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Chapter 528: Seeing Through Without Speaking Out
Of course, Kos was afraid, but there was nothing he could do.
In fact, it was not that dangerous if he encountered a group of bounty hunters. As long as his partner told the soldiers the box number and the location, even if someone robbed it later, the soldiers would only recognize the first person who reported it.
In other words, if someone tried to snatch it, unless they killed the person who reported it halfway, they would not be able to claim the credit.
What Kos feared most was scavengers who would kill him without a word and then try to open the container themselves.
In the end, the container wouldn’t open, and the person would have died for nothing.
He secretly rejoiced that, fortunately, the group of people in front of him were not robbers.
Kos watched the three people leave, but who knew that, as they were walking, two dogs suddenly appeared on the road, which frightened him so much that he broke into a cold sweat.
In the apocalypse, having a dog means you’re either insanely rich or… ambushing people to survive
They didn’t have much things, but the dogs they kept were muscular, which strongly suggested…
Did he escape disaster by divine intervention?
Lord, Amen, please continue to protect me.
Huo Yishen didn’t speak until the fire seed box was out of sight before asking, “Are we going to Fengcheng?”
Jiang Ning didn’t hesitate. “Let’s go and take a look.” Someone who can command thousands of soldiers can never be an ordinary officer.
She had a guessed that it might be Gu Tinglin.
The earth is so big, and meeting each other requires fate. They didn’t get the specific coordinates of their new home, but they might be lucky to find the shallow sea area, and then they met other survivors one after another.
Later, when the land emerged, their team went ashore and took root.
Seeing that he didn’t speak, Jiang Ning added, “If Fengcheng is really built by the southern military base, Zhang Chao and Lu Yu might be there too. Let’s go in and gather information.”
Huo Yishen saw through her thoughts but didn’t say anything. “Okay.”
Five hundred kilometers, it would take half a month to travel on foot.
Crossing mountains and rivers, facing harsh winds and scorching sun, not only was it slow, but it was also unbearable.
Huo Yishen was skilled at driving, so Jiang Ning took out the Predator.
So, Huo Yishen was responsible for driving, and Jiang Ning and Doudou were responsible for keeping watch on either side.
The road was not easy to walk on, and it was shaky.
Bounty hunters traveled up to a thousand kilometers away and could appear in anyone’s territory at any time.
The family remained extra vigilant on the road.
Other than the Predator, Jiang Ning stopped pulling things out so freely, and even eating and drinking were done in the car.
When resting, they would step out to observe the surroundings.
At night, they slept in the car, gazing at the starry sky through the sunroof.
The unpolluted starry sky was really beautiful.
But Jiang Ning had no heart to appreciate it, her mind was somewhere else.
Aside from Gu Tinglin, the southern military base had many high-ranking officers. She didn’t know if he could survive with his illness.
Even though she knew the answer, years later, when thinking back, she felt some regret for not bringing more medicine or giving him a better attitude back then.
And Zhang Chao, Lu Yu, and others…
After so many years of natural disasters, not everyone can survive. She had seen survivors who had lost all their teeth and hair due to lack of vitamins and minerals, whose vision was almost gone, and whose joints had aged prematurely.
Lost in her thoughts, she subconsciously held Huo Yishen’s hand.
His hand was large and calloused, but very warm.
Huo Yishen knew Jiang Ning well; she was stubborn and always acted tough even when she wasn’t.
He gently covered her with a blanket, hugged her in his arms, and whispered, “Go to sleep, we’ll be there tomorrow.”
Jiang Ning cleared her mind, leaned on his arms, and fell asleep soon.
They set off at dawn and sat in the car to enjoy the sunrise over the wasteland.
There was a special kind of beauty to it—tragic, desolate, yet still holding a hint of hope.
After crossing the mountains, the next thing was the endless wasteland plain.
The predator’s heavy weight kicked up a lot of dust.
Jiang Ning used her binoculars to keep watch and surprisingly spotted the vast ocean several kilometers away.
The plain road was much easier to travel, but to avoid attracting attention, they deliberately switched to a more fuel-efficient, worn-out off-road vehicle.
At around three o’clock in the afternoon, the car stopped on a hillside with higher terrain. Jiang Ning, looking through her binoculars, noticed a bay ahead with several military ships, large transport vessels, and dozens of submarines docked.
Jiang Ning had seen these ships before. They all belonged to the southern military base.
At that moment, her hands holding the binoculars was shaking.
If Kos hadn’t lied, they would only need to travel another dozen kilometers to reach the border of Fengcheng, where there were security outposts.
Jiang Ning took the car away and was a little worried about the couple. “What should we do with them?”
Huo Yishen also felt troubled. “Kos said that there are foreign refugees living around the border. Let’s put them in the bag first and think of a way when we arrive at the security outpost safely.”
With no better option, Jiang Ning pulled out two hiking backpacks and let the couple get in. “Stay in there and don’t make any noise.”
Coke’s movements were so practiced that it was almost painful to watch. Bai Xue, on the other hand, was slightly resistant, but after the dog bared its teeth, Bai Xue obediently crawled in.
Jiang Ning and Huo Yishen each carried one on the road.
Worried about danger, Doudou hung a broken submachine gun on her shoulder, while the two of them carried simple handguns.
The couple was not light, but fortunately, the two of them exercised regularly and had very good physical fitness; otherwise, they would have been exhausted to death.
They reached the border by sunset.
When they were two or three kilometers away from the border, they began to see tattered tents, wooden sheds, rusty and broken cars, and houses made of rotten iron sheets.
It was clear that the materials had been salvaged from the sea.
Most of the survivors were foreigners—blond, blue-eyed, and people of various skin tones, including some with East Asian features.
Jiang Ning even heard some familiar Chinese and guessed that they must have failed the interview to enter, which is why they ended up living on the outskirts.
She has seen many people in the end of the world, and it is easy to distinguish good from bad. Many of them have cold and sinister eyes, and there are many scars on their faces. She can tell at a glance that they are violent or stained with a lot of blood.
Letting such people in will easily cause problems.
This is the consistent style of the southern military base—to eliminate possible potential risks as much as possible.
Jiang Ning has a sharp eye, and so do they.
As soon as the three appeared, they were stared at by countless pairs of eyes.
Although they were dressed in rags and looked dusty, they could not hide their flesh no matter how hard they tried, especially the two of them were carrying a huge hiking backpack on their backs.
Three fat fish!
Who doesn’t want to eat meat and drink soup?
Greedy, envious, cold, and eyes with ulterior motives were fixated on them.
Some people even took out rusty knives, homemade bamboo arrows, and sharpened sticks.
If it were an ordinary person, they would have been scared to death.
However, the heads of these three people were harder than rocks.
Doudou smiled, raised her broken submachine gun, and fired a shot into the sky.
She didn’t even raise her head, but something fell to the ground with a “bang.”
A seabird flying in the sky.
Everyone was shocked and subconsciously took two steps back.
Those who reacted quickly rushed over to grab the seabird and even started a fight.