Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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“Afraid?” Zhang Zhongmin finally set his sights on Yang Zicong who was kneeling on the ground: “Who is not afraid? Who is not afraid? You should ask everyone who went out today, who is not afraid!”
“As long as you obey the orders today, as long as you follow the arrangements, today’s tragedy will not happen!”
Zhang Zhongmin’s voice was cold and angry.
They were lucky. They got a truck soon after they went out and successfully got cotton from the cotton factory. Then they began to collect food. The people from the first team of the fifth shift and the first team of the sixth shift were responsible for guarding the door.
Who knows, Yang Zicong was jealous of those who could go in to collect food. He thought that they would definitely steal the food when they went in to collect food and might even secretly hide some food.
So he encouraged everyone to go in together, and he argued that it was useless to guard the door because there were no zombies.
Although they had a big meal last night, and they also had a full meal this morning. But everyone knew the feeling of hunger. After being encouraged by Yang Zicong, the first teams of Class 5 and Class 6 were moved. They secretly ran to a grocery store opposite and pried open the door.
Who knew that once the door was pried open, the zombies trapped inside would rush out.
It was obvious that these zombies were locked up inside, and there were quite a few of them, at least more than a dozen. A small group of people from Class 5 and 6 were so frightened that they instinctively ran away.
However, when they were frightened to the point that their legs went limp, the faster they wanted to run, the more my legs seemed to be out of control and they couldn’t move.
When Yang Zicong saw that he was about to be caught by a zombie, he grabbed a woman next to him and pushed her hard towards the zombie. Suddenly, there were screams that shook the earth.
Zhang Zhongmin, who was collecting supplies on the opposite side, heard it and hurried out.
He saw with his own eyes as Yang Zicong pushed his companions towards the zombies in order to escape from their mouths. He felt as if his head was bombarded and he was dizzy.
He gritted his teeth but still directed the killing of zombies and saving people.
After much difficulty, they rescued a small team from Class 5 and 6, but more than half of their members had been killed. Even Zhang Zhongmin couldn’t help but have tears in his eyes.
Yang Zicong cried very miserably. The school was full of students who had not experienced any major storms. Seeing and hearing Yang Zicong’s miserable cry and confession, they suddenly felt a little bit sorry for him.
Come to think of it, Yang Zicong may not have done it on purpose.
When the zombie pounced on him and tried to bite him, he might have been so scared that his mind went blank. His first reaction was then to throw things over to block the zombies, so it was very likely an irrational behavior.
He must have regretted it afterwards.
When Yang Zicong was crying miserably, many people couldn’t help but make excuses for him in their hearts.
“Do you regret it?” Zhang Zhongmin looked at Yang Zicong with his dark eyes.
Yang Zicong nodded quickly: “I regret it, I really regret it, squad leader, I am not a human being, I am really not a human being. I really didn’t expect that I would do such a thing!”
He slapped himself in the face as he spoke.
The sound rang crisply in this quiet playground.
“Squad leader, he knows he was wrong and he didn’t do it on purpose. Just forgive him this time.”
Someone in the crowd mustered up the courage to say this.
This sentence seemed to have turned on a switch, and some people actually felt that Zhang Zhongmin was really going too far. Looking at Yang Zicong kneeling on the ground, he looked so pitiful.
“Yes, squad leader, it was Yang Zicong’s first time going out, and he must have been scared when he saw those zombies. He was just panicked for a moment and didn’t think so much.”
This person seemed to know clearly why Yang Zicong did that at the time.
“He feels so guilty now, we should give him a chance.”
“That’s right, squad leader, give him a chance. Yang Zicong knows he’s wrong.”
The voices kept coming out and getting more and more intense.
Hearing everyone speaking for him, Yang Zicong, who had been crying miserably, suddenly had a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
However, Zhang Zhongmin turned his eyes away and looked at the noisy crowd: “Do you feel pity for him? Do you think he did it unintentionally? Then what about those who died? Weren’t the people who were pushed into the zombies’ mouths by him innocent?”
The sonorous and powerful voice made everyone fall into silence.
They didn’t know if it was because it was getting dark or because it was starting to get colder, but everyone shivered and felt a chill down their spine.
“Do you know what the first scene was when I saw them?” Zhang Zhongmin said with a sneer, “Yang Zicong grabbed a person with his left hand and threw him over. He found that he had successfully blocked the zombies and breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing another zombie rushing over from the right, he quickly took a few steps forward, dragged the person in front and threw him over. The smug and relieved smile on his face is still deeply imprinted in my mind.”
“He was not as panicked as you say, nor was he as scared as you say. He just had an expression as if he thought he was so smart and clever!”
Zhang Zhongmin looked at Yang Zicong, who was pale: “One life for one life, count how many people you threw over? When I came out to see, you threw three people over in a short time.”
He threw the dagger in front of Yang Zicong: “Since you regret it, then use your life to repay them. One life offsets several lives, so you also make a profit.”
As he said, he signalled the people around him to loosen the rope.
Looking at Zhang Zhongmin’s expressionless face, everyone who could see him couldn’t help but feel scared. Even if the people behind couldn’t see it, they could hear the cold voice and felt fear in their hearts.
It really needed to be done, at the cost of one’s life!
“No, no, no, squad leader, squad leader, I really know I was wrong, squad leader!” Yang Zicong was released from the rope, but when he saw the dagger on the ground, he couldn’t help but step back as if he had seen some ferocious beast.
He shook his head in panic, looking at Zhang Zhongmin who seemed more terrifying than a zombie.
“Do you know, in this doomsday, what is scary is not the zombies. It is the people with bad intentions!” Zhang Zhongmin said with a cold face: “In the face of disaster, as long as we work together, everything will be fine. We will definitely build our home, and one day the light will illuminate this dark land.”
“But, if everyone is like him, who push their companions away when they encounter danger.” Zhang Zhongmin looked around at everyone: “What greets us is only endless darkness!”
Yang Zicong, who was sitting limply on the ground, twisted his face, reached out and grabbed the dagger on the ground and rushed over: “I will kill you!!”
Zhang Zhongmin’s face turned cold, he then reached out and grabbed his hand holding the dagger and twisted it gently. He then grabbed Yang Zicong’s hand effortlessly.
“Ah!” Yang Zicong screamed in pain, sweating profusely. The hand holding the dagger loosened weakly.
The sound of the dagger falling to the ground was terrifying.
No one expected that Yang Zicong would actually want to kill Zhang Zhongmin.
The person who was speaking for Yang Zicong at the beginning suddenly swallowed his saliva. I regret it very much, even though rabbits will bite when they are cornered. But Yang Zicong is clearly not a rabbit.
The soldiers who were previously in Zhang Zhongmin’s class, now the squad leaders of each class, all felt a chill in their hearts.
People who were familiar with Zhang Zhongmin knew the reason why Zhang Zhongmin did not do it himself. He just wanted to give Yang Zicong a warning. But it was definitely impossible for this person to stay in school.
As long as he sincerely repented, Zhang Zhongmin would definitely not really take his life.
However, it now seemed that the repentance he expressed was not sincere at all. Zhang Zhongmin just threw a dagger over and broke his disguise mask.
“Sergeant, I suggest executing Yang Zicong. If we let him go, he will definitely look for an opportunity to take revenge.” Liu Guo’an said.
Execution…
“You can’t do this, you can’t! This is a modern society, a society ruled by law, how can you take human life so lightly!!” Upon hearing Liu Guo’an’s suggestion, Yang Zicong screamed.
“That’s right, so you deliberately killed several people. It’s enough to sentence you to death.” Xiao Bin said: “Class monitor, although this person is a human being, he doesn’t do what a human being should do. Even if he is not kept in the school and let go, he will definitely harm other compatriots in the future. I suggest execution.”
“Lu Xun, what do you think?” Zhang Zhongmin let go of Yang Zicong and was immediately held back by the people standing on the side to prevent him from causing trouble.
Lu Xun was stunned, and then a little nervous.
Even if he killed the zombies, even if he was smart and knew how to deal with them and even if the first team of Class 16 was well trained, but he was still a student, just an ordinary junior art student before the end of the world. He was very confused about Zhang Zhongmin’s question.
Was Yang Zicong wrong? Yes, indeed he was, and he was quite wrong. But should he really be executed? Lu Xun didn’t know, but it was just as Xiao Bin said.
This man had absolutely no remorse. If we really don’t kill him and let him go, he would just be waiting for an opportunity to take revenge is one thing, but there is a high possibility that other compatriots will be harmed.
Of course, it is also possible that you will be bitten by zombies and die outside, or become a zombie.
But don’t forget that it’s possible to become a superpower user.
“I don’t know.” Lu Xun pursed his lips tightly, his mind in a mess. In fact, he knew that killing Yang Zicong was undoubtedly the best choice.
But there was a saying that went, no one is perfect except saints and sages.
But what he didn’t know was whether he should give Yang Zicong a chance to reform himself? If he is given this opportunity, will he really change?
Zhang Zhongmin looked at Lu Xun and saw the confusion in his eyes.
“There is no way to send him to court and convict him through the country’s formal procedures right now. So let’s just have a vote,” Zhang Zhongmin said to everyone.
“Those who agree to kill him, stand on the left. Those who disagree to kill him but want him to be kicked out of the school, stand in the middle. Those who disagree to kill him and want him to stay, stand on the right.”
As soon as the words fell, everyone looked at each other.
After a while, people began to stand to the left. Then more and more.
However, there were many people standing in the middle. Many of them didn’t know how to choose, and some felt that killing Yang Zicong would be unbearable and unpleasant.
But no one moved to the right.
In the dim playground, human figures were floating. Some people wanted to go to the left, but they were hesitant and walked back and forth. Someone stood in the middle, motionless.
Yang Zicong looked at the people walking to the left with bloodshot eyes, and his teeth seemed almost broken.
Qiu Yinlan in the crowd was a little anxious.
But there was nothing she could do, she just stood on the left. Looking at the large group of people in the middle, you could see at a glance that there were many more of them than on the left, without having to count them.
She was a little worried, but besides herself, she also had those people who had a close relationship with the original owner. She couldn’t interfere with other things, so she couldn’t stop it.
She knew exactly what would happen next, but she couldn’t stop it. It was really frustrating.
“Have you all chosen?”
It seemed that everyone had chosen their seats and would not change them. Zhang Zhongmin asked. You don’t even need to count to know that there are more people in the middle than on the left.
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