Five corpses and two executioners were lying on the wooden platform, dripping with blood. The floor was dyed red by the blood that kept gushing out. Large patches of dark red stimulated the senses of the crowd. Countless people stared blankly at the grandstand. Suddenly, a man standing at the front puffed out his chest, and a stream of white liquid spurted out from his mouth. For a moment, the sound of vomiting became the main melody in the center of the gathering place.
Two militiamen pulled one up onto the platform. There were five of them kneeling on both sides. Zhang Huai An didn't even need to throw a number. When they were kneeling, the executioner standing beside him casually chopped them down.
The woman stared blankly at Huang Tingwei's back as he left. Her mouth was wide open, but she couldn't make a sound for a long time. Two large hands grabbed her arms, one on the left and one on the right. Only then did she scream, "No …"
After saying that, Huang Tingwei turned around and left. He did not look at the woman at his feet anymore.
The corpses under the platform were spread out. Blood gathered on the ground like a meandering river. It flowed all the way to the spectators in the distance. The people standing at the front could not stand it anymore. They were already scared out of their wits. They wanted to turn around and leave several times, but they were blocked by the people behind them who did not dare to move.
"Bring her over and let her stay with those innocent people …"
The people kneeling on the side saw their companions being dragged away and turned into bloody corpses. Many of them were so scared that they wet their pants, and some of them were so scared that they lost their minds. If they were not tied up tightly, they would have already caused a commotion.
The two executioners who did not succeed were also scared by the blood that splashed on their bodies. They maintained their posture of swinging their knives and stared blankly at the blood splattering on the ground. They could feel the hot blood dripping down their faces.
The woman nodded repeatedly. Her eyes were filled with gratitude. Her lips curled up slightly, and she wanted to give Huang Tingwei a smile.
Huang Tingwei frowned and asked carefully for one last time.
"I've told you everything I know. I really don't know. There are some things that he never tells me. If I knew, I would definitely tell you. Please … please believe me. I really don't know anything …"
The woman tried her best to sound as sincere as possible, and there was sincerity in her eyes as well. She wanted Huang Tingwei to believe her and believe that she was truly innocent.
Zhang Huai An's tone was not fake, and he seemed to be really helpless. Liu Zhenghua and the others who were sitting beside him were shocked. They all knew what it meant to kill more than one hundred thousand zombies.
Moreover, they also knew that there were evolved zombies in the midst of the loss. Once evolved zombies appeared, they would have to exchange human lives for them.
The five executioners swung their swords at the same time, and the onlookers in the distance cried out in unison. Three heads flew up, and the other two heads hung crookedly on their necks. Their necks were not severed at all, but a large bloody gash appeared on their short, round necks. Blood splattered everywhere like a broken pipe, and the scattered blood rained on the faces and bodies of the executioners.
"It's useless … Originally, they were going to kill all the people who came to exchange for rice tickets. It was me who persuaded them to only kill these people. Sigh … My life is not good either … I can only wait until we return to the base and let Zhang Xiaoqiang teach them a lesson …"
The people who survived the torture were in so much pain that they wanted to die. They opened their mouths and grimaced in pain, but no sound came out of their throats. Their tracheas had been severed, and there were still red blood bubbles popping out from the cut.
This time, one of the executioners missed. When he chopped down, the guy who was spurting blood fell to the ground, and the big sword missed. This made the young executioner somewhat angry and ashamed.
The one who vomited was Qian Kaixi, and the others including Mu Peipei just frowned. This made Qian Kaixi vigilant. These people were not easy to deal with, and he had to be more careful in the future, including the beautiful Mu Peipei.
Huang Tingwei looked at the woman seriously, hesitated for a moment, and nodded.
On the side of the cart behind these people, Huang Tingwei was talking to a woman. This woman was the one who came to exchange for food tickets. At this moment, the woman no longer had the seductive charm she had yesterday. She leaned against the carriage, trembling. Yellow water droplets flowed down her ankles to the ground, and the thick smell of blood in the air seemed to surround her.
Qian Kaixi's sorrowful sigh fell into the ears of Liu Zhenghua and the others, but they caught a key word. Return to the base?
As Zhang Huai'an nodded, the executioners on the platform became fewer and fewer, and in the end, only seven were left. These seven became more and more excited as they killed. They chopped down the tied up men one by one and kicked them off the execution platform. Their chests were panting heavily, and their eyes were bloodshot. They casually wiped the blood off their faces, and eagerly waited for the next person to be delivered to them.
Among those present, not only were the onlookers vomiting and those waiting to be beheaded vomiting, even the executioners standing on the platform were vomiting. Out of the twenty executioners, six threw down their knives and wanted to jump off the platform, but their team members pointed their guns at them.
Zhang Huai'an fiercely wiped away the tears that had formed because of vomiting and looked to his side. He realized that among the people sitting under the sun umbrella with him, only one person was vomiting like him. The others only had ugly expressions on their faces.
With a loud shout, two executioners standing at the back ran up with their chests puffed out. They pulled the two frightened executioners away and threw them to the ground. The large knives in their hands flashed under the sunlight, and another head flew into the air.
The executions continued. One by one, the men whimpered loudly. They were pulled onto the bloody execution platform and were cut in half. Not everyone was lucky enough to have their heads cut off and die happily. At least half of the people were cut in places that were not fatal, so they suffered more pain. More and more executioners could not take it anymore. They threw down their knives, knelt on the platform, and kowtowed to the team members below, begging them to let them go.
"But … but you can't kill so many at once … You know … many of them don't know anything … Go and talk to the people below … You're the captain, they should be reasonable …"
"See?
Do you want to go up?
Or were you prepared to lose your head from the start? "
"You really don't know where he is?
Even you, his mistress, don't know? "
Qian Kaixi spoke. Although he did not care about the lives of the poor people, the people waiting to be beheaded were the locals around Wuhan City. As a native of Wuhan City, Qian Kaixi was very angry about outsiders killing people from his hometown. Although he did not dare to refute, he hoped that Zhang Huai'an would change his mind. It would be good if he could kill one less person.
Qian Kaixi was very interested in this word. He opened his mouth and wanted to continue asking questions, but he saw the tied up men being driven to the bottom of the stage. Twenty executioners holding large knives were put on the stage.
The woman cried bitterly, and her body slowly slid down the carriage. She knelt beside Huang Tingwei's feet and looked up at Huang Tingwei with her teary eyes. Her hands were in a pleading position, and her eyes were filled with longing.
At this time, there was a strange atmosphere in the center of the gathering place. Whether it was the people who killed or the people who watched the killing, there were two extremes. Some of the civilians could not stand it anymore and activated their self-protection mechanism. They fainted with their eyes rolling back. There were also some who became more and more excited as they watched. They could not help but want to rush to the front to take a closer look. Seeing that the remaining executioners were killing more and more efficiently, they all cheered loudly. It was not that they hated the people who were killed, but they were simply cheering when someone was beheaded and blood spurted out.
"I believe that you are innocent, and I also believe that you really don't know where he went …"
Huang Tingwei's back was facing the execution platform. He stared into the woman's frightened eyes and spoke softly. His voice was very soft, with the usual elegance of an intellectual. However, the meaning and tone of his words did not match. Anyone could hear the thick killing intent in his words.
"I really don't know where he is hiding. I've told you everything I can. I'm really innocent. He only asked me to bring people here to exchange for food. I also didn't know that there would be fake rice tickets hidden among them. Please, believe me …"
He raised his leg and kicked the guy who was lying on the ground. His entire body, including his legs, was trembling. The executioner ignored him and chopped down with bloodshot eyes. He chopped down three times in a row and chopped off his head as if he was chopping off bones. He then kicked the head off the platform.
What Zhang Huai'an meant was that he could not suppress the soldiers below. He could only use the most primitive method, using blood and heads to appease the anger and resentment of the soldiers below. What did this mean?
This meant that the soldiers in the camp had already become a group of bloodthirsty lunatics. They were a group of lunatics who did not care about their lives. This kind of enemy was the most terrifying and also someone they could not afford to offend.