Chapter 247: A Glimpse into the Lives of All Beings
"Stop acting all high and mighty!" The young man with uneven eyebrows spat and walked towards the car. "With dozens of us chasing after them together, I don't believe they can kill us!"
"Exactly! They're all so well-dressed; who can they possibly eat with this little bit of food? It's like feeding beggars!"
Middle-aged woman: "Can't you shake your head before you speak? You shameless, unlucky bastard."
"You...you all..."
Middle-aged woman: "What do you mean, 'you'? You've all lost all sense of shame, and you think you can get angry with me? Don't tell me you're trying to scam me, are you?"
The thin young man silently turned to the side, and a flame hissed up in his palm.
He tossed it forward, and the fireball landed on the nearest corpse.
"boom--"
The moment the flames soared into the sky, all the shouts ceased abruptly.
The flickering firelight illuminated both sides of the road—which were not "roadsides" at all, but rather piles of corpses stacked like woodpile.
Bloody, charred, shriveled, with a head blown open...
The Adam's apples bobbed, and cold sweat trickled down their temples, including the young man with the uneven eyebrows: "This...this was all done by that group of people?"
A new flame crackled and popped in the skinny young man's palm, the cold light reflecting off his mocking lips: "Otherwise what? Rely on a worthless piece of trash like you, with a face so wicked and cursed?"
"You fucking..." Gao Di Mei subconsciously took a half step back and bumped into the headlights of the car behind him.
He caught a glimpse of the flickering flame in the other's palm, and the harsh words that were on the tip of his tongue changed: "...Just you wait and see!"
The fireball suddenly swelled, illuminating the young man's indifferent eyes and brows: "Fine, I'll be waiting."
He flicked his finger, sending a flame towards the pile of corpses, and new flames shot into the air: "Coward!"
In the shadows where no one was watching, a vibrant green vine slithered along the undercarriage of the truck, darting across more than ten meters like a serpent before finally disappearing into the half-open window of the RV in front.
The off-road vehicle had already been stored away, and Lu Nange and his group were all gathered inside the modified RV.
Lu Nange took the miniature listening device from the end of a vine and said to the driver, "Brother Chi, let's go!"
Zhizhi skipped and hopped into the room, Gangzi was chattering by the bed, and Lu Beiye was playing video games with Shi Xu.
The engine roared louder, and the RV surged forward.
Inside the carriage, the rest of the passengers sat or stood around the island platform, their faces increasingly grim.
He Zhuo crunched the empty Coke can loudly: "I've really seen something new! Saving people has turned into making enemies? And I was even thinking of taking them back to the city."
Gu Wan: "You heartless bastard, thankfully I didn't soften my heart just now."
Luo Xingyou: "Indeed, besides the sun, the human heart is also something you can't look directly at."
Lu Xici: "Even in civilized times, layers of laws couldn't suppress the evil in human nature, let alone now, where the strong prey on the weak... naturally, all sorts of monsters and demons have emerged."
"Alright, don't be angry." Lu Nange reached out and pressed down on Gu Wan's trembling wrist. "Since we're doing things according to our own preferences, how others respond doesn't really matter to us."
Gu Qi paused in his cola-drinking motion. "Nan Nan is right. We saved them because we happened to be there, not for a word of thanks or praise. So, what do their reactions have to do with us?"
Gu Wan: "Okay, from now on, let's take care of ourselves."
Chi Yanzhou looked out the window: "The good, the evil, the numb..."
As the RV rolled over a bumpy road, his voice remained steady: "The myriad faces of humanity..."
The RV fell silent, but Chi Yanzhou said quietly, "In the apocalypse, only the strong have the right to speak; the weak can only accept their fate."
He Zhuo sat up abruptly: "I understand! Mei Bao also said that the weak can't even choose how they die, so you have to be ruthless when necessary!"
He slapped his thigh: "Otherwise, if you're a good person for too long, even a dog will dare to bare its teeth at you!"
Gu Qi: "He, this is the closest you've ever come to understanding something truly human."
He Zhuo grinned...
......
The RV traveled alone in the endless darkness.
The world under the shroud of polar night seems to be paused, with no alternation of day and night, only the eerie blue glow of the dashboard reminding us of the passage of time.
Outside the window, all was solidified darkness, with the occasional reflective road sign flashing by like will-o'-the-wisps.
Due to extremely low visibility, the vehicle speed was kept below 100 km/h.
The boys drive in shifts—changing shifts precisely every three hours.
When you get hungry, just find a relatively flat section of roadside to park.
Lu Nange took out hot food from her spatial storage, and everyone gathered around the island table to eat.
Branches served as a watchdog, while vines coiled around the roof of the car.
The next evening (if this polar night can still be called evening), the RV slowly came to a stop in front of the toll station on the outskirts of the city.
They turned off all lights and got out of the car silently, like a pack of cheetahs stalking the night.
After folding up the RV, the group continued along the road.
Surprisingly, after several days in the polar night, everyone's eyes seemed to begin to adapt to the darkness.
Without a flashlight, they were able to vaguely make out the outlines within ten meters.
"Awesome!" He Zhuo stretched his limbs dramatically, twisting his waist exaggeratedly. "If I stayed cooped up in the car without moving around, I felt like I'd grow mushrooms!"
Wen Qing touched her fingertips: "The temperature has dropped again."
Everyone was bundled up—thermostatic clothing over a windproof jacket, masks, and long boots.
Lu Beiye looks like a mini version of Lu Nange, wearing the same windbreaker with jeans, and her little boots make a "crunching" sound when she steps on the branches.
The children's masks are printed with cartoon dinosaurs, and the big eyes above them blink as they observe their surroundings.
He Zhuo rubbed his scalp: "My scalp just got a 'real-name verification,' and Sister Wen Qing was right—the temperature has dropped again!"
Gu Qi: "At this rate of temperature drop, should we just leave the city and drive away?"
Chi Yanzhou looked at the faint outline of the city at the end of the highway: "Yes, if the polar night is combined with ice and snow, it will be even more difficult to travel. Let's just go."
He Zhuo suddenly clasped his hands together and bowed in all directions: "May all the gods and Buddhas protect us, let us leave the city safely, and may we not have any accidents—"
"Shut up!" everyone shouted in unison.
Lu Beiye held Zhizhi in his arms, only revealing her wavy hair peeking out.
Shi Xu then let Gangzi perch on his shoulder, the parrot's feathers slightly ruffled.
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