Chapter 205 The Poor Kid in the Apocalypse 35

A surge of anger shot straight to the top of his head!

Shen Ci's eyes were cold, devoid of her previous mockery. She turned around and turned the speaker volume button to the maximum without hesitation.

The mesmerizing sound was like an explosion, so loud it hurt your ears and made you feel like the world was shaking.

Shen Ci grabbed the recurve bow that was lying beside him.

"Dabao, cover your ears!"

Shen Ci said to her son, then quickly put on her earplugs and began to draw her bow and nock an arrow. The arrow was cold and gleamed in the sunlight. She aimed at Chen Dalong downstairs, who was still busy killing zombies!

To catch the thief, first catch the king! As long as we kill this culprit, these people will lose their leader, scatter like monkeys when the tree falls, and naturally they will not amount to anything.

"call out--!"

The arrow flew out at great speed, aiming straight for Chen Dalong's chest.

Although Chen Dalong was still entangled with the zombies, he kept a watchful eye on the movements upstairs. When he saw a cold glint shooting towards him, he was greatly alarmed!

He's very wary! I'm so glad I was careful, otherwise I would have been shot dead by now.

Driven by his survival instinct, he acted without thinking, grabbing one of his henchmen who was struggling against a zombie and placing him in front of him.

They escaped the zombies, but not their own people.

"Pfft!"

The arrow pierced the man's back. His body stiffened, and before he could react, he was shot right through. He turned around in disbelief, looking at Chen Dalong with shock and pain in his eyes.

He opened his mouth to speak, but as soon as he opened it, blood gushed out of his mouth.

"Brother Long, you, you said we'd be brothers for life."

Chen Dalong showed no remorse whatsoever; instead, he revealed a cruel and mocking sneer and pushed it away without hesitation.

"Brothers? Ha! In this world, survival is the only thing that matters! Who cares about brotherhood? Don't be so naive in your next life!"

The light in the shield's eyes gradually faded, and it slowly collapsed.

There were still many people around who were serving Chen Dalong, and many others who were fighting tenaciously against the zombies, but they all saw this scene and a chill instantly ran from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads.

This man was a sworn brother of Chen Dalong! If Chen Dalong could use him as a shield without hesitation, what about them? This scene chilled the hearts of many.

At this moment, Shen Ci held up an electric megaphone, turned the volume down a bit, and the sound from the megaphone pierced through, very clearly.

"Listen up, everyone! Chen Dalong, whom you are so loyal to to the death, was a social scum who had been to prison before the apocalypse!"

He married into my ex-husband's family, but seized my son Shen Dabao's family property and abused the child!

Ask him how his dead son, Chen Kangkang, turned into a zombie! And how did his family treat my son?!

She paused, then began talking about other people.

"And Zhang Qiang, Wang Bin! Open your eyes and look at those two corpses on the ground! The one that was electrocuted, the one that was shot with an arrow! They are the companions they brought a few days ago!"

To save their own lives, they would abandon their brothers without hesitation, and now they're bringing you all here to die!

"Following someone like that, who do you think will be the next one pushed out as a shield, abandoned and left to die?!"

Seeing this scene, these thoughts would normally remain hidden in everyone's mind, but now that they have been directly pointed out, speculation and fear begin to amplify.

"Brother Long, he actually used his brother as a shield?"

"Zhang Qiang, Lao Wang, are those two on the ground really your former brothers?"

"I knew it..."

"They were stammering before, but it turns out they were the ones who killed people here!"

"What are we risking our lives for?"

They were already besieged on all sides, and now someone has died. The key point is that this person wasn't killed by the enemy, but was killed by one of their own people who were used as a shield!

Doubt, fear, anger, and chills spread through people's hearts. Once the group began to crumble internally, it would be completely finished. At this point, some people had already subconsciously distanced themselves from Zhang Qiang and Wang Bin.

Seeing that the morale of the troops was wavering, Chen Dalong knew that the situation was hopeless and that if they dragged it out any longer, everyone would perish here.

He immediately made a decision, slashing down a nearby zombie with his knife and shouting at the crowd.

"Don't listen to that woman's nonsense! She's trying to divide us! Everyone, follow me, retreat! Retreat down the mountain!"

The remaining dozen or so people had long lost their will to fight, and upon hearing this, they ran faster than rabbits. There were so many zombies, they obviously couldn't win, and escaping was the priority!

As for other things, we can think about them slowly once we're safe.

They all followed Chen Dalong, desperately fleeing down the mountain while fending off the zombies that kept rushing at them.

Shen Ci stood upstairs, coldly watching them retreat, his bow and arrows shooting out continuously, wounding a few of the lagging members and making the fleeing gang even more panicked.

Along the way, people were constantly being pounced on by zombies, letting out shrill screams. In the end, only less than fifteen people were able to follow Chen Dalong to the parking area at the bottom of the mountain, and all of them were injured.

After they rushed down the mountain, they climbed back up in the dilapidated bus using both hands and feet. Chen Dalong climbed into the bus and roared at the driver to start the car, but the engine sputtered a few times and the car just wouldn't pick up speed.

"Damn it! What's going on?!" Chen Dalong roared.

The driver pleaded with a mournful face, "Brother Long, we're almost out of gas!"

Enraged, Chen Dalong slammed his fist on the carriage and cursed Shen Ci's ancestors for eighteen generations once again.

After finally returning to their stronghold, a deathly silence fell over the crowd as they took a headcount.

Of the twenty-odd people who went out, less than ten returned. One was shot dead by Shen Ci, two or three were scratched or bitten by zombies and their fates were unknown, and several others still had red marks on their faces and hands from being burned by coffee. They looked both pitiful and infuriating.

This effort yielded nothing and resulted in heavy losses!

Chen Dalong's face was so gloomy it could drip water; he vented all his anger at his defeat on Zhang Qiang and Wang Bin.

"You two are complete useless! What kind of bullshit information did you provide! You caused me to lose so many brothers!"

Zhang Qiang and Wang Bin were so frightened that they fell to their knees with a thud, kowtowing repeatedly.

"Brother Long, please calm down! It wasn't our fault!"

"Yeah, Brother Long, it's all those good-for-nothings' fault! If they hadn't been so blinded by coffee and lost their composure, we might have already broken down the door!"

"Yes, yes, Brother Long is amazing! It's all because the people below are useless! Brother Long, you are so strategic, it's all because of these idiots who dragged you down!"

The two of them were useless at everything and couldn't get enough to eat, but when it came to flattery, they were unmatched. They racked their brains to shift the blame and showered Chen Dalong with compliments, finally managing to smooth things over.