Chapter 125 - Dead Silence, Sinking

 The building manager of each unit building sent people over and took the food back in an orderly manner.

 Zhang Yi also distributed food to the people in his own unit building and returned home as usual.

 The next day, apart from Li Jian, the building managers of the other unit buildings still did not distribute any food to the ordinary residents.

 So on this night, seeing their last hope completely destroyed, the residents of the neighborhood went completely crazy!

 The neighborhood became unprecedentedly lively.

 I don't know when it started, but the sound of shouting and killing came from each cell building one after another.

 The hoarse curses and desperate roars echoed inside the building, even the north wind couldn't completely cover it up.

 The pitch-black night was their only cover, and when these cowardly commoners didn't even want to die, the hand-to-hand rulers of the various unit buildings realized how powerful they were!

 After all, not everyone was like Zhang Yi, who possessed a perfect fortress of defense and terrifying firepower.

 Still in the era of cold weapons, their strength in numbers would have a huge impact on the battlefield.

 Zhang Yi sat on his warm and cozy velvet white quilt, quietly looking out the window.

 The lights were turned off, and there was a restful silence that contrasted sharply with the whistling wind and snow and the mournful shouts of murder outside.

 He didn't know how far it had gone outside.

 Yet he understood that the more people who died tonight, the more favorable it would be for him.

 Before going to bed, Zhang Yi checked the safety of the entire room one last time and pressurized the bullets of his pistol and assault rifle before finally lying down comfortably.

 ...

 The third day.

 Morning.

 Zhang Yi walked out of the unit building, and the scene in front of him made him all but suck in a breath of cool air.

 The snowy ground that was still white was now covered with bright red everywhere.

 In the center of the courtyard, there were 50 to 60 corpses collapsed!

 And looking at their appearance, it looked like they were forced to jump down from a high place.

 Some of them curled up into a ball before they died, and although they were not killed by the fall, they had similarly frozen to death in the cold ice and snow after being seriously injured.

 Zhang Yi raised his head and scanned the surrounding cell blocks.

 Congealed and blackened bloodstains were seen on many of the windows.

 It could be imagined what kind of brutal battle was experienced last night!

 So much so that this morning, not a single person had come out to plow the snow, and no one had even dragged away this huge pile of corpses.

 The residents of 25# stood in front of the door, all of them were frightened and didn't dare to utter a single breath.

 At this moment, they were incomparably glad that they were following Zhang Yi.

 Otherwise now, the vast majority of them would have ended up in certain death as well!

 Uncle You came over and asked, "Zhang Yi, do you still need to work today?"

 Zhang Yi glanced at Uncle You and then at those neighbors behind him.

 He said indifferently, "If you guys want to have food to eat in the future, you have to work!"

 "Unless," he reached out and pointed at the corpses on the ground, "you guys want to be like them."

 The crowd's hearts fluttered.

 Compared to these dead people, they were simply too happy!

 At the very least, they didn't need to fight for the scarce food, and they didn't need to fight for their lives.

 It wasn't just about working, just being able to stay alive!

 "Yes, yes, yes, we'll do it right away, right away!"

 A group of neighbors were stimulated by the tragic situation, and one by one, they sold out and took their tools to sweep the snow.

 Uncle You looked at the scene around him and asked Zhang Yi, "No one seems to have come out to sweep the snow in the other unit buildings, should we notify them to come out?"

 Zhang Yi glanced at him lightly and suddenly smiled and asked back, "Do you think they have time now?"

 Uncle You looked puzzled, "Huh?"

 Zhang Yi said, "Last night was just the beginning, this conflict happened between the people in power and the ordinary residents of each unit building."

 "Unless they can solve the problem of food distribution, one side must perish completely!"

 "It's only one night, where can we kill them all!"

 Uncle You instantly felt a chill down his spine after hearing Zhang Yi's words.

 Could this be the story about killing three men with two peaches?

 "Then whatsnext for us ..."

 Zhang Yi said indifferently, "What does it have to do with us, let them kill them slowly!"

 The right time had yet to come, and he was not in a hurry.

 After Zhang Yi returned in the afternoon, he distributed food to them as usual.

 Only, he noticed that the people who came from a few buildings had changed and were not members of the group he was familiar with before.

 It looked like the control of some of the buildings had changed hands during the fight for the right to obtain food.

 But it didn't matter to him, no matter who was the building manager, he would cooperate according to the previous agreement.

 Only, after Zhang Yi went back that night, he sent out a message in the building manager group of each unit.

 "If I'm not shown the fruits of my labor tomorrow, then the food, including cigarettes, will not be guaranteed."

 So the next day, when Zhang Yi went out, he again saw the lively scene of everyone coming out to labor collectively.

 Only today, the number of people had decreased by at least a third compared to two days ago!

 In other words, because of the problem of unfair distribution of food, at least 400 people had died in the neighborhood in two days!

 Uncle You expressed his inability to comprehend the scene in front of him.

 He asked Zhang Yi, "These people clearly know very well that ten portions of food per building won't even be their turn. But why don't they resist and fight for their chance to live?"

 Zhang Yi sniffed and suddenly smiled playfully.

 He pointed at the snowy ground in front of him with his chin, "Do you still remember how many corpses were here yesterday?"

 Uncle You frowned slightly, "Seventy to eighty bodies just outside, counting the ones inside the unit building, there must be at least a few hundred!"

 Zhang Yi spread his hands, "Look, the reason is not in this area! The food problem has been well solved."

 Uncle You came to a realization, "It's even possible!"

 Zhang Yi said indifferently, "As long as they have food, they won't dare to fight for their lives. The vast majority of ordinary people in China don't have the courage to fight back unless they are pushed to the point where they have absolutely no way to live."

 Uncle You shook his head in disbelief, "But this isn't a long term solution! What happens when we run out of food?"

 Zhang Yi said without hesitation, "Then kill another wave!"

 Uncle You swallowed a mouthful of saliva, no longer knowing what to say.

 Just at this time, a woman wearing fur tripped over in the wind and snow.

 "Zhang Yi, I want to talk to you again about cooperation."

 The person who came was Chen Lingyu, the building manager of 9#.

 Her body was bloodstained, and it was obvious that she had experienced a very brutal killing last night as well.

 However, she survived.

 Zhang Yi smiled faintly with a few disdainful words in his expression.

 "You? What can you talk to me about?"

 Chen Lingyu stared into Zhang Yi's eyes, trying to apply her years of microbusiness skills to him.

 "The neighborhood will collapse sooner or later if it continues to develop like this! There are so many internal conflicts that it's impossible to manage it effectively."

 "Even if you are able to bring back more food, there will definitely be people who will take more in the future by force. In this way, the conflicts will always be fueled, and then the more people die, the more people die!"

 Zhang Yi looked at her gently, "Oh. Then what?"

 Nonsense, could he not know that it would be such an outcome?

 Because this situation today was brought about by him.