However, after dismissing the representatives, he took the small bag of emergency rations he had been given and quietly left the village with his whole family, abandoning the villagers who had once trusted and relied on him.

Fortunately, the village representative wasn't stupid. After realizing something was wrong, he immediately contacted a group of villagers and brought the village chief back.

Even then, the village chief was still making excuses and refusing to admit his mistake.

Enraged, the villagers couldn't hold back and beat the village chief and his family to death.

The remaining villagers of Xihe Village survived the following days by relying on that small bag of expired grain and the little surplus grain that each household secretly hid.

When they were completely out of ammunition and food, and with their hungry children and increasingly emaciated elderly relatives at home, Song Liangping and his gang had no choice but to resort to highway robbery.

The reason for this idea was that recently, the sled trucks used by the "Tianyu Base" to transport researchers and their families from the Academy of Sciences frequently passed through this road. Their vehicles were large and had a strong carrying capacity, so Song Liangping and others guessed that they might be carrying valuable materials and supplies.

For the villagers of Xihe Village, this was undoubtedly a glimmer of hope.

However, each convoy was accompanied by a considerable number of security personnel, which made Song Liangping and his group hesitate to take action.

Until three days ago, for some unknown reason, the ground on this only road collapsed, forming a huge crater.

This made Song Liangping and the others feel that perhaps even God couldn't bear to see them suffer any longer and created this perfect opportunity for them.

So, with a heavy heart, they gathered more than 300 able-bodied young men from the village for one last desperate attempt.

However, they waited for two whole days, but the convoy that usually made several trips a day never appeared again.

Just when everyone was feeling disheartened, Chen Yu's sled caravan arrived.

Moreover, there was only one car, which was completely different from the situation of a convoy that looked like it was not to be trifled with.

This surprised and excited Song Liangping and his group, who realized that this might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

And that's how the scene just now unfolded.