After Wu Yinchuan got out of the vehicle, he walked toward the Morning Light Squad with a stern face.
He was also holding a weapon in his hand: a large iron hammer. Just from its appearance, it looked especially intimidating.
“Your vehicles have now been requisitioned by our Dragon-Tiger Squad. If you know what’s good for you, get out quickly.” His loud voice was enough for everyone sitting in Ruan Ning’s three vehicles to hear.
“…”
Ruan Ning had just been thinking that the person sent over by the Dragon-Tiger Squad seemed quite polite and well-mannered. Now, in the blink of an eye, she had been proven wrong. The meaning and tone of the man who had come down afterward were clearly those of someone looking for a fight.
“This person is way too arrogant when he speaks, isn’t he?” The corner of Lin Yang’s mouth twitched. He truly suspected that there was something wrong with this person’s brain, or that he had suffered some kind of shock. Wasn’t it just that their car had broken down halfway? This place was not far from the base. It would take less than half an hour to return and get another vehicle. If they thought that was troublesome, they could just find any vehicle by the roadside. Why insist on making things difficult for them?
“Brother Gu, why don’t I get out and test this person? Let’s see what he’s capable of.” Lin Yang moved his fingers, looked at the burly man holding the large iron hammer in front of the car, and said with great interest.
These past few days, he had only been fighting zombies. It had been a long time since a living person had come looking for a fight with him. Today was just right for him to enjoy himself a little. Hopefully, this person could take a beating.
Gu Yicheng did not stop Lin Yang from getting out of the car, because he had discovered something interesting.
“Go. Just be careful.”
Lin Yang grinned. “Brother Gu, don’t worry. When it comes to fighting people, I’ve never lost.”
Sitting in the back seat, Ruan Ning listened to Lin Yang’s words and subconsciously compared the two figures inside and outside the car. A trace of worry rose in her heart.
“Brother Lin Yang, be careful.”
In the original owner’s memories, Lin Yang had indeed been good at fighting back in high school. It was said that he could even fight ten people at once, though she did not know whether that was true. But now, this was the apocalypse. Fighting was not only about physical skill; it also depended on abilities. Since this person could join the Dragon-Tiger Squad, he probably would not have stood forward without any ability at all. Besides, he had a huge iron hammer. It was bigger than two of her heads.
Ruan Ning and Lin Yang had a pretty good relationship. Especially back before the male lead had acknowledged her, Lin Yang had been the most enthusiastic toward her out of everyone. Although she soon realised that Lin Yang was actually somewhat of a face-con and had probably treated her so warmly at first because of her face, no matter what had happened before, the way he had treated her well these days was sincere. Seeing him get out of the car alone, she was a little worried about what would happen if he could not win.
“Haha, Sister Ruan Ning, just watch from the car. I’ll definitely beat this person so badly even his own mother won’t recognise him.” Hearing the little beauty worry about him, Lin Yang said with a smile.
Ruan Ning thought about it and felt that made sense. She also believed Lin Yang was not an impulsive person. Besides, even if he really could not win, there were still so many people on their side. They definitely would not let him suffer a loss.
Just as Lin Yang opened the car door and got out, Gu Yicheng suddenly said, “I’ll get out with you.”
Lin Yang was slightly surprised. He felt that such a small matter did not require Brother Gu to personally step in. Wasn’t that making too much of it?
“The sooner we deal with him, the sooner we set off for the Imperial Capital,” Gu Yicheng said unhurriedly, rubbing his thumb.
Mother Jiang, who was sitting in the car, did not understand all this fighting and killing. But after being a teacher for so long, seeing this kind of situation made her instinctively want to persuade the juniors around her not to fight. She said, “Xiao Lin, Xiao Gu, if it can be talked through, don’t use your hands.”
Lin Yang also knew Mother Jiang was concerned about them. “Auntie, don’t worry. We’ll know our limits. Nothing will happen. Right, Brother Gu?”
Gu Yicheng nodded. “Mm.”
Wu Yinchuan had waited outside the car for quite a while, only to find that two wet-behind-the-ears young brats had come out. He snorted coldly.
Lin Yang also saw the disdain in his eyes. His fists cracked as he flexed them. He did not want to negotiate with this kind of person and said directly, “We won’t give you the vehicles.”
With this person’s attitude, let alone the fact that they currently had only three vehicles and he wanted to take all three, even if he only wanted one, Lin Yang would rather throw the vehicle away than give it to him.
And he even said they were being requisitioned? How laughable.
Before the apocalypse, Lin Yang had at least been the legendary school bully. Even he had never said such arrogant words. He wanted to see just how impressive this person was with that big iron hammer.
When Wu Yinchuan heard Lin Yang reject him directly and refuse to give him face, just like the woman in the car had done, he raised his hammer and said irritably, “If you won’t give them, then I’ll beat you until you do.”
The young man who had come over with Wu Yinchuan saw that he truly was here to pick a fight, and his face turned pale with fright. He quickly tried to persuade him. “Vice-Captain Wu, this… we should avoid fighting. Your injuries from last time haven’t healed yet. You should go rest properly in the vehicle. Let me negotiate with them instead.”
He had thought Vice-Captain Wu was simply deliberately opposing Vice-Captain Gan. Who could have imagined that he had really come over to fight?
No matter whether they won or lost in such an unreasonable matter, it would not be good for the Dragon-Tiger Squad’s image in the base. If they won, people would say they bullied others. If they lost… Although that possibility was not high, if they really could not win, it would mean they had kicked an iron plate this time. Especially if the captain found out that he had failed to stop this, he would definitely be scolded again.
If he had known earlier, he would have followed the captain to the factory first no matter what. Staying with the two vice-captains, he, a mere team member, was truly caught in the middle. Vice-Captain Gan was still fine; she never took the initiative to cause trouble. It was Vice-Captain Wu who was difficult. Every time, he had no idea how to persuade him, because even if he tried, Vice-Captain Wu might not listen.
“Get lost. Why are you wasting time with all this nonsense?” Wu Yinchuan hated it most when others brought up the injuries he had suffered at the supermarket last time. Not to mention, after returning to Base Three from that failed mission, he had discovered that both of his elder brother’s hands had been broken by some brat from Area D. The key point was that he still had not found that person.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Fire seemed to burn in Wu Yinchuan’s eyes. Without caring about anything else, he raised his hammer and smashed it toward the position where the two people opposite him stood. Flames were even rising from his iron hammer. The moment he swung it, the surrounding air became scorching hot. If this really hit a person, even if they did not die, they would be seriously injured.
The heat of the flames rushed toward them. Lin Yang sensed the danger within it and immediately put away his carefree expression, activating his ability to block the attack. But after blocking once, the shield forged from his ability gradually crumbled. He was also forced back several steps by the considerable force.
Seeing that Lin Yang had blocked it, Wu Yinchuan raised his thick brows and shouted loudly. He still wanted to continue swinging the hammer and press his advantage, but before the hammer could fall this time, Gu Yicheng at the side stopped him. Several bolts of lightning struck near him one after another.
Speed was one of Wu Yinchuan’s major weaknesses. However, previously, because of his fire ability combined with his large iron hammer, he had been nearly unstoppable among many ability users. Very few people could withstand his hammer.
The lightning struck quickly and densely. Wu Yinchuan could not dodge in time and was hit. His arm suddenly went numb, and the hammer fell to the ground, even smashing onto his own foot. Pain made him break out in sweat. Before he could react, he did not know when that person had arrived beside him. In the next blink, he had been knocked to the ground.
From beginning to end, it had taken less than a minute to determine the winner.
“My god! Sister Gan Lan… look, Vice-Captain Wu really lost,” the short-haired girl said in surprise to the person beside her.
Gan Lan had said she would not interfere, and she truly just waited there to watch the show.
She had believed this team was not simple because the three vehicles they drove were well maintained, the tyres had also been recently changed, and their clothes were clean and neat. This showed they were not lacking supplies. The person leading them gave her a sense of danger in particular. That was the kind of aura possessed by someone who often moved among piles of zombies.
A team that could maintain such a state in the apocalypse was definitely not ordinary. That was also why Gan Lan had felt that Wu Yinchuan would suffer a setback this time.
But she had not expected Wu Yinchuan to lose so quickly.
Seeing this scene from the other side, Gan Lan hesitated for a moment before walking over. Although she disliked Wu Yinchuan as a person, including his way of doing things, she could not simply watch him get into trouble right under her eyes. After all, she still had to continue staying in the Dragon-Tiger Squad in the future.
“Everyone, I’m truly sorry. I apologise to you on behalf of our team member. Please don’t hold it against him. I’ll drag him away right now.” Naturally, Gan Lan would not be foolish enough to oppose these people. Especially the man in front of her. Just now, she had clearly seen his movements from the side. He probably had not used his full strength at all. Although Wu Yinchuan’s injuries from a few days ago had not yet healed, compared with her—
This made her unable to stop herself from feeling alarmed. Since when had such a person appeared in Base Three?
“Get lost! Who are you? I don’t need you apologising for me. If I can’t deal with them here today, then my surname isn’t Wu.” As Wu Yinchuan spoke, he struggled to get up from the ground.
Gan Lan immediately felt a headache coming on. Wu Yinchuan’s mind was full of nothing but fighting and killing, and he cared especially about face. If she were not afraid that he would continue being stubborn and completely anger this small team, bringing trouble to the rest of the Dragon-Tiger Squad, Gan Lan would never have risked offending others by speaking up for him.
Who would have thought that this person would not appreciate it at all? Even at a time like this, all he cared about was his pride. Sure enough, having only brute strength and no brains was no good. Had he not thought that if this man had not shown mercy, he could have killed him in one strike?
“Fine, fine, fine. I won’t interfere. I’ll stand at the side and watch whether you can win today.”
Gan Lan had always known that this person held a grudge over the fact that she had joined halfway and become a vice-captain like him. In any case, she had already tried to stop him. If this person still insisted on going to his death, then he could not blame anyone else. Even if the captain asked about it later, she would have a reason to explain.
After Gu Yicheng made that one move, he did not move again. He stood lazily at the side, looking coldly at Wu Yinchuan on the ground, his eyes indifferent. “Are you still fighting? If you want to fight, I’m happy to accompany you anytime.”
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