Time Travel: The Survival of Li Zhi

Chapter 542 We Are the Only One Left

Du Yuan's boots stepped on something that might have been stones or broken bones, making a slight "crunching" sound.

He brought his men and a number of grain carts, followed Jin Zai through the ruins, and finally saw a gray tent in an open space surrounded by broken walls.

It was a simple shed made of tattered fur coats and straw ropes, with rusty spear tips stuck in the four corners, and there seemed to be dried cloth strips hanging on the spear tips.

The figures sitting or standing around the tent were as silent as dead trees.

Most of them were wearing sackcloth, with their bony ribs protruding from under the fabric like animal bones drying in the sun. Each of them looked like a demon crawling out of hell.

Although Jin Zai did not introduce them to Du Yuan, Du Yuan knew in his heart that these people were obviously Jin Zai's subordinates.

Regardless of gender, age or status, these people all had greed and desire in their eyes when they looked at the group of people transporting supplies and food.

The look in his eyes was like that of a hungry wolf seeing a tender and fair lamb.

However, Du Yuan was unusually calm.

Because Du Yuan knew that no matter how hungry these people were, even if they were starving to death or going crazy, no one would dare to touch them.

Even if someone really goes crazy and dares to attack them, the leaders of those forces will never allow such a thing to happen, and they will definitely take action to stop it.

Everyone knew that Zhanzhou couldn't even get a single blade of grass to eat, relying entirely on supplies shipped in from the imperial court. If a transporter met with misfortune in Zhanzhou, no one would dare to deliver supplies again.

By that time, everyone in Zhanzhou will be buried with him!

This is a matter of life and death, no one dares to joke about it, even though these people are already almost dead!

As Du Yuan glanced at these people, he counted silently in his heart.

About three hundred people.

Du Yuan withdrew his gaze and then waved to the follower beside him.

The attendant was smart. He immediately took out the account book and pen and handed them to Du Yuan.

Du Yuan took the item and scribbled something on the account book. As he wrote, he said to Jin Zai, "Chief Jin, I see there are about three hundred of you..."

He paused, looked up at Jin Zai, and continued, "How about this, I'll give you a share for 500 people, and you can distribute the rest of the food among yourselves."

Before Du Yuan and his companions arrived in Zhanzhou, the average share of these supplies and food for each person had already been determined.

The supplies and food transported to Zhanzhou were directly handed over to various forces and distributed by their leaders.

After all, Zhanzhou is so big that they can't distribute it to each person one by one.

As for whether the leaders would pocket the food and supplies after they were distributed to them, that was not their business.

However, the supplies and food distributed by each faction are usually arranged according to the number of people in each faction.

However, Du Yuan disregarded the rules and arbitrarily gave Jin Zai nearly two hundred more people's shares.

This is such good news that any force would wake up smiling even in their dreams. If the supplies and food for these 200 people are used properly, it would be enough to more than double the power of Jin Zai.

The reason why Du Yuan acted in this way was actually because he saw that Jin Zai was still young, but he was able to establish a force in this hellish Zhanzhou. Such a young hero would definitely be valued by the bigwigs when Zhanzhou was lifted in the future.

So, Du Yuan was determined to make friends. He quickly wrote and drew on the account book, then handed it to his attendant, who then went down to arrange for the unloading of the supplies and food for 500 people to Jin Zai and his men.

However, when Du Yuan finished all this, he originally thought that if he could not only see Jin Zai crying bitterly, he would at least be able to see Jin Zai's expression full of gratitude and excitement.

But he didn't expect that there was no expression on Jin Zai's scarred face, and Jin Zai didn't even say thank you to Du Yuan.

This made Du Yuan somewhat dissatisfied. After all, he had shown such sincerity, but Jin Zai seemed to have ignored him.

For a moment, Du Yuan no longer had the heart to make friends with Jin Zai. He said in a calm tone with a hint of dissatisfaction and anger, "The things have been handed over. I am busy with my work and I am also rushing to deliver supplies to others. I will not stay any longer. Goodbye!"

As soon as Du Yuan finished speaking, he didn't expect that Jin Zai, who had been expressionless, suddenly laughed.

The laughter became louder and louder, and more and more crazy.

Even the people around started laughing.

The laughter sounded like rusty iron sheets rubbing against each other, rolling out from the depths of the throat, with an indescribable weirdness.

The crazy laughter made all the people transporting supplies and food, including Du Yuan, feel a chill in their hearts.

Du Yuan's scalp tingled. He suppressed his fear and whispered to Jin Zai, "Jin... Chief Jin... why are you... laughing?"

Jin Zai's laughter stopped abruptly.

He took a step forward, his red eyes reflecting Du Yuan's helpless figure. Jin Zai's hoarse voice rang out, "Sir, there's no need to go to so much trouble. I will take these supplies and food for everyone. Why would you have to come all this way in person?"

"presumptuous!"

Du Yuan cursed subconsciously.

The thing he was most worried about finally happened. This crazy Jin Zai actually wanted to swallow up all the supplies and food!

How dare he?

How dare he! ! !

Du Yuan pointed at Jin Zai and was about to yell, but suddenly remembered that they were now on Jin Zai's territory. Jin Zai was like a madman. If he got angry because of his scolding, they might not be able to escape death today.

Du Yuan's tone softened. "Do you understand the consequences of doing this? If you dare to keep all this for yourself, the people from other factions will eat you alive."

Jin Zai twitched the corner of his mouth, and the muscles under his scar twitched. He spoke again, "Don't worry, sir... We are the only force left in Zhanzhou..."

Although Jin Zai's voice was not loud, it was like a bolt from the blue, exploding in Du Yuan's ears.

Du Yuan was struck by lightning and staggered back half a step.

Du Yuan knew very well that the bigwigs in the court did not care about these forces in Zhanzhou. In their view, these forces would be pawns for them to control in the future.

But what if a force emerged from these forces that could unify Zhanzhou?

Then the situation is different.

A local force that can unify Zhanzhou is absolutely irreplaceable in the hearts of everyone in Zhanzhou.

This existence will become a huge obstacle for the bigwigs in the court to divide up Zhanzhou in the future, and may even threaten their interests.

The officials in the court will certainly not allow such a thing to appear!

Du Yuan felt uneasy and fearful. He knew he had to report the matter as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

However, Du Yuan overlooked a crucial issue - since Jin Zai dared to say these words to him so openly, how could he let him go back so easily?

Just as Du Yuan turned around and prepared to escape, he heard a "puff" sound and a flash of blood suddenly appeared.

Immediately afterwards, shrill screams and roars resounded through heaven and earth!