His companions actually watched like a crowd of onlookers. Without any intention of saving him.
"You fucking..."
Vuong Dung Long cursed angrily, but no matter how he cursed, no one paid him any attention. It seemed he could only save himself. As an Awakened one, he still had some abilities. He wanted to swing his hand and smash Lam Pham's head.
Lam Pham raised his hand and patted gently. The force seemed very light, but it made Vuong Dung Long scream as if his heart was torn apart. He felt as if his hand bones were fractured.
Enduring the pain, he shouted.
"He wants to capture me, he wants to harm me! Today you sit by and do nothing, and when disaster strikes tomorrow, who will help you?"
Familiar words.
Although they were very reasonable.
But with Lam Pham present, the surrounding survivors all watched. No one dared to make a move. Perhaps it was possible to talk before, but to actually make a move... don't be ridiculous, unless you're tired of living.
Pang Vien and the others knew a little about Lam Pham's habits.
This group of survivors in front of them might basically not be good people, but as long as they hadn't committed a crime, Lam Pham would not take any initiative. But if they committed a crime in front of him, then it was basically over.
"You guys want to leave now?"
Lam Pham didn't expect Quy Thu Nguyet and her group to be preparing to leave in the middle of the night.
"Yes. Leaving this place, the outside might be safer than here."
Don't be fooled by the many living people here. Living people are often more terrifying than zombies that only know how to gnaw.
"Alright, be safe. Call me tomorrow and tell me your location. Professor Ha has already developed the 2.0 armor. I'll deliver it to you tomorrow," Lam Pham said.
Quy Thu Nguyet heard about the 2.0 armor without much reaction. She knew Grandpa Ha's abilities. To have developed such armor at the most difficult time was quite normal.
She was a little expectant of the armor's functions.
The combination of technology and mutation often resulted in terrifying power.
"Alright, I know."
After they left.
The surrounding survivors looked at each other.
"Damn, so arrogant. If I were as close to a god as him, I'd definitely teach him a lesson."
"He's just showing off because he evolved earlier than us. I really want to kill them."
"Then why didn't you do it just now?"
"Who are you calling nonsense? You go up if you want."
This group of survivors could all bend and stretch. When Lam Pham was around, they were as timid as turtles. When he wasn't, they stretched out like... well, very stable.
Suddenly. There was a commotion in the crowd.
"Damn, give it back! You found a light yellow crystal in Quy Thu Nguyet's tent, right?"
"No, I didn't."
"Bullshit! I saw it! Give it to me!"
The content of the argument instantly attracted everyone's attention.
A light yellow crystal?
Everyone's eyes lit up, like hungry wolves seeing their prey. The light in their eyes was terrifying to anyone who saw it.
A missed light yellow crystal. With Quy Thu Nguyet's cautious personality, she would absolutely not leave a crystal for the people here. It was obvious that she knew their habits.
She left a crystal that couldn't be divided equally, yet was full of temptation.
It was probably to make them kill each other for a single crystal.
Just as Quy Thu Nguyet had thought.
The survivors at the base were really killing each other, all for this one crystal.
The man watching the monitor was completely dumbfounded.
He didn't expect such a thing to happen at a perfectly good base.
"Damn it, give it back!"
A ferocious Awakened one stabbed his knife into the other's abdomen, then found the crystal in the other's chest. He held the crystal in his hand, his eyes filled with joy.
"Haha, a crystal! A light yellow crystal!"
But before he could be happy for long, a sharp axe came chopping at his neck.
"It's mine!"
"Hand it over!"
"Who dares to chop me? Are you tired of living?"
Bang!
Bang!
"Who the fuck is shooting?"
"Damn it!"
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A group of people just started fighting.
Someone fired a gun.
Someone took a chopping knife and swung it randomly.
The chopping caused blood to splatter everywhere, and severed limbs were everywhere.
The man in front of the monitor slowly said a sentence.
"Fools..."
Hoang City, Sunshine Shelter.
Lam Pham handed Ton A and Tran Ninh Ninh over to Vong Khai to arrange. The two newcomers felt as if they had entered a dream world. The brilliant lights filled with the breath of life, wasn't that the ultimate goal they had been searching for?
Ton A: Moved!!!
Tran Ninh Ninh: Excited!!!
In the prison.
Chu Duong saw that Brother Lam had brought a survivor over in the middle of the night. At a glance, he could tell that this guy was not a good person. If he were a good person, how could Brother Lam have brought him here now?
Based on his understanding of Brother Lam, if he really encountered such a situation, Brother Lam would definitely have arranged for the other party to stay in the shelter for a night first.
To recuperate.
After a good rest, he would send him over at dawn.
This was something that the gentle Brother Lam in his eyes would do.
"His name is Vuong Dung Long. He killed someone at the base."
"Killed someone? That's a serious crime."
"Yes, it is."
Lam Pham and Chu Duong chatted word by word, leaving Vuong Dung Long, on the side, a bit dazed.
Damn... these people really want to punish me.
"Brother Lam, it's getting late. You've been busy all day. Go and rest early. Leave him to me," Chu Duong said.
"Alright, then I'll leave him to you."
Lam Pham trusted Chu Duong very much, which was why he entrusted such an important place as the prison to him and Cao Bac to manage.
The prison was a place to guide those who had made mistakes towards the light and to atone for their sins.
If the managers were all dark.
Then how could the light shine in?
Watching Lam Pham leave.
The smile on Chu Duong's face gradually faded, and he looked at Vuong Dung Long very seriously.
"Let me introduce myself. I am the warden of this place, Chu Duong. From now on, no matter how you got your way outside, here, you only need to know three points."
"Obey."
"Obey."
"And obey."
Chu Duong had long since integrated into his role as warden.
That style was absolute.
Vuong Dung Long, who wanted to actively strike up a conversation, was stunned by Chu Duong's words.
He stared blankly.
"Brother..."
Slap!
Chu Duong slapped Vuong Dung Long into a daze.
"Shut up! Watch your address! I am the warden! I believe it's your first time and you don't understand the rules, so I'll forgive you. But if you're still stubborn, the consequences will not be something you can imagine."
Chu Duong was extremely domineering.
A single slap made the corner of the other's mouth bleed.
This was a truly ruthless move.
Chu Duong was very friendly to ordinary citizens, but to criminals, he was ruthless to the extreme.
In the past, Chu Duong had almost gone down the wrong path.
Under the guidance of Lam Pham's shining light, he had returned to the correct, sun-filled path.
For this, he was exceptionally grateful.
And... more importantly, while the criminals were studying "Law and Order" every day, he was also studying on the side.
Studying, studying, he had a feeling of enlightenment.
Understood!
His thinking underwent a qualitative change at a certain moment.
If we were to talk about who in the Sunshine Shelter had the most rigid thinking.
Lam Pham would be first, and he would definitely be second.
Walking down the corridor with Vuong Dung Long.
He walked in front.
The other party followed behind.
It was very quiet. Besides the sound of footsteps, there was no other sound.
"Be quiet. Don't disturb the other prisoners' rest. At this moment, everyone's rest time is very precious," Chu Duong reminded.
Vuong Dung Long, following behind, stared at Chu Duong's head with angry eyes.
Many vicious thoughts appeared in his mind.
He glanced around with his peripheral vision, not seeing any handy weapons.
But he was an Awakened one, not a weakling with no strength to tie up a chicken.
He clenched his fists, his gaze locked on the back of his head.
The vicious thoughts became more and more indelible.
In an instant.
Vuong Dung Long roared lowly, punching at Chu Duong's head. With this punch, he could definitely take the other's life.
Just as he thought he could hit.
Chu Duong spun around fiercely, his five fingers spread, grabbing his face and slamming it into the metal wall of the corridor.
Bang!
"You damn thing! Are you provoking my authority as warden?"
The sound exploded, echoing in the corridor.
"Although you are a murderer, I want to give you fair treatment. Now it seems, you don't cherish this kind of fairness."
Chu Duong slowly released his hand.
Vuong Dung Long's eye sockets were cracked, and blood spewed from his mouth. His back leaned against the wall, slowly sliding down, and he sat on the ground powerlessly.
Chu Duong bent down, grabbed the other's ankle, and like a butcher in the rain, dragged the body waiting to be slaughtered towards the slaughterhouse in the distance.
As they passed by each cell.
The rumbling footsteps reached the ears of all the sleeping prisoners.
Swish!
Prisoners in one cell after another rose from their blankets.
Wearing underwear, they stood straight in a line.
"Warden, good evening."
"Warden, you've worked hard."
Those who could be imprisoned here had all killed people, and some had killed more than one. There were even quite a few Awakened ones.
But now...
When they heard the footsteps, they were scared and climbed out of their blankets.
This was enough to prove how much status Warden Chu Duong had in their hearts.
"Go to sleep," Chu Duong said.
"Yes, warden."
They didn't dare to make a single sound.
Everyone lay down on their iron beds in an orderly manner, covered themselves with blankets, closed their eyes, and went to sleep without moving.
They had seen the guy being dragged by the warden.
But they had no thoughts.
If they had to say a word, it would be two words.
"Fool!"
At the end of the corridor, the last cell. Lived four prisoners.
They were all Awakened ones.
One-Eye, the fat man, the rib man, the bald man.
When they first entered the prison, they were all relatively fierce. But under the persuasion of Chu Duong and Cao Bac, they each came to understand their own crimes, and from then on, they turned over a new leaf and fully cooperated with the prison's rules and regulations, honestly reforming themselves, striving for lenient treatment, and to be released early to start a new life.
The sound of footsteps came.
The four who had closed their eyes and were sound asleep, heard the footsteps.
They suddenly opened their eyes.
Swish!
With a uniform and swift posture, they stood in a line, waiting quietly.
When the unique leather shoe tips of the warden appeared.
"Warden, hello."
In unison.
Chu Duong nodded with great satisfaction, opened the cell door. Even though there was only Chu Duong, they still didn't dare to be presumptuous. No... why would they want to be presumptuous? They were people who had received the baptism of positive energy.
"He's a new prisoner, a murderer, personally brought here by my Brother Lam. He attacked me on the way. I'm leaving him to you to educate well. If the effect is not good, you know the consequences."
Chu Duong threw Vuong Dung Long in.
"Yes, please rest assured, warden. We will definitely complete the instillation of positive energy and moral character."
Again, in unison.
That twelve-year-old who had tortured and killed many people and liked to pretend to be pitiful before, was educated very well by them. Every night in his dreams, he would recite the phrases mentioned in the law and order program.
Chu Duong was very satisfied and turned to leave.
As he left.
For the four ruthless thugs who had undergone reform, the darkness before them quietly dispersed, and the light once again enveloped them.
They looked down at the newcomer who was still conscious.
They chuckled...
"Me first?"
"Me first?"
"Or me first?"
"Then together?"
"Alright."
Then, the four of them surrounded Vuong Dung Long and stretched out what seemed to be terrifying demonic claws in Vuong Dung Long's eyes.
Vuong Dung Long wanted to say something.
But he was shrouded in fear, which made him speechless for a moment, unable to make a sound.
Room 704.
Lam Pham continued to write.
[Unknown monster fused with human and zombie genes] was the only way to address it.
He couldn't find a suitable name.
He wrote down some of the other's abilities.
Regeneration of severed limbs.
Immense strength.
Extremely fast speed.
Had most of the abilities of high-stage zombies.
He also wrote down the situation of extreme gene mutation, how it would turn into a non-human existence, completely losing its reason, becoming a terrifying creature that only knew how to gnaw on all life around it.
The most important thing was the photo.
Perhaps it would appear different in the future, but at least there was a sample.
"Sigh, when humans treat the zombies in the disaster as a medium for evolution, then what happens will be abnormally terrifying. Everything will be very difficult to turn back."
Lam Pham closed the book, shook his head, and sighed.
He leaned back in his chair, looking at the night outside through the balcony. It was truly a somewhat sorrowful thing.
Lam Pham patted his face.
He mustered up his enthusiasm.
"I won't think about these bad things. As long as I continue to work hard, I will definitely see everything I want to see."
In his eyes filled with hope, there was a trace of loneliness. It was just that this loneliness was very difficult to detect.
Perhaps even he himself only occasionally thought about it.
He had never really thought about it.
Then he looked at the soundly sleeping Manh Manh.
He smiled.
He saw a beautiful future in Manh Manh.
There were more and more children in the shelter now. They were the beautiful future. When they grew up, everything would have long since returned to its most beautiful time.
And, until now.
Wasn't everything developing in an orderly manner?
Hoang City was already safe.
The surrounding zombies had also been cleared out.
The signal soldiers, under the protection of the Awakened ones, had begun to repair the surrounding base stations one after another.
This was all a change from bad to good.
To be completely restored to peace might take time, but as long as it was possible, the length of time was not important.