Chapter 45: Forcibly confiscate the property of the owner

At this moment, an owner spoke up.

“Why should we distribute it to those owners who didn’t go!”

“As I see it, whoever went gets to keep whatever they got. It’s all theirs.”

This statement received approval from many people.

Li Dama saw the messages in the group and was completely at a loss, looking at Wu Daye and Wu Chusheng.

She wanted to get a solution from them.

Wu Daye knew perfectly well that no matter how he explained, it would be useless, so he said to the two of them,

“Pack up food and clothes. We’ll go hide in 1702.”

But at this moment, Zhang Bohai spoke in the group.

“Owners of Building 9, I am now formally notifying you that this building is now under my management.”

“During this period, I will be responsible for your safety. Additionally, we are now recruiting strong male individuals, preferably between the ages of 25 and 40.”

“Finally, please be aware and hand over half of the food in your possession to 801. Do not force me to come to you with the Equalizer of All Beings to collect it. You have one hour to inform everyone on each floor.”

Then, shortly after, Zhang Bohai sent another photo.

It was a selfie of him holding a hunting rifle. He was very smart not to expose that they had two hunting rifles.

Zhang Bohai believed that as long as he revealed the Equalizer of All Beings, based on his understanding of these owners, they would definitely compromise if there was a chance to survive.

At this moment, Zhang Bolang, who was beside him, asked, puzzled.

“Brother, what about Liang Yu? How should we deal with him? It seems he has a lot of food. Should we just take it?”

Zhang Bohai was furious and immediately punched Zhang Bolang on the head.

“You’re the kind of guy who never learns! Why would we provoke him now?”

“The most important thing for us now is how to connect with him and gain his trust. From now on, keep your mouth shut when you’re out, got it?”

“Only when we gain his trust will we have a chance to get rid of him.”

“Remember this: don’t suddenly say anything that offends Liang Yu. Look at what happened to Xie Jiarong.”

At this moment, in another newly created group, all the owners of Building 9 were present, including Li Dama’s family, whom they wanted to kick out.

“What should we do, everyone? Think of a solution.”

“Everyone’s supplies are already scarce. Now Zhang Bohai wants half of it with just a word. How are we supposed to live?”

“Exactly! Without food, the outcome is death. Not giving it also leads to death, just a matter of time.”

“How about we fight them?! They only have one gun, and it’s an old hunting rifle. If we all go together, we can definitely subdue him.”

“I agree. As long as everyone goes together and subdues Zhang Bohai, we might even get some of the food from his home.”

At this moment, someone also refuted the owner upstairs.

“I think the person upstairs must have water in their brain. If the other party had food, would they actively show a hunting rifle to make us hand over supplies?”

“Don’t you have any doubts about the authenticity of that gun?”

“Who cares if it’s real or fake, if we all rush him, he definitely won’t be able to resist.”

“Well said! I support you to be the first to charge.”

“Exactly, exactly! We also support you men to lead the charge.”

Soon the topic was derailed.

Even at a time like this, they were still arguing about gender issues.

Liang Yu just watched for entertainment, not saying a word.

As they argued endlessly, an owner suddenly spoke up, breaking their dispute.

“You guys keep arguing. I’m going to hand over my supplies first. There are still 40 minutes left. By the time you finish arguing, they’ll already be at your door with a gun. I don’t want to die yet.”

After saying that, the other party directly left the group chat.

Liang Yu glanced at the other party’s information, then switched to Zhang Bohai’s family’s screen, and immediately burst out laughing.

This person was Zhang Bolang’s alt account, and surprisingly, no owners noticed and pulled him into the group. It felt like they had been dumbed down by this cold wave.

With this one person leading the way, those owners who were already wavering seemed to have seen hope, and one after another, they left the group chat.

Even Wang Enlong, Li Chengbai, and those few others, directly spoke in Building 9’s group, claiming they were willing to hand over supplies and join them.

Thus, Building 9’s strongest, and only, force emerged.

The owners saw that the tide had turned and could only reluctantly choose to hand over half of their supplies in exchange for their safety.

Ye Yuan was very astute and also mixed into Zhang Bohai’s team.

Then Wu Jue, who joined Zhang Bohai, voluntarily took on the role of statistics.

After spending a lot of time compiling the information, he sorted out the households that had not yet submitted supplies.

So he reported to Zhang Bohai.

“Hai-ge, Fang Laotai’s family from 602, Dr. Huang’s family from 802, Luo Cen from 902, Liang Yu from 1001, two families on the 11th floor, and Li Dama’s family from 1601.”

“Among them, 1301, 1702, 1101, and 1502, I don’t know if there’s no one there or if they all froze to death in the cold wave.”

“I’ve noticed they haven’t appeared for a long time.”

Zhang Bohai listened to Wu Jue’s report with his eyes closed, his gloved hand still tapping on the table. No one knew what he was thinking.

Finally, when his fingers stopped tapping the table, he had made up his mind.

He looked at Wu Jue and asked,

“How many people have joined us this time?”

Wu Jue flipped through the list and looked at the compiled data.

“Hai-ge, excluding you and Brother Lang, our team currently has 13 people.”

Hearing that there were so many people, Zhang Bohai was overjoyed. He had estimated that only seven or eight people would join them, and it would be good if they could gather ten.

He didn’t expect there to be as many as 13 people now.

This made him suddenly want to change his original plan.

Originally, he had planned to pick a random family to establish his authority, but with 13 people now, he had other ideas.

Establishing authority among the people in his own building would, no matter what, bring about negative effects.

He had already collected supplies; doing so again would make people feel disheartened.

At a time like this, the owners of Building 9 were one less person for each one killed.

But now he could establish this authority on people in other buildings.

This way, by continuously plundering supplies and taking in people from buildings, his team could grow stronger.

Only after growing stronger could he then take in people from other buildings into his team.

Once he had an idea, he intended to implement it. He planned to take one hunting rifle, and have Zhang Bolang hide the other on his person and bring it along.

Then, he would lead a dozen or so owners to other buildings to establish authority!!

So he quickly asked Wu Jue,

“Xiao Wu, if I want to make a move on people in other buildings, do you have any suitable recommendations?”

Zhang Bohai particularly emphasized the word “suitable.”