The most ruthless person in the apocalypse

Chapter 1259 How should this matter be explained?
"No, it can't be, this can't be real..."

Zheng Xinyu gripped the long-handled bone hammer with trembling hands. The metal handle was hard and cold, and the intense battle had not caused any damage, but now three cracks appeared!

It's like squeezing a bamboo pole from both ends until the middle part bursts.

The glistening femur remains intact, while the broken hammer handle bears witness to the cruelty and danger of the entire event.

Even metal can't withstand such immense force, so what would happen to a person?
Standing amidst the ruins, Zheng Xinyu felt a chill within her. Despite not being afraid of the cold, she felt a coldness in her heart, her hands and feet were icy, as if all her strength had been drained away.

She and Zhang Su didn't have much interaction before the disaster, but in the six months after the disaster, they supported each other through thick and thin, sharing life and death, and experiencing many things together. The sudden separation came without warning, leaving her feeling dizzy.

clang.

He steadied himself by leaning on the long-handled bone hammer, looked up at the sky, and couldn't stop the tears from flowing.

"Brother Su won't die. His life is much tougher than this thing. I know Brother Su will definitely not die!"

Chen Hanzhou gritted his teeth, staring intently at the spot where the western light had disappeared, and said in a trembling voice, "I'm going to find Brother Su. I'm going to find him no matter what!"

As he spoke, he ran towards the port, excitedly heading to his car.

"Yes, Brother Su definitely won't die, that's right, he won't die!"

Zheng Xinyu came to her senses. Chen Hanzhou's words instilled in her a firm belief: Zhang Su had a secret, otherwise the glowing sphere wouldn't have targeted him!
Zhang Su was not immortal, but he certainly wouldn't have died so hastily.

She clutched the long-handled bone hammer and ran towards the port with Chen Hanzhou.

"Hello, sister-in-law, is the signal bad? Did you speak just now?"

Back at the port, Wang Xin's questioning voice came through a walkie-talkie on the ground. The walkie-talkie drifted in and out of the port, sounding so desolate and bleak. It turned out that the walkie-talkie had been dropped at the port when he was running wildly earlier.

Zheng Xinyu stepped forward, picked up the walkie-talkie, forced herself to compose herself, and said in a relaxed tone, "You guys eat first, no need to wait."

"Oh, okay, it's still early, no rush, you guys go ahead with your work."

The call ended with a snap, and Zheng Xinyu dropped the walkie-talkie on the ground again, looking at Chen Hanzhou with a serious expression.

Chen Hanzhou's brows furrowed into a knot. Since the disaster broke out, he had never felt so lost, except for the initial time in the dormitory building...

"Sister-in-law, we...we can't all go to Su-ge!"

The car door had been opened, then slammed shut again; things weren't as simple as they seemed.

"Someone must bring this message back!"

Zheng Xinyu nodded with difficulty. She had also thought about this issue after talking to Wang Xin.

"Let me go find Brother Su. I'm better than you and can handle more situations!"

Chen Hanzhou nodded emphatically, his expression resolute.

Zheng Xinyu shook her head and said, "You need to take care of Pei Lan, don't go! You call me sister-in-law, and now that my brother is missing, of course I should go!"

"That won't do. Pei Lan is very safe at the camp. Is there anything she needs to be taken care of? There are many dangers outside, of course..."

"Alright, let's stop arguing. The sphere of light has flown at least two or three hundred kilometers, probably even past Beijing. Let's go back first. Whether you go or I go, we need to get back and prepare!"

As Chen Hanzhou's impulse driven by brotherhood gradually subsided, the severity of the situation far exceeded his expectations. A momentary impulse would not solve the problem and might even drag him into a quagmire.

"Hiss..." Zheng Xinyu gasped for breath, the icy air filling her lungs. She looked painfully at the western sky, wishing that a figure would walk across the ice from the horizon.

This is reality, not a movie. There's no chance of hallucinations; the sky was empty except for snowflakes.

"Yes, we need to go back first, but... how are we going to explain this to the brothers?"

"Can we just say that Brother Su was taken away by the glowing ball?"

Chen Hanzhou had been thinking of reasons all along the way to the village: what if he went to the Jiao Peninsula, the Liao Peninsula, the Chao Peninsula, or was invited by the elder to participate in the creation ceremony...

He came up with a whole bunch of random reasons, but none of them made sense, let alone convince anyone, because everyone knew that Zhang Su was not the kind of person who would leave without saying goodbye!

Lies can create a bigger crisis than the truth.

"Only people you trust should know!"

"Who on the mountain can't be trusted? Apart from those newcomers and prisoners."

Chen Hanzhou believes that those who can live on Tianma Island are core members.

Zheng Xinyu's hair fell from one side of her forehead, her pained eyes carrying a sharp edge: "Brother Su once told me that he is a force that twists everyone into a rope. If he... he seemed to know that this day would come. He said that if this force disappears, there will definitely be thin ropes trying to break free from the rope!"

Human thoughts are never stable. To keep a group of people stable, a strong core force is needed to maintain balance. In peacetime, military power is used, and in the post-apocalyptic world, individual strength is used. In short, might makes right!

Without this massive fist to maintain stability, humanity's inherent instability would erupt. Not to mention a large camp of nearly ten thousand people, even a small team of ten could fall out because of mutual dissatisfaction.

"Let's see who dares!"

Chen Hanzhou's eyelids darkened, a dangerous glint flashing in his eyes, a chilling killing intent surging within them, but it quickly dissipated. He sighed and said, "Brother Su is really thoughtful. We do need to be on guard. Let's go, sister-in-law... no, Miao Zi is still damn far away on the aircraft carrier!"

In my confusion, I almost forgot about Kuang Miao. If I had just left like that, by the time I came back to look for him, he would probably be frozen solid.

Chen Hanzhou rushed back to the aircraft carrier, while Kuang Miao remained unconscious in the same spot.

After carrying Kuang Miao to the back seat of the Land Cruiser FJ, the vehicle slowly started and left the port. The Big Ball was gone, and they had left the port with the leader. They no longer had the heart to stand guard...

Snowflakes fell and stuck to the windshield, then were blown away by the wind generated by the car's movement, scattering past the windows.

Zheng Xinyu took over the driver's seat from Zhang Su, feeling an indescribable sadness. The steering wheel seemed to still retain the warmth left by Zhang Su. She didn't even want to adjust the seat position, hoping to see Zhang Su appear in the middle of the road the next moment.

Chen Hanzhou frowned. Besides the fact that his boss had disappeared, he had other things to worry about. The powerful black energy in his body had become much thinner. He tried to circulate and mobilize it, and he could still control it as easily as he used his own arm, but the power it provided was much less than before!

If it used to be 100 points, now it's only 20 or 30 points, a reduction of at least 70%. This completely offsets the growth that the radiance brought him in other aspects, and he even lost money...

Thinking back to his previous application to Zhang Su for port duty, Chen Hanzhou felt like crying.

"Sister-in-law, when Brother Su told us to go back, Miao Zi and I were blinded by the light of the big sphere as soon as we stepped out of the aircraft carrier. Is everything alright at the camp?"

Chen Hanzhou snapped out of his reverie and, seeing that Zheng Xinyu seemed distracted, started chatting with her. It wasn't that he was worried about the car accident; he just wanted to find out what was going on and distract her.

Chen Hanzhou didn't actually know that the light sphere was only targeting him; Kuang Miao was just unlucky because of it...

Zheng Xinyu's dry lips parted slightly, and she whispered, "The zombies from the Haihe River broke free of the electromagnetic array and became very strange. After dawn, they seemed to have gained a collective consciousness. They said there was a force controlling the zombies. Brother Su arranged for all combat personnel to be mobilized, and all the newcomers participated in the battle..."

Zheng Xinyu's narration was disorganized, but she still managed to give a general overview of the situation.

(End of this chapter)