You were supposed to hoard supplies, why the heck did you hoard zombies!

"Go straight in?"

Chen Bingjiang's voice in the walkie-talkie was equally excited.

He saw it clearly from upstairs; that kid left in this very car.

Now that the car is found, do we even need to mention the person?

He's definitely in the villa area!

Hearing his voice, Zheng Youcai immediately felt some disdain; this fat idiot really doesn't have a brain.

He dares to go in without knowing what's inside?

It's like looking for a light switch in the toilet.

It's courting death.

"Don't rush."

"Let's take a look first."

After Zheng Youcai finished speaking, he turned to look at his subordinate beside him.

This man was named Xu Wei, the smartest and bravest person he brought today.

Seeing his boss's expression, Xu Wei knew that the reconnaissance task was likely falling onto his shoulders again, and he calmly made a hand gesture.

Three bottles of purified water and an additional can of food.

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Seeing Zheng Youcai nod, Xu Wei immediately gestured to another person in the car to get out, and the two cautiously approached the villa area across from the intersection.

They were experienced.

Besides the tall and thin man, these two were the only ones who had returned alive from the outside before.

But their findings were almost nil.

The area centered around the shopping mall had long been overrun.

Zombies roamed everywhere, preventing the two men from daring to scout any further afield.

But today was different, as the target for reconnaissance was fixed.

It was just a few hundred meters away.

After crossing the intersection, the two began to crouch down.

The number of zombies around had noticeably decreased, and from time to time, they could see bodies lying by the side of the road, with almost all the wounds located on the head.

Clearly, they had been regularly cleared by the survivors in the villa area.

Outside the gate stood two men.

They wore blue security uniforms.

On them, one could faintly see dried bloodstains, which appeared a deep, dark red in the shadows.

"Damn it!"

"There are still guards?"

The man who had come with Xu Wei, Liao Wenlei, exclaimed as soon as he saw them.

"Are you asking to be killed?"

"Keep it down!"

Xu Wei quickly reminded him.

Yet, the surprise in his eyes was no less than that of the other.

The two of them watched the guards standing in front of the community gate like statues, standing tall and proud, and couldn't help but feel a bit of awe.

Do the people in this neighborhood not fear death?

They've even started standing guard outside?

What about the zombies?

Come and take care of this!

Here are two who are challenging you to the death!

What was even more shocking was that the roaming zombies on the street seemed to not see the two guards at all.

Even one zombie had already walked up to them and, as if blind, completely ignored the two guards, trying to squeeze through the tightly closed gate.

"What's the situation?"

"Why aren't the zombies attacking them?"

Unable to hold back, Liao Wenlei turned his head to look at Xu Wei, only to see a puzzled expression filling his companion's face.

Suddenly, Xu Wei's mouth opened wide, and his eyes bulged.

"Holy shit!"

"They—they—they actually—"

Liao Wenlei reflexively looked back.

A look nearly identical to Xu Wei's appeared on his face in an instant.

The zombie that had been trying to squeeze through the gate a moment ago was now being dragged back by the two uniformed security guards.

Then one of them suddenly took a deep breath!

And with a fierce push of his hands!

The zombie fell backwards to the ground!

It immediately started to struggle to rise.

But the two guards actually pressed down on it and started to punch and kick at the zombie's body!

Even at a distance of nearly fifty meters, the two men could clearly see the blood splattering from the zombie's body, quickly re-staining the guards' uniforms red.

"Gurgle."

Both men's Adam's apples bobbed.

Could the blood on their uniforms really have come from this?

It was too brutal!

They had seen people beating others before,

but this was the first time they had seen anyone so bold as to beat zombies without fearing infection.

The zombie soon stopped moving altogether, and the two security guards dragged it to the greenery pool in front of the residential area like dragging a dead dog.

Even though autumn was almost upon them, the plants inside were thriving.

Clearly, they were well-nourished.

A little while later, a few people came out from the housing complex.

The leader was the same man who had followed Zhang Ye a few days ago, tall and ferocious-looking.

Wang Hu walked at the front and immediately noticed the corpse in the greenery pool.

Du Chao marveled from behind.

"Brother Hu, not sure if it's my place to say this, but those two security guards are pretty useful."

"Look how they've nourished the tree."

"It's downright green."

Behind the two men were another seven or eight men, all of whom had been subordinates before and now were all employees of the engineering department's transportation team.

Naturally, some of them looked at the corpse with fear in their eyes,

but most had already grown accustomed to it.

At the sound of Du Chao's words, even some started to laugh and chime in.

"Isn't it just?"

"Can we talk about our good luck?"

"Following the boss, we've got food and drink, plus zombies to help us keep a lookout and build walls."

"Life's pretty damn comfortable!"

Everyone laughed heartily but quickly climbed into their respective vehicles.

After a full meal, it was natural to get ready for work.

But Wang Hu stood still.

"What's up, Brother Hu?"

Du Chao, curious, approached and asked.

Wang Hu didn't respond but kept his gaze fixed on the direction of the entrance to the housing complex where there seemed to be more vehicles parked than he remembered.

Hearing someone speak beside him, he finally snapped back into the moment.

"Were there that many cars there before?"

He nodded his chin in the direction of the entrance.

Du Chao was startled and quickly turned his head to look in the direction Wang Hu indicated.

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Who knows if there were more!

He thought Wang Hu was being overly sensitive, but after thinking it over, he still suggested quietly, "Should we go back and report this to Director Zhang?"

Wang Hu thought for a moment, then shook his head.

He glanced around him.

"Let's go."

"We'll talk in the truck."

The two men's truck had been brought from the construction site, and it was also a heavy-duty truck.

The radio on the truck had been properly tuned.

After getting in, he started the engine and picked up the walkie-talkie in front of him.

The radio quickly connected.

"Chrrrchch—"

"This is the company's intelligence department. Is there anything you need to report?"

The voice was that of a woman named Tian Miao, the sister of the intelligence department manager Tian Gou.

The siblings were now both employees of Zhang Ye.

"Is the boss there?"

"I'm Wang Hu, at the entrance of the residential area."

After the woman said "wait a moment" and vanished, there were soft footsteps.

Soon, there were other footsteps, steady and powerful.

Zhang Ye's voice came through from the other side.

He sounded curious.

"Hello, Wang Hu?"

"Didn't you just leave the residential complex?"

"Calling specially, has something happened outside?"

Wang Hu, hearing this, raised his head once more to look at the opposite side of the intersection where those cars were still parked.

"Boss, it looks like we've got visitors."