"People from Changji Base?" Zheng Jian looked unhappy. "What should we do now? From the looks of them, they want to kill us!"
Si Nan looked around, then leaned over the front seat and said, "Yang Wentao, get off the road."
"There are collapsed building paths all around. We will fall if we leave the main road!" Sheng Youqing exclaimed.
"We can't worry about that now. We have to get rid of them." Si Nan reached out and pushed Cheng Suming, who was in the co-pilot seat. "Suming, look at the route. Find a place where the convoy behind us and the wolves and beasts can get trapped. Let's go big!"
Cheng Suming understood what she meant, and there was a hint of madness in his eyes behind his glasses. "Drive two kilometers ahead, there is a department store. The mall on land basically collapsed during the earthquake. The building materials are piled up layer by layer, and underneath is a hollowed-out four-story underground commercial street, which is very easy to collapse. Yang Wentao, lead them over there."
The car on the left hit him hard. Yang Wentao calmly stepped on the accelerator, turned the steering wheel, and did a 180-degree drift on the spot. As everyone in the car screamed and staggered, the tires made a harsh sound when rubbing against the ice. The whole car was swung out when the two trucks hit it, and then returned to its original position, left the road, and ran straight to the right where there were collapsed ruins everywhere.
The two trucks that wanted to ram and stop them thought they had a sure win, but they didn't expect them to escape with such a desperate attitude. As expected, the two trucks collided with each other, making a loud collision noise!
The two trucks were filled with Changji survivors who had followed the Changji organization out hunting. When the trucks collided, they all screamed.
Fortunately, both trucks were very sturdy and crash-resistant. Apart from the dents on the sides of the vehicles where they were hit and the broken glass on both sides of the front of the vehicles, there were no other major problems.
The two off-road vehicles organized by Changji and another truck specially used to carry prey were already fearlessly chasing the military off-road vehicle in the lead.
The drivers of the two trucks shook their dizzy heads to wake themselves up, then stepped on the accelerator at the same time and followed.
The route Yang Wentao was driving on was through a large residential area without any roads.
After the earthquake, the houses basically collapsed and were covered with thick ice and snow. All you could see from the outside were large and small snow piles. It was almost fatal to drive over them.
The road surface was uneven, so we drove at the fastest speed. Driving on it was like riding a roller coaster, sometimes up and sometimes down. From time to time, the whole car flew into the air and then fell heavily, and occasionally hit a pile of snow.
Everyone in the car flew up and down and bumped around as the car moved. They saw stars in their heads and felt terrible pain all over their bodies. They felt like they were going to vomit out everything they had eaten.
They were not having a good time, and the convoy behind them was equally miserable. The two civilian off-road vehicles in front of Changji were small and light, and could barely keep up with them.
The three trucks behind were too heavy to avoid the snow piles and could only crash into them.
The front windshield of the car was smashed into pieces, but the three truck drivers didn't care at all. There was a madness in their eyes that showed they were determined to win, and they kept chasing after the car.
Six cars were speeding through the snowstorm night, and the pheasants and rabbits hiding in the ruins were jumping around everywhere, making a lot of noise.
No one was in the mood to hunt at this time. Everyone in the car turned pale because of the bumpy driving route. When they couldn't help dry-heaving, the road ahead finally turned into a flat snowy field, and they arrived at their destination.
Si Nan shouted, "Yang Wentao, slow down. Everyone, carry your bags, grab your weapons, and be ready to jump out of the vehicle at any time. If there are any signs of collapse, I will immediately put this off-road vehicle into the space."
This SUV represents all the points in her account. No matter what the situation is, she must not let the SUV get into trouble.
Everyone, including Yang Wentao, took their packed weapons. When they drove to the location of the underground shopping mall shown on the map, they clearly felt that the ice here was more fragile than other places, because they could hear the sound of the ice breaking when the car rolled over it.
"We won't fall down with the car and the people, right?" Sheng Youqing asked fearfully.
"Don't be such a pessimist." Si Nan lay by the window, watching the ice surface gradually cracking into a spider web with the tire marks as points after the wheels passed by, and he felt a little worried.
After they slowed down, the cars behind them rushed to catch up, but Yang Wentao still drove slowly in front.
Seeing that their car was about to be hit from behind, they did not run forward, contrary to their usual behavior, but continued to drive slowly. The car behind them finally realized that something was wrong.
The young driver of the leading Changji SUV asked, "What the hell are they doing? They're driving so slowly. Are they out of gas?"
"That woman has space, there's no way she's out of gas." The lazy man in the same car with him changed his expression: "No, what's that sound?!"
The two looked at each other in horror, then looked out the window together and saw a scene that horrified them.
The ice surface where their car was located was cracking and disintegrating at a speed visible to the naked eye. What was even more terrible was that the woman named Sinan suddenly leaned her head out of the car window, gave them a weird smile, then raised her hand and threw three heavy objects onto the ice surface in succession towards them, making three dull thuds as the objects fell to the ground.
The ice was cracking faster and faster, but the car in front suddenly stepped on the accelerator and sped away.
"Fuck!" Seeing that something was wrong, the young driver quickly stepped on the accelerator and caught up.
But the woman in front kept throwing things out of the car window onto the ice. Under the light of the car lights, the young driver could vaguely see that what she threw seemed to be square, long, big, heavy pieces of ice, which hit the already fragile and cracked ice surface hard, causing the ice surface to crack even more severely.
The young driver finally realized why they slowed down and yelled, "Damn it, they deliberately led us here!"
The long-faced man had a very gloomy expression. He picked up the walkie-talkie and was about to speak when he heard a loud sound of ice cracking from behind. Then he felt the car he was in shook and the ice surface where the car was shattered into pieces.
"Fuck!" He cursed, and the whole car fell rapidly into the abyss of cracked ruins. He could not help but let out a terrified roar. The car smashed heavily on the sharp ruins four stories high below, making a huge crash!
The car was destroyed and many people were killed or injured.
The flat ice surface was just as Si Nan expected. There was only a thin layer of ice condensed on it. The car had reached the bearing capacity of the ice surface when driving on it. Then some heavy and big ice blocks were thrown on the ice surface, causing the ice surface to be unable to bear the weight and break into pieces. The breaking speed was getting faster and faster, and the cracks extended almost forward along with their car.
Hearing the loud crashes of the convoy behind them falling one after another, accompanied by people screaming and the sounds of wild wolves and beasts falling uncontrollably, Si Nan and his companions became tense, because the ice was cracking much faster than the speed of their cars.
Zheng Jian looked at the ice behind the car, which was constantly cracking and collapsing, revealing the deep ruins below. There were many sharp steel bars and other building materials on the ruins, which were frozen into long and thick sharp ice arrows by the cold ice. The people and wild wolves in the convoy behind fell down and were stuck straight on the ice arrows, blood spurting all over the ground and howling helplessly. Zheng Jian was sweating profusely and shouted loudly: "Step on the accelerator, run faster!"
"The accelerator has been stepped on to the bottom!" Yang Wentao's foot was pressed firmly on the accelerator, his face turned purple-red due to the exertion, and his hands were desperately steering the wheel, narrowly avoiding a large block of ice that was sinking continuously from the side.
But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he suddenly discovered that there was a cliff-like collapsed area in front of him, at least 25 meters away from the ice surface they were on! It was about 100 meters wide! The car couldn't drive through!
He had to brake suddenly and shouted: "There's a dead end ahead!"
The crack in the ice is so close that no matter whether we go forward or backward, it will be a matter of life and death!
"Everyone jump out of the car!" Si Nan gave an order, and quickly took out six large umbrellas from the space, throwing one to each person: "Open them all, and use them as parachutes to cushion your descent speed. When descending, try to land on both feet, and don't injure important organs such as your heart or head. Su Ming can save you!"
While everyone was busy opening their umbrellas, Si Nan waved her hand and moved the off-road vehicle into the space. At the same time, she took out an umbrella and quickly tied the umbrella handle to Dahei's body with a rope. It took only ten seconds to complete this series of actions, but she herself did not even have the chance to open the umbrella. She lost weight and fell directly down.
She looked down and saw countless chilling ice arrows flashing in the dark ruins. She couldn't help but smile bitterly and fell down resignedly.
However, as she fell, she felt a warm hand touch her right wrist, but it did not grab her. At the same time, she heard a familiar, anxious cry: "Anan!"
Si Nan's tears suddenly welled up in her eyes. She raised her head with great effort and saw the familiar figure of Cheng Suming, stretching his arms out and reaching out to her.
BANG! She fell heavily on the ruins with her face up, and three ice arrows pierced straight through her body. She slowly closed her eyes with tears in the corners of her eyes.
***
Si Nan had a dream. In the dream, she was standing in a ruin. A familiar figure was kneeling under a broken wall with his back to her, crying, "Anan, Anan, Anan!!!"
Her cries were hoarse and sorrowful, filled with endless pain. Her heart felt like it was being torn apart by someone as she cried out again and again. She felt so much pain that she couldn't stop crying. She kept getting closer to the man, wanting to see who he was.
One step, two steps, three steps...
Even though she was so close to the man, she couldn't get in front of him and no sound came out of her throat.
Just when she was exhausted and at a loss, the man suddenly turned around, revealing a pale and handsome face wearing gold-rimmed glasses.
"Anan, why don't you wake up?"
He stared at her straight, his deep eyes were filled with endless pain, his pale thin lips trembled slightly, and he looked so weak that he seemed to be about to faint. Seeing this, Si Nan felt so distressed that he couldn't help but call out to him, "Su Ming..."
When she opened her mouth to call out Cheng Su Ming's name, Cheng Su Ming suddenly disappeared from her sight. She was the only one left in the desolate ruins. It was eerily quiet all around.
"Su Ming, Cheng Su Ming!" She couldn't help but shout anxiously and ran around looking for him.
She exerted force with her feet and suddenly woke up, finding that everything in front of her eyes was white. For a moment, she couldn't tell whether she was dead or alive.
"Anan, are you awake?"
A surprised voice sounded, and Cheng Suming's pale face appeared in front of her.
"Su Ming..." Si Nan opened his mouth to call him, but found that his voice was very hoarse, and the sound he called out was as weak as a kitten's, "Where am I?"
"We are in the underground mall." Cheng Suming had tears in his eyes and hugged her tightly: "Thank God, you finally woke up."
"How long have I been unconscious?" Si Nan asked with difficulty: "Where are Sheng Youqing, Gao Moli and the others?"
"You were unconscious for a long time." Cheng Suming reached out and wiped the melted snow from her forehead. "Gao Moli died, Zheng Jian broke his leg, Yang Wentao and I were both slightly injured, and Sheng Youqing was pierced by an ice arrow just like you. You and she were not pierced in fatal places, but you lost too much blood. I melted the ice arrows in your bodies with fire, cleaned the wounds, stopped the bleeding, and bandaged them, saving your lives temporarily. We must rush back to the Shishan Base Hospital as soon as possible so that you can receive systematic treatment, otherwise your lives will be in danger."
"Gao Moli is dead?" Si Nan's chest tightened and he turned around to look around.
It was already daybreak. She was in the midst of ruins that were flashing cold light everywhere. Above her head she could see the vast sky with tiny snowflakes falling.
About fifteen meters above is the ground that had collapsed before. It is in the shape of a large bowl, enclosing the collapsed ruins. It is endless as far as the eye can see, and it is unknown how large the collapsed area is.
Si Nansuo patrolled around and finally saw Gao Moli's body on a high frozen ruin about a hundred meters away from her.
She was pierced in the heart by two icicles as thick as thighs. Her blood dyed the ruins where she was red. A layer of snow covered her body, making her look like a snowman.
She opened her eyes and stared straight up. Her pupils had long since become dilated and had lost their luster. Her face was grayish and her expression was one of pain and unwillingness. She looked particularly miserable.
“Jasmine…” Seeing his best friend die in front of him, Si Nan felt a pain in his heart. Tears welled up in his eyes and he burst into tears: “Why, why did God do this to you? You suffered so much, lost your children, lost your parents, and finally reunited with me. I could take you to live a stable life, but why did God do this to you!?”
As she became emotional, the wound that had stopped bleeding began to bleed.
Cheng Suming held her hand and said soothingly, "Anan, calm down. The dead are gone. You can cry and vent your grief, but you must control yourself and not let the wound burst. Remember, we live in a doomsday environment. People around us may encounter accidents and leave us at any time. What we need to do is to become stronger and have enough ability to protect those around us, instead of living in the past and grieving and blaming ourselves."
Si Nan took his words to heart, cried for a while, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and asked, "Where are Sheng Youqing and the others?"
Cheng Suming pointed to a corner of the ruins with its back to them. Yang Wentao used local materials and picked up a few rotten and dilapidated wooden boards. He placed them on two large icicles to form a triangular windproof shack.
Yang Wentao was burning a pile of wood and sticks that he had picked up from somewhere. Sheng Youqing was lying beside the fire with a pale face, his body covered in blood and bandages, and he was unconscious.
Zheng Jian sat next to the ruins of the fire, with his left leg tied up by Cheng Suming with several wooden sticks.
Seeing Si Nan sitting up with difficulty and looking towards them, Zheng Jian forced an ugly smile on his face and greeted her: "Xiao Nan, are you awake?"
Si Nan was stunned for a moment. As far as he could remember, Zheng Jian had never liked her since she was a child. He thought she had an unpleasant personality and had been eating and drinking at their house for two years. She was an unwanted child. He had always called her "hey" or called her by her full name since she was a child.
Later, Si Chengye indirectly caused the death of Zheng Hao. He never treated her well and never called her by her nickname as affectionately as he did now.
Probably seeing her confusion, Zheng Jian scratched his head awkwardly and said, "I treated you badly before. It's my fault. I apologize. If you hadn't given me an umbrella this time, Xiaonan, I wouldn't have had an umbrella to cushion my pain. I'm afraid I would have been like your friend, unable to keep my balance and pierced by those ice arrows. I fell and broke my leg, and Brother Yang spared no effort to move me here. My brother-in-law also cleaned the wound and stopped the bleeding for me, and told me that as long as I went back for a small operation and rested for a while, my leg would be restored to its original state. After this incident, I also figured it out. In the face of life and death, any hatred means nothing! Staying alive is the most important thing!"
"It would be best if you could figure it out." Sinan looked at Yang Wentao: "How is Sheng Youqing?"
Yang Wentao replied: "I hit my head and haven't woken up since then. Brother Cheng said that I should rush back to Shishan Hospital to check if there is any blood clot in my brain and if it has damaged the nerves. If there is blood clot, I need surgery as soon as possible, otherwise I will never wake up again."
Si Nan nodded to show that he understood, and turned to look at Cheng Suming: "Where is Dahei?"
Cheng Suming said: "It's fine. I'll send it to the ruins in the other direction to guard against the surviving personnel of the Changji base and some living wild wolves and beasts there."
They were still alive after falling from the ice, and it was not surprising that the people in Changji and the wild wolves and beasts were still alive. I just didn't know if there was a doctor like Cheng Suming in Changji to treat the injured.
However, seeing that Cheng Suming and Yang Wentao both looked very calm, it seemed that there were not many people and wild wolves and beasts left in Changji, and they did not pose a big danger to them. Or maybe they had solved the danger in advance, so they were so calm.
"Why don't you take Gao Moli..." Si Nan looked at Cheng Suming's eyes which were red and bloodshot, and swallowed back the words he was about to say.
"Why didn't you put her down?" Cheng Suming supported her back and let her lean against his chest for comfort. "You were pierced by several ice arrows and your life was in danger. I just wanted to save you. What does the life and death of others have to do with me?"
When he said this, a cold expression appeared on his handsome face. "The moment she fell, her heart was pierced by a sharp icicle. Even gods could not save her. There was no need for me to waste time on her. It took me four or five hours to save you and Sheng Youqing. During this time, more than a dozen people from the Changji base who were still alive came to seek death. Yang Wentao and Dahei kept fighting with them. After killing them, the fresh smell of blood attracted a group of wild wolves and beasts who were still alive, and we had another fierce battle. When I finished, it was already daybreak, and you woke up."
"I'm sorry, I misunderstood you."
Just from Cheng Suming's description, Si Nan had already imagined what a thrilling battle they had experienced after she fell into a coma last night. And she was actually blaming Cheng Suming for not getting Gao Moli off the icicle and giving her first aid, which was really wrong.
She felt Cheng Suming's body up and down guiltily and asked worriedly, "There's so much blood on you, where are you hurt?"
"I'm fine." Cheng Su Ming could never be angry with Si Nan, and he did not hide it from Si Nan: "When I fell, my waist and thigh were pierced by icicles, but they are much lighter than your injuries. I have already stopped the bleeding and bandaged it, so it's not a big problem. I know what you want to say, I will go and get Gao Moli's body down right away."
He called Yang Wentao, and the two men walked on the slippery ice surface covered with layers of ice and snow, carefully crawled to Gao Moli's body, took out the knives they carried with them, and hit the ice that Gao Moli's body was stuck in. After working for more than ten minutes, the two men carried Gao Moli's body and placed it in front of Sinan.
"Jasmine..." Tears welled up in his eyes. Si Nan suppressed his grief, reached out and touched Gao Moli's cold cheek, then covered her eyes that were still open, and cried softly, "Jasmine, go with peace of mind. In this world, living is suffering, and death is a kind of relief. It's a pity that I don't know what unfulfilled wishes you have, but it doesn't matter anymore. I will take you away from here and find a place to bury you. I will never leave you alone here."
Cheng Suming did not object: "Let's eat something first to replenish our energy, and then find a route to climb to the ground. Anan, please bring out some fast food for us to eat, and also bring out some nylon ropes and a bag. We will tie Gao Moli's body into the bag and drag it up. Otherwise, Yang Wentao and I alone will not be able to lead so many people."
"Okay." Si Nan took out four steaming fast food meals that he had packed before the end of the world from the space, and also took out four bottles of mineral water.
Cheng Suming gave the lunch boxes to Yang Wentao and Zheng Jian. Zheng Jian opened the square plastic lunch box and saw two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes inside, including braised eggplant, pickled cabbage, twice-cooked pork with green peppers, a palm-sized crispy crucian carp, half a cut braised egg, and crystal clear white rice. He couldn't help but sigh, "I haven't had such a sumptuous lunch box for almost three years. It's good to have space..."
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