“Shit!”

“This is…”

“Run!”

Those hiding on the second floor of the mobile phone store didn’t even have a chance to react. While they were still considering whether to strike first or defend, a grenade flew over.

Boom!

“Ah…”

Just as a figure appeared at the window, it got blown out by the powerful impact, wrapped in dust, and fell to the ground with a thud. Its back was covered in blood, but it stubbornly held on without dying.

His two companions upstairs weren’t so lucky; they had already died on the spot, filled with hatred.

“You, you’re not from, not from United Village!”

The man bled from the corner of his mouth and lifted his head with difficulty to look at the four people in front of him.

“Damn it, you dared to shoot without even figuring out who we are? Tell us, who are you?”

Zhang Su was infuriated, thinking to himself how stupid these people were, shooting recklessly just because they had guns.

“You, you… uh…”

Without saying another complete sentence, the man’s head drooped, and he let out a final breath, dying on the spot.

“Damn, what bad luck, running into a bunch of lunatics!”

Lu Yubo pulled out a knife and without another word, went forward and struck the man’s head, then quickly ran into the dust-filled store to finish off the two corpses to eliminate future troubles.

“Brother Su, just this piece of junk!”

Lu Yubo came downstairs with a broken short-barreled shotgun in his hand.

“Luckily, it was crudely made, otherwise Zhuzi would’ve been in trouble…”

Zhang Su looked at the shotgun, saw it was of no use, and tossed it by the roadside.

They walked to the dental clinic, where Zhao Dezhu was sitting against the wall, with an emergency tourniquet tied to his thigh, looking extremely frustrated, with a small pool of blood spreading from his lower leg.

Seeing his companions approaching, Zhao Dezhu said, “Brothers, that little firework of yours made him die too quickly, didn’t get a word out of him…”

Pang Dakun grinned and made a blooming gesture: “Boom, all dead, it was a grenade, Uncle Zhuzi, really fierce.”

“Small deal? It’s only small because it got resolved smoothly. What if they had other firepower? I might enjoy playing around when meeting zombies, but encountering armed humans, the quicker it’s resolved, the better!”

Zhang Su’s fierce expression hadn’t faded completely.

He’s one to reciprocate kindness with kindness, and meet brutality with even more brutality…

The incident happened so suddenly, they had no idea how it might escalate next, so an immediate and forceful resolution was essential!

“Haha, right, right, the big brother’s got it right, damn, is it cause I’m too big and made myself a target!”

Zhao Dezhu lit a cigarette with frustration.

Zhang Su shrugged and said, “Those guys thought we were from United Village. They must have had a prior conflict with them. Let’s not dwell on it, how’s your leg?”

Zhao Dezhu puffed out a smoke ring, sighed, and said, “I won’t die, that’s for sure. The firearm doesn’t pack much power; the hit area is broad but the wound doesn’t seem deep. As long as the bleeding’s stopped, it’s okay for now, but I can’t help you guys move stuff.

“There are some emergency external wound medications in the car. I’ll get them for you in a while, you handle it yourself, and just keep watch outside. Here, a pack of cigarettes for you, consider it a holiday.”

Zhang Su tucked a pack of cigarettes into Zhao Dezhu’s arms.

“Damn, when I get back, I gotta burn some incense and take a bath to wash away the bad luck!”

Zhao Dezhu sighed repeatedly; it must be he was just unlucky, those shots weren’t even aimed properly, and yet he got hit.

They all helped Zhao Dezhu to a seat by the street, handing him some antiseptic and hemostatic medicine along with some gauze bandages.

“Damn, any other remnants lurking around? Come out; I’ll bust your dog heads with one shot each! Ouch… it hurts.”

Zhao Dezhu grumbled while treating his wound, always keeping an eye on the surroundings, hoping a few unfortunates would appear so he could vent his frustration with a few rounds.

The unexpected attack couldn’t delay their work progress. Zhang Su and Lu Yubo drove the car closer. The sound of the earlier grenade blast was so loud it drew some zombies towards the barbed wire, which they handled before starting to load supplies.

The yard piled with plenty of rebar not only housed basic building materials but also scaffolding rental services. When the disaster struck, it was the busy farming season, so not many were building houses, and the yard was filled with various equipment.

The individual scaffolding pieces were also invaluable for reinforcing defensive fortifications, so they took everything!

The RV has a decent carrying capacity, but due to its design, some large items couldn’t be taken. Fortunately, there was a small truck inside the shop, albeit with a dead battery, but this wasn’t a problem—a tow rope solved it.

All sorts of rebar, scaffolding, and other materials were loaded onto the vehicles. Liu Tianji specifically instructed them to find two cutting machines, and they also discovered many regular tools, all of which were crucial supplies for building a base.

This trip, although we cleared out seven or eight shops, the supplies from just one decorative building materials yard alone couldn’t fit in the car, even with a small truck we couldn’t load it all…

The other shops will have to wait until next time to move.

By the time everything was done, it was already afternoon.

Zhang Su helped Zhao Dezhu into the car, and two vehicles started one after another, slowly leaving Niuquanzi Town. Since they were towing a small truck behind, they couldn’t go too fast.

About five minutes after Zhang Su’s group left, two shadows peeked out from a feed store opposite the cell phone store that was hit by grenades, faces full of fear and panic.

After repeatedly ensuring that the RV had gone far, the two figures finally walked out of the feed store, quickly glanced at the few corpses across the street, then casually looted deeper into the street before leaving town.

On the way here, because they brought over two hundred zombies, they had to ensure the zombie horde wouldn’t block the road back, so they made a loop and could take the same old road back.

On the road, Zhang Su notified Zhong Xiaoshan via walkie-talkie about Zhao Dezhu getting shot, so she could prepare in advance.

Actually, they could also contact via walkie-talkie while in Niuquanzi Town, but since they still needed to work, they didn’t inform the camp, so people there wouldn’t worry and disrupt their tasks.

When the three vehicles returned to Celestial Horse Island, everyone gathered around.

“Where’s Zhuzi? Brother Su, where’s Zhuzi?”

Yu Qing ran the fastest, desperately rushing towards the car.

Though she usually treated Zhao Dezhu indifferently and often ridiculed him, it was because she somewhat disapproved of Zhao Dezhu’s roughness. Deep down, she had already accepted this rugged man.

Once she heard Zhao Dezhu was shot, she wished she could drive to bring him back for treatment.

“He’s in the car.” Zhang Su gestured to the back, stepping down from the vehicle only to meet Zhong Xiaoshan right behind, carrying a medical kit.

“Hey hey, wife, I’m here!”

Pang Dakun supported Zhao Dezhu, coming out from the bedroom with a funny single-legged hopping stance.

“How did you end up like this, quick, let Second Sister-in-law tend to your wound. Xiaopang, I leave it to you.”

Yu Qing hurriedly stepped forward to hold Zhao Dezhu’s other arm.

“Come, sit directly down, let’s treat your wound here!” Zhong Xiaoshan indicated for Zhao Dezhu to sit on the RV’s sofa.

“Nurse Zhong, be sure to use the best medicine; we’ve got insurance, go with insurance.”

“Treat you, Big Head, quit talking, you’re delaying Nurse Zhong’s work!” Yu Qing scolded Zhao Dezhu with a glare.

“Yes, better not use the most expensive medicine, might fall out of coverage range, won’t get reimbursement.”

Zhao Dezhu grimaced, jokingly lightening the tense atmosphere.

“Come on, everyone get to work, don’t stand around watching.”

Zhang Su waved his hand telling the crowd not to gather around the car, directing everyone to start unloading goods.

“Mr. Zhang, what exactly happened?”

Yuwen approached Zhang Su, his concern evident.

The others worked while listening attentively for Zhang Su to recount today’s incidents.

Zhang Su lit a cigarette and said, “Once we looped around to Niuquanzi Town, everything went smoothly, after clearing the zombies we moved the car to load stuff, suddenly a lunatic jumped out from a second floor shop and fired at us, damn fool, not sure what he wanted to hit, anyway Zhuzi’s leg got injured.”

“Know which faction he belongs to?”

Chen Hanzhou asked grimly.

“Hehe…” Lu Yubo grinned and said, “No chance to ask, Brother Su rewarded them with a grenade.”

Everyone gave Zhang Su peculiar looks, recognizing his decisive ruthlessness anew.

“Mr. Zhang’s decision was correct, who knows what might have happened with continued standoff, they initiated violence, we responded with thunderous force! Good!”

Yuwen grew more passionate with age.

Zhang Su puffed out smoke and said, “Not entirely without useful info, one guy before dying said he mistook us, thought we were from United Village…”

“United Village?”

“Damn, it’s a muddlehead.”

“Wow, dare to shoot before seeing clearly, there’s no friendly fire immunity in reality!” Zheng Xinyu stuck out her tongue, amazed at such rashness, truly paying the price with his life for impulsiveness.

“Now after this incident, the mysterious faction must believe United Village took out their three guys, won’t relations grow more tense with United Village?” Zhang Ya asked curiously.

Zhang Su shrugged, “That isn’t our concern, Zhuzi’s revenge was settled right away, let it be, everyone hurry with unloading!”

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