Chapter 202 No Regrets

"deserter?"

Zhao Dehai and Liu Shun were both stunned for a moment.

Zhao De said bitterly: "You are deserters, but aren't we deserters too?"

With the Kunlun Military Region gone, the entire Daxia fell into an unprecedented disaster, and these soldiers, who were supposed to be defending their country, had to travel to the ends of the earth in order to survive.

Isn't that just a deserter?

"In the end times, there are no longer any regiment commanders or staff officers. In front of you, there are only two workers." Liu Shun said with a wry smile.

Compared with Zhao Dehai's loyalty, Liu Shun is calmer.

"Brothers, we are lucky to be alive. We are not deserters. Since the end of the world, we have been fighting the enemy and the zombies. We just changed the way we carry out our mission!"

Although these words are a bit far-fetched, they do make some sense.

Everyone's heavy mood finally eased a little.

"Old Zhao, please sit down and chat, brothers!" Wu Xuegui took out a few long benches from the space ring.

Zhao Dehai introduced Wu Xuegui to Li Qingyang and others, and the six of them saluted the veteran who had retired many years ago.

Wu Xuegui saw Zhao Dehai's embarrassment. He met his former subordinate but couldn't even offer him anything decent.

"Come on, come on, I haven't drunk the wine that the boss just gave me yet, so let's have a taste, brothers." Wu Xuegui said, taking out the small half bowl of corn wine that he had saved for Wang Xiaolei.

He carefully distributed it to the six people who had just arrived.

"I still have a small sip." Zhao Dehai smiled and shared the unfinished wine with the six people.

As for other foods, they didn't dare to make the decision without Zhao Yin's order.

At this time, Song Xiaodao on the side just felt bored, so he took out some dry food from the space ring.

There were hot steamed buns, roasted chestnuts, and a dozen large corn cobs.

Even Song Xiaodao took out a bottle of wine that he had secretly obtained from the life space.

"Old Zhao, are these your former subordinates? Do you want to invite them to work for Zhao Yin?" Song Xiaodao said with a blink of his eyes.

She possessed the Eye of True Vision and could tell that all of them were evolvers. The one named Li Qingyang was even a D-level evolver, and had even unlocked the potential of an E-level.

Although Zhao Yin no longer lacks people to collect corpse crystals, since the emergence of Damao, these evolvers can form combat effectiveness.

Regardless of whether Zhao Yin accepts it or not, Song Xiaodao is bored anyway, so he plans to settle it for him first.

If Zhao Yin doesn't want it, there will be no loss anyway.

"Work?" Li Qingyang and others were stunned.

I had heard Liu Shun mention the matter of migrant workers before, and now I finally understood what he meant.

The five young men with their military collars exposed all approached Li Qingyang. Some pulled at the corners of his clothes, while others quietly patted his buttocks...

"Old Li, hurry up and agree, the boss of Zhao Tuan is very powerful!"

"Old Li, look at all this food. There's fish, meat, steamed buns, and even wine!"

On the table, which Wu Xuegui had not yet had time to clean, there were some leftovers from Zhao Yin and others, and several 'deserters' were envious.

Li Qingyang immediately gave Song Xiaodao a humble smile: "Excuse me, can we bring more people to work for the boss?"

"Of course, but it can only be finalized after Zhao Yin's consent. I just want to recruit people for him in advance. I am not sure whether he will recruit workers in the end and how many people he will recruit."

Song Xiaodao said honestly, and then asked: "How many of you are left? Are they all evolvers?"

"Evolvers?" Li Qingyang shook his head: "We still have 30,000 people, most of them are old, weak, women and children, and only... only 60 Evolvers...!"

In the end, Li Qingyang himself couldn't continue speaking.

Even before the end of the world, no one was willing to recruit the elderly, the weak, women and children, let alone after the end of the world?

Sure enough, Song Xiaodao immediately shook his head: "Even if Zhao Yin recruits people, he will only recruit evolvers, and it is impossible to recruit so many people."

There is not enough living space for 30,000 people.

For Zhao Yin, these evolvers have limited combat effectiveness. They can only do some odd jobs that contracted beasts cannot do, such as the future infrastructure of the life space, such as farming...

Too many people will only become a burden to Zhao Yin.

The eyes of Li Qingyang and the five young men beside him dimmed.

Soon, Li Qingyang shook his head decisively: "Sorry, we haven't thought about working for the time being."

"Li Qingyang, think it over before you speak!"

Liu Shun immediately glared and scolded: "Miss Song is the boss's real confidant, the boss will seriously consider her words, don't you want to stay and eat and drink well?"

"You don't know yet, ever since we followed the boss, not only have we not been starving, but we can eat mutant crops every day, and we have never lost a single person!"

Being with Zhao Yin can be said to be the safest place in the apocalypse, not to mention that Zhao Yin improves their strength from time to time!

Liu Shun was afraid that Li Qingyang and the others would get angry, so he said to the other soldiers earnestly: "You all have a say. If you agree to Miss Song, your fate may change from now on!"

Several soldiers shook their heads, and someone spoke up.

"Colonel Liu, Lao Li's idea is the decision of all of us."

"Staff Officer Liu, Captain Zhao, we were just joking before. Actually, we won't starve in the camp."

Li Qingyang added: "Captain Zhao, Staff Officer Liu, we are all very happy to see that you have found such a good boss, but everyone has their own choices. Our decision is to lead the people in the camp to survive no matter what."

Zhao Dehai stood aside, remaining silent.

Liu Shun said nothing more.

The thirty or so soldiers who had followed Zhao Yin also sighed repeatedly. At this moment, facing these comrades who called themselves "deserters", something buried deep in their hearts was surging wildly.

That name seems to be called responsibility.

A soldier's responsibility!

As the end of the world approaches, it is buried deeper and deeper in my heart.

At this moment, I seemed to be completely awakened.

"With the six of you, plus more than fifty evolvers, can you really protect the camp of 30,000 people?" Zhao Dehai finally spoke.

"How much do you know about the end of the world? Even powerful people with special abilities can die at any time. What can you use to protect those people?"

"Why can't you follow the boss, improve your strength, and survive so that you can have a chance in the future!"

Zhao Dehai asked a series of questions, as if trying hard to prove that his decision was the right one.

"Zhao Tuan!"

Li Qingyang smiled and said, "In the end times, even if there are terrifying zombies and powerful mutant beasts, so what?"

"By the time we survive and become strong, everyone in the camp will have died. Who will we soldiers be able to protect?"

"Zhao Tuan, your decision is not wrong. In the end times, there is no right or wrong."

"We also know that we may die tomorrow, or even today. Taking them with us will lead to our death faster, but this is our choice!"

"Just like the oath I took when I joined the army, once I made the choice, there is no turning back."

"I can't retreat, and I don't want to retreat. I will have no regrets even if I die!"

"Zhao Tuan!" Li Qingyang lowered his head and laughed dumbly: "We are all fools. People like us don't deserve to live in the end times. Living one more second is God's fault!"

"We chose the stupidest path, but Danma just doesn't want to regret it!"