Chapter 361: Don’t Kill Them, Keep Them Alive?
Chapter 361: Don’t Kill Them, Keep Them Alive?
An Ran opens her mouth and asks, “Why do wood-type ability users have no offensive power? Are all the wood-type users Tang Jianjun has seen without any attack ability?” Yet she is especially cautious, afraid that if her own ability is truly different, she might be captured and treated like a monster for research.
At that moment, a soldier hurries up from downstairs, his face dusty. He salutes Tang Jianjun and says, “Commander, a group of zombies appears on the Beijing-Hong Kong Expressway.”
“Kill them,” An Ran replies curiously on Tang Jianjun’s behalf, “If you don’t kill them, are you going to raise them?”
The soldier looks at Tang Jianjun with difficulty and replies, “We can’t kill them—they’re all copper-skinned zombies.”
An Ran and Tang Jianjun’s faces turn pale. One copper-skinned zombie can be handled. Two are no problem. But this is a group of copper-skinned zombies. When do zombies evolve into groups of copper-skinned zombies?
Since the zombies develop a sense of smell, they also gain vision. Not all visual zombies have copper skin, but all copper-skinned zombies have vision.
“We can’t stop them. Tell people to hide. Those who can retreat should retreat first. Those retreating should take the national highway.” Tang Jianjun frowns, sighs, and shakes his head.
Humanity’s survival always depends on themselves. At this critical moment, most of the main forces in Tiesi Village are sent out to kill cats and mice. He has no spare troops to deal with the large group of copper-skinned zombies on the Beijing-Hong Kong Expressway.
So, they can only retreat. But where?
The copper-skinned zombies come from the north. The road to the county town is blocked by cats and mice. Now the only directions left are south, west, and east. It is said the southeast direction is a whole city of zombies. Coastal cities are mostly densely populated, so they will first settle on the national highway in Xiangcheng, then find another way.
The soldier who delivers the message has a stern face, sadness in his eyes. He nods, salutes, turns, and descends the tower. He drives into the interior of Tiesi Village to convey the news that Tang Jianjun is ordering an evacuation.
An Ran holds Doll, standing on the tower, looking at Tang Jianjun with a hint of sadness.
When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. She doesn’t know if it is just her mood. Seeing Tiesi Village develop well, humans scheming against each other, slowly recovering social functions, now a wave of crises sweeps in, pushing them back to a scattered pile of sand.
An Ran frowns and asks, “You let the capable people evacuate first. What about the old, the weak, the women, and children in Tiesi Village? What should we do with them?”
“Load them and take them away. If they can’t be taken away, just leave them.”
An Ran doesn’t know what mood Tang Jianjun is in when he says this, but given the overall situation, he can’t let the entire army stop and wait just to pick up one or two old, weak, women, or children who fall behind.
That’s why, in the end of the world, people have to rely on themselves. If they fall behind, the main force won’t wait. They have to get up and catch up on their own. If they truly can’t, they must survive among the zombies by themselves, because no one will come to save them.
An Ran smiles slightly, feeling a certain respect for Tang Jianjun. Maybe this is the charisma of a great leader.
“Come evacuate with us. I’ll assign people to escort you,” Tang Jianjun says to An Ran, a faint glint flashing in his eyes.
An Ran shakes her head, turns, and goes down the stairs holding Doll. She replies, “I have friends. I’ll go with them.”