Rotting Land: Survive-Chapter 491 - 486: Firework Feast (Part 2)

"Li Huiru! What do you mean by this! Are you trying to get us killed! You think you can just throw this thing around? Let me tell you, don’t think just because you’re a woman you can act all spoiled! Do the work if you can, if not, get lost! I don’t need any lazy bums here!"

Every word was forceful and strong. Had Li Huiru ever been scolded so harshly before?

In the past, all those men would use sweet talk to coax her just to get her body.

But now...

Let’s not even mention anything else, just Xu Renjie’s voice alone, honed by shouting for years, could scare even squad soldiers, let alone a delicate girl.

At the moment, a few tears welled up in the corners of Li Huiru’s eyes: "I...I wasn’t acting spoiled, I just accidentally dropped it!"

"Alright, alright!" Xu Renjie was unwilling to argue with the woman in front of him: "I’ll tell you one last time, Li Huiru, this is the apocalypse, not the civilized society of before. If you think you can rely on others without learning to live independently, you will pay the price sooner or later!"

Seeing Li Huiru’s dejected face, Wang Qiang genuinely and joyously laughed out loud.

At this moment, he felt a surge of strength throughout his body, working with the vigor of a lively dragon and fierce tiger.

Many hands make light work, and with a fully energized Wang Qiang, in no time, they cleared out half of the fireworks in the store.

Glancing at the car’s trunk already packed full of fireworks, Tang Xiaoquan felt the "ammunition" was about sufficient, so he called everyone to get in the car.

The group set off once again on their journey towards the factory!

Moments later, the survivors returned to the alley they were in earlier, and Tang Xiaoquan and Xu Renjie stood on the roof again, occasionally surveying in all directions with binoculars, looking for a suitable "detonation site".

According to Tang Xiaoquan’s plan, he intended to leverage the zombies’ sensitive hearing and tendency to follow blindly, devising a clever plan to "lure the zombies into a trap".

Simply put, it was a repeat of the early apocalypse cellphone ringtone operation.

It was precisely because of that prior experience that gave Tang Xiaoquan confidence in the success of this plan.

However, this operation was quite different compared to the previous one.

Last time, they only needed to divert the zombies immediately, without caring about their subsequent movements.

But this time, they not only needed to draw away the dense horde encircling the factory but also ensure they wouldn’t regroup near the factory.

After all, Tang Xiaoquan planned to maintain long-term relations with the factory.

If suitable, they might even relocate the entire group there.

So he didn’t want his potential future settlement to be constantly surrounded by these man-eating beasts.

Therefore, the choice of the "fireworks detonation" site was extremely important.

"Old Xu, it’s too open around here, it’s not easy to trap the beasts in one spot."

Tang Xiaoquan had hoped to attract and trap zombies in an enclosed location like last time, then come up with other ways to eliminate them all.

Nodding to himself, Xu Renjie pondered for a moment: "Hmm, if we can’t trap the beasts, we can’t stay here long. Okay, the factory gate is to the north, we’ll find an open space to the south, set off the fireworks, and once the zombies head that way, we’ll enter the factory. Whether the beasts come back is something that might happen days later; by then we’d be gone, so it shouldn’t be a big issue."

Since Xu Renjie thought this way, Tang Xiaoquan naturally had no objections. Initially, he was most worried that Xu Renjie would cling to his military duties and overly worry about the factory civilians.

So hearing Xu Renjie speak like this, Tang Xiaoquan immediately nodded and agreed, "Okay! Company Commander Xu, let’s do it your way!"

Seeing Xu and Tang come down, Liu Yunpeng hurriedly approached to ask, "Brother Xu, what’s our next move?"

Xu Renjie didn’t waste words, drawing the cleaver slung on his back, he kicked open the door of a nearby house: "Get inside! Get to work!"

"Get to work? What kind of work?"

"Find clothes, bedding, and other flammables! Once found, load them onto the car!"

Concise and straight to the point, Xu Renjie dove right into it, but his words left Liu Yunpeng muddled like being in the clouds.

"Oh my, Brother Xu, you don’t have to worry about clothes and bedding, don’t bother, my dad’s factory has dormitories, I’ll prepare top-quality goods for you, way better than the ’garbage’ found here."

Hearing this, Xu Renjie suddenly turned his head, a sharp light flashing in both eyes: "From now on, you do as I say!! Don’t let me hear any of your nonsense!! Understand!?"

"U-un-understood!" Liu Yunpeng was so shocked by Old Xu’s stare that he involuntarily responded.

The survivors rummaged through the house for a while and soon found quite a lot of flammable materials.

After readying the materials, Xu Renjie drove everyone to a relatively open place not far from the factory at the southern gate.

As the car came to a stop, the survivors immediately got to work, and various fireworks were placed in order on the ground.

Seeing these large and oddly shaped firecrackers, Tang Qiang couldn’t help but exclaim:

"Damn, I finally get why New Year is like going to war, these damn firecracker factories are too outrageous, are they making firecrackers or artillery shells, look at these huge pipes, is it really necessary to make them so thick?"

Beside him, Hu Xiaodong, however, raised his bow with a smile, keeping guard: "Alright! Qiangzi, stop complaining! Don’t forget, we’ll rely on these big fellas to enter the factory. If they don’t make a huge noise, all our efforts would be wasted!" 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

The survivors worked together, quickly placing the fireworks from the car onto the ground.

After that, Xu Renjie instructed everyone to tear the gasoline-soaked clothes and bedding into strips, tie them into knots, and finally arrange them in sequence among the fireworks, to serve as extended fuses.

This would extend the burning time, better attracting the zombies.

Once the last "fuse" was in place, Xu Renjie signaled everyone to get in the car and ordered Hu Xiaodong to drive while he himself took on the duty of igniting.

"OK!" Hu Xiaodong immediately got in the car and reversed its direction so Xu Renjie could get in as soon as the fireworks were lit.

Seeing that all the team members had boarded the car, Xu Renjie slowly took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, took a deep puff with determination, then casually flicked it as he turned and ran towards the back of the urban management vehicle.

The red cigarette butt trailed a faint afterimage as it fell freely. The moment it touched the ground, a fiery streak rapidly expanded along the gasoline-soaked cloth strips.

Immediately, a loud explosion erupted towards the sky.

At the same time, the urban management vehicle revved its engine and sped away.

The fireworks show was about to start! (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to vote for recommendations or monthly tickets on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)