Including the pistol that Zou Ming took out, Ye Zhou now had a total of four pistols in his hand. One of them was the one he bought for self-defense immediately after getting the money. Ye Zhou had already thought of the person to give the gun to.
As soon as it was daybreak, Ye Zhou broadcast the news to the people he had chosen to come to the lounge.
Zou Ming went to wake up Sun Hao who had been "resting" for a night. No matter what method they used today, they had to find the way up the mountain, find out the strength of the bandits, and see what their leader looked like.
With a telescope in hand, it should not be difficult to find out the situation without alerting the bandits.
"Why am I included this time..." The man was a little confused.
Zhou Wen is not a person with a strong sense of presence. He is not as strong and quick-witted as Wu Yan, nor as fast as Chen Liu. If no one calls him on weekdays, other people will not realize that there is such a person around them.
Wu Yan smiled at him and said, "Since the immortal has taken a fancy to you, you must have extraordinary abilities. Why do you underestimate yourself?"
Zhou Wen nodded somewhat stiffly.
He was a little afraid of Wu Yan because Wu Yan was literate and was a landlord.
He was just an ordinary tenant farmer. Among four brothers in his family, he was the only one who got married because he was the eldest.
Before fleeing the famine, my younger brothers had all gone to the city to find work, which was nothing more than digging soil and moving stones, helping merchants move goods, and earning some hard-earned money.
Both of my parents died on the way to escape famine. They were old and had done heavy work all their lives. Their legs and waists were not in good condition. They felt uncomfortable even if they did not do much work, let alone traveling under the stars.
Zhou Wen had been the eldest son for half his life, and later he became a husband and a father. He failed to protect his parents, so he had to protect his wife and children.
He is not the kind of person who can survive alone. If his wife and children are gone, he will just find a place to die.
He never stands out among his employees, but when asked to do something, he always concentrates on doing it well.
"I'm afraid it's because of the way you looked yesterday." Chen Liu suddenly popped up and said, "You're very brave."
The others then remembered that Zhou Wen usually looked timid and cowardly, but he dared to beat Sun Hao yesterday.
"I can't believe you can still have such a bad temper."
"It gave me a fright."
Zhou Wen pursed his lips and said firmly: "They eat people, they deserve to die!"
He still remembered that he was pressed to the ground with his mouth full of mud, his wife was stripped of her outer clothes by the group of people and was humiliated naked, and his son was just a pig to be slaughtered in the eyes of those people.
To this day, Zhou Wen still doesn't know how he broke free from the restraints or how he bit the person who was holding him down to death.
When he came to his senses, his mouth was full of the rusty taste of blood. He had bitten the man's neck into a bloody mess.
Without weapons, his teeth are the hardest and sharpest part of his body.
From then on, he never fled with the strong and healthy people again, and stayed with his wife and children and a group of old, weak and sick people.
He hated. He hated all cannibals and all those who might bully his wife and children. His hatred was always deep in his heart, and he wished that one day he would die together with them.
After killing someone, he was no longer afraid of anything and his world suddenly became clear.
Wu Yan patted his shoulder and said to him, "Let's go, the immortal is waiting for us."
The four people who were called to the lounge this time were Wu Yan, Chen Liu, and Zhou Wen.
Ye Zhou had carefully considered choosing these people. Needless to say, Wu Yan was already the leader among the male employees. Since he had leadership ability, it proved that he was reassuring enough.
After learning his lesson, Chen Liu became more cautious. He was thin and short, and it was difficult for him to be seen when he hid behind a tree, making him the best person to gather information and explore the way.
Zhou Wen was the military reinforcement, and this person was recommended by Sarah.
Sarah believes that other people cannot achieve great things, either because they are afraid to kill or because they are reckless.
Zhou Wen, on the other hand, looked timid, but he had a heart that dared to fight to the death.
"When it comes to life and death, whoever is afraid of death will die first." Sarah said to Ye Zhou, "If a person is not afraid of death, then even if he is not very capable, he can still intimidate others. After all, he dares to risk his life, but others may not dare to do so."
“Sometimes that’s how David and Goliath triumph over the mighty.”
Sarah said with some pride, "I have also killed vampires who are stronger than me, but they didn't dare to risk their lives. But I had to fight because I didn't have the ability to escape. If he had a way to retreat, he would hesitate."
"He never understood why he lost until his death."
Ye Zhou agreed with her statement.
He himself had never been in a fight, let alone a life-and-death fight, so he could only refer to Sarah and Zou Ming's opinions.
Ye Zhou told Wu Yan their plans in a concise and clear manner.
"They are at the top of the mountain." Ye Zhou, "If we don't eliminate them in one fell swoop, your safety will inevitably be endangered."
"This is a pistol." Ye Zhou pointed to the three guns on the table, "Zou Ming will teach you how to use it."
——Ye Zhou himself was given private lessons by Zou Ming last night.
Although Ye Zhou's accuracy was average, after all, he had never used a gun before, but as long as the distance was close enough, he could hit the target every time.
But it’s not certain where the hit is.
Ye Zhou did not think that he was incompetent. After all, Zou Ming told him with certainty that at his rate of progress, he would become a sharpshooter who could hit the target wherever he pointed.
Ye Zhou also felt that since he had never received any professional training, he was forced to do something unimportant and should not ask for too much.
The highest requirement he sets for himself is to stay calm and hit the target when shooting.
Wu Yan and the other two had no objection.
"The Immortal wants to go in person?" Wu Yan still didn't dare to look up at Ye Zhou.
Ye Zhou nodded: "Yes, I want to go and see it myself."
This is his supermarket and also his battlefield. He cannot be a coward on his own battlefield and let others fight to their death.
Chen Liu and Zhou Wen didn't dare to talk to Ye Zhou. They just watched the immortal and did whatever he told them to do.
They didn't think the bandits were scary - there was an immortal in person, and they were just a group of bandits, how could they be a match for the immortal?
This is probably the training given to them by the immortals.
Wu Yan whispered, "The immortal has given orders, and we will obey them."
Ye Zhou gently warned: "This trip may be dangerous, go back and have a good talk with your family."
Wu Yan: “Yes.”
When the immortal asked them to leave, he also said there was danger, but nothing happened, right?
Although they encountered bandits for the second time, Sarah protected them.
Nothing in this world is dangerous to them.
After leaving the lounge, Chen Liucai said excitedly: "Such an important matter was entrusted to us by the immortal, which shows that we did a good job in the past few days."
"Do you think this pistol is a magical weapon from the gods? It should be more powerful than a crossbow, right?"
He held the gun and gestured around excitedly.
Wu Yan was also curious. This gun was so small in shape, could it be more powerful than a repeating crossbow?
But maybe the smaller the magical weapon, the more powerful it is?
As soon as they walked to the supermarket entrance, they saw Zou Ming, who was leaning against the wall with his arms folded, waiting for them.
Zou Ming had a stern look on his face, and he seemed to have a natural aura of keeping strangers away. He had been running around in the sea of blood and corpses for many years.
Although they are all employees of the supermarket, they are not familiar with Zou Ming at all, and they would not say much even if they meet each other on weekdays.
They would rather get close to Sarah, who is a monster, than get close to Zou Ming, who is also a mortal.
Even Wu Yan would usually avoid Zou Ming when he saw him.
Logically speaking, they had seen bandits who killed people without warning, so they should not be afraid of someone like Zou Ming who had never even killed anyone in front of them.
But that intimidating aura could not be shaken off no matter what.
Zou Ming stood up straight after seeing the people coming. He nodded slightly to Wu Yan, who was leading the group: "Follow me."
He found a secret open space, because the pistol was not equipped with a silencer - the pistol in the system had to be paid for separately, and now Ye Zhou was a pauper who had returned to a life before liberation overnight, so in order to avoid being discovered by the bandits on the top of the mountain, he had to find another place to train.
Wu Yan asked Zou Ming cautiously: "Brother Zou, how does this pistol compare to a crossbow?"
Zou Ming said calmly: "You will know it soon, no need for me to describe it."
Wu Yan: “…”
Alas, Brother Zou has such a bad temper, I’m afraid he won’t be able to find a wife in the future.
But before he could sigh in his heart, he saw Zou Ming raise his hand, and his palm made a "bang" sound, and a tree not far away shook twice.
The speed was so fast that Wu Yan and the others couldn't even see clearly what was happening.
Something seemed to fly out? What was it?
Zou Ming turned around and said to Wu Yan and the others, "Let's go and take a look."
Wu Yan nodded repeatedly and took Chen Liu and the others with Zou Ming.
After seeing a hole in the tree trunk, Wu Yan couldn't help but gasp and widened his eyes in horror - this magic weapon is so powerful! Chen Liu was just playing with it casually!
Chen Liu himself was frightened out of his wits. The gun in his hand was like a hot potato. He even felt like he was walking on the line between life and death.
Zou Ming seemed to know what they were afraid of: "This gun has a safety. If you don't turn the safety off, it will be useless even if you pull the trigger."
Wu Yan quickly asked: "What is insurance?"
Zou Ming looked difficult to approach, but he answered all questions. He pointed at the safety of the pistol and said, "Turn the safety to this side. If F is exposed, you can shoot at any time. If S is exposed, it is in the safety state."
The guns sold by the system are of very good quality and will not jam or misfire.
"You can understand S as a snake. As long as the snake pattern is exposed, it means that the gun will not fire bullets." Zou Ming, "Remember to unlock the gun's safety when the time comes."
"The attack range of a pistol is limited." Zou Ming, "Try it first."
A pistol is only used for self-protection. If one really wants to defeat the bandits in one fell swoop, he still has to rely on the machine gun brought by Zou Ming.
The ground is also important.
Ye Zhou and Zou Ming had previously thought that it would be best to lure them to a low terrain, while Zou Ming and his employees used machine guns and crossbows at high ground. Only then could the advantages of machine guns be reflected, with their long range, wide coverage, and greater lethality.
Unfortunately, there is only this one in Zou Ming's hand.
Ye Zhou had seen it in the system mall before, and a machine gun exactly the same as the one in Zou Ming's hand cost two million.
He couldn't even buy a machine gun with the money he had.
The cheapest one costs 1.5 million, which he still can't afford.
So he had to settle for the next best thing and bought a pistol.
It's a gun after all, and it's better than cold weapons.
From early morning to noon, Wu Yan and his team never stopped training. Guns are expensive, but bullets are cheap, so Ye Zhou bought bullets by the box, which was enough for Wu Yan and his team.
·
In the afternoon, while the weather was at its hottest, Ye Zhou prepared to go up the mountain.
At this time, no matter how vigilant the bandits are, their vigilance will be much lower than at night.
It is not easy to hide at daybreak, so Ye Zhou did the opposite.
What's more, in this weather, when it's hot, everyone wants to stay cool, and they can't muster any energy and feel drowsy all the time.
This time he did not bring all the employees who used crossbows. Too many people would make it easier to be discovered, so it was better to be careful.
However, the weather is so bad that Sun Hao, who has already lost half his life, doesn’t know if he can hold on to the end.
But Ye Zhou really couldn't become a Holy Father - time is above all else. Even though he knew that Sun Hao couldn't hold on, he could only let Sun Hao lead the way.
Sun Hao probably knew that he was about to die, so he stopped struggling and begging for mercy, but he still held on to a glimmer of hope. When Wu Yan carried him out, he looked at Ye Zhou with his red and swollen eyes, but Ye Zhou did not look at him.
Ye Zhou knew that he was not a hard-hearted person. Perhaps when he had experienced more, he would be able to turn a blind eye to the pitiful villain that Sun Hao looked at, but he couldn't do it now, so he stopped himself from looking at Sun Hao.
Prevent him from having even a little sympathy for Sun Hao.
Sun Hao's hands and feet are now unable to move, so he can only be tied to Wu Yan with a rope to prevent him from slipping down.
When Wu Yan gets tired, Zhou Wen will take over to carry him.
Chen Liu will act as a scout at the front.
Zou Ming walked in front of the group, and Sarah followed behind.
In Ye Zhou's opinion, their six-man team, excluding Sun Hao, is relatively reliable.
As for Ye Zhou, he was very self-aware. He didn't retreat. It was already good enough that he could shoot or run fast when encountering danger.
During this period, Ye Zhou would take time out to exercise every day, as he was worried that his physical strength would not be able to keep up with his brain if something unexpected happened.
Sun Hao cannot move his hands and feet, so he can only rely on speaking to give directions. Since he is missing several teeth, his speech is slurred, and they often have to listen several times before they can hear clearly what Sun Hao is saying.
In order to guard against traps on the road that Sun Hao pointed out to them, Ye Zhou would always use a telescope to look at the road from a high place first, and then let Chen Liu go over to check the situation.
They walked and stopped like this, and finally reached a small hill near the top of the mountain after three hours.
"The telescope is a really great thing." Ye Zhou asked Zou Ming in a low voice, "Did the person who invented the telescope win the Nobel Prize?"
Zou Ming: “…”
How does he know?
Ye Zhou didn't really need to know. He could check it on the computer when he got back anyway. At the moment, his attention was still on the bandits' lair.
"Is it that cave?" Ye Zhou asked Sun Hao who was placed on the ground.
Sun Hao was completely numb. He had seen with his own eyes that the immortals could use magic tools to see thousands of miles away, so he didn't even dare to show them the road with traps.
He didn't know why the immortal didn't fly on the clouds, but he couldn't figure out the immortal's thoughts and he didn't have the energy to think about it anymore.
"That's right." Sun Hao breathed weakly.
Ye Zhou asked curiously: "This cave can accommodate more than 400 people?"
Sun Hao cried out "Ah!", and Wu Yan immediately gave him a sip of water. After the water moistened his throat, Sun Hao panted and said, "There is something special in this cave. It is cooler than ordinary places, and there is also a pool of water."
Now the problem of water source has finally been explained.
Ye Zhou: "Does your king live there too?"
Sun Hao nodded: "Only the king has a tent..."
"That's perfect." Ye Zhou turned to Zou Ming and the others and said, "Just stand guard at the cave entrance when the time comes."
It's best to fight a siege. Just guard the entrance to the cave and kill them one by one as they come out. Even if you slow down, you can eventually wear them down.
Except they dare to use their bodies as shields and use their chests to block bullets and arrows.
But Ye Zhou didn't think they had the guts to do that. If they had the courage and blood, they wouldn't resort to cannibalism and attack refugees who were unable to resist. Aren't there any wealthy families with food in the north who didn't flee?
This is not the modern era. Even if it were the modern era, many people would still be reluctant to leave their hometown and want to return to their roots.
For many large landowners, their roots are here for generations. Once they flee to the south, they will lose everything.
The bandits didn't dare to rob them simply because these big landlords had people, weapons, and possibly government backgrounds.
How could such a bandit who bullies the weak and fears the strong dare to risk his life to block bullets?
If that was true, Ye Zhou would still respect him as a man, but this would not stop Ye Zhou from shooting.
As long as he didn't regard them as ordinary people like himself, but as murderous and cannibalistic devils, and never had any contact with them, he would be able to calm down.
"Pour smoke into it?" Ye Zhou suddenly remembered, "I remember there are stink bombs and smoke bombs in the mall, and the price is not expensive."
After all, they don't have much lethality. Ye Zhou touched his chin and said, "Smoke bombs are cheaper. If you buy smoke bombs, you can buy eight or nine, but if you buy stink bombs, you can only buy three."
"The cave is not small, three stink bombs may not be enough." Ye Zhou thought about it and felt that smoke bombs should be enough.
After all, neither of them has any killing power, as long as they can force the person out, it's enough.
If they don't come out, then surround them. They have water and food. Ye Zhou can also have people bring parasols over. If it's too hot, he can also transport ice. Now Ye Zhou has to seize the initiative and must not give the bandits time to react.
Sarah: "Then you might as well just buy some wood, light a fire at the entrance of the cave, and watch the wind direction."
Ye Zhou: "...I don't have a portable space, how can I move the firewood here? The bandits are not blind."
Sarah was silent for two seconds: "Yes."
Ye Zhou smiled and actually felt that this vampire who was over 400 years old was a little silly and cute.
"My god, he is dying." Wu Yan has been taking care of Sun Hao.
He took great care of her, fearing that the other party would close his eyes before he could reveal the location of the cave entrance.
But now, Sun Hao could only breathe in but not out. He lay straight on the ground, looking at the sky with lifeless eyes. The blue sky was so close to him at this moment, so close that it seemed he could touch it if he just stretched out his hand.
Sun Hao tried his best to raise his hand.
In a trance, he seemed to return to the time when he was still a soldier. At that time, he had never eaten people or attacked civilians.
He can run and jump. Although he always complains about not having enough food to eat and not being able to eat meat, he has a seed of hope in his heart.
As long as he served as a soldier well and killed a few more enemies, he could return home with money, buy some land, and build a house, where he could live until his death...
Wu Yan reached out to feel Sun Hao's breath, he looked up at Ye Zhou and said, "My god, he is dead."
Ye Zhou pursed his lips, took a deep breath from an angle that Wu Yan and the others couldn't see, and said softly: "Let's find a piece of land to bury him when we go back."
Regardless of whether we are alive or dead, after death we will always rest in the ground and turn into nutrients for the earth.
The real bandits didn't eat people, but these soldiers who rebelled against the barracks...
After drawing a rough map, Ye Zhou returned with them along the same route.
This time tomorrow, they will have to block the entrance to the cave.
On the way back, they found a place and dug a grave for Sun Hao. Ye Zhou did not erect a tombstone for him. They did not erect tombstones for the ordinary people they killed, so why should they erect one?
When the first handful of dirt covered Sun Hao's face, it seemed as if his sins were also taken away by the dirt.
·
The moonlit night is coming.
In the cave, "the king" was sitting on a tiger-skin chair, and his men brought him water and meat. Today was a rare day when he could eat a full meal. The slightly charred meat gave off a strange meaty aroma. "The king" leaned back in the chair, picked up a piece of steak with an expressionless face, tore it into a bite, and then chewed it slowly.
The bandits sat together under the stone steps. They had no wine to drink, but they could get a little tipsy from the smell of meat.
"Boss! When are we going to attack?!" A man with a face full of flesh, holding a long knife, shouted with a red face surrounded by his brothers.
"Take that down! I've had enough of this cave. I feel uncomfortable all over!"
“I started to break out in a rash all over my body.”
"It was cold at night, there was no bed or quilt, and it was too hot outside."
The "king" had a gloomy face. He raised a wine glass filled with water, but half of his face was covered, leaving only his droopy eyes. He drank the glass of water and then threw it to the ground.
The porcelain cup broke into pieces, leaving a water-stained "corpse" on the ground.
"Tomorrow night." The "king" shouted to everyone under his seat, "Tomorrow night we will go down the mountain and kill all the men and the elderly. The women and children will be left behind. You all should take it easy. We will all move down by then. Don't fight and smash things, or we will have to clean up after you!"
The bandits howled. They seemed to have completely given up their humanity and gradually turned into beasts, advocating more barbaric behaviors.
The "king" looked at the crazy bandits with a hint of disdain in his eyes.
If he had no hope of promotion and the situation was turbulent, why would he bring this group of rough guys to kill Qian Hu and set up his own business?
When he recruits new subordinates in the future, he will not be able to keep any of the people who know his past.
The "king" shouted: "Bring the money to buy your life, even the King of Hell can't take your life! No one in this world can take your life!"
"This time tomorrow, we won't have to linger in this cave!"
"Kill them all!"
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