Chapter 498: Snow blocks the road, avalanche buries the car
The car behind was following not too far behind. Xia Xiaoman took out the walkie-talkie and told the team members to ignore the car behind and drive normally.
After driving for more than two hours, Xia Xiaoman found a place to stop and rest for 20 minutes to take care of personal hygiene and eat lunch. The car behind them also stopped.
Qiao Wan looked at the car parked not far away and asked nervously, "Xia Xiaoman, are they also here to steal the space jade?"
Xia Xiaoman shook her head. "I don't know. If you have nothing to do, stay in the car and don't get out, just in case."
The subtext was to let her stay in the car and not get out to cause trouble. Qiao Wan curled her lips, but considering that she had the lowest combat power in the team, she listened to Xia Xiaoman and stayed in the car.
Not long after Qiao Wan got on the car, the group of people following behind came over with flashlights.
Seeing the other party approaching, Su Ran called on his brothers and sisters to take out their guns and aim at the other party, "Stop! If you take another step forward, don't blame us for being rude!"
"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous! My name is Zeng Yaozong, and I'm from Yuehua City. We came here to make a deal with you."
Su Ran said in a deep voice: "We don't have anything to trade with you, leave now!"
The younger brother next to Zeng Yaozong said disdainfully: "Who do you think you are? Tell your boss to come out and speak!"
Su Ran rolled his eyes. "I'll count to three. If you don't leave, don't blame us for shooting!"
Seeing that Su Ran was unmoved, Zeng Yaozong had no choice but to step back a few steps and said, "Please tell your team leader that we in Yuehua City are willing to pay twice the market price for the metals you got from the capital."
"If you don't want points, you can use other supplies instead. As long as we have them in Yuehua City, you can name your price."
Zeng Yaozong left his words and led his men back, but his eyes were still fixed on Xia Xiaoman and the others.
Su Ran relayed Zeng Yaozong's words to Xia Xiaoman, "Sister Xiaoman, they should have been keeping an eye on us since we arrived in the capital. If we agree to trade supplies with them, they will probably target the space jade next."
Xia Xiaoman thought for a moment and said, "Give orders to everyone to hurry up, drink as little water as possible and go to the toilet less often, eat and drink in the car, and find a way to get rid of the group of people behind us."
Since Zeng Yaozong has set his sights on them, he will not give up easily. Perhaps he has a trick up his sleeve waiting for them. She is not afraid of Zeng Yaozong, but she is worried that if they are delayed on the road for too long, they will encounter extreme weather.
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They sped all the way, and except for stopping every four hours for the team members to take care of personal hygiene issues, Xia Xiaoman and his team hardly had any rest.
Zeng Yaozong, who was following behind, couldn't help but complain, "Don't those people in Fucheng need to rest? They have been driving for two days straight and they don't even stop to rest."
"Huh? Why did it stop in front?"
The younger brother next to him squinted his eyes and looked for a while, then said in surprise: "Boss, what a good opportunity! Their car is stuck in the snow!"
"Wait, what is that?" Zeng Yaozong looked at the red light on the mountain not far away. The next second, there was a loud bang, and the snow on the mountain rolled down. Zeng Yaozong's face changed drastically, "Shit, someone is ambushing us, back up! Back up!"
The sudden explosion collapsed all the snow on the hills on both sides. Zeng Yaozong and his team had just shifted the gear into reverse, and the snowmobile was buried under the snow before it even started.
At the same time, on the other side, Xia Xiaoman discovered something was wrong when he found the car stuck in the snow.
They had walked this road before, and the snow on the road was not so serious. It had not snowed in the past two days, so it should not have been so thick. So when the car got stuck in the snow, she immediately took out the walkie-talkie and asked the team members not to get out of the car and observe the surrounding situation first.
Xia Xiaoman originally thought that the ambushers would hide nearby and ambush them after they got off the car, but she didn't expect that those people would install explosives on the hills on both sides to trigger an avalanche.
Buried under the snow, Qiao Wan looked worried. "We are doomed now. The snow has blocked the car door. How are we going to escape?"
Xia Xiaoman glanced at her and said, "You and your sister have very different personalities. If it were her, she would definitely use the space to find a way to escape instead of complaining here."
Qiao Wan pursed her lips. Although they were sisters, their personalities were definitely different. She grew up under the protection of her sister, and before her sister passed away, she also paved the way for her. Except for the hardships she suffered on the way from the capital to the floating city, she was basically protected by someone at other times, and she didn't have to worry about too many things.
Xia Xiaoman didn't mean to blame Qiao Wan, but at this time, complaining is the worst thing to do. Instead of complaining, it's better to think about what to do.
Other teammates in the car unlocked the door and tried to push it open, but after several pushes, the door didn't move at all, causing the temperature inside the car to dissipate rapidly.
He pushed the car door sideways, but there was too much snow outside the door to push it. So Xia Xiaoman asked someone to unlock the trunk, climbed onto the trunk and tried to push it up.
Xia Xiaoman used all her strength to push the snow a palm's width away. Maodan saw this and immediately asked Nini to stretch out her claws to dig the snow. Qiao Wan collected all the snow she dug into the space.
After more than half an hour of digging, someone knocked on the right window. Qiao Wan shone her flashlight over and saw Su Ran using a short-handled shovel to dig out the snow blocking the door.
"Su Ran is here to save us, come here quickly!" Qiao Wan shouted to Xia Xiaoman and the others.
Su Ran opened the car door, Xia Xiaoman got out of the snowmobile, and asked in a low voice: "How is it over there? Is anyone injured?"
Su Ran shook his head and was about to speak when there was a noise from above, like a stone hitting the snow. Su Ran waited for a while, making sure there was no more noise, and then whispered, "Our car is fine. Sister Yu'e is leading people to dig snow caves for the other cars."
Qiao Wan asked in confusion: "Why don't you dig upwards? If you dig the snow cave horizontally like this, it will easily collapse."
"Someone was sniping us. Xiao Zheyu was shot as soon as he climbed out."
When Xia Xiaoman heard Su Ran's words, she immediately asked, "Is Xiao Zheyu okay?"
Su Ran shook his head, "It's okay, he reacted quickly and the bullet hit his prosthesis."
Xia Xiaoman's face darkened. "It looks like those people want to kill us!"
The road was blocked by accumulated snow, the car was buried by avalanches, and they were guarded with sniper rifles, leaving them no chance of survival.
Xia Xiaoman looked around and took out some iron sheets and aluminum alloy sheets that she had received from the capital. "Qiao Wan, lead them to use these iron sheets and steel to build a passage to prevent the snow cave from collapsing."
After giving the instructions, Xia Xiaoman followed Su Ran forward to look for other teammates who were buried in the snow.
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