Chapter 326

"How can you say such things! We accepted you in the beginning, otherwise you would have died on the road, right?"

Nick nodded in agreement and was about to speak when he heard Luciana continue.

"Now that we are in trouble, do you want to escape by yourself? If I don't leave, will you abandon me too?"

Nick was left speechless by the questioning and could only spread his hands.

"Are you done?"

"No! I really misjudged you. I will never abandon these people no matter what. If you want to leave, go on your own. I..."

"That's enough!"

Nick interrupted the chattering woman with a loud shout. He stared at her angrily. He never expected that after all this time, she still saw him as a timid coward who would only run away when faced with problems.

There was silence after the momentary outburst, but from Nick's heavy breathing, one could feel his inner unrest.

"You don't understand what I mean. I said you can leave here first. I will do my best to persuade the rest of you to leave. I don't want to wait for those guys to come to the door and die together. Do we have any other options now? Do you think those guys will be polite and invite us to dinner once they find us?"

"Things have come to this point now. All we can do is leave, right?"

Knowing that she had misunderstood Nick, Lucy patted his shoulder apologetically and looked for help again at Moore and the others who had remained silent.

Alan, who had been unable to contain himself for a long time, pulled Moore aside and muttered to himself for a while.

"Okay, my team members have pleaded for you. Now I'll give you a chance. After I leave this room, the convoy will stay at the entrance of the base for fifteen minutes. Those who want to leave should come out during this time. I will protect you to a safe place. As for the rest of you, I can't do anything about it. People who are still so inflexible in the end times are not worth saving."

After saying that, he strode out of the room. Alan, who followed behind him, looked at the troubled Luciana and felt a little reluctant, but he still sighed and followed him out.

Negan looked as if it had nothing to do with him and just whispered before walking out of the room.

"You can only live well if you are alive. Even if you don't consider you, please consider the children."

…

"The convoy should be prepared for battle, the enemy may appear at any time."

As soon as Moore walked out of the house, he picked up the walkie-talkie at his waist. At this time, the RV had already been placed across the main entrance of the stronghold. Upon hearing this, the soldiers raised their weapons and stood on guard. From time to time, dull gunshots were heard, and several zombies moving towards this side would fall to the ground with the gunshots.

"You shouldn't let them choose. We'll have no problem taking them with us."

As soon as he got into the RV, Alan couldn't help but speak out. In his opinion, this was a very rare opportunity to recruit new members. It was rare to come across such a team of survivors that was easy to recruit and without too much trouble.

"No, you are wrong."

Almost immediately, Moore denied his statement.

"These people may seem very suitable to you, but they are too weak. Even if I bring them with me, they will still be timid in doing things. If something goes wrong due to someone's cowardice, it will threaten the lives of others. I cannot take this risk."

"Now I have given them the opportunity to choose. Those who are willing to leave are those who have at least a little bit of adventurous spirit. These people can still be saved. As for the rest, it depends on their own luck. In today's world, no one owes anyone anything, right? We can't save those who deserve to die."

Fifteen minutes passed in the blink of an eye. Alan could only sigh helplessly as he looked at the quiet camp gate. Several cars started on time.

"Wait! Wait for us!"

Nick's shouting came from behind, and there were more than 20 people following him. They all saw the pharmacist die and were persuaded by Nick and the others. As for the rest of the people, they were powerless to do anything.

The three cars had just started and were not going very fast. Nick and his friends didn't have much with them, so they caught up in just a few steps.

"Let's squeeze in first, and then find a car in the next town."

Alan, standing at the door of the RV, happily invited these people to get in and patted Nick on the shoulder.

Luciana, who was standing behind Nick, stared at the man strangely. Even if she was dumb, she could feel the kindness emanating from this man. She was very puzzled.

As if sensing the other person's gaze, Alan turned his head and looked at her.

"You'll understand later."

This incoherent sentence made Luciana even more confused, but since the other party had no hostility, she didn't say anything and followed Nick into the RV.

The RV drove forward for ten minutes and a man jumped out from the woods on the side of the road. It was Miguel who had been on guard there.

The RV quickly began to speed up and headed south. Just half an hour after they left, a convoy appeared on the outskirts of the stronghold. The people in the cars were the thugs from the supermarket before. Because of the departure of Nick and others, the stronghold was unusually quiet at this time.

The few people who stayed behind knew that there might be an attack, so they didn't dare to come out. As for why they didn't leave, it was probably because they were afraid of the outside world.

The convoy broke into the camp easily, and then there was a commotion. The dozen or so people left were all caught and lined up in a row in the small square in the center of the camp.

"Where are they?"

Pinching a man's neck, the gang leader questioned angrily, how could he not be angry, he finally found out the other party's location, he came here with a lot of troops, brought manpower and fuel, and also wasted a lot of bullets on some zombies on the way, and in the end all he found was an empty shell.

Looking at the dozen people kneeling in front of him, and then at the food piled next to them that was not enough for him to eat for two days, he became murderous.

Faced with such a terrifying existence, the remaining people in the stronghold had already collapsed with fear, and before even waiting to be interrogated, they all honestly confessed everything.

"You said they were gone nearly an hour?"

"Yes... yes, a group of strangers came and took all our people away. Alejandro is also dead. They can only listen to Lucy. We can't stop them even if we want to."

"Fuck!"

Bang!

The gang leader was so angry that he pulled the trigger. The gunshot scared the other ten or so people out of their wits and they all begged loudly.

"Kill them all!"

…

Following a burst of gunfire, more than a dozen people fell in a pool of blood.

At this time, Moore and his men were already far away from the stronghold and had no idea that someone was following them.

Two more cars were added to the rear of the convoy, and the RV was finally no longer crowded.

At this time, there were only two outsiders left in the RV, Nick and Lucy, sitting on the sofa in the middle and talking with Moore and the others.

"It's been two years since the apocalypse, and you guys only operate in that place? Are you kidding me?"

Luciana spread her hands helplessly and looked at Nick helplessly.

"There's nothing we can do. The camp is full of old people and children. There are very few young people who can fight. There are only five or six people who usually go out. Now there are only Nick and I left."

Nick didn't say anything, he just sat there silently, but his eyes kept wandering over Moore and the others.

"What about you, kid? I heard you haven't been with them for long. Where were you from before?"

"Me?"

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Nick showed a rare look of nostalgia on his face, and his eyes became blurred. After a long while, he slowly spoke.

"I came from LA."