In the apocalypse, one cannot boast about their expertise. It might be good for scaring people, but not for helping. They are just ordinary survivors, and survival itself is a challenge. When faced with trouble, they can only help if they can, and if they can't, then they are powerless.
They have a clear conscience.
Seeing that Lin Yuan and his group were not from the military, the people’s eyes dimmed a bit. They sighed, “Since you’re not, then you should leave quickly. The captain of our convoy is a complete beast. Leave quickly before they arrive. He wants to search this place for supplies.”
Hearing this, the team members laughed and quickly replied, “Brother, please give us your name first, and don’t be so quick to dismiss our combat effectiveness. Tell us how formidable that person is. Look at the pile of zombie corpses lying at our doorstep; do you think we’re afraid?”
The person seemed to snap back to reality, but then his expression dimmed again. He said, “My surname is Yang, Yang Jiayu. You don’t know, our convoy captain, how should I put it… you’ve watched TV shows and movies, right? He’s like a monster, but with a human body. He can easily crush a person’s head with his bare hands, and on his back, he grew two…”
“Two what?”
He paused for a moment, trying to recall how to describe it. “Two limbs that are like an insect’s.”
What the heck?
What kind of monstrous thing is that?
Hearing the mention of insects, Lin Yuan immediately thought of how K died.
Could it be another one of those things?
He pressed further, “Does he have any tattoos or anything like that? Like a cross, but with a circular top part.”
Yang Jiayu recalled carefully and shook his head, “No, I’ve never seen anything like that.”
Not that?
Then what could it be?
“How does he usually bully you?”
Yang Jiayu sighed heavily and said, “We were originally people hiding from disaster at home. We were almost ready to clear out the rooftop, at least collecting supplies from five or six floors. Then we met our current captain.
Initially, he pretended to be a good person, leading his dozen or so subordinates, and tricked us. He said he was taking us to a safe zone, that it wasn’t safe to stay home for too long, and that national rescue would take at least ten years. By then, we’d all starve to death. We all have children, so naturally, we couldn’t bear to see our wives and children starve.
As soon as we went to their convoy, we were captured. Then they held our wives and children hostage, wanting our…”
At this point, Yang Jiayu suddenly stopped speaking. The others did the same, lowering their heads. The cracking sound of their spines could be clearly heard, and a bulge of flesh slowly emerged on the back of their necks.
Lin Yuan and Jiang Ziqi were all too familiar with this scene. They quickly roared, “Put on your gas masks!!! Everyone retreat, retreat!! Old Man, get the machine gun ready!! Everyone chamber your rounds and aim for the neck, prepare two people with Molotov cocktails!!”
Lin Yuan practically shouted the order.
The team members understood the seriousness of the situation and quickly retreated, aiming their weapons. Zhu Mingjun, the only one carrying Molotov cocktails, quickly took down a string of ten gasoline-filled bottles from his thick cloth bag, pulled out the wooden stoppers, and inserted torn cloth strips into the bottle mouths.
The gasoline soaked the entire cloth strips through capillary action.
One by one, the makeshift Molotov cocktails were ready.
Lin Yuan and his group had already retreated to the 15th floor.
So, when Wang Zhihai returned, he encountered Wang Yixin halfway, carrying a heavy machine gun in one hand and a rocket launcher in the other. Behind them, Wu Mengyao, Sun Qin, Liu Ziyi, Xiao Qing'er, and the other children followed, carrying ammunition boxes, two people to a box.
Wang Zhihai almost burst into tears. He quickly took the weapons and said, “Sister-in-law, why did you bring the children out? It’s so dangerous!!”
“We couldn’t just watch you die before delivering the supplies! Shouyi has already told me how dangerous this thing is. Take these quickly. I’ll send the children back, and I’ll go with you!”
And when they arrived, those three burly men had already charged in.