Chapter 143: Fury (3k Votes Bonus Chapter!!)

“OK, I accept your resignation.” Taylor’s eyes turned sharp, and she sneered, “Since you are no longer an employee of my Federation government, I can now classify you all as terrorists who have plundered Federation assets. Perhaps this is the result you wanted?”

“Terrorists? I don’t think so.” Lin Xian looked at the dozens of guns aimed at him, but his face showed no fear. He raised his hands and said loudly, his eyes sharp, “Do you think you’re the only ones with guns?!”

*Click, clack, clack.*

In an instant, a sharp sound was heard. The black muzzle of a Remington M96 was suddenly pressed against Taylor’s forehead.

Shu Qin!

At the same time, Dalou, Xu Jin, Old Mo, and over a hundred armed members from the three convoys all raised their guns, all standing behind Lin Xian, aiming at Taylor and the Guard Regiment behind her. Even Shasha took out her grenade launcher, her small frame standing next to Lin Xian, her eyes staring defiantly at the blonde woman before them.

“Haha, this broad still thinks she’s the official government? Robbing survivors now?” Shi Diyuan from Longshan One, who was standing nearby, had figured out what was going on. He sneered, snapped his fingers, and the people behind him also pulled out their weapons, aiming them at Taylor and her group. “Perfect. I’m not too fond of you hounds either. If you have the guts, try firing a shot!”

A great battle was on the verge of breaking out!

“You’re crazy! Daring to provoke the Federation government!!” Taylor’s face changed drastically, and she roared, “Zhan Wei, I order you to shoot all these thugs on the spot!”

Zhan Wei was the commander of the Guard Regiment, a man in his thirties with a buzz cut. The situation was now extremely tense, and he was also wavering.

“Commander?” Zhan Wei’s subordinate next to him gave him a look, his expression grim. “What do we do?”

“Stay calm for now. Do not fire on the civilians!” Zhan Wei said in a low voice.

If the Guard Regiment clashed with the survivor alliance here, it would definitely cause a major disturbance. And with the city besieged by a zombie tide, no one wanted a bloody conflict to break out internally.

“The Federation government? I spit on it!”

Xu Jin, holding his gun, spat fiercely on the ground. “When the disaster struck, you abandoned the people first. Now you have the nerve to call yourselves the government?”

Xu Jin’s words were like a blazing fire, instantly igniting the anger of many people present. Although the natural disaster was not caused by the Federation government, as leaders, they not only directly abandoned the working masses, but even now, at a time of life and death, their first priority was not to defend the airport, but to protect that group of ‘first-class citizens’. Seeing this, many of the onlooking survivors came over with angry expressions, and their numbers grew.

“That’s right! The current rescue organizations are all dispatched by the Phoenix Society. What the hell are you?”

“Where were you during the polar night???”

“Cowards!”

“Bullshit Federation government!”

“Go back to the underground and eat shit!”

The public’s anger was palpable. More and more people gathered, and the situation was on the verge of exploding.

The dozens of Guard Regiment members looked around, their faces changing drastically. They kept shifting their gun muzzles, but they couldn’t stop the people who were closing in.

Lin Xian watched this scene and sneered inwardly. It seemed he wasn’t the only one who was pissed off at this bullshit Federation government. Everyone had a fire burning in their hearts. Which of the survivors at the airport now hadn’t experienced their families being torn apart, life and death separations? If this anger was directed at the Federation government, it was not something a mere high-level supervisor like her could bear.

Seeing this scene, Taylor’s face turned pale with anger. Her chest heaved rapidly, and she roared, “You! You all!! Are you trying to rebel!!”

“Rebel? That’s not a word for you to use, Taylor.”

At this moment, a firm and powerful voice suddenly rang out loudly.

*Clang, clang, clang!*

Outside the crowd, a large number of Iron Guard soldiers quickly approached. The aura of these soldiers, holding heavy weapons and wearing active exoskeleton armor, was clearly not something the armed survivors could compare to.

Seeing the Iron Guard arrive, many survivors began to automatically make way. Lin Xian looked over and saw that the leader was a middle-aged woman in uniform, with a crimson phoenix emblem on it.

The Phoenix Society!

And what surprised Lin Xian was that among this group was a familiar face: Jiang Yun.

When Taylor saw the newcomer, her expression changed, but she still raised her proud chin and questioned, “Group Leader Bai, I am under orders to investigate regional affairs. Are you going to interfere with us as well?”

The middle-aged woman, addressed as Group Leader Bai, swept a sharp gaze over her, completely ignoring her. “There are no regional affairs for you here. The airport platform is now under the control of the Phoenix Society and the Iron Guard 52nd Brigade. Please do not disrupt the order of the airport here.”

“What a joke! Yubei Airport is also an asset of the Federation. You can just take it over whenever you want!?”

Taylor’s gaze swept over the Iron Guard soldiers behind her, and she gritted her teeth and said coldly, “What, your Iron Guard 52nd Brigade has been defeated all the way from Fengcheng, Chongan, and Xinglong to Yubei. You have no other skills, but you dare to raise your guns against the Federation government?”

Her words angered all the Iron Guard soldiers.

“If you don’t understand my words, I don’t mind expelling you from the airport on the spot,” Bai Shuang said, her tone and eyes sharp, in a manner of ordering a guest to leave.

*Hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss!*

As soon as she finished speaking, the heavily armored soldiers of the Iron Guard behind her all tensed up, rattling their guns, a clear display of intimidation.

Although Bai Shuang’s words were spoken in a light tone, they carried a strong sense of pressure, which immediately made Taylor’s expression change slightly.

At this moment, Taylor only had a Guard Regiment of less than a hundred men on her side, while behind Bai Shuang was the Iron Guard 52nd Brigade. After the collapse of the Federation government, the Star Force and the Iron Guard had all sided with the Phoenix Society. Their Dawn Project had no basis to challenge the Phoenix Society.

Taylor’s face turned pale with anger. Looking at the guns pointed at her, she didn’t dare to actually fight with the Phoenix Society and the survivors. She could only put on a stiff face, her gaze sweeping over Lin Xian and Bai Shuang’s faces, and said threateningly, “Don’t think it’s over just like this. I will report this matter. The assets belonging to the Federation will be recovered!”

“I’ll be waiting,” Lin Xian replied disdainfully.

He didn’t care if he offended this bullshit Federation government. The spoils of war his team had fought for with their lives, how could he just hand them over for free?

The more they acted like this, the more important this Blood Calamity Plant was!

With that, Taylor turned and left with her people in a dejected manner. Zhao Yan and Xu Wen also glanced at Lin Xian and Ding Junyi with complicated expressions and hurriedly followed behind.

“Get lost!”

“Bullshit government!!”

“A bunch of motherless bastards.”

Watching Taylor and her group retreat, the onlooking survivors cursed in relief.

At this moment, the woman named Bai Shuang walked up to Lin Xian with her people. Jiang Yun stepped forward first and introduced, “Group Leader Bai, this is Lin Xian, the captain of the Infinity.”

“Lin Xian, this is Bai Shuang, the leader of the airport emergency team dispatched by the Phoenix Society. It was she who arranged for you to pass through the platform quickly just now.”

“So that’s how it is,” Lin Xian nodded, looking at Bai Shuang with gratitude. “Thank you very much.”

“You’re welcome. It was also because Jiang Yun introduced your convoy’s identity to me, so there was no need for a temporary inspection.”

Hearing this, Lin Xian thought to himself that the emergency passage just now was thanks to Jiang Yun’s help. He didn’t know how this guy had suddenly gotten connected with the emergency team leader.

After Bai Shuang finished speaking, her gaze swept around, and she said loudly, “Perfect. All of you from the large convoys are here. The airport is currently facing an emergency situation. Because our emergency team is short-staffed, and the Iron Guard 52nd Brigade has suffered significant combat losses previously, we need everyone’s support to ensure a safe evacuation for all.”

“Emergency situation? What do you mean?” Shi Diyuan asked directly.

Bai Shuang pointed to the huge ascension elevator behind her.

“The ascension elevator has malfunctioned.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of many convoy leaders changed instantly, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

“Ah? The elevator is broken?”

“No wonder the sequence stopped…”

“Then what do we do? Can it be fixed? Or are we trapped here?”

…

“Everyone, don’t panic. It’s not a major malfunction. According to our engineers’ assessment, it is estimated that it will take about 3-5 hours to complete the repairs,” Bai Shuang quickly explained when she saw the atmosphere was not right.

Hearing that it could be repaired, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The people who had made it here had almost no way back. The entire city of Yubei was besieged by zombies, and now in the dark of night, it was full of deadly and bizarre creatures. If the ascension elevator was done for, they would be at a dead end.

“So the support you’re talking about is hoping we’ll send people to help defend the line?” Shi Diyuan said straightforwardly. “You don’t have to say it. I was already planning to take people up to help.”

Bai Shuang nodded upon hearing this, her expression a bit grave.

“That’s right. Tonight’s offensive is much more severe than the previous two days. We suspect it might be related to the Polar Night Corpse Herders.”