"Is there anyone else living on your hilltop?"
As soon as these words came out, not only the survivors, but also the short man himself was stunned.
He obviously didn't notice the flaw in his wording, and was just about to prevaricate the change, but after meeting Xu Renjie's sharp gaze, he immediately gave up the idea of hypocrisy.
"I...my wife and children are also on the mountain."
Hearing this, the survivors all looked at each other.
There is no doubt that this statement is enough to show that the short man lied before.
But it is precisely this statement that proves that his description of the town is true.
Xu Renjie didn't want to dwell on this anymore. He raised his eyebrows and glanced at the mountain forest not far away. As a field scout, he knew very well how difficult it was to survive in the wild jungle.
Although that mountain forest is far from a true primitive jungle, for ordinary people, surviving in such an environment is already a challenge to the limit.
"You have been living in that mountain forest with your wife and children?"
"Yeah!" The short man responded softly.
In response, Lao Xu said sincerely, "It's not easy!"
As Xu Renjie, who has personally lived in the wild jungle, he knows very well how difficult it is to survive in the forest.
What's more, the thin and short man in front of him has not received any professional survival training, and he drags his wife and son with him.
He had been living alone for four months in this mountain forest where the dead were infested and there was no news.
But his perseverance and patience really impressed him.
But the short man who was used to scavenging and begging didn't seem to find it difficult. He laughed innocently: "Haha, I can't help it. You know, I've always been worried about being caught for killing someone, which would affect my wife and children. I had no one to rely on, so I hid in the mountains. It was a bit hard, but we have gotten used to it in this life."
The short man's voice became lower and lower as he spoke, feeling helpless. Lao Xu could feel a deep guilt deep in the short man's heart.
That is the guilt that a man feels towards his wife and children.
For such people. Xu Renjie said calmly: "Go back with us. At least you will have a place to live."
The short man didn't answer, he seemed to be thinking about it.
Wei Dazhuang, who had the same sentiments, spoke again to persuade: "Brother, the place we live in is a big house, which is definitely better than a cave. There is no need to make your wife and children suffer."
Undoubtedly, what Da Zhuang said was quite straightforward.
But the short man...
"Thank you two brothers! If someone had mentioned this to me four months ago, I would have agreed without hesitation, but now..." Subconsciously looking at the top of the mountain, the short man smiled: "On the mountain After staying for so long, haha, I have become accustomed to life in the forest. I just heard my elder brother talk about the situation in the city. I feel that it is safer to stay in the mountains. Besides, my family has traveled all over the world in this life. The world is adapted to our family. Now, we have to go to a place to take root, haha, it’s really... Oh, by the way, why don’t you guys come and sit at my place?”
Sincerely extending the invitation, a rare smile appeared on the short man's face.
However, Tang Xiaoquan still politely declined the other party's kindness. After all, there was still nearly 3 hours of driving to go. If he continued to delay, he might not be able to get back to the station before dark.
"Brother, we appreciate your kindness. But we have other things to attend to, so we won't go to your place."
"Okay, I'm busy." The short man put the packed backpack back on his shoulders without being pretentious. After shaking it twice to confirm that it was solid, he shook hands with the people in front of him one by one and said goodbye.
"Brother, take care of yourself. If you get bored in the mountains in the future, go to the villa in the outskirts to find us. Follow the road out of the city to the west and you can find us. By the way, what do you call us?"
"Me, Niu Li Zhan! What about you?"
"Xu Renjie!"
"Tang Xiaoquan!"
"Wei Dazhuang!"
"Hu Xiaodong!"
"Wang Qiang!"
"Tang Xiaoquan!"
"Okay, let's meet again later!"
After breaking up, the survivors quickly headed towards the urban management vehicle.
Now that the clues that need to be grasped have been grasped, there is no other meaning in staying here.
Although this trip did not allow them to meet Tang Xiaoquan's parents as they wished, everyone knew that the clues they had about the shelter would be the key to determining the whereabouts of the former's parents.
The visit to the shelter should not be delayed. Xu Renjie had already made up his mind to start a meeting to discuss the next step after returning to the station.
Several people walked around the alley where they came from, and occasionally a few blind beasts were easily knocked down by the survivors.
But just when the survivors walked out of the alley and returned to the right path, the place where the urban management vehicle was parked was already surrounded by wandering animals.
"Holy shit! What the f*ck is this!"
It's no wonder that Wang Qiang would express such a secret emotion. There was an animal look in his eyes, and almost all of his skin was burnt black. What's more, his joints were directly exposed, forming a natural bone blade.
"Get ready to fight!" Xu Renjie fired the hunting crossbow on his back without any nonsense, and Hu Xiaodong also immediately raised the recurve bow in his hand.
There are about 10 enemies. Such a number is not difficult for survivors.
The charred zombies that were quickly attracted by the previous engine discovered the survivors approaching. They immediately roared excitedly, and the two evolved runners immediately started to move towards the survivors.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" Two arrows rang out. Xu Renjie and Hu Xiaodong each selected a target, and fired a crossbow and a bow almost at the same time. Half a second later, the arrows shot out accurately killed the attacking beast.
The blow was successful, and the two set arrows again.
Immediately, there were two more "whoosh" sounds, and the beast fell to the ground again.
As the distance to the urban management vehicle got closer, Wei Dazhuang took out the machete from his back.
He didn't care whether he blocked the view of the "archer" behind him or not. He just stood on the same ground as the beast when he raised the knife.
It has to be said that after these beasts were tempered by fire, their fleshless joints had turned into hard and sharp bone blades under the baptism of time.
This made Wei Dazhuang feel surprised immediately after the swords touched each other.
Because according to taste, when his knife went down, it would definitely break the latter's bones.
And now it's just a dent on the surface of its bones.
Also surprised was Wang Qiang, who was almost hit by the bone blade while stunned.
Fortunately, the instinctive reaction he had developed in daily training was able to stop him. After this battle, Wei and Wang, who were fighting in close combat, did not dare to be careless.
"NMD! These beasts are so damn hard-boned now! Brother Da Zhuang, be careful!"
After an attack from the beast in front of him, Wang Qiang gave a kind reminder in a loud voice.
But before he could finish his words, Wei Dazhuang shouted loudly. (To be continued.)
