novelzi Chapter 81 From now on, you have no names, only numbers.
Chapter 81 From now on, you have no names, only numbers.
Police Superintendent?
Screw the Police Superintendent!
Xu Lin took one last look at the three people outside, their bodies torn open and eviscerated, his eyes utterly cold.
Since no one else was playing by the rules, why should he be constrained by his status?
The roaring noise rose again.
The wild beast raced down the road.
Any obstacle in its way would be mercilessly crushed, smashed, turned into part of the bloody debris filling the sky.
In the blink of an eye, two days had passed, and the mall had completely turned into a hell on earth.
The eight-story building, from top to bottom, now had no sign of life left, just endless haunting groans echoing inside.
When the news from the mall was brought back to the villa district by Wang Hu, the last glimmer of hope in Zheng Youcai and Chen Bingjiang's hearts was utterly extinguished.
They now looked almost unrecognizable compared to before.
Their greasy hair was filled with dust.
Their delicate shirts were riddled with holes.
Continuous high-intensity work for more than ten hours had pushed everyone's bodies to the limit, and the dire news of the mall's total defeat had completely broken their mental defenses.
Chen Bingjiang, who had originally planned to lie low and wait for an opportunity, suddenly aged a decade, almost collapsing to the ground.
Zhou Dayong quickly summoned all his strength to support his boss's body.
During work hours, sitting down on the ground was not allowed.
Otherwise, the overseer's whip—
To be precise, the willow branches plucked from the trees in the villa district, soft and flexible yet extremely resilient, quickly became the standard issue for overseers following a strong recommendation from Hou Daping of the transportation team.
"Snap!"
Zheng Youcai's face suddenly stung from a sharp pain as he was jerked out of his daze.
The burning sensation instantly brought him back to his senses.
He saw the overseer in front of him glaring with bloodshot eyes, the willow branch in his hand raised high, seemingly ready to strike again.
He quickly grabbed the shovel and started digging frantically, causing the overseer to look away.
Zhao Quan quietly moved closer.
"President Zheng, we can't go on like this."
"We will die of exhaustion at this rate."
Zheng Youcai's expression was bitter; he knew very well that this was tantamount to waiting for death.
But what could he do?
Rebel?
He looked around at the people nearby; almost everyone was as tired as him, either digging like him or lying sprawled on the ground, savoring the rare rest.
"Don't spout lies!"
"When the hell did I talk to him!"
Chen Bingjiang, however, didn't look at him at all, and continued to squeeze out a smile as he looked at Zhang Ye and said:
"Director Zhang, look, this kid is panicking!"
"He's panicking!"
Zhou Dayong, a few spots away, also immediately spoke up to back up his boss:
"Right, right, I saw it too!"
"It was Zhao Quan who incited him. Otherwise, how would that kid have the guts to rebel?"
With his joining in, the two groups instantly began cursing at each other, but Zhang Ye had not made a sound to stop them from the beginning to the end, just watching this dog-eat-dog scene unfold in front of him.
He watched Zhao Quan and Zhou Dayong, who were leading the quarrel, his gaze flickering.
He had underestimated the influence of Zheng Youcai and Chen Bingjiang over others. Even as defeated prisoners, there were still people speaking up for the two of them.
As he was thinking, suddenly a few barks came from the distance.
Two zombie dogs ran back, dragging a man behind them who was still struggling.
The man was covered in wounds and was nearly mutated.
Someone quickly recognized him.
"I've seen him before!"
"This guy hangs around with Chen Bingjiang!"
Chen Bingjiang, who was originally smug, went pale in an instant and looked at the man on the ground with incredulous eyes.
In that moment, he felt an impulse to rush over and tear the corpse to pieces with his own teeth.
Why did you have to run for no reason?
Running is one thing, but why the hell didn't you call me?
The key thing is that you got caught red-handed, dragged back like a dead dog!
You're really like a goddamn curse!
Zhao Quan, who had been at a disadvantage, suddenly felt triumphant, pointing at the body on the ground and asking: "Chen, what do you have to say for yourself now?"
Just as the two groups looked like they were about to start cursing again, Zhang Ye suddenly clapped his hands.
Everyone instantly fell silent.
His gaze swept over the body on the ground, then glanced at the few men who had been beaten black and blue, and finally rested on Zhao Quan and Zhou Dayong, who had been leading the argument.
"What are your names again?"
Both men were about to answer when they saw Zhang Ye already smiling and continuing:
"Never mind, it's not important."
"After all, you'll no longer have names, only numbers."
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