650 Donggang Plantation (1/2)
Donggang Plantation.
The scars of battle were beginning to fade. The survivors dug out the bodies of their comrades and buried them on the small hill north of the plantation. On the street outside the barbed wire, zombies tumbled along and wandered around mindlessly.
In the days of continuous fire, Empire's sieging forces destroyed their walls multiple times and cut through the barbed wires to lure zombies into the plantation. The battle devolved into chaos between humans and zombies.
In the chaos, over one thousand slaves died.
With such a limited amount of ammunition, their ability to limit their casualties to around one thousand against an actual force showed that the slaves were certainly a force to be reckoned with.
Of course, NAC's airstrike also was part of the reason.
Out of fear for an airstrike from NAC, Empire's Second Division didn't focus all their efforts on launching a full-scale attack. Out of fear for NAC's forces, Empire's Second Division chose to retreat north for independence. It was only then that the siege of Donggang Plantation finally ended.
Since they didn't know where to go, one thousand survivors chose to leave while the remaining seven thousand survivors gathered together. They elected a leader who led them to rebuild their home on this piece of land.
One morning.
An SUV darted into the street and sent a few dumb zombies flying before it came to an abrupt stop in front of the plantation.
Two machine guns on the wall immediately pointed in this direction. Survivors with scarves and rifles walked up to knock on the car window.
”This place isn't open to the public. Please leave.”
Li Wang glanced at the muzzles on the wall, took a deep breath, tapped on the door to lower the window.
”I don't have bad intentions. I represent NAC and I want to see your leader.”
Li Wang thought these people would courteously invite him in, but the survivor's expression made a 180-degree shift as he examined Li Wang with caution.
The stark difference completely caught him off guard.
The soldier at the gate pressed on his collar, walked to the side, and spoke with his superior before he quickly returned to the car window.
”We can take you to see our leader, but we have to search you.”
Li Wang's eyebrows raised and he was about to go off, but when he thought about Jiang Chen's test for him, he breathed in and suppressed the anger in his mind.
”Of course.”
He pushed open the door, walked out, and opened his hands.
”I swear I don't have any weapons on me.”
The soldier ignored him and briefly scanned his body. After confirming there were no weapons, he took Li Wang into the plantation.
After walking on a muddy road, they arrived in front of a three-story office building.
Li Wang saw the leader of the survivors when he stepped in.
His knife-sharp eyes could pierce people's minds and his defined face was tattooed with the slave mark, but from his straight back, Li Wang didn't see the meekness typical of a slave.
[This isn't an easy character.]
That was Li Wang's first thought.
When the uprising erupted, the spies behind the conflict retreated from the plantation amidst the chaos. No one could provide him with assistance, and the only information he had was from one week ago.
”Aha, let me see who came. The ambassador of NAC? You finally remembered your neighbor.” The leader walked up to Li Wang. With his eyes narrowed, he aggressively stared Li Wang down. ”Tell me your intentions.”
Li Wang didn't dodge his stare. He paused for a moment before he calmly said, ”Are we not allies?”