immediately went to tangle with it. The flush on Yuan Yis face deepened in color, her breathing turning more rushed, and that pants of air continued to blow on his face. Slowly, articles of clothing came off, as Yuan Yi opened her eyes to look at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Her eyes were moist, and she was like a helplessmb underneath him. There was no sense of shame, but there was a slightly glimmering of her eyes under the moonlight, as tears slowly seeped down her face, shining like crystals. Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped what he was doing, and just watched her gently. Do you mind that Im not a virgin? Do you mind that Im no longer pure? She asked him with a tone that revealed her hurt and fears, her eyes brimming with tears, as they continued to fall on the bedsheet. Zhang Xiao Qiang lowered himself again, his mouth beside her ears as he muttered softly: Theres no one whos pure in this world now, youre no longer a virgin? So am I a virgin then? Sensing his hot body on hers, hearing those words, for some reason, the knot in her heart was resolved, and she took the initiative to hug his neck, pulling him closer, and she used her tongue to lick his ears in return, panting ever so slightly. Zhang Xiao Qiang enjoyed her treatment, and breathed in the aroma of her hair, and immediately entered her. She felt a sudden sense of pain from below and bit her lips, bearing the initial pain and waiting for it to pass. Zhang Xiao Qiang had a girlfriend before, and of course, she hadnt been a virgin. However, the sensation he got from her and Yuan Yi was vastly different, one was an endless tunnel, this was some small sheeps intestines (idiom: difficult and tricky to maneuver). How could theypare? Yuan Yi saw his confusion and gently exined: Brother Long only took my first time, and didnt touch me anymore after that. He just liked us to crawl around like bitches for his pleasure. Zhang Xiao Qiang responded by using his hands to hold her beautiful face gently, his thumbs pushing the hair from her eyes, as he looked into them: Youre now my woman, Zhang Xiao Qiangs woman. She moaned when she heard that, and clutched him tighter in between her legs, bringing herself even closer, bearing the pain to let him enter her deeply. However, he became even more tender. He was in no rush, and hugged her tightly, kissing her eyes, her little nose, her face, and her lips. Yuan Yi felt the pain subside and followed his rhythm. With the passing of time, she began to feel the pleasure and happiness as well. Her voice was bewitching, her moans enticing, and as her breathing continued in heavy pants beside his ear, Zhang Xiao Qiang became even more aroused and excited. He felt like he had lived a wasted life in the past, and only through Yuan Yi did he felt the joy of being a man. They remained tangled like this deep into the night. Chapter 118: I’ll beat you to death, you bad person! Chapter 118: Ill beat you to death, you bad person! The rm on the phone rang again by Zhang Xiao Qiangs ears. He reached for it in his sleepy state to turn it off, and the room returned to its peace. He could feel a warm and lithe body in his embrace, and his eyes immediately snapped open. He looked at the ceiling and could not help but smile. He suddenly felt like his worries had gone, the pressure from his heart loosening. His mind was clear, his body was full of vigor, and he felt that he could even take on an S2. The morning breeze blew in and touched his shoulders. He took in a deep breath of the fresh air, and there was a slight scent of Yuan Yis own fragrance, The cold air was especially dense, and he kept the cool air in his lungs, not daring to exhale. He was afraid that the moment he blew out, the refreshing feeling would be gone forever. He kept his revealed shoulder back under the nket, his palms reaching out to feel Yuan Yis smooth back. It felt even smoother than an egg that had been peeled, causing him to be reluctant to remove his hands. He gently drew some circles on her back, seemingly not feeling any rough edges of at his fingertips, and followed her spine down all the way to her buttocks, before gingerly feeling her up. In fact, Yuan Yi had already woken up the moment Zhang Xiao Qiang ced his hands on her back, and she wanted to get up. However, she allowed herself to enjoy the sensation of his fingers all over her back, and the slightly numbing, tingling feels that she was getting. It was embarrassing, yet it felt so good and caused ripples to set off in her heart, like stones that had been whisked across the surface of ake. The feeling caused her to stir slightly, and her heart started to tingle as well, as she gradually lost herself in the sensations. She was afraid that she might start moaning again, like how she had given herself all the wayst night. Thinking about it, her face became flushed again, as she took a deep breath beneath the covers, intending to control herself from making any noise. She was afraid that he would tease her. Beneath the covers, other than her own scent, there was the strong smell of him, his scent. As she breathed it in, it caused her to go dizzy, and she felt like floating again. Her heart was fluttering, and her entire body was about to go weak for him again until his fingers touched her at her most private area. She immediately moaned, and that sound was alluring, like a newly-wed wife who was trying to beckon to her husband. Zhang Xiao Qiang heard it, and his mind went nk again, his body tingling in response. Being stirred awake, she raised her head and rested against his chest, her eyes looking out of the window and stared nkly. Her breathing caused her chest to rise and fall right in front of his own, while her warm breath blew across his skin, causing his hairs to stand slightly. He moved his hands across her back and hugged her tightly in his embrace. As he looked up at the ceiling and its design, his heart was at peace. He had done it with such a great beauty. Although she wasnt as beautiful or sexy aspared to Shangguan Qiao Yun, he was extremely contented. He had turned a prideful woman into a yful little kitten in his own embrace, and it greatly stroked his machismo. In fact, he felt that Yuan Yi far surpassed Shangguan Qiao Yun. She was strong, followed him wholeheartedly, even in death, she wouldnt leave. Other than Yang Keer, would the rest do so? Su Qian? He had not much hope for her, she was living for herself still. She just wanted to live a better life, and that was her goal and belief. At the very least, Zhang Xiao Qiang wouldnt dare trust his back to her. The two of them sat quietly there, basking in the tranquility of the moment before Yuan Yi pulled the covers off her and stood up. She then wrapped Zhang Xiao Qiang again, before dressing up. He watched her quietly, taking in the majestic sight of her beautiful body, and decided to get dressed as well. Her warm hand stopped his, as she looked into her eyes and said: Lie for a while more, let me go get some water! This was the first time she had requested something of him, and as he looked into her eyes, heid back then and tucked himself in as she got busy. She pulled out his attire for the day, cing it on the bed before leaving. Soon after, she returned with a pail of hot water, and heid there as she wrung a towel to help him clean up, from head to toe, not missing any part. Little Xiao Qiang was washed thoroughly too, as the visages of the crazy night were wiped clean. He sat up and began to get dressed, and Yuan Yi made to help him, which he declined. He was not disabled, and could still do this little thing. By the time he walked out in high spirits with Yuan Yi, Yang Keer and Su Qian were already waiting on the field. Shangguan Qiao Yun had joined them in her body tights, except that her figure was explosive. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt take a look at her, instead, walking up to Yang Keer and looked at her. In front of thisss, he still felt a little guilty. After all, her feelings for him were real. She was still an innocent girl and was of a pure heart to him. He could never forget that night when he was suffering under Xie Yuan Shans blows, she had cried and his heart had broken. He could even hear it when he thought about it. It was too bad he couldnt bring himself to do anything with her, thanks to that washboard figure. She saw him walking towards her, and snorted coldly, turning her head the other way. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the back of her head and was slightly helpless. Although sometimes he had used some facies to temporarily address her concerns, this time, while it was a little embarrassing, to tell the truth, he couldnt afford to. Her tantrum still caused him to be slightly moved. Seeing her ear exposed to the wind, he walked up to her and embraced her, as she began to struggle. Of course, it was just for a show, otherwise, with her monstrous strength, he would most likely have been flung all the way to the chicken coop. She turned around to face him and started battering his chest lightly. Although it was supposed to be light, each blow was like a hammer to him. He gritted his teeth and withstood her temper, as she continued to mutter: Ill beat you to death, you bad person! Couldnt you just have waited a few more years?! Couldnt you just hold yourself?! After all, she should be after me!!! He held her then, and spoke to her gently: Yuan Yi doesnt have your fragrance! She stopped then, her eyes wide, her clean and clear face looking like a flower. Her mouth then pouted, before she started to sniff herself in suspicion. He hurriedly replied: Only I can detect it, you cant!! She then heaved a sigh of relief, her jealousy simmered. Her gaze towards Yuan Yi was still antagonistic, but she didnt pursue the matter. He saw how she had been distracted again, and gulped his saliva down, hoping that they would note to blows. He slowly let her go, and when she noticed that Zhang Xiao Qiang was not hugging her anymore, she felt a little reluctant, but she knew his temperament, and know the matter had ended. It was also what he liked about her. Chapter 119: A Woman’s Heart Chapter 119: A Womans Heart The entire group began to run their rounds, the initial group of 4 turned into 5. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not deny Shangguan Qiao Yun from joining and didnt say anything about her running at the back. He continued to run in front, with Yang Keer slightly behind. Yuan Yi followed them tightly, while both Su Qian and Shangguan Qiao Yun were thest. After 4 rounds, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt his body warming up, and his forehead perspiring. Yang Keer continued onwards, her load thrice of his. Yuan Yi prepared to follow after her, and it was of her own volition for the first time. Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped her, as she came up to him with a confused look. He had seen her running posture to be slightly unnatural, although it wasnt her first-timest night, it wasnt too far off. Zhang Xiao Qiang would usually treat his own people better than others, and of course wanted her to take a slight break. Theres no need for you to continue running today, practice somebat with me, teach me some moves too. Zhang Xiao Qiang badly wanted to pick up some close-quarterbat skills. Only today, he had finally managed to find an excuse. Yuan Yi did not suspect anything and just nodded her agreement. After that, she began to guide him in the different movements. Chinese martial arts focused on the fundamentals. Yuan Yi made sure to go through the basic motions with him, but since he had no time to even go through motions like the Horse Stance, and his body was above average, they decided to spar. Su Qian was still running, and Shangguan Qiao Yun was running beside her. Su Qian did not like her particr, and she knew that Shangguan Qiao Yun had been rejected by Zhang Xiao Qiang. She despised those who made use of their own bodies to make a living, even though she had been a call-girl before, however, she didnt force herself into that life, instead, climbing up from the bottom again. In her heart, it was for a righteous reason, and she would never ept that she was worse off than anyone. Even so, she knew how to get into character in front of Chen Yi and Zhang Xiao Qiang. At the beginning, she had been of the same status as Yuan Yi, but she looked down on her inwardly. She had always felt that Zhang Xiao Qiang had allowed Yuan Yi to stay because she, Su Qian, had asked him to. Until Yuan Yi had surpassed her, she began to envy her, someone who she despised had actually gotten ahead of her. Therefore, she took the initiative to make the request to kill some zombies, but by the time she started, Yuan Yi had gone far ahead. Su Qian was prideful, even if she had been a call-girl once, she had the pride in her bones. She looked down on those colleagues that spent their days lifelessly. Although she had been part of the most frowned-upon profession, her spirit was still held high. She had gritted her teeth and bear with the ridicule from her neighbors, only shedding tears inwardly, believing that she would seed. It was all because of her own pride and confidence. Those who were due to make it big would never hold it against the chatterings of these lowly sparrows. How could they hope to soar like the eagle? From the time she worked as a lowly worker all the way to a manager, she had believed that she had earned it all through her hard work and wits. She had that belief in her noble spirit, and it was destined to be a lonely path, hence she didnt need friends, she just wanted to live well, and to make her parents proud. Those who had that ego usually did not take others into ount, it was the same for Su Qian. She disliked Yuan Yi sitting on equal terms with Zhang Xiao Qiang, and it made her ufortable. She hated and envied her, and when Yuan Yi had spentst night in Zhang Xiao Qiangs room, her hatred and jealousy had grown. She knew both Yuan Yi and herself were like vines around Zhang Xiao Qiang, and whoever managed to wrap tighter around him would get more benefits. It was not like she had not entertained the thought of climbing into his bed herself, but there was no chance to in the past, and when Zhang Xiao Qiang had sent even the great beauty Shangguan Qiao Yun back, she had lost confidence in herself. However, Yuan Yi had done it! She was afraid of being abandoned by Zhang Xiao Qiang and knew that he followed an interest-based doctrine. He would not abandon those of use to him. How can an abandoned woman survive in this cruel world? Especially since she had witnessed the cannibalism case, she been tormented by nightmares ever since. In her nightmares, she would be the one lying naked on that simple wooden bed, her limbs had all been hacked off, and fresh blood continued to flow across the bed. As the blood dripped onto the floor, the sounds of the droplets were constant. Her wounds hurt so much that she wanted to scream, but whenever she tried to, she would realize her tongue was chopped off. Her face would then contort in fear, but the men surrounding her just stood quietly by the bedside. She even recognized some of them. There was the taxi driver who knocked her father down, there was the old man who bought her virginity, there was the insane Dr. Yu who had eaten flesh, and finally, Chen Yi. Each of them was holding a limb of hers and digging into them, their mouths making satiated groans. It was not just once. Sometimes, Su Qian wished that she didnt have to fall asleep. When she saw that Zhang Xiao Qiang had allowed Yuan Yi to stop, she could feel her sore legs. Her heart felt extremely sour, so much that she wanted to scream out loud. However, she dared not. She shot Yuan Yi a hateful gaze again, as she gritted her teeth to continue her rounds. So tiring, I really want to rest. When was thest time I was this tired? Shangguan Qiao Yun continued to run as she thought. Zhang Xiao Qiangs rejection had caused her to despair, her entire world turning dark without any light or hope. She had almost grabbed the chance of freedom, who would be willing to be a dog if given a chance to be human? However, when she had felt extremely confident in her abilities to seduce him, he had rejected her. He had actually turned down her amazing body. She felt full of hurt, as she hated to go back to Brother Long and to live that sort of life. She wanted to die so badly, and when she pulled out Zhang Xiao Qiangs knife, she had not hesitated to try and drive it into her heart. She had even felt a sense of relief. She hadnt felt like that for a long time. The previous time was when she became top in school. She had run excitedly to tell her mother then, and seeing her mothers proud smile, she had felt great. When she made the decision to sell herself to the highest bidder in life, she had changed then. For the sake of reaching her goals, she had given up on everything else, her dreams, her life, her happiness. There was no more of the emotions that came with a first love. She could remember the times she fell while walking with a dictionary on her head, the first time she had doused herself in cold winter water. Yet she had not screamed then, for fear of worrying her mother. She just bit the bullet and braved through it all. In the end, she seeded, she had married that lecherous yboy, and in order to secure his heart, she spent every day thinking of ways to deal with her husbands past flings. When she came in front of her mother, the look of disappointment caused her to be unable to rx. Her mother had hoped for her to amount to something more, not too big, but at the very least, something that she could be proud of. However, since her daughter had chosen this path, she could not say anything, and just kept her words in her heart. All these only served to carve deeper scars in Shangguan Qiao Yuns heart. She was exhausted, extremely so. When she had the chance to end her life, she had felt so much relief for the first time, and was prepared to drop everything and just die. He had grabbed her right hand that held the knife then until he had retrieved it. He had foiled her ns. So what? She had already given up, it was just death. Then, he gave her the chance, that chance that everyone sought to have. She had to grab hold of it and had to make sure that she had better well be deserving of it. She mustered her strength and continued to run. As for Zhang Xiao Qiang, he was being tormented badly. Heid on the ground, his body sore, looking up at the sky and clouds, as his breathing came in ragged pants. Yuan Yi had truly not gone easy on him, short of breaking his bones, she had allowed him to truly experience the profoundness of Chinese martial arts. He had always felt that he was strong, and could handle an S2, but he was faring so badly against the weaker Yuan Yi. He was not one to give up either. In the past, maybe, but ever since the apocalypse began, he had thoroughly transformed. He shrugged off the pain, regted his breathing, and stood up once more to face Yuan Yi. She didnt move, until the veryst moment, sweeping him off his feet. Looking at him and his sorry state, she couldnt help but chuckle. It was not the type that was mocking, it was a natural and happyugh, that she was enjoying herself, but of course, this was only for him. With his body full of pain, he brought Yang Keer and Yuan Yi towards the dining area. As for Su Qian? She was stillcking. Over the meal, Brother Long began to ask in earnest about the granary and the preparations required. Chapter 120: Look at what I’ve found! Chapter 120: Look at what Ive found! Zhang Xiao Qiang had to settle his own base before anything else first. As for Brother Long? He had to wait. After breakfast, Zhang Xiao Qiang brought the women towards the secret base. He would not take Shangguan Qiao Yun, he still had not acknowledged her, furthermore, she was an ambitious woman. What if she rat on him with some benefits from Brother Long, that would mean trouble. When they reached the entrance to the garage, the huge dump truck was parked outside. They then tore off the oil sheet covering the goods, revealing the neatly stacked items. This time, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not ck off, joining them in the moving. When Yang Keer saw Zhang Xiao Qiang doing his share honestly, she proceeded as well withoutint. They had good chemistry amongst them, as the goods on the dump truck were slowly reducing in number, as the goods by the roadside increased. At the end, Yang Keer managed to move the bulky drilling machine with the help of some ropes. Seeing it, Zhang Xiao Qiang remembered about drilling a well into the secret base. He told Yuan Yi and Su Qian to use the Hummer to move the goods to the garden, while he and Yang Keer moved the machine underground. With the sound of the generator roaring to life, light illuminated the underground base. Zhang Xiao Qiang ced the drill at the corner of the area and hooked it up to the generator. Soon, the machine began to drill up dark, ck soil. He told Yang Keer to head out to help, while he stayed behind to take a puff on his cigarettes, as well as a short break. He assessed the empty area and calcted a number of resources that could fit in. He had to consider a few beds, as well as fuel. Fuel wouldnt be too hard, as the garage nearby was full of it. Suddenly, he felt his feet drenched. The well had been excavated before, but it was sealed previously. Looking at the half-meter level of water, he realized he hadnt needed the machine. He could have just used a shovel to reveal the well. However, there was no time for him to be frustrated. He walked towards the drill machine dejectedly. Shit shit shit.. He hopped about in the water, with a few stacks of CDs near his feet. Unfortunately, hended on one of the stacks and lost his bnce, his entire body mming into the concrete wall. Tong... With a loud thud, he felt his head on fire, and a bump soon appeared above. He hugged his head in pain and stood up to send a kick at the wall in anger. Tong... This time, he realized the sound was peculiar. He pulled out his military knife and used it to knock on the cement wall. Thud thud thud... He continued to knock at the surrounding area, the sound was normal. An empty space? He looked at the wall, noting that there was no difference from the other walls. They were all simrly wet, with the same color, and there was no special engraving anywhere. Seeing this, he lost his interest. A natural hole in the wall would not have any special things. What heaven-defying treasure, or some peerless martial art, that would be even more ridiculous and full of bullshit. He turned around and walked out. Like this, one man and 3 women slowly transported the goods into the base like ants. At first, Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt pay special attention, until he saw one huge bag filled with all sorts of childrens clothing, as well as diapers and milk bottles. Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled Yang Keer aside to ask. What... you said it yourself, well have plenty of babies in the future, thats why we have to prepare more of these! Hearing this, Zhang Xiao Qiang almost felt like banging his head on the wall to kill himself. He had really dug the hole for himself this time. After lunch, they continued to move, until it was about 3 plus in the afternoon before everything was transported. Seeing the empty space being filled with all sorts of resources and seeds, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt a huge sense of satisfaction. He didnt even feel upset at the moist air in the underground ce. Zhang Xiao Qiang took a whiff of the moist air and thought of a problem. Pa! He gave himself a tight p and looked at the resources on the ground. He wanted to cry although there were no tears. With such an environment, even the seeds would go bad, and there would be mold all over the goods. What do they do? As he eyed them sitting and resting, he knew that if he were to get them to move it again, Yuan Yi and Su Qian might not say much, but Yang Keer would definitely flip. He would be scolded so badly, so why should he seek that torture upon himself? What for? He became anxious and started to pace about. The sounds of his footsteps reverbed around the cave. His anxious manner was seen by Yuan Yi and she came over to him, her eyes full of concern. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at her peaceful gaze and managed to calm down, shaking his head to show that he was fine, and he continued to rack his brains. Peng...Peng...Hua... Yang Keer used a huge hammer and smashed apart the stone wall. Seeing the hole, she looked at him and said: What if therere really treasures here? He was holding his phone and preparing to enter. Hearing those words, his face became feverish and mumbled: Maybe...There should be...I think its possible...I guess? After that, he ignored her and dove straight into the hole. Seeing him enter first, she shrugged and took out her phone and followed right behind him. Yuan Yi then took up her de and shield, following behind, while Su Qian stayed outside as a precaution. Behind the stone wall, there was a natural corridor, and it began to slowly wind downwards. The surface was uneven, and the walls on either side were dry. As they followed the corridor, after about 200m or 300m, it began to widen into a small cave. Thick stctite and stgmite lined along the top of the cave extending down, reaching barely ten centimeters from the ground. As they touched the icy formations, there was a biting cold, but the ce was extremely dry. The light from their handphones shed about, revealing the different stctite and stgmite, forming even denser as they proceeded deeper into the cave. The shapes and colors also differed, with white-jade like ones, yellow agate-like ones. There were some that looked like floating clouds, or birds, and some that even seem like roaring dragons. They ventured further deeper into the cave. As they bypassed yet another group of formations, they came across arge, t tform, as though someone had leveled it intentionally. There was not even a trace of any small rocks lying about. As they stepped on the tform, there was ayer of dust that arose. Seeing the patterns on the ground, it seemed as though the dust had been umting for goodness knows how long. They walked carefully, taking care not to stir up too much dust. On the tform, as they looked out at the huge cavern, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt like he was an actor on stage, with the stctite and stgmite as the audience, staring silently waiting for his performance. Yuan Yi stood there in shock, taking in the beauty of the surroundings. She had never been on a cave exploration before and seeing the natural wonder and beauty of the ce, her breath was taken away. She had never imagined there to be such a beautiful world under the ground. Yang Keer, on the other hand, could not be bothered with the scenery or the stage or whatever. Her mind was full of the treasure that Zhang Xiao Qiang had mentioned in passing, and she walked further away until she arrived at a ce behind arge stctite wall. By the time Zhang Xiao Qiang came to his senses, he realized he couldnt find Yang Keer anywhere. He shook Yuan Yi from her nk state, and they began searching for thess. Fortunately, there were traces of her footprints in the dust. They followed it to a small path where the ground seemed uneven again, and after passing the stctite wall that Yang Keer had seen earlier, they saw a small corridor. It was definitely man-made, as any stctite had been smashed cleanly, and there was no crushed stone on the ground. The cleanup had been meticulous, and as they walked through the corridor, they came to some mysterious area. Yang Keer was currently using her phone to rummage through some chest. Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes widened at the numerous bags and chests lying about. Did she really chance upon some treasure trove?! Yang Keer turned her head, holding up some ck thing and said: Look at what Ive found! Chapter 121: Military Firearms Chapter 121: Military Firearms It was a heavy handgun, its color dim under the light from the phones. There was almost no reflection, and it seemed as though it was covered with some dark paint. The gun was heavy, heavier than Zhang Xiao Qiangs .54. There were 2 rows of English on the sleeve of the gun, and he didnt recognize any of the words until he saw the letters and numbers M1911A1. Having studied a little about the guns in the past, he knew this was an American handgun from the 2nd World War. He opened the sleeve, noting that it was clean without a speck of dust in it. Pulling out the magazine, there were no bullets within. He looked towards the crates around, and they were all kept extremely well in this ce. Numerous handguns were packed nicely in clothes, and there were about 8 or 9 of them. Yang Keer pulled out another oil cloth, and an old smell of oil permeated through the air. They were most likely used to preserve the guns in the past. Zhang Xiao Qiang opened up another bag and found a number of old yellowish military uniform packed neatly. He pulled out one and recognized them as the uniform of the 2nd World War, and even with the decades, the clothes were still decent. He used one of them to clean the gun, and threw the dirty uniform to one side, before assessing the gun in his hand again. He then pulled the sleeve again, feeling theck of the astringent sense previously, and pulled the trigger. Ka... He looked at it, pleased. The wooden crates were all opened up, and the packaging all torn open, as a number of rifles, carbines, Tommy guns, other hand weapons, grenades, ammunition, radio sets, handheld sets,ndlines and other military uniforms were all disyed. One particr box was opened, and Zhang Xiao Qiang saw that there was a rusty machine gun stand. Beside it, there was something wrapped tightly in some oil cloths. He held his breath as he flipped the cloth away, revealing a cold gun sitting on the cloth. It was an M1919A4 machine gun, used in the war. There was a strong scent of oil on it, and as he held it in his hands, it weighed about 20 to 30 jin. He ced it back with a look of pity, it was too heavy, and not convenient to use. If he carried it while running, he would not be able to outrun even an ordinary zombie. The .81 was still a better toy. The number of weapons here was almost enough to equip an entire battalion. After looking and discovering the mortars and the light machine guns, he confirmed that it was an actual armory for a battalion. As he continued further in, he saw what used to be the entrance, that had been destroyed by an explosive in the past. The resulting rocks had destroyed some nearby boxes, revealing the contents, where there were countless yellowish documents. He took one up and saw that there were the words [National Army, XX Division, XX Battalion 3rd Company, Register] on it. The rest of the documents were also reports and military orders. In the end, he came across some documents revealing the origins of the weapons and items in here. Apparently, during the Chinese Communist Revolution, the Communist Party had crossed the Yangtze River, and J City had been surrounded. In the end, themanding officer had ordered for the entire battalion supplies to be sealed, so that there was a possibility of them returning to regain and fight back. Unfortunately, it had not happened. Zhang Xiao Qiang took out 3 handguns, handing one each to Yang Keer and Yuan Yi. He then took and kept about a 1,000 rounds. After taking one more look at this forgotten arsenal of the National Army of the past, he turned around and left. It was not the time to use them yet. After all, his own strength was stillcking. Brother Long and his men were still out there, and if they knew he had found some weapons, they would immediately flip all pretense. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not want to see a situation where humans turned on one another. Halfway back, he suddenly whipped around to tell Yang Keer and Yuan Yi: Do not say anything to anyone, not even Su Qian! He was still not satisfied with her and wanted to observe her for a while more. Thus, the boring task of transporting resumed. As to Yang Keers confusion, he had toe up with numerous reasons to shake her off. Yuan Yi had no qualms about any request of his. Su Qian did not dare to disobey. Fortunately, there was no need to move everything to the tform, just at the corridor. Like this, the work was lessened by a lot, and Zhang Xiao Qiang hooked up some wires to light up the ce, increasing the speed. By the time they were done, it was dark outside, and they ate a simple dinner together before they went to sleep. Soon after, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt a soft and nubile body squeezing into his embrace. He smelled her calm and cool scent and he immediately closed his eyes from exhaustion. He had not yet fallen asleep when another warm body squeezed in and pushed Yuan Yi out. He took a whiff and could smell the fresh fragrance of an apple, and knew it was Yang Keer. He hugged them both with his hands and they closed their eyes, while Yang Keer muttered a few words under her breath before she fell asleep. Yuan Yi had ced her face to his shoulder and slept soundly. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at both beauties before he sighed and shut his eyes once more. When he next opened his eyes, the sky was starting to get bright, and Yuan Yi had woken up. Instead, Yang Keer was stillying across his chest sleeping soundly, her drool drenching his entire chest area. He sent a tight p across her little butt, and she immediately yelled as she woke up in pain. Time to get up, such a finedy and youre still drooling in your sleep! And you got it all over my chest, so disgusting! As he said that, he took off his shirt. His chest was also shining with traces of the drool. In response, Yang Keer just looked at it without any sense of shame. She patted her mouth as she yawned, her face dreamy as she muttered: So hateful, I just dreamt of eating nice chicken feet, and you had to wake me up right as I was about to bite it. So frustrating!! Zhang Xiao Qiang could not be bothered, and fortunately, he had pped her awake. Otherwise, she might really have bit down on him. At this time, Yuan Yi came with a pail of water, her hands holding 2 towels. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not wait for her to help him wash up, as he grabbed a towel and began cleaning his chest. Yang Keer sat on the edge of the bed and shut her eyes, her body swaying once more. It seemed as though she was about to fall back asleep. Yuan Yi opened up the remaining towel and began to help Yang Keer clean her face. The little girl just sat there not moving and groaned a little. Yuan Yi immediately lessened her strength, and Yang Keer sighed in satisfaction like a little piglet. Su Qian had already started preparing breakfast, and Zhang Xiao Qiang brought Yuan Yi and Yang Keer to the open area to practice some moves. They practiced until breakfast was done, and after that, the group made their way back to the chicken farm. He wanted to check on the progress of the weapons. They didntck firearms now that they had chanced upon that stash. However, melee weapons were still good to rely on, and Zhang Xiao Qiang did not feel that he would be urate with the firearms anyway. When they reached the chicken farm, the sun wasnt fully up yet. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw that Shangguan Qiao Yun was hard at work, running around the chicken farm. He had no reaction to her efforts, although she was his in name, she still had her own ns. Hence? She had nothing to do with him since they will part when the timees. Chapter 122: How heavy is this toy? Chapter 122: How heavy is this toy? Zhang Xiao Qiang got the women to run a few rounds as training, while he went to the workshop. The moment he entered, he saw a few burly men, they were He Wen Bin and his subordinates, whom Zhang Xiao Qiang had not met for a few days. He Wen Bin immediately nodded and bowed slightly to greet him. He pulled out a packet of Huanghelou cigarettes and lit one for Zhang Xiao Qiang. He took a deep breath, before asking: Its been a few days, whatre you busy with? Haha, its the same old thing, I found some survivors yesterday, These 3 wanted to eat their fill, so I brought them to get some weapons made. He Wen Bin pointed to the men behind him as he exined. They were all in their 20s or 30s, one even looked extremely fierce. He had some bumps on his face and was most likely taken care of by He Wen Bin before he was brought here. Seeing Zhang Xiao Qiang looking over, he also followed He Wen Bins example and bowed. However, he seemed awkward, evidently having never done it before. To them, since this person even got Brother He to be so polite, they had better do the same. Oh yes, Brother Cockroach, I found 3 women yesterday, one of thems not too bad, shall I send her to your roomter? He Wen Bin wanted to send Zhang Xiao Qiang a woman as a means of gratitude for saving his life. Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately observed He Wen Bin, who found himself slightly troubled with Zhang Xiao Qiangs scrutiny. Zhang Xiao Qiang had never expected this He Wen Bin to actually think of him first before Brother Long and Brother Yi, it seemed like this fellow knew how to repay his favors. Such people were rare in this world, not to mention even before the apocalypse, he was a true man of honor. He didnt say anything, and pulled out an M1911 and threw it to him. He Wen Bin looked at the gun in his hands, his mind nk, unsure what Zhang Xiao Qiang was driving at. I appreciate you, this gun is for you, live well! Zhang Xiao Qiang spoke indifferently, and He Wen Bin didnt put on airs, as he kept the gun and said: Ill send the girl to your sideter! Its fine, you keep her, treat her well. Who knows, she might bear you a child and follow your surname! Zhang Xiao Qiang did notck women, in fact, he was satisfied with just Yuan Yi. And once the littless grew up, hehe.... Zhang Xiao Qiang wasnt interested in the woman that He Wen Bin was offering. He was even able to turn down Shangguan Qiao Yun, someone so beautiful. It was still important to find someone who was of a simr mindset. The few men behind He Wen Bin saw the gun, and their eyes were full of greed. They looked towards Zhang Xiao Qiang expectantly, after all, having a gun meant some form of protection and assurance. However, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not know them and wasnt a phnthropist. He Wen Bin had done something he appreciated and was forthright, that was why he gave the extra gun. As for the lives and deaths of the others, whats it to him? Those men saw Zhang Xiao Qiang ignoring them and they were disappointed. One of them was seething with jealousy. This sort of character was the sort who felt everything revolved around them. If others didnt have it, its not so bad. But the moment others had it, and he himself didnt, his heart would be bitter and jealous, and he would gripe, and not even wonder whether he deserved it in the first ce. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the look in the mans eyes, and he felt pissed off, stepping forward intending to punish him. He had to learn about the new world. He Wen Bin had noticed that subordinate, after all, one had to thoroughly understand ones members. When he saw that glint in that mans eyes, he did not say anything further and just sent a kick to the guys stomach. The man doubled in pain, while He Wen Bin grabbed a nearby steel bar and without seeing its thickness, he started to pummel the guy. The man hugged his head as he rolled around in pain, shouting in agony. From time to time, blood would stter about. Zhang Xiao Qiang watched, disinterested, as though He Wen Bin wasnt hitting a human being, but a disobedient dog. The rest of them looked at their friend, their faces pale, but no one dared to step up to stop or say anything. The past few months of camaraderie crumbling like ash. When He Wen Bin was exhausted, he stopped and asked: Brother Cockroach, shall I feed this guy who doesnt have eyes to the monsters? Zhang Xiao Qiang eyed the man, who had started to kneel and kowtow profusely the moment He Wen Bin said those words. Zhang Xiao Qiang said: Not everyone possesses the right to eat rice! He Wen Bin nodded to show that he understood, and pulled the man out like a dead dog. The rest of them followed closely behind, it seemed that there would be one more person eating chicken feed. Now, only Zhang Xiao Qiang and the old weaponsmith remained in the room. He saw Zhang Xiao Qiang looking over, and quickly grabbed a bag full of things in front of him. The des and the shields didnt need to be mentioned, the item that was the most eye-catching was a 1.7m-long steel mace, its entire body made of steel, and its head rounded off like a bat. The head was covered in about 20 or 30 protruding steel caps, each of them polished well, to the point that reflections could be seen. Zhang Xiao Qiang held it and realized he couldnt hold it in one hand. He had to use both and exert strength just to raise it. The mace stood tall and straight on the ground, giving it a steady feel and aura. This shiny mace seemed no different from those top-tier weapons in those martial arts novels. Zhang Xiao Qiang asked: How heavy is this toy? 89.5 jin! He looked at it and his heart went cold. Such a terrifying mace could even shatter stone. 90 jin plus Yang Keers strength, shattering a D2s knee was no issue! If Yang Keer ever used this one him? He didnt dare imagine further, it was truly a dangerous weapon. The Beast Horn Spear had changed formed as well. Other than the Beast Horn itself which remained the same, the body had been reinforced and strengthened, with a little more sturdiness and weight. There was more friction on the shaft itself, preventing slips. He wouldnt have to worry about sweaty palms as well. He assessed it carefully and noticed that the Horn and the shaft was not shaky anymore. He felt truly satisfied. 12 small triangr spikes sat neatly in a row,ying on a leather pouch. He took one up and tossed it at a wall. The entire dart prated through the beam by half, and when he walked over to pull it out, a small hole was revealed, as sunlight poured in from the hole. The workmanship is decent, what is your name? What did you do in the past? Zhang Xiao Qiang admired those weapons and was interested in the weaponsmith. Keke, Im Wang Le, and I used to work in a cable factory. Im good with all sorts of work, and can repair cars, just that its been awhile. Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart jolted, this was a capable person. If he could bring him along, he wouldnt worry about his vehicles failing in the future. Plus, he was adept with his hands and was truly a talent hard toe by. All those so-called geniuses of the past were useless in this world. There were no cheques, gold, schemes or whatever. Even if they lived, they had nothing. There was only hard work, and skills that were important right now. He did not have the build of a strong man, nor the skills of a fighter, but with him, there was insurance in the future. As the ancient saying goes: A hundred miles can wear down a general, without a good logistics support, who would he find to help repair any possible broken equipment? Brother Long actually got him to eat chicken feed? What a waste! If he could be taken care of and handed all the materials, then each of them would have a fearsome sniper crossbow. What would the zombies be then? Zhang Xiao Qiang made his mind to bring this man along, with Yang Keer and Yuan Yi to protect his back, he didnt need to give him weapons yet, but he could afford to observe him for a while. If he was decent enough, there should be no problems including him in the faction. At the very least, he seemed more reliable than Shangguan Qiao Yun. Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled out a cigarette to give to him. Wang Le epted it with reluctance, not lighting it, instead, he just smelled it. It seemed as though he was an old smoker as well, and when he saw Zhang Xiao Qiang looking at him curiously, heughed with embarrassment, cing the cigarette behind his ear, while patting his chest to deliver what he promised. Are any of your family members alive? Zhang Xiao Qiang opened his mouth to ask. He had to ensure that those who followed did so out of their own free will, and not for any selfish reasons. When Wang Le heard this, he became somewhat depressed, he didnt say anything, just shaking his head, before lowering it. Hows your life here? Zhang Xiao Qiang knew the truth though, how good would eating chicken feed be? Hearing this, Wang Le immediately raised his head to respond hastily: Its good its good, Ive epted this work, and I get to eat some rice every three to five days. Im better offpared to the rest. If I wasnt old, I would also go out to risk my life. In the past, I didnt know how to treasure rice, now, its all I can think about! He wasnt a coward, but with his age nearing 40, his stamina could not keep up. To him, he had to give before he could receive. His meager rice amount was at least better than those who could only consume chicken feed. It might be that not many people spoke to him, but he began to talk with Zhang Xiao Qiang, about the modification of vehicles, the types of cars on what type of terrains. He even shared some of his knowledge on tools. It was the first time Zhang Xiao Qiang discovered that those knives sold outside usually were good to look at but were useless. The really good stuff were those made of special steel, and even different materials would result in different types of knives. Knives that could cut might not necessarily be sharp, and sharp knives might not necessarily be able to cut bones, otherwise, they might break. Time passed quickly as they chatted. By the time both of them finished an entire pack of cigarettes, Zhang Xiao Qiang stepped outside. In the end, he had not asked him to join and decided to wait till he settled the issue of the granary for Brother Long, before asking him for the Wang Le, in case Brother Long and the rest became suspicious. Chapter 123: Preparation Chapter 123: Preparation Yang Keer and the rest had finished their training, and they were nowhere to be seen. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked into the living room and immediately noticed Brother Long and Chen Yi there. Brother Long raised his head and saw Zhang Xiao Qiang walking in. Hahaha!! Lil Bro, it truly is hard to glimpse the dragon head*, hows the sexy woman? (Idiom: rarely make an appearance, actual Chinese trantion was see the dragon tail but not the head) Brother Long was speaking with a perverted expression, as though he wanted to try and use somemon ground to draw closer to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Chen Yis expression was likewise unnatural, as heughed: Haha, I was still saying that Lil Bros legs must have given way by now, who would have expected him to be this energetic!! Ah!! Youth!! Zhang Xiao Qiangs expression was extremely rigid, his smile forced. He thought to himself: Cant you just get to the point, why do you have to try and squeeze some useless words in? Brother Long saw Zhang Xiao Qiangs forced smile and assumed it to be embarrassment, and urged on: Hey, thatdy was one of my favorites, you see, your brother I, even gave you my chick, when will Lil Bro settle the granary issue? Brother Long finally got to his point, and Chen Yi kept quiet, his gaze still on Zhang Xiao Qiang. He wanted to know as well. They had already given the woman and gun to him, but there was no sign of the granary yet, and they were getting anxious. When he heard the word granary, he pondered a while and felt that it was still better to dy a little while. He still had not yet finalized his preparations, especially modifying the Hummer. He had to learn some moves from Yuan Yi as well. It had only been 2 days, after a few days, once the granary was settled, it would be time for them to move on. He had also gotten his thoughts clear, the end goal was still WH. Even if the road was blocked by a D2, it was not like there was no chance to deal with it. After all, he had already dealt with 2 D2s and one S2s. He was slightly less afraid, as long as there were ample preparations, it would be fine, and if not, he could still run, couldnt he? Once Brother Long got the granary, he might not fall out with Zhang Xiao Qiang, but it did not mean that they would still wee him. He had no reason to stick to their cold asses then. It was better to leave earlier. Keke, its a good time to discuss this. As long as the preparations are done, we can set off anytime. En! Lets set it for a weekte. By then, I hope Brother Long has someone to lead the way, I dont know the ce oh! He chuckled and he knew they wouldnt object. A matter that 20 men could not handle had to be handled by him, of course, it was up to him. Naturally, when Brother Long and Chen Yi heard his words, they were satisfied. They didntck the resources now, they were just worried about Zhang Xiao Qiang going back on his promise. When they heard his promise, they were more assured. Even more so, when they heard it would just take a week, they were even more pleased. They stood up to express their thanks, and after a few words of exchange, Zhang Xiao Qiang turned to head to his room. Time passed like this, and after an entire week, Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the Hummer in front of him and was pleased. The front bumper had been removed and reced with an inverted V horn. The steel corners had been sharpened into serrated edges, and if they drove fast, they could knock the zombies in front of them, and the edges could slice the zombies as well. The tires had been swapped to solid tires that were suitable for all terrains, and wouldnt perform badly on lower terrain. The windshield and ss windows had been covered with wire mesh, and a fuel tank was removed from below one of the passenger seats. It was used to support 2 huge frames thatid against the sides of the roof of the Hummer, which was partly wielded. The length of the frames was about 180 cm, which could store their weapons, especially Yang Keers mace, and prevent them from slipping or moving about. In the event they had stop anytime, she could just reach out for her weapon. The frame of the Hummer didnt need any further modifications, the basic structure was sturdy enough. There was even anti-bullet material inbuilt into it. At the very least, an S2 would not be able to do anything to it. There might be some trouble against a D2, but as long as the D2 was not too close, they could still make a run for it. At the very least, it was a whole load safer than the tractor that they were using previously. Although the Hummer didnt look like much after the modification, Zhang Xiao Qiang was extremely satisfied. Wang Le had promised, the HUmmers current condition could run for at least a thousand over kilometers with no issues. Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt need that distance, he just required it to get to at least WH. To him, there was at least some sort of society there, and they wouldnt mistreat a refuge like him. Yang Keer hoisted her beloved mace and walked to the Hummer, assessing it for a little while, before blurting out: Ugly! After that, she flung her weapon into the frame on top of the roof, before opening the door and sat in. She then switched on her notebook to watch some film. Yuan Yi walked up to Zhang Xiao Qiang, her hands holding his steel Beast Horn Spear, She was currently extremely cool, her hair tied up in a ponytail, every strand of hair tucked in neatly. She had an aura of a highly trained soldier as she wore the dark green leather jacket, stripped of all decorations, together with her tight ck jeans. A shield hung on her back, nested in a holster, while herrge machete knife hung by her waist, revealed for all to see. She could easily whisk out the weapon to deal with any threat in a second. She stood like that with a look full of killing intent, exuding the aura. Her eyes were slightly bloodshot, and she stood like a straight spear. It was as though she was the epitome of frostbite. As Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at her, he found it hard to reconcile the image of this femme fatale with the moaning and sexy lover under him that night. Zhang Xiao Qiang received the Beast Horn Spear from her and ced it on the roof. Yuan Yi pulled the door open and sat in, shooting challenging looks at the men outside. She was currently in the zone and wanted to trample on anything she disdained. Su Qian followed shortly behind, her long hair tucked behind her ears. Her ears were bright red under the sun, and the bright sunlight seemed to shine through her skin, revealing the little nerves and blood vessels. She wore a tight red leather shirt, hugging her figure tightly. Her de was kept in a scabbard hanging from her waist as well. Her left hand held a shield as well, and her entire figure exuded a wild yet sexy charm, and all the men watched and drooled. She walked past Zhang Xiao Qiang and looked at him, seeing that he didnt say anything, she went to open the door and ced her shield by her feet, her hands ced on the steering wheel as she looked ahead. Chapter 124: Shangguang Qiao Yun’s dedication Chapter 124: Shangguang Qiao Yuns dedication Zhang Xiao Qiang was preparing to get in the car when a beautiful figure ran out in front of him. When that figure appeared, all the men present were agape with shock. The woman in front of them was as beautiful as the fairies of legends. Even their breathing became harsh. Some of them held their breaths until they couldnt hold it in anymore and panted. The panting broke the silence that had permeated the area, and every single man shot daggers at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Because this woman was actually staring at him pitifully, her eyes pleading. This beauty was precisely Shangguan Qiao Yun, and she had been practicing and training together with the rest these past few days. She was truly formidable, having convinced Yang Keer and mesmerized her in just a few sentences. Other than the things that Zhang Xiao Qiang specifically said not to mention, Yang Keer had spilled everything out like an innocent little girl. Shangguan Qiao Yun got to know Zhang Xiao Qiangs character and knew he was perverted, but he had his principles, and would not force women, nor would he just randomly have sex with a woman he didnt know or understand. Even if it were a beauty like her. The more she got to know him, the more she was surprised. She could not believe that such a man still existed. On the surface, he was all macho and had the machismo thinking, but deep down, he actually respected women. Yang Keer had revealed how they got to know each other, and Shangguan Qiao Yun could not believe that Zhang Xiao Qiang had actually brought along a dirty and soiled little girl whose appearance hadnt been clear to roam the wilderness. Along the way to WH, he had never once taken advantage of the girl, did the world truly still have such an upright gentleman?! For Shangguan Qiao Yun, ever since she escaped from the city, she had met a bunch of survivors. Being with them, her eyes were opened to the type of men that existed. All the young women had been thoroughly humiliated, raped, or tormented, a fate worse than death, whereas those that were older or not as good-looking were forced out of the team to save water and food. She was beautiful, and hence, the men were thoroughly hooked on her charm. Each of the men wanted to possess her, none of them could make a move. She wasnt raped, instead, she was taken care of so well. Not that they didnt harbor any thoughts, one night, one of the man crawled beside her, intending to smell her. He was caught by the rest and pummeled to death. As she watched on, she had been fearful, and tried her best to get on good terms with everybody, but not overly so. Like this, she had led a life like a queen, where all the males tried to get into her good books, living for her, until she met Brother Long. Now, she was officially Zhang Xiao Qiangs person, having left the depraved brother Long, and had always thought Zhang Xiao Qiang to be a stepping stone for her. She would use her pride and capabilities to live like a queen again. Except, this time, she was truly mistaken. The distance between hell and heaven had been so close, and when she was plunged into despair, and had thought to kill herself, he had stopped her, and given her some sort of a promise. Although it was harsh, it was a sort of a rope for her to cling on while she was drowning. Thus, she decided to grab hold of it tightly. She knew he had been harsh with Yuan Yi and Su Qian, and understood the meaning behind his actions. She was intelligent and knew that he wanted them to have the strength to continue living in this cruel world. Even in the event they left him, they would be able to fend for themselves, as long as they could live, there would be hope. She had thus mustered her determination from that year, where she had gone all out to marry into that rich mans family. Every day, she had practiced while gritting her teeth, to the point she could not walk properly. She had gone all out because she had seen the hope, the hope of not relying on someone so that she could live on still. That was why she had thrown her pride away to beg Zhang Xiao Qiang. She hoped that he would bring her, and help her gain the courage to face those man-eating monsters. It was a chance, a chance she had to grab thoroughly! She stood silently in front of him, her long hair tied up in a braid. Her slightly blond hair looked golden under the sunlight, and the radiance of it caused Zhang Xiao Qiang to squint slightly. Those eyes that were even more attractive than the most beautiful gemstones were currently looking at him and pleading. There was a stubborn strength behind those eyes, a resolution even clearer than the purest milk. Under the bright sunlight, there was a slight crimson look, and it was that crimson look that would cause most men to be unable to hold back, to reach out for her and to caress her face. Under her cute nose, her lips were redder than the lushest rose and looked even more inviting than the finest wine. There was no need to go up to have a taste, just looking at it and admiring her lips would bring a sort of serenity to ones heart. Her lips entuated the freshness of her teeth, those white pearl-like things, which caused one to be fearful of damaging them, more precious than the most valuable of crystals. She was extremely nervous and bit her lower lip, her legs trembling slightly, and her voluptuous chest heaving up and down. The surrounding men could not help but stare straight at her, quietly gulping while taking in the scene. Even Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang shifted his gaze towards her limpid eyes and hesitated. After all, he wasnt responsible for taking care of her. It would really be up to her luck. If she met some danger, it was her misfortune. If she didnt, then she was truly blessed. Now, it was her taking the initiative to ask him to bring her on the expedition. It was not in the agreement, but if he were to turn her down, with such a beauty begging him only for him to reject her, wasnt it seemingly petty of him? Honestly, Zhang Xiao Qiang was not a broad-minded person, to those he found pleasing, he was slightly more rxed. However, it was not to the point where he was a generous person. Up till now, he only gave He Wen Bin that slight bit of generosity. But to acknowledge that he was petty? Over his dead body. How could a macho man be petty? Wasnt that just the opposite of a man?! Zhang Xiao Qiang looked down on those calctive men the most. He felt that most men who were henpecked were weak men if they couldnt even handle their wives, what were they? You know this. Ive not promised you anything, and Im not responsible for you. I would not waste my energy to protect you, who arecking in ability. He was extremely direct, and he hade to terms with it. The apocalyptic world had its own set of rules. It wasnt the time for him to enjoy himself nor risk himself for anyone else yet. If she suddenly affected his rhythm during a crucial moment, wouldnt that just be problematic? Shangguan Qiao Yun lowered her head, using that husky yet alluring voice to plead: I just want a chance, a chance so that I dont have to rely on any man. She paused a while, before looking at him with those eyes of hers, as she continued: Even if I have to follow a man, I must get the chance to follow a true man like you! When he heard those respectful words, he suddenly found it funny, did she really know what he was like? Did she take him for some superhero? Im not some formidable person, the outside world has many things more terrifying than me. Plus, why should I give you the chance? You arent of the same mind nor goal as us, isnt it? Since youre going to rely on someone else the moment you reach WH. Zhang Xiao Qiang rejected Shangguan Qiao Yun once again. He didnt want to bring trouble to himself. He didnt want to follow Emperor Taizu of Songs example to send the dethroned prince and his mother away. He was practical and didnt want to die early just because he acted like a good person. Putong... This time, she kneeled down in front of everybody, her hands right in front of her head that was close to the ground. Her eyes continued to look at him, her tears flowing without stop, like little crystal droplets. Zhang Xiao Qiang could suddenly feel a dark ominous energy around him. When the men had seen this beautiful fairy actually groveling on the ground in front of Zhang Xiao Qiang, they had started to curse him in their hearts. If he wasnt famous for being a powerful figure, and they all knew that he wasnt nice to mess with, they would have already torn him apart. Seeing the pretty flower crying in front of him, everyone was feeling furious, and Zhang Xiao Qiang, who normally felt his skin to be thick, could even feel himself flushing. It was truly not nice to be at the receiving end of such looks of loathing! In the end, she got in the car, he didnt promise her anything, and she was just an additional hand, and would not be part of his team. Even then, the true nucleus only consisted of him, Yang Keer and Yuan Yi. Su Qians behavior left much to be desired, and Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to see if she could reach his standards before promising anything. Chapter 125: Set off! Chapter 125: Set off! [Authors note: Im rmending this title [To Prove With Strength] by a younger brother whos not yet 18. Do show him support! Hes hardworking!] [Trantors note: Im unsure if the authors work is being tranted at the moment, hence the title based on my understanding. The author is Old Monk Sanzang. I might check it out in the future!] Right now, Zhang Xiao Qiang had many secrets. The most important secret was the rainwater, followed by the cave full of secret stash. It was the secret armory in the garage next. Only Yang Keer who was the closest to him knew about the cave, but not about the rainwater, even though she had drunk it. Yuan Yi knew about the armory but not about the rest, it was not that Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt trust her, but there was no need to tell her. After all, they werentcking in resources right now. As for Su Qian, she only knew about the underground base of the garage, but not about the armory further in. Zhang Xiao Qiang thought about letting her know in the future, after all, he would have to arm her as well. As for Shangguan Qiao Yun, was there a need to let her know? Zhang Xiao Qiang sat behind in the Hummer, with Shangguan Qiao Yun on one side, the other Yuan Yi. He checked his .81 rifle carefully. As he checked the magazine and the parts, Su Qian who sat in front would steal nces at the rifle from time to time. She was extremely careful. Yuan Yi was vignt so she had to be even more secretive. Zhang Xiao Qiang was hence oblivious to Su Qians nces. Each time they went out to fight, Zhang Xiao Qiang was always careful. He didnt fear the enemy to be too strong, instead, he was fearful of idents on their own side. Previously, because he didnt expect an S2 to show up after defeating the D2, he had been caught unprepared, and almost lost his life. He really hated to leave things to fate, and would rather try to control his own destiny. Shangguan Qiao Yun was slightly nervous, her facecking the charm and allure that she usually had. Her rose-like lips were dry, her legs tightly pressed together as she sat extremely straight. Her hands were clutched underneath her thighs, and she trembled, unsure if it was from anxiety or fear. Zhang Xiao Qiang sat in the car and awaited Brother Long and Chen Yis appearance. Last night, Zhang Xiao Qiang had told Brother Long he would set off today, and Brother Long had immediately raised a ruckus, promising to bring Chen Yi as they led their men to follow Zhang Xiao Qiang on the expedition. Right now, all his men were gathered outside, wielding weapons as they waited for the 2 big bosses. By the third time he checked his weapon, Brother Long and Chen Yi finally came out the main door, with He Wen Bin, Old Three and some others behind. Old Frank continued to look after the ce. Brother Long and Chen Yi had spruced themselves, their attire smart. As they walked, there was an awe-inspiring aura. Both Brother Long and Chen Yi had holsters at their waist, with their handguns kept there. They had their .81 rifles slung across their backs, while 6 magazines lined up in their pouches across their chest. Seeing them fully armed, Zhang Xiao Qiang cursed silently in his heart. If they had given all these to him, he could already clear the storage ce a number of times. Brother Long stood at the door and he swept his gaze fiercely across his men. No one dared to look him straight in the eye as they lowered their heads. Satisfied, he turned around to look at Chen Yi, who nodded and opened his mouth. Today, the ce were going, you know how dangerous its going to be, but you also know that if we seed, we wont have to worry about food for a long while. There would be no need for you guys to go and risk your lives again! Up to this point, all of them raised their gazes and stared at Chen Yi, their breathing ragged. To them, being able to eat their fill without risking their lives was a dreame true. No one was willing to risk their lives, yet they had seen the plight of those eating chicken feed. That was why they had dared to risk their lives. Now there was a chance to get enough food without having to risk their lives again, they were excited. However. At this time, Chen Yis tone became grave, as his gaze became fierce. He red at all of them and spoke one word at a time: Those who fear death, and dare to run, or drag the others down, you want to know how Brother Long and I will take care of you? Brother Long stepped forward, and he stared at them, his intense gaze sweeping all over his subordinates. When these men heard Chen Yis words, their faces turned pale, coupled with Brother Longs stare, their legs trembled. It was not like they hadnt seen how cruel these 2 could be. Everyone lowered their head obediently. Zhang Xiao Qiang put down his gun as he watched this spectacle in front of him coolly. He knew they were making use of the atmosphere to pressure their own men, even though this operation was led by Zhang Xiao Qiang, they had not even mentioned his name once. He naturally did not care, in any case, he already had the rewards, he just had to carry out his end of the deal. Brother Long turned to face Zhang Xiao Qiang, who nodded, and he gave the order to set off. A huge dump truck led the way, with 4 Landrovers and 2 vans followed behind. Zhang Xiao Qiangs modified Hummer brought up the rear. The journey was bumpy, as the uneven ground caused the Hummer to rattle constantly. The few of them inside shook nonstop, and Shangguan Qiao Yun knocked into Zhang Xiao Qiang a few times before she hurriedly adjusted herself. During those moments, her fragrance would enter his nose, and those double-D cups would press into his legs, causing him to almost lose his mind. Furthermore, he had done it with Yuan Yi a couple of times these past few nights. He was almost driven out of his mind by the temptation and had the intention to just do it with her right now. However, his rationality held him back as he didnt want to do it in front of everybody. Additionally, he wasnt sure of her thoughts, what if she was doing it on purpose? He closed his eyes to calm himself down, feeling Shangguan Qiao Yun from time to time. Her body was truly soft and supple, it was not the type that was soft and weak, but rather, there were some bounce and flexibility, like the highest grade of leather sofas. Subconsciously, he tilted his body towards her, just so he could feel her more. Shangguan Qiao Yun saw that Zhang Xiao Qiang had closed his eyes and was leaning over, and thought that the trip was causing him to be sleepy. She didnt dare wake him and allowed him to rest on her shoulder to sleep morefortably. His face slowly came down towards her shoulder and rested on her as he took in her scent. Right now, she did not use any perfume, but he could smell her natural fragrance. Chapter 126: To pass an opportunity by without taking advantage is a waste! Chapter 126: To pass an opportunity by without taking advantage is a waste! Shangguan Qiao Yuns fragrance was not as thick as Yuan Yis instead, it was like a light scent from a valley, that slowly seeped out her body. It was an elegant scent, and as it wafted into Zhang Xiao Qiangs nostrils, it brought a slight serenity to him. The slight anxiety from before a battle slowly dissipated as he breathed, while his breath tickled Shangguan Qiao Yuns ears slightly. Her face flushed, as her pupils started to dte, and she looked down quietly at Zhang Xiao Qiang with aplicated look. She didnt know if her choice was right, to abandon her natural assets as a woman, and instead, choosing to fight with weapons and to face her fear. She was fearful, afraid of the future, and med Zhang Xiao Qiang slightly. Did he not know that women were to be treated like flowers, and had to be taken care of by men? Flowers were sensitive and tender, she would change ording to the environment. She needed the care and concern, to be watered every day, to be sheltered from the weather. As she watched his face quietly and feeling his breath on her ear, she felt her ear bing itchy, and the numbing sensation traveled to her heart. Her entire body felt fuzzy, and she lost the strength to support him, as she leaned back involuntarily. His face slid down her shoulder and fell onto those bountiful breasts of hers. His breath also blew onto her pale skin. He was now beyond embarrassed. His skin wasnt so thick. It was all okay at first. He had leaned lightly on her shoulder and didnt dare to exert too much force. The majority of his weight was still supported by himself. He just wanted to take a slight advantage of her, after all, it was a habit of most men. To pass an opportunity by without taking advantage is a waste. Her shoulder had been locked in ce, and as he took in her scent, he had be slightly lost and was lost in his thoughts when her body just turned soft, and before he could stop it, his head had fallen onto her boobs. His entire face was buried like that in between her impressive peaks, his nose, and lips in contact with that milky white skin and that deep heavenly ravine. The light scent from her had be thicker, and he didnt dare breathe in too deep, afraid that he might lose the scent. When he regained his senses, his face was lodged deep in her soft cleavage, and he was at a loss. He was thinking if he should pretend to wake up from his nap, and lift himself off. A pair of slender arms wrapped around his head, securing his head in ce. A hand caressed the back of his head gently, and with her motions, a sense of calm overcame him, and his heart also became fuzzy, as he finally decided to pretend to be asleep. His face was wedged between her breasts, and he took in her elegant scent, listening to the rhythm of her heartbeat. Brother Long, Chen Yi, D2, S2, Mutant Beasts, zombies, they were all thrown to the back of his mind. He just felt that time passed too fast. He wanted to be in this moment and not think, to not do anything. He just wanted toy here and listen to her heartbeat, to feel her warmth. He suddenly felt that she wasnt as detestable. Although the current position was slightly off, to a macho man like him, it was embarrassing, but he couldnt care anymore. He felt that it was extremely familiar, as though it was a memory hidden deep within the recess of his mind. It was like he had returned to his childhood, where his mother was holding him gently and carefully, as he listened to her heartbeat, and fell into his reminiscence. When Zhang Xiao Qiangs head had fallen into her bosom, Shangguan Qiao Yun had been shocked. She felt at a loss, and to her, he had been extremely old-fashioned and stubborn, not easy to get close. He had always maintained this strong image in front of her, and even when she had been naked and stood in front of him, it didnt change a thing. He was proud and showed his pride when they faced each other. Even when she had been begging him in front of the others earlier, he couldnt put down the pride and ego in his heart. Yet now, he was in her embrace, and her heartbeat quickened, as though she was a little rabbit. Seeing his tightly-shut eyes, andying there quietly like a child, she suddenly felt a sort of peace. Where it came from, she wasnt sure, but she stretched her hands out subconsciously, wrapping around his head like how her mother had done for her in her past. She caressed his head gently, helping him to sleep better. Seeing him sleep, the corners of her mouth lifted slightly. It was not at him, but at herself, and it hade suddenly. She suddenly felt satisfied, it was a strange feeling, but it wasforting. His body weight became heavier on Shangguan Qiao Yuns shoulders and she felt her arms bing numb. She lightly transferred his head towards her legs and started stroking his face. When Zhang Xiao Qiang felt his face being lifted from her chest, he felt a sense of regret, not because he couldnt be close to those heavenly peaks, rather, it was the disconnect from that unfamiliar yetfortable heartbeat. Suddenly, his head was transferred to her legs, and as heid there and breathed her scent in, before a sense of panic could set in, a small, cool hand reached to stroke his face. He was once again soothed into aforting peace, his heart felt warm and fuzzy, and the security helped him doze off fast. He was lying in a boat quietly, and the boat was rocking gently, as the light breeze blew across theke, causing slight ripples. The ripples turned to waves and started to move the various lotuses on the surface towards him. He could smell their refreshing scent and he opened his eyes with a slight smile to look up at the clear, blue sky. It was extremely beautiful, and he had not looked at the sky like this for a long time. He looked on greedily, hoping that it would be possible to keep the sky in his little pocket. As the warm sunlight shone on his face, it gave him a warmth, one that he had not felt for a long time. He stretched outzily on the boat, his entire body extremelyfortable. He watched the sky quietly, soaking in the sun, smelling the flowers, and feeling the light rocking of the boat. There was nothing that was calmer in this world at this moment in time. Suddenly, a huge gust of wind blew past, and the ripples turned into powerful waves. They rocked the boat, threatening to turn it over, as he tried his best to jump from the boat. His eyes fluttered open, and he saw the slender jaw line of Shangguan Qiao Yun above him. He felt that the Hummer hade to a stop, and reached out to sit himself up. As he sat up, his hands felt a soft ce and out of the corner of his eyes, he saw that it was her thigh, and he didnt feel too embarrassed. He had evenid on her, so what if he touched her? Chapter 127: It’s starting! Chapter 127: Its starting! Zhang Xiao Qiang hoisted his rifle and came down. He thought for awhile and decided to ce it back. It was useless to take it along. He was stillcking his aim, hence it was no better than a bat when it came to killing. He pulled down the Steel Beast Horn Spear from the roof and slung the Jing Wei Sword on his back. 12 3-point darts hung by his waist in a pouch. After checking his military knife, he walked towards Brother Long and his men. Brother Long saw Zhang Xiao Qiang fully equipping himself and was smiling widely until he saw that they were all melee weapons. He didnt even bring along the .81 rifle. Brother Long was shocked, and his gaze changed, those who used melee weapons to deal with these zombies were truly a vicious bunch. However, his reaction was further exaggerated when he saw the women behind Zhang Xiao Qiang. Other than Shangguan Qiao Yun whose hands were empty, the rest were all using melee weapons as well. Yang Keer held arge and powerful mace, the steel caps covering the head shining brightly under the sun. As she walked in front, she casually ced the mace down onto the ground, but at that moment, everyone felt the ground shudder. Yuan Yi and Su Qian were wielding des on their right hands and shields on their left. Although therge machetes didnt seem pretty, when the 2 beauties held them, it gave a different atmosphere. Especially Yuan Yi, whose killing intent was practically leaking out of her. Other than Zhang Xiao Qiang, it was as though she was ready to tear into anyone else. Although Su Qian was careful around Zhang Xiao Qiang, in front of the rest, she had also gathered her spirits, and even as Chen Yi was evaluating her, she was oblivious to him, as though he was just a passerby. Seeing how Zhang Xiao Qiang had managed to turn these women into powerful and fierce warriors, he wanted to find out his secret. However, looking at the cold expression on Zhang Xiao Qiangs face, he opened his mouth but the words could note out. He knew that if he were in Zhang Xiao Qiangs position, he also would not tell anyone. After all, their rtionship was purely transactional. He kept his mouth shut, and Zhang Xiao Qiang did not bother wasting small words. He raised his binocrs to observe the granary. The construction was old, and only a few of the storage houses looked new. However, this only applied to some of the buildings. Most of the walls and their colorings seem to suggest from the 80s, and there were even a few old-fashioned brick houses around the granary. The walls were old but sturdy. From his binocrs, he could even see the tiles of the roofs, which seemrge enough to be used as shields. If they used them to smash someone, it would definitely result in a grievous injury. His gaze traveled away from the granary and came to a small town. The towns development had not been fast, as there were still some brick cottages and cement buildings mixed together. The whole town was about four to five square kilometers, and it should have housed about 20 C 30,000 people before the apocalypse. There were rice fields and fish pools, and even some scattered houses along the main road. The granary was at the end of the small town, and only about 1km away from the town. There werent many zombies around the town, instead, there was an orange forest behind, the majority of the leaves turning red and mostly beginning to drop to the ground. There were no zombies around the granary, and through the open doors, Zhang Xiao Qiang could see the few Landrovers stopped inside. One of them was flipped upside down leaning against the door. From outside, one could only see the back wheels. There were no zombies around, but Zhang Xiao Qiang knew, no sign of them didnt mean they werent there. That day the moment Brother Long had lost 2 men in there, the scent of blood had drawn all the zombies within a certain radius. There was no way that they would have been lured away by something else. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned around to face his women, as he asked seriously: Which of you has that? Other than Yang Keer, the rest were clueless. They didnt understand what he was talking about, and Yang Keer yelled: My husband is asking, which of you has your time of the month, if you have, hand over the thing! Other than Yuan Yi, both Su Qian and Shangguan Qiao Yun instantly turned beet red. They had not expected Zhang Xiao Qiang to ask such an embarrassing question. Furthermore, he actually wanted the tampon?! His gaze was strict as he asked again: Who has it? Its important! Su Qian muttered: Mine camest week. After that, she lowered her head after looking at him. Shangguan Qiao Yuns fair face was turning extremely red as she secretly nced at Zhang Xiao Qiang, before speaking with hesitation: Mines tomorrow. At first, seeing her face flush, plus her hesitation when she spoke, Zhang Xiao Qiang thought hers was here. Who knew that it was only toe the next day, and his excitement was doused in cold water. He knew that it would be impossible to make use of his tactic today. How could he find someone to release blood? Brother Long might be able to do it, but Zhang Xiao Qiang could not. If he harmed someone who had no grievances with him, he couldnt live with himself. As his principles went: If theres no trouble, dont go seeking trouble, if theres trouble, theres no need to fear. Zhang Xiao Qiang led Yang Keer, Yuan Yi and Su Qian towards the granary. Shangguan Qiao Yun followed behind but from a distance. He didnt want her to stay behind, as the experience in the car had somewhat changed his perspective of her. He was still reluctant to ept her as his own, but he was of a slightly broader mindset towards her. Not because of anything, but that sweet dream being with her had allowed him. That was why he would try his best to take care of her now, of course, he had to take care of himself first and foremost. When they arrived near the huge doors, he gave a hand signal for Shangguan Qiao Yun to stay behind, while he led the rest into the granary. The overturned Land Rover was in front of him, its body still intact, only the windshield shattered. One of the doors was opened, although it was slightly twisted at the hinge, hanging off the car body. The window had shattered on the ground, amidst a patch of ckened blood and cloth. The 4 other Land Rovers were all squeezed to the roadside, one of them full of scratch marks. On the left side, there was an unassuming alleyway. The rest of the ce were ck walls, and past a few off-road vehicles, one could see 3 other storage facilities, one of them had its door forced open. Even if it was pitch ck inside, one could see a few bags of rice. Zhang Xiao Qiang got Yang Keer to move the flipped Land Rover to the small alley. He then climbed up with her while Yuan Yi and Su Qian stood behind watching their backs. Not long after, a few zombies stuck behind appeared. He didnt move, what he was preparing against were the evolved zombies. Although Brother Long said there were a few zombies, and no S-types, Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt dare to be careless. After the S2 incident, he wanted to be pre cautioned against everything. Peng... The sniper crossbow in Yang Keers hands let loose, and Zhang Xiao Qiang was suddenly reminded that he had left house for close to 2 months. However, it felt more like a few years. He had almost forgotten the feeling ofying on his own bed. His soul felt old, as he touched his house keys. He swore to himself silently, that if he had the chance, he would try to make a trip home. The zombies walking right in front were taken down by the crossbow, while there was no response from the rest, as they continued to shamble over. Yang Keer kept the sniper crossbow and kept it in her back. She treasured it very much and only allowed Zhang Xiao Qiang to touch it. The rest could not even touch it, especially Yuan Yi. Soon after, a group of them came shambling past the corner and arrived right in front of the vehicle. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not bother about this cannon fodder in front, keeping a lookout for any S-types and D2s. Pa-ta... One of the zombies had its head sted apart, its brain matter sttering everywhere. Yang Keer raised her mace lightly and she swung it once more. The other zombie in front had its head explode like a watermelon. The bright and shiny mace was turned ck and yellow, ck being the infected blood, yellow being the dead brain matter. Chapter 128: Food Chapter 128: Food A yellowish brain sttered in front of Zhang Xiao Qiangs feet. He looked at Yang Keer who was evidently excitedly swinging and about to smash once more, as he said: Must you really smash their brains? Can you see where the disgusting parts arending at? Yang Keer stopped, and when she saw the disgusting brain matter sttered all over the ground, with some even on her clothes, AH!~!!! She immediately tiptoed out of the area, holding her mace up high, while she shook her leg vigorously, hoping to shake off the brain matter. He watched on speechlessly as Yang Keer continued to torment herself. She had lost interest in killing the zombies, so it was up to him. He brought up the Steel Beast Horn Spear and deftly thrust it outwards through a zombies head. He then swiftly twisted and pulled it out, and the Beast Horn Spear exited smoothly, with a gaping hole in the head of the zombie. As he continued to stick out his spear, he kept his eye on 3 D-types that were wedged in the midst of the zombie group. They were slowly making their way over. Yang Keer got down from the car and got some towels to clean her trousers. Her face was bitter, and she was muttering under her breath. Yuan Yi had taken her position, covering for Zhang Xiao Qiang. Any zombie that got its ws too close to the vehicle they were on would be sliced by her, their ws separated from their arms. This group of zombies could not be said as too many, nor too little. The pile of corpses in front of them started to umte, and the zombies behind pushed forwards, getting closer and closer. One of the D-Types had managed to get close with the cannon fodder in front, its ws reaching the vehicle. It exerted some strength to charge over. Zhang Xiao Qiang had been keeping an eye on them, and right when it was prepared to strike, he immediately thrust into its open mouth, tunneling a hole into its head. The D-type copsed amidst the growing pile of corpses, bing a stepping stone for the zombies behind. Get down. Zhang Xiao Qiang motioned to Yuan Yi, and they both jumped down from the car. The zombies on the other side started to climb onto the car, and the moring ws forced Zhang Xiao Qiang to be more careful. He raised his spear and was preparing to strike at the knee when suddenly, a gust of wind blew past his ear. The shadow of the huge mace came shing by his eyes, and the zombie was immediately turned into minced meat. Its legs were still on top of the car, while its upper body had tumbled down from the vehicle,nding at Zhang Xiao Qiangs feet. He followed up with a pierce through its head. Yang Keer was infuriated, as she raised her mace and swept through the remaining zombies like trash. The 2 D-types had not yet the chance to exhibit their might when they were directly sent to hell. Her eyes were red as she sought to finish them all up. As long as a zombie had its mouth gaping, even with its limbs already broken or smashed, Yang Keer would just bring her mace down on its head. She had finally mastered the right amount of strength to prevent any sttering of blood and brain matter. Seeing the Land Rover that had been buried under the zombies, Zhang Xiao Qiang had no interest in going to clear the area. Even if there were living people, it was of no concern to him. Did he have to bring everybody he met to WH like a nanny? He turned around and walked to the open doors. He saw that Shangguan Qiao Yun was not at her location, and he suddenly panicked, not knowing where she was. He swiveled about to look, and realized she had already entered the granary, he just didnt notice. Shangguan Qiao Yun was standing with Su Qian, both of them looking at the pile corpses. Her face was pale, and her jade-like hands were in front of her mouth, trying to stop herself from vomiting. She had been thoroughly frightened, by the zombies as well as Zhang Xiao Qiang. She had not expected him to be so formidable, killing the zombies like it was a game. When her team in the past hade across those zombies, they had all been frightened out of their wits. Even strong and burly men would seek to avoid them and move. It was not like there were no brave souls that wanted to capture her heart, it was just that those that had gone up to kill those zombies, or those brave enough, had already be food for zombies. When she saw the men at the chicken farm cowering and eating their chicken feed, she had lost faith in all men. That was why she thought of Wuhan, she wanted to find a ce that could make her feel safe. When she heard Yang Keer say that any of Zhang Xiao Qiangs women could kill those zombies, she hade to understand that sometimes women can do things men couldnt do. She knew Yuan Yi, both of them had a simr status, but after meeting Zhang Xiao Qiang, Yuan Yi had changed. Totally. Seeing her be so formidable, she had a new thought, she wanted to be like Yuan Yi. She didnt want the superficial dream of going to WH because she had found a new goal. Hence, she had set forth on this expedition, thinking that Zhang Xiao Qiang was strong. However, he had surpassed her imagination, seeing such arge number of zombies being killed, she wanted to cry, she wanted to scream her lungs out, but she didnt dare. He was right there, and she had already given him a bad impression once. She had to fight to salvage herself. She needed to be a woman not afraid of those zombies. Zhang Xiao Qiang shot her a nce and nothing more. He then signaled to Brother Long and the rest who were not far away. The winds were strong, and he felt that shouting might not reach their ears. Hence, when he stepped out, his hair was blown about like a chicken nest, instead, the women whose hair were long had kept their hair neat. Seeing that they werent as messy, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt a little depressed. The moment Brother Long saw the signal, he and his men got into their vehicles and drove towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. The Hummer was among them, as Three jumped down from the car, and smiled towards Zhang Xiao Qiang in a fawning manner. When the group saw the Land Rover in the alley and the pile of zombie corpses at gathered, the number was really shocking, and Brother Long stared with his eyes wide open. Chen Yi looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang with aplicated gaze. He had not expected Zhang Xiao Qiang to be really that formidable. As for He Wen Bin and Three, they werent shocked, as they had already seen what Zhang Xiao Qiang was capable of, and this was reasonable to them. He had even gone in and out of a thousand zombies before, this was barely a small stage for him. The rest of them didnt dare to breathe, and the atmosphere was slightly chilly. Hahaha!! Lil Bro is truly a man of talents, why did I not think of stuffing the alleyway? See that? See that? That is intelligence, you guys must learn to use your brain, not stick it up your arses, en? You must learn to be...what do they call it...use your surroundings to your advantage! Is it like that? Brother Longmended Zhang Xiao Qiang, but his words had an underlying meaning, as though implying that Zhang Xiao Qiang had made use of strategy. He didnt respond to those words. His task waspleted, and he would bid goodbye to this bunch of criminals tomorrow. Brother Long got Vulture to get some men to clear the corpses, while he and Chen Yi walked into the granary. Zhang Xiao Qiang followed behind, intending to see the amount that was stored. With the sunlight from outside, he saw clearly that the warehouse was stacked with countless sacks of rice. The stacks reached up to 5 or 6 meters in height, each bag was at least 100 jin. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt light-headed. How much was all of this? 5,000? 10,000? He was very sure that the amount he had collected could not even reach a corner of what this granary had. Walking in the middle of those stacks, eyeing the 2 mountains of rice bags, Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly felt himself very small. This sort of feeling was strange, he was actuallyparing himself to rice. Brother Long and the rest were actually happy about the food. Some of them would caress the sacks, some even reach in to grab a fistful of rice, and watched it fall back into the sack from their hands. It was a truly celebratory mood. Seeing this all about to be in Brother Longs hands, Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly felt like he had gotten the short end of the deal. A .81 rifle and 300 bullets for over a few thousand tons of rice?! Was Shangguan Qiao Yun even worth this much rice? However, they had agreed to the terms beforehand. He had no reason to object anyway since re-discussing the terms was beneath him. Chapter 129: Proposal Chapter 129: Proposal Zhang Xiao Qiang made a decision. He would drive his own dump truck here and fill it up with rice. Where to store it? It can wait tillter. Brother Long was still dizzy with the rice, and Zhang Xiao Qiang walked out, displeased. When he exited the garage door, he noted that Yang Keer and the rest werent there. He saw the Hummer parked a hundred meters away. The women had just started a fire and were preparing to cook. There were too many zombie corpses near the garage, and the smell was overwhelming. It was already noon, hence, they started preparing their meals. The vehicle and zombies piled at the entrance were pulled outside of the garage. There was no sign of Vulture or the rest. It seemed as though they went to search for other survivors. Zhang Xiao Qiang was about to head over to Yang Keer. All of a sudden, a huge thick ck smoke rose from one of the old houses. There were sounds of people screaming and crying. Zhang Xiao Qiangs chest tightened, he prayed that it had better be nothing. The sounds came from the ce where the survivors were reported to have hidden previously. He wielded his Beast Horn Spear and walked towards the alleyway. Both sides were old walls, and from outside, it looked alright. The closer he got, the amount of moisture and moss on the walls could be seen. In fact, the type of moss that was growing seemed to have different colors. The innermost wall even had ayer of white stuff like salt. As he passed through the alleyway, he came across a small clearing. There were 2 rows of old-fashioned houses, each of them with their windows and doors sealed shut. Facing the alley, there was a huge iron door full of rust. It seemed to be an iron-wrought gate, extremely sturdy. It was hard to see such a gate outside nowadays. There were signs of impact on the gate, and multiple blows of varying sizes. It seemed that even the D-types were helpless against it. Behind the old houses on the left were the granaries. The huge thick wall was the only thing separating them, and it was no wonder the zombies had known whether there were people or not in the granary. It was too close. The iron-wrought gate had been opened slightly, behind it, there were a fewrge stones scattered about. They must have been used to block the gate. ck smoke came billowing out from one of the houses. The thick smoke caused Zhang Xiao Qiang to cough and he found a towel, pouring some water on it, before tying it around his face and he walked into the room where the source of themotion was. There was a small garden behind that gate, and it was only a few square meters big. Other than the corners, there was a small well and a bucket beside it. There were still some traces of burning on the ground, it must have Vulture and the rest throwing a few makeshift Molotov and throwing them in because they couldnt open the gates. With nowhere to go, the people hiding inside must have relented. Zhang Xiao Qiang routed around the burning mes and came to a row of ck brick houses. The thickness of the walls was definitely thicker than outside. The windows were all sealed tight with thick iron bars. The doors were all made of iron. One of them was open, and as Zhang Xiao Qiang approached, the men that hade with Zhang Xiao Qiang came out, pulling out a survivor with them. The man was in a number of tattered clothes, and he hugged his head as he crouched down by the wall. The henchmen of Vulture continued to flush out some survivors, and the kneeling captives began to increase in number. One of the men came over to greet Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang recognized him, he was one of the 2 Common-Faces that he had saved. When this Common-Face saw Zhang Xiao Qiang looking around, he immediately spoke: Brother Cockroach! The women are all in the house, without Brother Longs permission, no one will dare to touch them. At that moment, Vulture came out, and he grinned towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. However, he seldom smiled, and now seeing him smile, it was better to have not seen it. Vulture opened his mouth, his low and raspy voice sounded: Brother Cockroach, want to take a look? There are a few decent women. Based on Brother Cockroachs merits, this girl is sure to belong to you! When Zhang Xiao Qiang heard it, he was interested, he walked into the dark house, and immediately caught the scent of a weird smell. It was dark and cold inside, and there was straw scattered everywhere. Some old articles of clothing and dried nksid about. These must be the bed of those survivors? 4 or 5 women who were naked were huddled together sitting beneath the window, looking at Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest fearfully. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked towards Vulture, who thought Zhang Xiao Qiang was questioning him and quickly replied: They were like this when we came, we have not touched them. In fact, Zhang Xiao Qiang just wanted to ask why they didnt give them some clothes. He walked forwards and assessed the women. They were of different ages, the oldest being about 30, the youngest about 16. Every one of them wore expressions of fear, and their hair, faces, mouth, breasts, abdomen and even their legs were all covered with white stuff. There was a fishy smell on their bodies, causing him to feel nauseous. There was no need to say anything, he had already guessed their fate being among those men. He had no mood to continue looking, he would not want them. Regardless of how good-looking they were. He had a little psychological issue with them. It was not that they werent virgins, but he wasnt willing to use a pillow that had been slept on by countless people, a pair of lips that had been kissed countless times. He could not tolerate their smell and walked out. The survivors were all lined up obediently, some of them eyeing their captors and noticed that they didnt seem like any good people, and began to tremble. Zhang Xiao Qiang assessed them, losing interest quickly. What guts would a bunch of guys who only knew to vent their sexual urges on a bunch of helpless women have? He walked out, intending to join Yang Keer and the rest, lunch must be ready soon. Ah~~~~ At that moment, a scream shocked them all. He immediately turned around and dashed towards the source of themotion, pushing those blocking the door away. Vulture followed shortly after. There was a cab of files against a wall, with two office desks under the windows. A few bags of rice were ced on the table, as well as some other bags on the ground. At one corner, there was a huge pit that had been dug out, the soil by the side about as high as a person. A few digging tools were thrown to the side, as one of Vulcans aides was sitting on the mound of dirt, moaning, his hand clutching his other shoulder which was bleeding. One of Vultures men stepped forward to help him dress his wound. Vulture asked with a dark look: Speak, what happened? The mans face turned pale, as he stammered.... It turned out, at the beginning, when he saw this hole, he had no courage to go down himself. Thus, he called for some help to go down with him. At the bottom of the hole, there was a tunnel. They continued to crawl through the tunnel, all the way till they came across another hole. His partner had gone in then. After a while, where there was still no sign nor sound, he became wary, and slowly crawled up the hole. His head had just popped through when he saw a dark shadow shing towards him. In his panic, he had slid down, but the speed of the shadow was fast. His shoulder was shed. He did not dare to stay there any longer and hurried back through the tunnel. When he saw his arm bleeding, he had screamed out in rm, calling for backup. Vulture looked towards Zhang Xiao Qiang with a questioning gaze. It was obvious he wanted Zhang Xiao Qiangs opinion. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at him and said: My agreement with Brother Long has ended, I have nothing to do with all this. You can deal with it however you like, I wont help nor step in. Vulture did not say anything as well. He continued to question that injured personnel. He decided that it had been a person on the other side, and must have used the spear that the subordinate went in with. As long as it was a person, things were easier. He got his subordinates to start a fire, throwing all sorts of items to feed the mes, fanning the smoke deeper into the hole. There was nomotion from the hole when suddenly, there were people shouting outside. As they walked outside, they noticed one of the granarys vent had started to smoke. It was the one on the right closest to them, and Vultures men immediately opened up the granary to charge in. Soon after, a burly man with a vicious face and an enchanting woman were captured and dragged out. A few men lifted a corpse out, his neck twisted at a weird angle. The faces of the man and woman were covered in soot. The woman had a good figure, her waist slim like a snake, her hips round and curvy. As she walked, the constant sway could captivate any man. Brother Long and Chen Yi walked over and took a look at the body. Their expressions were ugly, they had not suffered any casualties to the zombies, yet one of his men was killed and the other injured by the very survivors they rescued. Brother Longs men looked at him, waiting to see how he would take care of these 2 that had killed one of their brothers. Brother Long assessed their expressions and did not hesitate, waving his hand. 2 men stepped forward to hold down the burly man, dragging him towards the carpark. The rest of the survivors and women stood there and watched him. He realized something was not right and began to shout out loud, pleading for his life. No one said anything, the rest of the survivors continued to bow their heads. Brother Longs subordinates gloated, with the injured one grinning the widest. Those women who were rescued stared hatefully at the burly man, their eyes filled with a sense of satisfaction. The youngest was even whispering something under her breath. Seemed like this man wasnt any good person. One man stepped forward, carrying a de that resembled a Tang de, standing behind him. Another stepped forward to grab his hair and pull forward to reveal his neck. The mans screams became more urgent and pitiful, as he struggled, shaking his head trying to shake off the man who had grabbed his hair. A puddle of water pooled beneath his butt. Chapter 130: Despair Chapter 130: Despair The atmosphere was extremely tense. Everyone was holding their breaths, waiting for the de to fall. Like how it was described in Lu Xuns book, the behavior of people can be strange, and not one of the gazes of the people present is unwilling. Even the woman who was being protected by him did not even nce at him. She just paid attention to her new master Brother Long, her face fawning as she swayed her waist seductively at him. Brother Long obviously could not care about her, he just looked at the man facing his impending death with a cold re. To him, this man was a chicken, he had to spill his blood to warn the others the consequences of going against him, Brother Long. The man looked all around in despair, but he saw excitement, gloating expressions, as well as cold from some of the people around. The woman who had said would live with him for life, and bear his children, had not even nced at him once since they were captured, and was trying to get in favor with her new master. He was humiliated and infuriated. Before he could be executed, he struggled with all his strength and the 2 men who were holding him down had difficulty. They were flung off, and he followed up with a headbutt towards the guy grabbing his hair. He then pushed himself off the ground and ran towards the gate. The person holding the de saw that he was running, and could not wait for Brother Longs orders. He just chased after him, pulling out his de, and the mans head was separated from his neck. The headless corpse continued to stumble forwards a few steps as the blood sprayed from the wound, dying the ground red, before stumbling in front of a survivor. The subordinates of Brother Long and the survivors sought to dodge the rain of blood. The women did not move, allowing the blood to wash over them, their faces wearing a hint of satisfaction. The youngest woman looked at the pathetic corpse before she finally broke down and wailed, venting her feelings. As she cried, the rest also huddled and sobbed. When the mans head soared through the air, Zhang Xiao Qiang turned away involuntarily. Such a scene still caused him to be nauseous. He had killed before and fed 2 to zombies. He had never gotten used to it. Killing zombies was a different matter, but when he witnessed a fellow human being killed, he would still feel like throwing up. Do I have a phobia of blood? Such a thought had crossed his mind before. But he had not felt like this when seeing chickens or pigs being ughtered. Then why was it like this when it was other humans, maybe his guts were just weak? Seeing the blood spray from the headless corpse, he suddenly felt extremely vexed, like his emotions were in turmoil. He looked around and wanted to find the reason for it. The agitation was very sudden, and not like his sixth sense, in fact, it felt more like his own blood was surging. Brother Long got Three to lead the women in one of the Land Rovers back to the chicken farm. He brought enchanting woman towards Zhang Xiao Qiang in an extremely fake manner and said: Lil Bro, what do you think about this chick? Take her if you like! The woman had wiped her face clean, and her looks were decent, slightly better than Su Qian, but not above Yuan Yi. Zhang Xiao Qiang was feeling antsy, he just swept her a nce, as she tried to smile charmingly. Her man had just died and she was here trying to seek favor with other men. This led Zhang Xiao Qiang to be disdainful, and naturally, he would not like her. He turned to face Brother Long: Brother Long, get your men to load up quick. I feel that somethings wrong, we had better leave this ce, the faster the better. Brother Long did not think much of it, in fact, he had decided to get everything to be transported here. They would hoard the rations and slowly expand. He felt Zhang Xiao Qiangs worry to be suspicious and continued to make small talk, but he did not mention about leaving. Hubby! Time to eat!! Waiting for you!! Yang Keer called out at this time, and when she saw the headless corpse, her face also turned pale. She adamantly fixed her gaze on Zhang Xiao Qiang, not looking elsewhere. Zhang Xiao Qiang decided not to waste his breath with Brother Long. he turned to walk towards Yang Keer. He intended to finish the meal and make his preparations to leave tomorrow. Just as he reached her side, and the both of them prepared to walk out... Dong... A loud, dull sound traveled over. Zhang Xiao Qiang could feel the earth shaking. Everyone stopped in their tracks and looked around. Zhang Xiao Qiang quickly grabbed his Beast Horn Spear and Yang Keers hand, as they noiselessly made their way out. To him, the earth was huge, his life was small. If things were to go wrong now, he had better extract himself out quickly. Be it a D2 or Mutant Beast, how could he take them on for this motley bunch? He wanted to get the hell out of there. Dong... This time, the sound became louder, some of the people began to get frightened and shouted. Some even abandoned the things in their hands and made to run. Brother Long and Chen Yi had expressions of fear as well. They were still trying to gather their men to be orderly. Brother Long turned to look towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, only to discover he was pulling Yang Keer away as quickly as possible. Lil Bro... Brother Long shouted towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, seeking his opinion. Hearing Brother Long call for him, Zhang Xiao Qiang turned and shouted two words: RUN FOOL! He then pulled Yang Keer and they sprinted. When the people around Brother Long heard him, they looked towards Brother Long waiting for his orders. He Wen Bin and the 2 Common-faces did not hesitate, choosing to run after Zhang Xiao Qiang. When the survivors saw themotion, they began to cry and scream as they tried to run. Brother Long looked at his subordinates and was about to say something when BANG!!!! A huge wall of the granary came crumbling down, as 2 huge arms pushed through to widen the hole in the wall. The wall was 2 meters thick, but it crumbled in an instant. A 3 metre-tall shadow stepped out from the rubble and dust. Its body was massive, without a single strand of hair on its head. It was shiny like a watermelon, and the entire body was covered in rippling muscles. Some thick tendons were even thicker than steel beams. Its entire body was naked, without anything cloth to cover any part. Its little bird was hanging out for all to see, and although this monster was huge, its little bird would cause any man to feel proud of themselves. It was simply too small, to the point that there was a need for a magnifying ss to look at it. Of course, there was no point to it anyway. 2rge thick thighs stepped through, each thicker than the waist of a grown man. They were like 2 pirs, and with each step, the ground shook. It could be the problem of the dust that blocked its sense of smell, and it faced the sky and howled in rage: AO~~~~~~~~~~~ When everyone saw such a monstrous freak stepping in, they were all frozen in shock. Its roar then scared them into dropping their weapons. There were some who went weak at the knees and fell to the ground. Some stood their ground, but their bodies trembled nonstop, a puddle of urine pooling at their feet. Of the 2 Common-faces, one had been frightened upon hearing that roar and lost his footing. He slipped, before tumbling and hit one of the Land Rovers, knocking himself unconscious. What the fuck, why is it everywhere?! Seeing such a monster that wasrger and sturdier than the D2 he hade across, Zhang Xiao Qiangs mouth went dry. He knew the toughness of a D2, it was a perverted defense rivaling the thickness of an armored vehicle. What else could pierce it other than the Beast Horn Spear in his hands? Furthermore, this D2 seemed evenrger than the past 2 he had seen, could it already have evolved into a D3? He just wanted to escape, the further the better. It would be best if he didnt see it ever again. Compared to it, the S2 was like an adorablemb. What else could be more terrifying than a D2? There is, that would be 2 of them. Then, what could possibly cause more despair than 2 D2s? It would be a D2 behind, and an S2 in front. There was no way to fight nor run. When Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the small shadow appearing at the gate, he instinctively felt that today might be the day they all die here. He stopped and faced the zombie in front of him. The cry of despair behind him caused his chest to tighten with anxiety. When he stopped, one survivor passed him and tried to run out. Maybe the survivor thought that the smaller zombie was easier to deal with than the D2 behind. When he suddenly increased his speed, intending to rush past the S2, the S2 shed from its position, and the man screamed out in terror. He looked at his chest in disbelief and horror, stepping back a few steps before falling to the ground. The deep w marks pierced through all the way to his bones below his waist. He felt the twist of his inner organs, and a part of his intestines had been ripped out. Even his heart had been sliced, and fresh blood sprayed out from his front like champagne from a bottle. After killing the survivor, the S2 immediately started to devour him. Another survivor thought he got an opportunity and tried to run while the S2 was engaged in its meal. Who knew, that just as the survivor got to the gate, the S2 tensed its legs, and its entire frame soon pounced on the other survivor. He fell down as he screamed, with the S2 effortlessly taking his life, before dragging the corpse over to its other meal. It then continued to devour the earlier corpse. Chapter 131: A drop of kindness repaid with a spring*(Idiom) Chapter 131: A drop of kindness repaid with a spring*(Idiom) Tatata... The sounds of rapid gunfire sounded from behind. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned to look behind and noticed that Brother Long and Chen Yi were firing at the D2 as it was gorging on its meal. The bullets rained on the body of the D2, and it was being forced back slightly. As it moved, the bullets hit its body before falling on the ground. It was to be expected, but Zhang Xiao Qiang could not help but feel his heart race. He Wen Bin stood behind him, looking behind from time to time, and eyeing the S2 which was devouring the survivors. He was waiting for Zhang Xiao Qiang to make a move. He knew that if Zhang Xiao Qiang could not even handle the situation, there was nothing he could do as well. The D2 was forced to retreat, while Brother Long continued to fire while roaring, mustering the courage for himself. Chen Yi followed behind, his eyes bloodshot. His breathing was ragged as he advanced continually, the rifle in his hands firing without stopping. The D2 roared out in pain as it was hit by the bullets. It could not stand steadily due to the force of the bullets until it reached one of the Land Rovers. That Land Rover had been abandoned the first time Brother Long and his men came here, and one of the survivors was hiding below the car. The bullets and approaching D2 had already caused him to be fearful of his life. He hugged his head as his body trembled uncontrobly. He did not even notice the D2 reaching his position. The D2 caught the scent of the living person below the vehicle, and smashed the Land Rover, before pulling out the survivor to fling it towards the source of the bullets. The survivor soared through the air, and both men dodged to the sides. The survivor mmed into the cement ground, his head smashing apart, as his brain and blood sttered all over. With the temporary stop in the bullets, the D2 grabbed the edge of the Land Rover and exerted strength to twist its body slightly. The Land Rover skidded on the floor with an ear-piercing screech, sliding towards the position of the 2 gun-totting men. The direction that the Land Rover was sliding towards was where Brother Long was at, and he was frightened. He threw his rifle one side and lowered to jump out of the way. Unfortunately, while he was still halfway in the air, his leg was caught by the tail end of the Land Rover. Kacha... the sounds of bones snapping rang out, and hended on the ground, hugging his leg while screaming in agony. Shit shit shit... Seeing that Brother Long was injured, and he was all that was left, Chen Yi became even more agitated. He swapped out his magazine and continued to fire at the D2, his mouth still shouting some gibberish. Their subordinates were standing behind wielding melee weapons trembling while shouting nonsense as well! The Land Rover had been tossed by the D2 and its sliding speed was fast, crushing 2 survivors in the way as it mmed into another vehicle. ss shattered and all sorts of items were sent flying everywhere. The impact caused some sparks to ignite as they fell on the leaking fuel trail, lighting it up, traveling to the engine. Hong!! The 2 vehicles exploded, shocking the S2 in the midst of its meal. It stood up menacingly and rushed over to face Zhang Xiao Qiang with a threatening posture. Zhang Xiao Qiang was now focused on the S2, not daring to blink, while his Beast Horn Spear was gripped tightly, ready to thrust out anytime. WATCH OUT!! From behind, He Wen Bins startled cry resounded, before a force mmed into Zhang Xiao Qiangs back, and he staggered forwards. Before he came to a stop, Peng!!, then AHHHH!!!! He Wen Bins cry of anguish sounded out. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned around and saw He Wen Bin on the ground, a broken car door stuck to the ground at his earlier location. He Wen Bins status was bad, his entire right arm had been sliced cleanly,nding somewhere else. Fresh blood continued to flow from his shoulder, and seeing this, how could Zhang Xiao Qiang not know that He Wen Bin had just saved his life? When the Land Rover had exploded, one of the doors had been sent flying from the st, flying towards Zhang Xiao Qiangs position. He Wen Bin had been focused behind, and when he saw something wrong, he had shouted a warning to Zhang Xiao Qiang, before using his strength to knock him away. Unfortunately, he had no time to evade himself, and his limb was separated from his body. When Zhang Xiao Qiang saw this, he felt his blood rush to his head, he could not care about the S2, and threw his spear to Yang Keer, as he ran towards He Wen Bin, and pulled out a cloth to wrap around his wound. Zhang Xiao Qiang had always treated others like how fresh water should never mix with seawater. As long as he was not affected, he would not cause trouble. However, he had his sense of bonds as well, for his own good friends and close brothers, he would not hesitate to walk through hell with them. Initially, He Wen Bin and he could be considered as just acquaintances. The rtionship wasnt bad nor was it extremely close. He appreciated He Wen Bin for his gratitude. Now, He Wen Bin had actually used his own right hand to shield him, he had to repay the favor. It was unconditional. A drop of kindness repaid with a spring! This was one of the mottos Zhang Xiao Qiang lived by. Those who were worthy of him to act for numbered little. Yang Keer had lowered her weapon for his sake, and he had doted on her since then. Even when she took his dagger, and almost caused him to be in danger, he did not ask for it back. Now that He Wen Bin had saved his life without a care for his own. Zhang Xiao Qiang loved his own life, and to him, there was nothing more precious than his own life. Now there was Yang Keer. Although he would never say it, he had already a ce for Yang Keer in his heart. Otherwise, when she had charged at the D2, he wouldnt have suppressed the fear in his heart to go pierce its asshole. Who would do so in their right mind?! Since He Wen Bin had saved him, Zhang Xiao Qiang had totally ignored the S2 and chose to save He Wen Bin first. Yang Keer readied the spear, she knew that any zombie that caused Zhang Xiao Qiang to be wary was not a simple opponent. She had witnessed its speed as well, and thus, she readied her weapon, prepared to strike out anytime. The cloth could not stop the blood, as it turned blood red in a short moment. Zhang Xiao Qiang gritted his teeth, and reached into his satchel, intending to use gunpowder to stop the bleeding like Rambo. However, he felt a ss bottle and remembered what the demented Doctor Yu did to stop the blood. There was also the Life-Preserving Pills. He pped himself for being muddle-headed, the old man had used the blood coagnt to treat the pitiful woman, to keep her alive, and he had thus viewed the medicine with revolt. He even kept Doctor Yus medicines right at the bottom of his satchel. He had then forgotten its existence. Out of precaution, he had prepared a small vial and thus remembered when he touched it. He immediately pulled open the bottle and sprinkled the powder on his wound. He then produced a pill from the dark gold bottle and fed He Wen Bin. His expression started to stabilize, and when his face regained some color, he then dragged him towards the small alleyway. The Common-Face who was still conscious immediately ran forwards to help, with Yang Keer covering the rear. Like a leopard, the moment Zhang Xiao Qiang moved, the S2 had moved, but it had ignored Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest, instead, pouncing towards the other survivors and Brother Longs subordinates. Screams and wails resounded from behind Zhang Xiao Qiang, and his movements became faster. A few people saw that Zhang Xiao Qiang and his people were rtively unharmed, and chased after him. It was one or two, then a whole drove came after them. However, the window of opportunity was opened only for a short while, as the S2 charged into the midst of the people, separating them into two groups. Few made it out, as the rest watched the S2 in despair. 2 or 3 of the survivors made their dash towards the huge gate, as they thought another opportunity had presented itself. Their actions only served to draw the attention of the S2, and it immediately made for them, blocking the gate. However, as it passed the corpses of the earlier kills, it lost interest in them and continued to devour the unfinished corpses. Zhang Xiao Qiang ced He Wen Bin safely in the garden where they first found the survivors, and he pulled out his Jing Wei Sword, intending to head back out. Yang Keer blocked him: Its too dangerous outside, that freak is also so fast. Whatre you going out for? The thing might just leave on its own when its full! Zhang Xiao Qiang did not say anything and continued outward. Yuan Yi was still waiting for him to eat together, if she decided to find out whats the dy, she would be in trouble. After all, she was his woman already, and he was getting morefortable with her with each passing day. If she were to die now, he would regret it for life. As for Su Qian, he could not spare any thoughts for her yet. Yang Keer decided to follow after him. At this time, He Wen Bin came to, and Zhang Xiao Qiang took one look at him, not saying anything. Some things didnt need to be said, but Zhang Xiao Qiang would bear it in mind forever. Chapter 132: Against an S2 Chapter 132: Against an S2 There were about 5 men who had followed Zhang Xiao Qiang in, of which 4 were Brother Longs men. They saw that He Wen Bin had woken up, and rushed over to exin to him how he got here, and how terrifying the zombies outside were. He didnt seem to mind that he had lost his right arm, instead, he stood up to look towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. To him, Zhang Xiao Qiang had saved his life before, even if he gave it up to repay the favor, it was nothing to him. The moment Zhang Xiao Qiang stepped out of the alleyway, he could see dismembered body parts and patches of blood everywhere. A few men were trembling in fear as they watched the S2 devour a person. Chen Yi and the D2 had disappeared, while Brother Long was lying on the ground, his fate uncertain. There were not many live survivors around, and they could hear gunshots and the enraged roars of the D2 from inside the granary. It must be Chen Yi still engaging the D2. Whats there to see!! Why arent you running?! Zhang Xiao Qiang rushed over to the trembling men. The few men looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang with eyes of hope. He pointed towards the entrance that the D2 had created when it came in, and they seem to stir from their terror, and quickly ran towards it. Zhang Xiao Qiang was also prepared to head out to meet with Yuan Yi, grab the .81 rifle to deal with the S2, then save He Wen Bin out of there. As for Chen Yi, he could just stay in the granary with the D2. Zhang Xiao Qiang grabbed his M1911A1 handgun, pointing at the S2, and fired 7 times consecutively, hitting its back. It roared out in pain, turning around and throwing its meal down before pouncing towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. As it was about to reach Zhang Xiao Qiang, Yang Keer swept out with the Beast Horn Spear, striking it and causing it to tumble across the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang had not turned yet, and he saw Yuan Yi appearing behind the S2, her eyes bloodshot. Before she raised her de, the S2 had charged at her. She only had time to raise the shield in front of her, and immediately, Peng! The sound of the ws of the S2 rang out. The ws rebounded before the other w shed forward. The shield was sturdy enough to fend off the blows, but the speed was too fast. Before the w was retracted, the other w had swung forwards again, shing out a few deep gashes on the shield. Yuan Yi could feel her hold of the shield bing unsteady with the constant blows of the S2. Fortunately, the shield was also sped to her shoulder. She could not help but retreat each time it struck, and the force of the blows traveled to her shoulders, causing it to hurt and slowly be numb. Seeing Yuan Yi in danger, Zhang Xiao Qiang raised his gun again and fired at the S2. He finally got its attention. When it was sent flying again once more by Yang Keer, he quickly stepped forwards and sliced down. Who knew the S2 was too nimble, and it managed to slither around while Zhang Xiao Qiangs de was still in mid-swing. It then swung out at his legs, and he had no choice but to change the trajectory of his de, forcefully blocking its ws. Zhang Xiao Qiang then retreated swiftly, dodging the follow-up attack. Ha! Yang Keer charged over with a shout, thrusting the spear towards the S2s head. It detected the wind and quickly rolled around to dodge the blow. The strong force behind Yang Keers thrust struck the ground, causing a deep gash. Before she could withdraw the spear, the S2 shed out at the spear body, leaving 5 deep w marks. Zhang Xiao Qiang routed around Yang Keer who was standing in front of him but saw that the S2 had already straightened itself, and did not wait for him to raise his de, before it ran to one side, leaving him with no chance to strike. Although the S2 had dodged out of that encirclement, it didnt run far away. It continued in its face off against them, where Yuan Yi had already run forwards to join them. With the 3 of them in the center, the S2 continued to circle around them. Zhang Xiao Qiang could not afford to be careless, and he pulled out his handgun to reload. He then fired at the S2. However, it was too fast. The bullets flew past it and resulted in small holes in the ground. As for Yang Keer and Yuan Yi, both of them held their own handguns and seemed to fire at will. Their uracy was bad as well and just fired at the general location of the S2. For some reason, there was a miracle, and the S2 had been hit by a few of the bullets in the resulting chaos. It roared out in pain, before charging for the 3 of them. Its aim was Zhang Xiao Qiang who stood in the center. Right as it was about to near, Yang Keer brought the spear through a semicircle in the air towards it. This time, the S2 had be smarter, and it dodged slightly to the side, and the spear swung past its head. The S2 evaded the Beast Horn Spear and pounced towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, who had raised his Jing Wei Sword in preparation to sh at it. A shadow appeared in front of him, raising the shield to knock into the S2. Yuan Yi was sent sprawling by the impact, while the S2 was knocked onto the ground by the shield. Seizing the opportunity, Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately swung down and pierced the chest of the S2. The S2 did not stay down even with the Jing Wei Sword in its chest. It mmed its elbows into the ground forcefully, its legs trying to propel it backward. The de tore through its chest all the way to its abdomen, and it screeched out in agony as something major must have been damaged by it. Although the Jing Wei Sword had ripped its entire chest apart, it managed to pull itself free with the sword. The sword had been stabbed through it, that was stuck in the ground, finally came free. At this time, Yang Keer had raised the Beast Horn Spear and brought it down towards the body. Yang Keer had also grown smarter and knew the head was an easy target to miss. Hence, she decided to go for thergest surface area. As the S2 struggled to get up, its ws reaching to grab the sword from its chest, Yang Keer strike reached it, and the spear mmed into the chest of the S2, sending it flying. What kind of strength did Yang Keer possess? What sort of unearthly power did she have? The small frame of the S2 was seen soaring over 10m in the sky, and tumbled onto the ground, rolling a few times beforeing to a stop. It stopped moving. Yang Keer stood the spear and started to celebrate, but Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately grabbed the shield from Yuan Yi and ran towards the S2. The previous experience had taught him that the S2 must be beheaded. He did not want to be caught off-guard again. When he was about 7 or 8 meters away, the S2 still did not move. However, Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped where was, and picked up a still hot part of the debris from the earlier explosion, and flung it at the S2. The metal part was heavy and when it soared through the air,nding on the S2. When it touched the S2, the S2 suddenly flipped and grabbed the part, tearing into it with its jaws. The metal part was hard though, how could the teeth of the S2 be a match for it. It screamed in agony, as it teeth fell out, and before it could continue screeching, a sh of a de appeared. Its head was removed as it bounced onto the ground. The headless body slumped to the floor, twitching slightly. Hu... Seeing the dead body of the S2, Zhang Xiao Qiang heaved a sigh of relief. He had finally taken care of this S2. There were no tricks, no ns. It had been a confrontation, and although Yang Keer and Yuan Yi had provided help, he could not help but feel proud. Previously, he had killed one, but it was disabled, having lost its sense of smell. This time, it was different, this was an S2 at its peak, without a single handicap in its abilities. It could be considered a sense of achievement. He pulled out the Jing Wei Sword from the corpse and looked around. The entire carpark looked like a battlefield, with burning vehicles, broken ss, and debris of vehicles. There were dismembered bodies lying around, blood everywhere. The once-peaceful and gray carpark had been turned into a scene from hell with all sorts of pain and death painted, the brightest of which was the blood. Zhang Xiao Qiang led Yang Keer and Yuan Yi to go receive He Wen Bin and the rest out, towards the gate. When he got the survivors up in the car, he prepared to board to leave this hellish-ce, when he noticed Yang Keer entering the granary. Chapter 133: Quick, run! Chapter 133: Quick, run! Damn it! See how I punish herter, if I dont spank her, my surname is not Zhang! Zhang Xiao Qiang cursed out and chased after her. He didnt know what was wrong with her, how could she not notice it was a freaking D2 or D3 boss inside?! He walked into the granary and saw Yang Keer shaking Brother Long. She was, after all, a rtive of his. They might not be close, but they had blood rtion. She could still think of him during such a critical situation, who would dare call her heartless? Zhang Xiao Qiang cursed silently and ran to her side, using his hands to sweep Brother Longs legs up. He then called to Yang Keer: Grab his head and head out first! Yang Keer did not say much, and immediately lifted Brother Longs shoulders. They carried him out. Just then, from behind, there was a loud shout. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned around to take a look, and noted a human silhouette flying towards them. Fuck.. He cursed silently, and threw Brother Longs legs down before dodging to the side. The person who flew out smashed into the ground about 2m away from Zhang Xiao Qiang. His body tumbled then crashed into Brother Longs body. He rolled over Brother Longs body beforeing to aplete stop. The limbs were twisted in weird angles, the back of his head missing a whole chunk as though something had bitten of a whole chunk. The whites of the skull could be seen, and fresh blood was dripping from the gaping hole. Yang Keers arms sank when Zhang Xiao Qiang let go of Brother Longs legs. She then felt the strong impact and almost lost her grip on him. However, that unfortunate man hit Brother Long, he immediately groaned and spat out a mouthful of blood. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not think so much, as he hurried towards Yang Keer and prepared to lift Brother Long again. All of a sudden, 2 sacks of rice weighing a 100 jin each soared through the air and their paths split. One flew somece else, the other was making its way directly for Yang Keer. WATCH OUT!! Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the rice sack and screamed at Yang Keer, reminding her to dodge. She heard his shout and immediately stopped in her tracks. She was not in a position to move because of Brother Long, and before she could consider whether to release her hands, the sack of rice mmed into her back. Her hands syed outwards involuntarily, as Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly felt time slow down. As her arms stretched outwards, her eyes opened wide with shock, her frail body soaring through the air. In that instant, she had been sent flying forward about 2 to 3 meters, and she threw up a mouthful of blood as well. Seeing her hurt, Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes turned bloodshot, as he bellowed out and charged towards her. He carried her carefully and flipped her around, using his right arm to support her back, while his left thumb wiped the blood from her lips gently. She was in bad shape. Her breathing was weak, her face pale, and her delicate face had some gashes from sliding across the ground. Those thin scratches were like a red thread, as little droplets of blood seeped out. He pulled out the ss bottle and yanked it open with his teeth, before dumping the powder on her in his anxiety. When her bleeding stopped, heid her down gently and pulled out a Life-Preserving Pill for her to consume. After a few seconds, her breathing stabilized, and he carried her once more, dashing towards the door. He could not care about Brother Long anymore, even a thousand Brother Longs were notparable to a hair on Yang Keer. As he carried her out, he felt the ground tremble. Soon, the agitated shouts of a few men resounded from behind. A man in tattered cloth soared past him, mming into the ground in front of him. Zhang Xiao Qiang could not spare a nce behind, he just continued to make a mad dash for the exit. Yang Keer was not big, but her body was not light, and it was not easy to carry her while running. Another body soared above him, and he did not even bat an eyelid. He paused momentarily in front of the corpse before jumping over and resumed his dash. The D2 seemed to be fixated on him for some fucking reason, and he heard another scream, and felt the wind blow, as a body soared towards him. His sixth sense screamed with danger and he immediately dodged to the side, as a body brushed past him. The leg of the body hooked onto his leg and caused Zhang Xiao Qiang to stumble. He hugged Yang Keer tightly as he rolled onto the ground. Fortunately, the impact wasnt too big, it allowed Zhang Xiao Qiang to adjust his position, causing Yang Keer to fall on him. He turned his head while on the floor, noting the huge frame of the F2 behind Chen Yi. Chen Yis hands were empty, the gun at his waist missing. Even the 6 magazines on his body had disappeared. His clothes were a mess, dangling from his body, full of dirt and mud. His eyes were red, as he was gritting his teeth while making a mad dash for the exit. The D2 had long legs, and each step it took was equal to so many more strides of a normal person. Although Chen Yi squeezed all his strength, the D2 reached him and swiped at him. Chen Yi had been watching out and he quickly ducked to avoid the ws. However, in doing so, the D2s leg mmed into his chest, and he was knocked forcefully, soaring towards a Land Rover that was smoking. He mmed into the vehicle and bounced off it, beforeying on the ground, taking difficult breaths. His eyes were filled with fear towards the D2. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not dare continue to look, and he got up and carried Yang Keer, preparing to run. Chen Yi saw Zhang Xiao Qiangs figure and shouted for help. Zhang Xiao Qiang ignored him, running for the door. Unfortunately, he stepped on a piece of broken ss on his way out. With a kacha, the D2s attention turned towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. It gave up on Chen Yi and made to chase Zhang Xiao Qiang. When he heard the footsteps of the D2, he knew if he carried Yang Keer he would have no way of escaping. At this moment, Yuan Yi appeared in front of him. She must have heard themotion ande to check on his safety. The moment she entered, she had seen him on the ground, and Chen Yi being sent flying by the D2. The moment she saw the D2, her scalp went numb. She had been thoroughly frightened when she had seen one from afar previously. This time, she was looking at one up close, and the frame of the D2 gave her an intense pressure. She was so small in front of it. If it swung its hands in front of her, she would most likely be sent flying from the gust alone like a dandelion. She had no intention of fighting it, there was no hope, only despair. However, she didnt turn tail and run, she didnt do so previously, she didnt do so now. Because wherever he was, as long as she was by his side, so what if they were to go through hell? So what if they were torn apart by that monstrous freak that seemed to suck all hope away? She ran to him, her eyes bloodshot as she looked at him. It was just that, there was an additional fear in her gaze now. Even so, it was still a resolute look. As long as he gave the order, she would raise her de and charge at the D2. Zhang Xiao Qiang passed Yang Keer to her, and said: Quick, run! He then pulled out his Jing Wei Sword and turned to face the D2. Yes, for he who valued his own life so much, this decision had caused him a huge headache. However, he could feel the warm Yang Keer in his arms, and he had known about her feelings for him. He had long since treated her as an irreceable part of himself, even in the face of a situation like now, where he had to choose between her or himself, he would sacrifice himself. Just so he could protect this innocent, loveabless who loved him truly. He was a man and one who believed strongly in his ideals as a macho man. Chapter 134: Confrontation! Chapter 134: Confrontation! Zhang Xiao Qiang had always felt that he feared death. How much hardship had he suffered in this apocalypse? Yet here he was taking the initiative to greet death. At this point, there was no fear. When he turned, all his fear and apprehension melted away like clouds. As the D2 got closer, the calmer he felt. It was like going back to his childhood. There was no worry, no stress, and all sorts ofplicated thoughts and emotions were swept away. He wasnt weing death, he was returning home, back to his parents side. As he faced the D2, his brain seemed to spin with images of the past. His mother had just finished preparing dinner, the fish his father caught was huge! His sister liked to argue with him over the remote control of the television. Was the Linger that caused his heart to race still doing well? What about the older brother that had hidden in the toilet to smoke with him? The first time he felt his hands linking with his girlfriend, the first time he got drunk, and the pain of the loss of his parents. All sorts of images shed past his mind, as the joy, and the sorrow, the warmth, and the anger cut his heart deep. He had kept all of these locked deep the moment he stepped out of home. He felt the house key he hung near his cor, and as he watched the D2 approaching him, he suddenly leaned forward. AO~~~~~ The loud roar of the D2 shook him from his reverie, and his face was flushed red, as the single roar caused his blood to rush to his head. He stared at the D2 with his eyes bloodshot, as though he was a leopard looking at its prey. Even if he had to die, he would go down fighting like a man! Ill wait for you outside! If you die, Ill avenge you, or join you shortly in death!!! From behind, Yuan Yis shout sounded, and her voice was so calm. There was the underlying tone of resolution, the willingness to live and die with him, and the hope she had of him. He raised the Jing Wei Sword high up, and this time, a roar resounded from his own lips. He charged towards the D2 without hesitation, as though it wasnt a huge and monstrous D2 in front of him, but Heaven. His footsteps shed across the ground that was dyed red with blood, and his heavy breaths came and went raggedly. He felt like he was running across the clouds, his entire body floating, till he reached the D2. The D2 was much taller than him, and his head could only reach the thigh of the D2. It stood like a huge wall in front of him, giving him an even stronger suppression. It could feel Zhang Xiao Qiang near its body, and it swung down with its w. Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly increased his speed to dodge to its side and swung down viciously at its leg. Pu... It was like trying to cut through multipleyers of cow leather. He felt the recoil from the body of the sword, and all his strike had done was to carve a small wound on the D2. The D2s w met thin air but could feel a small prick on its leg, and it tried to swipe at Zhang Xiao Qiang once more. Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately dashed back the moment his sword was knocked back, and felt the w swing past his front. Ha!! He barked out once, and the sword came swinging down on one of the fingers. Ding Dang... The de came in contact with the w and caused some sparks. As his hands stung from the impact and knockback, he saw the leg of the D2 moving towards him. There was no time to evade it. He quickly stepped back and executed a fall backward. Although he tried his best to dodge, the D2s speed exceeded his expectations, and it brushed past his chest and mmed into his shoulder. His entire body was sent flying by the D2s immense strength. Pu... Zhang Xiao Qiangnded on a body that had been torn in half by the S2 earlier. A strong scent of blood entered his nostrils, and he rolled a few times along the ground from the inertia. His hands and face were covered in scratches, from the countless ss shards. His entire body was bloody and he looked like a hungry ghost from hell. He could feel his shoulder hurting as though it had been shattered. He looked towards the D2 storming towards him with bloodshot eyes. The towering D2 looked like an ancient demon, the tremors from each step it took shaking Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart. Its frame loomed closer, like a cat toying with its food. He sucked in a deep breath and gritted his teeth while struggling to get into a half-kneeling position. The D2 got closer, until it stood in front of it, and swiped once in front of it. AH!!!! Seeing the D2s w intending to smash his head, he let out a loud roar, his left hand supporting his weight while pressing on the ss shards. He pushed off and managed to duck under the D2. His de shed past as he got between the legs of the D2, and pa ta... something small dropped on the ground. Ao..... The D2 howled in agony. Its already minuscule little brother had just been shed off by Zhang Xiao Qiang, and it turned insane from the pain. It decided to stop toying with Zhang Xiao Qiang, and it swiped even faster and began to run. Like a huge coach, with its towering pressure, Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately began running. He wanted to evade its rage, Yuan Yi was still waiting for him outside. This little bit of time he had engaged the D2 for was more than enough for Yuan Yi to bring Yang Keer out. If one could avoid death, who would want to die? Furthermore, if he died, Yuan Yi would not live alone. He continued to dodge the swipes, his past experiences with D2s helping him to dodge the constant swipes, but just barely. His breathing was ragged, and each time he sucked in his breath, he would try to push his speed more. The D2 continued to chase him closely, not letting up, like a huge cat, while he was the small mouse. The little mouse struggled to dodge the ws of the cat, and it was not just a simple run. The sword he held would constantly sh at the ws, causing it pain. The cat became more furious, each time it reached out for the mouse, the mouse would slip out of its grasp. Zhang Xiao Qiang was making use of the surrounding and debris to obstruct and dodge the ws. He was finally forced towards a corner of the carpark, where he ran up the roof of a Land Rover, before sliding down the bo and dodging to a side. The D2 was blocked by the Land Rover, and it grabbed the obstructing vehicle and tried to fling it away. The Land Rover rolled on its side and mmed into a concrete wall, as ss shattered. Zhang Xiao Qiang ducked from the rain of the debris, and leaped onto another Land Rover, intending to use the same strategy. The D2s speed was faster than he imagined, and as it spread its arms intending to grab Zhang Xiao Qiang, he hurriedly jumped. Zhang Xiao Qiang was also bing more anxious, he wasing too close to death each time. The D2 was tight on his heels, and he could not lure it out no matter what. Yuan Yi and Yang Keer were still waiting for him. If the D2 chased out, then their fates would be worse. The earlier game of cat-and-mouse with the D2 had greatly worn him down. His speed and stamina were depleted, and a few times, he almost caught sight of the sickle of the Grim Reaper. He did not know how long more he could hold out for, he just knew that if he could not take care of it within the granary, he would have to die with it. As long as Yang Keer and Yuan Yi could live on, then treat it as thest thing he could do as a man for his women. A macho man would love his women and his love was not through words but through his actions. Regardless of the difficulty and hardships, he would continue to love and protect her. He would not say I love you, nor remember her birthday. He might not do the household chores, but the moment she was bullied, he would charge up with all his rage. If she was sick and could not move, he would stay by her side to protect her for life and care for her, never leaving. At this crucial moment, Zhang Xiao Qiang was willing to use his own life to exchange for his womens lives! Because he was unwilling to see them leave before him. Therefore, he would have to die with the D2 here! Chapter 135: Flee in Desperation! Chapter 135: Flee in Desperation! Although his heart was at peace, his face was expressionless. Zhang Xiao Qiang pounced towards the D2 from the roof and watched its shoulders. He then reached his right leg out to step on its arm, jumping onto its shoulders. His left hand reached out to grab its ear, before sliding down behind it, his chest to the back of its head. His legs grabbed its neck tightly, and he squeezed with all its might. As he sat on the shoulders of the D2, with his height of 170cm, and the D2s 3m frame, it felt like he was a kid riding on his fathers shoulders. He then used his legs to stabilize himself, while he stabbed at the back of the D2s head with his Jing Wei Sword, prating half an inch beforeing to a stop. He tried his best to drive the sword further in, but the D2 could feel the amount of hurt Zhang Xiao Qiang was causing it, and it bellowed out, trying its best to shake him off. Fortunately, Zhang Xiao Qiangs position was at its dead spot, and its arms could not reach for him no matter how hard it tried. Even with its struggling to shake him off, it could not match the intensity of the Mutant Beast he had entangled with. As for its roars? It doesnt matter, in any case, he had already suffered the sounds of 3 different D2s, having one more didnt make a difference. The sword continued to wriggle in the head of the D2. Beyond the half inch, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt the resistance increase. The resistance of the skin of the D2 was like trying to drill into an industrial material. The tip felt harder and harder to drive in until it came to aplete stop. Regardless of how much strength he exerted, it would not prate further. The D2 could feel the pain getting stronger, and it became even crazier. The D2 sat down on the ground, before mming backward. In an instant, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt the head of the D2 mming onto his chest like a hammer, and he was knocked breathless, his brain going dizzy for a moment. When the D2 mmed its head into Zhang Xiao Qiangs body, at the same time, it caused the Jing Wei Sword to be driven further into its skull. The D2 roared in pain and shook its head. With its vigorous shaking, the de shook inside the wound and finally dropped out. Feeling the thing that was causing it pain to be gone, the D2 stood up excitedly, before sitting back down and mming once more. When it got up, Zhang Xiao Qiang had already rolled to the side, his left hand grabbing the Jing Wei Sword, his right hand pulling out his military knife. PENG! The D2 mmed towards the ground again. Chance!! Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately stabbed down towards the eyelids of the D2. It could feel its eyes being stabbed by something, while Zhang Xiao Qiang felt the knifee to a stop. Without thinking, he jumped up and stomp down on the military knife, causing it to be driven all the way into the eye, leaving only its hilt. The D2 roared once more in anguish, its w swiping out in retaliation. He dodged to one side and had not yet moved when the D2 had already sat up and was starting to stand up. Zhang Xiao Qiang switched the Jing Wei Sword to his right hand and rushed forwards in 3 steps, shing at its bent legs. All he did was cause more slight cuts in the tough skin. He knew it was almost fruitless, but he was hoping that every blow would count. He had given his all, but could not kill the D2. The military knife had also caused a superficial wound at most. He had not yet gave it a grievous injury, and he was already out of trump cards. Without giving up on any chance to potentially gain the upper hand, he continued to leave multiple scratches all over it. Even if he could not kill it, he would irritate it to death! The D2 did not have the mood to deal with Zhang Xiao Qiang. Its attention was solely on the item that was causing it pain in its eye. It hugged its eyes while roaring nonstop, its ws touching its face gingerly until it felt the hilt. Zhang Xiao Qiang was still jumping up and down, his Jing Wei Sword continuing to sh at the legs of the D2. The D2 roared out once and pulled out the military knife. It grabbed it and crushed it within its ws, throwing the bent knife to one side. It then turned its attention towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, who had immediately turned and run the moment he saw the D2 regain its senses. The cat-and-mouse game resumed, and soon enough, it became a fight for life itself. Zhang Xiao Qiangs stamina was extremely low, and the D2s hatred for Zhang Xiao Qiang had intensified. He rushed towards the small alleyway,cking the energy to run around the D2. The hole dug in the room became his lifesaver, a chance he wanted to try and grab hold of. The narrow alleyway managed to block the D2 for a bit, giving Zhang Xiao Qiang a little breather. He turned, and gasped again, as it had begun to wriggle through. The walls began to crumble and dust was unsettled, blocking the D2s frame. Zhang Xiao Qiang dodged a few scattering debris, before regting his breathing for a bit. He then made for the particr room and leaped into the hole. Crawling forwards for another 10m, after making sure he was safe, he copsed on the cold, wet earth. The air was damp and cold, and a little stifling. There was the strong scent of soil. Zhang Xiao Qiangid therezily, not moving. Everything else was not important to him at this moment. He had to regain his stamina. So what if he couldnt defeat the monster, he just had to outrun it no? He felt his bones aching and tingling, and he was just thinking if he should make use of this opportunity to throw the D2 off, to run away from the granary. Peng The light from the hole instantly darkened, and the entire tunnel felt like an earthquake had hit it. Zhang Xiao Qiang scrambled to crawl away, cursing that deranged D2. He was already like a mouse, but the cursed D2 just wouldnt let him off?! The tunnel wasntrge, and he could only use his hands to pull himself forward. There was no light, and he could only think of the exit. As long as he didnt hit any earthen wall, it was a path. He continued to crawl in that unknown space, not able to increase his speed. Furthermore, he had not experienced this before, and the darkness all around him was like the mouth of a devil waiting to swallow him alive. The D2s continued digging caused the earth behind him to fly up into the sky. A strong stench came wafting from behind, and when he turned around to look, he saw that the tunnel was copsing about 5 to 6 meters away. The light was shining in again, as the earth continued to pile around him, burying him alive. He trembled and increased his speed of pulling himself forward. He could not care about anything else now, he just continued to crawl forward. The narrow tunnel prevented him from turning his body around. There was no need to consider engaging the D2 again. There was only forwards, forwards, forwards. The tunnel seemed to be endless, and he could just feel his head burning slightly. If he could feel his scalp, he would definitely feel numerous bumps. However, what were theypared to his life? He banged into the walls, again and again, adjusting his path constantly. He could only crawl forwards numbly until he managed to see a weak light ahead. Chapter 136: Injury Chapter 136: Injury The light ahead was like a candle in the dark, and it gave Zhang Xiao Qiang some hope. He managed to muster some stamina and began to crawl towards it with all his might. All of a sudden, the tunnel behind him began to copse, burying his legs. The loud roar behind him caused his eardrums to go numb, the D2 had already reached behind him. He began to struggle and kick out with his legs, extracting them. At that moment, the earth was already dug out, the D2s w was within a few centimeters from him. He mustered all his strength and pulled himself forwards. There was no more need to use his head to feel the path. Even though the D2 was behind him, his speed could maintain an equilibrium with the D2s digging. Finally, Zhang Xiao Qiang reached the hole, while the D2 was obstructed by the cement wall of the granary. He climbed out the ditch, panting, he was now like a dusty monkey, his entire body covered with dirt and mud. Other than his eyes, he was perpetually ck everywhere. Peng... The wall started to splinter like a spider web. Following another loud sound, the cracks begin to deepen and be clearer. Some dust and debris were shaken loose. Zhang Xiao Qiang stared at the wall in shock. This was a wall that was constructed during an era where quality was emphasized! It was not a wall where quality waspromised from saving on material cost! Once more, another blow caused the wall to crack open, as a small hole revealed the D2s legs on the other side. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not dare to stay any longer as he bolted. Previously, the tunnel had been dug by those survivors, and the cement wall had already lost its support. Being pierced by an S2 wouldnt even be a surprise anymore. The D2 would obviously not wait for Zhang Xiao Qiang to catch his breath, nor would Zhang Xiao Qiang hope for the D2s sense of smell to fail. His current stamina was not enough for him to go for a Round 3. He could only run, and there was no more intention to die together with the D2. He had no more means and was out of ideas. He was just like a thirsty man who hade to the edge of the sea, his only motive now was to breathe as much as he could, and to savor his heartbeat for as long as he could. It was all just to prolong his life for a little while longer. His brain was nk, the previous few exchanges that had left him almost on the brink of death had wiped him of all energy. Yang Keer was safe, his goal had been met, now everything else was additional time earned. It was hisst struggle before his death. Hua... the entire wall in the granary was punched through in a cloud of dust, as the towering frame of the D2 stepped through, and he kicked away the remnants of the debris. The scattered concrete was sent flying in all directions, and Zhang Xiao Qiang was hit in the leg by one piece that he couldnt evade. The resulting fracture sent sharp pain racking through his body, but he gritted his teeth through it and climbed up a pile of rice. When he reached about 5m from the ground, the D2 had reached him. The distance of 5m wasnt exactly high, as a normal person could climb up in about 2 or 3 pulls. But to the D2 that liked to use its force instead of climbing, the 2m distance was like the step between heaven and hell. It pummeled the piles of bags of rice in front of it, but no matter how much it punched, the rice was able to scatter the force. If Zhang Xiao Qiang had been standing on a cement wall, he would have died umpteen times over. However, he now had the chance to catch his breath and rest, while watching the D2 venting on the bags of rice, while he slowly recovered. After punching the bags to no avail, the D2 stopped. It realized its efforts were futile. It stopped hitting the bags, instead, it started to grab the bags and its ws pierced into the bags, scattering rice all over the ground. The rice grains spread all over the ground like precious pearls, and when Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the outermost bags starting to sink, he quickly climbed back, evading the grabs of the D2. It started with dozens of bags being grabbed before hundreds of them were torn, then thousands and the grain was starting to pile up around the D2. It realized that it could not move, and it bellowed out in rage, waving its ws trying to bash its way out of the rice. However, with each p, it would just send the pearl-white grains of rice flying everywhere, some even hitting Zhang Xiao Qiangs face and body, sliding into his shirt. The grains flowed like water, and no matter how much the D2 grabbed or pped in its weird dance, the rice grains surrounding it did not seem to lessen, instead, because of the spilling from the countless bags, the grain was rising, and covering more of its legs. As time passed, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt his stamina recover by a great margin. Watching the D2 struggle within the mountain of grain, he knew his chance was here. He could not kill it, but he had to grab the chance to escape. Hoo...Ha... He lifted a sack of rice and threw it at the D2. His strength could notpare to Yang Keer, and the sack of rice soared slightly beforending at the outer pile, sliding down towards the D2. He did not expect much anyway, nor would the sack be able to instant kill the D2. He just wanted to use more sacks to bury it. That way, when he ran, there would no way for the D2 to chase him. Although it was temporarily trapped in the rice, as long as it stepped back a few steps, it could extract itself from the grain. Zhang Xiao Qiang could not let it have such a chance. Bags were flung by Zhang Xiao Qiang at the D2. Sometimes, the D2 would grab the nearby bags and throw it back at him. However, it had lost part of its vision and had poor aim. As long as Zhang Xiao Qiang watched carefully, he could dodge the iing bags. He grabbed the water canteen from his side and gulped down a mouthful of water, and the fiery feeling in his throat subsided slightly. By now, the D2 had been submerged in the grains of rice till they reached its chest. It tried to grab more bags to fling them elsewhere, but it caused even more grains to spill from the punctured bags. Knowing that the time was ripe, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not dally any longer. He followed the flow of the bags and slide down, stepping carefully in the pile of rice grains and made his way out. The rice was everywhere, and if he was not careful he could fall down. Hence, he had to be careful. The opportunity was difficult toe by, he could not slip up just because of a moment of folly. The D2 knew that Zhang Xiao Qiang was on the ground, and it tried to adjust and chase after. It began to get anxious. This little rat had caused it to suffer greatly throughout the day. If it didnt gobble him up and crunch his bones thoroughly, the rage in its heart would not subside. It began to struggle madly, grabbing more sacks of rice and throwing them towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. He dodged the iing sacks while walking on the slippery ground. He was also anxious in his heart, having managed to escape with such difficulty. However, the slippery ground would not allow him to pick up his pace. He could only pray to the heavens to help him get past this ordeal. One particr sack came soaring towards him, and he hurried to get down on the ground, allowing the sack to fly over him. But before he could stand up, another sack came flying over. He continued toy on the ground, but the sack hit a pile of rice bags above his head, and some of them were dislodged from their positions and came crashing down. At thest moment, he could not evade all of them, and one heavy sack smashed into his chest. Pu... Just like Yang Keer earlier, Zhang Xiao Qiang spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. Chapter 137: Yuan Yi’s smile Chapter 137: Yuan Yis smile When Zhang Xiao Qiang spat out the mouth of blood, his chest felt numb. The feeling wasnt pain, and he knew it was a serious injury. After a while, the pain would definitely hit him. He tried to stand, but the moment he moved, the dull feeling in his chest prevented him from doing so. He muttered: Im finished... He could not move and gritted his teeth. Since he couldnt walk, he wouldnt walk. He crawled towards the exit. His palms came down on the grain-covered ground, and dragged himself, as his legs pushed from behind him. He couldnt even care about whats going on with the D2 any longer. His eyes stared at the door, from time to time, a sack would fly over his head. The dislodged sacks from above him would crash down, some behind him, some in front, but it was like he had lost all feeling. He did not even bother to look up. He just continued to crawl forwards, his eyes fixed at the granary door. As long as he had a breath left, he would crawl out. He didnt even know why he bothered. There were no other thoughts in his mind, nor any emotion. He just knew if he wanted to live, he had to crawl out first. As to what happens then? Why think so far ahead? He was covered in bruises and scratches, and dirt and earth. As he crawled out the door, he lifted his head and saw the countless bodies, shattered ss and the ckened parts of the exploded vehicles. He caught sight of the huge gate about 50m away, and his pupils narrowed in resolution. That was the next goal. As long as he was not dead yet, as long as he had a breath left, he would crawl out. If he could see Yang Keer once more, or Yuan Yi, or even the blue skies outside of this damned ce, it would be all good. He crawled past the various bodies and their twisted shapes, his palms bleeding from the shattered ss on the ground. He crawled past a ck part of a vehicle, and he continued to crawl silently. He did not know how much time had passed, his blood continued to flow from his palm, his body leaving a trail on the ground with bloody handprints. An enraged howl sounded from the granary, and soon, a towering frame walked out the door. It lifted its head to sniff, and without hesitation, it walked towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. Its footsteps caused the ground to tremble, and the main characters of this chase had returned to their original starting point. Except that, this time, Zhang Xiao Qiang was already out of energy to fight against the D2. As for the D2, it was almost fine, save for the bleeding eye. He could feel the tremors beneath his body and did not respond. He just stared fixedly at the gate in front of him, crawling slowly towards there. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw a silhouette. It was Chen Yi, who was clutching his chest whileying beside a Land Rover. He was frothing at the mouth, blood flowing from his lips, and his gaze towards Zhang Xiao Qiang was full of hope. Until he turned to see the D2 behind Zhang Xiao Qiang, and the hope turned to despair. He looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang and smiled bitterly. Everyone was the same now, they were about to be the D2s meal. Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes swept past Chen Yi, and he continued to stare at the gate, his limbs dragging himself towards there. He did not know why he was trying so hard for. Maybe it was just to see the world outside once more. Other than the gate, there was nothing else on his mind. He would keep crawling until he was torn apart by the D2. The heavy footsteps got closer and closer. It was the impending arrival of the Grim Reaper. The D2 was the messenger of Death sent by the Grim Reaper. Zhang Xiao Qiang crawled past the corpse of the S2 that had its head decapitated by him, and saw that there was still half of the distance left to the gate. He decided to increase his speed. A bright red dump truck burst through therge gates, horning wildly like some beast. Through the windshield, Yuan Yi could be seen behind the steering wheel, her eyes fixed on Zhang Xiao Qiang crawling on the ground. She had never seen him in such a pitiful state before, and the only things that could prove that it was him, was the old-fashioned satchel and military canteen by his waist. After the struggle with the D2, there was not a part of him that wasnt untouched, and her tears flowed. Seeing Zhang Xiao Qiang looking at her, Yuan Yi smiled sadly, this was her man. This was her man that had told her: From now on, youre my woman! Even if he was overbearing, and did not care about her thoughts, and was unreasonable. Even if he was so hard to approach, and she had to exhaust all means to get close to him. He could be so gentle and loving and would treasure her, allowing her to feel the happiness as a woman, and help her to regain her pride. This was her man, the first to enter her heart and allow her to escape while facing the D2 on his own. That terrifying existence that caused her to be frozen in fear, and was even scarier than a demon, he had faced it alone. Seeing Zhang Xiao Qiang, she smiled, her tears flowed profusely. She didnt want him to see her crying, it was too ugly. However, her tears would not stop flowing. Hence, she wanted to smile, she wanted Zhang Xiao Qiang to see her smile, and remember her for all his life. Even if she could not chase after him again, or look at his back, her smile would remain in his heart forever to apany him. Zhang Xiao Qiang caught sight of Yuan Yi, and he smiled as well. He had tried his best to crawl out, wasnt it just to see her once more as well? Even though it was a pity he couldnt see Yang Keer, but at least there was Yuan Yi. That prideful girl, who could be so frail and beautiful, her courage that could burst out in moments of despair, and her cool and collected face that would watch him from behind. This girl who had cried and asked if he minded that she was no longer clean, no longer a virgin, who had told him that she wouldnt live without him. He could feel a strong sense of warmth in his heart, it was the sort of safety andfort that she had brought to him. It came strong this time, like the gushing waters of a hot spring, submerging his entire being. He felt his soul cleansed, as though there wasnt a single speck of dirt or dust in his heart. He could truly die without regrets now. Yuan Yi burned the image of Zhang Xiao Qiang deeply into her mind and stepped down on the pedal. The dump truck roared and surged forwards, brushing past Zhang Xiao Qiang and mming into the D2. Zhang Xiao Qiang opened his mouth in horror as he watched the dump truck smoking past him. He wanted to scream, but his throat wouldnt make a sound, and his eyes followed the truck as it mmed into the D2. PENG... The dump trucks frame was as red as blood, and it mmed into the D2, causing it to tilt backward. Yuan Yi looked at the D2 on the other side of the windshield and gritted her teeth to drive the pedal further in. The D2 was sent backward by the dump truck, and it grabbed either side of the vehicle with its ws. However, it could not stabilize itself due to the frame, and it was forced backward again. It roared out in madness, it was afraid, it could feel that this thing that had mmed into it had more strength than it. BENG... The dump truck drove the D2 and mmed into the iron doors of the granary, driving it against the wall. Its huge tires continued to squeal from the friction of the ground, and the burning rubber caused smoke to rise. Yuan Yi sat in the drivers seat and stared fixedly at the D2. There was no hint of her calmness, instead, her pearl-like eyes were bloodshot. The D2 began to struggle wildly, its head mming onto the windshield. Cracks appeared like a spiderweb, and the second time it did so, the ss started to shatter, spilling all over the driverpartment. The windshield mmed into Yuan Yi, causing her to spit a mouthful of blood all over the ss as well, while the shattered ss cut into her in various ces. She didnt even bother about her injuries, as she continued to step on the pedal until her breathing became hard, and her consciousness began to ebb away. She slumped onto the steering wheel, her feet still firmly stepping on the pedal. Chapter 138: Doing the D2 in Chapter 138: Doing the D2 in Yuan Yi slumped over the steering wheel, causing it to turn slightly. The front of the vehicle also began to slowly shift. As the head of the car drove against the wall at a certain angle, the entire car began to flip, trapping the D2 underneath it. Before the D2 could react, its thighs and arms were caught in the gears under the dump truck and were twisted. The vehicles tires were still moving, and the immense force began to grind the bones of the D2, causing them to break amidst chi chi sounds. The loudest came from the thigh, where the breaking of bones sounded like a bamboo being snapped. The D2 screamed out long, and its useless limbs were caught dead in the gears, causing the vehicle to stop moving. Zhang Xiao Qiang couldnt be bothered about the appearance of the D2. He could only stare straight at the driverspartment, hoping against hope for Yuan Yi to crawl out. In fact, she might even be heavily injured. However, he saw the pooling of fresh blood outside the vehicle that was sideways, with the blood dripping slowly before forming a constant flow. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt a stab in his heart, and his palms clenched into right fists. A few broken ss shards were still in his palm, and they cut into his skin, causing fresh blood to drip from his palms as well. He did not feel the pain though, his eyes only filled with the sight of Yuan Yis blood. ARGH~~~~~ He screamed out while stillying on the ground. He mmed his head on the ground, causing his forehead to bleed, his tears flowing freely. His heart was torn asunder and felt like it was being twisted. Zhang Xiao Qiang began to crawl towards the driverspartment. All thoughts of the D2, WH City, and whatever life he had clung on to was thrown to the back of his mind. There was only Yuan Yis blood in his eyes, and he knew that she had used her life in exchange for his. He didnt dare to think, he didnt want to believe, the condition that Yuan Yi was in right now. He was still hanging on to hope, he wanted to see her once more, her beautiful smile, and her clear and soothing voice. He continued to crawl slowly, the clothes in front of his chest being ripped by the ss shards on the ground. The beast hide sewn beneath was also beginning to be ripped apart. Then, all that left was his skin, as they were rubbed raw and sliced by the ss shards. He could no longer feel the physical pain of his body, all that he felt was the immense weight on his heart. The D2 continued to moan out, and Chen Yi had a look of shock as he saw the D2 in this state. He had seen Yuan Yi driving the vehicle into the D2, and he had never expected her to be so fearsome and vicious. Zhang Xiao Qiang crawled to the head of the vehicle, where Yuan Yi was still slumped in the driverspartment. Her chest area had been pierced in multiple ces by the ss shards, and it struck out at Zhang Xiao Qiang. The amount of blood flowing from her wounds was unreal, and he hurried to climb in through the broken windshield. He swept the ss shards away from her chest and used his hands to try and grab the blood coagnt powder. However, he couldnt find it, then he remembered that he had dumped the whole bottle on Yang Keers body. He mmed into the steering wheel with his head, regretting his actions. He regretted his decision to not take the entire gourd because of his disgust towards Dr. Yu and his personal belongings. He had only stored a little in the ss bottle and had been overconfident that he wouldnt need it. He pulled out the Life-Preserving Pill to feed her, but her jaws were clenched tight. He ced it in his mouth and tried again. Yuan Yi was currently unconscious, and she felt like she was walking slowly in the dark. There was no sense of direction and no goal. It was cold all around her, the sort that seeped through to ones bones. The bone-chilling cold made its way towards her heart slowly, and she wanted to scream out loud, but she could not make a sound. She tried to run, but to her horror, she found that she had lost control over her body. She began to shiver, and her heart was ovee by fear. She was terrified to stay in this dark and cold ce. Hell would have been much better. She tried to remember the sight of Zhang Xiao Qiangs back and found that she could not remember anything. There was only the shadow of a man in her heart, without any face. She could only remember his back, and when she thought of that, her heart was suddenly calm, and the invading cold wasnt as chilling as before. Even though all she could see was his shadow in her heart, she thought of how much that meant to her, and suddenly, a gentle atmosphere arose in her mind. That warm atmosphere brought her a sense of warmth andfort, transforming into little currents of energy in her heart. They sought to fight back the cold, and she suddenly found that she could detect a very familiar scent. It wasforting, and very familiar, seeminglybining with the image of the man in her heart. Following that, the cold seemed to be banished away, and the darkness was receding. A light appeared, and she could make out the hazy image of a man covered in dirt, his face staring at her full of concern. The man in front of her merged perfectly with the silhouette in her heart, and she smiled. This was the first time she had smiled right in front of him. She knew that this man had brought her back from the cold ce of despair. She was satisfied, extremely so, and for the first time, she felt that it was good to be alive. When Zhang Xiao Qiang saw that Yuan Yi had woken up, he heaved a sigh of relief. The old doctor might have been deranged, but his medicine was truly something else. He had swallowed a little when feeding Yuan Yi, but he immediately felt the pain on his body lessening. He could even stand up now. The D2 was still moaning non-stop outside, and Zhang Xiao Qiang whipped out his Jing Wei Sword, as he climbed out the driverspartment. The D2 was caught in the gears of the vehicle, its leg stuck, and one arm having been crushed. It was a pathetic sight, and other than crying out, the D2 was essentially crippled. As Zhang Xiao Qiang walked slowly over to its head, it could smell his scent, and it recalled the trouble this little rat had put itself through. The hatred surged and it began to struggle madly again, waving its other w in a bid to pull itself out from the vehicle. The dump truck began to wobble under the intense struggling of the D2. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked over to the D2s rear, and stood at the dead spot of its arm. He raised his Jing Wei Sword, aiming for the wound that his military knife had left, and stabbed down viciously. As the Jing Wei Sword prated the socket, with Zhang Xiao Qiangs entire body weight behind that strike, the sword pierced into the brain of the D2 with a Pu sound. He continued to apply pressure while stirring the sword, intending to cause as much damage as possible. ROAR~~~~ The D2 opened its mouth to let out a roar of agony. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt a gust of putrid wind blow past him, causing the tattered cloth on him to flutter gently. He stepped with one foot on its face, his hands still continuing to drive the sword in the wound. ck blood and yellow brain matter flowed out from therge wound, and the w that was waving in the air slumped to the side uselessly, causing the broken ss shards and spent bullets to scatter int he air. Its body also stopped thrashing about, as itid there twitching once in a while. Zhang Xiao Qiang was still in that pose, his foot on the face of the D2, his hands twisting the sword constantly until he felt that there was no ce he had missed out in the brain of the D2, before he finally stopped. Chapter 139: Su Qian’s Desertion Chapter 139: Su Qians Desertion Zhang Xiao Qiang carefully brought Yuan Yi out from the driverspartment, both of them staggering towards the huge gates. Chen Yi also clutched his chest as he slowly got to his feet. It seemed that his injuries werent that serious, it might have been he was faking it. Vulture and 7 or 8 other men also appeared out of nowhere, together with that snake-waist woman. That woman was truly fortunate. She had followed the right people and managed to survive. The survivors earlier that had stood where they were had been in earlier. Vulture and the men looked at the D2 with some lingering fear, before looking at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Then he realized that Zhang Xiao Qiang was also barely holding himself together, supporting Yuan Yi as both of them walked. His condition didnt seem to be good, and he looked extremely weak. Chen Yi saw the few men walking over and began to bark at them, intending to get them to support himself up. However, they didnt move a muscle after hearing his shouts, only looking towards Vulture. Vulture looked at Chen Yi, the look of contempt and ridicule apparent in his gaze. Chen Yi also noticed it, and when he saw the men following Vulture, he became silent. He then spoke up: Make it fast! Seeing this, Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart tensed up. His right hand went to the 3-point dart by his waist. They might not be effective against the D2, but it wouldnt be an issue to deal with Vulture. Of course, Vulture had gone against him first. Yuan Yi couldnt stand properly and was leaning against him. She didnt seem to care about the conflict between Vulture and Chen Yi, and only enjoyed the tenderness of Zhang Xiao Qiang. The sound of a car traveled over, as Zhang Xiao Qiangs hummer appeared through the gates. The doors opened, and the alluring Shangguan Qiao Yun came down, helping Yang Keer out. Herplexion was much better, and although she had to rely on someone while walking, when she saw Zhang Xiao Qiang still intact, she smiled, her eyes brimming with tears. When she had woken up and there was no sight of him, she had be anxious and wanted toe over to take a look. Su Qian had alsoe down, and she held Zhang Xiao Qiangs .81 rifle. The gun was aimed at Vulture and the rest. When Zhang Xiao Qiang saw Su Qian aiming at Vulture and the rest, he heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. He was at his weakest right now, and with Su Qians suppression, Vulture and Chen Yis conflict would not spill over to them. When Vulture saw Su Qian holding the rifle, his face fell, and he exchanged some nces with his men. They all became obedient, and the weapons in their hands were flung to the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to help Yuan Yi up the car when Su Qian moved. She held the rifle and walked up to Chen Yi, pointing it at his head. Her eyes were red, and she gritted her teeth, staring at him full of hatred. Chen Yi looked at Su Qian pointing the gun at him,ughing bitterly. He stared back into her vengeful eyes and said: Give me a quick death! After which, he closed his eyes. Tatata... The rifle fired, pumping bullets into Chen Yis body. He slumped to the floor in a pool of blood, his body still twitching from the firing that had not stopped, until the magazine of 30 bullets ran out. Pa-ta... The empty magazine fell to the ground, Ka-cha... And a new magazine was reloaded. Su Qian then turned to aim at Vulture and the rest, who raised their hands. Other than Vulture, the rest were trembling. Even the snake-waist woman had crouched down with her hands over her heads, not daring to look. Su Qian slowly backed away, till she reached the Hummer. She turned to face Zhang Xiao Qiang: Master, this is thest time Im calling you as such. Im going. I dont want to rely on men any longer. Donte and find me, you will not find me. Im taking the car and gun. Thank you for taking care of me. After that, she got into the car. Wait... He opened his mouth, his right hand gripping his 3-point dart, as long as she did not stop he would kill her. She did not start the vehicle instantly, instead, looking at him. Give me my things!!! He made the decision to part on amicable terms, in the first ce, he didnt hold her in high regard. Since she wanted to leave, having the car and guns were fine by him. He had over a hundred of them anyway. As for car? Would there be a shortage of that? His backpack, Yang Keers treasure pouch, Yuan Yis, Yang Keers and his weapons were all flung out of the vehicle. When he saw his bag and Beast Horn Spear, his heart rxed. Su Qian did not know the true value of the Beast Horn Spear, it was something that could even pierce a D2. He had long decided to keep it as a family heirloom. The Hummer drove away, and Zhang Xiao Qiang looked to Shangguan Qiao Yun who was supporting Yang Keer: Why didnt you follow her? She didnt say anything, just lowering her head. Zhang Xiao Qiang also could not be bothered to understand her thinking. It didnt matter if they left or not. At the very least, Su Qians actions had been stronger than Xie Yuan Shan. She had not bitten him back, and he felt her decision to be funny. How many zombies can that rifle kill? Can it pierce through a D2? Can it fight against an S2? Relying on that shit, why not strengthen yourself? At the very least you can outrun them? Vulture saw Su Qian abandoning Zhang Xiao Qiang and drove off in a cloud of dust. The group of them picked up their weapons again, as Vulture walked over to Brother Long, using his foot to shake him gently. There was no response from Brother Long, his chest had caved in. The blood on his mouth was still fresh. It seemed that as the D2 was chasing Zhang Xiao Qiang earlier, it had stomped onto Brother Long, and it was the deciding blow that sent Brother Long to hell. Vulture pulled out the gun from Brother Longs waist and led the few men over towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, who received an eye signal from Yang Keer. He waited for Vulture to reach his side, and Vulture had a smile that wasnt quite a smile, saying: Brother Cockroach, I know youre powerful. However, you cant hang on much, can you? As brothers, theres not much to say. As long as you dont stand in my way, we will not mix! What do you think? Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded, he had no issues about whoever wanted to be the boss. He had to leave anyway, who would give a rats ass as to who ran the ce? Vulture saw that Zhang Xiao Qiang agreed, and did not even raise any condition, and his smile became wider. He looked towards Shangguan Qiao Yun, and that extremely sexy body, and could not help but gulp. He had lusted after Brother Longs women for a very long time, especially Shangguan Qiao Yun. Initially, he had met her with Brother Long, but Brother Long had immediately brought her in as his, and Vulture had not dared do anything since then. In fact, Brother Long and Chen Yis act of being at loggerheads but secretly on the same side was to suppress Vulture and his men. Vulture was also a head in the past, how would he be satisfied with working for someone? However, Brother Longs faction had too many people, and thus he had bided his time. His team was the team that suffered the least, and he had been gathering people to wait for a chance. The chance hade, and Chen Yi and Brother Long had both perished. Zhang Xiao Qiang was also like a cockroach on the verge of death. His lust for Shangguan Qiao Yun thus pushed him to decide to go against Zhang Xiao Qiang. He raised his gun to aim at Zhang Xiao Qiang. He was a man who murdered, and if he decided to do something, he would go all out. Since he decided to go against him, he would quickly take care of this person at his weakest first. As long as Zhang Xiao Qiang was dead, he could then proceed to deal with Yang Keer and the rest. Then, he would subjugate He Wen Bin and the rest, and with this granary, he could be considered to have some capital as well. Chapter 140: Leaving in a huff when matters are over Chapter 140: Leaving in a huff when matters are over Zhang Xiao Qiang had been guarded against Vulture. The fact that Vulture had been hiding his ambitions for this long showed his patience and determination. Zhang Xiao Qiang would not believe for one moment that Vulture would uphold his promise. The moment he saw Vulture salivating at the sight of Shangguan Qiao Yun, he knew Vulture would be up to no good. Shangguan Qiao Yun was, after all, Zhang Xiao Qiangs woman in name already. Although it was still in name only, as long as he harbored intentions to get her, Zhang Xiao Qiang had to deal with it. me it on the fact that Shangguan Qiao Yun was his. With a shrug of his shoulders, the 3-point dart in Zhang Xiao Qiangs hands shot out. Having held the dart for so long, he finally threw it out. Ah!!~~ Vulture grabbed his hand agony, never expecting Zhang Xiao Qiang to still have some preventive measure. His eyes swept past the dart stuck in his hand, and he turned to his men, preparing to give the signal for them to charge. He intended for them to outnumber Zhang Xiao Qiang, after all, he had already decided on this course of action, he didnt care how many men he would lose. It would either be him or Zhang Xiao Qiang that walks out alive today. He turned around to signal but realized that they werent looking at him. All of them were staring at Zhang Xiao Qiang, agape, before 2 of them dropped their weapons involuntarily. The moment the melee weapons ttered to the floor, it seemed to set off the rest as well, as they all looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang in fear, their legs shaking. Vulture was bewildered, and he turned slowly back to face Zhang Xiao Qiang, only to see the dark ends of 2 barrels facing him. His entire back was drenched in cold sweat, and he could not maintain his calm anymore. His legs started shaking before he crumpled to the ground in fear. Zhang Xiao Qiang couldnt care about how much fear Vulture had right now. In fact, he was terrified inwardly himself. Both the M1911A1s in his and Yang Keers hands were empty, having spent them on the S2 earlier. They were using empty guns to try and intimidate this bunch. Fortunately, these people were not idiots, not daring to charge forth without ascertaining that the handguns had ammo. Do you guys want to die along with him? Zhang Xiao Qiangs raspy voice sounded, and the 7 men seemed to line up obediently, shaking their head in unison. If it werent for the severity of the situation, it would be aical sight. Seeing them respond obediently, Zhang Xiao Qiang was satisfied. He then looked to Vulture who had a stricken expression, when he suddenly had a thought, Make use of others to kill. The bunch of you, kill Vulture. It will be a token of your submission. Zhang Xiao Qiang spoke softly. The men looked at Vulture withplicated expressions. They knew that without Vulture, they wouldnt have survived till today, hence they were all hesitant. Zhang Xiao Qiang nced at them again and said once more: If you dont want to, you dont have to. When he said this, they all felt like a huge weight was off their shoulders. But, you can join in his death! Zhang Xiao Qiang finished and brought his pistol up to aim at them. Ill go, Ill go, Ill go, dont kill me! Please dont shoot! One burly man saw Zhang Xiao Qiang aiming at his head, and his heart seemed to jolt, almost stopping. He began to stutter about killing Vulture until Zhang Xiao Qiang brought his gun away from him. His entire face was slick with perspiration and knew he came close to death just then. He trembled as he walked towards Vulture. With one guy leading, the rest also began to surround Vulture under the threat of Zhang Xiao Qiangs handgun. When Vulture saw his subordinates surrounding him, he stopped clutching his arm that was injured and reached for the .92 pistol that he threw to the ground. He just picked it up, when a foot came mming into his left hand holding the gun. The gun was flung across the ground once more, it was precisely the first guy who stepped out to kill Vulture. The man picked up the gun, and he did not dare hold it by the grip, instead, holding the barrel, before handing it to Zhang Xiao Qiang with an abashed expression, hoping that Zhang Xiao Qiang would appreciate his goodwill. He knew that as he picked up the gun, Zhang Xiao Qiangs gaze was fixed on him. Zhang Xiao Qiang received the handgun and looked at him appreciatively, causing the guy to feel like the pressure had lightened considerably. Without any prompt from Zhang Xiao Qiang, he immediately turned to face Vulture savagely. He had thoroughly treated Vulture as his enemy, and only by killing him would things be settled. Vulture watched his men turn into strangers as they closed in on him. He began to shout for his life, begging Zhang Xiao Qiang for mercy. He started to kowtow profusely, and his entire face bled. Zhang Xiao Qiang and the men ignored his actions, and it was unclear who made the first move, but the moment a long spear pierced into him, the rest began raining blows as well. 7 of them surrounding Vulture, their weapons pummeling him without stopping. Zhang Xiao Qiang and his women stood outside of the circle, not knowing Vultures current condition. Until his voice started to die out, and there was no movement. Even then, the men did not seem to realize Vulture had sumbed and still continued to pierce, and thrust, and smashed as hard as they could. Everyone had bloodshot eyes, turning beast-like. By the time everyone was exhausted, Vulture had be a pile of mashed up meat, mixed with his clothes. When the men regained their rationality and saw what they did, they all vomited. Zhang Xiao Qiang eyed the minced meat on the ground and supported Yuan Yi as they turned towards the huge gate. Shangguan Qiao Yun did not dare to peek at the fate of Vulture instead, looking at Zhang Xiao Qiang. She also supported Yang Keer and turned to follow Zhang Xiao Qiang. Yang Keer was currently emotional, as Brother Longs death had affected her. Although they werent close, he was still a rtive. Thest living rtive of hers had died, it was truly hard to bear. When she saw Zhang Xiao Qiangs back, her heart lifted slightly. Isnt there him in her life? This stubborn man who wanted face more than anything, but still sacrificed himself for the women he loved. This was the man she would spend the remainder of her life with. Chapter 141: Going Home Chapter 141: Going Home Zhang Xiao Qiang held Yuan Yi as they walked in front, while Shangguan Qiao Yun held Yang Keer as they followed. The rest of the men trailed behind, their faces pale, their weapons covered in blood. They all had the same goal in mind, it was that huge door. He Wen Bin and the rest were waiting beyond it, and when they saw Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest emerging, they couldnt help but cheer in high spirits. The 3 survivors who had escaped through the hole earlier watched the rest with worry on their faces, unsure of their fates. They did not dare to revolt, instead, choosing to see how things turned out. The 2 monsters had been killed, and although they had suffered heavy losses, those were 2 monsters that had been impervious to guns! He Wen Bin sat in the drivers seat, his shoulder bandaged once more. When he saw Zhang Xiao Qiang appeared, he came down wobbly from the seat, until Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest got closer. Zhang Xiao Qiang noticed He Wen Bin weing them even with his heavy injury and nodded. He then helped to ce Yang Keer and Yuan Yi carefully into the vehicle, while the rest got in their respective vehicles. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned to face the granary, which was now a scene right out of hell. There were still ces still smoking, debris everywhere, and he could make out the hole in the wall which the D2 had smashed through, noticing that there was a lush forest behind. There should be a town beyond the forest. Seeing the forest, Zhang Xiao Qiang finally understood where the D2 and S2 hade from. They must have been hiding within the forest the entire time and should have been attracted here previously when Brother Long lost 2 men in the 1st expedition. When they arrived, the scent of the blood had disappeared, hence they must have been hiding within, until today, when Brother Long had executed the man from the survivors. The scent of the fresh blood had then been brought to the forest with the winds, attracting the D2 and S2. Apparently, Lady Luck had not been shining on Brother Long, if he hadnt killed the man, everything would have been fine, and all the subsequent events wouldnt have happened. Zhang Xiao Qiang wouldnt have had to challenge the D2 by himself as well. He pulled open the car door and sat beside Shangguan Qiao Yun, while Yang Keer and Yuan Yiid down behind. Zhang Xiao Qiang then took off his dirtied and torn clothes, crumpling them into a bunch and stuffing them under the seat. He then stood outside naked, allowing Shangguan Qiao Yun to help him pour the water while he washed clean. The water turned red and ck from his various wounds and grime. When he felt refreshed, he pulled out a set of clothing from the backpack and started to get dressed. Even as he stood naked in front of Shangguan Qiao Yun, he wasnt embarrassed, after all, she was his woman. Furthermore, after the ordeal with the D2, his entire demeanor had undergone some form of baptism, not caring about his shame orck of it. There was no fear as he stood there, after all, was being naked worse than being pummeled by a D2? The journey back was slow, and Yang Keer and Yuan Yi both fell asleep. Zhang Xiao Qiang watched the scenery pass him by, and his eyelids started to droop. It was past 3, and it had been a hell of a day. His stamina and energy had truly run out, and he turned to look at Shangguan Qiao Yun. Her clothes were still clean, and she sat there quietly, her beautiful looks and charming demeanor, the slightly-exposed neck, Zhang Xiao Qiang found that the quiet Shangguan Qiao Yun was extremely alluring, even more so when she tried to use her charms. It was a strong attraction, but constant and throbbing, like the waves of the seas, crashing down on the shores. The waves came on strong and washed Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart over and over again. It caused a surge of blood in him, his breathing turning heavy, while his heartbeat became faster. The sensation spread all over his body, and the current beauty and charm that she exuded were the type of tenderness that Zhang Xiao Qiang appreciated greatly. The exhaustion and adrenaline from the fight with the D2 earlier subsided slowly as he continued to admire her beauty. The waves hade and gone quickly, and his emotions started to settle down. The desire in his eyes started to rise, the longer he stared at her. Shangguan Qiao Yun knew Zhang Xiao Qiang was watching her, and her heart was beating fast as well. She did not know if it was appropriate to express her rejection now. After all, she had decided to be strong, and not a woman who relied on men. Although she did not follow in Su Qians desertion, she harbored some form of envy and respect for her courage to leave, and she wanted to grasp her own destiny. Of course, she did not dare to leave Zhang Xiao Qiang like Su Qian did. Shangguan Qiao Yun was thankful to Zhang Xiao Qiang and knew that when she was at her wits ends and wanted to end her life, he had given her a form of hope. It was precisely of what could be considered his promise, that she knew that this man was not stone-hearted, and not like she had no worth in his eyes. Feeling the change in attitude from him, the little woman side of her cheered inwardly. She was after all, proud of her charms and her skills in getting men to do anything for her. When she was subjected to the cruel world after the apocalypse set in, she wanted to find a man she could rely on. Until she was rejected by this man in front of her. She then knew that not all men were the same, at the very least, this man didnt want a well-groomed rose, he wanted the plum that could survive regardless of weather. Fine, if he wanted it that way, so be it! Your mother, I, will be the lowest of the low, the most tenacious plum one could ever find! However, why was he looking at her like this then? Could it be, he didnt even want her as a plum now? As Shangguan Qiao Yuns thoughts were chaos, she did not know how she should deal with Zhang Xiao Qiang. She wasnt willing to be a pillow for the venting of sexual frustration, but could she actually reject his advances? Especially when she saw the titan-like D2 lying on the ground, which had been done in by Zhang Xiao Qiang and Yuan Yi, her veneration for them had shot through the roof. Women idolized strong men after all, it was something deep within genes, finding a strong mate. This would enable the survival of their bloodline and species. This instinct deep within a woman would be awakened with time, and for Shangguan Qiao Yun, Zhang Xiao Qiang had fully exhibited qualities of a dependable male. As for Zhang Xiao Qiang, he reigned in his emotions and the exhaustion that he had been trying to keep at bay overwhelmed him. He yawned once, before lying down on Shangguan Qiao Yunsp, and not long after, he fell into a deep sleep. Chapter 142: Missed Chapter 142: Missed Authors note: Uh, I messed up! I actually left this chapter out, and its an important one at that! Ill make it up by releasing 5 at one go today! (Trantors note: This had likely happened when the author was releasing, and he released 143 before 142 and received some notifications.) ======== Zhang Xiao Qiangs headid on Shangguan Qiao Yuns thighs, and she was slightly taken aback by his actions. Her body tensed up until heid down fully like earlier in the morning. When she saw that, she slowly rxed, and her hands started to caress his face just like how she did in the morning. The stubble on his face was slightly itchy, but she could not stop bringing her fingers over his face. Her eyes swept towards the criss-cross wounds on his hands folded across his chest, and she gently took up his right hand. There were all sorts of wounds of varying degrees all over his palms and arms. The multitude of scars was like ayer of spiderweb wrapped all over him. There were some older injuries, while many more fresh from todays battle. Some had started to scab, and due to the uneven surface, it could also be due to the pain earlier, Zhang Xiao Qiangs hands werent washed very clean. Many of the wounds still had clumps of dirt. Some of his bigger wounds also had some grains of rice stuck to them. Looking at those wounds, tears began to well up in Shangguan Qiao Yuns eyes, as they flowed down her face, past her cheek, and dripped down slowly from her chin. As they fell on Zhang Xiao Qiangs face and lips, there was no response from him. He was too exhausted, and could not feel the warm teardrops. He continued toy there with his eyes shut, inhaling the fragrance from her body as he slept soundly. The car came to a sudden halt, jerking Zhang Xiao Qiang awake. He sat up and immediately looked out the car, noticing that they had already arrived at the gates of the chicken farm. The main gate was shut tight, with countless old furniture and nks blocking it from the inside. Some of the yellow-skinned men were wielding some weapons and tools as they faced off against the men on Zhang Xiao Qiangs side. They were hollering and shouting, wanting freedom. He felt bewildered. Everything had been fine when they left earlier, howe these cowards started acting up all of a sudden? Where did they get the balls from? Some of the guys immediately went forward to try and find out what was happening. However, before they even got 2 sentences in, the men on the inside began to pelt stones at them. One evennded on the windshield of the vehicle Zhang Xiao Qiangs group was in. He became furious, Yang Keer and Yuan Yi were currently recuperating, and he had not even had his lunch, having to fight for his life earlier. These fuckers dare to revolt? Ive taken care of D2s and S2s, you little fuckers want to try me?! When theres someone to pity, theres someone else to be damned. Zhang Xiao Qiang could care less about their troubles and wanted to charge right in. He suddenly came to a stop. The men inside dragged out 2 bodies, that had ropes tied around their necks. They then hoisted the bodies up and hung them on the gate. The clothes were removed, and the naked bodies were covered in all sorts of injuries. Their limbs were chopped off, even the little bird and its eggs were not spared. Looking at those 2 corpses, the men from Zhang Xiao Qiangs group were all shocked. The ones in front quickly retreated, whereas the men from within the gate became even rowdier. They lifted their weapons and hollered loudly, some even rushing forwards to shake the gates in their madness. There were wretched screams that came out their mouths, as they shook the gates violently, causing the fresh blood of the corpse to stter everywhere, dyeing the rusty old gate a fresh paint of blood. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked carefully and discovered who the corpses were. One was Old Hairy who had been crippled by Yuan Yi, the other was Drunkard who watched the chicken coop. They had died wretched deaths, extremely violently at that. Their eyes had been gouged out, leaving only 2 empty sockets. Drunkards mouth was still open, his teeth having been smashed apart. There were all sorts of whip marks, bludgeon marks, hack wounds, even burnt marks as well. Seeing this, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt his skin crawl. No wonder the men in front had retreated so hastily. This was truly a sickening sight. Seeing those crazed men behind the gates, Zhang Xiao Qiang simply could not understand what had incited such madness, even if they revolted and forcefully snatched the rations inside the chicken coop, how long could itst? After that, would they have the courage to head out and steal from the zombies? Was this somest-ditch attempt in madness? Such frenzy and irrational behavior, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that he had seen something simr before. A simr situation had urred during the 1998 Riots in Indonesia, those enraged citizens had suddenly looted, raped, piged and kill their own people and the foreigners, as they marched on through the cities. Now that his fellow countrymen had begun to sink into madness, he had to find out why. Was it because of the constant chicken feed? Or was it because they finally had sumbed to their inner demons, and wanted to burn with everyone else? The people inside suddenly became even more agitated, as they ran about amok, and the screams inside started to intensify. Some wails and screams resounded out from within before a group suddenly came out with 2 more wide nks and brought them to the gate. On the wooden nks, 2 people were still struggling madly. They had been nailed to the nks through their limbs, and fresh blood flowed. One was a man, the other a woman, and both had been stripped entirely of their clothes, as theyid naked on the nks. The man was Cannon, who limbs had been stomped on and broken by Yuan Yi, as for the woman, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not recognize her. She seemed to be one of the middle-aged housewives, her figure slightly pudgy, heryers of fat visible. The 2 mounds in front were extremelyrge, as though they were the Himyan peaks among women. The wooden nk holding Cannon was slowly pushed upright, as he continued to scream for them to end his life. However, this bunch had turned mad, as they chopped off his limbs, and then proceeded to castrate him, before gouging his eyes out. He was then chopped through the chest. (Here the author writes, forget it, the subsequent scene shouldnt be spelled out in detail. He also states that this part wasnt from his imagination, instead, he had referenced the images he had seen on TV during the 98 riots in Indonesia, and how the military and rebels had acted then. The soldiers had not been allowed to fire without orders, and thus, they had been mutted. He then proceeded to say that he would stop about the 98 riots.) Cannons corpse was then hung up on the gate as well, his fresh blood flowing profusely, covering the entire gate. Some men from Zhang Xiao Qiangs group could not take it anymore and vomit violently. Zhang Xiao Qiang had to suppress the urge to throw up as well when suddenly, a fragrant body leaped into his arms. Shangguan Qiao Yun sobbed as she buried her head in his chest. ======== Trantor Note: Interesting fact, this is the 2nd novel that Im tranting, where both authors depict an apocalypse and had referenced the 98 riots. Chapter 143: Thugs Chapter 143: Thugs Authors Notes: Many thanks to friend Lazy Lang for informing me on missing out one chapter! Please read Chapter 142 first! ======== Zhang Xiao Qiang drew Shangguan Qiao Yun in protectively, and breathed in deeply, suppressing the urge to vomit. When he felt better, he noticed she was shivering really badly and thought that maybe he should continue to hold her, when suddenly, a sharp shrill scream came resounding from the gate. It was the woman who was nailed to the wooden nk. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned around to see and immediately, his eyes turned bloodshot, his teeth gritting hard, and he even subconsciously tightened his grip around Shangguan Qiao Yun. She felt out of breath from his sudden movements and turned to look curiously as well. Her head quickly burrowed back into Zhang Xiao Qiangs chest, her trembling increasing in intensity, and her grip around him also became tighter. One man was sprawled on top of the woman as he got busy. Behind him, the other men were urging him on. Another was holding a chopper with blood in one hand, the other hand held a pale mound of flesh. The flesh was from the breast, and the woman had only a concave wound chest on her wound. The man was muttering incoherently, with blood flowing from the side of his mouth. (Authors note: Up to this point, I hope you guys arent retching! Anyway, I havent so, hehe....) Zhang Xiao Qiang let go off Shangguan Qiao Yun, prying her hands apart, then pushing her into the car. He then retrieved Yuan Yis de and shield, bearing the shield on his left, the de on his right, and ran towards the gate with bloodshot eyes. When the men on Zhang Xiao Qiangs side saw him charging towards the gate, they cheered, and some even grabbed their weapons and followed behind, while the rest grabbed some stones and started to fling them. When the men inside saw that the guys outside were rushing in, they hollered in fear and started to throw more stuff at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Some even threw their own weapons out. Zhang Xiao Qiang just forcefully deflected them off, while his only focus was the lock on the main gate. Zhang Xiao Qiang got close to the gate when a few spears thrust out. He evaded them and shed down on the thick, heavy lock. Once, twice, thrice, and the lock came shattering onto the ground. He then flung the gates wide open and charged in, as his men followed behind in a bellow of rage. When the men inside saw Zhang Xiao Qiang pulling the gates open, their frenzy seemed to subside, and some abandoned their weapons and fled. Some crouched down and hugged their heads. 2 others tried to charge at Zhang Xiao Qiang in a bid to attack him, one of them was the cannibal, he knew he had done unimaginable things, and he only wanted to bring as many down with him as he could. The other had already long since lost his rationality, and he just grabbed a wooden bat and charged over. Before he could swing down, Zhang Xiao Qiang had shed past him, and the man turned to look at him nkly before he realized his neck had turned cold, itchy and numb. He then felt like he was flying through the air before hended on the ground and saw his own shoes. The men behind Zhang Xiao Qiang raised their weapons and were prepared to beat and sh at the offender, but before they could even act, they saw the red line appearing on the neck of the guy, before his body crumpled, and his head fell separately,nding and rolling to his own feet. Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air, they had not seen how Zhang Xiao Qiang move. His sh was too fast, to the point no one had thought he had already moved. In fact, Zhang Xiao Qiang himself did not realize this strike of his had already reached a point where it surpassed everyones perception. His focus was on the cannibal and seeing that grim and savage expression, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt his fury boiling. Cannibalism had be some sort of taboo in Zhang Xiao Qiangs mind, and even so when rations were notcking. He had no issues with how they had killed Old Hairy and Drunkard. Death was amon thing now, especially when this world had the rule of the strong preying on the weak. Old Hairy and Cannon werent any good men anyway if they died so be it. Zhang Xiao Qiang had not even intended on dealing with this group for the killing of those people. After all, these sallow men with yellowplexions had suffered greatly under Cannon anyway, the mindless hacking was a sort of venting. However, Zhang Xiao Qiang loathed cannibals the most. To him, the moment onemitted this sin, they were no longer humans, but a bunch of rabid dogs that had lost their humanity, and if they were to live on, they would just be a hazard to other people. Zhang Xiao Qiang hence decided to get rid of each and everyone that he saw. He was not going to show any mercy to them. As for this one in front of him? His senior would be awaiting him in Hell! When the cannibal saw hisrade decapitated, his hands and feet turned cold, and he froze entirely, not daring to move. He did not expect the opponent to be so terrifying, strong to the point that he had lost his hope of taking down one more with him before he died. He closed his eyes and waited for the scythe of the Grim Reaper. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw him closing his eyes to wait for death, but he did not want to grant the man his wish. To him, killing him in a single strike was letting him off. He wanted this bastard to regret the day he was born. He mmed into the cannibal with his shield, and the men behind immediately charged forward and started to strike at the cannibal. Ding ding dang dang Zhang Xiao Qiangs de shed past, and the ground was filled with the broken spears. The men saw their spears destroyed by Zhang Xiao Qiang and looked at him with a little apprehension. To them, this man had even killed a D2, and he was legitimately their leader at this moment. Not knowing what they had done wrong, for him tosh out like this, they were truly on tenterhooks. Tie him up, find a chance to feed him to the zombies. Hes no different from them. When he finished speaking, they all felt their backs erupt in cold sweat. This guy was truly ruthless, and he actually wanted the cannibal to suffer before dying. His viciousness was way beyond Brother Longs. They all decided inwardly to be extremely careful, if they were to antagonize him, then they would likely face the same fate. They nodded profusely and motioned for the rest of the men that had gone crazy earlier. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at those cowards, who were just raving mad moments ago, and now all bowing not daring to raise their heads. A feeling of loathing arose in his heart. These sort of people were useless. They were not better than the cannibal, at the very least, the cannibal had the courage to try and fight for his own life. These losers were a waste of resources and chicken feed. Kill them, chicken feed is still food, isnt it? Zhang Xiao Qiang spat out coldly. The 3 men on the ground instantly began to beg and wail when they heard that. One tried to stand and flee, but he was instantly pierced in numerous ces by the men behind Zhang Xiao Qiang, turning him into a sieve. One fainted directly before they were stomped and pummeled to death. Thest trembled badly, kowtowing as he begged until Zhang Xiao Qiang shed his head off. Looking at the corpses, Zhang Xiao Qiangmanded: Go settle the rest of the chaos. After that, he assessed the 5 men with him. There were Common-face and He Wen Bins 3ckeys, as well as the man who had acted first to kill Vulture earlier. The rest in the vehicles were just alighting anding over. Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled out the .92 of Brother Long and handed it to Common-face, telling him to lead the other 4 to go quell the chaos. Common-face saw that Zhang Xiao Qiang was entrusting him with such a huge responsibility and a weapon, and he became extremely emotional. Not knowing what to say, he bowed deeply and led the rest away. Zhang Xiao Qiang then got the rest of the men to follow and provide reinforcements, while he himself went back to the car. He had just killed 2 men, and yet, there wasnt any blood on him. He was extremely pleased with the machete. It was a pity that Su Qian had brought hers with her. Thinking to that point, he realized that he was fine with the rest of the people in the chicken farm dying, as long as the old weaponsmith was fine. Chapter 144: You’d better make up for it! Chapter 144: Youd better make up for it! When he came to the car, he saw Shangguan Qiao Yun hugging herself, her shoulders shaking uncontrobly. Seeing that, he made no attempts to console her, nor hug her to cate her. Those who came of their own ord, he would not reject, and he would seek to gain some minor advantages if he could. Those who did not, he would not beg nor plead it. He sat in the car and waited for the ravaging madmen to be dragged out. He did not understand how he also came to be the head of this group of men so suddenly. However, since it could be counted as him having saved them, their respectful treatment towards him was to be expected. He would not do those good deeds that didnt leave his name, that was Lei Feng, not him, Zhang Xiao Qiang. His principle was that, if you do right by me, Ill do right by you. If you were to go against me, then well have something to discuss. (Lei Feng C https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lei_Feng) Zhang Xiao Qiang could be considered a miser, who loved to take advantage whenever he could. However, he would not do so just to benefit himself. In fact, he would always repay in some other manner. Since Shangguan Qiao Yun allowed him to sleep on her legs, he had decided to take care of her, and his attitude towards her was slightly better. Since Common-face had brought men to charge in with him, he had handed him the .92 handgun. Although he didnt have any bullets, that was still a gun, wasnt it?! Yuan Yi continued to hug herself, her shaking went on. There were sounds of her sobbing, and Zhang Xiao Qiang could hear her muttering 3 words to herself, over and over again. Why? (In Chinese, why is Ϊʲô Wishme) Because they have lost their protection, and their weapons. Zhang Xiao Qiang replied. She lifted her reddened eyes to look at him, without blinking. The most important thing is that they have lost their strength, without strength, you would just be fodder for others. If other people wanted to eat you, they would chop your limbs off to feed on it. If they wanted your thighs, they would cut your thighs. Dont think that its not going to happen. Ive already seen such a case. Her limbs were chopped off and eaten, and yet she was kept alive, waiting for that sick bastard to cut her up day after day. Her daughters had even seen her in that state.... His words had not yet finished, Shangguan Qiao Yun opened the door and vomit outside. After a while, she sat back in, her eyes dazed, and her face devoid of any color. She looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang with an overwhelming sense of terror, and uncertainty. You might be beautiful now, but will you be beautiful forever? What happens when youre 40? 50? When you have lost your assets and bargaining chips, without strength, what else can you do, except be eaten? Zhang Xiao Qiangs words were like needles that pricked her heart, and her heart thumped wildly as though it was being ground in a meat grinder. A sharp pain caused her to lose consciousness, as she slumped back in the seat. Her sudden reaction scared Zhang Xiao Qiang, and he gaped at her. There was no response even after 10 seconds until Shangguan Qiao Yuns breathing became even more erratic. Her face turned an unhealthy shade of gray, and Zhang Xiao Qiang hurried to hold her in his embrace, finally realizing that there was something wrong. Heart disease? What the fuck do I do? CPR? Zhang Xiao Qiang watched helplessly as her breathing became even more rushed. He was at a loss, none of his family or friends had such a condition. Shangguang Qiao Yuns breathing continued to blow on his face, and seeing that she was about to ascend to heaven, Zhang Xiao Qiang gritted his teeth and muttered: Fuck! Forget it, treat it that Ive must have owed you from our previous life! This must be payback, if it doesnt work, then your fate is really rotten! Who could have expected your heart to be so weak?! He fumbled through his haversack, not taking the Life-Preserving Pill, nor the blood coagnt, that was only useful for flesh wounds and was of no help to Shangguan Qiao Yuns current state. Instead, he pulled out a bottle of mineral water that had itsbel torn away, on it there were the words 84 Disinfectant, Do not drink. This was Zhang Xiao Qiangs resort for Yang Keer, there was no choice, she liked to rummage through his stuff too much. In it, it was the miraculous rainwater that Zhang Xiao Qiang had brought. There were about 2 cups worth in it. He lifted her head up and opened the bottle to feed her. Her mouth was currently ck, yet she could not swallow. The water flowed down the side of her lips, and seeing her current condition, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt his heart ache, not for her, but because it was a waste of the rainwater. It was a treasure! One that could be passed down through generations, and she had wasted at least 2 or 3 ml of it! In fact, he felt that what flowed down wasnt the rainwater, but his blood. He kept the bottle and was on the verge of disregarding if she lived or died. However, since so much has already flowed, if she died like that, wouldnt it be more of a loss? Shit, if you cant repay this, your son better repay this, otherwise, your grandson will be the one to bear the debt! Im really at a disadvantage today!! He gritted his teeth and took in a mouthful, before hugging her and nting his lips on those lush lips of hers. His tongue went to contact hers, and slowly allowed the rainwater to flow into her mouth, and because her tongue was being stirred by his, she began to swallow slowly. Even so, the speed was not fast, and for the first time in his life, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that kissing was a chore. He could not move, and his tongue had to move constantly, he could feel his tongue getting tired. His lips were also turning numb. In his haste, his throat suddenly opened up, and a small mouthful entered his own throat. His heart clenched, this time, he had better pray that he didnt get diarrhea again, otherwise, his asshole would really not be able to take it. In actual fact, Shangguan Qiao Yun had already regained consciousness, but due to the pain in her heart, she had lost mobility of her body. Her breathing had been automatic, and as her breathing became weaker, her brain started to gasp for air as well, and the suffocating feeling got more intense. She had no means of struggling, and her heart seemed to be stopping. She could be suffocated to death anytime, it could even be the next second. The torment of the pain continued to creep throughout her body, and as she waited for death, she began to pray for a fast death, to end her current misery. When the cool water entered her mouth, she knew that it was that man that was feeding her, she tried to swallow, but she couldnt. Her tongue wouldnt move. Her breathing became worse, and she could feel the impending approach of Death. She felt at peace, like a littleke in a valley, without so much of a stir. Her life shed before her eyes, and they popped like bubbles. Only the most vivid of memories remained longer than the rest before they also ended up like the others. She felt that her senses were failing, and her mind was at the clearest right now. She had already lost all sense of the world, and it was time to leave this earth. Chapter 145: Light the Incense Chapter 145: Light the Incense A warm breath blew across Shangguan Qiao Yuns face. She then felt her lips separated by a slippery and warm tongue, as the mischievous tongue continued to roam unabashed in her mouth until it came in contact with her own. His tongue was like a little hateful boy that bullied a little girl, as her tongue began to dodge slowly, and she regained some form of feeling in her mouth. Soon after, some liquid was poured through her mouth and flowed down her throat. Slowly, her breathing became less erratic, and she regained some feeling in her chest, as well as her limbs. The pain was still there, but not as striking as earlier, and it subsided with the passing of time. Shangguan Qiao Yun suddenly felt a warm flow of energy throughout her body. It was slightly sour, yet numbing at the same time, until it reached her heart, where it abruptly caused her heart to pump stronger. Her heart was melted in warmth, and there was no emptiness in there anymore, she felt so satisfied and content. It was hard to exin, like the feeling she got when her mother praised her when she was younger, or when she had triumphed over all herpetition, or when she had sessfully attracted men to live and die for her. The sense of control and satisfaction was silent yet present and slowly invaded throughout her body. The mischievous tongue in her mouth continued to tease her own, and she began to felt like it wasnt that bad a feeling, there was even a little sense of thrill. She could swallow the liquid already, but she continued to want him to feed her, and she pretended that she could not react or move, allowing him to feed her without stopping. To keep the momentum going, she even slowed down the speed of her swallowing, in any case, her tongue wasnt tired, her lips werent numb, who asked him to scare her like that? Zhang Xiao Qiang was still unaware that Shangguan Qiao Yun was out of danger already. He just saw that her breathing had calmed down, yet everything still seemed the same as earlier. He did not dare to give up halfway, having invested so much of his rainwater, if he wasnt careful, and she lost her life as a result, he would really me himself. He could feel his tummy starting to growl because of the earlier rainwater, and he gritted his teeth to ignore it, only focusing on feeding her. However, his heart was turning cold, he prayed that he wouldnt soil his own pants, otherwise his embarrassment would never be wiped away. Finally, thest drop of water had been fed to Shangguan Qiao Yun and she had swallowed them all. Before Zhang Xiao Qiang could even take a breath and retract his exhausted tongue and separate those numb lips of his, he saw that Shangguan Qiao Yun was already awake, and those wide and mesmerizing eyes of hers were staring at him with passion, and her lithe tongue snaked her way towards his sore tongue, now it was the little boy being bullied by the little girls. Zhang Xiao Qiang was not in the mood to engage in this y any longer, and he pulled back forcefully, looking at Shangguan Qiao Yun whose eyes had started to ze with passion and said: Rest well, dont move. He then shot out of the car, pulling a roll of toilet paper with him. Shangguan Qiao Yun stared at his actions with bewilderment until he disappeared behind a mound of earth before she retracted her gaze andy down gently. Her heart was still thumping with that sweet feeling, that sort of sweetness caused her to feel strange. She had never found such a feeling with any man she was with before. Although there were only 2 men that had truly touched her body before, one was her ex-husband that turned into a zombie already, the other Brother Long who had died, but the feeling she got from Zhang Xiao Qiang was different. He wasnt particrly handsome, in fact, he was ordinary, to be blunt. There was a little charm about him, but he could actually give her that sort of special feeling, she who had never been in love before, and did not know the feeling of love, this sort of feeling could be considered the sweet feeling of infatuation? As for our hero, Zhang Xiao Qiang, he was currently not in the mood to think whether he was in love. In fact, he was in pain. His legs were numb, and he finally realized the convenience and beauty of the invention of the toilet bowl, due to him squatting right now. He had none of that intimidating and charismatic aura of the morning, in fact, he looked positively wretched right now. He was in sorrow, crying for his asshole, waiting for the pain that seemed endless to pass. He couldnt even be bothered to take a breath of the cigarette in his mouth. It continued to burn, until the end, and he switched to another stick. It was no more smoking the cigarette, instead, he was lighting incense, to smoke out the stench from his shit. The sky slowly turned dark, until Zhang Xiao Qiangsst cigarette ran out as well. He then trudged back towards the vehicles and saw the men had already started a bonfire, as they stood around it, with a bunch of captives in ropes kneeling in front of the fire. Everyone that had belonged to the chicken farm was out here. Old Franks head was wrapped in bandages, as the pair of sisters stood behind him. Three stood beside him, and he had one arm in a sling in front of his chest. The fat chef and the weaponsmith Wang Le were both rtively fine, with 7 or 8 women behind them. Some of them were the survivors that were rescued earlier today. He Wen Bin sat on a chair, which was propped against arge sofa that had no one on it. When they saw Zhang Xiao Qiang appear, Common-face and the first man that had chosen to rely on Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately walked up to invite him to sit on the sofa. He sank into it, and contemted as he stared at the men who ate chicken feed in front of him. A total of 20 of them kneeled there with their heads lowered. Other than the women, Zhang Xiao Qiangs men numbered about the same, not to mention that Zhang Xiao Qiang had ughtered a few at the start. 30 men had been suppressed by a group of 10, losing 10 as a result, leaving behind 20. Even if they were a motley bunch, Zhang Xiao Qiangs group werent considered elite soldiers either. His men had just survived a D2 attack, and their morale wasnt exactly high, and yet they could subdue this group of 20 men? What Zhang Xiao Qiang didnt know was that the huge gate was the psychological defense in the minds of these men. The moment Zhang Xiao Qiang had charged in, they had crumbled instantly. By the time Common-face charged in with his 9 men, it wasnt so much of a rebellion, instead, it had be like a game of cat-and-mouse, other than them having to kill a few fierce ones, the rest had all been driven out of hiding. Brother Longs subordinates, as well as Old Frank and Three, had long since treated Zhang Xiao Qiang as the new leader. He didnt really mind, in any case, he would still head out for WH City in the end. Even if they were to treat him as the leader, he had no interest in this ragged old bunch. As for bringing them along? He would go crazy. The moment they were to meet any S2s, these people would instantly turn into food. Zhang Xiao Qiang was not interested in delivering food for the zombies like some kind of fast food delivery. In any case, it was a question of, will he set out now, orter? That was why he epted the treatment in a befuddled state. After all, who didnt like being looked at with respect? Who didnt have the slightest ambition to be the most powerful character in a group? Brother Cockroach, all the rebels have been gathered. There were 3 who had incited the mess, 2 of them Ive killed, thest one here. Theyre all a bunch of retards, not daring to kill the zombies, only targeting their fellow humans. Trash! Common-face reported to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang assessed Common-face carefully, and found that his handling of the situation was extremely satisfactory. He could be considered a talent, and Zhang Xiao Qiang decided not to use the term Common-face to call him anymore. Chapter 146: Whatever Brother Cockroach says, goes! Chapter 146: Whatever Brother Cockroach says, goes! Youre not bad, whats your name? What did you do previously? Zhang Xiao Qiang finally thought to ask for his name. Hearing Zhang Xiao Qiang ask for his name, Common-face became slightly emotional, his voice wavering: My surname is Lu, full name Lu Ren Yi! I used to help transport coal, in the future, Ill do whatever Brother Cockroach requests of me! While his name represented loyalty, somehow, the pronunciation just sounds off. Lu Ren Yi? Passer-by? Even his name wasnt higher than Passerby-1. (This part is a bit hard to trante. Basically, the Chinese name is made up of the characters Ren Yi, meaning righteousness. However, with the surname, it sounds like · Lu Ren, meaning passerby, with the yi, meaning 2nd) What happened today? Arent they usually obedient and docile? Howe theres a revolt? Zhang Xiao Qiang asked Frank, who couldnt answer properly, his face red. Even after muttering for a long while, nothing coherent came out. The older sister behind him became anxious and grabbed Old Franks clothes. He noticed and pointed to Three, saying: He..he..he was there, its better for him to exin. Seeing Frank selling him out, Three also had aplicated expression. He red at the pitiful Frank, before revealing a smile that was uglier than crying as he started to exin. Three had brought 5 women as they drove to the chicken farm. He had settled them in, arranging for them to wait at the 2nd story for Brother Long to distribute, when he came down and saw Su Qian using a gun to point at Frank. In the end, Three and Frank were tied up and Su Qian took Franks gun, before releasing all the women upstairs. They then disarmed Drunkard and went to wipe clean the firearms and ammo in Brother Longs and Chen Yis rooms. Su Qian wanted to take all the women away, but 3 of them didnt believe her and chose to stay, and the women from the granary were unwilling to leave as well. Su Qian thus brought 3 of Chen Yis women and one of Brother Longs women away. The men who were eating chicken feed saw that Drunkard had been disarmed, furthermore, before Su Qian left, she had announced that Brother Long and Chen Yi had died. As a result, 3 stepped out saying they should revolt and wanted to eat rice and meat, to enjoy women, and like this, all the men were riled up. They had gotten sick of the chicken feed already. Wang Le saw that things were not right and went to the small garage to notify Three and Frank who were left there. After all, he was living slightly better since Zhang Xiao Qiang gave him the 7 or 8 bags of rice, plus there was the possibility of being gifted with a woman if he continued to work for Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang had given him some rewards just for making some weapons. If he worked hard, he might even have some kids. Now, this bunch of cowards was threatening to smash his hopes and dreams, he would not allow it. He didnt want to watch the world burn. By the time he released Frank and Three, the mob was nearing the garage area. The three of them didnt have any weapons, hence they started to seal the door and windows shut, staying with the women in it. By then, the mob outside had killed Hairy and Drunkard, and when the cowards saw blood, they lost all their rationality. They wanted to move adder to climb into the garage through the 2nd story. Three and Frank were forced to guard. The mob thus started to fling stones at them, injuring them. At the critical juncture, Wang Le and a few women transported a huge pail of boiling water over, which had been prepared by the chef, and they held their positions like that. It was until Lu Ren Yi and the rest arrived, and Cannon had ended up in the hands of the rabid cowards, and Zhang Xiao Qiang ughtered a few of them, did the chaos start to die down. Hearing up to this point, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not be angry, instead, he marveled at Su Qians intelligence, sweeping away Brother Longs hard work in one fell swoop, and even brought a few women away as her trump card. Furthermore, she had seen the different types of zombies and knew which to avoid. She was now confident that women can do what men could do. Should she somehow find a ce with low poptions to establish her base, and discover additional survivors if her luck allows it, who knows, she could erect a stronghold of her own, and she would be the queen. Zhang Xiao Qiang realized that he truly did not understand women. At the very least, he had been hoodwinked by Su Qian. She, who had always presented herself as this meek girl, had somehow staked her all with this move and made away with a bountiful harvest. Compared to her, Yuan Yi could not even be considered a strong woman. Yuan Yi was the small flower in the garden, Su Qian was the true strong-willed one. She had endured for so long and masked her intentions, yet she knew when was the right time to strike. Su Qian could be considered the most outstanding woman by Zhang Xiao Qiangs side, and the first who left him of her own free will. There was no animosity towards her, instead, he admired her guts and appreciated her decisiveness. One must, after all, grasp ones own fate. The weak will not always be weak, as long as one doesnt give up, there was always the chance to be the strong one. Three saw that Zhang Xiao Qiang did not lose his temper and heaved a sigh of relief, before pointing to the old man kneeling on the ground: Brother Cockroach, he is one of the masterminds, one was his son that had already been beaten to death, the other was a man that Brother Bin had sent over. Seeing the scar on the head of the old man, Zhang Xiao Qiang recognized him as the father who had begged for his son, the one who would rather suffer the punishment in ce of his son. He had no reaction to everything around him right now, his countenance grim and ash-pale. His eyes were nk and numb, as he stared at the ground. His body wasnt even trembling, which was like Heaven and Earth whenpared to the rest of the mob. Zhang Xiao Qiang found the entire scene distasteful. He didnt understand why they would choose to revolt. The opportunity had been given to them long ago. If they didnt want the chicken feed, and want to enjoy rice and meat and women, they had to fight for it. It was not possible for others to risk their lives just so they could sit safely. This was the rule of the apocalypse, even the head of some government officials would have to find his own meals. They still wanted to enjoy themselves in this world? What a joke, having chicken feed in exchange for their safety was already a form of grace. He turned to face He Wen Bin, who was sitting there and looking exhausted. When he saw Zhang Xiao Qiang looking at him, he immediately shook himself awake and waited for instructions. What do you think? Out of all these people, Zhang Xiao Qiang trusted He Wen Bin the most. He could be considered one of his, at the very least, He Wen Bin had been saved by him, and he was saved by He Wen Bin as well. He Wen Bin had even sacrificed his own arm for him, and this debt, Zhang Xiao Qiang would bear for life. He wanted to establish He Wen Bins authority, so when he leaves, He Wen Bin would still live on well, and wouldnt be stepped on. Whatever Brother Cockroach says, we will all listen to you. Whatever you say, goes. He Wen Bin took this opportunity to express his loyalty and subservience instead. Even Frank and Three, as well as Lu Ren Yi and some others nodded. These were all people Zhang Xiao Qiang had affected somehow. Furthermore, they recognized Zhang Xiao Qiangs strength, he was much stronger than Brother Long and Chen Yi and the restbined. They had faith in following him. He hesitated before nodding. Right now, the women needed to recuperate. He wouldnt be able to move much for the time being as well. He had to ensure they were all tucked in first, it wouldnt be toote to leave then. In any case, WH City would not move, nor would it grow legs to run. Those whose hands have been stained with blood, those who led the revolt, those who had taken off their pants in order to rape, kill them all. The rest will have their meals reduced by half, let them go hungry for half a month. Thats all! Zhang Xiao Qiang finished, and walked towards his car, leaving the rest of the matters to Three and the others. Chapter 147: You’re gonna let them hold it in? Chapter 147: Youre gonna let them hold it in? Zhang Xiao Qiangs vehicle was not at its original position. After he asked around, he found out that Shangguan Qiao Yun had driven it in the chicken farm. It seemed that she had recovered. He walked towards the farm, while the screams and begging for mercy resounded from behind him. They had been in the scene long enough to know that one would get one deserved. The generator in the chicken farm roared to life, as lights shone out from Yang Keers room. The light lit up the ground outside, which was no longer as clean as when they had left in the morning. Instead, there were all sorts of debris, and broken wooden stakes and shattered ss. There was even some puddles of water. At this time, Zhang Xiao Qiangs thoughts were upied by Yang Keer and Yuan Yi, as well as that new burden Shangguan Qiao Yun. He was not a magnanimous man, adding on to the precious nature of the rainwater, if he could save on it he would save as much as he could. He had long since treated the rainwater as a prized heirloom, to be left to his future generations together with the Beast Horn Spear and the seeds. He valued the importance of having descendents, and had no thoughts to take his stuff out to save the rest of the world. As long as his family was fine, it was enough. As for humankind? What did it have to do with him? He wasnt Pavel Korchagin! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_the_Steel_Was_Tempered Took me a good 10 minutes to find this) Yang Keer and Yuan Yi had been cleaned up and were lying on the beds, sleeping. Shangguan Qiao Yun had switched out of her clothes as well, and was sitting on the sofa, with one hand supporting her chin, as she zoned out while staring at the bed. Some of her stray strands of hair covered her forehead, while one half fell across her shoulder and the other hanging. Her nightgown reached her knees, and her slender calves were smooth like jade, with a pair of red cotton slippers with rabbit heads. Beside her feet, there was a basin of slightly cloudy water, and 2 towels were submerged in it. She seemed not to have notice Zhang Xiao Qiang entering the room, just staring nkly at the feet of the bed. It was unclear what she was thinking of, and his gaze was blocked by her hair, hence, he couldnt see her expression. He walked up to her and tapped her shoulder gently, without using much force, hoping to stir her from her stupor. All of a sudden, her entire body jerked forwards, and she fell forwards across the sofa without moving. Zhang Xiao Qiang stared agape, looking at his hands. Her current posture was extremely strange. It was like theical pose of Stephen Chow in his movies, her head tilted to one side, with her right arm stretched up in a 90 degree angle, her left downwards 45 degree towards her own waist. One of her legs was straight out, the other slightly bent. Her nightgown had been pushed up towards her waist, and her tender thighs and pinkce underwear were revealed for the world to see. Zhang Xiao Qiang closed his mouth and flipped her over, and saw that her eyes were close, her eyeballs moving slightly under her eyelids. Her breathing was stable, apparently, she had dozed off. Seeing her in this state, Zhang Xiao Qiang was truly speechless. Such a beauty actually had such disregard for her sleeping habits. She wasparable with that Yang Keer. Thinking about her, his heart skipped a beat. Didnt Yang Keer also feel like sleeping the first time she slept, what if...? Zhang Xiao Qiang helped adjust Shangguan Qiao Yuns posture, before finding her a nket. He turned around and saw Yuan Yi with her eyes opened, looking at him. He walked over to her and took her palm gently in his. He looked at her with concern, as though to enquire her condition. Im thirsty. She spoke up with some difficulty, her body slightly tense. It was the first time she had asked Zhang Xiao Qiang to fetch her water. She was still unused to it, and felt a little apprehensive until she saw Zhang Xiao Qiang standing up to do it without anyints. She then rxed. Seeing him help her get water, her heart felt quite sweet, and her dry throat didnt seem so bad. It was then she saw Zhang Xiao Qiang bring the bottlebeled 84 Disinfectant, Do not drink. and was slightly taken aback. However, as he opened the bottle to feed her, she didnt question him, and opened her mouth to take in the contents obediently, her heart thinking: Disinfectants shouldnt kill people right? Right now, she only had blind faith towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, even if he wanted her to kill herself, she would not hesitate to do so. She had no other thoughts, to her, she was living for his sake by now. As long as he wanted her, she would follow him till death. If he didnt want her, she would lose all reason for living, and be no different from a zombie. Theres no bleach smell though? Taste a little sour in fact. Yuan Yi couldnt help but wonder when she tasted it, and she looked towards him with puzzlement, it was obviously not the disinfectant, why would he write that? Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the questioning look, and didnt say much, he just continued to feed her the water. As to whether she would gain anything from it, he didnt even care. To him, she had done all she could, as long as she was willing, Zhang Xiao Qiang was ok. She looked at him quietly when she finished drinking and watched him help to tuck her in, before heading to the sofa to smoke. She just looked at him until she was ovee by exhaustion and fell asleep. Zhang Xiao Qiang woke up from his dreams and found that he had slept the entire night on the sofa. As he stood up, his entire body felt sore, as though his limbs had been petrified. When he saw that the women still had not yet woken up, he went out. The moment he went out, he saw He Wen Bin, Three, and Frank all waiting for him. The moment they saw him, they stood up to greet him. He motioned for them to be seated, and started speaking. He didnt like such forced pretenses and preferred peace and low-key. He disliked having to look at others from an elevated standpoint, and even more so, being looked at like that. He Wen Bins expression was not so good, although his wound had stopped bleeding, the pain was still present. He could only sit one side and not speak. Frank wasnt that fluent in conversation, and thus, wouldnt be of much help. It was down to the glib Three to report. After the events of yesterday, including the night revolt, the total manpower had been reduced by half. 30 cowards had been reduced to 15, and Brother Longs subordinates suffered even heavier casualties. Other than Vultures 7 henchmen, there were 4 from He Wen Bins so the total made up 14 including the 3 of them in front of Zhang Xiao Qiang now. Adding on the survivors and Chef and Wang Le, there were about 30-odd men, while the women only numbered about 10. When they came to this topic, Three began to ask earnestly about the snake-waist woman who had followed them back. Brother Cockroach, what to do with that woman who followed you guys back? Send her to you? What about the other 8? Zhang Xiao Qiang pondered and decided to abandon Brother Longs way of doing things. The women were now an equally important resource, they can be considered a strategic resource for multiplying in the future. If a base wanted more humans to fight in the future, it couldnt just be decided by only guys. Like this, the women also didnt need to be maintained, they could also contribute. Now, the urgent thing was to settle the whole lot of them, after Yang Keer had recovered, he would leave. After all, WH City was his goal. Get the woman who came back to take care of He Wen Bin, while the rest of the women are to train with the men from today on. They dont have to kill the zombies, as long as they can run and move in times of danger that would be great. All men are to begin training, even for those cowards. Any operations in the future, they are all to take part! Up to this point, he remembered how some of them crumbled the moment he crashed inst night, and how they might potentially affect morale, and looked to He Wen Bin: Next time, the men are to split into 2 teams, thebat team and the reinforcement team. Thebat team is in charge of fighting, the reinforcements are to handle driving, transport of materials, medical treatment and all other activities. As manpower was scarce, he was also at a slight loss on what to do moving forward. One truly did not know the value of rice until one was poor. Now, he could only temporarily implement measures and protocols. He then continued: The reinforcements are to split into further 2: The 1st type is thebat service team, they are to strengthen themselves to help move spoils of war and maintain equipment, handling the daily livings of the rest. The other group will be purely service, inclusive of the women. Normal day to day chores and treatment of injured personnel will be their duty. At this point, Three could not help but ask: What if thebat team wants the women, what do we do? Youre gonna let them hold it in? Chapter 148: Rules Chapter 148: Rules Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately understood Threes meaning. Previously, the women were sort of prostitutes, for the men to release their sexual urges. It was to help them cope with the stress and fear. That was why the women didnt need to work, they just had to serve the men. Now, they could work, and could take care of themselves, they wouldnt need to be treated as prostitutes. However, if the men couldnt have an outlet, there might be a problem. Zhang Xiao Qiang waved his hands and said: Then let them learn to be military men, if they cant hold it in, use their hands. They will have the freedom to fall in love, but no force will be allowed. Those who break the rule... kill without mercy. Hearing that tone filled with killing intent, Three trembled slightly. Zhang Xiao Qiang continued: There has to be a repair center, where all the weapons can be fixed, vehicles can be maintained, and look into maintaining some equipment and machinery. We cannot allow ourselves to fall back to the Stone Age. Hearing those rules, He Wen Bin was slightly shocked. Brother Long and Chen Yi had not thought about such stuff, they would just think of going to snatch things, in exchange for some lives of their brothers. Now, since taking over the helm, Zhang Xiao Qiang had implemented different things meant for them to survive and expand. In the future, they would be able to sustain themselves, and not waste precious lives. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not see their expressions, he was still thinking of changing locations, as the chicken farm was too close to the city. The granary was also close to the small town. Once they moved the food from the granary out, they would have the capital to expand, and open up some ground to grow some stuff. When they were well fed and trained, they could then deal with the scattered zombies. There was some old saying that went The viges surround the city, wasnt it? He looked at Frank: Go find some locals, it would be better if they used to be taxi drivers. Frank headed out, and brought Lu Ren Yi in. When Zhang Xiao Qiang saw him, he remembered that Lu Ren Yi had mentioned he used to be a transport driver in the past. Lu Ren Yi, youre local, do you know if there are any areas that has a low density of people in the past? It would be best if theres a water source nearby. Few years ago, a hole was discovered in Yellow Cloud Vige, and there were many springs in it. One of the bosses had opened up a spring bathhouse. I heard that business wasnt so good, mainly because the ce is too far out, and the roads werent good. Not many people frequented the ce. Ive been there once, and saw many constructions ongoing. The signboards and wee signs were all built nicely, just that it was hard to see anything beyond it. Therere arent any towns near there, and the nearest would be about half an hour drive away. The moment Zhang Xiao Qiang heard this, he got excited, and asked: How far away is this ce? Whats the surrounding terrain like? Any special characteristics? Lu Ren Yi smiled bitterly, he had just passed by casually, how could he remember clearly? It isnt too far from here, about 3 and a half hours drive away. I think there isnt anything special about the ce. Those who are from there and did not discover the spring were all farmers. The bathhouse was built at the valley, and its only about 200 m between the 2 mountains on either side. The ce is slightly close to the old National roads, even so, few cars would stop by there. When Lu Ren Yi was done, Zhang Xiao Qiang had made up his mind to move the base there. It was far from the denser cities and towns, had fields to grow crops, and even had buildings all set up. Adding on to the water source, it was the best ce to retreat to. If they could then build up a wall of defense around, then scattered zombies would not be able to affect their daily living. They could then scavenge around and collect up the resources. The first batch of survivors could be considered the founding fathers then. Even though he wanted to head to WH, who knew what it was like at WH now? As long as he left something for himself, he would have more options to choose from. Zhang Xiao Qiang gathered the rest of the survivors in a meeting and tried to convince them. After all, it would be considered leaving a base for himself. If things didnt look up, he coulde back here and expand, who knows, it might develop into a stronghold. Outside the main doors, other than the women following Zhang Xiao Qiang, 40 to 50 people gathered, their eyes slightly dazed. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt ufortable having so many eyes on him, as though it was like introducing himself during his secondary school days. His mouth became dry, however, he was still someone who had gone head to head against a D2. He breathed in a little, and calmed himself down. He then walked up the stage and looked down at the rest, with Three supporting He Wen Bin, and Frank and Lu Ren Yi stood behind him. The expressions of the people below were all different. One had a depressed look, his skin yellowish. After the events of yesterday, most of them could only have half of their original amount of chicken feed. They were afraid that Zhang Xiao Qiang would still continue to mete out more punishments, and their bodies trembled uncontrobly. Their attention was on Zhang Xiao Qiang, afraid to miss out on any words, this had to do with their future after all. Those who had been drafted into thebat team were hanging on to every single word that Zhang Xiao Qiang was saying. They were the survivors yesterday, and of over 20 that had been rescued, only half made it back alive. Their morale should have been low, but they have seen for themselves, how that fearsome and terrifying D2 that was impervious to even bullets had been killed by Zhang Xiao Qiang. Now, he was their leader, and their morale and spirits were high. They didnt shy away from risking their lives, with a powerful head, whats there to fear or dislike? They had been saved because of him, and his actions of killing the D2 had been witnessed by many. Even though his situation had been pathetic, it only served to heighten their respect. They had lost all courage just facing it, yet he had taken the initiative to engage it and even kill it. What was courage? This was it, the fact that you could do what others couldnt. To them, Zhang Xiao Qiang was a warrior, a strong person, and which person wouldnt like to follow a strong person? Who wouldnt want to live longer? Who didnt want a strong leader to guide them? At least they knew he wouldnt force them to fight while hiding behind them. The women stood at one side, their faces nk. They had lost all hope and were numb to the future. Their gazes were on him, not moving, like waiting to be sold off as goods. They had been subjected to various torment and humiliation at the hands of depraved men. Even when they didnt eat their fill, they had to smile to serve those bastards. If they offended them, they would get beaten. Those men vented their stress and fears on these women, driving all other thoughts out of their minds, leaving only perseverance. Otherwise, they would just end their own lives. It would be a form of release anyway. Zhang Xiao Qiang then cleared his throat and spoke again: At this point, Im calling the shots here for now, thus, Ill set some rules. What are rules? Whatever I say, goes! Those who arent happy, those who arent willing, you can leave, the doors over there. Once you leave, your life and death is of no concern to me. If you go out and regret, and want toe back? Not a chance! He pointed to the gate and shouted, his eyes sweeping past everyone present. All of them felt their hairs stand on ends, as they lowered their heads, not daring to meet his gaze. Even the numb women were the same. Here, Zhang Xiao Qiang was like God, he was a God of War that had won a D2. Zhang Xiao Qiang then took a deep breath before continuing: Rules are rules, who want to challenge them? Come up now... Chapter 149: Delegation of posts Chapter 149: Delegation of posts After Zhang Xiao Qiang finished speaking, the man who switched loyalty to him first and another began to pull 2 sacks towards the center of the field. Both of them opened their sack at the same time. A zombies emaciated head was revealed. It caught scent of the humans and began to gnash its teeth, its body struggling inside the sack. Its strength almost caused the man to lose his control. Everyone began to recoil from the zombie, and a huge space was formed around the zombie. The other sack contained the man who had eaten human flesh yesterday. He was now tied up, his mouth stuffed with something. As he was still groggy after being released from the sack, he just breathed deeply with his eyes closed, as though there wasnt enough oxygen in the sack. Zhang Xiao Qiang whisked out the military knife and carved a single bloody line across the mans face. Fresh blood began to flow, and the man was jolted awake from the pain. Looking at the military knife in Zhang Xiao Qiangs hands, he began to plead with muffled noise, his eyes filled with a begging look. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not spare him a second nce, instead, going over to kick the zombie on the floor. He then used the knife to cut open the bag, releasing the zombie. It ignored Zhang Xiao Qiang right beside him, making its way for the cannibal instead. When the fellow saw the zombie crawling towards him, his eyeballs were opened wide, almost popping out of their sockets. His nostrils red, and his body began to twist and struggle madly. He began to make rming noises while his mouth was still stuffed, and tried to squirm on the ground, moving backward. He had almost reached the other people when a single kick sent him sprawling straight toward the embrace of the zombie, which began to grab onto him tightly and bit down with passion. The scene was gory and horrifying, and not a single person dared to look. The women were kneeling on the ground, their hands hugging their heads, trembling. The rest of the cowards were even worse off. That was theirpanion in the past, and they all crumbled to the ground, 9 out of 10 so frightened, one of them even soiling himself. Even then, they didnt dare to turn away, afraid that Zhang Xiao Qiang would pick on their faults and feed them to the zombie as well. The longer they watched, the more terrifying it got, and some fainted directly, their legs still twitching. Zhang Xiao Qiangs gaze was fixed on the scene, keeping a lookout for its movement. When the cannibal finally sumbed, Zhang Xiao Qiang through a flying 3-point dart and the zombie copsed in a pool of blood. Zhang Xiao Qiang then swept his gaze over the people. Each of them felt their hearts doused in cold water, not daring to look at him, keeping their eyes on their toes. My word is the onlyw. After that, he turned around and entered the house, his demonstration over. As he breathed in a few cigarettes, He Wen Bin and the rest entered. Lu Ren Yi and Wang Le. Zhang Xiao Qiang motioned for them to sit before he turned to He Wen Bin and said: Ive decided to move the base to the spring. It isnt safe here since its so close to the city. If more freaks run over from the granary, the people here will be in trouble. They nodded profusely, as his demonstration earlier had thoroughly frightened them as well. Now, regardless of what they said, they would act ordingly. After all, he was far-sighted, as long as they followed his instructions, they wouldnt be in much danger. Right now, if one could eat and be alive, it would already be a blessing, furthermore, Zhang Xiao Qiang was thinking for them. Everyone felt that by following him, they would definitely not be at a disadvantage. As to beyond that, they didnt bother thinking so far ahead. Livingfortably was the most important thing now. Ive said that we must have rules, therefore, lets set a few together, Ive decided to let He Wen Bin be the overall in-charge of the base. Any objections? Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to raise He Wen Bins status amongst them, and thus he had to implement it now. He couldnt afford to think about democracy or the rights of others, he had to use his strength to establish authority. After all, He Wen Bin had saved his life, he needed to repay him. He wasnt willing to owe anybody, just let he never owed anyone in the past. As long as he did, he would feel ufortable. Whats more, what could anyone say if he wanted to do something? As expected, everyone nodded profusely, they knew He Wen Bin had sacrificed his own arm to save Zhang Xiao Qiang, in fact, what Zhang Xiao Qiang was pushing for now only served to strengthen their faith and trust in him. They knew he would repay favors with favors, and was fair in his judgment. Subordinates usually did not mind doing things, they would mind if they were neglected or brushed aside. Subordinates needed validation, as long as they were treated fairly, they would perform their tasks with noints. In any case, if you made them feel good, they would be happy. Now, it was reasonable for He Wen Bins position to be elevated, plus he had the qualifications. Seeing that no one else objected, Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded in satisfaction, before continuing: First, form onebat squad with the group that I called out earlier. When there are more people, well split them up. Frank and Three will be in charge of one team each. Both of Yall will be team captains. Three, youre in charge of the outside s quad. You may keep 4% of the loot from outside. Frank, youre in charge of the base, and the splitting of the resources into 3yers. He Wen Bin will be in charge of the remainder and storage. If any of the members dont work well, youre free to swap them out. However... Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the 2 of them who overjoyed at the delegation of duties. Everybody has to listen to He Wen Bins arrangements. Whoever dares to spread his own wings, dont me me, your Brother Cockroach, for not taking face into ount. His eyes were icy as he looked at them, and they immediately stood up to express their servitude towards He Wen Bin. He Wen Bin himself was pale as he hurried to nod his head and motioned for them to be seated. He then turned to Zhang Xiao Qiang and nodded, and understood nothing needed to be said or done from now on. As long as he maintained his best to arrange and govern, it would be ok. So what if it was slightly handicapped? He Wen Bin was a man of honor, and to date, Zhang Xiao Qiang had saved him twice, and even though he returned the favor once, and almost lost his life, so what? He had long since treated his life as Brother Cockroachs already. Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded and thought to himself that fortunately, he had not been in a daze when he was enlisted in the state-office. Although he had been in a small position, he had already learned as much as he could, and now he could employ such strategies and tactics. Lu Ren Yi is in charge of thebat service team, your resources are to be collected from thebat squad. As for your members, those who perform well can apply with He Wen Bin, he will reward them at his discretion. The rest can only be promised rice and full meals, nothing else. Lu Ren Yi stood up, his countenance full of gratitude as he bowed. He was considered a small leader now. This was made possible because of Zhang Xiao Qiang, how could he not be grateful? He then turned to He Wen Bin and bowed as well, expressing his willingness toply. Zhang Xiao Qiang was extremely satisfied with Lu Ren Yis attitude. He then turned to Wang Le, who stiffened. He was also someone who had consumed chicken feed and had managed to climb to where he was. When he saw Zhang Xiao Qiang gave the rest some posts, it would be a lie to say that he was not envious. Yet he knew that all he did was to go notify them during the revolt, and hence, he didnt harbor any hopes. Now it seemed that Zhang Xiao Qiang had something to say, and his heartbeat quickened, not daring to be distracted. He was ready to do whatever Zhang Xiao Qiang requested of him. Master Wang is a talent, yes, a huge talent. Earlier, Brother Long and the rest had been blind, actually missing out on such a talented person. What a waste. Master Wang, dont worry, I wont let your talents go to waste, from now on, your responsibility will be heavy! Zhang Xiao Qiangs praise caused Wang Le to be slightly anxious, he had always been a small-time factory worker, where even the smallest of officials would find him trouble in the past. Yet, Zhang Xiao Qiang was holding him in high regard? He stood up and dered: Whatever Brother Cockroach requests of me, I will not dare disobey! Zhang Xiao Qiang felt slightly depressed. It seemed that his disy had thoroughly frightened them. He coughed slightly and said: In the future, I want to establish a workshop, youre the factory head. Go choose 2 people to learn from you, by that time, there would be the production of weapons, and repair of vehicles, and even the manufacturing of some equipment and machines. Is that ok? When Wang Le heard that he had a post as well, he was beyond ted. Although the team was small and only had 3 people, he was more than satisfied. With such a post, it could be considered he was part of the central team. Chapter 150: ST? Chapter 150: ST? When the rough framework was established, Zhang Xiao Qiang then dismissed them, before walking back towards Yang Keers room. He had no idea how the women were, especially Shangguan Qiao Yun. She was still not considered a person of his team, yet he had already pumped in that valuable water. He had to ensure that she would be loyal, otherwise, he would have made a big mistake. The moment he went in, he saw Yang Keer on the bed eating her breakfast, while Shangguan Qiao Yun and Yuan Yi were both not inside. Out of curiosity, he asked her, and she stuffed an egg into her mouth, chewing while replying incoherently: Mmm....Early....Headed....Toilet...Now....Didnt see... Zhang Xiao Qiang understood immediately, the aftereffects were kicking in. He walked towards the toilet, in his mind, Yuan Yi had injuries to her chest. If she wasnt careful, the wound might reopen. He only had that on his mind, and forgotten everything else, in the end.... A whileter, Zhang Xiao Qiang sat on the sofa leisurely smoking his cigarettes. Yuan Yiid on the bed, smiling foolishly. Shangguan Qiao Yun was red in the face she helped to clear Zhang Xiao Qiangs utensils after his meal. Zhang Xiao Qiang was truly thick-skinned, he had seen everything, all that should have been thrown up had already been thrown up. Shangguan Qiao Yun wasnt as thick-skinned, and when he had seen her in all her naked glory, it would have been ok, since he had already seen it once. However, he had entered when she was in the middle of that big business, and she was so embarrassed that she could die. The most important thing was that Zhang Xiao Qiang had been so thick-skinned to not mind and even continued to stay in the toilet to check on Yuan Yis injuries. Shangguan Qiao Yun had felt so ashamed that she wanted to bury herself into the toilet bowl. Yuan Yi was looking at Zhang Xiao Qiang with a contented smile, she didnt care about how she looked. Every part of her already belonged to him anyway. He had filled the entire space in her heart. She liked that he cared about her, and was worried about her wound. He didnt care about taboos and just went in front of her chest to check her injury. She had felt drunk then, drunk on an entire pot of honey wine. Her heart was buzzing with that sweetness, and she felt so light-headed. No matter how she looked at him, it wasnt enough. He was still putting on such a strong front, yet she knew how much he cared about she had been injured. She didnt expect their hearts to be so close after that, and all the pain and ache had disappeared. She felt warm all over, that she was the luckiest woman on earth. As long as she could stay by his side, she couldnt care about anything else. She was his, forever and always. When Zhang Xiao Qiang saw Yuan Yi smiling at him, his brain had also turned to mush. Heughed inwardly at rushing to the toilet in his haste and seen them at their most embarrassing moment. However, her gaze was warm, there was even a slight tenderness to them. He didnt understand. He couldnt understand her thinking, nor did he ask. It wasnt a mans job to worry about what his women think, furthermore, he never thought of himself as someone who understood women. If he did so, why would he be alone all these years? When one stick was done, Zhang Xiao Qiang called for Shangguan Qiao Yun, bringing her to his own room. Yang Keer, Yuan Yi and his weapons were all here. When they went in the door, she saw Zhang Xiao Qiangs burning gaze on her, and she was slightly taken aback, did he want her now? What should she do? Tell him that it wasnt possible now, he should wait until she bes a strong person before he could chase her? Wouldnt he hate her then and chase her away? Brother Long was already dead, but she didnt want to rely on a man for the rest of her life. That womans scream when her breasts had been carved off was still clear in her mind, and Zhang Xiao Qiangs words had not stopped churning in her head. When she was old and lost her beauty, would she also be eaten by others? Zhang Xiao Qiang did not know theplicated thoughts in Shangguan Qiao Yuns minds, he just noticed that their heights were simr, her figure and her demeanor was much better than Su Qian. She did not have excess meat, nor was she exceptionally skinny. He pointed to a mace lying against a wall and said: Take it up and have a go with it. Shangguan looked at that glimmering mace, and looked back at Zhang Xiao Qiang, before walking over. In her mind, she was thinking: Even Keer that littless could take this and dance with it. Your mother I is also definitely able to do it! She tried to encourage herself and made to grab the mace and lift it. Guang Dang... The mace dropped from her hands, and rolled over and hit Zhang Xiao Qiangs toes. He withstood the pain, and looked at Shangguan Qiao Yun expressionlessly, although his heart was bleeding: What is there no effect? Dont tell me the rainwater only works on virgins? My capital has really gone down the drain... Not a blue chip stock, but a suspended one?! Looking at the nk Shangguan Qiao Yun, Zhang Xiao Qiang ced the mace back to where it was and walked out without a word. When he reached the living room, he almost wanted to shout out from frustration. He had used so much of the precious rainwater. If there was no effect on Yuan Yi, he wouldnt have minded, just treat it as a beautifying treatment. But to think that he had used so much on Shangguan Qiao Yun and there was no effect?! Without any effect, how could he earn any return on his investment?! He had just given her a free aesthetic surgery!! After all, Zhang Xiao Qiang wasnt a saint, he was just a calctive person. He might not be the most selfish person around, and did in fact harbor some feelings for Shangguan Qiao Yun, he would not force her. Some things must be willing, and as a man of machismo, how could he throw his face away to ask her for anything?! Three came in at this time and asked about the days arrangement in a low voice. Zhang Xiao Qiang was currently still frustrated and wasnt in the mood to handle it. He looked at Three, and thought about the D2 and the mountain-like sacks of rice, and gave some instructions to Three, who walked out. Back in the room, Shangguan Qiao Yun was still standing there, dumbfounded. She did not understand how such a heavy mace was wielded so easily by Yang Keer, and a sense of defeat welled up in her heart. She wasnt like Yuan Yi, nor was she like Yang Keer. She couldnt even bepared to Su Qian. How was she going to be stronger? Just by running every day? Zhang Xiao Qiang saw her and asked: Can you drive? She lifted her head and her expression showed that she was at a loss. She nodded her head somewhat absent-mindedly, and Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled on her arm towards outside. She was really void of any initiative at this point, the sense of defeat stabbing at her like a needle. She felt weak and was just dragged along by Zhang Xiao Qiang past the room, the living area, till they arrived at the carpark. Zhang Xiao Qiang came to the Land Rover that Yang Keer liked, and got her to sit in the driver seat, while he sat beside her. He then shouted for her to drive. She stepped on the elerator while in her dream-like state, the steering wheel turning, and the entire Land Rover mmed into a Toyota beside. The Land Rover was fine, but the Toyota was miserable, like a woman that had been raped, and her current state was the most devastating scene. Chapter 151: Listen to him and follow him! Chapter 151: Listen to him and follow him! Zhang Xiao Qiang stared at Shangguan Qiao Yun, despising her in his heart. She wasn''t even at his level, and dared to say she knew how to drive? Shangguan Qiao Yun was frightened and nced at Zhang Xiao Qiang apprehensively. Noting that he wasn''t angry, she heaved a small sigh of relief and restarted the car to exit the carpark and drive towards the gate. Watching the Land Rover drive smoothly, Zhang Xiao Qiang turned depressed again, ''maybe it''s just me?!'' As he directed her, the Land Rover soon stopped at the garage, and Zhang Xiao Qiang came down, immediately noting that something was wrong. "Fuck" He cursed silently and ran towards the garden. Indeed, the secret entrance had been opened. He pulled out his gun and rushed down, turning on the lights and immediately discovering that half the resources had been gone. The clothes and beddings were missing, 10 rice bags had disappeared. Some other daily necessities had been removed as well. Even the drill had been taken away. Shangguan Qiao Yun was shocked beyond words by what she saw. She had not expected Zhang Xiao Qiang to have such a stash of stuff hidden here. How many zombies had he and his women killed to gather these many things? She could not help but felt more reverence for his abilities. Those dozens of men back at the chicken farm had not been able to do what these few women and this man had done. This was ability, following this man was sure to be the right choice. Zhang Xiao Qiang was at a loss for words regarding Su Qian. This was after all what he intended to leave behind for the future. "Even if you wanted something you should have left some words! How could you just transport them away noiselessly?! You think I wouldn''t give you? You should have at least said something!" He remembered the stash of firearms deep in the cave and his chest tightened. He grabbed his handphone and proceeded in. Shangguan Qiao Yun followed him tightly, the dark atmosphere giving her the chills. She was stunned by the beautiful disy of stgmites before they came to the tform. She followed him down the narrow tunnel and saw the numerous boxes and crates. Seeing that the firearms were untouched, Zhang Xiao Qiang heaved a sigh of relief. This was his private stash. If she had found it, he wouldn''t even have tears left to cry. He turned around, only to see Shangguan Qiao Yun standing there, dumbfounded. His heart skipped a beat, shit, in his haste, he had forgotten about her. Now she knew about it as well. He looked at her, his thoughtsplicated. At the very beginning, he rejected her advances, but she had stuck with him. In the end, he had softened and allowed her to follow him but intended to treat her as invisible. Yet she had given him a warm memory, and just as he thought that their fate would end once they went to WH, he had given her the precious rainwater. Now, she had seen his biggest secret. "You shouldn''t have followed." He pulled out his handgun, his words menacing. Shangguan Qiao Yun instantly felt the color drain from her face. As she looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang in the dark, as he held his weapon, she realized she could not make out his expression. She realized, she had seen something she shouldn''t have seen. She could suddenly imagine her fate, as she looked at him, her tears flowing down from her face. Her mouth began to mutter incoherently, as she closed her eyes in fear, waiting for death to fall. After a while, there was still no gunshot, and she opened her eyes slightly in trepidation, using her hands to block the bright light from the phone. She looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang in the dark, uncertain. "You have 2 choices now, of course, you can choose neither." His cold voice resounded once more. She held her breath, his words carried some form of hope. Right now, she would agree with any of his requests, if she could live, who would be willing to die?" "One is to follow me forever, you''ll do whatever I ask you to do, the other.." "I choose 1!" Shangguan Qiao Yun interrupted Zhang Xiao Qiang, in the first ce, she had already set her mind on following him. Now, he had given her this choice, it was the chance she had been waiting for. She would obviously take it, and interrupt him, for fear that he would change his mind. Now she would stay by his side forever, what else would she be afraid of? Su Qian? Su Qian was just a woman with bad foresight. She had not seen the world, with Zhang Xiao Qiang possessing such skills, she didn''t want to make use of it, and instead, take a bunch of rag tags to go out and try and carve a living, was the world so easy? Zhang Xiao Qiang was interrupted midway and felt stifled. He looked at her suspiciously and said: "Don''t you want to hear the rest? It wouldn''t harm you to listen right? The 2nd." "I will only choose 1, and not the rest. Over my dead body!'' Shangguan Qiao Yun''s tone was more resolute, increasingly worried that Zhang Xiao Qiang was regretting his decision. She wanted to make sure he had no reason to decline her following him. To her, being with him was the safest. He would not treat her as a toy, as long as she worked hard, she might be arade, someone of use to him. "Damn" Zhang Xiao Qiang cursed out silently, his thoughts were truly wasted. He had wanted to learn from his superior in the past, using some hard and soft tactics to make her swear her loyalty amidst her tears. Who knew she had immediately chosen to join him without so much of a thought. Was she not afraid that he would sell her off?! Zhang Xiao Qiang took out a gun from one of the crates and handed it to her. She had seen the boxes and knew that they were filled with good stuff, but she had never expected that Zhang Xiao Qiang would give her one. Wasn''t the test to grab a hammer and swing it? Howe he suddenly just gave her a gun? She was not clear, but Zhang Xiao Qiang was extremely clear. Su Qian''s betrayal was still affecting him somewhat. He had pulled her out of the pit, yet she had run off on her own and even took his private stash. He had not hit her once before, and he had finally thought through it. Each person had their own lives to lead. By forcing his thoughts upon others, they might end up going against it. That was why he decided to give Shangguan Qiao Yun a gun, her own life would be in her own hands from now on. He couldn''t care about everything else. He was already not afraid of those D2s or S2s, after all, he could be considered somewhat of an expert already. At the very least, he could definitely escape from a D2. He had no fear towards the normal zombies at all and was prepared to settle He Wen Bin and the rest before going to find the D2 that blocked the way to WH and fight it out, clearing the path to WH. Shangguan Qiao Yun took out the gun from the oil cloth, noting that the gun was extremely slick. If it were in the past, just a slight touch with dust would cause her to be disgusted. She might even feel annoyed the whole day. However, now, even when her entire hand was covered in grease, she was filled with joy. She took up a cloth thrown on the ground to clean it and began to toy around with it. There was now an additional insurance on her life, yet she didn''t harbor any ambitions, just muttering inwardly: "Listen to him and follow him! Only a fool would be like Su Qian." Chapter 152: Guns Chapter 152: Guns Zhang Xiao Qiang was instantly depressed, and he couldn''t bring himself to bother about her anymore. He just began to keep the rest of the boxes quietly. He did not know if he was angry at her for not being on simr wavelengths, or that he just didn''t understand women. Against people like Brother Long and his men, Zhang Xiao Qiang was full of moves and ways about it. However, with regards to the women by his side, he was so helpless. Forget about Yang Ke''er that naivess, she was young andcked any independent thought. At most, she would just tantly show her jealousy. That was why he liked her. Yuan Yi was different. In front of him, she was warm and docile, and would not disobey his every word. She wouldn''t take the initiative to talk to him, and she only cried on their first night about whether he minded her or not. After that, she was just like a shadow behind him. Whatever he wanted to say, each time he saw her peaceful gaze, he couldn''t bring himself to say anything. He knew she would listen, but not give her own opinions. Su Qian? The moment he thought about her, he would get pissed. Initially, he had a favorable impression of her, however, the longer they interacted, the more he felt her hidden ambitions. That one time, she had even run, and not bother about his life or safety. After that, she had still acted all scared. He didn''t understand, he wasn''t bad to her, even if she wanted to leave, she could at least discuss it with him. Why did she choose the moment when he was weakened? As for Shangguan Qiao Yun? Forget about it, each day would be something new, he couldn''t muster the energy to try and understand them. He might as well take a knife and sh his own neck, the pain would be lesser. Shangguan Qiao Yun was an astute person when she saw Zhang Xiao Qiang busy, she immediately went forward to help. On the way back to the chicken farm, they drove all the way right up to the building. Zhang Xiao Qiang shouted himself hoarse, and Three and Frank came running out, looking at him respectfully. Zhang Xiao Qiang pointed to the car: "Transport them all." 3 long chests, 10 old-fashioned ammunition boxes, and a few old military uniforms were all ced neatly in the living room. Zhang Xiao Qiang went up to one of the wooden boxes and kicked it open, revealing 5 M1 rifles, the grease already dried and caked. When everyone saw the guns in the crates, their mouths turned dry. After all, they knew the importance of having a gun versus no guns. In the past, due to theck of guns, they couldn''t do much. Now, with these guns, everyone could wield one. Zhang Xiao Qiang tore off the cover of the ammunition box, revealing the bullets stacked neatly, without so much of a single scratch on every one of them. The 3 crates had 15 rifles, 10 M1s, 5 M1 carbines, and the 10 ammunition boxes had rifle bullets in 7 of them, and 7.62mm carbine bombs in the other 3. Zhang Xiao Qiang grabbed an M1, and held it in his hands, testing it out. The 9-jin weight of it was just nice, its red handle smooth as well. It could hold 8 rounds, and was about 1.1m; its barrel length 610mm; its muzzle velocity 865m/s and its weight when empty, 4.37kg. Its effective range was about 730m, and using it to hit zombies from afar would be good. Even if they got close, sharp knives were better than steel beams. "Go distribute them, as well as the uniforms and the rest of them. Bullets have to be handle by yourselves. Only when going out for missions will you be allowed to distribute the bullets. If anyway dare hide a bullet? You know what you have to do?" Zhang Xiao Qiang''s words were over, and Three and Frank immediately saluted, as though they were in the army. He Wen Bin could not sit long, and after making a passing remark, he decided to head back to rest. Zhang Xiao Qiang then told Three to summon thebat team. A total of 11 men stood carefully in a row, their bodies decked in the World War 2 uniforms. Three and Frank stood behind Zhang Xiao Qiang, wearing their uniforms. Their equipment was slightly different in that they had an additional 1911A1 and three magazines. Seeing the men with their chests stuck out, decked in military uniform, and the same resolution on all their faces, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt somewhat back in the army. He turned to Frank and Three to signal. Three and Frank hurried forwards to open up the other 3 crates, and the 15 guns gleamed in the sunlight. Thebat team were all attracted by the weapons, and could not help but feel excited about their first expedition. In the past, they had to rely on melee weapons and could fall prey to the zombies any time. With guns, who would be afraid now? From the rifles, although their damage was strong, they only had 8 bullets. After finishing, they had to reload. As for the carbine, it was different, although the prative power might not be as powerful, they had more than twice the amount of bullets, and were faster to reload. As most of them were afraid of the zombies getting too close, having more bullets for close-range was better. The firepower might not be powerful, but they were still better than handguns. One by one, they came up to receive the guns, ying around and admiring them. "Hold up give him this." The person who hade up was the first to defect to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang neither disliked nor liked him, just because he had followed along on the expedition yesterday, and was the first to act against Vulture, Zhang Xiao Qiang would naturally hold him higher in regard. He took out a carbine and passed it to the man, whose entire face had flushed red from the gratitude and excitement. Zhang Xiao Qiang had personally handed him a gun, this was face! He was naturally excited! 10 rifles, plus 1 carbine. 11 of the men had their own weapons. Zhang Xiao Qiang gave Three, Frank and Lu Ren Yi each one, and thest he kept for himself. Each person could take 30 rounds of bullets. Zhang Xiao Qiang then went towards Yang Ke''er''s room, where she was leaning against the cushions watching her movie, while Yuan Yi was sleeping due to her injuries. Shangguan Qiao Yun was handling her gun, practicing with it as well as taking care of it. Zhang Xiao Qiang handed the carbine to her, looking at her in the eye: "From now on, you''re the firearms support, if you don''t hit those you''re supposed to, hmph" Shangguan Qiao Yun received it, looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang pitifully. She had not touched guns before, and who knew how her aim was? Now, he just dumped thisrge responsibility on her shoulders, how could she not feel anxious. On the road, the surface was not even, and the Land Rover would hit some bumps once in awhile. The people inside would shake together with the vehicle. Zhang Xiao Qiang allowed himself to lean on the person next time to him from the swaying of the vehicle. After heid down, he didn''t get up. Shangguan Qiao Yun''s body was too soft and tender. It was morefortable than a sofa. Heid down and smelled her scent, looking at her as her face slowly turned red. Zhang Xiao Qiang fought hard to remember the objective of today''s exercise. Thebat team had undergone a week of intensive training and could be used. Yang Ke''er and Yuan Yi had somewhat recovered but were still unable to exert too much strength. Zhang Xiao Qiang thus brought Three and 6 of the men in thebat team, and 5 of thebat support team to go and clean out the hot spring inn. The men in thebat team were not fearful, they had guns, furthermore, Zhang Xiao Qiang handed each of them a shield. As long as they were alert, nothing would happen. Even if there was a boss, Brother Cockroach was there! Who would fear with him there? When thebat support team heard that they had to go along, there were one or two who cried as though their parents had died. If they dared to head out, they wouldn''t have to eat chicken feed anymore. Although there were rations for everyone now, in their hearts, they saw how the unlucky chap had been devoured by the zombie. At the same time, they couldn''t not go, for fear of Zhang Xiao Qiang feeding them to the zombies. It was truly a tough position to be in. To them, if they go, it wasn''t likely that they''ll die, but if they didn''t go, Zhang Xiao Qiang would feed them to the zombies. Therefore, in the end, they chose to go. Zhang Xiao Qiangzed around on Shangguan Qiao Yun''sp but could feel the Land Rover slowing down. He got up reluctantly and exited the vehicle. Three and the rest of the men stood together, waiting for instructions. Zhang Xiao Qiang raised his binocrs and looked towards the hot spring inn. Chapter 153: Shoot!

Chapter 153: Shoot!

In the distance, there were 2 small hills facing each other, of almost simr heights, simr shapes, one nted full of bamboos, the other, osmanthus trees. One could see cement steps around the side of the hills leading to the peaks, where 2 traditional buildings stood. The nts at the peak of the hills had started to shed their leaves, and there was no green to be seen, just an area of yellow. The ce where the 2 hills met was a small valley, which was surrounded by ayer of iron fence. The fence itself was covered by tall shrubs, and it was impossible to see inside from the outside. A single electronic sliding door was in the middle of the fence. A cement path that could fit 4 ordinary cars stretched all the way to a bluestone arch, which was about 10m away from Zhang Xiao Qiangs position. On the arch, there were the words Poppy Spring Valley carved inrge gold letters. Behind the arch, about 3m away, there were 3 simple wooden houses, with a que hanging from the middle house 2 mummy-like zombies were shambling around in the middle house. Pengpeng After a few gunshots, the zombies fell one after the other, and Zhang Xiao Qiang led his men to drive towards the gate. The cars had juste to a stop when a number of zombies came crawling out of the electronic door. The arrival of the zombies was too sudden, and the men were not mentally prepared. They stayed in the cars, watching as the zombies wed and swiped at the car. These pricks that had be proud when they just got their guns suddenly became so docile, staying within the car. No one dared to stick their guns out the windows, afraid that the zombies would climb in from there. Some of the drivers were even tempted to turn their vehicles around. Peng... One zombie was knocked down by Zhang Xiao Qiangs opening of his door. He stepped out bare-handed, and sent a powerful kick at the head of the zombie, snapping its neck. He was furious when he saw the cowardly behavior of his men. They had lost their guts even when they had guns? He pulled out his handgun, firing a few rounds at the vehicle that had turned around intending to drive away. After firing a few holes, the car came to a stop, with wails sounding from inside. Zhang Xiao Qiang stepped forwards and kicked 3 zombies away, chasing Three and the rest of the men out of their vehicles. He then mmed down with his foot, breaking the neck. His bloodshot eyes then swiveled to look at the guys. Bay... He barked out loud, and the rest immediately stepped forward to give, including Shangguan Qiao Yun and Three. The objectives are the zombies! Move forward and strike them! Zhang Xiao Qiang continued to shout his orders, as the rest raised their weapons and started to thrust at the zombies. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not stop, nor did the subordinates stop. They continued like this, and as they continued to strike, everyones expression was different. Some were excited, some were fearful, some had bloodshot eyes and their teeth gritted tight, some had pale countenances, their legs shivering. There were some who were more fearless, and squeezed forwards, while others tried their best to maintain, and some tried to back away. Zhang Xiao Qiang toyed with his 1911A1 while observing them all, remembering their performance today. Some of them had outstanding performances or might not be afraid to stand up to others, but were afraid when dealing with the zombies. Such people could not remain on thebat team. After all, the main enemy right now wasnt humans, it was the 6 billion zombies on earth. Zhang Xiao Qiang paid more attention to Shangguan Qiao Yun, watching her as she joined the ranks of some men to squeeze forwards and strike at the zombies. She had no fear, nor excitement. She was just calm and knew that the brains were the weakest point. That was her target. She continued to sh at those that got too close, while the gun in her hand was held steadily. Each time, her strikes and shots were urate. She wasnt like the men beside her, hollering in excitement or breathing loudly in their anxiety. She just kept silent, biting her lip, aiming at the zombies heads while suppressing her urge to vomit. As long as Zhang Xiao Qiang did not call for them to stop, she would continue to attack and kill. There was no hesitation, no struggle, no stopping, nor mercy. Stop... After Zhang Xiao Qiang gave his order, everyone came to a stop. Some were still red with bloodlust, it could be because they finally had a chance to give vent to their fears and frustrations, that they ignored his orders, and continued to lunge at the pieces of meat in front. Papapa... Three gunshots rang out, and Zhang Xiao Qiang stared at those men consumed by their bloodlust. They immediately stopped but needed some time to calm down. All of them looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang, who reloaded his magazine, and raised his gun while looking at them all. Some were staring straight at him, some had lowered their heads to look at their toes. Who tried to drive off earlier? His tone was low and menacing, as he looked at each of them, they felt like a cold beast was staring right through their soul. 3 men could not help but stare at their friend beside, who had an ashen expression. He looked at his friends staring at him, and his entire body turned soft and slumped to the floor. His body began to tremble profusely, and he did not even have the courage to raise his head, awaiting Zhang Xiao Qiangs punishment. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked slowly to him, his military boots crunching in the soil, the sounds of his footsteps hammering against the heart of the man. It was until he saw the dust and mud-covered boots of Zhang Xiao Qiang appearing in front of him that he hurriedly lowered his head on to the ground, his shivering bing even stronger. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the man, this person happened to be one of those who had killed the zombies with a perfunctory manner. He raised his gun, pointing at the mans head. Everyone tensed up when they saw that. They knew Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to make an example out of him, it was amon punishment back in the times of war, to execute any deserters. Peng... Following a slight shudder of Zhang Xiao Qiangs right hand, the man slumped to the ground, a new hole in his skull. The bullet had prated his head and exited out his jaw, fresh blood flowing from the wound below his chin. His body was still twitching. Zhang Xiao Qiang then raised the gun to point at another man who had not gone up to kill the zombies, instead, retreating back. The man saw Zhang Xiao Qiang aiming at him, and his face seemed to have been pped with white flour, absolutely drained of color. The trembling was even more intense than the earlier guy. Ge..ge...ge... The mans teeth would not stop chattering, and everyone just saw his chest puffed out, not even daring to let out his breath. Chapter 154: Charge

Chapter 154: Charge

No...no...no!!! I didnt run, I really didnt run.. The man finally managed to scream out the words in his chest. He shouted loudly, desperate as he was, and his eyes were filled with madness. The M1 in his hands dropped to the ground, and without the gun in his hand, he seemed to have lost all his backing, dropping to his knees like the man before him who got executed. He did not lower his head to pray, instead, he stared fixedly at Zhang Xiao Qiang, eyeing the M1911A1, waiting to be pardoned, or executed. Zhang Xiao Qiang tilted his head to ponder, before he stuck the gun back in his waist, and he eyed the man while speaking, Just now, you know yourself most clearly on your thoughts and actions. I wont kill you, you can stand one side. I need brave and passionate warriors, not cowards like you. After that, he turned around to eye the remaining members of thebat team. All of them waited with bated breath as Zhang Xiao Qiangs cold eyes swept across them, before he took in arge breath, and barked out loudly, Whoevers afraid of death! I will let him die faster!! He then breathed out, his eyes opened wide as he swept his gaze across all of them again. Three and the other 4 immediately stood straight, their guns in their hands gripped tightly. They stood there, epting the baptism of Zhang Xiao Qiangs gaze, their own eyes filled with resolution. They knew this was hisst warning. The man was stripped of his items and ammunition, and he stood behind with the support team, barehanded. He did not feel any sadness, instead, there was a relief from having escaped with his life. His pastrades looked at him with eyes of disdain and contempt. Those who called him brother in the past also felt disgusted. Zhang Xiao Qiang then brought the fleet back by 50m, he knew the scent of fresh blood would attract all the zombies out. He just needed to proceed slowly and surely. The journey was still long, and their ammunition plenty. As long as they didnt have to risk their lives, it would be best. 10...20...100...200... Zhang Xiao QIang watched dumbfounded as the 200 zombies swarmed over. He didnt understand how there were so many zombies still inside. Wasnt the business supposed to be bad? Few people woulde? Why was there suddenly 200 zombies for no reason? Seeing that there were 20 evolved ones among them, he felt that they had to be careful today. Who knew if anotherrge fellow would appear again? Zhang Xiao Qiang did not harbor much hopes with regards to his luck, he knew each time there was an objective or mission, he would meet a BOSS. Was it because he met that Yang Keer? In any case, his luck was pretty much damned. The guns from everyone present began firing, from time to time, zombies would fall. The sounds of the gunshots were less of an attraction than the scent of blood. Thus, the zombies would ignore the sounds of gunshots around, and just sought to crawl towards the location of blood. As they gathered together, the number of zombies that died increased slowly. Many of them were stuck and could not move, bing easier targets for thebat team. Zhang Xiao Qiang had no reaction to the gunshots and happenings near him. He just quietly focused on firing. He aimed and fired at one zombie, intending for a headshot. He pulled the trigger lightly, Peng... He ignored the recoil in his shoulders, and looked over, checking the result of his 10th shot. However, that zombie seemed to be unhurt, instead, it was the zombie beside it that had fallen, its skull bleeding with the yellow brain matter as it crumpled to the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang was depressed, he had fired 10 consecutive shots, and only managed to kill one zombie. Furthermore, it was an idental shot. He knew he didnt have the talent to drive, yet he never expected that he alsocked the slightest talent in shooting. He was pissed, and fired his remaining 6 bullets without looking, throwing the gun into the car, and checked his own equipment. 12 triangr darts were kept at his waist, his Jing Wei Sword hung behind him, his Beast Horn Spear in his hands, and his military knife was busted. Wang Le had no more good materials, and could only convert the other Beast Horn Spear to be a small pike. It hung by his waist as well. Although it was more like a 80cm opener, it was incredibly sharp. Whatever the Jing Wei Sword couldnt pierce, it could be used. If Zhang Xiao Qiang met another D2, he had the confidence to kill it. At the very least, he had the means to break a D2s defence now. He kept everything, made sure they were in order, and looked back at the zombies. The gunshots were still ringing, and Zhang Xiao Qiang eyed the men that had excitement in their eyes, killing the zombies without any pressure felt exhrating for them. Other than the recoil in their shoulders, there was practically no danger. When they managed to kill some D-types and S-Types as well, their morale was extremely high. They begun to fire their rifles more rapidly, and the gold bullet shells scattered all around them. They continued to fire, and reload, heading to Three to ask for more ammunition, and went back to firing. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw there were only a few dozens of zombies left scattered around, and raised his hand to shout for stop. The gunfire died down, leaving only silence behind. Raise your weapons... Hearing his orders, everyone immediately stepped forwards with their melee weapons, this time, their actions were smoother. No one dared to hesitate, after all, the fate of those 2 cowards was witnessed by everyone. One was killed, one of stripped of his role. Everyone knew that the support and logistics would only transport and handle the misceneous stuff. Other than eating their fill, there were no other benefits. Women? They can wait for their next life. Zhang Xiao Qiangs rule was that weaklings and cowards had no rights to leave behind a legacy or generations. Raise your weapons... stab forwards... Zhang Xiao Qiang ordered and charged forwards. He acted as the vanguard, so that everyone would naturally follow. There was a possibility of dying by charging forth, but there was a definite certainty of dying if they did not charge forth. Everyone knew the consequences anyway. Furthermore, they had just shot down 200 zombies, even some evolved zombies were among those they had killed. These people had lost their fear, and were now releasing shouts of courage as they followed behind Zhang Xiao Qiang to lunge at the zombies. KILL!! Zhang Xiao Qiang roared, and with his Beast Horn Spear, he pierced through an S-Type, before retracting and quickly severing the neck of another ordinary zombie. As he charged forwards, he was like a killing god. He turned around, only to see Shangguan Qiao Yun being harassed by 2 zombies in a precarious situation. One was a D-type was chasing behind, the other an ordinary zombie in front of her. She held her rifle but did not know which to kill first, and could only dodge their attacks. She was running clumsily with her weapon towards another direction, but it seemed that there were more zombies over there... She was already nervous and had lost her bearings. When Zhang Xiao Qiang was in front, all she did was recite, Follow him, follow him tightly in her mind. She just stuck behind him as he charged headlong into a group of zombies. By the time she entered, he had already killed a number of them and was charging forth. She wanted to follow but was impeded by a D-type in front. She managed to leave some knife wounds on it, before trying to retreat. She finally knew the difference of the zombie in front of her and the rest. One would chase her, scratch her and bite her, the other would just treat her as a target to pummel. When an ordinary zombie joined in the chase, her situation became even more dangerous, there were a few times it seemed that she was almost sure to be scratched or bitten. After evading those perilous moments, when she saw 3 zombies standing in front of her blocking the way, she was shocked and fell down. Chapter 155: Charge

Chapter 155: Charge

No...no...no!!! I didnt run, I really didnt run.. The man finally managed to scream out the words in his chest. He shouted loudly, desperate as he was, and his eyes were filled with madness. The M1 in his hands dropped to the ground, and without the gun in his hand, he seemed to have lost all his backing, dropping to his knees like the man before him who got executed. He did not lower his head to pray, instead, he stared fixedly at Zhang Xiao Qiang, eyeing the M1911A1, waiting to be pardoned, or executed. Zhang Xiao Qiang tilted his head to ponder before he stuck the gun back in his waist, and he eyed the man while speaking, Just now, you know yourself most clearly on your thoughts and actions. I wont kill you, you can stand one side. I need brave and passionate warriors, not cowards like you. After that, he turned around to eye the remaining members of thebat team. All of them waited with bated breath as Zhang Xiao Qiangs cold eyes swept across them, before he took in arge breath, and barked out loudly, Whoevers afraid of death! I will let him die faster!! He then breathed out, his eyes opened wide as he swept his gaze across all of them again. Three and the other 4 immediately stood straight, their guns in their hands gripped tightly. They stood there, epting the baptism of Zhang Xiao Qiangs gaze, their own eyes filled with resolution. They knew this was hisst warning. The man was stripped of his items and ammunition, and he stood behind with the support team, barehanded. He did not feel any sadness, instead, there was a relief from having escaped with his life. His pastrades looked at him with eyes of disdain and contempt. Those who called him a brother in the past also felt disgusted. Zhang Xiao Qiang then brought the fleet back by 50m, he knew the scent of fresh blood would attract all the zombies out. He just needed to proceed slowly and surely. The journey was still long, and their ammunition plenty. As long as they didnt have to risk their lives, it would be best. 10...20...100...200... Zhang Xiao Qiang watched dumbfounded as the 200 zombies swarmed over. He didnt understand how there were so many zombies still inside. Wasnt the business supposed to be bad? Few people woulde? Why was there suddenly 200 zombies for no reason? Seeing that there were 20 evolved ones among them, he felt that they had to be careful today. Who knew if anotherrge fellow would appear again? Zhang Xiao Qiang did not harbor much hopes with regards to his luck, he knew each time there was an objective or mission, he would meet a BOSS. Was it because he met that Yang Keer? In any case, his luck was pretty much damned. The guns from everyone present began firing, from time to time, zombies would fall. The sounds of the gunshots were less of an attraction than the scent of blood. Thus, the zombies would ignore the sounds of gunshots around, and just sought to crawl towards the location of blood. As they gathered together, the number of zombies that died increased slowly. Many of them were stuck and could not move, bing easier targets for thebat team. Zhang Xiao Qiang had no reaction to the gunshots and happenings near him. He just quietly focused on firing. He aimed and fired at one zombie, intending for a headshot. He pulled the trigger lightly, Peng... He ignored the recoil in his shoulders, and looked over, checking the result of his 10th shot. However, that zombie seemed to be unhurt, instead, it was the zombie beside it that had fallen, its skull bleeding with the yellow brain matter as it crumpled to the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang was depressed, he had fired 10 consecutive shots, and only managed to kill one zombie. Furthermore, it was an idental shot. He knew he didnt have the talent to drive, yet he never expected that he alsocked the slightest talent in shooting. He was pissed, and fired his remaining 6 bullets without looking, throwing the gun into the car, and checked his own equipment. 12 triangr darts were kept at his waist, his Jing Wei Sword hung behind him, his Beast Horn Spear in his hands, and his military knife was busted. Wang Le had no more good materials, and could only convert the other Beast Horn Spear to be a small pike. It hung by his waist as well. Although it was more like a 80cm opener, it was incredibly sharp. Whatever the Jing Wei Sword couldnt pierce, it could be used. If Zhang Xiao Qiang met another D2, he had the confidence to kill it. At the very least, he had the means to break a D2s defence now. He kept everything, made sure they were in order, and looked back at the zombies. The gunshots were still ringing, and Zhang Xiao Qiang eyed the men that had excitement in their eyes, killing the zombies without any pressure felt exhrating for them. Other than the recoil in their shoulders, there was practically no danger. When they managed to kill some D-types and S-Types as well, their morale was extremely high. They begun to fire their rifles more rapidly, and the gold bullet shells scattered all around them. They continued to fire, and reload, heading to Three to ask for more ammunition, and went back to firing. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw there were only a few dozens of zombies left scattered around, and raised his hand to shout for stop. The gunfire died down, leaving only silence behind. Raise your weapons... Hearing his orders, everyone immediately stepped forwards with their melee weapons, this time, their actions were smoother. No one dared to hesitate, after all, the fate of those 2 cowards was witnessed by everyone. One was killed, one of stripped of his role. Everyone knew that the support and logistics would only transport and handle the misceneous stuff. Other than eating their fill, there were no other benefits. Women? They can wait for their next life. Zhang Xiao Qiangs rule was that weaklings and cowards had no rights to leave behind a legacy or generations. Raise your weapons... stab forwards... Zhang Xiao Qiang ordered and charged forwards. He acted as the vanguard, so that everyone would naturally follow. There was a possibility of dying by charging forth, but there was a definite certainty of dying if they did not charge forth. Everyone knew the consequences anyway. Furthermore, they had just shot down 200 zombies, even some evolved zombies were among those they had killed. These people had lost their fear, and were now releasing shouts of courage as they followed behind Zhang Xiao Qiang to lunge at the zombies. KILL!! Zhang Xiao Qiang roared, and with his Beast Horn Spear, he pierced through an S-Type, before retracting and quickly severing the neck of another ordinary zombie. As he charged forwards, he was like a killing god. He turned around, only to see Shangguan Qiao Yun being harassed by 2 zombies in a precarious situation. One was a D-type was chasing behind, the other an ordinary zombie in front of her. She held her rifle but did not know which to kill first, and could only dodge their attacks. She was running clumsily with her weapon towards another direction, but it seemed that there were more zombies over there... She was already nervous and had lost her bearings. When Zhang Xiao Qiang was in front, all she did was recite, Follow him, follow him tightly in her mind. She just stuck behind him as he charged headlong into a group of zombies. By the time she entered, he had already killed a number of them and was charging forth. She wanted to follow but was impeded by a D-type in front. She managed to leave some knife wounds on it, before trying to retreat. She finally knew the difference of the zombie in front of her and the rest. One would chase her, scratch her and bite her, the other would just treat her as a target to pummel. When an ordinary zombie joined in the chase, her situation became even more dangerous, there were a few times it seemed that she was almost sure to be scratched or bitten. After evading those perilous moments, when she saw 3 zombies standing in front of her blocking the way, she was shocked and fell down. Chapter 156: Stunning Shot

Chapter 156: Stunning Shot

Shangguan Qiao Yun stumble and fell, and immediately felt that today was going to be the day she died. There was no time for regrets, no time for any epiphany. She quickly turned the de of the gun towards herself, intending to pierce her own heart. She wanted to take a good look at this world again, this world that had let her down time and time again, but one that she could not bear to leave. A zombie fell around her, then another, and another, as a middle-sized figure stood behind her. She held the M1 lying on the ground, and turned to look at the man. He was wearing blue working clothes, with a few patches of clothes about him, looking incredibly tattered. A light shadow covered her, as she hid in his shadow, and looking at that indomitable spirit about him, a strong sense of security overcame her. She let go of the de, letting it fall on the ground. What are you zoning out for, still not getting up? Waiting for me to carry you? Zhang Xiao Qiang barked, and charged right for the D-Type. It lunged towards him together with another ordinary zombie, just as it was about to w at him, as long as he lightly stepped back, the zombies would sh at thin air. However, Shangguan Qiao Yun was still behind him, blocking his way. He cursed under his breath and pulled out his handgun, striking the Beast Horn Spear at the mouth of the D-Type, while he lowered his right shoulders lightly, and the ordinary zombie only managed to w at his outer clothes, tearing it away and revealing the yellowed beast skin. Facing the ordinary zombie, the long spear would not be as useful. He loosened his grip on the Beast Horn Spear, allowing it to fall together with the D-Type. He turned his body around to evade the second sh from the zombie, while he pulled out the Jing Wei Sword from behind him and shed down at the zombie, separating its head. Zhang Xiao Qiang then pulled out the Beast Horn Pike from his waist, and started to charge at the other zombies without so much as a second nce at Shangguan Qiao Yun. Shangguan Qiao Yun gazed dumbfoundedly at him as he ughtered the zombies, while staring at the dead zombies in front of her with the darts still stuck in their heads. She felt extremely hopeless, was she that useless? He had not even taken a look at her after saving her, was it because she had disappointed him? She was a woman, a beautiful one at that, and beauties were usually sensitive. However, she was not one to easily give up. Watching his back as he killed his way, she picked up her weapon and reloaded her M1. She fired a single shot at one nearby zombie, and after a loud peng, the zombie didnt move anymore. Shangguan Qiao Yun was using the M1 Carbine Rifle, however, her uracy was no better than Zhang Xiao Qiang. Instead, when she switched over to the M1 Garand, it was slightly better. She had then switched over, and Zhang Xiao Qiang was ok with it. As long as she didnt hit him, it was fine. As for uracy? Would an entire cave full of bullets not be enough to train up her uracy? Just like this, the rest of the team also trained with 30 bullets per person each day. Shangguan Qiao Yun was allocated 300 bullets, but her uracy was truly zilch, even after expending 2,000 rounds, Zhang Xiao Qiang had almost given up on her. Even when her index finger had swollen to the size of a carrot, even when she could only eat with her left hand, even after so much practice, she was still bad. That was why she was so hasty in trying to prove herself, and almost met with mishap. Peng... 7 rounds were fired, and while the zombie had a few more bullet holes in it, it would not fall, instead, it continued to shamble over towards Shangguan Qiao Yun. Zhang Xiao Qiang was a distance away, hacking at one zombie. He turned to see her, and his gaze changed to one of contempt. He walked towards her, intending to help her finish off that zombie that just would not die. Suddenly, she turned and aimed at him, which wasnt much, but what was worse was that she just turned her own head slightly, and before she even fully faced him, Peng... the Garand in her hands fired thest bullet towards his head. He stared agape at the gun and the sh when thest bullet was fired. Before his brain could even react, the bullet grazed past his ear. He could not help but turn to see where the bullet flew to. To his shock, an S-Type had just jumped behind him, itsrge, ck ws held high, intending to swipe down at him. It was stopped in mid-jump, falling back in an arch, with a ckened hole in its head. ck and yellowish matter flowed down from the wound as the S-Typended on the ground with a loud crash. Itid on the ground, its leg twitching. There were a few ckened bullet wounds on its chest. Near its body, there was a number of zombie bodies lying on the ground, and there was a trail of something that had crawled out from underneath them. It seemed that this S-Type had been hit by the bullets, and while the bullets had caused it to fall, before it could crawl up, it had been buried by the other normal zombies that were shot as well. It was small and weak, and when Zhang Xiao Qiang had walked past it, it had happened to be crawling out halfway. It had then leaped up to sh at Zhang Xiao Qiangs head, who would have expected, Shangguan Qiao Yun instantly fired at it, the bullet entering its mouth and exiting the back of its head. Before it could even reached Zhang Xiao Qiang who was defenceless, it had been killed. Zhang Xiao Qiang ruffled his buzz cut which he had recently just shaved, his heart cold. His clothes were all thickened with Mutant Beast hides, and in most circumstances, even an S2 would not be able to hurt him. However, his head had not a single shred of protection! Even each of his subordinates had some form of a helmet. What a close shave! I cant pretend to be cool in the future!! Zhang Xiao Qiang cursed at himself, and pulled out a dart to throw at the zombie near Shangguan Qiao Yun. He then turned around to clear the rest of the zombies. Of the 40-over zombies, Zhang Xiao Qiang alone had been responsible for eradicating half of them. The rest of the fighters had been split into a group of 3 and another group of 2. Everyone worked together to kill the zombies, and the speed was picking up. One would block the chest of a zombie, the other would use the de to chop off the head. The zombies did not know how to evade or dodge, and it was actually easier and faster than killing sheeps. As long as they didnt meet any S-Types, even a D-Type would fall under their tactics. Chapter 157: Supernatural

Chapter 157: Supernatural

Under the efforts of Zhang Xiao Qiang and the Combat Team, the zombies fell to the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang handled all the S-Types himself, while the rest followed behind. They watched in awe as he settled half the zombies by himself, and were even more fearful and respectful of his strength. He had the ability tomand them, as well as a strength that none could match. He had solidified his position as their head. Even if he was not around, as long as there was no confirmed news about his death, they would definitely not revolt, because his performance was too strong. Zhang Xiao Qiang leaned on the body of the car and smoked a cigarette. The rest of thebat team also took a break, either smoking or drinking water. Some were even stealing nces at Shangguan Qiao Yun, who was helping to polish Zhang Xiao Qiangs darts. After going through such an intense battle, her body, face, hands were covered in dirt and grime. She was not bothered by it, even when she caught sight of her reflection in the cars mirror. She didnt wipe away any of the dirt, having matured a lot in the earlier battle. She had also learned to let go of some things. The current Shangguan Qiao Yun was already like a warrior, different from her old lifestyle. What were you thinking when you were shooting? You didnt even take proper aim and just started firing, arent you afraid of hitting me? When Zhang Xiao Qiang finished his cigarette, he couldnt help but ask while watching the rest of the support team doing the cleanup. Shangguan Qiao Yun stopped what she was doing, and thought back to the scene earlier... She had fired 7 times, missing every shot. As the zombie got closer to her slowly, her heart began to beat faster in fear. She took a deep breath, and remembered telling herself, Dont rush it... you can do it... definitely... She had then grabbed the gun tightly and pressed it against the head of the zombie. As she was about to fire, she suddenly felt something breathing in her brain, and her body went rigid, as though something was about to happen behind her. She thought about turning around, but before she could do so, her hands had already sent the gun pointing backward. Before she could even see what was happening, her fingers had pulled the trigger. The gunshot had been the most dangerous moment that Zhang Xiao Qiang had faced. Supernatural urrence??? Zhang Xiao Qiang felt his hair stand. Wasnt what she described basically possession?! He had always carried some sort of doubt, but not daring to discount it entirely. He had experienced some strange stuff in his life, but he had nevere across any. He could almost feel it sometimes. Like that one time when he had gone to the edge of the vige when he was young, to that particr old, dpidated house. Just when he was about to open the door, the door had opened by itself, and a sudden gust of wind blew past him. There was no cold, but he felt his hair stand. When he stepped into the living room, he realized all the doors and windows had been shut. There wasnt any sign of the greenery outside being disturbed by the wind either. After that, he had always felt some sort of creepiness, even as he rushed out, just stepping on something soft, he had almost been frightened to death. He immediately shut up, not daring to ask further. Who knew if the great god was still around, after all, it had saved his life, it wouldnt find trouble with him right? The 200 corpses were being transported by 6 men, in addition to the blood everywhere, although there wasnt much blood in each individual zombie, the collective amount was stillrge. Since the ground was slippery, it was only after 2 hours did the transport of the dead corpses end. Zhang Xiao Qiang and thebat team did not show any intention to help, after all, the support team had to earn their feed. Zhang Xiao Qiang might have plenty of rice, but he wouldnt support them for nothing. If everyone could eat, then why would anyone risk their lives? Since that was the case, Zhang Xiao Qiang had established tiers, with him, He Wen Bin, Three, etc as the 1st tier, thebat team as the 2nd tier, the women and some important characters as 3rd tier, for example, the chef and Wang Le, as well as the weaponsmith. The rest were all 4th tier, and only had half the rice given, mixed with chicken feed. They were all worked to their bones, while Zhang Xiao Qiangsbat team had to save their Stamina to deal with danger. They had looks of disdain towards the support team, who all wore tattered clothes, they were the old clothes they had been wearing. Zhang Xiao Qiang would not give them military uniforms so charitably, hence of the 6, one of them who had a yellowed 2nd World War uniform was especially eye-catching, and thebat team looked down on him. Once the exit was cleared, Zhang Xiao Qiang gave a signal, and thebat team quickly checked their equipment. Three gave them 30 rounds each to reload, while Zhang Xiao Qiang holstered the weapon polished by Shangguan Qiao Yun. He looked to her and said, You stay here and watch the vehicles, where is the gun I gave you previously? Take it out, remember to check the safety! When she heard it, her face flushed in embarrassment, the gun had always been on her left. She had forgotten about it. Seeing Zhang Xiao Qiang leading the rest further in, she hurried to take out her weapon and readied it at her waist. She then thought a while before pulling out her carbine and reloaded it. With a carbine by her side and a handgun in her hands, she sat in the car on alert. Zhang Xiao Qiang held his Beast Horn Spear and took the lead, while thebat team covered his nk. They were followed by the support team which held up shields each. The group walked to the parking lot of the spring, which was huge, and had countless all-terrain vehicles and caravans parked there. They were all surrounded by a dozen police cars, some of which had open doors. There were traces of blood on the seats, on the doors, on the windows, as well as bones and broken ss. Deformed helmets, moldy shoes, bullet shells and even handguns littered the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked over to pick up one of the handguns. It had faced the rains and the sun, even being stepped on by the zombies. Seeing that there were no bullets, he threw it over to Three, and continued leading the rest further in. The sides of the parking lot had been transformed pretty decently, with greenery covering the sides of the hill. However, there was no life now, and the bare trees and branches that once gave off a vibrant sense of life, now looked like skeleton limbs. The grass patches that were once green was now yellow and dead. A stone paved path extended towards the forest, until it met a huge water fountain, where a stone statue stood tall. The theme was a bunch of girls bathing, carved in western style, each of the figurines depicted beautifully. The textures and vivid lines demonstrated the scene in a life-like manner. Zhang Xiao Qiang had not studied art before, nor was he born with the eye for it, so he continued past the statues along the path. The scene in front of him caused him to be taken aback. The entire spring was revealed for him to see. A clear stream flowed towards a smallke, which was surrounded by various vis. Other than the vis, he did not see anything that resembled modern civilization. There were no cement paths, no roads nor steel normps. There were no electrical lines or machines, the paths were all made out of stone, lined with grass. As they continued down the stone path, they could hear the stream flowing clearly, and as he looked out at the peacefulke, Zhang Xiao Qiang smiled lightly. He suddenly felt that he was no longer on the battlefield, instead, it was like he was the CEO of apany bringing his employees on apany retreat. The surroundings were silent, other than the footsteps of the group, and the trickling of the water, there was no other sound, no winds, no birds chirping, no bustling of human activity. The group continued towards the vis. After killing thest zombie locked behind one of the vis, Zhang Xiao Qiang stood outside and assessed this ce he intended for his future base. There were about 30 houses, each of them decent sized. Other than the differences in room size, the decorations, materials and furnitures were all simr. Each house could easily fit 3 to 5 people, 7 to 8 if they tried to squeeze, and if they really pushed it, 10 could stay in one house. Just based on the number of houses here, a hundred or two people could be fit. He was extremely satisfied, having proper amodation was after all better than having to build one himself. Thebat team was obedient, but the support team began to pick up the clothes and items left behind by the past guests. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at Three, without saying a word, he continued towards the valley. He then heard the voices of scolding from Three towards the members of the support team. He ignored themotion, after all, he had already set the rules. All prizes of war would belong to thebat team and the base. The support team had no rights to them, and could not casually touch them. Rules were rules. Chapter 158: I can’t see anything!

Chapter 158: I cant see anything!

Following the path, Zhang Xiao Qiang finally caught sight of a cement path hidden in the forest. He followed it, as he knew that the vis were for the guests of the hot spring, while the inner parts should be a center or office with the dormitories for the staff. He waszy to go search for treasures, he just wanted to hurry clear any remaining zombies and return to Yang Keers side. The entire valley was about 2km or so, and Zhang Xiao Qiang did not walk long before he arrived at a building of about 5 stories high. There was also a row of bungalows in the deeper parts of the valley. It was a closed-off valley, and at the end, the two hills converged into one. There was an open area of about half a ser field at the end. Among the structures, there were patches of green here and there, and there was a stream from the foot of the hill out of a cave. It flowed down the valley where it split in two, before a bridge connected both sides again further down. A few zombies could be seen wandering around the bridge and among the structures. Zhang Xiao Qiang gazed at the cave. The spring water there was his target. If the water wasnt contaminated, then the stream wouldnt be contaminated. Theke was a different story though. In any case, as long as there was clean water, sufficient food, and a safe environment, humans could stay here. They could continue to live on. As for reviving the mes of civilization? That was a question that he could not afford to consider yet. He firmly maintained a stance that he was no saint, nor the leader of humankind. He was just a minor character struggling to survive. As long as he lived, his own women lived, nothing else mattered. The skirts of both hills had been ttened, and there was a cave at the bottom of each hill. The sizes were about the same, it was likely that the caves had been expanded through machines and repair. However, only one of them had water flowing out, the other did not. Both caves had stone paths leading to them, and the cave with water had an additional bridge and wooden fences. From afar, Zhang Xiao Qiang could see a few corpses lying beside the caves, and there seemed to be some blockade at the mouths of the caves. He put down his binocrs. There seemed to be some humans inside. However, the blockade seemed almost down, and it wasnt clear how many were still alive. Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled out a shlight and handed it to Three. He then brought the rest around the structures and made their way towards the cave. He wanted to ascertain the situation. They reached for the cave without the stream first. Once they entered, Zhang Xiao Qiang could make out some items, the blockade had been made out of various wooden furniture and stone bs. Some broken itemsid on the ground, and there was a strong dposing stench from within. Some zombie corpsesid on the ground, a bullet hole in each of their heads. He picked up a shell from beside his feet, noting that the shell was smooth and short. It seemed to be some ammunition from a handgun, but he didnt recognize which. There were plenty of shells around, and there was even a fully loaded magazine lying on the ground. He threw it to Three, who quickly loaded it into the empty Type 77 handgun, cocking it. Be on your guard, there should be some people alive in there. Those who are holding guns, as long as something attacks, open fire!! After that, everyone checked their firearms and melee weapons. Everyone looked at him when they were done, and he passed his Beast Horn Spear over to Three, while he pulled out his Jing Wei Sword as well as a handgun in his other hand. They then made their way inside. The inner part of the cave was covered with dark marble, and both sides of the caves hadrge stone statues. Based on their position, Zhang Xiao Qiang assumed that there werent many people in the cave, otherwise, they could have shifted the statues to block the entrance. After passing another corner, Zhang Xiao Qiang made use of the shlight to shine in, discovering a space separated by many wooden doors. Seeing this, he almost thought that he was in a KTV lounge. He opened one of the doors, and saw a small spring inside, with two chairs, a mahjong table, and red chairs. They continued past a few such rooms, and soon Zhang Xiao Qiang came to the service counter. Behind, it seemed that someone had rummaged through everything, all sorts of towels, utensils and even some slippers were thrown everywhere. The items on the ground had also been stepped all over. He felt it strange, there hadnt been a single zombie yet, nor any sign of dead bodies, were all the survivors already trapped? Further behind, there were a few small storage rooms, where all sorts of items were stocked. Whatever was outside, the stores had. Anything that was missing outside, the stores also had. Zhang Xiao Qiang even saw a few uniforms belonging to different fields, like air stewardesses, nurses, military uniforms, maids, and a wide variety. Some boxes had been opened, where condoms were strewn all around. There was nock of sex toys. He finally understood that they were not in a spring but a huge den of nightclub activities and vices. He even saw a pile of gambling games. The rest of the storages were stacked full, and only one had dozens of mineral water stored. Everything else was emptied out, and the huge 20 sq ft was empty. Zhang Xiao Qiang took a careful look until he came across a small alley. There was an empty packet of food inside. His heartbeat quickening, he continued down the alley. Three and the rest followed behind, and their footsteps resounded throughout the cave. The alley had tall wooden nks on either side, covered in red and white wallpaper. When they exited, they came to a huge area, as though they had exited the night lounge into the wilderness. The ground was uneven here, and there stone walls reflected the light from the torchlights. Only some of the stones were reflective, thus, visibility was low in the cave. Zhang Xiao Qiang continued forward carefully, while the rest got in one line following behind. There was no sound all around. He turned around to check on the rest behind when suddenly, the area his foot stepped on was a slope. The moment he missed his footing, his entire body fell down. The M1911 handgun was flung unintentionally, while his entire body rolled down the slope. He felt his body continuing down the slope, while he was surrounded by darkness everywhere. He did not know if there was a gorge below him, nor could he see anything around. There was nothing other than ck. His heartbeat elerated, and in his wariness, he changed the Jing Wei Sword over to his right hand. He turned around and stuck the Jing Wei Sword into the slope behind him. As it dug deeper, his sliding speed began to decrease, and his both feet were iling. All of a sudden, he seemed to have stepped on something round. He did not know what it was, but at least he managed to find some footing. He stepped down with his right foot and pulled out a dart to stick into the ground. He was finally secure on the slope. Before he could catch his breath, the military boots on his feet were suddenly grabbed by something, as the round thing beneath his feet also began to struggle. This time, he was truly scared out of his wits. He could not see anything, and he did not know what he was stepping on. He relied on the dart to reach up and climb until he could not feel whatever was down there. Chapter 159: Otaku

Chapter 159: Otaku

He Wen Bin saw Zhang Xiao Qiang disappear right in front of him in an instant and a handgun suddenly flew up right in front of him. He recognized it as Zhang Xiao Qiangs handgun and immediately panicked, he did not know what happened in front, two steps ahead was arge hole spanning 5m in diameter with very long sides. The only way to get across therge hole was to use the small protruding floor which was less than 50cm against the wall. Therge hole was extremely deep to the point that even the torchlight beam could not reveal the depth of the hole. He Wen Bin did not know if Zhang Xiao Qiang was dead or alive, but Three decided to send people down. If Zhang Xiao Qiang was alive, they had to see him, if he was dead, they had to see the body. Zhang Xiao Qiang had always been the one leading and taking the point, he was always the first to bear the danger, allowing the Combat Team and Three to bepletely convinced of his abilities, now that they were in a foreign environment, none of them dared to harbor any ill intentions. Three got two men to stand by the side of the hole and shout endlessly while he brought the rest to search into the storeroom from before, anything that resembled a rope would be taken, anything that could be burnt were also taken. All the wooden nks around were ripped apart and burnt, lighting the space above the pitch ck hole up. After everyone verified that there was another entrance to a passageway, they ignored it and focused on pulling Zhang Xiao Qiang up. Many wires were tired around a member of the Combat Team, who then held onto the line and stood at the slope and slowly descended. He shone the torchlight all around, aside from his smooth path of descent, the rest of the slope had extremely strange formations, some of the surfaces were as perfect as though a de had sliced through, some were as vertical as spears and some resembled the peak of mountains. Seeing the sharp edges, many people felt the skin on their head turn numb, if they had fallen onto the sharp edges, having an intact corpse would be the best scenario, it was possible that one might be cut into pieces from a fall. The member prayed that Zhang Xiao Qiang would be apletely intact corpse, otherwise he would have a difficult time pulling all of him up! Witnessing the scene before him, he almost let go of the torch in his hand, the bottom was a triangr hollow ground piled withrge and small rocks, therge ones were the size of trucks littered all around with the small ones the size of tables. There were even smaller ones that were not visible, all of which were blocked by the dense mass of zombie bodies all over. There was nock of D-type Zombies or S-type Zombies. On an incline 2m above the zombies, Boss Zhang Xiao Qiang had stopped himself by stepping on his sword that had been stabbed into the ground with his upper body leaning on the slope. Zhang Xiao Qiang seemed to be grabbing onto something with his hands, supporting himself from falling into the zombie horde with the asional S-type Zombies jumping up with the intent of biting Zhang Xiao Qiang to feed the other zombies, but their size were shorter and with the high inclination of the slope, they were not even able to reach Zhang Xiao Qiangs feet and fell again and again. One of his hand was grabbing onto a groove in the slope tightly, he only knew that he could not give up in that dangerous position, his current position was extremely terrible mostly because he couldnt see anything. He already knew what was beneath him, previously after entering the cave, they never found any zombie corpses or human-rted bones, but there were things below still moving, which meant that the people before them had used this naturally formed terrain to lure the zombies into the hole. Only a few of the zombies had died inside the hole, so the rest were unable to move much until Zhang Xiao Qiang fell in like them. The very first thing that Zhang Xiao Qiang had stepped on was a zombies head, upon thinking that he had almost fallen into a zombie nest, his back immediately broke out in cold sweat. He was not afraid of falling into a zombie nest, but afraid because he could not see anything. His blindness caused the zombiesrgest disadvantage to be their greatest advantage and Zhang Xiao Qiangs strongest reliance had be useless. He could only wait quietly, he knew that Three would not give him up and hoped for Three to send someone down. But he did not have the intentions to rely on Three to send someone down, he had always relied on himself to get out off and survive from all sorts of situations and predicaments. At that moment, he could only persevere, if he did not, he would have to retrieve the 3 hand grenades from his bag and explode along with the zombies, he would kill as many as he could. That was his thoughts until a ray of light shone by his side. The men above all struggled to pull Zhang Xiao Qiang up. After reaching the top, he disregarded his image and sat on the ground while unscrewing a military water bottle, gulping down the content joyously. The man who went down to save him started to brag to hisrades about how he saw the zombies below and how dangerous it was. Zhang Xiao Qiang carefully sized him up. He was not old and looked to be around 24 to 25 years of age. He was slightly taller than Zhang Xiao Qiang at about 170cm and was scrawny, looking as though he weighed only 50kg. The military uniform he had on was obviously too big for him, even when he held onto a weapon, he looked extremely sloppy. He was unlike the others who looked extremely fitting in their uniforms. He had a thick ck framed spectacles with a rope that fastened it to the back of his head. He had an average look and could even be said that he looked nerdy, the kind that would get bullied by others. No one would have ever thought that he had actually fought for his life and was able to survive till where he was, where even when he was chosen to go down the slope, he was not dispirited, he was a flexible young man. Whats your name? Zhang Xiao Qiang had some impression from the spectacles, he remembered that when He Wen Bing, Lu Ren Yi, and the others escaped into the small courtyard, he was one of the few charging in with him. Although he looked extremely nerdy, his performance was far more manly than the more masculine men who appeared to look ferocious. When he saw Zhang Xiao Qiang ask for his name, he immediately became more open. He did not dare to look Zhang Xiao Qiang in the eyes, but lowered his head and spoke: Im called Otaku.... Otak? Otaku? .... He spoke too softly, causing Zhang Xiao Qiang to not hear him. I-I mean, myst names Wang, Im called Wang Chong, I used to enjoy going on the Inte in the past, so people called me the Inte Geek.... It might have been Zhang Xiao Qiangs assertive form of questioning that stirred him as he started to babble non-stop.... Wang Chong was 9 years younger than Zhang Xiao Qiang, born in the year 1987 with a normal family where his parents were unimportant figures like the majority of the ordinary folks who lived simple lives. His family was neither living badly or well off, Wang Chong naturally grew up rather ordinarily, his parents were normal citizens but towards Wang Chong, their teachings were rather minimal and carefree, they allowed him to live and experience his own life but not create or provoke trouble outside. Upon listening to his parents advise, the ordinary Wang Chong became gentle, disliked quarrels and was more of a coward and had a slight self-inferiorplex. Under other peoples scrutiny, Wang Chong was used to being a coward and be self-abased all the way until graduation when he worked part-time, where he had a lucky break and assisted and gained the favor of a big boss. The big boss bought goods from his business, signing a 2 million dors cheque for the transaction, where he would consolidate all the finished products for the boss. Just like that, he earned amission of 200 thousand. At the following New Year festival, he kept the cold hard cash into a bag and boarded a coach to rush home. The day that he regained his confidence from struggling at work was the day the virus broke out, while he was sleeping on the bus home. Upon thinking about his parents that he had not met for a year, upon thinking about his younger sister that had started college, upon thinking about his loving grandmothers kind smile and upon thinking about his past love of 4 years ago, he smiled. He had nned to use his hard-earned money and courage to find her, look at her, regardless of the consequence, to seek back the love. Regardless if it failed or it seeded, only through it could he be a real man, face life, enjoy life, to create life. After that, he experienced all sorts of danger and difficulties and finally escaped from the vicinity of J City, he was the only one who escaped out of therge hotel, and after joining up with Brother Long, he settled the unyielding emotions from his heart and became a real man, and was able to survive. Chapter 160: Two Choices

Chapter 160: Two Choices

200 thousand??? Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly recalled himself letting go of the hundred dor bills above the bridge, it must be fate, who would have thought that he would actually encounter someone who would have lost 200 thousand? After resting, Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest moved out once more, this time, every single person held onto a torch. Wang Chong held onto one and followed behind Zhang Xiao Qiang anxiously, afraid that he would fall into the hole again. He pinned himself onto the rock wall and walked on the small path. After everyone crossed over and entered the opposite side, Zhang Xiao Qiang carefully loaded the M1911A1 and gestured to them. The rest of them lowered their bodies and started searching ahead of them. At such a time, everyone knew that they were about to reach their target, Zhang Xiao Qiang could sense that there were people hiding in the darkness peeping at them and immediately stopped to look around. The cave within the hole was bigger than the cave from before, with various obelisks and strange rocks littering the space. Aside from the sound of fire on the torches flickering, there was a source of water flowing from somewhere. Everyone huddled into a circle while the men from the Logistic Team behind held onto their shields, trembling with fear while standing outside. The Combat Team raised their rifles and aimed at the figures and shadows at the sides. Whos there? Come out.... Zhang Xiao Qiang shouted loudly, the echoes of his voice bounced back continuously, Come out,e out..... His voice continued to ring in everybodys ears. From the corner of his eyes, Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly noticed something moving behind a pile of strange rocks. Without saying a thing, he raised his handgun and shot in the direction. The bullet shot onto the rock and ignited some sparks, causing everyone else to shoot in the same direction with their rifles. The cave became filled with gunpowder smoke. Zhang Xiao Qiang fired another shot before signaling the rest to stop. After the gun fires stopped, a group of people walked over to the pile of rocks. A man dressed in ragged clothes was huddled at the back of the rock, cowering while hugging his head, trembling in the corner. Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest had stopped beside him but he remained oblivious to them, even when two of the Combat Team members pulled him up from the ground to tie him up, he still had not regained his senses. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at him and realized that his face was clean and a paleness from not being in the sunlight for a long time, aside from the rugged beard and hair that he had not cut, there were practically no filth on him, although his clothes looked ragged, there was no stench from him. One of the members retrieved a ck pistol from his waist to which Zhang Xiao Qiang took. He used this Type-77 Pistol to probe the man, Type-77s were J Citys Police standardized pistol, where the majority of the main cities get the priority in choosing the better guns, while the less new guns were given to the smaller cities. This manner of pushing out new guns continued to the counties, and this mans ragged clothes were obviously a policeman uniform. When one of the subordinates found his Police Identity, Zhang Xiao Qiang then knew that he was a real cop. The expression of the others changed upon seeing the Police Identity in Zhang Xiao Qiangs hands. The strength in the Countrys administration over the citizens was strong, ordinary people would never go against authorities like the Police. Upon knowing that they had tied a Policeman, a few of them started to feel weak, the Logistic Team people began to feel hope, they hoped that the Policeman would be able to free them from their terrible situation. Three made a signal, he had no interests in policemen, especially since his past encounters with all of them never gave him any positive signals. When he saw that the subordinates had strange looks in their eyes, he immediately broke out into a scolding: All of you trash, you are all following Brother Cockroach now! All the things you have done entitles all of you to be executed, are you guys so anxious to eat shelled peanuts for the rest of your lives? Threes words caused the men to awake from their hopes, they had done countless of illegal things after the apocalypse, even the Logistic Team woke up, their hands were not clean as well, all of them looked at the policeman with ferocious res as though they wanted to silence him. When the police regained his senses, he saw all of them wielding rifles and dressed in military uniforms. The man with the helmet had an extremely monstrous like re, causing him to tremble once again. Zhang Xiao Qiang red at everyone, and they immediately lowered their heads. How many of you are there, and where are you guys taking refuge at? Bring us there.... Before Zhang Xiao Qiang could continue, the policeman started to wriggle, he screamed out loud at them, saying even if they killed him, he will not speak a word, the fire in his eyes had a fanatic look, Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately raised his handgun and fired towards his head. BANG.... After the shot, the man was stupefied, he could no longer stand and knelt on the ground, the bullet had grazed his temple and the mes from the handgun caused his eyes to go blind temporarily. He could even feel the heating out from the muzzle as it was brought close to his forehead and he saw as the finger started to press onto the trigger. Ah.... The police wailed, he closed his eyes and shouted out loud: Ill speak, Ill speak....dont shoot anymore.... Killing him would lead him to keep mum, but not killing him will make him speak, he had just escaped from death and became extremely informative, he easily betrayed hisrades as he spilled everything he knew... He was a city cop and on the eve of the virus outbreak, they had received a task in the middle of the night to move to the spa. They had received information that the spa was arge scale gambling and prostitution den suspected of human trafficking, over a 100 of them were mobilized for therge-scale ambush. Who would have known that upon entering the spa, they were immediately surrounded by the infected spa personnel, he and hisrades saved over a dozen of youngdies and the members of the spa and escaped deeper into the cave. They were prepared to snipe the zombies from the cave, but who knew that the zombies were too powerful, leaving them to only be able to barricade and reinforce the ce. After the rain, the zombies charged at the barricades, and the 30 of them could only run further inwards. Who would have expected that one of the 17-year-old waitress loved to explore and knew of arge hole at the back, and even knew that there was a hidden cave by the river that could hold them? They attracted all the zombies into the hole and stabilized themselves, at that time they did not have much ammunition left, seeing that there were no zombies at the entrance, some of them decided to rush to the car park to look for more ammunition, who would have known that 3 of them never returned, and the only ones left were 3 policemen as guards and 2 policewomen as protection with the 20dies hidden in the deepest part of the cave while relying on food from the warehouse and fishes living inside the river to survive. When the police spoke to this point, the eyes of the Combat Team Members all lit up, to be able to take in 20 odd youngdies at a go, all of them felt that it was an opportunity. Although Zhang Xiao Qiang prohibited them from using force, he did not state that they could not courtdies. Furthermore, men would definitely want to find women while women would definitely need some men, Zhang Xiao Qiang got someone to loosen the ropes of the Policeman, then handed his empty pistol back to him. The policeman looked at the pistol in confusion. Ill give you two choices, one is to join my Combat Team to fight for our lives, the other is to join the Logistic Team to work... Chapter 161 – Gunshots at the Gates

Chapter 161 C Gunshots at the Gates

The police interrupted Zhang Xiao Qiang: Im a cop, I cant join some gang, I need to head out to look for my superior, I can promise that I never saw any of you.... It was Zhang Xiao Qiangs turned to interrupt the Polices words: Do you know how many people outside have been turned? Including those weird monstrosities that are out to eat you, let me tell you this, 6.3 billion of them, do you know how many there are in China? At least 1.2 billion of them, I came from Y-City, do you know how many survivors I met? Including you guys, I would say not even a 100....do you know how many of these 100 have died? 40% of them.... Before Zhang Xiao Qiang even finished his sentence, the policeman was already limp on the ground. Hispanions and him had persevered all the way because they were waiting for people to rescue them, after listening to Zhang Xiao Qiangs words, he knew that the country was doomed, his family members were gone, his work was gone, his heart had fallen to the depths of darkness, his eyes no longer had any focal length, he no longer knew how to survive. Zhang Xiao Qiang kicked him once and pulled him out of his despair. He slowly looked up at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Two choices, which do you pick? The policeman calmed down, he could not make up his mind, so Zhang Xiao Qiang got Three to exin the differences between both teams to him. In the end, the policeman chose to be in the Combat Team, he had thought about it, it was like a reset button on life to find a ce and to eat, his loyalty changed rather quickly as he automatically led Zhang Xiao Qiang to his own hideout. If he had not led the way, Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest would definitely be unable to find the way, a hole that only allowed one person to crawl through stayed hidden behind arge boulder, even if one were to bring a torch to the front, no one would ever notice that there was a whole new world inside the seemingly ordinary crack, which had a narrow tunnel behind it. Going through the tunnel, Zhang Xiao Qiang walked to a pool. Inside the dim space, the water was ck and the depth could not be distinguished. The pool was not small, it spanned 7 to 8 square feet with various boulders and rocks scattered all around. Bedrolls were scattered all around the ground along with all sorts of everyday utensils and tools with many bathrobes and towels. There was even a bonfire in the middle with a pile of broken wooden furniture beside it, with bags of food around. Zhang Xiao Qian sized them up and reckoned that the food was enough for 30 people to eat for a day or two considering that every single one of them ate for all meals. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the policeman, who lowered his head and did not dare to speak. It was already awkward enough for him to have joined the game, but he still had to call out his ownrades to surrender? Wouldnt that truly announce him as a traitor? BANG BANG BANG.....! Zhang Xiao Qiang raised his handgun and fired off three shots, then shouted out loud: Everyone get out here, otherwise, Ill throw a grenade in! With that said, Zhang Xiao Qiang took out a hand grenade from his bag and held it in his hand. He was standing right in the center of the cave and under the light, the plump hand grenade in his hand was especially distinct. After raising it up, there were no movements. Zhang Xiao Qiang did a movement that resembled pulling the safety pin before throwing it out. A few squeals were heard from different corners, a few women and men immediately ran out. There were 4 males with more than a dozendies. Zhang Xiao Qiang gestured to his men and the Combat Team immediately rushed out and searched the ces. Very quickly, thedies from the various corners were pulled out by their hairs, Wang Chong went forward and picked up the hand grenade Zhang Xiao Qiang picked up and was about to return it to Wang Xiao Qiang, but he shook his head and indicated to Wang Chong to keep it. In the end, Zhang Xiao Qiang stood in front of 4 men and 22dies, aside from the 2 policewomen who were slightly older, the otherdies looked to be around the same age. All of them looked to be 21 or 22. They were all dressed in bathrobes while the two men were dressed in ragged police uniform. The other two were dressed in gray security guard uniforms. Zhang Xiao Qiang allowed the policeman who had joined his side to check if everyone were around. With a red face, he ignored all of their res and head counted them before retreating back to Zhang Xiao Qiang and whispered to him. The group of them left the cave. When the survivors saw the sunlight, they immediately covered their eyes. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the 17/18-year-old girl by his side. Her face was smeared with ck soot, preventing others from seeing her original skin. She was dressed in dark green work clothes and covered all over with mud and soot, her messy hair was worse than a birds nest. She was not very tall at about a max height of 160 cm. Her entire appearance was indistinguishable, she looked as though she had gone through a chimney and was in an extremely terrible situation, the only brightness from her was the pitch ck yet exceptionally bright pupils. Her pupils were extremely pure like a pair of full moon with their coal colors. Her eyes could speak, and she was currently telling everyone else she was feeling edgy. When Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that they had left ady behind, he could not be bothered to continue searching. He led his men who kept the survivors in check and headed out, until his indescribable sixth sense told him that something was following them from behind. He intentionally stayed behind and hid behind a rock, and noticed a girl constantly following along. Is she trying to find out if where our seemingly bad looking men are bringing her sisters? Sadly, she was easily caught by Zhang Xiao Qiang from behind. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not make things difficult for her, and only told her that staying inside the cave alone was extremely terrifying, then caught up with Three and the rest. Very soon, the girl automatically chased and join them. Zhang Xiao Qiang led the Combat Team and cleared the zombies in the buildings. 3 Policemen, 2 policewomen and the 2 guards agreed to join the Combat Team. All of them had gone through specific sets of training, so Zhang Xiao Qiang handed them the shields from the Logistic Team and got them to stand behind. They bypassed two hordes along with a few zombies in the residential district. Due to the terrain, many of the zombies were obstructed, allowing Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest to clear them quickly. They shot any zombies they encountered, as for those hidden in houses, Zhang Xiao Qiang singlehandedly rushed into the building to clear them. When the new recruits saw how Zhang Xiao Qiang used cold weapons to kill zombies as though he was slicing through watermelons, they were all stunned and speechless. Only the veteran ones were more familiar, Zhang Xiao Qiangs capabilities were not only limited to such. Zhang Xiao Qiang stood on a small bridge and watched as his subordinates piled the zombie corpses into piles. Wang Chong led the men of the Logistic Team back to the cave in the space under the guide of the members and cleared all the supplies. Soonter, all the zombies in the residential area were cleared into piles. Three found a canister of gasoline and sprayed it all over the ground and was about to light a fire when Da Da Da..... The sound of an automatic weapon could be heard from the gates of the spa. Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately became anxious, there was only Shangguan Qiao Yun taking point there, she only had an automatic rifle and the sound meant that something had happened. Zhang Xiao Qiang unholstered his handgun and led some men to run over. They left their vehicles outside to prevent their path of retreat from being obstructed, otherwise, they would have been trapped. Fortunately, they were not far away. Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest discovered 7 men at the spa hiding behind the guardhouse at the carpark and a few bodies near the gates. There were no movements from where Shangguan Qiao Yun was and there were no sounds of the M1 Garanding out. One of the men holding onto an assault rifle stepped onto hispanions shoulder and climbed to the roof of the guardhouse. He had just raised his rifle onto the roof and before he could even take aim, Bang bang bang... Multiple gunshots could be heard. The man from the roof slumped down and fell to hispanions legs. His body was bleeding, causing all of hisrades to stop revealing themselves. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw that there was a group ofdies who were notpletely dressed squatting behind arge police vehicle and another man dressed shouting and giving orders to the men outside. Chapter 162: The Old Policeman, Zhang Huai An

Chapter 162: The Old Policeman, Zhang Huai An

Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately rushed at the man, he was obviously the leader of the group. When he heard the footsteps behind, the man immediately shouted out loud, causing the men hiding behind the guardhouse to turn their guns in preparation to fire at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Pa pa pa.... After the volley of bullets, the wall and the ground behind the men were filled with many small holes produced by Three and his men. One of the men had been shot at the neck and had let go of his assault rifle as he held onto the wound and struggled on the ground. All of the men were forced to cuddle up by the rain of fire and seeing that theirrade was in such a terrible state, all of them threw their guns down and knelt down on the ground while hugging their heads. The man in the suit saw Zhang Xiao Qiang rushing straight for him and clumsily stumbled for a silver and shy looking handgun from the holster on his waist. Right when he raised his arm, a ck triangr shaped needle pierced onto the back of his hand which was immediately followed by a military boot covered with mud kicking his right hand that was holding the gun. He instantly screamed out loud while holding onto his hand while leaning the car. Zhang Xiao Qiang picked up the silver and shy handgun from the ground. It was heavy and in his hand, its weight was simr to that of a carbine. This metallic texture was far nicer than any Type 54 Pistols or Type 77 Pistols, its streamlined body gave off a burst of tyrannical oppression. The moment Zhang Xiao Qiang saw it, he immediately fell in love with it, a Desert Eagle, although it was heavy, the number of shots per cartridge few, toorgepared to other pistols, unreliable in its maniption and weakness in its high recoil, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not care. Were the Type 54 Pistols higher in shots per cartridge? Better recoil? Zhang Xiao Qiang was no longer the nerd of the past and had 1.5 to 1.8 times the strength of an average adult, so what if the Desert Eagle wasrger? It was far more powerful, if he had a Desert Eagle from the start, Zhang Xiao Qiang would have most probably taken care of the D2 Zombie. Dont forget, its mouth was only 10 cm away from Zhang Xiao Qiang thatst time. Zhang Xiao Qiang had a proper look at the pistol. Three and the rest had suppressed the others and the Policemen and guards had taken the guns and walked over, with their ammunition with Three. Zhang Xiao Qiangs request was that the ammunition had to be controlled which the police amodated to. To them, as long as they had the gun with them, it was fine. They needed at least a weapon to feel safe. One of the policemen saw the man in the suit and walked over to take a better look. He suddenly grabbed him by the cor and shoved him to the ground and used his entire body lock him down. He grabbed the mans hands and folded them behind his back and from nowhere, handcuffs came as he tied the man up, then shouted excitedly to his colleagues: HAHA.....I have him now, I caught him, hahaha, the mission isplete....I, Zhang Huai An managed to catch such a big fish! Hahaha.... The man in the suit being pressed down by him rolled his eyes while still screaming in pain. The triangr needles in his hands had not been taken out. Zhang Huai Ans ex-colleagues all rolled their eyes as well, so what even if he had caught a big fish? Where could he report back toplete the mission? Furthermore, the big fish was dealt with by Zhang Xia Qiang and could not even resist, how could Zhang Huai An actually have the face to say he captured him? In the past, Zhang Huai An was a skiver who only joined the force to eat and survive and actually requested a leave of absence in the previous mission. If not for the threat by the Captain, he would have been turned into zombie ration back in the police station. All of a sudden, he actually found a convict from an old mission. Seeing that the colleagues ignored him while Three and the rest harbored no kind looks in their eyes towards him, Zhang Huai An suddenly remembered his new identity. Beads of cold perspiration trickled down his forehead. He immediately climbed back up and looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang for orders. Zhang Xiao Qiang ignored the 40-year-old policeman who looked like a policeman with no goals in life. A person with such mentality would never be liked by his colleagues. But when such a person tried to prove himself, it resulted in him being mocked at. Aside from being benched to the side, there was nothing else such a person could do. If put into position, one would only worry about him being too impulsive and ruin things. If he does nothing, he would simply be taking advantage of others, furthermore, he was especially afraid to die and did not attempt to do anything to the convict only until it was safe to do so. Zhang Xiao Qiang took a rifle from Three and immediately recognized it, a Type 56 Assault Rifle weighing close to 4kg and could be folded at its stock. It was the standard gun equipped by Chinas early infantry units up to 800 AD, which was then washed out by the Type 81 Assault Rifle. Aside from the semi-automatic curved magazine Type 56 Assault Rifle, Zhang Xiao Qiang got some men to transport the other weapons to the vehicles outside. He took a look at the survivors, only 5 of them were healthy with every single one of them dressed differently. One dressed in a suit while another in guard uniform. All of them had faces of fear looking at the armed group standing beside them while asionally taking a nce at the man handcuffed on the ground. Zhang Huai An saw Zhang Xiao Qiang inspecting the group. He carefully walked over and spoke out: This man is the boss behind the scenes of the spa. Since the spa is in a remote location, he deals with a few illegal matters here. On the surface, they operate as a spa, but secretly, they run a gambling and prostitution den. He even managed to profit from arms dealing. The past few gun murders in J City in the past half year were all done by his men. Shangguan Qiao Yun took a rifle and walked in. Aside from the people brought by Zhang Xiao Qiang, the rest who saw Shangguan Qiao Yuns beauty were all stunned. She was also dressed in an American WWII military uniform along with some minor alterations. It was extremely fitting on her body and somehow, the originally ugly yellow uniform brought out a special charm from her. The vividly protruding mountain peaks on her chests bounced along with her footsteps. The thick leather belt entuated the contours on her waist with a holster that represented the thorns of a rose. The shape of her full andnky thighs was drawn out by the thigh military pants. As before, she tied a Lara Croft tail that swept gently across her voluptuous butt. Even after she walked and stood behind Zhang Xiao Qiang, a few men had not regained their senses. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not know how Shangguan Qiao Yun had used her super terrible marksmanship to hold down over 10 men with semi-automatic weapons and had even used her rifle to kill 4 of them. But it was not the time to ask her, Three had already gone through a rough interrogation with the men and was walking over to report to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Their group was fairlyplicated, there was the guard that worked in the spa originally, a rich and powerful man who had the intention to enjoy, a bodyguard of the rich and powerful man and the subordinates of the convict. All the subordinates were all fugitives and the ones who dared to risk their lives to kill and fight, just that they were too quick in doing that and a few of them were killed by Shangguan Qiao Yun. Another one was killed in a volley of fire unleashed by Three and the rest. In the end, the convict was left alone. At the start of the virus outbreak, the survivors instantly followed along the convict that was constantly trying to avoid the police and actually ran to another cave. This cave was muchrger spa location and especially used to receive group bookings. Of course, it was just a cover. In fact, the convicts firearms were mostly hidden inside this cave. They were fortunate as the zombies outside went for the police group at the car park and chased after Zhang Huai An to the other cave. After clearing the dozen-odd zombies inside their cave, the convict and his group stayed inside and hung around the entrance. When they heard the gunshots outside, they hid. The convict thought that the Country had sent a force to search for survivors. After sending men down to inspect the car park and realizing that it was cleared of zombies with only ady, he had the thought to rush out to kill her. Initially, it was not that they did not want toe out, their first attempt had lost them two men, so he was bent on waiting for an opportunity. With the opportunity arising, he leaped onto it. Who would have known that Shangguan Qiao Yun was actually so ferocious and managed to hold them off until Zhang Xiao Qiang and reinforcements arrived? Chapter 163: Justice

Chapter 163: Justice

Adding the unfortunate man lying on the ground, they had a total of 6 men and 5 women, a total of 11 survivors. Theirplexions were obviously not as good as the ones who had followed the police, their expressions were dispirited and pale, seeing the dodgy men around them. The zombies inside the spa were already purged. Zhang Xiao Qiang chose to lead his men back first and officially move the people at the chicken farm over. He then got Three to find a few vehicles that could still be used to pull the 30 odd survivors over while he pulled Shangguan Qiao Yun over to one side. When were you able to shoot so urately? Zhang Xiao Qiang got right to the point, leaving Shangguan Qiao Yun stumped for words. She was unclear as well as to why she suddenly erupted in morals, upon thinking back to the situation, she opened her mouth in hesitation. Shangguan Qiao Yun was waiting in the car for Zhang Xiao Qiang to bring the people over when she suddenly noticed someone surveying from the automatic door. With her good eyesight, she quickly identified the mans clothes and appearance, she knew that he was not part of the group. But by the time she took out her rifle, the man had already ran away. Afraid that someone woulde and steal her vehicle, she stood behind it and waited. As to her calctions, 3 men came out with rifles and started firing at her while they ran out. Bullets continued to spray onto the vehicle in front of her. The sudden attack had blinded her temporarily and made her confused; She did not know whether to return fire or operate the car and escape. Seeing the craziness in the mens eyes, the gun in her hand automatically came up and before she could even take aim, her finger pulled onto the trigger. It was exactly like when she killed the S-type zombie that pounced onto Zhang Xiao Qiang before, the only difference was the first time being a sudden break out but the second being a constant heightened state. After shooting three times, the few men that were running towards her were shot to death. That was when she was able to suppress the people inside who were blindly firing. She hid behind the wheel and listened to the trajectory of the bullets and where the ss broke. At that instant, she was extremely afraid and did not dare retaliate. But after hiding for a period of time, her body suddenly stood up again and automatically turned the aim of the muzzle and fired off once. After firing, she regained control of her body, which she then hid to the side of the car wheel. She did not know what she had hit, which meant from start to end, she had only fired off 4 shots before Zhang Xiao Qiangs subordinates came forward did she realize that it was over. Thinking that Zhang Xiao Qiang was already back, she automatically moved over to the carpark. After listening to the story, Zhang Xiao Qiang inhaled in a mouthful of cold air as his body automatically moved a few steps away from Shangguan Qiao Yun. He had previously thought that she was getting possessed and the story further proved his theory. Zhang Xiao Qiang could not stand such unexinable supernatural things, he did not have the thoughts to study Shangguan Qiao Yuns strange state and only wished to get further away from her, best if they could go their separate ways. Shangguan Qiao Yun did not know of Zhang Xiao Qiangs thoughts when she saw him take a few steps back, she stepped forward and got close to him again. Zhang Xiao Qiang was at a loss, he did not know whether to cry orugh, he was afraid of the thing on Shangguan Qiao Yun that he had to endure it silently. When he saw Three walk over, he immediately heaved a sigh of relief and weed him. Zhang Xiao Qiang and He Wen Bin sat in the hall and watched Old Frank and Lu Ren Yi make an inventory of the supplies and firearms in the room, with pistols ranging in the majority amongst the firearms. There were more than 10 Type 77 Pistols followed by many Type 79 QBZ, 10 Type 95 assault rifle, 1 Type 85 Sniper Rifle, 11 Type 92 9mm pistols. The rest included bulletproof clothes, protective gloves, LED torchlights, police multifunctional knives, belts, various designs of bulletproof vests, first aid bandages, police ropes, walkie-talkies and 11 high-grade polymer bulletproof helmets used by police. All of these were found in the carpark and various police vehicles. All ordinary police officers were equipped with Type 77 pistols and ammunition, Type 95 assault rifles were equipped to small squadron but were the first few to be zombies, so all of these were thrown to the corner. Fortunately for them, Three was meticulous and knew to search every nook and cranny, and was the one to find the Sniper Rifle at a higher and remote ce, just that many of them were rusty but could be sorted with polishing and cleaning. But the amount of ammunition found was not much, each assault rifles had less than 5 ammunition magazines while the Sniper Rifle had even lesser bullets, they had less than 100 shots of it. The final inventory check revealed a total of 15 Type 77 pistols with less than 1000 bullets, 20 Type 54 pistols with less than 500 bullets, 7 Type 56 semi-automatic rifles with barely 200 bullets, 5 Type 56 submachine guns each having one magazine. 30 Type 79 QBZ with considerable ammo with an average of 2 40 ammo magazines each. But Zhang Xiao Qiang did not view them positively, they were not as practical as Type 77 pistols which were more urate. Three walked over to Zhang Xiao Qiang and said: Brother Cockroach, we found where the man hid his firearms, theres a variety of handguns totaling to a 100, all of which are washed out weapons of the armed forces and 200 Type 56 semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns. He obtained all these by bribing a staff in the armed forces to steal the weapons that were selected to be destroyed. But they dont have a lot of ammunition, every gun has less than a 100, also, we found 5 starving women, they were all defiled beyond recognition.... While Three reported, the old policeman Zhang Huai An popped his head out of the gates and looked around. He did this a few times repeatedly, Zhang Xiao Qiang found this wretched behavior of hisical, Is he really a cop? He allowed Zhang Huai An into the hall. Zhang Huai An was nervous, hisrades and him had gone back to the chicken farm and along the way, his belief towards Zhang Xiao Qiangs words strengthened as he observed the streams of zombies all around. 80 out of their 100 odd police squad had been turned into zombies. Upon considering that, the J City that had no army garrison had long turned into a dead city, causing all the ill intentions in their hearts to be retracted. They decided to follow Zhang Xiao Qiang wholeheartedly, at least Zhang Xiao Qiang had already survived in the outside world for the entire part and knew of the situation far better than them. Seeing the Logistic Team not daring to even utter a word despite the Combat Teams random scoldings, he rejoiced in his decision. He and the two bodyguards followed Three to retrieve the hidden firearms and saw the girls who were inhumanely tortured and a sense of justice surged out from his heart. He knew that Zhang Xiao Qiang was the man in charge and immediately thought of seeking him out to voice out his thoughts. But when he saw Zhang Xiao Qiang seated, the sense of justice was overwhelmed by his cowardice, and he started to exin to Zhang Xiao Qiang while stuttering. Its.....Its....like this.... Zhang Huai An swallowed a mouthful of saliva before continuing: We.....found....found...a few girls inside the cave....they were tortured so badly....they are already at their dying breaths.....also....two of them....were also killed....I thought...that those men should be punished.....at least lock them up for 5 or 6 years... Zhang Xiao Qiang yed with his Desert Eagle while listening to Zhang Huai An. He understood Zhang Huai Ans intent, Zhang Huai An was not an aplished policeman and was just an adaptable minor figure but kindness existed in his heart, as long as he saw things that were wrong, he would want to stand up for it. But sadly, he did not have the courage for it, so whenever he spoke, he always sounded as though he was cringing. Creak... The magazine was slotted into the pistol. Zhang Xiao Qiang caressed the Desert Eagles body, cast a nce at Zhang Huai An and spoke slowly: Punish them? Chapter 164: Move out

Chapter 164: Move out

Zhang Huai An nodded his head. To him, only by punishing them could the girl rest in peace. When he saw Zhang Xiao Qiang shake his head, his heart instantly turned cold. They didnt do anything wrong! People who dont have personal strength will be enved by others. Look at whats in front of you, havent you seen that the world is now like this? If we go ording to what you do, I think that 90% of the male survivors in the world would have to be locked in jail? Who will catch them all? Or will you go and catch every single one of them? Upon saying that, all the other men inside the ce started tough. To them, Zhang Huai An was purely creating a problem out of nothing. They figured that he had been an officer for too long, to even consider punishing criminals in such a world, did he not know that the world was no longer a ce withws and rules? The only rule after the virus outbreak belonged to those whose fists wererger and stronger. Hearing their ridicules, Zhang Huai An thought about it again and felt that Zhang Xiao Qiang was right, which person who was still surviving didnt have dirt on their hands? Even his two male colleagues had messed around with the youngdies inside the cave, just that no one was willing to be a busybody. Since Zhang Xiao Qiang had already decided about it, he could only listen to him and continue to idle his life away without caring for others. He had already done that for the past few decades, why would he bother change? Zhang Huai An bowed towards Zhang Xiao Qiang then turned and hobbled out. He felt that he was no longerpatible with the world as it was, although he had already figured it out, he was merely mixing in and did not feelfortable at all. The hurt and pain from the thought of having lost his family members surfaced once more as he walked outwards until Zhang Xiao Qiang shouted for him to stop. Zhang Xiao Qiang picked up a Type 77 Pistol and threw it to him and said: Ill hand over the few men from the spa over to you to lead, you and Three will take turns to look for supplies. You must remember one rule, people who attempt to escape.....dies Zhang Xiao Qiang had decided to organize the men from the spa to form a unit led by the old police. They were still in the probation period and he wanted to grind away the unease and divide in their hearts before merging them into the whole. Zhang Huai An held onto the pistol with some worry, he had always been a small cop his whole life and never had the thoughts of promotion or wealth. He had thought about idling until he was old enough to retire but unexpectedly, this n was halted with the apocalypse. Just by following Zhang Xiao Qiang for a short while, he was promoted to a team leader? Right, go and kill that convict guy! Zhang Xiao Qiang broke Zhang Huai Ans daydream, who stared at Zhang Xiao Qiang with an opened mouth. After being a cop for so many years, he had never gone through any punishments or imprisonment but jumped straight to sentencing someone to death. But when he saw Zhang Xiao Qiang staring at him coldly without speaking further, he lowered his head and walked out. Watch Zhang Huai An and his men tightly, better to be safe than sorry. Everyone in the room nodded their heads. Ever since the apocalypse, no one ever heard of birds chirping in the morning. What reced it was the asional sight of bird carcasses in the corner. The morning mist turned foggier, the clouds resembled gray gauze enveloping the entire chicken farm like smoke. The chicken farm within the mist was deadly silent until broken by the sound of people early in the morning. Unknowingly, the sun rose, the scattering rays of the sun scared away the cool mist. Looking from a birds eye view, one could see people hustling and bustling inside the chicken farm regardless of men or women, Combat Team or Logistic Team. Everyone was transporting all sorts of supplies onto the different vehicles. Zhang Xiao Qiang carried Yang Keer out of the house while sheidzily in his embrace. When the morning sun shone on her face, it caused her to squint her eyes as she let out a gentle yawn. Shangguan Qiao Yun supported Yuan Yi as they walked out together. Yuan Yisplexion had changed for the better with faint rosiness in her cheeks. The morning sun was not too hot, providing a nice warmth to the skin. Zhang Xiao Qiang carried Yang Keer and sat at the door to bask under the sun with Yuan Yi beside him while Shangguan Qiao Yun carefully looking after her. Yang Keer became drowsy under thefortably warm sun again, her adorable face twitched on Zhang Xiao Qiangs chest a few times before burying into his arm to fall asleep. It was a rare moment for Yuan Yi to bask under the sun and enjoy the leisure as she squinted her eyes under the ring sun. Shangguan Qiao Yun was still dressed in a female military uniform, along with her boots and the pistol holster on her belt. Her belt also hung her ammunition bag and a bay scabbard. Under the sunlight, her golden Lara Croft hair glittered. Seeing her calm expression, a chill arose in Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart. His current tendency towards Shangguan Qiao Yun was to avoid her if possible, and when he could not, it made things extremely awkward when he saw her. He was unsure if the thing around her had disappeared, for the supernatural things he had heard when he was young was too many to count, which formed his respect and deterrence towards such things. Although Shangguan Qiao Yun was extremely eye-catching, he felt as though a sinister shadow was hidden within. The space in front of the stairs was extremely rowdy, aside from Zhang Xiao Qiang, everyone else was talking. He Wen Bin had not recovered but he was alreadypletely immersed in his role as he attempted to arrange everything whenever he could. There was no look of reluctance on anybodys faces, to them, changing to a safer environment would make them feel more at ease. The chicken farm was too close to J City and if the zombies inside turned hungry and started to roam out of the city, the chicken farm would be a target. This was something no one wanted to hear but already had developments. Some zombies had started to widen their scope of activities and asionally, a few scattered zombies would appear around the chicken farm. Although they could be resolved by a few men, it still made everyone tense. The fat chef led a few new girls to carefully ce pots filled with fresh ginger and garlic into boxes padded out with newspapers, which were given to him by Zhang Xiao Qiang and was immediately treated as treasure to the point that he would sleep with the pots. Many of thedies were considered new handlers for the kitchen and with the huge number of newly recruited girls, they had no choice but to delegate them all over and get them to do manualbor and slowly integrate into the whole. Wang Le and his two subordinates carried an object which was wrapped tightly with tarpaulin. When he saw Zhang Xiao Qiang nodding his head, the three of them carefully ced the mysterious object into the trunk of the truck before anxiously rushing back to work. He had many things on hand but Wang Le was extremely joyous. Zhang Xiao Qiang had found close to 30 women which resolved the imbnce in the number of males and females in the group. Adding that he was considered a leader of some sort, he felt that finding an intimate partner would not be difficult, the men of the Logistic Team had no qualifications to find women, but, maybe, maybe, who knows if I can find 2 or 3 of them? Hahahaha..... He could not help but chuckle once. As long as Zhang Xiao Qiang continued to let him take the lead, he felt that his dream was possible to fulfill! We are but men! Isnt there all to it? At that moment, he could not think of the marriagews. Chapter 165: The move

Chapter 165: The move

On this day, there was no distinction between the Logistic or Combat Team. All of the men were in charge of moving the big and bulky items while thedies moved the smaller items, or a fewdies would move one item together. Thedies were content with their situation aspared to how they were living previously. Although it could neverpare to before the apocalypse, they were living far better under the authority of Brother Long. No one could insult them at will but instead, the Combat Team members that used to scold them started to win their favors. They had their own work as well, although they were mired in all the minor things, they were able to live with motivation. They werepletely in support with Zhang Xiao Qiang, just that they harbored some grievances with him due to the fact that he had returned with so many otherdies, resulting in all the men that used to pamper them to diverse themselves and run to others. This made them jealous, and this jealousy was shared among thedies that originally stayed in the chicken farm, but those that stayed in the granary had apletely different mindset. They were stuck in a confined space with a group of men who only knew how to rape them under the fear. Under the long and arduous months of ruin and insults, these pitiful women started to turn to despair like nts grown closely together without any nutrients or sunlight, waiting to wither into the ground. When they saw the ruthless men after being saved by Vulture, they knew that their terrible lives were not over. And when they saw how the most ferocious men that used to bully them being beheaded, they finally let loose and cried. Their cries were for the past oppression, for their miserable lives and also for their unknown futures. They knew that after crying, they would continue to be oppressed. When they were sent to the chicken farm and Su Qian appeared, they did not follow Su Qian for they had epted their fates, they were numbed to the point of having no resistance, they merely wanted to endure onwards until they could no longer do so. Instead, their current life was like Heaven, there was no bullying from the men, they could work freely and could breath in the fresh and clean air without having to smell the stench from the zombies and corpses. They were already satisfied with all these, and when the men around started to fawn over them, they became afraid. A deep sense of fear had been born within their mind but they did not dare to reject them and could only endure the fear and disgust, forcing themselves to smile. But with the newdies, the men that constantly loitered around them found new targets and left, so they finally felt at ease. Zhang Xiao Qiang noticed that majority of therge items were loaded and only the smaller items were left. He carried the sleeping Yang Keer to the Land Rover and ced her in the car while Shangguan Qiao Yun supported Yuan Yi into the car. Yang Keerid at the backseat and breathedfortably. The three of them sat in a row with HuanYi in the corner and Shangguan Qiao Yun in the center. When Zhang Xiao Qiang saw Shangguan Qiao Yun seated beside him, he hesitated for a moment before moving to the front passenger seat. The fleet of cars stopped at the car repair shop. Zhang Xiao Qiang got people to open the fuel tanker to extract all the remaining oil from within while he brought a few people to the secret base and retrieve all the firearms and supplies. He had gained rity in his thoughts, When will I stop hiding by myself, alone? With all of these helpers and so many firearms, as long as I lead them carefully, it wont be difficult for us to recapture a small vige and seek out the hoard of supplies that all the families have hidden. Thats a 100 times faster than bringing a fewdies to sweep the ce. Zhang Xiao Qiangs current position was different, his train of thoughts had changed and he became more far-sighted. He had formed his own ideas, just that it was still in its embryonic stage, assembling at WH City had always been his dream. How could a team of 100 be as attractive as a gathering ce of over 10 thousand people? To him, the spa base was like a remote town while the gathering was arge City, no matter what, he felt that he had to at least take a look to be satisfied. Over a dozen men moved like ants migrating, shifting all the various goods and supplies out onto the trucks, as He Wen Bin stood by the side in a daze. He was the first person that had encountered Zhang Xiao Qiang and knew that at the start, Zhang Xiao Qiang only had a three-wheeled farmer cart worth of goods, but in the short span of less than a month, Zhang Xiao Qiang had unknowingly obtained so many supplies. Moreover, they were bountiful in variety, most of which were things they had requested from Brother Long but failed to achieve. When he saw trunks after trunks of firearms, his dazed expression turn to dumbstruck. Supplies were stillmon, but firearms were not, watching as countless of ammunition boxes covered in galvanized iron sheets, he ran over and looked at the countless of ammo revealed in his eyes, causing a light to ignite in his heart. Just a day ago, he was worried to death over the ammo count. But upon seeing the boxes, he becamepletely at ease. The tens of thousands of ammo were enough for them to fight arge scale battle, just that he was unclear as to how Zhang Xiao Qiang was able to uncover so much WWII antiques. Military uniforms, helmets, leather holsters and belts, various sorts of first aid and expired medication to mortars, cold weapons, heavy machine guns which came after. All the Combat Team members started to cheer, all of them had faces of joy. Everyone knew what the heavy weapons meant, everyone was happy except for Yang Keer, she felt that her treasures were being shared with others. She looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang and revealed a saddened expression to which he understood well. Watching all the supplies that he and Yang Keer had painfully gathered and kept being revealed by others made him feel as though a knife had been pierced through his heart. But Su Qian already knew of the location, if she were to find the firearms, wouldnt they be the one at a disadvantage? A total of 10 trucks and 10 other vehicles used as transport moved as a fleet. Zhang Xiao Qiangsrge fleet looked like a gue of locusts taking and bringing any supplies or vehicles along the way. It didnt even matter if the vehicles could not work, Wang Le used thick steel wires to tow these vehicles behind the trucks. Any wandering zombies that they encountered were easily shot down by the Combat Team. Everyone was trained and fully equipped well. Even Zhang Xiao Qiang had donned on an M1 Helmet, the 2kg plus steel helmet made him feel ufortable, and everyone else, including the policewomen, dressed in military uniform, leather belts with holsters and had the M1 Garands behind their backs. He Wen Bin sat on the truck that carried the firearms, where Lu Ren Yi, Wang Le and the rest sat at the rear carriage to take inventory of the firearms. After the zombies on the road were taken down, the Combat Team formed smaller groups as the men on point took shields and des and hacked the zombies lingering inside the houses, immediately followed up by the Logistic Team who moved whatever they saw, tools, bedding, furniture, food; Even the logs stored by the families were moved. Viges had not advanced to cremation, so all the logs were meant to be converted into coffins for the dead. All of these were all moved as well, as Zhang Xiao Qiang had given the order that whoever performed well would have meat to eat, which came from the preserved meat that they found in the vige homes. They continued this routine until they arrived at the spa in the evening. Two men that were left as guards watched as the fleet of vehicles zoomed in. The gates that no longer had electricity to open were manually opened, allowing the fleet to enter the spa. When the chicken farm people inside the vehicles saw the good environment of the spa, the heavy boulders of stress dropped from their minds. The spa was considerably concealed and safe. Ignoring the rest, Zhang Xiao Qiangs Rover sent him to thergest building in the vi. Zhang Xiao Qiang carried Yang Keer felt emotions surging as they looked at the European style building in front of them. We finally have our own home. Although he had stayed for a period of time, this European building would forever belong to him. When Yang Keer saw the vi, she became happy and got Zhang Xiao Qiang to put her down. She walked leisurely over to the dried upwn and looked at the tranquilke. At that moment, the twilight of the setting sun shone from her back, making her look like a little fairy that had descended from the Heavens. She was especially beautiful at that moment. Chapter 166: Something’s wrong

Chapter 166: Somethings wrong

Zhang Xiao Qiang led people and carefully searched both mountains once, killing off a few wandering zombies that were either customers or staff of the spa, then drove an off-road vehicle around the spa, as long as it was a ce where people had resided before, Zhang Xiao Qiang sent people to hunt and search for zombies. They cleared the perimeter of 5km around the spa to the point where not one zombie stood. Zhang Xiao Qiang then led brought people with him to the mineralpanys preparation site and raided everything, taking all the construction materials and engineering vehicles. Of course, the luxurious office was also raided upside down, whatever famous paintings, carpets or superior furniture, all of it were moved to Zhang Xiao Qiangs vi. After that, Old Frank led some people and built a fewrge cement stores for the oil with the construction materials, then led them all around the county and retrieved back all existing fuel left behind. Zhang Xiao Qiangs greedy nature broke out especially ferociously. Anything that he saw, regardless of whether they were of use or not, were all dragged to the spa and handed over to He Wen Bin to be sorted. The foodstuff in the granary waspletely swept and stored inside the cave. In fact, Zhang Xiao Qiangs collected supplies were sufficient for the 100 odd people to survive for a long time, but he always had a sense of urgency and constantly hoarded over anything he could find, he did not know what this sense of urgency meant, but he knew that there were no longer any factory produce, so he had to quickly gather everything. Zhang Xiao Qiangid inside the Land Rover with Yang Keer who was seated in the drivers seat, holding onto the wheel while sting metal rock n roll songs. Zhang Xiao Qiang had an arm over his head,ying in the backseat while Yang Keer moved along with the music, asionally her immature voice would shout out random lyrics of the song. Shangguan Qiao Yun sat beside Yang Keer while watching her drive with the asional guidance while frequently ncing back at Zhang Xiao Qiang who was feigning asleep. Shangguan Qiao Yun had been with him for many missions and had revealed her sudden effectiveness in marksmanship for a couple of times, so she was able to raise her chin while amongst other men, who would never dare to look at her covetously. The depressing thing was aside from the men not daring to look at her, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not seem to want to look at her, especially after the incident where she had killed a few S-type Zombies, he became more distant and she felt as though there was a thick wall between the two of them. In the night before, a few of the Combat Team members encountered an extremely fast moving zombie, causing them to be stunned, as though they had seen a ghost to which they threw their weapons and ran away. Zhang Xiao Qiang was also nervous and shocked when he saw the zombie, but quickly took out something that resembled a fish. When she saw the zombie rushed towards Zhang Xiao Qiang at a speed that left afterimages, her heart immediately became anxious when the rifle in her hand automatically raised up and a shot was unleashed through the zombies chest, causing it to stop for a moment. The following shot went through its eye and seeing the zombie fall and before she could even rx for a moment, the rifle in her hand unleashed another 6 shots, every shot straight into the zombies head. What shocked her was her hand actually threw the rifle down as it reached out for the handgun at her holster as she ran forward to the zombie and sending all the bullets into the zombies brain before she recovered control over her body, and was dumbstruck all the way until Zhang Xiao Qiang came forward with a sword and beheaded it. She was afraid,pletely in the dark of the situation of her own body. She wanted to find Zhang Xiao Qiang for a bit of constion. By the time she finished killing the zombie and wanted to tell Zhang Xiao Qiang about it, his expression was even more rmed than hers, the look in his eyes looked as though he wanted to hide from her. His leg moved by itself as he shifted away from her, making her even more afraid until Zhang Xiao Qiang spoke up and said that a family member of hers in Heaven must be protecting and had blessed her. She only needed a reason, a constion. When she heard Zhang Xiao Qiangs absurd reasoning, she took it. She firmly believed that it was her mother that was protecting her, but why was Zhang Xiao Qiang so afraid of me? Am I still capable of love? Who would have thought that being outstanding would chase men away too? She did not know that Zhang Xiao Qiang was also at a loss, he had a love and fear entanglement towards Shangguan Qiao Yun, he loved her strange marksmanship but afraid of the something possessing her. While searching in a small warehouse and thinking that it was an easy task, an S2 actually appeared. All the men who had seen an S2 before immediately turn tail and ran. Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately brandished out his secret weapon used to deal against an S2 while Wang Le used a fishing made out of motorbike brake wires. Right when Wang Le was about to expand out the against the S2 that was approaching, Shangguan Qiao Yun unleashed her marksmanship. Unlike the previous time, the rifle in her hand unleashed continuous shots. Even after the S2 had fallen, Shangguan Qiao Yun never stopped. Zhang Xiao Qiang noticed that the Shangguan Qiao Yun that was firing was different, her eyes had no emotions at all. He will never forget the scene where she threw her rifle down and unholstered her pistol and fired at the S2 while approaching it. That graceful bearing was something he would never forget, her speed was perfect, as though she was taking a stroll leisurely at theke in the vi. Her expression remained calm and collected as she raised the handgun in her hand, the pair of eyes that resembled beautiful gemstones had no focal length, the muzzle pointed at the S2 but her eyes never looked at it. Her appearance remained peaceful and graceful as she raised the M1911A1 pistol as though she was holding onto a ss of wine in the evening, the beauty in it made everyone watching feel that what she was doing waspletely unrted to killing. The ck pistol in her hand spewed out with dark red mes as the pistols body continued to jump. The S2 on the floor started to reveal itsst struggle, its two hands continuously trying to force itself up, the two legs continuously trying to stand up. Seeing the S2 struggling beneath her feet, Shangguan Qiao Yun did not panic at all. Her eyebrows did not even twitch as she unclipped the entire pistol into the zombies head calmly. All of the men, including Zhang Xiao Qiang, were scared out of their wits. Shangguan Qiao Yuns performance from start to the end was.....how do I say it? It was graceful, yes, graceful, like a beautiful red-crowned Crane striding with its graceful body in a brook foraging for food. What made people fear it was that the disgusting zombie was the little fish in her mouth. In the end, Shangguan Qiao Yun regained her senses as she looked at her own hand in shock, as though she was bewildered by her own actions. Her pupils were once again filled with the color of emotions, just that these emotions were of fear and panic. Zhang Xiao Qiang went forward and beheaded the S2, then looked at the stunned Shangguan Qiao Yun. The coldness in his heart became denser, he was a 100% sure that Shangguan Qiao Yun had something wrong with her, but what was it? He broke out in a cold sweat, and no longer dared to think about it. Chapter 167: Old Frank’s happiness

Chapter 167: Old Franks happiness

Zhang Xiao Qiang was on guard against Shangguan Qiao Yun but did not hesitate to have her by his side. At least they had a great killing machine to fight against the S2, his safety was guaranteed. Every time they went up against an S2, it was extremely thrilling and dangerous, with Shangguan Qiao Yun, everything would be safe and steady, so why not? The fleet arrived at the spa, which had turned into arge construction zone. Aside from requesting Old Frank to build the oil pools, Zhang Xiao Qiang got him to build a perimeter wall in the valley which had to be at least 4m tall and reinforced with various steel reinforcing bars. Aside from that, the nned perimeter walls would have sandbags added which increases the height by another 2m. This way, the wall would not be destroyed by any D2 or D3. The sandbags were able to effectively protect the walls that also had a few machine gun forts. Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that aside from zombies, there were also various type of monstrosities. If they were to encounter any flying ones, they could at least ward them off. Old Frank led the entire Logistic Team and the base guards that were from the Combat Team and carried out the construction, the diesel fuel electric generator by the side supplied power to the concrete mixer trucks. Mixing all kind of sand, stones, and cement. A few wheelbarrows were by the side waiting for the load with a few men, who were Zhang Xiao Qiangs captives and a few men that Shangguan Qiao Yun disliked, all of whom had be the old policeman Zhang Huai Ans subordinates. Although the old policeman was not well received in his past position, he had seen all sorts of people in all walks of life in his 2-decade long experience. With a few words from them, Zhang Huai An quickly grasped their personalities and weaknesses. Additionally, after Zhang Huai An had shot their old leader to death, all of them had lingering fears toward him. On the contrary to Zhang Huai Ans cowardice towards his ex-colleagues, he started to act like a nasty person who had some aplishments, causing his ex-colleagues to be even more disgusted with him. Whenever they saw him, they never bothered to greet him. But Zhang Huai An did not care, he had been trampled by all of them in his career, how could he not be used to them rolling their eyes? Everyone had to work and naturally, Zhang Huai An was doing what he did best. He stood by the side of a wheelbarrow and smoked. But as an old cop with two decades of experience, with a sweep of the area, he saw Zhang Xiao Qiang opening the door of his vehicle and wasing out. He quickly threw away his cigarette and ran towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, he was an outsider but was suddenly picked by Zhang Xiao Qiang to be the leader of a small group. His old boss did not dare refute Zhang Xiao Qiangs arrangement, and could only talk bad about Zhang Huai An behind his back. Zhang Huai An constantly noticed people pointing at him behind his back and the eyes of his subordinates were not as submissive as before, but he was not easy to deal with. After finding out that Zhang Xiao Qiang had the samest name as him, he started to proim that they were rted by blood since Zhang Xiao Qiangs ancestors were also from J City. After that, all the idle gossip were gone. When Zhang Xiao Qiang heard about it, he became somewhat gloomy. His grandfathers generation came from Sichuan and stayed in Y City for a few generations. He never heard of having any rtives in J City, but he waszy to dere and reveal his family tree. Due to that, Zhang Huai An constantly stuck onto Zhang Xiao Qiang, as long as he saw his shadow, Zhang Huai An would be the first to walk over to greet him. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not get sick of Zhang Huai An constantly running to him. Zhang Huai An was in an unstable team and had no choice but to grasp such an opportunity, but at the same time, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt more reassured towards Zhang Huai An. Although he was somewhat a slippery profiteer, he was an old man with a rather kind heart. There shouldnt be any anomaly today right, or did someone not bring a helmet again and got his head smashed? Zhang Xiao Qiang spoke to Zhang Huai An in ridicule. Zhang Huai An was fixated to fawn on Zhang Xiao Qiangs thighs and had be affixed to this identity, regardless of any or no news, he would report to Zhang Xiao Qiang and never cared about what others thought. As long as there was something, he would report it. There was no need to talk about for Three or Old Frank, even if He Wen Bin did something wrong, Zhang Huai An would report to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Everyone got pissed off by him, and everyone started to speak badly about Zhang Huai An in front of Zhang Xiao Qiang. But Zhang Xiao Qiang remained indifferent about all these. This indifference caused others to believe that they really had some family ties. No...., theres nothing, I just saw youing, so I cam to greet you.... Zhang Huai Ans eyes darted around Zhang Xiao Qiangs face, seeing that his mood was rtively well, he continued to speak: It seems that the materials for construction are not enough, Old Frank and the rest said something about going out to look for more? Zhang Xiao Qiang frowned. Its only been a few days and theres insufficient materials? None of them are easily found, aside from the markets, only the counties have them. But the counties have as many zombies as J City, what should we do? He dispatched Zhang Huai An back to work while he walked over to the side and pondered. With regards to Zhang Huai An, Zhang Xiao Qiangs thoughts were no different from any person upying a leadership position, he could not allow his subordinates to gather together, otherwise, it would be difficult for the top management, as well as dispelling any concealed dangers that might surface. Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to go to WH City but he did not want to lose the spa. If WH Citys environment was bad, he definitely wanted to return to the spa. The spa was his roots as he had invested too much into it. If someone else were to take the ce from him, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that he would most probably die from anger. The memorial arch of the spa had been torn down, the cement pavement had been split and cracked by the various construction vehicles and the old electric gate was demolished. All of the bushes that were as tall as an average person were all pulled from their roots. To build the base, the amount of earth dug formed a hill on an empty space they found far away. The protective wall that reached a height of 4m and 3m thick was of priority were underway, while Wang Le led a group of men to break apart and scrap the outer covering of a car. This metal was to be used as substitute material as there were insufficient reinforced steel bars and added to the walls. For the sake of the wall, it could be said that Zhang Xiao Qiang spared nothing. They made search teams and went out daily, but instead of looking as though they were searching for supplies, it looked as though they were demolishing the structures they found. Along with neatly ced bricks, cement, and prefabricated boards, they moved everything up their vehicles. For this, Zhang Xiao Qiangs fleet brought along a small crane. Every time they left, all of the buildings would be demolished to the ground. They were like an Asian locust swarm, wherever they went, they needed to take everything as an aplishment, but even so, the supply of materials could not catch up to the progress of construction. They arrived back in base, and upon walking in a few steps, Zhang Xiao Qiang saw Old Frank scolding a few people. He had a helmet that was ced crookedly on his hand, an originally white towel that had turned ck wrapped around his neck, the originally green camouge clothes had turned ck and yellow and the perspiration on his face mixed with dust caused him to have ck lines all over. After bing a leader of a group, Old Franks personality had changed as well, his expressed more ferocity and his mood fluctuation were even more erratic. He was forced to change due to the multiple responsibilities he held unlike the past, where he never worked as a chiefbor contractor before, making him clumsy at him. Right after the oil pool waspleted, even before the cement had dried, Zhang Xiao Qiang got him to build the protective perimeter wall, he was so busy that he constantly looked as though he was in a terrible shape. He was no longer the coward and inarticte man of the past, his walk and talk were always filled with anger, and even before his workers got near him, he would have scolded them upside down. On the previous day, just because He Wen Bin was half a dayte in supplying the materials, Old Frank actually went to find trouble with him, leaving He Wen Bin speechless and unsure whether he shouldugh or cry. Three had disappearedpletely from Old Frank, whenever he saw Old Frank, he would take a detour. Old Frank constantly berated his subordinates, yet they never dared to unleash their anger. There was once where one of the subordinates actually refuted a few impulsive words. Old Frank instantly kicked him. The thing was, this man knew of Old Franks old personality, he even thought to climb back up and retaliate, but Old Frank actually pointed his M1911 at the mans head. After that, no one tried to create trouble for Old Frank anymore, whoever did so had to face the wrath of a gun; No one was willing to do it. There were also two girls who followed Old Frank and constantly walked by his side. When he elder sister held a bottle of water for him he replied by smiling at them, then turning back and staring at his subordinates. His subordinates would instantly scatter like birds and beasts. The younger sister who was previously mentally unsound became much better, she no longer needed her sister to hold her hand and instead, she held onto a small pink cat towel and tugged at his shirt. Sensing that she was trying to get his attention, Old Frank stopped and looked at her. The little girl pulled on his shirt and got him to kneel, to which Old Frank responded like a docile sheep and obediently knelt beside the girl. The little girl used her towel to wipe his face, removing the dirt but staining the pink towel. Being cleaned, Old Frank looked at the two girls and gave a foolish smile. Chapter 168: Materials

Chapter 168: Materials

Seeing the warmth and happiness between Old Frank and the two sisters, Zhang Xiang Qiang was unwilling to disrupt them. It was a hard toe by scene ever since the apocalypse happened, Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes moistened slightly. In his heart, he felt that it was right for the two siblings to follow Old Frank, Old Frank truly cared and loved them, he never brought any anger from work back to them and allowed them to experience the warmth of a family once more. The elder sister had sharp eyes, upon seeing Zhang Xiao Qiang standing in the distance, she pulled her sister and nodded towards Zhang Xiao Qiang before leaving. Old Frank received the youngdys heads-up and saw Zhang Xiao Qiang. He walked over andughed out loud awkwardly, he had the ability to vent his anger at anyone, except for Zhang Xiao Qiang. To him, Zhang Xiao Qiang was a benefactor, a great benefactor. Seeing his cautious and meek expression, Zhang Xiao Qiangughed. He patted Old Franks shoulder to tell him to be at ease, he casually asked about Old Franks past..... Old Frank lost his parents at a very young age and followed his elder brother who was 8 years older than him. The two of them lived together by collecting scrapes inside a small county town for close to a decade. From a very young age, Old Frank was already skilled with his small hands. He constantly took home old family electronics and slowly tinkered with them and was actually able to fix them close to perfection. He relied on all of these and his dpidated home to make a second-hand electronic shop. The two of them lived rather well, and his elder brother even prepared to marry in the following year. The house they lived in was passed down by their parents and was close to the main street. A man who opened restaurants wanted to buy their home as it was right beside his shop, this way, his restaurant would potentially be expanded by twice its original size. Old Frank and his brother were unwilling to sell their house for it was the only valuable inheritance they obtained from their parents and they could even hand it over to their future generations. Who would have imagined that the man was the younger brother-inw of one of the countys public security bureau chief? This man was also a wicked and domineering boss that relied on his brother-inws means and contacts. He directly sent people to beat Old Franks brother up and chased them out of the house and forced an agreed contract to sell the house on his elder brother, forcing him to sign with his handprint. Old Frank was not harmed, but the neighbors warned them that the man could not be provoked. Old Frank took 5000 dors and carried his elder brother and found an abandoned home to take shelter. His elder brother was injured but unwilling to go to the hospital. Who would have known that the fiancee that the elder brother was going to marry actually sent someone to call off the marriage? In that anger and weakness, he spat out blood and became died. Old Frank knew that his elder brother had painstakingly saved up and gave away 3000 dors of betrothal money, but Old Frank was a patient man who remembered grievances and favors. He waited inside the county for his opportunity, and also used the remainder of his money to purchase a secondhand motorbike and learned to ride it. On the first day of operation after the people who had hurt his brother hadpleted renovations, Old Frank brought iron chains and locked the front and back doors of the shop and poured gasoline all over and lit the ce on fire. But as a kind person, he called his neighbors for help to put out the fire. By midnight, due to their prompt actions, only the restaurant was burnt. After everything, he rode his motorcycle out with his brothers ashes and left the town he grew up in. The life he lived outside was extremely challenging and he had no choice but to use the lockpicking skills he gained from the people of his old town to form small groups that robbed and stole. They moved all around the ce andmitted crimes all over for a good decade. In the end, all of them entered the same prison, where they were situated at when the virus broke out. After listening to Old Franks story, Zhang Xiao Qiang sighed. It must not be easy for him, Old Frank is a kind man, if it had happened to me, I would have hacked them all to death. How long can the materialsst? What are wecking? Zhang Xiao Qiang asked the main issue that he had sought Old Frank for. Old Frank lowered his head and started to calcte.... Brother Cockroach, basically we arecking in everything. The ones that we arecking the most are still the reinforced steel bars, cement, sand, and stones. Theres still a surplus with the prefabricated boards and bricks you found, but we have less than a 100 bags of cement now. If we were to put in all effort, by tomorrow afternoon, we will be forced to stop work. We dont even have any reinforced steel bars left, Wang Le have been busy the entire day until now and besides drinking and eating, the rest of his time was used to create makeshift soil reinforced bars, can you see if you can lessen the number of reinforced steel bars? Zhang Xiao Qiang waved his hand, he was afraid that even after increasing the number of reinforced steel bars requirement, it would still not be enough, how could he lessen the number? It was a nned 4m tall wall with sandbags to increase the height to 6m, the original n for the bars was for the wall and the foundation of the base. But before the perimeter walls have even taken form and the foundations had barely started burying the bars, they had already encountered this issue. If they did not form a strong foundation, how could they face dangers in the future with the paper-weak walls? Should we go to the small town to take a look? Upon thinking about the two sisters, Zhang Xiao Qiang recalled the scene of the town, but it did not possess any construction projects, the market of the town had also been ransacked by him. Basically, the small town never had the need for such materials, so they never sold such things except for more pipes and lighting. Zhang Xiao Qiang expanded his search range and thought about the expressway flyover past the small town.... A fleet of vehicles slowly closed in from the distance with arge and heavy truck that possessed M1919A6 air-cooled heavy machine gun installed on the roof in the lead. The straight-barrel of the gun and itsponents were installed on a pitch-ck base, the ck muzzle aimed straight ahead with a 250 bullets bandolier that shone under the sunlight. One heavy machine gun was managed by two people, one to hold the gun handle and direct the bullets while the other held onto the bandolier to straighten it and maintained a smooth transfer of bullets. 10rge trucks took the lead, the first 3 trucks were all equipped with a set of heavy machine gun each. Each gun team consisted of a man and a woman. Due to theck of manpower, Zhang Xiao Qiang conducted a quick training for three braver women and brought them along for the mission to the expressway. On this day, Zhang Xiao Qiang brought out all of his investments. Old Frank, Three, Lu Wen Yi, Zhang Huai An, all of them were present. All of the men in the base had moved out along in the vehicles and besides the crippled He Wen Bin in the base, Yuan Yi who could not do excessive movements, a fewdies stayed in the base as guards. Zhang Xiao Qiang even brought the chef along to help. When they saw the expressway in the distance closing in, the fleet of vehicles slowed down. The closer they got, the more majestic it was. The thick andrge pressurized beams reached great heights of 450m, following across the expressway were many makeshift shelters made out of tarpaulins, piles after piles of rusted reinforced steel bars and building materialsid across the ground, yellow sandy hills could be seen all over, with yellow sand scattered all over the ground forming what looked like a sandy shore. There were also hills formed out of shattered rocks, various construction vehicles and tools caused Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes to be filled with envy. He looked at them covetously, but Old Frank beside him became even more agitated. By the side of the roads wererge billboards that hadrge and striking red words drawn by red paint, , , < xx Corporation xx Number x Construction Project>. Chapter 169: They are still materials

Chapter 169: They are still materials

For some reason, Zhang Xiao Qiang noticed that there were very few zombies. In a small camp that had a pile of materials, he found three to five zombies. Therger camps would have over a dozen to 20 zombies. A few were scattered around abandoned vehicles which were attracted and agitated by Zhang Xiao Qiangs fleet. They all moved towards Zhang Xiao Qiang separately and when they were 30m away from the fleet, the Combat Team all started shooting at them. Following the sound of the gunshots, more zombies started to head towards the road. Not longter, the zombies around the construction vehicle were purged. Zhang Xiao Qiang got the chauffeur to bring the Rover over and got off. He saw various excavation machines, dumpers, forklifts and trucks filled with sand. Zhang Xiao Qiang finally felt at ease, he figured that everything in front of him were sufficient for them to build a few perimeter walls. Calcting everything out, he could not finish everything in front of him, even a city would not require so much materials. Beneath the expressway, the road was segmented into different constructionpanies, which also meant that the amount of construction, tools and materials piled up here was not little. Much less the safety facilities inside a small ravine, it was not difficult for him to build a county within the inner Great Wall. The men from the Combat Team got off their vehicles and following their respective leaders, they moved in to cleanse the remaining zombies. Wang Le brought two of his subordinates and started inspecting the vehicles that had remained unused for half a year. Old Frank brought his own men and arranged the perimeter safety. The grit and rocks on the ground caused rustling sounds due to the friction with the road when their soles stepped down, asionally they would step across zombie corpses littered on the ground which came in various sizes. All of their sizes and appearances were different, themon simrities to them were the bullet holes in their heads, their ck and dirty blood and the yellow brain juice that leaked from their heads to their bodies and down to the sandy ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang realized that all of the zombies had started to mutate, a few zombies had be stronger, a few had be faster while a few started to be weaker. In the past, the zombies that Zhang Xiao Qiang encountered were only slightly slower than an average persons speed of walking, just that the zombies that were turned from elderly grannies would stagger from ce to ce, but majority of the ordinary zombies had speed that were inferior to the past. Zhang Xiao interacted with zombies on a daily basis and felt that the zombies were differentiating into two different categories, half of them would turn to D-Type and S-Type while the other half would quickly be weak or eliminated. After Zhang Xiao Qiang realized it, he pushed it to the bottom of his heart, if half of the ordinary zombies died, the world would have 3 billion less zombies. That was considered a joy, but at the same time, 3 billion other zombie would mutate and evolve, that was definitely a devastating news to hear. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not know why or how it was urring, so he was in a hurry to store up reserves and reinforce the defence, Arent I doing everything I can just to have a little more guarantee in preserving my life? The most crucial thing to Zhang Xiao Qiang was he became uncertain about WH City. WH City was still unknown to him, aside from knowing that there was a gathering at WH City, he knew nothing else. He found a few radios, but aside from the very few information that would appear on the radio regarding the gathering at WH City, there were no other signals about other ces. There were times that Zhang Xiao Qiang figured that the virus reach at Hu Bei was the weakest, so the probability of survivors there would be higher, but wouldnt that mean that people in the other ces were doomed? As he thought about it, he walked over to the side of a makeshift tarpaulin room which was covered with grease and dust. Something suddenly protrude out of the tarpaulin as something seemed to be forcing its way out, shocking Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang unsheathed the Jing Wei de and sliced the tarpaulin in two, where a tanned zombie stumbled out from. Zhang Xiao Qiang sliced its head off and its headless body stumbled to his feet. He used the de to open the tarpaulin and inspected the inside, the makeshift room had almost no light and he could only vaguely see a few beds and covers. A moldy smell attacked Zhang Xiao Qiangs nose, causing him to close the cover. Get the rest to pay attention, some zombies could be hiding in the houses, get them to enter with shields and des. He spoke to Wang Chong behind him. Wang Chong nodded his head and turned to walk to the group in the distance. Wang Chong was already considered Zhang Xiao Qiangs pseudo aide-de-camp. Whenever Zhang Xiao Qiang leaves the base, he would follow along. When Zhang Xiao Qiang remained in the base, he would follow Old Frank. Zhang Xiao Qiang had a good impression on him, he looked like a weak and easily bullied man, but when it came to crucial moments, he was always willing to fight with his life and had self respect. He was capable in doing things as well and was considered a capable assistant to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Under Old Franks lead, the rest were already busy, the first thing they moved were the reinforced steel bars on the ground. All sorts of different model reinforced bars were tied tightly together into bundles and loaded up an automatic dump truck. The group of men loading the bars were colored brown due to the rust. Old Frank busied himself to the point of perspiring bucket loads of perspiration, but when he saw the bundles of reinforced steel bars being loaded up the vehicles, he revealed a wide smile. He extended his hand and wiped away the perspiration, the rust and perspiration left marks on his face but he remained oblivious to it and continued bundling up the bars. Boom boom... Wang Le had started up an excavator, the orange painted chassis continuous tracks moved the vehicle to the mountain of rocks and slowly extended hits arm into the rock pile. The toothed bucket dug downwards and scooped out a full load of rocks before turning dexterously, some rocks from the bucket dropped to the ground. Whooosh... The bucket raised up and unloaded into a dump truck container behind the vehicle, causing smoke of dust to rise. The excavator moved slowly and continued the same action, digging up, unloading down. The 8-ton dump truck containers as quickly filled. The driver drove the dump truck to the road and stopped. Another dump truck moved to the empty spot where the excavator started to stones. In time, the empty truck was loaded again. Zhang Xiao Qiang was startled, he had brought a total of 10 dump trucks but two of them were already filled. He noticed the amount of materials all around and the countless of abandoned construction vehicles, and decided to camp for a few days. When all the supply and dump trucks were filled, Zhang Xiao Qiang got a few men to follow Wang Le to make rush repairs to the abandoned vehicles. Prior to moving out, Wang Le had prepared amply, he had brought along all the repair tools that Zhang Xiao Qiang had found and brought back, aside from single-phase generators, he had even brought out a small scale airpressor that could easily interge tires. Chapter 170: On the flyover

Chapter 170: On the flyover

Three led his men onto a small mountaintop and deployed camp, their harvest was abundant and Zhang Xiao Qiangs subordinates found new tarpaulin stored inside one of the makeshift tents, all of these tarpaulins were perfect for the construction of their new camp location. Three and his men stabbed many thin metal bars into the ground and rigged up the scaffolding by using pliers to twist the metal bars in ce. With the bars reinforcing each other, they built up a frame and then used steel wires to tie the tarpaulins together and build a standard and simple room. The ground was covered with ayer of dry sand and again with a measured and cut tarpaulin, then with the quilt to ensurefort. Old Frank could not idle at all, he was constantly bundling up the reinforced steel bars which allowed easy and quick loading of the bundles with his men whenever the trucks arrive. The two sisters also followed him on this day, dressed in work clothes and helped Old Frank to bundle the bars up. In the distance, the Fat Chef and a few female helpers surrounded arge wok which was ced on an il barrel with a big opening that had arm-sized firewood exposed and an exposed fire that asionally zed upwards. The 3 inch high mes spewed beneath the wok, the high temperatures caused the Fat Chef to break out in perspiration. He stood on an elevated tform dancing with a frying spat, asionally ordering thedies beside him to pour in the ingredients they prepared loudly. In no time, the fragrance of his stir-fry dispersed with the wind, regardless of whether they were resting or working, everyone turned towards Fat Chefs direction. Yang Keer sat on a folding chair ced on a hillside, watching the busy people while listening to the radio. She was pleased with her position as she stretched her body and continued to observe the crowd. She was secretly delighted in her mind when she was with Zhang Xiao Qiang, she had worked extremely hard and asionally would think that in Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes, she was just a coolie worker. But she was no longer needed to do work and felt extremely pleased being able to see others work. Is this the feeling of being ady boss? Shangguan Qiao Yun sat at the entrance of a makeshift room with ammunition box that was covered with a galvanized iron sheet. Ayer of white cloth was ced over the chest with the dismantledponents of an M1 Garand. At that moment, she had the trigger assembly in her hands which she was carefully cleaning with a bottle of grease that Wang Le had reced. Shangguan Qiao Yuns dream was no longer to reach WH City or for the men around her to be stronger. Her path of thoughts had changed, she wanted to be able to control her mysterious and unfathomable marksmanship and no longer wanted to be controlled by the strange feeling, she wanted to have control of her own body. She ced the trigger assembly down and looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang who was standing at the top of the slope, observing his subordinates at work and oblivious to Shangguan Qiao Yuns gaze at him. Shangguan Qiao Yun only retracted her gaze after a long time and continued to maintain the gun parts. Her emotions towards Zhang Xiao Qiang wasplicated, she wanted to be closer to him but was afraid of doing so, she wanted Zhang Xiao Qiang to know that she was very casual but did not proactively got close to him, and Zhang Xiao Qiang would frequently ignore her. She initially had the thoughts of him taking the initiative to chase after her, she did not care if he had a couple ofdies; Excellent men were rare after the apocalypse and they could only follow excellent men to ensure their own survivability and supplies, but Zhang Xiao Qiang never disyed any attraction towards her and never disyed any initiation. Am I not to his taste? What made her most angry was that Zhang Xiao Qiang used to enjoy flirting around with her, but everything changed and every time he saw her, it was as if he had seen a ghost. Why? Did I be very scary? Zhang Xiao Qiang watched the busy crowd with a sense of aplishment in his heart, Im like a small boss now with close to a 100 men working for me, although the ones who truly dare to fight with their lives number only to around 20, but what kind of world are we win? This is an apocalypse where only 1 out of a 100 can survive, to be able to have so many people under me is my fortune. Just as he was being contented with his achievements, he caught something falling from the sky. A human form object from the flyover breakpoint dropped downwards from the 40 to 50 m bridge. Right when Zhang Xiao Qiang raised his head, the object plopped beneath the bridge. Aside from rousing a cloud of dust, there were no other movements. That was when Zhang Xiao Qiang noticed that at the bottom of the breakpoint of the flyover were more than 10 zombie bodies, all of them with signs of evolution. Zhang Xiao Qiang finally realized the reason for theck of zombies. They arrived in town early in the morning at 10 to start work, there was still time till lunch, all of the workers were in the construction sites, aside from the chef who was looking after the materials in the camp, the zombies that Zhang Xiao Qiang had led his team to kill were only an insignificant number, the rest were all on the flyover bridge above their heads. Zhang Xiao Qiang took out the dagger hung on his left thigh and was about to slice his own palm until he saw the toothed edge of the de. He became unwilling, why should I harm myself when I dont have to, my recovery rate might be fast but the pain is unbearable! He turned and looked towards his subordinates. Who can be my sacrificialmb? Zhang Huai An? No way, hes too old, Old Frank? Zhang Xiao Qiang looked towards Old Frank who was smiling and talking to the two sisters and shook his head. Forget it, Id better not bully Old Frank. He turned his gaze towards others. At that moment, Wang Chong noticed that Zhang Xiao Qiang was looking around at everyone and thought that Zhang Xiao Qiang was looking for someone to do something, so he diligently ran over and spoke to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Seeing Wang Chong running towards him, Zhang Xiao Qiang was speechless. He had never seen anyone volunteering themselves to donate blood after the apocalypse, but the pitiful looking Wang Chong had actually done so? Zhang Xiao Qiang did not borate much and stated that he needed a bit of blood, resulting in Wang Chongs face to turn pale white. But without saying a word, whoosh, he lifted up his sleeve and extended his arm out to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at Wang Chong who had his face turned away, eyes closed and teeth clenched and used his dagger and made a small slit on the back of his arm. A thin red line slowly appeared which leaked blood out. Wang Chong saw the blood flow on his arm and was puzzled. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not exin himself, the two of them stood at their positions and looked up at the flyover. Wang Chong did notprehend the situation, he simply stood there and held onto his arm as he tilted his head up to look at the 40 to 50 m tall flyover,. That was when a small ck dot suddenly appeared at the tip, he squinted his eyes and noticed that it was a zombie staggering around. Behind it was another zombie, all of them were attracted to the blood scent and were moving towards the edge of the breakpoint. BANG..... After the first zombie had fallen, more and more zombies started to fall off the bridge. Some of the zombies heads had yellow or red safety helmets as the stream of ck bodies started to fall, forming a line that started from the 40 to 50 m tall bridge, endlessly falling off the bridge until the line formed into a horde of falling zombies, into a waterfall. Not all of the zombies were fortunate enough to fall onto the ground beneath the bridge. Chapter 171: Beneath the flyover

Chapter 171: Beneath the flyover

Beneath the bridge were many reinforced steel bars embedded into the ground in groups of sevens, eights, or tens into circles. These bars were embedded halfway into the ground with the remaining half extending out of the ground towards the sky, resembling sharp spears that pierced through many of the zombies that fell downwards. A few of them were instantly killed upon impact without being able to move their hands or twitch. A few of the zombies were stabbed through by multiple bars, the dissipated force caused them to be lifted in midair as their pitch ck blood flowed down their bodies onto the reinforced steel bars, dyeing the bars a ck color. Some of the bars were ced perfectly as consecutive zombies were pierced through by the same bars, there were some that killed up to 7 to 8 bodies like a mutton skewer, but of course, it was a zombie skewer. The ground beneath the bridge was not level with a hideous mess of beams erected all around, cement mold constructions and various steel beam frames. Some of the zombies unexpectedly fell straight onto the beams like cannon fodder soldiers of Japanese Manga, they were left hanging at the top of the beams with their hands and legs dangling gently. These that had their spines prated through by the beams were considered the more fortunate ones. The more unlucky zombies had their heads ripped off by the beams, SHRREAAAK.... the upper half of their heads were sliced and flung into the air, their brains spinning along while the rest of their bodies dropped downwards with brain fluid. After the bodies fell to the ground, their decapitated skulls would fall and roll far away. There were some that fell in awkward positions, resulting in their chins falling straight onto these beams. Now, that became unbearable to watch. The power of the impact did not immediately remove the head off, but half of the ugly faces of these zombies werepletely ripped off from the chin to the top of their heads, leaving only the other half intact and revealing their white bones that were dyed with ck blood. The chin bone and lower jaws were removed from the impact and had be an empty spot. It was unknown as to how many zombies were above on the flyover, but they only saw the zombies stand there, then fall down like different sized beads falling onto a te. At longst, the bottom part formed a mountain of zombie corpses with even more zombies above still dropping downwards. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not know how many zombies there were inside the mountain of corpses but he knew that the number was not less than the total number of zombies he had burnt in the small town. Everyone stopped what they were doing. Three led the security team to watch the ground beneath the bridge. The few men all had the same expressions, on tiptoes with their straightened bodies, extended necks and eyes that were opened wide. Their eyeballs looked upwards as their mouths opened wide with drool flowing out from the corner of their mouths. Old Frank and the two girls by the side no longer bundled the reinforced steel bars, they squatted down to the side of the road and turned their necks, staying motionless as they watched the scene before them. Old Frank subconsciously brought his fingers to his mouth as he started to chew on his fingernails. The fingernails that were covered with rust gave off a strange smell but he remained oblivious to it, the brown rust turned his mouth red. He continued to bite while watching the zombies fall from the bridge. The elder sister hugged her sisters head into her bosom while her other hand reached out for Old Franks sturdy waist as constion and assurance. Inside her sisters embrace, the younger girl sneakily extended her head out and looked at the various mutted zombies. Seeing the dead zombies, her eyes sparkled with light. Her red little tongue kept on licking her dried lips, her fists were clenched tightly while her body trembled in excitement. Her sister thought that she was afraid, and hugged her even tighter. Everyone except Zhang Xiao Qiang was stunned. They quietly stared at the mountain of zombies beneath the bridge. No one was able to absolve themselves from the shock. The first to react was the fat Chef, he was startled awake by the burning smell of his wok. When he saw how his dish was charring and the wok turning red, he shouted for his helpers to grab water over. He was afraid that the wok base would be burnt through. The chefs tone-deaf screams jolted the others awake. Wang Chong looked at the mountain of zombies in the distance and trembled. He then looked at the small cut on his hand, it was not deep at all and had faint signs of healing, the blood that leaked out were already dry and the wound was closed, he looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang and asked This....that....I....did that? Zhang Xiao Qiang patted his shoulder without saying anything. What do you want me to say? That Im afraid of hurting myself, so I cut him instead? He signaled for the Combat Team and the machine gun team to gather. Many zombies that fell had died, but there were a couple that was alive as well. All of these lucky zombies fell on top of the pile of dead zombies which acted as a cushion for the ones above. These fortunate zombies did not even drop a hair and started to tangle with the other zombies. Zhang Xiao Qiang took the opportunity before the zombies could even stand to kill them. Three sets of machine guns were ced on the hillside with trunks after trunks of ammunition arranged neatly on a canvas. All of the Combat Team members inspected their M1 Garands while Three opened up the ammunition box and indicated for the front members toe forward as he gave out bullets. Zhang Xiao Qiang stood nearby and observed them with Shangguan Qiao Yun beside him with her handgun in hand, her gaze filled with killing intent towards the zombies. Zhang Xiao Qiangs firing position was not far from the zombies at around a 100 meters. Everyone had their eyes towards the pile of zombies, where some of them had struggled out of the mountain and were staggering towards the scent of the blood. One, two, three....all of them walked towards the survivors until they were only 10 meters apart. Some of the survivors were already pale inplexion, they were able to clearly see every detail on the zombies faces. Thedies by the machine guns were trembling in fear, all of the ugly things were extremely close to them as though a pounce from them would be able to reach for their throats and rip off their flesh. But upon seeing that Zhang Xiao Qiang standing behind them, they did not dare do anything. The scenes of how people were devoured by the zombies remained fresh in their minds, the bandoliers in their hands nking as their hands trembled incessantly. The gunners held onto their guns tightly, seeing the zombies so close, their fingers started to freeze. FIRE..... Upon hearing Zhang Xiao Qiangs roar, their hands tightened up. The heavy machine guns vibrated violently as bullets sprayed out with mes being unleashed from the muzzle. TU TU TU TU TU TU.... Bullets flew out from the machine guns as the M1 Garand shots followed up from behind. Aside from the difference in speed of firing between the heavy machine guns and rifles. The bullet holes produced by the rifles were small but the holes produced by the machine guns are extremelyrge, especially for the zombies right at the front who took the direct shots of the machine guns. All the gunners were newbies and had only tested over a 100 bullets as a trial run, naturally, they were unable to control the rhythm of the heavy machine gun, the released bullets had no fixed target and shot all over the ground, leaving behind many bullet holes. asionally, a few walking zombies would be shot in their legs and would fall to the ground, where their bodies would then be shot. One of the zombies had a bullet shot straight between its eyebrows, its head instantly exploded like a watermelon with a bang!. After it fell, another zombie crawled out from behind it, it was an S-Type. The rifles were useless against it despite it not having an protection. Every single Combat Team Member skill in the M1 Garand rifles was superficial, they were unable to lock onto a moving target. One lucky shooter had his bullet shot straight into the zombies arm, the powerful impact of the bullet broke the zombies arm off and the force caused the zombie to spin one round. This momentarily pause allowed three heavy machine guns to aim at it and unleash countless of bullets. In an instant, its entire body exploded and the various body parts flew in all direction.... Chapter 172: Zhang Huai An’s burst of rage

Chapter 172: Zhang Huai Ans burst of rage

The machine gunners were ecstatic, although their skills were terrible, but it made them high firing a machine gun, they screamed out loud in joy, their wolf-like howls along with the deafening machine guns, adding the scattered rifle shots gave rise to the feeling of war. A few zombies did not die after falling, they dragged their broken legs and continued to crawl towards the survivors. asionally, a bullet would fly into its body and take away some flesh or bone. But as long as these shots did not strike the vital parts like the head or spine, they would continue crawling forward. The machine gunners were excited, there were only a few zombies left standing in their eyes, and hadpletely ignored the zombies crawling. The women who were tasked as assisting machine gunners werepletely immersed in their roles, to ensure that the machine gunners could continue firing, they kept on feeding new bandolier into the gun while maintaining the level bandolier to ensure that the gun would not have a stoppage. Their eyes were only fixed on the ammunition and the machine gun and werepletely unaware of the zombies that had reached them. On the contrary, the Combat Team members using the rifles to fire became more anxious as the zombies got closer, the older team members knew what would happen if they were to retreat and instantly brandished their bays to cut down at the zombies. Zhang Huai An and his subordinates had never experienced crawling zombies close to them, and when they saw that the zombies were getting close to their feet, one of the men threw his rifle and ran backward. This time, all of the Combat Team members turned and looked at him, a few others had the same thoughts and wanted to escape along with the first person who ran. Zhang Huai Ans eyes revealed a look of anxiousness, he unholstered his pistol and pointed to a few men and shouted: Continue firing, whoever dares to run will be killed by me. With that said, he turned and fired at the man who was escaping. His aim was not that great as the bullet barely grazed the man. None of his shots managed to strike the mans body, the closest merely took away a piece of cloth from his body. The man lowered his head and increased the length of his steps as he sprinted away. The sound of bullets whistling past him caused his heart to tremble, he regretted trying to run away, but what was done could not be undone and eyed a parked vehicle beneath the slope. Praying in his heart that he would not get shot, he counted every gunfire that came out. The sound of the pistol shots was almost drowned out by the machine guns and rifles, but that faint pistol sound was the clearest to him. Every shot out of the pistol would be like a bass drum being struck in his heart. Once....twice.....sixth time....seventh time.... His heart gradually rxed, he knew that the pistol no longer had bullets. By the time Zhang Huai An changed the ammunition clip, he had run another 50m, a faint smile appeared on his face. He was rejoicing in his heart, rejoicing the fact that he escaped and had preserved his own life. His goal was to reach the vehicle parked down the hill, as long as he had it, what could stop him? In front of him stood a man. Isnt he the big guy that always shows his face from day to night, what is he holding? HAH! He isnt holding a gun but just some ck sword, hahaha! As long as he isnt using a gun, what do I have to fear? Cant I just dodge his sword? He suddenly increased his speed and ran towards Zhang Xiao Qiangs side, As long as I maintain my distance from him, Ill definitely escape. Definitely. Zhang Xiao Qiang stared at the man running towards him coldly, he was constantly paying attention to the entire positioning of the Combat Team Members, regardless if it was the zombies closing in or the machine gunners shooting crazily, everything was caught by him. When he saw a few crippled zombies crawling closer to them, he knew about it but did not care. His subordinates not only had to be urate in shooting long distance, they had to be as ferocious when it came to closebat. He mainly focused on every single Combat Team Members state of emotions and the machine gunners made him satisfied. Even the women supporting the machine gunners made him satisfied. Seeing how the older members started brandishing their bays, he praised them in his mind. But when he saw how Zhang Huai Ans subordinate tried to escape, his face became so ck to the point that it wasparable to Fat Chefs wok. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not use his Desert Eagle. He simply held onto the Jing Wei de and waited for the man. To him, using a gun to end the mans life was letting him off too easy. When Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the man smile at the sight of him not wielding a gun but a sword, it made him despise him even further. Zhang Xiao Qiangs Jing Wei de was over a meter long but the man sprinted more than 2 meters away from Zhang Xiao Qiangs side. At that moment, it looked as though the man was about to get past Zhang Xiao Qiang, but he suddenly felt a slight chill at his thighs. His legs turned numb, but he continued to swing his arms to run. He suddenly found himself flying, not upwards, but down. Bang.... He fell on the right side of his face onto the ground that was covered with coarse sand particles. Therge inertia caused his body to roll on the ground multiple times, the skin on his face scratched off due to the friction of the sand and rocks, revealing the dark red flesh and white teeth. Blood quickly flowed down from his head to the ground and an intense pain surged up from his thighs. From the way he fell, he coincidentally saw his legs left behind. He screamed out loud on the ground despite not being able to feel the flesh wound on his face and body. Following that, his thighs started to spew out blood, but such a wound could not kill him immediately. He could only roll on the ground and howl in pain, his howls reached the ears of the others, causing all of them to tremble from a chill, yet none of them turned back to look at him and only focused on defeating the zombies ahead of them. With the man struggling on the ground behind as an example, all of Zhang Huai Ans subordinates no longer harbored any thoughts of escaping. Aside from seeing the mans wretched situation, they also saw Zhang Xiao Qiang taking out the silver Desert Eagle from his waist. Zhang Xiao Qiang held onto therge and scary pistol in hand and observed everyone else from behind while the man with his legs cut off hugged onto his thighs and continued howling in pain. This scene deeply affected all the men who had thoughts to run. They immediately learned from their otherrades and clumsily brandished their bays while waiting for the close quarterbat that was about to ur. The timid Zhang Huai An picked up an M1 Garand that was thrown aside by someone else. He held onto the gun and ran to a zombie that was closing in, raised up the rifle with all of his strength and smashed down. The dark red stock of the rifle smashed straight into the zombies head, which immediately copsed in. He pulled out the yellow stained rifle stock then smashed down onto another zombie that was waving its ws around. The timid and cautious old police Zhang Huai Ans sudden burst of rage caused others to be speechless, especially his ex-colleagues. They had never thought that the old policeman that showed his face at work to pass the days had such a side to him. Watching the old police with rage in his eyes disregarding his life and fighting at the frontlines, all of his subordinates were stirred and roused. All of them rushed to the old policeman and joined him in ughtering the crawling zombies. The crippled ordinary zombies were in fact not that dangerous, the mental fear they gave the survivors were, in fact, more powerful than their actual capability to harm. After the old policeman took the initiative, all the other survivors calmed down. They no longer cared about the crippled zombies but focused their attention on the horde in front of them. Zhang Huai ANs rifle was already stained yellow and ck, he led his subordinates to patrol the front lines, as long as any zombies approached, regardless of whether they were standing or crawling, they would receive a strike from his rifle stock. In this way, the few men held onto the rifles and walked along the frontlines, near the mountain pile of zombies.... Chapter 173: The expected Boss

Chapter 173: The expected Boss

The number of zombies gradually dropped. A sudden gust of wind blew the smoke in the air, thinning the amount of smoke around them. Zhang Xiao Qiang no longer needed to patrol within the smoke and could clearly see the battle situation. The machine gunners faces were all covered with soot that was caused by the machine guns, thedies beside them also had dirtied faces, aside from their necks which were still white, the rest of them were all ck. The bullet shells on the ground had piled up to a thickyer with some forming small mounds. Following the drop in zombies, the machine gunners changed to shooting intermittently, giving long shots followed by short breaks, the three machine guns took turns to fire. There were no more zombies falling from the top of the bridge, the 100 meters long frontline was littered with zombie bodies, the zombies that were shot to death by rifles were still recognizable as their bodies were stillpletely intact, but those that were killed by machine guns had their bodies scattered all over, skulls destroyed, bodies ripped apart to the point of revealing their bones, their broken arms and legs that were broken apart piled up all over the ce with various internal organs and intestines were also found all over. When only a dozen zombies were left scattered around, Zhang Xiao Qiang got the machine gunners to stop firing, the remaining zombies were handled by the rifles until all of them were down. The continuous moring gunshots stopped, turning the entire battlefield silent, but Zhang Xiao Qiang did not let the machine gunners rest and got the kitchen to use them to serve hot water and food, allowing the rest on the frontlines to take a break. He stood by the machine gun and looked upwards towards the bridge and waited, as though he was awaiting something....The man who tried to escape had not died, Zhang Xiao Qiang got some of the survivors to throw him onto the mountain of zombie corpses, while the empty space in front of the camp was smashed using sledgehammers for two mortar groups that emced themselves in positions and aimed straight for space beneath the bridge. Two forklifts moved to above the hill and aside from Yang Keer, everyone else did not know why Zhang Xiao Qiang was preparing such huge measures, unsure of what he was waiting for. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not deploy the mortars for the zombie horde but took them out only after they were cleared, this meant that the thing he was waiting for was something not easy to handle. All of them held their mess tins and ate inattentively, all of them asionally looking towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not know whether anything woulde, the wind that passed previously not only blew away the smoke but also the cowards blood scent all around, the S2 and D2s smell were not limited to 1 km and could even sense the faint blood scent from the wind like a shark extremely sensitive in water. Zhang Xiao Qiang would rather be amply prepared to guard against them than to be caught unprepared. 3 minutes.....5 minutes....10 minutes....20 minutes. Zhang Xiao Qiang sighed lightly, he turned and smiled towards Yang Keer. Seems like our luck isnt bad today but Keer doesnt seem happy, she is already prepared, holding that mace like a boss. Zhang Xiao Qiang had killed three strong zombies but she herself had only managed with two, making her feel very salty. She swore that she had to kill one more to show off to Zhang Xiao Qiang, but no stronger zombies had emerged, which meant that there were no zombies that had evolved to a Type 2 around, making her feel even more depressed. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked back to the camp, he was hungry and decided to eat before patrolling around. Yang Keer followed behind him depressed. When the others saw Zhang Xiao Qiang lessen his caution, they recovered their daily hubbubs, some made conversation, some smoked, some quietly ate their rice and dishes. The originally deadly silent camp started to be lively again. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked towards the Fat Chef, who was holding onto two portions of food and smiling towards him. OWWWWWW..... A loud howl came from above the flyover and was extremely loud and clear, the resonant scream caused the entire camp to freeze as though they were a painting, everyone was stunned. Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped in his tracks and looked towards the flyover. Yang Keer immediately turned and looked at the flyover excitedly. The Fat Chef, Old Frank, Three, the heavy machine gunners, the Combat Team as well as the Logistic Team all turned towards the bridge. All of them noticed a tall figure that had revealed itself from the bridge, firstly revealing its head that had a broken and yellow helmet, then its robust upper body, then its two thick and powerful legs, revealing its entire entity. A few of the Combat Team and Logistic Team members were trembling in their legs, all of them were the lucky survivors and old members from the granary, they recognized the real identity of the monster. A D2, this D2 was not as tall as the one at the granary and did not look as ferocious, but a D2 was still a D2, the skin on its body was impervious to bullets and wielded a strength capable of smashing walls. The rifles carried by the Combat Team Members were a joke to a D2. They were afraid, the D2 was their nightmare, they were afraid, an undefeatable monster made them despair. All of them looked towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, hoping to hear the order to retreat. Zhang Xiao Qiang was not afraid. Instead, he was brimming with excitement. Ever since he had the death fight against the D2 at the granary, he had lost all fear towards them. The creeping shadow within his heart had been dispelled, and with so many subordinates with him, what was there to fear? He was constantly thinking about WH City, to get to WH City, he needed to get rid of the D2 that blocked his path, although he was unsure if the D2 couldpare to the one they encountered at the granary, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not have a single ounce of fear in him. The old him would instantly think of escaping upon seeing a D2, but at that moment, the only thought in his head was to kill the D2. He was the same person with the same strength, the only difference was the burning courage inside. The D2 stood on top of the bridge. It had caught the scent of blood beneath the bridge and unleashed an excited scream. It took a step forward, its feet stepped into empty air and leaned forward as it dropped down the bridge. Its gigantic body shot down at a fast speed and quickly collided into a steel beam and got stuck like the other zombies. It unleashed an anguished howl and started to twist and turn as it tried to struggle off. It was a hard toe by opportunity. Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately gave the order to fire, Tututututut..... The machine guns unleashed their fiery barrage once again, three ming tongues sprayed all across the D2s body, the heavy machine gun bullets asionally taking off pieces of flesh off the D2. A line of bullets found its way to the D2s head, grinding down the safety helmet, revealing its head. It was still suspended on the beam as it continued to howl....the heavy machine guns were powerful, but on the D2, its might was no longer as obvious, the thick and long bullets were only able to scrape off small pieces of flesh off the D2, furthermore, 100m distance between them prevented the three machine gunners to uratelynd all their bullets on the D2. The D2 stayed suspended on the beam and continued getting shot, but all the attacks were not severe. It became enraged, it raised its body and used its ws to grab around, one of which grabbed onto a beam by the side. With something to grab on, it used its other w and cut the beam that was suspending it in midair. Its ws were not as curved as an S2 but its ws were much tougher and durable aspared to the S2, following the movements of the ws, the beams trembled. The machine guns never stopped spraying bullets on its body while the D2 tried to break apart the beam. All the survivors holding onto the rifles started to take aim after seeing that the D2 was still stuck, which increased the fury of the D2. It curled its ws into a fist and smashed ferociously onto the beam. After a few consecutive strikes, the beam started to bend, the connectors at both ends also started to break. It raised its body in preparation to use itsrgest force to smash down, as it bent its body, it lost its bnce and fell backward, falling onto a circle of reinforced steel bars. These steel bars that easily stabbed through the zombies were actually bent by the D2s enormous body. As the D2 continued to tremble under the kic energy of the bullets, it slowly crawled up under the rain of fire and started to walk towards the direction of the bullets. Chapter 174: Plan

Chapter 174: n

Without Zhang Xiao Qiangs order, the three machine guns sprayed endlessly at the D2, Plop, Plop... after two low booms came out, tworge explosions appeared behind the D2. All sorts of body parts, broken reinforced steel bars, countless rocks and sand exploded and flew into the air. While these things were still falling from the sky, another tworge mes burst from the ground once more, bringing everything into the sky. The D2 roared from within the mes as the bullets and shrapnels induced pain into its body. It tried to move forward, but the bullets and the shockwave from the explosion pushed it back endlessly, causing it to rage even further. It howled in anger, but that was when a projectile shot into its teeth, causing it to shut its mouth. It immediately sprawled down to the floor and started crawling ahead. The D2 crawled within the fiery barrage of bullets and mortar bombs with itsrge and bulky body with the asional mes appearing and body parts dropping onto it, like a sailboat inside a rocky ocean swaying back and forth. But its direction and discement never stopped, it continued to advance towards the direction of the bullets. Woahhhh..ahhh ahhhh ahhhh....ahhhhh A machine gunner howled loudly, both of his arms were trembling intensely due to the machine gun, causing his entire body to tremble as well. The smoke blown by the wind formed blotches across his face as it mixed with the perspiration dripping down from his forehead, his ck skin covered with a glossyyer. Following the movements of the machine gun, his heart thumped equally hard, he felt incredible, extremely incredible, he felt the most alive at that moment, Ka..Ka...Ka... The sound of the emptied machine gun came out. Quick, more bullets.... He shouted out and opened the bandolier tray of the gun and waited for the bullets to be inserted. After waiting for a long time, he still did not see thedys delicate hands that were covered in grease and smoke putting the bandolier and bullets into the gun. Damn it, you inefficient woman....BULLETS..... The machine gunner turned his head and shouted at thedy. After listening to the loud machine gun for so long, thedy had be angsty and impatient as well, she stood up and looked down at the ck-faced machine gunner and scolded him: Fuck you....there isnt any left, all of it was shot by your stupid dick, even if I were to strip my pants down, I cant fucking produce any more bullets... Listening to her exnation and abuse, the machine gunner calmed down. He looked at the two empty chests beside him, then at the empty shells at his ankle, wanting to cry but had no tearsing out. I aggravated the wrong person, this bitchs cursing is really too fierce....He was the first to stop firing but was not thest. In less than a minute after, the other two machine guns stopped firing, followed by the arguments between the gunners and thedies. Without the suppression of the machine guns, the tired-looking D2 started to speed up, although there were still the asional mortar bombs exploding before it, these bombs were no longer able to affect it much, it slowly drew closer to the survivors frontline, all of the machine gunners looked towards Zhang Xiao Qiang for the next order. Zhang Xiao Qiang gestured for them to retreat. Following the machine gunners retreat, the riflemen all started to run towards their camp. Zhang Xiao climbed onto the roof of a front loader and stamped downwards, which spewed out arge amount of smoke towards the D2. Another front loader unloaded the same thing towards the D2, Yang Keer had used her mace and stood atop the roof as well. When she saw Zhang Xiao Qiang looking at her, she gave him a cheeky face, then looked at the D2 in a serious manner. The two front loaders were operated and moved at two different angles towards the D2 with the end being the D2 that no longer had any proper piece of skin left on its body. As the front loader moved further, the number of zombie corpses crushed beneath got more and more, causing the vehicle to sway more intensely. Zhang Xiao Qiang and Yang Keer were no longer able to stand on the roof of the vehicle and had to grab their weapons and kneel on the roof, the two front loaders raised their sawtooth scoops and smashed onto the crawling D2. Bang bang.... Two loud sounds came out from the sides of D2, the two front loaders had grasped the D2 in the middle, the D2 that was on the ground got stuck between the two scoops. It felt that its mobility was being restricted and struggled to get out, with its immense strength, the front loaders started to sway. Zhang Xiao Qiang used his left hand to hold onto the dust-covered roof and waited for the vehicle to move backward, his body swaying along with the front loader. He held onto the Beast Horn Spear on the other hand and had no other weapons with him. If the Beast Horn Spear could not do anything to it, no other weapons would. The two scoops moved, both lifting the D2 up into the sky. With the power of the front loaders, the D2 was trapped in the air, one of its arms was trapped together with its body while the other w waved around. Its movements were futile, aside from leaving a few scratch marks on the scoops, it could not do anything else. Its entire body was suspended and trapped between the two scoops, and it no longer had the capability to use its massive strength, it was like the Greek Titan Heracles, without the power of earth, he became weak. The D2 howled, it was afraid.... Zhang Xiao Qiang used all of his strength and jumped onto the arm in front of the front loader, with dexterous agility, he quickly jumped onto the scoop. The smoke around the D2 had not dissipated while the corpses on the floor emitted weird green smoke. The air was polluted and aside from the smoky smell, there was a disgusting burning meat smell that would make anyone nauseous. He avoided the iing D2s ws and used his right leg to jump up and Plop, hended on the D2s left shoulder. He endured the smelly stenching from the D2 and used the Beast Horn Spear to stab into the D2s eyes ferociously. The Beast Horn Spear stabbed right into the D2s brains with Zhang Xiao Qiangs strength. The D2 howled in anguish and struggled with even more power, but it was useless, the loader continued to spew the ck smoke onto it as the two scoops mped onto it tightly. It suddenly turned its head and bit at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Half of the Beast Horn Spear was already inside it, Zhang Xiao Qiang held onto the Spear with both hands and was preparing to add even more force to drive the entire spear in. Right at that moment, the D2 suddenly tilted itsrge head to the side, bringing the Beast Horn Spear to its back. Zhang Xiao Qiang had his hands on the spear in that instant and was flung by the power of the D2. Helpless, he could only hold onto the spear tightly, preventing him from truly flying away. Like that, both of his hands held onto the Beast Horn Spear that was on the glossy back of the D2. His face leaned against the D2s coarse skin, he endured the stench of the D2 pervading his nose and cursed the D2 in his heart for turning its head without any warning, he and the D2 were now in a deadlock. Ah.....ha.... Yang Keer screamed as she jumped forward onto the scoop. With all her strength, she used the heavy mace and smashed dead straight into the D2srge head. CLANK She felt as though her mace had struck onto metal, the mace trembled from the impact and flew out, along with Yang Keer who was holding onto it tightly. She fell back onto the loaders roof. Chapter 175: Complete Victory

Chapter 175: Complete Victory

The shockwave unleashed by Yang Keers mace was far stronger than the shockwave of the mortars. The D2s head looked as though it was stampeded over by countless of elephants as it kept on vibrating non-stop and was unable to even feel the Beast Horn Spear stabbed into its head. As the D2s head kept shaking its vibrating head, Zhang Xiao Qiang started to move up and down like a sailboat as he held onto the Beast Horn Spear. Shuaaa, he was flung over the D2s shoulder and hung in front of its chest which was covered with holes caused by the machine guns. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw that none of these wounds had any blood, all of them were flesh wounds and had been sealed tight by vein lines. Zhang Xiao Qiang loosened his right hand and touched the pistol holster on the police belt at his waist, his left hand still holding onto the Beast Horn Spear and enduring the sway of the D2, he raised the heavy and silver Desert Eagle and aimed at the D2s smelly andrge head. Bang bang bang... The Desert Eagles loud shots screamed into his eardrums, causing his mind to buzz. The powerful recoil forced him to let go of the Beast Horn Spear and fall. Plop! Zhang Xiao Qiang fell into a pit formed by a mortar round. The soil beneath him were all loosened, so he did not suffer from any injuries from the fall. Supporting himself on the still hot sand, he stood up and looked up at the D2 in the air. The D2s mouth and nose had suffered serious damage. Because of the bad angle, the Desert Eagle only managed to shoot at its side. But even so, the injuries suffered was worse than the injury from the Beast Horn Spear. The D2 was enraged and afraid, the repeated events made it fearful. It struggled intensely in midair, its ws no longer scratching the scoops but groped around and found the edge of them. It unleashed a howl as its entire body tensed up and its arm exerted a force causing the scoop to have a small crack. The front loaders continued to spew the ck smoke onto it, but following the sudden force of the D2, the vehicle started to move backward. Bang bang.... Zhang Xiao Qiang changed the clip of the Desert Eagle and used both of his hands to hold onto the gun as he aimed at the D2s mouth and fire off. The Desert Eagles recoil pushed him back repeatedly, but his eyes were fixated onto the D2s ugly face. Yang Keer climbed back up the top of the vehicle with a ck face, she had embarrassed herself greatly. In the earlier confrontation with the D2 and she had happily rushed forward, but the D2 had swept her off with one hand and ultimately exploded due to Zhang Xiao Qiang. In the previous confrontation, before she could even confront the D2, she was flung away and fainted due to a concussion while the D2 was killed by Yuan Yi and Zhang Xiao Qiang. Finally, she got an opportunity to fight a D2 again, but before the D2 had even retaliated, she was almost flung down to the floor. She stood up, lowered herself and prepared to jump upwards once more, but an intense sway urred beneath her feet again, causing her to drop on all fours on the roof of the vehicle. A direct explosion struck the D2, causing an intense amount of pain. One of its legs found its footing on the scoop and pushed downwards, causing the entire front loader to tilt. The vehicle tilted to one side while the other side continued to move, ultimately leading to the fall of the front loader. The D2 was forced down to the ground by the inertia of the front loader, and Zhang Xiao Qiang saw it as an opportunity. He took three quick steps forward and unleashed a full force on his right leg, kicking the Beast Horn Spear that was prated through the side of the D2s head, pushing another quarter of the 80cm Beast Horn Spear into the D2. OWWWWW.... The D2 suddenly flipped its body and hugged its head on the floor as it howled in pain as it slithered towards Zhang Xiao Qiang like a python. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not bother dodging it when the D2 reached his feet, he kicked the Beast Horn Spear. The D2 felt the throbbing pain in its head and swung its ws out randomly, flinging dirt, stones and scattered pieces of flesh and bones all around. The D2s fanatic response forced Zhang Xiao Qiang to avoid it and retreat slightly. He then took out the third clip and reloaded his Desert Eagle and waited. Rumble....rumble.... An orange caterpir excavators engine was started, Wang Le breathed heavily with tearful eyes as he sat in the drivers seat and started operating the vehicle, the excavators thick mechanical arm was raised upwards then flung down at a very fast speed, instantly hooking onto the D2s lower half body, locking the D2 down on the ground with its sawtooth excavator. The D2 stopped hugging onto its head and started to w the excavator with both of its ws as it tried to struggle free. Bang.... Zhang Xiao Qiangs Desert Eagle sounded off once again. This time, the D2 was alreadypletely exhausted, aside from howling, it could not do anything else. The power of the excavator was not something the front loader couldpare to, its initial lift required arge amount of power, thus the D2 was somewhat struggling at its death door. It could only close itsrge mouth and prevented Zhang Xiao Qiang to injure hisrge incisors as he expanded his clip into its mouth. Ya ya ya ya ya.... Yang Keer finally climbed down from the damned front loader. She raised herrge mace up and screamed out a few weird sounds as she smashed down towards the D2s head. The D2 was struggling and moving its head, attempting to move the excavator from its body, resulting in Yang Keers mace smashing onto the Beast Horn Spear above its ear. With the strike from the Mace, the Beast Horn Spear protruded out from the other ear. The D2 unleashed a long howl, its entire body twitched violently while its tworge ws swung randomly in the air. Right after that, it stopped moving..... Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the D2 which had stopped moving, then holstered his Desert Eagle and turned to walk towards the camp. Although he had just gone through an intense battle, his footwork became faster and faster, his military boots stepped onto the ground that had been softened by the mortar bombs and felt as though he was stepping on sheeps wool. He felt as though he was floating, his mood was extremely light; It was the fourth D2 that had died in his hands, and the one that died the most tragically. The advantageid in Zhang Xiao Qiangs hand since the start till the end and the D2 had no opportunity to retaliate, aside from overturning one of the front loaders, it did not do anything else. Yang Keer carried the mace on her shoulders and groaned as she followed behind Zhang Xiao Qiang, although she was rather unlucky at the start, but so what? In the end, I was the one who killed the big boss, although Zhang Xiao Qiang made a bit of contribution, but who asked him to be my darling? In Yang Keers eyes, whatever belonged to her darling belonged to her, but what belonged to her belonged to her alone....A manpletely pale in the face climbed out from the fallen front loader, when he saw the dead D2 by his side, he squealed and fell on his back. He immediately used his hands to retreat backward, he was one of Wang Les two subordinates, in the battle, Wang Les entire repair team were on the frontlines. Wang Le jumped down from the excavator and walked over to the D2 and inspected the body. He exerted all of his strength to kick the dead D2s corpse to express his despise, then obediently chased after Zhang Xiao Qiangs back towards the camp. He had many more jobs to work on and the D2 was just a minor episode for the day, he had never witnessed the real power of a D2, naturally, he never saw it as dangerous....Zhang Xiao Qiang walked past many men and women who lowered their heads towards him in respect and reached the Fat Chef. He took the lunchbox from the Fat Chef, then walked over to the side and started to have histe lunch. The food was still hot, the fat Chef had heated it up for him once more. To be able to eat hot food made Zhang Xiao Qiang satisfied, Lu Wen Yi led the Logistic Team and cleared up the mess around the D2. Three made an inventory of the Combat Teams remaining ammunition, Yang Keer held onto her lunch, pointed to the distance, and cried out.... Chapter 176: News of WH Gathering Point

Chapter 176: News of WH Gathering Point

In the distance more than 10rge trucks appeared from within the fog of dust and sand, the fleet that had went back to the spa had returned, the only difference was that they had missed the intense and thrilling battle. After dinner, Zhang Xiao Qiang did a patrol around the camp and inspected the ce, the Combat Team members were split into two divisions and did roundabout patrol at the edge of the camp, using powerful torch lights to shine at dim ces, the rifles in their hands all lock and loaded. Zhang Xiao Qiang had given the order to fire first and give a warning after to anything they deemed as strange. The camp was notrge, every Combat Team Member were able to clearly see and be clear of the situation inside the camp so Zhang Xiao Qiang became more at ease. His patrol was actually his activity to digest his food, when he suddenly felt strange in his stomach.... Zhang Xiao Qiang had a cigarette lit in his mouth and a roll of tissue paper in his hands. He looked around, hoping to find a blessednd to resolve his problem, the slow-burning cigarette constantly emitting a faint smoke that caused him to squint. With his squinted eyes, he looked around, there are no cover and concealment at the bottom, Ill get noticed below, above is even more of a no go, the wind is too strong and my dick will be cold, in the middle? No way, its too close to the camp, theyll be able to hear my fart still. If I attract the patrol team, thatd be worse, where will I hide my face? He crossed over a little mound and arrived behind a hillside. His eyes lit up, right in the middle of the hillside were tworge rocks leaning on each other with a small crack in the middle perfect for a person to squat and not be seen. The tworge rocks were of different colors, one was brown while the other greenish grey. A thinyer of smoke slowly rose from between the tworge rocks and one would never notice it unless they walked closer and looked carefully. On this open side, the smoke dissipated with the mountain winds. Zhang Xiao Qiang squattedfortably inside and settled his big business. The tworge rocks covered him perfectly, the wind could not blow in and outsiders could not look in, yet he could easily look through the crack and have a view of the outside. To him, there was no better feeling than having a good view while defecating and smoking. The battle with the D2 was aplete victory with them not dropping even a single hair, aside from the man who fell inside the overturn front loader who suffered only a few bruises, the overall battle made Zhang Xiao Qiang feel contented. As for the man who tried to flee, what did it matter to him? POP... The sound of rocks tumbling came down. Zhang Xiao Qiang ignored it and continued smoking. ...... Murmurs broke Zhang Xiao Qiangs enjoyment. He put out the cigarette and quickly put on his pants and headed out. He figured that some of them had decided to desert the camp and had arrived at his location, he had decided to teach them a lesson for them to understand rules. Four raggedly dressed men wielding sharpened reinforced steel bars climbed up from below, one of them who was sharper saw Zhang Xiao Qiang emerging from the crack between the tworge rocks and raised his steel bar, roared and rushed at Zhang Xiao Qiang. The sharpened reinforced steel bar in his hand stabbed forward while the other men all raised up their weapons and pounced onto Zhang Xiao Qiang, all of them releasing animal-like roars with killing intent in their eyes.... BANG..... The desert eagle unleashed mes that smothered uponing in contact with the air outside, the sky was dark and still getting darker and the hillside had turned gloomy. It was to the point that even a slight distance away was no longer clear. The men who had just roared like animals retracted their teeth and ws and acted docile, the short and sharpened reinforced steel bar dropped to the mans feet and struck a rock, producing a ng sound. The moment they saw the Desert Eagle in Zhang Xiao Qiangs hands, their legs started trembling like sieves, the man who charged first was the most extreme, his entire body was trembling as though he could fall at any moment. A few beams of light dispersed the darkness around Zhang Xiao Qiang and found their way to Zhang Xiao Qiangs Desert Eagle that reflected the light. The three men wielding rifles were the Combat Team Members. They appeared behind Zhang Xiao Qiang, and upon seeing the few men opposing him, they took aim. The four raggedly dressed men raised their hands in unison in a stance to surrender..... Zhang Xiao Qiang sat in the middle of the camp near a bonfire and took a puff while Zhang Huai An and a few men interrogated the four of them. The four men were extremely honest with the muzzles pointing right at their faces, they did not even dare to lower their heads and answered every question that Zhang Huai An had for them. Zhang Huai An questioned them very carefully, they had even announced their underwear colors...... On the day of the virus breakout, the crowd at the construction site became a mess. As the terrain was open, many people managed to escape with many scattering out into the wilderness. At first, a few of them met up and formed a small group which then snowballed to ten of them. A few dozens of them, a hundred of them until finally, they joined up with arge groupprised of ordinary people, forming arge poption of 200 to 300 men. The more people led to more quarrels, over 200 of them were males from the various constructionpanies and came from every part of the country. This immediately made them divided with everypany forming a group. Thisrge poption was thus turned into an alliance betweenpanies and the ordinary citizens, and inside, it was like the war of 3 Kingdoms, inside everypany, even smaller groups were formed of different categorizations, where inside the categorizations, they formed even smaller groups based on the proximity of native homes. The ordinary citizens were not unified as well, they formed groups of vigers and moved separately, the town people were together and prohibited others from entering their territory. Adding that the differentpanies had people in the same viges and enemy vigers, this alliance quickly crumbled. With more people, consumption became faster, the intake of food of a few hundred men and the consumption of water became a problem. A few men who drank unclean water turned into zombies, a few others did not dare to look for the water source, some found a clean water mouth with much difficulty but were upied by others who found it as well. To consume water, they had to trade items, food, clothe, women. They weed everyone, if no one had anything, it was fine, they still have some water, but everyone only had a small mouth to drink a day. This prevented them from dying of thirst and prevented others from fighting it out with them. The construction workers had no women, all of those who had women were ordinary citizens that were dragged by their families. There were very few women and over 30 of them were too old or too young. Their trades made the ordinary citizens very unhappy, adding that one of the small ringleaders fell for a youngdy and wanted to exchange tworge pots of water for her to which the family disagreed, he made his move and with a slip of his hand, killed the youngdys father. This led to the ordinary citizens being infuriated. The ringleader was ripped to pieces on the spot, and when the crowd saw the blood, all of them lostmon sense. Adding that people took the lead to spread gossip, everyone started to grab their things and grab as much water as they can. When the otherpanies saw the ordinary citizens going crazy, they became even crazier. They no longer cared about scarcity and started using the goods they seized from others to exploit others, causing others to be unhappy. But who would care when they could take advantage of other people? From the big fight, the big group of 300 men dropped to 200, the water mouth that was originally sufficient was seized and became less, one after another, people started to die with iplete bodies. The people who imed the water mouth realized that the water was too little and insufficient for a few hundred people to use and could only ensure their own consumption. With that, they finalized a n where the men would search for food in the day while thedies waited at home, a fewdies that had no men with them had to trade their own bodies for food. Slowly, more and more rules came up, people who found food kept it to themselves while those that were found together were shared. Those that did not find anything went hungry, women who lost their men traded their bodies for food while those who still had their men could eat with them. The four men that were found were coincidentally near Zhang Xiao Qiangs camp looking for food and heard the gunshots and mortar rounds. Thus they thought it was their opportunity to gain something. They detoured and climbed from the back of the hillside slowly. By the time they saw Zhang Xiao Qiang emerging from the crack after his big business, the sky was already dark. They were not able to see clearly, adding that Zhang Xiao Qiang did not make a sound, they thought that they had encountered a zombie, and was about to kill him off when the gunshot was fired.... Chapter 177: At the Other Site

Chapter 177: At the Other Site

Zhang Xiao Qiang turned and saw Yang Keer giggling and felt depressed. I was just taking a dump, how did I turn into a zombie? Even if Im not the best looking chap or an outstanding person, I still look good, how can you treat me as a zombie? What kind of eyes do you guys have, I shouldnt have fired off the warning shot and just fired at their heads. How much further? Once you turn around that mountain and drive another 2km, youll reach. Zhang Xiao Qiang sat in the Rover that was in the lead, in front of him in the front passenger seat was a 20 years old young man who reported and navigated the journey, Yang Keer sat beside Zhang Xiao Qiang, asleep and Shangguan Qiao Yun sat on the other side. Behind them were three other off-road vehicles all filled with fully armed Combat Team Members. At thest was a six-wheel dump truck filled with rice and clothes. When Zhang Xiao Qiang found out about the 200 odd people living near him, he immediately thought of bringing them under him. He had guns and mortars, rice and water, so he did not think much about them not submitting to him. Zhang Xiao Qiang coveted the construction workers, they were all young and strongbor. They had struggled for half a year in the apocalypse and had sharpened their courage and staunchness to look for food and kill zombies in the wilderness. They had taken the initiative to kill Zhang Xiao Qiang in the previous night which proved that they were qualified soldiers. Zhang Xiao Qiangs ownbat team still had lingering fears in their hearts against the walking corpses despite holding bays and rifles, but these men held onto ugly and sharpened reinforced steel bars and were willing to risk their lives. To him, they were definitely far stronger than Brother Longs subordinates. At that time, when Brother Long talked about risking their lives, it was in fact merely stealing chicken and seeing that the situation was unfavorable, they turned tail and ran. They would never fight to the death, thus there was such a person as the unfortunate man who was shot to death by Zhang Xiao Qiang. What Zhang Xiao Qiang required the most of them was not their fighting capabilities but their techniques. They werecking in materials and manpower was starting to be deficient, that was why Old Frank had a change in personality. What was worse was that no one knew techniques for construction and engineering, only a few of them hadid bricks to make walls before for ordinary housing courtyard perimeters. With them as the backbone, the perimeter wall built waspletely based on imitation. To suddenly have men with the techniques and skills required, handing the task over to them would produce a far stronger work than their current handlers. After going around the mountain, they saw a cluster of messy temporary shelters built roughly a kilometer ahead of them. All of these temporary shelters were at the foot of a small hill with the vegetation chopped down cleanly. A few sections of thend had pits all around, most probably tree roots dug up for firewood. Following downwards, they could see a narrow split at the lower part of the mountain which gradually expanded where at the end, small vehicles could move in and out. All of the temporary shelters were built around the opening at the foot of the mountain. From a distance, they could see that two men held onto pikes and guarded the opening through binocrs. Not any person holding onto utensils or water could enter, everyone had to give something to the guards to enter the ce. Zhang Xiao Qiang lowered his binocrs and waved his hands. The few off-road vehicles overtook his Land Rover, one of them was a Beijing Jeep that had no roof. Instead, it was equipped with a heavy machine gun above. The long body of the weapon was wrapped with glistening gold bullets loaded on a bandolier, the muzzle of the weapon pointed to the front as though it could spew mes of death at any time. Before the small team of vehicles soaring with killing intent had advanced a kilometer, the temporary shelter beneath the mountain erupted like a pail of cold water dowsing a bucket of hot oil, the men howled and shouted out loud and the women screamed as countless of figures moved all over the camp. The sound of metal pounding came out and as it intensified, the people became even more chaotic. Many of them were like headless flies running onto the temporary shelters by the side of the roads, some falling along with the shelters. There were some shelters that had fires for cooking that had not been put out and because of the owners panic, the mes dropped ontobustible items and set the entire temporary shelter aze. Dense ck smoke brought the chaos to a new high.....Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the unrest through the binocrs, his men had not even reached the camp and wandered around 200m away and maintained deterrence, but the people from the camp were like the ordinary citizens in history movies that fled when their cities were destroyed. Whats going on, my men have not even released a fart, much less fired a bullet, why are the people so afraid to that degree? The young man seated in front saw Zhang Xiao Qiang questioning himself doubtfully. Theposition and groups of the people in the camp were already veryplicated. After the big fire, everyone started to huddle in their own groups, but not one powerful figure came out to gather the entire camp. Even the foragers huddled together with the other foragers, much less being able to do something together....Zhang Xiao Qiangs Land Rover gradually got closer to the camp. The off-road vehicles that were patrolling around the camp cautiously started to gather back behind the Land Rover. The Jeep with the heavy machine gun mounted at its top drove beside the Land Rover, the machine gunner constantly aiming the ck muzzle at the camp as though he would fire at any slight problems. By his side, ady dressed in military uniform, equipped with a leather belt, holster, and M1 Helmet sat at the front passenger seat with her legs on an ammunition trunk. Her face was filled with disdain, seeing the chaotic people inside the camp, her eyes were filled with ridicule. Including her, the other twodies were handpicked by Zhang Xiao Qiang to join the Combat Team, adding the previous two policewomen, Zhang Xiao Qiangs Combat Team nowprised of 5 women. The three of them were the machine gunner assistants from the battle against the D2, their performances gained Zhang Xiao Qiangs recognition and were converted from temporary members to true members of Zhang Xiao Qiangs team. Zhang Xiao Qiang had equipped them with the standard equipment the Combat Team had, just that their M1 Garand Rifles were swapped for Type 77 pistols, the three machine gun teams and two mortar team members were all equipped with Type 77 pistols, which were considered unique equipment for Zhang Xiao Qiangs main force. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not rashly drive the vehicle in, he allowed the young captive to go ahead and negotiate with the camp people while he sat inside the car and smoked leisurely. Yang Keer disliked the smell and got off the car, Shangguan Qiao Yun had be Yang Keers aide-de-camp and followed her everywhere she went, which to her was a small revenge towards Zhang Xiao Qiang for ignoring her. You want to ignore me? Then Ill ignore you, humph! Following Yang Keers action, the other people got off their vehicles. Some smoked at the side while some stood with theirpanions, looking and pointing at the chaos in the camp andughed away. Some even leaned against the vehicles and suntanned with their weapons. Zhang Xiao Qiang carefully sized up the situation and quickly realized that everyone was looking towards a single direction of the camp, yet no one cared about their backs. None of them had even turned to look at their rear direction. AMATEURS.....they are a fucking bunch of amateurs! Zhang Xiao Qiang was furious, but he knew that none of them had served the army before. He himself never served the army, so the military ranks and procession werepletely out of his mind. Zhang Xiao Qiangs team were far from elites, the only amazing thing about them was that they were a group of bandits unafraid of death. Upon thinking that he was the head of the bandits, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt slightly depressed. He had three bodyguards that had served the army before, but he did not wish to promote them so easily, their base was not stable yet, he did not wish to have an increase in uncertain elements. Chapter 178: Actual Interaction

Chapter 178: Actual Interaction

While Zhang Xiao Qiang was pondering, the camp started to regain someposure. Some people were fighting the fire, some of them were calling out for their family or friends, some of those that had fallen were picked up and aided by others. Following that, more than 200 strong men came out, all of them held onto crude and simple self-made weapons while their faces maintained their ferocious looks. They walked on the road and split into groups of tens, every group dispersed towards the car fleet in an attempt to outnk them. All of them raised their weapons and stared at Zhang Xiao Qiangs fleet. Their footwork got faster and faster like ants slowly dispersing all around the empty space around the fleet. In the end, Zhang Xiao Qiangs cars were surrounded in the center....all of the Combat Team Members became anxious, they held onto their rifles and kept taking aim around them, the heavy machine gunner had his finger at the trigger, slowly pressing down with strength. His eyes were bloodshot and his cheeks started to twitch from excitement. Thedies by his side held brushes and oil as they brushed the bullets with a canvas over theirps....Two men walked out from the crowd. Upon seeing the Combat Team Members fully equipped, the M1 Helmets, the rifles in their hands and the ice cold heavy machine gun muzzle aimed wherever they walked, one of them felt like peeing on the spot, but upon seeing the man standing beside the Land Rover smoking away, none of them dared to make any additional movements, afraid that it would lead to suspicion and instant death by gunshots. The two men forced themselves to remain cool and walked over to Zhang Xiao Qiang. They lifted their heads and puffed up their chests as much as they could in attempts to be on equal footing with Zhang Xiao Qiang. The man dressed slightly neater and had a cleaner face looked to Zhang Xiao Qiang and spoke: We didnt know that big brother you have brought men to visit us, we represent our group of 200rades to express our enthusiastic wee to big brother... Dont bullshit with me! Do you know my intent foring here today? Zhang Xiao Qiang interrupted the mans courteous speech and directly asked for their choice, although men behind were doing their best to portray themselves ferociously, Zhang Xiao Qiang saw that many of them were trembling in their legs, especially when the muzzle of the machine guns started to move and aimed at them, none of them were able to maintain their steadiness. Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that they were all feigning and were, in fact, afraid of dying, they acted as such was because they wanted to raise the negotiation. It was a pity Zhang Xiao Qiang saw through them, he was not Brother Long, he was a devil that survived from D2s. Erm, erm, can I ask what big brothers name is? The man did his best to act humble under everyones eyes, hisrade that hade with him had his head lowered right from the start. Most of Zhang Xiao Qiangs attention had been fixated on this man, he was rather young and looked around the age of 21 or 22. He looked rather immature and from the start, he never looked at anyone and maintained eye contact with his own feet. If not for the cold aura emitting from him, Zhang Xiao Qiang would have thought that he had lowered his head because of fear, but while he stood there, he maintained his calm and his body never swayed. It was his collected behavior and calmness that led to Zhang Xiao Qiangs attention, to be able to maintain his behavior under the threat of a muzzle meant only one thing, A fighter born from death doors! You can call me Brother Cockroach, all my subordinates call me that! Zhang Xiao Qiang answered while cing his right hand on his belt. With a flick of his finger, a dark triangle appeared in his palm. He ced his hand down with the triangle thorn sped between his fingers. Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to see what the man wanted to do. To Zhang Xiao Qiang, a man with the idea of assassinating the leader of a group that had many weapons was not simple. Zhang Xiao Qiang himself could be considered a skillful and brave man and never believed that anyone could hurt him from the start. Brother Cockroach, take a look, we have a difficult life here, we do not dare topare to you. But I believe it must have been difficult for Brother Cockroach to havee here, what about this. Brother Cockroach, you can take whatever you like, we will not object, additionally, we have a gift to offer you. When the man finished speaking, he realized Zhang Xiao Qiang was looking at him cheekily and thought that Zhang Xiao Qiang was moved. He turned and gestured to the men behind him. Not longter, the mass of people behind made way to form a small path, where two fierce men appeared, carrying ady who was tied up. Behind her was an 11-12-year-old boy who was crying and running at the same time, and ran over to the womans thighs and cried. One of the man kicked him to the ground, causing thedy to cry as well. She struggled in the ropes and turned her head to look at the little boy on the ground, but no matter what, how could she have strengthparable to two grown men? The two men dragged thedy and walked over while the child remained crying on the ground while slowly crawling over. Witnessing the tragic scene, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not say anything, neither did his subordinates. Thedies had strange expressions, but when Yang keer saw, she could not be bothered about it and focused only on Zhang Xiao Qiang. She wanted to see if he would increase the number of sisters she would have. Shangguan Qiao Yun stared at the woman with a ze in her eyes as though she was about topare who was more beautiful. If thedy could not bepared to her, she would ignore her. But what if she was stronger? She looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang fiddling with the Garand rifle, then looked at the machine gunner assistant who was watching the little child with tears flowing down her cheeks. She had thought about her own child, seeing Zhang Xiao Qiang acting so calmly, she gritted her teeth, then drew out the Type 77 Pistol from her holster and got off the car. From behind, the machine gunner could be heard scolding her, but she never turned back. She held her pistol and ran over to the little boy and carried him up and ran back. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not get angry seeing thedys initiative, everyone was responsible for themselves. Since she had made the decision, Zhang Xiao Qiang could not be bothered. If he wanted to punish her, he would wait until they return to the base. Thedy with disheveled hair was brought to Zhang Xiao Qiang. She did not even nce at Zhang Xiao Qiang as she turned her head and focused on the child behind her, seeing that her own child was carried by thedy from the car, she stopped struggling. She lowered her head and stared at her own feet, and waited for them to do the negotiations. When Zhang Xiao Qiang took his first nce at her, he was stunned. She had lowered her head and her messy hair had covered her face, but her figure, Zhang Xiao Qiang could only describe it with one word Mature.... Her physique was robust at the chest and butt, her body structure was extremely well proportioned, she was curved and busty at the right ces, and ces, where should be t and firm, did not have an ounce of fat. Although herplexion could not be seen, the impressive peaks forced out by the ropes made Zhang Xiao Qiang feel as though he was witnessing the most perfect thing ever, the most shocking thing was the two round breasts. Zhang Xiao Qiang had inspected over 300 adult videos, but the number of actresses that had physiques evenparable to thedy in front of him was a few, much less any surpassing her. Shangguan Qiao Yuns figure was already not too bad and could be considered top grade amongst the women, but thedy in front of him was huge. HUGE. The ropes on her waist were extremely tight, revealing her delicate figure, no one could ever tell that this body had given birth to a child before. The buttocks below her waist were plump and smooth, although she had dropped her head to her chest, her perky butt forced her body to have an obvious S shape, of course, it was not the shocking big S of Sister Furong*. Below her beautiful buttocks were the pair of thighs. She had height, but ? of it came from her legs. Seeing the beautiful slender pair of legs, Zhang Xiao Qiang could not help but praise in his heart, She has the golden ratio! *- not sure who this sister furong is Chapter 179: Deterrence and the Warrior unafraid of death

Chapter 179: Deterrence and the Warrior unafraid of death

The men all revealed smirks that only the other men knew while thedy lifted her chin and looked up towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang nced at her. Her looks were not the best and could only be described as delicate and pretty. Besides, her face was covered with dirt and dust. But the skin at her neck which reflected the sunlight glistened with health, it looked as though she had maintained herself rather well. The machine gunner assistant carried the child over and looked over to Zhang Xiao Qiang warily. Seeing that Zhang Xiao Qiang did not care about her, she heaved a sigh of relief and ced the child onto her own seat, then found some food for the boy. When the machine gunner saw the dirty and messy child seated beside him, he could not resist and chided in anger, but was met with the re of the assistant and dare not speak further. The child was recognized as a boy, he had short hair that was clearly cut by an amateur, his face was dirty with dirt and dust all over. When he saw that his mother was right in front of him, he stopped crying and only focused on her while eating the food given to him. We saved this woman out of some vi we found the day before yesterday and because of her, us brothers almost fought. Coincidentally, Brother Cockroach came today, it seems like thisdy here was specially sent to us to be prepared for you, no one had touched her before, so Brother Cockroach can enjoy her without worries... Before the man could finish his sentence, Zhang Xiao Qiang interrupted him. Zhang Xiao Qiang no longer wanted to waste his time on him, he looked at the man dead in the eyes and stressed each word: Stop ying dumb with me. Ive sent men to get this clear, surrender to me, you live. Disobey, DIE! Upon hearing that, the man became anxious. Before, they disyed themselves so arrogantly, but then they changed their stance and gifted a woman, wasnt it just to preserve their independence? Who would ever be willing to be ves to an organization they did not know of? That was themon understanding of their entire group. Before they were having internal strifes and it was their first time standing united when Zhang Xiao Qiang appeared. It was for one goal, to not be the ves of others. Bro....Brother Cockroach, can.....can you be slightly more flexible....we have a few hundred mouths to feed....your rations, I...I think it isnt enough... Zhang Xiao Qiang interrupted him again: Once you surrender and pay your allegiance to me, I will naturally deal with the food shortage problem, you dont even have to worry about any other things....haha, rx, you wont die from starvation. Listening to Zhang Xiao Qiangs words, the mans face quickly turned pale, he knew that the most terrible oue had appeared, his mouth started to tremble as he started retreating. The young man beside him who had not moved since the beginning suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang. In that instant when the man raised his head, Zhang Xiao Qiangs right hand already started exerting a force, he knew that the man had some means to turn the situation. You want to defeat the enemy by defeating the chief? I wont even give you a chance. Following the mans retreat, all the spectators around started to move. The men with weapons all bellowed out loud, some started to advance closer in, some pulled onto others and slowly retreated. Many more stayed in their positions and whispered to each other. Noises rose from Zhang Xiao Qiangs side, all of them were on guard, they pulled the gun bolts of the rifles, some unsheathed their bays and installed them below the muzzle of their rifles, the heavy machine gunner moved the muzzle constantly and used the muzzle to scan the crowd, especially those that were closest to them. The assistant machine gunner ced the child on one side and held the bandolier with both hands to ensure that the machine gun could continue firing. The little boy was instantly attracted to the machine gun, he carefully observed every intricate detail of the weapon and watched every move the machine gunner made. The young man suddenly rushed forward with his body inclined slightly forward. A small de with a length of less than 15 cm and width of less than 3 cm was equipped in his hand. In less than three steps, he jumped up towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, aiming the de at his neck. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the iing de wielded in the mans right hand, the slender Triangr Spike spun in the air and flew at the mans right hand. CLANK.... The man deflected it in midair, his small de striking the Spike while his body remained unmoved, the de in his hand then turned as he continued to stab towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. CLANK CLANK CLANK... With his bay, Zhang Xiao Qiang parried against the man and his small and straight dagger many times, the two of them raised their legs at the same time and kicked at each other, both of them aimed at their opponents underbelly. Zhang Xiao Qiangs leg suddenly changed directions halfway. He aimed at the young mans thigh,nding a sessful kick and causing the man to roll a few times back before bouncing back towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. There was no tranquility or indifference in this mans eyes, only craziness, he looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang and clenched his teeth, his mouth releasing a beast-like howl. When he failed in his sneak attack, he suddenly retreated. He was a fighter unafraid of death but also a lunatic....When the crowd saw the action urring, some of them ran over with weapons, screaming out loud at the top of their lungs, many more turned around and ran, they wanted to leave the battlefield. The entire ce was in chaos, people ahead wanted to run back, people behind wanted to run forward. In that mess, all of them started banging into each other, many of them who fell from the sh all screamed in pain when they were trampled on. The initial brave men all started to retreat and run upon seeing the chaos. Tu tu tu tu tu... The machine gun screamed. Bronze shells started spraying out of the bullet deflector and falling onto the base of the gun, the assistant machine gunner continued to feed bullets into the gun with a look of indifference. The boy stuck in between the two watched at the machine gunners hand trembling from the machine gun in envy. The ground started to have small holes as bullets sprayed all over, giving rise to a dust of dirt....Not long after the machine gun started firing, maybe 5 or 10 seconds, it stopped. No one in the crowd could continue standing there, whether it was those running forward or those retreating backward, all of them fell to the ground and covered their heads. Many of their postures on the ground werepletely wrong, their buttocks were lifted up high, revealing their moist pants. All of them were those who got scared by the firing. The machine gunner looked at the men sprawled across the ground in disdain. He had only opened fire as a warning, but all of them immediately acted like dead dogs. What if they saw the D2 yesterday? Will they be like this too? Zhang Xiao Qiang felt invigorated, he was constantlyparing himself to the far more powerful D2 and S2s. Finally, he was able to encounter a man who had physique and reaction close to him, allowing all of the pores on his entire body to feel extremelyfortable. This mans speed was fast but not as fast as an S2. He was strong, but not as strong as a D2. Most importantly, Zhang Xiao Qiang was not afraid of being wounded by him and turning into a zombie. Without all these pressure, Zhang Xiao Qiang started to use him to assess his own standard, but Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that this man had to be stronger. Right from the beginning, Zhang Xiao Qiang had the upper hand and the man was constantly being toyed with by him. Chapter 180: Self Destruction

Chapter 180: Self Destruction

The sharp de in the mans hand continued to parry against Zhang Xiao Qiangs bay, the clear and crisp sound of metal shing caused the Combat Team Members by Zhang Xiao Qiangs side to feel as though they were watching some martial artist movie. They were not at all worried about Zhang Xiao Qiangs safety, the D2 that could even withstand machine guns and mortars could not do anything to Zhang Xiao Qiang, so what of the man in front of them? Lacking far too much. The leader and two of his subordinates were already brought by a few Combat Team Members to the side and were kneeling down, thedy who was tied was released. She immediately hugged her own child and stood by the side, waiting for her fate. Aside from the machine gunner who continued to monitor the men sprawled over the ground, the others had their eyes on Zhang Xiao Qiang. They were all enjoying the show, if not for their fear of Zhang Xiao Qiangs identity, they would have mostlyplimented the fight. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the deranged man in front of him as though he was a ything, asionally blocking the mans de and slowly drawing in closer, to which the man would stumble and roll to the side from his approach. From the mans position, he would suddenly jump up like a spring and pounce at Zhang Xiao Qiang, although Zhang Xiao Qiang was like a cat toying with a mouse, he had a thread of respect for the man. Although the man was fanatical, he had a toughness to him and an undaunting spirit. If any other person were to have encountered Zhang Xiao Qiang, they would have most likely be captured or killed. But this man kept on going with different methods, everyone knew what he was on his mind, to bite off a piece of meat from Zhang Xiao Qiangs body even if it meant dying. Hah.... The man released air from his mouth, the de in his hand stabbed straight towards Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart. Zhang Xiao Qiang took a step backward and parried the de with his bay. With some luck, the sawtooth on the bay locked the des body in ce. Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly turned his wrist, exerting a force on the bay to flick the de out of the mans hand. The de was wrestled free from his control and flew outwards. Everyone who saw what happened thought that it was over, a crazy dog that had been defanged and ws removed could no longer harm Zhang Xiao Qiang. Ah.... Despite losing his weapon, the man did not be dispirited but became even more fanatical. He opened his arms and pounced directly towards Zhang Xiao Qiang with an opened mouth. His expression distorted as he aimed down at Zhang Xiao Qiangs neck and gnarled with his white teeth. Zhang Xiao Qiang raised his right leg in an attempt to kick at the man, but noticed that the man had moved his left hand, an even smaller de was inside his hand, the man had decided to kill him while taking his own life and wanted to use his chest to take Zhang Xiao Qiangs counterattack then use the small de in his hand to cut Zhang Xiao Qiangs neck. The Combat Team Members all felt as though huge rocks were pressing down onto their stomachs, they knew that if it were them, they would never be able to dodge the mans attacks. The man was even crazier than a rabid dog. With his right leg already raised, Zhang Xiao Qiang sensed that something was wrong but did not have the time to consider it, he dropped his bay and suddenly spun around the man and avoided his de. With both hands, he grabbed onto the mans left arm and waist and exerted a force. Just like that, he threw the man outwards....Zhang Xiao Qiang touched the cut wound on his face and looked at the man whoid on the floor with slight diffident in his heart. This man is too dangerous. Even when flung by Zhang Xiao Qiang, he had managed to use his right hand to w at Zhang Xiao Qiangs face, although he did not have the time to exert more strength, Zhang Xiao Qiang received a skin wound. The mans fall was not light, he rolled on the floor in pain for a few moments before struggling to stand. The man standing closest to him holding a rifleughed at him in ridicule, a few others intentionally aimed their muzzles at him, but he was not afraid, he used his bloodshot eyes and sought for his target. He had no thoughts to return alive from the battlefield, his heart only had one desire, the desire to perish. No one knew when it started, maybe it started when he was in middle school and was suspected to have Type A Influenza and had to lie in the infirmary, but no one bothered toe and visit him. Maybe it started from his father that never bothered or looked at him, inducing a sense of rage inside him, or maybe it was when he was young, he was sent to be taken care by his cousin-inw whom he hated. He did not care about anything and only thought about self-destruction, he wanted the whole world to die, he wanted to see the za littered with corpses, so he wielded his de andughed like a maniac, waiting for a bullet to send him to hell. Right from the beginning, he had this thought in mind, on more than one asion back in university, he held onto the small de he purchased online towards his sleeping roommate and gestured many times, as though he was ready to cut down! His living space was dark and suffocating and he constantly felt a heavyweight pressuring down on him, causing him to always seeking to die or self-destruct. When the apocalypse urred, he watched from the school roof as students on the field got pounced on by others, ripped apart, bitten, killed; An unprecedented satisfaction rose in his heart, he walked down the steps one step at a time, he wanted to head to the field and allow those crazy monsters to rip him apart and eat him up. He thought that it was the perfect way to die, he hated his own body, because it was something his father had given him. He slowly walked down the steps when a beautiful image suddenly appeared in his mind, the cousin sister who was six years older than him. The one that cooked for him, who bought sweets and toys for him, the one who brought him out to y, the one that he loved deep in his heart....He came back to himself, he had experienced all sorts of difficulties and perils and constantly walked on the fine line between life and death, the most severe case being his entire body being so injured that he could only lie down and await death. The moment before death felt wonderful, it feltfortable, as though nothing else mattered. All the past events of his life fleeted past his mind. The beautiful figure smiling at him at thest moment made him suddenly not want to die, he wanted to go back, to climb out of the window and feel the raindrops falling down on his face. Right there and then, he realized that he had changed, he became faster, stronger, he wanted to use these to return to his own home. His father died and turned into a zombie. He beheaded his own father, looked at the corpse at his feet without any emotions in his heart, with the only sense of loss and worry for his cousin sister. Her husband had died, killed by having small pieces of meat sliced off by his de, piece by piece. He cut extremely slowly, without knowing whether it was a thousand cuts or ten thousand cuts, he found her white bones in the bedroom. He hugged her bones and screamed in pain, he hated, he hated all of the zombies in the world. With de in hand, he rushed out of the door, wanting to kill every zombie he encountered or die trying. Right at that moment between life and death, he saw a girl hugging a pile of food and water running from the end of the street with a Type-S Zombie on her tail. She was dressed in a red hat and down-filled garment, the down-filled garment design was extremely familiar to him, his sister loved that piece. It was the piece that he bought for 500 bucks earned by working during his summer vacation. Seeing that identical garment, he swept past the girl and stabbed his de into the Type-S Zombies head. That was how he survived with a tail following him constantly, it was the girl dressed in the down-filled garment, the beautiful and delicate girl called Mi Nan, a 15-year-old student. She relied on her indescribable foresight and survived the apocalypse for a few months until she met him.... Chapter 181: Pleased, immensely pleased

Chapter 181: Pleased, immensely pleased

Over the course of drifting about, he found his way to this group, although the days were tough, he was able to survive. To Mi Nan, the life was satisfying. But to him, it was not. He wanted to die, he wanted to go down and find his sister. Then, the opportunity arose. The leader of the ordinary citizens sought him out. After promising that Mi Nan would be provided with the basic necessities, so long as he could kill the leader of the fleet of vehicles at the crucial moment..... Why.....why......why dont you kill me....e, shoot me.... With his bloodshot eyes, he stared at the Combat Team Member and howled in anger. His gasps for breath caused his chest to undte heavily, he stared at every single man holding onto a rifle with anger in his eyes, he wanted to die and not receive their ridicule. He swapped his de hand to his right and looked around, he wanted to die, he wanted to die a glorious death by battle. Itll be him, hesughing the most, humph! Laugh all you want... youre dying with me.... His target was the Combat Team Member standing beside Yang Keer who wasughing the most. Who would have thought that lying would get himself killed? The young man continued to stand in the same spot as he turned around and around. Suddenly, he increased his speed and threw his de straight at the throat of the targeted member. The Combat Team Member was overly careless, he had his gun slung over his body, but seeing the sudden de approaching him made him fall into despair and closed his eyes. The de stopped right at his throat and he could clearly feel the faint chill from the de, he faintly took a step back as he clumsily held onto the rifle. Due to the shock, he dropped his rifle onto the ground. He took a few more steps back, only to see that the mans hand was held in a dead grip by Yang Keer. The young man stared at Yang Keers fingers in shock, he knew of his own strength, a grown man would never be able to hold him down, much less a tender-looking young girl. He tried to struggle but Yang Keers pair of blushing hands prevented him from even moving an inch. He stared at Yang Keers adorable face with his bloodshot eyes and saw the disdain in her eyes. He became even more furious. AHHHHH..... He raised his left fist and smashed down at Yang Keers face. Yang Keer flicked her wrist and the young man was flung into the distance like a little doll. Plop.... He fell to the ground, inciting a cloud of smoke. He groaned on the ground and struggled for a bit before climbing up clumsily. A sudden dizzy spell struck him and in the daze, he saw a frail figure headed towards him. Ah.... He roared out once more and raised his fist at the figure. With another flick, he was flung out once more....Sprawled to the ground, he struggled, twisting and turning. He felt as though every single bone in his body had been mped and broken by pincers, the intense pain surged into his mind like a tide. Heid his chin on the ground, his heavy breathing blowing away the dust around him, forming a cloud of dust. He slowly shifted his arm to below his chest and supported himself, his two thighs slowly moved until he formed a kneeling position. Every single movement he made looked as though he was in slow-motion, slowly going through the motion to climb back up onto his feet. His posture was hrious, but no one dared tough. They were all shocked, the young man was flung by Yang Keer multiple times, but he was able to stand after every single time and could even attempt a punch at her, except after every throw, his movements got slower and slower, his punches lighter and lighter. Unknowingly, Yang Keer had reduced the amount of strength used to throw him up and started to be merciful in her actions. Even so, the young man became weaker and weaker, to the point that he almost had no strength to even climb back up. He stood in his position, his body swaying left and right, the dizziness in his head heavier and heavier. He could no longer see his surroundings clearly, he took a sluggish step forward, trying to find the little girl that had flung him to the ground countless of times. He still wanted to attack her, either to wait for her to kill him or to die by fatigue. A figure appeared in his blurred figure, Is that you? He swayed and moved towards the figure. The figure kept on approaching him, closer and closer. Ahhh.... He used the remaining ounce of strength in him and released a howl, then raised his right fist and forced it towards the figure. His fist was stopped, he saw the red clothes in front of him got even darker. The owner of the down-filled garment was the beautiful girl, she was roughly the same age as Yang Keer, her face constantly having a fearful expression. Tears filled up her eyes. She extended her hands out with the intention of supporting him but halfway through, she hesitated, as though she did not dare to touch him. The young man finally saw who was the owner of the red down-filled garment, he lowered his arm and remarked: You are not her!, and fell to the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang had already ced the young man in the back of his mind long ago. His subordinates rounded up the men on the floor. In the face of the machine gun, all of them obediently knelt down while hugging their heads. The muzzle of the machine gun slowly moved across them, every time it shifted to them and lingered slightly longer, the men would be even more fearful. 100 odd men were all kneeling on the ground trembling, they had no clue as to what their fate was. In the end, they were the ones who started everything, some of them who were hugging their heads moved their eyes everywhere as they observed the men with the guns, as though they were ready to run the moment they hear a gunfire. Some of them had their eyes closed as they muttered prayers under their breath. Some of the men looked at the few kneeling down at the front in resentment, all of them the leaders of the various teams. They hated their leaders for bringing them out for trouble, some of these men even had eyes on the rifles aimed at their heads while muttering to themselves: He said there was a machine gun, he said there was a machine gun.... Zhang Xiao Qiang held a cigarette in hand and walked over to the men, asionally puffing the cigarette and slowly exhaling the smoke. He looked at the men with his extremely cold gaze which caused their hearts to tremble. The silver and shiny Desert Eagle on his waist were like the Death Gods Scythe. In their minds, they thought that Zhang Xiao Qiang was choosing an unlucky egg to be punished as an example for the rest, none of them wanted to be the unlucky one. Every time Zhang Xiao Qiangs cold gaze swept past them, they would bury their heads in their chest until his bone-chilling gaze turned away. Zhang Xiao Qiangs felt pleased, he felt immensely pleased to the point of being unable to describe his emotions. Seeing all of the muscr men, he felt extremely happy. Zhang Xiao Qiang had learned the art to conceal his emotions, his eyes were cold but his heart was hot with emotions. What is a world after an apocalypsecking most? It isnt guns or gunpowder, not food or supplies, its manpower. Mature and strong manpower, with them, we can steal, we can build, we can grow, we can create.... Chapter 182: Children = Hope

Chapter 182: Children = Hope

The man who was the first to approach Zhang Xiao Qiang for negotiation had returned, all the conditions Zhang Xiao Qiang hadid out for him was that everyone had to surrender unconditionally, otherwise Zhang Xiao Qiang would have people to set the camp on fire, destroy their water source, kill their leaders.....5 minutes....10 minutes....20 minutes....there were not many movements in the camp except for the man that Zhang Xiao Qiang talked to who was moving around and speaking. The crowd below did not have any reaction to his words, some of them carried their bags and crawled towards the hill as though they would be able to avoid Zhang Xiao Qiangs wrath. With a few taking the lead, many more followed after, all of them carried bags and headed towards the small hill. The one at the front was still shouting for the people behind, as though he was encouraging them. The envoy of the group was preventing others from running by pointing at Zhang Xiao Qiang and engaging them. But these peoplepletely ignored him and continued heading up the hill.....Zhang Xiao Qiang threw the cigarette on the floor and stomped on it. Some people just wont listen until they see the coffin, he pointed a finger to the machine gunner, who dropped his aim from the captives on the floor and aimed at the camp. tututututu..... The rhythmic sound of gunfire sounded out from above the jeep, hot empty bullet shells dropped all over the floor. The temporary homes in the distance were all destroyed by the bullets as more screams and chaos came out from within. After a portion of the base was given a round of bullets, the machine gunner saw that the remaining people no longer wanted their homes and ran after those who had started climbing the hill with everything they had. Even at Zhang Xiao Qiangs position, one could faintly hear the sobbings and screamings. The heavy machine gunner saw that his show of force yielded results and felt extremely proud. He shouted to the driver of the jeep, who started up the jeep and drove to the side of the camp. He turned his muzzle and aimed at the hill and fired once more, the whistling bullets flying into the ground in front of the leading man, inciting a cloud of dust in his face. The mans legs immediately turned soft as he fell to the ground and started rolling down the hill. The bags that he carried all fell and rolled until the contents dropped all around. Seeing that the leading man had fallen and was rolling downwards, all the people behind thought that he was shot, so they all turned tail and ran downwards. Right after that, someone stood in an open space and waved a yellow paper. Zhang Xiao Qiang gestured for a stop, and all guns ceased firing. People started walking over with their luggages and bags. It started off with one or two, then three to fives. Slowly, over a 100 people gathered in front of Zhang Xiao Qiang. There were old and young, the old were around Zhang Huai Ans age, then the young? Zhang Xiao Qiang saw a 4 to a 5-year-old girl being carried over, she had not learned what fear was, and was constantly looking around with her big eyes. The young and innocent face that had no knowledge of the apocalypse was slightly empty, her skin was dirty and she held onto what seemed like a grain pancake made of bran which had a slightly small bite-off. It was Zhang Xiao Qiangs first time seeing a little child in the apocalypse, all the survivors he had encountered were all strong and mature adults or growing adolescents like Yang Keer who could run and jump. The little girl looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang as he looked at her, then disyed a cheeky face and revealed her teeth at him, then ced the biscuit into her mouth. The biscuit was hard and could not be instantly bitten off with her young teeth. She slowly nibbled on the edge of the biscuit and when she felt that it was loosened enough, she used her tongue and spun the biscuit pieces into a ball then focused on nibbling it. She had a serious expression as she frowned slightly, the biscuit was truly too tough. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked over to the little girl who was carried by a 30-year-olddy. Upon closing in, Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately caught a whiff of a gross stench from thedy, it was the same smell from when he saved the women at the granary, the smell of being done in by many men and not bathing. The woman was very dirty, her face and hair had white stains all over as she cowered in fear upon seeing Zhang Xiao Qiang walk over. Her hands around the young girl became tighter and tighter as her body trembled. She did not dare to move as all of the Combat Team Members had rifles or machine guns. The Desert Eagle on Zhang Xiao Qiangs waist had be the symbol of his identity, thedy immediately knew that Zhang Xiao Qiang held a powerful position, thus she dare not move. Zhang Xiao Qiang extended his hand to the little girl, thinking of taking the biscuit to have a look at it, but the little girl was unwilling to let go. She maintained her stare at Zhang Xiao Qiang thinking to scare off the person trying to steal her biscuit away. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not know whether tough or cry at the rage of the little child. Wheres her father? Zhang Xiao Qiang rubbed his nose and asked thedy, he was not ustomed to the taste at all. Dead! The woman did not dare to even look at Zhang Xiao Qiang and answered him with her head still tilted downwards. Zhang Xiao Qiang took out a piece of chocte from his bag, tore off the wrapper and ced it in front of the little girl. She looked at the chocte and her nose twitched slightly. She then turned to her mother, her intent to seek approval from her but her head quickly turned back to the chocte that Zhang Xiao Qiang kept on moving about. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt extremely awkward at that moment, why does it feel like Im those inte pedophiles trying to cheat little girls? Her mother nodded her head slightly. The little girl immediately turned her body over and Zhang Xiao Qiang felt his fingers holding onto thin air. The piece of chocte was already in the little girls hand, she smiled at him sweetly, then bit on the chocte and started sucking on it. After that, she turned and ced the chocte in her mothers mouth. At this point, Zhang Xiao Qiang turned and walked towards another direction, feeling extremely ted in his heart. With children, therell be hope, isnt it? The man who was knocked unconscious by Yang Keer was already carried up a vehicle, the youngdy in red followed beside him closely. This person was someone that Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted, aside from Wang Le, this was the second man that Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted by his side. His physique was good and his tenacity was something that shocked even Zhang Xiao Qiang, especially in his intuition and senses in fighting. Zhang Xiao Qiangs Triangr Spikes were not something any person could deflect against, at the very least it was Zhang Xiao Qiangs first miscalction. Furthermore, the man was scary, he was able to grasp all the opportunities to harm his opponent, where Zhang Xiao Qiangs skin wound on his face was still hurting, but his foresight was not that great, firstly he thought that he could kill Zhang Xiao Qiang only to realize that he was toyed with by thetter. After that, he tried to go against Yang Keer, and was yed by her to the point of fainting. Seeing how he was, Zhang Xiao Qiang could only think of one name for him, which was Cannon Fodder. Zhang Xiao Qiangs subordinates finally went through all the captives. Excluding the children, there were a total of 247 adults, out of which 37 of them were women and 210 of them were men. All of them were extremely dirty and were dispirited. Seeing the Combat Team Members walking by their sides with their rifles and seeing the ck muzzles aimed at them, none of them dared to utter a sound. All of them waited quietly for Zhang Xiao Qiangs arrangements, awaiting their unknown future. Chapter 183: A beauty like a famous painting

Chapter 183: A beauty like a famous painting

Zhang Xiao Qiang sat on an ammunition chest in the middle of the camp, eating up one mouth after another of rice off the mess tin. Afternoon lunch was simple, rice with some salted vegetables. Zhang Xiao Qiang, Yang Keer, and Shangguan Qiao Yuns mess tin had some additional garlic shoots fried bacon, the inch-long garlic shoots in segments of twos and threes with three or four pieces of alternating red and white bacon, which Three and a few others also enjoyed. This simple meal was enough to make them salivate, the garlic shoots were too enticing and it had been long since they had green vegetables. Beneath the flyover that was over a few hundred meters away from the camp was the mountain of zombie corpses left behind. Zhang Xiao Qiang was toozy to get people to burn them off. Not even mosquitoes would be willing to touch the dead corpses, and the corpses would be dried up mummies from the evaporation of moisture by being directly under the sun, so Zhang Xiao Qiang was also not worried about the bodies giving rise to any gue or disease. Zhang Xiao Qiangs subordinates were all numb from the sight of the corpses, but the newly obtained captives were all stunned and shock by the mountain of bodies. All of them became even more respectful towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. To them, killing people was not any capability but killing off so many zombies were considered as being truly capable. They were all people who seized food from the existences of zombies, so they knew the rough concept about the zombies. They were a terrifying tide of undead that no one dared to face even if they had guns, but Zhang Xiao Qiang did it with his people. BEEEP..... In the distance, the horn of arge truck came out. Zhang Xiao Qiang ced his mess tin down and stood on the ammunition crate and looked down the hill, threerge trucks with a dense cloud of dust trailing behind them were moving towards them at the foot of the hill, with two off-road vehicles driving by the sides of the trucks. People could be vaguely seen standing inside the back of the trucks looking upwards. The car fleet gradually slowed down and came to a stop, woodendders were brought down as all the frail and young came down onto the ground with fearful looks on their faces as they looked around. When they saw the machine gun and mortars mounted on the hill, all of them immediately lowered their heads, no longer daring to look further. Thedy that was meant for Zhang Xiao Qiang was brought along with her boy, just that they stood isted away from the group. As they appeared too lonely, thedy carrying the little girl got down from the vehicle. The little girl in her hands was obedient and did not cry or make a fuss but simply used her pure and simple ck eyes to look around. When she saw Zhang Xiao Qiang on the hill, she smiled at him. She had clearly remembered him. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the crowd below and realized that there were two children, the 11 to a 12-year-old boy and the little girl that was not even 5. He got someone to bring both the guardians and their children to him. He looked at thedy hugging her boy and spoke: You, what skills do you have, what can you do? Zhang Xiao Qiang had decided to give the two mothers special treatment, of course, it was not without any conditions, they had to work for themselves. Zhang Xiao Qiangs inquiry about their skills was to be familiar with them and for them to choose their specific line of work so that they could have more time to take care of their children. As of that moment, there were too few children. Otherwise, Zhang Xiao Qiang would definitely have built a school and teach them how to survive and struggle through the apocalypse, teach them history and have them remember who they were and their ancestors. I....I can wash clothes and cook, I can do household chores and take care of children, and....and serve men... Thedy hugging the child spoke up. Hearing that, Zhang Xiao Qiang was speechless, everything that she said were all simple tasks that could be done by anyone, erm....except for serving men, which only women could do, but Zhang Xiao Qiang had already banned any words on camp prostitution. He looked at her and replied: If you dont know anything, go and learn it, you will follow me first, help me do some household chores. In the future, you have to do other things like growing crops, nursing, tailoring, you have to learn everything. With that said, he looked at the otherdy, with such an old child, Zhang Xiao Qiang reckoned that she had to be above 30. But the fact remained that she looked younger than the mother with the daughter, although her body was not clean as well, her clothes were made out of good material, the child and her were never starved and their faces were not as skinny as the little girl and her mom. Im Xu Meng Zhu, a History graduate of Peking University.... Zhang Xiao Qiang interrupted her introduction and said: Dont talk to me about your credentials, I dont need a History teacher now, what can you do? When thedy heard Zhang Xiao Qiangs immediate rejection, her lips became somewhat dry, while holding onto her child, she subconsciously used her tongue to wet her lips. Her tongue was slender and long, the pink apical gently sliding around her lips, causing Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart to itch. Zhang Xiao Qiang caught her idental graceful movements and started to carefully scrutinize her. She was dressed as how she was in the morning, her face still covered with dirt and dust. At that moment, her looks could not be considered breathtaking and more of only pleasing to the eye, but this feeling was different from how he felt from others. With one look, thedys appearance was fairly normal without any impactful beauty and could not bepared to Shangguan Qiao Yun, but, the more he looked at her, the more he realized that she was more and more beautiful. There was also a bearinging off from her, a simple and elegant temperament, a gentleness that one could barely feel, as light as the air in the sky, slowly making a persons heartfortable. Thisdy was a true top beauty because one will never have enough of her, one that had an appearance that no one will ever find boring. She is like a legendary and famous painting, one will easily miss her from a first nce because of the coloration of the surroundings being more impactful than her beauty, the content of the painting more substantial than her, the masterpiece, until one slowly examines her. When you finish looking at other paintings, you would find yourself going back to her once more, and there you will be a little more surprised, not much, just a little. Because you can sense that the second look is slightly different from the first look. You are unable to tell what the difference is, so you stop in your tracks in front of her and slowly examine her, wanting to find the differences. It is at this moment that you stop in front of her that you will have fallen into the trap because every look that you have on her is different, it is vague, unclear. So you will continue looking, but you realize that every time you look at her, you have a different understanding. These understandings will never repeat, you will feel that she is like a gigantic gem mine, no matter how much you dig, she will always surprise you. This surprise is never ending, so you want to bring her home to examine her forever. She is the most suitable to be a wife and is the solution to fickle-minded men to no longer be fickle-minded. I....My family used to be a Traditional Chinese Medicinal family, I know plenty about prescription and recognize a few Chinese herbal medicines, do you want to take a look? Listening to her mumbling, Zhang Xiao Qiang almost wanted to tell her, I dont need you to do anything, just warm my bed, thats all. Luckily, because of the reservedness and restraint of a male chauvinist, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not say that out loud. He carefully looked at every minute detail on her body, her eyes, her eyebrows, her head shape and her lips. Thedy blushed hot red because of Zhang Xiao Qiangs passionate gaze, his eyes pierced deep into her heart that it sent a chill in. She knew that he had set his eyes on her and had some hatred in her heart, she hated that she had such an appearance, no matter where she was, she constantly attracted provocative eyes. But sensing her childs body heat, she made a decision, to allow Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes to tour around her own body. Chapter 184: Guo Fei

Chapter 184: Guo Fei

The womans son saw Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes that were filled with a scorching desire and felt extremely unhappy in his heart, he wanted to struggle out from his mothers embrace and bite Zhang Xiao Qiang, but his mother held him tighter as she felt his struggle. It was Zhang Xiao Qiangs first time feeling himself getting emotional when he looked at thedy in front of him. He had a crazy thought; He wanted to keep thedy by his side forever because his heart would always beat for her. Zhang Xiao Qiang had always imagined himself as a heartless man who would never understand love, he had a secret crush on his ssmate in junior high school for 10 years, and 10 yearster when he was 25, he asked himself, Do you really love that girl? His answer was no, it was merely a crush. Zhang Xiao Qiang had a girlfriend before and dated for 5 months but already had thoughts to get married to her and have children with her. This girlfriend actually called him and broke up with him over the phone, to which he replied with an indifferent tone: Fine, well break up! After hanging up, his heart shattered. From that day on, he no longer thought about having a girlfriend, feeling the heartbreak once was enough. But when he asked himself yet again if he loved her? His reply was the same, no. He did not know what love was, he always thought that he was a heartless man. But his heart was finally moved, he did not know if it was love, but he knew that he wanted to keep thedy by his side and watch her till she grew old. Youll follow me from now on.... With that said, Zhang Xiao Qiang got Shangguan Qiao Yun to bring the woman into the room that he and Yang Keer shared. Thedy holding onto the little girl stood in ce not knowing what to do while the little girl in her arms continued staring at Zhang Xiao Qiang as he ced his half-eaten mess tin to one side, her eyes following the mess tin filled with vegetables and the bacon. She started to drool. Seeing the young girl looking like a gluttonous cat, Zhang Xiao Qiang could not resist but to carry the little girl out from the womans embrace. The little girl was extremely calm and did not make a ruckus or move about. She just looked at her mom who was at a loss and did not know what to do. Zhang Xiao Qiang allowed her to take a shower while he carried the little girl over to the ammunition crate, picked up the mess tin off food and started feeding her spoons of rice and bacon. The little girls mouth was too small and his spoonful was too big, so he carefully scooped lesser and fed her bit by bit. One mouth another, the girl epted all of his feedings. When the people who were in chaos saw the scene, all of them calmed down and watched Zhang Xiao Qiang slowly feed a little girl who had absolutely no rtionship with him. All of them wished to be able to cut themselves into halves to be as small as the girl, the angry Old Frank who was anxious initially calmed down, he and his subordinates all stopped whatever they were doing and watched Zhang Xiao Qiang and the little quietly. This was a Zhang Xiao Qiang they had never seen, Zhang Xiao Qiang had always been extremely strong to them, he was merciless and vicious. So long as he saw any deserters, he would give the immediate order for them to be killed. He had a violent personality, if the D2s could not be killed by machine guns or mortars, he dared to rush upfront and sh with it single-handedly. He was no good soul, he could feed a live person to zombies, but only because this person had tested his bottom line. He got everyone together to watch the zombies eat the man and watch him die from being eaten. From there, everyone figured that Zhang Xiao Qiang was a cruel, ruthless and emotionless man. But this emotionless man actually had such a gentle side to him, causing everyones emotions to beplicated, they all felt a strange mood pervade around them. When Zhang Xiao Qiang finished feeding the little girl and carried her to the tent, Old Frank woke up from his daydream. He looked at all of his subordinates that were frozen and shouted: All of you old and slow mules! Why are all of you staring into space so nkly for? Quickly get back to work! Old Franks shout broke the strange silence. The entire grounds became lively again, the reinforced steel bars were heavy again, the building materials still as bulky, the number of vehicles that required servicing still as many, but everyone seems to emit more strength as they became slightly more efficient. They needed a strong and emotionless leader, but wouldnt it be better if their leader was a little more humane? At least he was still a human, when all the captives saw the scene urring to the little girl they knew, who was the only little girl in the camp, their hearts calmed down and started to be more cooperative. To them, as long as they were treated as humans and not animals, it was good enough. As work at the bottom of the hill continued, the sky started to darken. Making full use of whatever daylight was left, Old Frank got his new subordinates toplete more work. Tworge trucks were parked by the side while Three got his men to unload the supplies. Bags of rice, buckets of clean water, bags of clothes, bedding. Many things were brought down from the trucks which were parked beside an oil tanker, where Lu Ren Yi held onto a thick rubber hose and refueled therge trucks. Zhang Xiao Qiang held a teacup with both hands and sat next to the zing bonfire before him stood the young man who was unafraid of death and could risk it all to fight. Behind this young man stood the pretty girl dressed in a red down-filled garment whose eyes were only fixated on the young man in front of her,pletely ignoring the men holding rifles and scrutinizing her. The young man raised his head and looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang, revealing an indifferent look. Aside from his swollen face inflicted by Yang Keer in the morning, it was impossible to tell that he was a person that had fainted for a full day. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the young man in front of him, his face was already cleaned, his skin rather delicate like a girl. His appearance had some immaturity to it as well, everything was extremely normal aside from the asional deathly stare and dazed look in his eyes. Whats your name? Zhang Xiao Qiang took out a cigarette and have it to him, then lit a matchstick for him and lit the cigarette up for him. The young man inhaled in deeply then spoke: Guo Fei! With that, he continued smoking. Guo Fei gave off an extremely cold vibe, he never looked at anyone else twice. Even towards Zhang Xiao Qiang or the red-dressed girl behind him. At that moment, he was being pointed at by 4 to 5 rifles, but he continued smoking and stayed in a daze, maybe he had already forgotten about Zhang Xiao Qiang seated in front of him. Interested to follow me? This was the first time that Zhang Xiao Qiang had actually initiated an invite for a person to join his team, not the base, but his personal team. Inside the team, there were a total of 4 people whom he was prepared to bring along to WH City. When Zhang Xiao Qiang asked the question, Guo Fei had no reaction, but he knew that Guo Fei had heard him. Zhang Xiao Qiang was not anxious and slowly puffed on his cigarette while he waited for Guo Fei. Zhang Xiao Qiang admired Guo Feis craziness, the lunacy that made him stare at deaths door in the face was something Zhang Xiao Qiang had experienced before against the D2 at the granary, except he was not as resolved as Guo Fei. But he was in a state of rational craziness, he wanted to live and not die. Guo Feis craziness was a soldier unafraid of death and had to obtain his goal even at the cost of his life. This tenacity and character was something that Zhang Xiao Qiang consider himself inferior. Will I die? A low voice entered Zhang Xiao Qiangs ear. Zhang Xiao Qiang lifted his head and looked at Guo Fei who was still smoking. If he had not heard Guo Feis voice, Zhang Xiao Qiang would have thought that Guo Fei had not spoken or moved at all. Chapter 185: Recapturing the small town

Chapter 185: Recapturing the small town

Zhang Xiao Qiang thought for a bit. Itll be more dangerous in the future and people will most probably die....He looked at Guo Fei and replied honestly: Yes, the probability is huge, you can also choose... Ok Guo Fei turned and answered Zhang Xiao Qiang as he stared at him, then continued: When I die, I hope that you will feed me to those monsters! With that, he turned around and walked off with the red-dressed girl following him closely. Guo Feis indifferent answer caused Zhang Xiao Qiang to feel dull. He turned and was about to return to his tent when he saw Old Frank walk over. Brother Cockroach, I realized that there were many more building materials that we will not use, but there isnt enough cement, and although we have just found a cargo truck with a few tons, it isnt enough! Old Franks report made Zhang Xiao Qiang feel troubled again. He found an old engineer and after having a discussion with him, they realized that the conditions to store cement was extremely demanding and any slight overlook would cause the cement to turn damp. In a normal situation, cement is stored in a warehouse close to a construction site and would only be taken out and filled into the vehicle on the day of usage. For the rest of the time, the cement would be stored away from moisture. Aside from cement, a few other more expensive materials are usually stored in the same warehouse, after all, construction sites are chaotic and messy. This was the fourth day Zhang Xiao Qiang was out, he used the binocrs and looked at the small town in the distance, the cement problem was handed over to Three and his men to resolve the night before. Three brought the machine gun teams and 20 Combat Team Members with the guide of the engineers and found a warehouse stored with cement. There were many warehouses in the town and only a few of the managers and workers there had turned into zombies. With the three sets of machine guns, they cleared off a few hundred zombies and the remaining few were wiped out with the rifles. Aside from finding cement, they found a few detonators and explosives used for cutting into mountains. Just by using one electric generator and fuel, they found onepletely full warehouse. This caused Three and his team to be haughty. They believed that so long as they did not encounter any Type 2 Zombies, they could handle themselves. Of course, there was Shangguan Qiao Yun by the side for support. Zhang Xiao Qiang realized that Shangguan Qiao Yuns ability was only limited to a rifle, if she were to encounter a D2 that was unafraid of bullets, she would be useless. Even if she could aim at its eyes, the D2s eyelids could deflect the bullets. Even if she aimed right into its mouth, its teeth could deflect the bullets. After doing nothing for the entire past day, Zhang Xiao Qiang could not tolerate the boredom. He thought about the town where they found seeds. They had already cleared half of the zombies inside and two zombies that were evolving into Type 2s. Upon thinking about the sausage and bacon inside the restaurants and on the supplies and goods that the homes had stored, Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart heated up. He brought Yang Keer as well as a few Combat Team Members and moved to a location near the town to check if they could kill off the remaining zombies. From the outside, the town looked extremely dested with faintly discernible zombie figures loitering around the streets. The zombies do not make a sound, this quiet and small town was actually filled with zombies, giving off a gloomy and sinister vibe. Ultimately, Zhang Xiao Qiang decided to arrange the battlefield at an empty space at an opening to the side of the town. Following the decision, 30 odd men dressed in brightly colored clothes brandished their shovels and started working on the ground, digging up and filling up ck sandbags, forming up a ck defensive wall with a 50 cm wide and long pits formed in the ground. These men who worked enthusiastically were the strong and capable men captured by Zhang Xiao Qiang. Under Zhang Xiao Qiang, they ate for two full days and even managed to enjoy a hot bath with the precious clean water. With the base running smoothly, wasnt these factors the reason why they had to fight zombies at the risk of their lives in the apocalypse world? Some of them harbored anger towards Zhang Xiao Qiang in their hearts, if he had directly said that by following him, they could eat their fill, have proper showers and have a secure base, it would have been a guarantee that everyone volunteer to follow him, what was the use of the guns to scare them to the point of peeing in their pants? Zhang Xiao Qiang felt pleased watching the men putting their heart into their work. After obtaining their meals, these men became as docile as sheep. Being unable to tolerate their stench and that they had managed to move a portion of their clean water over, he allowed these 200 odd men to shower and have a new change of clothes. Zhang Xiao Qiang was unwilling to give out their WWII Uniforms, so he found clothes inside abandoned homes and gave it to them. These clothes came in all forms, old-fashioned Chinese tunic suit for old people, old cotton-padded jackets, exercise clothes, brightly-colored and trendy clothes worn by youngsters and evendy outer jackets. These people were not particr about the clothes, one of them was a young man not even at the age of 20, perspiring freely while digging the ground was dressed in a navy blue Chinese tunic suit. If he was matched with an old mans cap, he would practically look like Zhao Benshan*. One muscr middle-aged man with a full beard was the one dressed in a female red outerwear. It was slightly small and became rather tight on him, but he did not care. The man that was close to Zhang Huai Ans age was dressed in a colorful exercise jacket that made him look a few years younger. After waiting for them to finish their work, Zhang Xiao Qiang took a look and inspected their work. He kicked the protective wall made out of the filled sandbags. The wall that was built upon multipleyers of sandbags was sturdy and firm with a crisscrossed pit at its front. Zhang Xiao Qiang figured that it was enough to obstruct the zombies and the terrain was wide enough for their guns to have ample angle space to fire in. Finally, the three heavy machine gun teams installed the machine guns on specially constructed tforms. The riflemen carried their rifles and took positions behind the protective wall and inspected their firearms while the mortar group made their preparations further back. With the preparations going smoothly, Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at Yang Keer. Yang Keer was extremely moody and looked as though she had no battlefield awareness at all. She stood in front of the Land Rover, dressed in rose red windbreaker while carrying the little girl that had a wide smile and looked around. Ever since Yang Keer saw the little girl after her shower, she took a liking for her. At that moment, she went over and hugged the little girl, who was obedient and adorable, earning Yang Keers feelings. Whenever Yang Keer had any nice snacks or toys, she would find the little girl. Even when sleeping, she would hug the little girl. Now, even when they were about to kill zombies, Yang Keer still wanted to hug the girl. This made Zhang Xiao Qiang extremely pissed but he waszy to talk to her. Fortunately, the little girls mother was in the camp helping the chef, if she knew that her own daughter was dragged by Yang Keer to the frontlines, she would have most probably gone mad. Behind Yang Keer, Shangguan Qiao Yun saw Zhang Xiao Qiang looking over at them, then walked towards him with her M1 Garand. PONG... A soft sound came out a few secondster. Rumble.... A regiment of mes erupted at the entrance of the town. Three to five minutester, the zombie horde started to appear. Wang Chong stood behind the wall with his left hand raised and his right hand wielding a brand new bay. He used the bay and drew a small line on his arm, then turned the blood towards the direction of the zombies and waited for them to smell him and pounce towards him. Simply put, Wang Chongs meal treatment was now the same as Zhang Xiao Qiang and Yang Keer as a way topensate him. But even so, many people went up to Wang Chong, desiring to swap positions with him. Wang Chong naturally refused all of them. If no one wanted such a job, it would be considered an unfortunate thing. But if everyone wanted it, it definitely would be a good thing! Chapter 186: Open battlefield

Chapter 186: Open battlefield

Blood could be considered the fall of the zombies, it was the most irresistible food for them. When the smell of fresh blood pervaded through the air, the zombies inside the town went crazy. Groups after groups of zombies tried to outdo each other as they ran from every corner of the town towards Wang Chong, a few of the weaker zombies got squashed by the stronger and bulkier zombies, after which they would fall and get trampled by itspanions. When all of itspanions are already in the distance, these weak zombies struggled on the ground in attempts to stand up, but an even bigger horde appeared and trampled on these weak zombies with their smelly feet until these zombies were smashed into meat pulps. The excited few zombies at the front pounced to the trenches and became miserable, they were unable to stride over the 50cm wide trench and started to fall like the wheat in the paddy fields being harvested in fall, some of the luckier ones were able to climb out of the trench and started to move towards the second trench, while the less fortunate ones either managed to struggle out but were trampled upon by the zombies behind, die in the trench and be stepping stones for the other zombies, or struggle and stumble with other zombies and somehow get pulled back into the trenches. The mass of zombies crammed together and drew closer to the frontline. Seeing the zombie horde in front of them, many of the survivors felt their scalps go numb, luckily the Combat Team Members had experienced the horde at the flyover and could stabilize their own emotions. For the construction workers themselves, some of them felt their hearts palpitating loudly. Although they had experience in facing zombies before, they had never experienced a zombie horde of over a thousand zombies. The horde in front of them was not merely just a thousand, the hundred square meter of space in front of them had been squeezed full of zombies, but more and more zombies were still surging out of the town. Wang Chong, who had his hand raised up high, felt a strange emotion rising in his mind, he was thinking if his blood was extraordinary sweet for so many zombies to appear, he guessed that it could also be considered some sort of achievement. Boommm.... arge regiment of mes exploded in the middle of the zombie horde as countless of limbs covered with sand started flying all over the ce. The heatwave produced by the explosion caused the zombies around the impact point to fall. Following the rain of sand and mud, a cleansed ground appeared in the middle of the horde. After the first roar of the 60mm mortar, the spray of the heavy machine guns came out. The long muzzle spewed with inch long fire as countless of bright bullets flew their way into the zombies. Pa pa pa.... The machine gunners and Garand rifles all followed on, every rifleman quickly unloaded their rifles of 8 bullets without a regard for aim, as long as the bullets could hit the zombies and slow them down, it was considered a good shot. It was as though the frontmost zombies encountered an invisible scythe, all of them were instantly shed, scattered and smashed upon moving forward. The whistling, sharp bullets continued to destroy zombie after zombie, which all became sluggish upon reaching 50m away from the survivors frontlines. They were going against a wall made out of bullets, groups after groups of zombies fell as more zombies surged forward and met with the rain of bullets. Limbs were broken apart by the power of the bullets as they flew all over while mortar rounds exploded within the zombie hordes one after another, releasing bright red lights that tore the zombies to shreds. The ck soil on the ground flew with the scattered limbs from the impact of the mortars as smoke slowly rose into the sky. Soil and body parts continued to fly all around due to the explosions while bodies rained down onto the moving zombies. Before thest particle of sand could even drop to the ground, a new light would beam out from within the horde as even more things get flung into the sky. A few zombies in the horde got lost due to the thick smoke and started to charge in confusion all over the ce, causing the chaos to be even messier. As time passed, the dead corpses at the 50m mark had already piled up to a meter tall mound. The heavy machine guns sprayed bullets endlessly with the gunners hands trembling incessantly while they screamed. Their assistants nimbly fed the gun with the bandolier, but the gunners could not even wait for a short ten seconds and would scold them. Any curse or dirty words would be unleashed were not just for thedies beside them. They were venting all their anger, the restrained feelings caused by the apocalypse. But these women were not easy to deal with as well, ever since Zhang Xiao Qiang matched them to the machine gunners, they became stronger. Whoever scolded them would be scolded back incessantly by them. Thedies fed the bandoliers into the guns swiftly while cursing at the gunners with words that caused even the lowest of scums to go red in embarrassment. Thus, the gunners fell into tragedy, they could only stare at the delicate and small hands that were covered in gunpowder and dirt and prayed for it to end. When the machine guns were loaded and started firing once again, the female voices were instantly drowned out. The machine gunners no longer cared and focused on controlling the recoil of the machine guns. Finished with the next bandolier, the gunners would scream out again and the cycle of the assistants scolding them would ur once more. Although Zhang Xiao Qiangs team were doing their best to stop the zombies from approaching, they were still too few in manpower. The machine guns, mortar teams, and the riflemen totaled up to only 30 odd men. Against 2000 over zombie horde, they started to feel the pressure. When two machine guns stopped firing to reload their guns, over 10 zombies broke through the 50-meter line and started to press forward. In a short while, the machine gunners loaded up again and started firing, but the zombies were able to decrease the distance. 30 meters....20 meters....10 meters.... Although the zombies were able to close in, no one dared to turn and run. They knew of the consequence and did not have the courage to face Zhang Xiao Qiangs fury. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked over to the Land Rover and retrieved a wooden box from the boot and returned to the wall. He opened the box and revealed rows of hand grenades to the rest of his men. Zhang Xiao Qiang took one out, removed its safety pin and threw it out. The round grenade flew in an arc across the sky andnded on a zombies head 30 meters away. After a few seconds, a regiment of mes emitting dense smoke exploded and sent the zombie straight to Heaven. Due to the explosion, some dirt flew 20 meters out and evennded on a few survivors. The other members put their guns down and took up hand grenades as well as they removed the safety pins and threw the grenades at the zombies. The box had a total of 150 hand grenades, which were all thrown into the zombie horde and the explosions left behind a nk space. The zombies behind were unable to catch up, allowing the Combat Team Members to destroy the 100 odd zombies that were closer. A few scattered zombies by the side were ahead of the rest. Their location was coincidentally the machine gunners blind spots while the riflemen were up against many zombies. Adding that they had to hit the zombies at their vital points to kill them, it made it harder to kill them and allowed to inch their way forward to the defensive wall. The defensive wall was built to the height of a grown mans chest which prevented the zombies from passing through. The wall was able to block ordinary zombies but not evolved zombies. Two Type-S zombies crawled on the ground and flipped over the wall, pouncing straight for Wang Chong who, at that moment, was firing away. Zhang Xiao Qiang who was focused on the battlefield the entire time brandished his Desert Eagle and fired at them. One of the Type-S zombies had its chest burst open with a few holes from his Desert Eagle, the power of the shots caused it to stumble and fall to the side. The other Type-S zombie was not affected and continued to pounce at Wang Chong. Under the pressure and danger, Zhang Xiao Qiang ran forward and kicked Wang Chong at his butt, causing him to fall onto the grass. The Type-S zombie nimble figure was right in front of him. It used its ck ws and wed at Zhang Xiao Qiang. In return, Zhang Xiao Qiang used the de in his left hand to hack down at its wrist. The Type-S zombie was forced to nt under Zhang Xiao Qiangs force. In that instant, Zhang Xiao Qiang moved to the zombies side. With the pistol in his right hand, he smashed down on the zombies back. The Type-S zombie could no longer regain its bnce and fell straight to the ground. BANG BANG BANG.... Zhang Xiao Qiang unleashed three consecutive shots to the back of the Type-S zombies head. The zombies head exploded into a thick paste under the powerful shots. The white bones and yellow brain fluids mixed with the dark red blood as all the nerves and veins sttered across in all directions. Chapter 187: Harvest and Desolation

Chapter 187: Harvest and Destion

Zhang Xiao Qiang turned and looked at the other Type-S zombie. Having been shot at three times by him, itid on the ground like a delicate and weak girl being oppressed by a tyrannical big brute. Zhang Xiao Qiangs new subordinates all wielded their shovels and hammers as they fanatically smashed down onto the slightly twitching Type-S zombie. These few brutes were huddled too tightly, but even more, men carrying tools were rushing in from behind as they screamed and shout, all of them wanting a bit of the action. By the time they dissipated, the Type-S zombie had turned into a pile of mincemeat. When a few of them saw the zombies on the wall, they excitedly shouted and got the others to run over to the zombies. Behind them came along another group of men. Zhang Xiao Qiang was dumbstruck. He had never seen such an initiative towards killing zombies. More correctly speaking, it was not them being initiative but more of crazy. All 30 odd men rushed up regardless of stature or age. Every single one of them screamed and howled. The men who initiated the pummeling of the Type-S Zombie rushed forward like a gust of wind. By the time they separated, not a single zombie at the wall was left standing. Fear....fearless. Zhang Xiao Qiang became agitated as he walked backward in excitement for a more urate assessment of the men. The difference between these men and Zhang Xiao Qiangsbat team members was that hisbat team members were extremely good at dealing with humans but just barely able to deal with zombies, but the construction workers were weak towards other humans while being unhesitant towards zombies and were ruthless and efficient zombie killers. What Zhang Xiao Qiang did not know was that these group of men werepletely convinced and hadplete respect towards Zhang Xiao Qiang for bringing just 20 odd of his own men to defend against 2000 zombies. They all knew that zombies could be killed by destroying their heads, but would 2000 zombies give you time to aim? But Zhang Xiao Qiangs subordinates did just fine. Against the zombies which got to the 10-meter mark, they did not panic. None of them even tried to turn and run. Not only can they finish the winning battles, they would rush straight towards smaller groups of zombies while scattering and nkingrger groups of zombies. Wang Chong retrieved his rifle, looked at the dead zombie at his feet with his heart at his feet while continuing to shoot at the zombie horde without stopping. He had no time to brood over his emotions, the apocalypse tribtion had refined him into a steel-hearted man. He had turned into a fighter, so long as he did not die in battle, he would continue fighting until he fall. Even with the massive number of zombies, they were unable to drown out the survivors firepower. As time psed, the throng of zombies slowly lessened. When thest shot was fired, there was not a single zombie left standing in their eyes. Thebat team members all dropped their rifles and leaned on the walls to rest. Zhang Xiao Qiang held his Desert Eagle and inspected the vicinity behind the wall. The designated battleground entrance was littered withyer afteryers of zombies, the original ck and brown ground waspletely covered with the zombie corpses, where the majority of them were iplete with limbs missing. All of these zombies were shot and split into pieces with their arm at one location and leg in another, while there were many still emitting smoke, half of their bodies were buried by soil. These were the ones killed by the explosion of the grenades.....On the chaotic battlefield, the dense mass of zombie corpses resembled piles of dead fishes on the sand piling on top of each otheryer byyer, the highest points formed mounds, some of the zombies that had their limbs destroyed but were not dead wriggled in the piles, they wanted to crawl out of the mess and continue towards the scent of the blood. One after another, the men wielding des or shovels walked towards the piles. As long as they saw any zombies moving, they would either send a bullet into its head, causing the entire head to explode, or smashing the heads with their shovels...... BANG The doors were kicked open, three men equipped with shields and torches rushed in. They then shouted from within: clear.....all clear...no zombies here! After that, a few men equipped with gloves entered and started overturning the furniture and boxes, wrapping anything they could find with bedding. All the junk and tools were brought out, and with the systematic flow of people moving in and out, aside fromrge electricalponents or machines left inside the house, the interior waspletely emptied in less than 10 minutes. Once thest person darted out of the house, the ce became quiet once again. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked to therge main street. At that moment, the entire town belonged to him, and the location where he was standing on was the center of the town. He looked at the various buildings and structures that had been through the elements and looked at his subordinates break down doors after doors, rummaging through the houses and shifting all sorts of supplies one after the other. For some reason, he lost the joy that he always felt, his emotions turned increasingly unhappy. Yang Keer led the little girl and tore open bags after bags of tidbits inside a non-staple food shop, and started feeding the little girl with all sorts of snacks as though she was feeding a dog. The little girl never refused anything that entered her mouth, she would eat however much there was. Yang Keer grinned from ear to ear, she was extremely happy. Zhang Xiao Qiangsbat team members and construction team members were ecstatic, they carried various goods while talking andughing with one another, some were even arguing over spoils of war, to which were only settled after they found more spoils and where everyone earned some profit. Three of the assistant machine gunners carried arge backpack each, they did not care about the mens spoils of war, their target only necessities, shampoo, shower gels, cosmetics and hand lotions. All of these items were thrown to the ground by the men were all grabbed by the three of them and thrown into their bags. They were like treasure hunters wandering in historical sites with the asional squeals of joy. Soon after,ughter could be heard in the quiet town, some of them had grass in between their teeth while waiting.....everyone was happy. To them, it was a day of bumper harvest for the objects and supplies in the past few days were construction materials and were useless to all of them. In the few days, they had to look for spoils of war for the camp and not for themselves and did not find much joy in them. But to be able to obtain spoils of war that were used for themselves, they were ecstatic and became extremely grateful to Zhang Xiao Qiang. It was the first time they were truly happy again after the apocalypse and were able to let out real joyousughter. The chance to let loose andugh after the daily oppression and depressed life, it was something worth holding on to.....watching them inughter and joy, Zhang Xiao Qiang actually did not feel any sense of happiness and continued walking on the street alone and in silence. He walked over various litter and scattered bones slowly, bypassing the rows of shops along both sides of the street. He even saw a small inte cafe which had about 20 sets ofputers, the inte cafe was in a mess, the furniture all over the ce with older and box-ed monitor screens flung across the floor. Zhang Xiao Qiang also noticed a dark sports shoe under a toppled vending machine that had brown stains of dried blood around it. A few bloodstained bones scattered about revealed the tragic end of the dead person. The other shops around were roughly the same as the inte cafe, they were in chaos and dpidated. There were even traces of despaired survivors who left behind marks and corpses. Zhang Xiao Qiang raised his head and looked at the mountain in the distance, the vegetation at the peak was still as lush as before aside from the patches of yellow around. He looked at the flyover, the tall and lofty flyover reminding him of his previous win. He raised his head up and looked at the sky. It was a day with no sun, the gloomy and dark clouds floated by depicted his emotions. There was a stifling emotion in him that he could not let out. He continued to walk ahead..... Chapter 188: Vent

Chapter 188: Vent

A stic duck entered Zhang Xiao Qiangs vision, most probably a toy thrown aside by a child, the stic duck had turned dark from time and weather. The dark yellow color had turned a pale yellow and the string fixed onto the toy had traces of rot. The toy was ced on a flight of cement steps to his left. Following the steps up was a tform, in which he slowly headed towards. Two old andrge trees that trunks could only be wrapped around with a few people was ced in the center with cement flooring around them, the rugged bark of the tree told Zhang Xiao Qiang of their history and age, that it had witnessed the emergence of the town, its development, all the way till its destruction....On the tform was an old-fashioned building, its doors were the old-fashioned wooden doors painted yellow with little ss embedded in it. Due to the passing of time, most of the yellow paint had been eroded away with many de chips and scars left by yful little children. On the right of the door was arge wooden nk with the words [xx Town Apothecary] written in ck. A dim light could be seen from behind the door, making it look as if the interior was extremely gloomy. Zhang Xiao Qiang was only able to vaguely see the green paint of the walls with some of it king off due to moisture. The torchlight moved around the hellish looking clinic. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked into the small space alone with a torch and silver pistol in hand. The entire ce was silent, the only sound in the space was the echoes of his footsteps, resonating far out and echoing back like a phantom. He looked inside the messy room where there was broken ss, overturned cabs, scattered medical notes and a white gown, to which he was stepping on. After checking the room out, he continued to move on. Right at the moment when he turned, a small and red cloth doll coincidentally entered his line of sight, the little red cloth doll was thrown at a corner with ayer of dust all over it....Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at it in shock. His heart had long been turned to stone by the apocalyptic world that made everyone crazy. His cowardice, weakness, hesitation, and fear of the past no longer appeared, but the scene before him caused his heart to twitch violently. He was in a childs infirmary ward, small chairs, tables, and many building blocks at the corner. The white ceiling had many colorful gs hung all over, with various drawing cards pasted all across the wall and a red colored rack with a few ss bottles of glucose injections by the side of the room. He carefully entered the infirmary where bones were scattered all around. Some of the bone frames were very small and slim, different from an adult skeleton, these bones were hacked into pieces. Seeing all of the small bones, Zhang Xiao Qiang slowly sat on the dirty floor. A few meters away from him was a small skull which had a few pieces of flesh left, its hollowed eyes stared at him quietly. That was when the pent-up and suppressed emotions in his heart erupted. AHHHHHHHHHH.... He released a beast like a howl as tears kept flowing down from his eyes to the dust-filled floor. He cried a heart-wrenching cry, seeing all of the young victims, thinking about the ghost-like town and about his struggles in the apocalypse, he used his hoarse voice to unleash the depression in him. He was no Superman, he was no hero, he was just a petty and minor person in society, he knew pain, he knew sadness, and he neededfort as well. But he would not, could never reveal the weakness in him. The apocalyptic world is a bloodstained and cruel world that would not give in to you just because you are weak, it is like a lone wolf that strolls in the darkness, asionally staring down at your neck. As long as you showed any weaknesses, it will pounce on you without hesitation and use its cold teeth to impale your Adam apple. It is the embodiment of omnipresence, it is the zombies staggering across the wilderness and cities, it is the variant beasts hidden in the darkness, also, it is a human being like you and me. Zhang Xiao Qiangs constant appearance of being cold and strong was a mask to disguise his true emotions, his heart had never changed. He was still the man who ran out of his house because of a few pieces of vegetables, the man surrounded by over 100 zombies in despair. He had always been afraid in the deepest part of his heart, but he could not be, he had to force himself to be a strong survivor. But even as a bogus, he still did not know what a truly strong man held in his heart, he knew that he needed to cry, he needed to vent. When he walked out of the clinic, he had returned to the fearless man that faced off against the D2, the emotionless man who could behead others, the cold and ruthless man that led his subordinates. The men happily broke into the private houses, thedies carried their backpacks and happily kept the things they wanted. Yang Keer brought the little girl and rummaged into snacks. Shangguan Qiao Yun carried her M1 Garand Rifle and quietly observed the isted Zhang Xiao Qiang, seeing his lonely expression, her nose started to feel sour for no reason, the corners of her eyes turned dry as a teardrop reverberated in her eye. Seeing the deste look of the man, her heart stung with pain. The man walked in front while she followed behind from a distance. She followed very carefully, stopping when he stopped. When the man stood in the middle of the street in a daze, she would hide behind a wall and look at him fall into a daze. When the man looked at the mountains, she looked at his back. When the man looked at the flyover, she looked at his back. When the man raised his head to look at the endless sky, her eyes remained fixed on his back. When the man continued to walk, she quietly followed. She carefully followed behind while she watched the man fall further into his depression, and suddenly felt that her heart was so close to him. She never saw what the man saw, but only had him in her eyes. Seeing his average length shoulders, she understood him. She suddenly understood him. She never got to hear his soft mumblings, she never saw the destion in his eyes, but she understood him. Strangely, she had always been extremely understanding towards men, she had her fair share of experiences with various types of men, the refined and courteous, the arrogant, the cold and dangerous, the wretched and vulgar, the fickle and impatient, the stable and strong, handsome, ugly, crazy, weak, and even those that were willing to die for her. But she could never see through Zhang Xiao Qiang. Yet from him, she realized that her understanding towards men was so shallow because she realized that she never truly understood a mans heart. But at that moment, she strangely understood his heart. From his back, she saw the loneliness, she saw through the silence, she saw the oppression he had always been hiding. The powerful and strong behavior that Zhang Xiao Qiang always maintained in front of the others had vanishedpletely when he was alone. Furthermore, only Shangguan Qiao Yun took the effort to carefully observe him. What is he attracted to? He slowly climbed up the steps and reached the next level. He looked at the old tree, then at the old doors, all the way until he walked in.....The house was extremely dark with the corners even darker due to a few rays of light shining in. The dark corners looked extremely eerie inside the space, as though there were dark phantoms hiding in ambush and spying out. Shangguan Qiao Yun walked into the eerie room, she was not scared or even fearful at all. She supported herself against the peeling walls and walked further in, her footsteps extremely light to the point that they could not be heard. She did not want to rm him because of her presence as she walked further in, where thin beams of light prated through the stale air, the darkness in the room gradually dissipated. She kept on walking until she saw the dark red cloth doll.....She leaned on the door and saw the man kneeling down on the ground, sobbing. This was the man that had always been indifferent, the high-spirited man that stood on the front loader, the man that hung on a monsters body and unleashed shots onto the monster. In everybodys eyes, he was that strong, cool, ruthless. Yet here he was in the dark and sealed space, crying as though he was hurting. Why is he crying? The torch rolling on the floor coincidentally beamed its orange light onto the many small skeletons and bones. Seeing these tender and small skeletons, tears started to fall from Shangguan Qiao Yuns eyes as well....With her vision in a blur, she walked into the door and slowly knelt behind the man, extending her soft arms and hugged him tightly from behind.... Chapter 189: Positive Development

Chapter 189: Positive Development

Standing on the hill that was overgrown with green bamboos, Zhang Xiao Qiang was able to view the hundreds of survivors busying themselves at the gorge. Zhang Xiao Qiang, dressed in martial attire, stood in the pavilion at the peak of the hill and gazed down. Yuan Yi satzily in her rattan chair and enjoyed the breeze blowing on her face, Yang Keer and the little girl sat opposite each other with different sized bamboo pipes and blew them, releasing whistle like sounds. The bamboo pipe whistles were made and given to them by Zhang Xiao Qiang, by cutting down a thin bamboo with a segment of it being chipped off squarely by a sharp knife. He left a segment untouched for air to flow through and cut out grooves for the little girls to blow into. Shangguan Qiao Yun was present as well, hugging onto her Garand Rifle and looked into the distance, the gentle breeze raised her long hair to the side gracefully. No one knew what was on her mind, the rtionship between Zhang Xiao Qiang and her had reverted back to its original state, he was still him and she was still her. It was as though the mutual constion inside the clinic, the support they had for each other was just a dream, and they had forgotten about it after waking up. There were many real engineers amongst the construction workers Zhang Xiao Qiang brought back. Theypletely toppled Old Franks n, then med him forpletely wasting materials. Old Frank did not get angry, instead, he promoted those who scolded him to be his deputies. Old Frank never even attended high school, he did not know that he had to determine what n to use, what construction engineering, steel engineering, concrete engineering or steel manufacturing. He knew nothing, he had always presumed that it was merely digging holes, burying bars and filling cement. Old Frank knew his own weakness, so he respected talents even more. He listened to all of their opinions and their jointly formted [Construction Organisation Deployment], where they divided all the jobs perfectly to headcount and even having appointment holders to address problems. They went through every single detail meticulously and nned out the entire construction project, then had Zhang Xiao Qiang to vet through it. Zhang Xiao Qiangs attitude was to let Old Frank handle everything, whatever n or work was delegated by Old Frank. The only opinion he gave was to be not afraid of wasting and to aim for stability. Also, it would be best if they could establish fortifications to that of WWII, to even be able to withstandrge caliber artillery shells RUMBLE.... a loud sound sounded out from the foot of the hill, followed by a set of tremors. Zhang Xiao Qiang almost fell while Yang Keer grumbled by the side. Zhang Xiao Qiang noticed a cloud formed of sand and stone, it was Lu Ren Yi and Wang Chong who detonated a bomb at the foot of the hill with their team. Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to transform the spring into a camp, but he wanted to transform the camp into an imprable fortress. After the emergence of the warehouse full of explosives, Zhang Xiao Qiang found two construction workers well versed in explosives to follow Lu Ren Yi and the rest and clear the entire foot of the mountain, turning the foot into aplete 90-degree angle cliff. Additionally, after using cement to further smoothen thend, much less an S2, even a monkey would not be able to climb up. A fleet of vehicles drove over from afar with a Beijing Jeep as the head. The machine gunner stationed at the top donned on a pair of ck shades, smoking his cigarette while looking around with a murderous look on his face. There were several big trucks behind, with two coaches following behind a big cargo truck, with various other cargo trucks following behind, At the back was an oil tanker with four off-road vehicles full ofbat squad members situated to the left and right as protection. Seeing the fleet in the distance, Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that Three was back. After finding the survivors in the camp previously, Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that there would be more survivors on the expressway, so he got Three to bring a few men to loiter in the area and try to find more survivors, also to retrieve and hoard any supplies or tools on the expressway. Zhang Xiao Qiang decided to repair the outer walls before hollowing out the two small hills and transform them into warehouses. At that time, regardless of what goods they retrieve, they could store them inside. To him, it was the golden time to develop and expand. When the vehicles arrived, Zhang Xiao Qiang was already at the foot of the mountain. Three jumped down from the Jeep and greeted him, then turned and shouted at the vehicles behind him. The vehicles slowed down and came to a stop, to which the Combat Team Members came down. In their full gear, they scattered and stood at on an elevated tform nearby while taking aim with their rifles. The heavy machine gunners turned their weapons and pointed them at the coaches which finally opened its doors. Slowly, men and women with backpacks and carrying bedding came down. The men were in tattered and torn clothes, their sleeves and the hem of their shirts had strands of cloth hanging about. One even had arge hole in the back of his shirt but used two nylon ropes to tie and seal the hole, making him look worse than a beggar. The men all looked simr, aside from them being dirty and tired, there were no other problems. Aside from their fear and attempts to avoid the muzzles aimed at them, theirplexion was good, they had robust bodies, and anyone could tell that they had not starved. The women were better off, their clothes looked to be in better shapes, unlike the men who had holes here and there. But all of them looked weak carrying their own belongings, some of them swayed around. All of their cheeks were sunken in, their skin yellow and dry unlike Yang Keer, who had an extremely moisturized skin. Giving off the vibe of maturity, they were not as afraid as the men and only held onto their belongings and looked at the empty space in front of them, awaiting the arrangements. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the group of quietdies, he knew that there were as many females who had fates as bad as men in the apocalypse and those that encountered the tyrannical males would be even worse off. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not want to dwell much on it, he could not care for them or want to care for them, he could only take care of the subordinates under him and allow thedies following him to have a bit more self-respect and be well fed. Zhang Huai An appeared with his men, although he had erupted in anger once before, he became back to his original self after the battle. He enjoyed bragging, enjoyed spreading the word of the close ties between him and Zhang Xiao Qiang and reporting to Zhang Xiao Qiang over the smallest things. With the influx of almost 200 strongborers, Zhang Huai An did not have to work as a worker like before anymore. He led his men to maintain the stability of the base and assisted He Wen Bin in looking after the additional 200 people. After being in the force for so many years, he had the sufficient skill sets and muscle memory and overseeing over a few hundred people was nothing much to him. He had seen people from all walks of life and was thus usually right on spotting and judging people. Over the course of a few days, he had even grabbed out a murderer out of the construction workers, where even his colleague never imagined himself working with a murderer after so many years. Of course, the murderer was not executed but was recruited into the Combat Team after talking to He Wen Bin. In fact, the man was actually not some vicious and evil person. After being discharged, his uncle that had raised him and sent him to the army died from anger after being forced to sell his plot ofnd to developers at a very low price. Yet, the vige actually reported his death as a natural cause and simply cremated him. After his neighbor secretly informed him of everything, he flew into a rage and hacked the vige chief to death, at the same time locating the hundred thousands worth of dirty money from the sale before running for his life. With him around, Zhang Xiao Qiangs Combat Team learned alertness and actually gained knowledge on terrain advantage from the murderer. Upon seeing Zhang Xiao Qiang, Zhang Huai An immediately ran forward and greeted him, then like an unceasing torrent, he reported all the minor details given to him by Old Frank. Zhang Xiao Qiang listened in silence and waited for Zhang Huai An to finish speaking before nodding his head. Satisfied and feeling good, Zhang Huai An took four of his men to check on the survivors and to prepare for invitations. Chapter 190: The new perimeter wall

Chapter 190: The new perimeter wall

Zhang Huai An checked on the newbor force while Three guided a few men to unload the days loot. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned and look at the bustling construction site in the distance, with a professional n, Zhang Xiao Qiangs old ns were all scraped. The newly proposed wall had been extended a segment outwards. The old perimeter wall was designed to be made out of bricks that piled up straight and sealed the entrance of the valley, while the new perimeter wall formed arge arc and enveloped the open area of the entrance, increasing thend avable to the base by over a thousand square meters. The perimeter wall was also no longer 4m but 15, where the heavy machine guns were no longer installed at the top of the walls but with interior rooms built into the wall with small holes for the muzzles. This allowed a great preservation of fighting capability while the entire interior was interconnected with arge reservoir for water within which can be drawn out by various taps installed into the various machine gun rooms to allow the Combat Team members to quench their thirst in battles. There were many armories as well, with one installed at both sides and another in the middle, allowing for the Combat Team members to be able to retrieve ammunition when required. Aside from that, there was an infirmary, cafeteria, war room, dormitory and even an entertainment room. With the clear distinction made by levels, navigation within the walls could not be any clearer. The entire wall itself had the capability of being a small base. Additionally, another unique addition to the wall was its entrance. There were two sets of doors, one was for the entrance at the front of the perimeter wall, made with countless of steel tes welded together to form a thick andrge steel door, it required electricity and machinery to be opened. After thisrge steel door was a 10m long passageway right in the center of the wall, surrounded by the strong and sturdy walls. Out of the passageway was a 100m empty space. This empty space was also surrounded by the tall walls like an ancient barbican entrance to a city, where an even thicker andrger steel door stood at the other end of the empty space. This was the true entrance into the camp which would usually remain open unless a battle urs as the amount of power required to move the door was toorge and it pained Zhang Xiao Qiang to use up the fuel. Time passed and it was close to nightfall. The construction workers dressed in bright colors and safety helmets on the scaffoldings all climbed down, the rumblings of the vehicles and machinery turned silent. The survivors formed into groups with arms around each others shoulders and headed into the base, some of them talking loudly, some whispering in each others ears. The hubbub of the crowd turned into a loud buzz as the loud sounds produced by the machinery all stopped. They were all happy, everything had settled down, they had plenty of food, they were no longercking in water and could even take baths under certain requirements. It was as though they have returned to the state before the apocalypse where they would frequent between the construction sites and their home. Aside from having no sry, the meals were not as abundant and the after-work activities were much less, everything else remained the same. In less than a week after surrendering and following Zhang Xiao Qiang, from their leaders down to the women that were yed by them, these survivors were already in the midst of assimting into Zhang Xiao Qiangs main team. In his camp, the men had no need to worry about theck of food and being forced to leave the camp to hunt and fight zombies or snatch food that had turned moldy. The women that did not have spouses no longer needed to exchange their bodies for the remaining food left behind by the other men, while the women with spouses no longer needed to worry about their other halves not returning in the night, afraid that they would have died outside and they would have to cater to the other men. Even the lowest of thedies never want to do such things, so everyone was satisfied. Some of the men who did not wish to risk their lives sold their strength for work, they desire to live in safety in the camp. As for the young or more courageous ones, they were envious of thebat team members who were armed to the teeth and yearned to join them. Maybe they wanted to obtain the power to chase after women, maybe they wanted to obtain some spoils to have more stable lives or maybe they simply had the wish to kill zombies. All of them had their reasons and every time Zhang Xiao Qiang appeared, they would try to showcase themselves in the hopes of getting Zhang Xiao Qiangs attention to pick them to join thebat team. What they did not know was that every time they tried to show off themselves in front of Zhang Xiao Qiang, it made him on edge. He did not know what they were trying to do, seeing the bunch of half-naked men flexing their muscles in front of him with coquettish nces at him, it was truly a horrific sight, forcing Zhang Xiao Qiang to no longer dare to enter the construction site, afraid that he would be targeted by gay men. After dinner, Yang Keer brought the girl and Yuan Yi back to the room. Yuan Yi had calmed down during her recovery period and no longer looked as though she was arrogant. She became much gentler, but Zhang Xiao Qiangs attitude remained the same, he was still a male chauvinist. Every few days, he would throw a few things to Yang Keer, things that he heard were useful fordies. These things were naturally given respectfully by the three assistant machine gunners. There was even once when Zhang Xiao Qiang noticed a razor amongst the things hoarded by them and even then, he still had no clue what they wanted it for. With her Garand Rifle slung on her back, Shangguan Qiao Yun stood behind Zhang Xiao Qiang quietly, having seemed reced Yuan Yis position, she stood behind him and observed his back view. Shangguan Qiao Yun was another problem for him, her clinginess gave him a headache. He felt that he had already revealed his ugliest side to Shangguan Qiao Yun, after that day, he no longer feltfortable towards her. The secret of Shangguan Qiao Yuns body no longer made him afraid of her, just that it had turned into a habit for him to maintain a distance from her. The little girls mother came out from the kitchen and cleaned the table. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at her and saw that she was no longer as dirty as when he first met her, she was extremely clean and kempt. A woman at 30 years of age could be considered to be in her prime, and she looked elegant, but Zhang Xiao Qiang felt extremely ufortable whenever he saw her. The first impression was so bad that Zhang Xiao Qiang did not wish to look at her. At the same time, the mother behaved extremely carefully in front of Zhang Xiao Qiang, she cleaned his house properly without any traces of dust. She knew that the special treatment given to her was because of her daughter, so she was even more prudent in her work. Seeing her appear, Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately stood up and headed out. Upon leaving, a small figure collided with him, a small body nudged into his bosom and caused Zhang Xiao Qiang to retreat a step. After looking properly, he realized that it was the boy of thedy called Xu Meng Zhu. He was dressed in sky blue exercise clothes, his hair as messy as before, his body as dirty as before. His entire hands and face was covered and stained with dirt, who knew if he had intentionally rolled about in the mud, but Zhang Xiao Qiang had never seen him clean before. The young boy stared at Zhang Xiao Qiang with his bright eyes without saying a word, then lowered his head and scampered beneath Zhang Xiao Qiangs arm and rushed straight to the kitchen. Zhang Xiao Qiang shook his head and no longer cared about him, leading Shangguan Qiao Yun out. On that day, when Zhang Xiao Qiang saw how beautiful Xu Meng Zhu was, he could not resist but ordered to have her kept by his side, but after doing so, he became depressed. He did not know of any arrangements for her, but upon thinking about her promation of being born from a traditional Chinese medicine family and had some knowledge of it and could differentiate between drug ingredients. From her perverse old man, she obtained all sorts of drug ingredients and an old medicinal bamboo scroll. Xu Meng Zhu absorbed everything that was written in the book and spent her days inside her own room researching the bamboo scroll and even ignored her own child. Being ignored, the young boy started to y with his kite in the camp and made himself look like a dirty monkey. The moment he got hungry, he would run over to look for food like a wild child. Zhang Xiao Qiang could not be bothered with him. In his eyes, young boys should be like that, and somewhat recalled being simr to the young boy at that age. Chapter 191: Base Meeting

Chapter 191: Base Meeting

Zhang Xiao Qiang and Shangguan Qiao Yun strolled along theke where a fewdies rested by thekeside, with many more under the streetlights, stitching tattered and torn clothes. The streetlights were 100W incandescent light bulbs hung along the sides of the road by Zhang Xiao Qiang, and he had specially arranged for thedies to stay around the vi. Their rooms did not have electricity at night, so they took the initiative to finish up their remaining work under the streetlights, while only those who were more agile and quick with their hands and hadpleted their tasks were able to enjoy the scenery by thekeside. There were many females in the base, the women from the chicken farm followed the two sisters under Old Frank, He Wen Bins twodies and the other few increased the number by over a dozen, they saved 28 from the spring but five died, found another 37 at the gathering point at the foot of the mountain and finally, adding those that Three found scattered around, they had close to a 100 females and close to 300 males. To ensure the base stability and continuity, Zhang Xiao Qiang got all the females to stay around the vi, aside from those that were required to leave for work, no females were allowed to enter the male mess upon nightfall. Zhang Xiao Qiang was afraid that the vigorous men would create trouble. The men from thebat team members had the privilege of finding thedies to talk and chase after them but the other men were prohibited from entering. For Zhang Xiao Qiang, there were no other choice, the ratio of male to female was too imbnce, almost a 3:1, thus Zhang Xiao Qiang treated it carefully. Upon entering the valley, Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the few hundred strong men huddled close together in the empty space in front of the 5-storey building. A few ring lights lit the entrance up as though it was daytime. Lu Ren Yi stood in the center with a tableid out in front of him. On the table, a hill of various items were ced out C tobo, alcohol, hand towels, tea cups, toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, soap and even a few newer clothes and shoes. Lu Ren Yi held a white piece of paper and called for peoples names in solfege. One after another as names started to flow out of his mouth, robust men started to walk out of the crowd towards him. Their expressions were different, one of them immensely pleased as he looked to his left and right, another stared nkly at Lu Ren Yi, waiting for the announcement of his prize, another most probably never stepped into the limelight and cowered slightly despite standing at the front, avoiding the burning gazes he felt behind him. There was one that ignored the encouraging or envious gazes at him, but they were all gauging their position in the group, counting how many people would be called before their own. Some showed indifference to the entire team, they were calm and stable, merely observing the various goods on the table, calcting if they could gain some advantages. Lu Ren Yi begun giving out the awards to the workers as Zhang Xiao Qiang walked past the group and quietly entered the door and headed up to the meeting room on the third floor. Zhang Huai An was the man responsible for the allocation of awards and made the ceremony resemble that of the 90s as they handed out awards to the model workers. After year 2000,panies hardly gave out awards and only mentioned the attention paid to hardworking individuals for them to be more aware and work harder, in hopes of being eyed and getting promoted. Inside the meeting room, He Wen Bin, Old Frank and Zhang Huai An were already seated around the table waiting for him alongside Wang Le, Chef and Wang Chong seated on a bench by the side. Someone stood in the darkest corner of the room, hiding himself in the shadows, but Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that he was Guo Fei. On any ordinary day, it was already a challenge to catch a glimpse of him. Most of the time, he would leave with Three, to which Zhang Xiao Qiang had received countless furious feedbacks. Threeined about Guo Feis lunacy, pouncing onto zombies and hacking them down upon seeing any, preventing the Combat Team Members to have difficulties firing. Three no longer had the opportunity to use his acquired rifle, and it seemed that he had not even fired a shot from it before? Zhang Xiao Qiang sat on his seat while Shangguan Qiao Yun sat at the side and looked at him quietly. Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that she was looking at him again, he was used to it and no longer cared. To him, it was impossible for their rtionship to get any closer. As a male chauvinist believer, it was a taboo for him to reveal his weakest side to her. The biggest and main priority of the base was the construction of the perimeter wall, thus Old Frank was the first to speak. He reported the days progress, then went through the entire n in detail. Seeing the thick stack of A3 papers in Old Franks hands, Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately felt restless. It was not only him, aside from Guo Fei and Shangguan Qiao Yun, everyone else became equally restless. When Old Frank moved onto the progress of the gutters, Zhang Xiao Qiang could no longer hold it in and interrupted Old Frank: Old Frank, I know you well, regardless of what task it is, you never whine orin, whats that term to call you? The one about the ox? Oh, right, you have the vigor of an ox. I am most at ease with you and will no longer question anything with regards to the perimeter wall. I trust you, but you dont have to be so involved into the matter, otherwise, what are those professional engineers for? Im not saying that youre in the wrong or youre bad, but youre in a leader role now, right? You just have to eye on the progress properly, yes......in all, just understand that I have trust in your work... Zhang Xiao Qiangs approval towards Old Frank caused Old Frank to turn dizzy, he looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang with excitement across his entire face. A solemn emotion stirred in him, as though he had be a soldier with unwavering loyalty. At that moment, if Zhang Xiao Qiang asked him to jump down from the third floor, he thought that he might actually open the windows and jump straight down. Seeing Old Franks excitement, Zhang Xiao Qiang assumed that he was about to speak, so he quickly turned to Zhang Huai An. But what about Zhang Huai An? Upon meeting Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes, he immediately began his report on the manpower numbers. They had epted a new batch of 120 people, 63 males and 57 females, the oldest man being 37 years old and the youngest 15 while all the females were below 40. This new batch of people underwent through the same procedures as Zhang Xiao Qiangs previous captives as they mixed with the construction workers and the locals. Thedies were all blue cor workers in a small food processing nt and were trapped in the factory after the outbreak until the men, who were looking for food, found and saved them. Due to their numbers, the men did not really cherish them. After every meal, the leftovers were handed over to thedies, if they could not find sufficient food, thedies had to starve. After the apocalypse, aside from allowing the men to vent on them, thedies could not do anything else, so they could only endure through their hunger until Three and his men found a few of their men scavenging for food and tracked them till they found the entire group. Boss, the base poption is close to 500 already, they valley is kind of full and the consumption of food has had a stark increase. Although Three said that he can retrieve some back daily, it will not make ends meet. There is still some stock left, but no one can say what can happen in the near future. Do you want to consider stopping Three from bringing more people back? Even if you still want to bring more survivors back, you can consider only females, honestly, we have too fewdies still... Zhang Huai An continued on the situation of the poption and consumption, he could be considered He Wen Bins assistant and knew the situation in the base. Although he did not know the numbers on firearms and the amount of stockpile, but with the few hundreds wiping out bags after bags of rice, he started to worry. He became afraid that Zhang Xiao Qiang might be soft and bring back any scattered survivors and cause the valley base to copse. Zhang Xiao Qiang thought for a moment and shook his head. He looked at Zhang Huai An and He Wen Bin and spoke up: If the valley cant hold anymore people, get them to stay on the mountain. If the mountain is full, get Old Frank to hollow out the mountain. If food is insufficient, we need to go out and look for more food. What we arecking now isnt food but manpower. When the wall is finished, we can start to grow crops and produce. Provided we have the opportunity and find some animals forbor, we still need to cultivate and take care of them.... Zhang Xiao Qiang resolved Zhang Huai Ans worries, then looked at Three: Three, you still have to go out and look. If theres one, take one, we have too few members in thebat team, the 30 military engineers might be a good choice to add into the group. Equip them with guns tomorrow and as for the ammunition, it will remain the same, you will have control over them permanently, and tightly, aside from that... Zhang Xiao Qiang turned and looked at Wang le, who stood up and spoke up: We have produced a total of 50 des made out of steel tes from vehicles, 50 shields made out of thin steel tes meld together where rifles out of 50m cannot prate through. Brother Cockroach, we only managed to manufacture 20 odd hunting crossbow, the reason being the materials are extremely hard to obtain, but as for the hunting arrows, we have produced about 1700. Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded his head, then continued to talk to Three: Your team has to learn cold weapons, in some ces, you will not be able to alert the zombie hordes and can only rely on cold weapons to take care of the zombies. Pay close attention in protecting your own lives and leaving a way out, every dead survivor is a huge loss for us... Three nodded his head. Afterpleting his instructions, Zhang Xiao Qiang became thirsty. He took up the cup of water prepared for him, only to see that the Fat Chef looked uneasy, so he nodded his head at him. Chapter 192: Automatic Fire

Chapter 192: Automatic Fire

Fat Chef never thought that Three would actually inform him about the meeting. It made him excited, so he boiled up a wok of hot water early in the morning and cleaned himself up, then found a new suit, making him bear the style of a boss, just that this boss kept on nodding his head towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, almost as though he was pandering to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Brother Cockroach....the seeds you gave me....thest time....has germinated.... Upon hearing theplete sentence spoken in stammers by Fat Chef, Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately stood up and stared at him with a burning gaze. Fat Chef was so overwhelmed by Zhang Xiao Qiangs movements that he cowered back down to his seat in fear until he saw the praise in his eyes and calmed down. He then repeated his report to Zhang Xiao Qiang....Zhang Xiao Qiang had previously given Chef a few seeds to be grown as he had thought about it. Giving Chef, a man knowledgeable in food science and cooking a few vegetable seeds to grow as crops in their best seasons, would naturally be able to produce some yield. Chef grew these seeds in pots that were notrge, thus the ultimate yield would not be high. Three-quarters of the 30 odddies brought back from the shelter at the foot of the mountain were assigned under Zhang Xiao Qiang, with two who used to rely on growing crops for a living. They helped Fat Chef around in the kitchen and loosened up soil at an empty spot, found and mixed in base fertilizer into the soil and found people to help build a shack to maintain the temperature inside as constant as possible. Due to their efforts, a few of the crops had grown up to around 15cm. Originally, Fat Chef had wanted to wait for the crops to be edible and surprise Zhang Xiao Qiang, but he never expected to be invited to participate in the meeting, seeing that everyone else was reporting about their work, he contemted for a long time and felt that there was nothing to report about his work, and his mind drifted to his young crops. Upon hesitating about whether to report it or not, he saw Zhang Xiao Qiangs gaze at him and immediately felt uneasy..... Only Zhang Xiao Qiang and He Wen Bin were left in the room. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at He Wen Bin, who was bing more depressed, and spoke: The situation in the base is still fine, right? Are there any movements from Threes side? He Wen Bin shook his head, then looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang and reported: Everything is fine, it is just that we are tight on ammunition.... Zhang Xiao Qiang interrupted him: Didnt we have close to 10 million bullets? Why so anxious? Or did someone do something? He Wen Bin shook his head....Zhang Xiao Qiang had plenty of rifle bullets in this arsenal with a total of at the very least 7 million, the rest being assault rifles and carbine bullets with heavy machine guns being the least. The five sets of machine guns had a total of fewer than 300 thousand bullets, and following Zhang Xiao Qiangs fewrge-scale zombie wipeouts, the machine guns were left with a little more than half of the original amount. Even so, Zhang Xiao Qiang increased thebat team size again, the remaining bullets could not possiblyst for a long time. The heavy machine guns were best used for defense and ording to the situation, the machine guns would simply be decorations inside thepleted perimeter walls. By any chance, if an organization or zombie hordes were to attack the base, they could only rely on their rifles to retaliate. Ordinary zombies could still be suppressed, but they had no chance against a D2. The machine guns could be used to suppress the D2 at close range, and if the machine gunners were to improve their marksmanship andnd all their shots on their targets, it might even be possible to kill off a D2! Zhang Xiao Qiang was tongue-tied, he was a wasteful person and enjoyed showing off anything he had, in which his subordinates had picked up as well. So long as they could spray their guns, they would do so instead of firing in bursts. As long as they could fire for long periods of time, they would never time their fires and fire in short durations. After their battles, the report had been consolidated, they no longer had support from the heavy machine guns and their automatic firepower was no longer sufficient. They no longer held the capabilities of clearing a zombie horde with over a thousand zombies. Even though they had plenty AK-56 on hand and could be substituted as light machine guns with sufficient bullets, it used the same bullets as the Type-81 Assault rifles, upon thinking about the .56* in the arsenal, Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart trembled.... Barbs of steel wires covered the top of the wall in front of them. The ck electric-powered steel doors were opened, revealing a row of short but sturdy structures. Around 10 scattered zombies started to stroll out to the open space opposite the doors. A prison was built in the center of the open space without any trees or any other structures around, but at the four corners of the wall stood tall sentry towers. The white outer walls, white sentry mounds alongside the steel barbed wires and the ck steel doors formed the initial form of the prison. Without even going in, any passerby would shudder just from the view of the exterior. Zhang Xiao Qiang stood on the roof of the Land Rover with a pair of binocrs as he slowly surveyed the surroundings. 10 fully equippedbat team members stood beside the vehicle and waited, the equipment and weapons they had were differentiated into two types. These 10, led by Three, were all equipped with stab-proof clothes along with police-issued bulletproof vests, their heads protected with helmets made out of polymers. In their hands were QBZ-95 AR with 9mm QSZ-92 pistols holstered to their right thighs. Zhang Xiao Qiang had brought out all the equipment for the mission and had Three pick out 9 members who had served the army previously to form an elite team with the best equipment and weapons given out to them. As for the rest, they were still equipped with the M1 Garand rifles. Zhang Xiao Qiang had wanted to change their weapons to AK-56s, but upon thinking about them having to familiarize themselves with the new weapons, he did not bother with it. Three looked at the familiar and slightly run-down steel doors. At that time, over a dozen men rushed in and only half of them managed to escape. Having to enter once again, his heart was anxious. The 9 elites were equally tensed, it was not a lie that they had served the army before, but they had never experienced warfare. Many of them had followed Zhang Xiao Qiang to kill zombies before, but they had never experienced fighting with zombies at close quarters in narrow spaces before, and even while wielding their assault rifles, they felt as though they were as defenseless without it. In this run, it could be considered that Zhang Xiao Qiang was prepared. At the very start, he had Three exin the real situation of the prison. They knew that the majority of the cells were sealed, although there were a few thousand zombies inside, the majority of them had no way of leaving the cells. As for the zombies that managed to break out, they numbered to a few hundred. On their side, they had 50 odd men, all with experience in dealing with zombies, so Zhang Xiao Qiang and Three felt that there would not be many problems. The most crucial thing was that the zombies sealed inside the cells never had the opportunity to interact with the rainwater so the number of evolved zombies could not be many. Zhang Xiao Qiang believed that so long as they remained careful, they could not suffer from any casualties. Zhang Xiao Qiang hopped down the Land Rover, opened the doors and started equipping himself. The Jing Wei de, Beast Horn Spear, Triangr spikes were all equipped. Zhang Xiao Qiang inspected the number of triangr spikes he had, then the Desert Eagle holster to his waist and dagger holstered at his thigh. After pondering for a bit, he took out a few grenades and clipped down onto his belt. By the time he finished equipping himself, Shangguan Qiao Yun who was standing at the side with her Garand Rifle stood behind him and opened the door. One ck leather boots stepped out of the vehicle. A young man with a delicate face dressed in a ck windbreaker stepped down of the vehicle with a long de slung on his back stared at Zhang Xiao Qiang coldly. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the handsome Guo Fei and felt extremely unhappy. Guo Feis manner of appearing was far cooler than him, but Zhang Xiao Qiang did not say much. Zhang Xiao Qiang finally understood what kind of person Guo Fei was. He was a lunatic, a lunatic that was looking to die, aside from cleaning zombies, he would hide in the shadows. He did not want anyone to see him, but of course, aside from the young girl called Mi Nan who followed behind him, no one else could even bother about him. *- ording to the web, the Type-81 assault rifle actually uses the 7.62mm bullets Chapter 193: Lunatic

Chapter 193: Lunatic

Zhang Xiao Qiang took the lead and brought the 40 odd men in. He did not use any fresh blood to attract the zombies out, the majority of them were sealed in their cells. Any scent of fresh blood would only incite them to go crazy. Three led the 9 elites and overtook Zhang Xiao Qiang and in a few moments, the sound of the QBZ-95 ARs firing could be heard. One after another, zombies with ws and fangs fell to the ground. Three took the lead with Zhang Xiao Qiang in the middle and the rest of thebat team following closely behind. After clearing the parking lot, Three entered the main building as he and his men cleared the scattered zombies at the front. Zhang Xiao Qiang crossed over new and old zombie corpses with brass ammunition shells everywhere. The messy ground was covered with dust that was seen everywhere. Dust covered the ck and dried blood on the zombie corpses, the empty ammunition shells and even on the white bones. In the middle of a pile of bones, Zhang Xiao Qiang spied a Type-81 AR dyed with ck blood. He bent down and picked up the rifle which was also covered in dust, dirtying his ck protective gloves with ayer of dust. He unclipped the magazine and saw the 7.62mm bulletsid inside. He clipped back the magazine into the gun and pulled the safety, aimed at the white wall and pulled the trigger. Dadadadada.... The lime ster of the wall dropped to the ground with three new irregr bullet holes in the wall. Zhang Xiao Qiang threw the AR to one of thebat team members behind him and continued walking ahead. With Zhang Xiao Qiangs demonstration, the members behind started to inspect the ground, upon seeing any rifles or magazines, they would pick them up. They did not even let empty magazines go. As Zhang Xiao Qiang continued ahead, he heard the gun fires being more concentrated. He led the people behind up ahead and upon reaching an exit, he saw Three and the 9 elites in engagement while retreating slowly towards them. Behind the elites, a dense mass of zombies was surging towards them. Zhang Xiao Qiang took his Beast Horn Spear and moved forward and received Three and the rest as they retreated. The exit was notrge and could be blocked with three men standing side to side. Zhang Xiao Qiang stabbed at the zombies continuously, upon seeing that the entire team had retreated through the corridor, he turned and retreated. At the other end of the corridor, the survivors ced three shields and protected themselves. The zombies squeezed into the corridor and crammed in front of the shields while the survivors continued to retreat. The members supporting the shields gritted their teeth as they lowered their heads and used their shoulders to exert force to push against the zombies. But there were too many zombies crammed together and with their totaled force, the three survivors holding the shields were forced to retreat even further. Upon seeing them being forced to a difficult position, the other members immediately sensed the danger and rushed forward to support the shield, all of them wishing to push the zombies away. A few of therge men all pushed together, but the zombies on the opposite side were still gathering endlessly, forcing both sides to be locked in a stalemate. Zhang Xiao Qiang equipped his Desert Eagle and moved back and forth behind the men. Thebat team and the zombies were locked down, forcing him to have no other ideas. Three and the 9 so-called elites were also crammed together. All of them looked at each other as they gathered all the strength they could muster in hopes of repelling the zombies. At one side, Three shouted at the top of his lungs, encouraging thebat team members. Zhang Xiao Qiang unclipped a hand grenade from his belt, thinking to throw it into the zombie horde but hesitated, and ultimately stopped. His subordinates were all within the corridor, throwing the grenade out was easy, but who knew if the fragments of the hand grenade would injure his members? Furthermore, the grenade would induce a shockwave that would affect them. Zhang Xiao Qiang had too few members and did not want to lose any of them. Suddenly, a thin Type-S zombie appeared from behind the horde. It jumped onto the zombies heads and quickly climbed its way forward. Upon seeing the agile Type-S zombie, Zhang Xiao Qiang became serious, he did not dare to be careless and raised his hand up and was about to press on the trigger when... BANG..... After the sound, the Type-S zombie right eye exploded with pitch ck blood spurting all over and falling onto the other zombie heads. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned back and looked just to see Shangguan Qiao Yun lowering her Garand Rifle that still had smoke emitting out from its muzzle. A gust of wind swept past Zhang Xiao Qiangs ear as a figure in ck swept past him. The lunatic Guo Fei had his de in his hand as he jumped onto the shoulder of an elite and ran on the shoulders of the frontline soldiers. He lowered his body with the de in his right hand as he ran on the uneven shoulders. Upon reaching thest line of defense where the zombies were shing against the shields, he suddenly jumped over the shields and stepped on the shoulder of a zombie. With both his hands on the hilt of this de, he swung down and removed the ws of a zombie which flew into the air. Countless of ws extended out towards him from beneath with the closest w just a line away from his pants. He jumped andnded on the body of the Type-S corpse. This time, he did not hold back and ran further ahead on the zombies heads and shoulders. Right when he reached the side of the horde and was prepared to jump behind a zombie, another Type-S zombie jumped and pounced towards him. In midair, he swerved and danced with his de as he dodged the Type-S ws andnded on the ground. The Type-S zombie that had pounced towards him was cut down perfectly at its waist into two as both parts fell into the horde and submerged beneath them. Only Zhang Xiao Qiang and Shangguan Qiao Yun were able to clearly witness Guo Feis lunacy. The others were huddled together and only felt a weight on their shoulders. Watching Guo Feis performance, Zhang Xiao Qiangs chin almost fell to the ground. How was that killing zombies, isnt that just sending himself to death? Guo Feinded behind the zombie horde, so Zhang Xiao Qiang was no longer able to see his situation clearly. He had no thoughts or consideration towards Guo Feis lunatic suicide, to him, everyone had to be responsible for themselves. Not longter, Zhang Xiao Qiang noticed that the zombies at the back were slowly turning and attacking their back. Initially, it was only one or two, but as time passed, pairs and more than three started to turn. The men who were holding up against the zombie horde could clearly feel the strength of the zombies dissipating, they shouted rhythmic steps and slowly pushed the zombies out. In the beginning, their progress was extremely slow but as time passed, they became faster and faster. The survivors cheered, they started to push the zombies to the exit, where Zhang Xiao Qiang was able to see a shadow flickering endlessly within the horde as one after another, the zombies fell silently to the ground. ROARRRRR.... A zombie was pushed onto the ground by the shields. Puchi.... The de on a Garand Rifle stabbed into the zombies head, followed by a leather boot stomping down on the twitching head and the de was pulled out. Pa pa pa.... Three and two elites stood together with their 9mm pistols as they unloaded bullets after bullets into the zombies heads. The 10 elites used their pistols and fired at the zombies closest to them. Following their urate precision, zombies kept falling. On the other hand, Zhang Xiao Qiang used his Beast Horn Spear to stab, whip or swipe at the zombies, causing them to fall at his feet. As the piles of corpses around him grew more and more, it became ufortable for him to use his spear. He swapped his handhold into a javelin throw and threw the spear into the chest of an iing D2. The Beast Horn Spear flew in an arc and stabbed straight into the Type-D2 zombie. The sharp Beast Horn Spear prated through its body and nailed into the ground, firmly locking the Type-D2 zombie in ce. Chapter 194: Guo Fei’s faint smile

Chapter 194: Guo Feis faint smile

Zhang Xiao Qiang brandished the Jing Wei de with his right hand while wielding the Beast Horn Spear in his left and killing more zombies. In his hand, the Jing Wei de easily beheaded the strong, agile or weak zombies off their shoulders while the Beast Horn Spear prated through the eye sockets or foreheads and sent the zombies straight to hell. One zombie appeared from behind a zombie that had just been killed by Zhang Xiao Qiang, opening itsrge mouth and biting towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang raised the Beast Horn Spear and stabbed at its ws, then shed down on its forehead with his Jing Wei de. PA.... A clear rifle shot was heard. A hole appeared on both the zombies forehead and the back of its head, the power of the shot forced the zombie to fall to the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang cursed in his heart, that Shangguan Qiao Yun meddling in again. Shangguan Qiao Yun was like a vengeful spirit that followed close behind him and would stop his thunder every time he was at the peak of enjoyment while killing the zombies. She was always a step ahead of him in killing the zombie that posed the biggest threat to him. To have this feeling taken away made him feel extremely sour but due to the circumstance, he was unable to turn back and scold her. He slowly cleared the zombies around him and managed to find the lunatic Guo Fei. Guo Fei was surrounded in a corner, his hair dishevelled, eyes fanatical red as he gasped for breath. The de in his hand was constantly used to sh down at the zombies close to him. His windbreaker was long tattered and torn, his movements turned slightly sluggish, but he persevered. One after another, zombies fell at his feet and slowly formed a half meter tall wall. He stood on this mountain of corpses and continued killing the zombies around him with not a single trace of despair or struggle on his face, only fanaticism and excitement.... One Type-D zombie finally had its turn after the zombies in front of it were dead. With its pathway cleared, it pounced towards Guo Fei. Guo Fei summoned the remaining of his strength and shed his de at the Type-D Zombies head. With his remaining strength, the speed of his de was mediocre. When the de was right at the Type-D Zombies head, the zombie stepped onto a corpse, causing it to stumble. The de shed onto its shoulder which did not induce any reaction from it. The Type-D zombie continued to sh its ws at Guo Fei. Guo Feis de was stuck in the zombies shoulder de and he was unable to unlodge it from the zombie. When the zombie pounced on him again, he voluntarily let go of the de as his sleeves fluttered gentle. Two different sized knives appeared in his hands with the knife in his right hand blocking the Type-D Zombies ws and the de in his left stabbing the zombie in its forehead. The knife pierced into the Type-D Zombies head, but the inertia of its pounce still existed, causing the zombie to collide straight into Guo Fei. Both Guo Fei and the body fell into the pile of corpses and with much difficulty, he finally pushed away the Type-D corpse that was on him. Two ordinary zombies pounced towards him from the left and right, Puchi.... The zombie on his right had a knife stabbed into its eye socket. After walking for another two steps, it fell to the ground. The zombie on the left did not stop at all, it continued to stagger towards Guo Fei. Upon noticing that the hideous zombie wanted to pounce on him and that he hadpletely consumed all the energy in his hands and with no weapons left, he figured that he could no longer do anything. But he did not despair. Unlike ordinary people who would turn afraid or savage right before death doors, he smiled faintly and closed his eyes. That was the first time Zhang Xiao Qiang saw him smile. A long sword drew light spun a halo in midair, sweeping past the short distance and prated the zombie from the left side of its head and out from its right. The sight of the zombie became strange, a sword stabbed into its rotten head made it look like aedic cartoon character. With the sword stabbed in its head, it pounced at Guo Feis leg. Guo Fei suddenly opened his eyes and saw the strange zombie by his leg, then saw Zhang Xiao Qiang standing amongst the zombies a distance away. He sighed gently, then climbed out from beneath the pile of zombies. He pulled out the de from the Type-D zombies shoulder, looked at the remaining zombies, then started charging at them..... A zombie crawled on the ground and advanced forward slowly, moving along the numerous corpses aroud. It continued to crawl on the thick, sticky and smelly pools of ck blood, drawing out long blood smears behind it. It could only crawl slowly, towards the humans moving about in the courtyard where even more zombie corpsesid. A leather boot suddenly stomped on its back, it struggled fanatically and attempted to w at the leg. It wanted to turn around and take a bite at the owner of the feet, it wanted to tear off a piece of flesh and swallow it to fill its empty stomach. A bay stained with ck blood stopped it by the back of its head. Pa.... The bay did not prate the head, but with a slight tremble, a rifle bullet was unloaded into the zombies head. It sprawled to the ground and struggled no more.... Wang Chong picked up Zhang Xiao Qiangs Jing Wei de and Beast Horn Spear, and even carefully cleaned the blood off the weapons with water before handing them back over to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Wang Chongs performance was notable, he dared to fight and dared to risk his life, although he was not that outstanding, but the number of zombies that had died by his hands was by no means a low number. In thebat team, he could be considered slightly above average. The courtyard was not huge, a few hundred zombie corpses covered the entire floor. About 10bat team members patrolled around the corpses with scattered gunshots heard over time. One after another, the zombies that struggled on the ground all took headshots. Guo Fei took off the windbreaker, revealing the stab proof vest that Zhang Xiao Qiang had equipped him with. Although he had been wed at by zombies multiple times, he did not suffer from any injuries. He remained silent as he used the torn windbreaker to clean the de in his hand. Inside the supervision area, the fences close to the door were opened. The ground was littered with dried corpses and bones of the dead. The cells were in a mess, with bedding torn to be substituted as cloth thrown all over the floor that were dyed ck with blood, flipped over metal beds, broken wooden boards, white bones, ck and yellow jail clothes all around and the asional Type-81 AR covered in dust hanging around. Zhang Xiao Qiang took the lead and walked extremely slowly, the other members behind gathered any ammunition and magazines they saw. Three and his elite team no longer rushed at the front but instead followed alongside Zhang Xiao Qiang while giving him directions. After passing through a row of opened cells and turning a corner, another row of cells appeared before them. These cells were all sealed shut, with countless of zombie arms extending out of the small food holes trying to get to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Through the small food holes, they could see countless of hideous and sinister zombies with their mouths wide opened. Thebat team members raised their guns in preparation to shoot but were stopped by Zhang Xiao Qiang. Although all these zombies looked terrifying, they posed little to no threat. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not want to waste time and bullets on time, so they formed a single line file and walked through the center with Guo Fei quietly following at the back. Unlike the others who avoided and dodged the zombie ws, he walked ahead with de in hand, shing and cutting the zombie arms off. Wherever he passed, armsid in his wake.... Zhang Xiao Qiang and the group walked through the supervision area and finally arrived at the rear of the prison. The structure at the back of the prison was like the front empty space, without any tall perimeter wall, but with many plots of agriculturalnd dug with a central water system extended to the end where a thick wall covered in steel barbed wires stood. There, over a dozen scattered zombies strolled along the slightly opened steel doors... Chapter 195: Arsenal

Chapter 195: Arsenal

Zhang Xiao Qiang watched Guo Fei slice thest zombies head in half. Guo Fei had wiped all the zombies by himself. Zhang Xiao Qiang led the group into the prisons most mysterious corner, where the structures within the walls were simple, three small bungalows were positioned in a Ʒ formation, where the left and right bungalows had no windows and had thick ck brick walls with old-fashioned green doors. The middle house was built with red bricks, with a row of old wooden windows that had mud sttered on the surface of the wall. Behind the houses was a sentry post that was upied by a zombie wielding a rifle. Upon catching the scent of humans below, it started to look for a pathway down. BANG.... After the gunshot, the zombie fell from the sentry post down to the ground. A member walked to its corpse and retrieved the rifle..... Zhang Xiao Qiang and his men could not locate the keys to the extremely sturdy steel doors. Aside from the 9 Type-81 ARs found hanging on the gun rack in the soldier rooms, there was only a safe holding 30 fully loaded magazines inside the security post. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not dare to use explosives on the doors afraid that it would kill all of them. The members watched Zhang Xiao Qiang fall in a daze looking at the steel doors and started to walk up to the steel doors one at a time. One of them used a bay to dig into a crack on the wall, while someone took a metal rod found from somewhere and pried at the door. Another person grabbed onto a rock and started hammering at the steel door. Three watched a dozen men pit themselves against the steel door, then whispered to Zhang Xiao Qiang before leading his elite subordinates back to the prison to search other locations to look for more things.... Seeing that everyone had racked their brains but were unable to open the steel door, Zhang Xiao Qiang became impatient and drew the Beast Horn Spear and walked forward. He had thought through it, he could not hide or stand idle in front of his subordinates and had to take action. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that the designer of the steel door was a genius, he could sense that the steel door was multiple times harder than a D2s skull. The steel door had a built-in lock or had three different locks. Zhang Xiao Qiang was unclear of which lock to dry into, bluntly, he went ahead with one of the locks. Fineponents were spun out by the Beast Horn Spear and fell to the ground. Crack.... Thest lock was removed by Zhang Xiao Qiang. He tried to pull but nothing happened. He tried pushing, but nothing happened. He flew into a rage and kicked on the steel door. BOOOM.... The steel door opened. The interior was pitch ck and they could not see anything within. Zhang Xiao Qiang switched on his torchlight and with a cigarette in his mouth, he moved forward. Halfway in, he was pulled back. Shangguan Qiao Yun had stopped him from entering. Without saying a word, she pointed to a warning sign on the wall, [Smoking and Fires are strictly prohibited]. Theserge words caused Zhang Xiao Qiang to tremble in cold sweat, he had seen many simr warning signs but never took them seriously. But at his current location, it waspletely different; They were in the prisons arsenal. Zhang Xiao Qiang got all of his subordinates to throw away their cigarettes before taking their torches to enter the building. Upon entering, they were greeted by a slope that declined and extended inwards ttened out by cement tiles. At the bottom, Zhang Xiao Qiang and his subordinates swept the ce. From outside, it looked as though the arsenal was small and could not possibly hold too many firearms. But upon entering, everyone realized that they were wrong, excessively wrong. The house above was just a cover, the space beneath the ground was multiple timesrger than the house. The area close to the door was extremely clean with two gun racks fully filled with Type-81 ARs. Aside from the gun racks, there was a ck and old-fashioned ss disy cab which held 10 9mm QSZ-92 pistols. There were not many ARs, numbering less than 200 of them, but they were maintained well. On one side was an iron workbench with a few ARponentsying on top of it. The workbench also had multiple tools and gun oil. Zhang Xiao Qiang did a hand gesture, to which his subordinates started moving away from all the ARs out. Zhang Xiao Qiang was disappointed, they were in an arsenal while the other location was an ammunition dump. Seeing that there were less than 200 weapons, Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that the ammunition dump would not have much ammunition, with the very most 100 thousand. At that moment, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that their harvest was gloomy. He turned and walked out, but not before sweeping the ce once more with his torch. In the deepest part of the arsenal, many wooden crates and a few other objects attracted Zhang Xiao Qiangs attention. He shone his torch and walked in. The deeper he was, the more dust there was. Slowly, he even able to form footprints on the ground. Many long crates were piled up neatly against the corner with ck pieces of oil felts folded unevenly covering them. Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled off an oil felt and after avoiding the cloud of dust, a heavy machine gun equipped with two wheels and deckid right before him. Uponying his eyes on it, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that the heavy machine gun that was beginning to rust was extremely familiar, as though he had seen it before in an old movie, [Battle on Shangganling Mountain]. A Type-53 Heavy Machine gun, a variant of the SG-43 Goryunov mass produced and used by the Soviet Union in WWII. They were equipped on the infantry and were used for suppressive fire, to which China did arge scale procurement of the weapon and then imitated its blueprints and created the Type-53 Heavy Machine Gun (HMG). Firing 7.62mm bullets with barrel speed of 865m/s, these 7.62mm heavy machine gun bullets shared the same bullets as the Type-85 Sniper Rifle (SR) that Zhang Xiao Qiang found. The HMGs caused Zhang Xiao Qiang to be stunned, he never thought that he would encounter such antiques in a prison. Furthermore, these antiques were preserved rather well, equivalent to the HMGs that he found hidden by the Chinese Army. Opening another oil felt, Zhang Xiao Qiang waspletely dumbstruck, looking at the bad boy in front of him, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not know whether tough or cry. This gun also had tworge steel wheels attached to it, it had the same defensive armor deck, just that the wheels were multiple timesrger than the wheels on the Type-53 HMG. The armor deck was many times thicker as well, seeing the short and thick barrel, Zhang Xiao Qiang turned slightly giddy. He had just witnessed the legendary cannon. Type-92 Battalion Gun, an outstanding weapon used in WWII by the Japanese Army, with its nickname of An inch short, an inch danger. It was also considered perfect infantry support weapon in the 20th century, especially for countries that had slow progress in mechanization. Furthermore, it was extremely suitable for theplicated terrain. For example, with regards to mountain battle, it was extremely skilled at doing its job for infantry support. Furthermore, it could be limit was all-epassing, it could almost support every location required for a military camp. Adding that its makeup was simple, not only was it convenient to employ in battle, it was also easy to be used for protection. Type-92 Battalion Gun, Barrel caliber: 70mm, Weight: 0.212 ton, Ball size: 70mm explosive/shrapnel/smoke, greatest distance: 2788m, shortest distance: 100m. Most importantly, it was extremely mobile and lightweight, a few men were enough to pull it around. These cannons were used often in the war and were the main supportive artillery fire in the army. Seeing the Battalion gun covered in dust, Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the other oil felts. Type-54 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun (DShK 1938), originated in 1938 by the Soviet Union, improved by firearm architect George Shpagin and designed by Vasily Degtyaryov, it showed and employed its greatest use in supporting the Korean War. The Type-54 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun was not only equipped to the infantry, it was also attached to the Type-59, Type-69 tanks, just that Zhang Xiao Qiang never thought that this prisons arsenal would have weapons used in the previous wars. Although these weapons were older than his father, they were preserved well. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that as long as the other ammunition dump had artillery shells and bullets, he had the confidence of igniting their glory once more and fire them as before. After lifting all the oil felts, Zhang Xiao Qiang stood in the middle of a pile of infantry supporting firepower in a daydream. He saw the recoil-operated Maxim Gun, the Type-92 heavy machine gun used by the Japanese, more U.S recoil operated heavy machine guns and more that he had never seen before. Dusting off the thickyer of dust on a wooden crate, a yellow seal appeared. [xx County Citizens Army Department, Sealed, Year xx Month xx Date xx]. Moving his torch down, Zhang Xiao Qiang saw words written in white chalk, [to be destroyed]. Chapter 196: Raging Tide

Chapter 196: Raging Tide

Zhang Xiao Qiang understood a few points, all of the weaponsid out in front of him were the Citizen army weapons kept by the various county armory. These weapons were stored and prepared to be destroyed but for some reason, they were left forgotten and kept in the corner to collect dust, until Zhang Xiao Qiang found them. The guns inside other wooden crates were Type-53 Rifles, some Type-53 rotary machine guns, and equal numbers of new and old Type-56 automatic and sub-AKs. It might have been because they were stored in wooden crates, their preservation was better than the weaponsid outside. Looking at the mass of crates piled together, Zhang Xiao Qiang reckoned that the number of weapons was sufficient to equip a few thousand people. A few buff men continued to transport the heavy weapons eyed by Zhang Xiao Qiang out while two sets of Type-92 Battalion Guns sat in the middle of the room. Zhang Xiao Qiang used the Beats Horn Spear and poked at the steel door of the ammunition dump. As pieces started to fall, he reached thest lock. DADADA.... A series of gunshots sounded out in the distance.....Ignoring thest lock, Zhang Xiao Qiang turned and ran out towards the door with Shangguan Qiao Yun following behind closely. Guo Fei wielded his de and followed silently with the other members holding onto their rifles and catching up from behind. They got closer to the gunshots. Upon exiting the steel doors, Zhang Xiao Qiang saw Three and his men running towards him while firing behind them. Those ahead provided cover fire for the ones behind to catch up. Zhang Xiao Qiang sensed that something was wrong, Three had left with 10 men but only 8 came back, whereas the other two had not revealed themselves. Three and his men ran and fired shots while the Combat Team Members behind Zhang Xiao Qiang inspected their guns and loaded them and provided assistance. Zhang Xiao Qiang took a Type-81AR from Wang Chong, retrieved out a magazine and loaded it, pulled on the gun bolt, opened the safety and went up to help as well. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not see the other two elite members appear, but things covered entirely in red prowling on the ground gushed towards Three and his team like a raging tide. Their bullets flew into the red tide causing spurts of blood to appear, but the red tide was not affected at all and continued to surge towards Three and his team. DADADA.... The Type-81 AR in Zhang Xiao Qiangs hands unleashed bullets. PA PA PA... Behind him, the rifles started opening fire, countless of bullets all aimed straight at the red thing and caused a lot of blood to fall, but did not even stop the thing for a second. Three ran over as he gasped for breath, but did not even reveal a bit of joy upon seeing Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest. Run, run now... Three shouted loudly and cut short Zhang Xiao Qiangs attempt to question him. Without saying a word, Zhang Xiao Qiang turned and run. This time, all the Combat Team members who were behind him ran in front of him. Zhang Xiao Qiang heard the fear in Threes caution. Adding his witness to the unstoppable red tide, he made it a priority to return to the armory for protection. The members of the firstbat team were already rushing into the steel doors. Zhang Xiao Qiang lowered his head and ran with his arms moving widely, the Type-81 AR sling moving incessantly along with him. Right as he was about to run through the steel doors.... AHHHH A scream came out from behind him. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned to look. A few animals that were as big as an average cat hadnded on an elite member who was at the rear and bit his cheek. Suddenly, a few more shot forward like arrows unleashed from bows andnded on his body. Upon clinging onto him, they never let go and kept on biting on him. This member tried to shrug the animals away but no matter how he tried, they were stuck onto him. A few more of these red animals flew up and grabbed onto his shoulders and thighs. Ultimately, he fell. He struggled and rolled on the ground endlessly, managed to pull out the QSZ-92 Pistol from his thigh and shot at one of the animals on his chest. BANG. BANG. After two shots, blood spewed out from the animal, but it never let go. After 7 shots, the red tide had drowned him. The heavy steel doors released an ear-piercing screech from the friction as it was closed. A solid steel bar was inserted into grooves in the two doors as a door bolt which prevented them from opening. Everyone gasped for breath, Run.....continue running....up to the watchtower... Zhang Xiao Qiang shouted out loud, he knew that the things would enter one way or another and the perimeter wall was still not safe. Hearing hismand, everyone continued to run towards the watchtower. Everyone kept moving except for Guo Fei, who stood behind the doors with his de and his head tilted upwards, looking at the sky as he waited. Zhang Xiao Qiang nced at him but did not say a word, and brought Shangguan Qiao Yun towards the watchtower. One, two....a pack, more and morepletely red animals the size of cats shot over the walls. Two cats dropped behind the door from the left and right. Right when their bodies were coincidentally aligned in midair, a cold de swept past their bodies. Their bodies instantly split into four pieces and dropped to the ground. Guo Fei leaped upwards and with a sh down, an animal that was flying to him was cut into half from head to tail. Without pulling back his de, he extended it straight and beheaded one that was pouncing towards his right waist. When he shed down, two corpses dropped to the ground. Another fivended on the ground in front of him and pounced towards him, two at his right thigh, two at his torso and another one at his face. The fivepletely red creatures seemed to have sealed all of his escape routes, and in the blink of the eye, they were already on him. Guo Fei jumped andnded on the steel bolt, borrowing the momentum of the jump, he did a flip in midair and dodged the five creatures. Following his turn in mid air, he swung his de and immediately sliced two of them in half. As hended on the ground, his right leg slipped half a step, his de suddenly extended out while he spun his body to the back. In that moment, two of the creatures that had jumped up the steel door and were following closely behind him were cut into four pieces. The remaining creature dodged his de and pounced towards his face. He flicked his sleeve which contained a small de that slide downwards to his palm. He looked as though he was swinging his right arm wildly, but a small de had prated into the creatures body, causing it to fall backwards. From the corner of his eyes, he saw two more creatures pouncing straight towards him. These two creatures did not jump into the air but stuck to the ground and ran at him. When one of them was before his feet and was about to jump, a foot trampled onto its small triangr head. PA! Its head exploded from Guo Feis heavy stomp. The two peanut-sized eyes dropped to the ground and rolled away, but the other one appeared by his side, jumped onto the steel door and pounced at his back. Guo Fei could feel the animal biting at his clothes. With all of his might, he smashed his back against the steel door. SQUEAK SQUEAK.... The animal on his back shrieked in pain but did not die. He changed the position of his de and aimed it to his back, then leaned against the steel door. The de severed the animal and it felt as though a water balloon was broken on his back as a warm liquid slowly pervaded through his clothes. He removed himself from the wall, dropping the animals lower half onto the ground while its upper half still remained clinging onto his back. Zhang Xiao Qiang led some members to block off the watchtower entrance while Three led his men to swap for the Type-81 ARs and stand guard at the top. Zhang Xiao Qiang took out his Jing Wei de and the Beast Horn Spear as precaution. When the animals jumped in, Zhang Xiao Qiang finally took a good look at them. They were extremely familiar, no matter how he looked at them, they simply resembled mice. Although they were as big as cats, they were much more simr to rats. One of the rats spun a few times on the ground, upon seeing Zhang Xiao Qiang at the entrance, it jumped up, revealing itsrge incisors as it aimed at his throat. Chapter 197: Between Life and Death

Chapter 197: Between Life and Death

The sword shed past, instantly slicing therge rats body into two. Another three big rats pounced at Zhang Xiao Qiang simultaneously. Zhang Xiao Qiang aimed the Beast Horn Spear in his left hand towards one of the rats head and the sharp point of the spear pierced in like slicing tofu. Applying some downward force, the rat slid from the tip of the Spear and hung on the pole. Following a swing, the rats corpse was flung to the ground. Using the Jing Wei de, he hacked down at the other two rats, and right when it was about to strike the rats. PA PA.... Two gunshots were released. The rats flew backward due to the immense force, causing the Jing Wei de to hit nothing. Mo-.....ther, this damned woman.... Zhang Xiao Qiang cursed at Shangguan Qiao Yun in his heart, she was constantly putting a stop to his limelight, preventing him from enjoying every time he fought. Did I owe her in our past life or something? Shangguan Qiao Yuns gunshots were like a signal as it got the people at the top of the watchtower to start firing. Countless bullets converged towards Zhang Xiao Qiang like a wall of fire that ripped all the rats to shreds. Zhang Xiao Qiang obtained the time to evaluate the situation, not many rats managed to enter within the walls with maybe up to a 100. These rats were extremely deformed, their front two legs were perfectly proportionate to their current bodies, but their hind legs were far more muscr and bigger than its entire body, causing them to look like they were in constant prowling positions. Zhang Xiao Qiang was sure that if they were able to stand straight, they would look like they came from Australia. Over at the steel doors, Guo Fei was high on killing the rats. Every time his de swung or danced, rats would either be beheaded or sliced in half. The rats were constantly jumping into his des. As for those sprawled across the floor, he would stomp on them. In actual fact, his speed was only a thread faster than the rats, but it was because of this marginal difference that made it seem as though the rats was facing against its natural enemy, an insurmountable natural enemy. With the guns above and Guo Fei at the opposite side, Zhang Xiao Qiang started to idle. Although a 100 rats were not little, they could not sustain against the massacre. When Guo Fei hacked thest remaining rat, he looked around with his bloodthirsty eyes, looking for any remaining monsters. The entire ce looked as though it had been baptized by blood with various rat corpses lying everywhere. Just as Zhang Xiao Qiang sighed with relief, he heard Three crying out from above. Following that, the Garand Rifles and Type-81 ARs started to fire again. Countless of bullets struck the top of the wall, inciting cement dregs to fall. Small holes formed at the upper surface of the wall. One dead rat fell from the top to the ground, its entire dark red fur gradually turned bright red. Following the continuous firing from the watchtower, more and more rat corpses fell. Zhang Xiao Qiang then realized that the rats had started climbing the perimeter walls. Endless swarms of triangr head rats appeared at the top of the wall before they could evenplete their climb, they would be shot. There were already many corpses inside the perimeter wall, but there were even more corpses that fell outside. Even so, the rats continued to appear. When Zhang Xiao Qiang heard the cease-fires from above, his heart instantly tensed up. They had not opened the ammunition dumps and the bullets they found and had added together were less than 2000. ording to the speed that they were firing at, the bullets they had would be depleted, without the suppressive fire from the automatic rifles, how could they simply rely on the rifles to defend against the rats? Zhang Xiao Qiang climbed the watchtower very quickly and threw a few of his own magazines to Three, then pulled a team member using his Garand Rifle to fire away aside and looked towards the wall. It was difficult to evaluate the situation from below, but at the top, Zhang Xiao Qiang was able to see clearly, and only then realized the severity of the situation, the number of rats outside the wall had slowly formed into a mountain. The dense amount of rats squeezed together squirmed slowly, countless of them wished to climb the wall while countless of them wanted to climb to the top of the rat mountain. Although the gun fires had not ceased, the mountain of rats kept growing higher, the bullets were able to draw blood from the rats, but these bullets were considered drops inside the ocean of rats. Regardless of how many rats were killed, their corpses would still form a part of the mountain and be stepping stones for the other rats. Zhang Xiao Qiang cursed under his breath and ran down the steps again, he rushed to the bottom of the wall where the rat corpses fell endlessly and took a grenade from his waist, pulled its safety pin, and threw it across to the other side of the wall. He did not count the seconds or had time to wait for the grenade to explode and threw out another one as insurance when suddenly... BOOM A loud explosion caused the sky above Zhang Xiao Qiang to darken immediately. He looked up, squealed and immediately turned to run. Countless of charred rat corpses, countless of half-dead rats and countless of limbs were thrown into the sky from the power of the grenade. All of these formed an unprecedented cloud that instantly rained down. Although Zhang Xiao Qiang was giving his all to run, the endless rain of rat corpses still fell on him without fail. While sprinting, he swung himself left to right in attempts to throw off the disgusting body parts. Only when Zhang Xiao Qiang returned to the watchtower did he realize that everyone else had hidden within, even Guo Fei, who seemed unafraid of the Heavens or anything and sought to die was actually hiding inside the watchtower. Zhang Xiao Qiang only climbed to the top to inspect the result of the grenades after the rain of body parts ended. The other members left the watchtower andbed the courtyard to finish off the remaining rats that were only stunned by the grenade. The stairs that led to the top of the watchtower waspletely covered with rat corpses and body parts. Zhang Xiao Qiang had to endure stepping on them and resist the urge to vomit to reach the top. The top was also filled with dead rats, blood stters and body parts. Zhang Xiao Qiang trampled onto a just awoken rat, then looked towards the wall. The mountain of rats outside the wall had been reduced by a great level, but the rats at the bottom were still converging at the same ce and slowly forming a brand new rat mountain. Once again, Zhang Xiao Qiang sighed, then turned and headed down the watchtower. Zhang Xiao Qiang started his third sprint. Following the third explosion, Zhang Xiao Qiang no longer bothered to look at the formation of another cloud of rats. He trampled over the rat corpses and ran towards the watchtower when new body parts started to descend. He only stopped to catch his breath after entering the watchtower. He watched the rain of rats fall outside and turned to look at Three. Three revealed a bitter look, then used a nk and covered his head before climbing up the watchtower. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at his bloodstained clothes and shook his head. He removed his gloves, took out a cigarette, lit it up and waited. Halfway through the cigarette, Three came down. He looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang and shook his head. A burst of agitation rose in Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart, he flicked the cigarette on the ground and smeared it out with his feet. He wore the bloodstained gloves once again, wielded the Beast Horn Spear and walked out. Outside of the ammunition dump door, a sea of rat corpsesid all over, while the green steel door had been dyed blood red. Zhang Xiao Qiang used the Beast Horn Spear and prod at thest lock.....No one knew how the lock was made, but Zhang Xiao Qiang began his persistent destruction of the locks. One lock took him about 10 minutes, but the rats outside the wall did not give him the time. The subordinates stationed at the top of the watchtower warned them of the iing tide, and gun fires started up again. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned and looked back, dead rats were dropping down from the wall again. He increased the strength in his hands and started to move his Beast Horn Spear at a quicker pace. Perspiration trickled down his forehead, from one to two drops to an endless stream of perspiration. Chapter 198: Crisis & Desperation

Chapter 198: Crisis & Desperation

The Type-81 ARs automatic firing slowly came to aplete stop, and only the Garand Rifles were left firing. Countless healthy and active rats jumped into thepound within the walls amidst the gun fires. Seeing the rats scampering about on the ground, Zhang Xiao Qiang was prepared to remove his Beast Horn Spear and stop his attempts to enter the ammunition dump. Who cares about it, Ill just kill as many as theye.....one....two....three of them..... Three lucky rats scampered and increased their speed upon seeing Zhang Xiao Qiang. Just as their speed was increasing, a cold and straight de swept past their bodies. Following the upswing of the de, two of the rats were instantly crippled. Another one managed to slip past and pounced over. Shua.... The de hacked downwards, this remaining rat was instantly split into two. The hands wielding the de pulled back, and the de was instantly retracted from the ground. Guo Fei had rushed over. He stood at the foot of the wall where the number of dead rats was sufficient to form a meter tall wall, where some of the half-dead rats around twitched their legs. Guo Fei stood guard steadily, regardless of how many rats came down, they would all be killed by him. But as time passed and following the increasing number of times Guo Fei had to cut down, physical exhaustion took over him. More and more rats fell, but as the Garand Rifles could only hold 8 bullets per time and the riflemen were all busy reloading, the sudden increase of rats made Guo Fei helpless. He could only increase the speed at which he was cutting them down, but with the increase in speed, the remaining amount of strength left in him became negligible. Ultimately, three rats past him and headed towards Zhang Xiao Qiang who was at the steel door. Pa Pa Pa.... Three fires were heard. Shangguan Qiao Yun used her M1911A1 and slowly walked over to Zhang Xiao Qiangs side and guarded his back. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not look at Shangguan Qiao Yun, he was in an anxious state, thebat team members only had a few hundred bullets with them from the beginning and should be close to depletion already. At that time, they would no longer be facing scattered rats but be overwhelmed by the surge of them. It looked as though Zhang Xiao Qiang was about to destroy the lock when the final gunshot ceased firing, and the scattering dozen of rats above the wall turned into a downpour. Shangguan Qiao Yun used her gun to shoot the rats, Ka.... Her M1911A1 pistols 7 bullets were emptied. The holster on Zhang Xiao Qiangs waist loosened, but it was Shangguan Qiao Yun who took his Desert Eagle, Bang... a leaping rat instantly exploded and turned into blood stters. Even with both her hands on the Desert Eagle, Shangguan Qiao Yun was forced a few steps backward due to therge recoil and knocked into Zhang Xiao Qiang who was working hard on the door. It might have been the final and critical lock to open the steel doors as the steel doors suddenly opened up with a loud BOOM.... Zhang Xiao Qiang and Shangguan Qiao Yun immediately rolled at the moment they saw an opening. Behind the doors was a slope simr to the arsenal, Zhang Xiao Qiang moved blindly with his hands waving wildly in front of him, wanting to grab onto something, but the cement floor was too slippery. He managed to grab onto a soft body, but it turned out to be Shangguan Qiao Yun. Due to the shock, he and her rolled down in the embrace until his head knocked onto arge crate. They were in total darkness. In a daze, Zhang Xiao Qiang supported Shangguan Qiao Yun up. He looked at the only light source that came from the doors above him, making it look as though the doors were suspended in midair. Touching therge wooden crates behind him, Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately released Shangguan Qiao Yun from his embrace and reached out for the torch in his bag. The bright beam of light tore the darkness away, countless of wooden cratesid quietly in front of him. Zhang Xiao Qiang ignored therge crate by his side as he looked at the corner at the slope of the entrance. When the torchlight in his hand shone on rows of wooden racks revealing green ammunition crates, a low resounding noise was heard from the outside. Zhang Xiao Qiang had no idea of what had happened outside and unconsciously grabbed onto Shangguan Qiao Yuns delicate hands and ran towards the ammunition crate. Right when they reached the crates, they felt that the light from the doors had dimmed. A figure with the light behind his back ran towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, it was Wang Chong in perspiration. Zhang Xiao Qiang had to use the torch to identify him. What exploded? Zhang Xiao Qiang was unaware of the situation outside and asked, he knew that when Shangguan Qiao Yun and he stumbled into the ammunition dump, the situation outside was already at its critical point where the tide of rats was surging in. Covered in perspiration, Wang Chong took two deep breaths before replying: Oh....it was the hand grenade that Brother Cockroach gave me, seeing that the situation was dire, I just threw it out. Somehow, those things are temporarily blocked. Captain Three have brought his men to cleanse the remaining few, and I came in to check if I could help. Zhang Xiao Qiang recalled the incident. He fake threw a hand grenade in the cave to scare the upants out, to which Wang Chong actually picked it up. Wang Chong had wanted to return it to him, to which Zhang Xiao Qiang never wanted to give to anyone else. But who would have known that at the most crucial juncture, this forgotten grenade would be used to itsrgest potential? It could also be said that without this grenade, Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest were bound to die. Zhang Xiao Qiang, Wang Chong, and Shangguan Qiao Yun carried two crates of ammunition up the watchtower. Magazines fully loaded were handed to every member, while all the Garand Rifles were swapped for the Type-81 ARs. With the firepower of 40 ARs locked onto the wall, not one rat was able to enter anymore. Seeing that the situation had been stabilized, Zhang Xiao Qiang prepared himself to enter the ammunition dump again. Guo Fei sat at the foot of the stairs of the watchtower, holding onto a rat pelt that he carved off from a corpse and cleaned his de. He cleaned the de meticulously with extreme focus, to the point that he ignored the bleeding wound on his face. The wound, a scratch made by a rat, stretched from the corner of his right eye to the bridge of his nose, the skin that was flipped up had blood flowing down his face. Drops of blood dripped onto his de, producing bloodflowers on the gleaming surface of the de, which would be wiped away with the rat pelt. He saw Zhang Xiao Qiangs feet by his side, raised his head to take a look then lowered his head again and continued wiping his de, as though he no longer sense Zhang Xiao Qiangs existence. To him, only his de existed. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked back to the pile of wooden crates inside the ammunition dump, to which Wang Chong, who was behind him, would move the crates of Type-81 AR ammunition outside. Zhang Xiao Qiang ced the rat infestation to the back of his mind, as long as they had sufficient bullets, they were not in any danger. Zhang Xiao Qiang opened up crates after crates, all the ammunition that was wrapped tightly in oil papers ced neatly in the crates were all revealed. Zhang Xiao Qiang removed the oil paper, revealing the glossy bronze bullets that shone under the torchlight. He kept on unsealing the bullets, revealing the pointy ammunition that reflected when the beam of light passed them. Zhang Xiao Qiang discovered that majority of the standardized bullets were ced neatly together, they were all 7.62mm bullets with the same diameter, the sole difference was their lengths. The longest bullets were heavy machine gun bullets, the mid-length were light machine gun bullets or rifle bullets and the shortest were pistol bullets. As for the remaining bullets.... Chapter 199: Origin

Chapter 199: Origin

Zhang Xiao Qiang was somewhat shocked looking at therge bullets in his hands. If such bullets were to hit a human being, would they still remain an intact body? Zhang Xiao Qiang had big palms and was able to cover Shangguan Qiao Yuns entire hand, but the length of the bullets in his hands was even longer than his palm, nearly as long as cigars. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the shocking Type-54 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun (DShK 1938) bullets, he had no idea what would happen if these bullets were to strike a humans body, but he knew that the bullets should be able to prate through a Type-D2s skin. Looking at the bullets before him, Zhang Xiao Qiang enjoyed the happiness for a while. He found some Type-54 anti-aircraft machine guns in the armory, although they were not preserved that well and had some instances of rust, Zhang Xiao Qiang had Wang Le, Wang Le was an expert in repairs and machinery, if he could repair thetest technologies, what were decade old technologies to him? Moving forward, Zhang Xiao Qiang saw many M191A6 recoil-operated machine guns bullets, which he gave to his machine gun teams. These bullets looked to be less, but that waspared to the heaps of other bullets avable. Zhang Xiao Qiang did some simple calctions, even with the total number of bullets he had opened were hundred thousand, there were still crates that were unopened, most probably they were able to retrieve a million ammunition. Aside from the M1919A6 heavy machine gun bullets, Zhang Xiao Qiang saw 7.7mm bullets for the Type-92 heavy machine guns, but the quantity was few with less than ten thousand. When Zhang Xiao Qiang opened another crate and saw the number of bullets inside, he was truly shocked. Inside, the bullets were wrapped tightly into bundles with kraft papers. Zhang Xiao Qiang removed the kraft paper and revealed bullets that were distinctly differentiated with two colors, one had red circles while the other had yellow circles. 14.5mm bullets with a length of close to 16cm and felt like a quarter of a kilo held in hand. The tip of the bullets already took up half of the length of the entire bullet. Zhang Xiao Qiang thought about a show he watched before, [My chief and my Regiment]. In the show, there was an anti-tank gun used by the Japanese, where their bullets were just slightlyrger than the bullets in his hands. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the bright copper-nickel bullet head but could not think of any weapons that were able to shoot therge bullets in his hands. Type-92 Battalion Guns? But the length feels wrong? Zhang Xiao Qiang walked further in and saw 70mm high-explosive anti-tank warheads for the Type-92 Battalion guns.... By the time Zhang Xiao Qiang returned to the surface, noon had already passed. Fortunately, his members had brought three days worth of rations. This was Zhang Xiao Qiangs rule, something that he had concluded through all the dangers he had faced before. There are too many uncertain elements in the apocalyptic world, preparing more means having a higher chance of survival. The gun fires from the Watchtower never stopped, the members all took turns to fire and have their lunch. The members on top were split into two firing squads, Three realized that just by using half of the manpower, split into two teams to take turns firing was sufficient to stop the rats on the wall. The rest of the members could rest or reload the empty magazines. Since the appearance of the rats, all the members were fighting intense battles. Regardless of those who had used the M1 Garand Rifles first before changing or those who were using the Type-81 ARs all the way, all of them had suffered under the powerful recoil of the automatic rifle to the point that they were unable to lift their arms while resting. With the situation stabilized, Three had the time to narrate the cause of the rat tide. The day before yesterday, Zhang Huai Ans worry about the food problem in the base struck a chord in Threes heart, especially that Zhang Huai An actually wanted Three to stop epting new survivors. This made Three extremely unhappy, who had longed to transform the Combat Team into arge troop, with him being the captain of the troops. When that happened and he truly became the captain of the troops, aside from Zhang Xiao Qiang or He Wen Bin, his voice would be the most powerful. With regards to the two people above him, he never had the thoughts to do anything against them. It was Zhang Xiao Qiang and He Wen Bin who rushed into a horde of thousand over zombies to pull him. Without saying, Three would always remember this in his heart, but he never cared about the others. Furthermore, Old Frank, who was in charge of construction, had a few hundred men under him. There was no need to talk about Lu Ren Yi, in Threes eyes, he never bothered about Lu Ren Yi, but Zhang Huai An, an outsider, actually wanted to stop him from epting survivors. Without the manpower, there was no source for troops, without a source, when would he be able to aplish his n of building an army? Without being a Captain, wouldnt Old Frank be forever above him? Who knew when would Zhang Huai An climb over him as well? For this, Three became worried about the food. He was not someone who would remember grievances and had to resolve them, he did not know how long the food reserve in camp could hold before depletion. He only knew that the number of meals required for a few hundred men in a day was more than enough for him to eat for a year. A year worth of food reserves, to him, was already arge number. They were currently in a prison meant to hold over a thousand prisoners, the amount of food they required was not a small number as well, and since it was a prison, it was impossible for many trucks to move in and out all the time, so to ensure a stable food source in prison, Three reckoned that the prison had a storage to hold their food. When Three informed Zhang Xiao Qiang that he wanted to look for supplies, he was in fact, looking for the food storage. The process of searching for the food storage went smoothly, aside from a few skeletons, they never encountered a zombie. In the beginning, they were cautious, but by the time they reached the food storage, they had rxed. The food storage wasrge with a huge lock on the doors. They opened the food storage together, but when the light entered, they saw arge rat nest. All the food were bitten into pieces with moldy food scattered all around. Every corner on the ground was littered with rat piss and feces, with ratsrger than an adults fist hoarding food everywhere. The sound of the doors opening surprised the rats, but it only caused them to squeak. Just when Three found it strange that the rats were not afraid of humans, 10 rats the size of cats with dark red fur suddenly charged at them. 10 Type-95 ARs fired in unison, many of these rats bled and fell halfway while chasing after them while the scattered bullets killed many of the fist-sized rats that were hoarding food. Due to this, all the rats that were consideredrge before the apocalypse but seen as mere small rats in here, all squeaked and scattered further into the food storage. Seeing these rats frightened away, Three no longer cared about them. He looked around and saw that there was no oil to dredge up, led his men away. Before they could walk for long, they heard a strange noise, like countless of leaves rustling in the wind. Following that, this noise slowly came closer, they stood in ce and looked around carefully, not knowing where the danger wasing from. Chapter 200: Long Range

Chapter 200: Long Range

When the tide formed by the dark red andrge rats surged over, Three led his men and tried to use their rifles to shoot them. But seeing the endless tide of rats rushing at them, they started to feel the pressure. Seeing the endless streams of rats running towards them from the distance, Three started to panic. He led his members to retreat while firing at the rats. Before they could run a distance, the ride tide suddenly shot out over 10rge rats, that jumped onto the slowest member. The rats bit on whatever they could sink their teeth into with a few of them stuck onto his face. The rats dug their ws deep into his flesh, their razor-sharp teeth bit off pieces of his face as he hugged his head and rolled on the ground. Upon seeing that he was in pain, one of the members went back to help, but in this short moment of hesitation, he was also engulfed by the sea of rats. Upon reaching here, Threes eyes turned red, he only had a total of 9 elites who had served the army before, regardless of what kind of soldiers they were, as long as they had gone through the basic military training, they would be seen as elites in the apocalypse. Just from the rats, three of them had died, how many people were there in the Combat team? Ever since Zhang Xiao Qiang had built up the Combat Team with 11 men, they continued to expand and had a total of 60 men and women. After experiencing so many battles, aside from two deserters that were killed by Zhang Xiao Qiang, none of them had suffered any injuries before. The newly introduced elite team that was directly under him, equipped with the best equipment, best guns, personal Type-92 pistols, bulletproof vests and polymer helmets, all of them armed to the teeth, lost to a few hundred zombies that surrounded them and even lost 3 men to the rat tide. He was ashamed and even felt that he was not fit to be a leader. Zhang Xiao Qiang encouraged Three, to him, Three had already done sufficiently well. Although he and his team acted like dogs with their tails beneath their bodies and retreated multiple times, that was how they were able to survive. Zhang Xiao Qiang was notcking in supplies or food, he wascking in men. He did not find a poption of 10 thousand as a lot, one person as too little. Although Three did not know of any tactics and could not efficiently direct his troops, he was able to sense danger and could lead his men to retreat. Although they had losses, they were able to preserve themselvespletely, if it were some other person who was a tad slower, their entire unit might have been killed. Zhang Xiao Qiang was sure that the rats were all mutated variants, they lived beneath the floors of the prison and the food store was their dining quarters and their baby rooms. Three and his men had rmed therger rats, causing them to chase after them to no end until they surrounded Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest. They were notcking in food temporarily, every person had their own fresh water, so water was also sufficient. One after another, green steel ammunition crates were ced side by side inside the watchtower. They were no longercking in ammunition, but no one knew of the exact number of rats outside, they were constantly converging and forming a mountain in attempts to get over the wall. Zhang Xiao Qiangs subordinates had wrestled with the rats for more than 2 hours, fear and fatigue were not in their dictionary, but Zhang Xiao Qiangs subordinates were already at their limits. From the start, they had never gone through high-intensity training or war simtion, the only thing that was making them persist was the pure fear of the rats. The firing rate on the watchtower started to slow down. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at his watch, then raised his head and looked at the sky. They were notcking in anything except the most important thing, time. If the rat problem could not be resolved prior to night time, the rats could take advantage of the darkness to jump over the wall. Without running electricity, majority of the spotlights had turned to decorative items. They had no wood to burn for light as well. Zhang Xiao Qiangs subordinates were not equipped with night vision devices, and they could very well perish in the night. Shua.....shua..... Sounds of arrows piercing through the sky broke Zhang Xiao Qiangs train of thoughts. He raised his head and looked towards the source of the sound and saw the shadows of some sharp objects flying across the sky, into thepound. These sharp objects resemble ancient archers concentrating their fires in one spot. Some of these half-meter long, chopstick thick spikes stabbed into the zombie corpses, the floor, the ck walls of the arsenal, leaving white dots all around, while many more flew and struck the survivors inside the watchtower. ARGHHH... Someone screamed out loud, Zhang Xiao Qiang jumped up and rushed into the watchtower, taking 2 to 3 steps per time and rushed up the stairs. Four of the survivors were dragged to the side, their bodies had sharp spikes stuck into them. Wang Chong was helping one of them to remove the spike from his body which was stabbed almost an inch into their bodies. As the spike was taken out, blood quickly dyed his yellow military uniform red. Two othersid by the side, dead or alive, no one knew. Their bodies were covered with the spikes looking like hedgehogs. The blood flowing from the numerous wounds on their bodies slowly formed a pool of blood which slowly extended towards Zhang Xiao Qiangs feet. Zhang Xiao Qiang handed a bottle of blood clotting powder over to Wang Chong, then peered out of the window. The tform at the top of the watchtower which was initially covered with badly damaged rat corpses had been cleaned by Three and his men. But when Zhang Xiao Qiang looked out, aside from the blood traces from the rat corpses, there were countless of spikes, bullet shells and little bean-sized holes. The uninjured members were in a state of panic, a few of them continued to fire with their rifles while a few of them quickly shifted the empty ammunition crates to the top to act as cover. Three constantly shouted at the people around him while asionally firing at the wall. Seeing that the situation was not as terrible as he expected, Zhang Xiao Qiang raised his head and looked towards the wall. The rats were still climbing the mountain, their speed somewhat much faster than before, maybe because of the suppression of the rifles being slower. At the empty space beyond the mountain of rats behind the wall, Zhang Xiao Qiang noticed something and thought that he was seeing things. He quickly retrieved out his binocrs and took a look. In the empty space a 100m away from the wall, Zhang Xiao Qiang saw 10rge animals wiggling towards the prison. These things were roughly the size of therge jars he saw in the vige. As they were moving together, Zhang Xiao Qiang was unable to obtain a clear view of their true appearance, but Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the main culprits responsible for the spikes. It was them, their bodies had countless of spikes spread out like porcupines. Zhang Xiao Qiang zoomed the binocrs 10x onto the spikes on their bodies. Looking at them, Zhang Xiao Qiang inhaled in cold air from his mouth.... Are the rats actually mutating to adapt to long range? Chapter 201: Heavy Machine Gun

Chapter 201: Heavy Machine Gun

Seeing therge porcupines in the distance, Zhang Xiao Qiangs hands trembled slightly, all of their original backup ns were run aground. With the long distance monsters, the creatures were able to suppress the gun fires and concentrate their attacks. Six Combat Team members were already forced to stand down due to injuries, this was only their first round, but seeing the monsters with the dense spikes still on their backs, Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that it was not theirst. Including the three elites who had died outside the wall, there were a total of 9 men in the team that Zhang Xiao Qiang who were unable to wield weapons and fight. In total, he had brought out 50 men, leaving Zhang Huai An with only 10 odd men to defend the base. This also meant that Zhang Xiao Qiang had brought out 80% of the force, and up to date, he had already lost 10% of the men with another 10% no longer able to fight. As for the remaining 40 men, it was not enough for them to just defend the wall against the onught of rats and long distance attacks, they had to destroy and put an end to the uncountable rats. Only by doing so would Zhang Xiao Qiang be able to return to the arsenal and retrieve the ammunition and weapons. The situation was dire and Zhang Xiao Qiang figured that he and 80% of thebat team were forced to stay in the prison. The slow-moving porcupine-like creatures seemed to have received some sort of order, they stopped their swollen bodies in unison and stooped down. Observing their strange actions, Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately dropped his binocrs and shouted to his back: TAKE COVER..... After shouting, he immediately turned and jumped into the stairwell and hid his body behind the thick cement wall. The other members immediately dropped the empty ammunition crates and ran in as well. Three ran in with his Type-81 AR and squatted beside Zhang Xiao Qiang, asionally raising the rifle and firing out.... Shua shua shua.... the familiar sounds came out again. Zhang Xiao Qiang grabbed Three by his clothes and pulled him in. Due to Zhang Xiao Qiangsrge exertion of force, Three was flung and fell into a pool of blood. Ding ding.... Countless spikes struck the wall, a few even prated through the small opening and shot into the interior. The ce where Three was at prior to being pulled down was already covered with countless spikes. Seeing the wall where he was previously at being thinned, Three shuddered in fear, he was almost the sixth dead member. Upon thinking of what Zhang Xiao Qiang did, he looked towards him with gratitude and thanked him. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not have the time to look at him in the eyes. He took up a Type-81 AR leaning on the wall and slowly stood up. He took aim towards therge porcupines and took fire. The rifle throbbed intensely on his shoulder, his right cheek was also able to feel the intense recoil, the muzzle of the rifle spewed out green mes continuously as bullets slowly reached therge target. The weird creature trembled upon being shot at, the dense spikes on its body broke and fell all around it. A full magazine of 30 rounds was emptied on the target, but the creature merely stopped trembling after the firing stop and gently shook its body, throwing off the broken spikes. After that, it looked as though it had received some order as it stopped shaking and stooped down once more..... TAKE COVER.... Zhang Xiao Qiang shouted out once more and jumped back in. All of the other members routinely stopped their fires and hid. Three to four secondster, another wave of concentrated spikes flew in. When the sounds of the spikes colliding into the wall stopped, Zhang Xiao Qiang retrieved a full magazine from the ammunition crate and reloaded. He led everyone out to continue firing, where thebat team members aimed and fired at the wall while Zhang Xiao Qiang aimed at the creature that he had shot previously. After emptying another magazine, Zhang Xiao Qiang helplessly realized that the Type-81 ARs 7.62mm bullets were useless against the creature. Aside from breaking the spikes on its back, it did no damage to the creature, making it feel as though he was using the rifle to tickle the creature. The interval at which the creatures shot their spikes was not very fast, allowing Zhang Xiao Qiang to estimate the duration of their reloads, which was roughly a minute and a half to two minutes. Furthermore, every time they shot, they had to stoop their body downwards, as long as there was an early warning, thebat team members would have time to dodge and prevent further injuries. But these creatures did not care whether or not they were on target, they merely repeated the motion of stooping down and taking fire, as though they were telling Zhang Xiao Qiang, I cant kill you, but I can irritate you to death. Their suppressive fires were of some use, at least thebat team members had to take the time to avoid their spikes, lowering the efficiency of their fires. Without the continuous suppression of the Type-81 ARs, the mountain of rats formed even faster. Although the suppressive fires from the rifles woulde on after every minute or so, the speed at which the rats were forming the mountain was able to slightly ovee their fires. Time had passed and it was alreadyte afternoon, Zhang Xiao Qiang and thebat team members were firing nonstop, without any idea of how many rats were there. Zhang Xiao Qiang started to worry, no one knew what other creatures aside from the rats and long-range porcupines were there to suddenly ambush them. He unloaded an empty magazine and grasped for another but realized that there were no longer any loaded magazines. The ammunition crate by his feet was already emptied out and the magazines inside were all the empty ones that he had thrown with countless empty bronze shells. He grabbed an empty magazine and quickly reloaded it with bullets, his eyes constantly moving around trying to look for an idea. If they could turn the tide, it would be the best possible oue, if they could not, he had to look for a direction to break out. Suddenly, he spied onto the Type-53 7.62mm HMG at the bottom of the watchtower from the corner of his eyes. The dense te installed on it made his heart stir. The current issue was that there were no suppressive fires on the rats because of the long-range porcupine-rats. If we install the Type-53 HMG on top and use the ammunition crates to block off its two sides and use the te to protect the top, wont that be apletely sealed and safe machine gun fort? Zhang Xiao Qiang recalled the rusted heavy machine gun on the workstation inside the arsenal, unsure of whether he had the capability of restoring it after dismantling it. Taking one step back, if it could be dismantled, it could be restored. But what if there were additional parts that he did not know of? Zhang Xiao Qiang knew and experienced this before where he dismantled toys when he was young. From what he knew, everything that he touched would never be restored to normal again. It was the third Type-53 HMG that Zhang Xiao Qiang was dismantling. Somehow, he entered into a state of mind as that of surgeons in an operation. Inside the arsenal, Wang Chong, Shangguan Qiao Yun, and two other injured members held onto two torchlights each and shone the light for him. Under the bright lights, Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the machine gunponents with perspiration all over his head. He greased all of theponents once, then carefully cleaned and inspected the gun barrel once. Components wereponents, but Zhang Xiao Qiang was unable to reassemble them back. In his mind, he deeply regretted not bringing Wang Le out. If Wang le was here, wouldnt we have already seeded with these things? Chapter 202: Impasse

Chapter 202: Impasse

1, 2, 3, HEAVEEEE.... 7 robust men shouted in rhythm as they carefully carried the Type-53 HMG up the stairs. When they reached the top, the HMG was ced on the ground and rolled into the already prepared machine gun fort. The machine gun fort was not tall and could perfectly fit two squatted men inside. One of them lifted the Type-53 HMGs 250 bullets bandolier locked on the guns body and in no time, the sound of the heavy machine gun firing started up, the constant flow of empty bullet shells dropped on the floor, producing nk sounds. With this, everyone all heaved sighs of relief. They were all able to hear the ding sounds from the spikes that struck the ammunition crates and the protective steel boards installed on the machine gun, but with the machine gun firing at the wall, the originally high rat mountain started to recede. The Type-53 7.62mm HMG is an imitation of the Soviet Unions Goryunov, produced in 1953 and universally equipped across the army, it was named as the human mower in the Korean War. At the same time, China created their own very own heavy machine gun, of course, it was reformed China. It was only until the 80s of the 20th century that the Type-53 waspletely dmissioned and removed from the armys orbat. Rate of fire: 300 C 350 rounds/ minute, which meant that under the circumstance where the barrel does not overheat, it could possibly; fire at a rate of 300 C 350 rounds/ minute continuously for long periods of time. As for Zhang Xiao Qiangs M1919A6 HMG, it had a firing rate of 150 rounds/ minute, and the barrel would emit smoke after 5 minutes of firing. For it to sustain a consistent fire for half an hour, it could not exceed 75/rounds a minute, otherwise, the barrel had to be cooled. Furthermore, changing the barrel required 3 minutes of time while changing the bolt required 2 minutes. These timings were done by the women under continuous practice and upgrade and were their best timings. Due to the shorings of the M1919A6 HMG, the machine gunner and assistant constantly quarreled. In other words, this Type-53 7.22mm HMGs firing rate was five times more efficient than the M1919A6 used by Zhang Xiao Qiangs subordinates, which also meant that one Type-53 had to be able to provide support as much as four M1919A6. Seeing the 3 7.62mm HMGs firing continuously, tion filled Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart. It was his first time restoring something perfectly. He watched as the members carried crates after crates of 7.63x54mm bullets along with six ck HMG barrels. In his mind, Zhang Xiao Qiang barely recalled the pile ofponents from five to six machine guns, then threw them to the back of his head. It appeared that all the Type-53 HMG inside the arsenal had been torn down by him.... As time dragged on, the longer the dy between each thorn shot out by therge porcupine-resembling creatures and the less concentrated they became. At longst, the torrential rain of thorns became droplets of thorns. Without the threat of the long ranged attacks, all the members picked up their guns and returned to formation. The concentrated fires from the rifles and machine guns quickly demolished the rat mountain, reducing the immense pressure on everyones heads. Zhang Xiao Qiang led a few men and cleaned the blood and corpses off the Type-92 Battalion Gun that was left in the center of thepound, then carefully cleaned the inner part of the tube and wiped some of the rigidponents with gun oil. When the Type-92 battalion gun was cleaned up and looked as good as new, Zhang Xiao Qiang rubbed his hands together in glee as he looked at the neatly ced 70mm high explosive warheads. After testing the Battalion guns highest angle, he inserted the warhead in, sealed the bolt, and.... Bang..... the battalion gun jerked backward, and a loud explosion urred outside the wall. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not bother about the members who were recovering from the shot, he raised his head and looked at Three who was inspecting the shot, to which he turned back and shook his head. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not know how to operate the battalion gun, furthermore, it had no aiming device for them to take aim, which had been taken down by others a long time ago. Of course, even if they had it, Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest still wouldnt know how to use it. Zhang Xiao Qiangs original intent was to use the Type-92 Battalion gun to fry the porcupine creatures that were firing their thorns from a position 50m away, but when he climbed back up the watchtower to find them with his binocrs, he knew that he was oversimplifying the problem. Although they have shifted the Type-92 Battalion gun to its maximum angle, the warheadnded and produced arge hole a 100m away from the strange creatures. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not know that the Type 92 Battalion Gun shortest range was 100m. With his professional uracy, to actually obtain a 150m shot was already considered a good shot. It was 16:13, Zhang Xiao Qiang and a few of the survivors installed the Type-54 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun. It might have been due to the bad preservation of the gun, some parts were too rusted that Zhang Xiao Qiang was forced to throw. Looking at the long barrel in front of him, Zhang Xiao Qiang fell into a daze. His original n was to repair it and used its frame to rece the heavy machine gun on the watchtower to scatter all the rats and wait for them to be dispersed before using the Battalion Gun. But seeing how corroded the gun was, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that he could not repair it well enough. There were two Type-54 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns, to which the second one had a worse outer appearance. Just when Zhang Xiao Qiang lit his cigarette, he felt something strange urring beneath his feet. Rumble... The bottom of the wall behind the rat mountain suddenly caved in, as countless of rats spewed out like a blood red fountain. The surging red-haired rats quickly scattered and ran in all directions, turning the monotonous ck soil ground to red. Red rats continued to surge out from the underground tunnel. Seeing the countless of rats running over to them, Zhang Xiao Qiang sighed in his mind, thinking: Its over! PA PA PA.... Shangguan Qiao Yun, who was always behind him, stood up and fired off with her rifle. As fires were shot, her body started trembling, seeing the countless of rats running towards her, as ady, Shangguan Qiao Yun felt even more fear than the men. Empty bullet shells dropped at her feet as she emptied her rifle. She then unholstered her M1911A1 and continued firing. After emptying the bullets from her pistol, she threw the pistol to the ground and ran over to Zhang Xiao Qiang who was busy firing at the rats, opened her arms and hugged him from behind, and gently buried her face on his back. To her, nothing was important anymore, she believed that her remaining days would be terminated by the rat tide. She took a sniff of the cigarette smell on his body and slowly leaned into him, her slender arms hugging his waist tightly. Previously while firing her pistol, she had thought of saving thest bullet for herself. She wanted to raise her head to look at him onest time, the only man that ever walked into her heart, the man that she felt that she could never leave his side from, the man that let her experience the bitterness and sweetness of love, she wanted to look at him one more time before she died. Chapter 203: I am strong

Chapter 203: I am strong

Shangguan Qiao Yun saw the back view of him with the gun raised and firing, the lonely figure that walked in the middle of the town, the one who hid in the corner and cried, the one who wielded his sword and cut down the rats at the door, all of these back views superimposed into one body. Seeing his back that was not that broad, she wished to dissolve into him. She fired thest bullet at the rats, then threw her pistol and walked to his back and hugged him. She had decided to die with him, thoughts shed past her mind at supersonic speed and froze at the moment inside the pitch ck arsenal where he held her hands and ran at the crates. He had long thrown the empty rifle down to the ground and used therge caliber pistol to fire at the rats. With onest bullet left, he aimed the Desert Eagle at the 70mm warheads stacked neatly at his side. A thin figure wielding a ck pistol ran over. It was him, the man with the ck frame spectacles that had a thin string hooked behind his head, the man who looked extremely easy to bully, Wang Chong. The one Zhang Xiao Qiang judged as an Otaku. With his thin frame, he hugged onto a 70mm warhead and ran towards the rat tide without even turning back. Zhang Xiao Qiangs gaze followed Wang Chong as he ran with the 4kg warhead into the rat tide. Multiple rats climbed onto him and bit him, his yellow uniform became stained with red stripes of blood. He ignored the rats on his body and ignored the intense pain birthed from the wounds of the rat bites. His body spasmed due to the pain but ignored everything. The once cowardice and weak him had his eyespletely fixed onto the underground passage made by the rats. Wang Chong continued to struggle within the rat tide while holding onto the heavy warhead. He could feel pieces of his body being bitten off by the rats hanging on his body, he could feel the warhead in his hand bing heavier, he could feel the waves of intense pain striking him from within, as though he would be knocked down from the next attack. All of these feelings mixed together could be considered the most despairing emotion. But this despair did not knock the weak Wang Chong. He had decided the moment he stepped forward to grab the warhead. From the beginning, he had always been the weak one in everyones eyes, even his parents thought that he was a timid child. Only he knew that he was not, but seeing how his parents had to suffer every possible hardship to bring him up and earnestly taught him how to be a decent human being, he gave in. He kept giving in, thus everyone bullied him. Even the girl that he had a crush on looked down on him. He wanted to rebel, he wanted to tell the whole world that he was not afraid, he was afraid of no one. But ultimately, he was still afraid, when he saw his father that bent under the pressure of life, when he saw his mother growing white hair, he became afraid. He was not willing to watch his parents be disappointed. He was in love, he liked the girl, her smile, her eyes, her adorable temper. He gave all of his love and respect to her, he epted her everything with his open mind. When the girl nodded and agreed to date him, he felt as though he was the happiest man on earth. He wished to tell everyone that he knew about how good the girl she was, how adorable she was, how much he liked her. Yes, everyone, be it his friends or enemies. It was a pity, the bliss was short-lived. How could the pampered girl truly know what a genuine heart was? She yearned to boast, she yearned for glory, she wanted to keep up with the trends and fashion, all of which he could not provide. The girl wanted to break up with him. Seeing the familiar yet unfamiliar face, he nodded his head. The moment he nodded, his heart split into two. He did not wish to stay inside the city that made its citizens feel depressed. He left for the outside world, studied in a university and found work outside. In a sh, four years passed, by the time he returned home, the world had changed. When he escaped, he had no clue as to what had happened. He encountered Brother Long and the rest and realized that everywhere else changed. Humankind became zombies and the remaining survivors lived in fear at the edge of the zombies mouth. Every single day, the pain of losing his loved ones tore at his heart, but amidst the pain, he felt a sense of rxation, he felt free of the binds. There were no one for him to conduct himself, no one to teach him to endure bully. His heart felt free, an empty freedom.... Under other elses distrust in him, he joined the food search team. All of the men who were stronger or looked more ferocious than him hid in the corners and ate chicken feed, while everyone else thought that he should be the one to eat chicken feed, he actually ate rice. There was a once person who wanted to provoke him, to challenge him. Without any regards for his life, he hugged that person and exchanged blows with him, he spat out blood as the aggressor had stabbed his heart with a hidden dagger. In that bout, that was the real him. When Zhang Xiao Qiang dropped down the cave, no one dared to go down, but he did, because he felt that if he were to be afraid, he would no longer be his true self, but the bespectacled Wang Chong that was constantly bullied, and not the one who could stand tall for himself. He always maintained a respectful appearance in front of Zhang Xiao Qiang, when he saw the D2 colliding onto the wall, he became afraid, he was equally as afraid as the rest. He felt that it was impossible for any human being to kill that monster, especially a monster that could not be killed by Brother Long and his teams rifles, but Zhang Xiao Qiang did it. Wang Chong resolved himself to follow Zhang Xiao Qiang, to do what he does, learn what he knew. He set Zhang Xiao Qiang as his goal because Zhang Xiao Qiang was sufficiently strong and fearsome. When the rat tide broke through the surface, he was on the watchtower. Upon seeing that, he and the rest were stunned, including Three. They originally thought that they had ced the rat mountain under control, so all of them had rxed. When they saw the ferocious tide of rats appearing from underneath the ground, they were not shocked but were instantly filled with despair. Zhang Xiao Qiangs gun shots woke Wang Chong up. He saw Zhang Xiao Qiang below firing calmly. His heart was invigorated, seeing the highly explosive warheads by Zhang Xiao Qiangs legs, an emotion never before felt surfaced in his heart. He grabbed a Type-92 pistol from an elites thigh and flew down the watchtower steps. He could not feel the trembles in his legs when he saw Zhang Xiao Qiang pointing the pistol at the warhead. He ran over and picked one up and made the decision: A single mans death is better than a group, if we have to die, let me be the first. Just a little more, just a little more.... Wang Chong hugged the warhead and kept on moving towards the rats underground entrance. His body was alreadypletely covered with rats that kept on wiggling on him, nibbling and biting on his flesh, but he was already numb to the pain. At that moment, he only cared to protect two things, his hands, and his eyes. His hands hugged onto the warhead and held onto a pistol while his eyes remained fixed on the entrance. He did not allow himself to deviate at all. Onerge rat jumped from his chest to his face, to which he reacted by lowering himself and using his forehead to smash onto the rats body. When itnded into the tide of rats, he finally made it... PA.... the sound of the Type-92 Pistol sounded from the underground entrance. RUMBLE..... An earth-shattering explosion urred. The zing red pir instantly ripped countless of rats up and threw them into the sky. A powerful shockwave spread across the ground and smashed the rats onto the wall. Countless of rats were torn to shreds by the rat while many more had their heads smashed against the wall and died. Charred rat corpses dropped from the sky, the underground tunnel made by the rats was abruptly stopped like a fountain without water, aside from the green smoke emitting from the ground, there were no other movements. Chapter 204: Red Eyes

Chapter 204: Red Eyes

When the explosion urred, Zhang Xiao Qiang was wielding the Jing Wei de and protecting Shangguan Qiao Yun who was at the entrance of the watchtower. Lunatic Guo Fei stood at the steel doors and killed the rats with his long handle de with joy. The shockwave from the explosion caused two of them, while Zhang Xiao Qiang was quickly pulled up by Shangguan Qiao Yun, Guo Fei was flung to a pile of dead rats. When he finally stood up in a daze, a half-dead rat struggled on his shoulder. He grabbed its tail and threw it to the ground, then stomp it to death. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not care about him, he knew of Guo Feis character, aside from killing, his only otherwise was to find a hole to bury himself in. He did not need care or concern, the only thing he needed was to kill until he was killed. Such people are easy to control, they had a unique naivety to them, did not have many thoughts or concern towards other things like power, women, enjoyment etc. They had already gone through the despair of life and the only thing that could satisfy them were the only thing they want. Therefore, they make the most loyal cannon fodder. Originally, Guo Fei wanted to kill Zhang Xiao Qiang, but Zhang Xiao Qiang still thought to bring him in as a subordinate. When battling with him, Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately realized that Guo Fei was purely trying to seek ways to die, for a person to even ignore the dangers ced on his life, why would he care about the minor setbacks? But aside from seeking his own death, Guo Fei had his own bottom line. For one, he never thought about suicide. It was only after the negotiation breakdown that which he took action. That proved he was notpletely crazy, he knew the benefits of being in a group, thus Zhang Xiao Qiang thought to bring him to his side. The aftermath of the explosion was intense. The highly explosive warhead produced a shockwave that cleansed all the rat corpses littered all around. The ground that was initially coveredpletely with the rat corpses or the thorns shot by the porcupine-like creature waspletely empty after the explosion. The shockwave had pushed everything to the feet of the walls. The tunnel that emitted smoke became extremely obvious to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Because of the tunnel, his entire team was almost decimated. Wang Chong, who Zhang Xiao Qiang saw as moving blood bag, was the one who disyed the most dazzling disy at the most crucial moment. The faint prick in his heart reminded Zhang Xiao Qiang that the bespectacled Wang Chong was gone. When he saw Wang Chong carrying the warhead, he immediately knew what he had thought to do. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not stop him, he had to consider Shangguan Qiao Yun who was behind him, he had to consider the ten over members beside who aided him, he had to consider the brothers on the watchtower. Most importantly, Zhang Xiao Qiang was afraid of dying. As long as there was a thread of hope, he wished to continue living. When Wang Chong ran out towards the rat tide, Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled the people beside him back to the watchtower. After the explosion, he was alive, the rest were alive, but none of them were happy at all. Wang Chong had died. He had sacrificed himself for them. Whatre you guys staring nkly at? Reform the perimeter line, Three, hand me the heavy machine gun.... Zhang Xiao Qiang shouted and broke the survivors thoughts on Wang Chong. The gun fires of a Type-81 rifle and Type-53 HMG sounded out again. Zhang Xiao Qiang carried two highly explosives warheads and threw them down the tunnel, then told the people behind him: Prepare the battalion gun for me, I want to break this wall... A few of thebat team members clumsily deployed the Type-92 Battalion gun and aimed the barrel to the wall above the tunnel entrance. BOOM..... The shrapnel and shockwave produced from the close range explosive caused the HMG on the watchtower to cease fire for a moment, a few of the ammunition crate defense was blown apart by the shrapnel. Behind the gun, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt arge tremor from the ground, then a hot shockwave blew past from the front of the battalion gun. When the smoke dissipated, a few cracks could be seen on the thick wall. During the construction of the prison walls, the designers had considered being sieged by explosives, so they did not spare anything and built the walls to their maximum capabilities. The kic energy produced by the highly explosive warheads was still far from being able to punch through the wall. Zhang Xiao Qiang loaded another warhead and aimed at the same spot. At the same time, the guns on the watchtower aimed straight for the tunnel. The warheads at the tunnel entrance tore the rats to pieces. Pelts and flesh flew all around. Three was ashamed of not being the first to react when the tunnel first appeared. When he saw the unimportant person running out with the warhead in hand to suicide at the most crucial moment, his heart felt extreme guilt. If he had discovered it right from the start, he would have used the automatic rifles to fire at the tunnel and would have prevented them from being caught unprepared, resulting in them treading on the line of life and death. He shouted and gave orders to the members below, focusing all of their firepowers on the tunnel entrance, wanting to once again suppress the rats that were popping out. Rumble.... Two dazzling fiery beams converged into onerge rumble as the tunnel entrance suddenly exploded, producing countless of soil and dirt to be flung into the sky. Another ming shockwave also appeared outside of the wall as countless of rats were thrown into the sky. The mountain of rats squirming outside quickly caved in. As the jet ck smoke dissipated, the tunnel that could originally fit one person doubled in size, and a hole had exploded on the wall, with countless of spider web-like cracks all around it. HMG....aim at that hole.... Following Threes orders, the machine gunners removed the bunker covers around them and all aimed at the cracked wall with their guns and fired. The power of two warheads caused everyone on the ground to roll on the floor. By the time they shook off the daze and stood up, the machine gunners on the watchtower were already firing. Seeing the hole in the wall, Zhang Xiao Qiang got everyone to focus on it. Booom.... The beautiful mes and smoke on the hole caused arge explosion. A heatwave was ignited and assaulted everyones nostrils, causing them to choke. Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately loaded the second warhead into the battalion gun. BOOM..... a loud rumble sounded out along with ck smoke. BANG... This time, there were no explosion or shockwave, just a rain of blood and countless rat limbs dropping from the sky. Whooosh.... Dust soared up into the sky, as soil and mud dropped down onto everyones helmets. Chapter 205: Great Escape, Monstrous Creature

Chapter 205: Great Escape, Monstrous Creature

A highly explosive warhead had miraculously shot through the hole and exploded inside the rat tide. The power of the 70mm explosive not only fried the converged rats outside but the power of the shockwave caused the standing wall to fall. The copse of the wall produced a thick smoke that blocked Zhang Xiao Qiangs vision. There was no need to talk about the situation outside of the wall, Zhang Xiao Qiang could not even see the HMG on the watchtower that was still firing, and was unsure of what they were firing out at. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not dare to have someone to check on the situation above. Near him, there was abat team member lying on the ground, arge shrapnel from the warhead was lodged in his head. This member was the one who was flung out from the shockwave of the first attack on the wall. Previously after dying in front of the battalion gun, Zhang Xiao Qiang had someone shift him to the side and stopped bothering about him. Zhang Xiao Qiang was unsure of the possible casualties on the watchtower. So far, there were over 10 casualties but he reckoned they were still far from the end of the battle. Zhang Xiao Qiang was uncertain how many would be able to make it back to the base after everything. Rumble.... Yet another fiery pir lit up. At this time, it was almost 5 in the evening and the sky had darkened slightly. The mes of the highly explosive warhead were already brighter than the setting sun. Zhang Xiao Qiang no longer took note of how many warheads he had fired off. The floor around him had many warhead cases and when he pulled on the gun plug, another piping hot warhead case rolled onto the ground, produced a nk when it knocked into the other cases. Zhang Xiao Qiang used his sleeve to wipe away the perspiration on his head. He looked at the front, where the smoke and cloud of dust had not dissipated, lowered his head and carried another warhead and inserted it into the barrel. Suddenly, Zhang Xiao Qiang realized that the HMG above him had stopped firing for a while. Right as he was about to question them, Three rushed out of the watchtower with his face covered in soot. He looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang with an excited look on his face and stammered: Sca-....scattered......those things ran away... Under the gloomy evening sky, scattering groups of rats ran away in all directions, although they were unsure how many were left, they knew that they had killed over a few thousands of the rats. Using the binocrs, Zhang Xiao Qiang could tell that the rats appeared to be estranged and no longer had the power and momentum as they had as a crazy tide. The dozen-odd porcupine-like creatures had already turned and were en route towards the prisons food storage, all of their bodies were left with a few thorns. On the road, asional panicked rats would run under their bodies, but after that, the rats would no longer appear. Seeing theserge creatures, Zhang Xiao Qiang ordered the gunners on the ground.....a regiment of mes exploded on the creatures, two of them suddenly overturned, they struggled endlessly on the ground, while the other creatures were so shocked that they squirmed around more intensely. But they were still too slow, another warheadnded right in the center of them. This time, only one was overturned. As mes erupted beneath it, itsrge body split into many pieces and flew into the sky. Ta ta.... Countless of 7.62mm bullets shot onto one of the creatures body, destroying the remaining thorns on its back. The creature trembled endlessly under the assault of the heavy bullets.... Zhang Xiao Qiang led 10 fit members to walk along the outer side of the wall. They saw a pile of dead rats outside that was dyed red with their blood. This perimeter wall was a cut shorter than the outer wall due to the chiseling done in by the countless bullets fired. The dark red felt of the rats and blood had merged together, preventing them from differentiating between flesh and felt. Arge pit of a circumference of 500 m appeared in front of them, still emitting spirals of smoke. Two mounds of bricks and soil could be seen beside therge pit. These two mounds were the stones and soil beneath the wall dug out by the rats. The thick wall that could withstand artillery shells was not something the rats could w and dig their way through. They dug through the ground underneath it and scooped out the bricks buried beneath, allowing them entry and almost forcing Zhang Xiao Qiang and his team to die together. Regardless of outside the pit, inside the pit or the ground, the entire ce was covered with countless rat corpses. Around therge pit were 10 concentrated bomb craters where even more ratsidyer uponyer. The shots fired by Zhang Xiao Qiang at the rats caused great devastation, the number of dead rats in front of them exceeded Zhang Xiao Qiangs estimation. Looking at the sea and mountain of dead rats, not a single one of the survivors were able to maintain their calm. Even the lunatic Guo Fei turned pale in fright, the long handle de in his hand trembled slightly. The sky gradually darkened, Zhang Xiao Qiang decided to withdraw before talking. One part of the perimeter wall had been destroyed, causing them to be defenseless in the night. Although the rats had scattered, Zhang Xiao Qiang was unsure if they would return even stronger, so leaving the prison was the safest choice. The injured people were carried out by others. Behind, four strong men pushed the Type-92 Battalion gun, two pulled the Type-53 HMG while the rest carried the ammunition crates. Zhang Xiao Qiang and Three stood at the front and watched the 9 porcupine-like creatures. They were unafraid of rifle bullets, HMGs could only inflict pain on them. The only things that could possibly kill them were the high explosive warheads or the Beast Horn Spear. But to use the Beast Horn Spear, Zhang Xiao Qiang had to locate the heads beneath their stomachs. The creatures looked like Chinese chestnuts, without any hairs on their bodies, ayer of ck and thick leather draped across their back. The leather was extremely thick and covered with pores, which had been closed tightly. The thick leather draped over their two sides and covered their four limbs perfectly, as though the leathers did not belong to them but a thick nket. Lifting these thick leathers, one would be able to see a pineapple-sized head that have no hair, just two peanut-sized eyes on the top, making these creatures look extremely wretched. Their mouths were thin with two inch long incisors exposed. No matter how one looked at them, they were the incisors belonging to rats. Furthermore, there are traces of blood by the sides of their mouth, of course, they were the blood left behind by the rats that they had unintentionally collided into and eaten. These were obviously coward creatures. Once Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest approached them by their sides, they stopped moving. He allowed the members to use their bays to stab at the thick leather to test them. Who knew that this creature would tremble in pain, but still remain unmoved. Zhang Xiao Qiang used the Beast Horn Spear and killed a few of the creatures that had their limbs exploded. At that time, all of the rats were scattering and only these slow-moving creatures were left. Two of the creatures were instantly fried while three of them had their limbs charred and destroyed as theyy on the ground, half-alive. Zhang Xiao Qiang got his rifle and went close range to gun down the remaining 8. One magazine of 30 bullets were emptied, but aside from the thorns being cleansed, they did not seem to be injured. With no other choice, Zhang Xiao Qiang got the members to flip the creatures with the stock of their guns. Looking at the creatures wiggling endlessly, Zhang Xiao Qiang thought of another creature, a tortoise. Chapter 206: Murder in the night

Chapter 206: Murder in the night

Brilliant car lights tore the silent night, everyone held onto their rifles as they sat sleepily in the carriages. Zhang Xiao Qiang sat in the bumpy off-road vehicle and gazed out into the darkness. The fleet took a different route back instead of following the route that they hade in. Before, they passed through a few residential areas to reach the prison. These residential areas had not been cleansed of zombies, to which was not a problem in the day but dangerous at night. Zhang Xiao Qiang gave up on returning to the base and thought of finding a secluded ce to stay the night. One of Zhang Xiao Qiangs subordinates was a local and knew of a safer ce, thus Zhang Xiao Qiang decided to bring them there for a night before returning to the prison in the morning to retrieve the ammunition. After leaving the prison, the fleet traveled for about a half hour before driving up a small hill, where an extremely old bungalow stood at the top. It was in ruins with weeds growing all around the broken walls and pieces ofrge rocks littered everywhere. Around the ruins, there were plenty of different sized trees that had shed their leaves. Under the darkness, no one knew what species of trees they were. After everyone dropped from the vehicles, the night wind on the top of the hill roused everyonepletely awake. Some of them shifted the cooking utensils down the vehicles while a few held onto torchlights and gathered dried twigs and wood. Two lightly injured members along with two heavily injured were carried to a spot where they sat down to observe the rest. Not longter, a raging bonfire was lit up with a few men propping up a huge pot above the fire and pouring in water and rice grains. Some chopped the salted vegetables into quarters and gave everyone a quarter each. This quarter of salted vegetables was everybodys side dish, including Zhang Xiao Qiang. He took a mess tin from his bag and ced the quarter of salted vegetables into it and waited for the rice to cook. Aside from two subordinates ced as scouts, the rest all sat by the bonfire to keep warm. On one side, Three looked abnormal, he sat restlessly, asionally checking the scout team members whether they were hidden well, asionally checking on the Type-92 battalion gun on the vehicle whether it was tied tightly, then found tworge rocks that he ced at the wheels, then inspected on the injured, all the way until the rice was cooked.... During dinner, Zhang Xiao Qiang noticed two men holding tree branches with red meat skewered onto them and barbequing the meat. He became curious seeing the dark red meat and recalled the rats that they had massacred. Isnt the meat split by the warheads look exactly like that? Is that rat meat? Is it edible? Looking at the two men happily barbequing the food, Zhang Xiao Qiang asked. It is edible, the meat is extremely soft, our vige often eats rat meat and I grew up eating them. In our vige, all the rats in the fields were even dug up and eaten.... Upon hearing the members words, Zhang Xiao Qiang was stunned, not because they were eating rat meat, but because their entire vige ate rats, and that all the rats in their fields werepletely eaten up? One must know, rats have the reputation of being able to thrive and continue surviving even if the world is to perish, but Zhang Xiao Qiang actually found out that such a powerful life had actually been wiped out in a vige, and right when he felt that it was inconceivable, the smell of barbeque came over....when the rat meat entered his mouth, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not find it disgusting at all, maybe because it had been so long since such fresh barbequed meat had entered his mouth, to the point that he could not even remember their taste. Watching Zhang Xiao Qiang munch on happily, the others turned their eyes to the two men barbequing while drooling from their mouths. One of the men saw the rest looking at him andughed out loud, then grabbed onto two pelt bags from his bag and revealed two rats wrapped in stic bags inside them. These two rats had their limbs, head, and tail cut off, leaving rows of ribs and lean meat that resembled rabbit meat. Everyone walked forward immediately. In the next moment, the rat carcasses were split cleanly with skewers of rat meat extended into the mes. The members watched as the meat got barbequed, while Zhang Xiao Qiang recalled back the mountain of rat corpses...... By the time he regained his senses, he realized that Three was looking at him as though he had something to say. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked over and the two stood at the side of the bonfire with their back facing the endless darkness. Brother Cockroach....I-....Im afraid.... I did badly today... Zhang Xiao Qiang did not say anything, just hearing Threes initial ount, he knew that Three thought that his own performance was extremely bad. To Zhang Xiao Qiang, if it were any other person, they would not have done better. Watching the other members dying and injured, he felt guilty, Three felt that he did not have the capacity to face the injured members, or even the capacity to continue being the captain. Zhang Xiao Qiang patted him on the shoulders: You paid so much school fees today. If you dont continue staying in position, arent the deaths of the members for nothing? Remember, there will definitely be deaths in a war. With that, Zhang Xiao Qiang turned and left, leaving Three stunned on the spot. No one knew what was on his mind. As the firewood was exhausted, Threes figure was slowly enveloped by the darkness..... After a tiring day, Zhang Xiao Qiang allowed the members to sleep. He found a broken wall and leaned against it. Upon closing his eyes, a soft body slowly leaned onto his left shoulder, he knew it was Shangguan Qiao Yun. He did not move and held the Beast Horn Spear in his hand and fell asleep. While sleeping, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt people moving around. He suddenly woke up and grabbed onto the pistol on his waist. The bonfire was still burning, thinking that it was the night sentries adding more firewood, Zhang Xiao Qiang looked around. He noticed that many of the members were lying next to the bonfire in deep sleep. Borrowing the light from the fire, Zhang Xiao Qiang noticed that Shangguan Qiao Yuns eyes were opened as well, seeing that Zhang Xiao Qiang was awake, she pointed to the foot of the hill and whispered: I have the urge to fire in that direction... Before Shangguan Qiao Yun couldplete her sentence, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt a premonition, he pulled Shangguan Qiao Yun up, moved to the bonfire and woke the other members up. Three already had matters in his mind, thus he was in a much lighter sleep. Zhang Xiao Qiangs whispers to the other members immediately woke him up. Whats wrong, Brother Cockroach? Seeing Zhang Xiao Qiang calling the rest up softly, he asked in a whisper. Theres something below, be careful and be attentive. Zhang Xiao Qiang whispered to Three. Upon listening to his orders, Three immediately got the team to prepare their firearms. He groped his way to the two patrols..... The bonfire had already been doused by cold water. Their surroundings were pitch ck, but thebat team members held their Type-81 ARs and stood by the vehicles, quietly listening for movements at the foot of the hill. The type-53 HMG with 250 bullets was lock and loaded, the thick barrel aimed straight at the trees at the foot of the hill. At this moment, the surrounding was deadly silent, there were no mes sizzling, not a single snore from the members or any of them breathing heavily. All of them waited quietly. Suddenly, a dark figure slowly moved over from the direction of the patrols. Zhang Xiao Qiang called out softly. Brother Cockroach...Its me! Three replied with a whisper. He groped his way to Zhang Xiao Qiangs side, but in the darkness, Zhang Xiao Qiang was unable to see Threes expression. Brother, the two brothers who were deployed as scouts are dead.... Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately cut him and whispered back: Do you know what killed them? Three remained silent for a few seconds, They were done in....by....humans....survivors, our two brothers were strangled to death and stripped naked. Nothing of theirs are left, even their shoes are gone. Hearing Threes report, Zhang Xiao Qiang actually rxed and heaved a sigh of relief. He was most afraid of encountering beasts or creatures in the dark wilderness but was not the least bit afraid of humans. He had guns in his arsenal, his brothers had guns, they had HMGs, who could possibly provoke them and win? He whispered: As long as they are people, itll be easy to handle. Regardless of who it is, as long as they touch my people, I will get them to pay back double. With that, he took two ss bottles filled with alcohol and handed them over to Three. Three took the two bottles over and an intense scent of gasoline assaulted his nose. He groped the two bottles and felt the cloth that was soaked in gasoline at the opening and was about to speak. Youll stay here and when you hear any movements, light one up and throw it out. At that time, they will be in the light, while we will be in the dark. Chapter 207: Firefight

Chapter 207: Firefight

Upon hearing Zhang Xiao Qiangs n, Three did not say anything and started groping about with the AR on his back until he reached the intersecting angle of the half walls and hid there. Three had learned plenty of things and knew that igniting the Molotov in the corner would prevent him from being the target. The conversation between Zhang Xiao Qiang and Three had been overheard by the Combat Team Members who were hiding by the side. All of them fumed with rage, the two brothers who were sentries and had died were the two members who barbequed the rat meat. The two of them were originally construction workers and came from the same hometown to seek work together. The two of them were extremely outspoken and straightforward, always willing to share their good stuff. Their straightforward attitude and honesty was something rare in the apocalypse, to be killed by others, how could the rest not be angry? After All, they were still brothers who had gone through life and death together! The sound of something crawling broke the silence of the night, after that a few des of grass that were originally still started to sway slightly. Although there were no moonlight and vision was bad, the forest and weed in the distance were still slightly visible and any movements were noticeable. Everyone flicked the safety of their Type-81 ARs and aimed at the location where the sound hade out from. A red light lit up from Threes corner. Three suddenly stood up and threw the burning Molotov over and quickly squat back down. SHUA SHUA.... Countless arrows shot through the night sky and struck the wall behind him or flew above his head. Three did not move despite the arrows threatening his own position, and instead looked around for any movements and got ready to throw the second molotov. Zhang Xiao Qiang watched the bright bottle fly through the air andnded on the grass. Maybe the ground was too soft as the bottle did not shatter, instead, the cloth at the opening burned the dry grass all around, revealing countless human shadows. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not shout like a sergeant in the movies, he simply pointed his gun muzzle at the figures and started firing. Zhang Xiao Qiangs fires were the orders. Over 10 Type-81 ARs engaged in fire, the inch-long mes spewing at the tip of the muzzles revealed the faces of the firers. Screams came out from the grass. Inside the mes, the shadows started to fall under the fire while some others immediately dropped to the ground. DA DA DA...... The Type-53 HMG opened fire, countless of fiery bullets flew straight into weeds that had grown to the waist level, cutting through the weeds like a scythe through crops. Following the fall of the weeds, a person suddenly jumped up as he was lit on fire, and tried to put out the mes on his body. The moment he stood up, the HMG cut him in half. He did not die from it instantly as he rolled about with his upper body, unleashing a horrendous scream of anguish. Three threw the second molotov, not at the location where Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest were firing at. The molotov flew in an arc and brought its mes behind Zhang Xiao Qiang. A gunshot fired off inside the darkness behind Zhang Xiao Qiang and lit up with a green me. The ss bottle was smashed into pieces from the bullet in mid-air. BOOOM..... The mes in the air transformed into a fireball that fell to the ground, igniting everything in its path. Countless human figures appeared behind the hill.... DA DA DA.... Three raised his AR and sprayed, the bullets spinning like shooting stars into the crowd. The enemies that had skirted around reacted quickly, taking cover the moment Three took fire, but how can a person be faster than a bullet? Two of them were struck in the chests the moment they dropped to the ground. Three aimed his muzzle at the group sprawled across the floor and fired, but gunshots suddenly fired out from the ground and countless of mesbusted as bullets sprayed across the wall that Three was taking cover at. Countless bullets shot at the half wall and ricocheted away in all directions. Three felt a ze on his face as a flesh wound appeared. Three immediately squatted down to hide from the iing bullets. CLANG.... A bullet shot directly at Threes helmet. The immense force shocked Three, forcing him to lie on the grass with his rifle. His head rang as he watched the bullets fly across the sky like meteors. He felt as though his brains no longer existed and subconsciously removed his helmet to feel for his own head. It took him a while before the ringing in his head disappeared. Three wore the helmet again and jumped to the side of the wall and engaged in the firefight, where a few men had already stood up from their crawling positions and were walking towards his direction. Threes fire forced them to kneel down and return fire back at him. The enemies had Type-81 ARs as well and their concentrated firepower prevented Three from popping his head out. All of them aimed at Three to suppress him while the men behind them took the chance to crawl towards Zhang Xiao Qiang..... Zhang Xiao Qiang had attracted all the enemies in front of him initially with the upfront fire and only realized that they were deceived when the enemies behind him had engaged with Three. In the entire course of the battle, the enemies in front of him had never retaliated with their rifles and only shot a few arrows. Zhang Xiao Qiangs immense firepower suppressed the enemies in front of him to the point that they were unable to even raise their heads, hearing the concentrated fires behind, Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that he made a mistake. The enemies before him were just a group of bait meant to attract his fires while the real enemies were behind him. Zhang Xiao Qiang got five of his men to continue the suppressive fires on the enemies in front of them while the rest turned and fired at the enemies behind them. The enemies that had blindly climbed up never expected Zhang Xiao Qiangs firepower to be so ferocious, firing as though they had unlimited bullets. They no longer dared to continue their assault and sprawled onto the ground and fired back at Zhang Xiao Qiangs direction. The difference in the firepower revealed itself, listening to the sound, Zhang Xiao Qiang and the enemies across him were all equipped with Type-81 ARs, but Zhang Xiao Qiangs side was spraying everywhere. Even Threes rate of fire was considered lesser, while the enemies were all firing single shots. Although Zhang Xiao Qiang did not know how many enemies there were, they hadpletely suppressed them. After emptying the magazine of his rifle, the Type-53 HMG finished its adjustment and the meter long blue mes spewed out from its muzzle, dazzling the night light. The firepower unleashed by the HMG was far stronger than Zhang Xiao Qiang and his men,pletely suppressing the entire space. With that, the enemies were no longer able to continue their engagement, much less escape. It was Zhang Xiao Qiangs turn to upy the initiation. The firepower of the HMG prevented the enemies from doing anything, as long as their guns fired and revealed their locations, the HMG bullets would spray in that direction. Much less the enemies, the bullets of the HMG pulverized and cleared all the weed in the area. Seeing that the enemies had already been suppressed, Zhang Xiao Qiang unholstered his Desert Eagle and made a detour. Although Shangguan Qiao Yun had her rifle aimed at the enemies the entire time, her focus was mainly ced on Zhang Xiao Qiang. Seeing that he was moving, she followed tightly behind him. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not rush into the battlefield rashly, he wanted to outnk the enemies and lock them up and would be able to clear them off easily upon daylight. The molotov cocktail still burned in the space between the two of them, releasing an extremely bright light. Zhang Xiao Qiang held his Desert Eagle and moved towards the side, reached the periphery of the light, then disappeared into the darkness. Chapter 208: Initial Victory

Chapter 208: Initial Victory

PA..... The gunshot from a Garand Rifle sounded behind Zhang Xiao Qiang. Without turning back, he knew that it was Shangguan Qiao Yun. Plop.... The sound of a heavy object dropped from within the darkness and a de suddenly swung down towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. BANG..... Therge caliber pistol in Zhang Xiao Qiangs hand unleashed a dazzling me, brightening up the man dressed in full ck and holding a de before him. The me instantly died and the man plunged back into the darkness. Zhang Xiao Qiang was able to raise his pistol right after the rifle fired off, following the sudden expansion of the pores on his skin, the de actually arrived at his head. It was an instantaneous fire off with his pistol and when the fire was ignited from the muzzle, he watched as the man before him tremble before being enveloped into darkness once again while retracting the de in his hand. Although Zhang Xiao Qiangs pistol was aimed at the mans chest, he knew that he did not hit him. In that slight moment, he nced upon the fanaticism and tyranny in the mans eyes. Right after the man retreated back into the darkness, Zhang Xiao Qiang sensed an intense danger like a poisonous viper in hiding, staring down at him, as though it could pounce onto him and sink its poisonous fangs into his throat at any moment. Bang bang bang... Zhang Xiao Qiang unleashed the remaining six bullets in the pistol into the darkness while retreating at the same time. Every time the muzzle lit up the darkness, the mans figure would appear at a different location. He was too quick, making Zhang Xiao Qiang mistaken him as an extremely fast moving phantom. Fortunately, the man was unable to invulnerable and this allowed Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest to be able to retreat back to the radius of the light, Zhang Xiao Qiang reloaded his rifle and aimed at the ce where the man had not appeared before. He was sure that the man was the same as Yang Keer and had drunk a lot of the special rainwater. His speed was unreasonably fast and had reached the limit like Yang Keers immense strength. Furthermore, the man gave Zhang Xiao Qiang the same feeling like the strange S2 that he had encountered the first time. Zhang Xiao Qiangs subordinates became more cautious. All the men who were at the forefront of the battle either died from injuries, beaten to death or burnt to death. A few others managed to run down the hill, while the remaining five suppressed members were brought to Zhang Xiao Qiang, one of them with burns and had sustained a gunshot injury. A few makeshift wooden sticks with sharpened metal tips attached to the top and longbows were thrown to Zhang Xiao Qiangs feet. All of these were the weapons used by the cannon fodder to attract Zhang Xiao Qiang and his teams firepower. Looking at the dispirited hostages, Zhang Xiao Qiang left two men to look after them while he led a few others to the truck parked by the side. The entire battlefield had calmed down. Zhang Xiao Qiang and his team could no longer find the hidden enemies and could not locate any targets to shoot down. The unknown powerhouse had beenpletely overwhelmed by Zhang Xiao Qiangs immense firepower that they dare not reveal themselves, while the mysterious man no longer appeared. After all, no matter how fast he was, in the face of 10 over ARs and an HMG, he too would be a beehive. The mes in the middle of the battlefield had subsided and were about to extinguish. Right when it looked as though the darkness waspletely corroding it, the enemies sprawled on the floor became restless. One of them even had something spinning above his head, probing to see if Zhang Xiao Qiang could see them. After the HMG had destroyed and cleared the area, their side had turned quiet with the fire turning smaller and smaller. A few newly ignited molotovnded near the mes and reignited the fire, brightening up the darkness once again. Zhang Xiao Qiang and a few men were in the midst of carrying molotov back to the area. He had no ns to let any of the intruders go. To him, they had suffered a huge loss, and to even have two of his men die to others, Zhang Xiao Qiang was furious. BOOOM..... A dazzling light lit up the darkness and a fireball exploded out over a 100 meters, the pungent smoke floated with the night wind, the silence in the darkness was broken once more and the enemys firepower was revived. They started to spray instead of their initial single shots. Countless bullets struck the metal shield of the Type-53 HMG. Zhang Xiao Qiangs members were stunned and everyone ducked their heads down to avoid the rain of bullets. The machine gunner was no longer firing, everyone was ducked down as low as possible. Although the Type-53 HMG had a metal shield for protection, there was still an open line as a view for them to aim, which also allowed stray bullets to pass through. The Type-92 Battalion guns armor also received the attack of countless 7.62mm bullets, producing very small fireworks. Zhang Xiao Qiang raised his rifle and fired off a shot, then shouted to his team: Charge.....charge at them....theyre escaping.... Even before the echoes of his shout disappeared, a figure wielding a long handle de had already rushed out. Zhang Xiao Qiang led a few men and followed behind while Three jumped out from his hiding spot and rushed over. BOOM.... Another loud boom sounded out a hundred meters opposite them, the darkness across suddenly revealed 10 figures who turned and ran. A ming molotov flew out from behind Zhang Xiao Qiang and ignited in the sky above the crowd. PA..... The loud and clear Garand Rifle shot came out, shattering the spinning molotov cocktail in the air and releasing the sea of fire. The sea of fire descended onto the escaping enemies and lit them up, and some started running around in mes while others dropped to the ground and tried to beat the mes off. One of the burning men suddenly rushed to apanion who was retreating, thinking of having hispanion to help him, but no one did. Everyone was only focused on running. When the third explosion exploded before them, their sprints increased in speed. Running on the field that was filled with potholes and bumps in the night caused plenty of them to fall. Some of them crawled back up and sprinted again, some trampled over their ownpanions which caused thetter to scream and shout, and they had no choice but to pull them up to stand once more. One of the more unfortunate guys stood up and immediately encountered a shadow that swept past him with a de. He was split perfectly from his left shoulder to right ribs and right as his body fell to the ground, Zhang Xiao Qiang finally caught up. Seeing the unlucky guy die, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that it was a pity, they were all robust and healthy man and every man was considered an additional worker, but he was killed by the lunatic. CAPTURE THEM ALIVE.... Zhang Xiao Qiang shouted at his subordinates, he needed the manpower to repair walls, to cultivate crops, and to reinforce the defense of the base. No matter what, he rather have more men than less. Upon saying that, a person immediately flew out. A robust, bulky but headless corpse fell to the ground. Lunatic Guo Fei retracted his de and continued chasing, leaving behind a speechless Zhang Xiao Qiang. Fortunately, the other subordinates obeyed Zhang Xiao Qiangs orders and started to pull the injured hostages back for detainment. Chapter 209: Background

Chapter 209: Background

The lunatic Guo Fei was long gone. Staring into the pitch dark, Zhang Xiao Qiang decided to stop chasing. He felt that it was extremely dangerous chasing after a group of enemies holding ARs in the dark. Zhang Xiao Qiang was not willing to lose any more members. He got Three tomand the team members to sort out the aftermath and turned back to the bonfire. The faint sound of metals colliding came out from the darkness. Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped and listened carefully, the sound kepting from a distance of 10m away from where two men were fighting with cold weapons. Zhang Xiao Qiang hesitated for a bit, being unable to see in the darkness, he was unable to make a decision. Guo Feis couple disobedience made Zhang Xiao Qiang annoyed. Originally, he would not have minded to let him die outside, but for Guo Fei to be able to catch up with the mysterious man with insane speed? The man-made Zhang Xiao Qiang feel uneasy, Zhang Xiao Qiang was not afraid of having a direct confrontation with him, but he did not want to forever be cautious of the assassin that could sneak behind him and assassinate him at any moment. Now that Guo Fei has him locked down, isnt it the best time for me to kill him? Three led a few men and picked up a few rifles that were abandoned by their owners and unclipped their magazines to check on them. Brother Cockroach, all the rifles are empty, these grandsons dont even have enough ammunition! Threes revtion put Zhang Xiao Qiang at ease. He swapped for a new magazine and after pulling on the safety, he spoke to Three: Leave half of the men to watch the captives, the rest will follow me with torches... Before he could finish his sentence, Shangguan Qiao Yun took her rifle and stood behind him. Seeing her tired eyes, Zhang Xiao Qiang spoke to her: It is pitch dark, why are you, ady, trying to join in? Go stand by one side. Shangguan Qiao Yun remained well-behaved, she could see the concern in Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes, which made her heart feel warm. Looking at him, she turned and headed two other men who were resting..... 10 torchlights moved around the forest behind the hill, revealing the numerous branches and twigs. Zhang Xiao Qiang and his men walked into the quiet forest, one of the members shone his torch into a shrub, revealing a pair of athletic shoes that had toesing out of it. Theres someone here.....get out of there, or Ill fire at you.... The member shouted and pointed his gun at the shrub. 10 Torchlights turned and shone on the shrub, brightening up the spot. A man with disheveled hair and shabby clothes raised his Type-81 AR and stood up. Two members rushed forward and pinned him back down to the ground. The man did not speak or struggle and quietly allowed them to tie his hands up. One of the member took his rifle, pulled the lever and revealed the empty barrel. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the man and asked: How many bullets did each of you receive and hold? Our leader gave each of us 30 bullets and we have spent it all just now, if I still had bullets, I wouldnt have been caught by you guys... Having the captive confirm his guess, Zhang Xiao Qiang becamepletely at ease. Every single member of his team had a torch each and were easy targets inside the darkness, but the enemies no longer had any bullets and their rifles were as useful as wooden sticks. He looked at the captive and spoke: None of us can look after you, you can either follow us or die. With that, he turned and led his men to continue looking. Although the captive was tied up, he moved quickly. While walking with them, he shouted for his...panions. As he shouted, all of the enemies hiding in the darkness would either walk out with their rifles up in the air or appear with empty hands. Upon seeing that, Zhang Xiao Qiang became happy. He got someone to untie the knot on his hand. Seeing that he was honest, he asked: Whats your name and what did you use to do? The man nodded his head and replied: Im Li Zhu, I used to run an inte cafe in the city, the illegal kinds. Now, we follow Liu Tou to get food. Since I learned how to fire a gun back in school, I became one of his main force. Li Zhu walked with his surrenderedpanions in the middle of the group and continued to shout and call out his hiddenpanions while narrating their history and background. Li Zhu opened an inte cafe in the city and was meddling with the inte when the outbreak happened. Hearing the news, he immediately returned home to hide and waited for everything to be over. He wanted to continue opening his business with the thought that the apocalypse would end. Who would have known that when the virus spread, he became the 10% unaffected? He passed his days in the outskirts of the city scavenging for food and miraculously survived. Upon one scavenger hunt, he encountered their current leader, Liu Tou. Liu Tou was not a good person, or more urately speaking, he was apletely crazy and ridiculous man. He led his 7 to 8 men who carried rifles and won over all the survivors, then proimed himself as the tyrant, whoever disobeyed him were killed. He separated the survivors into 3 categories, one was the brothers that came along with him, the second was strong men that could scavenge and hunt, the third were women. All the weak men were killed by him. Everyone feared him and no one dared to go against him. There was once a person caught him killing a woman and shouted profanities at him to stop. In the end, the man was chopped into pieces in front of everyone else. It was done in a sh, Liu Tou traversed over 10m and cut the man in half, then slowly chopped him into pieces. Everyone vomited from the scene, while only Liu Tou stood over the corpse with a smile on his face. The fear of Liu Tou embedded deeply into the peoples hearts. Li Zhu was a well-behaved man, and a well-behaved man had their sense of intellect. Although he could not see eye to eye with Liu Tous methods and was afraid of him, he kept everything buried deep within his heart. In front of Liu Tou, he behaved extremely obediently and slowly got epted by Liu Tou, and even gained the qualifications to wield a rifle. Their camp was not far away and someone saw Zhang Xiao Qiangs fleet and reported to Liu Tou. Originally, they thought that they were not prepared to stop Zhang Xiao Qiang and his team, but who would have known that Zhang Xiao Qiang had decided to stop the fleet at the entrance of their camp. As to what Zhang Xiao Qiang saw, a few men wielded bows and arrows and attacked Zhang Xiao Qiang from the front to attract his attention while a few men wielding rifles sneaked behind him in an ambush attempt. Who would have known that their movements would be discovered by Three who was behind? Although around a dozen of them had rifles, they had limited bullets. They never thought that Zhang Xiao Qiangs firepower would be so powerful that they could not retaliate. Their initial n was to wait for Zhang Xiao Qiang and his team to deplete their bullets until the artillery shell that exploded in front of them did they realize they had attacked a ho nest. In the end, their empty rifles and fear caused them to turn and run. But due to the darkness, no one knew where they were running, so all of them decided to hide it out until daylight. That was how they were caught by Zhang Xiao Qiang and his men. The further they walked, the more captives they found. Out of them, four or five of them tried to resist, which resulted in bullet holes in their body and leaving them to die. That is Liu Tous old mate, we heard that they were in prison together... Listening to Li Zhus exnation, Zhang Xiao Qiang finally understood the background of Liu Tou and the few others, they had escaped the prison together with Brother Long, He Wen Bin had said that there were a total of around 10 of them but they only saw 7 or 8 of them, either engaged in a firefight or zombie horde, but Zhang Xiao Qiang could not be bothered to think about it. He led his men and captives with Li Zhu taking the lead to their camp. Even after they reached the foot of the hill, Zhang Xiao Qiang and the team never encountered Guo Fei. Lazy to send people to look for him, Zhang Xiao Qiang turned to Li Zhu: How many people do you have in the camp? Chapter 210: First Sighting of the Enemy Camp

Chapter 210: First Sighting of the Enemy Camp

More than 200 people, we have a total of about 140 men and over 100dies. You all stay on the hill? Zhang Xiao Qiang was confused, the hill looked extremely ordinary without any structures on top. We live behind the hill, as long as you climb over this portion, youll reach there. If you want to take the main road, it will require you to take a huge detour around the hill. There should be a few scouts at the top, they were the ones who saw your fleet and reported to Liu Tou. That was why he brought us here to try and seize your things. Li Zhu answered everything honestly and was very cooperative, he even took the initiative to inform Zhang Xiao Qiang of the hidden sentries. Zhang Xiao Qiang was unsure if the men at the top of the hill were prepared. He got three subordinates to look after the captives while he and 12 other men slowly climbed their way up. The slope was rather gentle, allowing Zhang Xiao Qiang and his men to scale it easily. They climbed very carefully and even detoured around shrubs that were impassable, more willing to detour than cut through afraid that the sound of twigs breaking would alert the enemies. Zhang Xiao Qiang had the best physique and thus climbed at the front. He quietly but quickly moved forward, but unintentionally throwingrge rocks and shrubs behind him onto his subordinates. He constantly paid attention to any wind blow or grass movements around him, although Li Zhu had already pointed out the ambush points, he did not dare to be careless. He could not trust Li Zhu wholeheartedly and was willing to be more careful. They had lost too much and had not even figured out what to say to the people back in camp. The night was without moonlight, causing the hillside to be inplete darkness. With the apocalypse, the flora and fauna began to change, vegetation withered, animals mutated, even the ordinary crickets that chirp in the night no longer made any sounds or movements. The surrounding became extremely silent, Zhang Xiao Qiang could not hear a single sound except for his own breathing. Zhang Xiao Qiang continued to listen on, the surroundings remained extremely quiet and the hill remained unmoving. He raised his head and carefully took a whiff, thats right, there was the smell of cigarette smoke burning, as a smoker himself, Zhang Xiao Qiang was extremely familiar with it. There was someone smoking, and that someone was extremely nearby. He moved even more carefully up the hill and slowly approached the top. A figure could be seen looking around. In the wee morning of 5 am, the sky was still dark. Zhang Xiao Qiang could not see what the man was dressed in, but he could confirm that the man smoking was not him as the red dot of light on the cigarette could not be seen. He slowly looked around, wanting to seek out the man in hiding. The man smoking was a hidden scout, Li Zhus report had a mistake, he said that the hidden scout positions were slightly behind the scouts at the top, but if the location was as he said, the smell of the cigarette could not linger so far out. They were at the top of the hill where the wind was stronger than at the base. Looking at the obvious scout ahead, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not dare make any random movements. Although he could kill him, what then? Werent they carefully climbing the hill to beat Liu Tou helpless? Why the need to alert him? Right while he was carefully searching, a hoarse voice came out: Eh! How many of them are back... The voice came out right beside Zhang Xiao Qiang. The sudden speech caused Zhang Xiao Qiang to jump in shock as he helplessly shrunk his neck back and lowered himself. Beside Zhang Xiao Qiang was a boulder half the height of a person with its feet buried into the soil. Zhang Xiao Qiangs line of sight was on the boulder but the sound came out from behind the boulder, which also meant that Zhang Xiao Qiang was less than a meter away from the hidden sentry. I dont really know, all I know was that a hundred odd of them went out and a dozen-odd came back. Right, I even saw a man being carried down, do you think he is ours? If it were ours, Liu Tou will definitely cut him. The open scout actually looked towards the hidden scouts location and conversed with him. He should be from the enemy team, I wonder where they came from, might be hunters, to forcible kill off our 100 plus men to a dozen odd, luckily its our turn to be scouts today, otherwise, hmph hmph....our lives would have been forfeited. The scout seemed to be happy that he was not the one to have gone out and his tone of speech even held a tinge of joy in the other peoples cmity. Thats right, I could hear the crazy gun fires from over here, seemed to being from the 12 oclock position, their fires never seemed to stop and there were lights flickering endlessly like rain. It was to the point that I got dizzy watching those lights flickering on and off. Oh right, did you hear some sort of cannon over there? The scout in the open seemed to have forgotten his task and started to engage in a conversation with the hidden scout. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not continue listening to then, he slowly skirted around the two who had been scouting for two days and headed towards the hidden scout that Li Zhu had informed him about. Behind him, his troops were waiting for hismand. Upon going over the hilltop, Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the bright lights at below, where plenty of supplies burned at the empty ground, the men and women were continuously shifting things into their trucks. By the bonfire were a row of simple houses with thick logs at the sides. On one of these logs was a half-naked man. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the man and noticed that it was Guo Fei. Seems like Guo Fei cant win that mysterious man. In front of Zhang Xiao Qiang was a pile of stones which was covered with tree branches and leaves on the top. He slowly groped his way to the stone pile and drew out his bay and entered. The space within the stone pile was extremely narrow, only allowing two persons to squeeze inside. It was extremely dark and nothing could be seen inside. Zhang Xiao Qiang slowly moved over with the bay in his hand ready to strike at any time. Wheezing sounds could be heard. Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped moving and squinted his eyes, adjusting himself to the darkness. A faint figure could be seen curled up and asleep as the snores came out from his mouth. Zhang Xiao Qiang nudged the man with the handle of the de but the man remained asleep without any reactions. Zhang Xiao Qiang retrieved out the belt on the mans waist and tied his hands up, then knead his jacket into a ball and forced it into the mans mouth. Zhang Xiao Qiang tied him up like a dumpling but the man continued to sleep well, except he no longer wheezed but used his nose to breathe. There were two left. Zhang Xiao Qiang continued to move towards the scout in the open. When he reached them, he realized that his own members had their guns raised and aimed towards him, the two scouts were already tied up and were kneeling on the ground with something stuffed into their mouths. It was chaos at the foot of the hill, the people ran all over the ce like headless flies, a man lifting arge trunk had his foot caught with a bag, causing him to drop the trunk and dropping the salt bag contents all over the floor. Before he could climb back up, a long de covered with mes cleaved his head in half, the bottom half of the head was still stuck on the neck while the upper half fell. The wound spewed blood endlessly, along with the white fluids of his brain. Plop... The corpse still spewing blood dropped onto the salt bag. Under the brilliance of the ming light, the dark red blood from the body slowly drowned the bags on the floor. Chapter 211: First Draw

Chapter 211: First Draw

The man wielding the de was dressed in tight ck clothes, with a smile on his face, he gently removed the blood on his de with the clothes of the dead man. This man was not even 30 years old, his face was cleanly shaven with shoulder length hair that was slightly messy but neat at the same time while the zing fire by his side illuminated his face. With the de in hand, he raised his head up and looked at the chaotic crowd around him. No one said a word as their heads remained lowered and they continued to shift the supplies into the vehicles. Two women dressed shabbily walked over to the dead person and dragged the corpse to one side, then used their bare hands to dive into the pool of blood and picked up the bags and ced them back into the wooden trunk. Even with their hands stained with blood, they did not even furrow a brow. The two women carried the trunk to the side of the vehicle and upon seeing that they were out of the mans line of sight, they knelt down in unison and vomited. Not far from them, Zhang Xiao Qiang quietly watched everything, he did not look at the dead person or the women and only thought back about the speed at which the man had brandished his de. Everyone in the camp was busy while the man was overly trusting over the scouts that he had deployed. Their recent failure with Zhang Xiao Qiangs team did not affect him whatsoever, he leaned on his de and smiled at the busy people, like a man that had note to a realization that he lost in a battle. By his side, two men with rifles on their backs supervised everyone, they were his die-hard assistants brought out from the prison, although many of them had died and the two were the only ones remaining, he did not care, he also had a strong faith in the de in his hand. Zhang Xiao Qiang managed to grasp the entire situation below, aside from the mysterious man and his trusted aides, there were no other forms of security. Zhang Xiao Qiang decided to lead his men downwards. He had to get rid of the three men instantly, as long as the three of them were resolved, the people below would be Zhang Xiao Qiangs manpower and troops. Since their future had already been decided by Zhang Xiao Qiang, he was not willing to see them being worn down for nothing. While moving, Zhang Xiao Qiang spied something from the corner of his eyes and suddenly stopped to carefully inspect the familiar off-road vehicle. On top of the luggage rackid arge oil tank and welded on the car roof were two weapons. The car front had a v look to it and was Zhang Xiao Qiangs favorite car. This car had been modified and serviced by Wang Le to look like a Hummer, which Su Qian had driven off. Seeing the familiar Hummer,plicated emotions rose in Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart. Su Qian has most likely fallen under that perverted Liu Tou.. Not most likely, but definitely... He Wen Bin had oncemented that Su Qian was too extreme, the 10 over weapons that Brother Long and his team once had were seized by Su Qian, even the bullets that they had risked their lives and exchanged a few lives for were taken away bu Su Qian. In the battle where Liu Tou had led his men to attack Zhang Xiao Qiang, they had more than 20 rifles. Zhang Xiao Qiang believed that many of them belonged to Su Qian. In China, rifles were hard to find. Upon thinking about it, Zhang Xiao Qiangs emotions went into a turmoil, unsure if he was happy or sad. Su Qian was a woman of power, courage and dared to fight. But luck was definitely not on her side. All the otherdies that followed Zhang Xiao Qiang survived well, but she, a hard-headed woman that was not willing to rely on men, was most likely a corpse already. The man with the de turned his head and was about to say something to his trusted aide when his body suddenly leaped upwards and dropped to the ground to roll on his shoulder before standing up again and running away. Before the two subordinates could even ask anything about their boss jumping to one side, bullets flew straight at the two of them and formed countless blood holes. The two men never even aw Zhang Xiao Qiang and his men and were already twitching on the floor. Zhang Xiao Qiang led his men to chase after the man and continue their fires at him. The random bullets flew behind the man and formed countless of small holes in the ground, producing small sand clouds, but the man seemed to be able to predict the trajectory of the bullets and was constantly avoiding them. When their magazines were finished, the mysterious man did not even lose a single hair. The rest of the busy workers were stunned by Zhang Xiao Qiangs sudden appearance. It was only when Zhang Xiao Qiang and his men carried their rifles and chased after Liu Tou with their guns did they scatter in fright. Zhang Xiao Qiang ignored the panicked crowd and reloaded his rifle with a new magazine. Although thebat team members were able to change magazines and continue firing, the concentration of fire was no longer as huge as before as the man had suddenly turned and rushed towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. As Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled on the gun bolt, the man was already in front of him. At this time, the rifle was no longer useful due to the potential risk of friendly fire. The man rushed to one of thebat team members and shed down towards his head. The member was also a veteran that had followed and worked for Zhang Xiao Qiang for a long time. Upon seeing the gleaming de hacking down onto him, he suddenly raised the rifle in his right hand upwards. CLANG.... With a sh, the members hand felt the weight lessen. The rifle was cut into two halves. Taking the opportunity where the enemy had not raised his de, he shouted out loud and smashed the two rifle parts onto the man before turning to run. The man swung his de twice and repelled the rifle off. When he was about to rush at the other members, a ck sword flew towards his be. Seeing Zhang Xiao Qiang wielding his sword, the man raised his de and swept his sword away. The de followed the repelled sword, inducing the loud sound of friction between metal and changed his target to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Noticing the iing de, Zhang Xiao Qiang exerted strength to turn his sword in an attempt to skirt around the mans de. A pity, the man was like Guo Fei and wielded a two-handed de. The de was also cut downwards. Zhang Xiao Qiangs single hand strength could not bepared to his, in his eyes, the sword-wielding momentum was as heavy as a mountain as it came down towards his forehead. ng... A clear metal collision sound came out as Zhang Xiao Qiangs bay split into two. Before engaging, Zhang Xiao Qiang knew he was not as good as the enemy and had thus equipped himself with the dagger on his left hand earlier, initially as a trump card, but who would have thought that it could only deflect a de. But with the broken dagger, it gave him time and resolved the danger. He lowered himself from the guys de and raised his leg to kick the guy. If Zhang Xiao Qiang was fighting an impulsive person like Guo Fei, he might not have missed. But the guy in front of him was too fast, Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly charged forward at him, that was when the man revealed a smirk of ridicule as he suddenly exerted force and slid out of the predicament. The force exerted from his leg drew a line in the ground and caused Zhang Xiao Qiangs leg to kick the air. Before Zhang Xiao Qiang could retract his leg, the man swung both of his hands, turning the de down straight for Zhang Xiao Qiangs neck. DING.... The de was blocked by Jing Weis de. The two of them pulled a distance from one another. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the man carefully. He circled around the man slowly, seeking out a w that he could exploit. On the other side, the mysterious man had retracted his mocking smile and had be serious as well. After the mutation of his body, he had never encountered a person that could withstand three strikes from him, but he had met two in a day, the first was Guo Fei and the second was Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiangs skill was superior to Guo Fei. When the man fought with Guo Fei, Guo Fei had to rely on his suicidal tendencies without regards for his own life for the both to suffer injuries and could only sustain for so long. The man only had to wait for Guo Feis physical strength to drop before he easily knocked him out. It was different fighting against Zhang Xiao Qiang. From the very beginning, Zhang Xiao Qiang contested with him in terms of force. Although Zhang Xiao Qiang was not as fast as him, Zhang Xiao Qiangs adapting skills were superior, so the two of them fought on equal levels. The man looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang who was slowly moving around him, the indifference in his eyes gradually turned into fanatism. When Zhang Xiao Qiang caught sight of the difference in his eyes, he knew that the man had grown impatient. He stopped moving around and stared at the man with a look of provocation. Hahh.... The man moved, the ck tight-fitting clothes on his body made brought along a phantom figure as he rushed straight at Zhang Xiao Qiang... Chapter 212: Danger Premonition

Chapter 212: Danger Premonition

Everyone else maintained great distances and allowed the two men to engage in battle. Everyone. Zhang Xiao Qiangs 12 members and the mans 100 odd survivors all stood in the corner and looked over. Zhang Xiao Qiangs subordinates were unable to intervene, but what about the mens subordinates? No one knew. The two fought so intensely that it caused the spectators in the distance to produce cold sweat. It was unlike the old television shows where the spectators watched the spectacle of one martial artist cleaving a mountain down while another fought like a beautiful crane. The two men did not use any skills, they simply swung and collided their weapons endlessly,peting in speed, ferocity, in strength. The mysterious man was more on assault, his speed itself was too fast for a normal human being, the de in his hand moved like flowing water, endlessly pouring down on Zhang Xiao Qiang. The bright mes on the de body produced thin lines of afterimages as he swept at Zhang Xiao Qiang. In the wake of his torrential strikes, the streaks of white lines formed into a brilliance that resembled satin reflecting moonlight, causing everyones eyes to be dazzled and feel dizzy. With both of his hands on the handle, he swung faster and faster. The rhythm in which the long de shed with Jing Wei de became faster and faster like a typewriter. With the man heavily assaulting him, Zhang Xiao Qiang focused on defense. He knew that his speed was inferior to the enemy and the only thing he had an advantage in was his strength. He could only barely keep up to the speed of the mans des. The mans attacks were like a sudden rainstorm while Zhang Xiao Qiang defended perfectly, regardless of whatever angle the de onughts wereing from, Zhang Xiao Qiang was able to react to them. Time crawled and the sky turned bright. The two were at their limits, the de in the mans hands was still as unrelenting while Zhang Xiao Qiangs sword was like the reef in the water. Regardless of how high or how fast the attacks were, he was able to defend against them like a majestic mountain. Along with their endless shifts and movements, the two of them kept on changing positions and angles. Slowly, the two of them arrived by the side of a simple house. The front of the simple house had a bundle of thick logs with a half-naked young man tied and hanging from it. With his head drooped down, no one knew if he was alive or dead. Zhang Xiao Qiang realized that he was the lunatic Guo Fei, but he was in a heated battle against the mysterious man and had no time to care about Guo Feis situation. It was only after he had parried against the mans torrential attacks and wanted to make a spin to counterattack did he realize that Guo Fei was using his toes to draw circles. Zhang Xiao Qiang could not understand what Guo Fei was ying at and concentrated on fighting against the mans storm of attacks. The two of them had unknowingly fought up the logs, where Guo Fei was tied up behind the man. Guo Fei suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang before turning his vision to a raging bonfire. Zhang Xiao Qiang stumbled slightly from Guo Feis indication, to which the man took advantage of and swiveled his de and shed towards Zhang Xiao Qiang from a nted angle. Zhang Xiao Qiang subconsciously used his de to protect him from the side. ng... The sword body collided with the mans de and released a strange sound. Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart dropped, the sound was different from the usual collision sounds. After receiving countless attacks from the mans de, Zhang Xiao Qiang had memorized the sound of the metal of the Jing Wei de after being hit, but this sound waspletely different. Zhang Xiao Qiang retreated half a step and looked at his de. Its broken.... Zhang Xiao Qiang saw that the de that had struck him first was with the use of the back of the de before swapping and using the de tip at him. The man actually aplished two moves with the swing. This style of de-work was used by the Broadsword Team to kill the Japanese in the war, just that the man used it in reverse, the Broadsword Teams back of the de upwards before hacking down with the de tip while the man had used the back of the de downwards before shing upwards. To speak of all these information sounded slow, but everything happened in an instant. The mans upward sh was already aimed at Zhang Xiao Qiangs belly. In everyones eyes, Zhang Xiao Qiang had his belly open to the man with one nted sh that contained sufficient strength to destroy Zhang Xiao Qiangs de. All of the members raised their Type-81 ARs in unison and aimed straight at the man, ready to fire, but the gun fires never came out. Right as the man was about to rush to Zhang Xiao Qiang and attack him, Zhang Xiao Qiang who was lying on the floor sat back up and threw the broken Jing Wei de at the man. The man had absolute confidence in the sharpness of his de. To him, even with the bulletproof vest, Zhang Xiao Qiang would be sliced through with his own de, so he never expected Zhang Xiao Qiang to retaliate upon seating back up. Upon seeing the iing sword, he lowered his body to allow the de to fly past him. But by the time he stood up, Zhang Xiao Qiang was already up. With the Jing Wei de thrown out, Zhang Xiao Qiang was left with the silver Desert Eagle. He aimed therge muzzle at the man, to which the man responded with no caution and the faint smile of ridicule appeared back on his face. To him, Zhang Xiao Qiang with a gun was less of a threat than Zhang Xiao Qiang with a de. Aside from his increase in speed, he also had an ability that no one knew of, Danger Premonition. He had the ability to always sense impending danger and from the specific direction. The duration of the sense was not long, a few seconds, but these few seconds matched wlessly with his ultra speed, making him undying and was an advantage for him to stay safe. Ever since he gained these abilities, he never lost even a single hair in battles. Even when Zhang Xiao Qiang had over 10 guns aimed at him, he was able to dodge them all. That was why he was not afraid of Zhang Xiao Qiangs Desert Eagle because all he needed to do was pay attention to the gun. As for when Zhang Xiao Qiang fought him at close quarters with a sword, the sense of danger was never ending, this type of danger was more hidden and dangerous, like a thousand catty boulder on his head and you are unsure of when it might fall. He disliked that feeling, he wanted everything to be under his control. Ever since he gained his abilities, he saw himself as a God, and all humans and zombies had to kneel before him. The constant emission of dangering out from Zhang Xiao Qiang made him feel uneasy. When Zhang Xiao Qiang raised the pistol, all the uneasiness disappeared and the sense of control came back again, which intoxicated him. Bang Bang... The fires that came out from Zhang Xiao Qiangs pistol was brighter than a bonfire. As the guns recoiled, bullets sprayed out towards the man. The man slowly retreated, changing his stances while moving. Seven shots came out, and he avoided thest bullet. Just as the man was about tounch his assault, the Desert Eagle that was still hot flew at him. The man felt that it was funny, he thought that Zhang Xiao Qiang had exhausted all of his means. It was to the point that he did not even use his de to block the gun. Right after he dodged the pistol and was prepared to continue his assault, three ck triangles flew at his cheeks and stomach. DING....DANG... Two of the Triangr Spikes were struck away by the de, the mans upper body suddenly nted backward as he barely dodged the third triangr spike. Without even getting up, he exerted a force at his feet and pushed his entire body up and backward. Not long after he was in the air, yet another three Triangr spikes in the formation of Ʒ flew past his original position. Halfway in midair, he had to twist his waist and force himself to dodge when an impending foreboding premonition appeared in his heart once again. Chapter 213: Desperate

Chapter 213: Desperate

The sense of danger came from behind him, but he was unable to tell what it was with his body in midair. In his mind, he remembered that there was only a captive that he had beaten so badly that he was left with a dying breath. Upon thinking about the captive, he rxed. What could a half-dead person do to him? He turned his waist andnded on his right leg. In that instant, he suddenly turned behind with his de and stabbed at the target behind him. Pu..... A soft sound came out, the de tip stabbed into the persons body. He turned his wrists, thinking to throw the half-dead person out, but he felt that his de had been mped tightly by the half-dead persons chest muscles. Right when he exerted more strength to pull the sword out of Guo Feis chest, Guo Fei opened his arms and grabbed him and suddenly garnered a strength and held him down. That was when Zhang Xiao Qiangs third Triangr Spike came. The man immediately sensed the danger from behind him but was locked down by Guo Fei. BANG.... He used his forehead and smashed Guo Feis forehead, inducing pain in Guo Fei, but Guo Fei gritted his teeth and never loosened his strength at all. With Guo Fei not letting go, the man became anxious. He turned his body once more, from his backpletely towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, he became nted. One of the three Triangr Spikes stabbed into his shoulder while the other two lodged onto Guo Feis body. Guo Fei did not react to them at all, he only had the man in his eyes, asionally looking towards the zing fire at the side. AHHH.... Guo Fei screamed while holding onto the man tightly and rolling towards therge fire together. The mans heart was filled with endless fear. Bang.....Bang....Bang..... Guo Fei held onto him as they rolled towards the fire. The man kept on smashing his forehead against Guo Fei, causing blood to flow out from Guo Feis head. The blood had long blinded him and prevented him from seeing anything. He could only rely on his skin to roll towards the ground where it was hotter. Seeing that they were getting closer to the fire, the man screamed in despair. The de that had been dyed blood red was no longer in the mans hand. His skills reliedpletely on his fast speed. But after being held down by Guo Fei, he found himself being unable to struggle free, even if he had the ability to sense danger, it was useless. The man continued to scream seeing that they were closer to the mes. His screams were filled with endless fear. Dont think that just because he could smile while chopping a persons head in two or just because he could dodge a rain of arrows that he would be fearless. At the end of the road and being helpless, he was actually even more afraid of death than anyone else. The two rolling men rolled into a pool of blood. The man continued to use all of his strength to smash Guo Feis head. A spell of dizziness struck Guo Fei to the point that he almost fainted. He had no idea as to how far the fire was, he did not know how badly injured he was. But he knew that he had to bring the man into hell with him. The more they rolled, the stronger the sense of fainting. He had long lost perception to everything around him, aside from the increasing sensation of heat from his skin, he could not feel anything else. Even after stopping due to colliding into a corpse, he was unaware of it. While Guo Fei and the man were interlocked and rolling to the fire, Zhang Xiao Qiang tried to chase after them. With thest weapon in hand, the three Triangr Spikes that he recovered, he ran towards them. He witnessed the two of them colliding into a corpse and Guo Feiid there unmovingly while the man struggled free from Guo Feis arms and climbed up. The man was no longer as neat and tidy as he was before. His ck and shiny hair was dirtied from the soil and dust from the ground while the blood had turned his hair into a messy birds nest. His face was coveredpletely with blood that belonged to both Guo Fei and him, while his ck and tight fitting clothes werepletely infused with blood and soil. After standing up, he gasped for breath while watching Zhang Xiao Qiang run towards him. His right hand reached out for his back and a Type-92 Pistol appeared in his hand. Pa Pa Pa.... The pistol in his hand unleashed bullets endlessly, while Zhang Xiao Qiang lifted his arm to cover his face while running. He threw out the Three Triangr Spikes in his right hand and the instant they left his hand, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt a warmth in his chest. Three 9mm bullets had struck him. The burning bullets just happened to pass through the seams of the beast hide on his chest and got stuck. Zhang Xiao Qiang could almost hear the skin on his chest sizzling with the heat emitted out from the bullet. The man avoided two of the three Triangr Spikes but was unable to avoid thest one, which he used the pistols body to defend against. Ding.... A loud high pitched sound came out. The Triangr Spike collided with the pistol, which resulted in the pistol dropping to the ground. The two of them no longer had weapons in hand. Zhang Xiao Qiang increased his speed and ran at the man. No longer having the same courage to pit against Zhang Xiao Qiang, the man turned his body towards the door with the intent of running away. Suddenly, a pair of hands covered with blood and soil grabbed onto his left leg. It was Guo Fei, he was abruptly awoken by the zing heat of the mes. He was unaware that Zhang Xiao Qiang was already engaged in a final battle with the man. Through his bloodied vision, he saw the mans legs. He subconsciously pounced and grabbed onto one of them, unaware of what use it would do, but he just did it so, tightly hanging onto it. Ha.... Zhang Xiao Qiang did not see Guo Fei hugging onto the mans leg, his eyes were fixed onto the mans bloodied eyes. In his run, he leaped upwards and jumped into the air. His upper body leaned backward slightly, his left leg bent and his right leg straightened as he kicked the man who remained stationary. DONG.... Zhang Xiao Qiang kicked the mans chest ferociously, causing him to stumble backward multiple steps. Guo Fei was still holding onto the mans leg, adding that the man was forced to take a few steps backward. The man tripped and stumbled over the corpse and finally fell down. On the floor, he kicked Guo Fei in the face. Guo Fei rolled away from him, but before the man could stand, arge foot kicked his abdomen. The man went into a fetal position and wailed in pain. He identally rolled to the side of the zing fire. Seeing the man so near the fire, Zhang Xiao Qiang rushed up and kicked him once more, directly sending the man into the mes..... The man struggled like a fanatic inside the mes. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned and walked over to the silver pistol that was thrown and picked it up. It was at that moment where Zhang Xiao Qiang realized that the sky was already bright. Looking at the time on the watch, he realized that he had fought the man for more than half an hour, which was also Zhang Xiao Qiangs most bitter fight against a fellow human. Chapter 214: To lose something and regain it again

Chapter 214: To lose something and regain it again

Guo Fei was moved over to an empty ground, the blood and dirt on his body were cleaned by others. This revealed the countless wounds on his body, the intersecting vertical and horizontal cuts on his body made it look as though he had gone through the death of a thousand cuts. Twobat team members wrapped Guo Fei up. While tying the bandages around his wounds, the muscles on his body trembled slightly, but his face remained expressionless, as though the pain in his body did not belong to him. He continued to stare into the fire with thoughts unknown. Shua Zhang Xiao Qiang retrieved the Jing Wei de that was stabbed into the log, the de still smooth and sharp. He had actually aimed and threw the sword at the ropes that bound Guo Fei instead of at the man. When Guo Fei looked at him, he knew that Guo Fei still had strength. Since he could no longer fight against the man, he had thrown the de out to free Guo Fei. This sword had set the foundation for his victory, which was Lunatic Guo Fei. No one else could had done it, Guo Fei was crazy yet calm and collected, he did not care about whether the enemy would live or die, much less himself. Saying that he is crazy did not mean that he is constantly seeking death. Guo Fei is a lunatic that had self-destruction tendencies and to Zhang Xiao Qiang, he was the perfect cannon fodder. As proven in this battle, the one injured was Guo Fei but the winner was Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang stood half naked with his tattered clothes in hand, the interior hide waspletely ruined, aside from the three bullet holes, there was a long cut. Although the cut did not break the hide, it was close to breaking. Looking at the deep cut, Zhang Xiao Qiang suspected that he could use a pair of chopsticks to break through it. Although thebat team members were tired, their spirits were exceptionally high. A few of them held their guns and watched over the captives, a few made inventory of the camps various supplies, while a few inquired about the strengths of the various captives. A fleet of vehicles drove slowly over, thest vehicle was a truck that pulled a Type-92 Battalion Gun, the frontmost off-road vehicle had a man standing up and waving his rifle at Zhang Xiao Qiang. It was Three, and beside him sat Shangguan Qiao Yun, who upon seeing that Zhang Xiao Qiang was safe felt therge boulder that sat on her heart finally being lifted. Brother Cockroach, we cleared the area around the battlefield. Adding the two sides together, all of them had abandoned a total of 57 corpses, the captives number to about 50, a quarter of them are heavily injured, Brother Cockroach, do you think we should.... While speaking halfway, Three did the gesture of cutting them down. Threes considerations were in line with the bases medicinal reserves which was tight. They did not have any surgical machines as well and basically no doctors. The base had an infirmary, the main person in charge was a girl who graduated from medical school. The 17-18 years old girl was the one who hid inside the cave and was bent on noting out but ultimately chased out by Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang had shifted all the medicinal supplies of the town and checked with all the members of the base if they knew of medical expertise. Ultimately, the girl was deemed as the closest to being legitimate was chosen to be ced as the position as head of the infirmary. As medical equipment and medicinal supplies were hard to obtain, if they were to use it on others, they would have less for their own people. For their own people, Three encouraged Zhang Xiao Qiang to kill the heavily injured outsiders. Without even thinking, Zhang Xiao Qiang shook his head. He looked at the restless captives who were filled with frustrations and dashed hopes: Treat them as they are to be treated, those who can endure it will survive. Those who cant will just die, even if they deserve to die, it shouldnt be by our hands. Dont let them be coldhearted. Zhang Xiao Qiang scratched his chin as he spoke to Three while facing the captives. Three nodded his head, then turned and instructed thebat team members. One after another, the heavily injured people were brought down the trucks. Three carried an emergency treatment bag and treated a few people. Watching Three treat their own injured people, the captives eased up and became more cooperative. Li Zhu vouched for Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest, guaranteeing them that they would not do anything bad to them. Observing the crowd of busy people, Zhang Xiao Qiang pondered about the arrangements. They had to return to the prison with extra caution, best with the battalion gun and HMGs. Aside from that, he considered the expansion of the Combat Team. They had heavy losses the previous day, their elitebat team had lost 3 members, the porcupines had killed another 2 and injured 4, out of which 2 were heavily injured. One died to explosions, two had died while on sentry duty, and not forgetting the weak-looking Wang Chong. Upon thinking about Wang Chong, Zhang Xiao Qiangs mood dropped. Wang Chong could be considered his aide-in-camp, he had a good personality and was steadfast in his work. But Zhang Xiao Qiang never thought that Wang Chong had a different side of him, to stubbornly hold onto the warhead and suicide with it. Zhang Xiao Qiang knew he could never be like Wang Chong, no one else couldpare to Wang Chong, not even Guo Fei. Guo Fei was a lunatic and would never do anything for others. He only wanted to die. While thinking, Zhang Xiao Qiang strolled along the camp. At a point, he raised his head and noticed the Hummer that he lost and regained. It was preserved well, there was not a speck of dust on it, even the wheels were extremely clean. The windows were sparkling and the doors were unaffected. Seeing the clean Hummer, Zhang Xiao Qiang called Li Zhu over. Upon hearing Zhang Xiao Qiang, Li Zhu made a small run over to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Where did you guys get this car from? Whos using it? When Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the Hummer, he thought about Su Qian, who always performed cleverly in front of him. Thinking about how she threw Yuan Yi, Yang Keer and him off when he was heavily injured and drove off, his heart became ufortable. But even as so, she used to be under him, so he could not resist but to ask about her. This was found by Liu Tou not long ago, together with dozen-odd women. This vehicle was always used by Liu Tou and driven by his closest aides, oh yea....the the one you killed. Li Zhu pointed to two men that were in a pool of blood and said. Zhang Xiao Qiang got Li Zhu to search the body for the keys. He opened the car door and sat inside, then used both hands to grasp about the bottom of the car seat, until he found a bag taped to the bottom with a transparent adhesive. He opened it, revealing three sets of bright and colorful undergarments and an AV disc. Looking at the things before him, Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart beat quickly. At the start, he had to protect Yang Keer and had to hide these treasures. After the Hummer was fixed, he hid these things in the ce that he deemed the safest, below the seat of the Hummer. He believed it was the safest ce until Su Qian actually took the car and betrayed him. Zhang Xiao Qiang imed that he did not care about Su Qians betrayal, but in fact had been extremely affected by it. Every time he thought about Su Qian, his heart would feel extremely ufortable. It was not on Su Qian, but on the treasures that were unintentionally taken away by her. Now that the treasures have been recovered, Zhang Xiao Qiangs mood was greatly alleviated. He carefully ced the things inside a stic bag and ced them inside his bag, then opened the car door and got out. Chapter 215: Su Qian’s whereabouts

Chapter 215: Su Qians whereabouts

Li Zhu stood by the side of the vehicle and waited for Zhang Xiao Qiang patiently. With lifted emotions, Zhang Xiao Qiang remembered what Li Zhu had said, that the car came with a dozen girls. He took a look at the crowd, thedies were all frail and weak, they were not that beautiful and rather ordinary. He looked over a few times and finally saw a few familiar people. They were the waitresses from the restaurant and used to be with He Wen Bin but in the end, they ran with Su Qian. Who would have thought that he would encounter them again? When they saw Zhang Xiao Qiang and Three, they remembered escaping from them and running away with Su Qian. Now that they were back in Zhang Xiao Qiangs hands, they became afraid. When Zhang Xiao Qiang took his first nce around, they lowered their heads down like ostriches and buried their faces, afraid that they would be recognized. Zhang Xiao Qiang missed them a few times and could only recognize them after three tries. Are the women inside? Zhang Xiao Qiang pointed to the women who were squatted and asked Li Zhu. Li Zhu cast a nce at the disheveled women and shook his head. Out of the dozen-odd women, two of them vited the rules and were killed. Their bodies were never found, there were a few who looked ordinary and came with the other women were kept, the remaining few prettier ones were shared amongst Liu Tou and his pals. Those women are the ones that we wont see, and are kept inside their houses. Li Zhu exined the situation of thedies to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded and decided to have Li Zhu bring him to Liu Tous residence to take a look. Oh yeah.... Li Zhu suddenly recalled something. He looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang and continued: I remember that day, Liu Tou led 30 plus people out and only 5-6 of them came back. One of his trusted aides that followed him for the longest time never came back, Im not sure if the women had something to do with it. I remember that Liu Tou was in an extremely bad mood that day, as though something bad had happened. Upon listening to that, Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded his head, he knew that it was definitely Su Qian. Su Qians ability to kill Chen Yi proved her resolution, adding that she seized Brother Longs warehouse and had nock of ammunition, not any person could handle her. It was a pity that Su Qians life had been miserable since young and had bad luck when she grew older. During the apocalypse, she encountered the man that had perverse speed, bullets were useless against him and for Su Qian to be able to run from him, it was already considered weird. One after another, the members charged into Liu Tou and his confidants homes and pulled out all the women in hiding. The women inside did not know who the Combat team members were and were extremely terrified. They tried their best to conceal themselves, a pity they encountered experts that knew how to search. The Combat Team members had followed Zhang Xiao Qiang to search countless ces, no matter what the ce was, they would be able to tell the locations where people could be hidden. Following a couple of screams, the women were all dragged out. Some of them were not cooperative and continued to hide inside the houses, they did not know if their previous masters were beaten to death or burned to death, but they fought with thebat team members. But who were the Combat Team Members? They were people who fought against zombies, against mutated rats and fought against Liu Tou. Seeing how uncooperative the women were, they gave them one tight p each and pulled them by their hairs, not giving a care whether or not they would harm the delicate skin of the beautiful women. The rough actions of the members caused the beautiful women to bepletely docile. They were pulled and lined up into a row and waited for Zhang Xiao Qiang to inspect them. Zhang Xiao Qiang acted as though he never saw how rough his subordinates were, he knew that they had suffered plenty. After the cruel battle the previous day, they had barely slept and had to fight through the night once more. After seeing the captives and being surprised attacked on again, having a temper waspletely normal. Additionally, Zhang Xiao Qiang never served the army and did not know of the army disciplines. In his eyes, his subordinates were already behaving well. As long as they did not vite or assault the women in front of him, he would close his eyes. The women lowered their heads and watched a pair of dirty army boots walk towards them. They had no idea as to what their future would be, their hearts beat rapidly yet they did not dare to breathe deeply, afraid that they might cause the man to be unhappy. A few of the more coward ones even started trembling in their feet. Zhang Xiao Qiang went close to each and every single woman. He wanted to see the Su Qian who said that she would never rely on a man, what her expression would be. All of thedies looked beautiful and still had meat to their faces, unlike the other women who were extremely skinny. Their clothes were dirty, seeing the dust on their bodies, Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that their hiding locations were extremely dirty. Butpared to the otherdies, they lived rather good lives. Seems like even in an apocalypse, pretty women would have the advantage. Zhang Xiao Qiang knelt down and looked at thedy in front of him. When the woman saw Zhang Xiao Qiangs army boots stop in front of her, she started trembling. The first thing she saw when she took a glimpse was his half-naked body with a pair of military pants, a pistol holstered to his waist and a sword in hand. She did not dare raise her head, she prayed that Zhang Xiao Qiang did not see her, but why must Zhang Xiao Qiang stop in front of her of all the women? A big hand covered with calluses toucher her clean chin and lifted her head. She did not dare to struggle and weakly lifted her head along with the hand, and their eyes met. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the tears trembling in her eyes and her trembling lips and found it funny, am I that scary? Thedy in front of him trembling in fear was someone Zhang Xiao Qiang saw at the restaurant before. At that time, for the sake of letting Zhang Xiao Qiang recover the grain depot, Brother Long had got all the women out for Zhang Xiao Qiang to pick and thisdy was one of them. Out of the original fourdies that followed Brother Long, two of them followed Zhang Xiao Qiang, one of thedies who did not follow Su Qian chose to stay behind and helped He Wen Bin out to manage the newly recruited women and even quarreled with Three. The remaining one was the one before Zhang Xiao Qiang, looking at her eyes filled with tears, Zhang Xiao Qiang put his hand down. Where is Su Qian? And the others? Zhang Xiao Qiang did not see Su Qian, Chen Yi, and the other three women and was puzzled. Seeing that Zhang Xiao Qiang had no intent of ming her, it pacified her fearful and intense beating heart. She replied: Su Qian was taken by the boss, I never saw her again. One of the three sisters that followed Brother Yi was shot to death, the other two who were deemed unsatisfactory by the boss were hacked to death, Ive always been regretting, I should never have... Zhang Xiao Qiang did not bother listening to her confession and turned to leave. He was annoyed, angry at Su Qian for the fact of bringing death upon other people. To Zhang Xiao Qiang, women were extremely precious, for her to harm 3 of them directly, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not know where Su Qian would be hidden by Liu Tou. He could not be bothered to look for her, because of the fact that her ruckus had caused Zhang Xiao Qiang to lose three women, three women who could be mothers. Chapter 216: Human Meat Workshop

Chapter 216: Human Meat Workshop

Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the time and realized that it was 8 pm, he got all the members and captives to shift the supplies. Zhang Xiao Qing did not want them to linger in the ce for too long, he had other things to resolve. He found Three that was busying himself and called him over, instructed him on a few things and got him to leave. Not longter, a transport truck carrying the injured personnel and women drove off. The people around him busied themselves, and that was when Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly felt a burst of sleepiness. Like the rest, he had fought for the entire previous day and did not sleep in the night, after which he had fought against Liu Tou and exhausted himself. Upon calming down, he immediately sensed the wave of sleepiness hitting him. He pped himself to wake himself up. I am a leader and I have to be a role model. Upon thinking about his own water bottle left in the vehicle, he walked to the Land Rover and pulled opened the door.... Shangguan Qiao Yunid in the back seat and slept extremely peacefully. As the length was not long enough for her to extend her legs, she slept in a fetal position like a baby, her military uniform still lingering with smoke and dust. Her head was buried into her arm, revealing only a small part of her face. Her originally delicate and sparkling skin had been tainted with smoke and ck patches, her unique Lara Croft hair had already lost its former luster and had been coiled up casually. She was dead asleep to the point that even when Zhang Xiao Qiang opened the door, it did not even induce a movement from her. Looking at the great beauty that had looks worthy of pride sleeping like that, he sighed in his heart. He gently opened up his bag and took out an army shirt and covered her body, then slowly closed the door. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt extremely good dressed in new clothes, far better than fighting half naked. Although it was already June, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt ufortable having many people look at him half naked. He unscrewed the canteen and had himself a cold drink, then lowered his head and poured the remaining cold water onto his head. The cold water immediately dissipated the fatigue he felt. He shrugged off the water droplets and carried the canteen on his back, not in the least bothered by the dripping water from his hair that made his cors wet. Noticing that most of the supplies of the camp had been moved and a few women and slightly injured men had started boarding the vehicles, Zhang Xiao Qiang looked around and got everyone to prepare, before heading up the vehicle and waited for the fleet to move. Brother Cockroach.... From behind, Zhang Xiao Qiang heard Three shouting out for him. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned and saw Three with another member who was narrating something to Three. By the time they arrived before Zhang Xiao Qiang, the member seemed to have finished his words. Three spoke to the man: Youre saying.... This member had a face full of beard and did not look young. He had a robust body and was someone Zhang Xiao Qiang had a vague impression of. After thinking for a bit, he recalled the time when they recovered a small town and chose a group of temporary engineers. This bearded man was one of them. At that time, the bearded man was dressed in a colorful female outer jacket. It was this jacket that left a deep impression. The bearded man looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang with hesitance before speaking, although he looked extremely outspoken and straightforward, he was in fact extremely greedy and especially loved to take advantage of others. While recovering the town, other members had bags of loot but not him, causing him to be envious of them until now. When Zhang Xiao Qiang recruited new members, the bearded man was the most proactive one, although he was greedy, he was unafraid of death and even had experiences of killing zombies. Adding that he was one of the 30 engineers, Zhang Xiao Qiang had favorable impressions towards the dauntless military engineers, so he was recruited into the Combat Team. He easily waited for Zhang Xiao Qiang to lead them out for a mission. But his first mission was against the hordes of rats. Inside the prison, he never found anything good. So now that they were at the camp, he did not let go of the opportunity and specifically looked for Li Zhu and sought out Liu Tous residence and quickly ran into it before the others. After rushing in, he realized that it was wrong, Liu Tous residence had extremely simple things, aside from clothes and misceneous things, there was nothing of importance. He had rifle bullets amounting up to a few thousand, but that was something the bearded man did not dare hide, ammunition was something to be handed over to Zhang Xiao Qiang. With the thought that the things were hidden, he carefully searched the house but did not find anything except for a locked and hidden door. Seeing the lock on the door, he became excited with the thought that he had located the secret storage room. Although he could not swallow everything up, he could take the most valuable of things. With that, he started to work on the lock. With great difficulty, he managed to smash the lock open, only to realize that the door opened out to an empty space at the foot of the hill, but this empty space had been tightly surrounded and sealed by the three neighboring buildings. This empty space was also at an oblique angle from the top, so outsiders cannot locate this empty space easily. Looking through the empty space, he saw a wall made out of rocks. This wall formed a stone hut inside this depression. Unable to dispel the curiosity in his heart, he walked through the empty space and into the stone hut.... Zhang Xiao Qiang brought Three and the bearded man and stood on the empty ground and inspected the stone hug. The outer walls of the stone hut were made out of rocks with cement, mortar, and concrete used to fill the spaces in between the rocks. This rock wall had a long history, apparent with the moss all over the wall and gradually dropping cement. A thick smoke emitted out from the top of the stone hunt, if they did not hear from the bearded man that there was something inside, Zhang Xiao Qiang would have assumed that someone was inside the stone hut cooking and using firewood. The smoke in front of him gave Zhang Xiao Qiang a sense of disgust and nausea. He took out his torch and entered the stone hut. It was extremely spacious inside with a boiling pool near the entrance. Besides the boiling pool was arge wooden basin used by vigers to kill pigs and on the side of the wooden basin were stains of blood that had not been cleaned that resembled the moss on the rocks. By the side of the boiling pool, there was a pile of firewood. Looking at the messily stored old, dried leaves, Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that the firewood was long piled up here, just that the perverse Liu Tou had used it for his own matters. The space above their heads was not much, above two ck and horizontal logs, the circr wood had plenty of ropes dangling down from it where the ropes held pieces of charred meat. A streak of sunlight came down from the roof shone on one of the charred meat, revealing the glossy and oily surface. Looking at the piece of charred meat, even Zhang Xiao Qiang could no longer hold it in, he turned back and leaned on the rock wall as he vomited. Zhang Xiao Qiangs actions led to a chain reaction as Three knelt down and vomited as well. The piece of charred meat was the entire thigh of ady. The delicate thigh had turned yellow from the curing process over the fire, ayer of human fats flowed down by the side and dripped all over the ground, forming a circle of oil. With the thighs were the calves, and with the calves were the feet. Pieces of human ribs were hung on the other log. Zhang Xiao Qiang no longer dared to look at it and looked away. He did not know if Su Qian was amongst the charred meat, he wanted to turn and run, while Three had his eyes fixated on Zhang Xiao Qiangs legs, as long as Zhang Xiao Qiang turned to run, he would be the first to run. It was so gruesome that he did not dare take a second look. The bearded man was in a better situation than him, he had merely cast a nce when he realized the ce and immediately ran out. With Zhang Xiao Qiang and Three, he had his eyes glued on the door and appreciated the sun and wind outside, and never looked at the meat the entire time. Chapter 217: Finding Su Qian

Chapter 217: Finding Su Qian

Zhang Xiao could no longer look at the charred human meat hanging from above, his torch continued to shine towards the darker and deeper part of the house. Inside stood a tripod made out of logs and pegs on top of a board. The board was made using a thick wooden nk and nails and the original wooden veins had beenpletely covered by ck blood. Vaguely seen were some yellow and fine powder in the crevices of the board, it was a board previously used by vigers to make food from flour and had been used for ting and sharing purposes. The light from the torch followed down, revealing the damp ground that stored rice straws. The yellow rice straws had turned ck with a whiff of feces smelling from further in. By the side of the patch of rice straws was a stone trough used by vigers to feed pigs, inside it contained some loose soured slop with a few grain chaffs on top and a few broken bones. There were even moldy grains inside. Looking at the food that even pigs would not dare to touch, Zhang Xiao Qiang became curious, exactly what is being reared in here? The light continued to move inwards, revealing a drier space in the deepest part of the room where a bunch of dried and yellow rice straws was ced together. Zhang Xiao Qiangs torch continued to shine, but there was no irksome presence. It was extremely dark and cooling here, causing Zhang Xiao Qiang, who was wearing a singleyer of clothing, to feel cold. He was about to turn his head and leave when he heard some rustling from inside the grass. Zhang Xiao Qiang shone his torch towards the area and pulled out his pistol. He advanced slowly, carefully stepping on the clean rice straws that had not been polluted by manure. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the unmoving rice straws, then suddenly kicked at it. His military boots knocked onto something as a figure immediately came out. A woman without a strand of air with all sorts of dirty things slipping on her body, her face stained with ck spots appeared. She knelt on the ground and trembled incessantly, with faint bruising all over her body. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the woman in front of him and a sense of cold air flooded his insides. It was Su Qian, the lovable girl that massaged his foot, the Su Qian that made him run round in circles, the Su Qian that used the Type-81 AR and shot Chen Yi many times. Looking at her, all the anger he had towards herpletely disappeared. The punishments and pain she had gone through was something Zhang Xiao Qiang could only imagine. He felt deep respect for her as well, even at such at a predicament, she was actually able to persevere to live. If it was him, he would have knocked himself in the head and die. Su Qian never dared to lift her head, she did not know that the person before her was Zhang Xiao Qiang, her heart had died a long time ago, she had no idea why she was still living, maybe towards the hopes and expectations of her family that had long passed. Being abused and watching her own sisters being cut apart to be cooked into meat, and having to look at them every day, she had long fallen into despair. She had been degraded into a walking corpse, she lived on quietly, waiting for the perverse Liu Tou to toy with her then turn her into charred meat. She used to be most afraid of being eaten by others, but she was no longer afraid of it. She ate her sisters as she waited for her own life to end....The bearded man could no longer take it and handed his rifle over to Three who had a look of rejoice, then looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang with some resentment, clenched his teeth, then stepped forward with no second thoughts to Su Qian and carried her body that was defiled with pee and manure and walked out. Zhang Xiao Qiang and Three, the man rejoicing in Su Qians cmity followed behind the solemn and bearded man. Zhang Xiao Qiang was a man who was extremely ferocious towards outsides but shielded and protected his own, even if the person who USED to be in his group but betrayed him. Zhang Xiao Qiang had no thoughts of killing Su Qian, he was prepared to bring her back to camp, but whether she lived or die after that did not matter to him. He had done everything that he could do for her. Upon leaving the house, the bearded man carrying Su Qian increased his pace and ran to the outside, then threw Su Qian on the ground and screamed in rage while pulling out some clothes from the trunk on the side of the road and rushed into a house. The sun had risen not long ago, the morning sun was not as hot as the afternoon, and the warmth of the sun felt extremelyfortable. All of thedies who had been recognized by Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately ran over and gave Su Qian a bath. Some of them cried while bathing her, Su Qian was in the most pitiful situation, not knowing that their other sisters that ran with them had been turned into meat. Looking at the numb and depressed Su Qian, they started to worry about their own future. Su Qian sat on the ground and allowed the women to dress her wounds and wrapped her up. Maybe it was the warmth of the sun, something temporarily drove the despair in her heart, she looked at the familiar women around her and spoke with a hoarse voice: You guys....you guys are still alive? Seeing Su Qian regain her senses made it look as though the other women found their backbone. They all started to narrate the situation and when Su Qian realized that it was Zhang Xiao Qiang that had led people to upy thend, she no longer said anything else. Even when she looked as though she was on herst breath, she never spoke a word. This would continue until right before her death did she hand a piece of paper over to her son and had him hand it over to Zhang Xiao Qiang. On it, three words were written: I was wrong! The fleet that had expanded by three times set out once again. Zhang Xiao Qiang sat back in his own Hummer with Shangguan Qiao Yun as his driver. Zhang Xiao Qiang slept in the back and although it would not be a long sleep, he could not help but fall asleep the moment he went in. Shangguan Qiao Yun did her best to drive steadily and gave him morefort. In less than an hour, the fleet returned to the prison entrance. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not get off the vehicle and got Three to establish sentries while got others to prepare to eat while he continued sleeping. Just as Shangguan Qiao Yun brought Zhang Xiao Qiang his breakfast, he woke up. He epted the food and looked at his watch, which revealed that it was close to 10. While eating, he looked into the distance and noticed the cloud of dust from afar, another long fleet of vehicles was driving over. Yang Keer held her mace and rushed down from arge bus and pulled Zhang Xiao Qiang to the side and inspected him carefully before heaving a sigh of relief, then threw down her mace and hugged Zhang Xiao Qiang as she bawled her eyes out. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt dizzy from her actions. He patted Yang Keer on the back, then turned and stared at Old Frank and Zhang Huai An, the two of them instantly frightened by his eyes. Old Frank pushed Zhang Huai An forward to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Huai An turned back and cast an angry look at Old Frank, raining curses on Old Frank in his heart, then turned and gave Zhang Xiao Qiang an awkwardugh, then started to talk with his glib tongue.... Chapter 218: Search

Chapter 218: Search

When Zhang Xiao Qiang and his team did not return the previous day, Yang Keer started to be anxious. She pulled He wen Bin and asked him to send people to look for Zhang Xiao Qiang. He Wen Bin became anxious as well but did not dare send anyone. Firstly, it was close to night time and searching for people in the dark was dangerous. Additionally, Zhang Xiao Qiang had brought out 80% of the camp forces, he did not dare to touch the remaining people, because the base was the most important. The most important point was that Zhang Xiao Qiang had brought out more than 10 men with rifles but had not returned, that meant that they had encountered trouble and He Wen Bin believed that Zhang Xiao Qiang would have no problem saving himself alone. He would rather believe that the reason that Zhang Xiao Qiang was not back was that Zhang Xiao Qiang had the situation under control and would rather wait for news the next day. Yang Keer did not care about He Wen Bins excuses, not only did she find He Wen Bin or Old Frank, she actually went to look for Zhang Huai An. At that time, Zhang Huai An patted his own chest and promised that he would find Zhang Xiao Qiang, but since when did he have the guts? He led a few men but did not even find a vehicle, so they stayed in the construction site and waited. Zhang Huai An had advised Yang Keer to stay in the base but she had her own ns. She found her own servant, the little boy that was constantly dirty, to follow Zhang Huai An. With that, Zhang Huai An had nothing to say. While listening to Zhang Huai Ans exnation, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not know whether tough or cry. He nodded his head and excused Zhang Huai An. Wang Chong came down from the bus, he did not see Zhang Xiao Qiang and instantly sprinted for the Type-92 Battalion gun. He caressed it and cursed, cursed the people who cleaned the battalion gun. He knew they were definitely not professionals, the Type-92 Battalion Gun was not cleaned thoroughly and there were ces where rust had formed. Even inside the cylinder, a bit of stain would influence the longevity of the equipment. Once Yang Keer cried, she would direct her anger towards He Wen Bin, Old Frank and Zhang Huai An like Zhang Xiao Qiang. Talking about Zhang Huai An, Yang Keer was so angry that she gritted her teeth and said: I dont care, you have to scold him badly, if not for Miao Miao, I would not have known that that old man was hiding away and sleeping. He makes me so angry! Eh......, who is Miao Miao? Zhang Xiao Qiang figured that this said entity was a cat. Yang Keer rolled her eyes and replied: Youve been staying with him and you dont know his name? Miao Miao is Sister Xus son... Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately lost interest, for a guy to actually have a cats name, why not call him Wang Wang*? Zhang Xiao Qiang began giving out tasks, Zhang Huai An led a few of his men and brought back the captives and supplies, to which Three handed over. The men and women were ordered up the bus. Li Zhu was among them, and when he saw therge number of people weing Zhang Xiao Qiang, he became free from anxiety. Likewise, when the other people saw that even more of Zhang Xiao Qiangs subordinatesing over and donned in military uniform and helmets, they became well-behaved. Two men carried the stretcher made out of clothes which held the handicapped Su Qian. Over the process of moving her, she kept on looking at Zhang Xiao Qiang, from how he carried Yang Keer to how the cold Shangguan Qiao Yun stood behind him the entire time with the Garand Rifle on her back. The fleet that weed Zhang Xiao Qiang, Old Franks prideful face when he led the 100 odd survivors away. Finally, she retracted her gaze, took a deep breath, and allowed herself to be lifted into the vehicle....Old Frank had brought all the trucks and cranes from the base. Seeing therge steel doors of the prison, his eyes gleamed with a light. It was a genuine military product, no matter how he saw it, it was much more reliable than the steel tes door he prepared. 50 men dressed in military uniform stood in 5 rows and waited for Zhang Xiao Qiangs inspection. All of them were the temporary expansion group and every single one of them wielded choppers andposite shields. Half of them had fortified sniping crossbows on their backs and leather quivers wielding 20 short crossbow arrows. He Wen Bin distributed all the cold weapons that Wang Le had made, not that they were unwilling to handguns to them, but that the majority of them had never touched a gun before. If they were given bullets, they would not know where to even put the bullets in, so why not hand them des and shields. At least these things were useful for them. With everything prepared, Zhang Xiao Qiang led a robust and expanded group to fight their way into the arsenal. Everything went smoothly, to the point that Zhang Xiao Qiang was in disbelief. There were no zombies, all of the zombies inside were stuck in cages, there were no rats, but the corpses of the rats they killed were littered all over the ces. All of the rats that had escaped were injured and many of them died en route. When they all saw the exploded wall and mountain of dead rats, Old Frank and the neers all took in cold breaths, while Zhang Xiao Qiang, Three and the ones involved in the difficult battle all heaved a sigh of relief. It was truly a nightmare for them battling the rats. Looking at the dead rats on the ground, Zhang Xiao Qiang called Old Frank over to his side and whispered to him, causing Old Franks face to turn ugly, but ultimately, he nodded his head. Zhang Xiao Qiang split the members into two, one group picked up the dead rats, those that were ratherplete were skinned and dried over a bonfire. Some of the people were disgusted by it, always revealing twisted faces while working. As for the members who ate the rat meat the previous night, they became ecstatic as their mouths started to salivate with the barbeque meat taste. Seeing all the dead rats, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt extremely ufortable. Fortunately, the rats had died not long ago and had no stench. The base did notck in staple butcked in meat products. All of the workers had to undergo awfully strenuous manualbor every day. Due to time constraint, a few women had to help out by carrying buckets of lime, all of which were physical activities. Although Zhang Xiao Qiang was able to find meat, it could not stand the number of people. Now, aside from his own private stash, the base had practically no meat to eat. Old Frank and Three led the people into the arsenal and moved all the weapons to the empty space outside. Looking at the dust-filledrge weapons, Zhang Xiao Qiang was overwhelmed by emotions. Everything belonged to him, As a man who used to be addicted toputer and games and was once a nobody, he could be considered a tyrant now. Especially that he had consecutively conquered two camps. Calcting all of it, he had close to 700 members now, and all of them were relying on him to survive. Feeling slightly happier, he looked at the fallen walls. The tunnel dug by the rats had been buried beneath the rubble. Upon thinking about the resolute Wang Chong who hugged the warhead and ran into the horde of ants, the happiness in his heart immediately disappeared. The others busied with work. Three made an inventory of the ammunition, Old Frank and a few others carried a Type-92 HMG out, Wang Le and a few others inspected a Type-54 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun while the bearded man dressed in a western suit with a rifle slung to his back barbequed the rat meat and bragged to his new brothers about the taste of the rat meat. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not look at the rest, he walked to the copsed wall and carried a head-sized rock connected to a reinforced steel bar and threw it to one side. When the rat smashed onto the ground, Zhang Xiao Qiang carried on with another. He kept cleaning out the rubble by his feet. As he carried another debris and was preparing to walk to the side to throw it away, a pair of delicate hands took the debris from his hands, the owner of the hands being Shangguan Qiao Yun. She did not ask why and simply took the debris and threw it to one side, then came back and continued to help Zhang Xiao Qiang clear out another fragment. * C A dogs bark Chapter 219: Mutant King Rat

Chapter 219: Mutant King Rat

One cleaned while one threw. The two of them coordinated as such without talking, quietly clearing the debris away. Unknowingly, Yang Keer joined them as well, her speed was a few times faster than the two of them. She did not make a sound either and did not question why. To her, Zhang Xiao Qiang had always been crafty and sly with regards to manual activity. As long as there were physical activities involved, he would always find a way to avoid them. To see him initiating a physical activity, there had to be a reason. She did not need to know it, but followed him and helped him..... As the pieces of debris were cleared, a deep and hidden tunnel was exposed. Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled up the ttened rat corpses with hopes of finding a bit of Wang Chong, even if it was a piece of clothing. The longer he took to find something, the bigger the feeling of disappointment. Zhang Xiao Qiang weakly pulled out all the mashed meat and pelt of the rats, but there was nothing, nothing left. All of Wang Chong had been disintegrated by the 70mm warhead. Everything or any evidence to show that Wang Chong had existed were wiped clean. Zhang Xiao Qiang stood up in disappointment, then walked back in. Creakkk.... A strange sound beneath his feet attracted Zhang Xiao Qiangs attention. He moved his legs away, revealing the temple of a ck pair of spectacles. The remainder of the spectacles also had a short string attached to it. He bent down and picked it up and realized that the end of the string had been burnt and the string had coiled up with bloodstains. Zhang Xiao Qiang took out Jing Wei de and cut the corner of his shirt off and ced the spectacles temple into his pocket. He looked back into the deep tunnel, then turned and walked away. As he left the perimeters, 10rge trucks stopped steadily on the empty space in front of the steel doors. Three led the people and loaded up the crates of Type-53 AR and LMGs onto the vehicles. A smaller crane lifted crates of ammunition onto the back of a truck. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the group of people barbequing the rat meat and realized that one of Wang Les subordinate had brought tools and materials and built a fewrge-scale barbeque stations, on them were many rat torsos less the legs and heads. If it were anyone else, they would not be able to recognize the rat meat and would most probably mistake them for barbequing rabbits. Suddenly, the men who were clearing the rats shouted something. Zhang Xiao Qiang strode over to them, where a few men were standing on the direct spot where Zhang Xiao Qiang had fired the Type-92 Battalion Gun. There were more dead rats here than at the wall, piling up into mounds and hills, the countless and numerous dead rat corpses were tangled up together, causing everyones skin to turn numb. The original ck soil had turned dark red from the immense amount of rat blood. These men were the newly recruited members of the Combat Team, dressed in uniform WWII U.S military uniforms and old-fashioned leather boots. Their brown boots and originally clean uniforms had been dyed red while holding rebars to flip through the rat corpses, one of them having an obviously shorter one. Zhang Xiao Qiang stepped on countless rat corpses and blood red soil to reach them. He looked towards the location where they were shouting at, arge pile of rat corpses. The dead rats piledyer overyer on each other with a hole at the side. A massive w revealed itself from inside. There were four sharp des to it that were transparent yellow. They had no luster to them, but what made the survivors surprised was that there was actually not a drop of blood on it despite the messy bloodstains on the dead rats around it and it looked extremely clean. The ws looked like a rat w magnified multiple times, the four des of differing lengths, the longest close to 30 cm long and shortest less than 10 cm short. The des were connected together by a ck joint which was almost as thick as the rebars that the team members wielded and looked like bamboos with their short groove joints. The distance between the grooves was short with less than 1mm per groove. Zhang Xiao Qiang stared at the strange joint and thought it looked like Yuchi Gongs silver whip* in . Zhang Xiao Qiang noticed that beneath therge ws was arge piece of rebar that was about 7-8 cm. The rebar had been broken apart and the broken end gleamed under the sunlight. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the broken rebar in disbelief. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not say a word. He grabbed a rebar from the member beside him and struck therge w. In the instant that the rebar struck the w, the rebar was cut into half as though it was tofu. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that the rebar was like a bamboo cutting through water and leaving it; After the initial sensation of resistance in the water, the bamboo felt lighter upon getting out of the water. Looking at the simple-looking w and the heavy rebar in his hand, Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately got the members to pry all the rat corpses away without a second thought. As the corpses were pushed to the side, arge figure was revealed. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the extremelyrge rat that was half a meter tall while in a lying position. It was three meters long, causing Zhang Xiao Qiang to be in dumbstruck. It was not only him, but the other members were also stunned as well. One of the older members gasped in surprise: Holy shit, could this be the rat spirit demon in Journey to the West? Whether if it was a mutant king rat or it was really a rat spirit demon, it had been reduced to a dead rat. This dead rats fur was pitch ck that gleamed under the sun. Although it was dead, there was not a bit of blood stain or dirt on it. Looking at its glossy fur, Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart was stirred. Zhang Xiao Qiang poured clear water out from his yellow-green military canteen bottle. A clear flow of water fell from it and onto the fur of the rat. It continued to flow down the ck fur until a droplet of water dripped from the end of the rats fur. The rat fur remained as fluffy and smooth as before. Zhang Xiao Qiang kept circling around the dead rat. Its body was intact without any wounds. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked a few times but could not find the wound that killed it. He could not even find a small wound, much less a fatal one. Looking at the strange andrge rat, Zhang Xiao Qiang drew his Desert Eagle and aimed at its head....He watched as the bullet removed a few hairs of the rat. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt a cold sensation surging from his scalp to the bottom of his feet. The Desert Eagle is able to wound a D2, but it is only able to remove a few hairs off this rat? When his train of thoughts reached here, Zhang Xiao Qiang recalled back that the porcupines seemed to have received orders and performed the same actions, even when one of them was struck by a bullet, it did not dare to move on its own will. After the powerful offensive, the rats had suddenly exploded into escape without any warnings, could it be because of this rat king? Looking at its fur that could not be harmed by the Desert Eagle, then at the extremely sharp ws that could cut rebars like tofu, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not dare imagine what would have happened if the rat king had actually appeared and took action by itself. The walls were not strong enough to withstand its ws and be easily destroyed, it could have simply led the assault, and they would have died countless times then. The more he thought about it, the more terrifying the rat became. Zhang Xiao Qiang became even more interested in knowing the reason for its death. At longst, Zhang Xiao Qiang realized something strange. By the side of the ratsrge and white teeth, there was a trace of blood that had turned ck. Due to it turning ck, Zhang Xiao Qiang had overlooked it as fur. *- https://.google.sg/search?q=%E5%B0%89%E8%BF%9F%E6%81%AD&rlz=1C1CHBF_enSG756SG756&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWwtuS1_bdAhVMQ48KHc3iCagQ_AUIDigB&biw=1920&bih=938#imgrc=HONFHQ0t-tSvBM: Chapter 220 14.5mm

Chapter 220 14.5mm

Zhang Xiao Qiang got people to open its mouth and shone a torch inside. Thisrge rat was unlike the others that had two typical incisors. Upon opening its mouth, it had sharp carnivorous teeth, with three sets of sharp teeth on the upper and lower mandibles that were clenched extremely tightly. Upon looking at this, Zhang Xiao Qiang figured that it might have suffered from an intense pain right before it died. The clenched teeth made the rebar in Zhang Xiao Qiangs hands to be useless. At longst, Zhang Xiao Qiang used the spear to drill and remove one of the tough teeth to be able to form a hole, after which they made use of the pry bar principle to open the unpleasant rat mouth. Zhang Xiao Qiang found a wound in its oral cavity and understood, a highly explosive warhead had exploded beside it, but the explosion was unable to harm its fur. This giant king rat was careless, it was, in fact, a king rat that regarded ss importantly and gave orders through its close subordinates. Coincidentally everything happened when it ordered the countless rats to suicide rush the survivors. Right as it was giving the order, a shrapnel from the warhead flew into its mouth, which shot through its oral cavity that had no protection all the way to its brain, as a result, it severely harmed the king rat. With the king rat dead, there was no suppression from it. All the innately coward rats naturally would not rush to their deaths. Therefore, all of them scurried away in fear, resulting in Zhang Xiao Qiangs victory, which had actually heavily relied on his luck. Zhang Xiao Qiang thought back about in fear as cold sweat trickled down his back. He got a few men to find more helpers and carried therge rat onto a truck while he moved towards Wang Le who was in a buzz of activity. Wang Les face and body were covered in engine oil, working on the Type-54 anti-aircraft machine gun while talking to the few mechanical apprentices around him. He remained unaware of Zhang Xiao Qiang standing behind him for half a day and it was only after he hadpleted his handiwork and that the anti-aircraft machine gun was able to swivel did he realize that Zhang Xiao Qiang was behind him. Zhang Xiao Qiang pointed at the few porcupine corpses and spoke: Did you see their leather? Are they usable? Wang Le nced at the monster corpses and turned back to Zhang Xiao Qiang: They can be used, I took a look at them, their leather will naturally condense towards the point of impact, it is able to withstandrge caliber bullets from a close range and the leather by itself is bulletproof, giving the leather time to condense and react. He paused for a moment, picked up his water canteen and drank a few mouth of water. Looking at Wang Le who was so busy to the point of forgetting to drink water for the whole day, Zhang Xiao Qiang took out a pack of Nanjing Cigarettes and handed Wang Le a stick. Wang le, being overwhelmed by the emotions from the actions of Zhang Xiao Qiang, epted it and helped Zhang Xiao Qiang lit the cigarettes. He smoked a deep breath and exhaled, then looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang with slight embarrassment. I saw a report once that talked about technology that could be built in the future, one of which is a futuristic personalized soldier armor, a few conjectures on bionic armor and they even have thick hides that made me think of the simrities.... This thick hide,pared to the D2 skin that I had given to you the other time, which is better? Zhang Xiao Qiang interrupted Wang Les recollection and got straight to the main point. The two have their advantages, the D2 skin is much easier to work with but in terms of strength, the leather is stronger. Wang Le patted on the Type-54 anti-aircraft machine gun and continued. As long as this big guy is finished and usable, it can kill off D2s, because D2s skin has a certain limit, so long as you break through its limit, the bullets are able to prate through its skin. But the leather is much more difficult, its innate characteristics prevent it from being prated so easily unless we are talking about a 14.5mm caliber.... His words were interrupted by Zhang Xiao Qiang: 14.5mmrge bullets? Why? Wang Le drew another puff and continued: Actually, everything has a threshold, including the leather. The 14.5mm calibers kic energy is too strong, the leather can maximally withstand 12.7mm caliber bullets, which means that even something slightly stronger than a 12.7mm is enough to break through it. 14.5mm bullets have multiple times the kic energy of a 12.7mm, the instant a 14.5mm hits this leather, it will definitely break through, and the unique point aboutrge caliber bullets is that they will explode. Think about it, what would happen if an explosive explodes from inside the stomach? Hearing these, Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately felt that it was a pity, he had countless 14.5mm bullets on hand, even if he gave out 10 thousand, he would have plenty left. The thing was, he did not have any barrels capable of using the bullets. Wang Le took a puff and noticed that Zhang Xiao Qiang looked dispirited and downcast, and immediately sensed something wrong. He was alright just a second ago, why is he like this now? Brother Cockroach, is there something bothering you? Wang Le carefully probed and asked. Zhang Xiao Qiang shook his head with a bitter face, then after thinking about it, he nodded. Wang Le was muddled by Zhang Xiao Qiangs reaction. It was a shake, then a nod, what was that supposed to mean? I know what youre talking about, I have 14.5mm bullets, theyre there. Zhang Xiao Qiang pointed to the ammunition crates that were just about to be moved. I have more than 10 thousand of such bullets, multiple times in fact, but so what? Can you make a 14.5mm gun? Zhang Xiao Qiang rambled on and asked Wang le. Wang Le shook his head, even if he could, they did not have the materials to do so. Seeing Wang Le admit that he could not, Zhang Xiao Qiangpletely let go of the idea. He turned and walked toward the dormitories, he wanted to take a look at how the 8 porcupines were doing. Towards this new species of rats, Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to rear them in the base and see if they were able to reproduce. Regardless of meat or obtaining the leather, it could be considered a local niche. Brother Cockroach... Wang Les shout came out from behind. Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped and looked at him, who quickly ran to his side and asked: Brother Cockroach, are you worried about having bullets but no guns? Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded his head: You know that our walls are thick, but god knows if there are any D3, D4 that will run over. You have seen a Type-D zombie, it is that one that is slightly strengthened. With that, a rifle can kill it, but when ites to a D2, even a cannon cant kill it, at that time, Im afraid our base will not be able to stand against them. With that, Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the Type-92 Battalion Gun behind the vehicle and self-ridicule: Who knows, maybe even I will have to hug a warhead and use my life to fight something... Zhang Xiao Qiang sighed, but Wang Les expression became excited. He spoke with a vulgar expression: Brother Cockroach, I do know where we can obtain a big gun for such an ammunition.... Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly turned and looked at Wang le anxiously: WHERE? Wang Le started to speak.... Chapter 221: Returning home

Chapter 221: Returning home

For such bullets, China only had anti-aircraft machine guns, which did not have many variations with the Type 56 Quad AA gun being the first. The Type 56 Quad AA gun was an imitation of the Soviet Unions ZPU-4 AA Gun, manufactured in 1956, it was mass produced and equipped across the army. The reason for the name of the Quad AA gun was due to its four connected rapid fire and precision aim system. The weapon was installed onto a four-wheeled, dual axle cart and driven around by being hooked behind vehicles. The precision aiming system was installed onto the weapon along with lighting, allowing for night shoots. The second type was a Type 58 Dual AA Gun, Type 58 14.5mm Dual AA gun was an imitation of the Soviet Unions ZPU-2 AA Gun, manufactured in 1958, it was also mass produced and equipped across armies, with two 56 14.5mm gun body, the Type 58 Dual AA gun also had precision aiming and was installed onto a two-wheeled cart. The third type was the Type 75 14.5mm AA Gun, which was reinvented and improved from the Soviet Unions BYB 14.5mm AA Gun by China. Designed and manufactured in 1981, it employed 1 Type 56 14.5mm barrel and gun base, along with a tripod stand. The sighting deviceposed of a high precision lens and sight-fire scope, for which the sight-fire scope was fixed onto the high precision lens. The high precision lens had miniature ring-shaped optics while the sight-fire scope allowed direct aiming. (TN: I am not that good and proficient in terms of China gun parts, so forgive me if there are any errors.) Oh, China seems to have a few types of 14.5mm AA guns, there is also one type, redesigned in 1983, a Type 75-1, they mainly changed the tripod legs and installed wheels, axles and intion device. It can be pulled with vehicles, but in the end, it is still a Type 75 14.5mm AA Gun. Wang Le introduced the various 14.5mm weapons to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang asked: Is the Type 75 14.5mm AA Gun a higher gradepared to the Type 58 and 56? Hearing Zhang Xiao Qiangs question, Wang Le did not know how to answer. He stumbled with his words: Erm, the Type 75 is slightly lighter, the range of fire are the same, they are all able to shoot 2km in a high angle and 1km in a straight fire. Zhang Xiao Qiang expressed his understanding, he thought about his recoil-operated HMG, regardless of its rate of fire or rate of heat, it could notpare to the Type 53 HMG. he then asked: In terms of firing rate, is the Type 75 faster than the other two? Hearing his question, Wang Les face turned bitter. He looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang and gave a string of numbers: Type 56 Quad AA Gun firing rate is 600 rounds/minute. Type 58 Dual AA Gun, in theory, 1100 C 1200 rounds/minute, actual firing rate is 300 rounds/minute. Type 75 14.5mm AA Gun, in theory, is able to fire at 550 C 600 rounds/minute, but actual firing rate is 80 rounds/minute. Zhang Xiao Qiang was speechless, the weapons made 30 yearster had a firing rate twice as slow as weapons made 30 years before, even if it had one barrel, its single barrel was still slower than a barrel of the past. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at Wang Le and spoke cautiously: The ce that you know of, could it be that there are Type 75 14.5mm AA guns? Wang Le replied loudly: Type 75 are active duty equipment but the factory that I was previously in will not have such weapons. Inside our factorys defense branch warehouse, all the former rifles and light weapons have been taken away, but all the AA guns were left behind and I think there are quite a few of them. I remember that the factory actually pulled them out once for a practice shoot. At that time, they brought the weapons into my factory for repairs, and I even became addicted to them for a while. Wang Les factory had a controlled facility holding AA Guns, out of which they had 3 Type 56 Quad AA Guns, 6 Type 58 Dual AA Guns which were all preserved perfectly. The factory also had random checks made by their superiors on the upkeep and preservation of the guns, aside from having no bullets, their weapons were perfectly usable. For our factory, aside from those AA Guns, there are plenty of good things as well, our processing workshop has a few guns, the factory itself holds plenty of unique materials as well, as long as I have raw materials, I can even reinstate the Type 92 Battalion Gun.... Wang Les incessant bber about the good things in his factory had long captured Zhang Xiao Qiangs mind and made him go on a mental journey. Zhang Xiao Qiang had already decided that Wang Les old factory was the next location for them. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the fleet preparing to move out with satisfaction. All the fully cooked or half cooked rat meat were loaded up a vehicle, all the ammunition in the arsenals had been plundered by Zhang Xiao Qiang, even the empty ammunition shells were picked up and loaded up. Who knew that in the future, they had the capability of reinstating them back to usable bullets. 8 porcupines along with over 10 constantly twisting bags were loaded up a vehicle. Inside the 10 bags were young rats that Zhang Xiao Qiang found. He had the thought of rearing them in the base as a great undertaking. The fleet slowly moved out of the prison. Old Frank had employed people to tear down and load up the 7-8m tall steel doors, and at the same time took the entire electrical machinery andponents used to control therge door. Zhang Xiao Qiang sat in the Hummer and extended his hand out, gesturing for them to move out. All therge vehicles slowly followed behind the Hummer and moved in a straight convoy. The fleet gradually moved towards the base in the spring. Everyone inside the vehicles had a clear view of the scaffolding and half-built brick wall in the distance. As the fleet slowly advanced, they noticed arge crowd standing at the car park outside the valley. Upon seeing the fleet, the crowd cheered out loud, filling the space with cheerful voice and sounds. Zhang Xiao Qiang and his members had gone through two continuous days of battles and were extremely fatigued, but upon hearing the intense cheers from the crowd, their spirits were roused and became excited. They had arrived at their base, their home, and the people calling out for them were their families. All the pain, sacrifice and fatigue were worth it. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at Yuan Yi, who stood at the front of the crowd with her old injuries. Beside her stood He Wen Bin, while Zhang Huai An and Lu Ren Yi stood behind them. When the fleet stopped, everyone moved in to unload the vehicles. The tired members dragged themselves and walked unsteadily back into the camp with nothing but the thought to have a great and long sleep. Guo Fei was carried down the vehicle. He turned a deaf ear towards the cheers while lying on the stretcher. He looked at the sky and remained quiet as heid down when a pain from the long sword wound came out from the jolt of the two persons carrying him. It started to bleed and stained the white bandages. Guo Fei ignored the pain and quietly looked up at the sky. A girl walked to the stretcher, and she who had never spoken opened her mouth and pleaded for the two men to ease up on their pace. Her words were heard by Guo Fei. From the corner of his eye, he nced onto the little girl dressed in work clothes. Not seeing the familiar red, he closed his eyes and ignored the outside world. Zhang Xiao Qiang brought 40 odd strong men and carried the 9 corpses, out of which three of were just bones. Wang Chong did not even have any bones left, and upon thinking about that, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt mncholy. Are the injured brothers settled in? Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at He Wen Bin and asked, to which He Wen Bin nodded. He looked at the 8 corpses and asked: Brother Cockroach, where should we bury these brothers? Outside the valley or..... Tear down the tower on top of the hill, get Old Frank to build the best cemetery for me and install a monument, in the future, all of our brothers who die in battle will be buried there, so everyone can simply raise their heads and see them.... Chapter 222: Yuan Yi’s gentleness

Chapter 222: Yuan Yis gentleness

Zhang Xiao Qiang gave He Wen Bin countless requests, to which received no rejection. Whatever Zhang Xiao Qiang said would pass and finally, Zhang Xiao Qiang retrieved Wang Chongs remnant out from his pocket and told He Wen Bin: He must have the best and at the most front. We are all alive because of him. Right when Zhang Xiao Qiang had entered his vi, an intense surge of fatigue gushed through him. The little girls mother had prepared lunch and was waiting for Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest to return to eat together. Without even looking at them, Zhang Xiao Qiang walked to his bed and plopped down. Zhang Xiao Qiang opened his eyes from the tight feeling in his stomach along with a slight wetness on his chest. The lighting in from the window shot through from an opening between the curtains. Borrowing the light to see, Zhang Xiao Qiang lowered his head and saw the delicate little girl sleeping soundly in his embrace. The little girl drooled from the corner of her mouth onto his chest, forming a little puddle. It was her movements that woke him, and her movements made him realize she was there. Yang Keers disheveled hair was all around as she buried her little head and slept soundly. Zhang Xiao Qiang carefully ced her to the side before getting out of bed slowly. It was only after he got out of bed did Zhang Xiao Qiang realize that he had been undressed and his military uniform had been taken off, reced with a pair of shorts. The smoke and stains on his body had been scrubbed off and a new set of military uniform on the chair by the bedside and a pair of military boots that had been cleaned and polished. Dressed neatly, Zhang Xiao Qiang walked to the living room. The table had beenid out with delicacies, which was extremely rare. Aside from the unique food that Zhang Xiao Qiang had kept for himself, there were fried vegetables and a pot of soup, although the vegetables had been left for a long time and the green had dulled, to be able to see such food instigated Zhang Xiao Qiangs stomach. Just as he sat down and picked up the chopsticks to grab some food, Yuan Yi came out of the kitchen carrying a pot of piping hot rice. Seeing that Zhang Xiao Qiang had started eating, she quickly ced the rice on the table, then scooped up a bowl of rice for him. With the rice, Zhang Xiao Qiang started attacking the dishes on the table. Looking at the empty pot of rice, Zhang Xiao Qiang became slightly embarrassed. He looked at Yuan Yi, who kept on refilling his rice bowl: You havent eaten, right? Yuan Yi, who was dressed in simple clothing, looked like a pretty daughter from a humble family smiled faintly and shook her head: We have all eaten, all of this food is prepared for you... Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the sky outside and could not tell if it was early orte afternoon. He asked: How long did I sleep for? Youve already slept for two days, Sister Qiao Yun woke up earlier in the afternoon and youre the only one who slept till now. Zhang Xiao Qiang was shocked, no wonder Im able to eat so much despite not having many injuries, it wasnt about any internal injuries but my stomach had been empty for two whole days. Suddenly, Zhang Xiao Qiang realized that Yuan Yi waspletely different from before. In the past, she hardly spoke and remained ice cold, even after Zhang Xiao Qiang and her had a rtionship, she never revealed any intimacy towards him. Even after Yuan Yi recovered from her injuries, Zhang Xiao Qiang remained busy and hard at work, aside from bringing her along to do work, he never had the time to apany her. But seeing Yuan Yi smile consecutively in the day, Zhang Xiao Qiang had no clue as to why she was so happy. Seeing her dressing and that she came out from the kitchen, his mind that had not been working finally worked again. Were you the one who cooked all of these today? Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at Yuan Yi who was clearing the table and asked. Yuan Yi raised her head, looked at him and nodded. A faint blush appeared on her white ears and spread across her face. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at Yuan Yi who had lowered her head due to her shyness replied: Oh, its no wonder why I feel that the food is so special today... When Zhang Xiao Qiang was halfway through his sentence, Yuan Yi looked at him with her entire face red, her two eyes looked like two ck gemstones soaked in water, the two sparkling eyes began to be misty. With the two gentle and beautiful eyes looking at him, a me ignited in Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart. Zhang Xiao Qiang stood up, hugged her, and looked into her eyes. The zed eyes were extremely enchanting, as though she wanted to absorb Zhang Xiao Qiangs spirit. Zhang Xiao Qiang became intoxicated with the pair of misty, clear, pure and deep eyes. No matter how he looked at her eyes, it felt as though he could not have enough of it. A fragrant scent came from Yuan Yis lips dissipated across Zhang Xiao Qiangs face. Her pink and delicate lips were like the beautiful Japanese Rose that blossomed in his eyes. Looking at the beautiful roses, he gently ced his lips over them. Yuan Yi closed her eyes and tilted her head slightly, her silk hair swept behind her ears. In Zhang Xiao Qiangs embrace, she could feel his heartbeat. A warm stream of air flowed to her face, it was his breath, the faint smoke taste was the smell that she had kept within her mind for the longest time. The familiar smell and the warmth entered her own lips. Her heart pounded hard and an intense spell of dizziness poured over her. Yuan Yi felt as though she had lost all gravity and her body became light. The urge to soar into the air came over her but her heart was reluctant to part with his warm embrace. She extended her hands out and hugged him back tightly. At that moment, the sensation felt real yet fake, she did not know if she would float away if she let go. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt slightly choked with Yuan Yis tight embrace around his waist, but his chest could clearly feel her pounding heartbeat. The two kissed in each others embrace. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt as though the two of them had merged into one body, his emotions were Yuan Yis emotions. He slowly tasted the sweetness of Yuan Yis lips, at that moment, both of their hearts were as one as their hearts were submerged in love. Yuan Yi felt herself being lifted up. Zhang Xiao Qiang carried her in his embrace and walked towards her room. On his sturdy arm, Yuan Yi felt like a little bird dancing in his palm. She closed her eyes and let him move her around. She did not think as her mind nked out as she allowed Zhang Xiao Qiang to bring her to a faraway ce. Chapter 223: King Rat Leather

Chapter 223: King Rat Leather

The two tangled themselves in the noon of June. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked out of the doors with contentment. He turned his head back and looked into the vi, towards Yuan Yis room window, at the window curtains,ughed, then turned and walked towards the valley. After Yuan Yis injuries, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not get intimate with her. Zhang Xiao Qiangs agreed with the saying absence makes the heart grow fonder, he felt extremely good, not any ordinarily good, but even his footsteps became faster and lighter aspared to other days. All the fatigue and anxiousness were swept away. Thinking about Yuan Yi who was still in bed, he chuckled, then increased his pace once more. Ever since the construction workers came, Wang le waspletely free from helping in the construction of the wall and led his own team of 5 to 6 subordinates to work in his own repair shop. His repair shop was located at the cave, which was cleaned out under the orders of Zhang Xiao Qiang. Wang Le immediately took the cave as his own home and ate and slept in there while working from daylight to night time. Immediately after entering the cave, Zhang Xiao Qiang stumbled over some steel bars. He looked as far out as he could see and thought that he had entered a junkyard. The originallyrge interior had been filled up with stacks and piles of materials and tools. The generator specific for the cave kept releasing buzzing sounds from the inside, and along with the cutting tools inside the cave made Zhang Xiao Qiang dizzy and felt the desire to leave. Zhang Xiao Qiang endured the torture of his eardrums and found the busy Wang Le squatted on the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang patted him on his back a few times, awakening Wang Le from his focus. Wang Le said a few words but due to the ruckus all around them, Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled him to the cave entrance. At that moment, Wang Les entire face was covered with sweat, his blue work clothes stained with red rust and ck oil, his chest and back wet from his perspiration. Looking at him, Zhang Xiao Qiang was unwilling to ask him, but Zhang Xiao Qiang badly needed a bulletproof and pration-proof battle suit and had no choice but to rely on Wang Le. Did you check up on the king rat? Can its leather be used to make a battle suit? Zhang Xiao Qiang kept thinking about the king rats fur, fur that could block against shrapnel was definitely top grade. Brother Cockroach, the fur is not easy to work with. The six of us had to spend an entire day to peel the skin of its body. Oh right, we relied on your spear to break a hole in its weakest point, at its stomach. It was only after producing over 100 small holes were we able to peel the skin out. You dont know about this, but I suspect that the sturdiness of the leather is something even a 14.5mm bullet cant break through. While Wang Leined to Zhang Xiao Qiang, Zhang Xiao Qiang lowered his head and pondered. He did not expect that even cutting tools were unable to cut through the leather. If they could not process the leather, then wasnt it useless? Then what about the ws? What are you guys doing with it? Upon thinking about how easy the ws could cut through rebars, Zhang Xiao Qiang became anxious. The ws were definitely not as weak as his Beast Horn Spear and Zhang Xiao Qiang was unwilling for it to be passed onto others. He wanted such treasures for himself. On the topic of the king rat ws, Wang Le immediately became excited. He looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang and replied enthusiastically: Brother Cockroach, the ws are definitely precious, they can cut through metal like grass and I even tried it on a piece of D2 skin, guess what happened? With a sweep, the D2s skin, that isnt even afraid of bullets was cut into two like paper, erm....kraft paper. At this point, Wang Le looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang earnestly and begged: Take a look at it? Can you leave a few for us here? These ws are extremely good as tools, a pity that only the front ws are usable, there are a total of 8, if I.... No, we cant have such things be essible to anyone. Zhang Xiao Qiang refused Wang Le immediately. To him, the longest w was 30cm long, which was slightly short to be a weapon. Even if they added the ck joints of the ws, it was less than 50cm. Have you tried using the ws to cut the leather? Zhang Xiao Qiang thought about the ancient saying. To contradict oneself, he wanted to test if the ws were sharper or the skin was tougher. Wang Le shook his head: We only managed to finish skinning the rat yesterday. The chef took the entire king rat away this morning and Im still waiting to check if there are still any ws left. You dont know the chefs conduct, he is a wild goose, who knows if he will hide Before entering the kitchen, arge stic shed could be seen by the side. Ady in chef clothes patrolled by the side. Upon passing through therge stic shed, Zhang Xiao Qiang saw green vegetables inside. It seemed as though the female chef was in charge of preventing theft. Upon entering the kitchen, they saw Fat Chef wielding a chopper that had a crack, in a daze while facing a skeleton. By the chefs side was arge pot filled with the scraps of meat from therge rat. Arge crimson stic container contained the innards. The skeleton still had dark red meat let on it. With Fat Chefs personality, he was not willing to waste any of it, and wanted to boil the bones in soup. Looking at therge crack on the chopper, Wang Leughed. He patted on Fat Chefs back and spoke, Hahaha, this thing isnt something you or your lousy chopper can handle. You, sigh, just give the rat back to me. Fat Chef turned and was just about to quarrel with Wang Le when he saw Zhang Xiao Qiang. All the profanities at the tip of his tongue were forcefully swallowed back in as he quickly rushed forward and greeted Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded and walked forward and inspected therge skeletons. Aside from the pieces of meat left on the bones, there was still the massive rat head. There was no need to go into details about the disgusting rat head, the white skeleton framework had skeletons different from the ones Zhang Xiao Qiang frequently see. Although they were white, it was unlike the white of a persons bones, but a type of lustrous and sparkling white. Zhang Xiao Qiang had never seen elephant tusks and did not know whether an elephants tusk would be more lustrous than the bones in front of him. He looked towards Wang Le. Chapter 224: King Rat Blade

Chapter 224: King Rat de

Wang Le saw Zhang Xiao Qiangs questioning gaze and felt uncertain. He spoke softly: Ive never interacted with such a material before, and I cant be sure of its capabilities? Do you want me to bring it back to test it out? Seeing Wang Les uncertain behavior, Fat Chef started tough at him. He looked at Wang Le, Hahaha, dont worry about it. I have a big pot here. After adding in water, we can stew it slowly, I promise you, the longer it stews, the better the taste. Fat Chefs suggestion was naturally rejected. Zhang Xiao Qiang held onto a bone that was the size of an egg, which looked like a yellow stone and asked, Whats this? Topaz? I.....I dont know either while removing its innards, I found it inside its stomach. At that time, it was wrapped by food waste. After cutting the food, this thing rolled out, I thought it was some stone... Listening to Fat Chefs exnation, Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded his head and ced the topaz into his pocket. He had found something simr inside a mutated cat before, but it was greyish white and had a rough texture to it while the stone from the rat king was sparkling. Could it be that these things have different grades to them? Zhang Xiao Qiang used the Jing Wei de and carefully scraped the periosteum off the joint, then used the Sword to prate the joint and rotated his wrist. Creaaakk.... The sound of a steel wire breaking came out. One of the ws connected to the joint broke out from the leg bone and dropped to the ground. Wang Le took the first step and picked the w that was curved like a de, and carefully inspected it before reluctantly handing it over to Zhang Xiao Qiang. The w in his hand was somewhat heavy, and it was just a single w of the rat. The shiny w body was 37-38 cm long with a 7-8cm long ck joint, with a total of 44-46cm in length. The joint-whip that could be wielded as a handle was smooth to the touch as he caressed the smooth edges with his fingertips. Although it had a tactile sensation like graphite, it was not as dark as graphite. It looked pure and reflected light, even more lustrous than the highest grade ink water. The deepest part of the joint was the darkest, which slowly spread to the rest of the joint, the glossy epidermis of the joints faintly lit up under the light, which revealed another shade of ck. The dual reflectiveness was so attractive that it would make people turn their heads to look at it. The ws gave Zhang Xiao Qiang the same feeling as the sparkling rock. They were of the same color, texture, and glossiness. The only difference was that the touch of the rock was smooth, while the ws felt rough. Zhang Xiao Qiang gently caressed the de and looked at its rough body. Although it felt rough, it did not look coarse, as though the de was made out of corals from the bottom of the sea. The surface was covered with sharp needles that were minute, if they did not know that the w came from a rat, they would definitely think that the w was a piece of art made out of corals. The entire w was arched, even the point between the joint and the w was slightly curved with thergest arc at the 3rd quarter of the w, making it look like a scythe. The scythe-de looked extremely normal and had no scent of danger. With the naked eye, he could see that the edge of the de was extremely thin, as though it had never been used before, but Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that the seemingly harmless de edge was the sharpest and could even slice through rebars the size of eggs easily into two. Zhang Xiao Qiang raised the w towards the light and took a careful look. He realized that the scythe-shaped ws back wasplicated, revealing dense lines of fine barbed tips under the light. On the inch wide back of the de, the number of barbed tips could not be considered plenty, spreading in three rows in the center all the way from the joint to the tip of the de. Due to the w being too fine, a casual look will definitely miss out the fine barbed tips. Upon seeing these tips, Zhang Xiao Qiang borrowed the chipped chopper. It was a smooth movement, the barbed tips on the back of the w flowed along the de, and nothing happened to the chopper or barbed tips. He used the chopper to move along the scythe until the joint-whip, but the chopper did not suffer from any further cracks or chips. Wang Le and Fat Chef stood by the side and watched as Zhang Xiao Qiang use the chopper and w on each other. They did not understand his actions, but because of Zhang Xiao Qiangs prestige, they did not dare to butt in. They simply watched as Zhang Xiao Qiang use the back of the w to move around the chopper, all the way until Zhang Xiao Qiang dragged the chopper on the back of the w. Fat Chef and Wang le watched as the chopper flew in midair with their mouths wide opened as it flipped a few times before dropping onto the thick wooden chopping board. The two of them looked at each other and swore that they did not even hear a thing. They only saw how casually Zhang Xiao Qiang had used the back of the w while dragging the chopper and the thick chopping board instantly split into two. (TN: The trantion exining this part was rather messy, what I think was that the barbed tips on the back were pulled back and the force of the tips pushing the chopping was so strong that it flicked the chopper outwards.) Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the w with satisfaction, it was simr to the mystical and magical weapons in wuxia novels, it could cut and could hack, could strike and could saw. Zhang Xiao Qiang efficiently removed the other ws with it and became excited. He was able to use the little saw des on the ws to easily cut bones off. Zhang Xiao Qiang used the w as though he was a small child who had found a new toy. He continued to experiment on the skeleton. Wang Le watched as Zhang Xiao Qiang slowly cut the skeletons that he had great difficulty with ease and felt sadness in his heart, but he could not say anything and only silently pray for Zhang Xiao Qiang to leave some for him. Fat Chef watched as Zhang Xiao Qiang break the skeleton down while thinking, what seasoning should I add to that leftover meat on the bones to make it taste better? In the end, Zhang Xiao Qiangs gazended on therge rat head. With the right tool in hand, Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to unravel the mystery to the death of the king rat. Wang Le had carefully peeled off its leather all the way to its head, revealing the tworge eyes on the dark red meat. Zhang Xiao Qiang naturally was unafraid of a naked and bare rat. The rats skull could be considered the toughest bone of the entire skeleton. After Zhang Xiao Qiang allowed Fat Chef to clean the rat head, he used the w and slowly cut the skeleton apart. It took Zhang Xiao Qiang a couple of minutes to saw off the other bones into two, but Zhang Xiao Qiang could not do anything to the skull. After sawing for a long time, he barely managed to leave a shallow scar, to which he could deal no further damage or prate further. Seeing that the sharp weapon in his hand had met its match, Zhang Xiao Qiang became furious. He turned the skull around and started to work from the bottom up. As expected, the lower mandibles loosened up and Zhang Xiao Qiang slowly broke the skull apart. Aside from the concentrated number of veins and arteries in the skull, Zhang Xiao Qiang actually did not find the brain but instead found a wart the size of a duck egg. The wart was wrapped with countless of veins and on it was a long and narrow slit. Zhang Xiao Qiang believed that the shrapnel piece was inside the wart, and this was the true cause of death to therge king rat. Chapter 225: Where is home

Chapter 225: Where is home

The wart was slowly cut out as the green gtin-like colloid slid out of the opening. In the middle of the green colloid was a dark brown shrapnel, but the colloid did not dissolve and remained as though it was frozen. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the strange gtin substance and took a whiff at it. He turned towards Wang Le and Fat Chef, What do you guys make of it? Fat Chef took a whiff carefully, Bloodstench, and some filthy smell. Yeah, I smell some fishy smell, it is very fishy, even more so than fishes. Wang Le added. Not only did the odd smell not dissipate, but it got even stronger. Upon sensing that the stench was getting worse and seeing the green gtin thing in front of him, a sense of thirst surged from the bottom of his heart. He looked at the unknown object in front of it and felt the crazy urge to eat it. This bizarre thought became stronger and stronger, so stronger that it made him out of control. nk... The w dropped from his hand andnded on a thigh bone, releasing a clear and loud sound. His trembling right hand unconsciously extended towards the thing..... Eat it.....eat it.....eat.... A strange voice came out from within Zhang Xiao Qiangs mind, prompting and urging Zhang Xiao Qiang to take the thing up and eat it. Zhang Xiao Qiang was unable to make out where the strange voice came from, whether it was from something or someone else, or it was just him subconsciously mumbling to himself. The current him had already forgotten about Wang Le and Fat Chef beside him, his eyespletely fixated on the strange and green gtin. Zhang Xiao Qiang held the soft colloid in his hand, it felt slightly cold and the scent got even more concentrated. From his throat, he felt as though a w was extending out towards his hand to grab the colloid. Zhang Xiao Qiang struggled within himself and his mental state became unstable. Ultimately, he found a box and ced the colloid-gtin inside, picked up the w and without saying a word, left the kitchen and headed out. Inside the densest part of a bamboo forest, Zhang Xiao Qiang sat cross-legged on the floor with the box in front of him where the green, transparent gtin object sat in quietly. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the increasingly fragrant object and his heart hesitated more and more. He did not know what would happen if he were to eat it, but it was a thirsting from deep within his soul, calling out to him to eat the object. Although Zhang Xiao Qiang was no longer theputer nerd with no self-control and had tempered his willpower and determination through countless of life and death battles, his heart was still struggling against the object. His fingers caressed the object endlessly as the smell got stronger and the desire from his heart got stronger.....darkness......endless darkness..... Zhang Xiao Qiang walked inside the darkness, a step at a time.....Unaware of how he got here, he could not recall why he was here. Aside from his own name, Zhang Xiao Qiang could not remember anything. He could not remember when he got here, inside this quiet space that had no cold, no warmth, no joy or fear. Yes, there was nothing.... Zhang Xiao Qiang walked within this dark void of emotions, unable to see anything, unable to see the path he was on, unable to see the environment around him. He could not see his shadow and could not think of anything. He just continued walking in the darkness, not feeling any difort, as though him walking in the endless darkness was the most real fact, and was the reality. Images of battles, lives, men, women, all lit up in his mind and started to burn. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not pay any attention to these images, he reckoned that they were illusions and fabrications his bored mind had invented. He thought that the endless darkness was his home, where he was born and grew up in. Even his home that was gone, he feltfortable, yes, this is the feeling of home.....home? He suddenly thought about his home, I should use my keys to open the door. He extended his hand to his neck, where is it? Its gone? Wheres the key? The anxiety broke Zhang Xiao Qiangs strange state of mind. He groped about his own body trying to look for his own key, if I dont have my key, I cant go home...despite the endless search, he was unable to find the key. For the first time, he stopped in his tracks. Where is my key? BANG..... He saw the steel doors shut tight. He looked at his home doors, the keys to the steel doors was hanging by his neck as he carried his rucksack and crossbow and headed out. The gloomy sky spiraled over his head.... Bang...He entered the car and closed the doors and drove off, he saw the dirty girl inside the car screaming....the doors opened, Yuan Yi entered with hot water, she carefully poured the hot water on a towel and gave it to him....the doors in the distance looked so far, yet so near. He crawled on the floor covered with rice grains towards the doors, the furious roars of the D2......He sprinted with his life on the line, the red tide behind him that enveloped the sky. In front of him, the ck steel doors were his only hope.....He stood on the grass by the quietke. He turned and saw the doors to the vi, and saw Yuan Yi at the windows.... Who am I? Im Zhang Xiao Qiang.....but I dont belong here, this isnt my home? Wheres my home? ..... Zhang Xiao Qiang started to panic, he looked around him, he wanted to find his own home, he wanted to leave this ghastly ce. He suddenly felt himself flying upwards. The darkness around him started to thin and a faint trace of light shone down from above. As his body continued to rise, the light got stronger to the point of being too bright, too bright that he could not open his eyes. Cough cough cough.... A fit of coughs woke Zhang Xiao Qiang up. He dropped on all fours and hacked violently. With great difficulty, he stopped the itch in his throat, but his stomach started to churn and a feeling to vomit followed on. He knelt on the ground and gagged endlessly. As time passed, he spat out the bitter phlegm in his mouth and used the bamboo by his side to pull himself up. After standing straight up for a while, he managed to drive away the faint spell. Waves of fatigue struck him once again. Noticing the flipped over box, Zhang Xiao Qiang became furious. He had no idea why he was obsessed with eating the object. Bang.... Zhang Xiao Qiang kicked the box and sent it flying. He watched it tumble down the hillside and felt slightly better. Zhang Xiao Qiang picked up the bag containing the w, ignoring the dust umted and swung it onto his shoulders, then staggered down the hill. The original n was for him to head to the repair shop and look for He Wen Bin, but after the affair, Zhang Xiao Qiang just wanted to sleep. He headed back to his ce. Chapter 226: What’s wrong with my eyes

Chapter 226: Whats wrong with my eyes

When Zhang Xiao Qiang entered, Yang Keer was holding onto the little girl and ying with toy blocks on the table, Yuan Yi was dressed in her apron and walking in and out of the kitchen while Shangguan Qiao Yun was maintaining her Garand Rifle and M1911A1. The moment Yang Keer caught sight of Zhang Xiao Qianging in, she prepared herself to pounce onto him, but his tired look caused her to stop. Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded towards the people in the house before returning to his room.... When Zhang Xiao Qiang woke up, it was already in the wee hours of the night, the entire house was pitch ck. He groped about for the handphone light that he had not used for a long time. The bootup sound came out, followed by the appearance of the icon of China Tel. An adorable, angel-like pretty girl appeared on the screen. Looking at her bizarre yet adorable appearance, Zhang Xiao Qiang sighed, Fucking apocalypse. He used the light from his phone to shine and grope for his clothes. Zhang Xiao Qiang switched off the phone and ced it back into his rucksack. When Zhang Xiao Qiang arrived outside, the 100 incandescent lights were long extinguished. The valley was peaceful and quiet, with the asional spotlight from the watchtower by the perimeter wall, following the afterglow of the searchlights, Zhang Xiao Qiang was able to see an AA gun standing tall. By the gun were two night sentries, machine gunners who were seated down. One of them had his head nodding away as he napped, the searchlight wobbling and swaying weakly. At this point, Zhang Xiao Qiang became furious. The first thing to bepleted was the 18m tall watchtower situated at the wall. Originally, the base had no searchlights and the night sentry team members would carry torchlights to patrol the outside. After obtaining therge searchlight from the prisons watchtower, the night guards no longer need to be fearful of being blind in the night and could take turns resting in the watchtower. But due to this benefit, those who were not supposed to sleep also took advantage and fell asleep. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked lightly with the intention to go up to teach thezy people a lesson. After a few steps, Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly stopped and looked towards the watchtower in disbelief. Thats right, the two men at the Type 54 AA guns were napping while the gun barrel of the AA gun stood still with the neatly arranged 12.7mm bullets hung around the barrel. Under the dim light from the searchlight, the bullets faintly released its gold brilliance. Zhang Xiao Qiang rubbed his own eyes and looked again. It was the same as before, the people were people, the gun still a gun. He could still see the bullets as clear as day. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned around and looked towards the hill. The pavilion at the top looked as though it had been pulled close by a pair of binocrs. Although it was night time and he could not make out the paint color, Zhang Xiao Qiang was clearly able to see the sculptures at the corner of the house. If it was Zhang Xiao Qiang just the day before, much less the night, he would only be able to see a blur in the day. Zhang Xiao Qiang no longer had the mood to care about the men goofing off on the watchtower. He kept looking around, thats right, he felt as though his vision had be stronger. Even in the dim night, he could see many things clearly. He did not know what had happened to his body, but he knew that it was definitely due to eating the weird colloid-gtin from the rats brain. He climbed the hill in the darkness, the cement faintly white even in the dark. Zhang Xiao Qiang under the bamboos that rustled from the wind. Although they were in the apocalypse and the leaves had long withered, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt joy simply from seeing the fine hairs on the bamboo trees. Ever since he drank the rainwater from the cave, Zhang Xiao Qiang realized that his vision kept getting better. It was not an instantaneous thing but a gradual effect. It got better day after day until his vision returned to 1.0, which made him extremely satisfied. But for his vision to be even stronger by a few times, it made Zhang Xiao Qiang so happy to the point that he could not describe. Standing at the top of the hill, Zhang Xiao Qiang looked to the ins in the distance. Although he was surrounded by darkness, he could still differentiate the brown colored ground, he greedily looked around him until his vision moved to the top of another mountain. The pavilion there had been brought down and many graves and tombstones were arranged neatly together. At the very top was a standalone grave, all of which were made with cement. The tombstones had the names of the people who died. At this point, Zhang Xiao Qiangs mood dropped. He quietly looked towards the graves. After an unknown period of time, he turned and walked down the hill. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked to the entrance of the watchtower, where a machine gun fort made out sandbags resided and an M1919A6 HMG was installed and aimed outwards. The machine gunner slept by the side, while the assistant machine gunner did not notice Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked towards the machine gunner when a faint sound came out from behind him. With a quick swerve, Zhang Xiao Qiang pointed the Desert Eagle straight at the figures head. The person who hade forward was the assistant machine gunner. Her helmet pressed down her fringe. She saw the pistol at her face and opened her eyes wide in fear, her right hand stuck at the Type 77 pistol on her waist. She was too slow in drawing her weapon and seeing therge caliber pistol aimed straight at her, she froze up. Only after identifying thedy did Zhang Xiao Qiang put down his Desert Eagle. After rifying that the man was Zhang Xiao Qiang, the assistant machine gunner heaved a sigh of relief and greeted him. Whatre you doing? Zhang Xiao Qiang questioned. I...I heard....something there....I wanted to take a look. Thedy was shocked by Zhang Xiao Qiangs solemn tone, she pointed towards where Zhang Xiao Qiang was previously from. Hearing her words, Zhang Xiao Qiang was surprised. The location where thedy had pointed to was where he had identally stepped onto a tree branch and caused a noise. Zhang Xiao Qiang thought that it was a mistake, and looked at the machine gunner sleeping soundly, You werent asleep? Our machine gun team take turns for the night sentry, I slept in the day and cant really sleep at night, so.... The assistant machine gunner looked at the machine gunner in deep slumber and muttered, she so badly wanted to kick his face, he had wasted his sleeping time in the day fawning upon women only to be caught sleeping during his sentry duty. Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded his head. Without waking the snoring man up, he looked at the assistant machine gunner: Youll be the leader for the night sentry guards from now on. You will announce to all of them tomorrow, all of whom did duty tonight will have their rations canceled. Im increasing yours by half, aside from that, inform the entire team of my spot check. With that said, Zhang Xiao Qiang turned and left. Thedy watched Zhang Xiao Qiang leave until she could no longer see his figure before turning and looked at the snoring machine gunner. Of course, she did not dare tell Zhang Xiao Qiang the truth that she was awoken by the mans snore, but so what? She had just be the pigs leader. Bang... The snoring man received a kick in the stomach. All of his sleepiness dissipated as he jumped up from the ground and pounced to his machine gun and looked around. Half a secondter, he turned and looked at the assistant machine gunner unkindly. Thedy simply said, Leader Zhang just came and left, he heard your snoring.... Chapter 227: Kill without pardon

Chapter 227: Kill without pardon

All the words that thedy said after that were no longer heard by the machine gunner. His mind flew into aplete mess, in a moment he thought about his tendons being ripped apart, the next he thought about Zhang Xiao Qiang throwing him to feed zombies. It was not until he heard thest sentence from thedy, Leader Zhang said thats the only punishment for you guys. The machine gunner trembled, he hugged her thighs and screamed, What....what punishments, please state them clearly... Seeing the boorish machine gunner hugging her own legs and begging her, thedy felt an intense sense of satisfaction. This stupid man has always been bad to me and constantly thinks of suppressing me at every single thing, is this his retribution? Leader Zhang said that all your rations for this month, cigarettes, alcohol, meat coupons will be canceled. It seems to be all, oh yes, Leader Zhang said that mine will increase by half, hehehe....increase by half... The machine gunner fell on his butt and wiped the perspiration off his forehead. He did not dare believe why Zhang Xiao Qiang let him go so easily? Didnt it seem that all those who have offended him have all suffered? The machine gunner did not know that Zhang Xiao Qiang had a bottom line, although the machine gunner had beenzing off and sleeping while on duty, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not see it as a huge matter. All the zombies in a radius of 10 li had been cleared, there were no other enemies in sight, so naturally, Zhang Xiao Qiang was at ease. But in the case of what if, these skiving people still needed a warning. Oh right, Leader Zhang also said that Ill be our leader from now on, heh.....the leader of the night sentries, you, yes you. Theres no one else here, go up and get those people sleeping to wake up, tell them that their new leader, Sister Cao, says to get up.... The assistant machine gunner rested on the sofa and popped a piece of sweet into her mouth. She watched as the disheartened machine gunner made his way up the 18m watchtower and felt immensely pleased with herself, happiness is built on other peoples pain, the saying is truly real. The two men sleeping atop the watchtower beside the Type 54 AA gun were still unaware of what had happened, their treatment was already considered at the bottom of the food chain, they were dreaming....On the next morning by the osmanthus tree on the hill, the air was silent and atmosphere solemn. Zhang Xiao Qiang stood in front of the nine tombstones, behind him was He Wen Bin, then Three, Old Frank, and the others. The 100 odd fully equippedbat team members stood perfectly in a square formation, all dressed in yellow military uniform and leather belts with 80% holding the brand new Type 56 AR and donned on the M1 Helmets. Everyone had solemn expressions, they looked at the nine tombstones on the hillside, it was the first time members had sacrificed themselves ever since the base had been established. It was the first, but definitely not thest. It is simply cruel to live in an apocalypse. In the brutal apocalypse, an individuals strength is too insignificant and definitely insufficient. The Combat Team members lying in the graves might have had their own lives before the apocalypse, but they were now just waiting to turn into dust. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the words written on every tombstone carefully, hoping to carve them into his mind. At the highest tombstone wrote, Wang Chong, Otaku, Spectacled nerd, born 87. When he was alive, he was a negligible person being trampled upon by others, but he was more of a man than anyone can ever be, a real man. Zhang Xiao Qiang took onest look at Wang Chongs tomb, then turned and looked at the 100bat team members standing in formation. When Zhang Xiao Qiang turned, all of them who were initially standing at ease immediately stood at attention, every single person sturdily puffed up their chests and their eyes remained straight at Zhang Xiao Qiang with solemn expressions and waited for him to speak. All of you are standing on the ce where your tombstones will be, of course, I am too, but why do I say that? The old members all know it, how many zombies have you killed while following me? How many monsters? And, how many enemies? .....Its an endless number, you dont even know how many youve killed. At this point, Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the 20 old team members standing at the forefront, these 20 emotional and agitated old team members were the core members of the group, he led them to fight at the spa, across the highway, recover a town, trapped byrge rats, ambushed by enemies in the night. They had endured through all of these and finally transformed into real and strong fighters. But, do you know how many more zombies are there outside? How many more monsters? How many more enemies? .....We dont.....none of you do......but I do......its never ending.....and never ending more battles waiting for you, god knows when will you be struck by a bullet to the head, dragged by a monster to their nest, and most probably.....being eaten alive by countless zombies, and even your bodies will no longer exist. At this time, Zhang Xiao Qiang red at all the members with his powerful eyes, the old members maintained their stance and looked back towards him. The 20 of them could be considered dead people who had crawled out of their graves, to them, being able to live another day is a blessing, as long as they could eat and run, they were content. All the members who had fought the rats and got ambushed in the night had no mood fluctuations, they had seen blood and massacre. To them, they had already died on the day the rats dug a hole under the prison walls. To be breathing at the moment was their fortune and blessing, it was Wang Chong who had given them this blessing. If they were to truly reach the day to die, they were willing to go. But for the newly recruited 60 members had differing expressions, some were excited and so badly wanted to howl. These were the brave individuals yearning for battle. Some remained expressionless and unmoved, they had already considered themselves dying before joining the team and had mental preparation. While some started to hesitate and panic. They had joined thebat team for the material benefit, or the power to be able to go after women. For them to consider death, it caused them to hesitate, they started calcted in their hearts, if I were to die like that, will it be worth it? Zhang Xiao Qiangs new and acute eyes were able to recognize those hesitating, he slowly added, Its not toote to back out, the old members know this. I have a rule, anyone who turns and run in the battlefield, I.... kill...without....pardon... Zhang Xiao Qiang clenched his jaws and stressed the words kill without pardon, causing many peoples hearts to turn cold. In the near future, the base will gradually transform. Anyone who performs and contributes well will have a chance to earn the same treatment and material benefit asbat team members. So long as the person works well, they have the opportunity to marry and have children, and can even exchange your contributions for luxury goods. Everyone has the opportunity, I do not believe in pulling strings with rtions. As long as you are capable, you will have everything. As Zhang Xiao Qiang exined further, the hesitation within many peoples eyes started to grow, who would be willing to risk their lives when they have such an opportunity? Last chance, whoever wants to back out now, this is thest chance you will have. No one here will get another opportunity like this to back out. If youre lucky, youll continue surviving. Otherwise, youll be buried here, of course, people who run away will not have the opportunity to be buried here, this is the burial for fighters. Chapter 228: Clear Distinctions

Chapter 228: Clear Distinctions

After Zhang Xiao Qiangs third warning, a man quietly stepped forward and ced his Type 56 Assault Rifle down on the ground before him, loosened his helmet and leather belt and ced them beside the gun, then turned and left the group. The mans action was like a signal as more people followed up and stripped themselves of their equipment and ced them on the ground. The nking of the weapons reverberated around, the old members continued looking ahead calmly, but with an additional sneering curve of their lips. Some of the people had already made their decisions, but upon seeing the people leave, they started hesitating once again. The seemingly excited new members all cursed at the people who shrink back at the risks involved as abat team member under their breath, they looked down on the trash who gave up halfway. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the cowards leaving his own team but did not make a sound. He calcted the remaining number of recruits while He Wen Bin watched the entire farce and sneered coldly. No one knew but He Wen Bin did. Zhang Xiao Qiang had established that the fighting force was the most important, in the dangerous and troubled world, development and growth were bullshit. Without a powerful force, without cold-blooded warriors born from battles, any promise on development was just imaginary future ns which would pop like a bubble the moment danger arises. Thebat teams welfare and treatment were preceded only by the core management group, but who are they? They are the ones whom Zhang Xiao Qiang have rescued from the mouths of zombies, they have utmost loyalty towards Zhang Xiao Qiang and at the moment, there were only three. He Wen Bin himself was one, Old Frank was another and Three was the third. Lu Ren Yi was not considered one, so one can only imagine how good the benefits were for thebat team members. Zhang Xiao Qiangs words and promise are true since only a seventh of the entire base people were under thebat team and that the number of females had swelled to 300. Zhang Xiao Qiang brought back close to a 100 after killing Liu Tou. There were too many women that thebat team members could definitely not amount to. But if they wanted to marry a wife, they had to work their asses off. Only at that time, would the base arrange for a few women to decide. Thats right, it was the women choosing and not thebat team members who have the luxury to pick and choose. In here, the women were protected, they were considered an important resource, the indispensable role for the continuity of human beings. Why did Zhang Xiao Qiang bring Su Qian back? At that time, Su Qian was already a trash that can only eat and unable to do anything, wasnt it because shes a woman and that she can reproduce? As for the rations and supplies to be given out, there will definitely be as such. The daily allocated tobat team members will always have things unwanted by others, isnt there? As for what He Wen Bin found the funniest was that joining thebat team would provide the opportunity that everyone will only get once. In the future, even if they pick up a weapon to train, they can only be considered as assisting to defend. What did that mean? They were not recruited, which meant that if the base was under attack, they still had to wield weapons and defend the base. After the battle, they wouldy down their arms and return home. How it was before the attack would be the same after the attack. Even if they die in battle, they will never have the qualifications of being buried in the cemetery on the hill. All of these people who put down their equipment felt relief flood over them, but they did not know that they had given up the only opportunity they will ever have in their entire lives to change their identities. Out of the 100 people, only 88 were left, out of which were 5 women. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at these 88 and shouted, Everyone, raise your guns.... The gunfires continued firing off in the valley, the memorial service held by Zhang Xiao Qiang and the new recruits were finished.... One month passed..... Zhang Xiao Qiang led the 80 odd adequately trainedbat team in the half month and drove the off-road vehicles installed with Type 54 12.7mm AA Guns, towing a Type 92 Battalion Gun. They spent half a day clearing the few thousands of zombies in a factory. Zhang Xiao Qiang was satisfied with the performance of the new members throughout the process. At that time, there was only one S2 inside the horde. The S2 rushed through the firepower of the battalion gun and machine gun team, jumped over a few trenches and in the blink of the eye was about to jump to the sandbag structure. Despite that, all the new members at the sandbags stayed put and fired at the S2 despite its speed and agility. Even when it got close, no one moved their feet or turned to run. In the end, the S2 was stopped by a shot fired by Shangguan Qiao Yun in the chest, allowing another bullet to shoot into its eye, followed by the 12.7mm bullets that destroyed the S2. Aside from having the adrenaline rush, they eliminated the zombies in working routine. This time, Zhang Xiao Qiangs team was sufficient in numbers and had powerful firepower. Two Type 54 AA Guns firing 12.7mm heavy bullets easily destroyed the horde. Zhang Xiao Qiang even witnessed a Type S zombie being shot by therge caliber at its belly, leaving behind the two feet while the entire other parts of the body were flung away. With the ample preparations, they no longer fell into peril like they did in the small town. With the Type 92 Battalion Gun, they were like a tiger that had grown wings, the zombies did not know how to prone down to avoid the bombs, the 70mm warheads exploded inside the horde and sent bodies flying. The scattered bodies and shockwaves caused by the warheads were also enough to blow the surviving zombies to the ground. After the battle outside the factory, Zhang Xiao Qiang, Yang Keer and Guo Fei took the lead with 30 members wielding shields and des behind them, slowly took the perimeter and moved into the factory. Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that the factory was toorge and the scent of blood could reach up to about a kilometer. Although the majority of the zombies were concentrated at the entrance of the factory, there were plenty of scattered zombies. This time, Zhang Xiao Qiangs entire full force mobilization was not for the parts anti-air outfitting, the base was undergoing major reconstruction and they had to hollow out the two hills in the future. At that time, electrical instations and machinery would not be able to keep up, so therge-scale machinery and equipment inside the factory were what Zhang Xiao Qiang needed the most. For that, even Wang Le had participated in the attack, donned in a helmet, a bulletproof vest and a Type 92 9mm pistol at his waist, he held his improved sniper crossbow in hand. This improved sniper crossbow was smaller than the average sniper crossbows, he changed the crescent moon front end to a holder while the flight groove had been modified by him in which no one knew how. Over 10 different sized arrow retention springs caused people to be confused by the look of the crossbow. The bowstring was made out of a BMW brake string and was tangled andplicated, forming a tight tension. On the trigger of the crossbow was a huge magazine clipped installed onto the body of the crossbow. Whenever Wang pulled on the handle and wound the crossbow, a palm-size crossbow arrow would automatically insert itself into the flight groove. Instantly, he would be able to shoot. Seeing Zhang Xiao Qiang staring at his own crossbow, Wang Le was pleased, he automatically introduced the characteristics of the crossbow to Zhang Xiao Qiang, It is partly made out of steel and is heavier than an MP9. Its overall length is 60cm and has a small scale pulley that has 1.5x the pull of an ordinary crossbow. The magazine holds 7 arrows, is semi-automatic and firing speed is much faster than the Type 38 rifle... In the end, Zhang Xiao Qiang asked Wang Le to make a better one for him. Although he might not use it, who knows if it could add as insurance? Chapter 229: Big killing machines

Chapter 229: Big killing machines

All the zombies hiding in the office buildings or cars were sought out and killed. A dozen subordinates wielded their shields and des and killed to their hearts content. Forming groups of three, they beat the shields with the des to incite noises and attract the zombies to themselves. As long as they saw any, two of them would run forward and use the shields to hold the zombie down and the third would behead the zombie. It was no exception even with the Type S zombies. If they encountered zombies that had crowd together, they shouted and called for other groups to gather. They formed a shield formation around the zombies and a few elites with Type 92 pistols would slowly clear the zombies trapped within. When Zhang Xiao Qiang and the rest arrived at the warehouse with thick doors, Wang Le started introducing it.... Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly turned and looked towards a 3-story building 100 meters away from them. The building looked old with the cement surfaceyer already turning ck. Countless of withered Japanese creepers had covered the entire surface. Even the old wooden windows were densely filled with the creepers with a thick pile of leaves. From one of the wooden windows, the Japanese Creeps had coincidentally formed two finger-sized cracks. Behind the cracks was a pair of turbid eyes looking out. After the torment previously, Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes had be invisible binocrs, with a nce, he caught a pair of eyes watching them. The owner of the pair of eyes did not believe that anyone could see him, and continued looking at Zhang Xiao Qiang. Whats that building for? Zhang Xiao Qiang asked Wang Le, till now, zombies did not have proper vision and humans were the only ones capable of utilizing sight, humans that were alive. That building was already there when the factory was being built, I think it was an office building meant for the Soviet Union people. After they returned home, it became the main office building before being refurbished into a dormitory. It seems that the humidity there isnt too good to stay in, during the 80s, the factory built a new dormitory and this building was left empty. A few youngsters imed that it was haunted, its abandoned and hardly anyone goes there. Zhang Xiao Qiang thought about it. If no ones been there, means theres no zombie there. He looked at the standalone building and noticed a small trail into the forest with shrubs at both sides with traces of twigs broken. He pointed to the small forest and asked, Where does that lead to? Thats the cafeteria, theres a small trail in the forest that can lead us to the back door of the kitchen... The doors were forced open. The locks were already rusted, so Zhang Xiao Qiang used an explosive and burst the door open. He knew there were no explosives inside and was not afraid of being blown to smithereens. The explosion attracted a few hundred zombies from the darkness. This time, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not make a move. He let Guo Fei and Yang Keer handle the zombies. Guo Fei used the de that Liu Tou used, which was able to slice a rifle in two. The warehouse was clean with little dust on the ground. Upon entering, they were greeted by 9 sets of four-wheeled Type 56 Quad barrel AA Gun that had been covered tightly by dark green tarpaulins. From their barrel size, everyone could tell how sinister they were. After checking closely, they realized that it was 3 sets of Type 56 Quad Barrel AA Guns and 6 sets of Type 58 Dual AA Guns. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked around and discovered a pile of crates covered in galvanized iron sheets in the corner. There were plenty of them, about 20 to 30. Looking at them, Zhang Xiao Qiang thought of something, Could it be that theres no ammunition here? All of those crates are the reserve gun barrels that will be swapped out for the hot gun barrels. There are also a fewponents that are easy to wear and tear, all of these are rather new. In the future, we wont have to worry about having no recement parts.... Wang Le introduced the crates to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Pieces of dark green tarpaulinid on the floor, one of the Type-56 Quad Barrel AA Gun revealed itself, its green barrel and seat, the four jet-ck gun barrels gleamed with its glossy jet ck and tworge ammunition crates beside it. The four thick rubber tires supported the thick and heavy base te that had two jacks by the sides of the chassis. The Type 58 Dual Barrel AA Guns did not look inferior to the Type 56 Quad Barrels AA Guns, with two Type 56 14.5mm AA barrels, the Type 58 Quad Barrel AA Guns precision lens and two frames that were also painted green attached to tworge wheels. All of the AA guns were maintained to perfect condition. All they had to do was to wipe the entire guns with gun oil. Zhang Xiao Qiang inspected the absolute killing machine in front of him, while Wang Le could no longer wait and brought a few men to dismantle the Type 56 Quad Barrel AA Guns gun barrel for immediate maintenance to be used as and when they want. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not stop Wang Les enthusiasm, no one knew when would be the next moment they encounter danger in the dangerous apocalypse, with a few extra means, withrge caliber guns that could fire at any time was an additional insurance. The Type 56 AA Gun reced the gun barrel with recoil-operation. Wang Le easily separated the 130mm gun barrel from the spiral notch. Throughout the process, Wang Le generouslyyered the parts with gun oil. He diligently handed over a gun barrel over to Zhang Xiao Qiang to see. On the gun barrel were English Alphabets, ZUP-4. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the excited Wang Le in confusion. Wang Le, This was made in the Soviet Union, China bought it from them to fight against Korea, it is not made in China.... Seeing Wang Les excitement, Zhang Xiao Qiang was speechless, could it be that Chinas products are that bad? But thats true.... In that era, China was unable to produce the steel for such a gun barrel...Wang Le found a cotton cloth and went over the gun barrel to remove the gun oil, looking at the glistening gun barrel preserved to its best state, he took out a heavy from a members bag and filled up two crates worth of ammunition, then pulled the extremely thick and heavy 14.5mm bandolier onto the gun body. This Type 56 AA gun was revived. DA DA DA.... The sound of the Type 56 Assault Rifle could be heard in the distance. Wang Le looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang in shock, while Zhang Xiao Qiang looked back at him emotionlessly. The other members all looked to the outside. Not longter, Three led more than 10 men suppressing a group of shabby clothed men and women over. Upon seeing the malnutrition group, Wang Le immediately became emotional. There was a total of 50 people, aged from 21 to 50. More than 10 women made Zhang Xiao Qiang surprised, although they looked thin and on severe malnutrition like the other men, their skin had long dulled due to not being taken care of, their lips were pale and white, but they by far the ones with the bestplexion aside from the women Zhang Xiao Qiang saw in the cave being protected by the police. Chapter 230: Wang Le’s Old Superior

Chapter 230: Wang Les Old Superior

Women were the miserable gender in the apocalypse, not only do they have to cope with starvation and zombies, they have to face the pressure from men who give in to their desires. The majority of the women Zhang Xiao Qiang found had turned numb from torture with the asional dilemma on their purpose of living. The women in front of them were not numb or had vacant looks. No doubt they were afraid, covering themselves up to the greatest extent and concealing their genders while hiding behind the men. When they realized that thebat team members with their guns sizing them up unbridled, they trembled in fear. Countless muzzles pointed at the shabbily dressed and skinny men when they arrived before Zhang Xiao Qiang. Like quails that had gone through a torrential rainstorm, the men did not dare do anything aside from lowering their heads and waited for the man before them to decide their fate. Before Zhang Xiao Qiang could even speak, Wang Le took the initiative. He looked at the 50-year-old bald man and spoke up. Hahaha.... Isnt it Director Ma? Oh my! Where did your famed size 43 tummy disappear to? In the past, Director Ma was someone clearly unsure of how to dress, his clothes never fit or were coordinated badly. His outer shirt and pants were obviouslyrger than his body. Regr people used belts, but he used a nylon rope to tighten his loose pants. As his pants were toorge, it constantly revealed his skin that had turned ck. Director Ma squinted his eyes and stared for a long time. Before the apocalypse, Wang Le was a prudent and careful man. With a family and children, he had to act cautiously to earn his rice bowl. After losing everything after the apocalypse, he relied on his own skills and continued to live as such to earn his fill. It was only after he came across Zhang Xiao Qiang did things change for the better, due to his contributions and reports, he was promoted to be the director of a small repair factory. Relying on how Zhang Xiao Qiang saw hos importance, he lived a life better than he did prior to the apocalypse. With the authority, he gained self-confidence. Now that he was high-spirited, all the familiar people that knew him from before had difficulty connecting him to the petty and minor figure that he was in the past. Lezi....youre Lezi? Director Ma finally remembered him. He shouted Wang Les factory nickname. At that time, someone took the opportunity to nickname him as Lezi and Director Ma had coincidentally heard of it. Director Ma could not remember his real name, thus naturally called him by his nickname. No no no... Im not Lezi. That has never been my name. Do not call me that from now on. My name is Wang Le, the Director of the Spa Base Repair shop, Wang Le. You better remember it well for me.... When he heard Director Ma call him by his nickname, Wang Le immediately stopped fooling around. After all, he was considered the top 10 figures out of the 700 people of the base, how could he allow people to call him by a name that had stuck to him before the apocalypse? A bead of perspiration immediately rolled down from Director Mas glossy bald head. He had obtained his position not from bootlicking and pulling strings. He had a knack in looking at people and was an old fox with extensive experience. Wang les dressing and aura were different from the soldiers that came with him. The others were dressed in uniform yellow military uniform and impressive M1 helmets, but Wang Le was armedpletely to the teeth, dark gray stabproof vest with SWAT-issued bulletproof vest over it, his head covered with polymer protective helmet, his waist equipped with a glossy gun holster with a Type 92 pistol. The others were equipped with Type 56 AR, but Wang Le had a bizarre looking sniper crossbow. All these information led Director Ma to know that Wang Le was no simple character amongst them. Wang.....Director Wang....hahaha, wee, Director Wang, are you here to inspect the ce.... Director Ma became anxious and immediately delivered a weing speech that he used to wee superiors. Wang Le became intoxicated by how Director Mas salutation, but he did not forget his ce. He interrupted Director Ma and introduced Zhang Xiao Qiang to the situation. Director Ma used to be Wang Les factory director. At that time, he was an extremely obese man. Obviously, the apocalypse did not treat him very well, causing him to lose most of his weight. As for the rest of the men, Wang le was not familiar with them. His social circle was notrge in the past and as a person who kept low-profile, he naturally would not recognize the majority of them. But from his experience, he could tell that there were about 30 odd men that used to work in the factories, the calluses and scars on their fingers could not escape his eyes. Wang Le recognized over 10 of the women, they were all clerks from the office and handled cut in sries or punishments. The other women were most probably clerks as well, especially for a 40-year-olddy whom Wang le had a deep impression of. Every time he went to the cookhouse to eat, she would give him half less streaky porkpared to others. Upon thinking about this, Wang Le immediately became furious. For many years, he had to eat less meat than others. After listening to Wang les exnation, Zhang Xiao Qiang understood and considered Wang le to be fortunate. The factory had urgent taskings and required people to work the night shift. Naturally, no one was willing to do so, so Director Ma got the rtively naive and less pain-in-the-ass people to work the night shift. Due to working for decades and behaving well, Wang Le was naturally the first to be selected. Although Wang le was skillful, he was constantly bullied and the factory never raised his sry. He had to cycle 2 hours every day to return to his home that was out of the city, and it was during this cycle that the outbreak urred. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at Wang Le, not knowing to consider him lucky or unlucky, then turned to look at the other factory workers. All of you take a good look, this is our leader, you guys have no rights to know who he is and only need to know that our leader has over a thousand men under him equipped with guns and mortars. As for those monsters that have caused all of you to scream and shit in your pants? We have killed thousands of them, we only have one rule here, youll survive by being obedient. If not, youll just die... With the opportunity of revealing his sess in front of his ex-colleagues in hand, Wang Le began exploiting Zhang Xiao Qiangs might. Fortunately for him, Zhang Xiao Qiang was toozy to even care and led a few men and headed towards the other warehouses. With his sharp eyes, Director Ma immediately followed up upon seeing him leave. Zhang Xiao Qiang did notment on his actions, thus the other members did not stop Director Ma from following. Upon seeing that, Wang Le had the thoughts to follow, but upon seeing the remaining eight sets of AA Guns, he stayed behind. After all, he was a man who treated his work as a priority. These factories were extremely efficient, so the warehouses were filled with materials. Looking at the warehouse full of steel cables, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not know what to do. He was not building any machinery, so what was the use of them? Zhang Xiao Qiangs gloomy face was caught by Director Ma. He walked up a few steps in an attempt to get closer to Zhang Xiao Qiang but was met with multiple muzzle holes pointed at his head. His bald head started to perspire once again. Zhang Xiao Qiang stole a nce at him and waved his hand. The members lowered their muzzles and made way, allowing Director Ma passage to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Holding the urge to pee in his pants, Director Ma walked up. Leader, are you disappointed by what you see here? Upon approaching, Director Ma started pandering. Zhang Xiao Qiang frowned and looked at Director Ma and nodded his head. All of these materials were usable by the base, non-essentials were plenty as well and their harvest was already considered good. Nine sets of 14.5mm AA Guns, adding the avable instations and workshops, 30 odd men with engineering knowledge, it could be said that they have searched the base a couple of times well. But upon looking at the materials arranged in neat rows inside the warehouse, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt dishearted. Leader, theres good things there, clothes, food, oil, everything... They stood in front of the standalone building that Zhang Xiao Qiang noticed earlier. Above the doors hung a ck signboard with the name . Chained shut, the doors that looked rusted seemed as though nothing had passed through it for a long time. By the side of the building was a small road just big enough for a car to squeeze in that led to the back. Faintly visible was a smaller size warehouse that looked to be of the same structure. Zhang Xiao Qiang and the group walked behind while they listened to Director Mas introduction. The factory gave out good benefits and welfare to the workers with the asional gifts of perfume, shampoo, toothpaste, towels, etc. when there were no asions. When there were asions, it was even better. Rice, oil, and edibles were the basics, with the addition of wine, fruits, preserved food packages, biscuits and sweets, peanuts, melons, etc. All of these were for the ordinary workers, as for the managerial positions, they were even better off. Famous brand cigarettes and wine were transported to their homes, dried goods, abalone, and even shark fin included. While listening to Director Ma ramble on, Zhang Xiao Qiang walked ahead. Earlier on, he had sensed that something was amiss, there were dried zombie corpses lying in the corner that had no bite marks, which left one possibility. The zombies were killed and dragged to their corners. Upon thinking that there were survivors around, Zhang Xiao Qiang gave thebat team members a look. The four members immediately raised their weapons and cocked them. Their actions shocked Director Ma, causing him to be anxious once again until he realized that none of the guns were aimed at him. Zhang Xiao Qiang discovered more traces and clues. Due to the long abandonment, the dust had covered up the floor around him, but there were footprints around. They were notrge and did not belong to a man, another set of footprints was so shallow until it was barely visible while some other footprints were fresher. Chapter 231: Gen-Omega Humans

Chapter 231: Gen-Omega Humans

Swishhh.... Zhang Xiao Qiang unsheathed the Jing Wei de from a new sheath made of steel slung to his back. The footprints on the ground that were like footprints covered up by snow were only visible to his sharp eyes Zhang Xiao Qiang did not believe that the person knew unparalleled qing gong, which left one possibility, the person was the same as Liu Tou, a person that had drunk the rainwater and evolved to an Agility-type human. Zhang Xiao Qiang had decided tobel the people who evolved from drinking the rainwater as Gen-Omega Humans because they were much faster, much stronger, much more capable than ordinary humans. Also, they had a higher probability of surviving in the apocalypse. Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that an Agility-type Gen-Omega Human was around and held great vignce towards such people. After fighting to a standstill with Liu Tou the previous time, if not for lunatic Guo Fei wanting to die together with him and Liu Tou was too afraid of dying, Zhang Xiao Qiang might not have killed him. The most probable oue would have been Liu Tou escaping and hiding in the darkness to do a reversal. Zhang Xiao Qiang and hisbat team members moved carefully, with Director Ma being anxious despite not knowing the situation. He merely thought that Zhang Xiao Qiang and the team were doing routine checks and naively followed them. Arriving at the retractable metal doors made out of aluminum alloy, Zhang Xiao Qiang discovered that the footprints were more crowded together. The crowded footprints extended from the entrance of the building all the way into the small steel doors behind. He suddenly raised his head and looked up, instantly noticing the slight swaying of the curtains on the second floor. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not disclose the movements and looked back to his two subordinates who had rolled the sluice gate, allowing light to enter the building, allowing them to take a better look. At this time, Zhang Xiao Qiang discovered even more evidence of people living in the small building. The sluice gate did not have any locks and the steel doors did not even make any creaking sounds when it was pulled open.....Zhang Xiao Qiang noticed that the door frames were covered in grease that had stained the ground, someone had obviously oiled the steel doors. Taking a whiff of the smell in the building, Zhang Xiao Qiang was positive that it was food oil. From the outside, the building did not look too big. But after entering, Zhang Xiao Qiang realized that the room within was not small. After thinking about it, it had to be. Buildings that were capable of storing festival supplies for thousands of people, how could a building be small if it were to hold them? Inside the empty room were densely packed rice sacks worth up to 25kg, branded peanut oil bottles that looked to amount up to 5m tall leaned against the wall. The air had the stench of rotting fruitsing from rotting cardboard boxes filled with fruits. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw plenty of empty easy-open cans beside the peanut oil that had the sign of what seemed to be fruit juice printed on them. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked around the room, aside from seeing plenty of empty cardboard boxes, there were no longer any of such cans remaining. Aside from food, Zhang Xiao Qiang also noticed plenty of empty bags and sweet wrappers by the corner that had piled up to the height of a normal human. Without looking further, Zhang Xiao Qiang actually walked out of the building. Zhang Xiao Qiang stood at the entrance of the building with the 30bat team members standing behind him and and rover with a Type 53 HMG installed on it at the back. Yang Keer and Guo Fei held their respective weapons and stood by the side while Shangguan Qiao Yun held her Garand Rifle and stood inactively behind Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang had gotten a good look of the building, the building had a 6m wall perimeter behind that had countless broken sses stabbed into it. The only way to enter was from where Zhang Xiao Qiang stood. Zhang Xiao Qiang had no thoughts to fight with another Gen-Omega Human, so he brought his army and weapons to bully them. People inside, heed my words. Drop your weapons ande on out. Otherwise, we will start firing. People inside, heed my words.... Out of nowhere, Three found arge paper cone and shouted through it. The otherbat team members made their preparations and aimed their guns at the building. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the curtain that was swaying slightly once again and left Three to continue shouting. One minute.....two minutes....three minutes. Zhang Xiao Qiang raised his right hand and swung it down. Da da da da.... The doors were instantly smashed into smithereens, following the pration of the countless bullet into the walls, the smoke caused everyone to be unable to witness the situation at the doors. Zhang Xiao Qiang raised his head up and looked at the window. The curtains were trembling incessantly. Zhang Xiao Qiang raised his right hand again and the HMG stopped. After the dust scattered, the mess appeared in front of everybodys eyes. Pieces of wood and metal of differing sizesid all around and the 7.62mm bullets had produced a hole the size of a head in the wall beside the door. Beside the hole were countless fist-sized pits, revealing the remaining half brick wall within, the rest all crumbled into pieces on the ground. Despite the barrage, the floor upstairs remained quiet. Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that someone was watching him right behind the window. He drew his Desert Eagle and fired off at the window pane of the second window. Bang.... Following the quick flick of his wrist, the second-floor window shattered and dropped to the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang prepared for a second shot. AHHH.... A scream came out from the upstairs. Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped his fire. The additional screams informed him that there was not only one woman upstairs but a group of them. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not find a need to care for a singledy but he could not ignore a group of them. In the apocalypse, women were considered a type of precious resource. Dont fire, we areing out. I dont have a weapon, please dont.... After the shout, manydies walked out unsteadily and stood at the door. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the youngdies, doing mental measurements and calctions with regards to the footsteps and frequency of the swaying of their bodies. The 21 women stood in a row below the muzzle of the HMG, but Zhang Xiao Qiang did not discover the Gen-Omega Human. These survivors werepletely different from Director Ma and his team, they were all young, or more urately pretty. Their faces still had a luster to them, it seemed as though they never starved, but Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes saw more than that. These women had their faces and hands injured before, it was only that the majority of the wounds have already healed. Ordinary people might not be able to notice the injuries, but Zhang Xiao Qiangs powerful eyes were able to see the shallow scars left behind on their skin that were of a faintly different shade from the rest of the skin. Additionally, Zhang Xiao Qiang noticed that when they walked, they were extremely light on their steps. They were extremely simr to the women back at the base. Even the female members under Zhang Xiao Qiang had heavier footsteps than them. From this, Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that the Gen-Omega Human was not amongst them. The 21 youngdies stood in front of Zhang Xiao Qiang with their heads lowered and eyes staring straight at their feet. The members behind Zhang Xiao Qiang turned restless, they were all evaluating the fresh and youngdies in front of them, some even greeting thedies or arguing with others on who had the first dip. There were even two men who had their eyes set on the samedy, causing some heated debate to ur. The members argument and quarrel were naturally picked up by thedies. Some of them trembled, some had teardrops dropping from their eyes to their feet that mixed into the dust, some raised their heads up and gave Zhang Xiao Qiang pleading looks, pleading for him to not send them to his subordinates. And there were some who did not cry or plead. They raised their heads up and looked at thebat team members carefully, as though they had already resigned to their fate, their eyes a deep, emotionless pit. Chapter 232: Show yourself, Ninja

Chapter 232: Show yourself, Ninja

Zhang Xiao Qiang did not stop the whispersing from his members, he carefully watched every singledys expression. He knew that once a person had a superhuman ability, they would think that they have control over their own fate. He did not believe that the women were able to hold their emotions in well like him, even if he were to fake his emotions, he would definitely reveal some true feelings, but none of them revealed even the slightest amount of anger or fear. Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly turned and stared at thebat team members behind him. In that instant, all noise ceased to exist, every member returned to their solemn and disciplined look, as though the hubbub from before had no rtion to them. Are there anyone else inside? Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at thedies in front of him and asked. ..... None of them gave a reply. When Zhang Xiao Qiang questioned them, they lowered their heads immediately, including those who had resigned to their fate. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked over to a girl who looked slightly older than the rest and used his pistol to push her chin up, allowing their eyes to meet. The girl felt the cold metal touching her skin and she looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang with eyes filled with fear. The sudden dtion of her pupils made it feel as though Zhang Xiao Qiang was looking right into her soul. The girl was terrified but she kept her mouth closed and did not utter a word. Zhang Xiao Qiang was left with no choice. He ced the gun down and walked in front of the women and stopped when he reached the seemingly youngest girl. She was extremely small and had an extremely naive look. She was definitely younger than 20 years old and was the first to cry. She was also the one with the most scars. She was extremely timid. When Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped in front of her, her eyes started tearing up again. Looking at the girl that was on the verge of crying, Zhang Xiao Qiang almost turned and walked away, but upon thinking about the dangerous Agility-Type Gen-Omega Human that was still in hiding and watching him, he forced himself to remain firm. Zhang Xiao Qiang was not afraid of Power-Type Gen-Omega Humans. Yang Keer had immense power, but Zhang Xiao Qiang could fight eight of her. Regardless of how much power they wield, they had to be able tond a hit on him. But an Agility-type was different, they were born to be assassins, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not want to be on guard against such an assassin for the rest of his life, so he had to draw the assassin out. Tell me, where are the others? Zhang Xiao Qiangs cold and harsh tone entered the girls ear. Dont..... Dont ask me, I....I dont know anything, I dont, wahhhh..... The girl was frightened to the point of bawling right after a few words. Zhang Xiao Qiang had his focus on the upper level. When the girl cried, the shadow behind the broken windows wavered slightly. Although the figure recovered quickly, Zhang Xiao Qiangs caught a glimpse of the worry in the persons eyes. The person was worried about the crying girl. Shuah..... Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly swung his hand out and aimed his pistol at the girls head, Come out here.....or Ill kill her.... Zhang Xiao Qiang thought to cheat the person out, but before he could even finish his sentence, a ck figure shot out of the window and revealed a bright katana and shed down towards his head. Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes were fixed onto the second window and already knew when the figure jumped out. He retreated a few steps backward and looked at the person in midair. Beside him, Shangguan Qiao Yun raised her Garand Rifle, Pa.... After the gun was fired, Shangguan Qiao Yun looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang in confusion. When she pulled the trigger, her perfect aimed rifle was pushed up by Zhang Xiao Qiang, causing the bullet to fly into the sky. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not have the time to exin, he stared at the ck figure all the way until it dropped to the ground. That was when Zhang Xiao Qiang almost blurted out an insult. The ck figure was about to pounce at Zhang Xiao Qiang but realized that more than 10 guns were aimed at her and the other women. She hesitated, as long as she moved, countless bullets would fly at her. She could dodge, but the girls behind her did not have her abilities. She stopped moving, threw the katana to the ground and watched Zhang Xiao Qiang silently. The reason why Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to curse was due to the Gen-Omega girl in front of him. When she jumped down from the building, Zhang Xiao Qiang thought that a Japanese Ninja had appeared. Dressedpletely in ck, a cloth covering her face and a katana in hand. If she was not a Ninja, what was she? The girl that resembled a Ninja waspletely wrapped all over. Aside from her short and jet ck hair and bright sparkling eyes, Zhang Xiao Qiang could not see any other parts of her body. After throwing her weapon to the ground, she stared at Zhang Xiao Qiang with eyes that emitted cold intent and rage. The eyes of the girl that was unwilling to reveal her face made Zhang Xiao Qiang fall into a bad mood. Although what he did to scare the girl was despicable, but Zhang Xiao Qiang true aim was for the Gen-Omega Human to reveal herself, so why the disdain in her eyes? Remove the cloth off your face, this is China, dont try and act like some Jap... Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted her to remove the cloth, but the girl did not care about him. Her jet ck eyes kept moving between thebat team members on the HMGs. As for Zhang Xiao Qiang that was standing in front of her, she did not even look at him. Obviously, thedy never saw Zhang Xiao Qiang as a threat. She gave off a condescending look, angering the M.C.P Zhang Xiao Qiang. He hated being looked down by women the most, and he was actually being looked down by his own captives. Zhang Xiao Qiang picked up the katana on the ground. With a look, he could tell that it was a work that was not approved as an official weapon, merely an ornament some pretentious person had exhibited in their living room. He threw the katana back to the girl. Seeing the katana being thrown towards her, the girl moved her right hand slightly, instantly catching and wielding the katana once more. The de nted downwards parallel to her legs, she looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang, confused. Zhang Xiao Qiang holstered his pistol and drew the Jing Wei de, I know youre not happy, you think that no man canpare with you. Zhang Xiao Qiangs words caused the girl to turn surprised. She never revealed any of her skills, why would Zhang Xiao Qiang say that? I know what youre relying on, arent you rather fast? When the girl heard Zhang Xiao Qiang talk about her speed, it was not surprise but fear that filled her eyes. It was her greatest secret, even her sisters that trained with her did not know about it, but how did Zhang Xiao Qiang know? Hahaha...did I get it right? Dont think that youre the only one in the world with this ability... The girl opened her mouth and interrupted Zhang Xiao Qiang with her hoarse voice, You....youre one too? No....no....Im not. Zhang Xiao Qiang raised and waved a finger, then stared at her, But Ive killed someone simr to you, and who knows, he was even faster than you, at least a dozen guns were unable tond a shot on him. But....can you? The girl n longer spoke, and suddenly exerted power from her right hand that held the de, causing the veins on her hand to pop up. Zhang Xiao Qiang gave her a disdainful smile and used the Jing Wei de and pointed towards her. Ill give you a chance. If you win me, you can choose whom you want to take with you and leave. If you lose, then die. Before Zhang Xiao Qiang could even finish his words, her eyes constricted. With a sh, she appeared right before Zhang Xiao Qiang, the ring katana shing horizontally towards his neck. Right before she made her move, Zhang Xiao Qiangs sharp eyes already caught sight of her shoulders moving slightly. By the time she made her move, Zhang Xiao Qiang had already preempted her aggression and moved his body to the side, using the Jing Wei de to deflect her katana. ng.... The Jing Wei de met directly against the Katana. Zhang Xiao Qiang hadpletely suppressed her with his strength. As both of them were singlehandedly wielding on their weapons, the girl was forced backward and lost her bnce, resulting in her taking a few steps back. Right when the girl managed to stabilize herself, she grabbed the katana hilt with both hands and swung at Zhang Xiao Qiang again. Please dont....I beg you, dont kill her... Dont kill her, shes a good person... Let her go, Ill do anything.... Ahh.....wu....wu....big sis, you cant die... Chapter 233: Origin

Chapter 233: Origin

The masked girl wielded her katana with both hands and stood there quietly, a ck and dull sword pointed straight at her throat. The 21 young girls behind her either begged, cried, or screamed, all of which wanted Zhang Xiao Qiang to let the masked girl go. The girls eyes shed with a cold glint and she suddenly shot forward as she intended to allow the de to impale through her own throat. Zhang Xiao Qiang had experienced countless life-and-death battles in the apocalypse. Although he could not boast that he had an abundance of experience, he knew that it was the perfect opportunity when he noticed the girl standing unsteadily. The moment she turned her body, his sword had already reached her face. Although the crying and pleadings kept on entering his ears, his eyes were fixed onto the masked girl. When her eyes revealed the resolve to die, his right hand that held the Jing Wei de moved slightly to the side. The girls neck narrowly avoided the sharp de by a hair. When she pounced into the air, the katana in her hand had changed positions, the smooth and reflective sword body had moved near to her throat as well. CLANG.... The Jing Wei de shed past her and collided into the sharp katana, CLING CLANG.... half of the katana dropped to the ground. The girl looked down towards the remaining katana in her hand, stunned. She did not know what to think. When Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the vacant look in her eyes, he knew that the situation hadpletely turned to his control. He looked at the other girls and thought to have someone ask about their situation and to be prepared to ept the base. Zhang Xiao Qiangs previous fanfare was to lure the masked girl out. After experiencing what Liu Tou, a Gen-Omega Human, can do, Zhang Xiao Qiangs caution towards them became extremely strong. As he had finally suppressed the Agility-Type girl, he naturally had no qualms. When the girls saw that Zhang Xiao Qiang did not have the intentions to kill the girl, they quietened down. Following Zhang Xiao Qiangs questions, a few of the more fluent girls started to narrate their experience.....they were members of the performing arts troupe of J-City University and had received invitations from the factory to perform at the New Years Day evening party conducted for the internal department. Originally, they had nned to tour the site a day before and had arrived in the afternoon to liaise with the person responsible for taking them around. Just as they arrived at the gates, the Virus erupted. The fortunate members followed the big sister of the factory in. At that time, the troupe had a total of 30 odd people. 28 of them were girls while the rest were guys. The hosts had a total of three people, tworge men, and a 40-year-olddy. In the beginning, the survivors took turns to keep watch and helped protect each other, they hid inside the abandoned building and waited for rescue. But with therge group came contradictions. In the beginning, no one gave much heed to it. But as days went on, months passed. Some of them became fidgety. They started quarreling with one another, a few guys and girls started messing around, even the 40-year-old big sister started to mess around with her two subordinates, causing the atmosphere in the building to be strange. 26 of the girls were brought up well, they rejected the advances of the guys and formed a small team and managed to live in harmony for a while until they discovered that one of the girls was missing. The group became anxious until a boy that was not liked by anyone came up and testified that the girl left for the warehouse in the morning and had not returned. The boy was a logistic member of the troupe and was an honest chap, so everyone liked to call him the Filer. They searched the warehouse but did not find anything. Adding that there were countless zombies around, they gave up on finding the girl. As days passed, the feeling of despair grew even denser, every sentence spoken was a spark that triggered quarrels, the eyes of the men towards the girls became even more unnatural. Finally, the two men from the factory kidnapped one of the girls and raped her,pletely igniting the fuse. The school and the factory people were split into two groups, the factory people thinking that the supplies belonged to them and that the students had to pay to eat, while the students ignored their demands and ate what they wanted, drank what they wanted. With all these pettiness, how could the factory people hold back? The six boys tied the two men that belonged to the factory, and while discussing what to do with them, Filer stood forward and informed them that the food would notst for long. They had to lessen the consumption, thus the two tied up men were knocked out and fed to the zombies. Due to the excitement from killing people, the boys went mad. They howled and screamed, and started exhibiting themselves in front of the girls. They toyed with the big sister of the factory, and after ying with her, they threw her to the zombies as well. Without any outsiders, the boys naturally started targeting their own female ssmates. Maybe it was thest bit of humanity in them that they did not do anything overboard, but girls started going missing. All of the girls fell in fear, not knowing when would they be the next target. There were no connections between the missing girls, some were virgins and loved themselves, some enjoyed fooling around with the boys. But their disappearance was too strange, so the girls remained united and viewed all men as evil. As long as they saw any of the boys, they would hide. One day, one of them caught a whiff of a stench, she found it unbearable and started looking for the source. Slowly, she came across a sewer at the back of the building which was not sealed properly, leaving a small crack at the side. The stench came from within and was extremely strong, making her have the urge to leave immediately. Before she could turn, her eyesnded on a piece of cloth stuck to the side of the sewer entrance. It was extremely familiar, and that it belonged to one of the missing girls. She opened the lid and looked down in horror. Five naked female girls with their facial features distorted along with cuts and bruises all over their bodiesid beneath. Their tattered clothes were mixed with them, with the most bottom one already rotting. The girl turned and ran back up the building. She dared not speak, afraid that she would be the next target. She believed that the boys were the perpetrators, upon thinking back that the dead girls were all beautiful. She became even more afraid as endless fear drowned her. She found a piece of ss and started cutting her face, destroying her beautiful features and only after drawing criss-cross patterns did she finally stop. When the sixth girl went missing, the girls became infuriated. They sought out the boys to question them, wanting an answer, but resulted in them blowing their tops as well. The two factions started denouncing each other until they got tired and gave up. On the next day, three boys choked to deathid in the living room. Filer and three other boys finally revealed their true selves, causing the girls to surrender. They had been toyed endlessly by the perverted boys. As for the girl that had cut her face, she was chased out of the house to stay in the warehouse. After that, the girl that seemed to have turned into a devil came back. She found a decorative de in an office and used the back of the de to cripple the boys. She pulled them by their hairs and dragged them to the zombies and watched them get eaten. After killing all the zombies around, she protected the group of girls quietly. Until Zhang Xiao Qiang appeared. Chapter 234: Danger Approaches

Chapter 234: Danger Approaches

Brother Cockroach.... Threes call woke Zhang Xiao Qiang up from his daze. He turned and saw Three running towards him. Behind Three was a 15m tall perimeter wall foundation that was already in ce. Workers moved and worked on the scaffolding like worker ants crawling about. A tall crane worked endlessly as it transported cargo after cargo of concrete and mud up. At the foot of the two hills were twoplete defensive structures where two Type-92 Battalion Guns were installed. Brother Cockroach, I sense that theres something wrong with the zombies.... After leading the hundred odd people from the entire factory out, the base construction capability saw a huge upgrade. If they were able to locate a few specific raw materials, Zhang Xiao Qiang could build bombs and bullets. After returning, Three also gained more self-confidence. He led a group of more than 10 men to look for supplies and survivors daily. It was much more difficult to discover a camp of more than 100 people at one go, but there were plenty of smaller groups everywhere. Zhang Xiao Qiangs base grew up to a thousand odd people, with about 40 women per 100 people, the gender ratio of the base became more equal. While exploring, Three noticed changes in the zombies. The zombies that were originally obstinate and stationary started to disperse. It was not one or two zombies but a phenomenon of all the zombies dispersing, leaving only a few elderly zombies in their usual positions. Initially, Three did not care too much about it. But while exploring near a town, he realized that the zombies all over the town scattered like soybeans. Sensing something amiss, he returned and reported it to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart skipped a beat but did not reveal a change in expression. He looked at Three, Escte the Bases alertness to Grade B, cancel all scouts outside temporarily and increase the manpower to get rid of all moving things in a 20km perimeter. Send people to the nearby towns to check them out, and also inform He Wen Bin and the rest, we are holding a meeting. On the way to the meeting room, Zhang Xiao Qiangs mood turned heavy. The thing that he was most worried about had urred. All along, Zhang Xiao Qiang had a pressing feeling that made him feel stifled, especially after gaining strength, the feeling did not disappear but be even stronger. An important note to know was that they had ammunition and grenades sufficient for thebat team to take care of a thousand zombie tide. At the side of the road, there would be asional carts pushed around emitting steam, filled with rice, salted vegetables, and diced meat. This was the workers lunch. The diced meat was found at the factories. Looking at thedies that had smiles on their faces once again, the emotions grew heavier. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not know if the base would still exist if they did not deal with the dangerous situation. When he reached a smallke, Zhang Xiao Qiang noticed 20 women dressed in military uniform practicing their aim. The instructors were two ex-policewomen who had followed Zhang Xiao Qiang to battles. Initially, they had knots in their hearts, from ex-police, they had turned into cannon fodder bandits. But as time passed, their thoughts changed. They instead became Zhang Xiao Qiangs most firm supporters. As Three brought back even more women who suffered from sexual assaults, they realized the reality of the apocalypse. In the apocalypse, very few powers were willing to treat women well, almost to the point of being negligible. The two ex-police were women, how could they not know that Zhang Xiao Qiangs rules were mainly to protect them? Looking at the 20 newly recruited women team, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt slightly better. The Combat Team was too small and needed more manpower, but the main crux of the base was the walls and they could not recruit strong and able men to join the Combat Team. Upon thinking about the assistant machine gunner on guard that night, Zhang Xiao Qiang decided to recruit a few women. The matter of recruiting these women to replenish the fighting force was a major move Zhang Xiao Qiang acted on. The selection process was initially painfully thought about by He Wen Bin. but in the end, Zhang Xiao Qiang used the way he thought Yuan Yi. He gave all of them a shield and a de, captured a few crippled zombies and had them kill the zombies. In the end, out of the 30 women selected, 20 of them were qualified. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked over and watched them practice. Suddenly, he noticed a female team member that had her face covered up. Her hair was extremely short as she wielded a Type-53 Rifle and aimed straight at her target. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked over to her. Chen Ye, in the future, youll be handling more close quartersbat, just have a touch of the guns and itll be fine. Itll be a waste of your skills if you continued to train on guns. Obviously, Zhang Xiao Qiangs advise was ignored by the girl called Chen Ye. Slightly embarrassed, Zhang Xiao Qiang turned and walked away, no longer caring about whether this Agility Type Gen-Omega Human lived or die. It was as though that all Gen-Omega Humans aside from Yang Keer were all abnormal. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked to the familiar building up the familiar stairs and into the meeting room. As usual, everyone waited for him. Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled his chair, sat down, and looked around. All the main in-charges of the base were present, except for Guo Fei. After the first meeting, he never participated in it. Zhang Xiao Qiang was about to speak up when he saw Old Frank fishing out a stack of sealed papers. It looked as though Old Frank was prepared for his routine reports. He had written down the everyday events of work daily. Erm.....Old Frank, you dont need to report for today, I need to discuss our current situation, a major issue that will decide our bases life or death. After allowing Three to narrate the changes in the zombies, the expression of everyone present in the room changed. He Wen Bins expression turned dark, Old Frank kept on flipping through his own notes, assessing the progress of the construction, wanting to see if they couldplete the perimeter walls before anything happens. Wang Le was seemingly indifferent, with the erged factory, he had plenty of matters at hand, working day to night, he did not have time for any other things. On one note, Director Ma had be his deputy, something he requested for. Although Wang Le did not like Director Ma, they were familiar with each other, an encounter difficult to find in the apocalypse. The only one who became afraid was Fat Chef. Upon hearing that the zombies had scattered and were showing signs of restlessness, he thought about his encounter with them and became afraid. Now, our most pressing task is thepletion of the perimeter wall, Old Frank.... As Zhang Xiao Qiang highlighted the point, Old Frank stood up with passion burning in his eyes. Split your workers to two shifts, continue to work on the walls day and night. Dont conserve on diesel fuel, I need speed.....think of ways to increase thepletion of the wall. Put your engineers at the construction sites and get them to stand watch there. Tell them that if the walls arepleted quickly, there will be a reward. For those who dy the time, they will be fed to the zombies. Old Frank nodded his head, he knew Zhang Xiao Qiang was for real. At that time, if his subordinates were to be punished, he would be shamed as well. Old Frank sat down. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at Zhang Huai An, who had his eyes fixed on Zhang Xiao Qiang the entire time. He immediately stood up and waited for his orders. Chapter 235: Bad news

Chapter 235: Bad news

You havent been here for long. After Old Frank took charge of construction, I made you responsible for the base defense. Even with the issue of a thousand zombies looming over us, you managed to maintain order and keep things proper, it proves that youre still capable. After hearing Zhang Xiao Qiangs praise, Zhang Huai An became excited. His eyes were bright and emotional, the kind that was willing to die for their master. But, your work is hardly done, you have to maintain strict vignce over the mood below. I do not want everyone to fly into a panic if a few zombies were to appear. Youll have toe up with ns on what to do if the zombies besiege us, I want to see the citizens having unity to deal with the problem together. Zhang Huai An turned solemn, he looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang and nodded his head. Following that, Zhang Xiao Qiang turned to Three. Ive already told you about your task, just doing it will be considered a sess, other than that.... Zhang Xiao Qiang turned to He Wen Bin, From now on, ammunition for the Combat Team will be unrestrictedly supplied, Heavy Weapons must have a 3 times the ammunition prepared on hand and surveince vehicles will have as many as they can store. When He Wen Bin nodded, Zhang Xiao Qiang turned to Three, Tell all the scouts to count and carry all their ammunition with them. When they return, transfer the ammunition back. If anyone has a missing bullet, punish them. This implementation would prevent members from hiding ammunition. In truth, Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted them to kill any zombies they saw, he was afraid that the scouts turnzy, and thus gave that order. Dispatch all the Combat Team Members to go out on surveince, I want you to ensure that there are absolutely no lurking zombies within the perimeter of a 20km region from us. Aside from that, ensure that there are no hordes in a 30km region, and if possible, have some scouts to go near J City and check on the situation there. After the adjournment of the meeting, everyone moved in quick steps and got busy. On the way back to the vi, the girls that sent food for the workers were seen pushing the empty carts back to the kitchen. Zhang Xiao Qiang then realized that he had not had food. He quickened his pace toward the kitchen. No matter what, eating was the most important. Upon entering the kitchen, he saw Yang Keer holding the dirty and small young boy by his throat. Yang Keer was shoving him to the point that his eye whites were showing while screaming, Quick, spit it out, quickly, are you spitting it out.... Zhang Xiao Qiang watched the bizarre scene, unsure of what Yang Keer was doing. But he knew that if he did not step in, the young boy would definitely die. Yang Keer looked adorable and gentle, but she wielded strength far stronger than a bull. Seeing that the boy was about to faint, Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately stepped forward and pulled them apart. He carried the boy in his arms and massaged his neck. He shouted at Yang Keer, Brat, why are you choking him! Didnt you see that he was already fainting?! Yang Keer did not reply. After catching his breath, the little boy in Zhang Xiao Qiangs embrace smacked Zhang Xiao Qiangs hands and pulled himself out. He turned and ran towards the door but was pulled back by Yang Keer. The little boy struggled and wed but Yang Keer was too strong. In the blink of the eye, he was back in her arms. Yang Keer grabbed his neck and continued to shake him and repeated, Spit it out Zhang Xiao Qiang waspletely baffled by the two of them, but when he saw how serious Yang Keer was, he knew that they were not ying. Yang Keer, whats going on, exactly? Tell me.... Yang Keer held onto the boys cor and pointed to an empty teacup on the table, He drank the poisonous 84 disinfectant that I had prepared to sterilize my mace... Why were you so careless and allowed him to drink it? Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately entered the kitchen and found a chopstick with the intention of gagging to incite the little boy to vomit. Just when I ced it on the table and turned, he rushed in asking for water. When he saw the cup, he took it to drink. Yang Keer felt wronged and tried to exin herself. Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly stopped. He threw away the chopsticks and picked up the teacup and took a whiff of it. There was no pungent smell. Keer, where did you find this bottle of 84? Zhang Xiao Qiang became anxious and he shouted at Yang Keer. (TN: If no one can remember what this bottle is, check out chapter 144 :)) Yang Keer was stunned and became afraid of Zhang Xiao Qiangs roar. She hesitated, Isnt it the bottle from your bag... Yang Keers words verified the thought that terrified Zhang Xiao Qiang. His eyes looked around frantically. Finally, he saw the bottle with a piece of paper stuck onto it with the words 84 Disinfectant, do not drink in the rubbish bin. Spit it out, you better spit it out for me, fu-...ck, even if I sold you, you can never repay me... Zhang Xiao Qiang did the exact thing that Yang Keer did. The young boy was once again shoved to the point of showing his eye whites. This time, it was Yang Keer that erupted in rage and pulled Zhang Xiao Qiang away, Can you be gentler? Wait for him to spit it out before you kill him... Zhang Xiao Qiang grabbed a red stool weakly and looked at Yang Keer, Dont bother. It isnt poison, he wont die, Im the one dying, Im dying from the ill fortune... Time: Next day afternoon. Location: At the top of the bamboo hill. People: Zhang Xiao Qiang, Yang Keer, Shangguan Qiao Yun, Yuan Yi, Xu Meng Zhu and the dirty boy that constantly scratched his butt. The protagonist of the day was the boy that had never cleaned his face. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the dirty boy with a fiery gaze. Yang Keer and Yuan Yi looked at the almostpleted perimeter wall in the distance and watched the people rushing about. Shangguan Qiao Yun yed with her Type-85 SR that had no scope. Zhang Xiao Qiangs constant advise finally made Shangguan Qiao Yun give up on the Garand Rifle. The reason for her change in rifle was simple, the Type-85 SR could load up to 10 bullets, two more than the Garand Rifle. The 4kg weapon was not cumbersome as well, and more importantly, it utilized HMG bullets. HMG bullets were capable of prating through armor from a distance of 800m, it could effectively kill enemies and damage equipment in battle, which was a capability the Garand Rifle did not have. After staying in the room to research and study medicine for so long, Xu Meng Zhu and Zhang Xiao Qiang finally met again. This time, Xu Meng Zhu was no longer dirty like before, clean and whiter due to hiding from the sun, she stood by Zhang Xiao Qiangs side and watched her son with worry. Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that Xu Meng Zhu had failed as a mother. After following Zhang Xiao Qiang to the base, she no longer cared for her own child. It was fine if a child yed for an entire day and got dirty, but as a mother, how could she not know how to clean her own child? Aside from that, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt that the child was strange, he had never heard the boy speak before, or even make a sound. The boy that was said to be named Miao Miao looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang, unaware of what was going on. After drinking the water the previous day, the man who always tolerated him hadpletely changed into a man filled with rage? Furthermore, after a long dump in the morning and stopping the leak with much difficulty, Zhang Xiao Qiang instantly pulled him and his mother out to the fields. What did the crazy man want? Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at him, then at the coiled path, Use your fastest speed to run down ande back up, go go... The boy looked at Xu Meng Zhu. Seeing his mother nodding her head, he started running. By the time the boy came back gasping for breath, Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that he was not an Agility-type Gen-Omega Human. Zhang Xiao Qiang took Yang Keers mace and ced it in front of the boy, Pick it up... The little boy looked at the steel mace and scratched his head. He looked at Yang Keer for her opinion. Thest time he asked her for the mace, she beat him up instead. Yang Keer nodded her head nonchntly, she wanted to gain rity on what Zhang Xiao Qiang was trying to do. The little boy lifted the mace that was almost 50kg up. Seeing how the boy was able to wield the mace with two hands, Zhang Xiao Qiang became slightly excited. Try it with one hand? The boy let go of a hand. In a few seconds, his face turned red. BOOM! The boy dropped the mace on the ground and plopped onto the floor and gasped for breath. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the mace that was swaying side to side, disappointed. The boys strength was substantially stronger than an ordinary mature man but was far inferior to Yang Keer. There was not even a need to mention Yang Keer, Zhang Xiao Qiang himself could wield the mace with one hand and spin a few rounds with it. The group headed down the hill. While walking, Zhang Xiao Qiang thought about the issue. Could it be that the rainwater has an expiration date? Upon thinking about that, Zhang Xiao Qiang shook his head, he did not dare to continue thinking about it, he still had 5kg worth kept to pass down for generations. Having received bad news all day, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt extremely depressed. Coincidentally, and rover drove right in front of him. Without thinking, Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped the vehicle. Thisnd rover had been modified by Wang Le and brought over. The car roof had a machine gun installed onto it along with a metal board that acted as a shield that protected the Type-53 HMG. The car body was strengthened, the ss windows had steel wiring welded over them, the wheels were changed forrge tires and high chassis. This scout vehicle could fit four people, which also meant that the vehicle could have 2 more people. Zhang Xiao Qiang opened the car door and sat inside. When he noticed Shangguan Qiao Yun was about to join him, he spoke up. Im going out to take a breather, dont wander too far off, just stay in the base... Give me another term for Gen-Omega Human if guys want. The Chinese term is literally New Humans. Inhumans? TN: Just a note, Yang Keers mace isnt the normal mace.... A Lang Ya Bang is an ancient Chinese Weapon, https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8B%BC%E7%89%99%E6%A3%92 Chapter 236: Old Tractor

Chapter 236: Old Tractor

Zhang Xiao Qiang sat in the bumpy rover and looked at the deste scenery outside. Zhang Xiao Qiangs old home belonged to central China, although the weather was hot and humid throughout the year, there was constant green no matter how far he looked. After the apocalypse, everything had dried up and turned yellow. Countless trees were barren, and most of them would probably notst a year. A small vige appeared in front of the rover, which was currently far from the national highway. The vige was not developed and had few houses, the majority made of tiles and bricks. Three had previously led people to clear the zombies in the area, and the vige was considered a safe area. The cars did not enter the abandoned vige and drove straight on, where a county town sat. Three had provided information that zombies came from there, the county which had a poption of 100 thousand before the apocalypse. Zhang Xiao Qiang never dared to investigate the county, afraid if the 100 thousand zombie horde. But with the zombies being stirred, Zhang Xiao Qiang was afraid of the county. Zhang Xiao Qiangs base could be considered remote, but the inner regions of China were never truly remote, this small county was only a few 100 km away from Zhang Xiao Qiangs base. Assuming that a zombie could travel 5km in an hour, they would only take 20 hours to arrive at Zhang Xiao Qiangs spring base. This thought made Zhang Xiao Qiang anxious. Screech.... Thend rover came to a sudden stop. The HMG on the vehicle suddenly produced the sound of the gun bolt being pulled. Zhang Xiao Qiang opened the door and came out of the vehicle. Aside from the driver, two other subordinates came out with Type-56 ARs and followed him. They were on a straight path that led straight into the county, and ahead of them were many buildings. Behind the buildings were small hills covered with all sorts of ntation. Within the ntations were jet ck zombies roaming around. On the contrary, there were very few zombies lurking around in the buildings. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the county that had many tall story buildings then looked at his surroundings. Using his enhanced eyes, Zhang Xiao Qiang was able to view anything within a kilometer with extreme detail. The buildings in the county were closer to the roads and were ced close together. The dense buildings represented a dense horde of zombies, and if they were to scatter, they would be scattered on the main road. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the zombies that covered the hills and dales. In his eyes, awork between each zombie started to form, the closest distance between the zombies were 7-8m and the furthest being 30m. They were slow in movements, but their search radius was extremely meticulous, to the point that any area that the zombie crossed had no hiding spots for any survivors, unless the survivors can hide 40m beneath the ground. On the slope of a hill, a zombie slowly staggered and swayed its way forward where arge hole was. The soil within was red, which evidently meant that there was a mine nearby, and the crater was the spot where bricks were burnt. Plop.... The zombie rolled into the hole. Above, more than 10 zombies continued to walk towards the hole. Zhang Xiao Qiang assessed the hole and calcted its rough dimensions, how many zombies could fit in there. Suddenly, the 10 zombies stopped and walked around the hole while continuing to look around. Plop... Another two zombies fell into the hole, after which the distance between the zombies increased. In the end, the zombies crossed the hole that could originally fit about a 100 odd zombies, but only had 30 zombies. At this point in time, Zhang Xiao Qiang started to perspire in cold sweat, the zombies were behaving too strangely. Zhang Xiao Qiang was still in denial and did not believe that the zombies had gained sentience, until thest few zombies that walked past the hole. It was even more drastic, only one zombie fell into the hole while the others got past it safely. Siii... After taking in a long breathe, Zhang Xiao Qiang forced himself to calm down. The zombies at the beginning did not know how to scatter and search, they merely went in any direction. In Y-City, the 200 zombies that suffocated themselves in the corner of the building beneath Zhang Xiao Qiang was proof. The old zombies did not know how tomunicate, where Zhang Xiao Qiangs design to trap and burn a few 100 zombies and a D2 was proof. Even the powerful D2 had helped Zhang Xiao Qiang kill off close to 600 zombies. But why are the zombies able to work together in groups now? Why do they have the knowledge of the hole where other zombies dropped? Do the zombies know how tomunicate at long distances? Zhang Xiao Qiang started preparing to bring his two subordinates to kill and provoke a few zombies and test their reaction when suddenly, a building made out of wooden nks exploded andunched debris all over the sky. The wooden house was close to the suburbs and was notrge. To Zhang Xiao Qiangs subordinates, the wooden house was the size of a peanut, and no one would ever notice any change to a peanut, but it was different for Zhang Xiao Qiang. To him, the wooden house was the same as a toy house. An old-fashioned truck colored green suddenly burst out from the mess and increased its speed upon reaching the road. Behind the truck were countless zombies. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned and took the binocrs from the neck of his subordinate, found from one of the houses in a small town. It looked to be an antique from WWII, the dark-colored binocrs allowed only six times magnification but was entirely different with Zhang Xiao Qiangs perverse eyes. Through the windscreen, Zhang Xiao Qiang saw a 40-year-old full beard middle-aged man driving the vehicle and a child less than 10 years old on the seat beside him. As the old tractor shook, the little kid inside shook with it. On the back of the tractor were 20 odd men and women kneeling down and the two wooden fences on the sides had countless blood marks all over. Everyone buried their heads beneath their legs and held onto the wooden fence with a hand while using the other to grab onto theirrades. Behind the old tractor were countless Type-S zombies that asionally jumped and pounced towards the old tractor. Due to the skillful driving, they were always a step ahead of the Type-S zombies. These zombies that pounced into the air would fall to the ground and get trampled by the other zombies. Before the apocalypse, the county experienced arge migration and countless vehicles were left on the roads. Therge old tractor could only maneuver around the vehicles, which slowed the old tractor down. A Type-S zombie leaped and collided onto the back of the old tractor. The impact caused it to fall back into the zombie horde, but even though it was the first one to collide onto the tractor, it was definitely not thest. The old tractors endless escape attracted thebat team members attention. They turned to look in its direction, which was only a kilometer away from them. They held their guns and waited for Zhang Xiao Qiangs order. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not say a word, he used the binocrs and looked at the ordinary zombies. As expected, Zhang Xiao Qiang had guessed it and was the thing he never wanted to see. The scattered zombies slowly made their way towards the same convergence point from all around the tractor C the road that the old tractor was moving on. Chapter 237: Do you guys dare to go?

Chapter 237: Do you guys dare to go?

Zhang Xiao Qiang held onto the Jing Wei de on his back and looked at the HMG that was ready to fire. The old tractor was still moving around the abandoned vehicles. At the rate at which the horde of zombies was gathering ahead, by the time the old tractor arrived, unless they had a bulldozer in front of them to create a path, they would not be able to get past the zombies. Once the old tractor got held down by the zombies, the passengers on the car would be eaten by them. Upon thinking about the child on the passenger seat, a thought shed past Zhang Xiao Qiangs mind..... Therge toy cab in the corner of the room, the white ceiling with plenty of colorful gs, the various cartoon posters pasted on the wall, and the pile of small bones and tiny skull, where its dark eye sockets remained fixed on him. When he thought back to the toddlers room in the small town, Zhang Xiao Qiang gritted his teeth and turned, This is a suicide mission, do you guys dare to go? The two subordinates stood behind him and had their eyes fixated on him, followed by the driver and HMG marksman who ran and arrived before them. All of them stood there and listened to Zhang Xiao Qiang. This mission will be dangerous, Ill lead you guys to rush into the zombie horde, any mistake will turn you guys into zombies, of course, Im included as well. This isnt the n in the mission, I have no power to ask any of you to throw your lives away and refusing isnt considered running away, your treatment in the base will still be unchanged The four subordinates listened to Zhang Xiao Qiang without any reaction and simply looked at him. Noticing that there was not a trace of fear in his subordinates, Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded his head....their off-road vehicle drove downwards and they encountered even more human bones and trash. Zhang Xiao Qiang held onto a Type-56 AR and squatted inside the HMG post where the machine gunner remain fixed on the scope and took aim on the zombies ahead of them. Tatata.... The Type-53 HMG beside him spewed out a meter long blue mes as the gatling sound struck Zhang Xiao Qiangs eardrums endlessly and the hot empty bullet shellsnded on his thighs. Feeling the warmth of the bullet shells, Zhang Xiao Qiang drew up the Type-53 AR and fired at the zombies. The vehicles windows were pulled down as well as two muzzles fired out from within. Countless bullets sprayed out of the vehicle and struck the heads of the zombies on all sides, and the zombies started to fall like grass. The Type-56 AR in Zhang Xiao Qiangs hand continued to unleash 7.62mm bullets, the recoil from the butt of the gun caused his entire body to tremble. He did not know whether his bulletsnded on the zombies or not, he simply pulled the trigger and allowed the empty bullet shells to drop in the HMG post and caused nking sounds while taking in the smoke from his rifle. Plop... The rover flew in the air, BANG.... the vehicle had a momentarypse in the air before dropping to the ground, the huge impact almost caused Zhang Xiao Qiang, who was in that moment changing magazine, to fly out. He sessfully changed the magazine and threw the empty magazine into the horde. Before he could climb back up, the vehicle that had squashed a couple of zombies on the ground recoiled up into the air again, causing a ceasefire. Aside from the driver, everyone in the car grabbed onto the vehicle and stabilized themselves. BANG.... A zombie was sent flying into the air after being knocked by the car and rolled multiple times after dropping to the ground. The off-road vehicle broke through the outeryer of zombies and drove towards the gathering point of the horde. Before the vehicle could reach half its distance, countless zombies rushed out of the buildings on both sides of the road. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not have the time to think about why the zombies were hiding inside, wherever his gun fired, the HMG would spew out bullets. When the off-road vehicle passed a three-story building, Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes caught sight of a shadow, he turned and pointed the muzzle at the spot but did not discover anything. He continued firing at the other zombies. BANG.... The roof of the vehicle shook. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not bother about the horde in front of them. Dadada.... The Type-56 AR spewed out mes while sending bullets into the horde, the gunfires struck Zhang Xiao Qiangs eardrums endlessly and he could no longer hear anything else. After finishing the magazine, Zhang Xiao Qiang was about to change magazines when he realized the HMG had stopped firing. He turned to look, and the scene before him almost made his eyes split. A healthy S2 stood behind the HMG post on the roof of the vehicle. It used the sharp hook-shaped nails on its ck feet totch itself on the roof, the nails stabbed deeply into the metal. Although the vehicle was unsteady, the S2s petite body was able to stand steadily and its body constantly fine-tuned its center of gravity. It had its 15cm ws on the neck of the HMG gunner, the sharp ws dug into him and causing blood to spill out, dyeing the ws a dark red. The gunners chest had been ripped apart as well, revealing his ribs and muscles. Blood from the wound dyed the yellow uniform a dark red but even as the uniform got stained, the machine gunner was notpletely dead. His body twitched while his legs continued to struggle. The S2 held the gunners hand and looked at him while its other w held the fist-sized heart, and was about to throw it into its mouth that was filled with sharp teeth. Everything that happened infuriated Zhang Xiao Qiang. Holding onto the empty rifle, he used both hands and smashed the gun barrel onto the S2, which stabbed onto the S2s arm. The red parts of the gun smashed into pieces. Following the break of the gun barrel, the S2s arm twisted at a 40-degree angle. No longer being able to hold the gunner, the gunners heavy corpse dropped onto the roof of the vehicle. The S2 became furious with its broken arm, the heart that it was holding onto in its other arm was smashed into pieces as it used its arm to strike at Zhang Xiao Qiang. BANG... The metallic body of the Type-56 AR collided with the sharp ws. The S2s ws were deflected away while the metallic body dropped parts onto the vehicle. Bang... The S2 lifted its leg and kicked towards him, the sharp hooked nails on its leg struck the vehicle roof and unleashed sparks while the w swung back towards Zhang Xiao Qiang.... Chapter 238: Converging

Chapter 238: Converging

The w that possessed five sharp talons dropped onto the roof of the car and almost dropped off. The S2 that had suddenly lost its arm lost its bnce and dropped on the roof. It wanted to regain its bnce but before it could stabilize, Zhang Xiao Qiangs right arm swung across its feet. The S2s left thigh separated from its body, even if the talons on its right leg could hook onto the metal roof of the vehicle, its body was nted to one side. By the looks of it, it was about to fall off the vehicle. The talons stuck inside the metal roof screeched and drew multiple holes as the ws were drawn out. Shua A yellow gleam swept past the S2s remaining thigh. The second thigh dropped from the S2s body, turning the S2 into a cripple as it dropped off the roof and its body swayed endlessly along the side of the vehicle. Zhang Xiao Qiangs pupils dted, he gritted his teeth as he looked at the S2 beneath him and his grip tightened on the Rat King de that glistened with a crystallized light. The scythe-like de had not a trace of stain on it. As Zhang Xiao Qiang swung the de once more, the sharp de drew a long and thin cut across the roof of the vehicle and missed the S2s broken arm, but cut off the arm that was holding onto the vehicle, which fell beneath the vehicle. Zhang Xiao Qiang kicked the zombie off the vehicle. He did not behead it, there was no need to do so, the crippled S2 could only live its life as a worm and crawl on the ground forever, and that was the torture Zhang Xiao Qiang had bestowed it. Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled the gunners corpse into the HMG post and took out a loaded magazine from the ammunition chest, pulled on the safety and started firing on the HMG. The hot ming tongue from the muzzle reflected in Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes, making it difficult to differentiate whether it was the anger or mes that were within. Deep in his heart was a faint sense of guilt, if not for him wanting to save the people from the horde, the machine gunner would not have died. But he was already dead and there was no use of thinking about it, so Zhang Xiao Qiang vented all the anger on the zombies. Zhang Xiao Qiangs use of the assault rifle was merely trying his luck, but the use of the HMG turned him into a Gods assistant, his superhuman strength prevented him from feeling the intense recoil from the HMG, his sharp eyes allowed him to instantly revise his aim. He did not bother using the standard equipment of the machine gun provided and had both hands on the trigger. Zhang Xiao Qiang treated the HMG as a rifle, although he engaged with single firing, the rate of fire was not slow at all. The gloomy gunshots connected into a single sound and gave off the feeling as though it was on auto. The HMG bullets resembled shooting stars that smashed apart the zombies ugly faces and exploded their heads like watermelons. Broken bone pieces, brain fluid, and ck blood fell like rain. One bandolier had 250 bullets, zombies corpsesid all over the ground and both vehicles were converging towards the same location. Zhang Xiao Qiang stood up and pointed to an exit, to which the driver in the old tractor nodded to. He stepped on the pedal and swerved the old tractor around the off-road vehicle. The off-road vehicle did a 180 turn and collided into four zombies before following the old tractor behind. The group of Type-S zombies that followed the old tractor now followed the off-road vehicle. Zhang Xiao Qiang loaded up another bandolier, turned behind and fired. The HMG bullets entered the crowd and exploded the head of the most front zombie. Zhang Xiao Qiang had already cleared the route once and they only had to wipe out the zombies ahead that was slowly forming up again. The people squatting at the back of the old tractor started to show signs of hope, two of the 20 odd years-old male leaned on the wooden fence and gesticted at the zombies Zhang Xiao Qiang killed. Bang.... The old tractor drove over a corpse and jerked upwards. AHHH... Two screams were heard as the two brave young men were flung out of the car. As the two fell, the people inside screamed for a stop. Just as the old tractor showed signs of slowing down, BANG... A Type-53 7.62mm bullet shattered the left side mirror of the old tractor. The old tractor revved up once again, and even the people at the back no longer called for the tractor to stop. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the two men who were drowned by the zombies. He turned the muzzle and sent two bullets into their bes, instantly shattering their heads. To Zhang Xiao Qiang, it was merely a brief interlude. He turned back to the Type-S zombies and fired at them again. When his vehicle passed a building, he opened the ammunition box and retrieved the remaining 10 grenades and threw them to the side, then changed to a new bandolier and waited. The changes in the zombies made Zhang Xiao Qiang suspect that they were no longercking in cohesion and made him warier. In the distance was a four-story cafeteria with the signboard Mother Yangs Restaurant that was established recently, evident from the reflective ceramic tiles on the outside. A head the size of a monkey appeared at the corner of the building. Any ordinary person might not be able to see it, but Zhang Xiao Qiangs sharp eyes caught sight of its bald and ck patched head. Zhang Xiao Qiang no longer cared about the zombies behind him. He carefully inspected the various buildings ahead of them, unsure how many zombies wereying in ambush inside them, he did not know the exact numbers, but there was a 1500:1 chance of Evolved Type-2 Zombies. There were about a million zombies in the town, even if half of them were Type-D or S zombies, there would be about 10 S2s. A shadow fell from the sky andnded on the old tractor, causing the people squatting inside to endure the impact. No one realized that an S2 had appeared above them. It was like a Death God waving its scythe,ing to im their lives. The S2s body waspressed when it dropped onto the old tractor, while Zhang Xiao Qiangs HMG was constantly aimed at it the moment it leaped into the sky. When the S2nded on the carriage, he pressed on the trigger and unleashed a barrage of fire onto it. Sparks flew off the S2s ck body and formed blood holes on it. The S2 was shocked and could no longerpress its body. The power of the HMG bullets was capable of pushing it back, and Zhang Xiao Qiang did not stop firing for a moment, causing ck blood to burst out of its body as it was pushed backward. The old tractor sped along while the S2 was flung out into the air, which was all caught by the driver of the off-road vehicle. Chapter 239: Mysterious Black Figure

Chapter 239: Mysterious ck Figure

The scene of how Zhang Xiao Qiang sent the S2 flying kept reying inside the mind of the driver and he would live on to brag about it even after a few decades. Even on his dying day, his mouth never stopped talking about it. At his deathbed, his few sons thought that their father still had something to say and ced their ears close to his mouth. Heh......none of you saw it....the monster flying in the air....heh.....only I caught it.....heh With that said, this man that became Zhang Xiao Qiangs loyal soldier, from a small soldier in the Armor unit to the highest ranking official passed away, leaving his children perspiring in cold sweat. The S2 fell from the sky while bullets continued to rain down on its body, dropping pieces of flesh into the back of the old tractor. Fortunately, the people inside were unaware of everything that was happening above their heads. Even when the pieces of flesh dropped onto them, they did not dare look up. Finally, the S2 died from exhaustion as pieces of its corpse fell like rain. By the time the S2s main body dropped to the ground, the off-road vehicle that Zhang Xiao Qiang was on ran over it and turned it into ck meat paste. The old tractor and the off-road vehicle continued to advance forward and left the buildings behind. Zhang Xiao Qiang let out a sigh of relief and turned to look at the horde of Type-S zombies chasing after them. He took out a hand grenade, released the safety pin and threw it down. The oval-shaped grenade bounced on the hard ground before being pushed underneath the horde of zombies. BOOM.... the loud explosion instantly wiped out the front few rows of Type-S zombies that were trampled upon by the zombies behind. By the time these zombies trampled over the Type-S zombies, the off-road vehicle had pulled arge distance away from them. Zhang Xiao Qiang took aim with the HMG and helped pave a road for the old tractor. Countless headless zombies littered the ground and in the blink of the eye, both vehicles were about to charge into the wilderness. It was as though some Almighty being did not want to let the survivors that had struggled inside the city for half a year escape, two Type-S zombies charged to the old tractor from the left and right.....Zhang Xiao Qiangs off-road vehicle steered to the right of the old tractor, allowing Zhang Xiao Qiang to st the zombies head off. But the zombie at the left was free to engage the old tractor as they watched it jump into the carriage, which was followed up by screams. Seeing the situation falling apart, Zhang Xiao Qiang jumped onto the roof of the vehicle and climbed to the windscreen. Using both legs to hook onto the steel HMG post, he smashed the window apart with his right hand. The driver was the bearded man that carried Su Qian out of the disgusting house. After trimming hisrge beard away, he looked rather young and different. Without his signature beard, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not recognize him, but he looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang sprawled across his windscreen in shock. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the unfamiliar yet slightly familiar driver and used his right hand to point at the old tractor, then gestured for them to get closer. The driver nodded his head and increased the speed of the off-road vehicle. Zhang Xiao Qiang watched as blood flew out of the back of the old tractor and held onto the King Rat de anxiously. Eight meters....four meters.....two meters....Zhang Xiao Qiang could clearly see the Type-S Zombie chewing over the remains of a twitching corpse. The remaining survivors huddled to one corner together and buried their heads beneath their legs, none of them dared to look at the Type-S zombie. One meter.... Seeing that none of the weak survivors dared to fight back, Zhang Xiao Qiang thought of giving up on them. But upon thinking about the young child at the front passenger seat, Zhang Xiao Qiang jumped over with the King Rat de. AH.... Zhang Xiao Qiangs sudden entry naturally shocked the cowards in the corner. His heavy body smashed into the crowd and caused them to scream. Lazy to exin, Zhang Xiao Qiang used his left hand to push himself up. At this time, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt something amiss as he groped onto something soft and full. Zhang Xiao Qiang continued regardless. From the corner of his eyes, he saw his hand grabbing onto the full breasts of ady. Without seeing how she looked like, he released his ferocious grab. The Type-S zombie continued to dedicate itself to eating. It did not care about the additional human being that appeared. Their brains worked simply, live humans = food, why the need to be afraid of an additional one? Even when it raised its head just in time to see the King Rat de shing through its neck, it still maintained its feasting posture. Covered in fresh blood, Zhang Xiao Qiang stood on the roof of the vehicle and used the 6x Binocrs to observe the zombies in the distance. Adding his sharpened eyes, it wasparable to an astronomy lens. Through it, Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the two dead men corpse being dragged by a few Type-D zombies into the city. The blood stench from the corpses attractedyers of zombies, yet none of them dared to move recklessly. There were even a fewrge D2s standing together with ordinary zombies around them. The D2s stood tall like trees with a clearing in the center. Zhang Xiao Qiangs vision was blocked by therge statures of the D2s. Adding that the distance was too far, he was unable to see anything. The Type-D zombies that dragged the corpses walked towards the D2s. The ordinary zombies in their paths actually opened and made way for them. Zhang Xiao Qiang used the binocrs to watch them and watched as the zombies suppressed their primitive instinct of eating the corpses to make way for the corpses to be dragged. The front D2 that blocked the zombies dragging the corpses moved. It did not grab and eat the corpses but made way, allowing the corpses to be dragged to the empty space behind it. When the D2 made way, Zhang Xiao Qiang caught sight of a faint figure. It was not big, just slightly taller than the D2s calves. When the D2 moved again, it blocked the figure and prevented Zhang Xiao Qiang from seeing it. The most distinctive feature of the figure that Zhang Xiao Qiang caught sight of was itsrge head, which was about three-quarters of its entire body. Zhang Xiao Qiang put the binocrs down and jumped into the off-road vehicle. His three subordinates bundled the dead machine gunners body, the few of them clearly affected by his death. They were a group and lived together. Although they had scuffles and small contradictions daily, they were on friendly rtionships and consideredrades-in-arms. Seeing their brother that theymunicated and yed with bundled up in the cold tarpaulin, their eyes turned slightly red. The old tractor stopped at a side and the passengers on board unboarded the vehicle. The dead Type-S zombie and the unlucky male were left in the back. The men gathered together and whispered to each other, thedies except for one knelt down at the side and vomited. Thedy that did not vomit had disheveled hair and Zhang Xiao Qiang was unable to make out her appearance but concluded that she was still young from her busty figure. Thisdy that stood out from the mass walked in circles on the spot and muttered to herself iprehensibly, her hands asionally waving about as though trying to grab onto something. At this point, Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that she had gone insane from witnessing the zombie eating another person. Chapter 240: Cruel and Unscrupulous

Chapter 240: Cruel and Unscrupulous

The slightly older driver brought the children over to Zhang Xiao Qiang and expressed their gratitude and to indirectly ask if Zhang Xiao Qiang was a person that belonged to the state. Zhang Xiao Qiang ignored the question. To save them, he lost an outstanding machine gunner which meant the base defense had lost a part of its strength, but the performance of the survivors from the old tractor disappointed him greatly. How many of them were even qualified to be recruited? Zhang Xiao Qiang did not even think about it. While the old driver attempted to question him, Zhang Xiao Qiang turned to look at the main person or people, that he intended to save, and realized that there were four children. Three girls and one boy, a total of four kids, the oldest around 7-8 years old and the youngest 5-6. They looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang timidly. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at their dirty faces, their jet ck eyes that were filled with fear, and sighed in his heart. After the apocalypse, everyone that survived lived even more miserably than the other. The women lived far worse than the men, but the worst were the children that had not gone through their childhood or grown up yet. They had the lowest chance of survival, and the ones to be given up on first once the adults encountered danger. Even if they were brought to a safe camp, they belonged to the useless group. After the apocalypse, the human race had long turned cold and emotionless, everyone struggled to survive, so why should they take care of a child that had no rtions to them? Seeing that the children still had some color on their skin unlike the little lolitas initial weak state while she stayed in Zhang Xiao Qiangs home, he felt more favorable towards them. Zhang Xiao Qiang ordered two of his subordinates to discard the two corpses from the old tractor. They ignored the zombies corpse and poured gasoline and burnt the man. While they watched the corpse burn, Zhang Xiao Qiang got the men and women to board the vehicle. A few of them were unhappy by how Zhang Xiao Qiang spoke to them, but with the muzzles asionally pointed at them, they behaved. When Zhang Xiao Qiang and the three subordinates carried the machine gunners corpse down and were about to put it into the back of the old tractor, the people inside could no longer tolerate it. The men all portrayed annoyed looks and said that it was cmitous while the women made sarcastic remarks. Zhang Xiao Qiangs expression turned cold and his gloomy mood was about to explode, a 40-year-old, obese middle-aged man stood out. Dearrade....I am xx Towns Forestry Bureau Chief, the majority of the people here are members of the Forestry Bureau, I hope you can understand them, we are all suffering. You see, we only managed to rush out after the sacrifice of one ourrades, he is a goodrade and worked in the firm for more than a decade. At this point, the Bureau Chief looked saddened, he wiped his eyes and sobbed lightly, Hes really gone, this is really terrible, he was killed by the monster right in front of us, you see... He pointed to the insanedy, Our femalerade was frightened to the point of insanity, although shes crazy, but we will love her more and protect her still, we want her to feel the warmth of family. Comrade, dont put the remains in our vehicle, it might instigate her and cause her chance of recovery to be slimmer. Hahahaha.... Zhang Xiao Qiangughed when he heard the bureau chiefs words. Althoughughter came out of his mouth, the coldness in his eyes became thicker and thicker. The Forestry Bureau Chief felt his bones turn cold when he looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang, and he felt himself going numb to the point of being unable to speak properly. Good....very nice exnation....not to instigate her.... Zhang Xiao Qiang pointed to the insane woman and continued, Then where do you suggest I ce my subordinates body? At this point, Zhang Xiao Qiangs threshold had been met, he was fuming with rage and wanted to toy with the cruel, unscrupulous and ungrateful group. What about this, the roof of your vehicle is rather spacious, you can tie him up on top. But if you find it troublesome, you can... The Forestry Bureau Chief pointed to the burning corpse but suddenly stopped talking. He no longer dared to speak as two Type-56 AR muzzles were pointed at his head, causing beads of perspiration to trickle down his face. He looked at the two men that aimed their rifles at him and stammered, Dont....dont.....dont be agitated....please stop moving your fingers....it might misfire..... Zhang Xiao Qiang raised his right hand, instructing his two subordinates that were infuriated to put their rifles down. You want me to burn him? Hmm? You want me to burn the unlucky man that charged into the zombie horde to save all of you? The coldness in Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes had turned substantial and no one on the vehicle dared to look at him. A few of the guys looked at each other and started to rummage through the bunch of items behind them.... No....its not....its not like that, the armed forces that you belong to.... I can talk to your superiors.... Why cant you burn him? Our friend is also being burned, you should treat everyone equally. A clear voice interrupted Bureau Chief Lin Yes words. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned and looked at thedy on the vehicle that spoke up. She was young and beautiful with long and ck luscious hair, her face glossy like porcin. She had the appearance that made any men want to protect her, immediately informing Zhang Xiao Qiang that she was ady that never suffered before in the apocalypse. Seeing the bloodied handprint on her flowery and silk shirt, Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that she was the one that he had taken advantage of previously. Zhang Xiao Qiang lowered his head and looked at his toes, his right hand wavered around the Desert Eagle and unstrapped it from the holster. I have no superiors.... We arent soldiers as well.... Zhang Xiao Qiang enunciated each word clearly. He raised his head and stared at the group of survivors so cold that it made them felt as though he saw through their souls, and spoke each word through gritted teeth: Who...said...anything...about...treating...you....guys...as....equals? Do not move.... Just as Zhang Xiao Qiang finished his sentence, three men suddenly raised their rifles at him and his subordinates. Who was Zhang Xiao Qiang? His eyes were capable of catching everyones expressions and capable of seeing every minute movements they made. When he saw the signals between the men, he already knew. His action of unholstering his pistol was not to shut the woman up, it was actually aimed for the few men. Initially, Zhang Xiao Qiang saw on the ount that they treated the children well and felt that the group was not that bad that he wanted to give them a chance. But throughmunication, Zhang Xiao Qiang becamepletely disappointed in them, they forced Zhang Xiao Qiang and his subordinates to turn cold, so Zhang Xiao Qiang intentionally toyed with them while considering about what to do with them. For them to actually be hostile against Zhang Xiao Qiang and his team who saved them in the depths of danger, Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately saw them as enemies. And naturally, Zhang Xiao Qiang had his means to deal with enemies. Chapter 241: Do you want to know why I killed him?

Chapter 241: Do you want to know why I killed him?

The moment the three men raised their rifles, Zhang Xiao Qiang changed the direction his subordinates rifles, his right hand moved to his waist and drew the Desert Eagle. With quick and precise aim, he fired a bullet at one of the three men. BANG.... The Desert Eagle spewed an angry me and the head belonging to one of the men exploded. Brain fluids, broken bones, and blood flew all over the ce as the headless corpse dropped onto the floor of the vehicle with a loud plop. AHHH.... the other two men standing beside the headless corpse felt the broken bones hit on their faces, they threw their rifles and screamed as their knees gave way, forcing them to kneel on the ground. The blood and brain juice sttered and reached the group behind them. Regardless of gender, everyone screamed. No one could endure the disgusting tofu brain juices sttering all around and trembled incessantly. The Forestry Bureau Chief standing outside the vehicle dropped to his knees and kowtowed endlessly towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, dont kill me, I dont know anything, please dont kill me, I didnt give them any orders... The two bloodied men were pulled down the vehicles like dogs, tied up and forced to kneel. The others quickly got down from the vehicle and stood by the side. Zhang Xiao Qiangs driver climbed on top of the off-road vehicle and aimed the Type-53 HMG at the perspiring crowd. Zhang Xiao Qiang held therge caliber pistol and walked back and forth in front of the crowd. Aside from the insane woman, everyone else dare not look at Zhang Xiao Qiang, and the one trembling the most was thedy that was taken advantage of by him. To tell you the truth...Im very disappointed.... Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the group that had lowered their heads and said, then turned to look at the four children standing in a line. After hesitating for a moment, he continued, I saw your old tractor colliding blindly within the horde, and that your route was being blocked by an evenrger horde. Hahahaha.... Zhang Xiao Qiang started tough in mockery. Do you know whats the result of being stuck by them? Every single one of you will be.... Zhang Xiao Qiang pointed to the headless Type-S zombie and continued. Dragged out and eaten. Do you know how they eat humans? They will not bite you straight to death, they will slowly peel off the skin and flesh off your bodies and let you watch as you get eaten alive, piece by piece. Also, those things have no eyes and will bite wherever they can. At this point, their expressions changed, even for Zhang Xiao Qiangs subordinates. A few men were even trembling at their knees. You will not faint, truly, because the moment you faint, their next bite will cause you to jolt awake in pain, and they eat really fast. At this point, Zhang Xiao Qiang walked over to the talkative woman and used hisrge caliber pistol to raise her chin. He forced her to look straight into his eyes, but she did not have the courage to, and her eyes flickered left and right. These things will not let you live just because youre a woman, or because youre beautiful. They will not hold you captive, because all they want is food, and you, youre the most beautiful and tasty delicacy for them. Here, Zhang Xiao Qiang put his pistol down and pointed it straight onto her soft and glossy cheeks, Maybe your tender skin will be even more delicious to them, who knows? Feeling the cold pistol body and Zhang Xiao Qiangs rough fingers, thedy trembled even more intensely. She did not understand why he was saying it to her alone. Maybe, all of you are thinking, why do I know so much? Could it be that I have witnessed it before? Yes, Ive seen it, Ive personally watched as my men got eaten alive by these things. Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly turned to the group, Not just once. Plop the talkative woman knelt to the ground, she kowtowed towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, to his two subordinates, and even to the dead machine gunners corpse while crying. Zhang Xiao Qiang no longer looked at thedy that disgusted him, he looked at the corpse wrapped in tarpaulin quietly for a moment before continuing. I saw that you guys were in imminent danger and hesitated, I was unsure whether or not to save you guys. It was extremely dangerous, too dangerous, and any misstep will have killed us... Zhang Xiao Qiang then looked at the four children standing quietly at the side, But in the end, I still decided to rush in to save you, but, it was too dangerous and I did not want my subordinates to risk their lives for people they dont know, for nothing. Two of his subordinates became emotional as they looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang with reddened eyes, Leader, we dont regret it, we will follow you to death and not regret it. Haizi too, he did not regret it, not for a second. You guys see that? They are my subordinates, MINE, cockroachs subordinates, I gave them the power to choose, I told them that this mission was most likely going to end up in death, and asked if they dared to go? None of them shook their heads, they stood in a line and looked at me, awaiting my others, JUST BECAUSE OF ME! I, god fucking damn it, actually chose to save you assholes. At this point in time, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt the mes within his heart burning him inside out, causing his chest to feel burnt. He quickly walked over to the two tied up men and raised his silver pistol. BANG.... Zhang Xiao Qiang was so infuriated that he did not even take aim. Therge caliber bullet found its way into the mans neck and instantly broke it, sttering blood all over the flood and his head to roll on the ground. His headless corpse dropped to the ground and blood flowed out like an endless stream, forming a puddle that extended out further and further. AHHHH.... The other man screamed as he fell on his butt and used his legs to push himself backward, bringing along the urine smell and stain at his crotch that grewrger andrger. All while he struggled to climb up and run away. Bang.... One of his subordinates used the gun stock and smashed it to the back of the mans head and instantly knocked him out to the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang nced at the fainted man and ignored him. Some of them were no longer able to stand when they saw Zhang Xiao Qiang kill their ownrade and immediately knelt on the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang tilted his head and thought for a bit, then allowed the old driver to bring the four children back into the seats. He had decided to bring the children to receive the teachings of the apocalypse, to start from killing zombies. Do you want to know why I killed him? Chapter 242: Let her plant manure fertiliser

Chapter 242: Let her nt manure fertiliser

Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the group kneeling in a line. Their frailty and cowardice caused deep grief to surge in his heart. When the apocalypse urred, he brought Yang Keer and went all around, without a home or a base that could give them supplies. They had to fight for their lives and run from the grasps of zombies. He seeded, with his own bare hands, he established a small base, built up a huge organization a thousand strong from 30 men. What did he rely on? He relied on his unwavering confidence and courage, he believed that the difficult times was only temporary, that humankind with rationality would ultimately wipe out the zombies. He also believed that the fellow countrymen would once again multiply and reproduce on their mothend and continue to thrive and survive. On this day, he was disappointed, an intense sense of defeat surged in his heart. The people he saved disappointed him and this disappointment made him feel despair towards the future of humankind. He was not the Savior, he was only a mere Otaku from before the apocalypse, he did not possess any professional knowledge and never held a weapon prior to the apocalypse. The zombies had left the cities and countless zombies were scattered throughout thends, like packs of wild dogs hunting down every single prey from their scent of life. The existence of humankind was at the brink of destruction and no one could afford to be weak against the zombies, but why were they able to hold their guns against their own kind? Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly recalled a saying from the history books and sighed, If the Chinese had no internal strifes, we would have conquered the entire world. When the bureau chief heard the words, his body trembled and the cold perspiration trickled quickly down his back. Where did you get your guns? Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly asked an unrted topic. They....they are our Forestry Bureaus guns, meant...meant to protect our staffs, when we have nothing to do...we bring it out to hunt. Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded his head, the biggest poachers of the mothend were from the Forestry industry. Then, who can tell me. When the thing climbed onto your vehicle and ate your friend, why didnt you kill it with your guns? Hmm? Why did you have to wait for me to jump over vehicles to kill it? No one could answer his question, all their courage had been broken, how could they find the time to use the guns? Then who can tell me, if you guys didnt dare to kill the monster, why are you guys able to point your guns at your benefactors that saved your lives? Still, no one was able to answer him, did it meant that humans were easier to bully than zombies? Zhang Xiao Qiang continued to stare at the quiet crowd but was no longer bothered to question them. It was in the Chinese blood, if there were no internal strife, they will never know their ancestorsst name. Bang.... Zhang Xiao Qiang sted the fainted mans head into pieces. He did not want to take such a toxic person back to his base. He wascking in manpower, but definitely not in such people. Theres no longer a country, dont pin your hopes on an army. Let me tell you the truth, the entire world have changed exactly like your town, now, you all belong to me. Youre all my possessions, remember this, I am not treating you guys as humans... No one refuted Zhang Xiao Qiang, no one dared to. They carried the machine gunners corpse up the vehicle and followed Zhang Xiao Qiangs off-road vehicle back to the base. Zhang Xiao Qiang sat in the front passenger seat and watched the scenery, while the driver asionally turned his head and looked at him, as though he had something to say. Speak, what is it? Receiving the consent, the driver finally asked, Leader, why did you bring along that insane woman? Shes only going to waste our food, why not kill her? She might be crazy, but her children will not be. As long as she can give birth, why wont I keep her? Remember, in such times, human resource is the best resource. The driver kept quiet upon hearing the exnation and remained fixed on the road while he thought to himself, how many children must she birth to not suffer a loss, but in the end, he was not at the losing end. The perimeter wall appeared before everyones eyes. When they saw the tall and lofty wall that had numerous workers on it, their expressions turned ugly, only the talkativedy started to use a pocket mirror to fix her makeup. She felt that the base would definitely have leaders more powerful than Zhang Xiao Qiang, whom she assumed was a party leader of five. She wanted to grab hold of that supposed man, then what will she do to Zhang Xiao Qiang? Hehe..... The vehicles stopped outside the wall, where Zhang Huai An was coincidentally patrolling. He caught sight of Zhang Xiao Qiang and diligently ran over for a report. I dont have the mood to listen to your bullshit today, go, gather thebat team members... Zhang Xiao Qiang and the survivors waited outside the base. The machine gunners corpseid on the ground while Zhang Xiao Qiang looked towards the flower mountain where the tombstones were vaguely visible. Tatata.... Uniform footsteps were heard from the inside. Close to a 100bat team members dressed in military gear and helmets jogged out. By the time they arrived before Zhang Xiao Qiang, they stood in formation. As the formation leaders gave the orders, the members formed two rows and made way. The two rows were 5 m apart and faced each other, forming a line between them. They wielded rifles with bays installed, muzzles pointed to the sky. He Wen Bin appeared, dressed in yellow military uniform as he walked over. He was almost recovered and walked quickly, swaggering with his sleeves flinging every step he took. Behind him, Old Frank, Three, Lu Ren Yi, and Zhang Huai An carried a coffin over. The ck-painted and empty coffin was made out of steel tes, the standardised coffin forbat team members. Arge crowd followed behind and even the workers on the wall stopped what they were doing and came down. They looked at the coffin being carried over and immediately took down their safety helmets and ced them at chest level, they knew that another guard of the base had sacrificed himself, and was the 10th member to have died for the base. When He Wen Bin appeared, the talkative yet beautifuldy assumed that he was the real leader of the base and started to unt herself, asionally giving him a few winks. He Wen Bin never even looked at her once, he walked over to Zhang Xiao Qiang, who was covered in blood and lowered his head, Brother Cockroach, youre back, the ceremony is ready and we can begin. Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded his head. The machine gunner, Haizi, was carried to the side and cleaned up before being ced in the coffin. Not longter, fourbat team members carried their rifles on their backs and lifted the coffin towards the mountain while the other members followed along by the sides. Zhang Xiao Qiang then called for Zhang Huai An. For the people that I saved today, make arrangements for them, their treatment will be the lowest rung, but their workload must be the highest. As for thatdy over there... Zhang Xiao Qiang pointed to the talkativedy, who immediately turned pale. Even a pig would know that Zhang Xiao Qiang was the biggest head of the base. Watch her well, dont let her flirt around, and if any members want to chase after her, make it clear to them. Whoever tries to find this woman will have their skin peeled by me personally. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not want the disgusting woman to break the unity of the base, at least the few subordinates that had followed him knew what she had said. What do you want her to work as? Zhang Huai Ans question reminded Zhang Xiao Qiang about the women who were not willing to nt fertilizers in the vegetable garden and infuriated Fat Chef. Let her nt manure fertilizer in the vegetable garden. With that said, Zhang Xiao Qiang turned and walked towards the mountain, the face of thedy behind turned pale white... Chapter 243: Small-scale Rescue Mission

Chapter 243: Small-scale Rescue Mission

The situation is like that, have a discussion and see how we can get through it. Inside the conference room, cigarette smoke lingered in the air, aside from Old Frank that did not smoke, the ashtrays in front of Zhang Xiao Qiang, He Wen Bin, and Three were filled. Behind them on a bench, Zhang Huai An, Wang Le, Lu Ren Yi, and Fat Chef all held cigarettes in their hands, adding to the smoke and dropping ashes all over the floor. Zhang Xiao Qiang narrated what he saw in the city. Everyone turned silent, the migration of the zombies was arge cmity the base faced, one wrong mistake would lead them to be drowned by the immense horde and no one was able to bear the responsibility. No one dared to take responsibility for the thousand human lives and waited for Zhang Xiao Qiang to make a decision. Zhang Xiao Qiang waited for a few minutes as he looked back at them. Seeing that none of them spoke and waited for him to make the decision, Zhang Xiao Qiang hesitated as well. How many days had he been the leader of the base? Before, he was just a minor and quiet otaku character trying to survive, but now he had to decide the problem that would determine the future of a thousand people. He too felt the immense pressure. Zhang Xiao Qiang kept silent with the rest. Time crawled by and the second-hand smoke inside the house became denser. Old Frank was unable to tolerate it any further and pulled open the window, allowing venttion into the room and caused the substantial and dense smoke to pour out of the window. Watching the smoke being pulled out of the room, Zhang Xiao Qiang thought of something. When can the wall bepleted? Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at Old Frank and asked. As of today, the perimeter wall has been in construction for a month half, the main body requires another three weeks. After three weeks, the main bulk of the wall will just be like a framework and all the electric lines, pipelines, interiors and supply reserves will be barely started. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not really care about the misceneous things, what he needed was not a small scale military facility but a wall capable of stopping a D2, and prevent any zombies from passing through. Can it be faster? At the very best, within the next half month? What Zhang Xiao Qiang wascking the most was time, if the zombies moved after a month, what did he have to fear. With the machine guns and mortar at hand, all they had to do was to stay within the base, what could the zombies do? My estimations are already at the fastest time ofpletion, the workers work 12 hours a day at 2 shifts, the construction site operates 24 hours a day and they are all extremely tired already. If we give them more tasks, I cannot ensure the quality and the fatigue might even cause injuries or death. At this point, Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that Old Frank never spoke empty words, which gave him insufficient time. He only had three weeks to do something to stop therge migration of zombies. I asked you to send people to J-City to check it out yesterday, whats the situation there? The moment Three heard the question, his solemn face became ck. He thought back about the report from his subordinate.... Brother Three, were back, fuck man, we almost didnt make it! The four of them were covered in soot as they reported back to Three. Whats going on there? Whats happening to the zombies? Three ignored theirints and chased for the main issue. Brother Three, you received it but did not take a look. They number so many and covered everything, as far as we could see. I did not dare to count them, my eyes hurt just from looking at therge number. I reckon that there are a few ten thousands of them. Right, the chicken farm that we had turned into a zombie nest. Are the zombies scattered or in groups? Three did not care about the numbers, the more scattered they were, the easier to kill. We ran around the entire J-City yesterday but were unable to get past the west and north part. On our side, we noticed that the zombies split into tworge force and searched in two directions. One of them was about ten thousand zombies, and let me tell you this. Wherever they passed through, they didnt let off a single living thing. Here, the member recalled back the scene and continued, In the past, I never really saw any animals, and I thought that they had all died. But after the zombiesbed the ce, I realized that there were many animals inside. Foxes the size of dogs, hens the size of geese, rabbits that run extremely fast, oh, I remember seeing two newborn wild boars. All of these creatures were surrounded by the zombies and torn to shreds. No.... Another member interrupted. I remember that only the small animals were torn to shreds, the bigger ones were sent to the zombie horde behind.... Right, Brother Three, I saw many survivors as well. When the zombies rushed in, all of them were forced out of hiding, many of them were caught. Some of them almost reached us and we wanted to bring them back, but in the end, we were almost caught ourselves... The four members had equipment simr to patrol teams, with an off-road vehicle that had a heavy machine gun attached to it, but the machine gun was a water-cooled Maxim Gun, the biggest difference between it and an air-cooled machine gun was that as long as there was water supplied to lower the temperature and the gun barrel and rifling had not worn off, the maxim gun could continue firing. They noticed three men and ady 300m away with over a hundred zombies on their tail. The scout team used the HMG and sprayed at the zombies while attempting to rescue the four survivors. Who would have known that when they were about to converge, an S2 suddenly jumped out from the grass. Two of the men were immediately ripped apart at their chest, leaving only a couple that ran towards the members. But they did not know the habit of an S2, it would always target and kill those who resist and run first before feasting on them. The S2 quickly caught up to the man and dug his heart out. But before it could enjoy the blood, 11.43mm HMG bullets shot into its body and formed a fewrge holes. The S2 no longer tried to attack the members, but instead ran away. The members drove over and pulled the woman into the vehicle when more than 10 Type-S zombies appeared with the injured S2 behind them. The Maxim Gun employed a constant 333 bullets 6 by 4-meter long bandolier to supply the ammunition. The bandolier was continuous, allowing the two gunners to unleash a barrage of bullets that sprayed across the zombies while the off-road vehicle reversed. Countlessrge bullets prated and killed the zombies and it looked as though they were about to escape. But the 333 bandolier was emptied out and the machine gun stopped firing. This was when the S2 pounced onto the vehicle. The maxim gun no longer had any bullets to fire and held the machine gun, stupefied. His assistant held onto a new bandolier, which meant the two of them had no weapons. And no weapons in front of the S2 meant that they were streak naked. Chapter 244: Crisis and Opportunity

Chapter 244: Crisis and Opportunity

Whoosh, a golden bandolier flew and struck the S2 in midair. The weight and momentum of the bandolier forced it to coil around the S2s chest, loosely tying it up as it fell to the ground. The two machine gunners drew out their Type-77 pistols and got down the vehicle and fired at the S2 along with the member inside the car that drew out a Type-56 AR and fired from the window. The driver was an old member and had witnessed the might of an S2. With such a good opportunity in front of him, he full locked the steering wheel and moved the wheels to squash the head of the S2 that was struggling on the floor.... But the news of them killing the S2 did not make Zhang Xiao Qiang happy, the spring was situated on the south of J-City and was only less than 300km away. Provided that the zombies moved day and night, they would arrive in three days. Zhang Xiao Qiangs current base already had to deal with the zombies from the county, adding those from J-City, the number of zombies would hit 20 thousand. If even more scattered zombies join in the horde, the number could easily hit up to 40 thousand. How many more manpower can we allocate to the construction site? Zhang Xiao Qiang asked. Fat Chef has 30dies helping to cook, we can allocate half of them. Fat Chef nced at Zhang Huai An but did not say anything as he lowered his head and smoked his cigarette. It was not his ce to speak. Lu Ren Yis back-end logistics team can all be allocated, all the misceneous things in the past few weeks are not too urgent...Lu Ren Yi nced at Zhang Xiao Qiang, who had his head dropped low while pondering, and did not dare speak. Wang Le... Wang Le quickly stood up and red at Zhang Huai An, No way, no no way, I only have so many men and Im responsible for maintaining the scout vehicles and machinery, I need to restore ammunition and manufacture the bio.... At this point, Zhang Xiao Qiang was ring back at Wang Le. The Bio Battle Suit was Zhang Xiao Qiangs secret, he could not let Wang Le freely dere it out. Wang Le immediately cowered back but continued to mutter, No way, no definite way, why not you get Ma Fu De over? Ma Fu De was Director Ma, although he had no skills, he had a knack in managing others. In the past, Wang Le was just an ordinary skilled worker and had never tried on a managerial position. He only managed the subordinates that he had, that were the disciples he was grooming. After being designated to the repair shop, Ma Fu De immediately turned into a new person. He packed and arranged materials neatly and tidily, arranged duties for the people within and ensured the smooth turnover of tasks everytime one waspleted. Wang Le admired Director Ma in his heart but never showed it to him. The people in the repair shop will not be touched, the other people, regardless of male or female, will bemanded by Old Frank. He Wen Bin, gather and manage the people, Zhang Huai An, watch out for their emotions, some people will try to cause trouble at this juncture... Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes turned cold, Kill.. without...discussion. Everyone nodded their heads. He Wen Bin looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang, Why not recruit another 100bat team members and form another battle team? Zhang Xiao Qiang shook his head, Now, building the wall takes priority. If the wall is not built, even if all the men are equipped, itll be pointless. I saw a new type of zombie in the small town but am unaware of its ability, but it seems that it is able to control over a thousand zombies and D2s. That is what I saw, so Im not sure as to what else there is. The news of the possible new zombie being able to control thousands of others scared everyone. What did it insinuate? It meant that zombies that used to be loose sand now had the ability to form together. If the zombie that could control others had some intellect, then the Human race would truly be in danger. Right now, we cannot rashly approach and kill the zombies. I suspect that the zombies already have the ability tomunicate. Assuming that thats true, we might instead attract the zombies to our base. Three, send some people farther out tomorrow to test it out, see if they can lure the zombies away. With that said, what else could the others say? Nothing. Fat Chef raised his fat palms, to which Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded to. The...the coal in my kitchen is almost running out, without it, I cant cook, itll be impossible to make fire... Zhang Xiao Qiang interrupted Fat Chef and looked towards Lu Ren Yi, who used to be a coal transport driver. This town doesnt have coal and we get the coal from X-town which is right beside us. There are many coal shafts there and a coal preparation nt. There should be a few kilotons of coal there. Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded his head and turned to Three, Send 20 men with Lu Ren Yi to obtain the coal tomorrow. Bring the excavator as well, Ill give you two days. Grab as much as you can, we dont know when will this be over. At this point, everyone felt depressed, after stabilizing down through many difficulties, they had a new problem. A home that everyone had worked so hard to built was on the brink of copse. Although they could run if all else failed, in the end, how many could actually run. The majority of them would still be left to feed the zombies. I think....that all of this isnt necessarily a bad thing. He Wen Bin suddenly spoke up, instantly attracting everyones attention. His words sparked some hope in them. Look at it this way, although the zombies areing out from the cities, we still have the power of deciding the battlefield. Im thinking like, the possibility of sniping and fighting at suburban areas, and we can ambush them in midway, and fight them there. At this point, He Wen Bin turned and looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang, We can first have Three send some men to lure the zombies away. If the zombies do not take the bait, we can formyers andyers of snipers. The Zombies can walk 5km a day, then well disrupt them and prevent them from walking the 5km. As long as we can sustain until the wall is built, what do we have to fear? He Wen Bins words caused everyones eyes to light up, thats right. Zombies walked on two legs, but they had cars. Zhang Xiao Qian deployed men to sweep the petrol stations once more, bringing the amount of fuel they had tost for 10 years. Aside from that, its more like arge risk and reward thing to me. Maybe it has higher risks, and I will not know how many zombies will remain in the city, but I know that as long as we kill them all, we will have a city worth of supplies. It is difficult to fight them in the city due to theplicated and unfamiliar terrain. If we send people to attack the city, not everyone will survive to get in. But what do we have to fear if the zombieses out on their own ord? He Wen Bin turned and looked at Zhang Xiao Qian again, I think that ourbat team has to expand, we cant just focus on defending, I feel that we need to initiatebat, as long as we obstruct their path and stagger the attacks, we will give the wall construction sufficient time. At that time, we will have the final battle against the zombies, with the wallpleted, between us. Chapter 245: Resolution

Chapter 245: Resolution

Here, He Wen Bin turned and looked towards the others, If we win, we can sweep the city empty and gather all the resources back. At that time, Old Frank can dig the mountain hollow. If we cant kill off all the zombies, at least we can defend and protect ourselves here. I reckon that at that point, the food supply in our base will be sufficient for more than a decade. Seeing how confident He Wen Bin was, Zhang Xiao Wiang nodded in agreement. Zhang Xiao Qiangs train of thoughts was to act passively to defend, with the only course of action as Three luring the zombies away. He Wen Bins idea was to take the opportunity while the zombies leave the city to destroy them in open areas. He had evenid out the best and worst case scenario for Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qian understood He Wen Bins intent, to clear the zombies, remove the huge threat towards the base and even obtain supplies and equipment from an entire city. If they failed, at least they would have provided extra time for the construction of the wall. Three, go and prepare. Gather a 100 of the bravest, this time only men. There isnt time for them to train, so we will let them learn on the job, if they survive, theyll be entitled to weapons and rice. If anyone tries to run on the battlefield, the le members can fire first, reportter. Shua Three stood up, nodded his head towards Zhang Xiao Qian and turned to leave. Wang Le.... Lead your men and help me overhaul two trucks overnight, install the 14.5 caliber AA guns on them, make sure they are capable of firing at any time, and able to run the moment they are finished. Wang Le stood up, nodded, and left. Old Frank, take 500kg worth of meat tickets and 10 cartons of cigarettes, take whatever else you need. All I want is for you to make more incentives for your subordinates. Tell them, the first three toplete their tastings first can marry wives, be hailed as team leaders, enjoy the benefits as thebat team members. I dont care about anything else, if the work can bepleted a day before or an hour before, do it. Do what you need, but remember that the time you have is earned by thebat team members. Old Frank nodded his head and left. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the others, what are you guys still waiting for? Get to work, now? Everyone except He Wen Bin scurried out, even the clumsy Fat Chef ran, and actually ran the fastest. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned and nodded towards He Wen Bin, Ill have to depend on you for matters inside the base, now that ammunition isnt a problem, I want everyone to have three magazines each, and every vehicle should have three times their current amount as well. After He Wen Bin nodded in agreement, Zhang Xiao Qiang walked out. On the next day, the greatest difference of the survivors was that nodies were seen wandering near theke, there were nobat members standing at the vi entrance with gifts waiting for their loved ones, as though the entire base had immersed into a strange and tense atmosphere. Aside from Zhang Xiao Qiang and the fewdies by his side, there was no one else idling. After suffering from the serious injuries for 100 days, Yuan Yi finally healed from the deep gash on her chest and could move as per normal, but Zhang Xiao Qiang knew that she had not truly recovered. Without a CT scan or X-ray, no one in the base could dare confirm Yuan Yi would not have any residual effects. Zhang Xiao Qiang brought thedies and did the morning training, the only difference was the participation of the dirty young boy. The young boy was unhappy that Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled him out of bed early in the morning. Looking at the young boy, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt puzzled. He had attempted to drag the boy out to wash his face, but the boy acted like a cat when he saw the water and immediately turned crazy. He struggled with all his might to escape and even bit Zhang Xiao Qiang. In the end, Zhang Xiao Qiang gave up. Seeing the lively and enthusiastic little boy, Zhang Xiao Qiang thought back of the time when he was young and caught fish in the river, then thought about the danger the base was in, and the silver lining of opportunity from the danger. His emotions ran wild as he continued to watch the boy goof off and dilly-dally. He went forward and kicked the boy in the butt. The little boy held his butt and jumped up and stared at Zhang Xiao Qiang with his bright and innocent eyes. Looking at the angry boy, Zhang Xiao Qiang scolded him, Whyre you still running so slowly, little boy, are you going to hide in your mums arms and drink milk all day? Youre now considered a man already, and very soon, youll have to hold a gun in the battlefield. When the boy heard the word gun, the look in his eyes turned passionate. He no longer stared at Zhang Xiao Qiang and focused on running. Seeing that the boy was serious, Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded his head. Fortunately, he did not kick too hard and used the same amount of strength his father used to kick him when he was young. I used to be kicked by dad, now its finally my turn to kick others. At this thought, Zhang Xiao Qiangs gloomy mood started to turn better. The meeting room changed into a wargaming room, the projector screen on the wall now hung arge map of J-City, a map found when Zhang Xiao Qiang was sweeping a small town. On the map was a small sesame-sized blue dot, which indicated Zhang Xiao Qiangs base, the hot spring base. On the map were various red circles drawn with pencils, while Zhang Xiao Qiangs blue dot stood right in the center of the middle most circle. The red circles represented the scattered zombies and by the looks of the map, the hot spring base was alreadypletely surrounded. It was not that the location Zhang Xiao Qiang found was bad, it was coincidentally in the center of the zombie hordes, and that the current state of the country where over a billion zombies roamed all over China. So regardless of where ones base was, they would definitely be surrounded by zombies. Looking at therge circles, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt like wrapping up the entire base and bringing it into an empty desert, the desert definitely would not have so many zombies. Around the blue dot was a small blue circle, which was the area of definite control the base had. Inside the blue circle, no zombies existed due to the scout members frequent missions to wipe them out. The blue circle was surrounded by a ck circle. In the past, Three had brought people to sweep this entire safe region where not a single horde of zombie existed. But due to therge area, they did not look for wandering and scattered zombies. Beyond the ck safe regionid a nk space, which was the so-called buffer zone. Here, many of the zombies were killed as well and the initial goal of thebat team members were to plunder the goods and kill the zombies. As the zombies spread out further, this opportunity was stopped as well. Seeing the red lines gradually extending into the nk space, Zhang Xiao Qiang fell into deep thoughts and started to sketch with the pencil in hand. In the end, he threw the pencil away, sat on the floor with his hands on his head as he looked up at the map on the wall. Aside from staying at home all day in the past, Zhang Xiao Qiang waspletely oblivious to anything rted to the army. Looking at the map, he could roughly gauge the situation between the zombies and them, but as to where to attack, ambush and utilize terrain, Zhang Xiao Qiang waspletely blind. After rubbing his temples, Zhang Xiao Qiang stood up once more and walked to the map. J-Citys terrain was notplicated, aside from a few scattered hills and a few mountain peaks, there were no natural strongholds. Looking at the map, Zhang Xiao Qiang finally knew why the civilian army would surrender in the civil war. The city was open at all four sides, and once surrounded by the military, what else could they do but surrender? Zhang Xiao Qiangs current situation was exactly like a civil war. But it was a pity that the zombies would never surrender, and aside from fighting to the death, there were no other options. Zhang Xiao Qiang ruffled his hair and looked at the map, the cigarette in his mouth emitted smoke until he felt the heat on his lips. He immediately spat out the cigarette butt out and took out a box. Zhang Xiao Qiang threw the crushed box in his hand on the ground. He then looked back at the map and walked out, back to his room for more cigarettes. Downstairs, the usually bustling main building was quiet, the logistic members that were usually busy moving things on a daily basis had gone to help out at the construction site. Zhang Xiao Qiang walked towards his home when a Prince motorbike approached him from a distance. The red paint on the bike body was like a dazzling me that sped across. In the blink of the eye, it arrived before him. Chapter 246: First sighting of the sea of corpses

Chapter 246: First sighting of the sea of corpses

The Prince motorbike did a drift that unleashed a sharp and screeching scream, it was actually Zhang Huai An who was seated as a pillion rider and the stunt had scared his wits out. The rider wore a covered helmet and fiery red jacket. He had to support the trembling Zhang Huai An down, who took a few deep breaths before being able to calm down. The situation is bad, Leader Zhang, Three and his men are surrounded at the coal town along with their drivers. Upon hearing that, Zhang Xiao Qiang felt a pain in his head. He did not understand what Zhang Huai An was saying and roared at him, Speak properly, they are all holding guns, even the HMG gunners cant be defeated that easily. Can you exin everything properly? Upon hearing that Zhang Xiao Qiang was angry, Zhang Huai An tugged at the riders sleeve, Quickly exin it to Leader Zhang, I didnt hear it well just now, you do the exining. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the wrinkled Zhang Huai An for a long while before lowering his head, speechless. Was Zhang Huai An here to report to me or make me feel worse? When the helmet was taken off, Zhang Xiao Qiang saw someone familiar, it was the chauffeur that had driven into the horde of zombies. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not recognize the young man as the bearded man, who was rather good-looking after removing his thick beard. He looked towards Zhang Xiao Qiang and exined....It was the second day where Three and his men were transporting coal. The location where the coal was situated was not far from the base and they could make a round in three hours. Additionally, the county which the coal belonged to required a four hours journey. On the first day, Three brought back 100 vehicles worth of coal, each vehicle carrying 6 ton of coal, which meant that in a day, they had brought back 600 tons worth of coal. ording to the n, they were to transport the coal and be back on the same day. with the thousand tons worth of coal, it could potentiallyst time for a few years. But in the afternoon, scouts from the area discovered a convoy of vehicles driving towards them. The convoy was not small, totaling up to more than 50 cars. As the convoy had kicked up a storm of dust, the scouts did not check clearly and immediately returned to the coalfield and informed Three. Upon hearing of the news, Three became worried. The base was alreadycking in manpower, how could the convoy hold 300 to 400 men? Upon thinking about that, Three led his subordinates and drove four off-road vehicles with machine guns installed out. After going through the painful lesson in the prison, Three no longer made rash decisions. From a height, he used the 10x binocrs Zhang Xiao Qiang gave him and observed the convoy. The scale of the convoy was trulyrge and was not just the 50 cars that his member had stated. Inside the storm of dust behind the convoy were at least another 30 off-road vehicles, 10rge buses, tworge oil tankers and more than 10rge trucks. At this point, Three threw the idea of bringing his men to charge at them. He noticed something amiss, the cars were moving extremely quickly with no proper formation in the convoy. They traveled in disorder and in random, as though they were escaping from something. As the convoy got closer, Three heard asional gunshots. At this time, Three knew that the convoy had encountered a problem. But ording to their speed, it was impossible for a zombie horde to catch up to them, so what were they escaping from? When the convoy was about a kilometer away, Three finally saw small ck dots within the cloud of dust. S2s, many S2 zombies. There were at least 10 of them, and if it was Zhang Xiao Qiang himself, he would have turned and run. He would have ordered for them to evacuate with all the fast-moving vehicles and give up on the excavators. But Three was different, for he had never personally experienced the terror of the S2s. He had seen them twice before and knew that they were fast, but at that time, the S2 had not unleashed its full potential in its charged and was shot down by Shangguan Qiao Yun. To Three, the S2s were just slightly stronger than Type-S and Type-D zombies. Even when his members had told them about their encounter with an S2, he never kept it to heart. Three brought four off-road vehicles and moved in recklessly to save them, but his HMG only wounded a few of them before being locked. The S2s were extremely cunning, after experiencing the power of the HMG, they dodged and scattered about. Although they were scattered, they never gave up, some of them dealt with Threes off-road vehicle while another group made a detour and charged in from the side. When he saw how slippery and cunning they were, Three finally realized the trouble he got himself into and quickly ordered them to head back to the coalfield. Threes vehicles had been revamped by Wang Le and upon driving, they quickly reached the front of the convoy. Three no longer cared about the potential few hundred manpower and rushed towards the coalfields. He only cared about getting his own people to leave. Who would have thought that Threes bold and formidable firepower would have gained the acknowledgment of the other convoy as they followed behind Three. Seeing them behind, Three immediately regretted his actions but he was unwilling to use the HMG to explode one of the vehicles behind him. Just like this, all the vehicles drove along with his team into the coalfields. Fortunately, the coalfields value was high prior to the apocalypse. To prevent thieves from entering and stealing his coal, the owner of thend built a wall around the coalfields, to which Three installed four HMGs to seal and cover the big gates. Threes n was to hold the fort like that, but the chauffeur before Zhang Xiao Qiang had witnessed the scene where the S2 jumped down a building but was killed by Zhang Xiao Qiang. He quickly informed Three that the S2s could climb walls, which caused Three to be anxious. They then informed everyone to retreat to the coalfields main building. Regardless of whether it was the hot spring base people or convoy, everyone worked together and sealed themselves in. The main building was also constructed in a strange manner with five stories built with quality materials. The most crucial thing was that the upper floors did not have windows and vents the size of human heads. Lu Ren Yi exined the rationale behind the vents. The quantity of soot in the coalfields was high and whenever the wind blew in, all the ss windows would turn ck. If they opened the windows, the soot would dirty the interior of the building. Angered by this, the owner bricked up all the windows and used lights to illuminate the rooms within. But due to this, the building became warm in winter and cool in summer with fans installed to ventte and circte the air in the room which pleased the owner for a long time. The pleased owner was either turned into bones or into a zombie that Threes subordinates had killed, but the entire building became Threes. And just like that, everyone got stuck in the building while the S2s gathered outside. Three had everyone work together and pilerge furniture against the entrance doors and had the machine guns aimed at the doors. Three regretted that they had used explosives to burst down the locked doors the previous day. Aside from a few zombies that died from starvation, there was nothing inside the building. If Old Frank as around, they would have simply opened the lock. That way, the S2s would have been locked outside. Initially, the S2s attempted charging into the building. But after the first few were burst into smithereens by the machine guns, the other S2s no longer dared to charge in. The five-story building had a flight of steps that led to the roof. On top, 10 members held onto binocrs and observed the S2s climbing the walls. But without windows, the S2s had no way to climb up to the roof. Aside from firing down from the roof and causing the S2s to jump about, the members also discussed on the strange and small build of the S2s. In the end, they finally realized that all the S2s were female. Zombies did not distinguish themselves by gender and could not reproduce. Just like the D2 Zhang Xiao Qiang killed at the granary, therge D2s that wereparable to giants had minute little brothers that did not mutate along with the rest of the bodies. Even if Zhang Xiao Qiang had somehow chopped it off, it would not have caused a serious wound to the D2. The fact that the S2s below were all females only proved that all of them were female before the apocalypse. If Zhang Xiao Qiang was present, he would have shocked by this revtion. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not have any thoughts on the Type-S or ordinary zombies before, but the D2s that he had killed were all male. While the members stayed vignt and chat all day, hoping to ease the tension in their hearts, they caught sight of the slow-moving zombie horde from far away. Three and the leader of the convoy, a robust man about the age of 30, arrived at the roof. As they looked into the horizon, they could faintly make out a long ck line that had no end, slowly surging in like the Qiantang River. Not knowing how long it would take for the zombies to move towards them, Threes face quickly became pale. The leader of the convoy remained calm, as hemented, The Earth no longer has a safe haven for humans to live in anymore. Chapter 247: Preparing for the Rescue

Chapter 247: Preparing for the Rescue

A Prince Motorbike was pushed out from the back door of the building. Under the cover fire of 20 rifles from the roof, Three brought a few men and used explosives on the perimeter wall. BANG.... A cloud of dust soared to the sky, countless brick pieces struck the metal doors and made nk sounds. Two robust men rushed from the doors to the copsed wall and cleared the debris all over. Upon returning back to the building, a red shadow charged out towards the opening. The journey to and from the base and the coalfield was three hours. When the informer returned to the base after one and a half hourster, Zhang Xiao Qiang brought 160bat team members and stood on a small sand dune 2 km away from the coalfield. Gunshots from rifles and machine guns could be heard from the coalfields as the sea of zombies that extended over the horizon like an ocean but had yet to enter into the coalfield. Seeing the endless horde, Zhang Xiao Qiang hesitated. The horde was half an hour away from the coalfields, but how was Zhang Xiao Qiang going to clear over 10 S2s in the same time and bring the survivors out? The answer was impossible. Zhang Xiao Qiang knew how powerful the S2s were, ordinary members did not even have the power to retaliate against them, and the coalfield was filled with over a hundred vehicles that distorted andplicated the terrain, narrowing their field of fire. Additionally, the S2s enjoyed sneaking about. Thinking about the 60 veterans and 100 odd new members behind him, theplicated terrain in the coalfield, and the scene whereby the S2s appeared from above and the side to ughter hisbat team, Zhang Xiao Qiang dispelled the silly and absurd idea. Order, Type-92 mortar team will bombard the zombies 2km away, stop them from approaching the coalfield. Zhang Xiao Qiang then shouted, Zhang Huai An! Yes! The usually mischievous Zhang Huai An stood out solemnly and looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang with a never-before-seen seriousness. Facing the zombie horde, Zhang Huai An was impatient once again, eager to get on with his new mission. Take 50 members and protect the infantry mortars, Ill give you another three machine gun teams and two mortar groups, you dont have to kill zombies, just ensure that the two mortar teams are safe. Remember, always maintain a 2km distance from the horde. Yes. Even if I have to die, I will not let the mortar team die or lose any mortars. With that said, Zhang Huai An chose his members and infantry mortar teams and moved towards their designated location. Seeing therge truck holding ammunition for the Type-92 Mortars drive towards the right of the zombie horde, Zhang Huai An led his subordinates and sat in the off-road vehicle and drove off. Zhang Xiao Qiang then turned to the fully armed He Wen Bin. After breaking his arm, the cheerful and easy He Wen Bin changed. He became much calmer, unlike his proud and loud past and became more reserved. Unlike his unsophisticated self in the past, he became impossible to predict, became a perfectionist thatpleted all kinds of taskings given to him down to the smallest detail. That was how Zhang Xiao Qiang was able to be free, as He Wen Bin assisted him 80% of the time. Aside from the people from the chicken farm, those that joinedter did not know of He Wen Bins past personality. In their eyes, he was a swift and decisive man with a horror second only to Zhang Xiao Qiang. He held the authority to punish others and was never softhearted towards those who erred, regardless of them being robust men or frail women. He viewed them all as equals. In other peoples eyes, he was emotionless and stuck to the book. Even when the people from the chicken farm made a mistake, he would punish them equally. If Zhang Xiao Qiang did not have the habit of throwing people to the zombies, who knows? Others might even feel that Zhang Xiao Qiang was much kinder than He Wen Bin. On this day, He Wen Bin was different from his usual solemn and calctive look. Completely dressed in military uniform, glossy weapons hung around his waist, and a ck Type-92 pistol holstered on the pistol belt emitted killing intent. He Wen Bin raised his head and looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang. He was excited, excited about the fact that he was able to fight the zombies. He was born to be restless, if not for his old mans deathbed advice, he would have never appeared on the highway. After sustaining his injury, he felt that he owed Zhang Xiao Qiang his life, and was willing to do all sorts of taskings to repay the debt. Now, finally, it was his day of battle. He looked towards Zhang Xiao Qiang with fervent in his eyes. Take the remaining men and clear out the zombies on the circumference, do your best to deal the most severe wounds and if possible, kill as many as you can. Pay attention tomunicate with Zhang Huai An, Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped and thought for a moment, Dont think of sniping them. You guys cannot stand on the same spot and wait for the zombies toe, take initiative to engage and move, constantly maintaining a distance with the zombies and at the same time gaining time for me. Dont put too much risk on yourself. If we cant get out, dont keep holding ground and just retreat. With that said, Zhang Xiao Qiang turned towards the moving sea of zombies with a frustrated look. He Wen Bin nodded then looked at him, Brother Cockroach, are you prepping to personally enter the coalfield? After asking, he looked at Yang Keer, Shangguan Qiao Yun, and Guo Fei, who were standing beside Zhang Xiao Qiang. On this day, Yang Keer had abandoned her loved mace and changed it to therge scimitar that was used previously by Yuan Yi, along with aposite steel shield. The shield was covered with a ck skin that belonged to the porcupine rat. It was tanned by Wang Le and riveted onto the shield. Yang Keer was unwilling to hold a new weapon, but under Zhang Xiao Qiangs threat, she finally relented. She knew it for herself, even before she could swing her mace, the rat-like zombies would sneak up on her and prevent her from hitting them. Shangguan Qiao Yun had tied her Lara Croft braid at the back of her head and left a neat fringe at the front. She exuded a natural grace and maturity even though her long sideburns were slightly messy. She gave off a sweet sense and adding the sniper rifle on her back and the M1911A1 on her waist, she was a mix of being wild and seductive. As for Guo Fei? He was still the same, squatted and having the anxious look as though he was looking to die. When he saw the endless sea of zombies, his eyes lit up with a strange light. The knife that he used to poke the ground in impatience started to tremble along with him as more and more small holes appeared on the ground. Looking at the few people by Zhang Xiao Qiangs side, He Wen Bin did not dare believe it. Three had over 20 members with Type-56 AR and four HMGs but was still surrounded and trapped by the 10 odd S2s. Where did Zhang Xiao Qiangs confidencee from? Chapter 248: The sea of zombies

Chapter 248: The sea of zombies

Brother Cockroach, dont you have too few people? He Wen Bin reminded him with a good intention. He had great confidence in Zhang Xiao Qiang against two S2s, but not so when Zhang Xiao Qiang and only three other people were up against more than 10 S2s. Back at the granary, He Wen Bin was almost eaten by the S2, and even Zhang Xiao Qiang had great difficulties against it. How many months has it been only? Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded his head, Get Chen Ye to follow us. Zhang Xiao Qiang sat in the machine gunners seat on the top and watched as 10 off-road vehicles and tworge trucks drove towards leftwards of the sea of zombies. Bang...bang... Two explosions urred at the front and back of the dense horde of zombies. As the red light scattered, more than 10 pairs of limbs flew into the air. The shockwave from the explosions caused the zombies around to fall and was instantly trampled upon by theirrades. The two high explosive rounds were fired 100m away from each other, but the radius in which was affected was more than that. The zombies that had assembled so close to each other prevented anyone from finding out exactly how many there were. As the saying goes a hundred thousand people is boundless. Here, the zombies definitely numbered far more than ten thousand. The vast number of zombies made it look as though they had poured out from the horizon like a ck wave. (TN: I have no clue on what that saying is. Its literally saying a poption of a 100 thousand is boundless.) If, the zombies numbered a few hundred or a few thousand, two 70mm high explosives right in the center would empty out 2 10m circles. If they were lucky, it would also induce a temporary mess in the zombie horde and disrupt their moving speed. And it was only possible in a situation whereby a sea of zombies thatprised of countless zombies moved together that two powerful and high explosives would be like two stones dropping into a marsh. Aside from a few ripples, it would not leave a trace. Looking at the endless sea of zombies, Zhang Xiao Qiang became somewhat confused. He was confident in the might of the Type-92 mortars, which he used to destroy the rats. The rat tide was nowhere smaller than the zombie horde, and the rats were even faster than them. But Zhang Xiao Qiang never thought that the difference in size would affect the result of the sts. The shockwave caused by one high explosive bomb was strong enough to lift all the light weighted and smaller rats into the air and the majority of them would be flung about. But it was different for the zombies, although their bodies had lost most of the moisture content, they still weight at least 10kg. The force produced by the explosive was absorbed by the surrounding zombies. As the zombie horde moved constantly, the empty space produced by the explosion was quickly covered up. At a location where Zhang Xiao Qiang had no vision of, a half-meter bomb crater emitted smoke. Various zombie limbs were scattered in the vicinity, mixed with charred soil. The air around the crater was slightly distorted due to the heat, and behind this slightly distorted space, a wall of darkness moved extremely slowly. It was arge zombie with ck and dried skin. The tworge hands with des as ws gave off sinister auras. This zombie was not fast and slowly moved like a wall, towards the edge of the crater where a Type-D zombie with half of is body remaining struggled on the ground. It used its two strong and powerful arms to crawl on the ground. After losing its two legs and the ability to stand on its own, it crawled and howled, constantly receiving the response from other Type-D zombies around. All the zombies around moved on silently, while this particr zombie continued crawling, crawling towards an unknown location. Concentrated rows of parallel ck thighs appeared behind its back. These countless zombies inched forward as soles slowly pushed off the ground, where only darkness could be seen between the spaces of the legs. No one knew how many zombies were following along and moving together, just that this ck wall of zombies trampled over the Type-D zombie. The Type-D Zombie grabbed onto a leg and pulled the owner down with it. Before the ordinary zombie could even struggle up, countless legs trampled over them. That was how half a Type-D zombie and the ordinary zombie drowned to death. A zombie stumbled into the crater as it stepped into it. Another zombie followed behind. Following that, the same wall of zombies trampled over them, to the point that they became a filler for the crater. Layers uponyers, rows upon rows of zombies formed the horde that resembled a silent army. The zombies, like a mountain, staggered towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, making it feel as though the off-road vehicle he was on was merely a de of grass on the mountain. DA.....DA....DA.... When the horde was 800m close, Zhang Xiao Qiang pulled the safety on the Type-54 12.7mm AA gun and fired at them. Zhang Xiao Qiangs enhanced eyes and strength gave him the advantages to be a gifted firer. His spray with the gun was so urate that it could bepared to a sniper. Although the off-road vehicle was bumpy, Zhang Xiao Qiangs sharpshooting skills were not affected in the least. The long and glowing 12.7mm bullets prated through the hordes. Every five bullets would follow up with a tracer round that unleashed a bright and dazzling light. The front-most zombie instantly exploded into five pieces. Before the body parts even dropped to the ground, the zombie behind it had its chest st apart. After the first zombie, four to five other zombies in the straight line were blown apart into iplete corpses. BANG.... The high-velocity 12.7mm bullet prated a few zombies and finally exhausted its thrust. The slightly deformed bullet ignited the explosive within it and burst a zombie into pieces that burned and fell onto other zombies. Of course, the amount of incendiary within the bullets did not amount to much, but the prative power of the 12.7mm bullets was not something a 7.6mm bullet could possiblypare to. If a HMG was enough to unleash a wall of bullets to prevent zombies from taking a step closer, the 12.7mm AA gun was effective enough to be a meat grinder within a kilometer distance. All the zombies that were tagged by Zhang Xiao Qiang were left as iplete bodies, aside from a few lucky zombies that had their bodies split right into two. The majority of zombies had their limbs separated from their bodies, and every 12.7mm bullet Zhang Xiao Qiang unleashed was strong enough to prate through a minimum of three to five zombies, and even reach up to eight zombies. The 12.7mm explosive bullets that were capable of prating through a 10mm steel te at an 800m distance unleashed a storm of bullets that shredded the zombie horde. The zombies either exploded in mes, or their bodies were burst into multiple pieces. Chapter 249: Entering the Coalfield

Chapter 249: Entering the Coalfield

Suddenly, the zombies at the frontlines turned chaotic. The few human-shaped mes moved randomly in the horde and spread the incendiary to other zombies. These numb zombies continued to endure the heat of the mes while the other zombies continued onwards. The mes gotrger to the point of enveloping arge crowd of zombies. The zombies natural instincts overwrote the mysterious zombies orders and started moving in chaos all around, transferring the mes onto other zombies. It was a pity the chaos was only a small portion of the sea of zombies. Arger wave suppressed the zombies on fire and trampled over them, although countless of them were burnt alive, many more drowned them out. The Type-54 12.7mm AA guns bandolier only held 70 bullets and had a firing rate of 80 rounds per minute. In less than a minute, the AA gun in Zhang Xiao Qiangs hand was emptied. While swapping for a new bandolier, consecutive explosions boomed out like thunder that caused Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart to tremble. Golden lights sprayed across the zombie horde like shooting stars, shing past Zhang Xiao Qiangs sharp eyes. The power from the golden lights flung the zombies and dirt into the air, as though a powerful storm had arrived, instantly breaking the sea of zombies that moved like a wall of darkness apart. After having the mutation in his yes, Zhang Xiao Qiang was able to witness everything that transpired within the chaos. The power from therge caliber bullets forced the soil and rocks up into the sky, along with the broken limbs from the zombies and organs that dropped like hail. More than 10 lone zombies stood in ce amongst the mess, unsure of why the mysterious sound that ordered them around had suddenly disappeared. As the rays of light slowly extended deeper into the horde, more zombies were torn into pieces and flung into the air. The continuous golden lights were like heated fuel that spread across the ck snow of zombies, instantly dissolving them and decreasing the horde at a rate visible to the naked eye. In the middle of the sea of zombies was a flipped over truck. The blue and charred truck had rusted over months of rain and shine and looked like an isted ind in the sea of darkness. Countless zombies moved around it with the asional Type-S zombies jumping over it and into the sea of zombies. At the same time, therge truck was slowly pushed forward by the power of the horde. The rain of limbs and soil brought about by the gold bullets moved over. Instantly, the zombies to the right of the vehicle were ripped to shreds by therge caliber bullets. The sky full of limbs and sandnded on the vehicle, producing nking sounds as they struck the metallic surface. Countless beams of light struck the vehicle, Booom.... The incendiary explosives within the 14.5mm bullet exploded the truck and produced red mes that flew in all directions. Rumble.... The entire truck burned and formed arge gold storm as countless zombies were ripped by the metal pieces. The zombies that were not ripped apart were set ame by the burning metal, causing all the zombies around the vehicle to burn. As a result, the entire 100m space around the vehicle became empty without any standing zombies left. This was thest scene Zhang Xiao Qiang saw before entering the coalfield. Ahead of them were countless vehicles of various sizes. The windows and bodies of these vehicles were yellow from the soil and muddy water. After drying up, all of these vehicles formed a thin and yellowyer of dust. Almost all of the vehicles had different scars and w marks on the bodies. Arge bus even had more than 10 w marks, the entire metal surface had been wed out by sharp des. Over at the main building, endless gunfires could be heard from HMGs and rifles at a location 100m away from them. Countless vehicles blocked their line of sight, and over 10 members on the top of the building waved their rifles towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. Beneath the main building was a couple of S2s that attempted to scale the building with great efforts. One of them dropped on all fours and retreated over 10m and suddenly shot forward. When it was 2m away from the building, it leaped upwards and nted itself onto the wall and used all four limbs to propel itself upwards. In the end, it was unable to find an object for it to propel itself further. It started descending and used its sharp ws to slow its speed, leaving behind deep w marks. The ck soot and white cement drawn out from the ws descended down along with the S2. Countless deep w marks were left on the surface of the wall. Yet another s2 sped forward and used the momentum to jump up the wall. Following its intense speed, its ws coincidentally grabbed onto the w marks left behind by another S2. By relying on this support, it pushed itself up another 2m. A loud shot came out as a 12.7mm caliber bullet shot onto its back. The S2s small body was instantly sted apart, Bang..... A fiery light appeared at its chest as a me enveloped its body. The burning corpse and some cement fragments dropped down, and a small hole appeared at the 6m height of the building. Due to the powerful impact of the fire, a hole was formed. Zhang Xiao Qiang was startled by the hole, did he just create a tform for the S2? In the driver seat, Shangguan Qiao Yun drove the vehicle along the perimeter of the coalfield in a zigzag pattern around the various vehicles. Yang Keer sat by her side and watched the S2s climbing the wall, Stupid, why did you fall down. You almost reached the top. Hmmm, do your best, good good, grab it grab it. Quickly climb up. Oh my god, youre really an idiot, you wasted such a good opportunity.... Guo Fei sat at the back. He raised his head and looked at the S2 with disinterest. Using a spotless and pure cotton handkerchief, he gently wiped the mirror-like de. The de in his hand was the weapon left behind by Liu Tou and was made of unknown materials that did not chip even after deflecting many strikes from the Jing Wei de. Guo Fei did not have any disgust towards this de that had carved over 10 scars on his body. The difference in quality between this de and the broken de he had before was like heaven and earth. To him, this de was his lover, his hope, and the only thing that would be buried with him when he dies. Beside Guo Fei was Chen Ye, who had the Jing Wei de ced right by her feet. Zhang Xiao Qiang had the Rat King de and no longer held any attachments towards the de. Furthermore, the Jing Wei de could not pierce through the D2, whats the point of keeping it? Unlike Lunatic Guo Fei, Chen Ye did not keep her weapon well. She casuallyid the Jing Wei de to the side and leaned in her chair as she looked at the back of the seat in front of her. She was in her most natural state, and quietly waited for the battle toe. Chapter 250: Charging in

Chapter 250: Charging in

The same ck cloth covered her face, only revealing two pitch ck and clear eyes that looked to be lost in thought. The skin around her eyes was spotless and soft. Shifting slightly downwards to the side of her face, a small and faint scar could be seen. After driving past an oil tanker, the off-road vehicle drove to an empty space left of the coalfield, where a few abandoned vehicles were left behind. A small Toyota vehicle continued to burn while the other vehicles were ridden with bullet holes. The windscreen at the front of the vehicle was covered with spiderweb-like cracks with a few scattered bullet holes. An S2 corpseid near the few vehicles, the skin on its body boiled away and half of its head gone. Four S2 zombies were still attempting the impossible, while one of the S2 turned. The off-road vehicles engine had attracted its attention. Hearing the engine that was approaching, the S2 shot towards the vehicle like a hunting dog. DA.... The zing hot Type-54 AA bullet shot towards the iing S2. Right at that moment, Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly realized that everything around him seemed to have turned into slow motion. In his eyes, the S2 that was sprinting towards the vehicle like a hunting dog was like a puppy walking unsteadily and he was able to see the trajectory and wind behind the bullets shooting out from the gun that was supposedly flying at 830-850 m/s. Bang The S2 exploded like a water bag. Countless bones, flesh, and innards flew and spun in the air in slow motion in Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes. As the S2s parts fell to the ground, Zhang Xiao Qiangs vision suddenly returned to normal, inducing a burst of immense vertigo in him. Zhang Xiao Qiang almost puked but endured the spinning vertigo and aimed the gun at the remaining S2s. Wave after wave of the pain struck at him and prevented him from aiming well. The Type-54 AA guns loud gunshots alerted the three remaining S2s. They no longer attempted to climb up the building but turned and rushed at Zhang Xiao Qiangs off-road vehicle. CREAAAK.... The off-road vehicle came to a sudden stop. Zhang Xiao Qiang dropped the handle of the gun immediately and drew out the Beast Horn Spear and King Rat de before jumping out of the post and onto the hood of the vehicle. The distance between the vehicle and the S2s were not far. In the blink of the eye, the three S2s were right in front of him. Two of them pounced towards the vehicle while one pounced at Zhang Xiao Qiang, who was on the hood of the car. In that instant, Zhang Xiao Qiang had barelynded on the hood and used the momentum to leap outwards. In midair above the S2, Zhang Xiao Qiang leaned to the side and avoided the S2s left w while directing the Beast Horn Spear in his left hand to stab straight into its heart from below the w. The inertia from his jump and his weight was enough for the Beast Horn Spear to stab into the S2 and forcing it to fall. Plop... He and the zombie fell to the ground. Chi... Zhang Xiao Qiang used the Beast Horn Spear and nailed the S2 into the ground, which retaliated by swiping its w out at him. Zhang Xiao Qiang continued wielding the Beast Horn Spear while staring at the iing w. He braced himself and raised his left arm. SHUA Zhang Xiao Qiangs sleeves were ripped into pieces, the w broke his sleeves and got caught onto a greenish-ck skin. Zhang Xiao Qiang released the Beast Horn Spear and rolled to the side. Looking at his broken sleeves, Zhang Xiao Qiang could still feel the fear in him. If he did not look for Wang Le to prepare a set of battle uniform made out of the porcupine rat skin before moving out, he would have died there. The 80cm Beast Horn Spear remained stuck in the S2s chest. Knowing that it was no longer capable of climbing back up, he turned and faced the other two S2s. Everything happened in a few seconds. After jumping off the hood and going against the S2, the other two zombies arrived at the side of the vehicle. As one of them was about to w at the door, it was kicked open. The door was broken by Yang Keers kick and collided onto the S2. The immense force pushed the S2 backward, Bang.... It collided into the other S2 behind and both fell to the floor. Without losing its inertia, the car door struck the other S2 and continued flying. As the saying goes, When it rains, it pours. The two S2s that were struck and fell did not even have the time to climb back up when arge scimitar hacked down on them. That was how the two fearsome-looking S2s were hacked into four pieces on the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang turned at the time when Yang Keer finished chopping them and kept the scimitar. She turned towards him and gave him a smile. Zhang Xiao Qiang ignored her smile and threw the Rat King de over to her. Resembling a scythe, the Rat King de spun in the air and sliced through the head of one of the S2s. The teeth on the Rat King de sawed through them with ease and released brain fluids and ck blood from the head. When the S2 fell to the ground, its sharp ws were only a few millimeters away from Yang Keers trousers. She looked at it and showed it her tongue, then raised the de in her hand and hacked down on the remaining S2. While Zhang Xiao Qiang red at Yang Keer after throwing the Rat King de to her, Shangguan Qiao Yun and the other two passengers got off the vehicle. Shangguan Qiao Yun checked the magazine that stored 10 bullets before pulling on the safety of her gun and looked around. Guo Fei and Chen Ye stood by the side and waited for orders. Yang Keers walked over to the S2 that was nailed to the ground and beheaded it, then pulled out the Beast Horn Spear and returned it to Zhang Xiao Qiang in an attempt to curry favor from him. Zhang Xiao Qiang and the group inspected their equipment before walking to therge doors. They had to bypass obstructions made out of various cars and he wanted them to take caution. After thinking about it, he kept the Rat King de back into its leather sheath slung by his right leg. The leather sheath hadyers of cotton inside to prevent the Rat King des teeth from cutting it apart. Zhang Xiao Qiang held the Desert Eagle in his right and the Beast Horn Spear in his left hand and took the lead. Beside him, Shangguan Qiao Yun held onto her sniper, followed by Guo Fei and Chen Ye and Yang Keer taking the rear. The loud gunfires from the 14.5mm AA guns continued to ur outside of the coalfield wall, along with explosions caused by Type-92 Battalion Guns. A bright and red light descended from the sky as the loud explosives reverberated in everybodys ears. Zhang Xiao Qiangs military boots stepped on the ground filled with ck and produced creaking sounds. He carefully walked through the pathway formed from the vehicles. The narrow and rugged pathway barely had light within and was extremely dark. He raised his head and looked up at the sky, the weather was gloomy and downcast, the dark clouds covered the blue sky, it was already past 3 in the afternoon. Zhang Xiao Qiang quickened his pace. asionally, Yang Keer would look behind them, the entire team were extremely careful. They raised their heads and looked at the roof of the vehicles, at the bottom of the vehicles and even at the crevices between each vehicle. Chen Ye and Guo Fei caught an S2 rushing towards them from across the field and knew that the narrow space would only hinder them. Only by taking the initiative and attacking the S2 could they win. Chapter 251: Ambushed

Chapter 251: Ambushed

(TN: Changed Yang Keers weapon from a scimitar to a dogleg machete, realized that scimitar isnt the right trantion. Sorry guys!) The gunfires from the main building continued incessantly. The battle outside the walls became even more intense and only Zhang Xiao Qiangs location was strangely quiet. Bang... The sound came from the roof of a car on their right as a ck figure appeared. The few of them turned to look. An uneasy feeling surged from Zhang Xiao Qiangs mind, he knew that they were being eyed by the zombies but did not know how many S2s had their attention on them. He continued to lead them through the dark and narrow space. As they advanced slowly, the unease became even stronger. More and more ck figures flickered around them. It was definitely more than one S2, and three ck figures would asionally appear in front of them. The ck figures appeared more frequently, heightening their sense of cautiousness even higher. S2s appeared at different corners and moved silently on the car roofs. From the cracks between the vehicles, figures of the S2s could be seen flitting across, most possibly after eating a few HMG bullets, they had learned to be prudent. This prudence made the S2s the most difficult to handle, they were like assassins lingering around in the darkness, having given up their berserk frontal assaults, they moved around Zhang Xiao Qiangs team slowly, seeking a dead angle to kill them. They hade to recognize that the group of humans before them were not food on a tter being served to them. The team kept looking left and right, the ck figures that moved constantly caused ripples of emotions to stir within them. Guo Feis right hand that held the de trembled slightly. Eyes bloodshot, he remained fixated on the phantom-like S2s and could not resist but to lick his dry lips. Chen Ye gently unsheathed the Jing Wei de. She stared at the S2s and held onto the handle tightly. The ck cloth covering her face prevented others from seeing her emotions, but her calm and steady steps, straightened back and clear eyes revealed that this girl, that enjoyed hiding in the shadows like Guo Fei, was not afraid. Yang Keer held her de and shield and followed behind. The previous fight almost turned her into a zombie, causing her to be even more careful, to the point that she reacted to every slight sound behind her, the dogleg machete in her hand ready for action. Zhang Xiao Qiang moved quietly at the front. He was not afraid of his back with Shangguan Qiao Yun by his side. He hadplete trust in her with her mysterious marksmanship but was unsure of how long the firepower outside could hold the sea of zombies. His n was to converge with Three and withdraw quickly. He was not afraid of fighting the S2s lurking around them as long as they return to the Battalion Guns. BANG.... A loud gunshot urred behind him. An S2 dropped from the bus to the left of Zhang Xiao Qiang and fell to his feet. The 7.62mm bullet had struck the side of its skull, but its brain was miraculously spared from any injury, allowing the S2 to continue struggling. The brain resembled a walnut kernel within the ck blood vessels, as some yellowish fluid flowed out from the hole. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the moving S2 and used the Beast Horn Spear in his left hand to prate through its defenseless head. After twisting the spear gently, the S2 stopped moving like a machine without electricity. This S2 was perfectly hidden at Zhang Xiao Qiangs dead angle but Shangguan Qiao Yun caught sight of its ck leg. Seeing that Zhang Xiao Qiang was walking right past the zombie, she did not even hesitate and fired off. As the shot came from a difficult angle, the S2 did not die instantly. The Type-85 Sniper Rifles shot was a signal for the surrounding S2s to attack. It was unknown whether there were 10 or 12 of them, but many ck shadows jumped from their corners. Some of them sprinted on the vehicles, some appeared at the cracks between the cars, some rushed from the front and some from the back. Following another fire from the sniper rifle in Shangguan Qiao Yuns hand, an S2 on the vehicles dropped and rolled down until it struck a car that had its hood opened. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not have the time to witness Shangguan Qiao Yuns victory. Two S2s were running side-by-side towards him. The two zombies used four limbs and charged at him like two ck panthers. A motorbike brake chain swung out from Zhang Xiao Qiangs right hand, colliding onto the two S2s. The metal chain barbs bit onto their ck and withered skin and hooked onto them. Zhang Xiao Qiang then used the chains to tie around the two zombies. The two wrapped up zombies were like two kittens tangled in yarn. They scratched the floor while being pulled by Zhang Xiao Qiang. BANG BANG.... Two gunshots exploded the two S2 heads. Yang Keer faced three S2s, but the tunnel only had a width that allowed two s2s to run side-by-side., forcing one to take the lead with the other two behind. Yang Keer stared at the first zombie coldly and drew the steel shield on her left hand closer to her body. In an instant, the S2 jumped towards Yang Keer and unleashed two sharp and ck ws. Yang Keer swung her left arm, connecting the steel shield with the two ws, instantly breaking them apart. The strength behind the steel shield was so great that the impact did not lessen her speed as it continued to smash onto the S2s chest. The S2s ribs were immediately shattered, and this unfortunate S2 was smacked aside like a ping-pong ball. This S2 was swung back faster than it ran over, Bang.... The S2 smashed onto a small vehicle, shattering all the ss that dropped to the ground. The S2s lifeless corpse dropped to the ground with broken ss all around, therge pit on its body hinted that all the bones in its body were broken. Yang Keer looked at the remaining two zombies and raised therge dogleg machete in her hand. WUUUU.... The dogleg machete unleashed a sharp howl as it shed through the air. The added spin from her body allowed the dogleg machete to sweep past the cars by her side andnded on the next zombie, slicing its head into half. The force behind the dogleg machete was powerful enough to cleave the zombies head away and forced the body to fly outwards. The body bore into the metal surface and got stuck, along with the machete. Even without her main weapon, Yang Keer did not panic. She used the steel shield in her hand and smacked out again. Thest S2 received the same treatment as the first zombie, the only difference was that the first was flung into the air while this zombie was smashed onto the ground. This S2 spun on the ground like a spinning top before being stuck beneath a small vehicle. Chapter 252: Close quarters entanglemen

Chapter 252: Close quarters entanglemen

t Seeing that the S2 could no longer move, Yang Keer gave a smirk. She walked over towards the dogleg machete when suddenly, an S2 appeared from behind a vehicle covered in grime. Itunched its two ck ws at Yang Keer and opened its mouth, revealing its yellow and darkened teeth towards her throat. Yang Keers direction was towards the machete and the S2 appeared from her right, which prevented her from reacting immediately with the shield that was on her left hand. It was already toote as Yang Keer turned her body to face the zombie. In a panic, Yang Keer used the shield to cover her face and did a half-kneel, which caused the S2 swiped the air above her head. In the air, the S2 that could not feel anything was pulled by its left thigh. By the time itnded on the ground, its ck leg was torn off its body. Yang Keer stood up with her heart beating quickly. She walked over to the S2 on the floor, stepped on its back, used the dogleg machete and hooked onto the S2s throat. The S2s ck and round head was instantly nicked off from the body by the extremely sharp de. Looking down on the S2, Yang Keer stuck out her little tongue before turning towards Zhang Xiao Qiang, she wanted to see if he had noticed her mistake again. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not have the time to look at her. He was the leader and also the main target of the Type-S zombies. Although he had killed off two S2s at the beginning, even more of them wereing towards him. He had thrown the empty Desert Eagle on the ground. He had finished up the remaining five bullets, and although Shangguan Qiao Yun was able to handle the S2s, the Sniper Rifle in her hand fired off Type-53 HMG bullets. The recoil from it was not something the Garand Rifle couldpete with, and thus needed his protection. Two S2s jumped down from the left and right towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. One of them had its head sted off in midair, perfectly timed by Shangguan Qiao Yun who had just reloaded her rifle. The brain juice and blood sttered all around its body the moment itnded on the ground. With one down, Zhang Xiao Qiang faced off against the remaining one that had appeared before him. The features of the hideous zombie were extremely clear in his eyes, his sharp eyes able to capture the white cement gs and soil particles between the creases of the withered and ck skin. He was able to see flesh between its sharp teeth, and could naturally see the sharpness of the wsing towards him. The gold spirals Beast Horn Spear smashed onto the S2s frail shoulder, distorting the entire arm into an extremely weird angle. He ced the bright tip of the Rat King de at the S2s throat and exerted strength and was flung onto the car. Used to the Jing Wei de, Zhang Xiao Qiang used the scythe-like Rat King de like a sword and pierced into the S2s throat, but it was fine, his right hand pulled in the opposite direction, allowing the teeth on the de to saw the head off. The sharpness of the Rat King de prated through the S2 and drew a long scar on the blue-colored vehicle as well. Zhang Xiao Qiang retracted the Rat King de and stabbed downwards with the Beast Horn Spear in his left hand. The Beast Horn Spear stabbed and nailed into a w that had extended out beneath the car. Zhang Xiao Qiang swung the Rat King de and was about to kill the S2 hiding below the vehicle when a phantom flickered past the corner of his eyes. He turned to look, only to see another two S2s jumping down from the top of the vehicle, their target was Shangguan Qiao Yun who had just finished changing magazines. BANG.... The Type-85 SR unleashed its might once again. The Type-53 HMG bullet flew into the S2s throat and ripped apart the S2s cervical vertebrae, leaving its head to nt with only skin left to connect it to the body. The other S2 ignored its deadpanion and pounced onto Shangguan Qiao Yun. Seeing the disgusting face approaching her so quickly, Shangguan Qiao Yun did not have the time to draw the M1911A1 at her waist. She helplessly closed her eyes and waited for her death. A leg kicked her by her calf. Shangguan Qiao Yun was flung into the air and flew horizontally across. The Sniper Rifle that was released from her hand spun a few times in the air before falling to the ground. She fell to the ground with her arms spread wide out and did a facent, producing a low thump when her forehead struck the ground. The S2 missed andnded on the ground. In the next second, it pounced towards her again. The pale eyes, sinister and hideous fire, yellow and ck razor teeth and the pair of ck and sharp ws were unsightly features that hurt Zhang Xiao Qiangs eyes. The current him became helpless against the S2. To prevent the S2 from reaching Shangguan Qiao Yun, he had kicked her away, resulting in him falling and could not climb back up in time to save her. Right in front of him, the S2 pounced towards Shangguan Qiao Yun. A dazzling de light shed past and the figure of the S2 in the air started to distort. Of course, it was not a Transformer and did not be even stronger. Its body became longer as a long split appeared at its right shoulder. As its body continued to move forward, theceration became evenrger and split until its left waist. The S2 was split into two pieces. The head and upper body dropped beside Shangguan Qiao Yun while the rest of the body dropped to the side. Filthy and smelly organs dropped out from the body and sttered all across the floor. Guo Fei pulled the dazzling de back and gave the struggling S2 a disdainful nce. He flipped his de and stabbed it into the zombies head, then twisted and drew a circr hole in the S2s head with his de, before trampling down on it and pulling his de out. After pulling his de back, Guo Fei did not even turn to look at Shangguan Qiao Yun or Zhang Xiao Qiang. He turned and weed another zombie that appeared behind him. Watching Guo Fei tangle with the S2, Zhang Xiao Qiang fell into a bad mood. He turned and beheaded the S2 beneath the vehicle, then stood up and supported Shangguan Qiao Yun up. The kick was too strong and resulted in her being unable to stand steadily. Zhang Xiao Qiang got her to sit at the side while he walked towards Guo Fei. Looking at his rear, Shangguan Qiao Yun drew the pistol from her waist and looked around cautiously. Lunatic Guo Fei had killed off the first S2 with ease, but that was from a sneak attack. When he faced against the S2, he became the one at a disadvantage. He and the zombie fought intensely. He was fast but was still much slower than the S2. He yearned to fight to the death, but the S2 did not have the same thought. The S2 flickered to Guo Feis side and would asionally grab towards him. By the time his de reached the direction of the sound, the S2 would have jumped to another location. Guo Fei naturally missed. If not for the stab-proof vest beneath his torn clothes, Guo Fei would have turned into a zombie a long time ago. Chapter 253: Eliminating the S2s

Chapter 253: Eliminating the S2s

Guo Fei gasped for breath, his de aimed at the S2 that was constantly moving around him. His bloodshot eyes were almost bulging out of the sockets, it was unfortunate that he could not kill with his stare. The S2 remained sprawled on the ground, it was perfectly unharmed aside from a small nick on its corbone. The S2 took a few steps before pouncing towards Guo Fei, who swung his de horizontally. Unfortunately, the S2 was not pouncing straight to him but behind him, causing his de to miss. Boom The S2 used its two strong legs and stopped behind Guo Fei, then turned and grabbed towards his head. Guo Fei turned his head only to see the w right in his face. In that instant, Guo Feis mind went nk, that split second made him unable to think. When the w was just 10 cm away from his eyes, a heavy pair of military boots kicked onto the ck arm. When the S2 had wed towards Guo Fei, a figure had jumped into the air and used his powerful legs to kick over.... The S2 was kicked to a vehicle at the side. Following the powerful collision, it stumbled down onto the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang appeared before it and kicked its head. The S2s head was kicked upwards and revealed its throat. Zhang Xiao Qiang used the sharp Beast Horn Spear and stabbed into its chin. The Beast Horn Spear prated through its chin and out the back onto the metallic surface of the vehicle. The final pose of the S2 was in a kneeling position with both its arm stuck onto the vehicle in a T shape. Zhang Xiao Qiang exerted all his strength and twisted the Beast Horn Spear, twisting the patterns further into the S2 and metallic surface of the car behind. The head turned into what seemed like a mushy tomato as the zombie dropped to the ground. Zhang Xiao Qiang swung the Beast Horn Spear and cleaned off the ck blood and brain juice. He turned to see that Guo Fei was still in the same position where his neck was turned and spoke indifferently, Killing them is easy, aim for the head. Guo Fei turned and responded to Zhang Xiao Qiangs tease with silence. Guo Fei was toyed by the S2, but Chen Yes performance was not too bad. Her speed was almost equal to the S2, and although she did not have much fighting experience and was in grave danger multiple times, she managed to rely on her agile body to avoid the disasters. Fighting against the S2 gave her a taste and experience on how the S2 fought. When the S2 lowered its body, she would lower her body. As the S2 continued to move from different angles, she would constantly move her own position. Although it was her first time faced against an S2, she did not lose out much in the initial bouts. Of course, the most important factors that led to her victory was her bright eyes and adaptive brain, things the S2 did not have. The S2 began its Nth assault. Chen Ye maintained her focus on the S2 and the moment it moved, she took action and charged towards the S2. In the narrow pathway, the girl and the zombie were not able to expand their battle too far out and could only engage in close quartersbat. She did a sudden stop and turned upon reaching the S2 and avoided its ws. With a spin, the Jing Wei de in her right hand shed onto the S2s back. Both figures moved at the same instance and ended with Chen Ye standing at the S2s original position and the S2 moving to Chen Yes previous position. Seeing that she was able to fight well on her own, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not help her. The experience was something she had to umte and gain slowly. In the beginning, Zhang Xiao Qiang was just an Otaku who did not know anything. After going through many battles and gaining his own experience, he finally had enough to take care of an S2 easily. The S2 zombies main direction of attack was from the front and back, the front cleared by Zhang Xiao Qiang and Shangguan Qiao Yun, the back cleared by Yang Keer. Although Yang Keer was not fast, she had immense strength to make up for it. Adding that she also had the shield to protect her, it was sufficient for her to engage the S2s. The dogleg machete was a negligible weight in her hand. Every time she swung, no one was capable of seeing the de. No matter how fast an S2 was, they were only dangerous up close. Yang Keer only had to smash her shield out to send the closer zombies flying. Even if the zombie was lucky enough to avoid the shield, the powerful and fast de was unstoppable. Yang Keer held her de and shield and watched Chen Ye fight the S2, asionally giving outpliments, but no one knew if thepliments were to encourage Chen Ye or the zombie. The scene behind her was a wretched sight, three zombiesid on the floor, dead, and further away, seven to eight zombie corpses were stuck on vehicles in extremely bizarre stances orid by the vehicles with shattered ss around them. One even had its body stuck in the window of a car with its two legs dangling above the ground. Chen Ye knew that everyone was watching her but maintained steady. She became even more focused on handling the S2. When the S2 pounced over, she sidestepped on the wheel of a vehicle and jumped up to the roof. In midair, the unknowing S2 collided onto the car with a bang. The S2 took a step backward from the impact. Before it could even climb back up, two leather boots stepped on its back. The S2 was about to retaliate when a sword stabbed right through the back of its head. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not know how many S2s were hiding inside the coalfield. From the time they entered, they had already killed over 30 S2s. In the past, this would be an unimaginable scene. But at the present, Zhang Xiao Qiang and four subordinates had aplished it. Upon thinking about how Yang Keer had easily destroyed seven to eight S2s, he made the decision to throw her mace into theke. Yang Keer was naturally gifted in using a de. The five of them continued walking on calmly. Their appearance at the door gave Three and the rest a fright. The three S2s at the door took a bullet from Shangguan Qiao Yun, a bash from Yang Keers shield and a hack of her de and the ce was cleared. There were only a few people in the main building. Aside from the four machine gun teams and the two members to load the bandoliers, there were 10 odd men in uniform wielding different guns. They held a myriad of weapons, they had dual-barrel hunting gun, five-bullet hunting gun, and two shotguns. The person most familiar to Zhang Xiao Qiang was one of the logistic member, who was wielding a ck and short gun. Aside from that, Zhang Xiao Qiang also noticed two Type-56 semi-automatic rifles and two Type-79 ARs. A 30 odd years-old man had a Type-54 pistol at his waist and a de in his hand. It was an ancient de that was about a meter long, the metal de spanned 80 cm with tri-pointed tip. (TN: Check out eng Shens weapon. Something simr to that.) Seeing that Zhang Xiao Qiang led only four people to fight their way in, Three looked towards them with gratitude, Brother Cockroach....I.....Ive caused trouble again... Chapter 254: Post-haste Retrea

Chapter 254: Post-haste Retrea

t Your luck isnt bad, just by relying on these 20 members, you managed to protect over a few hundred people, but you have to be more observant in the future. You wont be so lucky the next time. Are there more S2 zombies behind? Bring me, lets go and take a look... Zhang Xiao Qiang brought Yang Keer and Shangguan Qiao Yun to the back and cleared the S2s behind. With the majority of the S2s were killed. Initially, Zhang Xiao Qiang had the intention of leaving half of the survivors and bringing the rest to escape from the back. Although he had confidence in his own team, he was less confident against arge group of S2s. But everything turned out fine. Yang Keer changed her equipment, explosively increasing her lethality. This difference increased their overall strength by an entire level and with this opportunity, Zhang Xiao Qiang naturally took it to kill the remaining S2s. This way, it was possible to bring the few hundred people back safely....Zhang Xiao Qiang returned to the main hall and looked at Three, How many S2s do you think chased all of you before? Zhang Xiao Qiang took on the aggressive stance and led the two girls to the back. Aside from the mess outside and the broken wall, they did not see any S2s. The rubble from the broken wall sealed the path to the outside but they did not have the time to clear a path. Therefore, Zhang Xiao Qiang led the group back to the hall, he wanted to lead the survivors to charge out of the coalfields main entrance. Three, Not too many, I think there were less than 40. Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately did some mental calctions; they had killed seven of them at the entrance of the main building, four were killed by HMG fire, another unfortunate died to a random bullet when they entered the coalfield and Zhang Xiao Qiangs team had killed over 30 of them. Did it mean that all the S2s were killed? Right, Brother Cockroach, this is the Leader of the fle... Three pointed to the man with the de and introduced, but was cut short. Zhang Xiao Qiang, Gather everyone immediately, prepare to evacuate. Get everyone to board the vehicle outside. Those who are unable to, run with me towards the doors. Following that, Zhang Xiao Qiang turned to the stranger with the weird weaponbinations on him, Hand over all your weapons, Im in charge around here from now on. This is my territory and no one can hold personal weapons. Zhang Xiao Qiangs words caused the men to be anxious. One of the younger and rash men spoke up, Based on what, who do you think you.... He stopped abruptly. The four HMGs in the hall turned and aimed at him simultaneously, the assistant gunners already loaded the bandoliers and the machine gunners had their fingers on the trigger, ready to fire at any moment. Seeing that it was unfair, the man with the de stood forward and thought to speak up. BANG BANG BANG... Zhang Xiao Qiang drew the Desert Eagle and fired three shots at the ceiling, causing paint, debris and cement chips to fall. He ignored the dust that had fallen to his shoulders and looked at the man, I dont have time to negotiate with you guys, drop your weapons immediately or Ill kill...you...without... mercy. nk.... A shotgun was thrown to the ground. Following that, all the other weapons came forward as well. Zhang Xiao Qiang nced at the weapons from the corner of his eyes and looked back to the man with the de. The manughed bitterly, then took the pistol from his waist and handed it over to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang took it without looking at it and threw it to the ground. The man then proceeded to throw his de to the ground. Keep that to yourself, sometimes, the de is better than the barrels. With that said, Zhang Xiao Qiang turned towards the door. The three machine gun teams carried the HMGs out of the doors, leaving behind a small group who stared nkly at one another. Three looked at the man with the de, Whatre you guys stoning for, quickly get your people toe and do whatever my big brother says. Get your people to be quick on their feet, or are you guys waiting to be eaten by the zombies? But those things are still out there.... Hmph....didnt you see how my brother and his people came? Let me tell you this, all of those things have been exterminated, they were all killed by my big brother. Quickly, I cant be bothered to exin anymore.... Get your people to move quickly. Dont bother about your things, we have everything. The man listened to Three, looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang who was already outside, then turned to hispanions and roared, Are all of you deaf? Why arent you guys greeting him? Inform everyone else, discard everything, whoevers unwilling can just stay here, we wont wait for them. Instructor, are we just going to let them manipte us? Dont you think we should... The man hailed as instructor looked at the boy who spoke as though he was looking at an idiot, then turned to the rest, Why arent you guys moving? Are you guys itching for another beating? All of the men ran down the building quickly, one of them too anxious and fell down. Without even making a sound, he climbed back up and continued down the building. The instructor turned and nced at the HMG behind him and muttered to himself, How did I even train out a group of idiots? Didnt they see the guns aimed at them? While the group ran down, Three brought the 10 members from the rooftop down and ordered them to protect the group before running ahead to Zhang Xiao Qiangs side, Brother Cockroach, its chaotic outside and the zombies are less than 500m away from us. Regardless of how we use our guns and cannons, those things are still rushing towards us... Its pointless to talk about it, just urge them to be faster, we only have 10 minutes left for them to retreat... A female scream in the distance interrupted his words. Zhang Xiao Qiang quickly ran to an off-road vehicle and jumped onto its roof. In the distance, he noticed a group of people that had blockaded a path and stopped moving. He turned to Three and shouted, Go and check them out, if anyones intentionally causing chaos, kill them... Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly thought of an idea. He pulled a coalfield driver to arge truck and pointed to the abandoned vehicles, Create a path for me. Thetter did not even say a word and took action. He rushed up therge truck and started the engine. With a loud roar, the small vehicles in front of therge truck were either pushed or flipped away. The sore and high-pitched metallic sound came out as the abandoned vehicle beside Zhang Xiao Qiang got deformed. When therge doors appeared, the two of them heaved a sigh of relief. Zhang Xiao Qiang kicked open the car door and spoke to the driver, Drive straight back to base, get Old Frank to prepare and wee the new people. With so many of them, hell definitely be busy. With that, Zhang Xiao Qiang jumped down the vehicle. After witnessing therge truck driving out of the gates, Zhang Xiao Qiang looked behind him and noticed three off-road vehicles with HMGs installed on them driving over. He gged one of them down, entered the HMG post and spoke to the gunner, How much ammunition left? Four boxes, I guess that we still have around 6000 bullets. Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the crowd behind, waved his hands and ordered the three off-road vehicles to drive out of the coalfield. From the inside, everyone could hear the cannons and fires of heavy machine guns. But when they came out, the scene before them shocked the entire group, including Zhang Xiao Qiang. Firstly, the original earth-colored ground had turnedpletely ck. Within the ck sea of zombies, asional bright, dazzling shes and smoke would appear. Eight thick beams of light that consisted of numerous small lights fired away within the ck sea of zombies, instantly shredding apart the countless zombies. Wherever the beams of light went, the space within the area would instantly turn blur. Chapter 255: Rescue from the depths of danger

Chapter 255: Rescue from the depths of danger

Soil and mud were sted off the ground and spewed into the sky like fountains with countless body parts mixed in between. The chaos mixed of soil, body parts, and fragments dropped down like rain and isted the space within like a brown wall, with only the bright and dazzling mes caused by the explosions visible. By the side of the eight thick beams of light were several thin beams, some faster, some slower. The dense lights varied in brightness as well, cutting the edge of the sea of zombies like thin des. Uncountable zombies fell under these lights, while even more zombies stepped on the bodies of their fallenrades and reinforced the fringe. Bang....bang.... Two 70mm incendiary bombs exploded 10 meters apart from each other within the zombie horde, producing an empty circle of 10m radius. The wave of zombies was disrupted temporarily as 10 off-road vehicles suddenly charged in and stopped 100m away from the edge. The machine guns on the fired endlessly against the horde while 40bat team members quickly unloaded from the vehicles, carrying jerry cans of reserve gasoline closer to the zombies before pouring the contents out. The tworge spaces formed by the explosions were quickly covered up in two minutes. The chaos of zombies at the edge of the horde formed up once again and moved towards the team members in unison. When the frontmost zombie was 30 to 40 meters away from the members, 10 Type-S zombies suddenly pounced towards them. The ordinary zombies behind were stirred as well, although the dense firepower of the HMGs had ripped apart the other zombies around, their speed increased and even started swinging their ws outwards. Seeing that the zombies were closing in, the survivors threw the jerry cans down and retreated. Right beneath their feet was gasoline, preventing them from using their firearms. One of the newer members saw the wall of zombies approaching and was instantly enveloped in fear. His legs turned weak as he retreated with hisrades, but identally tripped over a jerry can thrown by another member. In that instant, the slippery jerry can flew out as he lost his bnce. He fell to the ground and twisted his leg. He tried to climb back up but realized that he could no longer apply strength in his right leg. As heid on the ground, he saw a Type-S zombie pouncing straight towards him. He screamed in despair but used thest bit of rity left in him and found a lighter on his body. His current spot was on withered grass covered in gasoline and he was more willing to be burnt to death than to be eaten and ripped apart by the zombies. He managed to draw the lighter out as he used his trembling thumb and attempted to draw a me when something suddenly pulled on his leg. His body was instantly hauled along the slippery floor as the sudden force caused the back of his head to hit the floor. His trembling right hand identally dropped the single-use lighter as it dropped onto the grass. His body continued sliding without his control. He turned and looked at the lighter that was moving further and further away, and screamed. Fuck.... Damn zombies, why dont you fucking die.... When the unfortunate guy fell to the ground, Zhang Xiao Qiangs heart tensed up. There were more than 10 Type-S zombies behind the man, followed by an uncountable number of ordinary zombies behind. The others had lowered their heads and retreated, obviously this single member was doomed, but his decision to draw out the lighter had been caught by Zhang Xiao Qiang. Move there, move there.... Zhang Xiao Qiang shouted in the vehicle. He was not willing for the member to be burned alive and would rather shoot the man dead himself. This way, he would feel less pain. His off-road vehicle drove straight towards the horde of zombies, leaving the other two in the dust. Seeing that Zhang Xiao Qiangs off-road vehicle was driving off, they followed behind. The HMG in Zhang Xiao Qiangs hands was the Type-24 Maxim HMG and it was the mostmon weapon found in army camps. The number of other models in total still numbered less than the Type-24. In the past, the country mass-produced Type-53 HMG and gave it to Vietnam, while keeping these old weapons to equip the civilian army against Japan and in the civil war. Ever since the water-cooled HMGs were installed onto the off-road vehicles, Wang Le modified them, their originally small water base were swapped forrger tanks, automatic water refiller was installed when the amount of water inside the barrel was below a specific light. The Maxim HMG was durable and so long as the rifling within the barrel was maintained, it could fire continuously. As long as the gunner could ensure that the firing pin and shells did not cause any issues, this machine gun could keep on firing. Since the unlucky member was still far from the HMGs furthest range, Zhang Xiao Qiang naturally carried on firing. A robust and muscr member suddenly turned and ran back. He ran over to the member with the sprained ankle, lifted and supported the sprained leg and started retreating. Seeing the teamwork, Zhang Xiao Qiang could not resist but shout out apliment. When the member turned his body, Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately recognized him. He was the driver that had charged into the horde with him and was the rider that rushed back in the afternoon to ask for rescue. The speed of the man pulling the team member was naturally slow. In the blink of the eye, the Type-S zombie was catching up. The man did not even look back and focused on supporting the other as they ran, while the man with the sprained ankle started struggling when he saw the zombie catching up. Xiao Bu, just run, leave me behind. Im grateful to you, but if you dont run now, we will both die... The man called Xiao Bu did not reply. He did not have the additional energy to speak and focused on running. In the distance, an HMG fired behind him and protected their rear. It was a pity, aside from three zombies that were shot, the other 10 zombies were already close on their tail. The team member with the sprained ankle stopped struggling. Heid on the ground and looked up towards the sky as bullets flew past like shooting stars in the sky. He quietly counted down his remaining time left. Although 10m was not far, it was the furthest distance to them at that moment. A ck figure appeared at the corner of his eyes. A Type-S zombie had arrived before them. Another one appeared, and a third one caught up. He quietly counted the seconds with guilt overwhelming him. He felt guilty that he had pulled Xiao Bu down with him. The zombies were right behind them, but Xiao Bu continued sprinting and gasping as he avoided the angles of the machine guns. Three zombies took action at the same time and pounced towards them. Behind the Type-S zombies, even more, hideous zombies appeared. The member did not close his eyes and watched as the zombies pounced onto him. Chapter 256: Sluggish

Chapter 256: Sluggish

BANG...BANG....BANG.... The heads of the three Type-S zombies exploded at the same time. The member was able to make out the clear sounds of the heads exploding. Before the three headless corpses even fell, the member tilted his head back to look. Behind them, countless running zombies had their heads sted off as their bodies fell to the ground, one of which continued to roll towards another Type-S zombie that was about to pick up its pace. Right as they were about to collide, the Type-S zombie leaped up into the air and avoided the rolling zombie, but before it could evennd on the ground, a 7.62mm heavy bullet exploded its head. The power of the bullet sted the Type-S zombies frail body away. Woah... The member heaved a sigh of relief as heid on the ground and continued to watch the bullets streaking above him like shooting stars in the sky. He had no interest as to who was saving him. He only that he could live on, and that Xiao Bu that was pulling him was alive, it was enough. After sting off thest Type-S zombie chasing after them, Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped and looked at the form of the entire battlefield. The two men with new leases of life were dragged into the vehicle. As the fleet started to retreat, the dense sea of zombies became soaked with the gasoline from the grass. Two 70mm incendiary roundsnded in the sea of zombies. Aside from a few zombies that were blown away by the red explosion, the rest were instantly ignited into mes. The mes expanded and grewrger as arge regiment of smoke rose from the horde. It started from one explosion, followed by a second and a third. The smoke rose from the bewitching red mes, although the area with gasoline was notrge, the mes were not something a sea of zombies could extinguish with numbers. Countless more zombies zed into mes, the proteins within their bodies produced a pungent smell that disrupted their senses. The mysteriousmands no longer suppressed them and the zombies became chaotic. Countless human torches moved in all directions within the horde, the mes on their bodies ignited those that were unaffected. Some of the zombies that were set ame turned crazy and started attacking anything around them, resulting in many other zombies being ripped into shreds. The scale of the mes was not consideredrge, but as the human torches scattered, the mes started to spread even further. The fatality of the mes was not due to the high temperature but due to the pungent smell produced from the mes and their bodies which disrupted themands. Additionally, the air around those unaffected zombies that were further away were blown apart by the sudden heatwave, forming a half vacuum. Zombies did not need to breathe and this vacuum did not harm them, but the half vacuum pulled the pungent smoke which spread to the unaffected zombies. This caused the zombies behind to turn chaotic as well, either charging forward or retreating backward. Some that were pushed to the ground was even trampled into mincemeat. The original unstoppable wall was broken, countless bullets prated into the chaos and caused even more harm. The mes burned on, the smoke churned and became thicker. Bullets flew across, zombies were burnt to death, trampled to death, some even blown apart by therge caliber bullets. The originally curved sea of zombies slowly formed a hole. At this point in time, Zhang Xiao Qiang became more reassured. Regardless of how many zombies were there, they were finally somewhat stopped by his team. He looked at the coalfield gates behind him, where vehicles drove out in session towards the cannons, the badly damaged yet overloaded buses were the first to take the lead, followed by a few dirty cars, then tworge oil tankers. Seated in an off-road vehicle at the front, Three shouted towards the other vehicles behind him endlessly. The HMG by the side aimed at the vehicles filled with people. If they tried to escape, the machine gunner would instantly take fire. With the powerful HMG behind, they became well behaved. With his sharp eyes, Zhang Xiao Qiang was able to clearly see the man with the de seated in a vehicle with a bitter smile on his face. The off-road vehicle with the 12.7mm AA Gun charged out and did a drift outside before driving over to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Yang Keer stood loftily in the machine gun post and looked at the sea of zombies. She then turned the muzzle of the AA gun towards Zhang Xiao Qiang and waved at him, almost scaring him to death. When the off-road vehicle came over, Zhang Xiao Qiang climbed over and knocked Yang Keer on the head. He shouted at her, How can you point this thing at people?! Looking at the fleet of vehicles, Zhang Xiao Qiang was happy. The initial assessment was that there were over 500 people, the real numbers even able to hit 700. With them, the time ofpletion for the construction of the perimeter wall would be reduced to a week. Thinking about it, Zhang Xiao Qiang became more confident in facing the future. The sea of zombies was temporarily stopped, but unfortunately, good things neverst forever. A tall figure suddenly appeared from within the smoke. In the beginning, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not notice it, his focus was on the zombie hordes by the sides, which were steadily advancing and not affected by the chaos in the middle. Slowly, the zombies by the sides formed a distance from the horde in the center and outnked the center like a pincer. Zhang Xiao Qiang shouted at the three off-road vehicles with HMGs installed on them and waved his right hand for them to follow up. He ordered Shangguan Qiao Yun to drive closer to the sea of zombies near him. The four off-road vehicles traveled quickly on the uneven terrain as more and more vehicles drove out of the coalfield gates. Zhang Xiao Qiang was trying to gain more time for them, these people of unknown origins were sluggish due to all sorts of various reasons. 8 out of the 10 minutes that Zhang Xiao Qiang had to give them had passed, but vehicles continued to pour out from the coalfield. Three continued shouting outside the gates, but the speed did not pick up. Three HMGs and onerge caliber AA gun formed a small formation as the pincer-shaped horde of zombies melted under the firepower. Countless bullets shredded the sea of zombies like a powerful hurricane. The endless zombies were instantly ripped apart their bodies turned into small pieces even before the corpses could touch the ground. Bullets that struck the ground sted pirs of soil that spewed out and dropped onto the zombies like rain. OWWW... A furious roar came out as arge D2 charged out of the sea of mes. IT continued to walk towards the source of bullets. More than 10 machine guns immediately turned simultaneously at it and unleashed bullets onto it. The endless bullets formed many small holes in its body. As the small holes becamerger, the D2 could no longer hold on. Itid on the ground and avoided the bullets awkwardly while crawling forward. BANG... Arge caliber bullet struck its bald and glossy head. BANG... The 12.7mm bullet produced an explosive effect as a red burst of mes enveloped the head. OWWWW... The D2 unleashed a howl and shook its head before moving forward again. Chapter 257: A successful retrea

Chapter 257: A sessful retrea

t Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the indomitable D2 in shock as the incendiary agent inside thebustible metal did not affect the D2 as much as he hoped it would. Zhang Xiao Qiangs sharp eyes were able to clearly see the white bones under the scalp of the D2 that received the explosion and the faint and thin cracks that resulted from it. Wang Le was right, the 12.7mm bullets were capable of prating through the D2s skin, but he never expected that the toughest part of the D2 was not the skin but its bones. Most probably, the D2 might have suffered from a serious injury, but the injury was far from being able to incapacitate it. It was still able to withstand the dense concentration of firepower and draw closer towards the formation of machine guns, its mouth constantly releasing howls of pain. Zhang Xiao Qiang aimed the AA gun at the D2 and was just about to fire, Bang....Bang... The D2s robust body was instantly engulfed in mes. Four thick beams of bullets fired 14.5mm bullets on the D2s body. As the mes blew up, the tall body was flung off the ground by the force of impact from the explosion and bullets. The concentrated firepower unexpectedly avoided the D2s smooth head and attacked its body. The D2 that flew in the air no longer made another appearance on the battlefield. Its arm and leg were blown apart and it was left with a broken arm dangling from ayer of skin, arge hole in its stomach and its internal organs flying out along with its body. Zhang Xiao Qiang watched in shock as the D2 flew in midair, all the way until it fell to the ground and rolled a few rounds. In the entire process, Zhang Xiao Qiang did not blink or close his mouth. The D2 that could easily break a bus with its bare hands, could destroy cement walls, was so easily taken out by 14.mm bullets? The D2 unleashed another howl of anguish on the ground. It was a pity it could no longer stand, and having lost its two arms, it lost its lethality and had turned into a docile sheep. OWWW....OWW.... A few furious roars came out in unison as 10rge and robust figures appeared from within the sea of fire. Seeing the 10 D2s with differing heights, Zhang Xiao Qiang muttered under his breath, Did we stir up the D2 nest? Fuck fuck fuck fuck.... Zhang Xiao Qiang cursed out loud as the AA gun in his hand continued to spew bluish mes from the muzzle. The moment the D2s appeared, it was as though they were possessed. They instantly sprawled on the ground and sprinted their way forward. Although they were not as fast as S2s, their top speed wasparable to Type-S zombies. What was even more nonsensical was that besides using their four limbs to sprint, the D2s would make small movements to dodge the bullets. Although they looked clumsy, they were truly able to avoid the bullets firing towards them. While the D2s moved, the sea of zombies behind them moved along with them. Waves after waves of zombies charged into the sea of fire, those with mes on them sprawled straight to the ground and extinguished the mes. As the sea of zombies nketed the sea of fire, the mes started to decrease at a speed visible to the naked eye. The mes got smaller and smaller, but the smoke got denser. The originally scattered and aimless zombies once again moved into formation and advanced in a zombie wall formation under the smoke. At that moment, whatever survivors and sea of zombies werepletely forgotten by Zhang Xiao Qiang. The D2s were moving quickly and prevented Zhang Xiao Qiang from having any ns for advancement. The previous kills of the two S2s were by chance, one was stuck on the wall and the other was charging straight at him in a straight line. That was how Zhang Xiao Qiang was able to hit them. But to fight against a fast-moving target, that was much, much harder. A fast crawling D2 was shot by a 12.7mm bullet in the waist. Following the explosion from the incendiary agent within, the D2 was sent rolling. This D2 rolled back a couple times before climbing back up and advancing once again, the bullet having ripped arge hole in its waist with a few white bones and reddish-ck muscles visible, but it continued to crawl as though it felt no pain. It might have been due to therge bullet hole that had harmed nerves of the D2, but its movements turned somewhat sluggish and its body became slower. BANG... another bulletnded right at the wound and shot inside. Instantly, arge burst of mes exploded from the wound and the fried internal organs spewed out from the erged wound. The damnable thing was, despite its charred internal organs, the D2 continued to howl and crawl its way forward. Unknown to what was urging it and pushing it on, a third bullet shot its way into the wound. BANG.... The explosion forced the D2 rolling again, the skin and flesh at its waist werepletely gone and the only thing linking its upper body and lower body was the spine. The D2 struggled on the ground trying to get up, but its efforts were futile due to it being unable to control its lower body. It opened itsrge mouth and howled once more before arge caliber bullet shot into it. Bang... Its chin was shot apart. The D2 no longer struggled andid on the ground and let the mes burn from where its chin used to be. Wew.... Zhang Xiao Qiang heaved a sigh of relief. It only took him four bullets to kill the D2, and he finally realized how dependable firearms were by himself. But of course, other people who used the 12.7mm bullets might not be able to kill a D2. But, a 12.7mm sniper rifle might be able to kill the D2 if it howled and the bullet was urate enough to shoot into its mouth. At the same time, the thunderous Type-56 Quad AA Gun spewed out for beams of light towards the iing D2s. The sea of zombies behind had formed up once more, whereby the other HMGs took action and sprayed at them in hopes of lessening the horde. The task of handling the D2s was given to the two 14.5mm caliber machine gun teams. Countlessrge bullet holes were formed in the path of the D2s, resulting in soil spewing all over the ce. The D2s had their flesh broken apart by the bullets, but as long as there were no fatal wounds, the D2s were still capable of moving towards the gun formation. A D2 howled and dropped to the ground, one of its thighs was sted apart and the rest of its legid by its side. Once its leg was broken, the machine gun that hadnded the shot turned its aim towards another D2. As for this disabled D2, it rolled on the ground a few times before using its two arms and remaining thigh to crawl towards the formation. Three off-road vehicles protected the gates and allowed the rest of the people to retreat. Zhang Xiao Qiang continued to shout as Shangguan Qiao Yun moved closer to the formation. With both hands on the trigger,rge caliber bullets flew out towards the D2. At that moment, there was two focus on the battlefield, one was on the approaching D2s, the other was the sea of mes meant to destroy the horde of zombies. Out of 10 D2s, only three were left healthy. The others were mostly injured or impaired, but this did not stop them from advancing forward. After emptying the 80 bullets bandolier, he did not rush to change for a new one. He gestured towards the gun formation and wanted them to retreat. No more vehicles appeared from inside the gates. Three brought another three off-road vehicles and started retreating. Zhang Xiao Qiang no longer wanted to stay on and fight the zombies. He wanted to bring all the members back to base. With their strategy implemented sessfully, it was time to retreat. Chapter 258: Sea of zombies on their tail

Chapter 258: Sea of zombies on their tail

When Zhang Xiao Qiangs vehicle arrived at the vehicle formation, He Wen Bin was already prepared, Zhang Xiao Qiangs Type-92 battalion guns were back in their vehicles and the survivor fleet could be seen retreating. The battlefield instantly calmed down. The original formation position had been upied by the D2s, aside from reaping the harvest of empty bullet shells, they found nothing. Zhang Xiao Qiang joined up with tworge trucks that carried the Quad AA Guns. When the zombies finally extinguished the sea of mes, the outermost zombies finally arrived outside the coalfield. Suddenly, three small vehicles charged out with the intention of fleeing in another direction. More than 10 Type-S zombies pounced onto the three vehicles. Seven to eight of them were sent flying by the collision, while the windscreen ss was broken. The driver inside stepped on the pedal hoping to increase his speed, but the Type-S zombie on his vehicle wed into the roof of his car. One of them charged straight into the dense horde. After colliding into a few zombies, it was instantly drowned and disappeared. The driver in the second vehicle could not see the road as two Type-S zombies had the windscreen blocked. The car identally knocked a nted mound and flipped to its side with its two wheels in the air. The two Type-S zombies on the vehicle fell off. The vehicle then knocked into an abandoned car and flipped in the air. BANG.... The vehicle smashed onto the ground and all the ss shattered. By the time the vehicle was drowned by zombies, no one managed to climb out. When thest vehicle saw the demise of itspanions, they swerved their vehicle in hopes of throwing off the Type-S zombie on their roof, but it stayed stered on their vehicle. The zombie used its w to tear at the galvanized sheet metal while using another to w at the vents. After colliding into a few ordinary zombies, the vehicle came to a sudden stop. The intense inertia flung the Type-S zombie away. When the car started up again, it actually started driving towards Zhang Xiao Qiangs fleet. A pity their windscreen had been broken, the spiderweb cracks blocked the drivers vision. After driving out a hundred meters, it collided into something again. The car doors opened as three men jumped out and waved their hands frantically while running towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. The men screamed and ran at the same time with more than 10 Type-S zombies hot on their tail. At that moment, if Zhang Xiao Qiang just gave the word, he could have easily saved them, but he did not do so. He quietly watched as the men ran for their lives. In truth, these men had hurt Zhang Xiao Qiangs feelings. He had brought so many people and wasted their ammunition in saving them, but they were unwilling to trust him. Since they have already made their choice, they were responsible for themselves. Even if they were eaten by zombies, they could not hate Zhang Xiao Qiang for it. The men watched as Zhang Xiao Qiangs fleet drove further and further away. Thest man knelt down in despair and dropped his head to the ground. Following that, a Type-S zombie pounced onto him......the two men ahead of him were finally exhausted and fell to the ground as the zombies closed in behind them...... Standing on a small mound, Zhang Xiao Qiang raised his binocrs and watched as the darkness converged together, while an abandoned car yellow with dust drove over to Zhang Xiao Qiang. Creakkk.... The car stopped. Three jumped out and walked towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. How is it over there? Did the zombies split up? Zhang Xiao Qiang ced the binocrs down and the dense darkness in his vision became small. Brother Cockroach, Im afraid that the situation is not great, the zombies are still forming together and not letting our backsides off... Zhang Xiao Qiangs face immediately darkened, Trouble, this is going to be huge trouble. Zhang Xiao Qiangs initial strategy was a sess, he had destroyed the fastest S2 zombies, saved Three and the other survivors that included a strong number of 600-700 that would increase thepletion speed of the perimeter wall. At the same time, they probed and tested the strength of the zombie horde and even killed off four powerful D2s. But, the troubling part was the zombie horde at the county had been attracted to Zhang Xiao Qiangs fleet and followed behind the fleet tightly like spirits demanding for vengeance. The power from the internalbustion engine was strong enough for the vehicles to shrug off the zombies easily, especially after the S2s with fast reactions were wiped out. But Zhang Xiao Qiang could Zhang Xiao Qiang run to? He could hide away temporarily, but he could not run forever. His base was in the direction of the horde and if the sea of zombies were to engulf the ce, where could he possibly lead his two thousand over people to? We need to get rid of them outside the base. Zhang Xiao Qiang decided. Having spent so much effort on building his base, his initial n of getting rid of the zombies outside had to be pushed earlier in advance. After thinking about it, Zhang Xiao Qiang shouted at Three, Get He Wen Bin to bring 30 members to detain the citizens, get Wang Le and his men and all the AA machine guns over. We have sufficient ammunition and he had the time to fix them up. If any of the guns get stuck while firing, Ill be the first to shoot him instead. Three immediately took off. Zhang Xiao Qiang had long prepared for martialw, how could he not? A few minutester, He Wen Bin brought the man with the de and Three over. Brother Cockroach, I got Zhang Huai An to lead his men to detain the people, he is more than enough to handle that while I can aid you here. Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded his head, Zhang Huai Ans main job in the base was to guide and lead the people after all. He looked at the man with the de, then spoke to Three, What happened in the coalfield? Why were they so confused? Its nothing much, just that they witnessed how Brother Cockroach killed those S2s, but there were two that were still alive and struggling... After being saved by Zhang Xiao Qiang in the coalfield, Three and his men pushed their way among the crowd and attempted to move forward. Although Three and his members used the stock of the guns to hit the people, they were still resistant. Only with the appearance of the man with the de and his holler did the people start to listen. Apparently, the man with the de was trusted by them and upon hearing his shouts, the crowd immediately took the initiative to open a path. After that, Three and the rest saw Zhang Xiao Qiang and the others being ambushed by the S2s but seeded in killing them. Corpses and pieces of fleshid around the battlefield, but that was not the main point. The most crucial thing was how Yang Keer simply stopped and ignored the S2 after beating the S2 half to death. The two S2s that had their heads smashed by her shield did not die immediately. They rolled on the ground until the crowd got close. They opened their mouths and revealed their sharp teeth. After being chased by the S2s for the entire night, all the male and female survivors no longer dared to advance. Three cursed and was about to shoot the zombies when a figure charged up. With two de strikes, the two half-dead S2s had their heads sliced off. It was the man with the de that did the job. Chapter 259: News of City X

Chapter 259: News of City X

Whats your name? How did you be their leader? Where did you guyse from, and where are you heading towards? Zhang Xiao Qiang stared at the man and asked. The man was dressed as sloppily as the other survivors, most of the clothing were covered in mud, blood, and stains but were rtively intact. He had short and messy hair, a beard that had not been shaved for a long time and looked like a sage that had seen the world, this mans spirit was entirely different from the other survivors who remained scared and anxious. His eyes were deep and reserved, as though nothing in the world could shock him. Before Zhang Xiao Qiang, the man did not falter at all and maintained silent throughout until Zhang Xiao Qiang questioned him. Myst names Ding and my names Ding Luo. Everyone in the fleet calls me Instructor, we came from City X and was heading to WH city.... Hold up.... Zhang Xiao Qiang interrupted Ding Luos introduction. He looked at the man before him carefully, You said you guys came from City X? The City X that takes three hours from City Y by train, the City X that resisted the Mongolians for over 20 years in the Song dynasty? The man nodded his head, he was just about to continue speaking. Is there a family in the fleet that used to stay..... The 600 to 700 survivors were called down the vehicles. They stood in lines and endured Zhang Xiao Qiangs inquiries, those in the outskirts were isted and separated out, those in urban districts were separated as well. They were all questioned with regards to a few names and a particr district name of City X.... The survivors that were intercepted once again boarded the vehicles and drove towards the base. Zhang Xiao Qiang sat on the dusty ground and looked at the grime on his boots and got lost in thought, the smoke from the cigarette in his mouth lingered around his squinted eyes as arge ck and crawled beside his leg. Zhang Xiao Qiang observed the ant and watched it climb up his boots. The burning end of the cigarette came down onto the army boots and killed the ant; It was instantly buried within the ashes of the cigarette. Zhang Xiao Qiang raised his head and looked towards the horizon, it waste afternoon at 5 pm and the sky was slowly turning dimmer, the smell of smoke from his clothes lingered around his nose. His heart was growing in pain, he did not think about his sister, he never dared to. The entire time, he escaped from the fact that he might have lost his own sister, the pain and despair. But Ding Luos appearance from City X and bringing news along was like a sharp sawtooth that ripped apart Zhang Xiao Qiangs seemingly tenacious heart. The self-deceit was instantly broken, hepletely forgot about the sea of zombies approaching, about the D2s that was approaching, of the dark hands that were approaching. He chased after the fleet and interrogated every single survivor. Even the identities of the survivors in the three vehicles that were killed were made known. The absence of any information regarding his sister resulted in his current state. Fourbat team members carried their rifles and guarded around Zhang Xiao Qiang, who was at the center. In the distance, two off-road vehicles were parked whereYang Keer and Shangguan Qiao Yun sat inside and looked at the dispirited Zhang Xiao Qiang.... Ding Luo was the leader of the fleet, originally an instructor from an MMA club in City X, was in a cultural festival held by the city on the day of the outbreak. He and his MMA team were participating in the opening ceremony when it happened. Although the ceremony had arge poption of people attending, the ce wasrge and many managed to escape. Ding Luo and the fortunate survivors carried their cold weapon props and charged out. Ding Luos best ability was not his medical expertise but his cool-headedness. Time after time, he led the group to avoidrge zombie hordes and killed scattered zombies. When the foolish and blind survivors were all eaten, people saw Ding Luos professional team advancing and retreating at crucial moments with weapons and started to gather to them. Humans are social creatures, after seeing everyone going towards them, they started joining. Ding Luo weed everyone, brought up by medical parents who were merciful and kind, he brought the weak and young on a road of blood and brutality. The cultural festival was held near the outskirts, after securing themselves, they charged out of the crowd, only for Ding Luo to realize that the group numbered close to 300 people. Furthermore, there were even more people following the dead zombies trail and joining them after. As Ding Luo was the one who led them out with his own MMA team helping out, Ding Luo was unanimously chosen to be the leader. After that, Ding Luo led the few hundreds to hoard foodstuff, store up water and various supplies. At that time, the zombies had not gone through any mutations. Relying on the des in their hands, Ding Luo and the fighters killed many zombies and seized countless supplies and vehicles. After killing a group of gangsters that wanted to seize their belongings, they took their weapons as well. With Ding Luos group holding down and clearing the zombies in the outskirts of City X, the odds of survival for the unaffected people became higher. As more survivors were saved, the poption reached the highest of 1200, and the number of men wielding des grew to 400-500. After the heavy downpour, it became even more difficult for Ding Luo and the others. Many of his members died in battle, the zombies mutated and became stronger and faster. Fortunately, they prepared for reserves and migration like Zhang Xiao Qiang, to search for a secluded ce to recover. While resting at the side of a clear water river, their group was nearly destroyed by a sudden attack. Their group carried their water reserve in an oil tanker, and some people detested the smell of oil from the water decided to drink from the river. In the middle of the night, over 200 people turned into zombies, and this chaos plunged the entire camp into hell. When morning came, the entire camp was left with 800 people, 300 of whom were injured. The injured were isted, and less than half survived. The base was built, but Ding Luo did not think as far as Zhang Xiao Qiang. They lived like beggars and when the zombies from City X moved, they could only run, their goal was thergest camp, WH City. Along the way, they epted over a few hundred people and increased the poption over a thousand once more. On one night, they decided to stay in the wilderness and nned to leave early in the morning. By the time morning came, more than 10 S2s pounced into their encampment. Half of the vehicles and more than 300 people were left behind under the orders of Ding Luo. With the rest, they drove away with the S2s chasing them. In the distance, the sea of zombies could be seen moving towards them. In that critical moment, the ultimate scapegoat, Three, appeared.... Deep in his own thoughts, Zhang Xiao Qiang threw the background of the people to the back of his mind, upon thinking about the sea of zombies that was capable of engulfing mountains and ins, he stood back up and walked over to the designated checkpoint. Time: Evening 18:00, Location: Intersection between two counties, Warring Parties: Humanity 1.05 million, Zombies: Estimated count of 5-7 million. (TN: Thisst number figures between humans and zombies are a guess from me, the author didnt really write it well, will leave the original for all of you to guess!) ս:105ˣɥʬ:Ϊ5w7w Chapter 260: Machine Gunner and Sister Cao (1)

Chapter 260: Machine Gunner and Sister Cao (1)

The sky quickly got dark. Zhang Xiao Qiang stood on the mound and observed his surroundings; the intersection between the two counties wasid with mounds of all sizes. At the same time, plenty of abandoned vehicles littered across thend, from trucks to sedans, to vans and minibusses, there were even tractors used by vigers all over the ce. When the outbreak urred, the survivors from one side ran to the other, and the survivors from the other ran here. All of their vehicles converged on the small narrow path, which was coincidentally in between the hills, both of which around 10m tall, but their bases were over 200m wide. Even if they managed to detour around, they would encounter all sorts of concave depressions and a 7m wide river channel that had a depth of 4m that had no water in it, but instead filled with rocks andrge pits at the base with the asional rusteds by the banks. Zhang Xiao Qiang had no choice to pick such a location, it was only an hour away from their base. ording to the speed of their vehicles per hour, the distance between their current location to the base was roughly 80km, which was 160li. The huge sea of zombies was most probably a tad slower than an ordinary zombie but could clock up a distance of at least 3km every hour. In other words, the zombies could most probably arrive by their doorsteps in the morning the next day. The sea of zombies was different from the other scattered zombies around, they had a fixed goal, they had identified that Zhang Xiao Qiang was their prey. With that said, they no longer had the need to search for preys and simply followed behind Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang was forced to engage in battle with them in the night, as the space between their current location to their base was an empty and open space, they had no strategic grounds or any terrain that they could take advantage of. Zhang Xiao Qiang did not dare to let them go just like that. Additionally, it was not as though Zhang Xiao Qiang did not think of having a few members lure them away. The thing was, a few vehicles could not do the job, and Zhang Xiao Qiang was unwilling to send the entire team off. It was already evening and by the time it was night, the entire ce would be pitch ck. If they had the slightest miscalction and end up charging back into the sea of zombies, it would mean definite annihtion. Their current location was the most suitable for bottlenecking the zombies, the continuous undted hills forced the zombies to split up and the 7m wide river channel could easily hold up a few thousand zombies. The 4m height river channel was capable of storing up to ten thousands of zombies for them to be t. On his other side, although there were no river channels, there were plenty of hills that formed plenty of pot-holes and hillslopes. Any ordinary person with the ability to see could not even scale the entire terrain, making it even more improbable that the blind zombies could. With the terrain to his advantage here, the zombies would have to fork out at least a third of their numbers to cross through. This way, Zhang Xiao Qiang was able to reduce the area to defend and at the same time reduce the consumption of ammunition while improving the life of the gun barrels. All of these little advantages were to stall for time. As long as they survived to the next morning, Zhang Xiao Qiang would bring the people to retreat to the t and open terrain to kill the zombies. Ahead of them, the sea of zombies was at least a few tens of thousands, with many D2s. But without the S2s that could catch up to them and attack them, Zhang Xiao Qiang believed that as long as he infuriated the mysterious zombie, they would stop chasing after them. At that time, getting rid of them would be easy. Bang.... Bang.... Two loud sounds came out. Amidst the smoke, the side of the hills that were closer to the zombies was removed and the precipitous slope prevented zombies from climbing up and threatening thebat team members lives. Up above the 10m tall hills were the hidden machine gun formations, with 20 sets of HMGs well-distributed along the edge. The machine gunner relied on the bonfire near him to maintain his weapons while the assistant machine gunners inserted heavy and pointed bullets into the empty bandoliers, Creakk.. The bolt of the gun was restored. He pulled on the bolt and looked ahead of him into the darkness, then turned and looked at the assistant machine gunner who was covered in the smoke, revealing only her white teeth. Sister Cao, today might be where we forfeit our lives here.... Why? Are you scared? I, this old woman here knew that you brutes will always sumb to pressure at such crucial moments. Sister Cao teased while loading the bandolier. What are you talking about, when have I ever been afraid since following Brother Cockroach? The machine gunner was infuriated, he hated to hear people calling him scared. No matter what, he was a person that had stood within a pile of zombies and peed on them before, how could he be afraid? What are you trying to say? If you have something to fart, fart it out now. Cant you see that Im busy? Sister Cao became annoyed. The machine gunner walked over to the ammunition crate and grabbed a bandolier, a few bullets and started loading them with her. Im just saying, did you see the sea of zombies in the afternoon? They were endless, and did our Maxim fire out over five thousand bullets? The way I see it, the rifling inside it must be smoothened out already, but how many zombies have died? Did it reach even ten thousand? How many are left? What are their exact numbers? Upon hearing that, Sister Cao immediately turned and looked around, only to ease up when she realized that the other machine gun groups were all 10m away. Brute, can you lower your voice, you wanna die? If others heard you, Leader Zhang will kill you right now. The moment she finished her words, Sister Caos face changed. She dropped the bandolier and drew out her Type-77 Pistol and pressed it on the machine gunners head. The pressure she applied on his head pushed down his hair to his scalp. Sister....Sister Cao....wha-....wha-...what are you doing? The machine gunner was confused by the sudden turn of events. Speak, are you thinking of running? Let me tell you this, if you dare escape, I will kill you... It was the machine gunners turn to be annoyed. He was merely talking about the bad day and was instantly used of trying to escape. He extended his hand out and pushed the pistol away from his head. Bang Cao Jies pistol struck the machine gunner on his cheek and caused him to fall to the ground. Following that, she pounced onto him and pointed the pistol at his throat. Brat, dont try and y dumb with me, you aint thinking of running? And youre spewing such nonsense? Let me tell you this, I was found by Leader Zhang inside the granary, he fed me and prohibit men from touching me. My life belongs to him, if Leader Zhang wants me to die, I will not speak a second word. But if you want to run from here, I will kill you first... Its not that, Sister Cao ah, Granny Cao ah, listen to me... Speak.... Sister Cao pointed the pistol at his head once more while confiscating his Type-77 pistol. Its my fault, upon thinking that I am going to die here, I immediately thought about my biggest regret in life... Stop beating about the bush, spill it now. If it is something ordinary, Ill let you write your own will. If you want to run and live, I will kill you first. Can we change you for a man, I cant say it in front of ady... Sister Cao did not speak, her thumb pulled on the safety of the Type-77 Pistol. The crisp sound came into the machine gunners hear. He swallowed his saliva and shouted immediately, Ill talk, Ill talk... Chapter 261: Machine Gunner and Sister Cao (2) Chapter 261

Chapter 261: Machine Gunner and Sister Cao (2)

[TL: FYI, I will be putting some of my personalment in there, while pointing out some problems I have encountered . Let me know if you dont want to see my own personalment, but I will point out the difficulties I have encountered just to give you guys a heads up on a possibility of trantion errors . ] The machine gunner spoke out his true thoughts in his heart, while Sister Cao listening to his thoughts along with removing the pistol from his head . At the end, Sister Caoughed amused by his words, causing her to lose her bnce andy on the machine gunners chest and said, Boy, cant you see that you are still a virgin? As soon as I was discharged from the army, I went to the hot springs to be a security guard . Just as I got hooked up with a woman, I didnt even have a chance as the virus broke out and I hid in the cave with the boss . The boss wouldnt even let us take a peek at thedies . Following Brother Cockroach, I thought I had a chance . The day before yesterday a girl promised to go on a date with me, yesterday I was sent out to pull coal, today I saw so many zombies . Were all on the battlefield and its a night battle, too . If the zombies climbs up, were still going to die? You said that I was dead as a virgin, and Iined with you almost shooting me . Am I wrong? [TL: I had trouble with thest few parts of the paragraph, which is about the zombies climbing up (?) . That trantion almost killed me and I had to ask rtives . Hated thetter half of the paragraph . Not sure if it is urate . ] Ha ha ha ha ha... Sister Caoughed when she heard the machine gunners talk . Im like this and still youreughing, I ... *machine gunner starts to cries* As soon as Sister Cao lowered his head, she blocked the mouth of the machine gunner . The machine gunner was stunned, he felt a smokey face rubbing his face with a dexterous tongue stuck into his mouth . The unconscious tongue greeted the invading tongue, and the two kissed together unforgettably . [TL: Dont know what the heck is going on hereds . ] As the kiss scene continued half-way, the machine gunner was stroking the plumpness of the nearly thirty-year-old Sister Cao with both hands . Then, a little rough hand loosened his belt and grabbed his little brother . [TL: Uhhhhhh] Oh god, Sister Cao, its not possible here . There are too many people, maybe we should change ces? As the machine gunner broke free from Sister Caos incense and intense kiss as he gasped . [TL: Really son? Really?] You dare change the ce? I promise you will be shot as soon as you leave here, and you dont want to have a taste of a woman? Said again and kissed the machine gunner and hugged him into the machine gun nest . Cao Jie...Can you...let me be...on top? Why do I feel a little weird? The machine gunner broke free again and pleaded with Sister Cao, he felt like he was being abused by a thug while he was a weak woman . All the initiative was in the hands of Sister Cao . [TL: I felt it is more appropriate to use the Chinese wording here for Sister Cao] Sister Cao didnt speak, grabbing his son, the machine gunner didnt and couldnt speak anymore ... Five, four, three, two, one......... [TL: st off ( ? ?? ?)] The machine gunner clutched Sister Cao tightly, and his body continued to tremble . Then he asked with a crying voice: Am I very useless? Is there something wrong with my body? I seem to remember that it is not a minute . Sister Caoy on his body, heard the machine gunners words, looked up at him and said, Its not that long, about five seconds . [TL: Hes a quick shooter . LMAO] As soon as the voice fell, Sister Cao was turned over by the machine gunner, and the machine gunner gritted his teeth and said, This time Im on top ... Zhang Xiaoqiang did not know that a love action movie was being performed not far from him . He stood on the hillside and watched the threemanders below givingmands and workers dragging scrapped cars onto the road where the zombies wereing, which they had no time to dig trenches and ditches . Zhang Xiaoqiang saw those dense exhausted cars remembering the scene where the big truck overturned in the corpse was detonated by armor-piercing incendiary bombs . [TL: Dont know which scene he was referring to . ] Other then the twenty machine gun groups that are being prepared, the remaining team members fasten abandoned vehicles with steel wire ropes and drag them to the ground with arge truck . The vehicles are not aligned properly in a row . Zhang Xiaoqiang thought of the narrownes formed by the cars in the coal yard and decided to apply this trick to the zombies . At least the speed of the zombies can be dyed so that they can not form a continuous zombie wall, and these vehicles can be exploded and burn . The burning metal can illuminate itself, allowing the machine gunner to correct the trajectory and better attack the corpse . A row of headlights appeared behind him, the roar of the cars engine sound continued toe, Zhang Xiaoqiang turned and looked behind him, ten pairs of headlights pierced the darkness and turned to this side . One! Two! Three! Hey-o! One! Two! Three! Hey-ho... Ten strong men wearing miners hats with shlights pulling on a thick hemp rope behind there backs . A two-wheeled two-mounted 56-type anti-aircraft machine gun was slowly pulled up to the top of the hill . Dozens of people carried huge ammunition boxes, heavy spare gun barrels, and consumable gun machine parts from below while climbing up the mountain . Arge bonfires were set off next to the convoy of buses, and the fat chef who usually hide in the base gave instructed to his female kitchen workers to send the meals to each machine gun nest . He used a big metal barrel as a makeshift pot to make thick soup that was being boiled in barrel . The fiery red mes were sprayed from the edge of the iron pot, which illuminated the busy womens body . Wang Le brought along his twockeys with two high-power diesel generators . His deputy director, Director Ma, shed a shlight and instructed several workers to pull the cables . The two workers carried the searchlights removed from the base and went up the hill . Obviously Wang Le did a good job preparing . Six two-mounted anti-aircraft machine guns upied the best shooting points of the two hills, two four-mounted anti-aircraft machine guns mounted on arge truck sealed the intersection, and one was dragged to thest position . Which had the least amount ofplicated terrain, with only a river on site . Zhang Xiaoqiang viewed that this is the easiest ce for zombies to break through . With the 92 type infantry gun and three mortars arranged there, the zombie should not be able to get through . Zhang Xiaoqiang stood silently waiting on the top of the hill . In the dark night, the two small hills were brightly lit and divided the darkness into two halves . The left and right side were waiting silently, and even the fat chef stood beside Zhang Xiaoqiang looked at the distance of the ck hole in front, didnt know what Zhang Xiaoqiang was looking at . I think ... we might not die ... said the machine gunner, sitting behind Maxines heavy machine gun, touching the iron water tank beside him . A dazzling beam of light passed behind him, illuminating the steel jungle with exhaust cars ahead . Sister Cao, are you listening? I said we might not die ... Look, Brother Roach has brought all the anti-aircraft machine guns, and the searchlights at the watchtower have alsoe . He also said, we just have to stay until dawn . The machine gunner turned to look at Sister Cao who was rubbing a bullet chain beside him and said, Sister Cao, when this battle is over, the base is safe, and if I am not dead, you will marry me ... Sister Cao ... you say something . The machine gunner said anxiously . What about the girl at your base? Sister Cao finally said, and killed the machine gunner sentence in half . The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!