Chapter 36: Chapter 36: The Running Man
Jiang Shilong considered himself to know Ye Jian Country very well, having thoroughly understood his psychology.
But he forgot one point, which is the deep love a father has for his son.
Although Ye Jian Country was old-fashioned, he was not foolish. Coupled with Jiang Shilong’s actions during this period, upon seeing him approach Ye Fan, Ye Jian Country immediately knew this person had ulterior motives.
Before the apocalypse, Ye Jian Country did not allow Ye Fan to get close to people like Jiang Shilong. Now that his son had grown successful and become a military officer in command, he certainly couldn’t let Jiang Shilong tarnish his son’s reputation and affect his future.
So, he put aside the differences with his son and cautiously approached his son with his wife.
Regardless of whether Jiang Shilong intended to desperately resort to kidnapping them, he was doomed to fail.
Seeing this scene, Ye Fan felt elated.
Since father told him to do as he pleased, there was no doubt that Jiang Shilong was absolutely malevolent.
Although Ye Fan wasn’t aware of the specific deeds, it didn’t matter; the mere intent to do harm was unacceptable to him.
He immediately ordered the soldiers to take action.
But Jiang Shilong acted faster than him.
Upon seeing Ye Jian Country retreat to the soldiers, Jiang Shilong knew it was difficult to end this peacefully today.
Don’t let these survivors’ apparent compliance fool you; it was only so because he could still suppress them. Now that Ye Fan had arrived with the army, things had changed.
He had two purposes for rescuing these survivors.
The first was labor, to use them as forced labor.
The second was to use them to lure zombies!
To create a safe living environment for himself, he had diverted the surrounding zombies.
But he didn’t just rely on his speed.
Every time he went to lure zombies, he would ride a motorcycle, taking one survivor with him each time.
The moment the motorcycle started, it attracted zombies, urging him to ride forward. At the critical moment, he would abandon the survivor and return on the motorcycle, or even abandon the motorcycle and run back himself.
To draw the zombies a kilometer away, he used up more than a dozen survivors’ lives to do so.
With only about a hundred people under him left, his goal was to lure the zombies beyond Chengguan Town, making all the town’s resources his own.
The survivors could only swallow their anger.
Those who rebelled died faster; those who didn’t might live a bit longer. The survivors seemed numbed to this world.
But that was when there was no one to lead them; now, with the military here, everything would be different.
He knew these survivors would immediately report his wrongdoing, and he could clearly feel the murderous intent in Ye Fan’s eyes, perhaps he would act the next second.
Jiang Shilong’s first thought was to run.
He didn’t think about fighting; Ye Fan was vigilant, surrounded by soldiers, and there was an intimidating Special Forces soldier upfront—rushing into a fight was seeking death.
While speaking, he already mapped out his escape route.
The window.
If he could get through the window, there was no way Ye Fan’s soldiers could catch up to him.
Leaving Chengguan Town didn’t leave him without options; to his knowledge, there was a large survivor camp about five hundred kilometers north.
Daqing Mountain Prison Base!
Initially, it was from the radio broadcast from that place in Daqing Mountain that he heard the situation about the military zone.
He had a sworn brother named Xing Hai, who was a foreman over in Daqing Mountain City.
When the apocalypse broke, Xing Hai was leading hundreds of workers on a suburban construction site, and more than half died on the spot.
Later, he led those workers, using shovels and hammers to kill the zombies; having nowhere else to go, they decided to check out the prison.
Once there, they found the prison had almost no survivors; after discussing, they simply established a base there.
The prison base had an unparalleled advantage over other bases: high walls, naturally making it a shelter.
Every room and vehicle was already available and there were weapons, not just handguns that they had; now Xing Hai had seized control with a few people.
Located in the wilderness with few zombies, they could establish themselves with ease and even started recruiting via radio.
Jiang Shilong’s police station also had a set of broadcast equipment, which he used to contact Xing Hai. Xing Hai urged him to take people to the prison base.
It seemed Xing Hai’s prison base had gathered over three thousand people and was still expanding.
Had Jiang Shilong not been reluctant to give up his autonomy, he would have already found a way to join Xing Hai in Daqing Mountain.
Now, he had no choice; as long as he left this place, relying on his super speed power, he was sure he could reach Daqing Mountain.
At that time, leveraging the few hundred well-armed men under Xing Hai, he would return and wipe out Ye Fan’s people completely.
But all of this was predicated on escaping here first.
Acting decisively, just as Ye Fan gave the order, Jiang Shilong suddenly burst into action.
He was clever, initially feigning a move toward Ye Fan.
Xu Haoran’s first reaction was to block between Ye Fan and him, not allowing anyone to harm Ye Fan.
Seizing this opportunity, Jiang Shilong leaped to the side, aiming for the window three meters to his left!
In a rapid leap, too quick for anyone to react, he crashed through the blanket-covered window, breaking through the glass and frame outside.
Crash~~~!
He was already outside the window!
Jiang Shilong’s movement prompted those who had previously done evil with him to follow suit, attempting to flee through the window!
Seeing this, Ye Fan directly gave an order: "Anyone escaping, eliminate on the spot!"
The ever-ready conscripts moved.
Their marksmanship, honed to precision, ensured that the panicked survivors had no effect on their intense composure, and with bullets flying, the sound was relentless!
Amidst a barrage of bullets, aside from Jiang Shilong, most of the seven or eight attempting to escape didn’t even make it out the window before being shot to death at the window frame!
Some had nearly made it to the window, with a chance to escape, but suddenly encountered an army soldier wearing a steel helmet outside, who, with a semi-automatic rifle, ruthlessly shot them down on the windowsill.
Seeing there were soldiers outside, many survivors gathered the courage to stand up, with someone pointing in Jiang Shilong’s escape direction: "That man is heinous; we can’t let him get away!"
Watching the two military dogs that had pounced out the moment Jiang Shilong made a move, Ye Fan smiled calmly: "In this situation, other than me, no one else could successfully escape!"
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Jiang Shilong lunged out the window, as an army soldier raised his gun to shoot.
In that life-threatening moment, Jiang Shilong twisted his body, narrowly dodging the soldier’s burst of bullets, then swiftly jumped over the wall.
Landing with both feet, he sprinted away!
With a speed of about 100 meters in eight seconds, he broke the previous world record.
This was his means of survival, feeling the fierce wind blowing by his ears—it was the sensation of freedom!
Freedom indeed!
This was a thicket, surely the soldiers couldn’t shoot him in here.
If it’s about speed, surely no one could catch up to him.
Feeling triumphant having escaped such a situation, he felt deeply proud and thrilled.
At this moment, he truly wanted to sing out loud!
Sing a song about running.
"Running with the wind, freedom is... Oh, shit!"
Amidst fierce barking from behind, two dark figures rushed out barking.
Unexpectedly, it was military dogs!
They were the two lion-like dogs by Ye Fan’s side!
His speed was fast, extremely fast.
But not faster than the dogs.
Seeing the dogs closing in, Jiang Shilong, in his panic, spotted the Star River stream up ahead.
"Jump in; although dogs can paddle, I’m a swimming champion—I don’t believe the dogs can catch me in water. If I go downstream, I can still save myself!"
With all his strength, as the dogs were about to bite him on the rear, he leaped out of the thicket and plunged into the water with a graceful dive!
Watching the water just before him, feeling its cool mist, he became exhilarated again.
If not for the risk of swallowing water if he opened his mouth, he truly wanted to sing out loud!
Sing a song about paradise.
Bang~~~!
A gunshot resounded from somewhere.
"Splash!"
Diving with a straight shape, entering the water like a character.
Game over!