The sound of the car door closing wasn’t particularly loud, but it was particularly noticeable in the silence of the night. It not only woke up the people sleeping in the car, but also alerted the lurking danger that was far away.
“What…”Han Ya suddenly opened his eyes and looked towards Bai Yun and Han Yifeng, but before he could finish asking, countless shadows passed by the corner of his eye.
Bang! Bang!
The shadows directly hit the military vehicle’s wall, causing even such a solid car to shake.
Mo Yan was the first to turn on the car lights, and the people in the car couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
It was wolves! A pack of wolves!
Xiao Wen and Yin Chengyang were standing on the roof of the two cars respectively, holding machine guns and continuously shooting at the wolves that suddenly emerged from the snow all around. The people in the car, after a brief moment of shock, picked up their weapons one after another and prepared themselves for battle.
“Keep an eye on the car. I’m going up there.” Mo Yan picked up the machine gun that Han Ya handed over, gave a reminder, and then took advantage of the moment when the pack of wolves was stunned by the sudden burst of firepower to open the car door and jump to the roof.
Han Ya opened the toolbox, took out all the spare pistols that were originally stored there, and handed them to the others.
“Han Yifeng, quickly clear the nearby snow, expand as much as possible. Huang Yao, be alert at all times for areas where the wolf pack is too dense and the firepower can’t hold up. Use the dirt wall to delay them when necessary, but remove it after two seconds! The rest of you lock the car doors, open a small window and extend the barrel of the gun out. Do not expose your hands outside the window!” Han Ya urgently arranged the plan.
They had not expected to encounter a wolf pack before, and now everyone was a bit panicked, but the hungry wolves outside the car were not going to give them time to adapt.
“Other students…” Li Yunsheng didn’t want to interfere with Han Ya’s arrangement, but he couldn’t help worrying about the other group of students in the other car. H
an Ya and his few companions who appeared to be gangsters were here, and they had firearms and ammunition.
Although they had said that they would each look after themselves when in danger and the two groups of people were just traveling together, Li Yunsheng couldn’t remain calm with danger approaching.
“It’s okay, Young Master Wen must be on that car.” Han Ya didn’t mind that Li Yunsheng’s words and actions were not consistent.
They had already taken these students under their wing and would not leave them unattended. Moreover, although it was dangerous now, it was not a matter of life and death yet. Even in life and death situations, they would not abandon these children after they gained their trust.
“Professor, don’t worry, Wen Le and Chen Ye are on that car.” Bai Yun gave Li Yunsheng a reassuring answer and a smile.
In the other car, as soon as Wen Le got in, he quickly woke up the group of people who were not alert.
When the wolf pack rushed towards the car, the people inside were still half asleep and unaware. Wen Le was angry, but he also knew that alertness couldn’t be trained overnight. Fortunately, Yin Chengyang on the roof of the car sprayed a burst of bullets, finally awakening these people.
Compared to Qi Rui and Zhao Ziyan, who couldn’t stop swallowing their saliva, forcing themselves to suppress their fear, Zhou Quan and Huang Tao were calm and cool, looking at the wolf pack outside the window that was within reach.
“Chen Ye, clear the snow around, and the rest of you, get your guns ready. At such a close range, no need to aim, do not open the window too wide, and do not stick any part of your body outside the window, or you’ll be fed to the wolves! Self-protection is the priority, kill when you can, and hide when you can’t!” Wen Le threw out a few guns from the space, and when everyone had their guns ready, he took advantage of a gap in the wolf pack’s attack, opened the car door, and quickly climbed onto the roof of the car.
Compared to the shooting in the car, the firepower suppression on the roof was the focus. Wen Le was no less proficient in firearms than Xiao Wen and the others. He couldn’t move freely inside the car, but on the roof, he could help Yin Chengyang cover one direction.
The roofs of the two cars could fit exactly four people, with one person guarding each direction and keeping the wolf pack suppressed at a distance of three meters from the vehicles.
Occasionally, a stray wolf would try to approach the car windows, but the people on the roof paid no attention to them. In addition to suppressing the wolf pack, they also had to be vigilant against the wild wolves that would occasionally jump onto the roof in an attempt to bring them down.
Any wolves that managed to get past them were left to be dealt with by the people inside the car.
At this point, Wen Le had his mental faculties fully engaged, not only paying attention to the surrounding wolf pack, but also watching out for the lone wolves that would jump onto the car beneath his feet.
Other than Zhou Quan, there wasn’t much firepower left in the car, so he didn’t hold out much hope for the others.
It seemed that for the rest of the journey, even if they were trekking through the snowy wilderness without a clear goal, he would have to start training these people to use guns.
He hadn’t been in a hurry to train them before, thinking that they should focus on their close combat skills first, since zombies were the real threat in the apocalypse.
But somehow, maybe due to his good luck, in this new iteration of the apocalypse, opportunities to engage in direct combat with zombies could be counted on one hand, while all sorts of other dangers were constantly arising. He wasn’t sure if this was a blessing or a curse.
After a burst of suppressive fire, both sides stopped moving and fell into a brief silence.
“There’s a giant wolf approaching, maybe it’s the wolf king,” Wen Le whispered in a low voice.
“We have to kill them all, otherwise the wolf pack will keep following us,” Han Ya reminded them from inside the car, as both sides had come to a halt.
Everyone had more or less come into contact with the habits of wolf packs on television, but they really didn’t want to be followed by such a dangerous group of animals if they didn’t eliminate them all.
As soon as the sound of Han Ya’s voice fell, a huge black wolf twice the size of the other wolf bodies suddenly emerged from the snow wall opened up by Chen Ye and Han Yifeng.
Perhaps it was because Xiao Wen’s aura was too strong, the wolf king instinctively thought he was the leader, so as soon as he appeared, the wolf king pounced on Xiao Wen on the roof of the car.
Mo Yan reacted quickly and jumped to the roof where Wen Le and Yin Chengyang were located. The roof was not very spacious to begin with, and Mo Yan’s presence there actually hindered Xiao Wen’s movements.
As the wolf king leaped, Xiao Wen greeted him with a machine gun, but the black wolf’s dark fur made it impossible to see where the bullets hit.
The wolf king seemed to be indifferent to the bullets hitting its body, and still persisted in attacking Xiao Wen. If it weren’t for the blood splattered on the ground when it landed, Wen Le would have doubted whether this wolf had mutated early and become immune to bullets.
The wolf king’s speed was extremely fast, and using a machine gun against him was not very effective for Xiao Wen.
“Le Le, the knife!” Xiao Wen quickly flew to Wen Le’s side and threw the machine gun at his feet, then took the military knife from Wen Le’s hand and jumped to the ground.
The ground was spacious enough, and although there were more wild wolves nearby with green eyes staring at them, it was still better than being on the roof where they couldn’t dodge freely.
Wen Le also swapped out his machine gun and replaced it with his favorite Desert Eagle.
Although he could use his mental power to shoot with accuracy with any handgun, he had always held this gun before awakening his mental power.
After countless life-and-death situations, the weight, recoil, and all other factors of the Desert Eagle had become one with Wen Le, and all his movements had become almost instinctive reactions. Even if he didn’t specially aim, Wen Le could shoot accurately.
After a brief observation, Wen Le saw that Xiao Wen wasn’t in great danger in his fight with the wolf king, so he aimed his gun at the other wild wolves.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The gunfire was almost uninterrupted, and even when his bullets ran out, Wen Le didn’t waste time reloading, but kept swapping out guns from his spatial ring that were already loaded with bullets.
Yin Chengyang and Mo Yan watched in amazement as Wen Le kept shooting without blinking an eye, and after each gunshot, a wolf fell down.
As the number of wolves in the pack decreased one by one, the wolf king finally stopped staring at Xiao Wen and turned his head to pounce on Wen Le.
Xiao Wen followed closely behind without hesitation and firmly held onto the wolf king.
Wen Le ignored the gaze of the wolf king staring at him and the restless wolf pack attacked again. Yin Chengyang and Mo Yan had to put away their shock and start suppressing with their machine guns again.
After changing almost four guns, the wolf pack was completely wiped out, and the wolf king fighting with Xiao Wen had his head chopped off at some point.
Wen Le carefully scanned with his mental power, ensuring that there were no remaining wild wolves, then indifferently put away his gun, jumped out of the car, picked up a corpse from the ground, and started to skin it.
He could feel the gaze of others on him, but he didn’t want to face them now. From the moment he picked up the Desert Eagle, he knew that his body was filled with the aura of bloodshed. This was a sequelae left behind from his past experiences.
The life and death struggles, the deaths of his comrades, were all witnessed by him and his gun. The hatred and bloodshed that had been accumulated time and time again, even if he was reborn, were not easily changed.
In the past, every time he took action, he just picked up a random gun or rifle because those dangers were not important to him. But when Xiao Wen was fighting with the wolf king just now, he just wanted to end the crisis as soon as possible. Compared to any other weapon, he believed more in the Desert Eagle that he had experienced countless hardships with.
There were occasional voices from the car behind him, but Wen Le ignored them. Skinning one by one, he felt the bloodshed slowly dissipate from his heart. Until he could smile and face everyone, Wen Le turned his head.
“Come down and help, these things can’t be wasted. After finishing up, we’ll set off at night in case the smell of blood attracts other things!”
“Okay~” Before anyone else could respond, Zhao Ziyan rushed over, “Wen Le! Brother Wen! Big Brother Wen! I saw it in the car just now, one shot one kill! And you didn’t even pause for a moment. Big Brother Yin said it was you who shot! Big Brother Wen~~~take me as your disciple!”
“And me too! Big Brother Wen~~” Qi Rui followed closely, pouncing on Wen Le.
Wen Le shook his lips and pushed Qi Rui away. If he hadn’t reacted fast enough, he almost cut both of them with his knife.
“Let’s focus on the task first!” Chen Ye took both of them by the hand, but his gaze was just as eager as Wen Le’s.
“Can we eat wolf meat?” Bai Yun was calmer than the boys, although she was equally surprised that Wen Le, who seemed gentle and harmless, had such good skills.
She was more rational, having come from a military compound and had experienced soldiers with excellent marksmanship.
Although they may not be as strong as Wen Le, they could be considered skilled marksmen.
No one is born a sharpshooter; it is a skill that is honed through practice.
Even if they had a good teacher, it would be impossible to reach Wen Le’s level overnight. Consistent and persistent training is the only way.
“If we have no other food, can we eat it?” Han Yifeng asked jokingly as he imitated Wen Le’s actions of skinning the wolf.
Bai Yun thought for a moment and blushed. Before meeting these people, she and her fellow students would eat anything, even tree roots. It had only been a few days, but they had already forgotten the hardships they faced.
“Starting with simplicity and moving to luxury is easy, but the reverse is difficult. We cannot act like this!” Bai Yun repeatedly reminded herself while slapping her cheeks.
Li Yunsheng and Uncle Mo happened to come over and laughed at Bai Yun’s self-reflection.
The others also laughed at their behavior. Huang Yao held her scared son, Li Yan, on the roof of the car, responsible for watching the surroundings.
Li Yan pushed his mother’s hand away from his eyes and said, “Mom, I’m not afraid.”
Huang Yao was reluctant to expose her young child to such gore and danger, but she also knew that the world was in chaos. It was impossible to restore peace in a short time.
As Xiao Wen had said to the students, the world would not be extra kind to them because they were young. To survive, they had to become stronger and constantly improve themselves until they could overcome any danger.
“Mom, I want to train with Uncle Yin and the others in the future!” Li Yan said in a soft but determined voice.
Huang Yao touched his head and said, “Yes, our Yan Yan will definitely become as strong as Brother Wen Le and protect everyone!”
She couldn’t bear to expose her child to such brutality at such a young age, but she knew that she couldn’t protect him forever. Even though she had special abilities, she was still being protected like the students.
Today it was wolves, but what about tomorrow or the day after? Without everyone’s protection, how long could she survive? How could she protect her child?
“Yan Yan, starting tomorrow, Mom will train with you. Mom will also become strong and protect you and everyone else!” Huang Yao said with a smile as Li Yan hugged her.
Li Yan giggled and snuggled into his mother’s arms.
It’s good that they reacted that way, I worry a little 😩
Thanks for the update!! 🤩🤩🤩
Thanks for the chapter!