"That's right! James! If I could, I'd use all those evolution potions on myself, raise my level to the limit, so I wouldn't have anything to worry about in this apocalypse!"

Li Chenzhou turned to look at the bonfire and said,

"You can ask Mike and the others. When I was fighting that giant tyrant, I was dancing with death. If that guy's mace had hit me, I wouldn't even have had the chance to become a zombie!

So, James, I know what you mean, but I can't do that. It's not that I'm unwilling to part with the evolution potions, but… I have unavoidable reasons!"

"Yeah! I believe you!"

James said,

"Actually, Li, you don't have to explain so much to me, because you don't owe us anything. From the moment we met you, you've been helping us. I always say you saved our lives, and that's no exaggeration.

If it weren't for you, we might not have died so quickly, but we would definitely have been trapped in those sewers. I'm quite clear about that!"

"I said, we're all human beings. When there are conflicts with humans, we can represent our villages, our cities, our provinces, and our countries. But now we are fighting zombies, so all humans are on the same side!"

Li Chenzhou said,

"James, I can't improve your strength, but I can still help your base. Before I leave, you can pick out some of your trusted helpers, and I will give them evolution potions.

Of course, I don't have many evolution potions left, so I can promise to help you raise four to level three, ten to level two, and thirty to level one ability users. After that, you'll have to rely on yourselves!

Or… you can consider coming with us. After all, you were originally the captain of a warship. If you can join my team, it will be a great help to me!

Moreover, James, I can guarantee that when we return to my hometown, you will definitely not be discriminated against. You will still be Mike's general, and you will have your own base, managed by yourselves!"

"Thank you for your invitation! Li! At least you let me know that I am still useful!"

James smiled and looked at Li Chenzhou:

"But, just like you have to return to your hometown, you must have your responsibilities to fulfill, and I have mine as well. If I were not a general, but just a soldier, then I might consider going with you.

However, I am a captain, a general. I saved those people when the apocalypse arrived, so I have to be responsible to the end. I can't just leave them here! So, Li, it's not that I don't want to help you, but I can't!"

"I understand!"

Li Chenzhou nodded:

"That's right, we all have our own responsibilities, so we can only hope that one day in the future, we can wipe out all the zombies and bring this planet back under human control. Perhaps, at that time, we can meet again!"

"Keep working hard, Li! You will succeed! I see the hope of mankind in you!"

James said,

"I definitely can't do what you said, so I will guard this place and wait for you to save the planet! Then, I will have a good drink with you!"

"Hahahaha! James, maybe we can have a good drink right away!"

Li Chenzhou laughed, patted James on the shoulder, and pointed to the wine placed in front of the bonfire.

This time, because of Li Chenzhou's actions, James guessed what he was going to say. Before Gray Bear could finish translating, he took the initiative to get up, grabbed two bottles of wine, opened them, handed one to Li Chenzhou, clinked his bottle with his, and then raised his head and drank deeply.

"Damn it! They know how to blow bottles too? Are they drinking whiskey like beer?"

Gray Bear said with a twitching mouth.

"Level three ability users don't get drunk that easily!"

Li Chenzhou said with a smile, then followed James' example, raised his head and began to gulp down the wine.

"Who the hell is worried about whether he'll get drunk? I'm heartbroken about the whiskey, which I finally found. There are only three bottles of this brand!"

Gray Bear said irritably, then rushed over, grabbed the last bottle of the same brand of whiskey, broke off the bottleneck, and started blowing it too…

That night, James and some of his trusted men had a dinner with Li Chenzhou and the others by the bonfire. Almost all of those who decided to leave were from the two warships, so they were comrades-in-arms and very familiar with James' confidants.

So, they drank heartily, shouted and yelled, constantly recounting past events, before the apocalypse, after the apocalypse, happy ones, sad ones, heroic ones, embarrassing ones…

Everyone knew that in this apocalypse, this farewell might be a permanent one. Once separated, they would never meet again.

So, they all let go, drinking heartily, laughing wildly, talking about past grievances, chatting about fallen comrades, and finally, hoping for a reunion that might occur. In the end, everyone was drunk.

Even James, the general, was lying on the grass, with a dozen wine glasses piled on his face—some drunkards came to toast their general, but they also collapsed themselves…

"Actually… James is a good guy, but it's a pity that he's not willing to come with us!"

Gray Bear sighed as he looked at the drunkards all over the ground.

"It's not that he doesn't want to come with us, but that he can't!"

Li Chenzhou shook his head and said,

"One is that he wants to stay here to protect the other survivors in the town, and the other is because of his pride! He is a general, a commander, and there can only be one voice in a team. If he joins, will he listen to me? Or will I listen to him?

He knows that I will definitely control the team, but it is impossible for him to accept my orders in front of his subordinates, so he would rather give up!"

"But before… he never refuted your words!"

Gray Bear asked somewhat strangely.

"That's because I was helping him before. In order to rescue his people, we had an equal cooperative relationship, and he listened to my suggestions for the sake of the other survivors!

Now, if he chooses to join us, leave here, and abandon the survivors in the town, then it is only for his own sake. This is completely different.

For the sake of those survivors, he can do things that he himself may not be able to accept, but abandoning his dignity for his own life is not something a general can do."

"Listening to you… even means abandoning dignity?"

Gray Bear didn't quite understand!

"Because he is a general of this country, and we… are Easterners!"

Li Chenzhou looked at the drunk James and replied softly…