It had been three days since the last wolf pack night attack.
Since the snow stopped, it had been sunny weather. By now, most of the snow had melted, but the road was even more difficult to travel on than when they first set out.
The snow that had melted during the day under the sunlight had turned into a layer of thick ice overnight due to the low temperature.
Even if the two cars were able to withstand the rough conditions, they were not specialized for driving on ice. If the accelerator was stepped on too hard, the car would either slip in place or suddenly rush out and slide far away, and stepping on the brakes would not help.
After less than an hour of driving on the snow, Mo Yan was already sweating profusely. He had to pay attention to stability on one side and worry about the car behind him suddenly having close contact on the other.
“Let’s walk instead!” Seeing the situation, Xiao Wen had to ask Mo Yan to stop the car and take a break. They used the wolf skin that had been stripped off earlier to wrap around the soles of their shoes, which would prevent them from slipping on the ice.
Those without abilities wore thick clothes as requested by Wen Le. Nowadays, even if Wen Le had all the necessary medicine, there was no time or place to heal them.
Yin Chengyang led the way, and except for Zhou Quan, each male student carried a backpack given by Wen Le that symbolized the food stored in the car. Zhou Quan and Bai Yun were responsible for supporting Li Yunsheng. Uncle Mo had a strong body, so he did not need to carry a backpack, which was enough to ensure his safety on the road.
Originally, Zhou Quan wanted Wen Le to take out a wheelchair that had been scavenged from a hospital for Li Yunsheng to sit in, but Li Yunsheng refused, insisting that he could still walk.
The others could only let him do as he pleased. After all, he would naturally follow other people’s arrangements when he got tired. Li Yan was led by Huang Yao, and when everyone got tired of walking, they took turns carrying him.
“Phew! I’m so hot!” Zhao Ziyan fanned his collar and breathed heavily.
When they had just gotten out of the car, he had felt cold and had obediently put on the clothes provided by Wen Le. However, after only an hour of walking, he unzipped his outerwear and a visible steam escaped from his body, showing that it was hot enough.
“Just unzip your jacket, don’t fan it. It’s the easiest way to catch a cold.” Zhou Quan pushed the wheelchair and warned Zhao Ziyan and Qi Rui, the two boys who were too lively.
Li Yunsheng, who was sitting in the wheelchair, had to accept his old age.
Walking on the snow was already mentally exhausting, and after only half an hour, he was unable to walk anymore, so he had to sit on the wheelchair honestly and let the young people take turns pushing him.
When Li Yan got tired of walking, he climbed onto Li Yunsheng’s lap and sat there for a while.
Previously, when they were in the cave, Li Yan was a little shy. After these many days, he had become familiar with his new brothers and sisters. Li Yunsheng, who had no children, was fond of him. Moreover, they both had the same surname, so Li Yunsheng waved his hand and accepted Li Yan as his godson.
“Is that a road sign?” Wen Le and Xiao Wen were walking at the forefront and saw an iron sign lying on the roadside from afar.
“Is that a signpost?” Wen Le and Xiao Wen walked in front and saw a metal sign lying on the roadside from a distance.
“It should be. Let’s go take a look,” Xiao Wen pulled Wen Le’s hand and hurried over.
Xiao Wen reached out and forcefully lifted the front of the sign, while Wen Le stood aside and compared it with the map. When everyone walked over, Wen Le looked up.
“According to our speed, we should be able to reach X city tomorrow afternoon. Should we go around it or go take a look?”
“It’s been over a month since apocaplyse, and the country should have responded by now. X city is the provincial capital, and there is a large military district in the suburbs. There should have been a rescue station or base established. Let’s go take a look,” Han Ya analyzed.
“Um…I want to go to X city,” Bai Yun hesitated for a moment and spoke up without waiting for others to decide.
“Are you from X city?” Han Ya raised an eyebrow.
When he decided to take these students with him, he asked everyone about their home addresses. Bai Yun and Han Yifeng were from B city, Zhao Ziyan was from H city, and Chen Ye and Qi Rui were from T city.
Bai Yun shook her head, “My family is in B city, but my father holds a position in the X military district. I don’t know where my father is now…” As she spoke, the usually strong and tough girl’s eyes turned red.
Han Yifeng walked over to Bai Yun and hugged her.
“Then let’s go to X city, see if we can find your father, and check the situation there and the government’s actions,” Wen Le handed a pack of tissues to Han Yifeng and decided.
“Thank you…” Bai Yun choked up.
Han Ya patted her head with a smile, “What’s there to thank for? Even if it wasn’t for your father, I was planning on going to X city. Of course, we should try to find our relatives. With communication cut off, we have to try if we pass by.”
Seeing Bai Yun cry, Chen Ye, Zhao Ziyan, and Qi Rui’s hearts ached. Their homes were far away and close to the coast, with high population densities. Even if Xiao Wen and the others were willing, they couldn’t safely reach their hometowns, let alone safe places that were almost the opposite direction from where they lived.
“Okay, let’s get on the road. Don’t think too much. Only if you try your best to live can you meet again one day,” Zhou Quan patted the shoulders of the three boys and followed Han Ya ahead.
Along the way, they walked and stopped. When it was almost evening, they came across a shabby shed by the roadside.
Xiao Wen signaled the others to slow down and let Han Ya lead Han Yifeng and Chen Ye to take over the lead, with Yin Chengyang and Mo Yan at the back.
After arranging everything, Xiao Wen and Wen Le walked towards a row of cement houses between the shed and the road.
Suddenly, Wen Le pulled Xiao Wen and they both stopped. Suddenly, a group of people ran out of the row of cement houses and surrounded them.
Seeing someone coming out, Xiao Wen and Wen Le quickly stepped back and gathered with Han Ya and the others.
“Robbery!”
With a smiling face, Han Ya asked these people about their purpose, but a rough voice shouted out before he could ask.
“Robbery?” Huang Tao repeated in surprise.
It was not surprising that he was surprised, even the other people were staring at the group of people holding wooden sticks and iron shovels.
“What’s the problem?” A big bald man walked out of the crowd, shaking the watermelon knife in his hand. He was wearing a not-so-clean black coat, with an open collar revealing a gold chain almost as thick as a finger and a tattoo on his chest that was faintly visible.
“No problem, really no problem!” Qi Rui replied stupidly. Warmth couldn’t help but almost laugh out loud. Although Qi Rui’s tone was very sincere, it felt funny.
The bald man squinted his eyes and looked at the group of people in front of him, feeling a little surprised.
These people in front of him looked like they didn’t lack food and clothing, and although they weren’t shiny, their skin was healthy. Moreover, they looked like they were traveling, not only dressed neatly, but even had wheelchairs!
Were there no monsters in the northern region? Didn’t they experience a snowstorm that lasted for half a month?
“Big brother, they all have rosy faces, there must be food, and they’re dressed so thickly, we should keep their clothes too!” A yellow-haired man walked up to the bald man, not deliberately lowering his voice and said.
“Aren’t you guys from here?” Han Ya asked with a smiling face.
“What’s the problem?” The bald man acted like he didn’t hear the yellow-haired man’s words and didn’t rush to attack.
“You didn’t get any benefits from the nearby villagers, did you?!” Han Ya said to himself with a smile.
The bald man clenched the knife in his hand as he looked at Han Ya’s smiling face. “Leave the food and take off your jackets.”
“Leave the food? Take off our clothes for you? We’ll starve and freeze to death?” As expected of someone with a fierce label, Bai Yun sarcastically said to the forty or so men surrounding them.
“Hey! This woman looks pretty good! What? Do you want to stay too?” A man not far from Bai Yun joked, causing a burst of laughter.
Han Yifeng stepped forward to block Bai Yun, regardless of whether they could hurt her or not, he couldn’t stand these people lewdly staring at her.
“We are all people drifting around in this apocalyspe, why make things difficult for each other?” Li Yunsheng sighed.
The bald man signaled for the others to narrow the encirclement and approached Xiao Wen and his group.
“Is there anyone among you who has abilities?” Han Ya suddenly spoke up, not only surprising the bald man’s group, but also Warmth’s group.
Many people in the crowd showed panic and panic in their eyes.
“So there weren’t any, it seems that someone in the village has abilities, and you guys didn’t get any benefits, so you’re guarding here!” Before the bald man could speak, Han Ya asked and answered himself based on their reactions.
“What do you mean?” The bald man finally had to take this slim young man who talked to himself twice seriously.
Han Ya shrugged. “Those who should know, know.”
“Since there are no superpowers, there’s nothing to worry about.” Wen Le nodded and stepped back.
“TMD, a bunch of lunatics! Brothers, let’s go!” The bald man spat and picked up his knife, charging forward.
The group of people, armed with all kinds of weapons, also followed suit. They had strong explosive power but had to stop halfway.
In front of them was a row of gun barrels.
“Oh my God!”
“Be careful, don’t accidentally fire!”
“Guns… guns…”
The once aggressive group of people suddenly became frightened and dropped their weapons, backing away.
The bald man’s face changed, and he slowly put down his knife, his eyes wandering.
“So, you guys are also our brothers in the same circle. Sorry, I didn’t recognize you.” The bald man tactfully took a few steps back and let people disperse, making way for Xiao Wen and his group.
Han Ya narrowed her eyes. “Is that it?”
The bald man hesitated and then bitterly smiled.
“You saw it too. If we weren’t starving, we wouldn’t have been forced to come out and rob. We don’t have enough to eat or wear, and even the vehicles we use for transportation are stuck in the snow and have become piles of scrap metal. This brother is indeed not at fault. Just say it, what do you want to do?”
The group of people who were once fierce now had faces full of embarrassment. It was clear to anyone that they hadn’t eaten a full meal in a long time, and the clothes they wore were what they usually wore while wandering around the city. Now, in the freezing cold countryside with no heating facilities, they were lucky not to have frozen to death.
“Indeed, you haven’t had enough to eat or wear. It’s not fair for us to take from you. However…” Han Ya’s gentle smile reappeared, but the words she spoke made the bald man’s face turn cold. “However, please hand over the gun on you. I don’t want to get shot after taking only a few steps.”
The bald man stared coldly at Han Ya, but he was not moved.
“This brother, that thing is for your life. You see…”
“Hehe, my friend, you’re kidding. You’re saving your own life, but our lives are in danger. If you do something reckless and take us all to the grave with you, who will benefit?”
“Everyone take a step back, don’t push too hard, otherwise I…” Just as he was speaking, the bald man suddenly pulled out a pistol from his pocket, but before he could raise it, Xiao Wen suddenly twisted it out of his hand and became the new owner.
“Don’t let anyone go.” Xiao Wen said coldly.
Upon hearing this, the group of people didn’t care whether their leader was still in the other side’s hands or not, and immediately scattered in all directions.
Chen Ye and Han Yifeng worked together to surround the crowd of miscellaneous people with a circle of flames on the periphery.
Seeing that their escape route was blocked and people behind them were pointing guns at them, the group had no choice but to raise their hands obediently.
After tying up everyone, Xiao Wen asked Huang Yao to use her ability to build an earthen house, tightly sealed on all sides with only a few ventilation holes left. They planned to stay in the nearby cement house for the night and naturally had to keep an eye on this group of people so they wouldn’t cause trouble in the middle of the night.
“D*mn it! These bastards have guns and abilities, how come they get all the good things!” The guy with yellow hair grumbled when he saw that Xiao Wen and his group only locked them up and had no intention of killing them.
“Hey, buddy! Still robbing people? We are the underworld. You guys dare to jump around in front of us non-professionals, you are really bold!” Qi Rui, with Zhao Ziyan in tow, came up to the small ventilation hole left by Huang Yao and threw a teasing remark before leaving with a smirk.
Leaving the group of people feeling even more frustrated.
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Thanks for the chapter!