Zhang Xiaoqiang clenched his teeth and squeezed out these words. He didn't blame Huang Quan anymore. Everything was his fault, and it was also the fault of the mutated shrimp. His mistake was setting up camp on the sandbank, and the sandbank was the mutated shrimp's entertainment area at night. Coincidentally, Zhang Xiaoqiang had lost five people, and four of his official team members had suffered gunshot wounds. At the same time, he had lost more than ten days of supplies.
"How much food do we have left? Is it enough for us to eat for a few days?
Also … .how much ammunition do we have left? According to the intensity of yesterday's battle, how many more times can we fight? "
Zhang Xiaoqiang had no choice but to consider his future arrangements. Yesterday's chaotic battle on the sandbank had caused him to suffer heavy losses. The only harvest was the ostrich like mutated water snake in front of him. He even had the idea of returning to the island in the center of the lake to replenish his supplies.
"Each of us has brought three days of emergency supplies, plus the remaining canned fish and mutated shrimp. If we eat quickly, we can last for more than six days. We have used up one-fifth of our ammunition, and one-half of our artillery shells …."
Hearing this, Zhang Xiaoqiang's vision darkened, and his eyes lost focus. One-fifth of our ammunition, and one-half of our artillery shells. How could he find a boat in a city with millions of zombies? How could he deal with future dangers? How could he give an explanation to Zhang Huai An when he returned?
It must be known that Zhang Huai An had taken out all the ammunition he had.
"Zhang Xiaoqiang … .Look, which boat should we load this thing on?"
Ma Da ran over with a face full of excitement and asked Zhang Xiao Qiang loudly. The people who had dragged the Mutated Water Snake over were his former squad. For them, dragging this huge Mutated Water Snake wasn't hard work, but an honor. Didn't they see how the other militia squads were looking at them with envy?
Zhang Xiaoqiang came back to his senses, and looked at Ma Da and said:
"You've worked hard … .You guys rest first …."
After saying that, he walked over to the side of the feces. The snake was dragged over horizontally, and its body did not move from beginning to end. The rope passed through the middle of its body, and behind it, a huge trench extended for hundreds of meters. The greenish-black scales were no longer as bright as before, and were covered with countless black smoke and dust. Most of them were large and small pieces of plant ash.
Yang Ke-er ran to Zhang Xiaoqiang's side, and looked at the three meter wide feces. She couldn't help but poke it with her huge steel knife, but the snake did not move at all. She carefully looked at Zhang Xiaoqiang's expression, and saw that he was staring at the snake in a daze. Yang Ke-er raised her big knife, and fiercely hit the snake's body. She wanted to see whether or not the snake was afraid.
A muffled scream came from the middle of the feces, and the feces quickly squirmed a few times, and then stopped moving. Seeing the snake's cowardly appearance, the depression in Zhang Xiaoqiang's heart slightly dissipated, and an idea flashed through his mind …
The fleet sailed on the river towards Wuhan City. The Explorer 001 was still in the lead, and the military and cargo ships sailed in the middle, and the armed firepower platforms at the back.
The mighty Yangtze River rolled down, and the fleet sailed in the middle of it. The clear river water was split open by the bottom of the ship. The weather was clear, and there were few clouds in the sky. The clouds were thin and light, and it was the Mid-Autumn Festival season.
Zhang Xiaoqiang stood on the front deck of the Explorer 001, his body as straight as a javelin. He looked at the continuous river banks on both sides, and the clear sky. His heart was filled with pride. Although he had suffered a setback last night, he still decided to move forward. People liked to find excuses for themselves. When faced with difficulties, they would always magnify them. When faced with a certain degree of difficulty, they would feel that the difficulty could not be solved, and thus escape, deceiving themselves with the excuse that there would be another chance.
Zhang Xiaoqiang originally planned to return to the island in the middle of the lake as a form of escape, because his heart was in a mess. Unintentionally, he saw himself through the cowardice of the Mutated Water Snake. The difficulties he faced now were actually nothing, but because he had a way out, he developed a mentality of dependence. Without the determination to cut off all means of retreat, he would naturally become unconfident.
From the Mutated Water Snake that did not dare to show its head, Zhang Xiaoqiang regained his confidence, and also found the reason for his depression. There was only one word, fear. The more he thought about it, the more afraid he became. The snake's ability was not bad, and its attack and defense were very strong. Its strength was also not weak, but it was scared half to death by Zhang Xiaoqiang's ordinary subordinates with firecracker-like weapons. It was because it was afraid, afraid of the unknown. It must be known that any random Mutated Water Snake could set off a wave of Mutated Shrimps.
If the snake had not been afraid and fought back, Zhang Xiaoqiang and the others would not have won so easily. It must be known that in order to find the snake's weakness, Zhang Xiaoqiang had already prepared for dozens of people to die in battle. But now, all the Mutated Water Snakes were no longer taken seriously by Zhang Xiaoqiang. As for the reason, the Mutated Water Snake that was chained by its big horn and swimming behind the armed boat was the best proof.
"Hubby … Do you think … Little Blackie will listen to me in the future … If I ask him to fight, will he fight? Why is he so timid? I'm afraid he's not even as brave as Zhuang Zhuang and Erlang Shen …"
Yang Ke-er stood on the top of the Explorer's boat and raised her binoculars to look at the body of the long black snake floating on the river. She looked at the snake that she had named Little Blackie and asked Zhang Xiaoqiang this question unhappily.
"Don't worry … We don't need him to fight. In the future, if we encounter other water snakes on the Yangtze River, we'll pull your Little Blackie over. We'll let those snakes know the consequences of provoking us. If we encounter other boats, it's also simple. We'll pull a monster and see if they have the guts to stab us."
Zhang Xiaoqiang said helplessly to Yang Ke-er. He also looked down on the Big Water Snake. This thing was an idiot, an idiot that only knew how to eat. It had no ability, and its courage was only slightly bigger than the tip of a needle.
"But … are we raising it just to scare people?"
Yang Ke-er was a little dissatisfied. As a beautiful new human girl and an invincible warrior, the monsters under her control must also be invincible. It seemed that the two puppies had been eating and waiting for death all day. After a few months, they only looked like half-grown dogs. This slender mutated beast only looked scary, but it was not even comparable to the two puppies.
"Not just that, we'll raise it first. When it's not vigilant, we'll give it some rat poison or something to kill it. After that, we'll peel off its skin and pull out its tendons. We'll use everything we can. Who knows, we might be able to make dozens of protective suits. Also, the horns on its head are not bad. I used the Rat King Blade to slash it just now, but there was no damage at all. I'll pull it out and give it to you."
Yang Ke-er heard Zhang Xiaoqiang's sinister plan. Not only was she not annoyed, but she had a thoughtful look on her face. After thinking for a while, she asked doubtfully, "If it's drugged, then the meat can't be eaten?
Why don't … we give it anesthetics … "
"Ow …"
A mournful wail came from the back of the fleet, followed by two crisp gunshots. The howling stopped, and the only thing that could be seen was the Big Water Snake floating on the surface of the river. It let the chains pull it, drifting with the current. It seemed to have accepted its fate.