TSIAGBICATMWI Chapter 190

Chapter 190 Indecisiveness

Su Qingshan wasted so much breath trying to reason with them, pleading and persuading, but Wu Zixiao and the other two, relying on the fact that Su Qingshan and the others wouldn’t dare do anything to them, stubbornly played dead. Or, when pressed too hard, they would casually reply:

“Don’t know.”

“I don’t have it.”

“Whatever you want.”

Xie YunChuan’s narrow eyes flashed with boundless killing intent, and he slowly stepped forward. “You’re certainly eager to court death.”

The chilling, low, and dangerous tone made Wu Zixiao’s heart skip a beat, and he almost relented and yielded. But then he thought, Xie YunChuan might not understand, but Su Qingshan wouldn’t be unaware of the consequences of killing them. He was betting that Su Qingshan wouldn’t let it happen.

Sure enough, Su Qingshan held back Xie YunChuan’s hand, which was about to launch a strangling attack, frowned, and seriously shook his head at Xie YunChuan. “You can’t.”

Xie YunChuan shook off Su Qingshan’s hand that was holding him, stopped moving, and only glanced at him coldly. “You haven’t learned a thing from that woman’s decisiveness and ruthlessness.”

Xie YunChuan’s indifferent and cold gaze made Su Qingshan secretly startled. Sometimes bloodline and genes are so wonderfully indescribable. He truly was Su Qingya’s child, even though he hadn’t been raised by her side since childhood, he still revealed her shadow.

It must be said that if Qingya were here at this moment, in the same scenario, she would definitely not have too many scruples. She had always been a decisive and efficient person, never considering the consequences when doing things, only the results. As long as the result was worthwhile, the consequences were just a later matter and could not influence the current actions.

Admittedly, the result of killing Wu Zixiao was worthwhile. Not to mention obtaining a level seven ability user crystal core, just cutting off the Wu family’s level seven ability user and depriving them of a major arm would bring many benefits.

Under different circumstances, killing Wu Zixiao would be done without hesitation, and Su Qingshan wouldn’t go so far. But all three Wu siblings were here, and there was no reason to kill some and leave others. If they were to be killed, they would be killed together; if they were to be released, they would be released together. And these three were all of Wu Changbai’s children and descendants. If this Wu family head lost his mind and fought to the death, it would not only be a threat from one family but also the coercion of the zombies outside. Once they harbored ulterior motives, being a hegemon of Li City, wanting to break a gap and lead zombies to massacre the city would be difficult to prevent. Su Qingshan had to consider these things.

Avoiding Xie YunChuan’s direct gaze, Su Qingshan advised in a gentle tone, “Alright, if the thing really is hidden by him, it’s just this little area. We can search for it, don’t easily challenge the means of a middle-aged man who has lost his son.” At that time, it would truly be internal and external troubles that were difficult to defend against.

One of the main reasons why zombies as a group are so difficult to deal with is that their goals are unprecedentedly consistent—brutality, bloodthirst, a fondness for human flesh and blood. Precisely because they mostly lack cognition, driven only by the instinctual desire to hunt humans, as long as humans appear within their attack range, all the zombies will swarm and attack, charging and fighting without fear of death, disregarding gains and losses, risking everything for a possible mouthful of fresh meat.

Humans, on the other hand, are the opposite. Sometimes consciousness and intellect represent not only wisdom but also fear, calculation, and consideration of gains and losses. When facing zombies, humans not only have to fight against a cold killing machine but also need to overcome their inner fears, prevent the betrayal of their teammates, and calculate how to act in the best way. They often cannot act in unison to intercept the oncoming zombie horde, and in that moment of hesitation, pause, and consideration, the original combat power has been weakened by more than half. Some, whether themselves or others, will always be the first to die in the mouths of the zombies, and the rest… will collapse.

It is difficult to determine whether the appearance of zombies regaining consciousness within the zombie horde is a good thing or a bad thing. Obviously, zombies with brains are much more difficult to deal with, but isn’t the slaughter of their own kind by these self-proclaimed superior zombies reducing the burden on humans?

Even among ability users, there are many who disregard the bonds of kinship and kill each other to compete for crystal cores, let alone zombies, a species whose emotions and desires have long been devoured by the virus, leaving only the infinite unleashing of evil thoughts.

The virus isolates the attraction between zombies of the same species, but as long as a zombie has slightly regained consciousness, it will know that crystal cores are crystal blocks that store abundant energy and can improve oneself. Ability users have them in their brains, and zombies… also have them.

Wanting to cross high walls and iron cannons to kill ability users in human bases is often hundreds of times more difficult than slaughtering hundreds or thousands of zombies of a lower level than oneself. Even a fool knows how to choose.

Therefore, the birth of a conscious zombie means the annihilation of thousands upon thousands of unconscious zombies. This account is difficult to calculate to determine what is more beneficial to humans.

Watching the three people hobbling away, supporting each other, Xie YunChuan’s eyes were dim, and his aura became increasingly cold, not withdrawing his gaze until their figures disappeared.

Icy coldness gathered from the palm of his hand, and Xie YunChuan slapped the ground with his backhand. The earth trembled, and as the cold current surged in, the snow and ice within a visible range of dozens of meters around trembled. Slowly, from top to bottom, distinct particles floated up. Except for the place where a few people were standing, the thick snow was lifted and scattered in the air, even denser than heavy snow.

The land with the white gauze completely removed revealed its original appearance, without anything obstructing the view. In the muddy dust, a black iron box that had fallen from the snow was particularly conspicuous.

When the thrown iron ball didn’t explode as expected, Wu Zixiao knew that the net wouldn’t break, and the fish couldn’t escape. In the chaotic fight, he always didn’t want to easily give these guys a bargain. Why should he let others reap the benefits from something he risked half his life to retrieve?

Clinging to the faint hope, he took the opportunity to bury the thing in the snow. The white snow became the best cover. Walking out of Xie YunChuan and the others’ detection range, Wu Zixiao didn’t rush to continue escaping but immediately sent a signal to contact the Wu family. If there were no accidents, the people they sent to call for reinforcements should have already returned to this mountain forest with supporters.

If they happened to be nearby, then they could wait for them to rush over and then settle the score with Xie YunChuan and the others together. In this little bit of time, even if they were lucky and didn’t spend much time finding the iron box, they wouldn’t have time to tame the companion beast and absorb the crystal soul. There was still a chance.