"Wang Hao, you actually dared to kill someone!"
It was unclear how much time had passed before Zhou Chenggong came back to his senses from the shock.
By now, his back was almost drenched with sweat.
It was a good thing he didn't go up with the short guy and the others!
Otherwise, he would have been electrocuted by now, like a roast pig.
Wolf Claw Man and the other two were also gasping heavily.
Especially the two other small fries; they almost went up earlier!
They all felt a sense of having narrowly escaped death.
What followed was a surge of overwhelming anger.
This bastard was so ruthless.
"Hmph! You sought death yourselves, and you blame me?"
Wang Hao had calmed down by now. He sat back in the chair and spoke coldly.
However, the trembling in his voice was still uncontrollable.
"You've killed four people, Wang Hao, you're dead, you're dead. The snowstorm has ended now, soon I can report you to the police, and you'll be shot!"
Zhou Chenggong, having calmed down, was ecstatic inside.
Wang Hao had committed murder.
This was a massive leverage!
Whatever he wanted, Wang Hao would have to give it to him.
Inside the control room, Wang Hao furrowed his brow.
There were still two days before the mutation.
Although social order hadn't been restored yet, and incidents of robbery and assault were occurring everywhere, Zhou Chenggong could forget about bringing in the police; even if he dialed 110, it likely wouldn't get through.
But to be on the safe side, he thought he should just eliminate the remaining four people without hesitation.
After all, Zhou Chenggong's family had some influence; they might be able to go through special channels.
His house was indeed as solid as a fortress, but that was relative.
If the government were to mobilize, they could still break in.
Although the control room should hold, if the house were destroyed, his quality of life would significantly decrease.
"Hmm, I think we can talk."
Wang Hao picked up the tablet, got up, and left the control room.
When Zhou Chenggong heard this, the corner of his mouth curved into a smug grin.
As expected! Wang Hao was scared!
"How do you propose we talk?"
He asked blandly.
"I've preserved that batch of medicine very well. If we cooperate, I provide the medicine, you handle the sales, we'll split it thirty-seventy. I get seventy percent, you get thirty."
After speaking, Wang Hao immediately turned off the microphone function.
He then quickly left the control room.
"Thirty-seventy? That won't do, ninety-ten it is!"
Zhou Chenggong paused for a moment, then added:
"Ninety for me, ten for you."
"You! Why don't you just rob me? No way!"
Wang Hao shouted angrily.
After speaking, he once again turned off the microphone.
"Wang Hao, don't forget, you're a murderer now. I'm giving you ten percent out of respect for our schoolmate relationship. Ten percent is more than enough for you to enjoy life abroad."
Zhou Chenggong threatened.
In fact, he didn't even want to give Wang Hao that ten percent.
As soon as Wang Hao opened the door, he planned to eliminate Wang Hao.
He only said that to give Wang Hao the illusion that he was negotiating seriously.
To make Wang Hao trust him and eventually let them in.
Wang Hao had the same thought.
Pretend to negotiate with Zhou Chenggong to buy time, allowing him to get to the third floor and use a weapon to take them down.
"Ten percent is too low; I can't agree."
Wang Hao continued to spar with him.
"Do you have a choice? Life is more important than money."
Zhou Chenggong, full of confidence, clearly had Wang Hao cornered.
"At least thirty percent. If you don't agree, I'll burn all this medicine. If you call the police, I'll set fire to the house as well. We can all perish together; I don't want to live in this hellish world anymore."
After laying down this harsh warning, Wang Hao turned off the microphone again.
He had now reached a room on the third floor, where he had previously prepared a sniper's vantage point, perfect for targeting Zhou Chenggong and the others.
Looking at the crossbow and arrows in front of him, a trace of helplessness flashed in Wang Hao's eyes.
He had prepared a lot of defensive equipment.
But it was all cold weapons.
In Hua Country, it's incredibly hard, nearly impossible, to get hot weapons.
Even if he could get them, he wouldn't dare before the apocalypse, in case he got caught—then everything would be over.
"Sigh... What a pity! Even an air rifle won't do. Otherwise, with a Bald Eagle, none of these bastards would have escaped."
Wang Hao sighed, picked up the crossbow, cranked the winch to string it, loaded it with a tri-blade tipped arrow, and carefully opened the window.
Zhou Chenggong and the others were holding flashlights, making them easy targets in the dark.
Through the scope, he targeted Zhou Chenggong.
He was the primary target.
"Thirty percent..."
Below, Zhou Chenggong was still pacing back and forth, pretending to ponder.
Wang Hao couldn't help but roll his eyes.
Can't you drop the act?
Can you quietly just die?
Finally, Zhou Chenggong seemed to have concluded his thoughts, stopped in his tracks, and said through gritted teeth:
"Twenty percent, that's the limit."
"Whoosh!"
The response he got was the sound of an arrow slicing through the air.
"Ah—"
Zhou Chenggong let out a heartrending scream and fell to the ground, wailing in agony.
"Damn!"
Through the monitor, Wang Hao saw the outcome of his shot.
He was speechless.
He had aimed for Zhou Chenggong's neck, but perhaps his hand shook a bit, shifting the aim downward and off target.
He ended up hitting Zhou Chenggong in the shoulder.
He quickly operated the winch again, readying for another attack on the others.
Down below, the group had already reacted.
"Damn, this kid has a crossbow."
The Wolf Claw Man's reaction was swift.
He scanned the surroundings, dragged Zhou Chenggong, and quickly moved towards the glass.
"Whoosh!"
At that moment, another arrow whistled through the air.
"Ah———"
A henchman let out a scream and fell to the ground.
That shot pierced through his knee.
"Hitting moving targets is a real challenge!"
Wang Hao cranked the winch again, with his hands shaking but a strange excitement coursing through him.
That was the primal hunting instinct hidden in his bones.
"Help, help! Murder!"
The other henchman was terrified, his mind breaking down, and he ran frantically trying to escape.
"Come back!"
Wolf Claw Man shouted sternly, but the henchman ignored him.
Desperately, he sprinted away, trying to leave that place.
"Whoosh———"
Another arrow cut through the air, Wang Hao's shot pierced through his back. The henchman fell silent into the snow, blood pooling around him, dead beyond a doubt.
After the practice with the previous two arrows, Wang Hao had found his rhythm.
The precision of the crossbow wasn't much less than a gun, nor was its power.
It's just that reloading took too much time; every shot required restringing, every arrow needed to be reloaded, leaving little room for error.
"Is he dead?"
Through the scope, Wang Hao looked at the man lying in the snow, his heart racing once more.
This was the first person he genuinely killed with his own hands.
Is this how killing feels?
With the previous preparation, his heart wasn't pounding as joyously.
He took several deep breaths, his gaze becoming resolute.
Now it was the end times, and those kind-hearted people in the novels who weren't protagonists usually ended up dead.
He was minding his own business at home, and these people wanted to steal his supplies, take his home, even his life.
Should he spare them to celebrate the New Year?
With that thought, Wang Hao cranked the winch again, loaded another arrow.
Through the surveillance, Wang Hao observed the situation of Zhou Chenggong and the others.
They had come in a group of eight, four electrocuted on the rooftop, one he had shot dead.
Zhou Chenggong was leaning against the enclosed balcony, arrow in the shoulder, groaning in pain.
Another henchman limped over, cursing Wang Hao while pressed against the bulletproof glass.
Those two were basically out of commission.
In the snow, injured as they were, they couldn't run. Once within Wang Hao's range, they were sitting ducks.
Only Wolf Claw Man was left!
He seemed to be the strongest among them.
And still had full combat capability.
If Wang Hao could take him down, everything would be over.