#152 - Chapter 152 Where is the Leader?
The sky remained a gloomy gray.
The entire day was overcast.
From 12 noon,
we worked until nearly 3 PM.
Only then were all the corpses within the shelter gathered and concentrated in one place.
Even the larger pieces of flesh that had been blasted apart were not spared; everything was collected together.
Except for some fragments that had been pulverized into a fine powder and scattered across the ground, which were too difficult to collect. We could only sprinkle lime over them or shovel sand and soil to bury them.
Most of the team members who completed the work were listless, as if something within their souls had been completely shattered.
The sight of approximately seven hundred corpses piled together was terrifyingly shocking.
At this moment, Qin Jin led several captains, carrying the gasoline they had brought, and spread out to pour it over the pile of corpses.
Once all the bodies were soaked in gasoline, Qin Jin threw the empty oil drum aside, wiped his blood-covered hands on a piece of ragged clothing on the ground, and then took out a pack of cigarettes from his shirt pocket.
He gave each of the captains next to him a cigarette.
They lit them.
And took a deep drag.
In this situation, there was no need to worry about the trivial matter of smoking.
Compared to the overwhelming stench of blood from the pile of corpses in front of them, that little smell was not even worth mentioning.
Qin Jin took a third of the cigarette in his mouth in one breath before stopping.
Then, he took the burning cigarette from his mouth, stared at the corpses in front of him, and flicked it towards them with a faint glint in his eyes.
Snap!
The cigarette drew an arc and landed on one of the mangled corpses.
With a 'whoosh' sound,
fierce flames instantly erupted from the corpse!
And quickly spread to the surroundings!
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—"
The entire pile of corpses soon burst into flames.
The towering flames exceeded the height of the surrounding walls, and a wave of scorching heat rushed towards the people nearby.
Several captains took a few steps back, but Qin Jin remained standing in place.
Everyone stared at the crackling, burning corpses in front of them with complex expressions.
These were the souls of their subordinates.
In order to survive, they had chosen to kill all potential threats, not intending to let any seeds of hatred possibly remain for the future.
After a long while,
Qin Jin turned around and walked towards the team members, saying to them:
"Everyone, go back inside and rest. The smell here is too strong, and it's not good to inhale too much."
He walked past many team members, gently patting them on the shoulder, not knowing whether it was to encourage them or to awaken them from their silence.
Slowly, the team members followed Qin Jin's footsteps and walked towards one of the more intact buildings.
They needed to spend the night here, and after resting, they would continue to set up the defenses here.
Of course, some people were left on the scene to check the burning situation of the pile of corpses and monitor the extent of the zombie impact outside the walls.
Fortunately, it was still daytime.
The smell of cooked meat emitted from the burning corpses was quite tempting to zombies, and people needed to constantly push the accumulated zombies down.
It had to be burned before nightfall.
After the disposal, relying on the 7-meter-high walls tonight, the night defense should be able to withstand it.
The team members who arrived in the building were not in the mood to set up pots and cook food. Most of them just silently took out the food they carried with them and ate it directly, regardless of whether it was cold or not.
But everyone's expression was as if they were chewing wax.
Qin Jin himself silently ate a chocolate bar.
He felt fine himself.
In his previous life, he had dealt with zombies for many years and had seen more cruel scenes than this.
He didn't say anything to comfort the others; they needed to digest and accept this kind of thing themselves.
No one spoke.
After a while,
Qin Jin saw that everyone had finished eating and was sitting and resting absentmindedly, and couldn't help but ask all the team members:
"Did you see an older man when you were moving the bodies today?"
After speaking, he also described the old man's general appearance, which he had asked Fang Tianqing about before.
The team members looked at each other, whispering to each other.
Finally, everyone began to speak:
"No, we didn't see any old people when we were moving the bodies. The oldest person we saw was only about 50 years old, but he was a man with a square face, which doesn't match the target."
"Yes, I paid special attention when I was moving the bodies, and I didn't see anyone old!"
Hearing what everyone said, Qin Jin's heart stirred, and a feeling of unease arose.
Was it possible that this target was so unlucky that he was directly blown into minced meat?
No one wanted to believe this small probability event.
"I just asked the team members outside, and no one has left this base since we came in."
Zhong Yu also spoke at this time.
"Go find those two survivors!"
Qin Jin spoke directly.
Soon, two people from the shelter, one with a broken arm and the other with a broken leg, were pulled over. They had been given simple treatment to save their lives before.
The team members grabbed their arms and made them face the boss's upcoming questioning.
"Do you know if Guo Chunrui was in the base today? Where is he usually? Tell me everything you know!"
The two surviving survivors had already passed the initial severe pain and could now communicate and speak normally. Seeing the hall full of armed personnel, they only felt their legs trembling.
They didn't know what they would face next if they didn't cooperate, and what it would be if they didn't cooperate.
But reason told them that it was best to cooperate with this group of ruthless people who killed people directly without saying a word.
The two men secretly glanced at each other, and one of them gritted his teeth and said:
"As far as we know, President Guo has not been out recently. He usually stays in the shelter to direct work."
"As for his specific location, we really don't know. How could such a big figure tell us this?"
The two men spoke alternately and quickly told some of the information they knew.
Qin Jin and the other captains listened and analyzed carefully.
In this way, the leader of this shelter should still be here!
If he is really not in the pile of corpses before, it is very likely that this cunning old man is not dead!
Even right next to them!
Everyone became vigilant!
Carefully looking around the room, as if this President Guo was hiding next to them.
"Everyone doesn't need to be suspicious. Since this President Guo is still likely to be in this shelter, then we will find him!"
"Everyone, in groups of two, don't let go of every inch of this place, be sure to find this old thief!"
Everyone responded.
Everyone also did not expect that the target they came out to deal with this time was so cautious that even though his entire shelter had been destroyed, he might still be alive.
If this kind of person is not completely killed, there is a great chance that he will become a future problem!
The two survivors were brought back to the side to continue to receive intense interrogation to see if any useful information could be obtained, and the other team members also began to take action to find this President Guo who might be hiding somewhere!
(End of this chapter)
