Section 56 Extortion(1/2)
This residential building has been renovated by survivors. The ground floor entrance is filled with hundreds of walls that have been moved out of each room. They are messy and their only function is to block the zombies from moving forward. Several water pipes are cut by electric drills in the middle to make simple communicators linked to each floor. In an emergency, the guards downstairs only need to knock on the wall of the pipe and the people upstairs can hear it. However, the sound transmission effect is not only useful when it is dangerous, but usually as long as the voice is slightly louder, the people upstairs can hear it clearly.
Lu Tao stayed in the team for several months, and of course he knew these things. Although the bald man did not say it clearly, his lip shape and expression were full of strong warning.
Is there any danger?
Lu Tao's heart suddenly tightened, and he subconsciously held the knife in his hand. Seeing these actions, his bald eyebrows became more and more frowning. He shook his head desperately, raised his fingers to his lips, with his fingertips and eyes facing up at the same time. Although he did not speak, it showed an increasingly intense and dangerous element.
Obviously, he wanted Lu Tao to leave quickly.
The upstairs was very calm, no one spoke or footsteps. This indicated that the source of the danger was not the zombies blocked above the sixth floor, but from other aspects.
The survivors in this residential building are not sure how safe it is to form a team. The environment makes the ugliest part of human nature infinitely enlarge the ugliest part of human nature——Almost every hour, robbery, rape, deception and trickery are being staged in this building. If it weren't for a special purpose, no one would have left their room.
Reason told Lu Tao that he had to leave here immediately.
After being silent for about half a minute, he did not turn around and leave, but held the knife tightly and took steps into the building.
The bald man was a little anxious. He reached out and grabbed Lu Tao's arm, pulled it hard, and at the same time he stared at his eyes, bared his teeth, and his right hand was placed on his neck, making a throat-cutting action.
He still didn't make a sound, his teeth and his grinning lips tightly combined into a terrifying lip shape.
That is the word "death".
Short, heart-wrenching silence.
Countless thoughts flew through Lu Tao's mind.
There is no doubt that someone is waiting upstairs to deal with him. The safest and safest way is to leave immediately and then go to Su Hao’s camp to find someone to help.
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Without them, Lu Tao wouldn't know what the meaning of living?
He was worried that the things in the house would be messed up. The most fierce people in the team could do anything. Lu Tao had to save the last treasure in his life at all costs.
Leaving now and finding a helper to come back is undoubtedly the safest and safest way to do it.
However, those who knew they had been back were likely to burn everything in the house with a fire.
Lu Tao did not dare to take this risk. On the balance of life and belief, he had to choose the latter.
Lu Tao smiled and looked at the bald head with a hurry, patted the other person on the shoulder friendly, and walked up the stairs.
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The light in the corridor was very dark, Lu Tao was tense all over and slowly moving up step by step. Every time he walked up, a few shaking figures would appear in the corridor. They were holding various homemade weapons in their hands and surrounded them, looking at Lu Tao with a playful and cold look, and following him as he stepped on his footprints.
Lu Tao quickly walked to the door of his room. He saw a burly and strong man standing next to him, carrying a wooden stick with many nails at the top, with an evil smile on his face and a cold expression.
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People don’t know what Scorpion did before, they only know that he is very good at fighting, and no one in this building is his opponent. Many people are willing to go out with him. Gradually, there are many survivors gathered around Scorpion, most of them are strong men, and young women who are good-looking but have no ability to go out to find food.
Lu Tao never causes trouble. He stayed away from Scorpion and his group of people and had no holidays. Thinking of this, he felt a little confused and didn't understand why the other party had to set up such a special formation for him?
Lu Tao changed the knife in his right hand to his left hand, took out the key from his pants and prepared to open the door. When the key was inserted into the shrink hole, he turned his head and looked at the scorpion standing next to him, and found that the smile on the other person's face became more and more cold, and people on the corridor and stairs were also gathered around him.
After thinking about it, Lu Tao turned the key and opened the door. He did not rush in, but turned his body to give up enough space, and said calmly to the Scorpion: "Is there anything wrong?"
Scorpion was slightly surprised, obviously not expecting Lu Tao to take the initiative to talk to him. He looked at the other party and found that the young man did not show hostility, so he grinned without a smile, walked into the room, looked at it casually, and sat on the sofa. Several other people standing next to him rushed in, surrounding him like stars arching the moon.
Lu Tao was the last to enter the room. He silently observed the situation in the room, and various emergency thoughts flashed through his mind.
"College student, you have a good life!"
Scorpion picked up a backpack full of food, unzipped it, took out a bag of "Oreo" biscuits and tore it open, and stuffed it into his mouth without hesitation. While chewing, he said with a grim smile: "We brothers are almost starving, but you are well-fed and well-dressed here. Um! Let me see what good things are there?"
As he said that, he picked up his backpack and shook all the things inside. A few canned fish in black beans, a few packs of pickles, compressed biscuits and braised eggs, and some well-packaged ham sausages.
"...tsk tsk tsk!"
The greedy light flashed in the scorpion's eyes. He picked up the can that rolled down at his feet, grabbed another backpack, and smiled expectantly, very hideous: "Hehe! They are all bottled water, there are so many. College students, it seems that you are very diligent! You have made so many good things quietly. Look! So many are enough for us to eat for several days. Maybe we should have a dinner tonight or something."
Lu Tao kept observing the expression on everyone's face carefully.
He once again confirmed that he had no interest disputes with Scorpion and his group, nor had he ever had any conflicts. Especially the few words Scorpion said just now made his originally suffocated heart slightly lower.
"You're right. I shouldn't have occupied so much food by myself."
Lu Tao put down his backpack, walked to the closet, opened the cabinet door, took out a can of accumulated candy, and dragged out two bags of rice from under the edge of the bed. Finally, along with the few pieces of cured meat stuffed on the leeward on the balcony, he took out all the pieces of cured meat covered with a raincoat and placed them in front of everyone.
He is indeed very saving and diligent. As various foods gradually accumulate in the middle of the floor, people keep making surprise sounds. Some people suck in the air, some shake their heads and smack their lips, and some people have light in their eyes, eager to rush up and take advantage of themselves.
Finally, Lu Tao dragged out the basin with bread from under the bed, spread his hands, and said to Scorpion very sincerely: "These are all for everyone."
The scorpion narrowed his eyes and looked at him, and the nail stick in his right hand hit the palm of his left hand.
Lu Tao's performance was unexpected.
According to the original plan, Scorpion was ready to teach the young man a lesson and then snatch everything from the house.
He has done this kind of thing many times, and he has taken a fancy to the people who usually go out the most frequently and gain the most. Although there are many resources outside, there are zombies everywhere, which are far less safe than the building. Instead of working hard to find food outside, it is better to "hun" directly in the team. Especially when looking at the robbed people's panic and helpless expressions, the scorpion always feels particularly exciting.
Scorpion thought that Lu Tao would resist, struggle, and howl and fight with him———He could not be a match for him, and Scorpion planned to mess up Lu Tao, break his hands and feet, and then throw it down from the upstairs.
Many people in this building are not very obedient recently, and they have been given much less "promise" to themselves when they come out. Scorpions need to kill a few people to establish their authority, so that those guys with ulterior motives understand the true meaning of the word "rules". Let them know who has the final say in this building!
Lu Tao was very knowledgeable. He took the initiative to hand over all the food and had a sincere attitude.
This unscrupulous performance made the scorpion feel that it was not easy to deal with. It can be seen that the college students did not hide their own personalities. There was a tooth mark on the surface of the dough cake in the basin, which was obviously intended to keep it for the next meal before eating.
The scorpion touched his bare chin and his gloomy eyes circled Lu Tao.
The situation in front of me is somewhat different from what I expected.
Since the other party has handed over the things and has not resisted, it is definitely not in accordance with the rules to continue beating and killing people. Otherwise, others will feel cruel and avoid it.
Lu Tao walked to the bed, lifted the mattress and took out the treasured album, and hugged it tightly in his hand.
This action caught the scorpion's attention.
He was about to read the album and felt that it was not very meaningful, so he threw it to Lu Tao, half-intimidating and half-sarcastic: "I like to deal with smart people like you. It's very good. You understand the truth and are much better than those stubborn guys. Hahaha... It seems that your college is not in vain."
Lu Tao did not argue, but just stood aside lightly, looked coldly at the thugs who broke into the room and picked up the food, scrambling to get everything quickly, and left happily.
When the corridor calmed down again, Lu Tao walked out of the room. He locked the door as usual, carried a bag with a photo album, carried a weapon, and walked down the stairs silently.
The bald man was still guarding the door of the first floor. He looked at Lu Tao with pity, bent down and took out a nest made of cornmeal and soybeans from the cabinet next to him, and handed it over.
"Everyone said not to go up... But always hiding is not a solution. You have to come back sooner or later. Fortunately, you didn't fight with them, and the things were gone. The heroes don't suffer any loss at the moment. In fact, you can get food in many places outside, so you have to spend more time."
Lu Tao barely squeezed out a smile, took the steamed bun and took a bite. He had followed Wei Wenyuan since the morning, and there was nothing on the way back and forth. The scene that happened just now was very thrilling, and it was only now that he had relaxed his nerves and he really felt hungry.
The steamed buns are very hard, but they taste very delicious to Lu Tao, who is really hungry.
He chewed hard, asked with his head down, "How come Scorpion suddenly remembered to cause trouble for me?"
"He will cause trouble for everyone. It's just that time is sooner or later, in sequence."
The bald man looked around carefully, lowered his voice and said, "How did you mess with Li Jie? Don't you know that that woman is just a tantrum?"
"Li Jie?"
Lu Tao suddenly raised his head, his face full of shock.
"yes!"
The bald man continued, "She went to find Scorpion yesterday and said she was willing to sleep with her for a few nights for free, so she asked Scorpion to help break your legs or cut off her hands. Scorpion asked her why? She said she had slept with you, but you were so stingy that you didn't even want to give her a cookie. The people in this building knew very well what Li Jie was. Of course, Scorpion didn't believe this. She took off her pants and fucked her hard, and slapped her twice with her backhand."
"What happened later?"
Lu Tao asked expressionlessly. He knew that things were not that simple.
"This morning, Li Jie found Scorpion again. This time she changed the way she said it was that there was a lot of food in your room, enough for more than a dozen people to eat for five or six days. She was afraid that Scorpion would not believe it, so she beat her up like last time, so she just pointed her fingers and calculated it to Scorpion."
"Calculate?"
Lu Tao chewed the dry steamed buns and asked in confusion: "How to calculate?"
"Count the time you go out and return every day, and the number of times you still have."
The bald man smashed his mouth and his voice became deeper and deeper: "That woman is a crazy man. She has been staring at you secretly and recording all the times and time you went out in the past few weeks. She said that your frequency of going out is higher than anyone else, and you have to bring back at least two full backpacks each time. Scorpion has been trying to find someone to do surgery recently. After Li Jie said this, she naturally chose you. Fortunately, you are smart enough to hold those things to death. Otherwise... Scorpion will really kill people with a knife. Li Jie's woman is sexy and crazy, and Scorpion is not much better."
Lu Tao stuffed the last piece of steamed bun into his mouth and chewed it viciously. He shook off the debris from his hands, looked at the bald head, and said seriously: "I know there is a place..."
"You mean cigarettes and alcohol?"
The bald man quickly interrupted him, looked around worriedly, and whispered: "We will talk about this in a few days. It's not enough to get it back now. I don't want to..."
"No! I didn't mean that."
Lu Tao corrected the mistake in the bald words: "I know a team of survivors have many people. They have weapons, food and water, and their protection is very safe. Most importantly, they are very united and there are no rotten people like Scorpion."
The bald eyes lit up: "Really?"
Lu Tao nodded, pulled open his backpack, shook the album inside, and said, "If it weren't for this, I'd stayed there now. Let's go together! Being neighbors with a group of lunatics will sooner or later die at their hands."
The bald man hesitated, his face a little confused: "Let's leave now? It will be dark in a while, and there are zombies everywhere outside."
Lu Tao tied the straps of his backpack and said firmly: "It is not safe to stay overnight. The zombie only has teeth and claws, but the madman holds a knife in his hand."
The last sentence made the bald man think of the ruthlessness of the scorpion. He felt cold sweat appearing on his back and nodded subconsciously.
In a few minutes, the two of them moved out of the furniture blocking the entrance of the building and walked out of the green belt.
To be continued...