[Martial Arts] Infinite Chamber Game

"can."

Chu Liuxiang said: "We have a truck, two buses, and three small cars, enough to take everyone away."

There was another silence. Everyone bowed their heads, and a few people were still wiping tears. In the desperate silence, a few sobs seemed so loud.

A day ago, these cars would not be able to take everyone away.

Chu Liuxiang placed a bunch of keys on the table. Each key had a rope hanging on it. Each rope was different. Some were tied with randomly torn strips of cloth, while others were colorful ropes like telephone coils.

"Zhao Jiang and Su Xiaoliang who drove before, and..." He took a breath: "Who among you can drive? Come and get the keys. Here is the key to the warehouse. Xiaobai will go to open the warehouse later. Try to bring as much water as possible. Go back to your own homes and prepare. Don't bring too much luggage. We will leave tonight."

"Brother Chu." Bai Xiaobai said, "Leaving tonight? Isn't that a bit too hasty?"

She bit her lip and said, "What about those...infected people?"

After a whole night and a whole morning of fighting, almost two-thirds of the people were killed. Some died on the spot without even a chance to mutate. Some mutated quickly and were shot in the head by their companions. Of course, there were also many people who thought they had survived by chance, only to be found in the post-war inspection to have teeth marks on their bodies and missing pieces of flesh. There were about a dozen people in total, and all have been quarantined.

Chu Liuxiang's eyes darkened: "Let's do what we have to do. We don't have time to take care of them anymore."

This was cruel, but it was the absolute truth. No one knew when the third wave of zombies would arrive, and the doors on both the north and south sides of the community were completely damaged. If another wave came, none of them would survive.

Bai Xiaobai's face suddenly turned gray.

Someone in the crowd whispered, "Are you not going to collect the bodies?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "That will take too much time. If anyone still has enough energy, feel free to go collect the bodies. But I suggest you take a nap, as the journey may not be safe."

He cast his gaze upon the crowd again: "So, south or north?"

It was very strange. This was clearly a major decision that would determine everyone's future, but no one expressed an opinion. There was a silence for a while, and Chu Liuxiang could only call out names one by one. The people whose names were called either kept silent, pretended not to hear, or sneered in an extremely indifferent tone, saying, "You are the boss, you have the final say."

Chu Liuxiang said: "I am not from this world, so..."

"So our lives are not important to you at all!" Xiao Wu looked at him with red eyes: "You took us in and took us with you on the way to escape. It's your kindness. Without you, we would all die! So we should be grateful, we should be thankful! Wherever you say to go, of course we have to follow. Do you have anything else to ask? Brother Chu?"

After saying that, he walked up and took a key from the table, then walked out with big strides, followed by seven or eight people.

Chu Liuxiang watched them walk out, his expression unchanged: "You all think so?"

A girl who looked about 16 or 17 raised her hand and said, "I want to go to the south. If you go north, the place you are referring to is the Greater Khingan Range. It's minus 40 to 50 degrees Celsius in winter. It's too cold. I'm afraid of the cold."

Chu Liuxiang nodded: "Okay, then let's go south to the island. Does anyone have any other suggestions? If not, you can go back and rest, and wait until the hour of Xu... 7pm, we will set off on time."

People slowly dispersed. Some of them took the keys on the table as they left, and did not forget to give Chu Liuxiang a flattering smile. Guan Minghui was still the last one to leave. She had already taken a step forward, but suddenly turned back.

She said coldly: "If it weren't for Sister Lin protecting me all the time, I would definitely be dead now, do you know that?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "I know."

Guan Minghui's eyes were full of bloodshot: "I should be the first person you met here, right? You saved me from the zombies with your own hands. You were also my first clinical patient. At that time, you were ambushed and hit by six bullets. I tried my best to save you. I even killed someone for you! We have been through so much together. I thought I was special in your heart..."

She shed tears, then wiped them away angrily, laughing at herself: "Yes, I was lazy during training, but I was not idle either. Those professional books and clinical records in my room, you can just flip a page and give me a question. If I miss a word, you can twist my head off! Why do you think I do all this? I just think that I can be useful to you and you can save me at the critical moment, but what about you?"

"If I really died last night, would you still be like you are now, talking about future arrangements so coldly without shedding a single tear?"

Chu Liuxiang was speechless.

He was the man who knew how to please girls the most, and he could have explained the matter clearly in a few words. He could have told her his difficulties and hardships, and he could have assured her that she would not die, and that even if he had not made any arrangements, Lin Shiyin and Shen Bijun would protect her.

But when Chu Liuxiang looked at Guan Minghui's tearful face, he couldn't utter a word. He just felt like something hard was stuck in his throat and he couldn't swallow it.

In the end, there was no one left by his side.

It's not that he hadn't thought about this outcome. As a leader, he had to accept it and adapt to it!

He didn't have much to pack, so after a short rest, he went to his teammates. Lin Shiyin and Shen Bijun were busy. They were going to move, and there were too many things to arrange. What should be taken, what must be discarded, who should take which car, what role should be played in the team, and comforting those who were hurt, etc. These things were troublesome and trivial to deal with. Fortunately, both of them had some experience and enough patience. Chu Liuxiang, who should be the busiest, was idle, but not too idle. He was coaxing Xiaoyun.

The child was supposed to be named Long Xiaoyun, but Lin Shiyin deliberately concealed the child's surname, so everyone assumed that the child's surname was Lin. The name Xiaoyun was also given carelessly. When she was walking with the child, Guan Minghui asked casually, and it happened that a cloud covered their heads, so Lin Shiyin said, "Let's call him Xiaoyun." Xiaoyun was not shy and was very attached to Chu Liuxiang. Maybe it was because Chu Liuxiang always held him and talked to him? Anyway, Xiaohui said that if you talk to the child more at this time, the child will learn to speak faster and be smarter.

There was no one around, and the little guy was playing happily in his arms. Chu Liuxiang shook a small maraca in front of him, but he grabbed it and threw it away in disgust. Perhaps even a child was wondering why the person who always hugged him and chattered incessantly suddenly became so silent?
Xiao Yun babbled a series of protests, frowning like a little adult. Chu Liuxiang smiled and tapped his little nose: "Even you think I'm too ruthless, don't you?"

The baby certainly didn't know much, but he was very sensitive to people's emotions. After Chu Liuxiang finished speaking, he frowned and burst into tears, sobbing loudly. Chu Liuxiang quickly stood him up and patted his back gently. As he patted, a tear sank into his clothes.

The collapse of mental defenses often only takes a moment.

Chu Liuxiang was not a person who cried easily, but this time, he cried inconsolably while holding a little baby.

He hid his weakness behind the crying of a baby.

So many people died, and his heart ached like a knife. He tortured himself countless times, asking himself whether his decision was correct, whether the people who died had sacrificed their lives in vain, and whether he had a better way.

Enough lessons have told him that a qualified leader must show a strong iron fist, must not hesitate for a moment when it comes to making a decision, and must not show the slightest weakness when it comes to making a choice. Otherwise, once he loses his prestige as a leader, the consequence will be a pile of bloody corpses!

But those decisions and choices are so painful.

The tightly closed door was opened at some point, and Lin Shiyin stood there woodenly for a while before she took out a pack of tissues, took out a piece and handed it over.

"We should go."

At 6:40, the vehicles were ready and everyone was ready to go.

Xiaoyun was taken over by Lin Shiyin.

She had a soft heart and her eyes were red. It was obvious that she had cried countless times. Even her voice was heavily nasal: "I should have thought of it earlier. You are definitely not a cold and heartless person. They all misunderstood you."

Chu Liuxiang buried his face in the paper: "They didn't misunderstand me. What I did was cold and ruthless."

"But you have no other choice. None of us have any other choice." Lin Shiyin sat beside him and comforted him softly, "You have done very well. Although they may be resentful for a while, they will understand you as time goes by."

"I'm not sad about this." Chu Liuxiang said hoarsely: "I just..."

...They had lost so many companions with whom they had lived day and night, and they couldn't even collect their bodies. Thinking of this, the two of them hugged each other and cried.

"Sister Lin, Sister Lin..." Someone knocked on the window outside: "Everyone is ready, is it time to go?"

Lin Shiyin was startled by the voice. She quickly pulled herself out of Chu Liuxiang's arms and wiped her face hastily: "Okay, I really have to go this time."

At 7:10, the vehicle started.

The large truck leads the way, followed by the small car, and two buses follow at the end. With this arrangement, even if they encounter a group of zombies, they can run over them and the following cars will not fall behind. It just tests the driver's driving skills. Fortunately, the people who hold the keys have good skills.

Chu Liuxiang sat in the passenger seat of the truck. The driver was a well-tested man, and the people sitting in the car were all capable people. The elderly, the weak, and pregnant women naturally took the bus, which to a certain extent made it convenient for people to get off the car at any time to clean up the zombies.

The vehicle started slowly. The road to the north gate had been completely cleared. The bodies of the companions were lined up on both sides of the road, as if to see them off.

It was completely dark, and the headlights illuminated the dark road, driving out of the home where they had lived for most of the year.

The vegetable garden has grown to a certain size, with lush green vegetables. Next to it is the chicken coop, and the few pheasants that were brought back have now bred a lot. The meat that we were reluctant to eat at the beginning can only be thrown away now.

"Don't go, don't go! Don't leave me alone, I'm scared! Please!" In a trance, someone was chasing after the convoy. In the rearview mirror, there was a face full of despair.

Someone immediately recognized her. This was the person who was bitten, a girl in her twenties. All the infected people were locked up on the second floor of Building K. They were basically all mutated. No one knew how she mutated so late, and how she escaped.

It is conceivable that everyone has left, and I will be left here alone, heading towards death alone.

How desperate is this?
Chu Liuxiang sighed and said, "You guys go first, I'll catch up with you later."

After saying that, he jumped out of the car.

(End of this chapter)