Zombie Apocalypse: Creation

Chapter 476: Unannounced Visitors

"You're Xiaoyun?"

Hearing the mysterious man's voice, Xiaoyun slowly reached down below the table.

"Who else can I be? Can you two explain what purpose you have here?"

Xiaoyun questioned again, his face showing a calm look as he got hold of his pistol.

"We're here to help you with a small request, " the person on the left responded.

"What request? Show your face if you really want me to accept your offers for help."

After a few seconds, the two mysterious figures folded as they removed their hoodie.

Two men stood before him; the left one had a visible scar on the chin, and the right one had an oddly looking tumor on its forehead.

"You two... Have I seen you two before?"

A sudden familiarity hit Xiaoyun's mind, as he could vividly remember the look of the man on the left on some sort of poster.

"Does Chen Gang and Liu Peng ring a name?"

Within seconds, Xiaoyun immediately raised his gun and aimed it right at their heads.

"You two are on the most wanted list... Two traitors."

The cold voice made the two panic a bit, but they quickly raised their hands into the air.

"I know we have had a lot of misunderstandings in the past. But we are here to get a chance for redemption."

"Redemption? What redemption can I get from two traitors who almost overthrew Luoping?"

Seeing Xiaoyun stubbornly refusing to negotiate, the man on the left finally threw out a bit of information.

"Don't you want to know who are the spies inside your army and in your settlement?"

The offer made Xiaoyun fall into silence for a second, but he quickly shook his head in rejection.

"Why should I trust you? You two had sided against humanity and any sense of logic.

If it wasn't for Yuqi, you two would have taken my spot and turned the settlement into a lab experiment."

As soon as Xiaoyun finished talking, the man on the right suddenly clenched his heart before the other person supported him.

"We know what we had done has been detrimental at the beginning. But we're really trying to fix our mistakes.

If I really sided with those maniac scientists, then I wouldn't be here talking to you."

After a short moment, Xiaoyun finally lowered his weapon, letting the two wipe away their invisible sweat.

"Tell me, how are you planning to make it up?"

"Can you promise to lift the most wanted poster on us?"

"What do you think? Do you look like you're in a position to make demands?"

The two remained silent, and the situation came to a standstill until the one on the right finally decided to budge.

"Fine, I'm just going to tell you about two things. One of your Lieutenant Colonel is a mole for the secret society.

And one of your closest ones... Don't be hurt when you get backstabbed yourself."

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"You're just sowing division on purpose. Say their names or bite the bullet."

Once again, Xiaoyun raised his pistol and aimed it right into their head with his finger on the trigger.

However, this time, both of them refused to budge, seemingly to gain leverage in the debate.

"Fine, I'll determine if your words are valuable enough to lift the wanted poster on you two."

"How can we trust you on that?" The man on the left questioned back at Xiaoyun.

"I have never broken a promise, nor am I planning to break one right now."

As the two stood in silence, Xiaoyun could tell there was a sense of desperation in them.

Specifically, the one on the right with the tumor looked to be on the verge of giving everything up.

"The spies will eventually be found out, but it seems like the man with the tumor doesn't have a lot of time.

Are you sure you want to keep stalling? I can offer top-notch medical treatment if you just tell it right now."

"Liu Peng, step back. I don't have much time."

The man with the tumor pushed the other person back, stepping forward, looking determined to give Xiaoyun the information.

"Your Lieutenant Colonel named Ma Zhang, and your wife Katherine is a spy——"

"Bullshit."

Xiaoyun instantly interrupted Chen Gang from finishing, his face not trusting his words a single bit.

"I know you think we're just making things up. But why don't you think about it yourself?

Why would an American bring your three gunsmiths to your settlement? Don't you think it's someone behind it?"

"How can you prove that?"

Seeing Xiaoyun not questioning the Liuntenant part, the two men knew they had gotten some degree of trust from him.

"Who do you think recruited us? We had no outside contracts from being inside of Luoping training as militias.

She approached us with this offer and even helped us escape to Guangzhou after everything went wrong.

If it weren't for her, we wouldn't even make it out alive to the lab... That's how I ended up with this stupid tumor."

Just as the man on the right was about to speak up more, footsteps could be heard from the outside.

Within seconds, Chen Gang and Liu Peng instantly flipped their hoodies over again, covering their faces in darkness.

"Commander Xiaoyun, we——"

"You two can wait outside."

The two mysterious figures quickly headed outside the tent, leaving the four Coloenls confused as they entered the tent.

"Commander, who are those two?" Tan Pi curiously asked after having a weird feeling from them.

"Just some report from Luoping... Ahem, I found the spies that had caused all this trouble."

Xiaoyun's announcement caught the four of them a little off guard, as he hadn't even been to Zhaoqing for more than a day.

"Commander, you aren't joking?"

"Do I look like I'm joking? Do you four know who Lieutenant Colonel Ma Zhang is?"

"I know. He's under my command."

Mingxu immediately spoke up, but his voice didn't sound to believe Xiaoyun's point fully.

"Can you bring him over here? Don't tell him anything."

"Yes, sir."

Mingxu hid all his disagreement as he headed out of the tent, leaving the other three Colonels a little conflicted inside.

"Commander, we aren't blaming innocents for this, right?" Ningjing questioned.

"I have my sources. That's all you guys need to know."

The three of them wanted to say something, but after thinking back just a few seconds, they all suddenly realized something.

None of them spoke up again as they waited patiently, a hint of fear on their face as they stood still.

"You guys can have a seat. No need to stand up."

The three colonels reluctantly sat down, but seeing Xiaoyun's calm face had only increased their nervousness.

Even though they had nothing to hide, seeing the two shadow figures from the outside made them overthink everything.

"Commander, h-have Renqin recently come to visit here?" Bai Bing nervously asked.

"Of course not. He's a busy man... But he has eyes everywhere that serve my interest."

Xiaoyun's words only further heightened their fear, as they all started thinking back to all the possible infractions they may have committed.

After waiting for what felt like forever, Mingxu finally came back with a soldier who was extremely tall and looked way too buff.

"Lieutenant Colonel Ma Zhang reporting for duty!"

Seeing the soldier excitedly salute Xiaoyun with admiration, the suspicion from the four Colonels disappeared.

But for Xiaoyun, it was a completely different story.

His lack of nervousness, combined with what seemed to be planned excitement, almost suggested that he was expecting to be called.

"Ma Zhang, do you know what I call you here for?"

"I cleared three buildings in one day yesterday, sir! Is that why I was called today?"

"No. Guess again."

Xiaoyun's answer caught everyone a little off guard, but Ma Zhang didn't seem to react to it at all.

"Is it that I'm getting a special mission, sir?"

"Not that either. But I have some info showing you have been communicating with foreign forces."

This time, Xiaoyun could finally notice a change on the soldier's face, a nervousness that everyone would show in this situation.

"Sir, that has to be fake. I haven't even contacted my family for a month. Why would I even come in contact with foreign forces?"

The room fell into silence until Xiaoyun started removing the silencing from his pistol.

"You know, there are a lot of people that I'm willing to forgive and give a second chance in life.

However, one particular group of people that I can't forgive in my life are traitors.

They always lie to everyone, including me, and pretend to act innocent. It's like they think they can fool everyone."

As Xiaoyun turned the safety off, the four Colonels started to get a little nervous from the sudden escalation.

"Commander Xiaoyun, what do you mean by all this? Is there no hard proof other than just a bunch of guesses?"

Mingxu finally spoke up in defense of Ma Zhang, refusing to take Xiaoyun's side because of the lack of evidence shown.

"Bang!"