Chapter 330: Chapter 279: We Must Be Reasonable

"My name is Meng Changwei, I brought my brothers over from Bridge Town! How should we address you, brother?"

Meng Changwei patted the assault rifle hanging on his chest and asked as he looked up.

"Bridge Town?" Zhang Su turned his head and looked at the few people in the car with a questioning gaze.

Zhao Dezhu shrugged, indicating he didn’t know.

Xin Qi rolled his eyes, thought for a while, and said with sudden realization: "I know this place, it’s southeast of Qing County, towards the Shanguan District. We used to go there for grain collection!"

Zhang Su nodded understandingly. It turned out the other party was from the survivor forces to the east of Qing County, which made sense. He leaned forward to respond and said, "My name is Zhang, Zhang Su."

"Younger Brother Zhang, it’s clear you’re the one in charge and someone who follows rules and listens to reason..."

"Hold on!"

Zhang Su immediately raised his hand to stop the other party and said, "Don’t start flattering me. I only listen to reasons that benefit me and follow rules that give me advantages. If neither is met, I’m quite savage!"

The opponent’s chit-chat skills were common before, merely trapping people in a situation where they couldn’t save face or step down. Zhang Su wouldn’t fall for such a tactic.

Hoo...

A gust of cold wind blew through, and the people from Bridge Town standing at the intersection looked sullen, thinking how the leader on the other side seemed like such an asshole...

"Cough..."

Meng Changwei’s one eye squinted slightly, awkwardly coughing as he said, "This world is damn troublesome, who doesn’t want to take advantage? But as survivors of a civilized world, we should follow some rules, like first come first serve!"

"The Cyan Dragon Corps suddenly encountered a zombie attack, defeated immediately, and got wiped out overnight, not a single one of the three hundred survived. We came here first to clean up the aftermath, shouldn’t you let us? Once finished, I can promise you ten percent of the resources, but not including weapons!"

Meng Changwei spoke eloquently, with a tongue as flexible as a reed under his strange outfit, hiding a delicate mind within his burly physique. Mostly because the people in the ten cars opposite were fully armed, fighting wouldn’t be beneficial, so negotiation was necessary...

"I’m suddenly very fond of following rules and reasoning."

Zhang Su got out of the car, lit a cigarette, and leaned against the car front, saying, "Boss Meng, what did you just say? First come first serve, right? Well, you can go right back now, because when the Cyan Dragon Corps was attacked by zombies, we were watching from the other side in Qing County, observing the battle clearly from start to finish!"

"Huh?"

"Impossible..."

"This guy is bragging!"

For things beyond their understanding or disadvantageous, people’s first reaction is usually doubt.

People from Bridge Town simply did not believe Zhang Su’s words, because they only found out after seeing the sky ablaze and hearing faint sounds of gunfire. And Bridge Town was closer to here than Niuquanzi Town by about twenty kilometers, so there was no reason the other party would know the news first! 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

This wasn’t like before when the network was developed and communication was smooth.

"Don’t believe it? I have brothers from the Cyan Dragon Corps in my car, ask them!"

With that, Zhang Su pushed Xin Qi and Fang Daming.

Meng Changwei and his men looked at each other, suddenly feeling quite deflated. If what the other party said was true, then they really shouldn’t have spoken so firmly about rules. Now, it’s a world of fists!

But if it really came to fists, it seems the other side has an advantage?

"Are you from the Cyan Dragon Corps?"

Meng Changwei asked hesitantly.

"Yeah, we are members of the combat department third team of the Cyan Dragon Corps, Captain Sun Jianwei’s, and last time it was our team that went to collect grain from you, at the entrance of Wild Mountain Gully village. Remember?"

While speaking, Xin Qi unbuttoned his collar a bit, letting the other party see his face clearly.

Not just him, but Old Song and Fang Daming beside him also hurried to show their faces for the other party to confirm their identities.

"Boss, these guys are indeed from the Cyan Dragon Corps third team, we met them when delivering grain before!"

A man wearing a cotton cap leaned over to Meng Changwei and said softly.

"I’m quite curious... why are people from the Cyan Dragon Corps with you, Master Zhang, can you explain?"

Meng Changwei signaled his men to put away their guns, his attitude had unknowingly changed, and the atmosphere gradually eased.

Zhang Su could naturally feel the change in the other party. Although the apocalypse is full of crises, with each passing day, some order is slowly forming covertly.

Meeting people, especially when two factions encounter, rarely results in direct conflict, unless there’s old hatred.

"To be frank, they came to my place to collect grain, with three teams, and only these three remain, the others have been killed by us."

"What?"

"This..."

"They wiped out three teams?"

The people from Bridge Town whispered among themselves, looking at Zhang Su’s group with strange expressions.

"The Cyan Dragon Corps’ structure is one team with ten people, three teams make thirty. You killed twenty-seven of them? Are you sure this is true?"

Meng Changwei asked with full suspicion, straightening his body unconsciously.

Back then, they were only dealing with two teams from the Cyan Dragon Corps and considered fighting, but eventually held back due to concerns. They never expected that another group would accomplish what they didn’t dare to do, and with such great success!

"At that time, Team 3, Team 5, and Team 6 set out together to collect grain, now only the three of us are left. These vehicles were all driven out of the camp at that time!"

Xin Qi voluntarily explained to Meng Changwei.

He didn’t know what his status was now, a prisoner, surrendered soldier, or traitor. Anyway, as Celestial Horse Island’s side didn’t continue to cause him trouble, he must perform well. Not only could he get a way to survive, but he might even join Celestial Horse Island, a win-win situation.

As the saying goes, those who recognize the times emerge as heroes, he must be a hero.

Zhang Su spread his hands, continuing from Xin Qi’s words: "The battle was quite thrilling, we lost quite a few brothers’ lives, and some injured partners are lying in the camp waiting for supplies! We indirectly contributed to the Cyan Dragon Corps’ demise, so isn’t it only fair we come to the camp to take some goods?"

Bridge Town’s people looked at each other, no one doubted what Zhang Su said last. If they really fought against thirty armed men, there would inevitably be heavy casualties.

"Ahem! Master Zhang, I see your team is strong and formidable, and I also admire your courage to fight against evil forces, and express deep condolences and regret for the fallen soldiers... However, there’s a zombie horde inside and outside the camp now that’s hard to tackle. Why don’t we work together? How about it?"

Like Xin Qi, Meng Changwei was very perceptive, immediately changing his strategy when realizing he couldn’t take everything alone.

Zhang Su squinted, suddenly feeling the man with one eye was not simple, seemingly crude and reckless in appearance but fluent in speech, able to bend and stretch, having a taste akin to Teacher Yu!

He actually quite liked dealing with people who follow rules, although sharing some interests is necessary, but at least it ensures a bottom line.

Zhang Su nodded and said, "I know the situation in the camp, if the zombies from that night haven’t wandered off, it would indeed be tricky. Since we’re talking cooperation, I’m curious about what kind of value Bridge Town’s brothers can offer in the cooperation?"

Meng Changwei pointed behind him and said, "We’re very familiar with the southeast and northeast areas. We can use the terrain to lure away a large number of zombies, but we’ll need you to work together from another side. Otherwise, it would take too long to lure away the remaining tens of thousands of zombies, and night would fall!"

"Have you investigated the numbers?"

Zhang Su frowned and asked.

"Yes!" A man in a dark blue down jacket raised his hand and said, "We have carefully investigated, there are about forty thousand zombies wandering near and inside the camp, not counting those wandering into the residential area!"

"Pretty impressive..."

"Indeed, the Cyan Dragon Corps actually managed to wipe out most of the horde under such conditions, it seems they really tried their best."

"The Cyan Dragon Corps may not have done much, don’t forget that guy, and the main reason might be because of the fire, these remaining zombies did not get affected by it, quite lucky!"

Upon hearing the man’s answer, some of Zhang Su’s people started commenting among themselves.

"Don’t talk about irrelevant things, focus on the current issue!"

Zhang Su reminded his people, the Cyan Dragon Corps had become history, and now they have to deal with the aftermath. After thinking a bit, he spoke to Meng Changwei.

"I believe your information is accurate. Since that’s the case, I also need to give a brief about our abilities. In the areas surrounding Niuquanzi Town, Grass Slope Town, and Beidong Town, we have cleared hundreds of villages using various methods, so I hope you can match that ability to cooperate with us!"