Li Yu walked out of the cell, and Da Pao came towards him.
Li Yu frowned slightly and asked, "How was the interrogation with Mr. Wang?"
Da Pao then told Li Yu the results of the interrogation, which were basically consistent with what they had just learned from Hua Chuanxiong inside.
After Da Pao finished speaking, a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face.
Li Yu saw it and asked directly, "Did something happen?"
Da Pao said, "Mr. Wang's willpower was indeed strong, so I used some heavy-handed methods, but I didn't expect him to kick the bucket so quickly."
Li Yu waved his hand, indicating he didn't care.
Even a hero would fall one day, let alone Old Wang.
He then said, "Da Pao, go help Haoran and the others interrogate each person individually to see if what they say is consistent.
Hmm, once you're done, tie them up, hands and feet separately. Didn't we have those iron chains before? Use those to tie them."
Da Pao nodded and then walked towards the cells.
After Li Yu watched him go, he slowly withdrew his gaze, his eyes filled with thought.
Now that they generally understood their situation, the biggest problem before them was how to solve it.
After all, the people in the East were indeed numerous, but their overall strength was not particularly strong.
The weather had just stabilized a bit, but with the unpredictable weather, he didn't know if it would rain in the coming days.
The temperature had already risen to five or six degrees above zero.
The accumulated snow had also slowly melted away.
By the time Li Tie and the others finished interrogating the people from Safe City, it was already dark.
Through the interrogation of different individuals, their answers were basically consistent.
Therefore, Li Yu held a meeting in the living room.
The meeting's focus revolved around the next course of action.
Li Yu sat in the center and slowly began, "I just briefed everyone on the basic situation, and now everyone has a general understanding.
The problem now is, what should we do? Does anyone have any ideas?"
Da Pao was the first to speak, "Yu Ge, it's not the first time we've encountered people with ill intentions towards us. Since we know their location, we can just go there and eliminate them."
Li Hang also said, "Yeah, brother, didn't those people say that they don't have enough bullets? Although there are many of them, their strength isn't great. To avoid prolonged trouble, let's eliminate them early."
Li Yu's initial reaction, after learning the general situation from those people, was also to nip the trouble in the bud.
However, on second thought, the distance was quite far, and the weather had just changed. He didn't know what major weather changes might occur later.
If they encountered heavy rain during the journey, the risk would indeed be relatively high.
After all, it was such a long distance.
Third Uncle suddenly said, "When I went there last time, not far from their Safe City, there were many zombies. I didn't continue the pursuit back then precisely because of those zombies.
If we are to go there, I think we can utilize these zombies."
Li Yu nodded and said, "Hmm. Besides those who suggest going directly, does anyone think we shouldn't launch an active attack?"
Second Uncle looked around and, seeing that no one was speaking, said, "I think, in this situation...
We can wait for a while. If these initial people don't return, they will definitely send more people over. Then we can deal with them.
Additionally, now that we've established cooperation with He Chao and his group, we can actually let them act as our eyes and help us constantly monitor the surrounding situation.
Once they come, we can be fully prepared.
Moreover, if many people come such a long distance, they will definitely attract the attention of zombies. By then, even before they reach us, the zombies will be enough for them to handle.
But if not many people come, we can easily deal with them."
Li Yu's heart stirred upon hearing Second Uncle's words.
What Second Uncle said was not without reason.
Li Yu then said, "Does anyone else have any thoughts? You can all share them."
Song Min suddenly said, "What I noticed is that these people aren't united; they are divided into four factions forcibly combined. I'm wondering if we can exploit this point."
Li Yu nodded and said, "Indeed, the people we just interrogated, they actually have internal conflicts."
First Uncle stood up from his stool, then poured some water into his thermos, which also had some goji berries steeping in it.
A man in middle age has no choice but to steep goji berries in his thermos.
First Uncle slowly said, "This Old Wu is from the military. If we eliminate them, will there be future repercussions?"
Li Yu thought for a moment and said, "That indeed needs to be considered. However, according to what they confessed, this Old Wu isn't a good person either.
That Old Sun, he even mentioned that Old Wu and his group forced those civilians to search for supplies."
First Uncle no longer spoke; he merely raised a question. This question required everyone to ponder and collectively weigh the options.
Second Uncle's eyes flickered. Seeing that Li Yu hadn't yet expressed his thoughts, he probably knew that Li Yu hadn't decided what to do either.
So he said, "Let's discuss what to do with the remaining people who came over this time.
Now that they've all spoken, their value isn't that great anymore. If we were to go to Safe City, perhaps we could have them lead the way for us.
But there are still eight or nine people. How should these people be handled?
Should they be killed, or kept alive?"
This was indeed the most pressing question to consider. Eight or nine outsiders staying in the base, even if tied up,
were inevitably a hidden danger. How to deal with them?
For a moment, everyone was at a loss for words. After all, during the previous interrogations, they had told them that if they confessed honestly, they would be allowed to live.
But now, they had all spoken.
What should be done?
If these people were released, it would be tantamount to letting a tiger return to the mountains.
Not to mention whether they would return to Safe City, these people might pose some hidden danger to Da Zhangshu Base in the future.
But if they were kept, then feeding them would just be a waste of food, wouldn't it?
Yet, killing them would be somewhat dishonorable.
They had clearly promised them that if they spoke, they would live, but now that they were no longer needed, they would be killed.
In fact, everyone knew that the best outcome was to kill them, leaving only one or two people who could then lead the way if they needed to go to Safe City.
However, if they were to be killed, it was imperative that Li Yu not be the one to propose it. As a leader, he had to keep his promises. It could only be done or suggested by his subordinates.
If they were not killed, then it was also necessary to consider what would become of these people afterwards.
All of this depended on what Li Yu thought.
Everyone needed to understand his thoughts from Li Yu's words, catching a glimpse of the whole through a small part, at least to find some clues.
