Chapter 128 - 120: Dead Duck Stubbornness
Li Yu and Zhao Dapao sprinted toward that car from dozens of meters away.
Li Tie, who was only a dozen meters away from the vehicle, also rushed over.
The rear tire of the car was wrecked, and the front of the car had hit a road tree, causing smoke to start emerging from the front.
After the apocalypse arrived, without traffic police reminders, few people wore seat belts.
It seemed that the people inside the car had also not buckled up, and no airbags had deployed. The violent impact had tossed the occupants around violently.
The middle-aged man in the passenger seat slammed directly into the windshield due to the impact and was knocked unconscious.
The three people in the back seat were also in bad shape. One of the younger ones managed to push the car door, which creaked, but eventually, he got the door open.
Before he could walk out of the car, Li Tie had already approached.
A gun was aimed right at the young man's head.
"Hands on your head, kneel down on the ground," Li Tie shouted loudly.
The young man slightly lifted his head, saw the cold muzzle, and his body shuddered.
Trembling, he complied, moving slowly towards the outside of the car.
The other two in the back seat were also beginning to recover. One of them reached for a spear, about to make a move, but Li Tie's peripheral vision had been keeping watch inside the car.
"You two, get out, hands on your heads, hands!" Li Tie yelled.
At the same time, Li Yu and Zhao Dapao also ran to the car.
Instead of going to open the door, Li Yu took the butt of his gun and smashed the car window directly.
The sound of shattering glass...
The car window shattered, and Li Yu looked at the two people inside, feeling they seemed familiar.
"Get out!" said Li Yu.
After saying that, he looked at the middle-aged man in the passenger seat, who seemed to be unconscious, his head having hit the windshield and his forehead bleeding.
The two inside the car still didn't move, not knowing if they were confused from the crash or for some other reason.
At this moment, facing Li Yu and others' guns, they just sat in the car motionless.
They might have wanted to resist, but facing the threat of firearms, they felt powerless, scared, and even more worried that stepping out wouldn't bring any good outcome.
Li Yu's patience with enemies was always rather short.
Bang!
A gunshot rang out, hitting the arm of the man sitting by the window, who had just vaguely tried to reach for a weapon.
"Ah! My arm!" The man whose arm was shot turned pale instantly, the other hand pressing the wound, but blood still flowed out.
"One last time, get out," Li Yu said impatiently.
Finally, the two got out of the car.
"You, help the person in the passenger seat out," Li Yu directed the man sitting in the middle with his gun in a commanding tone.
Li Yu didn't want to go open it himself; better safe than sorry.
With the cover of the car door, it was best not to open it oneself, in case someone inside had a weapon hidden under the door. The moment he opened the door, it could allow an easy ambush at close range.
Under the threat of the gun, the man had no choice but to go and open the door.
The middle-aged man inside, whether truly unconscious or not, had been leaning on the window. As soon as the door opened, he slid straight out of the car.
He looked like he was indeed unconscious.
Until...
A dagger fell from the man's body. It hit the asphalt road.
Clang!
Li Yu looked at the dagger on the ground, watching the middle-aged man with interest.
"Stop pretending, who are you?" Li Yu looked at the three people in front of him.
Three people surrounded, squatting on the ground.
One sat directly on the wet ground, holding his arm, head bowed.
One person crouched slightly, supporting the middle-aged man who had just been pulled out of the car, eyes filled with fear.
The middle-aged man lay like a puddle of mud, blood from his forehead flowing down his cheeks, still motionless.
None of the three answered Li Yu's question.
Zhao Dapao, standing next to Li Yu, looked at the person assisting the middle-aged man out of the car, feeling more and more familiar.
"Brother Yu, this person, why does he look so familiar to me? What do you think?" Zhao Dapao pointed to the man and said to Li Yu beside him.
Li Yu also felt that this person looked familiar, but couldn't remember where he had seen him.
The person on the ground became even more nervous after hearing Zhao Dapao's words and quickly lowered his head further.
Li Tie, however, seemed to remember something at this moment and said, "We saw him in the driving school in the County, with Hao's gang."
"Raise your head!" Zhao Dapao pressed the gun directly against the man's head and ordered.
The man lifted his head, and Li Yu instantly remembered. As Tiezi said, he does indeed seem to be one of Hao's gang members in the County.
Back then, there were many in that gang. Although most of them were killed, a few escaped by climbing over the wall.
So, who is this middle-aged man?
Knowing how to track, able to deduce Li Yu and their driving direction from mere traces. He's no ordinary person!
Li Yu observed the middle-aged man, who lay on the ground, but it was still apparent that the man was robust, with thick fingers, broad shoulders, and slightly bulging muscles, all indicating his extraordinary nature.
Seeing that the middle-aged man still didn't react, Li Yu stepped back a few paces and shouted at the man again, "I know you're awake. Speak now, or I'll shoot."
The middle-aged man's eyes opened, his dark pupils filled with calm.
"Shoot then. Whatever you ask, I know nothing," the middle-aged man said, looking at the gun barrel, not tense but sitting up from the ground.
Seeing his reaction, Li Yu didn't press further.
Given the situation, he knows there's no use asking as they aren't afraid of death. Better to start with the other two men.
He then said to the two next to him, "You speak!"
Both men remained silent.
Li Yu was curious inwardly; are they all so tough? Not afraid of death?
The person squatting next to the middle-aged man, having heard what he said earlier, also seemed less nervous.
Facing Li Yu and the others, he said, "Even if we told you, you'd kill us anyway. You're all murderers! Originally, Hao and his gang were killed by you!"
Li Tie, annoyed, responded, "You guys lured the zombies over with speakers first, and you blame us for killing you?"
Li Yu signaled Zhao Dapao to take the man aside for interrogation, believing that Dapao could find a way to extract some answers.
Dapao and Li Tie moved forward, dragging the man towards a nearby grove.
Soon, heart-wrenching screams were heard from that direction.
When they left, there were three people. When they returned,
only Li Tie and Zhao Dapao.
The middle-aged man squatting on the ground twitched slightly at the corners of his eyes upon hearing the screams, while the person holding his arm started to tremble all over.