The tide of rats was raging on the ground. After the soldiers were pulled up, they lost their target.
But without this goal, there are other goals.
The surrounding zombies have become the targets of rats.
They swarmed up like a moving black carpet and quickly devoured all the zombies around them.
In just ten minutes, the rats spread across several surrounding blocks and ate all the zombies.
Not only were rats erupting from this sewer, but there were also massive amounts of rats coming out of other manhole covers.
After eating all the zombies around them, the rats did not stay in the ice and snow, but quickly returned to the sewer. It didn't take long for the ground to become calm again.
Tang Zheng watched this scene from the top of the tall building.
If it weren't for the corpses of zombies on the ground, he almost didn't think the rat tide had ever appeared.
It wasn't until he finished reading that Tang Zheng asked the people around him with a heavy heart.
"Why? Why are there so many scary rats here, but I haven't noticed them before?"
Only Guo Yun can give some answers to this question.
Guo Yun thought for a moment and then said in a deep voice: "General, first of all, rats have always lived underground. Even if they mutate after the end of the world, they still maintain their previous living habits."
"A small number of rats are timid and rarely appear in front of humans or other mutant animals."
"But the situation here in Lombard City is different. Lombard City is located in the Grassland Province. There are many rats on the grassland, and they are also big. Many of these social creatures also live in the sewers. The more they gather, the more rats they gather.
This has led to today’s situation.”
When Tang Zheng heard Guo Yun's explanation, he nodded in agreement.
But he still let out a long breath: "We fight zombies and humans, but there are not only zombies and survivors in this world, but also a large number of mutant beasts."
"Mutated birds are a problem, and now there are mutated rats. You know, there are more rats than people in this world. If this continues, when will we fight?"
"Some people still don't realize this. They think that zombies are not scary, and mutated beasts are not scary. They only want to fight for power, become warlords or even take over the empire. I think such people will suffer the consequences sooner or later."
Everyone around him was silent and didn't know how to speak.
If these words did not come from the general's mouth, they would have always thought that the general was such a person.
Fortunately, Tang Zheng just sighed, now that there is this rat tide, this bank cannot be entered.
Tang Zheng felt quite regretful, and after waiting for the injured soldiers over there to receive treatment, he took a helicopter back to Chasing Light City.
Although he has gone back now, Tang Zheng has not given up the idea of seizing the bank vault. As long as he finds a way to deal with the rat tide, he will come back.
A failed trip to Lumba City also made Tang Zheng a little tired. After returning to Light Chaser City, he chose to rest.
The rat tide didn't seem to travel long distances. It was absolutely safe here in Chasing Light City. There were only twenty days until the New Year, so he decided to wait until after the New Year.
However, not two days after returning, Tang Zheng received a piece of news.
A piece of news from Daliao.
Ferdinand, the leader of Daliao Volcano City, wanted to talk to Tang Zheng about ransoming their captives.
Hearing this question, Tang Zheng laughed.
He had detained the prisoners for more than ten days, and Ferdinand finally couldn't hold on anymore, which he had expected.
Daliao is vast and sparsely populated, unlike Hanyue, which has a large population. Even after the catastrophe of the end of the world, there are still many survivors.
Volcano City is considered a relatively prosperous city in Daliao. The total number of survivors currently does not exceed 400,000, which is not as many as those in Zhuangguang City.
Among them, there are also 50,000 Hanyue people, and many people from other places in Daliao came to Huoshan City.
Therefore, the population problem has always been the fundamental problem plaguing Daliao, and it has not been solved for a long time.
These 25,000 Daliao soldiers are Ferdinand's elite troops, and he cannot give up easily.
In the past few days, Tang Zheng even received some reports that people from Daliao wanted to rob the prison.
Because they saw on the news that soldiers from Daliao were imprisoned, they had always wanted to do this.
But after many days, they finally found the place where the Daliao soldiers were imprisoned, but they could no longer think of robbing the prison.
The strength of the Chasing Light Prison and the impeccable geographical conditions made them completely give up this idea.
If there is the only way to leave the Light-Chasing Prison, it is to leave by air.
But to leave by air, two conditions must be met. The first is that there are planes, and there are a lot of planes.
The second one is that there must be someone inside the prison who can provide convenience, otherwise this will not be possible at all.
Daliao could not meet either of these two conditions, so he had no choice but to negotiate with Tang Zheng.
After hearing the news, Tang Zheng did not talk to Ferdinand at all, but only sent someone to pass a message to him.
That is, if you want to redeem the captives, you must do three things.
The first point is that the 50,000 Hanyue people imprisoned in Volcano City must be released immediately.
The second point is to send the remaining members of the alliance back to Light Chaser City to face trial.
The third point is that Volcano City must pay Tang Zheng ten tons of gold.
If these three conditions cannot be met, then there is no need to discuss it.
Tang Zheng had a certain degree of confidence in putting forward these three conditions.
Don't look at the exchange of 50,000 people for 25,000 people. It seems that Daliao is losing money, but these 25,000 people are well-trained elite soldiers. If they are used to exchange 50,000 people, Ferdinand will not lose at all.
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There were not many remnants of the alliance left in Daliao, and all the members of the council were dead. Ferdinand had no reason not to agree to this condition.
As for ten tons of gold, it sounds like a lot, but after all, Daliao is also a big country with a population of more than one billion, and Volcano City is also an important city. There are also bank vaults there. Ferdinand must have gold in his hands.
It's indeed a lot of tons, but you should be able to get it together.
And gold is very important to Tang Zheng, but to others, it is not that important.
Tang Zheng believed that since Ferdinand offered to ransom the prisoners, he was prepared to be blackmailed. Without this awareness, would he still be the defeated side?
Three days after the request was made, Tang Zheng finally waited for Ferdinand's reply.
All the requirements were agreed to and they could proceed with the transaction.
Tang Zheng was also overjoyed when he heard Ferdinand agreed.
The fifty thousand Han Yue people had always been a worry for Tang Zheng, but now they were finally solved.
Being able to bring 50,000 compatriots home for the New Year, Tang Zheng did a very good job.
And you can also make a fortune easily. Ten tons of gold is equivalent to ten million in capital. You can kill two birds with one stone, so why not do it.
As for sending more than 20,000 prisoners back, Tang Zheng was not worried at all.
If you can annihilate them once, you can annihilate them a second time. As Tang Zheng has more and more money in his hands, his strength will only become stronger and stronger.
Both parties agreed to the deal, and the deal was immediately finalized.
The location of the transaction is in the wilderness two hundred kilometers south of Beifengdu.
Both sides sent escort troops to conduct prisoner exchanges there.
During the exchange, Ferdinand's people also brought over the gold and the remnants of the alliance left in the volcanic city.
This time both parties were more sincere. Although Tang Zheng was not present in person during the transaction, the transaction was still very smooth.
The entire transaction process lasted about five hours, and the two parties completed the prisoner exchange.
On the other side of Daliao, Qin Xiaolou and a group of people were also escorted to the front of the Zhuguang Army.
Qin Xiaolou's face was ashen. All members of the original Northern Territory Survivor Alliance council were dead. Now he has become an agent of the alliance, helping Ferdinand with plans and doing a lot of bad things, but he was still abandoned in the end.
Already.
At the same time, Ferdinand also had ten tons of gold brought over, most of which were gold bars and gold bricks, but there were also a lot of gold jewelry. It seemed that his gold inventory had been basically drained.
The 50,000 Hanyue survivors returned to their homeland, and every one of them burst into tears.
These few months in a foreign country were a nightmare they would never forget.
The Alliance sent them away, and everyone suffered inhuman torture.
Fortunately, the Zhuguang Army was now in charge, and leader Tang Zheng redeemed them, which made each of them feel infinitely grateful to Tang Zheng.
These people are all young people and will be the future of the city. It is conceivable that they will be Tang Zheng's staunchest supporters in the future.
Even if the empire and Tang Zheng break up, they will firmly choose to stand on Tang Zheng's side.
In order to heal these people's physical and mental wounds, Tang Zheng decided to take them back to Light-Chasing City.
Although Zhuguang City was already overcrowded, Tang Zheng still did this, and Tang Zheng also opened the buffer zone between the inner and outer cities as a temporary residence for these people.
When the city changes or expands in the future, new residences will be arranged for them. Currently, these people live in the buffer zone.
As for Qin Xiaolou and others, they were also escorted back to Zhuguang City.
For such people, Tang Zheng had nothing to talk nonsense about and decided to give them a happy ending and announce their death on TV.
But before taking action against Qin Xiaolou, Tang Zheng asked him a question.
That's what happened to Luo Qiuwan.
The man behind Luo Qiuwan, besides Ferdinand, was Qin Xiaolou. He planned and personally conducted the assassination.
Perhaps Qin Xiaolou also knew that he would definitely die, and wanted to seek relief, so he simply explained the matter about Luo Qiuwan.
Tang Zheng heard that Qin Xiaolou gave Luo Qiuwan the zombie virus as a counterfeit antidote, and then after Luo Qiuwan left, he felt very heavy.
I just had some feelings for a woman, is this woman going to turn into a zombie?
However, Tang Zheng did not show this heaviness and ordered Qin Xiaolou and others to be sent on their way.
On the news that night, Tang Zheng asked the TV station to broadcast these two great events.
Completely wipe out the remnants of the alliance and bring 50,000 compatriots home for the New Year.
At this time, the Lunar New Year is only half a month away.
Tang Zheng believes that this kind of news will definitely make everyone have a happy New Year.
That night, Tang Zheng was in front of the TV, preparing to watch the TV station's news program.
However, since the news on Jinghe TV Station was overshadowed by Zhuguang City last time, the broadcast time is now half an hour earlier than the news on Zhuguang City, and Tang Zheng did not fight for this time.
So today when he turned on the TV and saw his own program, Tang Zheng saw Jinghe's program first.
Tang Zheng had already been mentally prepared for the possibility of Jinghe regaining Hezhou at any time.
But today's program made Tang Zheng stand up from the sofa at once!