Chen Youshan looked at the black hole in the air and the countless falling raindrops slowly aiming at his head. At this moment, Chen Youshan had never felt that time could actually move so slowly. Everything seemed to be in slow motion. His eyes that were blurry with tears became abnormally sharp at this moment. He could see the traces of water on the black pistol, the shape of the raindrops falling from the sky, and the skin texture on the slender finger that hooked the trigger.
"I have a way to cross the river …"
The muzzle stopped on Chen Youshan's forehead, but it did not spit out any flames. Chen Youshan stared at the finger with a desperate look like a wild beast. His heart was beating violently, and he could not help but open his mouth to drink the rainwater that flowed to his mouth to moisten his dry throat. His eyes were almost blinded by the rainwater, but he did not dare to blink. Instead, he opened his eyes to the fullest.
"I don't believe it …"
The final sentence made Chen Youshan's world suddenly turn black. The muzzle, the rain, and the officer with a sneer on his face all disappeared. Then, he heard a gunshot …
"Plop!" Chen Youshan fell into the pool of water. The water had already reached his calves and covered his nose and mouth, causing him to roll around uncontrollably in suffocation. Then, a big foot ruthlessly kicked his stomach, causing Chen Youshan to hold his stomach and howl in pain. At the same time, he saw that the pistol that was aimed at him was held high by another person with one hand.
"But we can't let go of a chance. If he has a way, it's Zhang Xiaoqiang's business whether we spare him or not. If he doesn't have a way, we'll cut him into pieces …"
The other person did not have any good intentions. Even if Chen Youshan's method worked, he might not be able to survive. He had to wait for Zhang Xiaoqiang to make a decision. If it was useless, what awaited him would be a thousand cuts.
"Containers. There are a lot of containers at the port of Shanghai. In addition, there are also many containers in warehouses. Thousands of containers can be filled with sand and sunk into the river. At that time, we can build a bridge, a bridge that can carry trucks …"
Chen Youshan did not hold back, nor did he want to negotiate. Facing two madmen addicted to killing, only a fool would negotiate. At this moment, he only wanted a chance to see Zhang Xiaoqiang. As long as he could see Zhang Xiaoqiang, he would have a chance to show his value.
"What do you think …" The officers slowly lowered their pistols. They were a little tempted by Chen Youshan's idea. Chen Youshan didn't dare to breathe. He pursed his lips tightly and looked at the other person. The gun in the man's hand was still pointed at the last unlucky guy. He seemed to be interested in Chen Youshan's proposal and didn't even care about shooting.
"Let's keep him, he's lucky … What about the other guy?
Are you going to kill him or should I? "
Chen Youshan was put aside. The thirteenth man was pushed to the center. He was terrified, but his eyes were full of pleading as he stared at Chen Youshan. He no longer had the ruthlessness that he had when he wanted to bite Chen Youshan to death. Chen Youshan looked at him and recognized that he was the big guy who had surrendered with him. The two of them also had some friendship. He had surrendered to the Great Green Dao from the Four Heavenly Kings. Because they were from the same hometown, he was not sent to the front line as cannon fodder. Now he could live for the time being, but this big guy from the same hometown was really not far from death.
"I remember watching a movie before. It was called 'Proof of Allegiance'. This kid's eyes are lively. I can tell at a glance that he is not an honest person. Let him do it …"
While speaking, Chen Youshan was picked up like a chicken. A pistol was stuffed into his hand, and another pistol was aimed at his head.
"Kill him, and I will believe you …"
The gun in Chen Youshan's hand was heavy, but it was not as heavy as the gun aimed at his head. All kinds of thoughts flashed through Chen Youshan's mind. Today was another test of life and death. If he killed his companion, he would be regarded as a villain who betrayed his comrades. Traitors deserved to die, but if he didn't shoot, he would still die. This was a matter of probability.
"Only one of you can live …"
The last declaration reached the ears of the big guy and Chen Youshan. Chen Youshan heard the impatience in the words and made up his mind …
"Zhang Xiaoqiang, there are still ten boats of poison behind us. These things can poison half the fishes and prawns in the Yangtze River to death …"
It was still the same embankment. The water snakes were devouring the bird beak and winged mutated beasts that had their colloidal bodies dug out. The lookout post that Zhang Xiaoqiang was hiding in had set up tents. The ground was also covered with wooden planks that were fished up from the Yangtze River. Although it was still damp and cold, it was much better than before. Gao Feng stood in front of Zhang Xiaoqiang in high spirits as he reported. Beside his feet were hundreds of colloidal bodies and countless red bird beaks, wings, whips and snake tails. Behind him in the rain, five boats were piled up with buckets of materials that were painted with yellow warning signs and skulls. As long as they were pushed into the Yangtze River, the entire downstream would be contaminated by the poison.
Zhang Xiaoqiang turned his head to look at the boats, before raising his binoculars to look at the river downstream. The effect of the snake venom had caused many corpses of the mutated beasts to float on the river. Countless raindrops hit the surface of the river, causing these corpses to float. Seeing this, Zhang Xiaoqiang let out a long sigh of relief. In his heart, he prayed that the poison would not spread upstream, otherwise …
"Zhang Xiaoqiang, there are people spreading rumors at the back, stirring up the emotions of many survivors. There are already signs of rebellion. Some dishonest men are starting to cause trouble, snatching food from the women and children, and there are even cases of rape and murder …" At this time, a young officer rushed in to report the bad news to Zhang Xiaoqiang.
At this time, a young officer rushed in to report the bad news, causing Gao Feng and Zhang Xiao Qiang's faces to darken. Gao Feng could no longer control his emotions and shouted: "Kill, kill them all! My brothers have died on the frontlines, and they are dragging us down from the back! This is a betrayal! It's best to use their heads as a deterrent before we go all out, otherwise …"
Zhang Xiaoqiang also wanted to kill in his heart, but his body was wet and cold, which made his mind calm down. The killing intent in his heart dissipated before it could rise. He shook his head and said, "There is nothing we can do about those survivors. It is not like you don't know their environment. Forget it, let the boats drag the bodies of the electric eels back for them to eat. As for the rebellious areas, isolate them, and according to the standard of 1 out of 10, kill a few as a show …"
The first half of Zhang Xiaoqiang's words surprised the officer, thinking that it was rare for Zhang Xiaoqiang to be kind. However, when he heard the second half of his words, he immediately understood that Zhang Xiaoqiang was still the same Zhang Xiaoqiang who was decisive in killing.
Hearing Zhang Xiaoqiang's orders, Gao Feng's anger dissipated. According to Zhang Xiaoqiang's way of doing things, the one out of 10 Killing method would make those who were secretly stirring up trouble suffer the consequences of their actions. With the mutated electric eel's corpse as a deterrent, even if they wanted to rebel, they would be so terrified that they would not dare to move.
"Let's do it this way. Let the crew send all the poisonous materials to the embankment, and let the empty boats salvage the mutated beasts' corpses. The morale of the rear is low, so it might be better to let everyone have meat to eat. For now, we can still control the situation here. When it is about time, we will take action …"
Since the poison was already here, there was no difference between taking action earlier or later. Gao Feng hurriedly went out to give the order. Zhang Xiaoqiang squatted down and picked up a red beak. Looking at the mutated beast materials all over the ground, he was touched. He had unintentionally harvested so many high-quality materials, but it was a pity that they could not be turned into combat power. He would have to wait until the matters in Shanghai were settled. There was also the colloid in front of him. From thousands of flying beak mutated beasts, he could collect at least 1,000 pieces of level-1 colloid. This meant that the initial preparation of Zhang Xiaoqiang's reserves had been completed. When these colloids were officially turned into combat power, the combat power of the evolved people in his force would increase by leaps and bounds. The only thing he had to consider was how to make these evolved people listen to him.