Apocalypse Cockroach

Chapter 179: Deterrence and the Warrior unafraid of death

The men all revealed smirks that only the other men knew while the lady lifted her chin and looked up towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. Zhang Xiao Qiang glanced 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 placed 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 glare 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 villa we found the day before yesterday and because of her, us brothers almost fought. Coincidentally, Brother Cockroach came today, it seems like this lady 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 playing dumb with me. I’ve sent men to get this clear, surrender to me, you live. Disobey, DIE!”

Upon hearing that, the man became anxious. Before, they displayed themselves so arrogantly, but then they changed their stance and gifted a woman, wasn’t it just to preserve their independence? Who would ever be willing to become slaves to an organization they did not know of? That was the common 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 slaves 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 isn’t 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 don’t even have to worry about any other things….haha, relax, you won’t die from starvation.”

Listening to Zhang Xiao Qiang’s words, the man’s face quickly turned pale, he knew that the most terrible outcome 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 Qiang’s 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 won’t even give you a chance.

Following the man’s 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 Qiang’s side, all of them were on guard, they pulled the gun bolts of the rifles, some unsheathed their bayonets 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 placed 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 blade 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 blade at his neck. Zhang Xiao Qiang saw the incoming blade wielded in the man’s right hand, the slender Triangular Spike spun in the air and flew at the man’s right hand. “CLANK….” The man deflected it in midair, his small blade striking the Spike while his body remained unmoved, the blade in his hand then turned as he continued to stab towards Zhang Xiao Qiang. “CLANK CLANK CLANK…” With his bayonet, 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 opponent’s underbelly. Zhang Xiao Qiang’s leg suddenly changed directions halfway. He aimed at the young man’s thigh, landing a successful 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 man’s 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 occurring, 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 place 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 clash 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 gunner’s 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 were completely 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 constantly comparing 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 extremely comfortable. This man’s 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.