Su Han had thought that Zhu Xiong, like himself, had only brought back a few people, but unexpectedly, it was an entire construction crew, over thirty strong, more than half of whom were Contractors.
According to Zhang Dahai, these were all people from some construction teams and subcontracting companies under him.
In the post-apocalyptic world, many people had transformed into creatures like flesh corpses, but at the construction sites, almost everyone's hand was either on steel rebar and shovels or hammers and pliers—everyone was armed.
In the early stages of transformation into monsters, indeed many were overwhelmed and killed in panic, but once they regained their composure, a group of hardened construction workers, muscles brimming and with weapons in hand, managed to kill quite a number of the creatures.
With everyone being either friends or fellow townsfolk, their unity was strong, and with some of the smaller leaders organizing, a small team was formed.