On the unfamiliar plain, a horn with a power supply continued to play a monotonous sound, and next to the horn, there were several huge pits more than two meters deep scattered irregularly, and some zombies wandering here were attracted by the sound of the horn, and fell into these simple traps without realizing it.

The exploration convoy from Woodbury traveled more than a dozen kilometers to the plain, and they quickly stepped out of the car with 12 men armed with different firearms.

Under the leadership of the captain, gathered around the dirt pit, looking at the hideous-looking and rancid disgusting zombies in the dirt pit, Martin spat at them in disgust, while Gail, who was standing next to him, secretly swallowed his saliva, he was the first time to catch zombies, and said with some surprise:

"Captain Martin, these zombies seem to be a lot of them, there are more than a dozen or twenty in a dirt pit!"

"All these pits add up, I'm afraid it's close to 100."

"Are we going to get them all in the car?"

Martin carried a baseball bat, looked around at the other players, snorted disdainfully, and said:

"Don't be afraid, rookies. These things just look disgusting, stupid to death, when I went to the battlefield, bullets and bullets, I could die at any time, but it was 10,000 times more dangerous than now. ”

As he spoke, he took the lead in picking up a trap used to catch vicious dogs, locked it around the neck of a zombie in the dirt pit, and then shouted to Gail and the rest of the team:

"Two more people, lock his hands, and we'll pull him up together."

Martin, as the governor's right and left man, was very prestigious among the armed men because of his fierce style and amazing combat power.

Under his command, twelve men worked in groups of three to send all the dozen or so zombies in the pit into that particular truck.

At the same time, Leon and the others with more than thirty people from Daryl's team had quietly lurked around this group of people.

Leon, Daryl, Kevira, and Peggy gathered together, taking advantage of the protection of the trees and grass, hiding their figures, and observing the movements of this group of people.

Kevela held a camouflage repeating sniper rifle aimed at Martin's head, and with a bloodthirsty smile on the corner of his mouth, he said:

"It seems that the so-called governor is not honest either, guess what they are taking these zombies for, and who are they trying to deal with?"

Daryl raised the assault rifle in his hand expressionlessly, and said in a hoarse and cold voice:

"Boss, are you going to kill them?"

"It only takes one round of firefights for us to beat them all into a sieve."

Leon, with a black M41 automatic rifle in his hand, glanced at his men who were about to move, and said:

"These people are the most valuable people in Woodbury, and we give them a chance, whether they can survive or not, it's up to them to choose."

After saying that, Leon took a horn from Sherman's hand and said to Daryl:

"After 30 seconds, give them a salvo and hit them near and scare them."

Daryl nodded, picked up the walkie-talkie, and said a few words inside.

On the plains, Martin and other members of the exploration team are still worrying about catching the zombies that fell into the dirt pit.

Suddenly, I heard a dense raindrop of shooting in my ears.

Da-da! Dada! Click!

They were horrified to find that in an instant, the ground around the pit seemed to have been bombarded by a rain of bullets, with debris splashing, weeds flying, gunsmoke filling, and countless smoking bullet holes appearing on the flat ground.

A few seconds later, before they could recount from their shock and panic, a low, cold male voice came out from behind them through the horn.

"Don't move, lay down your arms, you're surrounded by us."

"Give you 10 seconds to throw your hands up, get on your knees, and surrender to us."

"After 10 seconds, there was no one to do it."

"All have to die!"

The members of Woodbury's exploration team subconsciously shrank up when they heard this voice, and looked around in horror.

“10，9，8……”

As Leon counts down, a young team member subconsciously picks up the rifle next to him and wants to shoot in the direction of the sound

But as soon as he raised the rifle in his hand, a bullet hit his head, directly hitting his head, bursting a huge blood hole, and the red and white objects splashed on his companions around him, causing a gasp of horror.

Kevira smiled excitedly, turned her gun slightly, and aimed it at the other members.

Leon glanced at the girl, and continued to count at the same speed:

“7，6，5……”

He had just counted halfway through when Martin, the leader of the exploration team on the plains, had already thrown away the rifle in his hand, knelt on the ground, raised his hands high, and shouted:

"Don't shoot, I surrender!"

As a good Amerionian veteran, he never considered surrender to be an unacceptable thing.

Going with the wind and waves, and falling against the wind, is the best tradition of their troops.

The recruits, who could not see this clearly, had already been taught a lesson in blood.

Someone took the lead in surrendering, or the captain took the lead in surrendering, the people of this exploration team were not elite or tough guys in the first place, and before the countdown to Leon was over, all the people of this team had already knelt on the ground, threw down their weapons, raised their hands high, and chose to surrender.

Leon waited for more than ten seconds, and when he saw that the group on the plain were all honestly kneeling on the ground, he put down the horn in his hand and said to Daryl:

"Have them all tied up, and kill anyone who acts rashly."

Daryl nodded, took out the walkie-talkie on his waist again, and gave his own orders inside.

A few minutes later, Leon walked out of the hiding place with Kevila, Peggy, and the others, and together with the members of Daryl's team, they watched the dozen or so members of the exploration team who were tied hand and foot.

These people were all ordinary people, looking at the dozens of armed strong men around them, their faces were full of horror and hesitation, only Martin and Gail, who took the lead, showed a look of surprise and fear after seeing their outfits.

Leon maintained a cold expression on his face, and with the M41 automatic rifle in his hand, he aimed at the crowd kneeling on the ground, and said expressionlessly:

"Some of you may or may not know who we are."

"But it doesn't matter, your leader, the man named the Governor, has chosen to be our enemy, and that's what has led to the current situation."

"You've been taken captive."

"However, we are not murderous lunatic, as long as you honestly cooperate with our actions and stay in the cell obediently, you can live."

"But if you dare to do any dishonesty, what awaits him is to be put to death."

After saying these words, Leon glanced around them with cold eyes, until each of them bowed his head in fear, and then turned to Daryl and said:

"Daryl, you send a few men to send them to our prison stronghold and keep them guarded."

"The others continued to go with us to Woodbury on missions."

He pointed his gun at Martin, who was the first to surrender, and asked, "What is your name, and who was you?" ”

Facing the muzzle of the black hole, Martin swallowed his saliva, looked up slightly into Leon's eyes, and said carefully:

"Big guy, my name is Martin Ness, I am a retired soldier, and I used to work as a physical education teacher in college."

"I have something to say, I'm just trying to live, and whatever you want to do, I will cooperate with you."

Leon showed a faint smile, moved the muzzle of the gun down, and said:

"Good, Martin."

"I like to be flexible, you stay here, go on missions with us, I have something to ask you."

Martin smiled reluctantly, nodded, and said:

"Okay, big guy, just ask if you have a question, I must know everything."

Half an hour later, Daryl and the others disposed of the zombies in the pit, put all the members of the exploration team except Martin in a truck, and separated a few veterans to escort them back to Glenn's prison stronghold.

Leon let the rest of Darryl's team continue to lurk near the town of Woodbury, and he returned to the villa with the yard with Cadira, Peggy, and Martin.

After a brief fix, the Peggy twins continue to use the reconnaissance drone to monitor Woodbury, while Leon and Kevela take Martin to a spare room and begin to ask for detailed information that the drone in Woodbury can't get.

Martin was a worthy Amerionian captive, who did not need to be tortured, and did not hide from Leon and Kevila's questioning, giving them a detailed understanding of the actual situation in Woodbury.

Leon smoked a high-end cigar, leaned on the leather sofa in the villa, and threw one to Martin opposite, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he sighed softly:

"In other words, Philip has 12 soldiers on his hands who can fight, and if necessary, he can urgently recruit 20 people into the armed forces, right?"

With a flattering smile on his face, Martin sniffed the cigar in his hand, did not light the fire, and replied with a smile:

"Yes, Mr. Custer."

"That guy Philip is very good at demagogy, the people of Woodbury trust him a lot, we have collected quite a few weapons and ammunition, and he can indeed muster more than 30 gunmen at once if needed."

After saying this, Martin, with a hint of mockery on his face, said:

"However, the residents of Woodbury are all rookies, and they can't be compared to the elite in your hands, and few of them have even officially practiced marksmanship, just a group of timid ordinary people."

"Now that we veterans have been captured by you, the remaining rookies can't resist your soldiers."

Leon nodded, took a puff of his cigar, glanced at Kevila, who was sitting beside him and watched boredly, patted Martin's shoulder with a smile, and said:

"Yes, Mr. Martin, thank you for your cooperation."

"You are a person who knows the times, and I don't want to embarrass you, you will stay here honestly these days, and when we solve Woodbury, there are more important tasks for you."

"When the time comes, it will naturally have your benefits."

When Martin heard this, he bowed his head very meekly and said:

"Rest assured, Mr. Custer, no one will be on the side of the doomed defeat, and I will do whatever you ask."

The next morning.

In Woodbury's office.

The man known as the Governor, with red eyes, sat in his office chair as if in dead silence.

He hadn't slept all night, and he hadn't heard from the exploration team all day yesterday, which had thrown him into confusion and fear.

12 heavily armed men, half of his soldiers, could not have disappeared for no reason, without the slightest news.

What's more, the leaders of the team are veterans who have been with him for a long time in the wild, and it is impossible for them to be wiped out by zombies.

The only explanation is that they have encountered enemies who are many times stronger than them, and only then will they disappear without any reply.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

After a knock on the door, Dr. Milton pushed the door open, and he saw the Governor in his office chair who seemed to be silent, and after a few seconds of silence, he spoke:

"Philip, the residents outside are arguing and need you to go over and take a look."

Governor Philip came back to his senses when he heard Milton's voice, pursed his lips, and asked in a somewhat hoarse voice:

"What are they arguing about?"

Milton observed his face and said:

"The exploration team is missing, and their relatives are arguing about it."

"You have a bad complexion, do you need a break?"

Philip got up from his seat, rubbed his somewhat hairy face, adjusted his mood, and said in a voice that had become calm again:

"It's okay, I'll take care of the exploration team."

He walked out of his office with a steady step, and before the families of the bickering exploration team, he used his eloquence and prestige to successfully pacify them.

He assured all the families that he would soon be able to bring someone to search for the missing team members.

Returning to his office, Philip saw that Milton was still waiting there, and he adjusted his expression and asked:

"Is there anything you can do, Milton?"

Milton was Philip's first friend, and he was arguably the closest to the Governor in all of Woodbury.

Looking at the unconsciously sad look on the governor's face, Milton asked cautiously:

"Philip, do you have any clue about the disappearance of the exploration team?"

The Governor shook his head helplessly, he guessed in his heart that the expedition team was probably unlucky, and suddenly encountered a large group of marauders, so that they would disappear without warning.

He didn't think about it was the gang in the prison who did it, because this was the third day that they found out that there were other forces in the prison, and it was impossible for the other party to know where their camp was, and the distance between the two sides was dozens of kilometers, and there was no corresponding intelligence, so it was impossible to attack them without warning.

"I must have met other survivors, maybe there was a conflict or misunderstanding, wait a minute, I'll take someone to their route and destination to see if I can find other clues."

Milton thought about it and nodded helplessly, he was just an ordinary person, he had no concept of this kind of thing, and he couldn't help much.

"Then you have to be careful, Philip, you can come to my institute in the evening, and we can talk."

(End of chapter)