Chapter 129 Old Zhu

"Zzz-click-swish-"

Xiang Xin covered her ears to avoid the unpleasant sound.

Lu did not send a message to the base.

Lin Xi lifted the soles of her burning feet.

Their truck was towed into the factory upside down, making an unpleasant scraping sound, and the metal shell was scorching hot from the friction.

Now they have nowhere to run.

Lin Xi subconsciously touched her watch, but if all else failed...

The truck was towed into a sturdy workshop. Lin Xi had never seen these machines before, but he guessed they were related to steelmaking and iron smelting.

It has been renovated and shows signs of human habitation.

The real "Old Zhu" I had seen in a video call before appeared outside the window.

He and several burly men peered out the window into the car, but Lin Xi and the others were hiding in the back of the carriage, so they couldn't see clearly how many people were inside.

Xiang Xin, holding her tablet with her back to the outside, exclaimed softly, "My God, what kind of place is this?"

Lin Xi glanced over and saw that the drone had scanned the entire workshop. There were some supplies and a place that looked like a bed. The room was filled with Lao Zhu and his few burly men, and a dozen women were tied up in the corner.

These women looked rather miserable, their expressions timid, and their clothes were incomplete.

Liang Hui: "You didn't forget to bring this thing in."

When the tow truck outside brought the truck back, Xiang Xin drove the drone in as well.

Old Zhu also noticed this, looked up at the drone, and then his eyes met Lin Xi's on the screen.

A man next to Old Zhu walked around the truck, patted it, and said, "What kind of truck is this? It's pretty sturdy; it wasn't destroyed by the Iron Zombie."

Old Zhu: "If we can get the person out, we can still keep the car for a while."

Another person said, "They just ran out of bullets, so they shouldn't be able to fight back."

Lin Xi glanced at the large steel forks and several long, heavy-looking tools they were holding, and silently assessed how to escape from these men.

Those men were very strong, and the steel forks they were carrying were heavy and long. If the other side was determined to attack them, they would have their skulls smashed as soon as they got out of the car.

Without guns, there's basically no chance of winning.

At this moment, a man chuckled evilly twice: "Get the person out here. I heard two women's voices on the phone just now, and they sounded quite young."

Another person chimed in, "One of them just came out to fight zombies. He has short hair, but he looks young and fresh."

The man's actions made the two girls in the car feel very uncomfortable.

Lu Wei and Liang Hui went a little towards the carriage door.

They're saying outside, "Kill the man, and bring the woman out to have some fun."

Lin Xi suppressed her nausea and whispered, "It sounds like they have other plans. They probably won't just kill us outright."

Lu Wei: "What do you want?"

Lin Xi closed her eyes briefly: "How about we use a honey trap? We can soften our stance first to lower their guard, and then launch a sneak attack once we've escaped the carriage alive."

Xiang Xin frowned deeply: "The honey trap... sounds a bit difficult."

Lin Xi also found it difficult. Firstly, it was difficult to smile at these people to lower their guard. Secondly, it was difficult because these people were armed with steel forks. If they were going to use a honey trap, they couldn't go down with axes and machetes. How could they fight several strong men with their bare hands?

Lu Wei glanced at the women tied together in the corner outside, his gaze hesitant.

This is really playing with fire; if we're not careful, the consequences could be dire. We can't let the girls in the team take this kind of risk.

Old Zhu's voice came from outside: "No, these people are quite skilled, they're hard to handle."

People inside and outside the car were all looking at Lao Zhu's face.

Old Zhu: "To be on the safe side, let's kill them all."

One of the men looked resentful: "So many of us, and we can't even handle these four?"

Old Zhu: "They've been trained at the base, who knows what tricks they have up their sleeves, it's hard to control them. Besides, the people who came with them ran away, probably went back to report. We have things to do, let's not think about these kinds of fun now."

Lin Xi's feelings were somewhat complicated:

In a short period of time, she struggled repeatedly between restarting directly or trying to make a comeback.

Just when they were mentally prepared to struggle, the outside world was about to crush them with a single blow.

After listening to Lao Zhu's words, the others nodded thoughtfully.

A man spat: "Tui! Who wants to go to that lousy base? It's much more carefree and fun here."

Another person chimed in, "Exactly! Here we're the boss, we can do whatever we want. If we go to the base, we'll probably have to work."

They looked disgusted and complained, "I don't know which bastard sent a message to the base that attracted them here."

Listening to these words, Lin Xi roughly understood that these people had also risen up after the collapse of order and obtained things they couldn't have before through force.

For example, status, resources, and so on...

Liang Hui and someone outside the car said in unison, "But this car is very sturdy."

Old Zhu glared at him: "No matter how sturdy it is, it's still just a lump of iron. Aren't we good enough to handle iron here?"

"Oh! I'll go start the boiler right away." The man's eyes lit up at first, then he scratched his head and hesitated, "But if you just throw him into the molten steel, he'll rot and the car will be unusable."

Old Zhu outside kicked the man impatiently: "Idiot, just throw him into Workshop No. 2 and weld him."

Xiang Xin clung to Lin Xi's arm, trembling, "Oh my god, are we going to be thrown into molten steel? How terrifying..."

Lin Xi's scalp tingled; this was a way of dying she had never experienced before, and she was just as terrified as Xiang Xin.

Lin Xi's efforts were in vain. She patted the empty pistol, regretting that she should have saved a bullet.

No... two shots.

Walk with Xiang Xin.

How about we restart with four rounds? It's tough for everyone, let's just start over together.

However, thinking about it was useless; all the bullets were used up.

Lin Xi could only touch the watch, which contained a small knife. There were also some tools in the car, so she could only choose one of them to learn about.

Lu Wei saw through her intentions and said quietly, "You'll die the moment you're thrown into molten steel. Theoretically speaking, it's faster than dying with a knife."

Liang Hui: "Brother, are you serious? Are we really going to die?"

Lin Xi comforted her, "It's alright, we'll be reborn together in the next world."

Upon hearing this, Xiang Xin suddenly perked up.

Lu Wei said, "Burning molten steel is a waste of resources; they probably won't do that. Workshop Two..."

The truck made a series of unpleasant noises as it was finally towed to another workshop.

The door to Workshop No. 2 opened.

The four people in the car stared wide-eyed at the scene before them, their faces filled with astonishment.