The Invasion Day – Chapter 66

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Chapter 66

Huo Enting said in astonishment: “Won’t that be too risky?”

Tang Xuhai said firmly: “Only in this way can we have some hope of staying alive. Miao Jia was able to get the news through the Internet with the satellite network, but Shi Zheng had been against the military and was likely unaware. This will make them negligent. When the evolved aliens appear, if we could find any opening at the prison, it’ll be enough for us to turn the situation around!”

Ping Nan prison now had a population of more than 20,000, but three quarters of them were made slaves. Among the remaining 5000, a few hundred of them were special ability users while the rest were mutants.

Although these people were Shi Zheng’s subordinates, some of them only joined because they were lured by the benefits, while some were forced to join with their family members being kept as hostage. They wouldn’t be loyal to him wholly.

As soon as an opportunity came, these people would definitely resist. That way, Tang Xuhai’s team would have better odds of winning.

Fu Shiwu said with a tangled feeling in his heart: “The situation in Ping Nan prison is far different from that of the central warehouse in Yun City.”

It was indeed a huge contrast.

“Humans are, after all, animals that will never be satisfied.” Huo Enting sighed.

Under Shi Zheng’s brutal control, everyone in Ping Nan prison had to rely on him for their survival, but on the other hand, this gave rise to a force that was powerful enough to stand against any alien attack on the city.

However, Yun City, which the army tried to protect with all they had, ended up falling apart and later completely defeated like a collapsed mountain. In the end, the citizens weren’t desperate enough for their survival and even had a mind to complain about poor food rations.

Shi Zheng also had a heart that was cruel enough to let ordinary people become bait to set up traps that could draw the evolved aliens out, then he chose to destroy a large number of aliens at the cost of human lives. The conscience of Yun City’s army wouldn’t allow them to do such a thing.

Fu Shiwu’s mood hardened. Now that they had formulated an action plan, he would keep his mindset in accordance with Tang Xuhai’s arrangement.

“It’s not 100% certain that the evolved aliens will descend from the sky tonight, so to be on the safe side, should we lead a group of evolved aliens to Ping Nan prison?” Fu Shiwu questioned seriously.

Tang Xuhai was almost choked to death. Are you really that crazy?!

Fu Shiwu said straightforwardly: “We can’t bet on potentially inaccurate predictions. Even if it’s only a 1-in-10000 chance, what if there’s no alien falling into the prison?”

Tang Xuhai’s expression twisted slightly, then he said: “Ping Nan prison will always turn on headlights at night for defensive purposes. There’s likely no one living in Ping Nan town now, and even if there are, they definitely won’t turn on any light, so the aliens could only charge towards the prison.”

Only then did Fu Shiwu fully understand Tang Xuhai’s plan, so he breathed a sigh of relief: “In that case, it’ll be great.”

“Evolved aliens…” Huo Enting muttered to himself while looking at the other two with a complicated expression.

Both Tang Xuhai and Fu Shiwu could use their own abilities to kill evolved aliens, but he hadn’t had any experience confronting the evolved ones. To be honest, his heart was extremely wary.

Shi Zheng didn’t know Tang Xuhai’s plan, but neither did he want to wait until Tang Xuhai appeared.

Shi Zheng asked his men to bind Wen Zhaoming and the others, hanging them directly outside the prison. He himself stood on the roof holding a loudspeaker and shouted at the outside: “Tang Xuhai! If you’re here, show your face, don’t think about playing any tricks on me. I’ll only give you half an hour. Once the time is up and you still won’t surrender, I’ll kill one of them!”

Shi Zheng looked at the few people hanging under his feet and his lips tugged into a heinous smile: “To let you know that I’m not joking —”

He took out a pistol and shot Wen Zhaoming in the arm!

“Don’t worry, I didn’t hit any vital point. Of course, if you don’t come out after half an hour, he might bleed to death, but it doesn’t matter to me.” Shi Zheng said indifferently.

“F*ck!” Tang Xuhai gritted his teeth.

Seeing the scene, Fu Shiwu’s heart went stiff.

No one knew where Wen Zhaoming’s prosthesis had been tossed to, or perhaps someone had deliberately thrown it away to humiliate him. Below his knees, the empty trousers were fluttering in the wind. It was truly an unbearable scene.

“Xuhai! Let’s go!” Fu Shiwu couldn’t stand it anymore.

“Let’s wait first.” Huo Enting forcefully held Fu Shiwu back: “Don’t be impulsive!”

Tang Xuhai also said slowly: “Shi Zheng is just trying to scare us. Lao Wen is a special ability user, his physique is very high now and his healing should be fast. As long as the bullet didn’t hit his veins, the bleeding will stop soon.”

Fu Shiwu blinked a few times. Is all this just to deceive them?

“But half an hour later, he’ll start killing for sure.” Tang Xuhai said as he fiercely pierce his Dragonbone sword into the ground.

This had completely disrupted Tang Xuhai’s plan. There was still a long time before the sky completely became dark, and the point when the red veil released the aliens seemed to be later than initially thought.

Shi Zheng really was a sinister man. He hung Wen Zhaoming up to let him bleed and wouldn’t give a damn about his life, but Fu Shiwu couldn’t not care.

With their hands tied, Wen Zhaoming and the others were just hanging on the wall. They were all covered in dust, with Wang Dan, Liu Zhao, and Ma Dong all struggling and even having blood stains on their clothes.

It seemed that the blood stains left at the scene earlier were from the three’s injuries.

Miao Jia wriggled desperately, seemingly wanting to break free from the rope on his wrists, but it was extremely tight. Until deep marks started edging into his wrists, the rope still didn’t loosen at all.

“Miao Jia, save your energy.” With a dangerously pale face, Wen Zhaoming said to Miao Jia, who was swaying beside him.

Miao Jia looked anxious and didn’t want to listen to his words: “No, I must tell Hai ge that they can’t come to save us.”

Wen Zhaoming smiled bitterly. Though he himself had been subjected to Shi Zheng’s ruthlessness, even he also didn’t wish for Fu Shiwu and the other two to rescue them.

Fu Shiwu finally couldn’t help it. As he lay down beside Tang Xuhai with his eyes that seemed as though they were in a trance, his ‘perception’ rushed straight towards the prison gate!

Tang Xuhai felt his hair standing up all over his body, and when he turned around, Fu Shiwu was staring at the direction of the prison with a seemingly empty gaze.

After a long while, Fu Shiwu finally heaved a sigh of relief. Wen Zhaoming’s bleeding was slowing down, so just as Tang Xuhai said, no one would die for now.

Let’s first wait for a while, wait for a while…

Fu Shiwu counted his heartbeat and waited for Tang Xuhai’s instructions.

“Our time is almost up.” As his words fell, Tang Xuhai resolutely stood up and walked towards the city entrance.

Shi Zheng was sitting leisurely on a lounge chair not far from the entrance to the prison, looking at the open gate with immense interest.

“Shi ge, do you think that he will really come in person?” Jiang Hao wasn’t so certain, but he had no guts to doubt Shi Zheng’s judgment. After all, based on their confession after the interrogation, these people had only teamed up together for a few days.

“If it’s the man I know, of course he’ll come back. Tang Xuhai…” Shi Zheng flicked the paper with Tang Xuhai’s information in his hands: “I didn’t know his name before, but for people like him, I have a certain understanding of their behaviour.”

Shi Zheng smiled wickedly: “They have this saying… ‘Do not abandon, do not give up’. Heh, soldiers like them worship this concept, especially those who are part of the Special Forces.”

Isn’t that the kind of stuff we only see in a TV show? Jiang Hao couldn’t help but glance at Shi Zheng, whose smile was getting more and more devious. In reality, would someone actually do that?

“Oh, here he is.” Shi Zheng’s eyes lit up and his back straightened as he watched Tang Xuhai walking in front, followed behind by two other men.

Shi Zheng gazed intently at Tang Xuhai. The more that man walked forward, the more Shi Zheng could recall, it must be this person!

Although his face was covered with a layer of camouflage paint at present, his looks and his build were things Shi Zheng would never forget. The team led by this person killed all of the men that he had strenuously trained and were extremely satisfied with. And finally, that very team captured him alive.

“Tang Xuhai, we finally met.” Shi Zheng stood up and raised his chin, looking condescendingly at Tang Xuhai, who was clutching two Dragonbone swords in his hands.

“Shi Zheng.” Tang Xuhai looked back at Shi Zheng attentively.

At this moment, there was still a distance between the two sides, but their eye contact alone already evoked an amount of tension that made it feel as though lightning and thunder had engulfed the entire sky.

Fu Shiwu didn’t have any mind to care about being able to see with his own eyes this ‘legendary’ firearms dealer who had run rampant in East Asia for many years. On the contrary, he was looking at Miao Jia, who was being hung above his head.

“Leave this place! Don’t bother about us!” Miao Jia wore a restless expression as sweat snaked down his face and smeared all the dirt, making him look like a stage opera actor.

“Miao Jia! Don’t be scared, we’re here to save you.” Thinking he was afraid, Fu Shiwu said aloud.

“Quickly run! Just leave us!” Miao Jia felt his whole body shaking, his eyes glancing at Wen Zhaoming next to him from time to time.

Wen Zhaoming also let out a bitter smile: “Leave us. You shouldn’t have come! Shi Zheng didn’t intend to let anyone go.”

Tang Xuhai’s gaze crossed with Shi Zheng’s. Even as he heard this, he didn’t feel surprised at all.

Fu Shiwu looked at the two in a puzzlement, thinking that they were never such discouraged people, so why were they acting like this now?

Fu Shiwu couldn’t help but look at them both carefully, and his head went “buzz” all of a sudden.

“Xuhai! Look at Zhaoming, there seems to be something on his clothes!” He said with uncertainty: “What’s that thing?”

Taken aback, Tang Xuhai finally closed his eyes and stopped gazing at Shi Zheng. As soon as he raised his head, his heart thumped heavily.

If earlier, they believed that they had a 1-in-10 chance of getting out of this alive, by now, their chance had turned into an absolute 0.

The bastard Shi Zheng had actually put a bomb on Wen Zhaoming!