Zhang Qiru looked at the blood-stained snow outside the wall, and endless sorrow emerged in his heart. The wisdom zombies died, the evolution bears also left, and the besieged zombies were gone without the leader. The prison returned to peace again, but the dead people would never come back.

"Liu Shun, has the casualties counted?" Zhang Qiru asked.

"Six people died in the first team of soul hunting, eight people died in the second team, six people died in the third team, and four people... Except for the captain Li Zheyu who was seriously injured and unconscious... the entire army was wiped out... the captains of the other three teams were also sacrificed!" Liu Shun's voice was also mixed with sadness.

"We have only twenty soldiers left?" Zhang Qiru patted the railing hard, and the entire wall seemed to be shaking.

"Yes, captain... and the most casualties among civilians. There are only twenty-four pregnant women and children, and almost all men died... Now there are less than sixty adult men, and this is the result of their desperate resistance..." This battle was a heavy loss, and the new hunting soul was on the verge of death.

"Where are the other middle-aged and elderly and non-pregnant women?" Zhang Qiru still has some hope. If there are more people, there will be more strength.

"Everything is dead... Alas, they have no combat power at all!" Liu Shun sighed.

Zhang Qiru closed his eyes and was speechless. Liu Shun knew that Zhang Qiru was in a heavy mood and did not disturb him. He also stood by and waited quietly.

"Liu Shun, gather the bodies of the soldiers together and ask the women to sort out their appearances. If you don't want to, they will be shot. After sorting them out, take a photo of the soldiers and make a hero album. After all, cremate them... As for the others, bury them well, don't let the people's hearts be heartbroken." Zhang Qiru opened his eyes and said to Liu Shun. After that, he closed his eyes again.

An hour later, Zhang Qiru stood on the roof of the Soul Hunter No. 2. In front of him, the bodies of thirty-three soldiers and the bodies of more than 200 civilians were neatly lying. The twenty living soldiers stood solemnly on the side, with sadness on their faces.

"Today, we have lost thirty-three heroes!" Zhang Qiru's suppressed voice came out, "I don't know their names yet... When I formed the hunting soul, I promised that I would give everyone a better life, but I broke my promise... I did not let these thirty-three heroes who trusted me live a good life, but instead made them die young! I am guilty!"

Zhang Qiru hit his chest hard, and told others that he did not hold back at all. Tears flowed out of many people's eyes.

"I did not let these more than 200 civilians rely on me live a good life, but instead let them die in pain! I am guilty!"

Zhang Qiru hit his chest hard again, and some blood came out of his mouth. More people cried.

"I didn't let you really learn to protect yourself. I was proud of myself and thought that I could protect you, but I was wrong! I am guilty!"

Zhang Qiru continued to beat his chest and spit out a mouthful of blood. Even the soldiers cried out. Zhang Qidao, Zhao Yun and others did not stop him, and they stood there quietly. They knew that if this hurdle could not be overcome, the hunting of souls would be over.

"I am indeed guilty! I have lost relatives, and we have all lost relatives! I can't imagine how I would face it if my last relatives died today! I'm sorry for you, sorry for everyone!"

"I will write down the appearance of these thirty-three heroes and write them in the hero book. I want everyone who joins the hunting soul to remember that it was these thirty-three fearless warriors who carried the flag of hunting souls! It was these thirty-three selfless heroes who saved the life of hunting souls!" Zhang Qiru's voice began to become sonorous and powerful.

"Soul Hunting!" Liu Shun took the lead and shouted out.

"Soul Hunting!" More than a hundred living people shouted.

"Prepare!" Zhang Qiru ordered.

Twenty soldiers raised their guns toward the sky.

"salute!"

Bang!

"preparation!"

"salute!"

Bang!

......

After thirty-three gunshots, Zhao Yun lit gasoline. The raging flames swallowed the bodies of the thirty-three soldiers.

The group's silence for three minutes...

"In order to avoid the tragedy of today, I decided that from today on, all people of the right age, except for pregnant women, must train, both men and women, and participate in the battle! Our team does not need and cannot have pure non-combatants. We cannot rely on others, we can only live longer by relying on ourselves!" Zhang Qiru deeply realized how much impact the appearance of non-combatants will have on the convoy. If he and Zhao Yun and more than fifty soldiers in today's battle, they would probably be destroyed. If they had enough soldiers and strong enough quality, their losses would be much smaller.

"All follow the captain's arrangement!" The surviving men also realized this and agreed.

"Okay! Now, I will regroup. You and the soldiers are organized together, with four groups, each group of twenty people, and each group of five soldiers. Everyone trains together, and each has their own responsibilities! From now on, the hunting souls will rely on the strength of each person!" Zhang Qiru roughly knew what kind of team the hunting souls should be.

......

After dealing with the funeral, Zhang Qiru and others sat together again. In the end of the world, there was not so much time to be sentimental.

"Old Zhao, what do you think about today?" Zhang Qiru asked Zhao Yun.

"I expressed doubts about the appearance of the smart zombies. We have now left the Tiancheng resettlement camp for hundreds of kilometers. It is understandable that this guy is not dead, but it is difficult to accept it if he finds us! We don't have a tracker!" Zhao Yun said his own problem.

"I also think it's unreasonable. But there are also coincidences. It may be that the evolutionary bear attracted the wisdom zombies, or that this guy happened to appear here and had a grudge with the evolutionary bear. It may be that the wisdom zombies want to hunt and kill the evolutionary bear to upgrade..." Zhang Qiru felt that these explanations were just like this.

"Can the wizards want to kill us? After all, strictly speaking, we also belong to..." Zhao Yun said.

"It's not impossible to say so...Brother, what about you?" Zhang Qirudao.

"We have suffered a lot of losses, so I won't talk about it. The bullets consumed nearly 20,000 rounds and were basically exhausted. I don't know if it can be considered the only thing that good news. Our supplies have been enough to support for a year now." Zhang Qidao said.

"Shang Ze?"

"Teacher, I just went to Brother Leopard to investigate. Brother Leopard's people died hundreds of people and were rushed in by five lickers." Shang Ze replied.

“Have they done anything that was against us?”

"No. However, there seems to be a food crisis on Brother Leopard, and I found that many people are eating snow."

"Oh?" Zhang Qiru pondered for a moment, "Have you noticed any good things in Brother Leopard?"

"Yes, Brother Leopard has steel plate in his hand!"

"What? Where did he get the steel plate?" Zhang Qiru asked in surprise. They were missing steel plates.

"It should be left behind by the prison. I saw that the first prison area seemed to be planning to build something."

“How many are there?”

"I don't know, there are quite a few, enough for four Soul Hunter No. 1."

“Are there any cars?”

"No."

"Prepare to contact Brother Bao and change things."

"What, are you going to continue building a chariot?" Zhang Qi asked

"That's a must! The bus is not suitable for the fleet. We still need heavy trucks." Zhang Qiru replied.

"How do you plan to build it?"

"Of course, it cannot be like Soul Hunter 1. What we need is a house car and a combat vehicle. The house car focuses on comfort and capacity, and the battle car focuses on strength and durability." Zhang Qiru said.

"Teacher, I'll tell you secretly, the master has planned it a long time ago!" Shang Ze suddenly interrupted.

Everyone immediately turned their eyes to Zhang Qidao.

"It's not that exaggerating, it's just a simple plan," Zhang Qidao said. "I plan to use a 12-meter model. The overall structure is the same as that of Hunhun No. 1, and use a single-layer steel plate. However, the carriage is only equipped with a bed, 80 cm wide and two layers, each layer is about one meter high, and a storage drawer is set at the bottom. Two rows and five rows can accommodate twenty people. The carriage door is open at the end, leaving a larger shooting hole."

"Will twenty people be too few?"

"This is for soldiers who have special needs, and others have other arrangements. The same specifications of other cars are also available, but the bed has three floors and no storage drawers."

“That means we only need four cars now.”

"No, we also need to modify the truck. We cannot put the people guarding the truck in danger. The basic frame of the truck is the same, except that the cockpit and the cargo box are partitioned and a small door is left. A top and bottom bunk is set in the cockpit, right at the repair hole behind the seat. Currently, three vehicles are planned to be modified, and the modified rated load is about fifteen tons."

"Is the tanker still changing?"

"Change, but only change the front of the car, wrap it with a decoration board, just don't be seen."

"Are there any combat vehicles?"

"No plans yet, we don't have the right weapons."

"Then we need seven more heavy trucks now?"

"Three vehicles are enough. The four trucks we have in place are fine. They are very new and have just come out of the running-in period. Especially the three cars I found later, I was in the place where I bought heavy trucks in Xiacheng."

"Then are we going out to find a car now?"

"I don't think so. Let's modify these four cars first and leave a guarantee. This place is not as safe as we think, so it's best to be prepared to escape at any time!"

"I agree with Qi Ru's approach. However, we still need some manpower. If it goes well, we can complete the construction in just one week. During this period, we will try to get a few trucks to sell heavy trucks. If you can build a few more vehicles, you can build a few more vehicles, so as to be prepared for any eventuality."

"Well, okay! Brother, then I'll leave these things to you! Tell me what you need. You can just transfer the people as you like, and put the chariot first!"

"Captain, captain!" Several people were still discussing, but they heard a man shouting from afar.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Qiru got out of the car and asked.

"Report to the captain, we found a secret room!" the man said.

"Secret Room? What Secret Room?"

"Report, we don't know. What Team Liu found when he took us to clean the restaurant just now was inside the cold storage!"

"Go and go and have a look!"

Zhang Qiru suddenly had a premonition that there might be real treasures hidden in that secret room!

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!