"Hello, this is the Hoang City Sunshine Shelter, I am Lam Pham. I didn't expect someone to find the supplies we distributed so quickly."
On the other end of the phone, Lam Pham sounded extremely emotional.
They had just distributed them yesterday, and he didn't expect someone to call today.
As soon as the phone rang.
He knew it must be a living survivor.
The young man with his head down saw Nguy Ho make the call, looked up, and watched expectantly. He truly hoped Nguy Ho could tell the other party where they were.
"Lam what?" Nguy Ho asked teasingly.
"Lam Pham, the ordinary Pham."
"Oh, Lam your mother."
Lam Pham: ...?
Far away in Hoang City, Lam Pham frowned slightly. He clearly hadn't expected the survivor communicating via satellite phone to be somewhat unfriendly. However, he could understand; perhaps it was due to the apocalypse, causing the other person's mood to be a bit suppressed, thus leading to an outburst.
"Can you be a bit friendlier? Are you experiencing something not so good right now? You can choose to trust me, and I will help you."
In the tunnel base, Nguy Ho actually laughed out loud, "Help? I don't need your damn help. The person in my hands picked up the stuff you distributed and even wanted to call you and run to your side. It made me very angry."
Lam Pham: "There's no need to be angry. We are all people living in the apocalypse. Although the current apocalypse is terrible, I believe that as long as we help each other and support one another, we can definitely return to our former lives."
"Heh heh, no need. Life now is pretty good for me, never been so damn comfortable. As for what you said about mutual help, no need. I don't buy your crap."
Nguy Ho felt extremely pleased.
Willing to talk so much nonsense, perhaps because communicating with survivors in a distant place via satellite phone felt pretty good.
"Can you tell me your location?"
"Location? Are you dreaming? Are you extremely angry right now? Hearing me being so ungrateful, you want to kill me, right? Too bad, I just won't tell you. I just want to make you guess."
Lam Pham: ...?
He felt that this survivor seemed a bit difficult, full of malice.
Since the apocalypse until now, he had encountered many survivors. He thought of Chu Chan back then; that one also wanted to become big and strong, to become an existence like a local tyrant.
Disregarding the lives of the living.
Trampling on them at will.
Unfortunately, the satellite phone didn't have GPS. If it had GPS, he could find the other party.
However, at this moment.
He heard a roar from the other end of the satellite phone.
"Xi Ha abandoned tunnel, stop..."
Bang!
The call was disconnected.
Lam Pham looked at the satellite phone. He was very unfamiliar with the Xi Ha tunnel. He quickly found Captain Loi and asked for information about the Xi Ha tunnel.
"Xi Ha tunnel? Could it be the Xi Ha tunnel that was abandoned in '06? The location is in a mountain in Long Dam."
Captain Loi thought for a moment, then found a map and pointed to an area on it.
"It's roughly in this area. It's a bit far from our Hoang City."
Lam Pham looked at the direction indicated, "It seems very close to Huong Son."
Captain Loi said: "Yes, it's also three or four hundred kilometers from Huong Son. What's wrong?"
Lam Pham told Captain Loi what had just happened.
Captain Loi heard it and looked pleased. He clearly hadn't expected that a survivor would get a satellite phone so quickly. But the subsequent situation made Captain Loi's face look very grim.
"Listening to this meaning…"
The other party was clearly not being wary of them, but deliberately didn't want to have any contact with their Hoang City shelter, thereby wanting to be a dictator themselves, controlling a group of helpless survivors.
This kind of situation was bound to happen.
When order was disrupted and the world fell into chaos, it would be thoroughly reshuffled.
Those who once held power would become nothing, living like cockroaches.
It was also possible that those who were once at the bottom of society would transform and become major figures in the chaotic world.
"Captain Loi, is it in this direction?"
Lam Pham pointed in a direction and asked.
Captain Loi nodded and said: "Yes, it's this direction."
"Alright, I'll be back soon."
As soon as he finished speaking.
Lam Pham leaped up and vaulted towards the distance.
Captain Loi looked into the distance; Lam Pham's figure had long since vanished without a trace. The speed was frighteningly fast.
"This way of traveling, I have to say, it's truly amazing."
In the Xi Ha base.
"You damn well have guts."
Nguy Ho brutally beat the young man, "Roar, go on and roar! You think telling him the location will get him to save you? Is there something wrong with your head? Hoang City is nearly a thousand kilometers from here. Do you think he'll really come?"
The young man covered his head, curling his body.
The surrounding survivors watched in fear. They dared not make any move. Nguy Ho was extremely vicious and extremely irritable. Even if they all ganged up, they would not be Nguy Ho's opponent.
To be honest, they felt Nguy Ho was right. It was too far; how could anyone come?
"Brother Ho, if you hit him anymore, he might really die."
Someone reminded him in a small voice.
Nguy Ho sneered, "Die? How much is a human life worth now? Even if I beat him to death, there's nothing wrong with it. I beg you to use your brains. It's different now. It's been a long time since the apocalypse began. Do you still really think there's hope? The strong prey on the weak, only the fittest survive. If you don't listen, even if you die, no one will ask."
Everyone lowered their heads.
Yes.
It was indeed like this. They had all become accustomed to this kind of life. Until now, they had been barely surviving under Nguy Ho's oppression.
Some people thought that living like this was worse than dying.
But when truly faced with death, the fear deep in their hearts instantly sobered their minds. They recalled the people who had offended Nguy Ho before. They clearly acted as if they weren't afraid of life and death, but when Nguy Ho was really preparing to kill them, they were truly scared to tears, begging for mercy.
"Brother Ho, how should we deal with this guy? Kill him directly, or keep him for now?" a survivor following Nguy Ho asked.
With the lawless situation of the apocalypse, several people had become very crazy. They acted as they pleased, adhering to the law of the jungle. Nguy Ho was much stronger than them, so they obeyed his orders.
Nguy Ho looked at the young man collapsed on the ground like a dead dog, stroking his chin, as if thinking about how to properly torture this guy.
Just then.
The satellite phone left on the table rang.
It interrupted Nguy Ho's train of thought.
Nguy Ho picked up the phone, saw the number, and immediately smiled, "Look, this guy is calling again. It seems he still hasn't given up. Little Dao, look, the person from the place you want to go to is calling again. Why don't we let him hear your miserable screams, and by the way, let him know that thinking he's saving people is actually harming others."
He answered the call.
Before Nguy Ho could speak, Lam Pham's voice came from the satellite phone.
"Hello, I am Lam Pham. Could you please open the door? I am already outside."
In an instant.
The scene became extremely quiet, as if time had been frozen. Everyone stared blankly on the spot.
Pfft!
"Ha ha ha...."
Nguy Ho burst out laughing, holding his stomach.
The people following Nguy Ho were also laughing loudly.
It was as if they had heard the biggest joke in the world.
"Damn, I'm dying of laughter. Did you hear that? He actually said he's already outside the door. Honestly, I've never wanted to laugh so much in my life as I do today."
"Little Dao, you really are a talent, actually believing a lunatic. Hoang City is very far from here; he couldn't fly here even if he could fly."
Nguy Ho didn't talk to Lam Pham but indulged in mocking him.
Little Dao, lying on the ground, also showed a desperate expression. He didn't believe it either.
The ordinary survivors standing around, not daring to move, sighed in their hearts... Perhaps it was really as Nguy Ho said; all of this was just a farce.
"Can you hear me? If you don't open the door, I'll come in myself."
Lam Pham's voice continued to come from the satellite phone, and then, a loud bang was heard, as if something had collapsed with a crash.
Nguy Ho roared: "You damn well stop playing god with me! Has the apocalypse messed up your brain? Come on, appear in front of me right now, let me see how you got here, you stinking fool! Do you really think I'm easily scared?"
And just as he finished saying these words.
A figure walked over unhurriedly, then stood there, smiling and maintaining a confrontational distance with him.
"I'm here."
"You... Who are you?" Nguy Ho held the satellite phone and asked in astonishment.
Lam Pham still held the satellite phone to his ear and said softly: "Hello, my name is Lam Pham."
Nguy Ho looked at the satellite phone in his hand in horror, then sharply looked at the stranger in front of him. Instantly, the image he had just seen in the "Zombie Illustrated Guide" flashed in his mind.