Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 270 No Wrong Choice
On the Jinling Yangtze River Bridge.

The man named Yu Qian was carrying a heavy backpack on his back, dragging the tow rope of a trailer on his shoulder, holding his one-and-a-half-year-old daughter in a sling in his arms, and holding his four-year-old son in his right hand.

Among the many civilians who migrated, he was not the one with the heaviest burden.

But even so, he was already struggling.

The nearly thousand-kilometer trek had almost drained his strength. Although they had received assistance from the Mechanicus for most of the journey and had boarded steam locomotives and steamships that they could only watch from afar, the routes that these means of transportation could cover were limited after all.

In two weeks, following the main group, he has measured nearly 400 kilometers on foot.

Fatigue continued to attack his will. Even though he had rested in Jinling City before, and even though there were only 10 kilometers left to the final destination, he still felt that he could not hold on any longer.

"Dad, how far do we have to go?"

The son beside him asked in a tired voice.

"Come on, come on."

Yu Qian was breathing heavily.

"We will be able to reach Jinling New City before dark, and once we get there, we can have a good rest."

"Hold on, son."

"You are already a man, you can't fall here!"

It would be more accurate to say that Yu Qian was talking to himself rather than to his son.

He squeezed his son's shoulder, and the latter took two unsteady steps and said:
"Dad, my feet hurt."

"I know, my feet hurt too, but we're almost there."

"No, my feet are bleeding."

Yu Qian was shocked when he heard this. He quickly lowered his head and found that his son's right foot was stained with blood.

"what happened?"

He asked with worry and heartache:

"How did you get hurt?"

"I have no idea."

The son squatted on the ground and took off his tattered animal leather shoes. When he lifted his foot, a shocking wound was revealed.

Yu Qian held his son's foot in his hands and looked at it, then reached out from behind to take out a kettle and poured the water on the wound.

"pain!"

The son screamed, and the Holy Blood Patriarch who was patrolling the edge of the queue in the distance heard the sound and looked in their direction, then approached and asked:
"what happened?"

"My Lord, his foot is injured but it's okay, we can still walk!"

Yu Qian knew better than anyone that if he fell behind at this time, it would be the same as being dead.

The team has moved away from Jinling City and far away from human settlements, but they are still quite a long distance away from the real Jinling New City.

Without the protection of the Holy Blood, everyone left behind would become prey to the monsters.

Seeing his anxious expression, the Holy Blood immediately waved and called the pharmacist in the team.

At the same time, several people worked together to move Yu Qian's baggage to the side of the road, which was not very wide to begin with, to avoid affecting the progress of others.

"The wound is very deep. It's not that I can't walk, but I'm afraid I won't be able to get up soon."

The pharmacist wrapped Yu Qian's son's feet with a piece of clean gauze and poured an unknown medicine on it.

The pain made the four-year-old child look horrible, but after a brief period of pain, he was surprised to find that the pain in his feet was actually easing.

"Let's go, support him and keep up with the team."

"We are not far from Jinling New City. The vanguard scouts have already reached their destination."

"They will come back to pick us up. If you can't keep up, then stay at the back."

"Don't worry, this road is safe and easy to walk on. There will be no problem."

Will there be any problem?
Yu Qian's eyes were full of suspicion.

He had never heard such a statement in his life.

How can roads in the wild be safe?

His wife was killed by a group of terrifying demons outside the city.

And the place where she met with the accident wasn't even a real wilderness.

I still can't forget the horrific sight of her corpse.

In his midnight dreams, he often dreamed of his wife dragging her broken body and asking himself why he didn't take her back in time.

yeah why?
Yu Qian couldn't help but grit his teeth.

I finally faced the same situation as my wife.

Knowing that this is a wilderness, why don’t the “adults” in Jinling New City arrange enough manpower to support us?

Perhaps for them, some people in this team are destined to be eliminated?
The Holy Bloods who followed the team only needed to ensure that most people could arrive safely, and they would not look back to see those who fell behind.
At this time, the Holy Blood Man, who had treated his son's wounds, had turned and left.

Yu Qian sat on the side of the road and fed his daughter in his arms a mouthful of thin rice porridge.

The three of them looked blankly at the team passing by, wanting to ask for help, but found that no one was willing to stop for them.

It was already five o'clock in the afternoon, and there were only two hours left before dark.

Even if they cannot reach their destination within two hours, they must reach a safe area as soon as possible.

Wounded people like their own son are a burden to them.
"Let's go, son."

"Hold on, we can catch up."

"Dad, I can walk!"

The son gritted his teeth, stood up, and limped forward with his numb legs.

Yu Qian was cursing aimlessly in his heart, he didn't even know who he was cursing.

Maybe he was just being hard on himself?

Is this long journey meaningful? Is the choice I made in the beginning correct? Can I live a better life or even survive after arriving in Jinling New City?
All this is unknown.

The sky was gradually getting dark, and like the other slow-moving people, he gradually fell behind the team.

At first, they could still see the shadows of a large army in the distance.

But gradually, there was no one ahead.

The huge fear almost completely drowned Yu Qian. The only thing that gave him some comfort was that the road under his feet was indeed not difficult to walk on.

It is flat, wide, and even has various signs indicating directions.

But what's the use?
This doesn’t make the road any safer.

He subconsciously quickened his pace, and when the last ray of light on the horizon gradually disappeared, he took out the precious oil lamp from the cart.

But he didn't know whether he should light it.

After all, the bright lights in the wilderness are the easiest targets for monsters.
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But at this moment, it seemed that someone made a decision for him.

The sound of whistling wind rumbled through the sky in the distance, and accompanied by a huge noise, a huge monster rushed past.

"Get down! Get down!"

Yu Qian pressed his son down, but the daughter in his arms started crying at an inappropriate time.

He tried to cover his daughter's mouth in panic, but at this moment, the "monster" in the sky suddenly
It emitted flames.

For a moment, stars fell like rain.

The slowly falling flames burst into a dazzling light, illuminating the entire road.

Yu Qian looked up in astonishment, and the monster slowly turned back. Then, mixed with the whistling noise, he heard the sound of someone talking faintly in the air.

".You have entered the area under the jurisdiction of the Huaxia Army. Please continue along the current road."

".This is the Chinese Air Force, I have been ordered to escort you."

Yu Qian stood there in a daze.

There is no doubt that the "monster" that came was not what he expected.

But they were the "angels" of the Chinese Army that he had only heard of in legends.

He finally understood why the Holy Blood Lords said this road was safe.

Because the place where he was was not a wilderness at all.

Under the wings of angels, how can any monster survive? !
Three hours later, Yu Qian finally arrived at the new city of Jinling with his children and supplies.

He walked quite fast on the last stretch of the journey, but compared to the main group, he was not much faster.

He had even fallen to the end and lost all objects to refer to for direction.

But he was not panicked at all.

Because the further he went, the more he realized that he was on the right track.

There are more and more lights, occasionally visible running machinery, and things called "drones" flying in the air to guide the direction.
At this moment, he finally understood that it was not that the Chinese Army had not sent out support forces, but that their way of support was somewhat different from what he expected.

The doubts, resentments and dissatisfaction in his heart vanished in an instant, and when he finally arrived at the new city of Jinling and put down his heavy burden on the ground that had long been cleared and leveled, he couldn't help but lie down on the ground.

Finally survived.

The son beside him looked around curiously. His eyes were completely attracted by the bright lights and automatically running machines. Curiosity even made him temporarily forget his physical fatigue and the pain in his feet.

"Dad, what are those?"

His son crawled up to him and lay down like him.

Yu Qian looked in the direction his son pointed and saw several huge machines digging the ground with their huge claws in the wasteland illuminated by lights.

"I don't know. Maybe some kind of machine for tilling the land."

"You can ask the seniors in the Huaxia Army later, and they will tell you."

"Okay, now go and unpack our packages."

"Dad can't get up anymore, you have to put up the tent, understand?"

"it is good!"

The son turned over and got up, limping towards the cart and untied the ropes tied to it.

He pulled out a large piece of tarpaulin made of animal skins, unloaded a few wooden sticks from the cart, and tried hard to stick them into the soil.

But he soon discovered that his strength was too weak.

In other words, the compacted ground was too hard.

With his ability, he simply couldn't do what he wanted to do.

He looked at Yu Qian for help, and Yu Qian struggled to get up and wanted to go forward to help.

But at this moment, someone suddenly came up from behind.

"New here? Just arrived?"

Yu Qian looked back and saw a man standing behind him, dressed neatly and holding a weapon he didn't recognize.

This is probably the "Huaxia Army".

The aura he exudes has already revealed his identity.

“Yes, we just arrived.”

Yu Qian answered quickly, and the man nodded slightly, then turned around and shouted:

"Someone come!"

"Food, water and tents!"

"A small tent is enough. Anything else?"

"right away!"

Someone answered in the distance, and a moment later, two unarmed civilians came over with something.

Their movements were quite efficient. The unknown machine in their hands instantly drilled a hole in the ground. Then, several metal stakes were driven into the ground. In just a few minutes, a tent was set up.

"You will stay here temporarily today, and start building your own shelter tomorrow."

"The food and water here are enough for you to eat for two days. The dried meat is very hard, so it's best to cook it before eating."

"Try not to light a fire near the tent. The stove is located to the east. The fire is already lit and you can see it."

"If you are really too tired, eat canned food first."

"Yes, yes, sir."

Yu Qian spoke respectfully, and the visitor shook his head and said:
"There are no adults here, just call them comrades or chiefs."

"Okay, I still have to go and settle the others, you guys take a rest."

After that, the three of them left without any hesitation, leaving Yu Qian staring at the pile of food in front of him in a daze.

The man said this was enough for two days.

But looking at it this way, it seems to be far more than that.

Yu Qian rummaged through the pile of food. In addition to the rice, noodles, vegetables and dried meat that he recognized, there were also some things he didn't recognize but were obviously food.

For example, those “tins” of food that the adult mentioned.

Yu Qian weighed it tentatively, and the heavy feel convinced him that it must be full of food.

But how to open it?

The son had already taken the can in his hand curiously. With the help of the light from a distance, he carefully looked for the opening, but found nothing.

"Use a knife, you have to use a knife!"

"Dad, you can cut it with a knife!"

"let me try."

Yu Qian took out a short knife from the cart and stabbed the can with force.

"Pfft."

With a slight sound, the juice in the can overflowed.

He subconsciously stuck out his tongue and licked it, and the moment his taste buds felt the strange taste, his eyes lit up instantly.

"You drink this!"

He pulled his son over, and the latter opened his mouth and licked the juice flowing out of the can, and the expression on his face changed from curiosity to surprise.

After sucking greedily for a while, he said:
"Give it to my sister, give it to my sister!"

"You feed your sister, I'll go open the other cans!"

Yu Qian handed his daughter to his son, and then opened all the cans one by one from the top.

The aroma mixed with oil wafted out, and he was shocked to find that each can was of a different type.

There is meat, some unknown sweet fruit, salted fish mixed with salt, and something that is crispy and chewy, like meat but not like meat.
He tasted each one and then pushed them all in front of his son.

The three of them took turns enjoying their first meal after arriving at Base 011. The satisfaction on their taste buds and in their stomachs dispelled all their uneasiness.

At this time, the flames on the stove on the east side of the camp were burning more and more vigorously, and the aroma of food was wafting from afar. Yu Qian looked at the can in his hand, and he finally realized what the purpose of this 1,000-kilometer journey was.
(End of this chapter)