Apocalypse: the Most Ruthless Person

It was a little past two in the afternoon. Zhang Su and Old Li’s groups, totaling twenty people, were hiding in a muddy wasteland to the northwest of the camp. Behind them lay over a dozen zombie corpses, showing that even in the wilderness, it was not peaceful.

Squatting by a haystack, they looked distantly at the camp. There weren’t too many zombies wandering outside the walls, nor too few, roughly estimated at about one hundred fifty to two hundred.

It was possible to eliminate all of them using certain means, but it would take some effort and could lead to complications. Better to lure them away.

“Bozai, Old Yu, you can move now!” Zhang Su issued the order to the two through the walkie-talkie.

Before long, two cars appeared from the south and north respectively, backing towards the zombies. As the crisp sound of the horn echoed, the zombies outside the wall seemed to have heard a battle cry, and they started chasing after the cars.

“After that heavy rain a few days ago, the zombies’ speed has increased slightly. Don’t use past experiences to deal with them!”

In the wilderness, Wu Daqiang said in a low voice.

Zhang Su and the others nodded slightly. Surviving in the apocalypse was no easy feat. It was not only because they were observant, but other survivors were too.

“Let me remind you, the zombies have improved in all aspects after the rain, not just in speed!”

Since the other party shared information, Zhang Su also revealed what they knew.

“Big Soldier Wu, I must remind you, I know the camp is full of your former comrades, but they have now turned into zombies. If something happens, don’t show mercy, it will harm yourself, and possibly us, understood?”

Old Li said softly to Wu Daqiang, and every word entered Zhang Su’s ears.

“Don’t worry, Director Li, they are the monsters that killed my comrades, I won’t hesitate!” Wu Daqiang gave himself a psychological hint.

“Director Li?” Zhang Su muttered inwardly. He could see that Old Li had an impressive demeanor, but it was unclear what director he used to be, and now it wasn’t important.

It could only prove one thing, those who were once successful, can still become leaders in teams in the apocalypse. He had no doubt that if Old Li’s group got hold of weapons, they would surely expand the team.

Soon, the zombies outside the wall were lured away by the two cars.

“Move out!”

“Let’s go!”

Both team leaders gave the command, and the twenty people rapidly moved towards the wall, stepping on the wet mud, looking much like a group of thieves sneaking into a village to steal dogs…

The military camp’s walls weren’t very high because the deterrent wasn’t the wall itself, but the stationed soldiers!

Before the disaster broke out, who would have been brave enough to climb over the camp wall to steal something?

With a height of about two and a half meters plus anti-climbing spikes, the total height was slightly over three meters, which wasn’t difficult for anyone present.

The most agile people climbed up the wall first, and when they peeked inside the camp, they all froze.

“Officer Wu, has someone been here?”

Looking at the empty camp, Zhang Su was quite surprised. It was certain that it wasn’t because of the horns on the two cars that all the zombies in the yard were drawn away, but because there were no traces of any significant zombie activity.

At least not since the heavy rain.

Wu Daqiang frowned and looked around, only seeing a few zombies wandering from afar, scratching his head he said, “I don’t know what happened!”

Regardless of why there were no zombies inside the camp, it was a good sign for everyone, and they all climbed over the wall into the camp.

“Follow me!”

Wu Daqiang promptly rushed first, quickly moving towards the armory. When he saw the warehouse door intact, a look of excitement appeared on his face.

However, when he abruptly opened the armory door, the excitement on his face instantly fell.

The weapons that should have been stored on the shelves were nowhere to be found, just like the zombies in the camp, leaving only the imprints of the storage boxes to tell the newcomers that things once kept there.

Just then, Zhang Su’s ears twitched, he warned cautiously: “Someone’s coming! Be alert!”

The people who had been following Zhang Su instantly went into combat mode, hiding behind cover, tensely watching the direction of the door. Old Li’s team quickly reacted as well, whereas those who joined Zhang Su’s team later, like Cheng Xu and Jia Shiqin, were a step slower than Old Li’s team.

Tap tap tap.

Footsteps approached quickly, and Wu Daqiang peeked cautiously and exclaimed in surprise: “Xiaoliu, Gangzi?”

“Squad Leader Wu!?”

The two newcomers obviously recognized Wu Daqiang and let out a cheerful shout.

The people hiding in the armory all breathed a sigh of relief, realizing they were soldiers from the camp and knew Wu Daqiang, so there was no danger.

But when everyone slowly walked out of the armory, they still gave the two soldiers a startle.

“Squad Leader Wu, these… these?”

“Some are my friends, some are… partners here for work. What happened to you two, I seemed to have not seen you that day?”

Wu Daqiang furrowed his brows as memories flooded his mind, he would always remember the scenes of the day the disaster broke out, each comrade who fell beside him. He clearly remembered, but indeed, he hadn’t seen these two before him.

Xiaoliu looked around, not finding any danger and said sheepishly, “The day before the incident, Gangzi and I were training and got injured, we didn’t return to the barracks that night, we stayed in the infirmary’s small building…we managed to dodge a bullet.”

Upon hearing this, Zhang Su couldn’t help but remark on how lucky these two soldiers were, not only did they avoid infection, but they were also isolated in a relatively safe environment, no wonder they survived.

“When we discovered the outside had gone wrong, the monsters had already surrounded the infirmary. We didn’t even have weapons at the time. We were desperately anxious hearing the artillery outside…”

Xiaoliu recalled the scenes of that day, his face full of distress.

“Sigh, don’t mention it… By the way, why is this place empty, and where did the monsters in the military camp go?”

Wu Daqiang shook his head with a hint of sadness, suddenly remembering the main issue, and asked.

“We moved the weapons from here and stored them in the barracks over there. We also gradually lured the monsters away!”

Gangzi chimed in, with a determined look on his face, giving off an image of someone who will absolutely complete his mission.

“Good job, both of you did great!”

Wu Daqiang appreciatively patted the two on their shoulders.

“Ahem!”

Zhang Su coughed and said, “Officer Wu, congratulations on finding your comrades. How about we quickly settle the weapons issue, what do you think?”

He had no intention of staying in the military camp any longer; it wasn’t his preferred refuge.

“Weapons…”

Wu Daqiang hesitated, having not anticipated that comrades could have survived and were stationed within the camp. For a moment, he didn’t know what to do and had to glance at Director Li for help.

Old Li caught on and said, “Well, Xiaoliu, Gangzi, let me ask you, how many weapons do you have left there? Mainly tell me about guns and ammunition.”

“Hey!” Zhao Dezhu quickly interjected, “Also, mention the Type 86 grenades, those things are valuable. Don’t tell me the camp doesn’t have them. Any infantry brigade is equipped with them, as well as anti-tank rocket launchers!”

Old Li’s mouth twitched; he intended to gloss over it but was immediately called out by the other party.

Xiaoliu and Gangzi didn’t speak, looking at Wu Daqiang with puzzled eyes. Clearly, they didn’t recognize the man speaking and wouldn’t follow his orders.

Wu Daqiang nodded and said, “Go ahead, just give an approximate situation.”

“We haven’t done a detailed count. There are about eighty automatic rifles left, not many Type 86 grenades, just over a hundred. There’s plenty of ammunition; we haven’t counted, but at least fifty thousand rounds. As for rocket launchers… didn’t see any!”

Xiaoliu roughly reported the current inventory situation.

“Don’t count on anti-tank rocket launchers; at the camp entrance… grenades are gone.” Wu Daqiang said gloomily.

Zhang Su thought of the tank blown up at the camp entrance, then looked at Wu Daqiang’s demeanor, and had a bad guess in his heart…

Zhao Dezhu wasn’t concerned about those; hearing that there were a good number of weapons, he gleefully said, “Ha, we’ve hit the jackpot! We can take over sixty guns, at least eighty grenades, and forty thousand rounds of ammunition!”

“What do you mean by that?”

This statement instantly unsettled Xiaoliu and Gangzi. Being soldiers, their sensitivity to weapons was extremely high. The fact that the other side wanted to take away so many weapons aroused great hostility in both of them.

“Don’t get excited, everyone stay calm!”

Old Li gestured with his hands to calm Xiaoliu and Gangzi, looking somewhat troubled as he turned to Zhang Su and said, “Younger Brother Zhang, you’ve also seen the situation now, it far exceeds our expectations, right?”

Zhang Su wasn’t surprised that Old Li wanted to negotiate. He knew things would develop in this direction as soon as the two big soldiers appeared, but he still played dumb.

“Old Li, when you say it far exceeds expectations, are you referring to the quantity of weapons? That’s not the case. Officer Wu previously said there were two hundred Type 95s, but now there are only eighty, over half are missing. It’s clearly far below expectations!”

“No, no, no, I’m not talking about that!”

Old Li waved his hands repeatedly and said, “I’m talking about the difficulty of this mission. Look, the military camp is spotless. We came in without encountering any danger; this credit belongs to Xiaoliu and Gangzi, right?”

“That’s right.”

Zhang Su couldn’t deny this fact.

“Our previously discussed agreement was based on the camp having no survivors, with weapons in an ownerless state, in a certain sharing ratio. But now the rightful owners are here. On the other hand, Gangzi and Xiaoliu are Xiaowu’s soldiers. I think it’s only appropriate to increase our share ratio!”

Old Li said very seriously.

While Old Li was negotiating with Zhang Su, Wu Daqiang was explaining the situation to Xiaoliu and Gangzi.

Zhang Su didn’t object, nodded, and said, “Okay, I’ll lower it by ten percent and only take seventy percent. Is that acceptable now?”

“No.”

Wu Daqiang shook his head vigorously. He didn’t want to agree to eighty-twenty division at first, considering even seventy-thirty too low. Now, with the sudden appearance of two comrades, this ratio is even more impossible.

“Yes, the weapons were collected by us at the risk of our lives; no way we’re giving you seventy percent!”

“That’s right, it’s absolutely impossible!”

Xiaoliu and Gangzi were also not on board. Though they couldn’t use that many guns, having more weapons always gave them confidence.

“There are many weapons outside the camp, you can go find them yourself if you want!” Xiaoliu pointed to the camp entrance.

Zhao Dezhu angrily said, “Nonsense, all those weapons were blown to bits and soaked in rain for days. If they explode in my hand, I’ll end up blowing myself up!”

“Zhuzi, shut up! Old Li, this issue is between you and me, so I’m only looking for you to give me an explanation!”

Zhang Su wasn’t at all intimidated by the fact that the other side had three automatic rifles.

“This… this is really difficult to handle now, Younger Brother Zhang.”

Old Li had a headache.