Chapter 157: A Piece of Chocolate (2-in-1)
He walked into one of the unit buildings. The lobby was empty. Occasionally, he saw people rushing downstairs, probably heading to the parking garage.
Tang Ze was familiar with this setup. They were probably having a meeting or something in the garage.
Arriving at the garage, he saw that many people were indeed gathered there. No one paid any attention to the extra person, Tang Ze. Every man held a weapon, various kinds of knives. They looked like they were about to go out and fight for their lives.
A man suddenly stood on the roof of a car and shouted, “Brothers, as long as we take down the Fuquan Department Store tonight, then our complex will not lose power. Our wives and children will be able to live, at least they won’t freeze to death. Strategist Meng also said that they will send some clean water every week.”
“What about food?” someone in the crowd shouted.
“We will organize searches for food. If there is none, there are frozen corpses outside.”
Murmurs rose from the crowd. Suddenly, a loud boom sounded. Wan Quan had suddenly appeared, his feet deforming the roof of the car. This display of power immediately subdued everyone.
Tang Ze also raised an eyebrow. He had actually encountered someone who had fused with the virus. He looked quite strong.
“Everyone, Brother Long just sent a message. If you take down the Fuquan Department Store, you will not only have water, but also all kinds of food. You won’t have to eat corpses. But if you don’t take it, then there’s no need for this complex to exist.”
Wan Quan’s words sent a chill down everyone’s spine. They all understood what he meant. If they didn’t succeed, they would all die.
Tang Ze suddenly felt someone step on his foot. He looked down and saw a five or six-year-old girl with two small buns in her hair. Her fair face was a little flustered, but her big eyes were bright. She was hugging a slightly blackened little white bear.
“I’m sorry, little brother. I accidentally stepped on you.”
Tang Ze suddenly wanted to tease her. He clutched his stomach and said in a low voice, “Little brother is so hungry. Do you have anything to eat?”
“I…” The little girl hesitated for a moment, then opened the zipper on the back of the little bear and actually took out a piece of chocolate.
“Mengmeng only has this one piece. I’m sorry…”
Looking at the chocolate in front of him, Tang Ze was a bit stunned. Seriously, you actually took it out? If your mom knew, wouldn’t she beat you to death?
“Little sister, what’s your name?” Tang Ze took the chocolate and smiled.
“My name is Lu Mengmeng. Little brother, you should eat it slowly. Mommy said a piece of chocolate can last a long time.” Lu Mengmeng began to give Tang Ze survival tips, just like a little teacher.
Tang Ze felt this little girl was quite interesting. “Listening to you, you must have a lot of food hidden away. Give it all to little brother.”
“Mengmeng doesn’t have any more, really. If you don’t believe me, little brother can search me.” She even opened her arms, looking like a frightened child.
Tang Ze patted Mengmeng’s head. “I’m just teasing you. Where are your parents? Hurry back. It’s not safe here.”
“When it rained before, Daddy went out to find food and never came back. Mommy said Daddy became a star in the sky. After the disaster is over, Mengmeng will be able to see him.”
Tang Ze said “mm.” “You really can see him. What about your mommy?”
“Mommy went out the night before last and told Mengmeng to wait at home, but she hasn’t come back yet. Mengmeng must be a little burden…” As she spoke, Mengmeng lowered her head, her big eyes filled with mist.
Tang Ze felt that Mengmeng’s mother probably went out to trade for supplies, but she was likely gone now. To have such a cute girl like Mengmeng, her mother must have had some looks. After all, chocolate was a scarce commodity.
“Crying is useless now. You have to be strong,” Tang Ze said, wiping away her bean-sized tears.
“Mommy said that too, but sometimes Mengmeng can’t help it.” As she spoke, Lu Mengmeng wiped her tears vigorously, trying to be strong.
Tang Ze smiled and pinched her slightly thin cheek. “In that case, little brother won’t take your things for free. Whatever you want, little brother will satisfy you.”
Just then, everyone was preparing to board the vehicles and set off. Tang Ze also wanted to go and see what was going on. “Little Mengmeng, think about it slowly, think big. When I come back, I’ll satisfy you.”
“Little brother, you have to be careful.”
“Little brother is an invincible existence.” Tang Ze smiled and patted Lu Mengmeng’s head. This made Lu Mengmeng feel as if she could feel the warmth of her father’s palm.
He jumped onto the back of a truck, squeezed in with over thirty men, and looked at the small figure in the distance, waving.
Little Mengmeng hugged her doll and waved back at Tang Ze.
Wan Quan, who was smoking nearby, immediately looked at the waving Little Mengmeng, a bloody smile on his lips. “You guys go first. I’ll be there in a bit.”
“Brother Wan, you have to come. We’ll feel more confident then,” the complex leader said pleadingly.
“Stop dawdling, hurry up and go! If you delay, you’ll all die!”
The complex leader shivered, not daring to delay for a second. He waved his hand, and the team of three hundred people began to head toward their destination.
…
The Fuquan Department Store was a place a place fought over by two bosses, but it had actually been emptied long ago. Taking it was just a matter of face for the two bosses.
But because of their face, the area around the Fuquan Department Store was filled with corpses. Luckily, the weather was cold, and the bodies were frozen. Otherwise, the stench would have been enough to kill people.
On the top floor of the Fuquan Department Store, two figures suddenly appeared.
One was a seventeen-year-old boy, sitting on the edge, wearing a baseball cap, his feet dangling slightly, holding a Switch NS handheld game console.
Standing beside him was a man of about forty, with a strong build. In such cold weather, he was only wearing a black tank top, his muscles like rocks, full of power.
“A few days ago, someone claiming to be from a company came looking for the boss,” the man whispered with a trace of unease.
The boy was just focused on his game, seemingly not hearing him at all.
“The boss seems to be very satisfied with the conditions proposed by the company.”
Beep, beep, beep. The handheld game console made a sound that annoyed the man. He felt like he was playing a zither to a cow, but he only thought it in his heart. The boy was stronger than him. This time, he was here to help Liu Shi take over the entire Pinggao City.
“They’re here.” The man looked into the distance. Over a dozen trucks were heading this way.
Beep, beep, beep…
“Can’t you be a little more serious? If the boss finds out, he’ll definitely be unhappy,” the man reminded him coldly.
The boy slowly turned to stare at the man. “You’re so annoying.”
Just that one look made the man feel a chill.
“I’ll leave this to you.” With that, the boy jumped down from the roof.
The man raised his arm and slammed it down. The concrete cracked like tofu. His eyes fiercely watched the trucks rushing into the building.
…
“Get out! Get out! Get out!” The complex leader shouted, banging on the side of the truck with his knife.
Everyone jumped down from the trucks. What they saw were corpses frozen white. The entire mall was filled with them. It was like a living hell.
Tang Ze jumped down from the truck as if nothing was wrong. The fighting here is quite fierce. Are they bored or something? Why didn’t that virus-fused person come with them?
“Kill!”
Suddenly, a furious roar sounded. Large groups of people poured out from all directions.
The earth-shattering killing cries scared the survivors from the complex witless. They froze in fear on the spot.
Tang Ze shook his head. Driving straight into someone else’s trap? What a talent. How did you all survive until today?
“Don’t panic! Follow me and kill! It’s either them or us!” The complex leader still had some presence. His words pulled the dazed crowd back, and they began to organize a counterattack. But the encirclement had already formed. In just a moment, over a dozen had fallen.
Some even started to jump back onto the trucks to run. This action immediately dropped their morale to the lowest point.
It had to be said, the survivors from the complex were still lacking compared to these well-organized groups.
The complex leader directly killed the man who was trying to escape. “Anyone who dares to run, this is the consequence!”
As expected of a leader, he had some methods.
While Tang Ze was pondering, someone had already rushed up to him, slashing down with a cruel smile.
The Golden Horse-Slaying Saber instantly appeared in Tang Ze’s hand. A simple downward slash.
The charging man froze, then slowly split into two halves.
The fighting around was fierce, and no one noticed. Tang Ze stepped on the blood as if he were strolling, looking here and there.
Suddenly, on a shelf, Tang Ze saw a little white bear, the same model as Mengmeng’s.
The little one is quite pitiful. I hope this can give her some comfort. If she’s willing, I can take her in.
In the months of the apocalypse, Little Mengmeng was the first person to give him food. Li Linger didn’t count; that was premeditated. Big Mengmeng(Xi Meng) didn’t count either; that was also premeditated.
“Hiding here! Die for me!” A fierce shout came from behind.
Tang Ze slashed backhandedly, and blood splattered.
A line of blood stopped in front of the little white bear and then fell to the ground.
Tang Ze patted the little white bear. It had almost been stained red.
Suddenly, a loud noise made Tang Ze look toward the main hall in the distance. It turned out that the virus-fused person had arrived. Then he’d see just how strong he was.
“Brother Wan!” The complex leader, who had already been stabbed several times, was overjoyed to see Wan Quan.
“Useless! So many people have died.” Wan Quan said with displeasure. He had only been ten minutes late.
“They ambushed us with too many people. We were caught off guard.”
Wan Quan directly slapped the complex leader. His head actually turned a full circle, and he was killed on the spot.
“Kill them! Or you’ll all die!” Feeling the blood and pleasure, Wan Quan was immediately excited, like a wolf among sheep.
Tang Ze watched Wan Quan’s performance with slight disappointment. This strength was not much different from that Ye Feng. Perhaps in others’ eyes, he was like Captain America, but in his own eyes, he was no different from a salted fish.
The situation on the battlefield immediately reversed. Although over two hundred men from Xingfu Complex had been killed, the remaining hundred or so had their morale boosted and began to press forward, hacking away.
Wan Quan punched through an opponent’s heart, spat, and thought to himself that Madman Liu hadn’t arranged for anyone impressive. They were all just trash, just for show.
Just as Wan Quan was complaining, a gust of wind from a fist came at him. Wan Quan subconsciously blocked with his arms.
With a muffled thud, Wan Quan was sent sliding back over ten meters before he stopped. His forearms were red and swollen.
“Who are you!” Wan Quan looked at the burly man in front of him, sweat starting to form on his forehead. His hands couldn’t help but tremble. This guy is so strong, even like Brother Long. Where did he come from?!
“A dead man doesn’t deserve to know my name,” the man said, charging toward Wan Quan.
Faced with such a ferocious person, Wan Quan was immediately frightened. He grabbed a person next to him and threw them over.
The man punched the person flying toward him, killing them on the spot.
Tang Ze felt that this man’s strength was up there, but he was also just a slightly enhanced salted fish, nothing more.
Wan Quan finally understood. This was Madman Liu’s secret weapon. That bastard! He actually found helpers from other cities!
“Heh, so the great general under that Brother Long only knows how to run?” the man shouted at Wan Quan. He had won in terms of strength, but their speed was evenly matched. Wan Quan was quite good at parkour.
“Just you wait until I gather my men, then I’ll come and get you!” Wan Quan smashed through a window and fled. The man didn’t chase after him, standing at the window with a slight frown, then took out his phone and sent a message.
Wan Quan looked back and was relieved to see that the other party hadn’t followed. He immediately sent a message to Long Yi.
With Wan Quan’s escape, the remaining hundred or so men were all killed. Tang Ze had already left long ago. The so-called virus-fused people were just so-so, on par with those gene monsters from the company.
Soon, Tang Ze returned to the parking garage of Xingfu Complex.
Seeing Tang Ze return, the waiting women immediately ran over and asked anxiously.
“Why are you back alone? Where’s my husband?”
“Where are the others? Why are you the only one?”
“You must have abandoned them, right? You coward!”
Tang Ze took a deep breath. A pistol suddenly appeared in his hand. He raised it and fired.
BANG!
A bloody hole appeared in a woman’s forehead. She couldn’t believe she would be shot.
The other women, seeing that Tang Ze had a gun, were so scared their faces turned pale, and their legs went weak.
“Where is the little girl named Mengmeng?” Tang Ze asked flatly.
“I don’t know.”
“I know, in… over there… in the car…” one of the women said, pointing to the right, her voice trembling.
Tang Ze frowned at her words and walked in the direction the woman had pointed. Soon, he saw an open car door. Beside the car door lay the familiar, slightly blackened little white bear.
Slowly walking to the side of the car, Tang Ze’s eyes fell on the back seat. Mengmeng was inside…
She was staring with her bright, big eyes, but they had already lost their luster, looking at this cruel world with fear.
Tang Ze hadn’t expected it. He had only been gone for a short while…
Looking at the fluffy white bear in his hand, Tang Ze placed it on Mengmeng’s body and closed her fearful eyes.
He closed the car door, picked up the slightly blackened little bear, and walked toward the women.
Looking at one of the women, Tang Ze asked softly, “Who did it?”
“I… I don’t know…”
BANG!
The woman fell.
“Who did it?” Tang Ze moved on to the next one and continued to ask.
The woman was terrified and hurriedly shouted, “We don’t dare to say! If we say, we’ll die.”
BANG!
“Who did it?”
“It was Wan Quan, it was Wan Quan.” This woman was smarter. But she knew in her heart that when it came down to it, these women would push all the blame onto her. But if she didn’t say it now, she would die.
“Is it the one with the floral arm tattoo?”
The woman hurriedly nodded. “That’s him. After you all left, he dragged Mengmeng away.”
“Where can I find him?”
“I really don’t know. I really don’t know…”
BANG!
Moving on to the next one, Tang Ze continued to ask, “Where can I find him?”
“He… he… he’s definitely with Brother Long. He’s Brother Long’s underling!”
