Chapter 53: The Flood is Coming, Run!
As soon as they left, the crying people in the hall immediately followed them.
There were two trucks, and the three cars behind them were not going too smoothly. Antonio glanced at them and asked Li Zhuang, "Are you not going to deal with it?"
"If you don't provoke them, don't bother them." After all, it is the end of the world, so there is no need to kill everyone. Besides, the road is not owned by anyone, so we can't control how others walk on it.
In this apocalypse where supernatural powers have appeared, there was a car following behind, and Lu Weiyi was worried that someone would use some method to steal the supplies in the two trucks, so he drove an off-road vehicle to follow behind.
A heavy rain seemed to have washed the off-road vehicle. Apart from traces of collision, there was no dirt at all, and it looked very good.
Liu Rui sat in the passenger seat, looking quite happy. He looked here and touched there from time to time. "Like it?"
"Yeah," Liu Rui nodded and asked, "Look... look... very... very domineering, how much... how much... money?"
"More than three million." The modification fee might be more expensive, but Zhuang Mingxu's cars were all modified in batches, so Lu Weiyi didn't know the specific price.
Upon hearing this, Liu Rui immediately sat still and didn't dare to touch anything else. He stared at Lu Weiyi with wide eyes, "It's so... so expensive."
Lu Weiyi thought he was quite funny. "How old are you?" He looked like a minor.
"Next...next month...eighteenth"
I don’t know if it will be next month or the month after next.
"Minor?" As far as Lu Weiyi knew, Xu Sa was in an adult prison, so there was no way a minor would be there. He turned his head and glanced at Liu Rui.
Liu Rui seemed to understand what he meant and smiled, "The name... on the ID card... is written too large."
I have seen ID cards with small letters on their names, but I have never seen ones with large letters. Moreover, the sentencing standards for juvenile crimes and adult crimes are completely different.
However, in a place like prison, all kinds of strange things can happen. Lu Weiyi did not ask in detail and turned to talk about the car, "When you learn to drive, you can find a better car yourself."
"It doesn't have to be... expensive. As long as it can... be driven... it's fine." Liu Rui had very low requirements. "Is it... difficult... to drive?"
"It's not difficult. I'll measure the car for you when we get to the safe zone. You'll be able to do it after trying it a few more times," Lu Weiyi said. He glanced at the time, handed the backpack to Liu Rui, and said, "Feed him another pill."
"Yeah." Liu Rui took the water and medicine and squeezed directly through the co-pilot seat.
The number of vehicles we met on the road gradually increased. Many of them were going to Qingyuan City. We were traveling on the same road. With vehicles coming from all directions constantly cutting in, our speed gradually slowed down.
The next big stop for Beiping Town is Dongshan County, but the rain delayed them for the whole morning and the road became muddy, so they would definitely not be able to make it tonight. They had originally planned to hurry as far as possible to the small towns under the jurisdiction of Dongshan County, but now it seems a bit difficult.
The further you go to, the more vehicles you see twisted and swaying on the road. Some have their doors open and blood splattered all over the cars, while some cars even have zombies trapped inside, banging their heads around trying to get out.
At the beginning, the leader was Li Zhuang, who was driving a truck. From time to time, there were zombies that he had to knock over to clear the way. Later, vehicles appeared in front of him, and he could only watch the zombies on both sides of the car crashing into the car.
The seats of the two trucks were high, so it didn't matter whether the zombies hit them or not. Lu Weiyi's off-road bulletproof vehicle at the back crashed into them, but before the glass was broken, Liu Rui sent out a small fire dragon to get through, and they were safe all the way.
Just because their cars were fine doesn't mean that the other cars were fine too. Several cars had their windows broken, and the people in the cars died amid screams.
In the beginning, some people offered to help, but in the end, most people chose to ignore them. In an era where the strong survive, those who only hide from those who scream and beg for help must be prepared to be abandoned at any time.
Cries for help and the laughter of zombies accompanied the group all the way, until the group was completely blocked on the road by unmanned vehicles. Only then did someone start to organize the killing of zombies and moving the cars.
The people from the organization were the front team, they should have come from the same place, they all brought their families with them, knocking on the car windows one by one, demanding that at least one person from each car be sent out to either kill the zombies or move the car, otherwise they would hand over some supplies, otherwise they would be kicked out of the team by everyone.
They walked and stopped like this, and when it was getting dark, the group was stuck near Beidong Bridge again.
After carrying the car for an entire afternoon, they finally reached their planned rest stop a hundred kilometers across the bridge. There were not many zombies in the wilderness, so everyone relaxed their vigilance a little.
When the rumbling sound came, no one reacted to what it was.
"Run!" Two trucks were right on the bridge, close to the back. Li Zhuang, who had just got off the truck and was about to work as a porter, yelled and grabbed Gu Qingji beside him, signaling him to hurry up.
"Brother, get out of the car." Gu Qingji was dragged back a few steps and shouted to Gu Qingyue who was in the driver's seat.
At the same time, on the middle truck, Antonio also went around to the driver's seat and pulled Dean down from the car.
"There was an earthquake—"
"Another earthquake, run..."
There was panic all around for a moment. Everyone got out of the car and left the bridge and ran to the nearest ground. However, within a few seconds, the source of the vibration came in waves - the flood upstream broke out.
The earthquake had already caused damage to the river dam, and a heavy rain finally succeeded in stopping it. A devastating flood came roaring in and directly knocked down two bridge piers, and the entire bridge deck collapsed instantly.
Lu Weiyi's car had not yet stepped onto the bridge. He just got out of the car and took a few steps back. Liu Rui immediately carried Xu Sa down and followed closely beside Lu Weiyi. Li Zhuang and Lin Yimu got out of the car and rushed over. At the moment the ground under their feet collapsed, they were pulled by Lu Weiyi and Liu Rui respectively and jumped onto the bridge with the help of the last fallen stone slab.
In the face of life and death, human nature is fully revealed.
Some people abandoned their wives and ran away at the last moment, some people threw their children onto the bridge at the risk of their lives. Antonio and Dean were just one step behind Li Zhuang and Lin Yimu. One step means a long way to go. Lin Yimu jumped up on the last stone slab, so he didn't have that chance.
"Hurry!" The always casual Li Zhuang shouted at the people running over, and at the same time stretched out his hands, and the speed of the falling stone bridges slowed down significantly.
Earth-related supernatural powers!
Before they could even realize hope, the ground beneath their feet began to fall again.
His abilities are too weak.
But a few seconds are enough.
"Catch him!" Antonio shouted, grabbed Dean beside him and threw him towards the few people.
Liu Rui quickly moved the exhausted Li Zhuang away, and he and Lin Yimu each grabbed Dean's arm and pulled him up by his clothes.
The collapse of the bridge deck did not change Dean's expression. At this moment, he screamed with anger, "David——"
As David fell, he gave Dean a gentle smile and said, "Baby, I love you."
"No..." Dean struggled to join Antonio, but was knocked unconscious by Lin Yimu.
Brother Gu Qingyue, who fell behind Antonio, stopped struggling. At the last moment, Gu Qingji turned sideways and hugged Gu Qingyue tightly, preparing to fall.
The moment the little green branch on his wrist was thrown away, Lu Weiyi had only one thought in his mind: to save people.
A very thin green branch came out from Lu Weiyi's wrist, and quickly wrapped around Antonio, tied up Gu Qingyue and his brother, and then tied up the few people who fell on the opposite side...
It reached into the water again and collected the two large cartons of supplies that were sinking into the space!
For a moment, Lu Weiyi couldn't tell whether it was the feeling of pity in his heart that affected Little Green Branch, or this guy's independent thinking. Before he had time to think, he was pulled forward by the weight of several people.
Lin Yimu discovered it the first time, and quickly opened the car door next to him to trap himself, while hugging Lu Weiyi's waist. Liu Rui then pulled the two of them from behind. Li Zhuang wanted to help, but staggered and couldn't stand up. He shouted to the frightened spectators behind him, "Help."
The nearest few people were awakened and ran over in a hurry. Lu Weiyi was pulled by several people to balance the weight for a while and control the small green branch to retract.
The green branch was too thin, so thin that it could not be seen without careful observation. Those who were close could only see a faint hint of it, while those who were a little further away thought that Lu Weiyi was directly controlling people to pull it upwards.
For a moment, the surroundings were so quiet that even the breathing became quieter, for fear of affecting the last bit of life of a few people.
Antonio was the first to be pulled up. As soon as he stepped firmly, he grabbed an open car door, lay on the ground and stretched out his hands to Gu Qingyue and the other person who were following closely behind him.
"Qingji" Gu Qingyue wanted his brother to stretch out his hand, but Gu Qingji disagreed and directly handed Gu Qingyue's hand over. Gu Qingyue struggled slightly and the little green branch trembled instantly.
He just trembled a little, and the two people below them shook a little, which immediately caused a cry of surprise.
Gu Qingji was worried that there might be further changes, so he stopped arguing with him. He held Antonio's hand with one hand and hugged Gu Qingyue's waist tightly with the other.
As soon as the two men came up, they immediately joined the final rescue. Without the weight of three men, the last two men came up very quickly. In a moment, all five people who were entangled by the small green branches were rescued.
The little green branch retracted its wrist in a whoosh, and the crystal clear green leaves seemed to be covered with dust and became dull. At the same time, Lu Weiyi's body seemed to be hollowed out, and the unprecedented fatigue made him fall directly to the ground.
"Thanks, brother." A tall and strong man in his forties, one of the last two people to come up, thanked Lu Weiyi, then turned and looked at Liu Rui beside him, "Little stutterer."
"Xiong...Brother Xiong, are you... okay?"
"I thought I was going to finish here," the man breathed a sigh of relief, and touched the person who was shaking unconsciously in his arms, "Xi Shi, are you okay?"
The person in his arms staggered with weak legs, nodded, and said in a trembling voice, "It's okay, I'm fine."
He turned his head to look at the group of people and bowed, "Thank you, thank you."
Several people who came to help waved their hands and pointed at Lu Weiyi, saying, "It's all thanks to that young man."
The man looked down at Lu Weiyi who was sitting on the ground and said in surprise, "Little brother, it's you. Do you still remember me? After the earthquake, you gave me a bag of food and lent me your car."
Lu Weiyi glanced at him and nodded, which was a greeting.
"Big Bear, it was this little brother who gave me a ride and gave me a bag of food. The small truck we drove at the beginning also belonged to this little brother." The backpack of food given by Lu Weiyi was a great help to the timid Xi Shi in the early days of the apocalypse.
Moreover, the small truck also provided him and Xiong Jie with a lot of convenience in escaping. At this time, he was rescued by Lu Weiyi again, and his gratitude was beyond words.
"It's really fate. I'm grateful for your kindness. My name is Xiong Jie, little brother. Let me know if you have anything to say."
Lu Weiyi was really tired. He nodded and tilted his head to one side, looking a little dazed.
"Master, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?" Lin Yimu noticed that something was wrong with him, lowered his head and shook him, but Lu Weiyi had already fallen asleep.
"It may be that his supernatural power has been exhausted," said Li Zhuang, who was exhausted and had not yet recovered.
"He saved our lives again," Antonio said, hugging the unconscious Dean in his arms, and thanked himself for deciding to follow Lu Weiyi.
"How are you?" he asked Li Zhuang.
"I need to rest." Li Zhuang's superpowers appeared almost at the same time as Fang Ke. He practiced it several times in private, but the effects were not very strong, so he rarely used it. He was just brave at the time and directly exhausted his superpowers. It was the first time he experienced the headache caused by exhausting superpowers. It was good enough that he could barely keep his face unchanged, but he never liked to put himself in a weak position in front of others. He even sighed, "If I had known this, I wouldn't have tried so hard to find supplies."
"If they're gone, look for them again. The most important thing is that we're all fine." Gu Qingyue felt deeply moved as he watched everyone escape death again.
The cars parked at the bridge head left one after another. The few people rested for a while, discussed it and decided to go back to the village they passed by before and stay for one night.
There was only one off-road vehicle for eleven people, which could accommodate six people at most. So a few people asked Lin Yimu and Xiong Jie to take the Gu Qingyue brothers and go first to explore the way and find a place to stay. While the rest of the people took care of the patients, they looked for two cars on the road.
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