Chapter 113 Good heavens, they're all putting on an act.

Su Ze's appearance was like someone had pressed the pause button.

The clamor inside the entire Gymnasium came to a screeching halt.

The players who had been filled with righteous indignation just moments ago...

...were now all hanging their heads, not even daring to breathe too loudly, for fear that the figure leaning against the door would notice them.

On the high platform, the color drained completely from Shi Kui's face, and his legs shook uncontrollably.

"Go on."

Su Ze smiled. His voice wasn't loud, yet it carried clearly throughout the entire venue.

"Why did you stop shouting? Wasn't it quite lively just now?"

He began to walk, unhurriedly making his way toward the high platform.

The crowd automatically parted to make a path for him.

No one dared to speak, let alone move.

Everyone's gaze was focused on Shi Kui atop the platform.

A clicking sound came from Shi Kui's throat.

He wanted to speak, but he couldn't squeeze out a single word.

His mind was a complete blank. The speech Liang Xing had given him, now tucked in his pocket, felt as heavy as a thousand pounds.

Just then, a private message notification flashed frantically on his system panel.

It was Liang Xing!

[Private Message · Liang Xing: Don't be afraid! He wouldn't dare do anything to all of us! Question him! Ask him by what right he hoards everyone's supplies! Ask him why he doesn't contribute to the masses!]

Seeing this message, Shi Kui felt as if he had grasped a final life-saving straw.

Right!

The law cannot punish the masses!

He was currently representing everyone present!

No matter how strong Su Ze was, would he really dare to defy the world and offend all the players at once?!

A surge of false courage welled up from the depths of his heart.

He forced his back straight, pointed at the approaching Su Ze, and roared with all his strength.

"Su Ze! Do you refuse to admit that those supplies originally belonged to all of us players?!"

Su Ze's footsteps stopped. He looked up at him, the smile on his face deepening.

"Oh? Belong to all the players?"

He glanced around at the "all players" who were hanging their heads and asked back nonchalantly:

"The things were just sitting there, ownerless. Doesn't it belong to whoever has the ability to get it?"

"If you also had the ability to come and go as you please amidst the midnight zombie hordes, you could go get them too. I'm not stopping you."

"I..."

Shi Kui was instantly speechless.

He was never good at debating. Su Ze's words were simple and blunt, yet they left him with no way to refute them.

Indeed, if you're so capable, you go do it.

But they didn't have that capability!

A stir went through the crowd below, and many people showed looks of embarrassment.

In the crowd, Liang Xing's expression turned somewhat ugly.

This Shi Kui is truly a piece of trash!

He immediately began composing another private message to send over.

However, right at that moment...

...a boy standing next to Xu Feng suddenly let out a cold laugh and spoke up for Su Ze.

"You talk a good game!"

Ling Hao stepped forward. Although he had also held grievances against Su Ze before...

...after being woken up by Xu Feng, he had completely figured things out.

He pointed at Shi Kui on the stage and asked bluntly:

"Let me ask you, if Boss Su Ze hadn't taken those supplies and let all of you fight for them..."

"...and you managed to grab more supplies while other players got nothing, would you share your supplies with the others?"

Shi Kui was stunned again.

Many people below looked even more embarrassed, subconsciously avoiding Ling Hao's gaze.

Share?

What a joke!

In the apocalypse, why should one give away supplies they risked their life to find to someone else?

Seeing the guilty looks on everyone's faces, the mockery on Ling Hao's face intensified.

"Why do you demand from others what you can't even do yourselves? Do you have no shame?!"

Liang Xing's expression in the crowd had turned ugly to the extreme.

He was about to send another private message to Shi Kui, wanting to use the moral high ground to argue back.

Suddenly!

A hand like an iron pincer reached out from beside him and grabbed him by the back of his collar!

"Ah!"

Liang Xing cried out in shock.

His entire body was dragged out of the crowd by a massive force, and he fell pathetically onto the open ground in front of Su Ze.

"You... what are you doing?!"

Liang Xing's face was pale as he looked in terror at the person who had grabbed him.

It was an unfamiliar man who was now bowing respectfully toward Su Ze.

"Boss Su Ze, this fellow has been hiding in the crowd fanning the flames from the start. He was just using private messages to instigate that idiot on stage. I suspect he's the mastermind!"

This person was precisely the scout Zhou Kai had planted in the crowd long ago.

Su Ze's gaze moved from that man and landed on Liang Xing, who was slumped on the ground like a pile of mud.

He smiled.

"7th floor, Dormitory 777, Liang Xing. The Student Union President from before the apocalypse, right?"

"Quite clever, knowing to find a fool to take the stage as your figurehead."

Boom!

Liang Xing's mind felt as if it had been struck by a bolt of lightning!

How... how did he know it was him behind it?!

How did he know his Dormitory?!

He had clearly hidden himself so well!

An indescribable fear instantly rushed from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, making his whole body go limp, unable to muster even a shred of strength to resist.

On the high platform, Shi Kui was even more shell-shocked, staring blankly at Liang Xing on the ground.

What fool?

I was being used??

The man didn't stop, continuing to point into the crowd.

"Boss Su Ze, and those few over there. They were the ones shouting the loudest and leading the heckling just now!"

He pointed out more than twenty people in succession.

The people who were pointed at were scared out of their wits.

"No... it wasn't me! I just shouted a couple of times along with the rest!"

"Boss, have mercy! Boss, I was wrong!"

A few people reacted extremely quickly, falling to their knees with a thud and kowtowing frantically for mercy.

While others had their expressions change drastically.

Overwhelmed by fear, their only thought at this moment was to flee, so they instinctively turned and bolted toward the various exits and staircases of the Gymnasium.

"Stop them!"

Almost simultaneously, two voices rang out.

Zhuang Qianhao and Wang Meng led their respective groups and moved immediately!

Their men shot out like arrows from a bow, firmly blocking the few remaining exits and pinning down all the players who attempted to escape!

Their movements were crisp and efficient, without the slightest hesitation.

After Wang Meng pinned down an escapee, he glanced back at Zhuang Qianhao, who had also taken action, and inwardly slapped his thigh.

Dammit!

This guy is still so shrewd!

He had originally thought that if Zhuang Qianhao's brain malfunctioned and he joined the crowd in the riot...

...then he could perform a great service for Boss Su Ze, regaining the advantage he lost by being a step late in "surrendering" and completely overshadowing him.

Now it seemed that Zhuang Qianhao had the same idea from the start...

Both sides were bluffing each other, while in reality, both had secretly contacted Su Ze...

How devious!

On the other side, Zhuang Qianhao also glanced at Wang Meng, laughing inwardly.

It seemed this Wang Meng was truly intent on surrendering to Su Ze.

At least he didn't act stupid.

In the blink of an eye, the situation on the field had completely reversed.

The mastermind was caught, the ringleaders were controlled, and those who tried to flee were captured.

The remaining players were all as quiet as cicadas in winter, standing in place, not daring to move an inch.

The entire Gymnasium was so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.

Su Ze ignored those kneeling for mercy and those who had been caught.

Step by step, he walked up to Liang Xing, who was slumped on the ground, and looked down at him.

"Liang Xing."

Su Ze still wore that same half-smile.

"Tell me, how should I deal with you?"