Zhang Su pulled out a cigarette, passed it around, opened a crack in the window, lit the cigarette, and said, "Old Zhang, the Survivor Alliance has established a trade market. You guys must be very familiar with the surrounding situation, right?"

Zhang Xin exhaled the smoke, chuckled dryly, and said, "Actually, I don’t really have the qualifications to sit here and have a meeting. I’m just the captain of a small squad in the team. How would I know that much stuff..."

"Haha, you must be spending all your energy on women’s bellies, otherwise you’d hear some news just by asking around!"

Zhang Su teased, having occasionally overheard Zhang Xin and a few of his subordinates chatting, often involving stories of their wild adventures within the alliance, like spending a night with some beautiful girl.

"This... I don’t really care about such things, unlike Gong Chengming, who is ambitious. I’m really not interested in what’s happening up top. I should just take a walk, you guys chat slowly."

Saying that, Zhang Xin was about to leave. Being just a little captain, the information he had was extremely limited and couldn’t compare with the big shots present, which hurt his self-esteem.

"It’s fine if you don’t have ambition, but you must have some drive!" Zhang Su stopped Zhang Xin, bluntly saying, "The Survivor Alliance doesn’t have a leader now. I’m planning to let Old Li take over. You, as a veteran in the alliance, should assist Old Li!"

"Ah?"

"This... this this."

Not only was Zhang Xin stunned, but Li Zongkai was also bewildered. He hadn’t expected Zhang Su to actually dump such a big responsibility on him.

Liu Yao and Yang Xinqi were somewhat surprised when they heard this, but they weren’t envious at all, because they were fully aware of their own abilities. If they were really to manage those hundreds of people, they wouldn’t be credible enough, and might even end up screwing themselves over!

After joining Celestial Horse Island, the first thing was to eliminate the desire for power struggles. Gong Chengming was a living example, as the saying goes, if you don’t have the right skills, don’t take on tough jobs!

"Old Li, why are you surprised? Didn’t I mention this to you yesterday?"

Zhang Su looked at Li Zongkai who was sitting in the driver’s seat.

"Yes you did, but... there are still spies within the Civilization Guardian that haven’t been eliminated. I’m worried I won’t be able to handle it."

Li Zongkai truly wasn’t shirking, he was just purely concerned about messing things up.

"Right, speaking of spies!"

Zhang Su looked around at the few people, saying, "We’re all buddies from now on, let’s be straightforward. Have you planted spies in anyone’s house? As for Old Li, I’ll speak for him. Liao Youzhi has a wife that he placed. I’ve contacted Captain Zhang before, he sent me some information."

After hearing Zhang Su’s words, Liu Yao made a strange expression and craned his neck towards Yang Xinqi’s direction: "A chef from Apocalypse Corps is my guy..."

"Damn, you Liu, you actually planted spies in my territory, it must be that Old Fatty Cao, right?"

Yang Xinqi was sitting in the seat where Li Zongkai had been held earlier, and hearing Liu Yao’s words made him explode instantly. There were quite a few people in the logistics department of Apocalypse Corps, but for a special chef, there was only one!

"Keep your voice down. Yes, that’s right, it’s Old Cao. I dare to do and admit it. What’s up, can you say you’ve never done such a thing?"

Liu Yao didn’t indulge Yang Xinqi. He dared not mess with the Survivor Alliance, but indeed, he didn’t really care much about Apocalypse Corps. Direct confrontation was unlikely, but it was easy to plant an undercover agent and steal some stuff.

"Hmph..."

Yang Xinqi sneered, saying, "We said that the North City Four Tigers stand united, I won’t do those sordid things. If I were to do something, I’d target outsiders. It’s true that I’ve planted a spy, I sent a guy to the foolish Absolute Justice in the Development Zone!"

"North City Four Tigers... you still believe in that crap? That’s just a trick Liao Youzhi used to fool us, damn it, makes me angry thinking about it!"

Liu Yao thought about how he was used and then would be disposed of, and felt really frustrated.

"Alright, stop talking about those past things!" Zhang Su raised his hand to interrupt the bickering and asked Yang Xinqi, "Judging by your tone, things aren’t peaceful around Apocalypse Corps?"

"Hmm... yeah, my place used to be Tongrui Auto Park, there are a few villages to the north but found no survivors; the villages in there are in dire conditions, probably all dead. There’s a vast wasteland to the west where villages are sparse; to the southeast is Crow Liu..."

"I warn you not to make up names!"

Liu Yao reacted like his tail was stepped on at the mention of Crow Liu.

"Alright, alright, it’s the Little Eagle Association in the southeast... mainly, it’s the south, which is near the Development Zone, that’s more severe," Yang Xinqi said, frowning.

Zhang Su remembered Jia Shiqin telling him that there were suitable generators in several factories in the Development Zone, which was part of his plan. Hearing related news now, he became interested and asked, "Absolute Justice, a bad-ass name, what’s the situation with those guys?"

"Absolute Justice... justice my ass, calling themselves what they’re not short of, those guys are vile as hell, not only unreliable but using all sorts of sneaky tricks to harm people. Once they locked a hundred zombies in one of my warehouses, and when it opened, one of the brothers was bitten on the spot. There were as many as four or five such cases, with concrete evidence for three of them!

None of those guys are normal, they’re either lunatics or madmen. They somehow got some stimulants, which when consumed made them fight fiercely and extremely stimulated, just like beasts!"

Speaking of the "good deeds" Absolute Justice had done, Yang Xinqi was filled with righteous indignation.

"Why do those guys do that? What’s their purpose? And, you just take it passively, never think of striking back?"

Zhang Su asked out of curiosity.

In the apocalypse, harmful things happen frequently, but there’s always a purpose. No one would do something that harms others without benefiting themselves.

"It’s already said that Apocalypse Corps people are really timid..."

"Shut your mouth!"

Liu Yao couldn’t help but mock Yang Xinqi, which provoked a retort from him.

"We have more people in Apocalypse Corps than the Little Eagle Association, but honestly, most of them are elderly, women, and children with little combat ability. This damn bastard recruited the able survivors in the city into Little Eagle Association, then drove the old and weak out..."

Yang Xinqi felt depressed recalling these past events.

"I have to say, Director Yang is quite a good person. As long as a survivor reached Auto Park, he would accept them."

Zhang Xin made a fair and just comment.

"I need my brothers to survive, so of course I’d choose those who are helpful to us. Are you crazy? You even blame me!"

"Who else to blame but you, you really picked off the fat ones..."

Zhang Su and Yuwen exchanged glances. Yang Xinqi’s behavior was indeed commendable, but in the apocalypse, such actions were not feasible.

"Alright, you two paramours should shut up!"

Zhang Su raised his hand between Liu Yao and Yang Xinqi, saying, "Old Yang, continue talking about Absolute Justice!"

"Alright, well, Absolute Justice actually had their sights on the city’s land long ago. Doing so many things was just to weaken us and then annex my territory. I’d guess they’re aiming to use it as a springboard and then continue to annex forces within the city!"

Speaking about this, Yang Xinqi paused for a moment, tilting his head and glancing at Liu Yao, saying, "Liu Xiaoniao, don’t gloat. If it weren’t for today’s events, once Absolute Justice wipes out Apocalypse Corps, they’d be targeting Little Eagle Association next!"

Regarding the nickname Liu Xiaoniao, Liu Yao’s forehead veins popped up, but Zhang Su cut in.

"Okay, now the situation is quite clear. There are no conflicts on Old Li’s side. Survivor Alliance is big and prosperous, even if someone secretly covets it, they wouldn’t dare act recklessly. Otherwise, Liao Youzhi wouldn’t have time to come up north to cause trouble. Director Liu’s kindergarten is surrounded, completely detached from the outside. Currently, only Old Yang’s Auto Park is being harassed by people from the Development Zone, right?"

Everyone nodded in agreement, indicating that was mostly the situation.

Zhang Su nodded, then spoke to everyone, "Since it’s decided that everyone will join Celestial Horse Island, I won’t be modest. Let’s talk about the short-term plan.

Whether someone is secretly targeting the Survivor Alliance or that Absolute Justice in the Development Zone, after going back tomorrow, spread the news outside: North City Four Tigers and Celestial Horse Island formally form an integrated attack and defense alliance!

Once this news is released, I believe whether it’s Absolute Justice or whoever secretly has ideas about your forces, they’ll restrain themselves!"