Chapter 53 Chief Gu

The main threat came from the armed men roaming freely in the hall. There were probably a dozen or so of them, two of whom were carrying crossbows.

Mu Qingyu was very familiar with this type of crossbow; it was even larger than the one she used to shoot the skinny monkey. Generally, the larger the crossbow, the farther its range and the stronger its power.

Most importantly, there was the man surnamed Gu who introduced himself as "Father." Mu Qingyu's intuition told her that he was also a superhuman. She just didn't know what his superhuman ability was.

"Sir, please let this brother and sister come to my house. I just lost my two children yesterday..." At this moment, an old woman stood up from the other bench. Her hair was snow-white and her body was hunched over.

Mu Qingyu initially thought the other person was an elderly woman in her seventies or eighties, but when she turned around, Mu Qingyu realized that she looked to be only in her forties or fifties, though she appeared very haggard.

"Then let's go to your house. From now on, you'll have new children, so don't be too sad." The man surnamed Gu didn't even look at the fawning man, but was quite kind and amiable to the old woman.

The young man with the hunting rifle, whether fearless or oblivious, seemed completely oblivious to the murderous intent emanating from Mu Qingyu. When the man surnamed Gu spoke, he continued to shove and push the siblings toward the old woman.

Mu Qingyu took Mu Qingrong's hand, signaling him not to act rashly for the time being. Then she walked towards the woman.

Then the siblings were seated next to the woman. What followed was just like a scene from a play.

After the siblings sat down, it seemed as if everyone had arrived. At first, things were relatively normal. The man surnamed Gu assigned tasks to his men, such as patrolling, exchanging sentry posts, and arranging for people to deal with the zombies on the outskirts and those that had broken into the village. The arrangements were quite well-organized.

After the work was arranged, a dramatic scene began. The people sitting on the benches on both sides sang a song. Mu Qingyu had never heard the song before, but it sounded like a hymn sung in a church. The lyrics were full of praise, and the object of the praise was "Father".

Then began the confessions and flattery from each "family".

During this time, some people wept bitterly, while others were filled with righteous indignation, but regardless of the situation, they all made Chief Gu overjoyed.

Because Mu Qingyu and Mu Qingrong were newcomers and didn't know how to "repent" or "sing praises," they were "criticized" by everyone. Afterwards, Chief Gu admonished the old woman: "Your children are new here today, so we forgive them. But when you go back, you must teach them the rules properly. Starting tomorrow, their behavior must be consistent with the main group."

The old woman, her face expressionless, readily agreed. After two hours of this ordeal, everyone was finally allowed to "go home."

The old woman led Mu Qingyu to a small building near the ancestral hall. The building had three floors, and the fourth floor was the balcony.

“We live on the third floor. From now on, you will also share the tasks assigned to our family by the head of the household, and even take on most of them.” Perhaps because she was back home, the old woman’s face was no longer so stiff, and her voice finally had some tone.

"Auntie, what happened in your village? I've been here before, and it wasn't like this. What exactly happened?" Mu Qingyu asked tentatively. Even in the apocalypse, she wasn't worried about any surveillance cameras or listening devices.

The old woman was not surprised at all by the way Mu Qingyu addressed her; what normal person would just randomly recognize someone as their mother?

The old woman pointed inside the house, inviting the siblings in, and then tightly closed the door.

From the old woman's words, Mu Qingyu and her brother finally understood what had happened here.

This place was originally called Hanjiacun. The old woman's real name was Han Yuting, and she was a villager from Hanjiacun.

Hanjiacun was originally inhabited primarily by people with the surname Han. Later, as the city developed, some villagers came to set up factories, gradually forming small workshops for the industrialization of parts processing, which became the livelihood of every family.

Furthermore, their businesses are thriving; every household has built its own villa, and the bungalows with yards are almost all used as factories.

After they became wealthy, they expanded the village, built roads, and rebuilt the Han Clan Ancestral Hall, making it a very typical modern new village.

Hanjiacun is a thriving village because all its industries are located within its borders. In addition to the villagers, there are also many migrant workers and business people living in the village.

So after that extremely cold night, a lot of people in the village turned into zombies.

At the beginning, since most people died in the cold night, and they were all in houses, the zombies were also all in houses.

This meant that those who were lucky enough to survive were unable to leave their homes in the early stages. Some people, as soon as they opened the door and left their rooms, were devoured by their zombified relatives.

This explains why, on the first day Mu Qingyu arrived, there weren't many zombies outside, but the three people who cried for help were trapped inside their homes.

As time went on, the zombies learned to break down doors and managed to escape from the houses, but this actually put people in even greater danger.

Of the more than 1,000 people in the entire village, fewer than 100 survived.

No one organized any effort to clear out the zombies, and no one even believed they could kill those monsters. Most people stayed home, too afraid to go out. A single misstep could result in being eaten by a zombie.

Just two days after the apocalypse began, dozens more people from Hanjiacun, who had been lucky enough to survive the extreme cold, perished in the jaws of zombies.

Moreover, Han Family Village is located next to a highway, attracting many people and zombies. People often wander in by mistake, and some zombies even stay inside and refuse to leave!

If things continue like this, the entire population of Hanjia Village may be wiped out in just over ten days.

Just six days ago, Chief Gu arrived.

"He has a gun, superhuman strength, and can generate electricity!" These are Han Yuting's exact words.

The zombies in Han Family Village were not cleared away by Chief Gu and his men, but rather "lured away" by his own men.

"They used a living person!" Han Yuting said in horror, "A bloodied person, whose gender was no longer recognizable, was strapped to a cart and driven around the village..."

"Wherever the car went, those man-eating monsters outside followed... relentlessly... The man didn't die; sometimes he would let out a wail... I saw one of the monsters chase after him and bite off his foot in one gulp..."

Clearly, this was a terrible memory; Han Yuting was trembling as she recounted it.

After that, Chief Gu used this method repeatedly to lure most of the zombies in the village to other places.