Rotting Land: Survive-Chapter 468 - 463: The Crossbow Youth (Part 2)

Seeing the young man’s emotions becoming increasingly unstable, Xu Renjie quickly interjected, "Young brother! Don’t be agitated, the ones downstairs are Survivors who came with me, we mean no harm. So~ relax, I’ll talk to them, OK?"

After ensuring the young man wouldn’t act out, Xu Renjie took two small steps back and then loudly called out, "Everything is fine up here, I’m just checking the house, I’ll come down to open the door in a minute, just wait a bit!"

Saying this, Xu Renjie turned around and waved his raised hands to each side, intending to show the other party, "See, everything’s fine."

He then explained, "We originally planned to pass below using the highway, but encountered some situations and had to turn around and ended up here. We really have no ill intentions, before coming in we even... " 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

At this point, Xu Renjie instinctively turned and pointed to the back, intending to say they knocked before entering, but on seeing the shattered glass on the ground, he could only shake his head helplessly and change his words, "This... don’t worry, after we move in, we’ll get you a new one!"

"Move in? Who gave you permission to move in? Get the hell out of here, I have no place to take in you freeloaders!"

Perhaps seeing Xu Renjie’s nice attitude, the young man’s initially sagging confidence surged back a little.

In response, Xu Renjie’s eyebrows raised slightly. To be frank, if it weren’t for him being an ordinary civilian, Xu Renjie might have dashed forward long ago and taken him down with a move.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Renjie forcibly suppressed the flames in his heart; as a soldier, he wanted to avoid using force whenever possible.

After all, the military skills taught by the army are not meant to deal with civilians, but to resist foreign enemies and protect the country.

"Young man, listen to me, we’re stuck here, there are women and children downstairs. If we leave now, there’s a high chance we’ll be attacked by Zombies, please... "

"Attack then attack, this is not some sort of shelter, just leave!" The young man didn’t wait for Xu Renjie to finish his words and directly interrupted him.

But Xu Renjie still did not give up: "Not so fast lad~ you really don’t need to worry, we’re not bad people, I can guarantee you with my military honor!"

"Soldier? You?" He cast a sidelong glance at Xu Renjie, seeing nothing that truly resembled a soldier except for a hint of dashing spirit between his brows.

But that’s understandable, after all, since leaving the stadium, Xu Renjie had been through multiple skirmishes, and his tactical suit was stored in his backpack because it was damaged and tattered.

At this moment, with a jacket on top and jeans below, he looked more like a rock singer than a soldier.

"Enough! Stop dallying there, get the hell out!"

Obviously, the young man had lost his patience, his tone becoming increasingly harsher.

Perhaps Old Xu’s polite and retreating demeanor gave him a false impression, making him think Old Xu was an easy-to-bully pushover.

Endurance is a kind of attitude, as the saying goes, enduring for a moment may calm the storm, stepping back broadens the sky, this is a necessary quality for a cultivated person.

However, endurance also has a limit, once this limit is breached, continued tolerance would become a sign of cowardice.

Undoubtedly, the young man’s unreasonable rejection had touched Xu Renjie’s bottom line.

Especially a young lad barely in his twenties, acting so pompously, calling himself an elder repeatedly, this made Xu Renjie quite annoyed.

Luckily, they weren’t in the military, otherwise, Xu Renjie would have taught him a lesson he wouldn’t forget.

"Since you’re so arrogant and unappreciative, then today I’ll give you a lesson on behalf of your parents." Having made up his mind, Xu Renjie’s initially gentle demeanor shifted, his hawk-like sharp eyes flashed with vigor.

"Hey! What are you still standing there for? Didn’t you hear me tell you to scram?" Seeing Xu Renjie unmoving, the young man pointed his crossbow, intending to intimidate him.

But Xu Renjie didn’t dodge or avoid, only lightly speaking, "I won’t leave, what can you do?"

"I-I’ll shoot you!!"

"Heh, ha ha, shoot me? Ha ha ha!" As if hearing some amusing joke, Xu Renjie suddenly burst out laughing.

Just as the young man was angrily thinking of questioning him, his laughter abruptly stopped, then he asked fiercely, "Kid, have you ever killed anyone? Do you know what it feels like to kill someone? Let me tell you, I have killed, at just this close distance, stabbing and piercing the spleen, do you know what it feels like to have a spleen pierced? Heh heh, let me tell you... "

"Damn it! Shut up! Do you think I don’t dare to kill you?" Bombarded by Xu Renjie’s series of intimidations, the young man’s emotions again turned unstable, and his hands began to tremble.

"Heh heh! Kid! Since you’re so eager to kill me, go ahead! Come on, shoot me!" Xu Renjie unexpectedly pointed to his head and approached the young man step by step.

Not only that, the aura he emanated while moving placed immense pressure on the latter.

The young man felt as if he was being targeted by a lone wolf hunting at midnight, causing every pore on his body to stand on end.

This was an aura only someone forged in fire and blood could have; the young man trembled, "Don’t come any closer! I tell you, don’t come any closer! If you do, I’ll..."

"Whiz!" A cold gleam whistled past Xu Renjie’s ear, the panicked young man frantically pulled the trigger.

And as the arrow shot out, his last reliance was gone, at the same time, a black pistol pressed against his temple.

"Please... don’t kill me!" Feeling the cold muzzle against his forehead, the young man immediately wet his pants in fear, his legs trembling unceasingly. He feared if he moved, he’d be shot, leaving him to slump helplessly to the ground.

"Kid! Let me tell you, never challenge someone’s bottom line, always leave room to retreat, don’t think having a crossbow allows you to threaten others. How is it now? How does it feel to have a gun pointed at you?"

At this moment, the young man finally realized he had provoked someone he shouldn’t have, where would he dare to argue further, stammering with trembling lips: "Bi-Big brother, you-you want to stay, then, feel free to stay, however long you want, the place is big, you all can stay, no problem! Heh, heh!"

Seeing the young man’s frightened demeanor begging for mercy, Xu Renjie, though filled with distaste, was too tired to further intimidate him. After a few verbal warnings, he withdrew his gun and stepped back. (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to vote for it at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)