The most ruthless person in the apocalypse

Chapter 1261 Emergency Gathering

Yu Wen stood up from his desk, adjusted his slightly loose glasses, and watched as Zheng Xinyu stepped aside to let Liu Lingping out of the room. After entering the room, Liu Lingping immediately closed the door, and then tears welled up in her eyes.

"Woo..."

"Xinyu, what exactly happened to you...?"

Yu Wen sensed something was wrong and stepped forward, only to see Zheng Xinyu pull out a familiar-looking object.

? !
"This, this is Mr. Zhang's weapon, what happened?"

Yu Wen darted in front of Zheng Xinyu and snatched the long-handled bone hammer with an almost grabbing motion. It was heavy and icy cold, but that wasn't important. What was important was why the metal handle of the hammer was cracked.

He knew that this was a weapon that Ding Yongguo had reforged for the leader using high-strength metal smelted in the Creation World. He wondered what kind of strength it would take to crack such a hard metal!

"Old Yu, Teacher Yu, Brother Su, he, he..."

"Shh, shh, let's talk inside!"

With one hand holding a long-handled bone hammer and the other supporting Zheng Xinyu's back, Yu Wen pushed her into the inner room. He could feel her body trembling slightly, and he had a premonition that what he was about to say would be explosive, fearing that there might be eavesdroppers.

The two arrived at the small room where Yu Ziyan usually slept, but she had already gone to train with her master.

Zheng Xinyu couldn't control her emotions and burst into tears, sobbing, "Brother Su is gone! Da Qiu took him away!"

The words seemed incoherent and incomprehensible, but Yu Wen understood that they were as simple as they appeared: the glowing sphere that was towed back from the sea had taken away the leader of Tianma Island!
The meaning is simple, but the matter is not simple.

"call……"

Yu Wen took a deep breath, trembling, to calm himself down. He didn't show any panic or confusion, but in fact, he was already in a state of panic!

The construction and management of Tianma Island relied on both civil and military talents. Zhang Su was undoubtedly the "military" one. Now that the "military" talent is gone, what should be done about his "civil" talent?
A sentence suddenly popped into Yu Wen's mind: "Parting always happens unexpectedly!"
Today is not a special day, but this event makes it special.

"sure?"

Even though he brought back the weapons, which were still damaged, Yu Wen couldn't help but ask one more question.

Zheng Xinyu nodded with tears streaming down her face: "I, I saw it with my own eyes, and, Chen Hanzhou was also there. The ball of light first targeted Chen Hanzhou, but then suddenly turned to deal with Brother Su..."

I tried to break through the beam of light, but there was no way. Later, the ball and Su Ge flew into the sky together, and after a few minutes of stalemate... it just flew westward at an incredible speed!

Once she calmed down a bit, Zheng Xinyu recounted more of what had happened.

"Well!"

Yu Wen let out a deep groan. The sudden news made his legs go weak. Although Zheng Xinyu did not use any words related to death, perhaps due to his age, he felt very pessimistic.

Do you know roughly how far?

Zheng Xinyu frowned and thought for a moment, then said uncertainly, "It rushed to the horizon and disappeared from sight, maybe a hundred or two hundred kilometers away? Xiao Chen said it might have passed Beijing. We don't know, but we have a reliable judgment that we can confirm Brother Su is not dead!"

"Oh? What do you mean!"

Yu Wen immediately pressed for details, his eyes serious.

"Me and Xiao Chen..."

Zheng Xinyu told Yu Wen the inferences she and Chen Hanzhou made based on the behavior of the large ball.

After listening, Yu Wen paced back and forth in the room in silence, his soft soles making a dull sound as he stepped on the floor.

"I think your and Xiao Chen's analysis makes a lot of sense. Mr. Zhang's chances of survival are extremely high. However, this matter must not be spread! Furthermore, we must immediately search for Mr. Zhang's whereabouts!"

Controlling emotions and letting reason prevail is the most basic ability of a patriarch. Yu Wen trusted Zheng Xinyu and Chen Hanzhou's judgment and immediately began to formulate a plan.

Zheng Xinyu looked at Yu Wen through her tear-filled eyes, nodded with a pout. "I'm going to call everyone to assemble now. Xinyu, you still need to tell everyone the whole story, keep it as concise as possible, control your emotions, and stay calm!"

As Yu Wenyi prepared to announce the news, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He knew all too well how important Zhang Su was to Tianma Island.

"it is good!"

Zheng Xinyu sniffled and wiped away her tears.

Yu Wen patted Zheng Xinyu on the shoulder, walked out of the house, and picked up the walkie-talkie.

"Dezhu, Xiao Lu, Qingqing, Xiao Tan... all of you, please come to my house."

Those whose names were called were puzzled. Some of them didn't even have walkie-talkies with them, such as Pang Dakun and Wu Lue. They were gathered in the restaurant waiting for dinner and were very curious when they heard their names on other people's walkie-talkies.

"What does Teacher Yu want? Why did he suddenly invite us to his house?"

"Zhu Zi, is your father-in-law going to give us a bonus? Haha."

"Get out of here! My dad doesn't manage the bonuses; that's my sister-in-law's job. What are you thinking!"

Zhao Dezhu had long since changed his address to call Yu Wen "Dad." In fact, he was just as confused as everyone else. He hadn't even taken off his apron when he came out of the kitchen, still carrying the aroma of braised fish.

Chen Hanzhou had no doubts at all. He followed everyone upstairs, his mind clear as day. He was anticipating what would happen after everyone found out the news, and how to deal with it!
At the mountain stream, Ju Wuying was instructing Yu Ziyan on the key points of martial arts practice when a sound suddenly came from the waist pouch placed to the side. She stopped her movements and listened carefully. After listening, she frowned slightly.

If the ranking was based on combat strength, she should have been notified. Since she wasn't called, the personnel must be being gathered based on other factors.

As far as she knew, those who were notified were the oldest among the elders of Tianma Island. None of the people who later moved to the mountain were not notified, including her!

"Master Ju, Grandpa suddenly called out to a lot of uncles and aunts, is something wrong?"

Although Yu Ziyan is only ten years old, she has matured a lot after being tempered by life in the apocalypse, especially in her ability to read people's expressions.

"I hope nothing bad happens." Tachibana Mai-Sakura didn't give a direct answer, but looked at the camp and said, "Pack up, let's go home."

The word "hope" says it all. Tachibana Mai Sakura knows something must have happened. The question now is how serious it is!

Tachibana Mai Sakura might overthink things, and so might the others, but none of them were as sensitive as her. In their view, it was perfectly normal for core members to hold meetings.

Liu Lingping sat in the corner of the restaurant, watching the core members leave one by one. A sense of panic rose in her heart. She knew a little more than others, but she only needed to use that little bit to deduce a great deal.

Soon, twenty people gathered at Yu Wen's residence!
At first, everyone was chatting and laughing, but gradually they sensed that something was wrong and fell silent.

"Dad, everyone's almost here. What's up?"

Zhao Dezhu couldn't hold back any longer and asked a question, his chin still bearing the soy sauce residue from tasting the fish soup.

"Xiaoshan hasn't arrived yet!"

Yu Wen said in a deep voice.

Everyone knew that Zhong Xiaoshan hadn't arrived yet, but they couldn't tell anyone that she was missing just one person. It seemed that this matter was a bit serious!
Could something have happened down the mountain?

According to their information, the leader is handling something in the village at the foot of the mountain...

"I'm coming."

A moment later, Zhong Xiaoshan hurriedly pushed open the half-closed door and entered the room, smiling apologetically as she said, "There was a bit of a problem with Lao Yang, so I went to coordinate it. I'm a little late."

The "old Yang" she was referring to was warehouse manager Yang Dongxin.

(End of this chapter)