Inside the training ground, the crowd split into two groups, pulling and tugging at each other.
The one protecting them is Duan Yu.
The other party was protecting the missing Li Jie.
Du Chong rushed over and yelled at Li Jie, "Are you crazy? Do you know you just escaped death? Now that you're feeling better, you think you're so great?"
"You're so amazing, so powerful, why don't you fight me? Kill me or hurt me, I won't complain."
Li Jie raised his head with a wronged expression, tears welling up in his eyes, but he hesitated to let them fall.
"Brother, don't come. I'll take responsibility for my own actions. I just couldn't stand him. I'm here to avenge my brothers. It has nothing to do with you. Do whatever you want with me."
Li Jie was so resolute in his decision to die that he only stopped declaring his intention to perish when Du Chong slapped him.
"Captain Du, take your men away from my base. I can pretend nothing happened. I don't want to argue with you. It's pointless."
Duan Yu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said seriously.
"I don't need you to pretend to be a good person. Let me tell you, I just want to kill you. What right does someone like you have to be the captain? Harming your compatriots, colluding with zombies, your crimes are too numerous to count."
Duan Yu remained silent, but Jiang Yan could no longer sit still.
Even if Duan Yu was no good, he was still someone Duan Yu had adopted. Although he treated him like a younger brother, an elder brother is like a father, and he felt bad that his own child had been slandered like this.
“Li Jie, even in the apocalypse, everything still requires evidence. Your baseless accusations are a different matter altogether.”
Jiang Yan walked up to Li Jie, his voice low and soft, yet everyone could hear him clearly.
“My injuries are proof enough, aren’t they?” Li Jie retorted defiantly.
“Not enough, not nearly enough.” Jiang Yan refused to admit defeat.
The two remained locked in a stalemate.
Jiang Ruan sighed. Originally, they were supposed to cooperate to fight zombies and save lives.
Doing it this way, like dealing with household chores every day, deviates a bit from the main point and purpose.
Just as she was about to speak, a "ding!" made her swallow her words.
[Reporting to Master: An unusual force has been detected intruding from the outside. Please take precautions.]
"Xiaoyu? An unusual force is invading? Is it a horde of zombies?"
Jiang Ruan felt a pang of nostalgia, having not heard Xiao Yu's voice for a long time. She was also a little surprised that she had forgotten to look for her recently.
[Master, it's not a horde of zombies, but these three zombies are all level two, they'll be difficult to deal with.]
Xiaoyu pondered for a while before giving her an answer.
"I see."
Jiang Ruan glanced at everyone present. Level 2 zombies have extremely strong attack capabilities and are incredibly fast. Given their current strength, they probably couldn't defeat a superhuman of the same level.
"Calm down. This is not the time for internal strife. We need to deal with the external threats first, and then we can discuss who is right and who is wrong."
Jiang Ruan's voice was soft and pleasant, yet it possessed an undeniable power.
At least, no one stood up to object; they all looked up at her, waiting for her to continue.
"Defend the entrance and prepare for battle."
Eight simple words, yet powerful enough.
"Dongyang, quickly tell the guards at the gate to close the gate tightly and come back inside. They can't stay outside. Also, tell the brothers to grab their weapons and wait." Duan Yu was the first to give instructions, as if he hadn't been the one who had just been fighting with those young punks.
"Okay, I'll take care of it right away."
Duan Yu followed Dong Yang out, and from a monitoring room in the base, they could still see the situation outside the base with a slightly clearer view.
Although the internet was down on a large scale, they still found a way to work around it.
"Li Jie, let's go take a look too."
Du Chong pulled Li Jie along and followed closely behind.
"Tell me, how many lives have these zombies taken this time?"
Jiang Ruan did not hide anything from Gu An, and besides, she had already repeated what she had just said to him.
"I don't know, we'll find out when we see them. But if I had to guess, there might be dozens. Otherwise, why would they all be level three? Zombie upgrades are based on the number of kills!"
Gu An didn't find them difficult to deal with; he was just worried about Jiang Ruan, whose condition wasn't good.
"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Gu An asked with concern in his eyes.
"It's nothing, I'm just a little dazed, probably from being tired. It's nothing serious, I'll be fine after a while."
"I'll hold you, you can rest for a while."
As Gu An spoke, he stretched out his arm, lifted Jiang Ruan up, and picked her up.
"Stop it, put me down. I just squatted for too long and stood up too quickly, so I feel a little dizzy and lightheaded. It's a normal reaction, don't make a fuss about it."
Gu An smiled slightly, bounced around, and hugged her even tighter.
"Sweetie, stop making a fuss. Let's go take a look first. We'll put you down on the ground so you don't fall and hurt yourself. Let's go."
Gu An smiled, picked up Jiang Ruan, and walked over. The others behind him didn't seem surprised, except for An Xia, who was still complaining.
"I wonder how Hua Yi is doing!" she said, and then followed.
Qingfeng, Zhang Yang, Li Ming, and Mingyue exchanged glances, said nothing, and followed.
Inside the monitoring room, everyone held their breath and waited.
"roar……"
Before you see it, you hear it!
"As expected, there was a sneak attack. Thank you very much this time. Otherwise, our base would have suffered heavy losses due to our poor defense."
"No need to be polite, it's our purpose."
Duan Yu exchanged a few words with Jiang Ruan, then began to stare intently, trying to see what kind of zombie it was.
"Ranyu? It's actually this guy!"
Du Chong spoke, his fingertips seemingly trembling slightly.
Li Jie was so agitated that he would have run away long ago if Jiang Yan and Du Chong hadn't been strong.
"What is Ran Yu?"
Jiang Ruan wasn't quite sure where the name came from; she just saw that he looked like an ordinary zombie, except for a horn-like thing on his forehead.
He thought to himself that the stranger the zombie, the harder it was to fight.
"It is the only winged zombie discovered so far. Its wings look ordinary, but they are extremely sharp. Each feather is a sharp dagger, and once it touches you, the chances of survival are very low."
Du Chong patiently explained.
"Oh, is that so?" Jiang Ruan thought. If it's so powerful, then its crystals must be extraordinary.
"Pretty much. Headquarters sent people to try and catch it, but they failed. If we could catch it and have the people from headquarters come over to take it away for inspection, that would be a great achievement."
Du Chong sighed, admitting that he didn't have that ability.
But he felt that Duan Yu had it.
“They came prepared. The base recently experienced a power outage and heavy rain, which rendered the power equipment that was originally protecting the perimeter ineffective. They seized the opportunity to come.”
Duan Yu sneered. When did zombies develop intelligence?
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