Chapter 209 A Silent Drink

Zhao Dehai wanted to refuse, but Liu Shun, who was standing beside him, suddenly grabbed his sleeve.

At this moment, the thirty or so soldiers behind him all looked at Zhao Dehai with red eyes, as if they were expecting something.

The hot blood hidden in their bodies surged rapidly at this moment.

Liu Shun said: "Captain Zhao, all they want is a chance to live! Their lives were saved by Li Qingyang and his men, and many of them are family members of our comrades!"

"Liu Shun, do you know what you are saying?" Zhao Dehai scolded.

Liu Shun nodded and said, "I know. In fact, we are the real deserters. If we can't even protect our brothers' families, we...we...!"

Liu Shun suddenly seemed to be unable to find the right words.

Zhao Dehai remained silent. In fact, even if Liu Shun didn't say these words, wouldn't Zhao Dehai himself be thinking the same thing?

But he is different from Liu Shun. Zhao Dehai is responsible for the lives and property of more than thirty comrades.

"Liu Shun, how can we afford to shelter so many people?" Zhao Dehai said, "Don't forget, this is the end of the world!"

"If we can't even protect the families of our comrades, what's the point of living? It's better to die in the end times!"

Liu Shun said loudly: "Zhao Tuan, I know you are concerned about the boss's kindness, but the boss no longer needs us to collect corpse crystals. Our combat power is dispensable to him!"

Liu Shun continued, "I can ask for your resignation from the boss tomorrow. If he agrees, you can lead us to rebuild this camp for Li Qingyang, for Wu Xuegui, and for all... our lost comrades!"

"What if the boss doesn't agree?"

"If the boss doesn't agree, we won't mention it again!" Liu Shun said seriously.

Zhao Dehai fell silent again.

Although Zhao Yin had said at the beginning that if he found a faster way to collect corpse crystals in the future, he would let these people get out.

After the monkey demonstrated its ability to burn corpses and preserve corpse crystals last night, Zhao Yin did not mention it, and had previously said that he would take them on their journey tomorrow.

Obviously, the boss had no intention of letting them go.

Zhao Dehai was reluctant to leave his boss like this.

But if they followed the boss, how would all the people in the camp, including Yuan Baoer, whom Wu Xuegui saved with his life, survive?

But if I and the others stayed, although there was no guarantee that they would be able to survive, at least they would have a better chance...

At this moment, the entire camp, with more than 16,000 people, were waiting for Zhao Dehai to decide their fate.

Just like before, when that group of soldiers faced the zombies, they were also waiting for his decision!

At this moment, Yuan Baoer, who was lying on the ground, suddenly woke up and hugged Zhao Dehai's legs: "Uncle Zhao, Baoer wants you to stay...!"

The little girl looked up at him with a pleading look.

Her little face was dirty, her eyes were big, and the previous black dust and tears covered her face.

Suddenly, at this moment, Zhao Dehai remembered the day when the zombie outbreak occurred.

That day, his hesitation brought disaster to the entire Kunlun Military Region!

Today, will my hesitation harm all the martyrs' families and Yuan Baoer?

At this moment, the blood that had been hidden in his chest for too long completely boiled over and then became hot, and his face turned red.

"Liu Shun, please resign from your job tomorrow. We...!"

Zhao Dehai paused and said, "For Li Qingyang and others, for Wu Xuegui, and for our lost comrades, what does it matter if I lose my life?"

He finally made a choice!

Zhao Dehai recalled the first night when Zhao Yin brought him back to the living space.

He and Wu Xuegui lay side by side in the cornfield.

Zhao Dehai will never forget what Wu Xuegui said at that time.

"Old Zhao, you know, I can't fulfill Wang Shun and Xie Jinshan's wishes. I'm a fucking loser!"

"I know that our Daxia soldiers are too stubborn and unsuitable to survive in this fucked up apocalypse. The boss's idea is right."

"But...but I just can't accept it! When disaster strikes, countless people suffer, and an old cripple like me can't do anything...!"

"Old Zhao, after I die, I won't be able to face Wang Shun and Xie Jinshan..."

……

Early in the morning, Zhao Yin woke up with Song Xiaodao and Ning Yue.

Ning Yue and Song Xiaodao didn't know how to roll noodles or steam buns, so they simply cooked some corn porridge and added some dried turtle meat, and the three of them started eating.

As for the contracted beast, Zhao Yin directly threw out several large pieces of raw turtle meat.

There are now twenty contracted beasts. Without the old cripple, Zhao Yin is too lazy to take care of them carefully.

All the contracted beasts were eating very unhappy. The little monkey said in his heart: "Master, I miss the old cripple!"

Although the energy of raw meat is no less than that of broth, the taste enhanced by star salt is their favorite.

"Zhao Yin, I miss the old cripple." Song Xiaodao was holding a bowl that was bigger than her head. The corn porridge in it was too dry. She didn't think it was anything special when she ate it before, but now that she was used to the delicious food made by Wu Xuegui, she suddenly found it hard to swallow.

"Or, I'll take you all to visit him!" Zhao Yin said mercilessly.

Song Xiaodao was stunned for a moment before he reacted and quickly shook his head: "No... I don't miss the old cripple anymore!"

The little monkey also hurriedly tore the raw meat into big mouthfuls: "Delicious, delicious!"

Zhao Yin dealt with them briefly and left the life space with the two women.

Wang Xiaolei was still there. The piece of wood that Zhao Yin gave her yesterday had been chopped into a tombstone.

There were no graves, but tombstones were placed in the flame-burned earth.

There is a relief carved on the tombstone that is very abstract, but somewhat similar to Wu Xuegui's life when he was alive.

Zhao Yin coughed.

Wang Xiaolei, who was kneeling in front of the tombstone, came to her senses, stood up quickly, and rubbed her sore knees: "Boss, are we leaving?"

The girl has regained her composure by now.

Zhao Yin nodded and took the lead to walk towards the direction where the crowd gathered.

Zhao Dehai and others were all shirtless, helping the survivors clean up the rubble, and bags of grass seeds and dried wild vegetables were dug out.

Only Liu Shun did not move, with a struggle visible on his face.

When Zhao Yin appeared, Liu Shun gritted his teeth and mustered up the courage to go towards him.

"Boss." Liu Shun bowed and tried hard to force an ugly smile.

At this time, Liu Shun was struggling internally.

The long-standing kindness and majesty of Zhao Yin made him suddenly at a loss as to how to resign.

"Boss, we...we discussed it last night. We can't help much if we stay with you now. This camp needs us. I...I...!"

Zhao Yin frowned and immediately understood something.

He put his hands in his trouser pockets, lowered his head and remained silent for a while.

Soon, Zhao Yin slowly raised his head and a smile appeared on his face.

"Lao Liu, Lao Zhao and the others, come and have a drink with me!" Zhao Yin said in a low voice.

"drink wine?"

"You don't want to accompany me?"

"We are willing...we are willing, very much!"

Liu Shun nodded heavily. Some things no longer needed to be said too obviously.

Tears still welled up in his eyes as he strode back.

Liu Shun walked behind Zhao Dehai and others and said a few words. Then all the soldiers, including Zhao Dehai, turned around.

Earlier, they all noticed Zhao Yin's arrival, but they didn't dare to look back.

At this moment, everyone dropped what they were doing, their faces flushed, and walked towards Zhao Yin.

"boss!"

“Boss!” “Boss!”

Everyone still bowed and greeted Zhao Yin with respect.

Zhao Yin nodded, raised his hand to release the invisible tent, then took out tables, chairs, benches, corn wine and some dry food.

No one mentioned resignation, and Zhao Yin did not ask. He asked Song Xiaodao, Wang Xiaolei, and Ning Yue to pour wine for everyone, while he drank one glass after another.

In fact, Zhao Yin couldn't find much to say to Zhao Dehai and others, and Zhao Dehai and others didn't dare to speak carelessly in front of him.

So the drinking session was conducted in silence.

By noon, Zhao Dehai and others were drunk and unconscious, and Zhao Yin also fell down drunk.

Zhao Dehai remembered that before he fell asleep, he seemed to hear Zhao Yin say, "All good things must come to an end!"