◎Happy 100th Day: Horror Movie-Level Scares◎
Nanshan used to be a scenic spot. There were many buildings and places for people to live on the mountain, but not many were suitable for living in the doomsday environment.
First, if we want to keep the house warm in winter and cool in summer, we can eliminate a number of buildings that are built in open areas.
It is also best not to live facing the wind. At least when the wind and dust get stronger, living in a place facing the wind will definitely be unpleasant.
When there are more easterly and northerly winds after the polar night, buildings or caves in the northeast direction can also be ruled out.
With this calculation, one location among the remaining habitable areas stands out.
It was the fairy cave where Jiang Muyun and others hid when the sea of fire passed through.
The entrance of the cave faces west, the interior area is large, and it is warm in winter and cool in summer.
And because it was once a tourist attraction, the interior of the cave has been properly repaired and the ground is still made of stone, so the insect-proof effect is very good.
The person in charge of the Western Suburbs Base may have multiple residences to switch between, but the Immortal Cave is definitely the one with the best conditions under the current circumstances.
Even if the person in charge of the Western Suburbs Base does not live there, it is impossible for him to leave it empty. He will most likely use it to win over his close associates.
Therefore, Jiang Muyun and others’ first target was set on the Immortal Cave.
It would be best if we could find the leader directly, but if we can't catch him, we can still get some information from his confidants.
There are two ways to get to the Immortal Cave. One is the main road that Jiang Muyun and others have walked on. The other is the steep mountain road they are walking on now, which is covered with low shrubs.
Jiang Muyun raised his hand and pulled a shrub in front of him close to the roots. After confirming its strength, he used the force to move upwards.
The rustling sound of the bushes swaying was buried in the wind, just like any other bush swaying in the wind.
They cleared the mountain road and the nearby checkpoints, and without any obstacles they could move forward, they moved very quickly.
Jiang Muyun could vaguely see a row of black shadows diagonally above him; they were the guardrails on the side of the road.
This guardrail is a hindrance to them, but it also provides them with cover.
Xiao Zhou stuck his head out and looked across through the gap at the bottom of the guardrail.
After a moment, Xiao Zhou turned around and made a few gestures to the people following him, indicating that the cave entrance was in front of their right, and there was a person guarding each side of the cave entrance.
The good news is that the two men were focusing on the roads on both sides and didn't look much at the guardrail, as if they thought it was impossible for anyone to climb over the guardrail.
Jiang Muyun also quietly poked his head out.
The entrance to the cave was blocked tightly. The two men outside had their faces covered and were holding guns. Their status was obviously much higher than the sentries guarding Nanshan Mountain that Jiang Muyun and his men had just cleared out.
At least they were allowed to cover their faces with scarves and shoot directly when something happened without having to expose their faces to the wind and sand, just so that they could blow the whistle to report anything at any time.
Jiang Muyun looked around, retracted his head and leaned against the slope, motioning for several people to gather around.
They were too close to the two guards at the door, and any movement they made was accompanied by huge risks. If Jiang Muyun wanted to convey a message, he could only write on people's palms with his fingers.
Chu Buwen consciously extended his hand.
Jiang Muyun took his hand and wrote word by word: "Go to the left and right sides and pull the branches." Make some noise to attract the guards' attention.
Jiang Muyun didn't need to write the second half of the sentence, Captain Yu and Meng San understood what she wanted to do.
The two nodded and signaled their deputies to follow Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen.
There's no need to make too much noise. If you really scare someone, it would be bad to just shoot.
It only takes a moment for the bushes on both sides to rustle, as if the wind suddenly became stronger. It is an ordinary thing with a hint of abnormality, without any sense of danger. It is enough to make people subconsciously look over there.
It was enough for Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen to take action.
The two people guarding the door only caught a glimpse of an inconspicuous black line in their peripheral vision, then felt a pain in their throat, and then lost consciousness.
Xiao Zhou and the deputies brought by Captain Yu stood up almost at the moment when Jiang Muyun threw the dagger in his hand.
The two men jumped up, supported their bodies with one hand and climbed over the guardrail. After landing lightly, they took a few steps forward to catch the bodies of the two guards who were falling down.
There was not much sand here, so I could only cover the wound with clothes first, and then move the body away to prevent the smell of blood from spreading and alerting the enemy.
Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen also climbed over the guardrail and came to the front of the cave.
Jiang Muyun looked at the cave entrance.
The door is well soundproofed, and any movement inside can be heard outside only vaguely.
It sounded like someone was watching some TV show or film inside. It sounded quite lively, and occasionally you could hear bursts of laughter from the people inside.
The air conditioner might be on in the cave, or there might be ice in it. Jiang Muyun could vaguely feel the chill coming from the door while standing at the door.
It's quite interesting.
Jiang Muyun signaled several people to disperse and stand on both sides of the cave gate, and retreat five meters back to the visible range.
The door of this cave is a double door, and which one to open first depends entirely on the preference of the person opening the door.
Of course, considering the issue of going up and down the mountain, generally speaking, the person who opens the door will look in the direction of the mountain after going out, which is the direction guarded by Jiang Muyun, Chu Buwen, and Captain Yu.
So Jiang Muyun and the other two deliberately retreated a distance, and took the opportunity to deal with another guard nearby who happened to run into them.
The moment the man's body fell, a long and clear wolf howl was heard in the wind.
You know what, they really look alike.
If Jiang Muyun hadn't known that this was a plan they had discussed in advance, he would have really thought there were wolves in this place.
The wolf howled more than once.
To attract the guard's attention, you must not stop at just the right time.
On the small hill on the south side of Nanshan Mountain, a handsome and tall mutant dog jumped onto a protruding boulder in two steps, stood on the top of the mountain in the wind and sand, raised its head and howled.
If you ignore the background and only look at the silhouette, it's not an exaggeration to say that this picture is like the Wolf King Howling at the Moon.
After a few long howls, the mutant dog lowered its head and took a few breaths, then tilted its head to look at its owner.
The owner scratched his chin and thought for a moment: "I don't think this time is enough, let's howl a few more times."
The mutant dog thought for a moment and then nimbly jumped off the boulder. It nudged its owner's waist with its snout twice and whimpered aggrievedly from time to time.
It didn't care about the wind direction at this moment. It opened its mouth and whimpered in the wind. When it choked on sand, it drooped its head and spat it out pitifully. Everyone in the team felt so distressed when they saw it.
The owner was so annoyed by the snake that he had no choice but to feed it the promised dried snake meat in advance.
The mutant dog wagged its tail in satisfaction after getting the snack, swallowed the dried snake meat in a few mouthfuls, and then jumped back onto the boulder. After getting into position, it continued to "Howl at the Moon, Wolf King".
The mountains in the western suburbs were originally a gathering place for scenic spots, full of tourists, so it was impossible for large animals like wolves to appear there.
Since the people at the Western Suburbs Base moved here, they have never heard of wolves in the mountains.
But just because there wasn’t one before doesn’t mean there can’t be one now!
Mutated animals aren't dead, so it's perfectly normal for them to roam around during a disaster. A while ago, someone even saw a golden python as thick as a man passing through the mountains.
Not to mention that there is a reservoir dug in the mountain. Who knows if the wolf is coming for the water source?
The bald man who was guarding the road down the mountain was confused when he heard the wolf howling, and then he began to get nervous.
Are you kidding? This is a wolf! It's very likely a mutant wolf!
Although it sounds like there is only one now, isn’t it calling for too long?
Everyone knows that wolves are social animals. What if the howling just now was made by several wolves? What if the sounds were similar among a whole family?
It is said that all fear comes from insufficient firepower. If they were a group of people gathered together with guns and live ammunition, they would not be afraid.
The problem is, aren't they all scattered now?
What if we run into a pack of wolves...
No, there is no need to encounter wolves.
Even a mutant wolf would be enough to give him a hard time.
He had seen how terrifying mutant animals were.
Man-eating ducks, rats as big as basketballs, and strangely red earthworms, none of them look easy to deal with.
The man swallowed hard, ignoring the order from above: "No noise allowed while on duty." He took a few steps toward the captain of his team. When he saw a dark shadow, he lowered his voice and asked, "Brother, look at this?"
"Wait." A somewhat hoarse and low male voice replied in a whisper.
After saying that, the black shadow took two steps to the side, and the bald man's gaze also moved with it.
Maybe it was because he had been on duty here for too long without drinking water or talking, his brother's voice sounded a little strange today.
Before the bald man could figure out what was going on, he felt a sharp pain in both shoulders.
The bald man opened his mouth to scream, but something hard was stuffed straight into his throat, turning all his cries of pain into whimpering sounds.
The man looked at the figure that appeared in front of him with bloodshot eyes, but he didn't dare to make a sound.
Because the thing that was almost stuffed into his throat was none other than the shiny black barrel of a gun.
This bald man had been following the boss's cronies before the end of the world, specializing in handling some shameful matters for the boss. His gun skills were no worse than those of soldiers trained in the army. How could he not tell that the gun in Jiang Muyun's hand was just a decoration, or a real weapon that could really shoot him through?
No matter how brave a person is, he will become obedient when a gun is stuck in his throat.
After Captain Yu skillfully removed the man's arms, he did not let go of his legs. He pulled the belt around his waist and tied the man's ankles together tightly.
The barrel of Jiang Muyun's gun was stuffed into his mouth. How could he dare to move? He could only stand there stiffly, allowing the company commander to tie his feet together.
Jiang Muyun pressed his gun-holding hand downwards.
The man's feet were tied and he couldn't escape, so he could only keep squatting under Jiang Muyun's force.
Both of his arms were dislocated, and he couldn't keep his balance for a moment and fell straight to the ground.
Just like that, the gun barrel slipped out of his mouth, and the man's eyes immediately showed a fierce look.
But the next second, a dagger pierced through his scapula.
The scream was once again blocked in the throat by the familiar gun barrel.
Jiang Muyun squatted beside him and looked down at him, slowly turning the dagger a few times.
The bald man could almost hear the scraping sound of the blade against his bones and the sticky sound of flesh being rolled up.
He didn't understand why Jiang Muyun treated him like this.
Neither killed him nor asked him for any information.
Are you here for revenge?
But he doesn't know this person either.
No, he has offended too many people in his life. Maybe this person’s relatives or friends have died at his hands?
Jiang Muyun only drew out his dagger after the man was shaking so much that his teeth were knocking against the gun barrel uncontrollably.
Jiang Muyun rubbed the blood from the dagger onto the man's face. He then stared at the man lying on the ground with a scrutinizing gaze and slowly said, "One question. Answer it and I'll untie your legs and let you run. If you can't answer, I'll cut off your tongue and leave you here for the wolves."
Jiang Muyun's tone was unhurried, even somewhat relaxed. "Or maybe you're deliberately answering incorrectly so we can kill your superior and then come back to skin you alive. You don't really think your Western Suburbs base can withstand the combined might of the two major bases, do you? When your superior brought his men to our base to accuse us and disrupt our operations, you should have anticipated this day."
The man nodded frantically, eagerly.
But Jiang Muyun ignored him.
Jiang Muyun didn't seem to be in a hurry at all. He was even interested in slowly describing to him how to shave a person into a skeleton.
Jiang Muyun didn't have a penchant for torturing people, but hadn't he seen pork before and seen pigs run? There were so many perverts in the apocalypse, and those two strange stories I'd heard casually would have been horror movie-level before the apocalypse.
Especially when Jiang Muyun was speaking, he was waving the knife at the man.
The bald man was a little collapsed.
He had just been wondering how he could possibly believe Jiang Muyun's lies. Telling the truth would surely lead to his own death. He waited for Jiang Muyun to ask, then he would improvise an excuse to get them to take him along, and then wait for an opportunity to ask for help.
But now Jiang Muyun seemed to be getting more and more excited as he spoke, as if he wanted to skip the intermediate steps and start scraping directly.
Could it be that she's already seen through my plans? Could I really hide this from her? If I were to be discovered, wouldn't this lunatic just shave me?
The man's forehead was covered in cold sweat. His habitual loyalty to his boss and the consequences of his lies being exposed kept intertwining in his mind, making his heart a mess.
He even began to blame Jiang Muyun.
Aren't you going to ask? Go ahead and ask! Why are you saying all this?
Seeing that the man was almost frightened, Jiang Muyun pulled out the gun from his mouth and asked, "How do you contact your boss?"
The bald man was stunned.
Contact? How? How else can I contact you?
Now there is no phone and no internet, so just come to contact me directly.
The bald man asked tentatively, "Just go find someone directly?"
Jiang Muyun simply put the gun barrel back and prepared to attack with the knife in hand.
Before the knife even fell, the man was so frightened that he struggled wildly, the sobs in his throat almost bursting out, and the pleading look on his face was clear to everyone.
Jiang Muyun remained stern and unmoved. Captain Yu held down her knife-wielding hand and advised, "Maybe he didn't react just now. Let's listen to him again."
Jiang Muyun stared at the bald man for a while, said nothing, and just moved the gun away.
This time, the man was really scared to death by her determination to attack him without any reason.
He had seen countless torture scenes in his life, and he had even interrogated people himself, so he could be considered experienced.
But I've never seen anyone interrogate a prisoner and ask for information in this manner!
Wasn't your purpose to gather information? How could you kill someone just because of a single sentence? It seems like everything you said before was just a lie? You're just looking for an excuse to skin me alive, right?
Jiang Muyun had an impatient look on her face, and it was obvious that it was up to her to say it or not, but if anything she said was wrong, just wait for it. The struggle between conscience and desire in the bald man's mind had been frightened away by her madness.
What loyalty, what escape? He was just afraid that if he told a lie wrongly, this madman would find out what was wrong. Then he would have no chance to make amends and would be gagged and skinned alive.
As soon as Jiang Muyun moved the barrel of his gun away, the man began to tremble, "My boss lives in that big cave down this road. There's a door, so it's easy to spot. If you want to find him, just look for the people at his door. Two people together, knock three times on each door."
Before Jiang Muyun could react, the man eagerly made a promise: "I swear this is all true. I really saw them knocking on the door, more than once. If you don't believe me, you can tie me up here. If I'm lying, come back and find me. Seriously, I'm not lying."
The address matched, the two people at the door matched, and the two doors matched.
The remaining two people knocked three times on both sides at the same time but were unable to verify it, but the risk was low enough for them to take the risk.
Their original agreement was to leave a certain amount of time after the wolf howls for them to clear out the guards on the mountain, and then go up the mountain together to encircle the leader after the guards were roughly cleared out.
This is to prevent too many people from alerting the guards and causing them to sound an alarm. By then, Nanshan is so big that the leader won’t know where to go, and it will be difficult for them to find people in the wind and sand.
So it will still be some time before each team goes up the mountain.
After Jiang Muyun finished his question, he killed the bald man with a knife: "Let's go to the Immortal Cave."
They have to take advantage of this time to quickly get rid of the group of people in the Immortal Cave.
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