No one ever thought of hurting anyone, let alone killing someone.

No one, including Chen Deqing, has never had a similar idea. They never thought that the guns in each other's hands were useless ornaments, nor did they think that sticks and knives alone would prevail. However, when the request is repeatedly denied, the desire to eat and sleep becomes stronger and stronger in the mind, until it occupies all the mind, reason is engulfed in the flames of rage, and the impulse to think about any consequences becomes the ruler of the logical concept.

Outsiders instinctively thought that Chen Kun would not shoot.

Isn't that right? To kill is to commit a crime. It is not an important place such as a vault, nor is it part of a military control zone. The people inside the fence were ordinary no matter how you looked at them, and they weren't even police. Beat him up and get angry, it's a big deal to say a few good words afterwards and lose a little bit of value.

The thinking of these people is still stuck in the civilized era of more than a month ago.

It is no longer possible to find out who made the first move. But it didn't matter at all, Chen Kun could find everyone's footprints, and Su Hao also regarded all outsiders outside the camp as enemies.

There was silence all around, anger and wheezing gradually subsided, the blood in his body and the impulse in his head were also cooled, and a pair of angry eyes showed fear. They wanted to say something to show their innocence, but they found that the members of the armed team waiting around them had cold expressions and undisguised killing intent.

Chen Deqing lifted his heavy legs and feet and slowly walked out of the crowd. He had a faint look on his face, and he looked extremely innocent.

"We didn't mean to."

He searched hard for words that were suitable for the occasion, but they sounded dry and unconvincing: "We, we just want to be treated the same as everyone else, water and food, and nothing else." I'm sorry. ”

Su Hao stared into his eyes.

At such a close distance, Chen Deqing found that the handsome face was similar to that of a wild man. It's hideous, and it's terrifying. This strange change is entirely the result of anger, which twists the beautiful to a terrifying degree. Chen Deqing's heart immediately trembled, and then it beat sharply in a panic, and there was even an urge in his mind to turn around and run away.

"Excuse me?"

Su Hao's tone was full of indescribable eccentricity.

He was surprised———— other party would actually say this word at such a time?

Chen Kun was almost beaten to death by them, and if the guards on the guard tower found out a few seconds late, they would probably be killed on the spot. Such a serious matter is actually just a few sentences of understatement.

Don't they know the consequences of doing so?

Are these people on the other side all fools and idiots?

"We are willing to compensate."

A slender, skinny, middle-aged man who looked a little arrogant walked out of the crowd and stood in front of Su Hao. He untied the thick gold chain around his neck, and said in a cold and hard tone without apology, "If you don't think gold is of any use, we can also help you work for a few days." It's a pity that that happened just now, and I didn't expect it to happen. In any case, first of all, we are wrong, but you are also wrong. We just want food and shelter, and you're always aggressive. We are also forced to do so, and we hope you can understand. ”

Under the moonlight, a faint silver glow appeared on the surface of Su Hao's skin.

He was very strange, why didn't he immediately smash the other party's arrogant head?

That's right, the middle-aged man apologized, but he didn't have any sincerity, and there was obvious sarcasm in his words. It can be seen that he is well maintained, and the branded clothes and gold chains on his body are not things that ordinary people can have. However, this is the Black Age, and the identity and possessions of the past mean nothing. Hundreds of millions of dollars in banknotes can't even buy a steamed bun, and the military's recycled gold is only used as an industrial raw material.

Do these people really think that the killings and beatings are still as unsurprising as they were before? Can wanton trampling on the dignity of others go unpunished? Can you buy a human life with hundreds of thousands of banknotes?

How is this different from the wilderness wanderers of the future realm?

Su Hao felt chills all over his body, especially his heart, which was as cold as ice.

"This is the so-called age of civilization?"

He muttered, narrowing his eyes unconsciously. The gaze released from the depths of the pupils was not only cold, but also as sharp as a knife.

Not only him, but all the team members standing around them showed the same coldness, and the anger in their eyes became more and more violent.

"Bang ————"

There was a gunshot behind him, and a bullet crossed the trajectory in the air at a speed that Su Hao could see clearly, accurately drilling into the middle-aged man's head. The intense energy exploded, lifting off the skull, causing the whole person to fall backwards and roll on its back.

Xinyan stepped forward with a slightly heated pistol, blocked in front of Su Hao, stared at the frightened crowd of outsiders, and viciously ordered the team members standing around: "Kill them all————"

Gunshots rang out one after another, breaking the silence of the night.

Chen Deqing heard himself shouting, roaring, and pleading. His face turned blood-red, his lips were open but he couldn't breathe, the green tendons on his neck were pulled and entangled, and the smoke and screams around him drowned out the entire cochlea. He felt his body getting heavier and heavier, and the bullets that burrowed into his chest and abdomen were shattering his internal organs. I want to hide, but I can't move my legs. This uncomfortable feeling soon spread throughout the body, causing the body to lean down very slowly, and fall hard.

More than twenty corpses lay on the ground, exuding intense blood.

Lu Nuo'er and the others stood at the entrance of the camp, watching the massacre from afar.

She felt her heart being grabbed by an invisible hand, and she quickly took a few deep breaths before adjusting. Turning his head with difficulty, he found that the person standing next to him was similar to himself, his whole body was tense, his face was as pale as a dead man, and his breathing was almost frozen.

The anger in Xinyan's eyes faded slightly. She pulled out the magazine, took out a few bullets from her pocket and pressed them in, took half a step back and walked to Su Hao's side, and said in a voice that only two people could hear: "You are the leader of the team, you must maintain a positive image." After that, I'll do these things. ”

The words are short, but they reveal a lot of information.

Su Hao felt that his cold heart was surrounded by a warm current, which made him thaw.

He has always felt that the relationship with Xinyan is just a mutual liking, supporting and warming each other in the black world full of death threats.

Now, he's sure the feeling should be even deeper.

Perhaps, it's love

This night, many people did not sleep well, or even stayed awake all night.

The morning air is cool and fresh, and the pale golden sunlight shines through the needle pine forest, reflecting the dew and shimmering in a sparkling rainbow of light. Birds fly out of their nests and stand on the branches to begin their first song of the day. Occasionally, they flew down, bouncing back and forth on the cold, stiff corpses, gazing curiously at the long-dead people.

Dong Guoping commanded two workers to drive the excavator out of the camp and dig a deep enough pit at the edge of the woodland hundreds of meters away. In addition to the guards left behind on the guard tower, the rest of the team loaded the dead bodies onto trucks and transported them to the pit for burial.

There was still a faint smell of blood in the air. Last night, more than a dozen zombies were attracted by the smell and found them from the woods and along the road. They ate happily, but they didn't know that all this had been seen by the vigilantes. The monsters were killed with iron rods and machetes, and all the slain outsiders were thrown into the pit.

White steam still wafts from the kitchen, and the aroma of rice porridge and steamed buns is no different from usual. People stand in the open space near the residential buildings, silently watching the excavator with its engine roaring in the distance. The atmosphere around became tense and dreary, and no one felt hungry or thirsty.

Xinyan stood next to Su Hao, his expression a little gloomy.

After the furious flames that occupied her mind were extinguished, she suddenly realized that she had gone too far———— although the people outside the camp were involved in the chaos, not all of them had hurt Chen Kun. At least a few people are innocent.

Su Hao nodded at the people standing in front of him, there were forty-six in total, all of them were outsiders who had accepted the conditions and been allowed to enter the camp yesterday afternoon.

Looking at these people in front of him, Su Hao said lightly: "Today, is there anyone who is willing to continue to stay and work?" ”

No one answered. Even Lu Nuo'er pursed her lips, her body trembling slightly.

"Everybody has a different perspective on the same thing. I don't ask for your approval, and I don't expect you to be on my side. ”

Su Hao felt that his voice sounded far away, but it was also loud and tough enough: "My people were injured and almost killed." The cause of the dispute was simple, because the people outside wanted to come in, to get shelter and food. I don't want to talk about morality or justice, and I don't want to force you. It is a place where you can come and go freely, without restrictions. The conditions are the same as yesterday, and those who are willing to work have food and shelter. If you find me a difficult person to get along with or unable to communicate, you can leave now. ”

There was silence for several minutes.

A gray-haired, slightly older man stepped forward first. He looked at Su Hao with a look of fear and hatred, his lips were trembling all the time, and he said in a low and angry voice, "How can you do this? They are not unreasonable, you can persuade them well, I am sure they will be able to understand. We came from far away, and everyone wanted to get some rest. You can agree to the request first and then let them work today. I believe"

"If the sentinels had found out a few seconds late last night, my people might have been killed alive by them————"

Su Hao rudely interrupted the other party's words: "If your demands are not met, you will kill someone?" Just want to create chaos? I am afraid that at any time, no one will agree with this statement. What would you do if a beggar stood in front of your house and forcibly begged for food, and if he didn't give it, he would rush into the house and kill someone? Alarm? Pick up a kitchen knife and cut someone? Or welcome him in like a king and serve him respectfully? ”

"Then you can't kill people either!"

The old man roared loudly: "Everything must be ** law." You don't have the right to kill anyone, and you don't have the right to occupy anything in common. Including the land under your feet, it belongs to the country, not to you————"

This sentence caused a great response among the crowd of onlookers, and a considerable number of people bowed their heads slightly. They talked and talked in a low voice, and a few people were eager to come out and argue with Su Hao, but they were afraid of the guards on the guard towers around them, as well as the heavily armed team members next to them, so they suppressed their anger and waited for further changes in things.

Su Hao's gaze became colder and colder. Looking at the man in front of him who felt that he had the upper hand in morality and justice, he suddenly hooked the corners of his mouth and laughed, exuding an extremely strange charm.

"The law? Haha

He kept smiling, his voice trembling and indescribably cold: "There are no laws here, only rules. ”

Su Hao turned his gaze to the crowd behind the man, and his tone was very serious, full of irresistible majesty: "My rules are very simple———— no one can touch my people." Like last night, whoever dares to do this, or wants to try, I will kill him. ”

"Hubris————

The old man was almost roaring: "Who gave you the power to act arbitrarily? This is a country governed by the rule of law, not your ** kingdom. I'm going to sue you! And the woman next to you. I could see very clearly last night that she fired the shot! ”

The corners of Xinyan's eyes twitched all the time, biting her lip desperately. The words whipped her like a whip, and it was uncomfortable, but she couldn't find the words to refute it at once.

Su Hao noticed the emotional changes of the women around him. He held Xinyan's hand, clenched it, looked coldly at the old man with an excited expression, raised his hand and pointed to the entrance of the camp in the distance, and said calmly: "Go!" The door is there, and no one is stopping you. ”

As he spoke, he turned around, looked at the outsiders gathered, and said lightly, "You have five minutes to think about it." Stay, there is food and shelter. Leave, I won't stand in the way. ”

Almost everyone hesitated, and a few people with determined expressions stepped forward and walked up to the old man's side. The crowd quickly split into two distinct groups, each mouth saying something like "food," "hot water," "safety," and so on. The voices grew louder and louder, and the discussion became more intense, and if it weren't for the fear of the heavily armed guards on the guard towers around them, it would even turn into a quarrel.

"I really don't want to go anymore. I guess the situation in the north is similar here. There's no army or police, and there's all that kind of man-eating monster everywhere, I think it's nice here. At least at least they're very disciplined. ”

"Bullshit rules! That's just a cover-up. They have guns, and they kill whenever they want. Haven't you seen the underground mines on the news that treat people as slaves? I don't think it's any different here. Lao Yang and Lao Zhang are both dead, I have to go, and there is only one way to stay and die. Don't forget, we're people, not pigs and dogs————"

"Where can we go? Kunming? Chengdu? Or some city further away? Where is the goal? ”

The noisy atmosphere made Su Hao frown. Just as he was about to reiterate the remaining time, he suddenly saw Lu Nuo'er walk out of the crowd and come to him.

There was a bewildered look in her eyes. There was some fear, but also a lot of anticipation: "If I stayed, would you treat me like you did yesterday?" ”

Perhaps thinking that this was a bit complicated, she added: "I want to join, will you protect me?" As you have just said———— no one can touch your man, and whoever dares to do so will kill him." Is that so? ”

Su Hao stared at Liu Fei'er's eyes———— there was no conspiracy or deceit in it, only infinite eagerness. The girl pursed her lips, and the light in the depths of her eyes was stronger than ever.

Su Hao nodded calmly and said seriously: "I will do everything I can to protect every friend, and they will also give me the most powerful support when needed." That's the rule! ”

"I'm willing to join ————"

As soon as the words fell, Lu Nuo'er said quickly without thinking: "I am willing to stay!" ”

With the first person to stand up, there will be more people who take the same position.

Although Lu Nuo'er is not the host among the outsiders, and she has no right to speak, she is a companion along the way after all. Her movements inevitably have an impact on others. Coupled with the harsh living environment and the aimless future, it is not difficult for people suffering from hunger and exhaustion to make a choice.

The guard standing on the tower kept pointing a gun at the man with a pale face, watching him walk past Su Hao and walk out of the camp with a lonely expression.

He was not alone, and there were five people who accompanied him on his departure.

They all have stubborn and tough expressions on their faces———— which is the persistence of the concept of thinking, the resentment of ugliness and crime, and the yearning for and maintenance of justice.

Su Hao stared at the distant backs of these people. At this moment, he suddenly understood the true meaning of the words "civilized age".

It was an ideal that could only be found in utopia.

Far away, ethereal, but wonderful.

Xinyan walked behind him, reached out and stroked his broad and strong shoulders, and said softly, "I'm really afraid that you will kill them." They are different from those people of yesterday. There's nothing wrong with them, just a little stubborn. ”

Su Hao didn't turn around, he raised his right hand, held the weak wrist on his left shoulder, and said calmly: "I know that they are all good people. But they are out of step with this era and can't go far. ”

Shinyan said in a reassuring tone, "They'll always understand." ”

Su Hao shook his head noncommittally, turned around, cast his deep gaze on the road in the distance, and muttered rather sentimentally: "They will die." ”

At the end of the horizon, there is a group of black dots walking slowly.

The virus outbreak has created zombies, and many people are still alive.

The road leads to the north.

After a group of people, more people will pass by.