Chapter 110 - On the Road
Chapter 110 - On the Road
The Hummer had been on the road for a long time, and except for a short lunch break and a stop to refuel - the fuel was taken from the reserves in Duan Yunhong's space - it almost never stopped before dark.
Ning Fei took over driving for the last three hours. After the sun had completely set, Duan Yunhong asked them to stop and rest. They drove into a convoy gathering point outside the base, preparing to rest for a night before leaving at daybreak. Of course, the reason for not entering the base is not because of lack of money to pay the entrance fee, but because one does not want his whereabouts to be discovered.
This base is not big, and the gathering points outside the base are unattended and messy. There were cars of all sizes parked randomly, with tents and other things in between. There were also some convoy personnel, local vendors, and idle people who were doing nothing. Ning Fei didn't want to get involved, so he parked the Hummer away from the convoy. Duan Yunhong had no objection, and after stopping to tidy up, he finally turned on his cell phone.
Information and system reminders really came in like a tide.
Duan Yunhong had the foresight to turn off all the message alert sounds and vibrations, so at this moment only the prompt box was jumping constantly, and some were even just refreshing numbers. Duan Yunhong simply threw his phone back to the front of the car, ready to wait until the new message notifications were over before checking it. However, before the phone screen, which had been lit up by a series of new message alerts, went dark, the first call came in.
Duan Yunhong looked at the caller ID and it seemed that he was going to answer the call. Ning Fei intentionally gave him some space to make a phone call and patted his arm: "I'll get off the car and solve the problem."
Duan Yunhong nodded and picked up the phone with one hand, and Ning Fei got out of the car from the passenger seat.
He really wanted to go and release some water. Originally there was a toilet in this parking lot, but when Ning Fei walked nearby, he found that the toilet was pitch black as the power was cut off. Moreover, the smell is enough to leave people speechless even from a distance. Anyone who dares to go in at this time is really not afraid of being suffocated to death in the dark.
At this point, there was a car parked across the toilet door, the lights were on in the car, and people seemed to be playing cards. Seeing Ning Fei approaching, someone leaned out of the window and shouted, "5 points for each liter of water you collect, 10 points for 5 minutes in the toilet."
——It turns out that they were illegally occupying resources and selling water.
Ning Fei didn't even bother to say "I don't want to buy it" and just walked away. These people collect fees here, but they are not responsible for keeping the toilets clean. They are simply occupying the water and making money. The smell is so bad that they can shout so loudly while playing cards. They should not be able to smell it anymore and must have been suffocated by the smell.
Ning Fei would rather go to the wild grove nearby to "liberate her nature".
However, the grove was not clean either. Ning Fei could tell by the smell when he went in that many people had done it here. Ning Fei was too lazy to go too deep, so he just walked around to avoid the "landmines" and came to a relatively acceptable place, ready to solve the problem on the spot.
Just as he stopped, the night wind blew through the woods, and a rustling sound came from behind him.
Ning Fei made a "tsk" sound, pulled out his gun and turned around.
"Visiting the restroom too? My XP is pretty special."
***
Bang--!
Duan Yunhong, who was on the phone, heard gunshots not far away and paused in his speech.
He looked in the direction where the gunshots echoed, but of course he saw nothing. He put his phone down, put the call on hold and put it into the background, clicked on the message interface, and quickly typed a few words.
The person on the other end of the phone urged him, and he continued, "...Anyway, I won't be back right away. I will review and track projects on the system on my phone, and you can call me if you have anything to do. I have something I must deal with in person, and I will report my subsequent schedule and work status to the minister in person. That's it, don't call me if it's not urgent, you can contact me through information and the system."
After saying that, Duan Yunhong hung up the phone.
He looked at the message interface with no replies, ignored the other avatars with red dots indicating unread messages, turned off his phone and put it into his space. When he put his hand on the car door, Duan Yunhong realized that he had not yet unbuckled his seat belt.
He unbuckled his seat belt again, and just as he lowered his head for a moment, he heard a knock on the window.
When Duan Yunhong looked up, he found that the person outside the car window was not Ning Fei, but a strange man. He looks to be in his forties, not tall, but quite fat, with some fat on his face. There was another man standing behind him, probably less than 40 years old, tall and thin, with a slightly hunchbacked appearance. The tall man was holding something that looked like a crowbar in his hand. His lower body couldn't be seen from close up, so it was unknown whether he was armed.
Duan Yunhong knew what they were here for and didn't open the window at all.
The man outside waited for a while before realizing that Duan Yunhong had no intention of lowering the car window. So he knocked on the window glass again, more roughly and louder, and even raised a hammer to threaten Duan Yunhong. The meaning is very clear, if Duan Yunhong doesn't open the window, he will "force him to open the window".
Faced with this ridiculous provocation, Duan Yunhong didn't even bother to laugh. He gently grabbed a pistol where the fat man couldn't see.
Just like the fat man raised his hammer, Duan Yunhong raised his gun.
The fat man's knocking on the window suddenly stopped.
Duan Yunhong knew that he was scared, and he also knew that he didn't have a gun. Even in such a world, there are not so many guns in this country that "if everyone has a gun, there will not be chaos." The fact that these two idiots brought hammers, iron bars and other things to "collect protection money" shows that they don't have anything good either.
After all, in such an unknown little place, what kind of powerful group could be collecting protection fees from lone travelers?
Just as Duan Yunhong expected, when he saw the gun, the fat man retreated and retracted his feet. But he was probably too embarrassed to act so cowardly in front of his accomplices, so he could only put on a gloomy look, smack his lips, and back away. However, before he could completely turn around and leave, an invisible force suddenly rushed towards them!
Yes, invisible. Duan Yunhong watched helplessly as if there was an invisible big foot kicking the two men straight away!
The two men fell ten meters away with two bangs, like sandbags, without any power to resist. Ning Fei then walked over from the rear of the car and stopped next to Duan Yunhong's driver's seat.
"You are the one who is robbing your grandpa for money and sex. Have you ever thought about why we are acting alone? Is that thing on your neck for holding shit?" Ning Fei sneered. He also held a gun and pointed it at the two people who just got up. "Go back and explain clearly to your local snake, oh no, local gecko, that we are just passing by and will stay for one night and leave at dawn. Don't do anything to get yourself killed. Do you understand?"
"..." The two men didn't say anything. They just hunched their backs and hugged their arms, trying to slip away quietly, as if they had shrunk. One of them might have broken his leg, and was limping a little, but he didn't stop to check his injury and waste time. He held his companion with one hand and tried to walk.
"Oh, right, wait a minute!" Ning Fei's words made the two of them stiffen. They stopped and looked at him involuntarily, as if they wanted to leave but didn't dare to. Ning Fei pointed in the direction of the grove and said, "One of your accomplices may have been hit by me in the leg or somewhere else. It was too dark for me to see clearly. Go and see for yourselves."
The more nonchalant and casual his tone was, the more frightened the two cowardly thugs became. They were worried that his gun would accidentally go off when his hand was moving around. The two of them nodded randomly and quickened their pace to slip away.
"Tsk, you coward." Ning Fei didn't even turn on the safety of his gun this time. He just stuffed it into the holster at his waist with quite skillful movements. The car window next to him had rolled down at some point, and Duan Yunhong looked at Ning Fei: "You were the one who fired the gun just now? 'Robbery'?"
"Yeah, I went to the woods to relax, and this idiot followed me in." Ning Fei said sarcastically, "And I had my gun out, but he asked me how much I would pay for a game. It's like there's a humanoid creature growing on my head."
"It's so dark, he might not be able to see your gun." Duan Yunhong narrowed his eyes very slightly, but maintained a calm and casual tone, "And then, you didn't kill him?"
Ning Fei smiled: "Hey, don't be too demanding in this dark forest. Just hit him so that he can't move. Don't be too precise."
Duan Yunhong didn't believe that he couldn't hit the target. Precisely because it is black, isn't the torso easier to hit than the thigh? Ning Fei could accurately tell that the shot hit the leg because he aimed deliberately.
Ning Fei didn't refrain from killing him out of kindness. It was just that considering that the two of them would have to stay in the gathering place for one more night and didn't want to cause too much noise, they saved the person's life. But then again, if you get shot in a place like this, it's still very dangerous if you don't stop the bleeding immediately and seek medical treatment. It is also possible that the bullet hits the large artery in the leg, which would be even more likely to be fatal.
But Duan Yunhong didn't care about that. He just asked, "After you fired the gun, did you let go?"
"I did let him go, but could you please not put it in this context, as if I had hurt him." Ning Fei put his arm on the car window, "I would never 'reward' him like this."
"'Reward'..." Duan Yunhong finally smiled and changed the subject, "By the way, you didn't bring your phone?"
"My phone is on me, but I haven't turned it on yet." Ning Fei patted the trouser pocket that contained the phone, "Why, were you looking for me just now?"
"I heard the gunshot and just checked if it was you." Duan Yunhong said, taking out a pump bottle and holding it out, "Hand."
"Ah?" Ning Fei didn't know what he was going to do, but reached out anyway. Duan Yunhong pressed his fingers, and a white foam gently fell into Ning Fei's palm, accompanied by a fresh lemon scent.
It's hand sanitizer.
Ning Fei was a little speechless. He rubbed his hands with foam and complained: "Only you can be so particular about this. Hey, you didn't choose the space ability just because you have mysophobia? This way you can put more cleaning supplies and the like. After all, other people will think it is a burden."
Duan Yunhong calmly put away the hand sanitizer: "I have said many times that I am not a germaphobe."
Ning Fei didn't refute, but just said "ha" with a playful look on his face.
"You can go make dinner now." Duan Yunhong started to take out the camping stove and self-heating food, and stuffed them all to Ning Fei. "There is drinking water in the back. You can open the trunk and make it directly in the car."
Ning Fei was forced to hold the thing tightly and sneered: "Oh, so you want to order me around. I'm making food, what are you doing?"
"I provided the supplies." Duan Yunhong paused, then added, "I have two more calls to make."
"Director Duan is really busy." Ning Fei chuckled twice, "Well, after all, self-heating food is at least better than dry food. I'll go get food for Director Duan."
After saying this, he went straight to the back of the car without waiting for Duan Yunhong to answer. Duan Yunhong had just pressed the button to open the trunk, and Ning Fei's wind-based ability activated, and the trunk door rose completely. The space here is indeed not small, with some supplies arranged in an organized manner, probably just for display.
Ning Fei put the things down and climbed up, sighing: "It's really huge——"
Duan Yunhong felt that his tone was meaningful and looked back at him: "What do you want to say?"
Ning Fei lay on the back seat, looked at him and grinned: "Nothing, I just said there's a lot of space in the car."
Duan Yunhong: “…”
The two looked at each other in silence for a few seconds, and Duan Yunhong finally decided not to dwell on this topic anymore and turned back to make the phone call.
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