Chapter 71

Two yellow searchlights shone on the road, dispelling the darkness before our eyes.

But in the dead silent night, this little light cannot bring the so-called sense of security.

Instead, it was shrouded in darkness and unable to see the reality ahead, making it look more and more like a beast waiting to eat people.

They found that the road ahead was blocked by a fallen tree and had no choice but to get off the car.

The man in the storm jacket squatted down with a flashlight and observed the condition of the road.

It's snowing heavily now, and there's no sign of it stopping.

There was a layer of snow half a finger wide on the ground. Based on his past experience, he estimated that within half a day, the road would be submerged in the snow, making it impossible to walk.

The companion said, "Move the tree away and continue walking forward?"

The man in the slasher jacket was about to speak when suddenly a yellow light came on from behind and shone on the road they were on.

Several people turned around at the same time and saw Wen Xin driving an off-road vehicle towards this location.

No matter where you are or what your status is, the strong are always popular.

Especially those strong people with good temper and who are not arrogant when getting along with others.

Someone murmured excitedly: "Don't tell me, this is the third time we've met. We really are destined to be together."

The other person twitched his mouth twice: "What a coincidence. The other two roads are blocked, and only this road can enter the highway gate. If he doesn't go this way, where else can he go?"

Click.

Wen Xin got out of the car.

He wore a dust mask, a black thickened tactical vest, fitted warm training pants, tactical gloves, and snow boots that reached his calves. Even in the dark night with heavy snow, he was calm and neat.

After a few steps, Wen Xin arrived where the crowd was.

Seeing a big tree blocking the road, he shook off the snow on it, took out a knife and cut a hole on the trunk.

The bark is dry and has no moisture.

Wen Xin went to the place where the trunk was broken and carefully examined the cross-section of the fracture.

The man in the sprint jacket saw him observing for a while, so he came over and asked, "What did you see, little brother?"

Thanks to the two bags of ginger and brown sugar, the young lady who was about to turn into a devil was able to maintain a little rationality. Everyone in the group couldn't help but show gratitude to the young man.

Wen Xin did not hesitate to answer: "This tree must have been cut down not long ago. Judging from the degree of death of the fiber tissue, it should not be more than ten days at most."

The man in the slasher suit smacked his lips when he heard this.

Of course, they could see that the tree had fallen not long ago, after all, the exposed section of the stump was not yet broken.

But not as sure as Wen Xin knew.

This sudden scene, in the context of the current situation, gave me an indescribable sense of weirdness.

Wen Xin seemed to remember something and turned to look at them: "You said before that you were forced to change routes because there were many obstacles on the road you were going to take. What was the specific situation at that time?"

One of them took the opportunity to describe the scene at that time.

"We were planning to go to a transportation hub to refuel, but not long into our journey, we were blocked by a junked car with a number of zombies trapped inside."

"There were more than a dozen scrapped vehicles, and we couldn't move them all at once, so we had to reverse and change lanes."

Wen Xin asked again: "Are there any signs that those vehicles have been moved by humans?"

Hearing his question, the person answering was stunned for a moment.

When most people encounter a traffic jam and see many zombies wandering around, they will subconsciously think that there is a zombie attack and will not look into other reasons.

That's the case with them.

For safety reasons, almost no one thought of getting off the bus and exposing themselves to danger.

In fact, there was no need to investigate. After all, they couldn't really move those dozen cars with their bare hands, not to mention that there were countless zombies around, watching them closely.

Wen Xin's situation was very similar to theirs.

However, he was alone at the time and did not have so many limitations and concerns, so he got off the car to roughly investigate the situation and discovered an interesting phenomenon.

Whether in the car or wandering on the road, many of the zombies were wearing cheap white vests purchased in bulk, with the words "xxx Construction Site" printed on them.

Seeing Wen Xin lost in thought, the man in the jacket asked, "Do you suspect that someone is blocking our way?"

Before anyone could say anything, he shook his head and said, "We have suspected this possibility, but this road is sparsely populated and there are few houses where people can hide, let alone living people."

"We searched the area carefully just now and did not see any suspicious persons."

The snow had started falling a few days ago, making the asphalt road and the dirt of the trees on both sides of the road wet and muddy.

If someone had been here during this period, there would definitely be traces left.

Unless this person had foresight and knew before the snow fell that people would drive past here and set up roadblocks in advance.

Wen Xin knew that this guess was a bit far-fetched. After all, in the heavy snow after the disaster, most people would not choose to travel long distances.

The man in the assault suit and the others no longer planned to wait.

There is no shelter here to protect you from the wind and rain, so it's not a place to stay for long.

If we don't move the tree now, it will be even harder to move when the snow piles up tomorrow morning. We can't just leave it here forever.

While Wen Xin was frowning in deep thought, they had already turned around and walked towards the minibus, calling other people to help.

Two people stood on each side, guarding the surroundings.

The rest of the people took wooden sticks, inserted them into the gaps between the tree trunk and the ground, and started moving the tree in one go.

"Come on, listen to me count one, two, three, and let's work together!"

Wen Xin heard a rustling sound, which seemed like an illusion amid the shouts of people working together to move the tree.

Alarm bells rang in his mind and he quickly shifted his gaze to identify the source of the faint sound.

But I saw a young man looking down curiously from the bus window.

The boy seemed to be very interested in the excitement of everyone moving the tree together. He walked down a few steps and came to the steps at the car door.

The person guarding the door noticed that he wanted to get off the bus and turned back subconsciously to stop him.

At this seemingly peaceful moment, something unexpected happened!

The person at the door of the car who was blocking the boy froze, looked down in panic, and shouted in a broken voice: "What is it?"

Before he could finish his words, he fell to the ground with his back facing the sky!

The young man was grabbed by the man subconsciously. He didn't have time to react and leaned forward. He fell down and staggered with stars in his eyes.

But before he could recover from the shock, he felt another strong tug on his wrist - the person who had just pulled him had not let go yet.

The man seemed to have anticipated his tragic fate. His eyes widened with fear. He grabbed the boy and begged with tears: "Master, save me! I don't want to die, Master——"

The boy's eyes widened: "What?"

After such a sudden movement, the man in the charge suit and others finally came to their senses and rushed over shouting.

The flashlight swept under the minibus, and the boy was caught off guard and made eye contact with the monster that was dragging people.

The monster was a mutant ant with a mutated body shape. Its long and slender limbs allowed it to easily curl up in the gap under the minibus.

Under the white light of the flashlight, one can clearly see the saw-like mouthparts biting deeply into the prey's thigh.

Blood flowed out, staining the ground red, and also staining the ant's twisting compound eyes red.

In an instant, the word "fear" almost covered the boy's face.

"ah!"

He used his hands and feet to crawl forward, but the mutant ant had already shown its ferocious appearance to him, extending its spear-like forelimbs and stabbing at the boy's chest.

If the boy couldn't dodge, he would definitely be pierced through!

At the critical moment, there was a bang of a gunshot, and the compound eyes that were staring at the boy coldly in the last second suddenly exploded in the next second.

Blood and dark liquid splattered all over the ground. The monster howled in pain and loosened its mouth that was biting the man.

The frightened teenager and the injured were pulled out from under the car by Wen Xin.

"Xiao Lin, how are you?"

The girl heard the noise and came to the car door. She saw the boy lying limply on the ground beside Wen Xin, her face pale.

Before she could reach out to support the other person, she saw a scene that made her scalp tingle.

Rustle——

Several pairs of scarlet eyes appeared in the dense forest, and without exception, they were all mutant ants!

Their slender limbs sank into the snow a finger high, leaving no trace and without making a clear enough sound.

They were like a group of silent grim reapers, who had already pointed their sickles at their heads.

“Run!!”

After seeing this scene, everyone no longer cared about anything else. They waved their swords and retreated towards the minibus.

Someone reacted quickly and raised a flamethrower. The blinding flames temporarily repelled the attack of the mutant ants.

Wen Xin turned around and returned to the SUV.

The group of mutant ants seemed to know that they had to pick on the weak and did not dare to get close to the off-road vehicle where the scaled tree vipers were.

So when Wen Xin returned, he was not hindered.

As soon as he got on the bus, Green Dumpling jumped onto Wen Xin's shoulder, squinting his eyes and observing these crazy mutant ants from the headlights.

"Wen Xin, it's a bit strange. It seems like someone is controlling them."

Wen Xin naturally discovered this as well, and came back just to change guns.

The effective range of the rifle he was holding was two hundred meters, but the enemy hiding in the dark was obviously hiding more than two hundred meters away.

Wen Xin took out the box of parts and assembled the sniper rifle in an orderly manner, while asking Green Tuanzi: "Can you sense the direction of the person behind them who controls them?"

The scale viper sensed it and roughly pointed out a location.

Wen Xin had no doubts. He aimed the muzzle of his gun in the direction the green group was pointing and lifted the cover of the high-power aiming mirror.

The continuous falling of snow has greatly blurred people's visual range.

It is almost impossible to hit the target in such an environment.

A group of people on the minibus have already boarded the bus one after another.

Seeing this, these people didn't care to be surprised that Wen Xin could even take out a sniper rifle, and reflexively shouted: "Don't aim, run, there are so many mutants, you can't kill them all!"

After they finished shouting, they realized that Wen Xin was aiming at the sky above, not the mutant ants on the ground. They were shocked again: "What time is it? Are you still shooting birds? Run!"

Bang!

Gunshots rang out, and the swift bullets streaked across the night sky like meteors.

Everyone held their breath for a moment, but didn't hear any unusual sounds. For a moment, they felt that Wen Xin was just pretending and talking nonsense.

Just as he was about to abandon his people and run, he saw the mutated ants stopped one after another.

They circled in place, seemingly confused and not knowing what to do.

A bullet hit one of them in the head, and they were all startled and ran away in panic.

The people in the minibus turned their heads and looked at the young man standing outside the SUV. His shining eyes seemed as if they were watching a god descending from heaven.

Inside the car, the little panda opened the window and looked at Wen Xin with surprise and admiration: "You hit it?"

Unexpectedly, Wen Xin shook his head and said, "I didn't hear any screams, so I guess I didn't hit him."

He had only been holding a gun for a few months, and it was difficult for him to never miss a shot in such a harsh and dim environment.

The little panda was stunned for a moment: "Then why did you shoot just now?"

Wen Xin rubbed its head and said, "To warn the enemy, I know he is there. He will be afraid and will not continue to attack."

Little Panda: “…”

It seems absurd yet reasonable.

But others don't know this, and even if they do, they will still admire you from the bottom of their hearts.

Seeing Wen Xin walking towards them, the girl was afraid that he had a gun, but she still asked the driver to open the car door.

The injured were placed on the floor of the carriage and given only emergency bandages, and were barely breathing.

Wen Xin roughly observed his injuries and found that the situation was not optimistic. Moreover, the wound was exposed to low temperature for a long time, which would affect blood circulation.

If this group of people want to save each other, they'd better find a warm place as soon as possible.

What Wen Xin could think of, the man in the rushing clothes and others also knew.

They said grimly: "We must move the tree away and continue to move forward and find a place to stay before the snow blocks the road."

Otherwise, they would have to venture into the jungle and face mutant monsters of unknown danger.

At this time, the pale-faced girl next to him said, "You guys go down and move the trees. Take the equipment and leave one person in the car to guard it."

Others disagree.

When the mutant ant appeared, the minibus was its first target.

If they all leave, what if an accident like the one just now happens again, how will they be able to come back in time to provide support?

The girl showed unquestionable determination: "Let's all go, don't worry about us."

As she spoke, she looked at the frightened boy next to her and asked, "Are you going with them, or staying in the car?"

The boy quickly grabbed her and said nervously, "I'll go with you!"

The men in slasher suits got out of the car.

The girl turned to Wen Xin and said, "Thank you, this is the third time you have helped us."

The first time was to save the chef, the second time was the ginger and brown sugar, and the third time was to save the boy and the injured from the mutated ant's mouthparts.

Wen Xin shook his head: "It's just a small effort."

The girl smiled and said, "No, you are too modest."

She originally did not believe that people could still be kind in the last days until the young man helped them three times without asking for anything in return.

"With your strength and skills, you don't need our help." The girl said, taking out a gold-stamped invitation from her pocket, "But I see you are going to Rose City, so this invitation letter will definitely be useful to you."

Wen Xin focused his attention on the invitation: "What is this?"

"I don't know if you've heard of the myth of the Menotaur," the girl said. "Someone built a fighting arena in its name. It's like a ball of yarn."

【Author’s words】

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