The trickery here, such glaring conversational flaws, why can so many people not understand.
Old Qin couldn't understand.
What in the world is going on?
After Old Qin spoke, everyone fell silent.
But the honest man opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, then seemed to think better of it and closed it again.
Old Qin noticed his reaction.
Annoyed, he said: "Zhou, we're all veterans here, if you have something to say, just spit it out."
Zhou sighed and said, "We're faced with two choices: either leave this place, because the Mother of No Life will come looking for us sooner or later. Last time it was Ah Huang, who will it be next?
All the food in the factory has been eaten, we'll still need to go out and find food, but who knows, what if one of us gets kidnapped by the people of the Mother of No Life when we go out?
If you ask me, I've had enough of living . Either we go all in, prepare ourselves, and confront the Mother of No Life together to release Ah Huang and the others and then leave this place.
Or, we leave right away.
Continuing isn't a solution, we're running out of food. If this goes on, we're all going to die."
Hearing this, Old Qin didn't hesitate and said, "I agree to go find the Mother of No Life to get back Ah Huang and the others, then leave this place. Those who agree, raise your hands."
Everyone exchanged glances and raised their hands in agreement to find Ah Huang.
Old Qin and Zhou knew each other; both raised their hands high.
Li Yu, leading Li Tie and others, slowly approached the lathe factory, but even as they neared, they couldn't spot anyone.
"Have they left?" Li Yu murmured.
It would be better if they had gone; they didn't want contact with strangers, let alone conflict. If they had left, they could just go in, move the lathe, and leave early.
Thinking this, Li Yu was about to leave and go back to tell Third Uncle and the others to come and move stuff from the factory.
At this moment, from the largest building inside the factory, around twenty people emerged.
Seeing this, Li Yu quickly retracted the leg he had just extended.
He carefully observed the newcomers from the building.
They appeared robust and exuberant, as if gearing up for a fight.
Li Yu couldn't help but puzzle over whether they knew about their arrival. It shouldn't be true.
Could He Bing be deceiving me?
There's no reason for it, He Bing has no motive, informing these people brings no benefits.
Looking back at He Bing, He Bing was also observing the people in the factory and walked up to Li Yu, saying, "The last time I saw these people, though there should be more than just these..."
Hearing this, Li Yu was stunned.
Not just these people, could it be others have left?
Combining this with the blood-red sign they had seen on the way, Li Yu wondered if there was any relation between the two.
Li Yu thought about it, didn't figure it out, and decided to keep watching.
Suddenly, Li Tie approached Li Yu and said, "Big brother, these people, some have a military bearing, some of their movements are ones only soldiers would have, especially their uniform short hair, and their stance. It's obvious."
Li Yu watched them, lost in thought, could it be demobilized troops?
Thinking about it, this was also a possibility; after all, many of the mechanical factories are demobilized military, as are many munitions factories.
If they were demobilized military, then...
There's another chapter before midnight tonight.