Qiao An'an's drowsy mind instantly cleared up after seeing the light.
She quickly knocked on the car window, then alertly pointed the gun at the light.
Shen Zhou, who was sleeping in the car, was very alert. He woke up immediately after hearing the noise and woke Li Jianguo up while opening the car window to aim at the light source.
At first, everyone was very worried, but they were relieved when they found out that only one person had come.
Li Jianguo got out of the car from the other side, went around to the back of the person, and pressed a gun directly against the person's waist.
It was only then that Qiao An'an recognized the man as the bearded man they had met at the hospital a few days ago: "You're the one from the hospital!"
The man didn't notice the truck at first. After all, it was only dawn, and the surroundings were foggy. The truck was off and its lights weren't on. If you weren't paying attention, you wouldn't notice that there was a truck in front of you.
When he got closer and saw the car, he realized there was someone in front of him. But when he tried to fight back, a gun was already pointed at his waist. He thought he was going to die this time, but when he heard the person on the other side greet him, he looked up and saw the woman who was the first to rush out to help him kill zombies that day.
We only met briefly before parting ways.
The man didn't even ask the names of the people who helped him kill the zombies, but he recognized this face: "You're the ones who saved me and my wife!"
After talking, Qiao An'an and the others learned that the man's name was Wu Yong, and he was a villager from a village five kilometers away.
Their village is quite remote, and most of the villagers have gone out to work, so there are very few people left in the village.
When they saw the news of the zombie virus outbreak on TV, no one in their village had been infected yet. The village chief promptly sealed off all the entrances and exits to the village, so their village was not affected at the beginning of the apocalypse.
However, last year there was a severe drought, and without electricity there was no way to pump water for irrigation, resulting in almost a complete crop failure.
Things are different now than before. The crops planted in the previous year cannot be saved for seeds. After the apocalypse, it is impossible to buy improved seeds, so there is no way to plant them. Without food, there is no way to feed poultry and livestock, and so on, creating a vicious cycle where food becomes increasingly scarce.
A few troublemakers in the village started climbing over other people's walls to steal food.
Wu Yong was orphaned and had no other siblings. His family was small and vulnerable, making him a prime target for troublemakers. In desperation, he took his pregnant wife and fled in their small truck to an abandoned fishpond nearby. There were many snakes around the fishpond, and his wife was bitten by a venomous snake.
He came here to check if his animal trap had caught any prey.
Qiao An'an figured that since Wu Yong was from here, he should be very familiar with the routes, so she asked him which route to take to J City would be better.
Wu Yong was indeed very familiar with the route here. He replied, "The road you are currently on is about 200 kilometers ahead to the Bohai Bay, which is the shortest route to J City. However, those troublemakers in our village deliberately set up roadblocks on the road to intercept passing vehicles and rob them of their supplies when they see that vehicles occasionally pass by."
There are over a dozen troublemakers in our village, all of them reckless fighters. There are only three of you, with a child in tow. My advice is to avoid this road. Turn around here and take the next intersection to J City. It's only about a hundred kilometers more than this route.
They have taken many detours along the way.
A whole barrel of diesel has already been used.
If we take a detour, firstly, we don't know if we have enough diesel left, and secondly, what if there are similar roadblocks at other intersections?
Qiao An'an felt that instead of taking a detour, it would be better to take down all those troublemakers in one fell swoop and rid the people of this menace: "What do you think?"
This time, Li Jianguo and Shen Zhou surprisingly agreed: "It's worth a try."
When Wu Yong heard these people say they were going to deal with the troublemakers in the village, he was very worried: "Before the apocalypse, they were willing to kill people. You are no match for them. I advise you not to take this risk."
Li Jianguo laughed: "I've never lost a fight."
Wu Yong couldn't refuse the group, so he agreed to lead the way. However, Qiao An'an didn't plan to bring the children. She drove the car to the dilapidated house next to the abandoned fishpond where Wu Yong was, and took out food to treat everyone to breakfast.
Wu Yong's wife hadn't eaten rice in a long time, and she was very happy even with self-heating rice: "You saved us last time, and we haven't even thanked you yet. Now you're treating us to breakfast instead."
After breakfast, Qiao An'an asked Chi Xiaoyu and Ye Jing to watch the car and Ya Ya.
The three adults, armed to the teeth, rode in Wu Yong's car to the village.
When Wu Yong's wife heard that he wanted to go back to the village, she was very worried: "Those people are not human at all. You saw with your own eyes that they pushed the neighbor's family out to feed the zombies. How can you go back? I'm pregnant with your child. I don't agree. What will I do if something bad happens to you?"
Qiao An'an thought Wu Yong's wife's words made a lot of sense.
If something were to happen to Wu Yong, she, a pregnant woman, would have no way to survive in the apocalypse. So she said to Wu Yong, "Brother Wu, you don't need to come with us. Just give us directions."
Wu Yong firmly disagreed: "You are not familiar with the terrain, nor do you understand the wickedness of those people. Since I have received your kindness, I cannot sit idly by. I must go with you."
Qiao An'an and the others originally wanted to try to persuade Wu Yong again.
However, Wu Yong remained resolute.
Wu Yong's wife, with tears in her eyes, said, "Don't try to persuade him. He's always been like this. Nothing is more important than loyalty to the underworld. Back then, our son and his brother's child fell into the water at the same time, and he saved his brother's child out of so-called loyalty..."
When Wu Yong heard his wife mention their deceased son, his eyes darkened immediately: "When did this happen? Why bring it up again?"
Wu Yong's wife choked up and said, "If I don't mention it, are you going to abandon me and the baby in my belly again?"
Wu Yong finally backed down. He didn't mention going with Qiao An'an and the others again. Instead, he found paper and pen and drew out the locations of the roadblocks and the places where those troublemakers in their village usually ambushed them, and handed them to Qiao An'an and the others.
Qiao An'an, Shen Zhou, and Li Jianguo did not plan to act during the day, but instead waited near the fishpond until nightfall before making their move.
In the apocalypse, people's hearts are unpredictable, especially since they brought a car full of food. Before leaving, Qiao An'an instructed Chi Xiaoyu to lock the car doors and not get out of the car easily while taking Ye Jing and Ya Ya with them.
Chi Xiaoyu assured Qiao An'an, "Don't worry."
Qiao An'an and her group did not drive Wu Yong's truck directly to the village entrance. Instead, they stopped about one kilometer away from the village entrance. According to Wu Yong's intelligence, there were a total of fifteen or sixteen people on the other side. Five of them were on patrol, one of whom was standing in front of the roadblock on the road, while the other four were lying in ambush in the ditch on the side of the road.
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