CH 64.2

When Lian Ru Ning came out of the bathroom, Huang Yueming was talking about the military, she then said with slight surprise, “The military actually came here for rescue?”

Huang Yueming opened her hands, “How is that possible, those two soldiers were just passing by.”

The teenager also said, “They have an important mission, who could they do something as trivial as a rescue!”

Hao Jian looked at the tanned teenager and thought that he should have helped his family a lot, otherwise, how could he get so tan. He also happens to be a teenager and at this age, talking about the military with a lot of respect and admiration, and his brief exchange with them that would’ve lasted for only a few hours at most is enough for him to brag about them for a long time.

“Rescue is not a trivial matter, each soldier is putting their life on the line to rescue and search for survivors. They’re really worthy of admiration.”

After educating the teenager, Hao Jian asked Huang Yueming again, “So, they didn’t tell you where the refuge base is around here?”

“I came back from outside, I know the situation there, so instead of running there to suffer, I’d rather stay at home. There are no shops in front of the village, we occasionally see a person once in a while, let alone zombies. It’s quite rare to see people like you who choose to take the rural road here.”

“It can’t be helped, the roads are paralyzed so we can only take the relatively remote country roads.”

Huang Yueming then remembered that their purpose was to ask for directions. Although she’s been very wary of them at first, Shi Gong Dui is right. They have three female college students who look soft and weak, not like bad guys.

In addition, their family doesn’t have many supplies and they aren’t afraid of being robbed, so they slowly opened up with Hao Jian and the others.

“You said you’re headed to Chengxiang city or Xiang city, right?” Huang Yueming asked.

“They aren’t our final destination, we just want to know which will be the smoother and more convenient path.”

Huang Yueming answered, “Then you’re asking the right person. From here, after the hot spring resort, there will be a rural road to Huantang town, and then there’s a provincial road west to Chengxiang city. If you don’t want to go through Chengxiang, then continue to the southwest. There’s also a provincial road that goes directly out of Chengxiang to the outskirts of Xiang City.”

“Thank you sister Huang for your guidance.” Lian Ru Ning sincerely expressed her gratitude.

They had met a lot of good people along the way, but there were more people who had threatened them because of their selfishness and selfish desires. People like Huang Yueming, who were unexpectedly good-hearted people despite their loud voices and vulgar mouths, are really rare.

“Hey, what thanks!” Huang Yueming waved her hand.

Hao Jian, Lian Ru Ning, and Peng Mao, all went out of Huang’s house and saw Huang Yueming’s nephew talking with Shi Gong Dui. It was simple chatter, but in fact, when the nephew saw the modified and heavy-duty car, he worked up all the courage in his heart and rarely walked up to Shi Gong Dui and asked, “Are you also one of the warriors with a heavy responsibility?”

“Why do you ask that?” Shi Gong Dui asked.

“Because just like in the movies, your car has a lot of protective gear and is very safe!”

Shi Gong Dui didn’t expect to meet someone who’s younger than him, so he proudly took out his equipment and bragged, “Boy, you’re quite knowledgeable! Since you’re a man of culture, then I’ll show you some things for you to see!”

“I’ve seen a computer.”

“Then, have you seen this?” Shi Gong Dui pointed to the wireless dispatch radio awkwardly.

When the boy shook his head, Shi Gong Dui felt that he’s back in the game and the corners of his mouth curled up, “This machine is amazing. It can collect radio waved to achieve communication. That is, when you listen to the radio, I can adjust the frequency of the radio you’re using and then let you pick up my signal and start talking!”

The teenager’s eyes lit up and looked at the radio with bated breath, “That’s awesome! If only the soldiers had this box too!”

“How come the soldiers don’t have one? They have more advanced and amazing stuff than I have!”

The boy responded, “Bu the soldiers we saw that day didn’t!”

Shi Gong Dui pondered for a moment before asking, “What did the two soldiers look like?”

The teenager shook his head, “I don’t remember, but they were wounded and their motorcycles were broken. At that time, after our home was occupied by bad guys, they shot and scared the bad guys away.”

Hao Jian and the others happened to hear the boy’s words, so they turned their heads and asked Haung Yueming, who had followed them out, “Did the two soldiers say what they were going to do? How did they appear here?”

“They certainly can’t tell us what they were going to do, as for why they passed here, maybe they found the road being blocked like you guys, or maybe. . . they’re being chased?” Huang Yueming cautiously looked around and said in a rare soft tone, “I’m telling you, at that time, they had a man whit blood on his body. We were more than afraid that he was bitten by a zombie but the good thing is that they quickly left.”

Hao Jian wrinkled her eyebrows and thought of those missing soldiers in Xinghua City.

Lian Ru Ning asked, “Which direction did they come from?”

The boy rushed to answer, “I know! They came from Jiang City!”

Hao Jian and Lian Ru Ning’s eyes flinched and Huang Yueming asked her nephew, “How did you know?”

“I heard it when they were dressing their wounds. They also said something about. . . a spy exposing their identity and nothing is going to hunt them down!”

“When did that happen?” Hao Jian asked.

“The evening of the day before yesterday.” Huang Yueming was a little puzzled, “Hey, why are you guys so interested in the guards?”

“I have a friend who was in the military and then there was no news about him, so I have to pay more attention to these things.” Hao Jian dispelled Huang Yueming’s doubts with just a few words.

However, she had an ominous premonition in her heart. From the boy’s words, she had already determined that the other party were members of Jiang City’s military team and their injuries must have been caused by the ‘Wugui’s ambush.

The day before yesterday was when they left Jiang City and arrived in Xianghua City. Because they traveled a lot and spent the night at Heshui hydropower station, their journey would seem particularly long.

However, if they were driving a motorcycle, then they could just take the highway or the expressway and come here in only half a day.

In other words, after Hao Jian and the others left Jiang City, Jiang City sent a military team to carry out some missions.

But why didn’t they continue to take the highway in Huantian Town?

Hao Jian put her thoughts away for the moment and told the teenager, “You can’t carelessly say these things to anyone else, or else you won’t be safe.”

The teenager widened his eyes while Huang Yueming understood. After all, Hao Jian had friends who were soldiers, and the warning she gave seemed quite serious. She was afraid that it would invite some sort of trouble so she pulled the boy to her, “hear that, these words can’t be said to another person, or it will get us killed!”

The boy sullenly replied, “Yes, aunt.”

Before they left, Hao Jian reminded Huang Yueming kindly, “if you don’t leave, food will become a problem sooner or later.”

Seeing that they were leaving and that they didn’t have any greedy thoughts, Huang Yueming answered, “This isn’t a big problem, this side is filled with forest and my brother’s family also has fruit trees. They have picked a lot of fruits before, besides, we aren’t easily accessible here, so every time we buy something, we buy enough to last us for about a year. . . By the way, the village over the hot spring resort is quite populous, you have to be careful.”

Shi Gong Dui said, “I didn’t expect you to be a good person, ma’am.”

Huang Yueming immediately changed her expression, “You fat son of a bitch, do you want me to open you up and have your eyes check inside, huh?!”

Shi Gong Dui was so frightened by her rudeness that she hurriedly drove the car and ran away. Hao Jian and Lian Ru Ning smiled behind them and left after saying goodbye.

After turning to a corner and the Huang family was no longer visible, Lian Ru Ning lamented, “There are still good people in the world.”

“What, I’m not a good person?” Hao Jian asked with a smile.

Lian Ru Ning was startled and hugged Hao Jian’s waist before saying affectionately, “You’re naturally a good person, you’re an amazingly good person, my favorite good person.”

Hao Jian might have turned around and earned herself some points if she wasn’t driving.

Peng Mao’s voice clearing his throat then sounded from the intercom, “That. . . you guys forgot to turn off the bug.”

Lian Ru Ning’s face flushed while Hao Jian indifferently took out the bug and said, “I thought you wanted to listen.”

We do want to listen, but none of us wants to listen to your flirting sessions!

“Contractor, how do you turn this thing off. I want to eat hot and fragrant food, not a mouthful of dog food.” Peng Mao said.

After a little quarrel on the other side, it finally died down.

After Lian Ru Ning’s embarrassment faded, she remembered what she heard before leaving.

Her initial analysis was similar to Hao Jian’s, plus, it occurred to her that the day before yesterday, on August 4, two days had passed since the military broke through the conference center and rescued Yu Jiyou and the others.

The signal blocking system of the conference center was also destroyed, so the military team should have been able to regain contact with the government’s upper echelon. Their actions should be assisted by various teams, so why would they happen to be hunted down and killed? Why did the military team from Jiang city have a mission that requires them to travel thousands of miles to carry out?

If it was the same as when the military team from Xinghua city was transporting food, there shouldn’t only be two soldiers.

She voiced her doubts and just as Hao Jian was also thinking about this matter, she was coming from a different angle, “Why did they avoid the road where we met Ding Gunian’s group?”

“Could it be. . .”

“I suspect that’s where they were being chased, so they were forced to use this side of the road.”

Lian Ru Ning’s heart shook, “Could it be that Ding Gunian’s group. . .”

“It doesn’t have to be them, if they came to Huangtian Town by boat, it should have happened yesterday.”

“But why didn’t they encounter ‘Wugui’? Didn’t they have a little conflict with ‘Wugui’ when they were in Xinghua CIty? Plus, with such a large number, it would definitely attract’Wugui’s attention.”

Knowing that they were just driving by using a car, there were traces everywhere. There’s no way that Ding Gunian’s group wouldn’t have attracted the attention of ‘Wugui’ members in Huantian town.

“Either ‘Wugui’ set up a trap there to chase them but failed to kill them, or ran after them. But this isn’t very likely because Huang Yueming and the others didn’t see anyone else passing by after, so it’s possible that ‘Wugui’ people missed them and retreated back to town to lurk. . .”

The intercom sounded again, “I have an amazing idea.”

“You’ve been listening to us talk the whole time, why do you keep on pretending?” Hao Jian said.

“. . . Ahem, we just opened it.” Peng Mao explained.

“Go ahead, what amazing idea?”

“You said, Ding Gunian’s team shouldn’t have any ‘Wugui’ members, so even though they appeared in Huangtian Town, they weren’t attacked. . .”

The one who spoke was Xin Ting, and after she said this, everyone was silent for a while. Hao Jian then chuckled in relief, “You’ve gotten the hang of surviving.”

“Huh?” Xin Ting was a little confused.

Lian Ru Ning took over the radio, “What she means is that Xiao Ting, you’re very smart. Your ideas coincided with hers just now.”

Xin Ting didn’t know whether should she be happy or not after hearing this. If it was before, she might be a little excited, but she was a little embarrassed when she heard this from Lian Ru Ning.

But the fact that she can think of this meant that she has actually thought of something complicated and at the same time, she has become more clear about the existence of ‘Wugui’. Only after understanding their enemies and potential dangers can they increase the chances of survival.

Peng Mao was a little frightened, “Doesn’t that mean that we actually had close contact with ‘Wugui’?”

“Probably yes, and we may have also entered their sight.” Hao Jian said something that made them a little uneasy.

She wasn’t that alarmed, after all, she used a fake name and Lian Ru Ning didn’t reveal too much information. But Peng Mao is Peng Sheng’s older brother, she’s afraid that she’ll get information from him.

And if he continues to move with Hao Jian and the others, then ‘Wugui’ can rely on his identity to confirm the whereabouts of their group.

Peng Mao was first worried about the safety of his companions before thinking about his brother.

But he didn’t say anything, after all, Peng Sheng and he became strangers. In the future, whether Peng Sheng was tricked into joining ‘Wugui’ or was out of Ding Gunian’s control, it was still his own choice.

“Then shall we go to Chengxiang City next?” Peng Mao asked again.

“Since there’s already a direct route to Xiang City, why do you still want to make a special detour?” Shi Gong Dui asked rhetorically.

“So. . .”

Hao Jian responded, “Let’s go straight to Xiang City!”

Lain Ru Ning silently hugged Hao Jian’s waist tightly.

Xiang City. . .

After Xiang City in Southern City, that is to say, when they get there, that’s where the heavens will test their fate.