"Brother Su, what do we do now? We can't find those damn bastards!"
Liu Tianji was one of the campers who longed for peace, even he now wanted to quickly resolve the Beita Camp, the feeling of having a poisonous snake lurking in the dark was too awful.
Zhang Su shook his head, "Don't rush. Their attack has been successfully defused by us. Before dealing with external issues, let's secure our ground first, then we'll play with them. If we rush out blindly, we'll be led by the nose!"
After two consecutive confrontations, both were dominated by the opponent. Zhang Su felt this was a terrible feeling, but no matter how bad it was, it was necessary to first solidify their defenses, wait for the opponent's flaw, and then strike a fatal blow.
"Let's go to work! We have our tasks to do. Don't ntion this to anyone, just say nothing was found, otherwise, those few powder kegs will blow up in anger."
Zhang Su patted Xiaoliu on the shoulder and said with a smile.
Liu Tianji chuckled, knowing exactly whom Zhang Su was referring to.
When the two returned to the mountain road, everyone was desperately clearing the zombie corpses. Even Corgi Good Fortune wasn't idle, knowing that bullet casings were useful. It was busy collecting empty casings everywhere and had gathered together weapons dropped by soone unknown, not eating much, but doing a lot of work.
"Brother Su, did you discover anything? Was it those Beita Camp scumbags?"
Lu Yubo saw Zhang Su coming from the camp and stood up to ask.
Zhang Su shook his head naturally, spreading his hands, "Didn't see any issues, even if there were, there's no direct evidence."
"Hmph, I think it's definitely those bastards' doing, otherwise where would all these zombies suddenly co from!"
Lu Yubo dragged a zombie corpse onto the scooter's footboard, full of resentnt.
"Brother Bo, there are plenty of zombies around here, any village has thousands. Not to ntion anything else, wasn't that village full of zombies before we returned?"
Qi Xiaoshuai found a flaw in Lu Yubo's words.
Jia Shiqin also added, "Yeah, there are four towns nearby, with just the administrative villages numbering over a hundred. Not to ntion much, there are definitely fifty thousand zombies..."
The workers felt dizzy hearing this number.
"Goodness." Zhao Dezhu, hanging with a broken arm, was also helping with the work. Hearing Jia Shiqin's words, he lanted, "If fifty thousand zombies attacked us, who could withstand it?"
"Zhuzi, don't jinx it. If that many zombies attacked, the city wouldn't stand, so don't worry about it!"
Zhang Su shook his head speechlessly, admiring Zhao Dezhu's straightforward thinking.
"Heh, right, we don't have to hold our ground to the death. Right, right, if there are too many zombies, we'll just run. Ha ha, what a good idea!"
Whether they believed it or not, Zhang Su didn't confirm that the horde was connected to Beita Camp, slightly lightening everyone's mood.
Hundreds of zombie corpses couldn't be cleaned up imdiately. By the ti the sun slanted west, there were still at least two or three hundred bodies on the mountain road not yet cleared away.
Zhang Su didn't let everyone work hungry and in the dark. Not only did they stop working, but he also specifically instructed the catering team to add more food to the al, to host a celebratory feast to celebrate Celestial Horse Island's victory over the first wave of zombie attacks!
As night slowly fell, apart from the two in the monitoring room on duty, everyone else gathered in the dining room of Little Lucky Inn.
The two large round tables were filled with food, not necessarily gourt fare, but definitely a feast in the apocalypse, especially with the rare display of two bottles of wine!
"Everyone!"
Zhang Su raised his wine glass, saying, "Today I searched the radio in the car and heard a broadcast from the Qin City Survivor Alliance, saying they've successfully repelled two zombie hordes. They sounded so proud."
"You, with less than twenty people, successfully halted over eight hundred zombies (after preliminary body count) with zero deaths and a kill ratio as high as one to thirty-five. This achievent, I dare say, stands out globally as impressive! To the impressive warriors!"
Zhang Su deliberately didn't ntion the zombies they killed after their return, but no one would forget their contributions. These words felt very comforting, with a sense of fulfillnt and recognition at heart.
"Brother Su, you all helped a lot after returning, cheers!"
"Cheers!"
"Cheers!"
Everyone raised their glasses together. Not liking alcohol wasn't an excuse; in the apocalypse, alcohol was a precious resource. Having a sip to relieve stress was hard to co by. Except for the recovering Pang Dakun, even Mo Qianlan poured half a glass, about an ounce.
Only Zhao Dezhu felt very depressed. He wanted to drink, but Yu Qing took away his cup, using his broken arm as an excuse, leaving him helplessly smacking his lips and in the end, gulping down a bottle of cola to lift his spirits.
"Mr. Zhang, although today's battle was a complete victory, the consumption of defensive facilities is considerable. Only three to five chevaux-de-frise are left usable, and in the future, labor allocation is needed to make more."
Yuwen put down his wine glass and imdiately raised a suggestion. He was mainly in charge of this aspect, so he was especially concerned.
"The chevaux-de-frise played a huge role in today's battle. Old Yu, your inventions and creations are invaluable and need to be promoted well in the future."
Zhang Su acknowledged Yuwen's contributions.
Yuwen humbly smiled, "I made them according to docunted sources, not my invention or creation."
"Hey, hey, Brother Su, shouldn't there be entertainnt at this feast? Eating in silence is boring, let's have sister-in-law sing?"
Lu Yubo suggested enthusiastically.
"Sing a song, sing a song!"
"Sister-in-law, sing a song."
"Sister-in-law, give us a song..."
Everyone imdiately started urging her on.
"You're the only one causing trouble!" Zhang Su pointed at Lu Yubo with a smile, then turned to Zheng Xinyu and Zhong Xiaoshan, saying, "Which one of you would like to perform?"
In such a happy mont, the two won naturally wouldn't dampen everyone's spirits. They exchanged a glance, and Zhong Xiaoshan stood up, saying, "Then I'll go first and make a fool of myself."
She had been to KTV many tis before, so singing was no big deal for her.
Zhong Xiaoshan took out her phone, checked the battery, found a network song that had beco a hit just before the disaster, and started singing with the accompanint.
"The dim temptation of the light in the deep sea, she thought she could grasp the bubbles called love. Human hearts are elusive, dark blue as ink, how to guess and see through the story's ending, why does brilliance leave people empty-handed, why does my lover give a cage, why is waiting fruitless and in vain..."
The pleasant lody and catchy lyrics resonated with everyone in this ti lacking spiritual entertainnt, earning her rounds of applause.
Zhang Su, however, glanced at Yuwen with a strange expression and said, "Teacher Yu, is she giving a special ssage with her song?"
"Hahaha." Yuwen laughed loudly at Zhang Su's question and said, "Mr. Zhang, you're overthinking it. I think Miss Zhong's song is about the current environnt. Brilliance leaves people empty-handed, waiting is futile, isn't that fitting for everything in front of us?"
Right after Zhong Xiaoshan, Zheng Xinyu sang a song with the sa na as the inn, "Little Lucky."
As a ga strear, she occasionally showcases her singing talents during streams, and since it's her specialty, she perford it with flair.
"Who has silently guarded in the wind and rain, turns out you are the luck I most wanted to keep, turns out we and love were once so close, that decision to fight the world for ..."
Without accompanint, pure a cappella, since her voice was quite similar to the original singer's, Zheng Xinyu's rendition was spot on.
"Great, sounds wonderful!"
"How nice it is, but it's a sha that no new songs will be created for a long ti..."
Just as the song ended and applause erupted, the radio clipped to Zhang Su's waist crackled to life.
"Hello, hello, is that Brother Zhang?"
"Shh!" Zhang Su gestured for silence, took off the radio, and said, "It's , what's up?"
"Brother Zhang, I've discovered sothing. Do you want to co over?"
The speaker was Wang Xingui, his tone carrying a sense of mystery.
"Just say it; do you think I'll short you a thousand pounds of food?" Zhang Su slightly frowned. If what they discovered wasn't critical, only a lunatic would run out at night.
"Hehehe..." Wang Xingui laughed awkwardly and said, "One of the village brothers found sothing in another village. It was supposed to be deserted, but signs show recent activity!"
Everyone on Celestial Horse Island was watching Zhang Su; this was obviously a crucial piece of information.
Seeing Wang Xingui still being evasive, Zhang Su, annoyed, said, "Guizi, I an what I say. Just going there without verification ans no food payout. What do you an? Planning to get a thousand pounds of food from with unverified news?"
"No, no, Brother Zhang, you misunderstand..."
Busted, Wang Xingui felt a pang of embarrassnt and then decided to co clean, "No need to verify; I'll be honest. Those guys from Beita Camp are sly. Why can't we find them? They've changed their activity ti to midnight. They don't co out during the day; they move around 2 or 3 AM!
My brother discovered soone sneaking around with a flashlight at 4 AM... uh, in Xiang Village. He recognized the silhouette imdiately; it was Beita Camp's Erhu!"
"Xiang Village?"
Zhang Su didn't care who Erhu was. He looked around at everyone, seeing they're all puzzled. He pressed the talk button and said, "Will you lead the way?"
"Of course I'm willing to lead the way for Brother Zhang, but... about the fee?" Wang Xingui negotiated with a greedy smile.
Unperturbed, Zhang Su said, "Don't ask for stuff from . Wipe out Beita Camp, and you get a tenth of the spoils!"
A mont later, Wang Xingui replied, "A tenth... isn't that a bit low?"
"All you need is to lead the way, no other tasks. Getting a tenth for free isn't enough? Maybe I should consider trading with West Camp Village more next ti."
"No, no, Brother Zhang, heh heh, we'll send a few more people to escort you. How about twenty percent?"
Being the leader of United Village, Wang Xingui naturally had to secure benefits for his faction.
"Let's not complicate things, just you alone, and I'll give you a bit more!" Zhang Su agreed to his request.
Under the large fla, Wang Xingui's face lit up with joy, and he asked, "When are we departing? Tomorrow?"
"You'll know when it's ti to leave, I'll co to find you!"
Zhang Su didn't specify the ti, then added, "No later than tomorrow afternoon."
"Got it, got it."
"That's it..."
After ending the call, Zhang Su downed the glass of white wine in front of him and listed off a string of nas, saying, "Everyone nad, check your weapons, we'll head out in ten minutes!"
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