Chapter 35: Unexpected Capture

  I went over to look at the person on the ground with a terrified expression, he should not be dead yet, still twisting his body in agony, the scene was extremely frightening.

  At that time, I thought of Xiao Wu, and my heart began to feel very guilty and sad. So I whispered to Zhou Huan beside me: "Xiao Wu died like this, I was watching from the side at that time, but I couldn't do anything, sorry!"

  Zhou Huan didn't seem to mind me too much, she looked at me twice, took a few deep breaths and then turned her head back around. Seeing that she wasn't blaming me either, I cheered up and continued to look out towards the camp.

  That person struggled for a while and then stopped moving, the spiders on his body began to crawl around in all directions. I saw that everyone else looked extremely tense, holding their guns and quickly retreating in all directions.

  Looking back at my previous tent, the spider is still crawling out non-stop. At this rate, it won't be long before the entire campsite will be occupied by spiders.

  Just then, a man suddenly rushed out. He looked very strong and had something like an oxygen tank on his back. He ran to the corpse, stretched out his hand, and a thick flame burst out.

  My god, I almost wanted to give a thumbs up, this team is simply too awesome, they even brought flame throwers, as the flames kept spraying on that corpse, those spiders started fleeing in all directions, and plumes of black smoke rose up, before long that person turned into a pile of charcoal.

  These people are indeed ruthless, showing no mercy to their own members. The one carrying the flame thrower didn't stop, stepping forward until he reached my tent and sprayed the hole where the spider came out for a while, only stopping when no more spiders emerged.

  Until now, the camp was in such a mess that I hadn't seen Zhang Zhuang's shadow. Just as I thought he must have found somewhere to hide, the black-faced captain beside me suddenly turned around and stared at the woods behind us, saying: "Everyone be careful, there's something going on..."

  Before I could react, a commotion broke out in the surrounding woods, and then a row of gun barrels were trained on us. There must have been more than twenty people, completely encircling us.

  Zhou Huan's teammates also raised their guns and aimed at each other, just as the crowd parted to reveal Zhang Zhuang walking out with a handgun, smiling sinisterly as he looked around at us and said: "Not bad, there are still so many people alive, it's quite interesting."

  None of us spoke, and I felt really unlucky. I reckon we were being followed since I went after Xiao Wu, and they only appeared when I arrived at our hideout. It seems that Zhang Zhuang is not just a reckless guy, he actually knows how to use the "lead the snake out of its hole" tactic.

  "Mr. Qiu Ye, Miss Zhou Huan, we meet again." Zhang Zhuang said with a smile.

  I didn't respond, but my heart began to panic, being caught by these bad people would be no better than being attacked by those spiders.

  "Mr. Zhang, you are indeed a deep strategist! I was careless for a moment, and there's nothing more to say." Zhou Huan said while waving his hand, signaling everyone to put down their guns. In the current situation, no matter how formidable our team members are, starting a fight would absolutely not guarantee a victory.

  "Miss Zhou is being too kind, but it's indeed not easy to catch you guys, I've been using my brains a lot!"

  "The winner becomes king and the loser a bandit. Now whatever I say seems useless, what do you want to do?"

  "Haha...hahaha..." Zhang Zhuang burst out laughing and then pointed at me, saying: "I originally only wanted him, but since you're all here, might as well take everyone together. Don't worry, we've brought a lot of food, so you won't go hungry."

  Zhang Zhuang finished speaking and waved his hand, then several people came up and confiscated our guns. They used ropes to tie us all together one by one, like a string of sugar gourds, and tied us into a row.

  "Go back to your camp, no, now it's our camp." Zhang Zhuang threw out this sentence and walked towards the camp with his legs up.

  We were driven to follow in the back, and I started to wonder what Zhang Zhuang's words meant, whether it was for catching me? What use can I be caught, I have no skills at all, not even a second-rate tomb raider.

  I'm not just suspicious of Zhang Zhuang's words, I'm also suspicious of the fact that we were captured. According to common sense, Zhou Huan's team shouldn't have been captured so easily.

  It's also possible that people will always have moments of carelessness, let alone when they are hungry and tired all the time. If they don't counterattack, there might still be a chance to survive; if they do, it's likely that everyone will perish.

  When I arrived at the camp, I smelled a very pungent smell, thinking that it might be the spiders and human corpses emitting it, my heart felt wave after wave of nausea.

  As I looked around, I couldn't help but feel a sense of awe. What kind of place was this ancient tomb that we were about to enter? Zhang Zhuang had clearly invested so much effort into it, and their team seemed to have over 40 members, not counting those who had died unexpectedly earlier. Various equipment bags were scattered all over the ground, and almost everyone was carrying a gun.

  In today's society, those without real skills can still manage to make some rough imitation weapons, but looking at Zhang Zhuang and his team's equipment, one might think they're a guerrilla army.

  We were forcibly driven to the side of the bonfire and sat down on the ground, unable to move. At this time, a person walked out of the crowd. I took a look and it was actually the man in the floral shirt who had fought with Hei Lian Dui Zhang at the auction in Wan Bao Mountain Villa last time.

  This man looks very fond of his floral shirt and is not wearing camouflage like everyone else.

  He slowly walked up to the black-faced captain and kicked him a few times, saying: "I really didn't expect that you would end up like this. Do you want to find an opportunity to fight again? It seems that last time we didn't have a clear winner."

  Hei Lian didn't respond, didn't even glance at him, treating him as if he didn't exist. I have to admit that I had a few points of admiration for Hei Lian's mental toughness, this guy really looked too cool.

  "And what about this beautiful lady, where's your gun? Why aren't you shooting?" The man in the floral shirt, seeing that Hei Mian wasn't responding to him, turned his head and started teasing Zhou Huan again.

  Zhou Huan seemed rather magnanimous, hehe smiled and said: "Alright, don't be too impatient, I'll have the chance to fire eventually."

  "Rub... you're quite mouthy, I'd like to see if you can still be so arrogant after I pin you down." Hua Shan said as she reached out to touch Zhou Huan's face.

  "Don't touch Erni Ma, or I'll kill you..." I don't know what got into me, seeing him bullying Zhou Huan, I burst out cursing and stood up with all my might to kick him.

  Hua Shan wouldn't give me this chance, and mercilessly attacked me, three punches and two kicks made my nose bleed, I didn't care about the pain, lifted my leg to counterattack.

  "That's enough, Qiu Ye, calm down!" Zhou Huan shouted loudly.

  I panted heavily as I went to see her, and saw that she shook her head at me with a serious expression. I thought to myself that I was really an idiot, what was the point of pretending to be a hero at this time? Wasn't that just asking for death?

  Liangzi pulled the rope with force, and I was dragged to the ground. Then he whispered to me: "What are you doing? Don't be reckless, little sister has her own measure."

  I find it inexplicable. Liang Zipei usually wouldn't talk like that, according to his personality he would definitely stand up and do it with me, why is he being a coward today?

  I was just about to scold him a couple of times, when I saw Liangzi seemingly giving me eye signals, and I didn't understand what was going on either, so I stood there foolishly.

  "Ah, it seems you're feeling sorry for him. Qiu Ye is quite lucky, isn't he!" Hua Shan still wouldn't give up and was about to continue teasing Zhou Huan.

  "Alright, this isn't the time for nonsense." Along with the voice, Zhang Zhuang walked over, followed by two subordinates carrying bags.

  Zhang Zhuang saw the blood on my face, turned his head to glare at Hua Shan for a moment, then turned back to say to everyone: "I just want to get what I want, hope you all can cooperate, if you want to play any tricks, I don't mind wasting a few more bullets."

  He finished speaking and turned to leave with his floral shirt, then the two men carrying bags walked up and took out some dried beef from their bags and fed us one by one.

  I didn't have any appetite at all, just when I wanted to spit it out, I felt that Liangzi touched me, I looked at him and then looked at others, only to find that everyone was chewing with a big mouth, feeling extremely delicious, can't stop at all.

  I cursed these people for being heartless, not thinking of ways to escape. But when it came to eating, they were very enthusiastic. Then I thought again, they had been starving for days and wouldn't have the energy if they didn't eat. So I stopped arguing and swallowed the beef jerky in my mouth in a few bites.

  After everyone had a few bites to eat, the two men left. I looked around and found that there were people on guard in every direction of the campsite. No one else came to bother us, so I quietly asked Zhou Huan: "You, you're okay, right?"

  Zhou Huan hadn't spoken yet, and I heard Liang Zi burst out laughing beside me. Then I heard him say: "Damn it, Qiu Ye, I really admire you. Look at that fierce look on your face just now, it's like you wanted to swallow that floral shirt whole. If I were being teased, I wonder what attitude you would have."

  I glared at him and spat: "You just wait, I'll find someone who wants to flirt with you."

  After finishing speaking, I ignored Liangzi and continued to ask Zhou Huan: "What do you plan to do? Is there any way to escape? Can't just wait for death, this group of people can do anything."

  Zhou Huan looked at me calmly for a while, and finally seemed to have come to a realization, saying: "It seems that what I thought was indeed correct, your identity is not ordinary."

  She asked irrelevant questions, momentarily leaving me bewildered. She continued, "What's going on? Why am I not normal? Have you thought of a way to get out of this situation?"

  "Don't worry, I think they definitely won't let you die. Of course, we won't either. And, thanks for what happened just now, guys..."

  Zhou Huan finished speaking and ignored me, turning his head back and closing his eyes to rest. I went to look at Liang Zi again, and he was actually lying directly on the ground, as if we had never been captured at all.

  Damn, I'm so angry. This group of people seems to have gone crazy. In such a situation, they can still sleep with peace of mind. Finding that no one is paying attention to me, I simply lay down on the ground, closed my eyes and started pretending to fall asleep. Anyway, we're all going to die together, too lazy to care about that.