#238 - Chapter 238 The Birth of the Screwdriver Butcher
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!
The roar of helicopters pierced the sky, tearing through the rain, heading towards Mentang Town.
The remains in the buildings had been collected.
Regardless of which ones were Gao Qiang's younger brother, they were all carefully collected and packed up by Gao Qiang and the combat team, to be further inspected and sorted back at the base.
Inside the helicopter's cabin.
Gao Qiang stared blankly at a piece of bone in his hand, feeling in his heart that it was a part of his brother.
Compared to before, he was somewhat better, at least no longer unresponsive to the outside world, and able to walk and talk on his own.
"Arrange for personnel to do testing immediately after we get back! The base just recruited a few people who understand this stuff."
Qin Jin said, seeing that Gao Qiang was a little better.
There were of course multiple reasons why he would go to such lengths for one of his men.
Among them, he himself loathed those who cannibalized others, and also wanted to use this incident to establish a rule for the base to never recruit cannibals in the future.
Eating people was fine, but please don't do it within their controlled area, or let it reach their ears.
As for more reasons, perhaps Qin Jin felt that he had not fulfilled what he had promised Gao Qiang before.
He still remembered.
At the beginning of the apocalypse last year, when he took the combat team out to find weapons, he had said something to Gao Qiang at the police station.
Although a family search plan was formulated later, his relatives had unfortunately missed it.
It wasn't exactly his fault, but he still felt a little uncomfortable.
Perhaps he felt some empathy, remembering what happened to his cousin's family in his previous life.
The helicopter left quickly and returned quickly.
Around 2 p.m., they returned to Green Source Base.
As soon as they landed, people came to meet them, and the team members quickly got busy.
As Gao Qiang left the cabin, Qin Jin solemnly said to him:
"I said, they are all yours!"
Gao Qiang's originally empty eyes moved, he glanced back at Qin Jin, nodded, and then stepped out of the cabin and left.
The base's alert was lifted.
Everyone continued to return to their original posts and get busy.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, but it couldn't stop the construction of the main base and branch bases. If outdoor operations were difficult, they would stay indoors and do some preliminary work first.
Inside the leader's office, Qin Jin had just changed into dry clothes, sat down and drank a cup of hot tea. There was also a thermos of lunch that Zhao Ling had just brought over.
This woman really knew how to handle things.
No wonder the base personnel had been saying that the quality of life had improved recently.
Qin Jin quickly devoured a few mouthfuls of rice to fill his hungry stomach, and then picked up the documents on the table to continue reviewing. A lot of new personnel had recently arrived at the branch bases. Although he had glanced at the list, he had not yet delved into it in detail.
There might still be cannibals among them.
It seemed that he also needed to spend some time dealing with this problem.
It was simple, find a reason to gather those new personnel together, and he would briefly "examine" them. Relying on his sensitive dog nose, he should be able to screen them once.
Unfortunately, the base didn't have any other olfactory evolution talents for the time being.
He would see if he had a chance to meet any in the future and bring them in.
*****
In the dark room.
Zhao Xinglong felt his mouth was almost dry and a sense of hunger came from his stomach. He hadn't eaten anything since last night.
He extremely regretted why he had brought Huang Ya and others over.
He also regretted why he had come to rely on this damned Green Source Base.
If he hadn't come, he should still be living freely somewhere, right?
Although there wouldn't be such a safe place.
The companions beside him hadn't spoken for a long time either.
Everyone knew the situation was not good.
But no one had come over.
He didn't know what the people at this Green Source Base were up to.
He had also prepared himself to die.
For so long in the apocalypse, no one hadn't thought about this question.
Everyone had thought about how they would die, and where.
He had thought that he might die in the mouth of a zombie horde.
Or perhaps in a famine.
He never expected that he would actually die by relying on a certain force!
He hated it!
What was wrong with eating a few people!?
Wasn't everyone doing it to survive!?
"Fuck!"
Faced with the imminent possibility of death, he forced himself to be fierce, so that he could reduce the fear of death.
In the darkness, he showed a fierce expression, but no one saw this scene.
"Brother Long, what's wrong!? Did you think of a way!?
Huang Ya's fearful and expectant voice came from the side. He also knew that he was very likely not going to survive this wave. After thinking about this answer for a long time, he still couldn't accept that his young life was about to end.
He wanted to grasp everything that could avoid death.
"......."
Zhao Xinglong did not answer him.
If there was anyone he hated the most among these people, it would definitely be this Huang Ya!
He knew that this guy liked to do some petty theft, but he didn't expect that this guy would even dare to keep and wear something from a person he had killed and eaten!
Wasn't he afraid that the person would turn into a vengeful ghost and come back to find him at night!?
Thinking of this, his anger escalated again, suppressing the fear of death.
Just as he was about to open his mouth to scold this guy, the only door in the room made a sound of opening!
"Click."
"Pa."
After opening the door, the lights in the room came on.
The glaring light dispelled the darkness in the room, causing those who had adapted to the darkness to squint their eyes.
Who came?
Zhao Xinglong's hands were tied behind his back, he squinted his eyes and shook his head, and only after re-adapting to the light did he look at the person who came.
It was that man!
Gao Sheng's brother!
His heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself that he was done for.
If there was anyone he didn't want to see the most, it would undoubtedly be Gao Sheng's brother!
If it were someone else, he would beg for mercy and ask the other party to give him a way out.
But if this person was Gao Sheng's brother, there was no hope!
The fear of death, which he had barely suppressed with anger, once again gained the upper hand!
"What do you want to do to spare my life!? Tell me! As long as I can do it, I will definitely do it!"
Zhao Xinglong said, clinging to the last hope.
After entering, Gao Qiang, who was staring at them, heard this and focused his gaze on him. His dead eyes moved slightly. He knew who this was.
"You are Zhao Xinglong, the leader of this group."
"I can let you go! As long as you return my brother, you can even shit on my head!"
His voice was very hoarse, as if his throat had been injured, making those who heard it feel a bone-chilling cold.
It was like a voice mixed with death.
What they didn't know was that Gao Qiang's heart had indeed died.
Hearing him answer like this, Zhao Xinglong's last bit of luck was shattered.
He prepared to provoke Gao Qiang in order to seek a quick death and reduce the pain.
Gao Qiang's right hand touched his pocket, took out a box, and displayed it in front of them.
This was a set of screwdriver tools.
The exterior of the box already had some traces of use. This was a souvenir that Gao Qiang had taken from his brother's repair shop during the family search plan. (See Chapter 79)
Unexpectedly, it became a relic.
He used to be a fishmonger, but he had originally lost his job after coming to the apocalypse.
Now.
He had figured it out.
He was good at killing fish, and his brother was good at repairing things.
Then, he would continue to live with his brother's share of the profession!
This world was sick.
He was going to repair these dregs who had brought pain to his own people!
The Screwdriver Butcher was born!
(End of this chapter)
