The squad leader and Captain Li gave orders to send some family members to other factory buildings to check if anyone had been missed. If anyone was missed, they were to be killed without mercy.
Several squad leaders led their men to investigate.
As they were all bandaging the wounded, Liu Dayong, watching from the corner, was seething with rage. So many of his brothers had died because of him.
He grew angrier the more he thought about it. The duck that was about to be eaten had flown away. In desperation, Liu Dayong pulled out a pistol and aimed it at Ye Yunxi.
This woman had repeatedly opposed him, and seeing her injured terribly worried them; it seemed she was their pillar of support. Only by killing her could they control these people.
When Fu Heng saw Liu Dayong preparing to shoot Ye Yunxi, he shielded her from the bullet.
When He Yidong saw Liu Dayong fire his gun, he ran in front of Ye Yunxi and Fu Heng in time, taking the fatal shot for them.
He Yidong was shot instantly and fell to the ground. Neither Ye Yunxi nor Fu Heng expected that He Yidong would step forward and take Liu Dayong's bullet for them.
Upon seeing this, Professor Hu and Elder Ye immediately rushed to He Yidong's side. Looking at his injury, Elder Ye stopped the bleeding and comforted him.
"Hang in there, young man, I'll get the bullet out of you right away. Don't fall asleep."
Fu Heng immediately ran towards Liu Dayong. Liu Dayong, seeing someone running towards him, was so frightened that he kept looking back at the person behind him as he ran.
Seeing Liu Dayong running very fast, Fu Heng picked up his pistol and fired at him. He fired two shots, hitting Liu Dayong in the calf. Liu Dayong staggered in pain and fell to the ground, howling in agony.
Fu Heng rushed to Liu Dayong's side and angrily dragged him toward Ye Yunxi.
On the other side, Old Ye called for someone to bring a medical kit, opened the kit, took out a handkerchief and gave it to He Yidong to bite on, telling him...
“Young man, in your current situation, there's no anesthetic. I can only give you a handkerchief to bite down on. If it hurts, hold onto someone else's hand. You must endure it and not fall asleep. I'll remove the bullet and apply medicine so you can get better, understand?”
He Yidong took the handkerchief that Old Ye had given him and nodded vigorously.
"Okay, I can endure it. As a soldier of the country, I have a duty to die."
Several soldiers who were close to him spoke with choked voices beside him.
"Dongzi, we know you're in pain. Hold our hands tightly and be strong."
He Yidong looked at his best brothers and forced a smile that was both ugly and not meant to be a cry.
"Okay, if I die, let's be brothers in our next life."
"Don't talk nonsense, you'll get better. We have the best doctors here, and Old Master Ye will cure you. We're waiting to fight alongside you again."
Some of his friends were quite angry when they heard him say that.
Ye Yunxi looked at He Yidong, who had shielded them from bullets, somewhat at a loss, and warned him.
“He Yidong, you’re going to die. If you die, I’ll dismember you and feed you to the wild animals on the back mountain.”
He Yidong looked at Ye Yunxi with a wry smile.
"You're still as sharp-tongued as ever. I took a bullet for you willingly. Even if I really die, I won't blame you."
Fu Heng pulled Liu Dayong over and handed him over to the team leader. Then he overheard Ye Yunxi and He Yidong's conversation. He walked towards Ye Yunxi, put his arm around her shoulder, and comforted her.
Old Ye interrupted them in his haste.
"Young man, bite down on the handkerchief and stop talking. If you wait any longer, even a god couldn't save you."
He Yidong stopped talking, biting his handkerchief, and holding the hands of his brothers.
Old Ye took out a scalpel, surgical forceps, and disinfectant wipes, and disinfected the wound first. He Yidong's gunshot wound was in his chest, right at the heart.
After disinfecting the wound, Old Master Ye carefully used a scalpel to gently cut open the injured area, with Gu Qingqing assisting him.
The moment the knife slashed through his skin, He Yidong gripped his brother's hand tightly, biting his handkerchief and letting out a scream.
Two minutes later, the bullet was removed from the wound. Old Ye quickly applied medicine and bandaged it.
He Yidong had already fainted from the pain. Old Ye bandaged his wounds and spoke to them as he did so.
"Fortunately, the bullet was a little distance from his heart. If it had been a little off, it would have hit his heart. Right now, the young man is just unconscious. After he's bandaged up, we'll take him to a clean place so he can rest properly."
After thanking Elder Ye, He Yidong's brothers prepared to take him downstairs to rest.
Just now, when no one was paying attention, Ye Yunxi took out a bottle of spiritual spring water from her spatial storage and handed it to her brothers.
"This is a nutrient solution; you can feed him some."
One of the brothers accepted the spiritual spring water, thanked Ye Yunxi, and then carried He Yidong to rest.
After they left, Ye Yunxi turned around, walked to the front of the formation, looked down at Liu Dayong, and said coldly.
"Liu Dayong, you deserve to die. You ate the flesh of your compatriots, cooperated with the scoundrels, and now you want to kill your compatriots. You don't deserve to be human."
Liu Dayong sneered. "What's wrong with eating the flesh of our own compatriots? What's wrong with cooperating with these petty bastards? When we were starving to death, did you people from your country care about our lives?"
If it weren't for the food the locals gave me, I would have died long ago. All I wanted was to survive in this apocalypse, what's wrong with that?
Gu Qingqing was furious. She stepped forward and slapped Liu Dayong, saying fiercely.
"The country has not abandoned you; it is you who are wrong and do not repent, and you even eat your fellow countrymen. You are truly shameless."
Liu Dayong was slapped and spat water at Gu Qingqing.
"Pah! It's the country's fault, not mine. The country neglected us, leaving us in this inhuman state. It's all your fault. I'm not wrong! Hahahaha, I'm not wrong, I'm not wrong, it's all your fault!"
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