The basement door opened.
Jiang Chen watched as the 170cm man dashed into the room, smashed the "cell" door lock open with the gun and hugged his wife crying. The woman's top was exposed and her eyes appeared to be lifeless, but she seemed to be moved by the crying sound as her eyes gradually regained its clarity and tears of sorrow gushed down.
"I really can't bear looking at this," Jiang Chen muttered to himself. His tone was somewhat complicated.
"What are you going to do with the captives?" Sun Jiao glanced at the door imprisoning Zhou Xiaoxia.
"Public execution."
There was no need to hesitate.
For authority, for order.
Jing Chen paused for a moment before continuing, "But before that, I want to meet our old friend."
Upon hearing this, a mischevious smiled appeared on Sun Jiao's face.
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Zhou Guoping slumped into prison dejectedly. He was clearly aware of his impending doom but his heart still held a glimmer of hope. He did not care who he was fighting with for he was confident in his intellect. However, when he saw the face from the small window of the cell, his confidence instantly vanished and his face lost all of its blood.
"Oh, remember me?" Jiang Chen asked with a smile. Although he never saw him before, Zhou Guoping must have known him.
Zhou Guopin swallowed hard and slowly nodded.
"Do you remember Hu Lei?"
It had been a while, but he was the first person he killed in this world.
Jiang Chen faintly remembered the feeling of astonishment while staring at the skull that burst open by a gunshot.
"It was you who killed him, wasn't it?" Zhou Guoping smiled, but that smile was uglier than crying.
"That's right, I had no reason to let him go." Jiang Chen's tone was very calm.
"Then why are you wasting time on me?" Zhou Guoping smiled bitterly.
Jiang Chen grinned and settled his hand on the window pane.
"You have two options here. First, tell me everything you know. If it's useful enough, I might consider sparing you. Of course, I'll ask the same question to other people, so you better tell the truth. Second, well, I don't think I need to explain it."
"I choose the first one," he chose without hesitation. He didn't want to die even if he might still do after unraveling everything.
"You better start," Jiang Chen said with a smile.
To save his own life, Zhou Guoping spilled everything he knew. Jiang Chen was able to gather a lot of useful information from his revelations.
The first one was the supply.
Other than the four modified machine guns and the bullet production line they had plundered, there was also a zombie electricity generation in the basement of the laboratory.
It used the organic material of zombies or mutants such as fat or protein as raw material to produce electricity.
It was a great thing since winter was fast approaching. Since Fishbone electricity was powered by solar, they would definitely experience a decrease in energy production. With this zombie electricity generator, they would not need to worry about energy problem anymore.
It was indeed surprising that these bandits were able to hide such good stuff.
In addition to supplies, Jiang Chen also heard some interesting information.
"Those mutated humans came from Jia City and are now stationed at the Seventh Zone. They initially wanted to absorb us but our boss refused it since no one wanted to become a eunuch. The first wave only had five people in them and we successfully killed all of them, but we didn't expect that a big group would show up." Zhou Guoping laughed bitterly. "It was a disaster, our boss' skull got smashed in half."
He was wondering why he didn't see the leader of the Huizhong Mercenaries; looked like he was killed in a crossfire.
"Where is the Seventh Zone?" Jiang Chen frowned. The details of the topography in the apocalypse was quite different to that of the modern world.
Zhou Guoping looked strangely at him.
"Between the highway of Wanghai City and Jia City is a light industrial area where few people reside. Not a lot of zombies but some powerful mutants."
Jiang Chen scratched his chin thoughtfully.
"Do you know what their purpose is in coming to Wanghai City?
Another bitter smile appeared on Zhou Guoping's face.
"No, there was no room for negotiation between mutated humans and humans, and in my opinion, aside from not eating human flesh, they are basically just mutants who can use guns."
The metaphor did sound strange to Jiang Chen, but after thinking about it, that really seemed to be the case. They could eat anything that humans couldn't eat and they could eat things mutants didn't even dare to eat, even the rotten meat on Roshan. They could enter a nuclear pit with just their body, any vaccine virus would no longer affect them.
Thankfully, these monsters were infertile.
"Didn't you catch a captive?" Zhou Guoping asked warily.
Jiang Chen glanced at him.
"No, you already said they are like mutants. Have you tried catching a Death Claw?"
Zhou Guoping forced a laugh and scratched his nose.
"Boss, do you think my information is enough to exchange for my life?"
Jiang Chen stared at him with a faint smile on his face which made his heart tremble.
To kill or not to kill?
"Although I did cause some minor problem for you, it was only because I was standing from Huizhong Mercenaries' side. Now that Huizhong Mercenaries have been destroyed by you, even if you kill me, I would just be an extra body. You definitely could spare my worthless life. Trust me, my ability won't disappoint you." Seeing the look on Jiang Chen's face, Zhou Guoping carefully opened his mouth.
"Oh? Tell me how are you useful?" Jiang Chen watched him while laughing.
"I know the Songjiang area very well, I have more or less an understanding of most of the smaller survival camps and gathering place for the survivors. My eloquence and scouting ability are also quite impressive, it definitely wouldn't be a waste of your nutrient supply. On top of that, I'm wearing an electronic collar or slavery chip, which means you won't even need to worry about my loyalty," Zhou Guoping carefully worded his explanation because it had to do with his life while observing the change in Jiang Chen expression.
It would just be an extra body if he killed him, at the very least he could serve as a cannon fodder. Although the bandits must be eliminated, this person seemed to be useful.
After giving it some thoughts, Jiang Chen made the decision and laughed when he saw the apprehension on Zhou Guoping's face.
"Great, you've managed to convince me, so I'll spare your life. I hope you can persuade the others for me."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Guoping was quite ecstatic and immediately knelt on the ground without a semblance of dignity.
"Thank you, glorious leader, for sparing me!"
Jiang Chen looked disdainfully at him and lightly coughed.
"Call me boss, I'm not a bandit."
"Yes, Boss!"
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