Chapter 166: Slander and taking the blame
Nothing happened all night.
Wang Tao glanced at his watch after waking up. It was already six o'clock in the morning.
As soon as he made a move, Jiang Shixue also woke up, and only Xu Xiaojun was still sleeping.
Xu Xiaojun was seriously injured. Even if Wang Tao used a medical kit for him, he would have to recover for a long time.
Wang Tao woke him up directly.
"I'm going out, you can rest here first. I haven't locked the door, you can leave by yourself, or you can wait for me to come back."
It's still dark in the underground granary, Wang Tao gave Xu Xiaojun Some nutrient solution and a flashlight were left behind.
"Okay, thank you..."
The dazed Xu Xiaojun quickly thanked him.
Wang Tao patted Xu Xiaojun's shoulder, and then went up with Jiang Shixue.
There were several ordinary zombies around the grain depot, but Wang Tao easily eliminated them.
He and Jiang Shixue searched the area carefully, but could not find the two bloody zombies from last night. Although I saw some scratch marks, I couldn't tell where the other person had gone.
If the other party is afraid of light, he is probably resting in a dark corner now...
Wang Tao originally planned to leave after getting the map. But now he changed his mind. He was going to wait and see if there was a chance to find the three bloody zombies during the day.
If he really couldn't find it, forget it, he wouldn't lose anything. If you can really find it during the day, you might be able to make some money.
As for night, there is a high probability that you can find them, but the problem is, you can’t defeat them if you find them... After all, these are three third-level zombies!
Back in the underground granary again, Xu Xiaojun was fully awake and doing stretching exercises.
“Recovering well!”
Wang Tao praised.
After Xu Xiaojun heard this, he trotted over quickly and said with sincere gratitude:
"Thank you Brother Wang for your help. If it weren't for you, I would have died long ago..."
"It's just a little effort. "You're welcome!" Wang Tao smiled and waved, and then asked, "What are your plans next?"
"I...I'm going to go back..."
Xu Xiaojun lowered his head. road.
If he hadn't wanted to thank Wang Tao again in person, he might have left after he sobered up.
“Go back? Where?”
Wang Tao was stunned for a moment.
“Back to the Fish Bay Camp…”
Xu Xiaojun’s tone was a little low.
"..."
Wang Tao frowned a little. The people at Yuwan Camp had treated him like this, so why would he go back?
Wang Tao took a closer look. He didn't see any anger or desire for revenge in Xu Xiaojun - he really wanted to go back.
“Okay, be careful on the road.”
Wang Tao shook his head speechlessly.
This is someone else's choice and he won't care about it.
"Well... Brother Wang, I'm leaving. You are my lifesaver, but I have nothing to thank you for now... When I have the chance, I will definitely repay you—— ”
“Don’t!”
Wang Tao quickly interrupted Xu Xiaojun's words, then patted Xu Xiaojun on the shoulder and said:
"The last person who said this to me is no longer here. I still hope you can live well. ”
"..."
Xu Xiaojun left.
Looking at the lonely back of the other party leaving, Jiang Shixue was a little confused.
"Is he going to take revenge? But I don't feel murderous intent."
"No, he is not taking revenge, he is going home."
Wang Tao explained.
"Others harmed him, why didn't he take revenge? Shouldn't he kill all those people?"
Jiang Shixue was a little confused.
"...It's not enough to kill them all. After all, many people participated in this operation. Just find the culprit. But everyone's choice is different, so we don't have to worry about it. Just respect the fate of others."< br>
“Oh~”
I don’t know if Jiang Shixue understood it, but she just nodded her head.
“Let’s go, let’s continue to look for traces of the third-level zombies, and by the way, see if there are any first-level elite zombies or second-level zombies. If you see them, don’t kill them, and leave them to me to finish them off. "
Wang Tao is still 410 blood short of 10,000 blood. He wants to know if there will be any changes when he reaches 10,000 blood.
“Okay brother~”
……
Xu Xiaojun returned to the outside of Yuwan Base somewhat decadently.
When the people on duty at the intersection saw Xu Xiaojun, they immediately felt like they had seen a ghost.
“You, you are not dead!”
One of the people spoke subconsciously.
These words made Xu Xiaojun frown a little. Why did it feel like he was cursing him to death?
But Xu Xiaojun didn't care about this. He said very politely:
"I'm not dead, I'm back. Please open the door, thank you."
Xu Xiaojun is two meters tall and has a strong build. Far beyond ordinary people. Most people are like dwarfs in front of Xu Xiaojun.
However, Xu Xiaojun was stammering before and had a simple and honest smile, so everyone was not afraid of him.
Many people would even make fun of him in person. After all, Big Fatty’s good temper was recognized by everyone in the camp.
But now, Xu Xiaojun stopped stammering, the honest smile on his face was gone, there were some wounds on his arms, and an ax stained with black blood hung on his waist...
This made the two men on guard People are under a lot of pressure!
Xu Xiaojun’s sense of oppression is too strong now. Whoever sees it is afraid!
"You, you wait, I, let me inform you first!"
Xu Xiaojun stopped stuttering, but this man was stuttering.
"Okay."
Xu Xiaojun didn't ask why. He was not a person who liked to ask why. After he responded, he stood here quietly and waited.
The guard on duty ran towards the camp and fell down on the way, appearing to be in a panic and not choosing the right path.
The other person on duty looked at Xu Xiaojun with vigilance and defensiveness. His hand was even placed on the homemade spear next to him.
It seemed as if the person standing in front of him was not the patron saint of their camp, but a terrifying zombie.
Xu Xiaojun was a little confused. He didn't understand why this man was so wary of him. He wasn't infected with the zombie virus either?
But Xu Xiaojun didn’t say much. He didn’t like to talk much to begin with, and after experiencing this incident, he became even less talkative.
The less he spoke, the greater the pressure on the guard became, and he even broke into cold sweat on his head.
I don’t know if it was one minute, ten minutes, or more... Someone finally came out of the camp, and it was a large group of people. It seemed like the entire camp was here.
Seeing so many people, Xu Xiaojun had a rare smile on his face. These people are all here to greet him... right?
"You're not dead? You still have the nerve to come back!"
"Why don't you die! It's not enough that you killed so many of us. Do you come back to kill us all?"
"My husband is dead, but you are still alive? Why are you not dead!"
"Boss Lu was killed by you! Even if you are alive, you have to live in an ignoble way! You How dare you come back openly!"
"Do you want to kill our entire base?"
"..."
Xu Xiaojun was a little confused when he heard everyone talking. His head couldn't turn around.
At this time, Yu Wei, who was walking at the front, said with a look of hatred on his face:
"Xu Xiaojun, I didn't expect you to be still alive. But it doesn't matter if you are alive, why do you still have the face? Come back? If it weren’t for you, we wouldn’t have died so many people, and Boss Lu wouldn’t have died either! Why do you have the nerve to come back?”
“Because so many people died because of me? ”
Xu Xiaojun understood this time, but he still looked confused.
The death of so many people has nothing to do with him, right?
If you really want to say it is related to someone, it is only related to Boss Lu.
Because this order was given by Boss Lu, the first two people to go down obviously lost their voices, but Boss Lu thought it was okay. Everyone believed in Boss Lu’s sixth sense. The result was huge casualties...
What does this have to do with Xu Xiaojun? If he hadn't risked his death in the end, no one would have come back alive...
"I..."
Looking at Xu Xiaojun who seemed to be about to say something, Tian Peng next to him immediately interrupted loudly.
"Xu Xiaojun, do you want to argue that this has nothing to do with you? It's all Boss Lu's fault? Haha, you are so naive. Do you think we will believe you? Do you think Boss Lu died without any evidence? Right? But you didn’t think about it? Come on, we are all alive! You want to feed us to the zombies so that you can escape?" "..."
No, Use them to feed zombies to keep yourself alive?
Xu Xiaojun's CPU was almost burning. It was obviously because he kept his teammates alive with the belief that he would die, right?
Xu Xiaojun is a person who is not good at words. He is organizing words and thinking about how to explain.
But his silence made everyone think that he admitted it.
In fact, there are still some people who don’t believe that Xu Xiaojun would do such a thing. After all, he is their patron saint and a good old man. When everyone is in trouble, they turn to Xu Xiaojun. When they run out of food, they ask Xu Xiaojun to borrow. Xu Xiaojun never refuses. How could such a good person do such a thing?
But when I saw Xu Xiaojun, I "acquiesced". Everyone immediately felt that they had gone too far!
"You know people but don't know their hearts!"
"Xu Xiaojun used to pretend! In fact, he is very dark in his heart! He usually gives you some small favors and looks like a good person, but at critical moments he betrays his teammates ”
“Everyone was almost deceived by Xu Xiaojun!”
“…”
For a while, all kinds of abuses were heard.
Xu Xiaojun raised his head and watched these familiar people become more and more unfamiliar. He finally organized the language.
"Please believe me, I didn't kill you, I gave you the throne. If it weren't for me, the rest of you wouldn't have survived..."
These words As soon as he said it, Yu Wei and Tian Peng were instantly shocked.
Why does this fat guy suddenly speak so clearly?
A few people quickly thought about how to refute Xu Xiaojun's words.
At this time, an ordinary survivor suddenly said:
"Haha, I said it wasn't you! Look, you don't even stutter when you speak now! It means that your previous stuttering was all disguised! You still stutter! This kind of thing is just a disguise, let alone other things! Get out of our camp for such a scheming person!"
After hearing this, others felt that it made sense. So, everyone shouted at the same time:
“Get out of our camp!”
“Get out of our camp!”
"I didn't, please listen to my explanation..."
"Stop explaining! Get out of our camp!"
"..."
Xu Xiaojun originally wanted to continue Explain, but seeing these people who had received his help telling him to get out with hatred on their faces... Xu Xiaojun instantly lost his desire to speak.
“Ho ho…”
Suddenly, the roars of several zombies were heard.
The noisy crowd shut up instantly.
“There are zombies!”
A few ordinary zombies seemed to have heard the noise, and wandered towards the intersection entering the Yuwan Camp.
There are many obstacles between these people and Xu Xiaojun. If the door is not opened, the zombies cannot get in. But many people were still frightened and backed away.
Xu Xiaojun saw that these people were unwilling to give him a chance to explain, but were frightened into silence by the roars of a few ordinary zombies... He suddenly felt so ironic.
Xu Xiaojun turned around and took the fire ax directly, one by one, to kill all the zombies. Then he looked back at everyone, said nothing, and left a little lonely.
Looking at Xu Xiaojun’s leaving figure, many people breathed a sigh of relief.
"Huh - finally gone, I was afraid he was going to fight us to death!"
"Hmph, even though he is so big, he looks scary. But he is also scared. There are so many of us, if he dares to take action, we will kill him in a minute!”
"It's best for this kind of scum to leave. It's bad luck to see him!"
Everyone was cursing.
"Oh, go back. We will have to rely on Boss Yu Wei more in the future!"
Hearing this, Yu Wei suddenly smiled and said:
"Don't worry, everyone. , now that I have become the new boss of our camp, I will do my duty as a boss, and I will definitely lead everyone to live in the apocalypse! Everyone, please go back, don't ruin everyone's mood just because of a piece of mouse shit... …”
Among the crowd, Li Yi, who had just arrived at the camp not long ago, had a complicated look on his face, but in the end he sighed helplessly and followed the others back.
......
Wang Tao and Jiang Shixue found no trace of a bloody zombie near the granary from early morning to dusk.
But Wang Tao is not disappointed, because the more this happens, the more it proves a problem - this kind of zombie is very afraid of the sun!
If this weakness can be exploited, Wang Tao feels that he and Jiang Shixue will definitely have a chance to hunt down a third-level zombie!
"I guess they will come out at night..."
Wang Tao rubbed his chin and thought.
He was wondering, if the zombies really came out at night, could he follow them to see where their new lairs were... and then kill them during the day!
“Brother, look!”
Jiang Shixue suddenly tugged on Wang Tao’s clothes.
Wang Tao looked where Jiang Shixue pointed and saw a burly figure squatting among the ruins.
He was tall, but curled up tightly. The setting sun shone on him, and he felt inexplicably lonely.
"Huh? Xu Xiaojun? Why is he here?"
Wang Tao was stunned for a moment, then led Jiang Shixue and walked over.
“What are you doing here?”
Wang Tao suddenly spoke, startling Xu Xiaojun.
He quickly turned around and saw that it was Wang Tao and Jiang Shixue. He breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with a confused expression:
"I, I don't know, I'm just in a daze..."
Wang Tao knew at a glance that something must have happened after he returned to the Yuwan camp.
Wang Tao sat next to him and asked curiously:
"Can you tell me?"
Xu Xiaojun hesitated, but there was nothing he couldn't say. He finally said:
"They said that I killed other people... …”
After listening to Xu Xiaojun’s story, Wang Tao didn’t have much surprise on his face.
Because Wang Tao knew very well that after those people locked the door and left Xu Xiaojun in the underground granary to attract zombies, there was no longer any relationship between them.
For them, it would be best if Xu Xiaojun died.
But what Wang Tao didn't expect was that after they returned to the base, they actually accused Xu Xiaojun of killing those people.
Normally speaking, shouldn’t we praise Xu Xiaojun for sacrificing his own initiative for everyone and being the hero of their camp, so that Xu Xiaojun’s spirit can be passed down in the camp?
Do these people know that Xu Xiaojun is not dead? So are you prepared in advance? But it doesn't look like it. After all, they couldn't have calculated Wang Tao's movements.
After thinking about it, Wang Tao felt that maybe it was because they needed someone to take the blame for this incident.
This kind of thing where the group is almost wiped out is a big pot that not everyone can afford.
If Boss Lu is still alive, then this pot must belong to Boss Lu, and then Boss Lu’s prestige will be greatly reduced. But Boss Lu is dead.
Of course, even if Boss Lu dies, he can still take the blame, but in this case, Boss Lu's reputation will be completely ruined.
If some people want to do something, and this matter requires the endorsement of Mr. Lu’s reputation, then Mr. Lu cannot take the blame.
For example... a will similar to the one Mr. Lu appointed as the new boss before his death!
If Boss Lu can't take the blame, then Xu Xiaojun is the best candidate. After all, he is strong, he is the protector of the camp, and he is qualified to take the blame.
Of course, there may also be some personal grudges involved. For example, they are jealous of Xu Xiaojun's strength, or dislike Xu Xiaojun.
Xu Xiaojun is a good guy in the base, but a good guy may not be liked by everyone, and he may be scolded behind his back.
To a certain extent, it is much more difficult to make everyone like Xu Xiaojun than to make everyone fear Xu Xiaojun!
If he has the power to intimidate everyone and make everyone afraid of him, then how could such a thing happen?
As for the fact that Xu Xiaojun returned alive, it should be beyond the expectations of many people. Maybe they were frightened when they saw Xu Xiaojun, and they were always on guard against Xu Xiaojun attacking them.
But looking at Xu Xiaojun’s behavior, he probably didn’t take action.
Wang Tao told Xu Xiaojun his thoughts.
After hearing this, Xu Xiaojun’s expression was dull for a moment, and then he looked pained.
"They...it turns out they don't like me..."
Wang Tao didn't say anything more, he patted Xu Xiaojun on the shoulder.
"I'm going to find a place to rest for the night, what are your plans?"
"I don't know..."
Xu Xiaojun shook his head blankly.
"Then come with me. I will stay in the county for a few days. You might be able to help me."
Wang Tao invited.
"...Okay."
Xu Xiaojun has nowhere to go.
He followed Wang Tao to a three-story building.
This is the place Wang Tao specially chose because he can see the granary from here.
Wang Tao moved away the debris that Xu Xiaojun blocked the entrance to the underground granary, exposing the entrance. He wanted to see if those bloody zombies would come back. After all, this is their home base.
(End of this chapter)