Lord of Illusions City

Chapter 175 Harsh Punishments in Chaotic Times

"Ugh!!!"

A muffled roar came from the lackey's throat, but the woman's teeth were clamped so tightly around his windpipe that his voice was suppressed (Did you guess wrong? Haha!).

Seeing this, Wang Yuanqiang, who had originally intended to step forward, stopped and quietly watched the lackey's death throes. Kong Xiang, on the other hand, seemed to find it unbearable and frowned, but he didn't say anything.

The women's revenge caused some chaos in the courtyard. Some women even tore open their ill-fitting clothes while fighting the lackeys, but they seemed oblivious, not caring at all about their exposed bodies.

The lackeys screamed in agony, because the women were truly ruthless. Many of them were biting and tearing at the lackeys' ears and noses, as if possessed by zombies.

The lackeys, in great pain, didn't dare push them away, because if they endured, they might only lose an ear or a nose. But if they really pushed the woman away, they might lose their lives – their boss, Hei Ge (Blackie), was still lying there, his life hanging in the balance, which was enough to prove that the young man who had spoken dared to kill! Just like them.

Soon, the women seemed to have vented their anger. Hei Ge's lackeys were thrown aside, wailing on the ground, and their families quickly came forward to hug them and comfort them softly.

As for Hei Ge's lackeys, besides the one whose throat was bitten, there were actually two others who were beaten to death by the women. If Li Chenzhou hadn't discovered them and directly killed the mutated ones with a stick, these women, focused solely on revenge, probably wouldn't have reacted and several more would have died!

"What do you think… what should be done with these people?"

Seeing that things had temporarily come to an end, Li Chenzhou looked at Wang Yuanqiang and Kong Xiang and asked.

"Kill!"

Wang Yuanqiang replied without hesitation.

"I've already asked around. Before the apocalypse, these people were petty thieves and troublemakers. Now that they're free from the restraints of the law, their true nature is completely exposed. People like that absolutely can't be allowed to live!"

"Old Wang, although these guys aren't good people, they don't deserve to die. And they're all adult men, we can make them atone for their crimes through service!"

Kong Xiang had been feeling a little frightened all along, and at this moment he finally couldn't help but say,

"Besides, look, they've already been punished, and some of them were even beaten to death! I don't think we need to kill them. It would be good to keep them around to help us!"

"Old Kong! Can you be sure that they don't harbor resentment towards us? And they've all been together before. What if they secretly contact each other and find an opportunity to give us a hard time? What do we do then?"

Wang Yuanqiang shook his head, indicating that he disagreed with Kong Xiang's suggestion.

"Kong Xiang! I want to ask you a question!"

Seeing that the two of them seemed about to argue, Li Chenzhou finally spoke. He looked at Kong Xiang and said,

"Since they're not good people, why leave them alive? If… if your daughter or your wife were among those women, would you still be willing to let them go?"

"I…"

Kong Xiang was stunned.

"Or, let me put it another way. If I promise to spare them now, but the price is to have your wife or daughter spend a night in a room with them, would you agree?"

Li Chenzhou asked again, then looked at Kong Xiang, whose expression was a bit unsightly, and said,

"Remember, this is the apocalypse. There are no laws anymore. Therefore, the base we build must have its own laws. Moreover, troubled times call for harsh measures, let alone the apocalypse.

You feel sorry for them now because your family hasn't been abused by them. But if you just let them go like this, can you guarantee that they won't abuse your family in the future?

Besides, almost everyone knows about this now. If we just let those women beat them up and then let them go easily, what will others think? Will they do the same in the future? Anyway, they won't die!

Everyone is feeling suppressed right now and needs to vent. Many people aren't even sure if they can live to see tomorrow. So, the punishments you devise, if you want them to truly restrain people, must be more terrifying than death!"

As he spoke, Li Chenzhou picked up a wooden stick and quickly circled among the Hei Ge lackeys lying on the ground and groaning. Cracking sounds rang out one after another. When he was finished, all of the lackeys' limbs had been broken!

"Go! Use long ropes, tie them around their waists, and then hang them all on those large trucks at the entrance of Wu Village. After their blood drains and they die completely, turning into zombies, use the ropes to lead them around so that those who are afraid to kill zombies can practice!"

After doing all this, Li Chenzhou waved his hand and said to Wang Yuanqiang, then looked at the survivors around him, whose expressions had changed slightly,

"I don't care about others, but as for me, if I encounter people like this, I will definitely kill them. And I will try my best to prolong their death process, and after they die and become zombies, I will have people kill them again! So, if any of you can't control the devil in your heart, then pray that I don't find out!"

"Please! Spare me! Hei Ge forced me to do it!"

"Don't kill me! I don't want to die! I was just following them, otherwise, they wouldn't have let me join!"

"Damn it, you're not following the rules. We didn't resist, but you still want to kill us, haha! I'll be waiting for you down below. A tyrant like you will be coming down soon to be spat on by us!"

"You son of a bitch, I curse you to die a horrible death!"

"Help! Someone save me, I'm only twenty years old, I don't want to die!"

Hearing Li Chenzhou's words, the Hei Ge lackeys whose limbs had been broken also spoke up one after another, some begging, some cursing, but Li Chenzhou didn't care at all.

If curses were useful, how could there be so many crazy bastards in the world?

"What are you all standing there for? Go get the ropes! Hang all these trash up!"

Wang Yuanqiang then looked at the combat team members and shouted loudly.

Hearing his words, the combat team members woke up as if from a dream and quickly ran out to find ropes, then came back, pulled up all the Hei Ge lackeys, tied the ropes around their waists, and dragged them towards the village entrance.

These guys had already had their limbs broken. Although it was done with sticks, and there was almost no blood to be seen, their bones were broken after all. Being dragged like this, the broken bones rubbed against the ground, and the pain was unimaginable.

However, it wasn't that the combat team members wanted to torture them on purpose. It was mainly that they didn't dare carry these half-dead guys on their shoulders, for fear that one of them would suddenly die and then turn into a zombie and bite them…