The End of the Extreme Dao: I Planted a Sacred Tree and Gained Immortality

Chapter 176 Xining (Two more chapters with words, please subscribe)

People in the car.

Tan Yongrui was a little nervous. He didn't expect that the old dean would pay attention to these ordinary people with no ability.

"They are all traitors of XN City." At this point, Tan Yongrui paused and said, "These are what the guards told us. These people are reactionary forces in XN City and have affected the stability of XN City."

Tan Yongrui was afraid of being scolded by the old dean. He had failed to do either helping in time of need or adding icing on the cake. If he offended the old dean again because of the baits arranged by the guards, this operation would be more of a loss than gain.

The old dean ignored Tan Yongrui and turned to look at Huo Ying.

Huo Ying walked slowly to the front of the armored vehicle. The men and women in the cabin immediately wailed. They were tied up with ropes and hung in the cabin. They could not stand steadily, and they could not kneel down.

Huo Ying stretched out his index finger and lightly drew a line in the air.

A wind blade shot out and cut the ropes on the baits.

"Ah-ah!"

He fell to the ground with a thud and found that he could move again. These people actually knelt on the ground, beating their chests and stamping their feet at Huo Ying. They didn't say anything and kept roaring like wild beasts.

Huo Ying opened his eyes and saw a group of red thorns in the throats of these baits, destroying their throats.

"You mean, these ordinary people can actually affect the order of XN City, which is managed by the infected people?" Huo Ying sighed, but it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry in his tone.

"Who are you?" Tan Yongrui did not say anything, but just gestured to his teammates around him. The infected people who were familiar with Tan Yongrui understood what Tan Yongrui meant, and immediately stood up and glared at Huo Ying with dissatisfaction.

boom!
The sound of a sniper rifle was heard. Bai Jue, who was standing in the distance, blew at the muzzle of the gun, and the bullet shot the head of the man who was asking the questions. He was just a level two infected person. The moment he was hit by the bullet, the infected person who questioned Huo Ying turned into ashes.

This!
The eyelids of everyone present jumped, and everyone subconsciously looked at the old dean, but the old dean had his eyes closed and pretended to rest, not daring to pay attention to what Huo Ying and Bai Jue did.

It turned out that these two people were not the old dean's followers.

Seeing the map, Bai Zetsu raised his sniper rifle again. Tan Yongrui shuddered with fear: "We are all members of the Death Squad. We are marginal figures in XN City. We don't know what the Guards do. Even if we know that these people are innocent, we can't do anything."

Tan Yongrui raised his head. Although he was terrified, he still looked at Huo Ying firmly. "All of us are bait to attract the weird group. We are no different from the ordinary people in the cabin. We have to die too. We have no choice at all."

"If you think it's wrong for us to use these living people as bait, please kill me to avenge those ordinary people who died. I'm the leader of this team and I give all the orders." Tan Yongrui gritted his teeth and stood up straight, saying seriously: "Sir, whether it's ordinary people or infected people, it's difficult for the suicide squad to leave any alive. If you feel sorry for ordinary people, I hope you can also feel sorry for my poor teammates. After killing me, I hope you can send them all home..."

Huo Ying rolled his eyes at Tan Yongrui, his gaze piercing through his skin and staring at his heart.

No lies.

Huo Ying saw clearly that the rhythm of Tan Yongrui's heartbeat did not change at all. Except for being frightened by his own murderous intent and tightening his heart for a moment, the following words were spoken by Tan Yongrui from the bottom of his heart.

The old dean slowly opened his eyes. As a senior official in XN City, he had seen too many options that seemed to be choices but were actually not choices at all.

This time, it was Huo Ying who remained silent.

Huo Ying was a little angry when he saw that the ordinary people in the cabin were used as bait, tied up and hung in the cabin like pigs and dogs, and even their throats were poisoned and made mute by the guards.

But after listening to what Tan Yongrui said, Huo Ying suddenly realized that although it seemed that Tan Yongrui killed these ordinary people, in fact, the death squad responsible for luring the tiger away from the mountain, in the end, was either killed by the weird or trapped to death by the weird, and their end was not much better than those ordinary people.

It's like dividing two trophies among three champions, or two peaches among three warriors.

If it weren't for Tan Yongrui, Huo Ying would have hated in the wrong direction.

Sometimes, it seems that the person we should hate is not our opponent.

"Will you regret your choice?"

Huo Ying's murderous intent disappeared, which did not mean that Tan Yongrui had convinced him, but rather, Huo Ying really wanted to see how someone like Tan Yongrui would react after knowing certain answers.

Huo Ying already understood what the Suicide Squad was like.

Will the person who came up with a plan like the Suicide Squad really treat the families of these so-called heroes well?

Tan Yongrui looked at Huo Ying with a serious face: "My wife and children are not infected. This is the end of the world. I will die sooner or later. After I die, their fate will be miserable. So, I don't regret joining the death squad. I will die eventually. This way of death can be exchanged for the protection of my wife and children by the guards. This is worth it."

Wood Release: Spore Jutsu.

Huo Ying stopped asking questions and spread out his palms. Dense spores floated in the air and were sucked into the throats of these ordinary people.

If it was a human poison, Huo Ying would be really difficult to treat, but the red light in the middle of an ordinary person's throat represented that the poison came from the ability of the infected person. As the spores flowed into everyone's throat, the poplar wood components in the spores evaporated and decomposed the few viruses that were already in everyone's throat.

"I, I can speak now."

"Ooooh, mommy, mommy!"

Realizing the changes in their bodies, some people checked their bodies with fear on their faces, while others looked at the place where they disappeared mysteriously with sadness on their faces. Many people were not lucky, as their whole family were ordinary people, and some of their family members had been thrown down by the suicide squad.

"Thank you, thank you. If it weren't for you, we would all be dead."

A bald man, at this moment, was crying like a young girl, with tears streaming down his face.

He ran towards Huo Ying with a look of grief on his face, then he fell down, and was about to kneel down in front of Huo Ying, but the next second, the man's eyes became extremely resentful, and he suddenly rushed towards Tan Yongrui. He had no weapons and was not infected. The man opened his mouth and bit Tan Yongrui's wrist fiercely. "You!"

Blood instantly flowed from Tan Yongrui's wrist. After glancing at Huo Ying, Tan Yongrui did not dare to take action. He just pushed the man down with force. Tan Yongrui was not an infected person who was good at defense. With just one bite, the bald man tore off a piece of flesh from Tan Yongrui's wrist.

After two or three bites, the bald man chewed and swallowed Tan Yongrui's meat, then glared at Tan Yongrui viciously: "Running dog, rubbish, it was you who gave the order to push my wife and children down, you kill me, it's my bad luck in this life, if I become an infected person in the next life, I will kill your whole family."

"Since you've survived, cherish your life. This is the end of the world. Death is the simplest thing. Whether you're an ordinary person or an infected person, you only have one life." The old dean came over, squatted in front of the bald man, and gently held the bald man's hand: "Calm down, you've got a chance to resist now. If you die like this, is that really what you want?"

The old dean did not persuade the bald man to let go of his hatred, but told the man that since he survived, he had the opportunity to become an infected person and have the opportunity to truly take revenge. Will you suppress your emotions and endure the humiliation, and wait until you have the power to avenge your wife and children, or choose this time to vent and then be secretly killed by the third-level infected person?

The man's eyes turned red, then he slowly stood up, bowed to Huo Ying, and slowly retreated back into the crowd.

He wanted to live. He heard what Tan Yongrui said. Although he hated Tan Yongrui very much, he also understood that Tan Yongrui was just an executioner. His real enemy was the guards who labeled their entire family as criminals.

Just now he wanted to die with his wife and children, but after listening to the old dean's words, the man figured it out. Even if it was the end of the world, he still had a way to become infected. Carrying hatred, he could do anything at all costs and was not afraid of the outbreak of the infectious disease increasing the amount of virus in his body. Even if he only became an infected person for one day and then died of the poison, he would return to XN City and find the guard team to avenge his wife and children.

"Bai Jue, send them back to Ailing Town."

Huo Ying waved his hand, signaling Tu Baize to load all the ordinary people onto his armored vehicle.

Return from the map Bai Jue and send all the ordinary people back to Ailing Town for resettlement.

Bai Jue blinked in confusion at the map. In addition to being a driver, it also served as a navigation. What would Huo Ying do if he left it?

Huo Ying waved his hand, signaling Bai Jue not to worry.

There are dispelling runes in Tan Yongrui's car. Huo Ying is ready to lead the old dean's reincarnation body and take Tan Yongrui's armored car back to XN City. When they are ready to leave, he can summon the map to Bai Zetsu.

"We can return to XN City now!"

"I don't know if we have completed the mission."

The members of the Suicide Squad were both excited and worried. They were afraid that the Guards would not acknowledge that they had completed the mission, nor did they believe that all the weirdos had been killed. If the Guards cancelled their family's benefits after they returned to XN City, that would be terrible. It would be better for them to leave with ordinary people, let their families live well in XN City, and go to Ailing Town to find a way to survive.

"Old Dean, you will testify for us, right?" Tan Yongrui looked at the old dean nervously. If the dean of the research institute confirmed that all the weirdos were dead and the death squad's mission to transfer the weirdos away was completed, then the guard team would have no reason to cancel the benefits of their families.

The old dean moved his lips twice, but didn't make any sound for a long while. Finally, he smiled bitterly and shook his head: "When we return to XN City, if you still need me to testify, I will help you."

"Great, the old dean will help us!"

"It's settled now. Not only are we back in XN City, but we don't have to worry about food for our families anymore."

Every member of the death squad had an excited look on their faces, and did not show the slightest hint of sadness hidden in the old dean's eyes.

Tan Yongrui was stunned. He saw the old dean's unspeakable secret and shook his head subconsciously. It's impossible. We are the death squad of XN City. We have sacrificed so much for XN City. The guards will never go back on their word.

Yes, after all, the Guard is the highest command level in XN City. Even for the credibility of the Guard, they cannot go back on their word.

If even the promised benefits can be falsified, and even the treatment that everyone risked their lives for can be modified and withdrawn, isn't the guard team afraid that no one will be willing to fight for them anymore?

The old dean's worries must be unnecessary.

Ten armored vehicles of the escort team slowly drove back to XN City.

Tan Yongrui was driving the car, carrying Huo Ying and the old dean alone. The atmosphere in the car was extremely heavy. Huo Ying was too lazy to say more, and the old dean was a reincarnated body of the Impure World and didn't want to say much either. Tan Yongrui was always feeling uneasy.

After a long while, Tan Yongrui broke the silence and asked tentatively: "Dean, the method used to kill Weird just now, is that guy the only one who can do it? We still have many death squads, divided into many routes, to attract Weird to leave. If possible, do they have a chance to survive?"

"Where did the other teams go?" Huo Ying asked. Although he had a map and Bai Zetsu for navigation, the navigation was from a long time ago. After the apocalypse, the villages and road conditions around XN City had changed greatly. Huo Ying didn't know which villages still had survivors.

In addition to the survivors, Huo Ying was also interested in the zombies in the village.

"I don't know all the routes. Among the nearby teams, only Dongling Town and Ailing Town are available. I guess most teams will lure the weirdos to Ailing Town because not long ago, the courier Black Panther made a deal with Ailing Town, proving that Ailing Town has population and resources. If the weirdos are led there, the chances of the death squad surviving will be higher."

Tan Yongrui did not say it explicitly, but the so-called higher chance of survival meant that the members of the suicide squad would stick together, use the indigenous people of Ailing Town to attract firepower, and at the same time use the resources of Ailing Town to find ways to survive.

"Did you hear that? The suicide squad is heading towards our territory." Huo Ying closed his eyes and passed the message back in the spiritual world.

"Got it." Liang Yao agreed with a smile: "Husband, how do you deal with them? Kill them all, or keep them all?"

"It's your choice."

"Hehe." Liang Yao chuckled: "Then I will leave the choice to our villagers. After so long of training, they have enough weapons. Let's see how they treat their home."

Liang Yao's tone was frivolous, but in fact, she had already sentenced the death squad to death, because if it was the villagers of Ailing Town who took action, how could anyone not be angry when facing the infected people who deliberately brought danger to their homes.

Dongling Town is not too far from XN City. Before the sun set, ten armored vehicles drove to the city gate.

"Suicide Squad, why are you back?" The guards guarding the city gate were full of suspicion. They looked up to the back of the convoy and found no strange traces. Just as they were about to stop the convoy, the guard's pupils shrank. He saw the old dean in the cab. Although the old dean covered himself with the hood on his clothes, as a member of the guard, he already knew the appearance of every senior official in XN City by heart.

After turning his eyes, the man did not stop him. After allowing Tan Yongrui's vehicle to enter the city, he immediately ran towards the escort team's shelter.

(End of this chapter)