Chapter 1 The Argument

The shouting fat man was naturally also a base manager. In this environment, the fact that this guy could still be so fat was quite a spectacle!

However, his words were agreed upon by many, because they all knew that going from the port to here meant crossing half the city, especially since James said their destination was Henry Town.

Going from the port to Henry Town meant traversing the entire city. At this time, doing so was no different from suicide!

"Please be quiet, gentlemen. I know you don't believe it, and I understand that. To be honest, if I hadn't witnessed Li's power myself, I probably wouldn't believe it either!"

Seeing everyone starting to discuss in hushed tones, James raised his hands and pressed down, saying loudly:

"However, I want to remind you all that you've forgotten a detail. Think carefully about the scene we just saw!"

As he spoke, James adjusted the screen to show Li Chenzhou and the others again.

"The scene we just saw?"

Everyone was stunned, staring at the screen, but they didn't see any forgotten details.

"Oh! I remember now. That really is Tony. Yes, when this damn world descended, he should have been on the Foster!"

A voice suddenly rang out. He was the first mate of the Davis, named Hank, and he recognized Tony.

"No! Hank, I'm not asking you to prove that Tony came from the port!"

James shook his head, then pointed to the screen:

"Gentlemen, don't you think something is missing here?"

"Something missing?"

Everyone looked at the screen in confusion.

"Yes, if you can't remember, then think carefully about why some of you opposed my suggestion to leave the city and go to Henry Town. What were your reasons for opposing it? What were you afraid of?"

"Zombies!"

This time, everyone immediately reacted and shouted out.

That's right, something was indeed missing from the screen: zombies.

Everyone here knew how loud two large container trucks would be when driving.

And when Tony jumped out of the truck, it was clear from the screen that the truck compartment was full of people. Such a loud noise and so many people would definitely attract zombies.

But these three vehicles came above the base, stayed there for a while, and then left. This process must have taken at least three to five minutes, right?

However, they didn't see a single zombie appear…

"James! Why didn't any zombies appear?"

Harrington signaled everyone to be quiet, then stared at James and asked.

"Governor, please forgive me for not being able to answer your question, because I'm not sure either!"

James shrugged and said:

"However, I might be able to give you a guess!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the screen:

"Remember what I said, when that Li came back, tens of thousands of enhanced zombies suddenly appeared around him? At that time, Li displayed great power, like Superman, repeatedly charging and killing in the zombie horde, killing nearly ten thousand zombies, ten thousand enhanced zombies, and finally scaring the zombie horde away!

I think his performance at the time may have scared the guy controlling the zombies. So, even though they made a lot of noise when they came back, the zombie horde still didn't dare to come out! Although there are many zombies, there is still a number, and too many deaths will weaken the power of the zombie horde, right?"

"Are you saying… the surveillance footage we saw before was completely real?"

Harrington asked with a solemn expression.

He was the first to question whether the video had been tampered with, because he didn't believe that a human could wantonly kill in such a large-scale zombie horde, and even scare the zombie horde away in the end. This was simply a fantasy, something that wouldn't even be filmed in a movie.

But now, after seeing that no zombies appeared in the surveillance footage just now, his heart was wavering.

"Governor! I have already sworn on my honor as a soldier and my family that I did not alter that video. The scene on the screen is what happened at the time!"

James also replied with a serious expression:

"In addition, Governor, and everyone, I would like to ask you all to think carefully. If I tampered with that video, then what would my purpose be?

To create a fake image to make you believe it, then take you away, get surrounded by zombies, and kill us all?

Gentlemen, not to mention that there would be no benefit to myself in doing so, but if I really just wanted to kill everyone, then would I need to go to so much trouble?

I just need to send my people to open some manhole covers and make some noise to let those ugly guys above enter the sewer, and I can easily kill us all, right?"

"…"

Hearing James' words, everyone looked at each other, unable to say a word.

That's right, if James tampered with the video, the only result would be that they would be surrounded by a horde of zombies and eventually be completely wiped out. But to kill everyone, not only would there be no benefit to James, but also, as he said, introducing zombies into the sewer could also achieve this goal.

"Okay! General James, you've convinced me. I also agree to leave. I will send people back to bring all my people here!"

A base manager was the first to raise his hand and say.

"Count me in!"

"Me too! Anyway, staying here is just a dead end. Let's just give it a shot. May God bless us!"

"You should hope that the Easterner is more capable!"

"I'll join too! Let's die together if we have to!"

"…"

After someone took the lead, some other base managers responded and decided to leave with James. In the end, only seven or eight people remained silent, all looking at Harrington.

These managers were all subordinates of Harrington or members of his family, so they completely followed Harrington's lead.

"Okay! It's time to leave!"

Harrington looked at James and nodded, saying:

"However… how do we leave? Like you said before, just have everyone go to that exit and wait?"

When James was persuading everyone earlier, he naturally revealed the plan that Li Chenzhou had told him, so they also knew the location of the exit closest to Henry Town.

"This… I think we should wait. Li has already sent the first group of people over there. This can be regarded as a test. When he comes back, he may have new ideas!"

James hesitated for a moment, then looked at Li Chenzhou on the screen and said…