Lord of Illusions City
Chapter 223 Zhang Hu's Reaction
Hearing the youth's words, the people looked at each other, seemingly unwilling to leave. However, seeing that they were only twenty-odd kilometers away from escaping the city, some eventually gave up and prepared to leave the city first.
"Go ask around the group. Anyone who wants to leave with you, you can take them!"
The youth said to those who were leaving.
"Let's... pick a few!"
One of the bald men said. He was unwilling to take everyone who wanted to leave with them, because there were many burdens among them. He only wanted to take people with combat power, or at least those who could carry things and run away, so that he wouldn't have to save them every time they encountered danger.
Afterward, they returned to the group and explained the situation ahead. When the survivors heard that they had to return to the city, they immediately exploded and demanded to leave with the bald man.
However, the bald man did not accept these people. In the end, he selected only a dozen or so, all adult males, forming a team of more than twenty people, and left in an SUV, a bus, and a truck!
"Everyone! We are going back to rescue those who are trapped. So, if you feel it's too dangerous to go in, you can leave on your own. This place is less than twenty kilometers away from the edge of the city, and this side has already been cleared by another team. As long as you don't shout, you won't attract zombies!"
The youth said to the remaining survivors, while pointing to the road Li Chenzhou and his group had come from:
"If you are willing to go back with us, our team's rules may also change, because I will also be joining another team and will no longer be the leader. Therefore, those who want to join that other team with me will also need to abide by their rules!"
These words were not what Li Chenzhou had told him to say. However, the youth had previously seen Li Chenzhou stop the entire convoy with just a wave of his hand, which showed that this guy, who was even younger than himself, had a lot of control over his team. That's why he intentionally gave them a heads-up.
"What are their team's rules? They're not going to use us as cannon fodder, are they?"
One of the survivors asked.
"Our team's rules are very simple. Everyone must make their own contribution. We won't allow anyone who contributes nothing to freeload in our team!"
Li Chenzhou was also nearby and immediately replied:
"Of course, this does not include children and the elderly!"
"What about us?"
A woman holding a child asked anxiously. Her child was only two or three years old and definitely needed her, so she was destined not to be able to make any contribution!
"Just take good care of your own child. Besides, there may be other children who need you to help take care of them!"
Li Chenzhou replied.
"Then I'll stay!"
"I'll stay too!"
"Forget it, I still don't feel like it's reliable. This guy is too young. Still wet behind the ears!"
"Yeah! I think so too. Anyway, it's safe here. Can't we just walk by ourselves? Plus, we'll be free!"
Hearing Li Chenzhou's words, some people chose to stay, while others chose to leave. Neither Li Chenzhou nor the youth stopped them or tried to persuade them, allowing those who wanted to leave to do so!
"I'm Li Chenzhou! What's your name?"
Li Chenzhou struck up a conversation with the youth while the teams were reorganizing.
"I'm Jin Yuan!"
The youth replied.
"When you came out, what did you do when you encountered zombies?"
Li Chenzhou asked.
"What else could we do? Kill them!"
Jin Yuan said with a wry smile:
"Those guys run so fast that once they catch up, you can't get rid of them. That's why we didn't want so many cars, because there aren't that many people in my team who dare to kill zombies! So we can only try to shorten the team as much as possible!"
"No wonder!"
Li Chenzhou nodded:
"In my convoy, killing zombies is mainly done by me and my team members. Others are mainly responsible for collecting supplies and rescuing other survivors!
"Also, all vehicles that can be driven, we must take them away, and the same goes for resources. I noticed that you mainly brought food, water, and drinks, which is not enough!
"To build a base, we lack a lot of things. We can use almost all supplies, so bring as much as possible!"
"Okay! I will fully cooperate with you!"
Jin Yuan nodded.
In addition to the twenty-odd people from the bald man's group, more than a hundred survivors were once again preparing to leave together. They also took away a few cars and some supplies. Moreover, some of these people who left were greedy, taking away more than what was left.
Excluding them, Jin Yuan's original team had about three hundred people left. This meant that these survivors should have taken away about a third of the food and water, but they took away more than half.
Li Chenzhou didn't say anything about this. Now there were plenty of resources in the city, and they were going to enter the city anyway, so he didn't care about it.
Only after those people had all left did Li Chenzhou merge the two convoys into one, reorganizing the positions of the vehicles and the allocation of personnel. Because he had done this countless times before, Duan Lei was now very skilled at it. He got everything done in a few minutes, even arranging everything for Jin Yuan and his people.
"Let's go!"
With Li Chenzhou's order, the convoy set off again. Li Chenzhou was still with Fatty, Tian Ya, Duan Xue, and Gray Bear, leading five teams to sweep forward.
Because they were all on foot, the people in the convoy behind could only see Li Chenzhou and his team's slaughter on the road. Once they entered the nearby streets or alleys, there was no way to see them.
When they entered, they only saw the corpses of zombies and the survivors shouting for help from the windows.
This efficiency shocked Jin Yuan and his team. At the same time, they were glad that they had made the right choice.
Although doing so required them to return to the city for another loop, following this team made zombies seem not so dangerous!
Li Chenzhou was now quite proactive in killing, one reason being that his combat analysis had been stuck at 9% for so many days, without any progress at all. He wanted to improve this as soon as possible.
In addition, his Slaughter Points had also exceeded the 40,000 mark after this period of killing. He was only a little more than 5,000 away from 50,000, and he would soon be able to get the Space War Chariot. This was also the main reason why Li Chenzhou hadn't spent many Slaughter Points these days, except for giving each of the new base leaders an evolution potion.
However, what made Li Chenzhou most anxious was not the above two aspects, but Zhang Hu, that guy.
Li Chenzhou was now choosing a location that would turn towards Zhang Hu's side, trying to get closer to him. However, he found that Zhang Hu, this kid, was now circling the city in the same direction as him.
Zhang Hu could see his location. He noticed that he was approaching him, but he started running in the opposite direction. No matter what, Li Chenzhou couldn't figure out what the reason could be...