Zombie Apocalypse: Reborn With A Farming Space - Chapter 194

Chapter 194: Establishing Authority
Seeing the survivors’ reaction, Shen Jinzhe sneered, his tone laced with mockery as he said, “In our current situation, you should think about your own survival first. Kindness is a luxury. If you want to be kind by sacrificing yourself, that’s your own choice.”

“But if you want to act kind by forcing others to help through guilt and moral pressure, that’s not kindness—that’s hypocrisy.”

“All of you should know that if not for my captain’s girlfriend, my team wouldn’t have bothered to help you at all. So, if you still want to stay, you had better shut your mouths and keep your fake kindness and little schemes to yourselves.”

“Next time I hear anyone question my team’s decisions again, I will throw you out and let you be as kind as you want. Do you understand?” he asked coldly.

As his sharp gaze swept over them, the survivors quickly lowered their heads. Compared to the man they called Vice-Captain, this young man’s gaze was far more terrifying.

After a long silence, the survivors finally nodded and replied in low voices, “U-understood.”

While the Phantom Team had no significant issues with the survivors, the Eagle Team was starting to have a headache.

Thanks to their previous training, the team and the survivors had improved significantly as more and more people awakened their abilities.

But with the rise of more ability-users, it became harder for the Eagle Team to control them, as most of the Eagle members were still ordinary people. Even with guns, it wouldn’t be easy to subdue someone with powers.

Not to mention, after the last time they were surrounded by zombies, the Eagle Team had lost several members—further weakening their strength.

At that moment, as they were preparing to leave the gas station, a group of ability-users stepped forward and blocked their path.

Seeing this, Wei Ying asked, “Comrade, what are you doing?”

Standing across from him, a man with bulging muscles on his left leg said, “Captain Wei, we want to leave—and we came to ask for supplies.”

Wei Ying frowned as he looked at them. The group totaled seventeen people, most of whom were ability-users. Only two women in the group were ordinary people.

If they left now, it would mean fewer fighters and more burden on the rest. But given their current power, the Eagle Team couldn’t force them to stay either.

After a moment of thought, he nodded and said, “You can get supplies by exchanging crystal cores.”

Hearing his words, the group laughed, and the man replied, “Captain Wei, you are joking, right? We have been protecting these people and your team, and now you are asking us to pay?”

At that moment, Wei Ying understood they had never intended to pay.

Although the Phantom Team had said they would provide extra supplies for survivors, it still had to be done under proper rules—free handouts would violate the system he had just established and would cause chaos in his team.

“Comrade, you know the rules. There are no free supplies. Either you exchange them for crystal cores, or you get nothing,” Wei Ying said firmly.

As soon as he finished, the man was angered and said, “Such arrogance! You are asking for it!”

Crack!

The next moment, he bent his knee and, in the blink of an eye, disappeared from his spot, leaving a deep crack on the ground.

Duagh!

Wei Ying raised his right arm and blocked the incoming kick. Both were strength-type ability users, but Wei Ying was a dual-ability user. His enhanced senses and physical strength far surpassed the man’s.

Narrowing his eyes, he said coldly, “Comrade, I already said—either crystals or no supplies.”

Duagh! Crack!

As he finished speaking, he grabbed the man’s leg and delivered a liver punch into his stomach. The sound of bones cracking was loud and clear.

“Cough!”

The man’s eyes widened in disbelief as he coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Crack!

Wei Ying followed up by throwing him to the ground. As he landed with a thud, the man coughed up another mouthful of blood.

Everyone around them was shocked by the ruthlessness of Wei Ying’s counterattack. Not only had he broken the man’s ribs—he had also shattered his ankle. No matter how strong he was, without a functional leg, he couldn’t use his ability now.

Wei Ying stood a few steps away from the group and asked in a cold voice, “Do any of you want to fight me too?”

Upon hearing this, they quickly shook their heads and stepped back.

Seeing this, Wei Ying nodded and added, “If you don’t want to fight, then exchange your crystal cores for supplies. If you don’t want to pay, you can leave now.”

Fearing they wouldn’t be able to find supplies elsewhere, the group reluctantly pulled out their crystals and exchanged them for dry food and mineral water.

After receiving their rations, they didn’t dare linger and quickly left, without even bothering to take the man, their supposed leader, with them.

Watching them leave, one of the Eagle Team members asked, “Captain, what should we do with that person?”

Before Wei Ying could make up his mind on how to deal with that man, Gu Shaoze walked over and said, “Captain Wei, if you want to establish order, you can’t be soft-hearted. Since that man dared to challenge your authority, you have to punish him—or others will follow his example.”

Hearing this, Wei Ying was silent for a moment before he said, “That man is banished from the team. Everyone, get on the buses. We leave in five minutes.”

When his team members heard this, none of them showed pity for the man or resentment toward their captain’s heartless decision, unlike how they had felt watching the Phantom Team handle things before.

Over the past few days, after leaving the factory district, they had witnessed firsthand how unreasonable and cruel the survivors could be.

They had come to realize that ordinary people were often more ruthless than powerful ability users. After enduring repeated betrayals from the survivors, they finally understood why the Phantom Team treated survivors so coldly.