Chapter 71 Fear
The exploration convoy that set out from Woodbury drove more than ten kilometers and arrived at this plain. Soon, 12 men equipped with different guns got out of the car.
Led by the captain, they gathered around the pit and looked at the hideous, stinking zombies in the pit. Martin spat at them in disgust, while Gale, who was standing next to him, secretly swallowed his saliva. This was his first time to capture zombies, and he said in surprise:
"Captain Martin, there seem to be a lot of zombies. There are more than ten or twenty of them in one pit!"
"Adding up all the pits, there are probably close to 100 of them."
"Are we going to catch them all in the car?"
Martin carried the baseball bat, looked around at the other players, snorted disdainfully, and said:
"Don't be afraid, rookies. These things are just disgusting to look at. They are stupid as hell. When I was on the battlefield, it was raining bullets and I could die at any time. It was 10,000 times more dangerous than it is now."
As he spoke, he took the lead and picked up a pair of pliers used to catch vicious dogs, locked the neck of a zombie in the pit, and then shouted to Gale and the other team members:
"Two more people, lock his hands, and we will work together to pull him up."
"Don't move, put down your weapons, you have been surrounded by us."
Governor Philip came back to his senses when he heard Milton's voice. He pursed his lips and asked in a hoarse voice:
As the governor's right-hand man, Martin is very prestigious among the armed personnel because of his tough style and amazing fighting ability.
Daryl nodded, picked up the intercom and said a few words into it.
"Now, all of us veterans have been captured by you, and the remaining rookies are simply unable to resist your soldiers."
Milton observed his expression and said:
"The exploration team is missing, and their relatives are arguing about it."
Seeing the worry on the Governor's face, Milton asked carefully:
"Don't worry, Mr. Custer, no one will stand on the side that is doomed to fail. Whatever you order, I will do it."
"We can talk it over. I'm just trying to survive. I'll cooperate with you in whatever you want to do."
"Philip, the residents outside are arguing, I need you to go over and take a look."
Philip stood up from his seat, rubbed his somewhat numb face, adjusted his mood, and said in a calm voice:
"They all must die!"
the next morning.
"You are captured."
"What do you want, Milton?"
Ta-da-da! Ta-da-da! Ta-da-da!
They were horrified to find that in an instant, the ground around the pit seemed to have been bombarded by bullets, with dirt flying everywhere, weeds flying, smoke filling the air, and countless smoking bullet holes appearing on the flat ground.
"We can turn them all into sieves with just one round of fire."
Leon smiled faintly, lowered the gun, and said:
"Very good, Martin."
Martin was indeed a qualified American prisoner. He did not need to be tortured. He did not conceal anything in response to the inquiries of Lyon and Cavella, allowing them to understand the actual situation in Woodbury in detail.
The new recruits who failed to see this point have already suffered a bloody lesson.
When the members of Woodbury's exploration team heard the voice, they subconsciously shrank back and looked around in fear.
What's more, the team leaders are all veterans who have accompanied him in the wild for a long time, so it is impossible for them to be wiped out by zombies.
He assured all the families that he would soon bring people to search for the missing team members.
He hadn't slept all night, and he hadn't received any news from the exploration team the whole day yesterday, which made him feel confused and scared.
Under his leadership, twelve men worked in groups of three and safely moved all of the dozen zombies in the pit into that particular truck.
After saying these words, Leon glanced at them with cold eyes until each of them lowered their heads in fear, then he turned to Daryl and said:
"Darryl, send a few people to take them to our prison base and keep them under good watch."
"Okay, sir, if you have any questions, just ask. I will answer them all."
Bang! Bang! Bang!
After a knock on the door, Dr. Milton pushed open the door. He saw the Governor who seemed to be silent in his office chair. After a few seconds of silence, he said:
Daryl nodded, took out the walkie-talkie from his waist and gave his orders to the inside.
At the same time, Leon and others, with more than 30 people from Daryl's team, had been lurking around this group of people.
"You look very bad, do you need to rest for a while?"
"But the ugly man is sitting in front. If you dare to do anything dishonest, you will be executed."
Leon nodded, took a puff of his cigar, glanced at Kevila who was sitting next to him reading a novel boredly, patted Martin's shoulder with a smile, and said:
"Okay, Mr. Martin, thank you for your cooperation."
Martin gave a forced smile, nodded, and said:
The governor shook his head helplessly. He guessed in his heart that the expedition team might have been unlucky and suddenly encountered a large group of looters, which was why they disappeared without any warning.
"It's okay. I'll go take care of the exploration team's affairs."
The man called the Governor had red eyes and sat in his office chair, as if in deathly silence.
These people were all ordinary people. Looking at the dozens of armed men surrounding them, their faces were full of fear and hesitation. Only Martin and Gail, who were leading the group, showed expressions of realization and fear after seeing their attire.
As Leon counted down, a young team member subconsciously picked up the rifle beside him and wanted to shoot in the direction of the sound.
The only explanation is that they encountered an enemy whose strength was several times greater than theirs. Only in this way would they disappear without any response.
Kevlar smiled excitedly, turned the gun slightly, and aimed at other members.
A few minutes later, Leon brought Kevira, Peggy and others out of the hiding place, and together with the members of Daryl's team, they surrounded the dozen or so members of the exploration team who had their hands and feet tied.
"It seems that the so-called governor is not honest either. Guess why they captured these zombies and who they are targeting?"
Daryl raised the assault rifle in his hand expressionlessly and said in a hoarse and cold voice:
"Boss, do you want to kill them?"
"The others continued with our mission to Woodbury."
He pointed his gun at Martin, who surrendered first, and asked, "What's your name and who you were before?"
Riding with the wind and waves and descending against the wind is the best tradition of their troops.
Milton was the first friend Philip met, and he had the closest relationship with the Governor in the whole of Woodbury.
He did not consider that it was the group of people in the prison who did it, because this was only the third day after they discovered that there were other forces in the prison. The other party could not have known where their camp was. Moreover, the two sides were dozens of kilometers apart, and without corresponding intelligence, it was impossible for them to be attacked without any warning.
Leon glanced at the girl and continued to count at the same speed:
"7, 6, 5..."
Leon, Daryl, Kevira, Peggy and other elites gathered together, hiding their bodies under the protection of trees and bushes, and observed the movements of this group of people.
"However, the residents of Woodbury are all rookies. They are nothing compared to the elite troops you have. Few of them have even practiced shooting formally. They are just a group of timid ordinary people."
"You are a man who knows the current situation. I don't want to make things difficult for you. Just stay here honestly for the next few days. Once we have dealt with Woodbury, we will have more important tasks for you."
It was impossible for 12 fully armed men, half of his soldiers, to disappear without any reason or news.
"Perhaps some of you know, or perhaps none of you know, who we are."
"I like people who know how to adapt. You stay here and carry out the mission with us. I have something to ask you."
"After 30 seconds, give them a salvo, hit them near them and scare them."
In the office in Woodbury.
Half an hour later, Daryl and others dealt with the zombies in the pit, locked all the members of the exploration team except Martin into a truck, and assigned a few veterans to escort them back to the prison base where Glenn was.
Leon maintained a grim expression on his face. He pointed the M41 automatic rifle in his hand at the people kneeling on the ground and said expressionlessly:
Someone took the lead in surrendering, and it was the captain. The members of this exploration team were not considered elite or tough. Before Lyon's countdown was over, all the members of this team had knelt on the ground, threw down their weapons, raised their hands high, and chose to surrender.
After that, Lyon took a trumpet from Sherman and said to Daryl:
"What are they arguing about?"
Facing the black muzzle of the gun, Martin swallowed his saliva, raised his head slightly to look into Leon's eyes, and said carefully:
"Boss, my name is Martinez. I'm a retired soldier and used to be a physical education teacher at the university."
"You have 10 seconds to raise your hands, kneel on the ground and surrender to us."
A few seconds later, before they could recover from their shock and fear, a deep and cold male voice came from behind them through the speaker.
On the plains, Martin and other members of the exploration team were still anxiously trying to capture the zombies that had fallen into the pit.
Kevila held a camouflaged sniper rifle, aimed the muzzle at Martin's head, and said with a bloodthirsty smile on his face:
Martin had a flattering smile on his face. He sniffed the cigar in his hand, but did not light it. He smiled and replied:
"Yes, Mr. Custer."
"10, 9, 8..."
"Philip is very good at deceiving people. The people of Woodbury trust him very much. We have collected a lot of weapons and ammunition. If necessary, he can indeed gather more than 30 gunmen at a time."
Suddenly, I heard a burst of gunfire as dense as raindrops.
Leon waited for more than ten seconds, and seeing that the group of people on the plain were kneeling on the ground obediently, he put down the horn in his hand and said to Daryl:
"Tell someone to tie them all up. Anyone who makes a rash move will be killed without mercy."
Martin heard this, lowered his head meekly and said:
"But it doesn't matter. Your leader, the man named Governor, chose to be our enemy, which led to the current situation."
After saying this, Martin said with a hint of mockery on his face:
After a brief repair, Peggy and her brother continued to use the reconnaissance drone to monitor the situation in Woodbury, while Leon and Cavella took Martin to an empty room and began to inquire in detail about the intelligence that the drone could not obtain in Woodbury.
Leon was holding a black M41 automatic rifle. He glanced at his men who were ready to make a move and said:
"These people are the most valuable in Woodbury. We give them a chance. Whether they can survive depends on their own choice."
He walked out of his office with steady steps, came to the quarreling families of the exploration team, and used his eloquence and prestige to successfully appease them.
Returning to his office, Philip saw Milton still waiting there. He adjusted his expression and asked:
He had just counted halfway when Martin, the captain of the exploration team on the plain, had already thrown away his rifle, knelt on the ground, raised his hands high, and shouted:
"Don't shoot, I surrender!"
Leon was smoking a high-end cigar, leaning on the leather sofa in the villa, and threw one to Martin opposite him. He narrowed his eyes and sighed softly:
"That means Philip still has 12 soldiers capable of fighting, and if necessary, he can urgently recruit 20 people into the armed forces, right?"
But just as he raised the rifle in his hand, a bullet hit him on the forehead, directly blasting a huge bloody hole in his head. Red and white substances splattered on his companions around him, causing a gasp of fear.
As an outstanding American veteran, he never thought surrender was unacceptable.
"After 10 seconds, no one followed through."
"However, we are not bloodthirsty lunatics. As long as you cooperate with our actions and stay in the cell obediently, you can survive."
"Philip, do you have any clues about the disappearance of the exploration team?"
Leon asked the remaining members of Daryl's team to continue lurking near the town of Woodbury, while he took Kevila, Peggy and her brother, Martin and others back to the villa with a yard they had visited last time.
"When the time comes, you will naturally benefit from it."
"They must have run into other survivors. Maybe there was a conflict or misunderstanding. Wait a minute, I'll take people to their route and destination to see if we can find other clues."
Milton thought about it and nodded helplessly. He was just an ordinary person and had no idea about such things, so he couldn't help much.
"Then you have to be careful, Philip. You can come to my institute in the evening and we can talk."
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