Several of the "joint defense team members" did not immediately head towards the factory building, but instead jogged to the area where the bodies were piled up.

After carefully selecting his weapon, he drew the machete from his waist and raised it high, ready to strike.

Lei Tao immediately shouted, "Stop! What are you doing?"

"Please calm down, boss. The conditions are tough, and the brothers just wanted to have some meat. After all, you need to be well-fed to have the energy to work," Zhang Qiang explained. Judging from his calm expression, this wasn't the first time this had happened.

"However, since the leader doesn't like it, let's just have the brothers bear with it for now."

As soon as Zhang Qiang finished speaking, the "joint defense team members" who were about to continue their actions all stopped, but the desire and resentment in their eyes were hard to hide.

They exchanged a glance, then silently tucked their knives back into their waistbands, and with a hint of reluctance, turned and followed the main group.

"You little punk, with that little bit of mentality, you think you can mess with me? You're still too green." Zhang Qiang sneered inwardly as he looked at the dissatisfied faces of the "joint defense team members" who had been stopped.

Lei Tao had no idea what Zhang Qiang was thinking. All he wanted to do now was kill people and wipe out this group of heartless beasts!

However, since his plan was already more than halfway complete, he had no choice but to suppress his anger once again for the safety of the "laborers".

He then instructed the "militia" behind him: "Now that the brothers of the 'joint defense team' have left, you should hurry up and 'take over their shift'. Make sure to keep a close watch on those 'laborers'!"

Upon hearing this, most of the militia members instantly grasped the implication in Lei Tao's words, while those who didn't understand received a quiet reminder from their teammates.

So the "militiamen" quickly jogged toward the snow pit.

Looking at the group of "unarmed" militiamen, Zhang Qiang sneered inwardly: "I'll see what you'll use to intimidate those beasts!"

The incident of the "joint defense team members" "breaking their vows" was just a minor episode and not something Zhang Qiang had expected.

His real retaliation was against the group of laborers.

In his eyes, the laborers they captured were nothing more than beasts, and beasts all have one thing in common: they will resist when pushed to the limit.

Zhang Qiang's force of only 100 unarmed men was clearly no match for the more than 1,300 beasts.

He intended to exploit this point, subtly guiding Lei Tao to create a disturbance and embarrass him.