MTL - Necromancers Are Frantically Stationing Troops In the Apocalypse

Chapter 59, Negotiating Conditions

 The woman's body tensed up, she picked up the kitchen knife on the table and held it in front of her.

 Looking at the translucent ghost floating in the air with a horrified expression.

 She couldn't figure it out.

 In addition to the standing skeleton, why did a ghost appear?

　　also appeared directly in front of him.

"Auntie, don't be nervous, Xiaoxiao won't hurt you." Xiaoxiao said.

"what do you?"

“My name is Xiaoxiao, and my family owns the Fuheng Silver Store.”

 Xiao Xiao? Fuheng Silver Store?

　What a mess.

“What do you want from me?” the woman continued to ask, carefully moving towards the door.

 Xiao Xiao walked around the room and continued: "Uncle asked me to talk to you."

 “Your uncle? What does he want to talk to me about?” the woman continued to ask.

Although the scene in front of you is weird, the ghost in front of you doesn't seem to be hurting you immediately.

 “It’s the man you mentioned with the skeleton.”

 Sure enough, someone is controlling the skeleton group.

 “Is your uncle a superpower?”

"What is a supernatural being? I don't know, he is King Yama."

 The woman frowned.

King of Yama?

　　Why did King Yama appear again?

“What does he want you to talk to me about?” The woman had already retreated to the door and stood there asking.

"Well, let me think about it." Xiaoxiao walked around the room again and continued: "Uncle said that he wants you to follow him."

 “Follow him? What do you mean?”

 “Just like Xiaoxiao, follow your uncle.”

Depend on!

Who wants to be like you?

 You are obviously no longer a human being, okay?

Apart from ghosts and skeletons, can I still survive if I follow that King of Yama?

 Zizzi~!

Just when the woman was thinking about talking, the walkie-talkie in her pocket rang.

“Sister Hong, what’s wrong, those skeletons are coming and are approaching us. Let’s go quickly!”

 The woman looked at the ghost in the air carefully, then took out her walkie-talkie and said, "Pack your things and prepare to evacuate."

"good."

After the woman finished speaking, she looked at the ghost of the little girl in the sky and asked, "What if we don't want to follow him? What will happen?"

Xiao Xiao thought for a while, "Uncle didn't say anything, I thought he might kill you. My grandfather and father were killed by him."

 Hearing this sentence, the woman's body trembled.

 Holy shit~!

 This is a real **** king.

“We need to think about it and will give you an answer later,” the woman continued.

“Okay, I’ll go back and talk to my uncle first.”

 After finishing the novel, leave directly through the wall.

 The woman stood there and waited for a few seconds. Seeing that nothing special happened, she opened the door and rushed out.

 Go up to the roof, lie down next to the man in charge of sentry, and look forward.

In the distance, I saw a field of white skeletons strutting across the road holding various weapons.

 Some of the zombies that rushed forward were chopped to the ground like melons, and then they also turned into skeletons and stood up.

It's like a dark soldier borrowing a road, weird and spooky.

“Damn it, they must have followed us back, these **** ghosts.” The man on guard cursed.

 The woman's face remained serious and she didn't say much.

 …

 In the middle of the skeleton team.

 Xiaoxiao flew back from a distance and recounted the conversation with the woman.

　　When I heard that the leader of the other party was a woman, I was somewhat surprised.

 It’s not that women are worse than men.

Rather, in the current environment, men’s physical advantages are more likely to dominate.

 Even if it’s just a small group of survivors.

 is also quite surprising.

 After listening to Xiaoxiao's story and the conversation between the two, Wu Heng still planned to take a look in person.

 Xiao Xiao entered the body, and the situation in the auto repair shop also appeared in his mind.

Simple and messy room, dim light bulbs, walkie-talkie on the table, and not much food.

Even if they arrange for people to go out to collect supplies, resources will definitely be scarce.

If the half bag of rice in the corner was their entire food reserve, they wouldn't be able to survive for a few days.

 The idea of ​​having electricity has been thought of before.

 The spears they hold need to be drilled and polished, which is difficult to complete without electrical equipment.

 There should be a diesel or gasoline generator.

He released Xiaoxiao again and said, "Xiaoxiao, take Xiaohui there and ask her for a walkie-talkie."

 “Oh, okay!” Xiaoxiao shouted to my back: “Xiaohui!”

 Hurrah!

 Four dogs and a cat ran over together.

 “Follow me.” Xiaoxiao took the lead and flew forward, and the five animal skeletons ran out together.

 …

 The roof of the auto repair shop.

Li Yahong told several people what happened in the room just now.

 When they heard that the controller of the skeleton group called himself the King of Hell and killed the little ghost’s grandfather and father, everyone’s face turned a little pale.

This kind of fear is stronger than facing zombies.

 Now it doesn’t matter whether the other party is a person with superpowers or someone else.

 The important thing is that the other party is eyeing you.

Several people were discussing the plan in low voices, and suddenly one person said with a cry in his voice: "The skeleton is coming."

Several people raised their heads and looked forward.

 I saw several animal skeletons running over in large strides.

　　"Holy shit, oh shit, a skeleton is coming. I can't run anymore."

"What to do, we may not be able to fight against them." "Let's go now, we still have a chance to rush out."

Li Yahong bandaged the wound on her shoulder and continued: "Let's go, nothing else, let's leave from the roof."

 “Okay.” Several people said, taking the necessary items and leaving.

 And just when Li Yahong was leaving.

The ghost in the shape of a little girl emerged from the floor below, "Auntie, you are here. My uncle asked you to give him a walkie-talkie, and he will tell you himself."

 Walkie-talkie?

Li Yahong's steps suddenly stopped, as if she was stuck to the ground inside, but she kept walking.

 Still said behind him: "Bring me a walkie-talkie."

One of them took off the walkie-talkie and handed it over.

Li Yahong put the walkie-talkie on the table, "Can you take it with you?"

 “Xiao Hui!” Xiao Xiao yelled down again.

 The skeleton cat jumped up from below and jumped directly to the roof.

 “Bring this.”

 The skeleton cat picked up the walkie-talkie, jumped ahead again, and ran away quickly.

 …

 In the rear ranks.

Wu Heng held the walkie-talkie and pressed the call button, "Can you hear me?"

  In the slight sound of electricity.

 A woman's voice came, "No, what do you want?"

Wu Heng said directly: "I can provide you with a safe living space, and accordingly, you need to work for me."

 There was no immediate response from the other party.

 After a while, the sound of electricity and a woman's voice appeared again, "Thank you for your kindness, we won't stay here, and we may have to leave soon."

leave?

Wu Heng glanced at the buildings in the distance.

 In this case, if you reject the conditions of asylum, you should plan your destination in advance.

 “Where are you going?” Wu Heng asked.

 “A gathering place for us humans.”

 You humans?

Listening to this, why do I feel that I am not counted among human beings?

 Before Wu Heng could continue to ask, the other person spoke first, "We don't have any ill intentions and hope to maintain a peaceful relationship with you."

Wu Heng did not answer, and began to think in his heart.

 My original development plan did not actually include human survivors, but with their participation, some things that the skeletons could not handle could be completed.

 For example, generators, cutting and welding work.

 He himself can’t do it, and the skeleton can’t do it either.

 But now it seems that the other party has no intention of giving him a job.

 Now there are only two ways to deal with it.

 One is to capture people directly and make them work for themselves as prisoners.

 The second option is to find ways to cooperate with them and reach a deal with each other.

 Let them fulfill their requirements through exchange.

 The first method is the most efficient and fastest method, but it will also leave many consequences. For example, these survivors think that they are exploited people and always want to resist.

 And by doing this, I am actually breaking through some bottom lines.

 Although it is the end of the world, your situation does not require you to do something that harms others.

 The second way is to let them do something for themselves in exchange.

 In fact, there is no difference from the first type. The only thing is to provide some benefits so that they can see it as a reward for their labor.

 In fact, there is not much difference between the two.

After thinking quickly in his mind, Wu Heng continued: "Now that you have a plan, I won't force it. We can make some transactions before departure, which will allow you to have more capital."

 “Hoo~!” A relieved voice came from the intercom, and then the woman asked: “What kind of deal.”

 “I’ll trade grain for iron spears, the kind you use.”

 “How to change?”

 “100 handfuls, exchanged for a bag of grain.”

 “It’s too much and it’s not fair to us.”

Wu Heng continued: "In this current environment, food can be exchanged for higher value in any human gathering place. Even if you go to a human gathering place, food is the only hard currency."

 This is what Wu Heng guessed.

 The survivors can be forced out to search, but only because of food shortage.

"There are too many, and the iron pipes and materials we have in stock are not enough." The woman said.

Wu Heng said: "You have 100 iron spears. You have a generator, and you don't have to rub them with your hands. It's not that difficult. I will provide you with the iron pipes and materials."

 There was another brief silence on the other side.

But this time the tone was obviously not so firm, "One hundred handfuls, one bag of rice, five 500g bags of sugar, and anti-inflammatory drugs."

Wu Heng thought about it and realized there was no need to bargain, since he didn’t lack these.

 There is no place to put it.

Moreover, they chose the second one, which was not much different from the first. They provided their own food and materials, and they made iron spears for themselves.

  It's nothing more than a different form.

"Okay, if the workmanship is good, I will give you five more bottles of canned meat."

“Yes, but we only have enough materials to complete more than 20 iron spears, and we also need steel pipes and welding rods.”

"I will provide you with these two days, so do what you are doing now."

"good."

 After finishing the chat, Wu Heng looked again at the auto repair shop in front of him.

 Leading the team back to the water supply management office just now, they raided nearby shops.

 Then take the corpse and the looted items and return to the community where you live.

 …

 When the skeleton army left, the few people on the roof of the auto repair shop breathed a sigh of relief.

A breeze blew by, and everyone shivered.

At this time, I realized that my clothes were soaked with sweat.

“Sister Hong, do we really want to cooperate with skeletons?” asked a slightly younger person.

"Do you have a better way? Moreover, what he said makes sense. Food is hard currency. It would be good for us to bring more to the gathering place."

 Li Yahong clapped her hands and continued: "Okay, turn on the generator and prepare to make the iron spear."

 (End of this chapter)