Chapter 009 Don’t move!
In the dark night, Ye Qing's eyes were shining brightly.
She was not afraid, but curious.
In the late apocalypse, the global order collapsed, official constraints weakened, and with the rise of people with special powers, many private survivor bases began to compete for territory and resources. Gunfights were everywhere, and Ye Qing had long been accustomed to it and was not so sensitive or nervous about the sound of gunfire.
But now, she has traveled to the parallel time and space of the 1970s.
Although the domestic situation was conservative during this period, it was definitely stable and peaceful. Normally, there would be no gunshots in the mountains.
Ye Qing's mind was racing. She wondered if some nearby farmers had sneaked into the mountains to hunt at night when no one was around.
After all, supplies were scarce at that time. According to national regulations, all the quota pigs raised by major production teams had to be handed over to purchasing stations. Farmers could only get a few pounds of meat at the end of the year.
But working in the fields is very hard. Without oil and water, people have no strength to work. People can't help but love meat, so some old hunters in the village would run to the mountains to hunt wild boars, pheasants, rabbits and the like when they were free to get a taste of meat.
However, Ye Qing's speculation was quickly overturned.
Because not long after, she heard hurried footsteps, someone passed through the woods and came straight towards where she was.
Ye Qing sat on the hammock without moving, but with the faint moonlight in the night, she could vaguely see two people limping and fleeing in panic.
Perhaps they were too exhausted from running, and by coincidence, the two of them randomly chose a big tree under Ye Qing's hammock, sat down with their backs against the tree trunk and began to rest.
"Where are you hurt, old cat?" one of them asked while panting.
"Shoulder, a little lower and the bullet would have hit my chest! Damn, I've run into a tough guy this time!"
The other voice sounded a little weak, and he cursed while covering his shoulder.
"You were always so careful before, how come you were targeted this time and didn't even notice someone was following you?"
"How should I know? If I knew I was exposed, I wouldn't have come to see you at all!"
"This guy is a ruthless character. If we hadn't scouted this mountain before and lured him into the trap, we would all be dead here today!"
"What now?"
"What can I do? Go back quickly and pretend that nothing happened. Continue to wait for the fox's instructions! I've been exposed anyway. I'll die if I go back. It's better to die with this cop. One life for another, it's not a loss!"
A strong murderous intent flashed in the eyes of the man who was shot.
He understood from the beginning that if his identity was exposed he would end up dead. He could not drag his companions into this situation and had to make a decision now.
Knowing that there was no way this matter could be resolved peacefully, and that if they didn't kill the cop in the trap, both of them would be doomed, the other man stopped trying to persuade them, and after the two of them completed the final handover of information under the tree, they prepared to act separately.
However, the two men did not know that their conversation, which they thought was secret, was heard by Ye Qing who was sitting in the hammock above their heads.
Ye Qing really didn't expect that she would run into two spies while just spending a night in the mountains, and she also overheard a lot of incredible information.
She quickly memorized everything the two spies had said, and at the same time silently reached out her hand to the vines of the hammock.
After the two spies handed over the tools, they did not delay any further. One of them took a detour and headed down the mountain from the other end, while the other one gritted his teeth, treated the gunshot wound on his shoulder, grabbed his gun and prepared to return the same way to kill the policeman who had injured him.
Neither of them noticed that on the back of the tree trunk beside them, two vines were growing rapidly and spreading outward.
The spy, who was making his way down the mountain, suddenly felt his foot caught on a vine after passing through a bush, and he stumbled and fell forward.
The man fell to the ground in a panic, thinking it was just carelessness. He cursed secretly and tried to get up.
Who knew that at this moment, a rustling sound came to my ears, and countless vine bees swarmed over.
In an instant his hands and feet were locked by the vines, and even his mouth was blocked tightly by the leaves.
Faced with such a sudden and bizarre incident, the spy didn't even have time to call for help. His eyes were filled with fear and he could only struggle desperately.
But the vines were tied too tightly, and he couldn't move at all. He could only stare at the ground with wide eyes in horror. The only thought in his mind was:
It's over! I've fallen into a trap. This must be a trap set by that cop in the mountain!
Ye Qing had no idea that her manipulation of the vines to control the spy had actually made the other party mistakenly believe that they had fallen into a police ambush.
But at the moment, she couldn't care less. After dealing with the spy who was trying to escape, she was busy chasing the other one who wanted to kill the police.
If Ye Qing didn't know the exact location of the trapped policeman, he would have taken care of the shot spy as well.
However, this mountain is too big. If Ye Qing relies on herself to look for it, she may not be able to find it even when the sun comes out tomorrow morning. So she simply uses the mantis stalks the cicada tactic and uses this spy to find the person first.
Because the other party had a gun in his hand, Ye Qing did not dare to follow too closely. Fortunately, there were vines leading the way in front, so she was not afraid of losing the person.
After tracking for about twenty minutes, we saw the spy stop in a hidden valley.
Then Ye Qing saw the spy hiding in the dark like a cat and secretly raising his gun.
Ye Qing realized that the person she was looking for should be nearby.
She immediately injected her wood-related abilities into the vines, and just as the spy was about to shoot into the trap, several tentacle-like vines came up and tied up the spy tightly, then silently hung him on a nearby tree branch.
Ye Qing captured the two spies alive without any effort and was quite satisfied with his fighting ability.
In the apocalypse, she was a worthless fighter. She had no resistance against other attacking psychics and could only hide behind her teammates and act as a nurse to provide assistance.
Who would have thought that in the 1970s, she could actually fight monsters on her own and carry the entire game!
Ye Qing was quite satisfied with her performance tonight. She was smug as she slowly walked forward, ready to check on the injuries of the unlucky policeman who fell into the trap.
Who knew that just as she approached the trap, she suddenly heard a clicking sound by her ear, and then a hard thing hit her head.
"Don't move!"
A deep and rich male voice sounded behind him.
Ye Qing's body froze and the smile on his face instantly fell.
Having just dealt with the two spies, she felt so swelled up that she almost floated up. She completely forgot about the danger and vigilance, and ended up capsizing in a ditch.
Indeed, people should not be too cocky, as being too cocky can easily lead to tragedy.
Because she didn't know whether this person was part of a spy gang, she didn't dare to act rashly and could only raise her hand to show understanding of the situation.
"Who are you? What are you doing in this woods so late at night?"
The man questioned coldly.
Ye Qing pretended to be frightened and stammered:
"I am a villager living in a nearby mountain. There is nothing to eat at home, so I went into the mountain to pick wild fruits to eat."
When Ye Qing spoke, the man seemed a little surprised.
“Are you a woman?”
The originally stern and cold male voice seemed to have subsided a bit, but perhaps because he was used to being cautious, the gun in this person's hand was still pressed tightly against Ye Qing's head without any slackness.
"Uncle, please let me go. I'm only sixteen years old. I have several hungry brothers and sisters at home waiting for me to return. If I wasn't really broke, I wouldn't risk going into the mountains to pick fruit in the middle of the night."
Ye Qing spoke nonsense in a crying voice and hurriedly opened the shoulder bag at her side.
The bag was indeed filled with a bag of kiwis and wild chestnuts, which were picked by Ye Qing but not finished eating.
Seeing this, the man still held the gun in one hand and suddenly turned on a flashlight with the other hand.
Under the strong light, Ye Qing subconsciously raised his hands to cover his eyes.
In the blink of an eye, the man turned off the flashlight again.
But just from that one shot, that person had clearly seen Ye Qing's appearance.
The man finally felt relieved after confirming that the person standing in front of him was indeed a teenage girl with a childish face, old clothes and malnutrition.
But with this moment of relaxation, the body that had been holding on strong could no longer hold on.
Then Ye Qing saw that the man who had looked so fierce and domineering just now suddenly fell down straight.
"Hey, are you okay?"
Ye Qing was startled and hurried forward to check.
As he got closer, Ye Qing smelled a strong smell of blood emanating from this man.
It was impossible to see clearly at night, so Ye Qing quickly snatched the flashlight from the man's pocket and turned it on to check carefully.
It’s okay if you don’t look at it, but once you do, you’ll be shocked.
The man looked to be in his twenties, but his face was pale and his clothes were soaked with blood.
The clothes on the back were cut several times, revealing deep wounds where the flesh was visible. There was a gunshot wound on the left knee, where the bullet had penetrated the meniscus. The right foot was caught in a trap, with several toes being crushed into a bloody mess by the sharp iron sheet.
Other minor wounds can be ignored, but just these few were enough to make Ye Qing gasp.
With such serious injuries and excessive blood loss, a normal person would have collapsed long ago, but this man was still able to raise a gun to threaten her. Ye Qing felt respect for him from the bottom of her heart.
Although she hadn't figured out the man's identity yet, after Ye Qing shone the flashlight around the area, she was basically certain through the bloodstains that the man had climbed out of the two-meter-deep trap behind her.
The trap was filled with sharp bamboo swords and traps. It looked like the injuries on the man's back and right foot were caused by falling into the trap.
Judging from various traces, the "cop" mentioned by the two spies before should undoubtedly be the man lying unconscious in front of him.
Ye Qing originally came to track down the spy to rescue people.
Now that she has found the real culprit, she will certainly not stand idly by.
Even though she was just threatened by this man with a gun, he was a spy who was tracking her and was ambushed in a trap on the mountain. It was normal for him to be highly alert to unknown people wandering in the mountains late at night. So Ye Qing didn't plan to make a fuss and just wanted to treat the man's fatal wound as soon as possible.
Because his face had been seen by this person, Ye Qing did not dare to use too many supernatural powers.
She could only help him remove the trap from his right foot, then found some hemostatic herbs nearby, quickly ground them into a paste with a stone, and applied it to the injuries that looked very serious. She then tore the man's clothes into strips to use as bandages to temporarily bandage the wounds.
Finally, she injected a little bit of her special power into the opponent's body to ensure that the opponent would not be in danger of life due to excessive blood loss.
As for the gunshot wound on the man's knee, Ye Qing did not dare to move.
Although she was fully capable of forcing the bullet stuck in the joint out, she was not stupid. If she really did that, she would probably be caught and sent to the research institute as soon as she rescued the person.
She didn't want to get herself into trouble just because she saved a stranger out of kindness.
Besides, with the medical technology of this era, it would not be a problem to remove a bullet, and she wouldn't need to do anything at all.
Thinking that she had done her utmost, Ye Qing began to deal with the other two spies she had captured.
Ye Qing's method for dealing with the two spies was much simpler and more brutal. He whipped them with the thick vines quickly, accurately and fiercely, knocking them unconscious in just two or three hits.
Then she put the person on the ground and began to search him.
Well, all the belongings of these two spies were turned out inside out.
Put valuables such as bills and watches directly in your pockets;
As for the remaining items, such as guns, and objects related to the identities of spies or used to transmit information between spies, they were all put back.
You can do good deeds without leaving your name, but if you don’t take advantage of an opportunity, you’re a bastard!
It's no wonder that these two spies had quite a lot of valuables on them. Ye Qing even found several gold leaves in the crotch of one of the spies' underwear.
If Ye Qing hadn't searched carefully, he might not have been able to find this thing.
In addition, Ye Qing also found poisonous fangs in the mouth of one of the spies.
Generally, poisonous fangs like this contain cyanide, and once the venom sac is broken, the victim will die instantly.
Ye Qing did not touch the fang, but instead cut off the spy's jaw.
Of course, spies must be caught alive to maximize their value. Want to commit suicide? No way!
After making a small fortune, Ye Qing started writing.
He found a notebook from his bag and took the pen from one of the spies. Then, holding up the flashlight, Ye Qing began to write with difficulty using his left hand.
She wrote down everything the two spies had communicated under the tree, and after making sure nothing was missed, she tore off the paper and stuffed it into the policeman's trouser pocket.
Then, she tore off another piece of paper and wrote down the identities of the two spies and the policeman's injuries on it.
After doing this, she began to move the three to the foot of the mountain.
Fortunately, there were many vines and trees in this mountain. By manipulating the vines and weaving between the branches, Ye Qing successfully transported the three big men to the foot of the mountain. Otherwise, it would be impossible for her to get them out of the forest by herself.
By the time we transported the people to the road where the suburban bus must pass, the bright star in the sky had already appeared.
After tying up the hands and feet of the two spies with vines to ensure that they would not wake up halfway and try to escape, Ye Qing sat in the nearby bushes and waited silently.
Until the first ray of sunlight slowly rose in the morning, a dilapidated bus finally appeared in Ye Qing's sight at the end of the road not far away.
Turning back and checking the resolute and stern policeman again, after confirming that his life was safe, Ye Qing did not hesitate any longer, turned around and quickly jumped into the woods not far away.
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