Rotting Land: Survive-Chapter 329 - 328: The Story of the Second Squad (Part 2)

"Afterwards, the three of us left were luckily thrown onto a vehicle, and they took us to a large supermarket."

"Then, Sang Biao ordered us to get off the car and told us to be his pathfinders, to go into the supermarket and attract the zombies."

"Damn! This bastard can really come up with things!" Wang Qiang interrupted again, and Tang Xiaoquan quickly nudged his spine from the side, quietly reminding him not to disrupt Yue Guishan’s thoughts.

Yue Guishan was clearly deeply immersed in his terrifying memories; not only did he ignore Wang Qiang’s interruption, but his already frightened face turned even paler.

As the topic delved deeper, the surrounding survivors also grew nervous from Yue Guishan’s thrilling recounting.

Everyone was silent, staring intently. Even Wang Qiang, who was earlier chattering and commenting intermittently, was struck mute in fear.

"There were more zombies in the supermarket than we expected. Instinctively, the three of us fled the supermarket and called for help toward Sang Biao and his group!"

"But those bastards just watched coldly from the car, and someone even started whistling to heckle."

"As for what happened later..."

Skipping those useless details, Yue Guishan seemed unwilling to recall that enormously terrifying experience again and directly gave the result: "Later, Old Liu was pounced on by zombies, and Sang Biao ’mercifully’ didn’t abandon me and Dahu, but... hehe!"

With an abrupt change in tone, Yue Guishan laughed self-mockingly twice: "I thought the nightmare was over, thinking that as long as Dahu and I didn’t speak out when we returned to the stadium, we’d be fine! But... hehe, Sang Biao and them didn’t return to the base but brought us here. His intention was to keep us alive, so we could serve as bait for the next mission. So you see, they didn’t kill us, hehe, didn’t kill us!!"

Repeatedly saying the same words in a somewhat deranged manner failed to evoke any response from Tang Xiaoquan, who maintained an indifferent expression and coolly asked, "So how did you survive during this time?"

"How did we survive? Hehe, do you really want to know?" A trace of bitterness flashed in Yue Guishan’s eyes.

"There, under the nightstand, is a jar. Retrieve it, but be careful."

Following his instructions, Tang Xiaoquan indeed found a plastic jar wedged beside the nightstand.

There was a straw placed on top of the jar, and from the bite marks on the straw, it seemed to have been ’abused’ by the user many times.

"This is what Sang Biao left for me and Dahu to survive on. Do you know what’s inside?"

Everyone looked at each other, and clearly, some had guessed, but due to the situation, they sensibly didn’t say it out loud.

"It’s urine, hehe, it’s all their damn urine! They collected urine and stuffed it under the nightstand, treating us like dogs. You don’t know, for us to stay alive, Dahu and I had to crawl on the ground like dogs and slink into the crevice to drink their urine!"

Yelling with hatred, although his body had just recovered, Yue Guishan still couldn’t control his emotions at this point.

Xu Renjie expressed understanding of this, and while doing so, he patted Yue Guishan’s shoulder, signaling him to calm down.

After about five minutes of silence, and after smoking three or four cigarettes in a row, Yue Guishan’s agitated state gradually calmed down.

"Right, Captain Xu, I wanted to ask you, how did you find me? Could it be..." Realizing a certain possibility, Yue Guishan grabbed Xu Renjie’s arm, and Old Xu could clearly feel the constant force exerted by his grip.

"Did you find out about Sang Biao’s atrocities and already..."

Everyone was silent; the soldiers looked at each other, and Xu Renjie dared not meet Yue Guishan’s eyes.

This understandable confusion on the survivors’ part is because, at this critical juncture, you can’t frankly tell someone like Yue Guishan, who has just survived a life-and-death ordeal: "Hey, brother, Sang Biao’s fine; we found you because the base was taken over and they gave us your intel."

So, taking responsibility for the other’s well-being, Xu Renjie rarely told a lie; he didn’t disclose the actual situation of the base to Yue Guishan, instead...

"Comrade Old Yue, Sang Biao and his group haven’t been dealt with yet, but after they returned, we conducted the relevant investigation, and during it, we found the key to this place, which eventually led us here. However, their verbal account is very different from yours, so once we return, you and Comrade Bi Dahu will need to directly accuse them."

Hearing this, Yue Guishan appeared somewhat anxious, as if he was worried that Xu Renjie didn’t believe his words, and immediately tightened his grip on the latter’s arm again: "Captain Xu, you must not believe those bastards, in the base... you can ask around... no, asking is pointless, no one will tell the truth. But, but I’m definitely telling the truth, you see, look at me, Dahu, we couldn’t possibly tie ourselves up to joke with you. I swear if you don’t believe it... No, you said you wanted me to directly accuse them, then let’s not wait, let’s go now!"

He made a motion to get up, and seeing this scene Xu Renjie became somewhat flustered; he never thought his earlier ’benevolent lie’ didn’t calm Yue Guishan but instead further agitated his nerves.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhicai quickly stepped forward to smooth things over: "Old Yue, we understand how you feel, but in your current condition, you’re not yet suitable to confront Sang Biao. Also, Bi Dahu is still not clear-headed, so until you’re fully recovered, I disagree with you going back now."

"But, Captain Xu, I..."

Gently easing Yue Guishan’s wrist down, Xu Renjie calmly concurred: "Old Yue, listen to Comrade Zhang. He’s our accompanying military doctor, and if he says you need rest, then you must rest. Of course, I understand your desire for vengeance for your fallen brothers. But as I said, to make a final judgment, you need to directly confront Sang Biao, and I believe there will be a fierce debate. Without a good physical condition, it would be hard to handle Sang Biao and his cronies. I think you wouldn’t want to miss the chance to accuse the culprit because of your health, would you?"

There was nothing more Yue Guishan could say at this point. With a soft sigh, he reluctantly acceded to Xu Renjie’s request. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Now, Comrade Zhang, I leave this to you; everyone else, let’s move out and give them some peace and quiet to rest!" With that, Xu Renjie beckoned the crowd gathered in the room to disperse, but just as he was about to stand, a pair of big hands suddenly grabbed his arm.

"Captain Xu! Old Guo, Old Liu, they died so miserably! You must severely punish those bastards!"

Seeing the tears shimmering in the eyes of the over-forty-year-old Yue Guishan, Xu Renjie clenched his fists tighter and spoke with rhythmic emphasis: "Rest assured! Those beasts will meet their deserved end!!"