Qin Che said calmly, "Is it necessary to make such a big fuss?"
Xue Lei laughed and said, "This is a safer approach. The desert is very dangerous. The fact that you managed to escape from the Oasis Alliance alive means you're quite lucky."
Qin Che didn't speak, his eyes were cloudy. The next second, his hands were tied up with rope by the big man behind him, who personally held the rope.
Xue Lei patted Qin Che on the shoulder, "Let's go. You know where you are. You'll have to bear the consequences."
Qin Che said calmly, "Aren't there still biker gangs outside?"
Xue Lei laughed and said, "We'll take a detour through the fourth district and we won't run into them."
Qin Che was pushed by the big man behind him and followed them up the stairs to the first floor, which was a casino with many gaming tables. Many people were shouting about the points they wanted, and two drunk men were fighting in a corner.
A complete mess.
Xue Lei lit a cigarette, got into the car, waved to the big man, and pulled Qin Che into the same car.
Rusty iron shells, engines humming, four or five cars sped along the main road.
Dark clouds filled the sky, but as we drove out of the dark street, the weather turned dry and yellow again, and there was more gravel on the road.
Qin Che remained silent, looking around to confirm his location and the layout of the Black Street. Finally, they turned into an alley, passed through an iron fence at the end of a street, and arrived at the Fourth District.
Beep!
Beep!
The driver honked the horn twice, and the security team in front immediately made way for him. Several soldiers carrying guns ran up and lifted the roadblock.
"Go out for a bit."
Xue Lei smiled and tossed a cigarette to the security captain, and the cars drove out of the cordoned-off area.
The fourth and fifth districts are similar, with desolate streets and dilapidated buildings. As you approach the border area, familiar earthenware pots and thick water pipes reappear.
The outside was a complete mess.
There were many corpses on the street, and some citizens, like zombies, dragged their tired bodies and groped among the corpses, trying to find some supplies.
The army piled up the bodies of the biker gang members at several locations.
Some people were collecting their motorcycles, and some workers were dismantling them under the supervision of soldiers.
Many soldiers stood around the campfire smoking and chatting. They watched Xue Lei's convoy pass by, their gazes serious, but they did nothing.
Xue Lei didn't greet the army, and drove past with a sullen face and expressionless face.
Behind the convoy, Xue Lei's men, each carrying a gun, were on high alert.
The damage to the fourth district was not high.
The motorcycle gang's forces here were quickly dealt with by the army, showing that Sandcastle was quite capable of clearing out these bandits.
Before long, we arrived at the border area.
The vast and boundless desert reappeared before Qin Che's eyes.
Qin Che smiled bitterly. He had gone to great lengths to enter the sandcastle, but he never expected to come out again.
The sand dunes rise and fall, and with a gust of dry wind, countless grains of sand rise into the sky.
It's a dead zone outside!
It's hard to imagine that this place was once Jinling, the ancient capital of six dynasties.
"Where is the location?" Xue Lei's cold voice came from beside my ear.
Qin Che carefully recalled the path he had taken and guided them there.
The destination was Qin Che's birthplace, the abandoned underground shelter.
In any case, for now, the only option is to give him the money and let him see the benefits; then there's still a chance to turn things around.
But Qin Che wasn't very confident about the plan.
He was a death row inmate.
After Xue Lei gets the money, will he shoot him?
It's possible, but there's no need for it.
Qin Che dared not gamble with his life.
He had already made up his mind.
...
The car sped across the sand dunes, kicking up clouds of dust that drifted away behind it.
The day passed just like that. Qin Che followed Xue Lei and the others, eating dried meat and drinking murky drinking water, watching the sun gradually set and dark clouds gather over the sand dunes.
Until the early hours of the morning.
Qin Che was sleeping on the bed with his hands bound, while Xue Lei arranged for his subordinates to take turns keeping watch. He sat alone by the campfire.
Qin Che asked the burly man who had been watching him, "Hey, what's your name?"
The big man glanced at him, perhaps because Qin Che had been relatively compliant throughout the day and he thought he was not in any danger, and said, "They call me Baldy."
"You're not bald," Qin Che's gaze shifted from the burly man's buzz cut. "After this, can I join you?"
The burly man said coldly, "If we really have the goods, then you are one of us."
"What if there isn't one?"
"Then you will still be a slave. The boss will not execute you, but he can make you wish you were dead."
Qin Che shuddered. "How did you join him?"
The bald man pondered for a long time, then closed his eyes, clearly not wanting to have a heart-to-heart talk with Qin Che.
Qin Che asked a few more questions, but the bald man simply turned over and ignored him.
Obviously, in this desert, no matter how he runs, he can't get out, because he's surrounded by desolate land.
Qin Che changed his position, opened his eyes, and gazed at the moon hidden behind the dark clouds.
Until the very moment dawn arrived—
[Wasteland survival simulator in progress.]
[At 18, you were captured by Xue Lei, an officer under the command of the Sand Rat. They intended to take you to a high-radiation zone to help transport goods, but because you gave false information about the location of their hidden assets, Xue Lei's convoy led you out of the desert. You offered to join them later, leading them to an underground shelter. In the pitch-black depths, using the light of a flashlight, you suddenly seized a shotgun from someone, killing Xue Lei on the spot. You then instantly teleported to the desert and escaped in a car.]
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