Grizzly, in the eyes of these people, was actually quite impressive. He hadn't killed anyone; instead, he had rushed into the building and saved many people. Furthermore, he had personally taken down two mutated crocodiles!

These survivors were unaware of Duan Lei's abilities. What they saw was Grizzly fighting bravely and refusing to retreat when facing the crocodile's charge. Even after dodging the crocodile's tail swipes, he continued to shoot at the creature from under the car.

Later, he fearlessly rushed forward, shoving the gun barrel into the crocodile's mouth and firing like crazy, finally killing it. As for Duan Lei, he seemed to be petrified by the sight of the crocodile. Even after the crocodile was killed, he was trembling with fear!

And later, when Grizzly suddenly disappeared, then charged in front of the crocodile, shot it, and was sent flying, the survivors believed that he had risked his life to kill the crocodile, even getting injured in the process.

Adding to that was Grizzly's special ops uniform. So, in the eyes of the survivors, if they were to choose a leader for Li Chenzhou's team, Grizzly would definitely be the one!

At this moment, hearing Grizzly's words, some of the survivors couldn't help but feel a stirring in their hearts. Could it be that… this team wasn't a monolith? If that were the case…

"Although I also find it cruel, I can tell you that he has to do this so that more people can survive. You could say that his approach actually increases your chances of survival!"

But then, Grizzly's words surprised the survivors greatly.

"Don't understand?"

Grizzly suddenly smiled, then pointed to Duan Lei, who was killing zombies, and then pointed to the sky:

"Just now, if I didn't miscalculate, there should have been people from seven cars who didn't want to join and didn't want to leave, right?

You can think about it. If Xiao Lei hadn't directly killed the first person when dealing with him, but had answered his questions, told him why we would drive him away if he didn't obey orders, why we had a reason not to let him follow us, and so on.

How long do you think it would take Xiao Lei to persuade that guy with words? And how long would it take to resolve all seven cars using this reasoning approach?

I can tell you for sure that if Xiao Lei really did that, then after dark, or even tomorrow morning, Xiao Lei might still be arguing with them, because some people can never be persuaded with reason. They always have countless excuses to cover up their mistakes!"

Hearing Grizzly's words, the crowd looked at each other, because they couldn't refute Grizzly's words, because it was the truth, and even more because… many of them were actually like that themselves. Even, if Duan Lei started reasoning with that person, they themselves might join in.

"You should have some understanding of zombies by now, right? If not, it doesn't matter. I can tell you that zombies don't have good eyesight. They hunt us based on smell and hearing. So, if we delay here until night, do you know what that will mean?"

Grizzly looked at the crowd's reaction and continued:

"The darkness has almost no effect on zombies, but what about us? Now, as long as I stand on the car, I can see the entire team. Wherever a zombie appears, I can kill it in advance. But at night… how many cars do you think I can still protect?

I can even tell you that if we are still in the city at night, don't even talk about protecting you, we ourselves may be in danger, because when fighting zombies, even a small scratch on our skin will cause us to die and turn into zombies.

Therefore, Xiao Lei can't waste time, because we must get out of the city before dark and collect enough supplies. And that person who is staying in the car and won't come out… what is he delaying? Not time, but your lives!

We're fine, we have armored vehicles. If we really can't get out of the city at night, then we can hide in the vehicles. But what about you? Use your brains and think, if everyone is still here at night, and zombies really appear, not many, just one, charging into your midst, how will you react?"

Grizzly was almost roaring by the end of his speech, and all the survivors were frightened by his words and broke into a cold sweat.

Any survivor could imagine that if they really stayed here at night, and zombies appeared again, just like Grizzly said, not many, even just one, it would probably be a huge disaster for them.

They wouldn't even need a zombie to actually appear. In the pitch-black night, in the crisis-ridden apocalypse, even a shrill scream would probably instantly trigger their panic and attract the surrounding zombies…

"Now you understand, right? This is the apocalypse. We don't have time to explain, and we don't have time to waste. Therefore, we will directly tell you the simplest rule: obey, stay; disobey, leave!"

Grizzly spoke again:

"This is no longer a world that needs to emphasize democracy or needs everyone to discuss things. Just like just now, when those three crocodiles rushed out, we also rushed up to stop them and desperately killed them.

If at that time, we gathered you and told you that three terrifying crocodiles had come, and everyone discussed who should go to fight the crocodiles, what method should be used, and came up with a plan that everyone thought was reasonable, do you think it would be possible?

We are overbearing because we are fighting desperately. Since you accept our protection, you have to pay the price. You are not my parents, and I am not your anything. You don't even know my name, so we don't owe you anything. On the contrary, now, you owe us.

Although you must listen to us, it seems like we are the bosses, but… at least we didn't force you to fight crocodiles and zombies!

If there are still people among you who feel wronged and feel that we are being excessive, then you can leave now, driving your cars, taking your belongings, and you can even find people to form a team and leave together! We will definitely not force anyone! Or if you think you have the ability to go out on your own, we can leave too!"

The crowd looked at each other, and no one spoke. Some people even had a hint of shame in their eyes.

"Actually… we originally planned to leave directly. If we had, we would be outside the city by now. It's just that we thought that in this kind of world, it's better to have as many living people as possible!"

Grizzly's voice suddenly became a little low, as if talking to himself:

"Therefore, whether we fight desperately or take risks, it's all our own choice. We won't complain. We just don't want the people we save to look at us with hateful eyes, thinking that we are cruel and overbearing.

We saved people, we didn't expect you to repay us, and we didn't necessarily want you to be grateful to us. What we want is just not to be hated, not to be opposed, and… a thank you!"