Chapter Fifty-Eight: Origin
In the main hall of the ancestral hall, Chief Gu was extremely annoyed.
"Han Yu, what's wrong with you? This is the second day in a row that has happened. Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on those siblings?" There were only the two of them in the hall, so he held back his anger.
"Who knew they would run away?" Han Yu spread his hands innocently.
"Which newcomer doesn't want to run away? These two didn't look like troublemakers during the day, so I specifically asked you to keep an eye on them tonight, but they still managed to escape." He was even more annoyed when he talked about it; he had clearly instructed his most trusted subordinate, Han Yu, to keep an eye on them…
"They could have just run away, but they ended up hurting people. What if other villagers follow suit?" Chief Gu said angrily. Ultimately, his anger stemmed from feeling humiliated.
"Boss," Han Yu said in his usual nonchalant manner, "I'm not saying this to be mean, but Lao Liu and his gang are really unruly. They're always causing trouble, and if we're talking about breaking the rules, they're the ones who break them first."
"Besides, all the rules here were set by you, the boss. If anyone wants to follow suit, they'll start by learning from them, won't they?" Han Yu said.
Chief Gu remained silent. He could already vaguely sense that Lao Liu's group was becoming somewhat out of control.
Chief Gu's real name is Gu Jianye, and he is forty-two years old this year. He started working in the underworld when he was a teenager, and later learned to be a charlatan by mingling in church circles.
Being a charlatan is great! Those believers are so easy to fool! They'll believe whatever you say. If you claim to be God's spokesperson, they'll actually worship you like a god.
During his years as a charlatan, Gu Jianye made a fortune. However, he knew that deceiving people couldn't last forever, so after accumulating enough capital, he switched to freight transportation.
The freight industry is a mixed bag, with everyone and every company having their own territory. After being in this industry for a long time, Gu Jianye started to support a group of thugs.
However, he considers himself a smart and strategic person, so he prefers to stay behind the scenes in everything.
Therefore, the leader of those thugs was a guy named Lao Liu. His gang was almost all from the underworld, with all sorts of backgrounds, and many of them had been to the police station. Their main strength was their daring and willingness to take risks.
Han Yu and Lao Liu weren't in the same group. Gu Jianye found him on the roadside one night. He was a petty thug who had gotten drunk and been beaten bloody, lying on the roadside unattended.
Gu Jianye, doing a rare act of kindness, took Han Yu back. Later, he discovered that Han Yu was skilled in fighting and willing to risk his life, so he kept him as his bodyguard.
After that, whether it was a turf war or someone deliberately retaliating against Gu Jianye, Han Yu always protected him and saved Gu Jianye's life several times.
Han Yu's flaws are that he is too violent, doesn't like to use his brain, doesn't love money or women, used to like fighting, and now likes to chop off zombie heads.
On that freezing day, Gu Jianye booked a nightclub for Lao Liu and his gang to celebrate their victory. Everyone drank and had a great time. It wasn't until the temperature dropped and the power suddenly went out that they realized something was wrong.
Fortunately, the nightclub had nothing but plenty of alcohol. The group of twenty-odd people huddled together for warmth, either drinking or burning things. By the end of the night, more than a dozen of them had survived.
Later, the world fell into chaos.
But Gu Jianye, who had been a charlatan for many years, was able to see opportunities in this chaotic world!
Chaotic times are good; only in chaotic times can heroes emerge.
Gu Jianye felt that he was that hero.
So Gu Jianye gathered his gang and looted the entire nightclub and surrounding shops. Then he began looking for a suitable place as the starting point for his "nation-building dream".
Gu Jianye chose Hanjiacun mainly because the village was wealthy. The idea of killing people to lure zombies was originally suggested by Lao Liu, but they had done it before when they went out of the city.
There were plenty of survivors, some fleeing on the streets, others hiding in houses. With the world in chaos and no police around, Lao Liu and his gang were incredibly daring, willing to do anything.
Originally, Lao Liu's plan was to loot the entire village. But Gu Jianye didn't think that way. He wanted to expand his own territory, and Lao Liu and his dozen or so men were definitely not enough.
Even if the apocalypse comes, they can't survive entirely on robbery for long. They need a place to live.
To establish a base, one must have people. Therefore, based on the methods of controlling people's minds that Gu Jianye had learned when he was a charlatan, he set out many rules.
The sixth son used to be quite obedient, but recently, just as Han Yu said, he's gotten a bit arrogant.
Han Yu's words annoyed Gu Jianye. He waved his hand and said, "Alright, I'll deal with Lao Liu's problem. As for you, make sure nothing else goes wrong here. Let those two get away; there are plenty of people leaving the city now, and we can catch a few every day."
"Boss, do you think it's possible that Lao Liu and his gang have found someone who can make guns? Or maybe they've found a way? Look at him, he's been hanging out at the entertainment center these past few days, so smug." Han Yu said to herself, seemingly oblivious to Gu Jianye's impatience.
Han Yu was always like this, saying whatever came to mind, so Gu Jianye didn't suspect him of trying to sow discord. "Weren't you patrolling together lately?"
"No, he said he'd take care of the west side of the village, and I'd take care of the east side. I don't mind, we'll each take care of one side. I caught those two bastards on the west side of the village today," Han Yu replied, implying that he didn't know whether Lao Liu had caught or hidden anyone else on the east side.
"Even if he got it, where would he get the gunpowder?" Gu Jianye frowned and scolded, but at this moment he had already become suspicious and began to recall the strange things that Lao Liu had done these past few days.
Han Yu shrugged indifferently: "How would I know?" This nonchalant attitude showed that he had just been trying to chat.
"Forget it, don't worry about it. I know what I'm doing. Go on patrol, and don't cause any more trouble tonight." Gu Jianye waved him away again. He was also certain once more that Han Yu was a good person in every way, except for his poor judgment. He could raise questions, but he couldn't solve them, which only added to his troubles.
However, Han Yu was right. They couldn't let Lao Liu keep drifting along like this, or he'd rebel! So what if he got a fire-type ability on a freezing night? His lightning was far more powerful than Lao Liu's flames!
At 4:30 a.m., when everyone is sound asleep, even those who have been partying all night at the entertainment center are no exception.
After a night of drinking and revelry, this is precisely the time when everyone is tired, drunk, and most in need of sleep.
Even the three locations where the cats served as night watchmen in the village were frequently dozing off.
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