Zhang Qingming, dressed in all black, wearing a bulletproof vest and helmet, walked out carrying a machine gun, staring intently at Li Ding.
Zhang Qingming is Zhang Qingshan's younger brother, and he was also arrested by Li Ding's men before.
"Oh, who is it? It's you, you stray dog. What, now that you've escaped, why don't you tuck your tail between your legs and run far away? You dare to come back to die?"
Li Ding was initially startled, but his expression changed immediately when his gaze fell on the severe, exposed wound on Zhang Qingming's face, and he didn't forget to make a sarcastic remark.
"Are you still dreaming? What makes you think you can hold onto the position of base commander?"
"The world is in such chaos right now, and your mind isn't on the people of the base. Now, instead, you want to become king and conqueror in this apocalypse. Are you trying to play cosplay with me?"
Zhang Qingming couldn't help but sneer at the smug Li Ding, and retorted with a vengeance, shutting down Li Ding's nonsense.
"Why should I care about the people? Am I a living bodhisattva? Their lives and deaths have nothing to do with me. In the future, they will have to depend on my whims if they want to live."
They deserved it. Those bugs had no choice but to cause trouble for me instead of staying in the dungeon, so it's good they died! They didn't die unjustly at all!
I deliberately had the base gate opened to let the bugs in. The base has effective insecticides, but I just don't use them. Since they don't learn their lesson, I have to do something that will leave a deep impression on them so that the rest of them will remember me for the rest of their lives!
I just didn't expect Zhang Huaimin's men to bring you the method of deep-frying insects, which also won you the hearts of the people. Do you think I can let you go?
And you little bastard! You're about to die and you still dare to talk back to me? Well then, I'll grant your wish and send those three idiots from your Zheng family to their deaths too!
Li Ding was so angry that his teeth itched. After cursing, he immediately screamed and ordered the soldiers to go up and kill Zhang Qingming.
Li Ding's words angered everyone present, including those who had been following him. Many people had died on the ground because of Li Ding's selfishness, including several relatives. Now that Li Ding had admitted that he had put the insects in, and that he had insecticide but refused to let them use it, they were conflicted and resentful, and could not take action for a long time.
Seeing this, Li Ding was furious and pulled out a pistol from his pocket, firing several shots at Zhang Qingming. Zhang Qingming grabbed one of Li Ding's loyal henchmen who had been quietly surrounding him and blocked all the bullets fired by Li Ding.
Zhang Qingming shoved aside the dead, wide-eyed lackey in front of him and coldly glanced at the few people still surrounding him. Those people were so frightened that they shrank back a great distance.
"You bunch of idiots! If you're so afraid of death, I'll send you straight to meet the King of Hell! You can't even handle such a small matter, what use have I been to keep you around for so long!?"
Li Ding was furious at what he saw. In his rage, he completely lost his mind and fired several shots at one of the retreating men, killing him completely before glaring at him, panting heavily.
As a result, there are fewer people who are wholeheartedly by his side. Now he knows that his fate is sealed and he can no longer cause any great trouble.
But Li Ding was unwilling to accept it; he was unwilling to be dragged down after plotting for so long without succeeding.
So he decided to go all out, snatched the machine gun from the man next to him, and began a frenzied, indiscriminate attack.
"Die! Die! All of you, die! Hahahaha, if I can't have it, none of you will get it!"
Chaos erupted in the open space. Because it was so open, people had almost no cover. Amidst the rattling of machine guns and Li Ding's maniacal curses and laughter, more and more people fell into pools of blood.
Li Ding collapsed to the ground and burst into laughter only after the machine gun ran out of bullets.
Seeing the carnage before him, he felt extremely satisfied. Having vented his anger, he got up after a while, humming a song as he prepared to flee the scene.
Those who are dying now are just small fry. For him, the real show is still going to be put on by those equally powerful people in the base.
Li Ding thought he had dealt with everyone, but little did he know that his underlings had already betrayed him, protecting Zhang Qingming and ensuring his safety.
Zhang Qingming struggled to crawl out from under the men, his body almost completely covered in blood. With bloodshot eyes, he pointed his gun at Li Ding, who was humming a song and shaking his head, and opened fire.
Li Ding's eyes were wide open, riddled with bullet holes, yet a smile still lingered on his face.
After Zhang Qingming dealt with that bastard Li Ding, he immediately rushed to the nearby pile of corpses, which was also piled up like a small mountain, and searched frantically. Every time he pulled out a familiar face, his heart sank a little more.
Finally, with trembling hands, he pulled Zhang Qingshan, who was holding his father in his arms, from the bottom and, with tears streaming down his face, stroked Zhang Qingshan's face.
"Tsk, don't be so disgusting. Cough cough, quickly help me and Dad up."
Zhang Qingshan grabbed Zhang Qingming's hand, opened his eyes and coughed uncontrollably, but still looked at Zhang Qingming with a smile in his eyes.
Zhang Qingming angrily punched Zhang Qingshan hard. He couldn't do anything about his still childish older brother.
Zhang Qingming helped Zhang Qingshan up and carefully wiped the blood off his father's face as he lay unconscious on the ground.
"Cough cough."
"Cough cough cough."
"Cough cough cough."
The increasingly violent coughing continued for a long time. Zhang Qingming looked up and saw the old acquaintances who had just closed their eyes get up one by one. He almost couldn't help but want to slap each of them.
Although those who followed Li Ding did commit many evil deeds at the beginning, if they hadn't risked their lives to save him in this unexpected situation, they would probably all be dead here today.
Zhang Qingshan also felt guilty for underestimating his enemy and being careless. If he had noticed Li Ding's wicked intentions in time, these people wouldn't have died.
But now that things have come to this, all they can do is restore the base to normal as soon as possible and protect the others inside.
Zhang Qingshan and his group helped each other out of the open space. As they walked, they encountered Jiang Li and his group.
Going back to what happened earlier, Jiang Li and his group fought against Wu Shu and his group, and quickly subdued them. They then learned what had happened from Wu Shu and his group.
It turned out that a group of people were dissatisfied with Li Ding and wanted to assassinate him. Zhang Huaimin's party tried to save them, but it was too late when they arrived, and they had already been killed by Li Ding.
When Li Ding saw Zhang Huaimin and his group arriving, he used the excuse that they had hired someone to assassinate him to kidnap Zhang Huaimin and his men, intending to seize power in the process.
Jiang Li and his group were mistakenly arrested because they were seen chatting happily with Zhang Qingshan, leading people to believe they were in cahoots. They were completely caught in the crossfire.
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