BXBX NOVEL Chapter 168 - 108 Ability: Rush l
After the acid rain, although the zombies became stronger, their speed had slowed down a lot.
Once the committee broadcasted this news, there were quite a few people who became tempted—zombies that had slowed down might still be unbeatable, but they could outrun them!
For many, as long as they didn’t go hunting zombies, didn’t make much noise, and didn’t encounter any special zombies, the current danger was actually lower than before.
The Special Zombie Guidebook had been produced into pamphlets and distributed at the base. So, as long as they were a bit more observant and not too unlucky, they should be able to go out and scour for supplies.
Shuize County was vast with a large population. After most people had turned into zombies, the resources left behind were naturally abundant.
Having been secure in the base for over a month, some survivors wanted to continue living in safety, but others were prepared to take a risk.
So these past few days, the number of registered Hunters at the base had increased significantly.
The base required that these Hunters try not to stay out overnight and, should they be forced to, they should inform the base. Otherwise, help could not be provided in case of danger.
Yesterday, two Hunter Teams composed mainly of newcomers informed the base that they were surrounded by zombies, not in immediate danger, and so decided to spend the night outside and return the next morning.
However, this morning, when the staff at Shuize Base asked about their situation, it was a stranger’s voice that answered.
They said that those two teams, fourteen people in total, had been captured by them. If the base wanted to redeem these people, they would have to exchange them for fourteen Zombie Cores.
If the base chose not to redeem them, they would kill one person every other day until all were dead.
The staff wanted to hear the voices of the members of those two teams, but the other party turned off the walkie-talkie. Moreover, they mentioned redeeming the people but did not even specify where…
The staff all began to doubt whether these people just found the belongings of the Hunter Team or if all the Hunters were already dead…
“What do you think?”
Wang Tao looked at the other committee members.
Everyone frowned.
In this post-apocalyptic world, people were needed, but human lives were cheap.
If they were asked to give something else for redemption, like some food, that might still be negotiable. But to take Zombie Cores was outrageous. How many Ability Users did the base have? They didn’t have enough Zombie Cores for their use!
A human life was certainly not necessarily more valuable than a Zombie Core.
“We cannot compromise! Damn it, they’re threatening us? We fight back!”
Xiang Hongbin spoke out somewhat irritably.
“I also think we cannot compromise. If there’s a first time, there will be a second time. We can’t always be compromising, right? Punch back hard and stop the punching from coming!”
Lu Gang also spoke, his eyes glaring.
Not only these two military men, but Feng Ming’an, Ren Jie, and even the techie Liu He agreed on taking action.
Wei Zhenguo then spoke:
“I also agree not to compromise, but the problem is, do you know who they are, where they are?”
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Everyone was momentarily stuck.
“If I am not wrong, that group should be Shao Yong’s people!” Wang Tao spoke up.
“If we’re to speak of grudges, we’ve only ever had them with that group. Normally, if our people were captured by other survivors, they would definitely announce themselves. Those small survivor powers, upon hearing our name, would either kill to silence them or release them. After all, so many guns we have are not for show—but they dare to take hostages directly! I have reason to suspect that it’s Shao Yong’s people.”
Hearing this analysis, everyone nodded slightly.
But if it was Shao Yong, then there was a bit of trouble. Because it was obvious that Shao Yong was standing up for his little brother Cao Xin…
No one wanted to engage in infighting with other survivors at this time if not necessary.
But if it really couldn’t be avoided, they were resolute to not cower.
“But he didn’t specify the exact trading location! Even if we genuinely took Zombie Cores to redeem our people, we still need a location…”
Feng Ming’an furrowed his brows.
“Maybe there are two possibilities…” Wei Zhenguo spoke with a frown “one is, that many of our people have died… they want to delay a few days. The other is… they want to give us a warning! They intend to kill a few people first!”
Hearing this, everyone’s anger intensified.
Regardless of the situation, it meant that the two Hunter Teams had suffered casualties!
“The urgent matter at hand is to look for where exactly they are while waiting for their message…”
Ren Jie spoke, stroking his chin.
We are in the light, the enemy in the shadow… quite passive.
“Yes, we need to investigate carefully. I’ll notify them, the scavenging tasks from now on are on hold, focus on reconnaissance!”
The group quickly came upon a unanimous decision—not to compromise, definitely not to trade Crystal Cores for people, but an attempt at rescue was possible.
Wei Zhenguo announced the kidnapping of the Hunter Teams but did not mention the matter of the Zombie Cores.
Other Hunters in the base were startled when they received the news and began to hesitate to leave.
Witnessing this, Wei Zhenguo felt somewhat helpless. It was hard enough to have more Hunters, and just as things were picking up, they were afraid to go out again.
These kidnappers really deserved to die!
In the evening, Wang Tao arrived at Han Rui’s house.
Just out of the shower, Han Rui’s complexion turned unnatural when she saw Wang Tao.
“Why, why are you here….”