Chapter 104 - 96: A Knife to the Throat (Request for First Subscription)
At Yugu Platform, it was surrounded by a circle of iron railings with barbs on top, but the entire railing wall was not very high, less than 2 meters.
Li Yu and his group were facing a lawn, and behind the lawn, there were about a dozen houses, not far from the iron railings. However, it would definitely be noticed if someone tried to climb directly over the railing because the lawn was right in front with not much to obstruct the view.
Li Yu took out a telescope and aimed it at Yugu Platform to start observing:
There were a few people on the lawn tilling the land, seemingly preparing to plant something. Suddenly, three people came out of the largest house.
The person facing them was dressed like an old farmer, with a dark face and a slight smile, but whether it was due to the shape of the face or the mouth, it always gave off a deceptive vibe.
Behind this middle-aged man resembling an old farmer, there were two men with a strong societal aura following him.
Li Yu gestured for the steady man to come over, handed him the telescope, and asked, "Is Zhang Lao Da the one with the dark complexion, right beside that railing?"
The steady man took the telescope, carefully looked through it, and said, "Yes, that's him. The two behind him are his sworn brothers."
Li Yu asked, "Yesterday you mentioned that in addition to Big Gold Teeth going to Xiang County, there were others; do you remember all of them?"
The steady man hesitated but finally nodded and said, "I remember; they're mainly people who used to work under Zhang Lao Da."
Li Yu saw his hesitation but did not ask further, preferring to mistakenly kill rather than let anyone go.
In a post-apocalyptic world, there's no distinction between good and bad people; for someone like him, he would rather be the villain himself than let others play the role of the villain.
Then he observed their defenses again. There were two gates, one in the east and one in the west. The eastern side had a big gate guarded by four people who were just holding spears, no firearms. The West Gate had a small gate with two people guarding it.
After checking the time and seeing it was 10 o'clock, he asked, "What do you guys usually do for lunch?"
The steady man replied, "They eat separately from us. Zhang Lao Da has his own chef cook for them. We distribute some of the resources we find based on contributions. Some people who don't contribute get nothing to eat... Some exchange goods, some trade with their bodies, some use items from before the apocalypse..."
Li Yu nodded, then told everyone to eat something first as he planned to launch an attack during Zhang Lao Da's lunchtime!
No one objected, so they began eating the portable food they brought.
After resting for half an hour following the meal, Li Yu and his group went downstairs to leave.
This time they also took a car previously used by Big Gold Teeth's group; Li Yu was sitting inside the car. According to the plan, they intended to enter from the smaller door on the west side, but even there, there was a security booth, and those two defenders were always inside.
Li Yu untied the steady man and the young man, then had the steady man drive, with the young man sitting in the passenger seat, Li Yu, and Zhao Dapao in the back.
As the car got closer, Li Yu's heart grew calmer. After thinking, he took out two cigarettes from the trunk.
The car stopped in front of the West Gate's rolling gate, but even when they reached the main gate, the people inside the security booth seemed unaware of their arrival, still not coming out, which puzzled Li Yu. Could it be that there's no one inside?
Li Yu glanced at the steady man; the steady man turned back, saw the warning in Li Yu's eyes, felt the hard object on his back, and his heart trembled.
Then, he rolled down the window and shouted towards the security booth, "Brother Xie, Brother Wang, we're back. Please open the gate."
After a while, a person slowly came out from the security booth, holding a bottle of beer in his hand, drinking while walking out.
Seeing the steady man at the front of the car, he said discontentedly, "Why are you back first? Where are Gold bro and the others?"
The steady man replied, "Gold bro, he's found something interesting over there, you know, just like it was in Xiang County, totally engrossed... Then he asked me to bring back the supplies first."
The man's mood soured at these words, and he complained unhappily, "Damn! Such good luck, if I had known, I would've gone with them..."
Then he took a look at the steady man, his eyeballs rolling a bit, and a look of arrogance appeared on his face, saying, "You've been out before, you know the rules, right?"
The steady man then shook the two packs of cigarettes that Li Yu had just given him from the car window, saying, "Understood, understood, these are a little extra from me for you. Later, you can check out the stuff in the back of the car, but don't make it too obvious, Gold bro and the others have already checked it."
The man coming out of the security booth, seeing the two packs of cigarettes, his eyes lit up instantly. He was a heavy smoker already out of stock, and now seeing the two packs, he immediately got excited.
So he hurried over, took out his keys, and opened the large iron gate.
Seeing this, the steady man promptly drove the car inside. Li Yu and Zhao Dapao exchanged glances inside the car; they were ready.
The car had just stopped when the man from the security booth, unable to wait any longer, ran to the side of the car, then immediately tried to grab those two packs of cigarettes; he had been craving them for a long time.
Originally, Li Yu and the others were pondering how to get the security booth man to come out, preferably closer to the car. They hadn't expected that two packs of cigarettes would draw him over.
As soon as the man stood in front of the car, the steady man handed him the two packs of cigarettes.
At the same moment, Li Yu and Zhao Dapao opened the car doors and jumped out.
Li Yu got out of the car and walked towards the man, a distance of less than 2 meters.
The man had just gotten the cigarettes and was about to open the packet when he heard the car door and looked up, seeing Li Yu's friendly smile as he approached.
"Who... is he?" Before he could finish asking, Li Yu precisely stabbed him in the neck.
"Gurgle gurgle..."
Blood instantly started spurting from the man's neck, and he stared at Li Yu in horror, not having time to react before Li Yu finished him off.
Li Yu covered his mouth, preventing him from making any sound, and then slowly laid his body down on the ground.
Meanwhile, Zhao Dapao had already run towards the security booth after exiting through the right side door.
The door to the security booth was open, and inside a chubby man was feasting at a table. Hearing footsteps, he didn't look up and said, "Old Wang, you better not shortchange me."
Silently, receiving no response, the chubby man looked up, just as Zhao Dapao was already behind him. Taking advantage of the moment he looked up, Zhao Dapao plunged the knife into his neck and firmly covered the chubby man's mouth, preventing any sound.
The chubby man hadn't regained his senses and soon went silent.
Outside the security booth, the steady man and a young man watched as Li Yu resolutely and decisively dealt with the guard, Old Xie, feeling a bit of chill on their scalps.