Apocalypse: the Most Ruthless Person - Chapter 335 - 284: Ruthless and Reticent
“Of course, I’m trying to persuade you… I hope you can spare my sister. I hope you can sit down and talk calmly. Can we stop resorting to fighting and killing all the time? We are all thinking humans. Can we have a proper discussion?”
Su Lei’s face carried a touch of blush from the cold wind. There was no chance for makeup after the apocalypse, but her facial features had a certain charm. Her earnest attitude made it hard not to feel a bit swayed.
“Boss, what do you think… How will Master Zhang handle this? The situation is a bit delicate now.”
Someone from Bridge Town whispered to Meng Changwei, a look of gossip and tension on his face.
Gossip aside, encountering an ex-girlfriend is an interesting situation even before the catastrophe, let alone in entertainment-starved apocalypse. The tension comes from the fear that if Zhang Su chooses to talk things over properly, their position could become even more awkward.
Meng Changwei naturally thought of these things too. As the leader, he wasn’t interested in watching the drama, focusing more on the benefits. His face carried a serious expression, not answering his companion’s question, but rather considering the pros and cons with squinted eyes.
The people from Bridge Town who didn’t know Zhang Su were tense, but those who did, from Celestial Horse Island, were also tense, knowing full well that Zhang Su would absolutely not compromise, especially when faced with a despicable person like Lei Youliang!
“Su Lei, before you speak to me about these things, you should understand the actual situation!”
Zhang Su took off his gloves, pulled out a cigarette from his pocket, and lit it. “I’ve already talked with you properly. Many people around you can testify to this. We not only talked but also set the premise for cooperation. How did you respond to that?”
Hearing Zhang Su’s words, Lei Youliang dismissed them, spreading his arms, “Indeed, that’s my answer. The firepower we currently have far exceeds yours. Negotiating based on previous attitudes is unrealistic!”
Zhang Su shook his head coldly, “No matter how many weapons there are in the warehouse, they have nothing to do with you. I’ve already reserved these items when I dealt with the Cyan Dragon Corps Grain Collection Team!”
“We and the brothers from Bridge Town risked our lives here—actually, three brothers from Bridge Town really died—to deal with the zombies in the barracks, and now you’re coming here because of the smell?”
“Do you think that just because there’s no law in the apocalypse, you can act recklessly without rules? Lei Youliang, I once thought you were quite smart, but now I have to say, you’re really like Wu Zetian as a widow!”
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Most people on site were baffled. What does that mean?
People around Meng Changwei were asking, and he turned his single eye, lowering his voice to say, “When Wu Zetian became a widow, she had no Li Zhi (reason)…”
Lei Youliang was no fool either. After understanding the metaphor in the words, his face immediately showed anger, but quickly replaced it with a cold smile.
“Mr. Zhang, I think Su Lei is right. You’re indeed too arrogant, even making me feel you’re somewhat rampant! Your only trump card is Su Xiaoya, but I’m different. I have many weapons, enough to flatten Celestial Horse Island!”
“Celestial Horse Island…”
The people on Meng Changwei’s side nodded silently, now knowing the specific location of Zhang Su and his group’s camp.
“Friends here!”
Without giving Zhang Su the chance to speak, Lei Youliang directly looked at Meng Changwei’s group, with a calm smile on his face, “We come from Kuanzhuang. I’m Lei Youliang. I’ve heard you are survivors from Bridge Town. Are you interested in joining forces, to carve up Celestial Horse Island with the ample weapons here that we can’t use?”
Though there’s been no firefight yet, at this moment, it’s not much different from tearing the face off. Lei Youliang no longer cared about keeping up appearances with Celestial Horse Island and openly started recruiting allies, having planned for Su Xiaoya’s sacrifice before taking this step.
Su Lei clearly realized this too, looking at Lei Youliang with a questioning gaze, as if asking, what about my sister if you proceed like this?
“Boss Meng, he is asking you a question.”
Zhang Su didn’t get angry, nor did he yell. He quietly put his hands behind his back while speaking. From the front, it seemed like he was calmly standing with his hands behind his back. In reality, only people from Celestial Horse Island could see he was holding two grenades, his thumbs hooked onto the safety pins of the other hand!
Gulp.
The people from Celestial Horse Island swallowed secretly, with some who didn’t wear hats pulling out ugly fisherman hats from their pockets and placing them on their heads.
Most of the people from Kuanzhuang focused their attention on Bridge Town’s side. Even seeing the people from Celestial Horse Island putting on hats, they didn’t find it odd, thinking Bridge Town’s stance was crucial at this moment.
But there was one exception, and that was Su Lei. She saw a girl helping Zhang Su put on a hat, and despite being about twenty meters apart, a woman’s intuition immediately told her the relationship between the girl and Zhang Su wasn’t simple.
Zheng Xinyu had long noticed Su Lei. While pulling out a hat from her bosom to put on Zhang Su, she silently looked at Su Lei, her gaze calm, without hatred, instead carrying a trace of pity.
“Ahem…” Meng Changwei coughed, having guessed he would become an inviting target and having planned accordingly, “The people from Bridge Town will not kick someone when they are down.”
A very calm statement, yet it already decided the direction of this farce!
Lei Youliang’s face instantly turned gloomy. He didn’t expect the other party to actually refuse the invitation, which was unreasonable.
However, even more unreasonable events are happening.
Just when everyone in Kuanzhuang was staring blankly at the people of Bridge Town, two dark grenades descended from the sky.
Zhang Su took advantage of the moment while Meng Changwei was speaking and forcefully yanked off the safety rings…
What is tacit understanding? It’s not needing code words, not needing to speak, not even needing eye contact, just one action, and those around you know what to do!
As the grenades flew through the air, the people from Celestial Horse Island around Zhang Su unswervingly picked up their already armed rifles and launched a total attack on the arrogant people of Kuanzhuang standing at the warehouse door!
With a thunderous force, without any warning whatsoever; one moment calm like a windless pond, the next a furious storm.
Initially, Lu Yubo wanted to ask if they should spare the former sister-in-law, but then he realized, a gun can aim, grenades cannot; it’s an indiscriminate attack, what’s there to ask?
Da-da-da, da-da-da.
Boom, boom.
The gunfire mixed with grenade explosions, and the situation changed in an instant. Just seconds ago, the people of Kuanzhuang, confident and secure, were reduced to a field of corpses, with most having no chance to retaliate, forced to die on the spot.
Su Lei, who had stepped forward to mediate with Zhang Su, could not escape calamity in the crossfire, her eyes wide with disbelief at the grenade explosion, falling into a pool of blood. She wouldn’t have thought until her dying breath what kind of ruthless people Kuanzhuang had provoked.
Her dying thought was: Lei Youliang deceived me!
Tut-tut, da-da.
Of course, some were quick to counterattack, but unfortunately, compared to the thunderous force of the Celestial Horse Island, it was like a firefly competing with the bright moon!
No matter how well-equipped, being a beat slower is always being a beat slower.
“Ouch!”
“Holy…”
During the fierce battle, bullets hit people from Celestial Horse Island, with three getting shot down in succession, but after rolling on the ground, they immediately got back up. Though wincing in pain, they were far from losing their lives!
The most serious was Jia Shiqin, who was rather unlucky, shot in the thigh. Fortunately, it was the outer thigh, possibly injuring the bone but sparing the major artery. He could only hop single-footed to hide behind the vehicle, pulling his hat brim very low, fearing another shot that could take him completely west!
“Get down!” Zhang Su suddenly roared.
Whoosh, bang!
At the critical moment, a fire streak with a tail flame shot from the rocket launcher, the powerful heatwave stirred the air, skimming the ground as it flew rapidly.
After hearing Zhang Su’s shouted command, Zheng Xinyu, who got down fastest, felt a wave of heat sweep over her head, scaring her almost to the point of losing control, cold sweat soaking her clothes instantly.
Luckily, the people from Celestial Horse Island had formed a conditioned reflex to Zhang Su’s commands, executing them with nerve reflex speed; otherwise, the situation would be far more tragic now!
Clang!
The grenade flew over, hitting a relatively intact section of a distant wall, bursting into a ball of fire, rocks flying and smoke rising.
Da-da-da.
Zhang Su had no time to appreciate the art of explosions; lying on the ground, he quickly fired a few shots at the opponent’s exposed limbs from under the car, then directly sent a few more bullets, ending the opponent’s life completely!
The exchange of fire was very brief; this wasn’t a martial arts performance on a stage where it must last a certain amount of time…
In just over a minute, as the smoke cleared, almost everyone from Celestial Horse Island was lying on the ground, a few clutching their chests and bellies in pain, Jia Shiqin leaning behind a minivan, looking fearfully at the collapsed wall.
Xin Qi and two others holding crowbars, steel rods, and other weapons, stood trembling on the side; that night’s terror washed over them again—it was just like this, suddenly erupting without warning!
Meanwhile, everyone from Kuanzhuang was dead, without exception, more than ten bodies sprawled haphazardly at the warehouse door, blood mixing with dust, the smell of gunpowder interlaced with blood.
From being confident and overly arrogant to complete annihilation, it took only a moment; Lei Youliang lay rigidly on the ground, the fine leather coat torn apart, only half hanging on him, his eyes filled with unwillingness and enlightenment.
Even in death, he felt unwilling, unwilling that bringing Zhang Su’s ex-girlfriend had no deterrent effect, resentful that his people were so feeble. But he also realized a truth: equipment is important, but people are even more crucial!
