Chapter 429: What About Trust Between People?
Just as Captain Luo and his team entered the cave.
Black Snake and his followers swarmed directly up the mountain.
Not daring to approach too closely, they could only watch from a distance as Captain Luo and his team entered into the cave.
The younger brother by his side was about to make a move, but was stopped by Black Snake.
Black Snake angrily said: "Don't you know the principle of not startling the snakes in the grass? Pass the word, tell them not to move rashly and not to expose us."
A man with a sharp, thin voice crouched beside him echoed: "Exactly, we must observe changes quietly, and not rush into conflict blindly. We need to use our brains, that's what the boss has always emphasized."
Although this was flattery, Black Snake was not in the mood to deal with these at the moment, instead, he glared at him and said: "Stop talking, these people are soldiers, we might be discovered."
At this moment, Captain Luo had just finished inspecting the food inside and was sending people out to transport the trucks back.
However, just a few steps outside, Captain Luo followed them out.
Captain Luo unassumingly walked up to those few team members, and whispered: "Keep your expressions in check, avoid any large movements.
There's something I need to tell you, don't go out yet, we are being followed."
Just now, Captain Luo heard from the radio that many people were spotted around the area.
After all, Captain Luo's team is professionally trained, and at any time, they arrange some Observers to watch the surroundings.
Although the people dispatched by Li Yu were also following them, they were further away and fewer in number, so they were not noticed by the Observers.
As for Black Snake and his group, having no organization or discipline to speak of, their great numbers swarming up were bound to be easily discovered.
"Captain, what should we do now?" Xiao Liu slowly walked up to Captain Luo, seemingly calm.
Captain Luo seemed to glance unintentionally at the location where Black Snake and his group were.
He then scanned the surroundings; there were some huge rocks around, and behind them stood the tall Rock Mountain.
To their left was a temple.
Captain Luo thought for a moment and said: "Our current position is awkward, have our brothers spread out, find high ground shooting points, and not be too obvious.
Those people coming over, definitely harbor ill intentions.
Let everyone be smart, at my command, everyone hide behind the rocks.
Let's all hold fire first, the opposition also has guns, and we've been out so long, our bullets are not sufficient.
If possible, try to avoid any conflicts."
After speaking, the brothers around him dispersed according to Captain Luo's orders, but their movements were very slow.
Everyone knew by then that they were somewhat surrounded, so they were all acting, talking, and choosing strategically advantageous positions.
...
Black Snake, less than a hundred meters away, took out his telescope and after seeing these people moving, wondered if he had been exposed.
But if they had been exposed, they would have made bigger movements.
Black Snake looked at these people again, feeling conflicted, unsure whether there was food inside the cave they found.
As he was conflicted,
suddenly all those people disappeared.
What happened?
"Boss, they all seem to have hidden behind the rocks, I just saw two people enter that temple," said the man with the high-pitched voice.
Black Snake thought to himself that they must have been discovered.
Damn!
Shouldn't have hesitated, shouldn't have just observed.
Should have gone up and ambushed them directly, now it's done for, they've been discovered and missed the best opportunity.
This cannot be blamed on Black Snake and them, they had just arrived here seconds ago, alas with too many brothers around, over a hundred people.
As soon as they got here, they were spotted by the lookout arranged by Captain Luo.
Damn it! Missed the best opportunity.
Thinking this, Black Snake said to his brothers around him, "Send a few people to go behind them and see if they can climb up that Rock Mountain from behind. Let's surround them first."
"Okay, boss. You, you, and you, come with me." A minion obediently followed the boss's orders, picking a few people and heading towards the forested hillside.
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Meanwhile, behind Black Snake, Li Yu and his group were observing from the shadows.
Everyone wore micro walkie-talkies, which Third Uncle had modified to be discreet and hard to detect.
Li Yu leaned close to his collar and whispered into the walkie-talkie microphone, "Everyone pay attention, don't move around, stay quiet, let's not get detected."
Most of the people following Li Yu had been with him for over a year and knew his character well—he was a man of his word,
strict, especially when outside.
So no one dared to make any noise.
All was quiet.
On Black Snake's side, after thinking for a while and realizing they couldn't sneak attack, he decided to try and get closer by striking up a conversation.
After giving instructions to his minions, everyone began to slowly move towards where Captain Luo and his group were.
After all, with over a hundred people and more than twenty guns,
it looked like a significant formation.
But they moved slowly, hiding behind trees or rocks as they edged forward.
Black Snake followed behind his men, closing in after a distance.
They were less than seventy meters away from Captain Luo and his men.
Xiao Liu said to the captain, "Captain, they're getting closer. Should we warn them?"
Captain Luo looked at the opposing side; over a hundred people, quite a headache.
Damn, if it were twenty days ago. He wouldn't fear anything.
But after the last Zombie Tide, they had used too many bullets to fend off zombies, leaving them with hardly any.
If it came to a fight, their scarcity of bullets wouldn't give them an advantage.
However, since the opposing group was getting closer, they definitely had to retaliate.
So, Captain Luo yelled at them, "Friends on the other side, what are you trying to do? We are from the Southern Combat Zone, Third Regiment. We are currently on a mission and would like you to leave this area. If you come closer, our bullets don't have eyes."
Hearing Captain Luo's words, Black Snake's men immediately stopped.
Everyone took cover, whether behind rocks or trees.
Joking aside, in this post-apocalyptic world, one's own life is most important.
No one was foolish enough to rush to the front.
After hearing Captain Luo's words, Black Snake quickly responded, "We are just ordinary people, just curious about what's inside that cave, so we came to take a look. We are all friends, let's come out and talk."
For Black Snake, in the post-apocalypse, he has never been afraid of the Government or anyone else, he only fears those stronger than him.
Regarding the small team in front of him, he may not see them as a stronger force.
However, to be on the safe side, he wanted to gain their trust first, then attack them when they let their guard down.
However, having survived in this post-apocalyptic world, even Captain Luo and his team had experienced too much to simply consider survivors as just survivors.
Especially since they just saw Black Snake's group, mostly wearing prison uniforms.
They are no good birds.
This was the first thought that crossed Captain Luo's mind.
So, Captain Luo responded, "Alright, then have your people come out first."