Apocalypse: the Most Ruthless Person

"What do we trade..."

Liao Youzhi felt a bit relieved after hearing Zhang Su’s words, but his anger quickly flared up.

He exchanged a glance with Liu Yao and Yang Xinqi, suppressing his fury as he said, "Zhang Su, even though it’s the apocalypse now, everyone here is a noteworthy figure. What you’re doing doesn’t make any sense at all, trying to hold our people for ransom. Do you think the three of us are easy to bully?"

"Moreover, aren’t you worried about your friend Li Zongkai’s safety, or concerned about the survival of the Civilization Guardian?"

After Liao Youzhi finished speaking, Zhang Su didn’t seem anxious at all, but the faces of Wu Daqiang and his men were visibly anxious. The entire Celestial Horse Island crew was safely in the north, but their brothers and leader were actually being controlled by the other side.

"Haha, that’s right, Old Li is my friend. You want to threaten me with my friend’s life, that’s fine. But I have thirteen lives right here at my disposal. Are you not good at math? What are you going to use to negotiate with me?"

Zhang Su’s icy voice echoed throughout the mall. He purposely didn’t mention the people Li Zongkai had brought, intending to confuse the situation. Initially, he thought of saying he had eighteen lives in his hand, but that seemed too deliberate.

Liao Youzhi suddenly felt agitated. It appeared that Li Zongkai wasn’t crucial enough for the other party, but he still had a plan!

"Zhang Su, as the leader of a faction, your mind isn’t very sharp, is it? You have thirteen lives in your hand; do you think I don’t have any? Do you know how many people the Civilization Guardian brought? I’ll tell you, including Li Zongkai, there are twenty-one people. Get it? Twenty-one versus thirteen, which is more, which is fewer? I want to see if you can do the math!"

Seeing the other side react quickly, Zhang Su turned and asked Wu Daqiang, "How many combat personnel do you have, sending five of you out? Twenty more?"

Wu Daqiang nodded with a strained expression: "Twenty regular soldiers, twenty reserved, Chairman Li definitely brought out the regular brothers to coordinate with your actions and picked a few from the reserves!"

His meaning was clear: we’ve broken through, don’t flip on us now, save our brothers!

Zhang Su silently nodded, considering the strength of the Civilization Guardian; having forty combat personnel was already good. He waved his hand indicating reassurance to Wu Daqiang and his men, and then addressed Liao Youzhi.

"Twenty-one is indeed more than thirteen, but Liao Youzhi, you need to understand one thing. Except for Old Li, the other twenty guys are with the Civilization Guardian, not from my Celestial Horse Island. Are you trying to fool me, huh!?

I won’t bother with your nonsense. If we can save Old Li and the Civilization Guardian’s men, I think that’s great. But if you intend to threaten me with them, I’ll kill a few of your people right now to show you! Okay, you have fewer people, let’s knock off you three!"

Right as Zhang Su finished the call, Liu Yao rushed over and snatched the communicator from Liao Youzhi’s hand: "Zhang Su, don’t mess around, I’ll take your life if any harm comes to my brothers. Hey, hey, speak up, damn it, hey, hey, damn!"

"Director Liu, this is a single-way talkbox; if you don’t let go, there’s no way for them to reply..."

Li Zongkai kindly reminded as he saw the furious Liu Yao.

Liu Yao immediately released the talk button upon hearing.

About ten seconds later, Zhang Su replied in an exceedingly calm manner: "It’s too late, how about discussing it properly? Oh no, the stakes suddenly reduced by three, wouldn’t you still want to negotiate?"

As soon as Zhang Su finished speaking, another voice came from the opposite side: "Negotiate, negotiate, Zhang Su, I think we should talk this over properly, don’t get impulsive..."

"Screw you Zhang Su, I’ll level your damn Celestial Horse Island!"

Liu Yao was crazed, pushing Yang Xinqi aside, jumping and shouting. He felt Zhang Su was deceiving him, yet thought there was no point in such deception, torn and furious.

"Your brothers are dead, my brothers are still alive. I advise you to be kind and not sacrifice my people!" Yang Xinqi also got anxious, never expecting Zhang Su to be so vicious, killing without hesitation.

"Why not..."

Just during this tense moment, Gong Chengming, who had been nearly unnoticeable on the side, finally spoke.

"Why not first confirm whether the other party’s words are true!"

Gong Chengming stepped forward solemnly.

At this time, Yang Xinqi’s finger hadn’t left the talkbox button, translating to Zhang Su’s side. The voice, though small, was clear to him, sparking his mind. He hadn’t realized Gong Chengming was nearby, making matters increasingly unclear!

However, at least he achieved his goal. The opposing side did indeed begin disputing due to the hostage situation, which was the result he needed.

Unlike the unified Celestial Horse Island, the so-called North City Four Tigers were already unraveled, nominally existent.

Liao Youzhi noticed the signal light flashing on the communicator and hurriedly took it back from Yang Xinqi, his face darkening: "I don’t believe you really killed the Little Eagle Association brothers unless you let Wu Baokang speak!"

"Wu Baokang? Tch, I must admit Wu Baokang is tough, but can you confirm he won’t submit? Anyway, if you want to hear, go ahead. All you want is confirmation that your own men are still alive, don’t make so many excuses, come, bring Wu Baokang!"

Zhang Su motioned Wu Baokang over, removed the rope from his mouth, raised his talkbox, and said: "Come on, your boss wants to talk to you!"

Wu Baokang glanced at Zhang Su complexly; this guy in front of him was truly terrifying, with deep scheming and inscrutable manners, ruthless and skilled. Seeing the other party shake the talkbox in his hand, he spoke.

"Leader, it’s me!"

"Xiaowu!" Liao Youzhi’s heart tightened, feeling much more relieved upon hearing his subordinate’s voice, quickly asking, "How’s the Little Eagle Association brothers?"

Wu Baokang lowered his eyes and sighed deeply; this is an open scheme, clicked his tongue, seeing Zhang Su motion for him to speak, he proceeded: "Dead, dead as hell."

Dropped dead yesterday night, froze stiff long ago!

"Come come, you’re Knight of Light, Fan Dahai, right? You should shout too!"

Zhang Su, holding the talkbox, walked to the Apocalypse Corps group, released the rope tied to Fan Dahai’s mouth.

Fan Dahai saw Zhang Su’s look, aware of what he wanted, wailing from his throat: "Ah, Captain, the three guys from Little Eagle Association died horribly just now, a knife to the throat... too terrifying, Captain, you have to save us!"

Yang Xinqi’s expression remained serious, mind racing to figure out how to rescue their people.

"Did you hear that? Of course, you can doubt they are cooperating with me to deceive you, believe whatever you like," Zhang Su concluded, releasing the talk button, and casually handed Fan Dahai a cigarette, rewarding his enthusiastic cooperation.

Liu Yao’s heart finally despaired, not because he genuinely cared much about the lives of his subordinates, but due to grievance. Why were the other families safe, yet the fewest of his were killed?

What kind of reasoning is this!

Gong Chengming saw Liu Yao about to rage again, hurriedly interjecting: "Leader, we can’t be impulsive, we should negotiate with him peacefully and bring our brothers back."

"Exactly!" Yang Xinqi immediately chimed in, ignoring the fiery-eyed Liu Yao, speaking bluntly: "We shouldn’t neglect the life of those who remain because of a few deaths, we should negotiate well with Zhang Su!"

"Negotiating with him now, where is the prestige of our three families, where is the face?"

Liao Youzhi’s face was stern; the complexity of the situation had exceeded his expectations. If he’d known the Li Zongkai card wasn’t effective, they might as well have attacked directly...

Li Zongkai foresaw this from the start, but it’s a pity Liao Youzhi realized it too late, it’s already late.

"Prestige and face can be regained, but once lives are lost, they are truly gone!"

Gong Chengming’s countenance was extra solemn, and his tone was equally grave.

These words instantly resonated with the hearts of more than a dozen Survivor Alliance combat personnel, warming not just the Vanguard Corps team’s hearts but also appeasing members of Liao Youzhi’s Guard Team.

Who wouldn’t appreciate a leader consciously valuing their life safety?

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