(2) A Group of Armed Survivors Directly Called This Person the Leader (2)

Ton Tuong said, "Then you two hurry down. We came from Hecheng city, searching for survivors all along this road. We've already found a main base elsewhere. Thinking you are all compatriots, can't see you die without saving, so risked coming out to search. Heaven doesn't disappoint those with a heart; finally met you. Don't be afraid. The apocalypse is ruthless, but people have feelings. I believe as long as we unite, we can definitely overcome this damn apocalypse."

Following Ton Tuong's charismatic persuasion, the group of survivors behind him all lowered their heads, trying to hold back laughter. Who the f*** didn't know Ton Tuong was an old SP (seasoned player/schemer)? Along the way, always talking about women. Now encountering one, how could he let go?

Of course, they also had ideas.

Since the apocalypse until now, haven't touched. Under tense pressure, often releasing a bit can alleviate the mood.

"Thank you! We'll come down right now!"

Chu Dinh thanked, then hurriedly led his girlfriend downstairs. Since the apocalypse until now, he never thought of abandoning his girlfriend. Supplies were always prioritized for Yao Tuyet, just wanting Yao Tuyet to eat her fill first. But Yao Tuyet loved him deeply, knew supplies were limited, so every time, they ate together, encouraged each other.

Watching them come downstairs.

Ton Tuong looked around, confirmed no zombies, opened the truck door, let another person drive. He would watch from the back, to prevent this group of beasts from getting there first. He still wanted to, after finding a place, be the very first to cherish the opponent.

Chu Dinh held Yao Tuyet, carrying scarce supplies. He already felt a sense of surviving a disaster today.

Hope was right before his eyes.

Ton Tuong extended his hand, said to Yao Tuyet, "Let me pull you up. Slowly, be careful."

Extremely gentle.

"Thank you," Yao Tuyet thanked. As she was pulled onto the truck, only then did she realize the group sitting in the back, each one looking at her with somewhat wrong eyes, as if carrying some strange smiling intent.

Chu Dinh wanted to climb up himself, but just as he climbed, was kicked down by Ton Tuong.

"Kid! You can just forget it! This woman comes with us, that's enough! Don't even think about coming! Don't resist, otherwise, one shot will blow your head off!" Ton Tuong aimed the gun muzzle at Chu Dinh, a complacent smile on his face.

How could Yao Tuyet not know the situation? Wanted to jump off the truck, but was grabbed by survivors beside her, gagged with cloth, pressed until unable to move. Wanted to struggle, but couldn't. Could only despairingly watch Chu Dinh. She truly didn't expect it to turn out like this.

"You can't do this!" Chu Dinh said despairingly. "It's already the apocalypse! We are all survivors! Shouldn't we unite well, live together?"

Ton Tuong said, "Don't joke! Knowing it's the apocalypse, yet still casually believing others' words? Shh! Absolutely don't be too loud, very easy to attract zombies. With your situation, probably can't outrun zombies. I think you should hurry back into this shop, wait for the next group of survivors."

Finished speaking, the cargo truck drove off.

Chu Dinh wanted to chase, but that cargo truck behind almost hit him. He absolutely couldn't watch Yao Tuyet be taken away. Saw a bicycle by the roadside, rode it, chasing after the cargo truck.

He understood, his girlfriend taken away by them, absolutely no good end. Even the result could already appear in his mind. The more he thought, the more terrifying it felt.

No!

Absolutely not!

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Street.

Lam Pham was accustomed to the quiet environment. He, as usual, moved about outside, also considered heeding Phi Phi's reminder, wanting to encounter that group of armed survivors.

Before, he thought just surviving himself was good enough. Just like usual, earn some money, stroll around, look at the situation under the apocalypse. Occasionally encounter unfriendly zombies, he would just swing his sword and chop them dead.

But since bringing Old man Vuong's group back to Duong Quang Apartments, then bringing other survivors back, his thoughts quietly changed.

The light of hope will forever shroud the earth.

Old man Vuong also often told him stories of everyone uniting as one during desperate times. Truly very shocking, extremely moving. This society cannot be changed by one person alone. When you feel unable to change, perhaps own ability insufficient, or perhaps the number of people changing too few.

"To have sacrificed so much for a noble cause, daring to teach the sun and moon to change for a new sky." (A famous Chinese revolutionary poem line)

Hope is strived for.

Passing the government building, stopped, looked at the fluttering red flag. That symbolized hope, represented glory and dreams. When seeing these, a voice in his mind always told him.

See this?

Can you feel the majestic power contained within?

He could touch his chest and say, I have felt it.

He was no longer one person, but many people stood behind him. He just wanted to strive forward. Even if shouldering many unimaginable hardships, he still had to strive forward.

Hoang city's future rested on the shoulders of their generation.

And the children were Hoang city's future.

Wind blew up, stirring dust, happily sending off the distant Lam Pham. The lone brave one walking the streets, unafraid of danger, he just wanted to find more hope-filled survivors.

Perhaps they were suffering setbacks, but amidst setbacks, surely could see hope.

A long time.

Passing by a small alley.

Bang!

Heard the sound of crashing against a wall.

He saw a young man riding a bicycle fiercely collide with a wall, falling head over heels. Looked very painful even watching.

Chu Dinh struggled to get up, knew zombies were chasing behind. He endured the pain, ran quickly towards the small alley, fleeing for his life. He found despair had thoroughly enveloped him, already couldn't see any hope.

Tears welled in his eye sockets. Kept cursing himself, Useless! I'm just a piece of trash! Can't even protect my own girlfriend! I'm truly trash! What exactly was I thinking then? Afraid of what? The opponent held a gun, and just scared me stiff! Watched helplessly as girlfriend was taken away!

Chu Dinh was extremely self-reproachful. He didn't want this. Would rather have resisted then, been shot dead by the opponent. At least prove he wasn't scared, nor wanted to give up on you.

He already heard the "Ugh ugh" sounds of zombies behind, could only bury his head and run quickly.

The pain on his body was far less than the pain in his heart.

There's light!

He saw light covering the ground ahead.

He looked up towards the exit far away, saw a survivor standing there. He waved, shouted, "Run! Zombies are chasing me..."

Bang!

Crash!

Sound of glass shattering.

Zombies leaped from upstairs into the small alley. That was hearing the sound, wanting to devour the delicious flesh and blood before them.

Time seemed to have stopped at this moment.

Chu Dinh perceived the movement above, heart like dead ashes. Can't escape. Really can't escape anymore.

But just at this moment...

Chu Dinh looked towards the mysterious survivor at the exit ahead. He didn't panic and run, but reached out his arm, slowly grabbing behind his back. He didn't know what this was doing. In an instant... only felt a silvery-white light flash before his eyes.

That figure vanished on the spot. Only felt a strong wind assault his face, facial muscles stirred, cheeks sunken.

Thump!

Like dumplings dropping, fragmented zombie corpses fell from the air. Scared him into leaning against the wall, head covered, shrinking his head, not knowing what happened.

Footsteps approached.

Closer and closer.

"Don't be afraid. It's okay now."

A gentle voice came.

Chu Dinh lowered his arms, slowly looked up. It was a smiling face, warm sunshine. For him, huddled against the wall, for some reason felt this figure was extremely majestic, very tall. In the despairing and terrifying apocalypse, being able to see such a face, his heart felt an indescribable peace and calmness.

He looked around.

Severed zombie limbs everywhere, sticky fluid all over the ground.

These were the zombies chasing him.

"These zombies..."

He was chased by zombies with no way to escape. Facing this group of zombies, only a dead end.

Lam Pham said, "All killed by me."

A simple sentence.

Caused Chu Dinh's heart to receive a huge shock. This kind of shock was astonishment, was vibration. Gaze always met Lam Pham's, not wanting to see clearly who Lam Pham was, but purely expressing a kind of disbelief.

While Chu Dinh looked at Lam Pham, Lam Pham similarly looked into his eyes.

Brief eye contact. From the opponent's eyes, he saw helplessness, despair, upset, sorrow, and many other emotions.

"Thank you."

Chu Dinh thanked. However, heart like dead ashes. Didn't catch up. The cargo truck drove too fast, really fast. He also didn't know where the truck went. But he still wanted to search. As long as not dead, still search on.

"No need for thanks. The apocalypse is indeed very difficult. Encountering it, naturally will help. Hope you can cheer up, don't be defeated by the apocalypse. As long as heart full of hope, can have a future." Lam Pham knew the opponent encountered terrible things, could only comfort well. "I want to ask something. Did you see a group of armed survivors? Driving cargo trucks."

Hoang city is very large; finding that group should be very difficult. But hard to find and not finding are two different things. Only by putting in effort can one know if it can be done.

Fantasy leads to no results.

Chu Dinh heard this, hurriedly asked, "Big Brother, you know them?"

Lam Pham shook his head, "Don't know. I'm also looking for them."

"Big Brother! I saw them! They have many people, driving two cargo trucks! They robbed my girlfriend! I've been chasing them all along! But their speed is really too fast, I couldn't catch up!"

Chu Dinh's eye sockets reddened. This big brother before him was very formidable. Thinking of asking him for help was clearly not possible. He didn't know where the opponent went. Besides, they had firearms in their hands; those were weapons that could kill people casually.

"Which direction did they go?" Lam Pham asked.

Chu Dinh pointed in a direction, "That way! Just that way!"

"Follow me." Lam Pham led Chu Dinh out of the small alley, pointed in a direction, "Is it that way?"

"Mm! Just that way!"

Lam Pham looked towards the distance. Many buildings, obstructing the view. He grabbed Chu Dinh. Amidst Chu Dinh's startled cry, leaped up, landing on the roof of a building.

Chu Dinh stared dumbfounded at Lam Pham.

Like seeing a ghost.

Didn't see the zombie slaying just now, but knew very formidable, could accept. But this kind of behavior now, he truly couldn't accept. Heart suffered a huge impact. Looked down below, very high. Is this something a human can jump up?

"Big Brother, you... you are..." Chu Dinh stammered.

"My name is Lam Pham, Duong Quang Apartments' security guard," Lam Pham said.

Rooftop wind blew.

"Don't see them." Lam Pham looked at the road far away, didn't see the running vehicles. Then grabbed Chu Dinh again, leaped towards the distance. For Lam Pham, this kind of leaping was very normal. How far can jump, mentally certain. This is self-awareness.

Chu Dinh, lived over twenty years, worldview never received such impact. Always felt the world was just like that. But now, his world view suffered a destructive impact.

"Big Brother, are you superman?"

"No. I am just Hoang city's ordinary citizen."

Lam Pham smiled. Many people thought he was superman. But he always wanted to tell them, I am just an ordinary citizen, not as complicated as you think.

"Or... ordinary citizen..."

Chu Dinh was speechless. If this is an ordinary citizen, then what are other people considered?

"Yes, ordinary citizen." Lam Pham's tone was extremely firm. Leaped again, landed on another high place. Just like this, slowly searching. As long as the direction wasn't wrong, definitely could find.

"But Big Brother, why can you jump so far, so high? This isn't something an ordinary citizen can do!"

"Really? Perhaps I'm naturally gifted. Don't be too surprised, very normal. I'm now looking for those armed survivors, also looking for your girlfriend. You talking to me like this, very hard for me to see your concern for your girlfriend," Lam Pham said.

Chu Dinh was surprised, then his eye sockets reddened again, thought of his loving girlfriend, "Big Brother! I beg you! Help me! Save her!"

"Okay. I'm looking."

After a moment.

Pier.

Two cargo trucks parked here.

Chu Dinh searched, didn't see his girlfriend's figure, "Big Brother! My girlfriend isn't here! They left!"

Lam Pham said, "Mm. Should have taken a boat to find an island."

Chu Dinh's tears ran down. Thump! Knelt by the shore, looking at the boundless lake surface, lowered his head, tears falling onto the lake surface. He felt he might really lose his beloved Yao Tuyet.

Looked at the reflection on the lake surface – that was his own face. Useless face, weak person's face. Sorrow in heart instantly erupted.

Ripples on the lake surface.

A zombie, head tilted up, floated over, looking eye-to-eye with him.

"Ugh ugh..."

The floating zombie saw Chu Dinh, roared savagely. Scared Chu Dinh into retreating repeatedly.

"Zom... Zombie!"

Lam Pham reassured, "It's okay. It already sank. I'll take you to find them."

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Yacht.

"Big Brother, that's Hoang city's richest man Duong Le's private island. The manor on top. Now probably ownerless. I saw on TV, that manor's decoration is extremely luxurious. Enough for our protection point," Ton Tuong said with a smile, then looked at the tied-up Yao Tuyet, "Hehe, later take you to the richest man's luxury house to enjoy a bit."

"Woo woo..." Yao Tuyet struggled, could only make whimpering sounds.

The dark-skinned man said, "Be careful, in case there are people."

Ton Tuong said, "Big Brother, rest assured. We have guns in hand; still can be scared?"

As they approached.

They heard broadcast sounds.

"Looks like someone already occupied that place." The dark-skinned man didn't think of giving up. Whoever occupied it unimportant; important thing is they came. Then this manor will surely belong to them.

As gradually approaching the shore.

A patrolling survivor saw them, spoke up, "Who are you?"

Ton Tuong held an M95 automatic rifle in hand, fired a shot towards the survivor. But the distance was somewhat far, actually missed. This is also normal situation for people who haven't touched guns; accuracy needs practice.

"Damn! Missed?"

Ton Tuong was extremely upset, directly rat-tat-tat fired.

The fleeing survivor instantly fell to the ground, blood flowers splashing.

"Ha ha ha... This is more like it!"

Ton Tuong laughed loudly. He felt the apocalypse was truly satisfying. Annoyed, just take a gun and dut dut dut spray. (dut dut dut = sound of automatic gunfire)

Boat docked.

A group of gun-wielding survivors headed towards the manor.

Inside the manor.

Duong Le, hearing the gunshots, face serious, looked towards Duong Giai Vu, "Take your mother and leave quickly!"

If unarmed survivors, still had confidence to resist. But the opponent had firearms; situation definitely different. Danger level needless to say.

"Dad! I..."

Bang!

The manor main gate was kicked open with one foot.

A group of survivors with heads covered fearfully stood behind Duong Le.

The dark-skinned man, holding a gun, walked into the house.

Ton Tuong looked at the people in the room, one glance saw Duong Giai Vu, "Big Brother! This girl is beautiful! Damn! This figure! This appearance! Makes me a bit unable to stand it!"

Swish swish!

Gun-wielding survivors simultaneously looked towards Duong Giai Vu.

All revealed wretched smiles.

After all, they had endured for a long time. Being able to meet such a beautiful survivor, everyone wanted to get their hands on her. As for the one just caught, although also okay, but dirty, spirit not good. How could compare with this one before them?

The dark-skinned man looked at the man sitting on the sofa, couldn't help but say in surprise, "Hoang city's richest man, Duong Le? I saw your interview on TV. That sentence you told the host, I still remember vividly: seek wealth and honor amidst danger. Your first pot of gold came just like that."

Duong Le said calmly, "What do you want?"

"Ha ha ha..." The dark-skinned man laughed loudly, "Want to do what? That's definitely occupy this place! Don't just look at you, Duong Le, being Hoang city's richest man. But now... in our eyes, you don't have half a bit of status! Money, that toy, has no use at all! Most useful is the gun in our hands!"

"Do you admit it?"

The bodyguards protecting Duong Le beside him, faces serious. Mortal flesh definitely no way to resist firearms. Opponent one magazine of bullets down, all have to kneel.

Duong Le took a deep breath, "You want the manor, possible. I, Duong, offer it with both hands. Just hope everyone can let us leave."

The dark-skinned man smiled, silent without speaking.

Ton Tuong said arrogantly, "Fool! Eliminate you, and this place is ours! Who wants you to offer it? This daughter of yours, yes, seen on the news, really beautiful. Worth doing." (Có làm đầu = has a head to do / worth doing - implying sexual assault)

"Hehe."