Chapter 32: Another encounter with mutant animals and rainstorm
"ah!"
Tang Mingli didn't waste any time and shot directly at the gap between the two people.
The two men fell to the ground at the same time. They could still feel the traces of bullets passing by their ears and smell the smell of gunpowder in the humid air.
My mind went blank and I didn't even notice the water stain between my legs.
“Get out of the way!”
This time no one dared to stop them. The other person who was still able to stand hurriedly helped the two of them to crawl away.
Yang Yi did not follow him and took two steps forward.
"What's the matter?" Tang Mingli took back the gun.
"I want to do business with you." Yang Yi's voice trembled a little, and he was obviously frightened by the gunshot.
"We don't have access to supplies." Tang Mingli spoke first.
"I know." Yang Yi said, "My family runs a camping business and we have several branches throughout the city, although many of them have been flooded."
At this point he hesitated and reorganized his words. "But there is a store on the seventh floor, there must be something left. I can tell you the location of the store, you can help me get some supplies back, of course all supplies will be split 50-50."
Tang Mingli and Qiao Qiao exchanged glances without responding.
If we don’t get an immediate rejection, there’s still room for negotiation, Yang Yi continued.
"There are a lot of camping equipment in the store, including tents, fire pits, rubber boats, camping lights, etc. Since the doomsday has arrived, it will definitely not end in a short time. These things will definitely be useful in the future."
"I can even ask for only 30% of the supplies, as long as you give me some food and water."
Tang Mingli was tempted. Most of the stockpiles for this month were food and water, and these things were indeed not available.
I saw Qiao Qiao nod implicitly from the corner of my eye and knew that she wanted it too, but further planning discussion was needed.
"We are going to rescue now. I will give you an answer on this matter when we come back in the evening."
Yang Yi showed an excited expression, "Okay, my name is Yang Yi, I live in 902 on the ninth floor, I'm available anytime."
On the way to the federal building, Tang Mingli handed the driving to Tang Zhijie and sat next to Qiao Qiao.
"What do you think of what Yang Yi said?"
Qiao Qiao: "I don't know what kind of doomsday disasters we will face in the future. His camping equipment will be very useful. You can consider his suggestions."
Tang Mingli: "Together?"
Qiao Qiao smiled, "Okay."
Tang Mingli: "Do you prefer 37 or 55?"
"I'm fine with either. You decide." Qiao Qiao had no shortage of either camping equipment or food, but her hoarding habit had kicked in, and the more the better.
"Then we'll decide based on the availability of supplies at that time."
The place we are going to rescue today is on the hillside. Although it is at a high altitude and has not been completely submerged yet, there is not much left. Except for a few houses at extremely high altitudes, only the roofs of other bungalows are left.
In addition to the risk of mudslides and deep water, people in several villages have not been relocated.
The local young people all work in the city, and almost all those who stay are the elderly and children.
The elderly were used to storing food, and the cellars of every household were almost full, so even the fog had limited impact. In addition, neighbors were more or less related, so with mutual help, the survival rate was higher than expected.
The population of the several villages was not large, less than a hundred people in total, and the rescue was completed by around four o'clock.
Next, everyone continued to patrol here to prevent any remaining people from being trapped.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, when the group was on their way back and passing by a small county town at the foot of the mountain, they heard a faint sound.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
When the rubber boat came to a dilapidated bungalow waiting to be demolished, Qiao Qiao heard a sound with her sharp ears.
"Wait! I seem to hear a sound, maybe there is someone else here!" Qiao Qiao immediately stopped and held her breath to identify the direction of the sound.
Logically speaking, this place had already been searched by other groups of rescue workers today, and there shouldn't be any survivors, but Qiao Qiao did hear rhythmic knocking sounds.
The cooperation during this period has enabled everyone to get along well with each other. No one spoke and everyone was looking carefully.
Qiao Qiao was still confused after hearing that. She remembered that the perception of animals and plants was much more sensitive than that of humans, so she took the opportunity when no one was paying attention to wake up Qiao Man, who was sleeping with the bracelet wrapped around her wrist disguised as a bracelet.
Whispered: "Qiao Man, can you find the direction of the sound?"
The mutant vine raised its head, turned around, and finally stopped on the east side, determining that the sound came from the oldest and smallest brick house inside.
"This way." Qiao Qiao said.
"The rubber boat can't get in." Tang Mingli's face was gloomy.
The bungalow area was half flooded, and only the roofs could be seen densely packed together. The water was more than one meter deep, and the small alley was only wide enough for two people at most to pass through.
"My brother and I will go in, you stay here to support us." Tang Mingli said after checking the surroundings and making sure that they could not go in. "I'll go too!" Qiao Qiao put on the life buoy placed beside him and jumped into the water together.
The situation inside was unknown, and it would be too dangerous for them to go in alone. It was not because she overestimated her own abilities, but because she had the right cards.
[Special lifebuoy: After use, you can float on the water regardless of any waves. It can be used for 2 hours a day, and the cooling time is 22 hours]
The R-level card that Qiao Huizhou drew before he returned to the city has been kept by Qiao Qiao.
"You!" Tang Zhijie and Tang Mingli were both shocked.
"I'm already wet. Don't waste time. We don't know the situation inside yet. Let's get going quickly." Qiao Qiao took out the mining lamp he had prepared earlier and put it on his head.
In the gloomy environment, the light of the mining lamp was exceptionally bright, like a ray of sunshine illuminating the darkness of the bungalow.
"Dad, Mom, wait for me here."
Qiao Qiao picked up a few life jackets and swam into the alley. At this moment, she was very grateful for the swimming skill she learned when she was a child in order to grow taller.
"Be careful!" Qiao Xinghe and Qiao Huizhou looked at their daughter's departing back worriedly.
Seeing this, the Tang brothers and sisters had no choice but to put on lifebuoys and hurried to catch up.
From the boat, the water depth was only about one meter. But when we got into the water, we found that the tide was surging. We needed to use several times more strength than usual to stay afloat. If we didn't have a lifebuoy, we would have sunk into the water after only a few minutes.
"Boom, boom, boom."
The sound continued to be heard, and this time Tang Zhijie and Tang Mingli also heard it. The source was at the end of the alley.
"Everyone be careful." Tang Zhijie deliberately fell behind and was alert to his surroundings.
Continuing forward, the sky was pitch black and the rain blocked their vision. The three of them could only rely on the three mining lamps given by Qiao Qiao to see the surrounding environment clearly.
From a distance, I saw a big tree nearly ten meters high near the last bungalow. Almost all its leaves had fallen off due to the previous rainstorm, leaving the tree bare and looking very pitiful.
"Be careful! There's something in the water!"
A weak voice came from the tree, and if everyone hadn't been concentrating, they would have missed it.
Qiao Qiao lowered his head and quickly swept the mining lamp across the water. He saw a black shadow swimming quickly in the water, aiming directly at them.
"It's a snake!" Tang Mingli reacted quickly and immediately pulled out the dagger from his waist, ready to deal with possible attacks at any time.
The three of them didn't speak, but they stood back to back in tacit understanding, keeping an eye on their surroundings.
Tang Zhijie took out a pair of thick gloves from somewhere, put them on, and held the fruit knife tightly.
Qiao Qiao took out a nail gun with 200 nails already loaded in it.
"Everyone be careful!"
As soon as Tang Zhijie finished speaking, the snakes in the water pounced on him.
Qiao Qiao and Tang Zhijie were in a panic, only Tang Mingli remained calm. He acted decisively, grabbing the small snake with one hand and chopping it into two with a dagger with the other.
He moved swiftly, with no visible obstruction from the lifebuoy, and before long the area around him was covered with dead snakes.
Tang Zhijie was having a hard time. He was fine above water, as he could still hold on with the help of snake-proof gloves and a fruit knife. However, he still had to guard against the swarm of snakes underwater, and he was in a very miserable state for a while.
It just looks a bit difficult for Qiao Qiao here. He keeps firing the nail gun as if it's free. Although his accuracy needs to be improved, with the firepower of the two nail guns in his hands, the snakes on the water can't get close to him.
As for underwater...
The moment the snakes appeared, she gently stroked Qiao Man's wrist and said, "Qiao Man, it's up to you."
The mutant vine seemed to understand Qiao Qiao's words. It quickly loosened its grip on her wrist and swam quickly in the water, more flexibly than a snake, heading straight for the group of snakes.
Underwater where the mining lamp could not reach, Qiao Man approached the snakes at an astonishing speed and wrapped around them before they could react.
The snakes twisted their bodies under Qiao Man's entanglement, but they could not break free. Qiao Man "fought back in kind", and these ordinary snakes could not resist at all, and all of them exploded and died.
The dimensionality reduction attack of mutant animals is so terrifying.
In fact, when Qiao Qiao first saw the snakes, the tension in her mind relaxed. Because the Doomsday Card Drawing System did not respond, if the snakes were mutant animals, the system would definitely report it as before.
As long as it wasn't a mutant plant or animal, everything was still under control. Although she wanted to save people, that was only when conditions allowed, and she wasn't great enough to sacrifice herself for others.
In just a few minutes, Qiao Man cleared out all the nearby snakes and returned to Qiao Qiao's wrist, lying motionless, pretending to be a bracelet.
"Good boy." Qiao Qiao stroked the mutant vine's body and praised softly.
The Tang siblings were exhausted and panting. They remained in fighting mode for several minutes without seeing a single snake before they relaxed.
Tang Mingli said, "It should be gone, but everyone should still remain vigilant and be careful of other dangers."
Qiao Qiao was very satisfied that they were unaware of Qiao Man's existence.
The existence that others can never discover is called a "trump card".
There is no time to rest, and the longer you stay in the water, the more energy you consume.
The three of them continued walking forward and finally arrived at the old and dilapidated bungalow.
The place stinks to high heaven, with feces from poultry such as chickens, ducks, and geese mixed in with the stagnant water, making it impossible to move forward.
"Ugh." As soon as they got close, Qiao Qiao and Tang Zhijie couldn't help but dry heaving. Tang Mingli's face turned a little pale, but he still held it back.
Tang Mingli used a miner's lamp to illuminate the entrance of the house. The door was wide open, and there was no one inside, not even a few pieces of furniture or other items.
The other bungalows are at least made of concrete or bricks, but this one is made of mud. It is soaked in water and looks shaky and even pitiful, as if an elderly man is struggling.
"here……"
A weak voice came from the tree. The three looked up and saw two children sitting there. One little girl was only five or six years old, and the other girl looked no more than junior high school age.
"Don't be afraid, we are here to save you." Tang Mingli felt sorry for the two skinny children.
"Be careful underwater!"
The older girl forced herself to stay awake, but then fainted on the spot after she finished speaking.
The three of them were stunned for a moment. Underwater? The snakes under the water had been dealt with.
[It has been detected that there are mutant animals near the survivors that pose a huge threat to human survival. A temporary mission is now issued]
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