"You just asked him for help. He intervened, which led to him being beaten by our people to the state he's in now. And now, you can save him, but it will cost you your own life. What do you choose? Pull him up? Or let go?"

Zhao Dahai rested his head on Liu Yun's shoulder, staring at Old Wang outside who was looking terrified and shaking his head desperately, and said with a smile.

"Ah~~!"

Hearing Zhao Dahai's voice and seeing Old Wang's pleading eyes, Liu Yun finally let out a scream. Then, she raised her hands, and Old Wang's body lost its support, immediately falling downwards, accompanied by his muffled cry:

"Ugh~~!"

"You! You're a devil! You're a devil!!!"

Watching Old Wang disappear from the window, Liu Yun collapsed to the ground. She stared at Zhao Dahai, constantly shouting.

"You're the one who threw him down, not me. I said, if you wanted to pull him back, I could help. But clearly, you gave up on him! You... killed him!"

Zhao Dahai looked at Liu Yun expressionlessly, then looked at the others in the room. At this moment, everyone in the room, including Xiao Lü, looked uneasy.

After all, they were all ordinary people, and Old Wang was one of their own. At least, when killing zombies and saving people, Old Wang had fought alongside them.

And such a person had now died before their eyes, and in such a tragic way. A sense of fear inexplicably arose in their hearts—the source of this fear was Zhao Dahai.

In the entire room, only Guo Jianyong looked normal, because he had thrown a woman down from another room just now.

"Brothers!"

Zhao Dahai looked at everyone and said:

"Do you know why I insisted on Old Wang's death?"

Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to answer.

"I have no personal grudges with him. I believe none of you brothers have any hatred towards him either, because Old Wang usually doesn't talk much, is taciturn, and doesn't have close relationships with anyone, but he's not on bad terms with anyone either!"

Seeing that no one answered, Zhao Dahai said:

"The reason I wanted him to die is twofold: first, because he questioned my decision and wanted to protect Liu Yun; second, Xiao Lü's hit just now was very heavy, and if Old Wang wakes up, it will be hard for him not to harbor resentment towards Xiao Lü!

We are a team, especially in this kind of situation. If we want to survive, we must be united. This kind of rift cannot be repaired. Therefore, between the two of them, we can only keep one. I chose Xiao Lü!"

"Thank you, Brother Hai!"

Xiao Lü suddenly understood and nodded gratefully to Zhao Dahai.

"The world has changed, and we must change too. To survive, we must adapt to this world as quickly as possible. I think my adaptability is quite good. At least I can bring you, those one hundred-plus people, safely here!"

Zhao Dahai smiled at Xiao Lü, then continued:

"Moreover, I am confident that I can take you further, even establish a base of our own, and live forever in this world! Even better than we lived before! The apocalypse may represent death for others, but for us, it may be an opportunity, an opportunity for us to turn ourselves into superiors!!!

But there is a prerequisite, and that is, I can lead you, but you must trust me and obey me. If someone questions or even directly tries to stop me like Old Wang did, then I can only say sorry! Please leave my team!"

Saying that, Zhao Dahai looked at Xiao Lü:

"Xiao Lü, you also questioned my decision just now when I said I was leaving. This is human nature, and we are not in such a hurry right now, so I can explain it to you. But what if we encounter an emergency and I issue an order, but you hesitate?"

"Boss! From now on, I'll do whatever you say, without any hesitation!"

Xiao Lü immediately stood up straight, looking at Zhao Dahai with a solemn expression, even changing his address.

"Brothers! I want to survive, and I believe that only by following my method can we escape and get better and better, turning this apocalypse into our opportunity!"

Zhao Dahai nodded, then looked at everyone, also with a serious face:

"However, I need your trust. For example, if a group of zombies suddenly appeared at the door right now, ready to rush in, then I would definitely shout for Old Qi and Guo Jianyong to rush up and block them. Why? Because you two are the closest, and only you two have the hope of stopping the zombies! Giving us time to react and rush over to block them outside the door.

But if you don't trust me, you will think, am I using you as cannon fodder? As long as you hesitate, the zombies will rush in, our door will not be able to close, and the zombies behind will continue to rush in, and everyone in this house will die!

This is what I mean when I say that what I need is someone who can trust me, who won't think about why when they hear my orders, but will just execute them directly. Only in this way can we truly stick together and go further and become stronger in this apocalypse.

Moreover, I can guarantee to everyone that any decision I make will definitely be based on the overall situation and will not be selfish. The logic is very simple, no one is a fool. If I really use people as cannon fodder, the people I use as cannon fodder will definitely die, and I don't have to worry about revenge, but can't others see it?

If I really did that, I guess we would break up soon, and if I was left alone, I wouldn't be able to survive either! No one can survive alone in such a world!

And everyone can think about it, when the apocalypse first descended, when I led everyone to rush out, wasn't I always rushing in the front, and didn't I kill the most zombies? I was risking my life, because I wanted to lead you out!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Dahai paused, giving everyone some time to digest, and then said sincerely:

"Brothers, I've said so much, because you can all see what I do later. Now I'll only ask one question, are you willing to follow me and trust me?

Brothers who are willing will stay. I can't guarantee that I can take all of you out, but I can swear that if an accident happens, I will definitely die in front of you! If there is anyone who is unwilling, who is afraid that I will harm him, then let's part ways peacefully, and you can leave now!"

"Boss! Can I follow you?"

As soon as Zhao Dahai's words fell, Guo Jianyong was the first to rush over and ask.

"Of course!"

Zhao Dahai patted Guo Jianyong on the shoulder, then looked at the others:

"Brothers, you can think about it carefully first. I'll take the two of them over there to see where that enhanced zombie that can summon zombies is!"

Saying that, Zhao Dahai took Xiao Lü and Guo Jianyong, opened the door, and walked out...