Even so, their place is quite large, with walls on all sides, and crucially, it’s located on a river island. Once the river freezes, there are no obstructions from any direction, so zombies could co from anywhere.
Hence, there are many places that need defending.
Compared to the Big Camphor Tree Base, one side of the base’s walls is near a cliff, and behind two other sides are dense mountain forests that are not conducive to large masses of zombies forming. The only place under major pressure is where the village road connects.
Moreover, the Big Camphor Tree Base is built in a sparsely populated rural area.
Even so, the zombies at the Big Camphor Tree Base could potentially pile up to seven or eight ters high.
This ans the pressure on Juzi Island is even greater.
There are more zombies to face than at the Big Camphor Tree Base, a larger area to defend, and the walls are several tis shorter than those of the Big Camphor Tree Base.
This makes it very difficult for them.
Nearly every day people die, and each ti soone gets bitten by a zombie, the others would not hesitate to kill them.
This has beco an unwritten rule.
hours later, Hai Chao dragged his weary body back to the residential area.
These days, the people’s morale is scattered, and a negative mood has overtaken the whole team.
Just yesterday, unable to bear the living conditions, soone wildly shot at zombies from atop the wall, and then turned the gun on himself.
His death affected everyone else’s mood. Day by day, there seed to be no end to the zombies, and despite being killed daily, they would still reappear in large numbers when it was soone’s shift.
Despair and fatigue were suffocating them.
It felt like a tightly strung string that could snap at any mont.
It just wasn’t clear when it would break.
Duan i saw Hai Chao co in, made a gesture with his eyes, signaling him to follow.
Curious, Hai Chao dragged his tired body and followed.
The two ca to a corner outside the residential area.
Hai Chao, puzzled by Duan i’s serious deanor, tightened his hat and said in the chilly exterior, "If you have sothing to say, say it quickly. It’s too cold out here."
Snow continued to fall darkly from the sky. Duan i cautiously glanced around and said in a low voice, "Last ti, outside the door, I heard your conversation with Gan Shang. I know you hold grudges."
Hearing this, Hai Chao frowned and said, "Not at all, I just didn’t perform well that day."
Duan i sneered, pulled open the cloth covering his right eye, and said fiercely, "Rember this eye? I fucking rember. When we were gathering supplies outside before, there were dicines that could treat my eye, but Gan Shang told there weren’t!
My eye was ruined because of him!
Yes, he provided a job before the apocalypse.
But this is the apocalypse; I’ve been fed up with him for a long ti. If it weren’t for fearing his father, I would have killed him long ago.
Hai Chao, we’ve known each other for years, I’ll be straightforward with you. Do you want to join ?"
Hai Chao was silent. He wasn’t sure if Duan i was testing him on behalf of Gan Shang or genuinely harbored resentnt and wanted Gan Shang gone.
Gan Shang’s subordinates weren’t just him and Duan i, there were several others.
Seeing Hai Chao’s hesitation, Duan i’s expression turned slightly unpleasant, murmuring, "Do you really want to be Gan Shang’s dog forever? Heh, let tell you, it’s not just who thinks this."
"Who else?"
Duan i, with a smug look, said, "Baozi, Jiu Zhi, Gao Ru, and a few others. Old Sun could have joined too, but he had bad luck and died. How about it? Want to join?"
Hai Chao saw Duan i’s hand reach into his sleeve, sensing a hint of danger from that movent.
Talking about rebellion like this, since he’d brought it up, his only option was to join.
Agreeing for now seed best; if it worked out, good—he too held so grievances against Gan Shang.
He replied with a laugh, "Haha, look how nervous you are. I’m in; I’ve been annoyed by Gan Shang for a long ti, and getting to take him down with you guys sounds great. But what about Gan Xiong, what if he finds out?"
Duan i relaxed significantly upon hearing the agreent, having decided just now that if Hai Chao hadn’t agreed, he’d have killed him.
If Hai Chao had refused and possibly told Gan Shang, it would have been over.
His hand, previously hidden in his sleeve, now relaxed, he chuckled and said, "Old Hai, don’t worry. Honestly, whenever I saw Gan Shang pointing his finger and yelling at you, I felt it was unfair on your behalf. What have you gotten for all your hard work and loyalty? Heh.
As for Gan Xiong, emperor is far away from heaven; however long his arm is, can he really reach us? That’d be a joke. This is the apocalypse—once we deal with Gan Shang, we brothers can establish our own rule and be masters of our fate!"
Hai Chao agreed, saying, "Sounds great, so when do we act?"
Duan i, with an inscrutable expression, replied, "Don’t rush. We’ll find a suitable ti, but it’ll likely be in the next few days. Then, just bring the security team you’ve been leading."
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