Infinite Ebullience-Chapter 70 - 40 Reduction Part 2

70: Chapter 40 Reduction (Part 2)

70: Chapter 40 Reduction (Part 2)

“He, he used me to block the Hunter Zombie.” Zhou Zhou certainly hadn’t forgotten how Kang Songde blocked her path.

She had remained silent only because she hadn’t had the chance to speak earlier.

She could hardly wait to expose his nasty nature.

“Bullshit, if I intended to use you as a zombie blocker, how could I have been caught by this Bikini Zombie?” Kang Songde swore, completely ungracious, as his very life was at risk.

“I saw it.” Li Xinlan raised her hand.

She was standing at the rear of the car, far from the range of zombie attack, and had seen everything clearly.

“I saw it too.

Kang Songde raised his gun and aimed at Zhou Zhou.

I guess he was planning to kill you all.” Pang Meiqin, who had been knocked over by Tang Zheng, also stood up, rubbing her shoulder.

On seeing the woeful state of Zhou Zhou and her group, she felt a secret satisfaction.

As she expected, standing not far from Tang Zheng proved to be the safest spot.

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But she found it not so enjoyable that this young man was always headed toward danger.

“Why try so hard?” Pang Meiqin murmured, mildly indignant on behalf of Tang Zheng.

She couldn’t be bothered about others, much less concerned about Kang Songde’s fate.

She only cared about Tang Zheng- every time she set her eyes on his strongly built silhouette, her heart skipped a beat uncontrollably.

“Have I really fallen for him?”

“No, I just wanted to shoot the zombie.

As for blocking you, that was because I hadn’t retreated yet.

Give me one more second, and I would have fallen back to the rear of the car.

Yes, because, after all, it’s always safest by Tang Zheng’s side.” It turned out Kang Songde was quite sharp-witted under pressure, contriving a barely credible alibi on the fly.

“So were you trying to shoot zombies or retreat?” The bald man ribbed.

Meanwhile, he had aimed his gun out of the window, on guard.

Kang Songde realized he was between a rock and a hard place.

If he admitted to retreat, he would be scorned.

If he said he was shooting zombies, no one would believe him, given his past cowardly behavior.

“Enough with the excuses.

You shirked your duty by pretending to shoot the zombie on the roof from a distance to your own window.

This alone warrants your expulsion from the team.

But I didn’t do that.

Even if you are a worthless piece of crap, I still want to survive with you.

But what I absolutely cannot tolerate is you using others as a human shield.” At a signal from Tang Zheng, the Bald man immediately caught on and went to seize the gun by Kang Songde.

When it came to sweet-talking, Tang Zheng was not half bad either.

Kang Songde, like a startled wildcat, immediately grasped the M4A1’s sling with his right hand, and even took the opportunity to jab his left elbow into the Bald man’s face.

Wu Xudong didn’t expect him to lash out suddenly and took the full blow, tears streaming down his face.

Just as Kang Songde was about to fire, a sharp pain in his chest slowed his action by a fraction of a second.

Meanwhile, Tang Zheng had seized the opportunity and rushed up, tramping his arm down onto the seat and causing the rifle to clatter to the floor.

“What are you trying to do?

Kill us?” The Bald man straightened up, holding his nose, and glared menacingly at Kang Songde.

“What’s wrong with me using a gun to defend myself.” Kang Songde’s bluster was intact.

He roared back and turned to the others, starting to rant, “This vindictive little man, bent on eliminating dissent, how does he qualify to be a group leader?

He will get you all killed.

You are all just bait for his survival.

Yes, baits.

Do you all get me?”

“I’m sorry, but I don’t understand what you’re talking about.

All I saw was Tang Zheng being the first to rush to the rear of the car, fighting the dangerous Black Tank Zombie.

And then it was he who killed the Bikini Zombie, saving your life.

Okay, I should say without him, most of us would have been dead by now.” Xu Lu spoke, her attention focused on guarding the street with her gun.

She didn’t even flick her eyes towards Kang Songde once.

But the disdain and contempt in her tone was unmistakable to everyone.

The very Xu Lu who had first scorned and insulted Tang Zheng on the first day was now the first to voice defense for him, causing surprise among the group.

They soon nodded their agreement though.

These were all facts, more convincing than all the embellishments and lies spun by Kang Songde.

“I’m sorry, but neither do I understand what you’re talking about.” The other stewards also expressed their stand one after another.

And the Bald man was even more decisive.

He spat directly in Kang Songde’s face.

“Captain Zhao, what do you say?”

“Being useless is not the problem, being a burden is, but sacrificing others is where he’s seriously messed up.” Zhao Jingye shook his head, “I won’t make that mistake again.”

After this life-and-death struggle, Zhao Jingye truly understood that it was a joke to think he could survive the last few days alone.

He didn’t want to be used by Kang Songde anymore, let alone being used as bait.

As for Tang Zheng, what harm would it do if he leads us since he has the ability to ensure our survival?

The clever Captain Zhao understood that even Xu Lu, his staunch supporter, was starting to defend Tang Zheng.

He had no chance anymore.

“I was wrong, really wrong, please spare me.” Seeing everything going downhill, and because of excessive blood loss and dizziness, Kang Songde finally broke down and began to beg for mercy.

“Sorry, but I can’t have a stranger with a gun behind me.” Tang Zheng muttered in his heart, shook his head, and pulled out a roll of bandages from his bag.

Kang Songde noticed Tang Zheng’s action and his eyes lit up, “You’re a good man, save me, and I’ll definitely repay you.”

“Ha, are you still planning on playing the saint?

Save him?

What’s the point of keeping such a waste around?” The irritable bald man was pissed off.

He drew his M1911A1 from his leg holster and fired two shots directly at Kang Songde’s arms.

He wouldn’t miss such an opportunity to kick a man when he’s down.

After all, one less person meant more food and water for the rest of them.

Although Tang Zheng brought a lot, who could guarantee there won’t be an accident?

Kang Songde looked in disbelief at his nearly broken arms and let out a frenzied wail.

“Shut up!

Do you want to attract all the zombies?” The bald man, bearing a grudge against Kang Songde for elbowing his face, took off a seat cover and shoved it into Kang Songde’s mouth.

He was ruthless, reminiscent of his many years as a prison bully.

“Stop it.” Tang Zheng frowned and the tension once again grew in the carriage.

Everyone thought Kang Songde was too much, but it wasn’t necessary to inflict such punishment, right?

“Hey, hey, what’s with those looks?

I’m doing this for everyone’s good.

What if this guy picks up a gun and shoots us from behind?” The bald man yelled, and seeing Tang Zheng turned away without blaming him, he sighed quietly.

As for others’ opinions, he honestly couldn’t care less.

“Baldy, you acted too fast.

Actually, I just wanted to tie him up with bandages, but consider those two shots on me since I didn’t explain my intentions.”

Others thought Tang Zheng was taking the blame for the bald man.

In fact, only Tang Zheng knew he intentionally delayed to give baldy the chance to shoot Kang Songde.

Tying Kang Songde up with bandages?

That was too unsafe.

The harm caused if he escaped was immeasurable.

He couldn’t allow such a risk, but he also didn’t want to dirty his own hands.

His solution was to exploit the bald man’s sadistic nature.

As expected, baldy took the bait and cleanly broke Kang Songde’s arms with two shots.

“Now he’s even more isolated from the others.

The only ones he can rely on are me and Lin Wei, right?” Tang Zheng felt this kind of maneuver was unscrupulous, but for this bald man who ruled the prison for years and has absolutely no moral baseline, he didn’t know how to persuade him to see reason.

Of course, the urgency was also a factor.

If there was more time, he wouldn’t use this method to control him.

After all, compared to upright Lin Weiguo, this guy was definitely a ticking time bomb.

All Tang Zheng could do was to prevent it from exploding or at least control it within his reach when it does.

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