Chapter 1280: A Choice Between Life and Death
As soon as Ling Mo finished speaking, Fang Zhou suddenly looked up, staring at him in shock: âWhat did you say?â
âHehâŠâ Ling Mo chuckled, straightened up, and said, âOf course, things arenât as simple as I just made them sound⊠What follows is what I need you to do⊠You can also understand it this way: if you manage to do all of it, youâll have a chance to survive, maybeâŠâ
âMaybe? Then what if⊠I canât do it all⊠or your plan failsâŠâ Fang Zhou moved his lips and asked.
âThen you die.â Ling Mo replied, âYou should know very well that between me and Wang, one of us will die. And you, youâre stuck in the middle. People like you can only survive by proving your value to one side, isnât that right?â
âI understandâŠâ Fang Zhou nodded muttering, then suddenly asked, âAfter you let me go⊠how will you make sure I wonât betray you?â
After asking, his face flushed red, but his gaze did not waver.
Ling Mo immediately laughed: âYouâre pretty straightforward⊠But youâre not wrong to think about it. If I let you go, I definitely have a way to kill you. If⊠youâre not afraid of dying, you can try it. Youâll find out thenâŠâ
Fang Zhou stared silently at Ling Mo, trying to read something from his expression⊠But to his disappointment, not only did Ling Moâs expression not change, even his eyes remained the same. If he wasnât an amazing actor, then he was truly confident.
âItâs really hard to believe⊠that youâre actually a Survivor whoâs been active outside for a long time⊠It seems that those who can survive surrounded by countless Zombies are indeed stronger than us who just fight among humansâŠâ Fang Zhou finally shook his head and said with a bitter smile.
Ling Mo just laughed and said nothing. Whether this man was truly sighing, or just trying to flatter or probe him, he wasnât interested. But judging from Fang Zhouâs demeanor, he had clearly agreed.
And when Ling Mo spoke again, he suddenly swept away the previous gloomy tone and, under Fang Zhouâs astonished gaze, laughed heartily: âSince weâve happily reached an agreement⊠then before you act, let me give you a makeoverâŠâ
As he spoke, he rolled up his sleevesâŠ
In the early hours of the next day, before dawnâŠ
At the seemingly dead-silent school gate, a figure suddenly appeared.
This figure was covered in wounds, his clothes almost entirely stained red with blood, and he staggered as he walked. Besides that, half his face was completely swollen, his eyes narrowed to a slit, and his nose was covered in blood⊠This figure wobbled down the center of the road to the main gate, then stopped and raised both hands high. Barely a minute later, as if receiving some response, he walked into the already open gate in silence.
Not until this figure entered the Teaching Building did another figure finally appear before himâŠ
A Black Man stood in the corner at the stairway landing, looking down at him. The only exposed eyes showed a complicated, incredulous look: âWhy are you back? Fang Zhou⊠Captain Fang⊠And you look⊠a bit too miserable, donât youâŠâ
The figure at the bottom of the stairs slowly raised his head, pulled at his torn lips, wiped the blood scab under his nose, and then rasped: âTake me⊠to see the Boss.â đđȘĆÇâżĐđ
The Black Man stared at him for a while, then waved, âCome with me.â
After the Black Man turned and went upstairs, Fang Zhou grabbed the handrail. As he painfully lifted his legs, he muttered in his heart: âMakeover, he said⊠happily agreed, he said⊠In the end, he just beat me up hard! And called it necessary⊠Necessary my ass! Does he think I donât know he just took the chance to vent his anger?!â
A trace of anger appeared on Fang Zhouâs face, but as soon as his muscles moved, he couldnât help but let out a groan of pain.
The Black Man in front heard the sound and glanced back at him, but said nothing. Fang Zhou, noticing this, just glared coldly back.
âWhat are you looking at! Damn!â
Two minutes later, Fang Zhou appeared at the door of the room Ling Mo had once infiltrated with a Zombie Puppet.
The moment he was brought in, he suddenly took a deep breath, and the expression on the remaining half of his face instantly turned gloomy.
From now on⊠the game Ling Mo had forcibly arranged for him was about to beginâŠ
He glanced at the surrounding Falcon Members, then looked back at the sky outside that was still dark⊠Could Ling Mo really kill him at any moment under these circumstances?
But for some reason, even though he knew Ling Mo couldnât be lurking nearby, his intuition told him that there really was a pair of eyes hidden in the darkness, coldly watching himâŠ
How should he choose? Once he entered, this choice could not be changedâŠ
At this last moment, Fang Zhou thought again of the look Ling Mo had given him thenâŠ
Calm, even with a hint of mocking amusementâŠ
âHaâŠâ
Fang Zhou suddenly closed his eyes, then opened them again, and at that moment, a voice came from the Inner Room: âCome in.â
At the first sight of the woman sitting inside, Fang Zhou frowned and asked: âAssistant⊠why is it you? Whereâs the Chief of Staff?â
The woman didnât answer immediately, but pointed to a chair not far away: âCaptain Fang, in your current state, youâd better sit down first. Or perhaps, I should call you⊠Mr. Fang now? After the operation failed, the whole team was wiped out, and you disappeared, now you suddenly show up here⊠Anyway, your position as captain has definitely been stripped.â
âHmphâŠâ Fang Zhou was not polite either. He pulled the chair over and sat down, then said, âAssistant, I want to talk to the Chief of Staff.â
âJust call me Ah LanâŠâ The woman still showed no change in expression, her tone very calm. She continued, âBefore you talk to the Chief of Staff⊠at least let me know first, are you⊠friend or foe?â
The atmosphere instantly froze⊠Fang Zhou shot her a cold look, then suddenly pulled out a slip of paper, tossed it on the table, and said: âTake a look at this.â
Ah Lan was stunned at first, then picked up the slip. Glancing at it in the moonlight, she immediately showed a trace of surprise. Then she looked up at Fang Zhou with a complicated gaze, and after a moment of silence asked: âYou were⊠rescuedâŠâ
Fang Zhou leaned back in his chair, laughed self-deprecatingly, and said: âIf you have to put it that way⊠I was more like abandoned. Ling Mo said youâd be very surprised to see meâŠâ
The womanâs pupils contracted⊠After pondering for two seconds, she put down the slip and said: âAbout that, he really wasnât wrong⊠I didnât expect you to come back in this state, at this time. This slip was written by a Survivor who negotiated with us. It says he completed both conditions we set at once.â
âThe first condition was reconnaissance. Nothing proves his initiative more than bringing someone back directly. The second was the Intelligence Chen Wen brought back. Fang Zhou, according to the Intelligence, that information is on you now, right?â the woman asked.
Fang Zhou nodded: âThatâs right. But unless I see Chief of Staff Wang, I wonât hand it over.â
âIs that soâŠâ The woman stared at himâŠ
With so many gunslingers outside, Fang Zhou could still maintain this attitude, so he clearly had something to rely on. What he relied on was what was in his headâŠ
Chief of Staff Wangâs condition was for the âSurvivorâ to gather Intelligence, but he brought someone back directly. In essence, nothing is more convenient than capturing someone. Yet this person happened to be Fang Zhou, who was most familiar with their operationsâŠ
On the other hand, they were also very familiar with Fang Zhou. For example, Ah Lan knew very well that interrogation at this point would be absolutely uselessâŠ
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