Rotting Land: Survive-Chapter 328 - 327: The Story of Squad 2 (Part 1)

Seeing that no one refuted further, Tang Xiaoquan secretly let out a long breath.

After all, his deduction was merely his subjective opinion, and there was still a voice in his subconscious telling him that people could change.

Similar events have occurred throughout human history, but no matter what, Tang Xiaoquan at this moment chose to trust Wei Dazhuang’s character, believing that the latter risked his life entering the gymnasium purely to rescue Lin Junfu and others.

After listening to Tang Xiaoquan’s analysis and observing the reactions of the remaining members of the third team, Xu Renjie had a preliminary understanding of Wei Dazhuang’s character.

Moreover, during today’s grain collection mission, he witnessed with his own eyes Wei Dazhuang’s fearless actions, such as stepping forward to save people at the most critical moment of the convoy, risking his life to block the "gunhole". His years of military intuition told him that this person was definitely not one who feared death, nor someone who would conspire with wolves or tigers for so-called comfort.

With his mind made up, Xu Renjie weighed everything before solemnly saying, "Just now everyone expressed their viewpoints. In my opinion, whether Wei Dazhuang is loyal or not, we need to have our own plan. If Wei Dazhuang is a mole, so much the better. If not, we must wait for the right opportunity and act."

"But Commander, in the current situation, it’s neither right to fight nor not to fight. How can we easily come up with a plan?" Faced with an impasse, soldier Li Xiaoxin’s hair was nearly turned into a mess from worry.

"For now, let’s follow Dai Sha’s suggestion and focus on stabilizing the situation at the gymnasium!!" Xu Renjie firmly gave the order.

"But, Commander, this way... sigh..."

"Enough! Stop looking so defeated, opportunities favor the prepared! Keep your spirits up. Remember, evil can never triumph over good. We will surely rescue Luo Yi and the people at the base!"

After finishing his words, Xu Renjie swept his sharp gaze over every soldier present. Just as he was about to announce the adjournment, Zhang Zhicai hurriedly ran out of the bedroom, "He’s awake, Commander, he’s awake!"

"Awake? How is he?"

"One is awake, the other still isn’t fully conscious. Overall, their condition is stable, just too weak. We gave him some water and food, and he’s much better," Zhang Zhicai truthfully replied.

"Can we communicate with him now?" Xu Renjie promptly asked, as he urgently wished to know what had happened to the second team.

"Well~" Zhang Youcai subtly glanced at the Commander’s eyes, immediately making a judgment, but based on medical doctrine, he truthfully answered, "You can communicate, but he just regained consciousness, so he might have issues with language organization and breathing."

"Alright," nodding subconsciously, Xu Renjie said, "As long as he can communicate, let’s go in and see."

Entering the bedroom, two survivors from the second team lay flat on the soft couch. One of them struggled but promptly sat up when he saw someone enter the room.

Witnessing this, Xu Renjie quickly stepped forward and supported the weak survivor, "Comrade, you’ve just recovered, your body is still weak, you should lie down and rest."

However, before Xu Renjie could do more, the sitting survivor firmly gripped his hand, "Commander Xu, I knew you would come to save us. Old Guo is dead! Old Ma is dead! Old Liu is dead too. Now only I, Yue Guishan, and Bi Dahu are left in the second team. This... this is all that damn Sang Biao’s doing! Commander Xu, you must get justice for us!"

Yue Guishan spoke more angrily and passionately, his eyes reddening as if they were about to shoot flames.

Noticing his heaving chest like turbulent waves, Xu Renjie hurriedly soothed him, "I understand, Comrade Yue Guishan, don’t get worked up. I already know about your issues. I came here to learn more about the details. Can you talk to me about it?" 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Sigh~" With a long sigh, Yue Guishan seemed to age by many years instantly, "Do you have a smoke?"

Old Zhao immediately took a Yuxi cigarette from his pocket and lit it for him. Yue Guishan took it with trembling hands, his words few but the action spoke volumes.

"Phew~" Taking a deep drag, the strong nicotine visibly brightened his despondent face. After several puffs, he finally spoke in a faint voice, "After leaving the base that day, I felt something was off. At that time, Sang Biao’s convoy surrounded us in the middle, leading us along."

"Damn! Brother, couldn’t you overtake them since they boxed you in?" Wang Qiang rolled his eyes, evidently unable to understand the actions of the second team.

Yue Guishan shook his head weakly, "Young friend, you’re not wrong, but given the situation at the time... we attempted to overtake them a few times, but Sang Biao deliberately boxed us in, leaving no room for escape. Besides, you should know the road conditions back then. For safety, we had no choice but to follow behind the lead vehicle."

"It happened three kilometers after a left turn out of the alley, the tail vehicle boxing us in suddenly accelerated, squeezing our car from the side. In the panic, we accidentally crashed into the roadside barrier."

"Old Guo was critically injured right then, but the rest of us - Old Ma, Old Liu, Dahu - were lucky enough to survive without much harm."

"Yet, before we could recover from our terror, Sang Biao’s group aggressively dragged us out of the vehicle!"

"Old Ma, with his fiery temper, spoke up against Sang Biao’s unreasonable actions. Unexpectedly, that bastard Sang Biao actually..."

Yue Guishan was choked by an unspeakable bitterness in his throat, inhaled sharply, and tremblingly stated: "Without any warning, he just stabbed Old Ma right in front of us!"

"A living person, just like that, got stabbed with a single blade..."

"Brute! No! He is worse than a beast!" Wang Qiang, ever hating evil, was enraged upon hearing Sang Biao’s vile deeds.

"And after that?" Tang Xiaoquan didn’t concern himself with the lives of those he had no connection with. Now, he only wanted to know how Yue Guishan and Bi Dahu survived while others perished.

"After that? Haha!" With a bitter laugh, Yue Guishan sighed heavily as if mocking himself, then with a serious face, met Tang Xiaoquan’s gaze...