Chapter 53 Approaching
Chen Ru nodded with a serious face, took the key handed over by Jiang Rong, and walked towards the blue card.
At this time, the others did not delay and got into the car quickly.
However, the fender of this car is only half a person's height, so they will probably suffer a lot later.
The car started several times before it started successfully, and then drove out of the underground driveway without any obstruction. After driving out, it was a vast expanse of desolate land outside.
At this time, light snow began to fall from the sky, and the sky was much darker than before.
Chen Ru looked outside through the car window and thought for a while before continuing to drive.
Because they were already out of the town and there was snow all around, she had to figure out where the road was.
About five minutes later, the blue truck officially hit the road.
Jiang Rong looked at the small town not far behind the car, secretly thanking his luck that the mutant centipedes did not catch up with him at this moment.
Chen Ru was not driving very fast. In such deep snow, she couldn't drive faster even if she wanted to. If the car slipped, everyone in the car would be injured.
On the way to the county town, we had to pass through three small towns like the previous one, and two of them were even much larger than the previous one.
Chen Ru drove the car tremblingly all the way. Jiang Rong and others behind were even more vigilant with all their minds, as they were now completely exposed.
It is obvious that the number of mutant beasts has been increasing along the way, but their levels are not high, and they are not groups of mutant beasts, so they are relatively easier to deal with.
The people in the car were like living targets, constantly being attacked by various mutant beasts. Jiang Rong was forced to take out a sophisticated silencer from his backpack to protect himself, facing everyone's surprised gazes.
Her special ability does not have as strong attack power as the others, and there are only 20 arrows behind her. If she uses them now, there will be no return.
Jiang Rong was protected by Zhao Runguo behind him at the moment, but occasionally a mutant beast would cross Zhao Runguo's defense line and rush straight towards Jiang Rong's face. What Jiang Rong usually had to do was to shoot them again.
Don't let go of any fish that may pose a threat to yourself.
In addition, Jiang Shang and Jiang Miao also subconsciously protected Jiang Rong behind them.
Jiang Miao set up a gravity barrier around her. Basically, as long as the mutant beast was not much stronger than her, its speed would instantly slow down as soon as it appeared in this range, which made it convenient for Jiang Shang and Xie Lei to attack.
Zhao Runguo was in charge of defense and mobilized the earth within a radius of 20 meters at any time. The earth wall rose and fell in an instant.
He has now basically mastered the ability to build earth walls, but he is still unable to finely control the earth to launch attacks.
Jiang Shang was just the opposite of Zhao Runguo.
He is a metal-type mutant.
At this moment, he can only control a single metal cone to attack the mutant beasts, and can control up to three at a time. The more the number, the weaker the attack power, and no more will work.
As for Xie Lei, he is the one who is most adept at using his superpowers among the three.
If it is used purely as a combat force, it is still very strong.
Jiang Rong was standing behind a few people and was not idle either. She looked at the mutant beasts that suddenly jumped out from time to time and were immediately knocked away, and was also trying to mobilize the supernatural powers in her body.
In her previous life, her supernatural powers had no offensive power from beginning to end. When used on dead mutant beasts, they could purify the flesh and brain, while when used on living mutant beasts, they would have some hypnotic effect.
It has a similar effect to Jiang Miao's gravity.
However, Jiang Miao's ability is to make the mutant beasts heavy, thereby reducing their speed. Jiang Rong's ability is to make the originally irritable mutant beasts become relatively quiet, which can instantly clear the violent emotions in the mutant beasts' minds to a certain extent, causing them to lose consciousness for a short time.
This was the level she was able to achieve when her supernatural powers reached the second level in her previous life.
And every time it is launched, the consumption is huge.
The energy she consumed when using her supernatural powers on a living mutant beast was far greater than that consumed on a dead mutant beast or brain pill.
Therefore, it is not used easily and its power is limited.
What's more, she is only at the intermediate level of the first stage.
She also didn't know to what extent she could use her supernatural powers on the living mutant beasts.
After all, although the level of her supernatural powers in this life is not as high as in her previous life, the quality of her supernatural powers is far beyond that of her previous life.
Jiang Rong himself was also somewhat looking forward to it.
However, what she hoped most was that she would not have to use it, because once she used it, she would most likely fall into weakness for a few days like Qin Sang.
In short, she would never try it unless it was absolutely necessary.
Otherwise, you might die if you try...
Jiang Rong and his companions passed through the two small towns in the middle without any danger, but the blue truck was forced to stop when entering the third town.
The closer you are to the county town, the more mutant beasts there are.
So many that to outsiders like them, this place looks like a zoo...
There is one every three steps, and a group every five steps.
However, this last town is actually connected to the county town. When the car passes the end of this road, turns a corner and goes straight, it will officially enter the county town.
That's where the highlight comes in.
Chen Ru stopped the car when the last town was two-thirds of the distance to the county town. There were only a few hundred meters ahead.
But it really can't be opened anymore.
The mutant beasts around now are of strange shapes and there are huge numbers of them.
Even the mutant beasts that had been chasing after the car formed a long line one after another.
In this regard, she had no choice but to step on the accelerator to the bottom on this road condition, and almost crashed into the houses on both sides several times.
We haven’t even reached the county town yet.
What will happen when we get to the county town?
Chen Ru was a little afraid to imagine what the scene was like in the county town at this moment.
As soon as the car stopped, Zhao Runguo instantly activated his supernatural powers.
Afterwards, the entire blue truck sank two meters into the ground, leaving the mutant beasts that followed behind the car empty-handed in an instant.
Several people are now underground, and all the mud and sand around the car body is in the shape of a rectangle.
Except for Jiang Rong and Chen Ru, the other six people in the car looked very pale at this moment.
Among them, Zhao Runguo was the best.
This last attack consumed the most energy for him. His face turned blue, the corners of his mouth turned white, and his body could no longer support him, so he sat down on the spot. He immediately started meditating with a quack beast's brain pill in his hand.
The other people are basically the same at this moment.
Chen Ru opened the car door, crawled over from the front and guarded these people with Jiang Rong.
The underground is not completely safe.
Fortunately, the mutant beasts above did not chase us this time.
About half an hour later, Zhao Runguo opened his eyes. His complexion had recovered somewhat, but he was still a little pale. After all, he was the most tired among the few people. Not only did he have to meditate to recover, but he also had to devote his mind to maintaining this underground space.
After Zhao Runguo opened his eyes, he exchanged glances with Jiang Rong.
Jiang Rong received Zhao Runguo's gaze and then said:
"Let's go up and find a place to rest for the night, and then we'll see tomorrow whether we should go into the county town."
As she finished speaking, the others opened their eyes one after another and nodded.
Afterwards, they left the blue truck where it was, and Zhao Runguo opened up a new road to lead everyone out of the underground.
Because they were underground, Zhao Runguo himself couldn't tell the direction and could only lead the way by feeling.
Then, as soon as the six people came out of the ground, they entered a den of mutant dogs...
Then he immediately hid back underground.
"Uncle Zhao, over there."
The moment Jiang Rong went out, he took a look at the surrounding layout and gave a reminder.
Zhao Runguo was under a lot of pressure at the moment, his mood was up and down, and he was a little tired. When he heard Jiang Rong's instructions, he followed her direction without thinking and led everyone there.
When I emerged again, I finally reached a relatively safe place.
It was a family's backyard, but the gate was tightly closed.
Jiang Rong and his friends couldn't see what was happening on the other sides of the house, so they could only enter without being invited.
This time, Zhao Runguo no longer needs to contribute.
Jiang Shang's metal-related ability can be used to open locks.
After a while, the iron gate of the backyard was opened. Jiang Shang opened the door, and behind the door was the kitchen of this family.
The room was very quiet at this time.
Jiang Rong and his companions quickly entered the house and closed the iron door again.
As soon as Jiang Rong entered the house, he was startled by the quacking beast climbing on the front window.
This quack beast was of medium size. It was lying motionless on the window outside, with its two fist-sized eyes staring inside without blinking.
Jiang Rong's eyes twitched.
I instantly suppressed the urge to turn on the flashlight.
It was almost dark outside at this moment, and the light in the room was also dim.
Jiang Rong gestured, indicating that everyone should find a room in the main house.
Several people were already extremely tired at this moment. When they saw Jiang Rong's instructions, they followed Jiang Rong towards the front room almost without thinking, just like Zhao Runguo.
After everyone passed through a small door, the light inside became dimmer.
There are no windows or lights around, and the main entrance is also a large iron gate, and there should be a street outside the iron gate.
Jiang Rong closed the small door connecting to the back kitchen before taking out a high-power flashlight.
The light in the room suddenly brightened.
"Let's see if there's anyone there. Tell them we're just staying here for a day or two."
Although it is the end of the world now, this is still someone else's home, and they are not robbers.
It is impossible to let them go out now, but it is still necessary to tell the owner of the house.
Chen Ru and others nodded.
Then he went up the stairs on his side. There were four floors in this house. Jiang Rong had taken a quick look at them when he was outside.
She herself stayed downstairs.
There are two more rooms downstairs.
One is the toilet.
The other one was tightly closed, and it was not immediately known whether there was anyone inside.
Jiang Rong walked forward and knocked gently a few times.
Whispered: "Excuse me, is there anyone here?"
But after knocking for a long time, no one responded in the room.
Seeing that no one responded, Jiang Rong did not force his way in, but waited quietly for news from others.
About a few minutes later.
Zhao Runguo and others came down one after another.
Then, walking at the end was a grandmother who was about sixty years old. She was wearing many clothes and looked a little bloated, with her half-long hair draped over her. Jiang Rong couldn't see her face clearly for a moment as he stood below her.
The old woman didn't say anything after she came down, but opened the small room downstairs in front of several people.
The space inside is very small, with a lot of sundries, a big bed, an old TV, and a lot of sundries piled around.
"You can stay here tonight." The old woman said, but she looked very unhappy.
Jiang Rong expressed her understanding. If a group of strangers suddenly broke into her house, especially in the context of a natural disaster, she would not be happy either.
Jiang Rong nodded, then took out a bottle of mineral water and two sausages from his backpack and handed them over, saying, "I didn't bring much with me. Please accept these. Thank you very much."
The old woman didn't refuse, but after receiving the things, her expression looked better.
Chen Ru and the others looked at each other in surprise. Xie Lei was particularly surprised.
In his eyes, Jiang Rong's personality...
To put it nicely, it's aloof, but in fact it means lack of emotional intelligence. But now looking at it this way, it doesn't seem to be the case.
So she was just too lazy to bother with people before?!
Xie Lei...
"It's very dangerous outside now, especially in the county town. You should go back early." After receiving some feedback, the old woman's expression eased. At least she could see that the people who suddenly broke into her house were not the bad guys with black hearts. Therefore, she kindly reminded them.
"Mother-in-law, can you tell us what the current situation is in the county?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Rong thought that this old man might know something about the situation in the county town, so he immediately asked about it.
"I don't know, but I heard from my son that it's very dangerous. There are monsters everywhere in there like those outside. There are much more of them than here, and they are more powerful." The old woman replied, and her face was full of undisguised pride when she talked about her son.
"Is your son also a psychic?" Jiang Rong was almost certain.
No ordinary person would dare to go out at this time.
"Yes, he is the same as you, and very powerful." The old woman immediately opened up when she talked about her son.
"Is your son at home now?" Jiang Rong continued to ask.
The old woman shook her head at this moment: "He went to the county town with other superpowers in the town. But our second child is at home, she is also a superpower, and she is also very powerful!"
The old woman now felt that she had said too much and was afraid that these strangers might have bad intentions, so she revealed some more information and threatened them.
Jiang Rong nodded when he heard this, and seeing that the old woman didn't want to stay there any longer, he didn't ask any more questions.
After the old man left, Xie Lei, who was standing outside, closed the door.
Jiang Rong placed the flashlight upside down on the wooden table near the wall, and the room instantly became much brighter.
"Everyone, take a rest first, and we'll talk about the rest tomorrow."
Jiang Rong walked towards the inside of the bed and sat down on the edge of the bed. Zhao Runguo followed him and sat near Jiang Rong. He ate three sausages, drank some hot water, and then leaned against the wall to rest.
Jiang Rong also ate something and started meditating.
As for the other few people, basically no one spoke. They each found a place to sit, some ate, some drank, and some slept.
On this day, every one of the six of them was exhausted, and they felt like their bones were about to fall apart.
They are already very satisfied to have a relatively safe place for them to rest now.
So after a while, snoring sounds were heard in the room.
Because the space in the middle was occupied by the siblings Jiang Miao and Jiang Shang, Chen Ru had no choice but to sit near Xie Lei.
She was about to fall asleep with her eyes closed, but then she heard a loud snoring sound next to her.
She looked angrily at Xie Lei who was sleeping soundly beside her. She could no longer tolerate it and kicked him, settling all the new and old grudges together.
"Will you just be the fuck quiet!"
Xie Lei, who was sleeping soundly, was startled by the kick. His heart skipped a beat and he became furious. He was about to curse out loud.
But when I turned around, it was Chen Ru...
Because of what happened before, he did act unkindly, but in the end he just moved his mouth but held it in.
He just moved his body farther away from Chen Ru, leaned his back against the door, and continued to sleep in a depressed mood.
Chen Ru used 70 to 80 percent of her strength in this kick, and it felt so good. After the kick, she saw Xie Lei wanting to scold her but not daring to, and she felt a little relieved in her heart. The anger that had been suppressed in her heart for a long time was finally released a little.
After that, the room was quiet for a while, with only the sound of a few people's gradually steady breathing.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
