“So, do you want to change, to become like Xiaogang, so that perhaps it could be considered you living for him in another way?”

Li Chenzhou asked again.

“Me… living for him? Living for him…”

Ding Ning was stunned, and then a glimmer of light suddenly appeared in his eyes, but he did not answer Li Chenzhou.

Li Chenzhou didn’t mind and continued to fall into silence.

Ding Ning looked down at Xiaogang for a while, then, like he would to other comrades, he pulled up the quilt covering him, covered his head as well, and then stepped out of the dormitory.

After walking through a few more dormitories, they arrived at Uncle Zhang’s room. As soon as they entered, the three of them were stunned. Unlike the others, Uncle Zhang was actually standing in the dormitory, standing right in front of the window.

After a moment of愣, Ding Ning suddenly rushed forward with joy, while Li Chenzhou and Gray Bear quickly followed. When they got closer, they realized that Uncle Zhang was already dead. However, he had first used ropes and the bed frame to secure his body, and then shot himself in the head.

Looking at Uncle Zhang’s body, bound to the angle iron, still standing upright like a pine tree, his eyes wide open, Ding Ning suddenly stood in front of him, stood at attention, and shouted loudly:

“Reporting, Team Leader Zhang, Ding Ning has completed the mission, requesting to return to the team!”

Perhaps he really heard Ding Ning’s voice, or perhaps Ding Ning’s words caused a vibration. In short, after Ding Ning finished speaking, Uncle Zhang’s eyes slowly closed.

“He… he was waiting for me!”

Seeing this scene, Ding Ning’s tears flowed again, and he choked out.

Gray Bear stepped forward, untied the ropes binding Uncle Zhang’s body, then placed him on the bed, and said:

“Uncle Zhang, Ding Ning has completed the mission, you can rest assured now. We will bury you with the other soldiers. Your heroic spirits are not far away, so please continue to guard him here!”

Then, Gray Bear and Ding Ning together picked up the quilt and completely covered Uncle Zhang’s body underneath…

…

When the three of them walked out of the dormitory, as expected, the sky had completely darkened. Fortunately, all the survivors had entered the prison yard and moved all the supplies in as well. The prison gate had also been closed by Duan Lei—the monitoring room was not locked. With a computer, Duan Lei naturally knew how to operate it.

The prison yard was originally for the prisoners to relax, and Qing City’s maximum-security prison was designed for ten thousand prisoners, so it covered a huge area. Even with more than a thousand people and supplies, the yard seemed very empty. This was why Ding Ning had previously said to set up tents in the yard.

In fact, if there were enough tents, living in the yard would really be no problem. One reason was that there was enough space, and the other was that it was at least safer than the wilderness!

At this time, many of the survivors were expressing dissatisfaction. After all, they had been running around for a day, and after arriving at the prison, they were made to wait outside for a long time.

After coming in, no one arranged anything, just letting them stand in the yard and wait, for more than an hour. Now it was dark, and with so many people and supplies, how long would it take to sort things out?

Li Chenzhou naturally ignored them. Anyway, with Duan Lei around, he could suppress them. So, Li Chenzhou directly had all the people Duan Lei had found beforehand come forward, and he began to assign work himself.

Before, because Ding Ning was not around, Li Chenzhou didn’t know where he wanted to bury the prison guards, so even though those with shovels and other digging tools were in place, they had not yet started digging.

“Ding Ning, where do you think they would like to be buried?”

Gray Bear asked Ding Ning.

“They definitely like it here, because this is where we gather!”

Ding Ning pointed to a corner of the yard and said.

It was a relatively remote corner, but there was a very tall tree outside. He guessed they liked the shade there.

Li Chenzhou and the others would naturally not have any objections to the location. Not to mention that the place was in a corner and had no impact, even if Ding Ning pointed to the very center of the yard, or even the prison gate, Li Chenzhou and the others would not say anything.

“Come on! Dig right here, and hurry up!”

Without Li Chenzhou’s command, Duan Lei immediately had those people start digging. Then, Gray Bear and Ding Ning led another group of people into the dormitory and began to carry the bodies out!

The other survivors in the yard looked at the people digging frantically, completely clueless as to what they were doing. Some people couldn’t help but complain:

“What’s going on? It’s so late, they’re not letting us eat, not arranging a place to sleep, how can anyone stand it? I’m exhausted!”

“That’s right! I said it a long time ago, kids without facial hair can’t handle things properly. Look at their team, most of them are half-grown kids in their teens, and the oldest is no more than twenty-five years old. Listen to their command? That would be strange!”

“Hey! They’re capable, they dare to kill zombies. So many people were rescued by them. Could you do it?”

“Tch, they just have guns. Give me a gun and I can do it too!”

“Then go ask him for one!”

“Get lost. That little god of death has already killed six or seven people. You want me to go and die? No way!”

“Knowing that, why are you still complaining? Be careful the little god of death hears you!”

“It’s so annoying, will they ever be done? We have to watch them dig a hole? Why can’t they arrange things for us first, and then dig slowly?”

“Hey? Look, those people are coming out. What are they carrying?”

“This… are dead people, definitely dead people! Can’t you see they’re all wrapped in quilts?”

“Yeah! Looking at the shape, there’s definitely no mistake, they’re dead people. I know, they’re digging a hole to bury those dead people!”

“Oh my god! Are they kidding me? They don’t care about the living, but they’re in a hurry to dig a hole to bury the dead? Are they sick? In this world, there are too many dead people, just throw them outside, right?”

“Hey! They can’t tell the difference between what’s important and what’s not. Our leaders are really a pain in the ass!”

“…”

Just as everyone was talking, Fatty suddenly appeared, looking at them with a smile and asking:

“What are you chatting about?”

The survivors looked at each other, and one of them said:

“What we want to say is, it’s so late, why haven’t they given us food and arranged for us to rest? We’re tired after a day’s work. Those dead people, just throw them away, why bury them?”

“That’s right! And we’re going to stay here in the future. It’s bad luck to bury so many dead people in our own yard, right?”

“Yes! Who would bury corpses in their own yard? Hurry up and stop burying them, throw them out!”

Because Fatty had never killed anyone and looked harmless, after someone took the lead, others began to join in…