Chapter 012: Encountering Bandits
The Land Rover Range Rover is driving on the national highway on the concrete road.
There is a deserted field on the roadside. It has been more than a year since the end of the world. These fertile soils in the southern country that originally planted crops are now full of decaying dead grass.
"It's still 60 kilometers away from Changsha City. It's getting late now. If you drive for a while, we will stop and rest for one night. I'll enter the city tomorrow." Ye Fan said, looking at the milestone on the side of the road.
They should have been to Changsha for a long time, but they suffered many unexpected situations along the way and had to go around several big circles, which delayed. This situation is too normal in the end of the world. It takes one week to reach the destination in the peace era.
"Do you have to go to the city? Isn't it too dangerous?" Nie Qian in the passenger seat asked nervously.
You should know that when the disaster occurred, the city attracted countless strange beasts because of its dense population. Now it has been fully occupied, which is countless times more dangerous than the countryside and small towns.
"Yes, is it because only the city can cross the Xiangjiang River? I see that there are bridges in other places on the map. Although we may have to take a little more, we have already gone around enough. We don't care about this little." Qiao Yunyun also worried.
"I just said I wanted to go into the city, and did not ask you to go together. Actually, that's it. I have a cousin who was studying at Central South University. I want to go to find her nearby." Ye Fan paused for a moment and continued, "If you are willing to go together, I will naturally welcome you. If you are not willing to go, then bypass Changsha City by yourself. We can agree to meet somewhere east of Changsha City, or we can part ways."
He naturally hoped that the second daughter would go with him. The second daughter was very strong and with them together, he would be safer whether he encountered thugs or strange beasts. But if they were not happy, they would naturally not be able to force it.
Originally, he could have found a reason to deceive them, but he didn't do this. He felt boring. He felt that he shouldn't be cheating on his companions like this. Otherwise, one day he would be stabbed in the back.
Some people may think that this mentality is a bit naive in the end of the world, but he firmly believes in it. He is such a person who shows that he is heartless, but he has a set of his own values in his heart and is not moved by anyone or anything.
Ye Fan's words put Qiao Yunyun and Nie Qian in a dilemma.
On the one hand, they really hope to continue walking with Ye Fan, first of all, because he is very strong. Although they don’t know that he is a rare supernatural evolver and mistakenly think that he is an evolutionist with a jumping talent, this is enough. Before using such a terrifying jumping ability to kill two earth pythons alone in a short period of time, it has proved his strength.
Although Nie Qian is infinitely close to level 2 and is a mutant, she still feels inferior because she asks herself that even after transformation, she cannot kill two earthen pythons as cleanly and quickly as Ye Fan.
Although alienated people are much better than ordinary evolvers, they only have one gene seed in their body, and cannot be compared with talented evolvers and superpowered evolvers who have two in their body.
With such a companion, their danger will be greatly reduced when they encounter enemies. Moreover, he is proficient in many survival skills, such as driving and various natural geography knowledge, which they are not very good at. Although Qiao Yunyun has been learning to drive, she is still far from the level of driving alone, so if she leaves Ye Fan, they can only continue to ride a motorcycle together.
However, on the other hand, they are very worried about the danger of entering the city. They have entered Hengshan City before, and the number of strange beasts inside makes them still scared. They almost died in the city! The scale of Changsha city is more than seven or eight times larger than Hengshan City, so the danger can be imagined!
"Annoying, why did a cousin suddenly appear!" Qiao Yunyun said depressedly.
"Give us some time and let us consider it." Nie Qian said to Ye Fan.
"No problem, this is what it should be." Ye Fan nodded and said.
So Nie Qian and Qiao Yunyun sat one in the passenger seat and the other in the back seat. The two whispered to each other and discussed in a low voice, and took out a map of Hunan to study.
Half an hour later.
Nie Qian spoke to Ye Fan and said, "We just checked the location of Central South University. It is not in the city center, but on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River, which belongs to the edge of the city. If you just want to pass through here, the danger seems to be unacceptable."
"That's right, but that area is a university town, and Lake University is also there. The population was quite dense before the disaster, so there are probably a lot of strange beasts now. Don't be too optimistic." Ye Fan said truthfully.
"We have considered this, and it is true. However, that distance is not too far, as long as you don't stay for more, it should be acceptable. So we want to ask you, how are you planning to find your cousin? If you can't find it, are you planning to keep looking there?" Nie Qian asked again.
"It shouldn't be unless there is definite news, because to be honest, I didn't really have much hope, I just gave my best to do my best." Ye Fan thought for a moment and replied with a wry smile.
Within one year after the disaster, the human mortality rate was as high as more than 90%. His cousin was just a female student with no power, and the probability of survival was too small.
"If this happens, we have decided to go with you." Nie Qian pursed her lips and said.
This decision was entirely a result of weighing the pros and cons, and there was no emotional factor involved. They made this decision because they felt that it would be more beneficial to them, not because they had a good impression of Ye Fan and were willing to help him find his cousin.
If they think it is not good for them to continue walking with Ye Fan, they will definitely choose to leave.
After living in the end of the world for a year, they are no longer as naive as before, becoming more and more mature and more realistic. Whether it is Nie Qian who looks very mature or Qiao Yunyun who looks a little careless.
Nowadays, they will not trust others easily, nor will they be emotional. Although they talk and laugh with Ye Fan these days, their guardianship has never weakened. Because they have suffered such losses before.
They don’t know whether this is good or bad, they only know that if they don’t, they may not be able to live today.
"It's best, don't worry. If there is any temporary plan, I will definitely seek your consent. I will never insist on going to the point of going deep into danger. And if you regret it, you can leave at any time." Ye Fan made another guarantee, "But it's better to say to me in advance, don't leave without saying goodbye, and let me prepare."
"Okay, this is what it should be." Nie Qian and Qiao Yunyun agreed.
"Be careful, the road ahead is blocked!" Nie Qian suddenly reminded.
Sure enough, a pile of abandoned vehicles was blocked by a hundred meters of road ahead. Seven or eight vehicles were blocked by a few meters wide.
"It's strange. There are not many vehicles in this area, why is there so much blockage there?!" Qiao Yunyun stretched her head to the front and said a little depressed.
"There are no obvious signs of damage to the vehicle, and it is obviously not a traffic accident." Nie Qian said thoughtfully.
"That's right, someone should have deliberately blocked the road. Please be careful of ambushing!"
Ye Fan looked grim. While talking, he quickly turned the steering wheel and turned the front of the car to return.
Because this way of blocking the road is so familiar, this is the most common method for bandits to intercept other survivors in the end of the world, and countless people have suffered their losses.
"It's useless, they probably blocked their way." Nie Qian said to Ye Fan.
Ye Fan also understood this, but he still hoped to rush over before they completed the blockage.
The Land Rover Range Rover drove to the extreme speed, and the hand on the speedometer pointed to 150 kilometers per hour.
As a result, it was still too late. Before I drove far, I saw that the road ahead was blocked. However, it was not the vehicle used to block the road this time, but a giant round wood that was erected.
"Be ready for battle!" Ye Fan braked rapidly and said with a quick look on his eyes.
Qiao Yunyun closed her eyes, stretched out her long tongue, suddenly opened her eyes, and pointed to a dirt slope not far away: "They are right behind that dirt slope, there are about a dozen people! There are two pistols!"
The full name of the genetic seed she grafted is [Golden Cobra Alienic Element], so she has three basic talents for cobras, one of which is thermal vision!
It is worth mentioning that the organ of thermal vision is not the eyes, but the snake-like tongue.
It can be said that she sticks out her snake's tongue and is like a humanoid thermal imager. She can feel the temperature difference of the target object through her tongue, thus forming a thermal image in her mind!
Compared with human visible light vision, the biggest feature of thermal vision is night vision and the ability to ignore obstacles.
So Qiao Yunyun was able to see the objects behind the obstacles, especially living bodies with body temperature. It was because she used this talent that she discovered Ye Fan, who thought she was hiding well.
Ye Fan has always been impressed by this, but he has never asked, because for evolutionists, asking about the other party's abilities is a taboo, because no one wants his abilities to be known to everyone, so it is easy to be thoroughly studied by opponents and enemies, so that targeted means are prepared to deal with it specifically. In this way, the effect of the ability will be greatly reduced or even completely invalid.
This is also one of the reasons why Ye Fan is unwilling to reveal the information of [Wanluoli Seed].
"Let's take action first, let's kill them directly, and take them off guard while they are unprepared!" Nie Qian made a quick decision. She, who is gentle and quiet on weekdays, was so cruel at the critical moment.
Her delicate melon-shaped face showed a ruthless look.
"It's just my wish." Ye Fan was not surprised. The woman in the end of the world had long been different from her past, and was not without her being a hundred times more cruel than her.
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