His words stunned Wild Wolf a little.
When he looked at Meng Chao, his gaze became even stranger.
"Why?"
He asked with a frown. "If it's really as you said and everything is a scheme of the abnormal beasts, then the most important part of the scheme is to completely cut off all information.
"If anyone wants to send the true situation and intentions of Leprosy Village to the gangs, they will definitely be intercepted by the abnormal beasts. It's really dangerous.
"Are you sure you want to take this risk?"
"That's right. I'll definitely find Saber Jin Wanhao, who controls the gangs and gain his trust. I'm the only one who can do it!"
Meng Chao said quickly. "When the hunting squad entered the lair, they obtained the gangs' cooperation. The squad members' information and our appearances were shared with the gangs through the tactical data link. All the powerful fighters in the gangs, including Saber Jin Wanhao, know me and know that I represent the will of the secret police and the abnormal beast research department.
"Besides, the explosion in the Deification Capsule pharmacy might not have killed all the veteran hunters. If someone retreated while injured, there is a high chance that they retreated to the gangs.
"Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong and the other veteran hunters might be treating their injuries in the gangs. As long as we can find them, we will definitely be able to communicate with them and find a suitable place for all the villagers. Trust me!"
Wild Wolf thought about it for a long time.
"Why are you helping us?"
Wild Wolf looked at Meng Chao.
"I've heard of your story before, Meng Chao. Even though you're not from one of the nine great cultivation families, your miraculous rise to power over the past few years was due to the help from the mega corporations.
"Right now, you have the support of the Broken Star Club and Blue Home. You're also an off-staff member of the abnormal beast research department, and your company, Superstar, is developing really quickly. You're also connected to the model superhuman, Lu Siya, as well as Sky Pillar Corporation.
"With your status as the youngest Heaven Realm superhuman in Dragon City, you only need to nod slightly, and you will be part of the nine great cultivation families at any moment.
"If you're proud and don't want to submit to others, you will have the chance to create the tenth cultivation family with your bare hands.
"With just one sentence, you've already risen to power?
You can turn into a Crystalline Nine-headed Dragon at any moment, so why are you so concerned about the lives and deaths of Demonic Halberd Pigs? "
"Because?
Is it because of the Crystalline Nine-headed Dragon and the Demonic Halberd Pigs?
All of them are beasts?
I have no interest in being a beast, even if it's the smartest and strongest beast. "
Meng Chao did not avoid Wild Wolf's gaze.
Resolute and decisive?
"I'm a human, and I only want to be a human.
Can they all live like real people?
It's that simple! "
'A wild wolf's gaze?'
It was already as hard as an icicle.
Right now?
But Meng Chao's gaze became even more determined.
It was ruthlessly smashed.
He fell into deep thought again.
"Uncle Wolf?
Perhaps we can let Meng Chao try. "
At that moment, Su Mulian chimed in. "The one who went out to talk to the gangs just now was Big Sis Bai Shan. Since she's been bewitched by the monsters a long time ago, there's no way she would sincerely solve the problem.
"Maybe?
What about the gangs?
Was it also because the monster blocked the information?
He was even deceived by Big Sister Bai Shan?
They did not understand the situation in Leprosy Village at all, which was why they acted as if they were facing a great enemy.
"If we rush out recklessly like this, how many people will die when we get into a conflict with the gangs?
Even if some villagers manage to survive, once the war is over, how are we supposed to clean up the mess?
"You don't want Leprosy Village to be treated as the culprits of losing the pitched battle by the entire Dragon City, right?"
Su Mulian's words affected the balance in Wild Wolf's heart.
His gaze started to waver.
But suddenly, dense gunshots came from the periphery of Leprosy Village.
Everyone was stunned, and they quickly rushed in the direction of the gunshots.
On their way, they ran into quite a number of villagers who were injured and crying for their parents.
When they asked around, they learned that a group of villagers had been unable to withstand the flames and the poisonous fog around them. They wanted to escape from Leprosy Village and search for a way out.
In the end, they were forced back by the armed gangs stationed on the other side of the river of trash.
"Wait, who told you to rush out?"
Wild Wolf glared at him and grabbed the villager in the lead. He shouted angrily, "Even if you really want to charge out, you should move into formation under Wild Wolves' command and charge forward in an orderly manner. You're charging around like headless chickens. You're just a mob that's just asking for your own deaths!"
"W-Didn't you give the order, Wild Wolf?"
The villager stuttered. He was badly burned by the flames and had long since been scared out of his wits.
"What?"
Wild Wolf's gaze was so terrifying that he looked like he wanted to eat the villager in one bite. "Who told you that I gave the order? My orders were clearly for everyone to distribute their weapons and supplies first. Then, they were to split into groups of young adults and old and weak. They were to gather together and wait for the next step! "
"T-That's what everyone said," the villager said.
"Everyone heard that a really powerful monster appeared in Leprosy Village and spread a really terrifying mutated virus and Blood Flower spores. There's also something called the Deification Capsule. It can make humans go out of control and turn them into deformed monsters.
"In any case, Leprosy Village has already turned into a nest of monsters. We can't protect it anymore. The outside world is prepared to completely purify this place.
"Also, the old village chief and Ms. Mulian are dead. No one knows how they died, and no one can save us.
"Right now, the only way to survive is outside Leprosy Village. As long as we cross the river of trash, we'll have hope of surviving. That's why you gave the order for all the villagers to scatter and run.
"Nonsense! Scatter and run? Aside from creating chaos and destroying ourselves, there's no meaning to it!"
Wild Wolf dragged the villager in front of Su Mulian and gritted his teeth. "Open your eyes and see who this is!"
"M-Ms. Mulian?"
The villager was surprised and delighted. Then, he sank into deep puzzlement. "You're not dead …"
"It's very clear now. The abnormal beast and its claws are spreading rumors in Leprosy Village. I hope that you can scatter and run so that the chaos will spread to more places," Meng Chao said to Wild Wolf.
"You don't want the people who killed the old village chief to have their way, do you?"
Before his voice faded away, the gunshots ahead of them suddenly became more frequent.
The new gunshots seemed to have come from the river of trash, which meant that it was on the side of Leprosy Village.
The villagers looked at each other and quickly went forward.
They moved through the alleys that were as winding as a maze, and their field of vision became clear.
They arrived at the periphery of Leprosy Village and the river of trash that was filled with swamps.
Sparks could be seen on both sides of the river of trash. The gunshots were as deafening as firecrackers. Both sides were shooting at each other.
The task of the armed gang members was to lock down Leprosy Village completely and not let anyone come out.
Naturally, it was to use a dense chain of bullets to set off one wall of water after another on the river of garbage.
But the villagers believed that their home was burning behind them and about to turn into hell. The only way out was right in front of them, so they braved the rain of bullets and moved forward.
In the past, since the food and drinking water they needed to survive were in the hands of the gangs, they could only swallow their anger and quietly endure the exploitation from the outside world.
But now, the flames, poisonous fog, monsters, viruses, and terrifying mutated capsules had already pushed them to the point where they could no longer tolerate it. There was no need for them to continue tolerating it.
In this day and age, those who did not have a few weapons in their hands were not considered true Dragon Citizens.
The impoverished Leprosy Village might not even have two cans of earthworm meat on them.
But if they secretly took a few parts from the assembly lines of the illegal workshops and brought them home, they would have all the weapons and guns they needed.
The appearance of these guns was much cruder and uglier than the standard guns in Dragon City.
They might not be as sturdy and durable as the standard weapons.
But they had a lot of radioactive, polluted, corrosive, and poisonous raw materials added into them. Their lethality was not that much lower than the firing lines sweeping at them from the other side of the river.
Of course, for the time being, both sides still maintained their last shred of rationality.
They only used light guns to fire randomly at the other side of the river. The warning and intimidation were more than the real killing intent.
However, as the firepower from both sides grew denser and more accurate, they would definitely end up in a full-on war.
When Meng Chao and the others reached the river of trash, they heard someone shouting with a megaphone from the other side of the river. "In the name of the Survival Committee, a lot of monsters have appeared inside and outside Dragon City. The entire city is on high alert, and all the residential areas are to be fortified.
"Leprosy Village has also been designated as a highly dangerous warzone. Based on the Rules of War, all villagers must defend their posts and fight to the end. Those who leave their posts will be charged with desertion and will receive the harshest punishment!
"Did you hear me?! Go back! Hurry up and fight to the death! Wait for reinforcements!"
"Go to hell!"
Someone from the river of trash answered. "Since you know that Leprosy Village is a highly dangerous warzone, hurry up and let us leave! We're just civilians!
"The Survival Committee has never cared about us over the past few decades, so what right do they have to give us orders now?
"We've been defending Leprosy Village for decades! Decades! Where are the reinforcements? Where are the reinforcements?!
"If Leprosy Village is really a warzone, why aren't there any superhumans helping us? Are all the peerless fighters dead?
"With just us, how are we supposed to fight against these fierce monsters? By fighting to the end, are we supposed to use our flesh and blood to stuff the monsters to death?
"Even if there aren't any monsters, the flames alone are enough to burn all of Leprosy Village!"
As the curses from both sides of the river of trash grew louder, the anger on both sides continued rising.
The bullets were so dense that they clashed against each other in the air and created sparks.
And this spark was also very likely to completely ignite the methane that lingered above the river of garbage in the next second!
"The Survival Committee has already given the orders for the villagers to stay here and fight to the end?" Wild Wolf stared at Meng Chao with bloodshot eyes.
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