"Don’t say anything yet." The station leader slightly waved his hand, indicating to the big bearded man not to be afraid.
Then, the station leader put on what he thought was his most amiable smile and said to the leading burly man, "Brothers, you’ve come to our place, for?"
"Are you the leader of this base?" The burly man chuckled as he looked at the station leader, "You don’t look like it, cut the nonsense, get your leader out here, I have something to discuss with him."
In the burly man’s eyes, the amiable station leader seemed a bit too weak, not like the leader of a post-apocalyptic base.
So he thought the leader was someone else.
The station leader didn’t realize his goodwill was seen as weakness. Moreover, considering the nearly hundred strong men from the opposite side, how could he act tough?
The small station had several elderly, and along with "Crippled Zhang," there were just over twenty strong men, including only about a dozen fighters.
The rest were just clerks picking up materials and fetching water.
"I am the leader..." The station leader saw that they didn’t take him seriously and understood the implication, but he couldn’t get angry, he could only cautiously ask,
"Brother, what do you want to discuss?"
"You? The leader?" The burly man burst into laughter upon hearing the station leader’s words.
"This guy is the leader?"
The people next to the car also burst into laughter, finding the scene amusing.
’Damn it!’ A few people inside the small station tightened their fists at the sight of being mocked, then bowed their heads, not daring to show anger.
But it was enough for them to keep silent.
However, the station leader was responsible for everyone’s safety and had to forcibly suppress his fear and anger, a wry smile on his face as he said:
"Stop with the nonsense," the burly man ceased his laughter, speaking in a condescending tone, "I heard the southeastern lake is where you draw water?"
"Yes..." The station leader didn’t dare to lie.
"Oh, it really is yours." The burly man nodded and directly ordered, "We’ll set up camp here in this city, the lake is still yours.
But each month, you have to give us a hundred barrels of water."
"A hundred barrels?" The station leader exclaimed in surprise, and upon seeing the burly man’s displeased expression, hurriedly pleaded, "Brothers, if it doesn’t rain, relying only on the usual seepage, we only get a hundred and thirty barrels a month.
But we have over thirty people at the station, one barrel per person per month... this..."
"That’s easy." The burly man glanced at the small courtyard, "Bring everyone out, I’ll take all the women, and pick a few strong men to accompany me to the city to help build the base.
Your resources will suddenly be freed up."
’Enslave us?’ Although the burly man worded it nicely, everyone understood.
Moreover, if the strong men were taken away,
they wouldn’t survive if something happened at this small station.
The burly man ignored their thoughts, directly began picking people, and first pointed to the big bearded man who looked hefty.
"Let’s go!" At the same time, two men behind the burly man, laughing as they swung their machetes, moved forward to shift the defensive measures.
"And some supplies, we’ll requisition them first." The burly man instructed a few others, directly sending them to start moving things.
But at this moment, Zhang Feng and a dozen others upstairs also came down noisily.
With the arrival of new people,
the movements of the post-apocalyptic bandits opening the defenses paused slightly.
"What’s this?" The burly man’s face turned grim upon seeing more arrivals, "You want to try and test us?"
"No, no..." The station leader flat out denied it.
Even the people who came down fell silent immediately upon seeing dozens of people from the opposite side approaching the courtyard.
Zhang Feng, however, glanced at the gun at the burly man’s waist, noting his movements and the gun’s sway.
He quickly concluded it was unloaded, just a bluff.
Then, avoiding a few strong crossbows on the side, Zhang Feng limped forward a few paces when everyone else dared not move, standing diagonally in front of the burly man.
That side’s defensive measures could block him.
"How did he survive?"
"Is this base full of incompetents?"
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The burly man glanced at Zhang Feng but paid no further attention.
"This boss, let me ask you something." Zhang Feng directly asked the burly man, "Do you know the Hope Metro Station?"
Since they seemed like outsiders, they might know something.
Moreover, if a fight broke out and he got killed, it wouldn’t be easy to inquire about it.
"Oh?" The burly man gave Zhang Feng another look upon hearing the mention, "Has communication been restored? How do you know news from a thousand miles away?"
’A thousand miles?’ Zhang Feng, realizing he knew, asked again, "Where exactly is it located?"
"Central city of Qin Province," the burly man casually replied, "You, a cripple, even if you knew, you couldn’t get there."
As he spoke, he seemed to intentionally use Zhang Feng’s words to showcase their strength,
"How many Sun Beasts are there along this thousand-mile route? How many bases? Only we could even try to go there!
As for you? And this cripple? Hahaha..."
"Hahaha..." The others joined in the laughter.
The station leader and others remained silent, not daring to make a sound.
Zhang Feng, ignoring their laughter, limped towards a nearby small car while saying, "I’m a reasonable person.
Look, before anything happens, you told me the information, I owe you a favor.
So, laugh more because soon you’ll have no chance to."
As soon as the words fell, before they could react,
Under the shocked gaze of everyone, Zhang Feng unleashed his Inner Strength and Blood Qi, with a force of over two tons, he grabbed the car’s bottom and directly lifted the more than one-ton small car!