Apocalypse: Modifying Everything, Building an Iron Fortress

Chapter 19: Decisive and Ruthless, I Don’t Like Wasting Words with Dead People!

“What’s going on?”

Seeing the bespectacled man lying on the ground with red and white fluids pooling around him, Third Brother and his group nearby had their faces change dramatically. The two women even screamed in terror and collapsed to the ground.

“This fifth floor is indeed quite good, no wonder you all were hiding here!”

As a leisurely voice sounded, Jiang Cheng, holding a nail gun, slowly walked out from the stairway, with Liu Yuqing following closely behind.

“You’re not dead!!”

Third Brother and his group instantly recognized Jiang Cheng, their faces turning extremely ugly.

After all, not long ago, they had seen Jiang Cheng and Liu Yuqing on the surveillance cameras, and they had even sent people down after them. But now, Jiang Cheng and Liu Yuqing appeared here.

It looked like those six security guards and the dozen or so survivors were all done for!

“Damn it, those useless idiots were indeed unreliable!”

The muscular man cursed, then looked at Jiang Cheng and clenched his fists. “Kid, don’t think that just because you have a nail gun in your hand, you can act tough. We are all people who mix in certain circles. If you know what’s good for you …”

“Get out of the way!!”

Before he could finish his sentence, Third Brother’s face suddenly changed, and he raised his hand to push the muscular man aside. At the same moment, thunk thunk thunk, three iron nails precisely struck the wall right where the muscular man’s head had been.

The muscular man was instantly drenched in cold sweat. “That was close!”

“The world has changed now. So what if you mix in certain circles? You don’t actually think that just a few words would make me kneel down and beg for mercy from you, do you?”

In response, Jiang Cheng shrugged indifferently. He gestured for Liu Yuqing behind him to lock the iron gate, then started walking towards Third Brother and his group.

“It’s better to say less nonsense.”

“Now that I’m here, either you kill me and throw me down to feed the zombies, or I’ll throw the four of you down to feed the zombies!”

A mocking smile appeared on Jiang Cheng’s face as he raised the nail gun in his hand.

Hearing Jiang Cheng’s words and looking at the nail gun in his hand, Third Brother and his group’s expressions immediately changed.

“Brother, there’s no grudge between us. We were wrong to send people down to cause you trouble, but you just killed one of our brothers, so that makes us even …”

“I told you, it’s better to say less nonsense!”

Jiang Cheng smiled, raised the nail gun, and pulled the trigger directly. “Besides, I don’t like wasting words with dead people!”

Thunk thunk thunk—

Three shots in quick succession, directly taking out the muscular man who had just narrowly escaped, as well as the scar-faced man who hadn’t even had time to react.

Only Third Brother and Xi Brother were left!

Thunk thunk thunk—

But it wasn’t over yet. Jiang Cheng pulled the trigger again.

However, these two were streetwise and quick. After the muscular man and scar-faced man were shot in the head, they immediately rolled on the ground to dodge the incoming nails.

“Not bad!”

Jiang Cheng raised an eyebrow, but wasn’t surprised. He quickly fired a series of rapid shots at them with the nail gun. Before the nails were exhausted, he managed to shoot Xi Brother through the eye, killing him instantly.

As for Third Brother, although he was hit by a few nails, they didn’t strike any vital areas. Plus, his burly physique meant it didn’t affect him too much.

When he realized that Jiang Cheng’s nails were used up, he stopped hiding and walked out from behind the corner.

Clenching his fists, his face filled with an overwhelmingly menacing intent, he strode towards Jiang Cheng. “This nail gun is quite well-modified, but too bad, you’re out of nails. Now it’s my turn!”

Seeing the burly and imposing Third Brother approaching, Jiang Cheng casually smiled, tossed the nail gun to Liu Yuqing behind him, and walked towards the man.

“You seem confident, looks like you have some skills!”

“You’ll find out soon enough!”

Although Third Brother was a street thug, he had trained in sanda for twelve years and had fought in underground black boxing matches to make a living.

His combat experience was naturally extensive, otherwise, he wouldn’t have gained such notoriety in these parts.

Whoosh!!

Both men were incredibly fast. When they were only three meters apart, Third Brother quickly stepped forward, appearing right in front of Jiang Cheng.

At the same time, his fists, with the sound of breaking air, were aimed at Jiang Cheng in a tricky angle with incredible speed!

But unfortunately, this was completely useless against Jiang Cheng!

Jiang Cheng moved his right hand, drawing a short knife from his waist, and swiftly slashed twice, producing two flashes of silver light.

Thud thud—

With two sprays of blood, the previously aggressive Third Brother fell to the ground screaming.

Because both of his hands were now gone, directly chopped off, leaving only his wrists!

Sanda* was indeed formidable, but in front of Jiang Cheng, who had mastered advanced mixed martial arts techniques, it was simply not enough.

[* Sanda (also known as Chinese boxing or Chinese kickboxing) is a modern Chinese martial art developed by the Chinese military based on traditional kung fu and modern combat practices. It incorporates punches, kicks, throws, and sweeps, and is used in competitive combat sports.]

After all, this advanced mixed martial arts also included sanda, so Jiang Cheng could see through all of Third Brother’s punching patterns. In fact, he could even predict what move the man would make next!

“Heh, what was it you wanted me to know just now?”

Jiang Cheng squatted down, looking at Third Brother whose face was contorted in pain and whose severed wrists were gushing blood. Jiang Cheng smiled and asked in return.

“You! Ah—”

Third Brother’s face turned red with anger, just about to speak, but the intense pain from his severed hands immediately interrupted him, causing sweat to pour from his face.

Shaking his head, Jiang Cheng couldn’t be bothered to waste any more words with him. With a ‘pfft’ sound, he plunged the short knife directly into Third Brother’s head.

Easily finished!

On the other side, the two women hiding in the corner and trembling with fear had long been stunned.

They knew how powerful Third Brother and his group were, but now, they had all fallen at the hands of this young man who looked only slightly stronger than an average?

This outcome was simply something they couldn’t process!

Naturally, Jiang Cheng noticed the two women, but he ignored them. He pulled the short knife out of Third Brother’s head, wiped it on the lifeless body, then stood up and walked over to Liu Yuqing, taking the nail gun back from her. He casually said, “Those two are yours to deal with.”

After speaking, he walked towards the monitoring room without looking back.

“Okay.”

Liu Yuqing nodded, her gaze falling on the two women who were still trembling in the corner, unable to recover from the shock of what had just happened. Her eyes were complicated, but mostly cold.

Earlier, these two women had almost caused her to fall into the hands of Third Brother and his group, nearly leaving her to be eaten by zombies!

As for what would have happened if she had fallen into Third Brother’s hands, Liu Yuqing could guess it with her toes.

Thinking of this, her gaze became even colder, and she tightened her grip on the watermelon knife in her hand as she slowly walked towards the two women.

At this moment, the two women seemed to realize what was happening. They looked at Liu Yuqing walking towards them, and one of them desperately shook her head, “Please, please spare me, I beg you …”

The other woman, however, seemed to have grasped at a last straw, falling to the ground and pleading with Liu Yuqing.

“Yuqing, please, plead with him for me. I’m not with these people, I was forced! You and him are a couple, right? You can definitely save me, right? We’re best friends; you wouldn’t just let me die, would you?”