Chapter 14, Winter is Coming
In the evening, the convoy, traveling along the country road, arrived at a small village.
Unexpectedly, the village was surrounded by a tall fence. Sharp wooden stakes extended from the fence, and several of them had struggling zombies hanging on them.
Si Xu, who was playing with Jiang Ran's hair, suddenly raised his eyes and said coldly: "Stop the car!"
Song Rong stepped on the brakes reflexively.
Gu Yunqing first used the intercom to contact the convoy behind him, then turned around and asked Si Xu: "What's wrong?"
"There's something on the ground." Si Xu patted Jiang Ran's shoulder, put the sleepy girl on the seat, opened the car door and got out.
Gu Yunqing followed him out of the car and took two steps forward. He saw the roadblock across the road - rows of sharp and tiny nails buried in the soil, standing up towards the sky. They were inconspicuous, but they were a big trouble for the convoy.
Si Xu narrowed his eyes and looked around, then said calmly, "Speak, there's someone watching us from the observation deck over there."
"Oh?" Gu Yunqing raised an eyebrow and shouted as he had said, "We are a team from Xiling Base. We are passing by here on our way back. We hope you can give us a favor!"
Gu Yunqing's voice carried far away in the night wind, and soon, the other party responded.
A small door, only wide enough for one person to enter, opened on one side of the tall fence. Several men walked out and stopped a few steps away.
"Brother, sorry to bother you. We just want to get through here. I wonder if you can temporarily remove these things." Gu Yunqing smiled politely, "If you find it troublesome, our team can do it ourselves. After the convoy passes by, we promise to help you restore it to its original state."
"You...are coming from Xiling Base?" The man standing at the front, wrapped in a thick cotton-padded jacket and holding a cigarette, glanced at Si Xu and Gu Yunqing, then looked at the convoy behind them. "Are those supplies?"
Gu Yunqing understood the man's meaning and, believing less is more, said with a smile, "If you need anything, you can tell me. If our team has it, it's not impossible to exchange it for tolls."
"As a toll?" The man's eyes were filled with unconcealed greed. "Anything I want, I can have it."
Gu Yunqing smiled slightly: "That would require our talent."
"Oh, then..." The man was thinking about what to extort from these passers-by when he saw the door of the SUV open. A young girl got out of the car and stood by the door, looking quietly in their direction.
It's really... beautiful! The man couldn't help but open his eyes wide, wanting to see more clearly: beauty is secondary, the main thing is cleanliness.
After he occupied the village and established a base, there were many women around him, but those women always had sad faces, or were dirty and thin, unlike the one in front of him, who was clean and spotless.
If she wasn't a superpowered person, was she the toy of one of the two men who got out of the car? Or was she a member of the team?
Noticing his gaze, Si Xu turned around and waved to Jiang Ran.
Jiang Ran walked up to him hesitantly.
What's going on now? Didn't the convoy return to Xiling Base safely in the novel? Why are there suddenly these strange things?
Could it be that something has changed because of her arrival?
As the girl approached, the greed in the man's eyes became more obvious: "If you really want to exchange, how about using this woman?"
Gu Yunqing thought he had misheard: "Huh?" This guy, supplies don't want women? Is he crazy because of the lack of women?
"Her," the man pointed at Jiang Ran, his eyes revealing, "give this woman to me, and I'll let you pass."
Huh? Hearing this, Jiang Ran was shocked: Si Xu specifically called her over, could he be using her as a bargaining chip? This kind of thing is not impossible. After all, she has no idea what Si Xu is thinking...
Thinking of this, she reflexively grabbed Si Xu's hand and looked up at him.
Some cold and soft fingers were tightly wrapped around his. Si Xu looked at her in surprise and looked into the girl's wet eyes.
disturbed?
He was stunned for a moment, thinking that she was frightened by the ugly guys opposite, so he held her hand and pulled her behind him as if to comfort her, blocking the man's sight.
"Is that so?" Gu Yunqing said helplessly, "If that's the case, then there's probably nothing to talk about."
He and Si Xu looked at each other and turned to leave.
Going through this village is a shortcut, but it doesn't mean you have to go here.
They could get around this without causing any trouble.
It's not that we can't just rush through, but it's the end of the world, and survival is difficult for everyone. There's no need to cut off other people's lives for this.
Seeing that they were about to leave, the man quickly said, "It doesn't have to be her."
Gu Yunqing stopped.
"Well, life is tough these days. If you have any supplies, leave some as a toll and I'll let you pass." The man glanced at Jiang Ran, then looked at Gu Yunqing and said with a hearty smile, "It's night time now. It's inconvenient for you to travel at night. Why don't you stay here for the night?"
The other party gave in, and Gu Yunqing took advantage of the situation: "If you don't bother us, that's exactly what we meant."
"Why bother you? We rely on this to make a living." The man hinted at something and said a few words to the person next to him, who immediately ran towards the village.
"My name is Lei Tang, and I'm the current person in charge of this small base." The man introduced himself.
Gu Yunqing shook hands with the man in a familiar manner: "My name is Gu Yunqing."
Si Xu had a blank expression on his face: "Si Xu." He didn't mean to introduce Jiang Ran.
As he was speaking, the errand boy came back, carrying several stone slabs and threw them on the nails.
"It's OK, Boss."
Gu Yunqing invited the convoy to enter the village. Si Xu did not get on the car. Instead, he took Jiang Ran's hand and followed Lei Tang into the village on foot.
The village was very quiet, with only a few houses lit up. Hearing the noise, some people peeked out of their windows, while others came out of the main gate to greet Lei Tang.
Jiang Ran followed Si Xu closely, trying not to look around, but wherever her eyes went, she always felt an inexplicable sense of incongruity.
Unlike the brick and tile houses on the outskirts of the village, Lei Tang stopped them in front of a small Western-style building.
"This is my residence, and it's also where our base receives guests."
Having said that, Lei Tang deliberately glanced at Jiang Ran, trying to see something in the woman's eyes, but the girl just lowered her eyes and didn't look at him at all.
After settling the convoy and leaving someone to guard the night, Gu Yunqing brought the rest of the team over.
"Wow, this villa is quite beautiful." Gu Yunqing praised it generously. "Looks like I can have a good sleep tonight. Thank you Brother Lei for the hospitality!"
"No, no." Lei Tang said modestly, but his eyes were full of satisfaction. "Everyone is a guest, please come in."
Gu Yunqing and Si Xu exchanged glances and followed Lei Tang into the house.
Si Xu didn't move, so Jiang Ran naturally didn't move either.
When passing by Jiang Ran, Zhou Jian glanced at her and snorted heavily to show his disgust.
Jiang Ran: "..." She's no longer on Luo Rui's team, so why does this woman still dislike her so much? It's really baffling.
Everyone in the team went in. Jiang Ran looked inside and asked, "Aren't we going in?"
"You're tired after sitting in the car all day." Si Xu put his arm around her waist, "Come walk with me."
There is no lighting in the village, and when it gets completely dark, it is almost pitch dark.
A gust of wind blew, and something cold fell on my cheek and melted into water.
Jiang Ran opened his eyes wide and reached out to catch a falling snowflake.
"It's snowing." She murmured. The disaster broke out in midsummer. Now half a year has passed and the first snow of winter has arrived.
Winter is here.
I wonder how many zombies will die after a winter? And how many humans will die?
(End of this chapter)
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