Apocalypse: the Most Ruthless Person

Zhang Su was somewhat shocked by the scenes around him. He didn’t expect the effect of emotional contagion to be so extraordinary. Hastily, he suppressed his anger, keeping it within a relatively appropriate range, and gestured downward with his palms towards the crowd.

"Your thoughts are the same as mine. The people of Bajiazi Village are unforgivable! We lost a total of ten comrades, ten people in total. Whose beloved friends and family are they? Let those who are most deeply hurt execute them, is there any problem?"

"No problem!"

No one in the crowd objected to Zhang Su’s decision, believing that those who lost their beloved friends and family must be the saddest and most angry, making it very fair for them to carry out the execution!

Soon, five executors stepped out from the crowd!

Five people from Bajiazi Village were brought to the playground. The executors did not use knives, because among these people were three women, so they used guns for a cleaner execution.

Bang, bang, bang, bang bang...

After the five gunshots, the nightmare created by the infiltration of Bajiazi Village into the military camp was declared over.

No, it was not completely over.

Zhang Su arranged for the five bodies to be moved away, then looked at the combat personnel of the Civilization Guardian. His gaze rotated among the faces of the thirteen remaining personnel, and he said solemnly, "The external invaders have been dealt with, so now we must investigate who’s responsible for this! Who ultimately decided to open the gate and let the people from Bajiazi Village into the camp? Step forward!"

As he said this, Zhang Su tried to summon the feeling of fear in his heart. Unfortunately, there were not many things that made him fearful nowadays, so the effect was not very good. Through this attempt, he recognized his shortcomings and decided to focus on practicing the creation of fictional emotions in the future.

The fear was not strong enough, but it still had a certain impact.

Thud!

In the crowd, a man suddenly knelt to the ground, looked at Zhang Su and Li Zongkai, and said painfully, "King Yama, Chairman Li, I cannot shirk the blame for today’s calamity. It was I who agreed to let those people in!"

"He Jun... sigh."

Seeing the man kneeling on the ground, Li Zongkai felt deeply distressed. This man usually handled matters steadily, not outstanding in terms of combat power, but still a versatile person who could lead a team, charge into battle, and even manage some internal affairs in the camp. Yet, he unexpectedly committed such a mistake.

"And me as well..."

Another man knelt beside He Jun with a thud, and said with deep sorrow, "The decision was made by me and Old He together. If there’s punishment, then punish me as well!"

Most people did not know that before the people from Bajiazi Village arrived outside the camp, there was a disagreement among the combat personnel on whether to accept them. At this time, He Jun and Ding Xiaoshuai were the two who insisted on opening the gate.

Seeing the effect of the emotional influence, Zhang Su immediately controlled his own emotions, striving to calm down and maintain a state of tranquility like an ancient well while looking at the two people in the field. When not needed, he would cultivate the habit of having weak emotional fluctuations to avoid causing unnecessary influence on the surrounding crowd. Fortunately, this training was not difficult.

But it would be best to find a switch method, only there’s no time now!

"Among the thirteen combat personnel who remained in the camp, if only you two agreed to accept the people from Bajiazi Village, then the gate certainly wouldn’t have been opened. So tell us, what exactly is the hidden truth!"

Zhang Su thought to himself, if he and Yuwen were not on Celestial Horse Island and no temporary commander was appointed, they would likely have followed the principle of the minority yielding to the majority in decision-making, more likely adopting an attitude of less trouble being better and directly ignoring it.

If he had known about the situation on Celestial Horse Island, he would definitely have silently given himself a thumbs up, as the decisions made by Zhong Xiaoshan and the others when Bridge Town came to seek help were no different from what Zhang Su had in mind.

Safety or crisis, survival or extinction, is not predestined by fate, but fundamentally caused by human actions.

When Zhang Su asked his question, the crowd fell silent. Of course, there were hidden truths, but they were difficult to speak of...

The combat personnel who remained in the camp looked at each other, clearly having something hard to articulate.

The emotions of the ordinary members were complex. Their lives’ safety depended on the protection of the combat personnel, but this time, due to a decision-making mistake, their lives were nearly lost. However, they knew very well that even so, they who enjoyed protection were not qualified to stand out and judge.

"Dazhuang, you speak!"

After looking around, Zhang Su finally found Dazhuang, whom he had met once before.

Dazhuang was six feet one tall, which was outstanding even among the towering heights prevalent in the north. He was also very robust, with a well-muscled body weighing over 240 pounds, making him the strongest combat power left in the camp by Li Zongkai. Considering hand-to-hand combat alone, he was also the foremost in the entire Civilization Guardian.

Hearing Zhang Su calling his name, Dazhuang scratched his head with a conflicted expression, stomped his foot, and began to recount the reasons.

"We... most of us didn’t, didn’t clearly state our position, so, so... mainly the people from Bajiazi Village were very good at deceiving. They all looked pitiful to death, and... and at the time they mentioned the policy set by Chairman Li, finally following the principle of rescue first and assistance second, so... so that’s what happened."

No matter where you are, there will always be fence-sitters, which is hard to avoid. Yet the policy of rescue first and assistance second left Zhang Su very dissatisfied!

"Mr. Zhang, in this matter, I also have a severe error. I need to confess to you!"

Having reached this point, Li Zongkai felt he indeed could not shirk the blame and decisively stood up to admit his mistake.