Chapter 58 (2/2)
Yang Chonghui hesitated for a moment, but spoke up soon after: ”w.a.n.g Hongwei and I once knew each other in school. Later on, we were both caught and brought to the Research Inst.i.tute. Zhang Bo was someone I met there, and we had run away together back then, but the scene was too chaotic back then and we scattered. They…”
Liu Hui coughed and Yang Chonghui swallowed back his plea for mercy.
Bai Jing raised his eyebrows and looked at Liu Hui. ”You tell us.”
Liu Hui also hesitated and clenched her teeth, but since they had decided to follow the team, even if she couldn't help, she should still do her best. Besides, she had no friends.h.i.+p with w.a.n.g Hongwei. After careful reflection, she said, ”I don't know if it's correct, or just a little speculation in my heart, but I remember hearing Zhang Bo saying that if he had known what would happen, he would have learned from others and become a bandit. I don't know if it's related.”
Yang Chonghui suddenly also recalled this sentence. a.s.sociating it with the explosives that blocked their way today, his face turned ugly instantly.
Even though Zhang Bo was in a bad position, and was writhing on the floor in pain, he still insisted that such a thing had never happened.
w.a.n.g Hongwei was sweating all over, and trembling with fear.
Bai Jing put everything together, and immediately understood the answers to some questions, though how they had become targeted was still a mystery. He coldly glanced at Zhang Bo and ordered: ”Take him out and execute him. Don't dirty up the place.”
Zhang Bo's expression was indifferent. He seemed to be both relieved, yet somewhat unwilling to die.
”No, don't kill me.” w.a.n.g Hongwei hurriedly cried out, fearing that he would be next.
Xie Minhang and Liu Hua picked up Zhang Bo and went far into the distance.
Bai Jing's icy voice followed after them. ”Don't kill him, just take off all his clothes and toss him into the snow to freeze over. Death would be too good for him.” Zhang Bo's thoughts had been obvious. At this point, if he answered he would die, and if he didn't answer he would also die, so he had gone ahead and chosen to keep silent. Only, death was not so easily achieved.
”What do you think?” He turned his head towards w.a.n.g Hongwei. The fierceness in his eyes was obvious.
”I'll tell you, I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything, just don't kill me.” w.a.n.g Hongwei was originally timid. Just now, he had relied on Zhang Bo for support. But then he saw how Zhang Bo was going to die, and his courage had been broken down long ago. As long as he could stay alive, there was nothing he wasn't willing to do.
Xiao Sa answered him lightly, ”Agreed. I won't kill you.” As for what the others would do, it was none of his business.
w.a.n.g Hongwei could see for himself who had the final say in this group of people, so he tremblingly made another demand: ”And you cannot break my legs.” Otherwise, if he can't run, he's still dead.
Bai Jing sneered. He had not thought that this little coward would still have so much sense. ”Be honest, and quickly speak up. If you dare lie, I won't kill you, I'll just feed you to the zombies.”
”I'll speak, I'll speak.” w.a.n.g Hongwei glanced over at Liu Hui and Yang Chonghui quietly, and then began, ”We met the boss when we ran away from the Inst.i.tute. He is a level one ability user, and he had a few others with him. Zhang Bo and I only obey orders. You guys, don't kill me…”
”Stop rambling. We already said we won't kill you, so we won't kill. Hurry up and continue! Otherwise, we'll execute you anyway.” Han Yan was very impatient. He wanted to kick the man, but was blocked by Zhou Ji and finally reluctantly brought his foot back, giving w.a.n.g Hongwei a hard look.
The 'boss' that w.a.n.g Hongwei mentioned was also a man from their county, and a criminal. After his powers appeared, he learned that the military was capturing people, so he organized the power users and raided the police station during the chaos to seize a large number of firearms. Then, armed with guns and other firearms, he used living people to attract zombies to attack the military base. A few nights ago, when the zombie infection suddenly spread in a large area, and many people in the army were also affected, they took the opportunity and occupied the base. These were clearly chaotic times.
The night before yesterday, they met a woman who was by herself. She was beautiful, but had no powers. They had originally wanted to kill her, but the woman said that she knew where weapons and arms could be found. The boss kept her alive, which led to the events that transpired here.
Him and Zhang Bo were only ordered to light the explosives, and were not core subordinates of the boss, so they really don't know too much about the plan.
Everyone went quiet when the woman was mentioned. Naturally, they all knew who she was, and the few people who had asked for mercy back then all turned pale. Cai Lei hurriedly looked over at his lover. He had also never thought that this would be the result of their actions. Seeing w.a.n.g Xuebing suddenly stop speaking, his heart ached. If he had known it would be like this, he would not have brought the two men back and instead forced their confessions immediately. He didn't believe that he wouldn't be able to get it done; only Zhang Bo's mouth had been closed up too tightly, and he had wanted to directly kill the two of them when he saw them.
”Use living people to attract zombies? What do you mean? Lin Zhifei was timid, and he haltingly brought up a question.
w.a.n.g Hongwei trembled. His eyes were full of fear, and he stammered as he choked out: ”First… First they stabbed them a few times with a knife until they were bleeding all over, and then threw them out. Not… not long after, the zombies would come…”
”d.a.m.n, are they still human?” Liu Wei cursed. Even if he bragged that he was from the triad, he never thought that people would be so cruel that they could use other living people fodder. They were even inferior to animals!
Li Yi was full of self-reproach. When he let the woman go, he had not expected that it would cause so much trouble after. ”It's all my fault. If I hadn't thought of Little Meng, I would not have been so sympathetic.”
”It's not your problem. It's my fault.” w.a.n.g Xuebing was very clear in his heart. Although he did not understand why, he could feel that the young master attached great importance to him. If he had not asked for leniency, he believed that the young master would never be merciful.
”Enough. It's not your fault. Back then, we didn't even know if the woman would live on or not. Who could have thought that she would go and find a backer.” Cao Lei did not agree with them and spoke the facts. They had not killed that woman because firstly, they had been sympathetic, and secondly, because they had not wanted to be the ones to kill her. n.o.body had thought that the woman could still be alive after being left alone under those circ.u.mstances.
translator: xiin
editor: alamerysl
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