The Zombie Queen’s Second Chance [Rewrite Ongoing]

Zhao Yun scowled, clearly displeased.

Even through Chu Lixue's group never really talked about their positions, during the time the group got together, they all thought in their minds that Chu Lixue was their leader. She was the person that connected them all together, and without her, it's very likely that most of them wouldn't meet in this lifetime.

Also, something worth mentioning is that Chu Lixue was pretty capable herself. Taking care of the group's needs, making plans and her overall knowledge of what to do during the Apocalypse was decent. None of them had a problem with the way she handled things.

Just as Zhao Yun was about to open his mouth and set Mao Long straight, he heard a voice coming from his group.

"That's our leader, surname Zhao."

Zhao Yun turned, and seeing that it was Chu Lixue saying it, he stopped. The look on her face clearly told him what she wanted him to do.

"What can I do for you, Mr. Mao?" Zhao Yun's voice clearly hold a trace of contempt.

Mao Long's face was slowly starting to boil. Holding back his anger, he remembered his purpose for coming here.

"Oh, nice to meet you, Leader Zhao. My full name is Mao Long."

Seeing that Chu Lixue's group had no reaction whatsoever to hearing his name, he continued, "Perhaps I should introduce myself, since you look like newcomers to the base. As I said my name's Mao Long, I'm the leader of these guys. We're one of the largest groups of ability users in the base."

The longer he spoke, Mu Ruqin felt a need to burst out laughing. Although she managed to stop herself, her shoulders still moved up and down a little.

"Since you guys are new you probably won't know this, but our group can be considered as the leader of all survivors groups in this region. We're pretty strong, so we also take care of each other here…"

Boss Mao continued lying his teeth off, and the more he talked, the more he felt proud. It was as if his group truly was a strong and noble bunch.

Zhao Yun couldn't handle his nonsense anymore. "So, I still don't understand what Mr. Mao means? I guess you wouldn't find us in the middle of the night just to introduce yourself…"

"Right, my bad. I'm always such a big chatterbox." Mao Long had to drink a little water before continuing. All this bragging truly made his throat sore.

"Alright, going to the point. We made some rules with the other teams that everyone here should follow."

This time Chu Lixue asked, "And what rules would that be?"

Mao Long scowled a little seeing a young girl talking to him without any respect, but decided to let it go for now.

"Since not everyone is strong enough, we're all helping each other in case of any danger. That goes both outside the base, and here, near the base's front entrance, when we're waiting for the testing time to go by."

Boss Mao made a small hand signal to his followers, prompting them to look domineering.

"As I said before, our groups is one of the strongest groups in the base, if not the strongest one. Because of that we try to help other groups the most, since everyone can lose their lives each day going outside."

Mu Ruqin had enough. "Can you finally get to the point? You've been talking in circles for a long time now."

Mao Long finally erupted. With a heavy and loud voice, he turned towards her.

"Show me some respect, kid! Your leader didn't even say anything, yet here you are talking bullshit to me!"

Seeing that none of them spoke anything more, Mao Long thought that it was because they were scared of him. Feeling sure of himself, he continued. "Anyway, since my group does so much, we collect a payment from everyone going out, as payment for our help."

"Hmph, why would we pay you anyway! You didn't do anything for us." Lin Qiao's contempt for Mao Long was clearly visible.

Boss Mao, seeing that she was hugging Zhao Yun's arm, controlled himself. "That's because your group is new! In the future, for sure we'd help you. It's better to pay upfront."

"Oh, and how much would that be, Mr. Mao?" Zhao Yun asked.

"Not much, not much at all… It all depends on what you have, we take crystal nucleuses, food, materials like iron or in general things scavenged by people under us."

The more surname Mao talked, the more greedy he got. His real face was slowly being shown to Chu Lixue and her group.

Since they didn't say much when he mentioned these things, Mao Long thought that they were newbies and didn't manage to earn a lot this time going out. "Oh, it's no bother if you don't have much of these. We wouldn't want to take everything you managed to pick out after all. How about you pay us with one of these trucks? They look pretty shabby, but I guess it would do for now… Since you're a new group, we'll take the loss this time."

The way Boss Mao talked, it was truly infuriating. If someone didn't see these military-grade trucks, that person for sure would think that Chu Lixue and her group drove some old, rusty truck that was worth almost nothing.