216: Chapter 216 Zhongshan Park is not a campsite, but bait.

The warehouse was empty.

The thousands of square meters of underground space had nothing left but the dusty imprints left by the shelves.

Liang Guodong's mouth hung open, unable to close for a long time.

The two hundred-plus survivors also remained silent.

The canned goods, medicine chests, freezers, and alcohol that had been stacked like walls just moments ago were all gone.

Lin Yuan clapped his hands.

"Now, do you still have any leverage?"

Liang Guodong clutched his severed arm, the smugness on his face crumbling.

He spun around violently and shouted at the crowd: "Did you see that! He robbed us of our food! He wants to starve us to death!"

No one joined in the shouting.

The elderly hugged their children tightly.

The wounded huddled in the corners.

Several armed men exchanged glances, but their feet didn't move.

When there was food and drink, they could shout about autonomy.

Now the warehouse was gone.

To keep making trouble with this idiot would be to throw their lives away.

Bloodshot veins appeared in Liang Guodong's eyes.

He was closest to Lin Yuan.

The next second, he suddenly lunged forward. An earthy-yellow Superpower exploded beneath his feet. Blood was still dripping from his severed arm, yet he acted like a rabid dog.

"Give it back to me!"

Lin Yuan raised his hand.

Five fingers clamped around his neck.

Bang!

Liang Guodong was slammed against the wall, the impact causing a chunk of the wall plaster to flake off behind his head.

He kicked his legs wildly.

"Captain Han Xue."

"Here."

Captain Han Xue stepped forward.

"Take roll call."

"Within ten minutes, I want the framework of this camp."

Captain Han Xue turned immediately.

"Team Three, control the area."

"Team One, register everyone."

"Team Two, check the wounded. No one is to move."

Her voice was not loud.

But every sentence carried the cold, hard click of a firearm being cocked.

Yu Qingyi stood at the edge of the crowd, took a deep breath, and walked out.

"The elderly and children, go to the left first."

She spoke in a Shanghai accent; her voice was soft but steady.

"The injured, come with me. There are two water sources in the underground commercial level: one in the back kitchen of the milk tea shop, and one in the fire pump room."

"Power relies on backup generators; there is enough fuel for two more days."

"The collapse is in the east passage, so don't go that way. Toward Jing'an Temple, there is a staff passage that is still passable."

Captain Han Xue glanced at her.

Lin Yuan also glanced at her.

"From now on, the Zhongshan Park camp is under the control of Cloud Top Palace."

He released his grip.

Liang Guodong fell to the ground, clutching his neck and coughing.

Lin Yuan pointed to Yu Qingyi.

"You are in charge of the people."

He looked at Captain Han Xue again.

"She is in charge of the rules."

Yu Qingyi froze.

Liang Guodong, however, jerked his head up.

The look in his eyes was even uglier than when he was being choked.

"Yu Qingyi!"

His voice was hoarse.

"You are betraying me too?"

Yu Qingyi did not look at him.

She helped up a little boy who had been knocked over and sent him behind the registration line.

This action was harsher than any answer.

Liang Guodong pushed himself up from the ground.

"Everyone, listen to me!"

"They are outsiders!"

"The supplies have been stolen, and you are still lining up? Do you think that is a registration line? That is a death line!"

He hadn't finished speaking.

Bang!

A gunshot rang out.

His only remaining intact hand was shattered by a bullet.

Captain Han Xue shifted her aim, her voice as cold as an iron door in an old police station.

"Cloud Top Palace does not keep dead weight."

"If you want to live, line up and register."

She didn't care about any B-rank Superpower; as long as it was Lin Yuan's word, it was an imperial decree.

After all, he was the only man she had now.

The crowd went quiet.

This was not a negotiation.

This was a change of order.

Liang Guodong gritted his teeth, looking at Captain Han Xue, then turned to meet Yu Qingyi's eyes.

"Bitch..."

Yu Qingyi walked up to Liang Guodong.

"Liang Guodong, how much longer are you going to keep talking?"

She turned to look at the crowd.

"The key to the medicine warehouse has always been with him."

"When Granny needed her blood pressure medication, he said there wasn't any."

"When Uncle Chen's leg was rotting, he said the antibiotics had to be saved for the combatants."

"And then there's Xiao Ling."

In the corner, a woman in her early twenties shivered.

Yu Qingyi did not stop.

"He made her sleep with two armed men in exchange for three packs of biscuits."

"And now you want everyone to take a bullet for him?"

Liang Guodong's face changed.

"You're lying!"

Xiao Ling suddenly burst into tears.

"She isn't lying."

A second person stood out.

"My mom died because there was no medicine."

A third.

A fourth.

More and more voices joined in.

Liang Guodong backed away.

No one made way for him.

Lin Yuan tossed a box of compressed biscuits out of his spatial storage.

The box landed at Yu Qingyi's feet.

"The first batch of rations."

"You distribute them."

Yu Qingyi lowered her head.

"Understood."

She opened the box, not taking any for herself first.

She handed the first pack to the elderly person holding the child.

The way the crowd looked at her changed.

The Major stood nearby, his throat moving.

He finally couldn't help himself.

"Mr. Lin, aren't we supposed to be fighting our way to Lujiazui?"

"Grandmaster Ling and the Apothecary are still at the Financial Center."

"If you recruit them, it will slow down the rescue."

Lin Yuan glanced at him and signaled for the shadow to come over.

The shadow tossed several blood-stained metal pieces onto the table.

"Ninja signals."

"These few at Zhongshan Park are not an assassination squad."

"They are here to delay our advance."

Lin Yuan pointed to the map.

"They know we entered the subway."

"Someone at Hongqiao Command Center leaked the information."

The Major immediately spoke up: "The observer is from the Beijing Emergency Response Group, they wouldn't..."

"I didn't say it was you."

Lin Yuan interrupted him.

"But there is definitely a traitor inside Hongqiao Command Center."

He looked at the next station.

"They think I will lead the main force through the underground."

"Then let them continue to think so."

Sweat broke out on the Major's back.

Zhongshan Park was not a rest stop.

It was bait.

Lin Yuan began to issue orders.

"Lu Yan, seal the collapsed openings at both ends of the subway."

"Received."

"Tank, hold the main entrance."

Tank said in a muffled voice: "Don't worry, Boss."

"Sister Long, the underground commercial level entrance is yours."

Sister Long shouldered her axe.

"If one comes in, I'll dismantle them."

"Fat Dragon, keep an eye on these survivors. Whoever causes trouble, burn them."

Fat Dragon grinned.

"Boss, that's my specialty."

"Captain Han Xue."

Captain Han Xue stood straight.

"It's going to be very lively here."

Lin Yuan looked at her.

"Hold it and prove it to me."

Captain Han Xue saluted.

"Yes."

Wang Ya led Lin Motong to the surface.

Standing water flowed past her feet like thin snakes.

Lin Motong hugged her tattered teddy bear and sat on the roof of a wrecked car.

She dangled her legs.

"Come out."

The street went quiet for a second.

Behind a billboard, a zombie suddenly lunged out.

Immediately after, a dozen zombies crawled out from the shadows and dragged a lurking ninja down.

The sound of bones breaking spread.

Smoke bombs, explosive charms, and communicators scattered all over the ground.

Lin Motong looked down at her teddy bear.

"Dirty."

Wang Ya raised her hand, and a stream of water swept away the communicator.

"Mr. Lin, caught another one."

Underground.

Lin Yuan looked at Qin Yumo.

"Let's go."

His Mirror Doppelganger stood in front of the map, continuing to watch everyone set up defenses.

Only the core team knew.

The real Lin Yuan had already left the main line.

Yu Qingyi was still distributing rations.

Captain Han Xue was reorganizing the teams.

Lu Yan was erecting rock walls layer by layer.

No one asked any questions.

Ten minutes later.

The first wave of attacks arrived.

Black-clad ninjas dropped from the ventilation shafts.

Smoke exploded in the black hole of the subway tracks.

The mezzanine of the mall broke open, and a team of ninjas rushed in, clinging to the ceiling.

"Fire!"

Captain Han Xue's voice rang out.

Ordinary soldiers pulled their triggers.

Bullets struck outside the firing ports reserved in the rock walls, forming intersecting lines of fire.

Captain Han Xue constantly filled in gaps.

"Team One, reload."

"Team Two, suppress the left."

"Team Three, drag the wounded down, don't block the passage."

Using ordinary people, she executed a complete counterattack.

The survivors, who had once thought the ninjas were invincible, hid behind the temporary defense line, watching in a daze.

Yu Qingyi gritted her teeth to keep the team in order.

"The elderly go down first!"

"The injured, come with me!"

"Those who have received rations, help carry the people! Don't eat for free!"

No one questioned her anymore.

Liang Guodong was tossed into the corner, red marks still visible on his neck.

He watched Yu Qingyi giving orders, watched those who once listened to him turn to her.

He felt as though he had been hollowed out.

The second wave of ninjas just poked their heads out.

Lu Yan raised his hand.

The ground flipped up.

The ninjas were squeezed into a half-meter-wide passage.

Captain Han Xue only said two words.

"Volley fire."

The sound of gunfire made the underground shake until it felt numb.

On a distant rooftop.

A ninja wearing a white mask put down his binoculars.

"Confirmed."

"Lin Yuan is at Zhongshan Park, he hasn't continued moving forward."

A hoarse voice came from the communicator beside him.

"Deploy the Third, Fifth, and Seventh Squads."

"Encircle and kill them."