In a patch of thorns, Tang Ruan sat in the car to rest. Her face and body were covered with dense, crisscrossing scratches, some deep, some shallow, some new, some old.
Half a month has passed, and they have eaten nearly half of the food in the space, but they still haven't been able to leave this thorny area.
Because the thorns were too difficult to clear, Tang Ruan later gave up on getting the car out. She and Tang Rui took turns clearing the thorns, only clearing the path that one person could pass through, and the speed was much faster than before.
About ten meters away from the car, Tang Rui was careful not to touch the surrounding thorns, and she gently cut a thorn with the scissors in her hand.
She didn't dare move too much, as it would be easy to touch the thorns on the bushes. She had been scratched several times before and it was very painful.
Because she was too weak, the thorns didn't move at all under her scissors, and it took her a long time to cut them off.
"Come here." Tang Ruan looked at Tang Rui in front of him calmly.
Tang Rui breathed a sigh of relief and immediately returned to the car. She climbed onto the car and handed the scissors to Tang Ruan: "Here, sister, be careful."
Tang Ruan lowered his eyes and took the scissors from her hand. When he got out of the car, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn't tell what his mood was at the moment.
She strode to the end of the thorns, threw away the thorns that Tang Rui had cut, and continued to cut forward.
The sky gradually darkened and it would be dark soon.
Tang Ruan hurried to clear the thorns.
Suddenly, she saw a patch of lush green grass through the gaps in the thorns.
Tang Ruan was stunned for a moment, then her eyes widened. She looked at the tall grass between the thorns, and finally cleared it...
Having been trapped here for too long, she was very excited when she saw the half-human-high grass outside. Glancing at the sky that was about to darken, she waved the scissors and cut the thorns with force, not caring how many cuts she got.
It was completely dark.
Tang Rui was very hungry sitting in the car. She supported her stomach with one hand and looked into the distance expectantly, but because it was too dark, she could not see Tang Ruan at all.
Tang Rui felt a little uneasy. She wanted to go over and take a look, but there were thorns all around and the light was so dim that she couldn't see clearly. She was really afraid that she would get scratched if she went out.
"Sister? Sister? It's getting dark, come back soon, we'll clean up tomorrow." She raised her voice and shouted outside.
"Sister?" No one answered, and Tang Rui felt even more uneasy.
The night was quiet, but she heard no sound.
Just as her heart was beating faster and faster and she was becoming more and more uneasy, footsteps were heard, getting closer and closer.
"Sister?" Tang Rui poked her head out of the car.
Tang Ruan hummed, got in the car, and took out two bags of bread from the space: "Eat, we can go out tomorrow."
Tang Rui took the bread and couldn't wait to open it and put it in her mouth. When she heard that she could go out, she was stunned for a moment, then said happily, "Is the road open?"
Tang Ruan nodded: "Yeah."
The next morning, Tang Ruan cut off the remaining thorns, and then put everything in the car that could be put into the space, whether useful or not, and took Tang Rui away from the thorn bush.
Because they had no car, they could only walk.
After passing through the tall grass, the two came to a dirt road. This was a completely unfamiliar place and they had no idea which way to go to get to the city center.
"Let's go this way first and see if we can find someone to show us the way." Tang Ruan was silent for a moment, pointed to the road on the left and said to Tang Rui.
Tang Rui lowered her head, her eyes twinkling: "Yeah."
The two walked along the road on the left. It was a two-meter-wide dirt road with potholes and large and small stones embedded in the road surface. It was not easy to walk on.
Tang Ruan walked very fast, and Tang Rui could only speed up to try to keep up with her, but Tang Ruan still had no intention of slowing down.
Tang Rui bit her lip but said nothing.
In the afternoon, when the two men walked onto a slope, their feet suddenly slipped and they fell in together.
Tang Ruan looked up warily, and saw several heads appearing on the two or three meter high pit: "Hey, we caught those two women, and we brothers are in luck!"
Hearing this, Tang Rui's face turned pale.
"Sister, sister..." She grabbed the corner of Tang Ruan's clothes, her whole body trembling.
Tang Ruan grabbed her hand and squeezed it hard: "Don't be afraid."
She had failed to protect her before in the village, but this time...
A cold light flashed in Tang Ruan's eyes.
There was a layer of net at the bottom of the pit. The people on top pulled hard, and the net caught Tang and Ruan and pulled them up.
No one knew what the net was made of, it was very large. Tang Ruan secretly scratched it with a dagger, but there was no trace left. It was actually tougher than thorns.
"Hiss... Damn, what the hell is that? It's so scary." After being pulled up, these people were shocked when they saw Tang Ruan.
Although everything was in a mess after the apocalypse, it wasn't that scary.
Tang Ruan's current appearance is really scary, especially the several crisscrossing wounds on her face, which are particularly deep. Although they have almost healed, the sight of the skin and flesh turned inside out makes people feel cold.
In comparison, although Tang Rui also had two scars on her face, they were very small and only scratched the skin.
"Bah, this is too ugly. I'm scared to death."
"Hey, that woman next to you looks pretty good, quite attractive. Let her out first so I can have some fun."
"I say you're too heavy-handed. How can you still get hard after seeing such a scary face?"
"Why would I look at her? Get her out of here, get this ugly woman away and don't let her get in my way."
A few people laughed and started to untie the big net.
Tang Rui's pupils suddenly shrank, the net was untied, and the man reached out to grab her.
She shrank back, reached out to push Tang Ruan over, quickly got out of the net, turned around and ran down the slope. The fear and terror in her heart made her mind go blank.
Tang Ruan didn't expect Tang Rui to push her. She was completely unprepared and was pushed into the man's arms.
"MD, chase her, don't let her run away!" The man pushed Tang Ruan away and spat in disgust.
The person next to him laughed and said, "Just run. She's heading towards the town. Hey, whether we can enjoy the town or not depends on the boss's mood."
Daqiang was very unhappy and spat.
He looked at Tang Ruan with a murderous look: "Fuck, if it weren't for this ugly woman, I would have caught that little beauty!"
He raised his foot and kicked towards Tang Ruan.
Tang Ruan was still lying on the ground, his hands supporting the ground, motionless.
"Uh--" Before Daqiang could kick Tang Ruan, his body suddenly stiffened, his eyes widened, and he slowly fell backwards, landing heavily on the ground.
"Daqiang?" The people around were stunned for a moment and hurried over: "Daqiang, what's wrong with you?"
Daqiang's eyes were wide open, and the light in them had gone. A little blood color slowly appeared between his eyebrows, and the blood color gradually expanded and slid slowly from the center of his eyebrows to the corner of his forehead.
One person put his hand under Daqiang's nose.
The next moment he retracted his hand in fear: "Dead, dead——"
Everyone stepped back.
Several golden needles condensed and shot towards several people. The slender golden needles instantly pierced their eyebrows.
Several people fell to the ground.
Only a slightly thin man was still standing.
He looked terrified, with a cold dagger pressed against his neck. A slightly hoarse female voice came from behind him: "Don't move. I'm timid. My hands will shake if I get scared."
"Big, big sister, aunt, let's talk it out, let's talk it out, please don't use force." The man was so frightened that his legs went weak. From the corner of his eye, he could still see his companions who had died in unclear circumstances on the ground.
Tang Ruan had no expression on his face: "Where is this place?"
The man swallowed and answered carefully: "This is Qingcheng Town."
She glanced at the deep pit and asked, "Why did you dig such a deep pit?"
The man felt the dagger's slight force and quickly replied, "It's used to deal with zombies. Our Qingcheng Town is covered with thorns. Zombies won't pass through other places. Only here, there are no thorns, so zombies will come in..."
Tang Ruan closed her eyes and held the man tightly: "Take me to town."
"Okay, okay, I'll take you there right away." The man turned his back to Tang Ruan, a dark look flashed across his eyes. He glanced at the ground, and then felt a warmth on his back.
Tang Ruan pressed against his back, the two of them like conjoined twins: "Don't play tricks, otherwise..."
She exerted force with her hand, cutting a gash on the man's neck, and he felt an immediate stinging pain.
The man immediately became obedient, stiffened his body, and walked towards the town with Tang Ruan.
Qingcheng Town is just a small town not much bigger than a village.
At this time, the town was bustling with singing and dancing.
There was a banquet table on the stage in the center of the town. A burly man sat lazily on a chair, watching the performances below and enjoying the attention of the people around him.
Because of Qingcheng Town's superior geographical environment, it is difficult for zombies to invade here. As long as the pass is well guarded, this place will be the safest place.
An old man was tied to a wooden pillar nearby. He was trembling all over and watching the performance in horror.
Tang Da'e knew that when the singing and dancing ended, he would die.
Turbid tears welled up in his eyes. He saw his wife in the crowd, with tears streaming down her face, but still trying hard to perform, and his son, who was forcing a smile and performing all kinds of funny actions.
Tang Da'e closed his eyes in despair and fear.
"Boss, there's someone running over there, it looks like a woman." Someone said beside the burly man.
Upon hearing this, Huang Xiong squinted his eyes and looked in the direction his younger brother pointed. Sure enough, the person running over there in panic was a woman. It was just that the woman was too far away and he couldn't see what she looked like.
"Go and bring the person to me." Huang Xiong waved his hand and someone immediately ran over.
Tang Rui ran madly all the way, with the wind whistling in her ears. She was so scared of those men, especially their familiar lewd looks at her, which made her afraid from the bottom of her heart.
At this moment, her mind was blank, and she could only run, run fast.
She kept running and bumped into two men, who grabbed her and took off without saying a word.
Tang Rui's face turned pale, and she screamed and struggled: "Let me go, let me go, let me go!!!"
She was too weak to break free from the two men's grip and was soon brought to Huang Xiong.
"Boss, this woman is pretty good-looking, hehe." The man who brought Tang Rui here said to Huang Xiong flatteringly as if he was presenting a treasure.
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