Chapter 14 - 14: Too Brutal

November 22, sunny, no wind, stiflingly hot. The continuous nights of darkness, abruptly ended. It seems to have returned to the normal cycle of day and night, but unusually, the sun was intense, with temperatures reaching 36 degrees. Finally, the sun is out, Li Yu felt relieved. With no sun for so many days and the electric fence operating 24 hours, the previously stored electricity was significantly consumed. Looking at the late rice bent under the weight of the rice ears, Li Yu was considering whether to harvest it in the next two days. Before Li Yu could speak, Grandpa came over to discuss this matter. The sun has just come out, and heavy rain is due in a few days, better hurry and harvest it, and take advantage of these three days to dry the rice, so it won't mold when stored. No sooner said than done. Apart from those on duty, everyone went down to the fields to harvest. Harvesting rice, threshing grains, binding rice stalks, with the effort of over twenty people, less than three hours were needed to harvest 4 acres. In the afternoon, the harvested rice grains were spread out on the constructed cement road. The sun is out for these three days, and the temperature is quite high. Judging from the situation, it seems possible to dry it before the storm hits on the 25th. Everyone was initially very fearful of the apocalypse, but after overcoming the fear, and recently not encountering any dangers, with food and clothing secured, they felt it wasn't much different from before and the apocalypse didn't seem so terrifying. But what they didn't know was! Without this wall, without these ample foods, without this safe base, could they still live so comfortably? Since early November, with the reversal of day and night and changing temperatures, the Government advocated staying indoors and completely closed traffic a few days ago. Within twenty days, supermarkets, delivery services, convenience stores gradually shut down, those in rural areas were better off with more food at home, but in the cities, people had already started to starve! Before being reborn, Li Yu had just managed to stockpile some supplies, otherwise, he too would have struggled to survive the initial days of the apocalypse. November 24, Li Yu, accompanied by Li Hang, Second Uncle, and Uncle Lai, left the base to check on the situation in the village. Looking around, there were hardly any pedestrians on the road. Occasionally, they could see two zombies wandering aimlessly. Seeing this, everyone's mood worsened. To avoid any accidents, after surveying the surroundings, Li Yu drove everyone back to the base. However, on the way back, they didn't notice that a few figures were following them... The car arrived at the gate; today's duty was Uncle. Seeing that it was Li Yu coming out of the car, he hurried down to unlock and push the gate. One person pushing the gate, could only push one side at a time, Li Yu upon seeing this prepared to help. Just as he approached the gate, suddenly, an inexplicable sense of crisis surged. This sense of crisis had saved him many times in the apocalypse. In a flash, Li Yu turned. His eyes fixated on a patch of woods behind the car. There was no movement from the woods, but Li Yu still kept his gaze fixed there. Second Uncle in the car saw Li Yu's movement, quickly got out of the car and looked towards the woods, but after a while, found nothing and asked, "Brother Yu, what's wrong, is there something at the back? Zombies?" Uncle Lai and Li Hang, hearing this, also got out of the car, each holding a crossbow arrow. "If it were just zombies, that would be great, heh!" Li Yu sneered. At the same time, he raised his compound crossbow and shouted, "Come out now, or I'll shoot!" A breeze blew, Pine needles fell from the trees making a soft rustling sound. One second Two seconds Three seconds Finally, footsteps sounded, and a few figures appeared from behind the bushes. A balding middle-aged man appeared, wielding a butcher knife. Upon closer look! It turned out to be Li Yu's next-door neighbor, Wang Maoniu! That damned multi-level marketer! How the hell is this guy still alive? Wasn't he surrounded by zombies in the bathroom last time? He was accompanied by a few others, all some hooligans from the village, even including the Village Chief's rotten son. A group of five people, each wearing several gold rings on their fingers. The hooligans, upon seeing Li Yu, called out, "Brother Yu," and came forward to greet him. "Li Yu, we mean no harm, we're all neighbors after all." Neighbor Wang greedily eyed the base behind, then added, "There are so many monsters appearing in the village now, it's terrifying. Can you let us into your tourist park...." "No way!" Before Wang could finish, Li Yu decisively refused. Second Uncle and the others glanced at each other, none spoke. The hooligans nearby, upon hearing this, suddenly became displeased, "Calling you Brother Yu is out of respect, you really think highly of yourself, huh?" "Yeah, hurry up, move aside, let us in!" "Don't block the way, otherwise we'll make you regret it." "Yo! Some people really have a death wish, believe it or not, I'll kill you! Were you aware of what happened to Er Gouzi who tried to stop us yesterday?" one of the blond punks arrogantly said. "Got chopped by me! Hehe, his wife though... superb!" Next to him, the Village Chief's son, stunned, stared at the blond punk: "You're not bragging, you actually did it?" The blond punk looked down on him, raised his right hand, pointing at a watch: "Take this watch, it belonged to Er Gouzi. It wasn't just me, these guys were even crueler, playing wilder than me, hahaha. We used to hang out with you because you were the Village Chief's son. Now you're nothing!" Hearing this, the Village Chief's son incredulously said, "How could you dare! How could you dare!" On the other side. Second Uncle and his group looked displeased after hearing that. As for Li Yu, he seemed unsurprised by the conversation, as it was within his expectations. With the apocalypse here, using former moral standards to assess humanity seemed naive. Some people are innately kind but slowly deviate under the harsh realities of society. Others are inherently evil, and no amount of education changes that. When dealing with true evil, Li Yu has his own principles. Watching these hooligans talking while getting closer, Second Uncle was almost unable to restrain himself and was preparing to warn Li Yu. These hooligans, despite being cautious because Li Yu's group had crossbows, weren't very scared, as if they had something to rely on! They believed, Li Yu's group wouldn't dare shoot them! Because they are the good guys! Pfft! Right in the forehead! The hooligan's head sported a crossbow arrow, his eyes full of shock even in death! Li Yu always believed: If it can be solved with actions, then don't bother speaking. "Holy shit, that's brutal!" Li Hang couldn't help but blurt out. "So brutal, but that's also so cool!" Li Hang immediately added. Second Uncle, speechless, glanced at him. Look at that, is this what people say? Sёarch* The Novelƒire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Seriously thought you were criticising Li Yu... The hooligans behind were also stunned, something was off! Wasn't the normal procedure to argue a bit, then they suddenly attack? Moreover, Although they were bad and had indirectly killed people before, they hadn't been this cruel! Furthermore, it was Li Yu being cruel to them! How to not fear the bad guys? Be worse than the bad guys! That's when the bad guys will fear you. The remaining hooligans immediately stopped in their tracks, trembling and retreating, with the Village Chief's son's legs giving out, scared stiff on the ground. The hooligans thought to themselves: You must be the bad one! Your whole family must be bad!