Chapter 22 The Yellow Line

The next morning, before the sun had fully risen above the horizon, more than a dozen people in black clothes, helmets, masks, and sunglasses stepped out of Lin Qiang's vehicle, completely covered from head to toe.

These people got out of the car and walked towards two rows of motorcycles that had appeared around the RV at some point. They straddled the motorcycles and started them. Strangely, these motorcycles made no sound when they started, as if they were electric scooters.

Then, these dozen people split into two groups, one on the left and one on the right, and drove off in both directions, circling the convoy. At the same time, Lin Qiang's voice sounded from the car's speakers:

"Attention, everyone! We will launch a general attack shortly. You have fifteen minutes to eat and prepare. Fifteen minutes after the flare goes up, everyone must attack the manor! Those who disobey will be killed!

The yellow line on the ground is the battlefield. Anyone who retreats beyond the yellow line will die!!!"

Listening to Lin Qiang's voice, even his own men were puzzled, because they had never seen these men in black. It was only at this moment that they realized that while the motorcycles were driving behind them, they were also spraying a thick yellow line on the ground!

"What's going on?"

The strong man who was the first to request to stay here last night frowned. He looked at the RV where Lin Qiang was and got up to walk over!

Before he could reach the RV, Lin Qiang actually came out of the car, looking down at his feet and asking:

"Lao Ba! What do you want? Didn't you hear what I said?"

Seeing Lin Qiang's gaze, the strong man Lao Ba looked down and realized that Lin Qiang's RV was outside the yellow line, and if he took another step, he would cross the yellow line!

"Boss! Who are those guys?"

Lao Ba stopped and asked, looking at Lin Qiang.

They had been following Lin Qiang since before he made his fortune, and they had always called him "Boss." Later, because Lin Qiang whitewashed his image, they started calling him "General Manager Lin." But Lao Ba felt that something was wrong, so he started calling him "Boss" again!

"You don't need to worry about them. Just do as I say. We must take the manor before noon today! From now on, this place will be ours. We brothers can still live the good life we used to! And now we don't have to be afraid of the cops anymore! Because this is ours!!!"

Lin Qiang replied:

"So, this may be the last time our brothers have to risk our lives. After today, we will never have to worry about anything again, understand?"

"Us?"

Lao Ba looked down at the yellow line, then suddenly smiled at Lin Qiang:

"Boss, if I take another step forward and cross this yellow line, will I be shot?"

"Lao Ba! Look behind you. Besides our brothers, there are so many rabble. If there wasn't this order, do you think they would charge forward?"

Lin Qiang didn't answer directly, but looked at Lao Ba and said:

"So, this line must exist, and anyone who crosses this line must die, at least until we take the manor!"

"Hah! I understand!"

Lao Ba looked at Lin Qiang, nodded suddenly after a few seconds, smiled at him, and then turned to leave.

At this time, the two motorcycle teams were speeding around Lin Qiang's team. As the team moved forward, the yellow line continued to extend. Soon, the two motorcycle teams merged, and the yellow line became a huge yellow circle, encircling Lin Qiang's team and the manor!

Lin Qiang's other brothers were also a little puzzled, but they had already left the direction of the main gate and were some distance away from Lin Qiang. After hesitating for a while, they gave up on going to find Lin Qiang to ask what was going on—Lin Qiang had said that the battle would start in fifteen minutes, and they were afraid they wouldn't make it in time.

Some people who hadn't noticed anything unusual were still shouting at the people around them:

"Did you hear that? No one is allowed to retreat beyond the yellow line. Once the battle starts, we must press forward on all fronts. The manor only has a few people, and they are all concentrated at the main gate. As long as we charge, we can break through their defenses and seize the manor!

Remember this, either we die, or we take the manor and live the good life from now on, understand???"

After encircling Lin Qiang's men and the manor, the motorcycles turned around and left, but they didn't return the way they came. Instead, they headed into the distance, quickly disappearing into the mountains and jungles surrounding the manor!

Just then!

"嗖!" (Sound of a flare)

A signal flare soared into the sky, flashing light all the way, then exploded in the air. This was the signal to attack!

"Charge! Everyone charge forward! Kill the cowards!!!"

The moment the flare exploded, whether they had doubts in their hearts or not, Lin Qiang's brothers all shouted loudly, and their men immediately used guns to force all the survivors to charge towards the manor!

Last night, they knew they were going to attack the manor. However, the survivors had not been given any weapons. They had temporarily collected some tree branches from the surrounding area to make simple wooden sticks, and some even charged with two stones in their hands.

In comparison, these survivors were more proactive than the previous surrenderers, because they had already witnessed the brutality of Lin Qiang's men at the military camp base.

The survivors in the military camp were originally people from nearby bases that Lin Qiang had gathered and incorporated the survivors inside. Naturally, bloodshed was unavoidable in this process.

Therefore, these survivors knew that if they didn't listen to these people, they would definitely shoot without hesitation. This was why, when Lao Wu said he wanted to transfer them all here, none of them resisted.

Now, they also understood that if they charged, they might die, but if they didn't charge, they would definitely die, and they would be shot dead immediately by those ferocious-looking soldiers!

So, after the signal flare exploded, everyone surrounding the manor all screamed and charged forward. The ordinary survivors with wooden sticks or stones were in the front, and the combat personnel with weapons were all behind them, clearly using these people as cannon fodder!

"Lei-ge! The situation is not good! Those combat personnel are divided into several groups, coming from all directions. What do we do?"

Tian Ya had always been used as a scout, so after the signal flare went up, he immediately ran back to find Duan Lei.

Although the combat personnel were all hidden among the ordinary survivors, this situation was still discovered by Tian Ya and reported back in time.

"We split up and each take some people, use heavy weapons. Those charging in the front are all ordinary people. As long as we blow up a batch of them, they will run back on their own! In turn, they will crush those with weapons behind them!!!"

Fatty's eyes flashed fiercely…