Chapter 142 - 134: Li Yu’s Decision
Blue sky, white clouds, a gentle breeze blowing slowly.
On the other side...
In the middle of the road, below the steep cliffs.
Several cars were parked haphazardly, some emitting smoke, others stuck on the edge of the road, and even one car overturned.
The car windows were stained with bright red blood, and there were some noticeable bullet holes on the car bodies.
On the ground lay more than a dozen bodies, with fresh blood still flowing, forming small pools of blood.
All this seemed to tell of the slaughter that had just happened!
Li Yu looked at the corpses on the ground, while Yang Tianlong and others had already started checking and counting the bodies below.
Li Yu and his people slid down from the cliff, which wasn't very high, making it easy for them to descend.
"Xiao Yu, there's still one alive over here!" Just as Li Yu got down, he heard Yang Tianlong shouting from nearby.
Everyone hurried over and upon getting closer, they realized it was Brother Mao. It was unclear whether it was his luck or the choice of his position that had saved him. He lay underneath the car completely unharmed.
Upon being discovered by Yang Tianlong, a sheepish expression appeared on Brother Mao's face. Li Yu waved his hand to signal him to come out, while the others like Li Tie and Li Hang continued to search for any others still alive, to perform the mercy killing!
Mercy killing was something Li Yu had emphasized everyone pay attention to ever since dealing with Brother Hao. At this moment, Li Tie and others put away their guns and took up spears, going around to mercy kill one by one.
Brother Mao crawled out from under the car, first looking desperate, then angry, and finally, as if accepting his fate, he cracked a smile and said, "Uh, this, I, you, is this perhaps a misunderstanding?"
Li Yu saw several expressions flicker across Brother Mao's face in a short time, but his mind was unoccupied with thoughts, nor did he have any intention to respond.
The reason he hadn't killed Brother Mao yet was because Li Yu wanted to extract some information about the Salvation Army from him.
Li Yu had never liked being sought out by others. If anyone posed a threat to him, he would always find a way to eliminate any potential threats.
Just as he was about to ask, he saw Zhao Dapao and others about ten meters away; Zhao Dapao was carrying a woman, with a circle of women rushing over.
So they approached, and Li Tie also saw Dapao and his group, approaching as well.
"Brother Yu, Song Min is injured. Just now a guy, a martial artist, attacked and Song Min took three stabs to stop him. Her condition is quite critical now. If not for her, that Salvation Army member might have escaped," Zhao Dapao ran up to Li Yu, barely catching his breath before quickly briefing him on the situation.
Upon hearing this, Li Yu felt a mixture of emotions. He had previously stated to not let any member of the Salvation Army go. Song Min had taken such a risk, getting injured to stop this Salvation Army member.
Li Yu asked Li Tie, who was joining the group, to fetch the first aid kit from the car. They gently laid Song Min down on the ground, and Xiao Hang stepped forward to help treat the wounds.
Seeing the fairly deep wounds on Song Min, Li Yu seemed to have made a decision.
Turning back, he saw the women surrounding Song Min. Li Yu had seen these women before. Although they were all women, being able to survive in this cannibalistic apocalypse till now proved a lot. A long time ago, Li Yu had also seen them fighting against zombies, indeed not weak.
Women are no less valiant than men.
These women now looked at Song Min with concerned expressions.
Beside them was Teacher Liu, along with two female students. At this moment, seeing the bodies all around, they were somewhat shocked, but they quickly recovered. This wasn't their first time seeing Li Yu and the others kill.
After looking around, Li Hang and Yang Tianlong came over and said to Li Yu, "We just counted the people, everyone is here, including the man by the forest near the farmland, he's also dead. Now except for Brother Mao, everyone else is dead."
Having said that, Yang Tianlong glanced at Brother Mao, his face fierce.
Just then, as Xiao Lazi was treating a wound, he said, "The bandaging is done, but this is just a temporary fix. The wound is too deep and still bleeding. We must find a better place for professional treatment."
Hearing this, Li Yu had Li Hang and the others bring the cars that the Salvation Army drove. After checking, they only found two cars that were still usable.
"Dapao, Tiezi, Gangzi, Xiao Hang, you guys clean up this place a bit, move the bodies elsewhere, clean up the battlefield."
Then, he turned back to Yang Tianlong and Xiao Lazi and said: "Let's go back first, let's bring Song Min back and save her!"
After saying this, seeing the young girls next to Song Min, his eyes sharp and without even a hint of emotion in his voice, he slowly said, "You, come along."
Hearing this, whether it was this group of young girls, or Song Qi and Teacher Liu and others, their hearts leapt with endless joy. From these few interactions, they clearly understood what kind of existence the organization led by Li Yu was.
Powerful and fiercely domineering, yet with a glimmer of humanity, they had helped them many times before.
Thus, Song Min and the others were very eager to join Li Yu and his group, especially Song Min's brother, Song Qi, who practically idolized Li Yu. But there had never been a chance to say it.
Now that Li Yu had invited them to their base, even though he hadn't directly said to join them, it was nearly implied. Otherwise, he wouldn't have invited them over.
Soon, Yang Tianlong and Li Hang brought the two cars over, but the two cars weren't big enough to fit too many people. Song Min's group had a total of 10 sisters, plus Teacher Liu and two female students, and also Song Qi. A total of 14 people.
At the scene, Li Yu, Yang Tianlong, and Li Hang could all drive, but fitting so many people would be somewhat cramped.
Before Li Yu could speak, the chubby girl who often followed Song Min around, no, she wasn't chubby anymore, took the initiative to say, "I'll stay, help clean up the battlefield here."
Teacher Liu looked at Song Min and raised her hand indicating she would also stay. Afterwards, a few more girls said they would stay and help clean up here as well, though they were also very concerned about Song Min's safety, it was clear they couldn't do much now.
Their only hope was that the base where Li Yu was, the base they had never been to before, might have a medical room that could deal with Song Min's wounds more professionally.
Li Yu was somewhat surprised, looking at the serious expression on these women's faces, and finally nodded in agreement.
In the end, Teacher Liu and four girls stayed behind, helping to clean up the scene, while everyone else got into the cars.
There were three cars in total, Li Yu and Xiao Lazi in one car, then Song Min in another car, sitting next to Song Qi and another young girl.
Another car was driven by Yang Tianlong, carrying several women. Lastly, one girl who could also drive took the remaining people.
Song Min's situation was somewhat critical; with saving a life as the primary goal, Li Yu and Li Tie exchanged a few words, then led everyone, driving towards the direction of the base.
The base wasn't too far from the county, just a few dozen kilometers, and under driving conditions, it would take about twenty minutes to arrive.
However, the area where Li Yu was located was originally hilly terrain in the Southern mountains, with numerous forests.
Although Li Yu's place was not far from the national highway, they still had to enter from the national highway onto a small village road, then pass through a hidden trail to reach the base.
If one were just passing by the national highway, it would be hard to notice this small village road, and even if you saw this village road, it would be hard to notice that behind hundreds of meters of the village road, there was an even less noticeable small path.