Deep underground, the excited shouts of the bearded men could be heard, and both men and women also started shouting happily. Lu Ning squatted down, walked slowly down the sloping stairs in the basement, and slowly took out a shock bomb from his pocket.
"Did you find anything?"
As she spoke, she stepped hard, and a water pipe was smashed out from behind the wall. The height was exactly at the position of Lu Ning's head - if she took two more steps forward.
The water pipe was swung empty, and "Old Four" lost his balance. It was obvious that he had used a lot of force, and the woman behind him reached out and grabbed him. Immediately afterwards, the light of the flashlight below suddenly disappeared, and a bearded voice came from below:
"Damn! She found out! Don't even stand at the door! She can't shoot us from this angle! How did she find out..."
The clothes were close to winter clothes, and the body was dry but there were not many signs of decay and no signs of bone armor. This was obviously a human corpse that was shot when winter was about to come.
Lu Ning narrowed her eyes. The environment was dark, and she was standing in a position where the stairs could not go up or down. The bearded man had really thought about taking advantage of the terrain. No, he should just say...Hu Ze was the one.
A beard couldn't change his age or the outline of his face, and the shape of his eyebrows and eyes were exactly the same as those on his driver's license. With Lu Ning's observation skills, it wasn't very difficult to recognize his appearance.
A woman's scream came from below, and then quickly disappeared.
"Listen to me, little girl! We have hostages in our hands! I know you may have a bomb. If you want to blow us up, these people will die too! Haha, it's great that we didn't kill them immediately! Listen Little girl, put down the bomb in your hand now, be good——"
boom!
The light and sound emitted by the shock bomb instantly deprived him of the rest of his words, and even his vision became blurred, so blurry that he could only see a ball of light hitting the wall, turning into a larger light.
"Do you like Molotov?"
The burning pain spread all over his body, making Hu Ze feel unbelievable. He knew that the woman he was holding in front of him must have been ignited. The body that had just been knocked unconscious had begun to twist violently, and even broke free from his restraints!
Needless to say, the two men and women next to him were in the same situation.
Just as Hu Ze was rolling on the ground trying to put out the fire on his body, a gunshot rang out and the sound of falling to the ground came from beside him.
"Wait, wait, I surrender! I don't-"
"I'm only coming down with you because my car blew up and I need a new one."
The second bullet penetrated Hu Ze's head.
The dirty but dusty bedding in the room seemed particularly out of place in this hotel without air conditioning. Although the three people searched every room, they only opened the cabinets and looked under the bed. Compared to looking for the "secret room", this search was too hasty.
In summary, it is not difficult to conclude that they originally lived here and had malicious intentions towards themselves. Entering the basement and trying to lure yourself in with cheers was very similar, but the foreshadowing was terrible.
Lu Ning cautiously stepped on the edge of the fire, complaining in her mind about the shoddy incendiary bombs in the shelter. After taking out the woman with the last shot, she put away the pistol.
It had only been burning for less than a minute, but the fire started to subside. Was this incendiary bomb mixed with water?
But the remaining flames were enough for her to see clearly what was going on in the basement. In addition to the three dead kidnappers, there were three men and two women, all tied up with ropes. Four of them were affected by the flames and were still rolling on the ground desperately. They had few clothes on them, and as the fire decreased, Slowly, he stopped twisting and just groaned on the ground.
Lu Ning walked over and tore off the tape from the eyes and mouth of the last man who was not burned. He didn't care if he screamed in pain and asked directly: "Can you drive?"
In the last days, no one will care about any injuries as long as they are alive. After the four people who were burned put out the flames, they also expressed their gratitude to Lu Ning. Lu Ning didn't know if they still had resentment in their hearts, but there was really no trace of it on the surface.
The man who was not burned stood to the side, wrapped in a coat taken from the pile of dirty clothes in the basement. The rest of the people were almost the same. They originally tried to tell Lu Ning about their experiences, but Lu Ning had no interest in knowing.
"I have two options here."
She told these people bluntly.
"First, go west from here and pass through a wasteland where zombies and monsters are inhabited, but the number is probably not particularly large. There is a shelter over there, and it will be no problem for you guys to be accepted. Second, stay here , relying on the supplies left by those guys as a basis, and then looking for other ways to survive."
"I, I'll go with you!"
"Let's go to the shelter!"
Everyone hurriedly began to express their opinions, fearing who Lu Ning would leave here.
"You're not coming with me." Lu Ning frowned and added, "I have something to do here, so you can go on your own - the one who can drive will stay."
When she said this, the other four panicked.
"Wait a minute! How can we get through the wilderness without a car or weapons?"
"I can also drive, why don't you keep me?"
"Save people to the end, at least save us..."
Lu Ning turned around and walked out of the door.
The man followed immediately, fearing that he would be left behind. Lu Ning threw the car keys she found from Bearded's body to him and jumped into the passenger seat.
The four people chased them out, but when they saw that the car had started, they immediately started yelling and cursing, but they were soon left far behind.
In the car, Lu Ning leaned on her seat and opened the window to let the cold wind in, blowing away the stale air in the car. The man driving the car was shivering from the cold, but he didn't dare to say a word.
"what's your name?"
"Me? My surname is Zheng, and my name is Zheng Yonghe." The man said quickly.
Lu Ning rolled up the car window, pointed to the way, and then asked:
"Where did you come from?"
"The Azure Base in the East."
"Why did you come out?"
"The base... is gone. There is a monster, no, it is a monster! I, I saw it hovering in the clouds, with a snake's body, a crocodile's mouth, a deer's antlers, and an eagle's talons... just There is a shadow, and you can’t see your true form at all! But the entire base is covered in ice and snow!”
As if thinking of the fear that day, the man trembled all over.
"How big is it?"
"A hundred meters! Absolutely! I can guarantee it! I tried my best to look back at it! Just one glance!"
Lu Ning folded her arms and remained silent.
With the car in hand, she quickly returned to the shed. Chu Jianting, who heard the sound of the car, stood on guard behind the door. He looked a little surprised when he found out that it was Lu Ning who came back and walked out of the house.
"The new car is back. How is Xuan Zhitong doing?"
"A little... better. How are you? Are you not hurt?"
"Well, move Xuan Zhitong to the car. I found a suitable place to use as a stronghold. Let's arrange it first. Then we won't go east, but go north and find another place."
"good."
Zheng Yonghe hurriedly helped and helped carry the backpack and everything into the car. Now he just wanted to follow these three people. Life was the most important thing.
They drove back to their previous hotel.
The four people left here have long since disappeared, and the basement has been cleaned. Originally, the three bearded men were poor men without bullets, but now there is nothing left, and even the bodies have been turned over. Again.
Lu Ning didn't like those things, so she asked Chu Jianting to find a room to put Xuan Zhitong down. She directed Zheng Yonghe to the backyard to get tools and start to remove the iron sheets and wooden boards on the fence, and moved them back to repair the broken doors and windows.
It doesn’t have to be a perfect fit, but it must have some ability to keep out the cold.
The corpse in the restaurant was thrown into the basement. This place with only one entrance and exit was actually very dangerous, and Lu Ning was not going to use it. Behind the front desk and connected to the utility room is a small lounge, with the door and windows still intact, and a fireplace. Chu Jianting chopped up the wooden cabinets from two rooms and brought them in as firewood and piled them here.
In this way, a stronghold for temporary settlement is completed.
There is no need to leave any supplies. Lu Ning only needs to be able to make a fire when the time comes. If it doesn't work, he can still dismantle it. Anyway, there is still wooden furniture in the room.
After taking care of all this, Lu Ning went to check on Xuan Zhitong's condition.
She was weak and contracted the disease after being attacked by infrasound yesterday and running for so long in the freezing cold. After a full day's rest, he felt much better. After hearing Lu Ning's plan to go north overnight, he immediately agreed.
"I don't want to, it's a drag."
Xuan Zhitong also knew the importance of time at this time. She did not doubt that if she became more seriously ill, she would be sent back directly. Lu Ning will give him a hand when he can, but will not continue to act with the burden. Xuan Zhitong can be sure of this.
In addition, after Chu Jianting moved the last batch of firewood to the lounge, Lu Ning also briefly talked to him about the cold wave.
"If nothing else, there is a monster in the form of a dragon to the east. I don't know if it will come and attack the shelter, because it is a completely out-of-standard existence."
It travels through the clouds, creates strong cold weather, and has a huge body. Such a monster is not something that a shelter with few heavy weapons can handle. As for the tourists - it's not that Lu Ning is being arrogant, he doesn't have any special abilities, even two hundred of them are not enough to defeat them.
"But it will definitely pass by - the cold wave warning is a harbinger of the coming of the monster, and the monster will definitely pass through the shelter. I will prepare as many hiding places as possible near the east, because I don't know I will tell you what will happen in the future."
Lu Ning unfolded the map and pointed at the current location.
"The shelter has fallen, and we are likely to be separated for various reasons, but no matter where we escape, after determining the direction, try to find a place to hide from the cold. Once the temperature rises, head east immediately - that's where the monster came The direction is also the direction in which it is least likely to exist. There are no regional restrictions in this scene. When the time comes, run as far as you can, and don’t look for each other even if you are separated."
"Then the hunting mission..."
"Yes, the hunting must be completed when the evil claws attack. This time when we go back, we will start preparing the means to deal with them. It doesn't matter if I tell Lu Wenshuo these words, just consider it as my reward for his invitation. "
After saying that, she folded the map, stuffed it into her pocket, and stretched out a finger.
"One day, we have one more day before we have to go back to the refuge to prepare our hunting 'tools.'"
