Chapter 24: Desperate Situation (2)

With a cold muzzle on his head and a group of black and velvety rats under the tree, Liu Xiao felt completely desperate: Did he die like this? Was he eaten by the rats like this?... No! Thinking of the prospect of being gnawed into bones by countless rats, the huge fear made Liu Xiao instinctively shout from the bottom of his heart: I want to fight! I want to fight!

But, how to fight?

There are 5 vicious bandits on the tree. They are agile and have excellent weapons. They easily eliminated 7 policemen in Shuangqiao Town. It is not a piece of cake to deal with themselves with bare hands? What's more, they are still injured more than a dozen times, and their physical strength and energy are almost exhausted.

Under the tree is a group of crazy rats, which are endless. Once they fall down, they may not be able to hold on for a minute and will be knocked down by the rats!

Are you really in a state of dying?

At the critical moment of life and death, Liu Xiao suddenly remembered a story.

An adventurer tells his friends about his experience in Africa:

"...I walked into the primeval forest and suddenly became quiet around me. Suddenly, a huge lion rushed towards me in the bushes, and all the people who resisted the guns around me escaped. I was unarmed, and there were bushes around me, not even a tree..."

"Then how did you survive?" asked the friend.

The adventurer smiled slightly: "I ran to a tree, climbed up, and avoided the lion."

"Didn't you say there are no trees around?" the friend asked in confusion.

"No! There must be a tree!" the adventurer replied firmly.

A tree! Liu Xiao was energetic! There is no situation in this world that will die. As long as you find the "a tree", you can survive. So, where is this tree?

"It seems that Mr. Liu doesn't want to jump down by himself," Kunshan sighed and raised his chin to the big man who was holding Liu Xiao with a gun: "Shark, please help him."

The shark smiled grimly and put away the gun, and picked up Liu Xiao like a chicken.

"Wait!" At the critical moment, Liu Xiao shouted at Kunshan: "Mr. Kunshan, I have something to say."

The shark looked back at Kunshan. Kunshan's eyes turned around and was about to speak. Liu Xiao hurriedly shouted: "These words are very important to you!"

Kunshan pondered for a moment, waved his hand at the shark, and the shark's hand relaxed, and Liu Xiao sat on the tree branch again.

"Mr. Liu, I don't know what you are going to say is important to us?" Kunshan stared at Liu Xiao tightly.

He walked away from the gate of hell again! Liu Xiao covered his chest with his hands and gasped heavily, looking in a shocked look, but he was thinking quickly: In a hurry just now, he just shouted randomly, and he had no idea. Now if he couldn't say anything that made them interested, he would probably be thrown down from the tree soon!

Throwing down the tree? Liu Xiao felt a little moved. Just now, the shark clearly pressed his forehead with a gun. If they wanted to kill him, just pull the trigger. Why did they have to throw themselves down the tree? Is it just that they are cruel by nature? Or... there is another reason?

The reason? Liu Xiao suddenly had an inspiration in his head, and he had already understood - they did not dare to shoot because they were worried that the gunshots would attract the search army! The search army...'a tree'! Liu Xiao suddenly felt that he seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw.

"I'm useful to you!" Liu Xiao calmed down and decided to take a bet: "If I die, it will be difficult for you to survive!"

"Oh?" Kunshan touched his chin and looked at Liu Xiao suspiciously: "Mr. Liu is not an exaggeration, right? Why can't I see that - what does our destiny have to do with you?"

"Strange words?" Liu Xiao laughed. He was completely calm. Anyway, it depends on this business. What's the harm that I'll just perform a good show for you?

"Do you know how much force the government has sent to hunt you down? There is a whole mechanized regiment on the ground! 1,450 soldiers, plus 300 policemen in the Zhongjiang City Police System, a total of more than 1,700 people were divided into more than 100 groups to conduct carpet-style searches in this area!" Liu Xiao looked at the faces of several people on the tree. Everyone, including Kunshan, listened very seriously. It's very good. I'm afraid you don't listen carefully. As long as you are willing to listen, I will have a chance!

"...What about the sky? The Southwest Military Region dispatched the entire Army Aviation Brigade directly under the Military Region. A total of 80 helicopters and airlifted 2 paratroopers battalions. 800 paratroopers launched a larger search. Once you find your traces, you will immediately drop the paratroopers to arrest them!" Liu Xiao's tongue expanded the search power by three times, but his face was a serious expression: "Also, you can't stay in this wilderness for a long time. You have to find a place where people live to supplement food. If you do this, then congratulations on your winnings. Within 100 kilometers, more than 70 villages are now stationed in a direct special agent battalion of the 45th Army Division. There are 500 soldiers, 200 policemen and thousands of reserve militias. As long as you appear, you will definitely not be able to escape..."

Liu Xiao has completely entered the state of talking, and the increasingly pale faces of Kunshan and others also made him feel good:

"...If you hadn't encountered a rat group suddenly today, you might have been discovered by the search army. However, the rat group will always leave. Once the rat group leaves, the troops of thousands of people rushed over under the guidance of the helicopter. Mr. Kunshan, how likely do you think you are to survive?"

Liu Xiao used his nasal tone to bring a heavy tremolo to his conclusion. The effect was ideal at the time. Everyone on the tree looked at Kunshan with nervous expressions, but Kunshan frowned: "Mr. Liu, your words may be too exaggerated. Even if we have killed several policemen, we would not have sent so many troops to chase us, right?"

"Is it as simple as killing a few policemen?" Liu laughed and snorted.

Kunshan spread his hands and his eyes flashed: "Do you have any evidence of our other violations?"

Looking at Kunshan's dodging eyes, Liu Xiao felt relieved. I finally took the initiative. Now it's my turn to spend your time!

"Why did the government send such a great force? The reason is very simple. You have done something that no civilized society can tolerate!" Liu Xiao glared at Kunshan, grinding his teeth and said viciously: "You are spreading the plague!"

"I don't!" Kunshan's wolf, which had stepped on its tail, jumped up from the tree branch.

"There is no point in quibbling," Liu Xiao's calm expression seemed to be holding a good card: "I wonder if you still remember the terrain around Huang Lanfen's house where you stayed in Shuangqiao Town?"

Kunshan nodded with a little uneasy expression.

"There is a bamboo forest in front of Huang Lanfen's house. When the police came out of the bamboo forest to arrest you, a policeman hid in the bamboo forest and did not come out. After you killed the seven policemen, you started injecting medicine into mice without even searching nearby. As a result, the policeman saw everything you did!" Liu Xiao looked at Kunshan's increasingly ugly face and said mockingly: "You didn't do your job cleanly, so you naturally got into trouble. Now you should understand why the government has dispatched such a great force to arrest you at all costs."

"Bastard!" Kunshan punched the tree pole in anger, and his little red eyes stared at the shark fiercely.

The shark lowered his head and whispered, "I'm sorry, Mr. Kunshan, we were negligent."

Kunshan swallowed hard, and he knew very well that it was definitely not the time for internal conflict. He frowned and thought for a while, and his eyes looked at Liu Xiao became suspicious again:

"Mr. Liu, the situations you mentioned should be confidential to your government. How did you, a reporter, get these information?"

Here comes! Liu Xiao laughed in his heart. I have spent so much effort waiting for you to ask this question!

"It's very simple. Last year I bought a chemical factory, which specializes in the production of rat killers. Several government officials bought shares in the factory. Now they are all members of the rat killer command center - do I understand better with me?" Liu Xiao curled his lips and said lightly.

Kunshan suddenly realized. He had heard of the corruption of Tang officials, but now he had no doubts in his heart. He gave Liu Xiao a thumbs up: "Mr. Liu, you are very smart and admire him."

Now you are starting to be polite to me? Liu Xiao sneered in his heart. In fact, if it weren't for Governor Qin's special criticism for joining the search army, Gao Fei would never have told him these confidential information. Moreover, the background of the acquisition of the chemical factory at that time was not as he said. Just to fool the cunning opponent in front of him, Liu Xiao would have acted in real or fake.

"So, I know the entire deployment of the search army," Liu Xiao said seriously, "So, I want to make a deal with you."

"Trade?" Kunshan touched his chin, looking very interested.

"I will help you escape, so you can let me go." Liu Xiao looked at Kunshan with anticipation.

"Oh, this is a deal that is beneficial to both parties," Kunshan stared at Liu Xiao, his eyes wandering: "But, can I trust you?"

Liu laughed dryly, looking pitiful: "You have 5 people, I only have one. You have weapons, I have bare hands, you are all very skilled, I have injured all over my body, the balance of strength is so different. If I play any tricks, wouldn't I beg you for death? Moreover, if I assist you to run out, it is probably a crime of beheading. For my own life, will I dare to reveal your whereabouts?"

Kunshan pondered for a moment, his eyes rolled: "Mr. Liu, what you said makes sense-I agree with your conditions. If you help us escape, we will let you go."

Liu Xiao smiled and hurriedly held Kunshan's hand: "Thank you, Mr. Kunshan."

Kunshan shook his head and said with a smile: "No need to thank you, no need to thank you. We are now our own people, aren't we?"

Liu Xiao nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

Kunshan laughed loudly and patted Liu Xiao on the shoulder hard: "Mr. Liu, you are a smart person, I like to deal with smart people."

Liu Xiao smiled with a blank face, but his heart fell into the ground. He was finally safe for the time being! As for what Kunshan promised to let him go afterwards, he could come up with his toes and think of this promise, which was useless. Will a bandit who could even spread the plague be trustworthy? This probability is no higher than buying a lottery ticket for 2 yuan and winning the 5 million prize! If you want to be rescued, you can only rely on yourself!

But how could I be rescued?

Liu Xiao leaned against the tree pole and looked at Kunshan with a deep look. Kunshan's face gradually became blurred...

Night fell, and the dark mice under the trees were surging...
Chapter completed!