Apocalypse: Hero of Potato Fields

Chapter 154: Groveling and Humbling


Inside Suvasong Camp.

The Great Angel was about to indulge.

Still the same bald biker, he rushed into the nave with a terrified look, shouting.

"Great Great Angel, hurry! There's… there's an entire army coming this way!"

"What? An army? Are you sure? How many people? Get out, you scum!"

The Great Angel yelled, shoving the girl serving him roughly aside.

"Speak!"

"They have three hundred men! Four armored vehicles equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns, several armored minibuses! They're all wearing NATO uniforms and bulletproof vests, heading this way!"

"Three hundred men?! What are their weapons? What the hell are they equipped with?"

"Assault rifles, submachine guns, and System Weapons. And they brought a lot of Advanced Professionals!"

The once imperious Great Angel now broke into a sweat, panic rising.

The bald man was overwhelmed too, his pants were wet.

He had only glanced at the army and was overpowered by their presence.

Their aura clearly came from countless fights in seas of corpses.

It was a world apart from their aura, bullies merely preying on weak civilians.

They clearly came to exterminate us!

The Great Angel shouted in frantic chaos.

"Arm everyone! Even those who've never held a gun! Use women and children as human shields, send more people to the houses. If they… damn it, you damn go quickly!"

"Yes..."

The bald man stumbled and ran off.

The Great Angel threw all his pills towards the women, snapping.

"And the rest of you… take these and forget what you just saw!"

"Wow! Wow! Wow!"

The women greedily lunged at the small pills, swallowing as many as possible…

At this time, 500 meters outside Suvasong Camp.

A few scouts with the Hawkeye Skill climbed a cell phone signal tower.

There they could see half the small town.

Other soldiers with stealth skills sneaked into the camp to inspect the situation.

Soon, Lin Yi's earpiece reported.

"Boss! This is Langweiyu, I see many people setting up roadblocks, others hiding in houses, seems like they've opted for guerrilla tactics."

"Boss! This is Ils, I'm in the town, people are very panicked, they've been told to fight to the death or their families will be fed to the zombies."

Ils, a former journalist before the apocalypse, voluntarily joined the militia after joining the Shelter.

After killing a zombie, he obtained the rare Chameleon skill—able to perfectly blend into surroundings while moving slowly,

making him a perfect scout.

He carried a Shelter camera operated by six controllers for reconnaissance.

"Good! Stop at the crossroads, I think they'll get my message."

Lin Yi smiled, signaling his two aides, Hubert and Solomon, with the latter nodding to act.

The army stopped after reaching the destination.

A minute passed.

Then five minutes, ten minutes…

The townsfolk finally realized this formidable army wanted to negotiate, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

The Great Angel even more so, he immediately sent his trusted bald aide to greet them.

The bald biker cautiously and slowly rode his motorcycle toward the army.

He was completely unarmed but wore a full smile, despite his arms and legs trembling in fear.

Up close—

This unfamiliar army was even more terrifying!

He was scared to death but had to muster courage to speak.

"He… sorry… hello! If you don't mind my question, what wind blew you to our insignificant town?"

"Shut up!" Hubert yelled.

He looked extremely terrifying, especially now dressed in System Armor, wielding a black powder rifle.

"Our boss is going to speak!"

"Yes… yes! Okay… okay!"

The bald man shivered in fright, falling off the motorcycle, trembling as he waited aside.

At this moment, Lin Yi slowly stepped out.

"I've heard you were looking for me?"

"Um? This… You… we…"

"Right, right, I forgot to introduce myself, I'm a merchant, originally going to make a big deal with the southern camp but got delayed. When I arrived, I found you killed them all and took everything."

Lin Yi spoke with a friendly smile.

"See, I brought loads of food, hoping to get Coins from that camp… honestly don't care who I get money from. Do you understand?"

"We, uh…"

The bald man felt the overwhelming pressure from Lin Yi, unable to speak.

His neck seemed to shrink into his chest, and if he had hair, it would surely be standing on end.

Lin Yi frowned, puzzled as to why the so-called Great Angel sent out an imbecile.

"To put it simply, I've brought food, and if I can't sell it according to plan, I'll be very unhappy. And when I'm unhappy, blood will flow, rivers of blood..."

Lin Yi walked up to the bald man and looked down at him.

"I originally planned to earn at least 300,000 coins. Now, go relay this message to your leader. As a gesture of goodwill, I will lead my troops to check out the scenery, but don't keep me waiting too long, kid!"

"Yes! Yes!" The bald man shouted, then quickly got into the car and sped away.

"I think he wet his pants from fear!" Hubert said with a laugh, and the soldiers burst into laughter.

The bald man did indeed look very comical.

Inside Suvasong Camp.

The bald man spent a long time outside the hall before finally catching his breath.

The feeling that the army leader gave him was akin to Death God!

He took a breath and rushed into the camp hall, "Lord Angel! I have good news! Huh?"

He saw Great Angel hastily packing the gang's valuables into a brand-new land cruiser.

The bald man asked uncertainly.

"My lord?"

"Good news? They're not attacking us anymore?"

Great Angel, incredulous, slowly put down what he was doing, and his heart returned to his chest.

The bald man's eyes silently swept over those valuables, after a while he shook his head.

Maybe the pressure from that army leader was too overwhelming, but now towards Great Angel—

He didn't seem so afraid anymore?!

"What the hell do they want?" Great Angel was somewhat anxious, thinking maybe this guy was scared out of his wits.

The bald man "Oh"-ed, took out a list from his pocket, and handed it to Great Angel.

"He's that merchant! He's here to trade; he doesn't want to take the goods back home, unless we buy all his food with 300,000 coins, otherwise, he'll be unhappy and then blood will flow like a river..."

"Potatoes: 2.5 coins/pound? Rabbit meat: 2.5 coins/pound? Flour: 20 coins... What the hell is this, no, look at the prices on this! He even has vegetables... We're going to strike it rich!!"

Great Angel got excited and shouted, "How many coins do we have? Tell me quickly!"

"We only have about 70,000, my lord..."

"Alright, 70,000 divided by 2.5... alright, that's... 14 tons of food!"

"Wow..."

Upon hearing these numbers, the bald man felt a shiver down his spine, the amount of food was too staggering!

But after coming back from the shock, he quickly thought of the most important question.

"But... he wants 300,000 coins..."

"Are you stupid? We can buy some of his food first and then sell it immediately! We'll sell it at 20 coins a pound... No, 30!"

Before the apocalypse, Great Angel was a trader, making a living by selling various things.

He's familiar with this market!

He shouted again, "Quickly remove the roadblocks, prepare some men and vehicles!"

"Alright!..."

Ten minutes later.

Great Angel personally came to the meeting point.

By then, the soldiers from the Shelter had already walked back half a kilometer down the road.

But even from such a distance, Great Angel and the bald man were still quite frightened.

Lin Yi was just sitting on a large sofa in the middle of the highway, drinking hot coffee, and eating fresh cake.

Da Chuan was transformed into a beast shape, sitting on the car roof, while Solomon was in stone form, holding a machine gun, leaning against his armored jeep.

A few steps away, Xiaochuan was whispering sweetly over the radio to Melanie, looking like a suck-up.

But behind them was a group of fully armed soldiers, filled with hostility, ready for battle.

Great Angel nervously swallowed.

"Hello, I'm the leader of the camp here, just came to pay my respects to you. How may I address you?"

The bald man shrank behind Great Angel; he didn't dare look at Lin Yi but had a faint thought in his mind.

He couldn't believe that Great Angel, who was arrogant and domineering just a few hours ago, was now bowing and scraping like a flunky trying to please his boss for a living.

"I'm Lin Yi!"

"Nice to meet you, I'm Patrick Klein, but you can call me Patrick."

Great Angel smiled awkwardly and bent over.

"We... uh... attacked their camp, but I assure you, it was entirely justifiable! They killed some of my men and robbed others!"

"I don't care about that." Lin Yi impatiently waved his hand and said.

Great Angel was overjoyed; it was good he wasn't here for revenge!

His back bent even more.

"Sorry, regardless, I have 70,000 coins here. If you agree to wait half a day, my people will deliver the rest of the money to you. If you don't mind, I'd like to buy 70,000 coins worth of food first..."

"So you're a trader then? I don't care about such things... I'll be back in an hour; arrange a place for the deal."

Lin Yi finished his coffee and said coldly.

"If I were you, I absolutely wouldn't try to kill me; many have tried, and..."

At this point, he suddenly vanished, and appeared a second later holding a rocket launcher.

He laughed evilly, "The outcome for those who tried to kill me wasn't very good!"

"Good... Alright. I wouldn't dare even in my dreams!"

Great Angel was pale and trembling all over, with the rocket launcher pointed at him.

But Lin Yi's next words made him fall onto the ground, discolored.

"An hour later, don't keep me waiting. My people have already put a tracker on you, so if you run, the rocket launcher will follow you..."

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