"So, that's it, right? Good, seems like my communication skills are still on point!"

The soldier leader saw the silence below, everyone looking at him with fear, and couldn't help but laugh wildly. He really liked the apocalypse, and even more so, this unrestrained feeling of having the power of life and death!

"Then remember this, when I say start the attack, everyone charges towards the mountain village. Anyone who doesn't move or retreats will be shot dead!"

He shouted loudly through the loudspeaker:

"Also, a friendly reminder, my soldiers aren't very good shots. So, when they shoot someone who doesn't move or retreats, they might accidentally hit the people next to them. So, if you don't want to be implicated, keep an eye on the people around you, and don't let them slack off!"

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the soldiers on the vehicles immediately jumped down. Some went into the crowd, mixing with the surrendered, while others stood in front of the surrendered. Obviously, this was the supervision team, and they would be behind the charging surrendered, responsible for executing anyone who tried to escape!

"Damn it! Which idiot advised me to come here? These people are just robbers, bandits!"

"That's right! This is much crueler than Sister Qing and her people. They're killing people directly! How can we have a good life in a base managed by such people?"

"What about the future? Just surviving today is a problem. They'll make us charge the base soon!"

"That's right! So, should we charge? If everyone chooses not to charge, they probably wouldn't dare to kill us all, right? After all, there are tens of thousands of us. Surely they can't punish everyone?"

"Get lost. Look at them, faces full of橫肉 (heng rou – fleshy, fierce-looking), killing people without blinking an eye. Tens of thousands of people are no different from a few people to them. So, we have no choice but to charge the mountain village base. After all, Sister Qing is there, and they won't shoot us!"

"It's alright! Sister Qing is there, she's kind-hearted. Our mountain village base doesn't have a habit of killing people. She won't let those people shoot us!"

"Right! Let's charge then. We'll definitely die if we don't charge. If we charge, Sister Qing and her people won't shoot, and we can survive!"

"But if we charge over, the mountain village base will be gone, right? Sister Qing and her people...will probably be killed by these people, right?"

"Damn it, what time is it? You still have the leisure to care about Sister Qing and her people's lives? We die if we don't charge, and Sister Qing and her people die if we do. Which one do you choose?"

"Then...then let Sister Qing and her people die! It's better than me dying!"

"..."

As the soldiers entered among the surrendered, some of the surrendered began to complain in low voices. After complaining for a while, they began to think of a way out for themselves. In the end, they felt that the people at the mountain village base were soft-hearted, while the people here were ruthless. So, they chose to obey the ruthless and bully the soft-hearted.

Bullying the soft-hearted means they might not die, but disobeying the ruthless means they definitely will. This kind of multiple-choice question wasn't difficult for the surrendered!

Because they were shouting unscrupulously through the loudspeaker, the mountain village side could also hear it completely. When they heard that the other side was actually going to make those who had just surrendered to them attack them, the warriors here were a little flustered!

"These beasts actually want the people who just surrendered to us to turn around and attack us?"

"This is making us kill each other! What do we do?"

"How would I know? Could it be...we have to shoot at Lao Wang and the others?"

"This...there are so many children among them! I can't bring myself to do it!"

"That's right! What do we do? I can't shoot at them!"

"Damn it, these bastards actually dare to do this kind of thing! I must kill them!!!"

"..."

Duan Lei naturally saw the mountain village warriors' reactions. He knew that if the warriors fought with this mentality, the mountain village base would probably be breached instantly, without even lasting through the first wave of attack!

"Brothers! You've all seen it, the people on the other side want those who left us and surrendered to them to be the vanguard, charging our base!"

So, Duan Lei picked up the loudspeaker and said to the warriors:

"They just killed some of the surrendered to establish their authority. From this, it can be seen that they don't value human life at all! They will arbitrarily slaughter those who surrender, so how will they treat us?

If we don't stop their attack and the mountain village falls into their hands, we will all definitely die here. Then...what about them?"

Duan Lei pointed to the survivors in the residential area:

"They are all your family, friends, and brothers. If we fail, die in battle, and lose our protection, what will their fate be like?"

As he spoke, Duan Lei pointed to the surrendered on the opposite side again:

"Ahead, are the people who abandoned us without hesitation before, threw themselves into the enemy's arms, but were treated like pigs and dogs to be slaughtered, and even forced to attack us!

They are slaughtered by the people on the other side and dare not resist at all, but they have the courage to face us. Why? Because they know that we might not kill them, so they would rather come and attack us, even though they know that once the mountain village is captured, death awaits all of us!

They are pushing us to a dead end for their own survival. For such people, are you...willing to let them break through our defenses and let the invaders kill us and slaughter our relatives behind us?"

"No! These bastards! They defected to the enemy, so they are the enemy. As long as they dare to charge, I dare to kill them!!!"

A warrior looked at his wife holding their child in the residential building and roared loudly:

"This is our home, no matter who dares to come, I will definitely kill them. If they want to occupy this place, they'll have to step over my dead body. My wife and children are watching me there!"

"That's right! Kill them! No matter who it is!"

"Kill! Kill as many as come!!!"

"Fight to the death!!!"

"..."

Following the warrior's gaze, the other warriors also looked towards the residential area, and saw their familiar figures as well. Those were their relatives, the relatives they were willing to protect with their lives!

So, they roared one after another. Commander Duan Lei was right, since those people abandoned the mountain village and defected to the enemy, then they were also the enemy!

Now they were being used as cannon fodder by the enemy, that was their own choice. Just like Duan Lei said, as long as they surrendered and arrived at the enemy's camp, they were the enemy.

Even if they recognized their faces, knew their names, even if they had been eating breakfast together, chatting and joking, and fantasizing about what to do after the apocalypse ended just this morning, but now, they were the enemy, enemies until death!!!