“Go around the building first and surround it!”

After arriving at the building, Zhao Dahai didn't immediately enter. Instead, with a wave of his hand, he dispersed the convoy to surround the building. They quickly discovered the rope Sun Qiang had left behind.

Sun Qiang had left the rope as a backup in case he was trapped by zombies, but while it was useful against zombies, it was useless against humans.

Zhao Dahai's men simply took out a lighter and set the rope on fire. The flames quickly climbed up, and soon the entire rope was burned to ashes.

Sun Qiang saw this and became nervous. Clearly, these people hadn't come here by coincidence; they were here for him.

"Could it be the people from the villa?"

Sun Qiang wondered, but then realized that didn't make sense. He was a follower of Li Chenzhou and knew Li Chenzhou's location. Li Chenzhou was still at the villa, which meant he was fine.

If he was fine, then Wu Zhiqun and the others must be dead, and the villa would belong to Li Chenzhou. There was no reason for him to surround Sun Qiang. If he wanted to kill him, he could have done it before, and there was no need to waste a precious evolutionary agent.

Even if he didn't know the price of the evolutionary agent, anything that could make people stronger would be highly sought after, regardless of the cost. Its value was self-evident.

"Brother! Don't worry, we mean no harm. We just want to have a good talk with you, but you're too fast. We were afraid you'd misunderstand, so we resorted to this."

Just as Sun Qiang was scratching his head, Zhao Dahai picked up a loudspeaker and shouted:

"We're coming up now. Just wait for us on the roof. We promise we won't hurt you! Believe us, we've known about you for a long time. If we wanted to hurt you, we could have sniped you during the day."

"Alright! Come on up!"

Hearing Zhao Dahai's words, Sun Qiang took a deep breath and shouted down. Then, he turned and opened the door to the roof.

Locking the door was useless against humans. If they had guns, they could break through any door on the roof! So Sun Qiang decided to be generous.

Besides, although the rope had been burned, Sun Qiang still had a backup plan. Zhao Dahai and the others wouldn't be able to trap him if he wanted to escape.

Being so afraid of death, how could Sun Qiang entrust his life to a single rope? It was just one of his escape routes.

The building he had chosen was next to another building, about ten meters shorter and only ten meters away. As long as he used his skill, he could jump from this building to that one!

The people below couldn't possibly know about his skill, so they hadn't surrounded that building. If he sensed anything was wrong, he would immediately jump to the adjacent building and escape under the cover of darkness!

"Creak!"

Soon, the door to the roof was pushed open, and Zhao Dahai arrived on the roof with two men. Xiao Lü and Guo Jianyong were leading the team below, preventing Sun Qiang from escaping.

"Brother, hello, my name is Zhao Dahai, the leader of the First Base!"

Zhao Dahai arrived on the roof, and his two men turned on their emergency lights, illuminating the roof as if it were daytime. Zhao Dahai walked up to Sun Qiang, extended his hand, and smiled at him.

Zhao Dahai knew that Sun Qiang was an evolver, but he was one too, so he wasn't intimidated. He had brought the two men to provide light, because it would be beneath him, the protagonist and leader of the base, to carry a flashlight.

As for the First Base, that was Zhao Dahai's base. He had named it himself. The base built by the protagonist, of course, had to be the first. Was there any question?

"Hello! My name is Sun Qiang!"

Seeing Zhao Dahai in person, Sun Qiang was relieved, because he could see that there was no killing intent in Zhao Dahai's eyes. So he reached out and shook his hand, giving his name.

"Brother! I see that you're on your own. How about it? Are you interested in joining us? I know you're strong, and so am I. If you join us, our base will definitely be the strongest base in Qishi."

Seeing that Sun Qiang's attitude was okay, Zhao Dahai was delighted. He cut straight to the chase:

"And in the future, I'm confident that I can build our base into the strongest base in the world. Although our base only has four or five thousand people now, I'm determined to achieve this goal, so I need a strong person like you to help me!"

When trying to win over Sun Qiang, Zhao Dahai cleverly didn't reveal that he was the protagonist, because he was afraid that Sun Qiang would think he was crazy and scare him away.

Anyway, as long as he stayed by his side and saw his power, he would definitely be conquered by his "aura of a king," just like in the novels, right? As soon as the protagonist stomped his foot, subordinates would come from all directions, and beautiful women would offer themselves!

"First Base?"

Sun Qiang was taken aback, thinking, "What a stupid name!"

Then, Sun Qiang saw Zhao Dahai's eyes. Zhao Dahai was looking at him eagerly, indicating that he really wanted him to join. However, Sun Qiang could always see a trace of arrogance in Zhao Dahai's eyes. Presumably, the name "First Base" came from this person's arrogance.

"Leader Zhao! Your base has so many people, it seems very strong. But... I'm not used to being restrained, so I've been wandering on my own for so long, and I've never joined any base."

After thinking for a moment, Sun Qiang said:

"Since Leader Zhao's base is also near Qishi, you probably know that there are many other human-established bases around here. If I wanted to join a base, I probably wouldn't be here talking to you now!"

"Hahahaha! I know! People with ability generally aren't used to being restrained, and neither am I. If someone asked me to join their base, I might even start a fight. Brother, your attitude is actually very good!"

Hearing Sun Qiang's refusal, Zhao Dahai wasn't angry. Instead, he laughed! He looked at Sun Qiang, then turned around, faced the city center, and walked to the edge of the roof:

"Brother, I never like to force anyone, because even without anyone's help, I can make a name for myself in this apocalypse!

But now, the reason I'm looking for you isn't just to add another strong person to my base. More importantly, our Qishi is facing a major crisis, and I need to integrate the resources of the entire city to solve this crisis.

Otherwise, once those guys become powerful,恐怕 we humans won't have anyone left!"

"Crisis?"

Sun Qiang came to Zhao Dahai's side and frowned.

"Yes! It's right there!"

Zhao Dahai pointed to the city center, saying with certainty...