Chapter 171

After relaying Lin Qiang's decision to the heads of the soldiers, those officers exchanged glances, seemingly unsurprised, as if they had anticipated Lin Qiang's actions.

Zhao Dahai felt a chill in his heart upon witnessing this scene. He vaguely understood why Lin Qiang had asked him to deliver the order instead of directly summoning those officers, even though they were supposedly his trusted aides.

Lin Qiang wanted Zhao Dahai to observe their reactions. And judging from their response, they were already accustomed to Lin Qiang's methods and didn't place much value on those tens of thousands of lives!

Lin Qiang was using this as a warning: Zhao Dahai had better not betray him, or the consequences would be severe. Offending these madmen who disregarded human life was definitely not a good idea!

"Listen up, everyone! You want to join our base? Fine. But in our base, everyone needs to have enough contribution points, because we don't support freeloaders! And since you don't have any, you need to do something before you can join!"

The soldier heads were basically Lin Qiang's trusted aides, mostly men with shady backgrounds who had previously done dirty work for him, like making his competitors die unexpectedly.

So these people naturally didn't value human life. They were like this even when there was law, let alone now, in the apocalypse.

Thus, they went to the surrenderers and shouted at them through a loudspeaker.

"What? Contribution points? Sir, what about the children, the elderly, and the sick?"

A woman holding a child panicked and quickly asked.

"Aren't the elderly and children people too? Don't they need to eat? Anyone who needs to eat must have contribution points. They're not my kids or my parents, so why should I support them?"

One of the soldier heads shouted with a ferocious expression:

"And shut up, all of you! I'm not here to answer questions. I'm here to give you orders. Listen up!"

As he spoke, the soldier head pointed to the manor base:

"See that? That's the mission you need to complete before you can join our base. Take that base down, and you can join us! Got it?"

"What?"

Hearing this order, the surrenderers were in an uproar. They had just left the manor base, even betraying it. They had chosen to leave at the most critical moment, abandoning the manor base and defecting to its enemies.

And now, these people were telling them to turn around and attack the manor base?

"Hey! We're not combat personnel, and we don't have any weapons! How can you give us a mission like this?"

"That's right! We don't fight wars. If you want to take down the manor base, you go. We're not going!"

"That's right, you're the ones who want to attack the manor base. Why should we go? We won't do it. Let us through!"

"..."

The crowd immediately became noisy.

These surrenderers had gotten used to things at the manor base. Qing Luan was a woman, after all, so she generally wouldn't make things too difficult for people. If there was work that someone wasn't suited for, she would make adjustments.

But now, these people clearly didn't realize that they were no longer facing that tolerant woman, but a pack of wolves!

Seeing the crowd starting to riot, the soldier heads exchanged glances, all with a sneer on their faces. One of them raised the gun in his hand and opened fire on the loudest ones...

"Tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu~!"

No one could have imagined that these people would suddenly open fire without saying anything. After a burst of gunfire, more than a dozen people fell into pools of blood, including the woman holding the child.

Moreover, among those killed, several were completely innocent bystanders! They suffered this misfortune simply because they were standing with them.

Besides those who were killed, there were also some who were wounded by the bullets. They fell to the ground and wailed, while everyone around them screamed in terror and retreated backward!

"Tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu!"

Another burst of gunfire rang out, and all the wounded lying on the ground were killed. Another soldier head shouted through the loudspeaker:

"Everyone shut the hell up and stand still! Anyone who makes a sound will be killed! Anyone who moves will also be killed!"

Hearing the sound of the loudspeaker, the surrenderers, who were in chaos, quickly quieted down. The corpses and gunshots made them realize that these people weren't joking. If anyone dared to move, they would definitely be met with a hail of bullets.

Ironically, they weren't this obedient at the manor base. What Qing Luan, who provided them with food and clothing, couldn't do, was accomplished by a group of fierce-looking men using bullets and human lives.

The surrenderers were silent, all standing there obediently, afraid to move! Looking at the murderous soldiers with fear!

"Good, it seems you know some of our rules here. Our rules here are very simple, just two words: Obedience!!!"

The soldier head continued to shout through the loudspeaker:

"Whatever I say, you do it. Don't ask me why I'm doing it, because I only answer questions with bullets!

Now, all you trash, turn around and run back the way you came. Our people will follow you. Anyone who runs slowly will be killed without mercy!!!"

"Officer! Please, my child is still young. I can rush over there, can you leave my child here?"

Another woman, around forty years old, held a child of about two years old and knelt on the ground, kowtowing to the soldier:

"Please, have mercy! As long as my child can live, I'll do anything!"

"Raise your head!"

The soldier head frowned and shouted at the woman.

The woman was puzzled, but she raised her head and looked at the soldier head, her face full of pleading.

"Damn it!"

Seeing the woman's appearance, the soldier head immediately looked disgusted. He raised his hand and pulled the trigger, several bullets hitting the woman, and even the child she was holding was hit by several bullets. The two of them fell into a pool of blood together.

"Damn it, so ugly, and willing to do anything? Then go to hell!"

The soldier head cursed, then raised his head and scanned the crowd below with a ferocious expression:

"Is there anyone else who feels they have difficulties and wants to be taken care of by me? You can stand up!"

After the soldier head finished speaking, there was silence below. No one dared to make any noise, for fear of being misunderstood by this guy...