Li Kai's arm was bleeding, and the blood was flowing onto the cement floor, which looked horribly cruel.

Zhou Qingya remained seated, not moving an inch. She had witnessed Li Kai's actions. If Li Kai hadn't acted so impulsively and hadn't pointed a gun at her, Zhou Qingya might have hesitated to be so ruthless.

But since Li Kai has done this, she has no reason to be merciful.

She looked at Sun Wenbo and said, "Li Kai can give it to you, but there's one thing you have to promise me."

Sun Wenbo nodded. "What is it?"

Zhou Qingya said, "After we reach an agreement, I hope we can exchange hostages and live together."

Sun Wenbo narrowed his eyes and smiled, "You mean we should exchange some people between our two sides, and then use these people to ensure a balance in our cooperation?"

Zhou Qingya said, "Yes."

Sun Wenbo nodded. "That's a good suggestion. You don't trust me, and I don't trust you, but things will be different after we exchange hostages. At least we can check and balance each other, and our cooperation can continue. Good, I agree."

Zhou Qingya's expression didn't change much, but I saw her previously tense body relax. I guess what she cared about most was this proposal. As long as this proposal was accepted, then the cooperation between the two sides would not be a problem.

As for who the hostage is, we'll have to wait and see.

At this moment, Li Kai was being held at gunpoint by Sun Wenbo's men, and dared not move. Moreover, he had just been shot in the arm, and was in so much pain that he was grimacing and unable to move.

Sun Wenbo glanced at Li Kai and said, "I'll handle this man. He just tried to kill you. I don't think you have any objections, do you?"

Zhou Qingya nodded slightly and said, "No objection."

Sun Wenbo told his men, "Knock him out and drag him out. Keep a close eye on him. If he tries to run, shoot him and break his legs."

Li Kai looked at Sun Wenbo and Zhou Qingya with despair in his eyes, then sneered. The person behind him hit him on the head with the butt of a gun, and he instantly passed out.

Li Kai was dragged away by Sun Wenbo's men.

Sun Wenbo said, "I'm very satisfied with how this was resolved. Thank you."

Zhou Qingya said, "You don't need to thank me. He brought this on himself, so he has no one else to blame. If he hadn't done that, I might have defended him, but..."

Sun Wenbo chuckled and waved his hand, saying, "Alright, alright, let's not talk about the past anymore. Let's continue and discuss the cooperation. Now that Li Kai is in my hands, I'll keep my word and return this warehouse to you. I don't want it anymore."

Zhou Qingya said, "No problem. Let's discuss future cooperation then."

After that, they began to discuss the issue of cooperation.

Seeing that the matter was resolved, I felt much more relaxed. I was too lazy to listen to their cooperation details, since it had nothing to do with me anyway. So I decisively went to the edge of the rooftop and looked at the situation below.

There was no movement down there. I didn't see Sister Jing or Li Jiaming, so I guess they were patrolling the area.

I took out my walkie-talkie and asked.

A moment later, Sister Jing's voice came through the walkie-talkie: "No problem around here, Xiaonan, how's it going up there? Is everything alright?"

I said, "Everything went smoothly. Once they've finished talking, we should be able to go back."

"Okay, sure."

Once I confirmed that there were no problems, I waited for them to finish their conversation.

Watching them chatting happily, I suddenly remembered that back in Jiajiang, Jiangbei and Biyuan had also had a negotiation. At that time, Sister Jing and Sun Zichen were kidnapped by Biyuan's people. After going out to negotiate with Biyuan's people, they were ambushed by Biyuan.

Zhang Zhihao died in an ambush.

To be honest, I was on the verge of a breakdown at that time.

I never imagined that so much time would have passed in the blink of an eye.

Just as I was in a daze, gunshots suddenly rang out from below.

I was stunned for a moment, then turned my head to look down in confusion, and immediately saw people downstairs holding guns and firing at the east.

When I looked up and saw the group of people that appeared in the east, I was immediately terrified.

On the road coming from the east, the first vehicles were two military pickup trucks, military green, with thick bumpers in the front, and the whole vehicle was a whole size larger than the ordinary pickup trucks we usually see.

Then there were many people with guns standing on the car. Looking further back, there was a convoy of at least seven or eight vehicles, and there were people in each vehicle, all carrying money.

Because they were too far away, I couldn't see clearly what kind of guns they were holding, but I guessed they were all standard firearms.

I frowned and stared at them, a question forming in my mind. Could they be raiders? But why would raiders come to Ninghai?

Zhou Qingya and Sun Wenbo also heard the gunshots coming from below and came over to ask, "What happened? What's going on down there?"

I stared at the group of people coming from the east and said with a serious expression, "A raider team is coming, and they look like they are numerous and powerful."

"Raiders?" Zhou Qingya asked in surprise.

We watched them from the rooftop. After the looters arrived, they stopped their vehicles and began firing at the people below.

I quickly picked up the walkie-talkie and asked, "Sister Jing! Where are you now?"

Jingjie replied to me, "We're in the back now, Xiaonan, what's the situation with the gunshots up ahead?"

I said, "Jing, don't go over there, hurry up and leave. A raider team is coming. There are a lot of them and a lot of weapons. You must not show yourselves. Let's meet on the street behind. I'll take Qingya there now."

"Okay, then be careful!"

After I finished speaking, regardless of what happened below, I decisively grabbed Zhou Qingya's hand and fled the rooftop. I also told Sun Wenbo, "Hurry up and leave, or it will be too late. There are too many of them, and we can't fight them!"

The appearance of these raiders was too sudden. Weren't they supposed to be free of raiders from Ninghai? How did they end up here? Could it be that these raiders heard about the news from Ninghai City and wanted to come and challenge them?

That's insane!

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Recorder Diary 36:

"It's 11:30 PM on January 8th. Something terrible happened today. Three people died in the research institute. It's mainly because the person who was bitten yesterday turned into a zombie and started biting people. He bit a researcher and one of the survivors. We've completely isolated the two bitten people; we don't dare let them out, lest they turn into zombies and bite us too. Besides that, there's something I don't understand. The person who was bitten yesterday was locked in an isolation ward. How did he get out after turning into a zombie? It's terrifying to think about. I have a feeling that someone deliberately let him out."

(End of this chapter)