Lord of Illusions City
Chapter 253 Wang Li's Miscalculation
But since Wang Li had said so, Wu Cheng had no choice but to obey. And because of Wang Li's instructions, Wu Cheng was very serious about his duties. Although he would occasionally stop to rest for a while, he was always watching the surrounding situation.
However, because there were no lights, and only moonlight, Wu Cheng could only see the situation of the sentry towers on his left and right. So when the dark figure killed the other sentries, he didn't notice it at all.
Moreover, Wu Cheng also saw the sentries in the two sentry towers dozing off, but he didn't wake them up, because he himself felt that there was no need to be too serious.
After all, this was outside the city, and there were no buildings around. Naturally, there couldn't be any zombies. Besides, even if there were scattered zombies that groped their way here, the high walls of the prison would be enough to block them.
Even Wu Cheng himself was only being so serious now because of Wang Li's instructions. He was afraid that if Wang Li got up later and came out and saw him dozing off, he would be disappointed in him.
Fortunately, when the dark figure was about to kill the sentry in that sentry tower, Wu Cheng immediately discovered it. So he didn't hesitate to loudly warn them, then turned on the searchlight and shone it over there, and finally ran over and punched the alarm!
"Wooo!"
The shrill alarm immediately cut through the silent night sky, and the entire prison was brightly lit in a few seconds. Ding Ning himself was sleeping in the monitoring room. After hearing the alarm, he didn't even bother to confirm the situation before turning on all the lights.
In fact, this was mainly because of ingrained habits. Normally, those on duty tonight were ordinary people, and mistakes were almost inevitable. After hearing the alarm, Ding Ning should have at least turned on the monitoring to confirm the situation before deciding what to do.
But according to the prison's regulations, the staff on duty must immediately turn on all the lights in the prison when they hear the alarm at night. So, half-asleep and half-awake, Ding Ning didn't think about it and directly closed the main switch!
After doing all this, Ding Ning reacted and immediately turned to look at the monitor.
Originally, the monitor was turned off to save electricity. Although gasoline wasn't very scarce now—such a long convoy, just drawing the oil from the cars would be enough for him to use for a long time—fuel was, after all, a consumable and would eventually run out!
However, when all the lights were turned on, the monitor screen automatically connected. Thus, Ding Ning finally saw the sentries lying at the doors of those sentry towers, and the blood that had spread out from under them.
Seeing this situation, Ding Ning was shocked and rushed out.
Illuminated by the lights, the dark figure revealed its true face. At this time, he was actually wearing a prison uniform, and he was bald. He was none other than Qing Lang, the only one of all the prisoners who was still alive!
Because of the suddenly lit lights, Qing Lang suddenly went from darkness to light, and his eyes went dark. He squinted his eyes, shook his head hard, then suddenly grabbed the sentry who had just woken up and was looking at him in a daze, forcefully stabbed the dagger into his heart, and then threw him into the inner tower!
Now that he had been exposed, there was no need to have any scruples. He might as well turn this guy into a zombie to act as his helper. It would definitely be impossible to stir up trouble in this prison by himself.
After killing this sentry, he looked at the location of the earliest searchlight. If Ding Ning hadn't turned on all the lights, Qing Lang definitely wouldn't have been able to see Wu Cheng standing behind the searchlight. But now the entire prison was brightly lit, and Wu Cheng naturally had nowhere to hide!
"Little bastard, you actually ruined my good deed. Then I'll send you on your way first!!!"
Seeing Wu Cheng, Qing Lang grinned, grabbed the railing of the sentry tower and kicked it hard, his body leaping high. Then, he directly changed direction in the air, flying diagonally towards Wu Cheng like a hunting falcon, and with incredible speed...
Although he saw Qing Lang swooping down at him, the speed was too fast. Moreover, Wu Cheng was on the walkway of the sentry tower, and there was no space to dodge. He could only watch helplessly as this guy pounced on him!
"Pfft!"
Qing Lang's figure flashed past and landed directly on the sentry tower. At the same time, the dagger in his hand pierced into the chest of the person in front of him. However, Qing Lang wasn't happy because of his successful kill. Instead, he was stunned for a moment.
Because the one he had stabbed in the chest wasn't Wu Cheng, whom he had seen before, but Wang Li!
Wang Li had also run out after hearing the alarm. After coming out, he saw Qing Lang using a lunge skill to prepare to kill Wu Cheng. He immediately rushed forward, pulled Wu Cheng away, and slashed at Qing Lang with the machete in his hand.
Qing Lang's body instantly made a strange twist in the air, dodging Wang Li's slash, while also stabbing the dagger into his chest!
"Li-ge!" (Brother Li)
Wu Cheng behind him shouted and swung his arm, slashing at Qing Lang with a knife. Qing Lang originally planned to kill Wu Cheng directly, but when he saw the guy's grief-stricken expression, he suddenly gave up the idea. What was the point of just killing people? Seeing these people experience great pain before they died was the source of Qing Lang's joy!!!
"Li-ge, how are you? Why did you do that?"
Seeing Qing Lang retreat, Wu Cheng didn't chase after him, but directly hugged Wang Li's collapsing body and shouted at him.
Wu Cheng was indeed very grateful to Wang Li, because Wang Li had saved him. But Wu Cheng never expected that Wang Li would not hesitate to use his own body to block the knife in order to save him.
He and Wang Li had known each other for less than a week. Although the two had lived in a house for a few days, it could be said that they were dependent on each other, but Wu Cheng didn't think that he was worth Wang Li risking his life to save!
Wang Li also thought so!
Looking at Wu Cheng, who was holding him with tears in his eyes and a face full of gratitude and pain, Wang Li smiled miserably. He had previously just thought that he could pull Wu Cheng back and then force back or even wound the attacker.
But he didn't expect that guy to be so powerful. His body could actually turn in the air, and the dagger he stabbed out was fast and ruthless. He simply didn't have time to dodge!
"Damn it! Miscalculated. If I had known, I wouldn't have rushed up. Shouting a warning to Wu Cheng from behind could also be considered as having done my best!"
Wang Li sighed in his heart, but showed a smile on his face to Wu Cheng and said with difficulty:
"I'm older than you. I can't let you... die before me! Brother, live well, and live with my share! Remember what I told you before, help Ding Ning and build this base well!"
"No! Li-ge, you'll be fine! You can't die!"
Wang Li's words finally caused Wu Cheng to collapse. He shouted loudly, completely ignoring Qing Lang on the side.
This was the difference between professional soldiers and ordinary people. While the killer was still standing next to him, Wu Cheng was actually chatting with Wang Li. It could be seen that this kind of brain-dead scene that constantly appeared on TV wasn't without reason...