Apocalypse: the Most Ruthless Person

"I tie, I tie, I tie your Brother Ma f*ck!"

A low growl, Brother Liu’s body flashed in the opposite direction of the knife, temporarily avoiding the neck-slitting crisis, planning a surprise attack again, but then...

Bam!

His head was slammed hard onto the ground, making a dull thud, even the floorboards trembled a bit, the kind of situation where if you did this upstairs, the downstairs neighbor would definitely come knocking!

If it were just that, it would simply be dizziness. Just when Brother Liu had not fully regained his senses, a slight pain came from his neck...

"No, no, no, I was wrong, I was wrong, good brother, I really don’t dare anymore, I yield, I yield..."

This time Brother Liu was truly scared. In cold weather, if the skin is cut by a sharp blade, you might not even feel the pain. Since the pain had occurred, it could mean the wound was not shallow, and the wound was on the neck; no carelessness was allowed!

He was terrified, secretly thinking that the sudden attack just now was like a thunderbolt, and it was even a sneak attack after admitting defeat. How could the opponent resolve it with such ease? What on earth is this thing, too strong...

Before Brother Liu could continue thinking, his hands were tied with zip ties, very tightly bound, and then his ankles were bound tightly as well, then turned around to pull his upper body up, kneeling facing his already dead companion...

"Good brother, don’t kill me, stop the bleeding, since you didn’t kill me right away, I must be useful, don’t let me die."

Brother Liu’s head was particularly hard, even after being knocked heavily, he wasn’t at all muddled, pleading very logically.

"Name? Where are you from? What are you doing here?"

A cold voice sounded from behind, Brother Liu saw the other party had no intention of stopping the bleeding, had no choice but to tilt his head, trying to slow down the blood flow by pressing his neck to squeeze the wound, answering at the same time.

"I came from, no no, I was just stopping the bleeding, no other meaning, good brother, I came from Qin City, I’m from Apocalypse, no, I’m from Little Eagle, someone from the Little Eagle Association, I’m called, I’m called Liu Ming, came, came, came... hiss."

Liu Ming opened his mouth intending to lie, suddenly remembered his life was in the opponent’s hands and quickly changed his words. When he was about to explain his purpose, he began to make up a story but the pain pulled him back to reality. He hurriedly continued: "Came to investigate a camp nearby called Celestial Horse, Celestial Horse Island camp, we came to investigate Celestial Horse Island!"

Zhang Su felt inexplicably confused, never hearing of this Little Eagle Association, where did these guys come from, why investigate his camp?

"I’ve only heard Qin City now has a force called Survivor Alliance, there’s no Little Eagle Association, you liar!"

While speaking, Zhang Su picked up the Dog Leg Military Saber and gave Liu Ming’s head a knock.

Clang.

"Hiss hiss..."

Liu Ming inhaled sharply from the pain, crying and pleading: "Good brother, I don’t know who you heard from, but he definitely lied to you, how could Qin City only have one Survivor Camp, there’re many, I know at least seven or eight places!"

"I saw earlier you had more people, where did they go, how many did you come with in total?"

Zhang Su didn’t bother with the Little Eagle Association for the time being, asking for other critical information.

"Good brother, give me something to stop the bleeding, otherwise, I might run out of blood before I finish answering your questions, which wouldn’t be good for you either, right?"

Liu Ming only felt that a lot of blood had flowed from his neck, probably already soaking his collar.

"If you’re afraid of bleeding out, you’d better hurry up and answer the questions!"

Zhang Su merely used the back of the knife to scratch Liu Ming’s neck, creating a pain sensation but not breaking the skin. If it was the blade, the guy would be dead already. It wasn’t purely for scaring but to gather information, keeping him alive.

Liu Ming had no idea what his injuries were like, the cold had made some of his senses dull, his mind racing with fear, knowing there was no room for tricks now, his words came out like a rapid-fire cannon.

"We came this time with a total of eighteen people, but now two brothers are dead, leaving sixteen. The other fifteen come from three different forces, five people from each force, including the Survivor Alliance, Apocalypse Corps, and Civilization Guardian, all to investigate Celestial Horse Island!

The reason for investigating Celestial Horse Island is that the leader of the Survivor Alliance wants to expand the territory northward, and coincidentally found Celestial Horse Island luring corpse groups into the city, giving Liao Youzhi a reason to act. As for why they joined forces with us, it’s because our territories are all north of Qin City. That’s basically the whole process, good brother, I’ve told you everything I know!"

It’s got to be said, Liu Ming’s speech was very good, fast yet articulate, every word could clearly fall into Zhang Su’s ears without any ambiguity.

Zhang Su was entirely uninterested in paying attention to these, all his focus at this moment was on the four words: Civilization Guardian!

He clearly remembered Xiao Xuejian once telling him that in the northeast direction near the Wenhua Road Barracks, there was a force called Civilization Guardian, and the boss’s surname was Li.

"I know Liao Youzhi, the leader of the Survivor Alliance, but who are the bosses of your Little Eagle Association, Apocalypse Corps, and that Civilization-whatever?"

When Zhang Su asked, he knocked Liu Ming’s head again, scaring the other into a shiver.

"Our boss is named Liu Yao, triple-earth ’Yao,’ outsiders call him Director Liu, reportedly he was a minor leader in some department before, Apocalypse Corps’ boss is Yang the Coward, no, it’s Yang Xinqi, Civilization Guardian’s boss is Li Zongkai, everyone calls him Chairman Li, he was once an official too."

Liu Ming didn’t hold back any information.

Zhang Su nodded silently to himself. Li Zongkai must be Old Li, and Civilization Guardian must be the same one Xiao Xuejian mentioned. After all, in a small place like Qin City, such coincidences are impossible!

"Tell me in detail about the situation of the other three teams, explain it well and I’ll spare your life!"

This time, Zhang Su was particularly polite, he didn’t knock on Liu Ming’s head.

Liu Ming was bracing for a beating, but when he heard the sound of a sword being sheathed, he could finally breathe and felt overwhelmed with gratitude, yet he still felt the blood on his neck, so he quickly spoke.

"The Survivor Alliance consists of Liao Youzhi’s Guard Team, they are personally strong, led by someone called Wu Baokang, who I’ve heard was a bandit before, very formidable after being released from prison! The Apocalypse Corps are five nobodies, weak and cowardly, led by someone called Fan Dahai!

Uh, as for the Civilization Guardian... Well, big brother, to be honest, I’m not very familiar with them. The camps are far apart, and we met those people for the first time tonight. I only know their leader’s last name is Wu, named Wu Daqiang, don’t know about the others. Hehe, how is my answer?"

Wu Daqiang, when Zhang Su heard this name, a peculiar expression crossed his face. Wasn’t this Big Soldier Wu?

"Hmm, better than before, but still not up to my standards. I’ll give you another chance, make good use of it!"

To help Liu Ming relax, Zhang Su took a small step back.

Upon hearing Zhang Su’s words, Liu Ming first tensed up and then relaxed considerably, hurriedly asking, "Big brother, who are you? Are you from Celestial Horse Island or a local survivor?"

"I am the leader of Celestial Horse Island."

Zhang Su said calmly.

"Eep!"

Liu Ming made a strange sound out of fright, cold sweat dripped from the pores on his back, feeling incredibly unlucky to be caught by the leader himself. However, he thought this might actually be an opportunity.

The saying goes, it’s easier to deal with King Yama than his minions. Perhaps meeting the boss might be a good thing, so he quickly set his clever mind to work, thinking up ways to cope.

"Ah, my lord!" Liu Ming suddenly said in an emotionally moving tone, "You don’t know, our Little Eagle Association has been opposing this operation from the start, thinking Liao Youzhi’s arrangements were inappropriate, but unfortunately, Liao Youzhi wouldn’t listen."

"I’ve decided to sever all ties with them and from now on, I’ll be yours, infiltrating the enemy to gather intel for you, is that okay?"

In the darkness, Zhang Su had a peculiar smile, listening to Liu Ming blatantly lie. If it weren’t for the inappropriate setting, he almost wanted to laugh out loud.

"Is he insulting my intelligence?"

"I’ve already killed two of your companions, and you’re still willing to work for me?" Zhang Su asked playfully.

Liu Ming replied without hesitation, "It’s just an unavoidable situation, accidental injury or death during tense moments is inevitable, the key is to not let misunderstandings linger, don’t you agree, boss?"

Zhang Su rarely had entanglements like this with other factions, he had seen some headstrong outlaws, but never met someone as shameless as Liu Ming...

"So, boss, about what I just said, what do you think?" Liu Ming hastily asked when Zhang Su remained silent.

"We’ll talk about your matter later, first answer my questions properly. If you answer well, I’ll give you a chance."

"Okay okay, boss, ask anything, I’ll tell you everything I know!"

Liu Ming perked up much more than before, although he was still worried about the situation on his neck, everything else seemed to be turning out well.

"Why aren’t those people staying with the three of you, and what is the armament situation for all of you, the more detailed the better!"

"They feel that our Little Eagle Association contributed only three people, so they excluded us! You know, we didn’t want to be involved in this at all, but due to some special reasons, Director Liu had no choice but to send us out to deal with it..."

Liu Ming’s eyes flickered, lies readily falling from his lips, and continued to explain.

"Each of us has guns, but our Little Eagle Association’s equipment is quite basic, just handguns, the Apocalypse Corps is about the same, five police pistols. Civilization Guardian’s gear is more sophisticated, among five people they have three standard rifles, and two with submachine guns, their camp is a barrack, so they are well-armed. Survivor Alliance is not worse than Civilization Guardian, but lacks some special equipment!"

"Such as?" Zhang Su prompted.

"For example, the night vision goggles we use are provided by Civilization Guardian, they have thermal-imaging binoculars themselves, proper military-grade gear, even drones which are very useful when it comes time to scout the situation, I saw their bulgy attire, they probably wore bulletproof vests!"

Zhang Su committed this information to memory, then calmly stated, "Anything else you know, just spill it all."

"Big brother, I’ve basically told you everything I know, so..."

Swish!

Before Liu Ming could finish, a fierce wind sliced through the air, followed by a gurgling sound, and then a thud as a corpse hit the ground.

In his dying moment, Liu Ming felt immense satisfaction, because from the start he had thought it’s easier to deal with King Yama than his minions, and now it came true...