Chapter 19 A Complete Victory

Under the gaze of everyone present, the police officer surnamed Wu, who had been pointing a gun at Duan Lei, actually retracted his weapon, placed it against his own chin, and unhesitatingly pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out, and a spray of blood, mixed with white brain matter, erupted from the back of Officer Wu's head, before his corpse fell backward.

"..."

This sudden turn of events left everyone except Duan Xue utterly bewildered. They couldn't understand why Duan Lei's scolding, followed by a simple command to commit suicide, had actually driven Officer Wu to take his own life.

"Lao Wu!"

Officer Wang cried out in grief. He had followed Officer Wu ever since joining the police force, receiving numerous benefits and even learning the art of extortion, using carefully chosen words to imply demands without leaving any incriminating evidence.

Therefore, he was the most distraught by Officer Wu's death. He glared at Duan Lei, raised his arm to shoot, and roared:

"You bastard, die!"

Just as he raised his gun, ready to pull the trigger, Duan Lei activated his mental control once more. Like Officer Wu, Officer Wang abruptly pulled back his gun, pressed it against his chin...

"Bang!"

Another gunshot, another corpse...

"You...you..."

Liu Hengjin stared at Duan Lei in terror. Even a fool could see that Duan Lei was behind everything. The problem was, no one could fathom how this seventeen- or eighteen-year-old boy had managed to make two men shoot themselves in the head one after another.

If Duan Lei had shot them himself, they wouldn't have been so shocked. They would have opened fire and riddled him with bullets long ago. But this bizarre situation filled all the officers, and the survivors behind them, with dread.

"Anyone else want to commit suicide... I mean! Anyone else want to arrest me?"

Duan Lei seemed unfazed, smiling like a sunny boy next door as he looked at the nearest officer, his gaze drifting towards the handgun in his hand.

"Clatter!"

Seeing Duan Lei's gaze, the officer shuddered and dropped his gun. He didn't want to end up like Lao Wu and Xiao Wang, blowing his own brains out.

Duan Lei was stunned by the officer's action. He hadn't intended to kill anyone else. As long as the officers didn't dare to point their guns at him and obediently stepped aside, he wouldn't start a massacre.

Seeing the man drop his gun, Duan Lei inwardly scorned him. These officers, reluctant to kill zombies or save people, were eager to target him, but crumbled into cowards at the first sign of his power, lacking even the courage to fight.

Wang Yuanqiang and the other ordinary people were at least willing to charge at zombies, making them far braver than these officers!

"Looks like... you don't plan to arrest me. What about the others?"

Duan Lei nodded slightly at the officer who dropped his gun, then turned his gaze to the others.

"Clatter! Clatter! Clatter..."

Just as Duan Lei expected, the other officers, seeing that he hadn't harmed the first one, tossed their guns away like hot potatoes, eager to be rid of them before Duan Lei's attention turned their way.

"You, come here!"

Seeing that the officers had all dropped their guns, Duan Lei immediately turned and beckoned to several members of the combat team, saying:

"Look how wonderful our police officers are. They know they are skilled in combat and that we are unarmed and unable to protect the people, so they are giving us their guns! They are too shy to say it directly, so they are pretending they don't want them and throwing them away!

Since that's the case, we can't let their kindness go to waste! Go, pick up all the guns!"

Hearing Duan Lei's words, the combat team members exchanged glances, then rushed forward and collected all the guns the officers had dropped on the ground.

"Click!"

Seeing them gather the guns, Duan Lei drew his own handgun, pulled back the slide, checked the chamber, and said, as if to himself:

"Oh dear! Since these guns are no longer needed, what's the point of keeping the bullets?"

The officers' faces twitched when they heard this. They hadn't dared to move when the combat team members were picking up the guns, and they certainly wouldn't now. So, each officer pulled out their bullets and magazines, and one particularly quick-witted combat team member even took off his shirt and started collecting bullets in it...

After the bullet-collecting man returned with a happy expression, Duan Lei looked at Liu Hengjin, whose face was so gloomy it looked ready to drip water, but he didn't dare meet Duan Lei's gaze.

He feared that if he looked at Duan Lei, he wouldn't be able to hide the hatred in his eyes, which would lead to his death.

Actually, he didn't need to look at his eyes. Duan Lei had already activated his skill, and these officers were now practically all red. But he hesitated, and after glancing back at the survivors who were watching, he ultimately decided to abandon his plan to kill the officers.

There were forty or fifty people in total, including the officers and the survivors. Killing them all would be a complete massacre. Duan Lei was certainly capable of doing it, but if he really did, the other adventurers would probably see them as true homicidal maniacs!

Especially since these officers had already given up resisting, and their guns had been confiscated. This was different from all the previous killings, where Duan Lei had sufficient reasons, and the other survivors could accept them.

"What's going on?"

Grey Bear had just arrived. He hadn't driven, but ran over on foot. Seeing so many officers blocking the road ahead, he asked.

"Nothing, these officers know that we rescued so many people and are escorting them out of the city, and they were worried that we didn't have enough weapons, so they gave us some!"

Duan Lei explained, then looked at Liu Hengjin:

"Thank you for your help. Now, we need to leave the city. Please clear the way! Respected... guardians of the people!"

Hearing Duan Lei's words, all the officers quickly stepped aside, and the survivors behind them followed suit. Duan Lei jumped off the armored vehicle and waved his hand.

"Let's go!"

Duan Xue glanced at Duan Lei, slammed on the accelerator, and drove forward first. The other vehicles followed one after another.

"Wait! You called me here... just to watch them?"

Seeing this scene, Grey Bear asked, somewhat dumbfounded...