Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 223 Robbery
In broad daylight, before the women could even understand what was happening, they were struck by lightning that appeared out of nowhere and collapsed to the ground.

Because it was daytime, there were faint white flashes of light flowing through Gigi's little hand, which was placed by the car window, but no one noticed.

Of course, it could also be because the women had all focused their attention on Zhang Shaoda in the driver's seat. He had one arm resting on the car window, his dark face was as cold as frost, and his eyes glanced at the women with sharp, indifferent eyes.

Suddenly, he turned his head sharply and looked at a mound below the highway.

Jiang Qi leaned against his good brother, and as his Uncle Dazi's gaze shifted, he gestured to Gigi without thinking, "Attack that mound."

Crack!

This lightning bolt was thicker and brighter than the one that struck the three women, and at the very moment it struck, a scream rang out, "Ah!"

Immediately afterwards, the two men tumbled out from behind the mound in a disheveled state. However, even after they rolled out, a plume of black smoke continued to rise from behind the mound, along with the same burnt hair smell as before, and a faint smell of roasted meat.

Gigi's lightning struck someone who hadn't managed to run out from behind the mound. It was unclear whether it was one or two people, but they were probably already unconscious from the shock and unable to get up.

A smile flashed in Zhang Shaoda's eyes as he glanced at the two little brats in the back seat.

Qiqi is indeed the boss's son; he's so wicked and doesn't know how to be gentle with women. If it's not in his best interest, he'll just do it.

Gigi and he worked together perfectly; he could hit wherever he wanted.

When Zhang Shaoda looked away and then back at the group of men and women, his eyes were as cold as ice.

This place is about 80 kilometers from Pengcheng, but they are not going to Pengcheng at all. Instead, they are waiting here to set up a trap and rob people who are passing through this place and are really going to Pengcheng.

Perhaps it's not just robbery; it's unknown how many lives he has taken.

He pushed open the car door and got out, and Bai Yang and Ren Bin from the car behind him also got out.

As soon as the three of them stood firm, the ground beneath their feet collapsed, and it looked as if they were about to sink into the soil. But in an instant, it returned to its original state, and the ground beneath their feet was solid and unchanged.

When the man using earth magic saw that it wasn't working, another man who hadn't even gotten up from the ground immediately mustered all his strength and hurled a large fireball at him.

Just as the ball of fire approached Zhang Shaoda, it suddenly stopped in mid-air for some reason. The flames were still there, but they were encased in a ball of ice. Then, with a snap, it fell to the ground, and the brilliant orange ice flower shattered into pieces.

Electrocute him!

Gigi didn't bother to hide anymore. She stuck her head out of the car window and flicked her wrist, sending a bolt of purple lightning flying. The crackling lightning spread down from the man's head like a dragon, and before he could even utter a sound, he fell straight to the ground.

Whether they're dead or not, I don't know, but they look like they're finished.

Feeling that staying in the car wasn't enough, the two children opened the doors and jumped out, shouting to Zhang Shaoda, "Uncle Da, leave it to us."

After they finished speaking, the two rushed off the highway. When they climbed over the guardrail, they jumped over it with a light leap, their movements were easy and smooth, without any hesitation.

Before the earth-elemental ability user could react, the two little ones had already rushed in front of him. Qiqi waved her hand to freeze the man's arms and hands, then kicked him hard in the chest. Before the man could fall to the ground, Gigi's lightning followed closely, crackling loudly. The man's whole body trembled three times before he collapsed to the ground, his eyes wide open, foaming at the mouth, and his face charred black.

The whole process took less than half a minute; even the women standing by the highway didn't react in time. It wasn't until Qiqi and Gigi went around to check behind the small mound that the group of women let out an "Ah!" and ran forward in unison.

Even the three scantily clad women who had been knocked to the ground by Gigi's electric shock earlier scrambled to their feet and ran away in a panic.

Zhang Shaoda frowned, turned to Qiao Fei, and asked, "Captain Qiao, what should we do with them?"

Whether the two men were dead or not, Ren Bin had already gone over to burn their bodies, but he couldn't very well kill these women as well, could he?

They're either too soft-hearted or just annoying.

He didn't even bother to ask if she had been coerced by those men; perhaps they had used that excuse many times when they encountered tough opponents like them.

"Let them go, leave them alone."

At this moment, Qiqi and Gigi discovered two people behind the mound, who had been stunned by a lightning bolt that Gigi had struck earlier.

They exchanged a glance, pondering how to resolve the situation, when Ren Bin, who had just arrived, threw two fireballs at them, which were swiftly burned away.

He explained to the two children, "Do you know what these people's tactics are? They have women pretend to be weak or stage accidents, while they wait for their chance to strike. At best, they'll steal something and let the person go; at worst, they'll kill and rob. So, who knows how many lives these people have on their hands? If you encounter them, you must not be soft-hearted, understand?"

The two nodded. "Understood."

It's just a robbery, why make such a fuss?

Four men and six women; all the men were killed, and all the women ran away.

Back in the car, the group watched as several women ran a short distance ahead, jumped over the railing into the ditch, and quickly disappeared from sight. They were all speechless for a moment.

Since there was a child in the car, Qiao Fei and Zhang Shaoda exchanged a glance and said nothing more.

The group of people in the car behind didn't have as many concerns.

Ren Bin spoke first, "Wouldn't they have run off to some small base, and then set up a brothel in the Eight Great Hutongs?"

Xi Shuang was always a good student, and she would ask questions whenever she didn't understand, such as, "What is the Eight Great Hutongs?"

Ren Bin:
Without hesitation, he replied, "It's the red-light district."

However, Xi Shuang still looked completely bewildered after hearing this. Bai Yang chuckled. It seemed that his girlfriend had really been a bookworm in the past, with few friends and not fond of hanging out with people she wasn't familiar with. Therefore, she seemed to have never even heard of some common words that others understood.

Xi Yu glanced expressionlessly at the rearview mirror. He knew that his sister's naiveté stemmed mainly from his strict upbringing. In the years immediately following their parents' passing, he was like a brother, father, and mother all rolled into one. To prevent her from dating too early, he drove her to and from school every day during junior and senior high. He warned almost every boy who tried to flirt with her back then.

Later, when she entered university, she chose medicine, a subject that was both tiring and difficult to study. Every day, she lived a monotonous life between her dormitory, classroom, library, and cafeteria. Even when it came to buying clothes for the changing seasons, he would accompany her to buy them whenever he took a vacation to visit her.

Not to mention that when I took the postgraduate entrance exam earlier, I had even less time to focus on other things.

So Xi Shuang wasn't surprised that he didn't understand the meaning of "Eight Great Hutongs" and "Red Light District".

Bai Yang explained in a low voice, "A brothel."

Xi Shuang was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed "Ah!" She turned to look in the direction the women had fled, frowning as she asked, "Is this part of the Kyoto area, or does it fall under the jurisdiction of Pengcheng?"

Now that the overall situation is settled, in addition to the five major bases in the southeast, northwest and Kyoto, each major base has four regular smaller bases like Pengcheng. And outside each smaller base, there are certain areas that are not included in the base but are under the base's jurisdiction.

In other words, the security management of certain areas outside the base also falls under the base's jurisdiction.

This policy was only recently introduced, and many people haven't really taken it to heart or started implementing it yet.

But Bai Li had nothing to do the other day (in fact, she had nothing to do every day), so she took the new base manual to the clinic and read it aloud to Xi Shuang and the others. After reading it, she emphasized this point. She said it was really necessary, because if the surrounding area is safe, the base will be safer too.

However, the personnel sent out for patrols must be carefully selected; there must be several who are strong in combat.

Just a few days after Bai Li said those words, Xi Shuang personally encountered a group of 'criminals'.

Xi Yu and his group hadn't noticed this before. Now, looking at the distance, it seemed very likely that this place was under Pengcheng's jurisdiction. It seemed they would have to report to their boss when they got back.

After that, we didn't encounter any more robberies, but we did meet quite a few people carrying their packs and hurrying on their way.

Without exception, almost everyone I saw looked pale and sickly. Some were in groups of several people, while others had their families with them, or several families traveling together.

Their destination was Shenzhen without exception.

It seems they prefer Shenzhen to Kyoto or other smaller bases.

Through the car window, Qiqi saw a little boy who looked about his age, but because he was so thin, his neck was thin and his head was big. His limbs were also thin and long, and his T-shirt, whose color was no longer discernible, clung tightly to his body, clearly showing the ribs on his stomach.

Gigi blinked at the child, then glanced at the people beside him before casually turning her head to look ahead.

The car sped past, quickly leaving the travelers behind, and within seconds it was completely out of sight.

Jiang Qi keenly sensed that his good friend's mood was a little different. He thought for a moment and asked, "Did you see someone you know just now?"

After he finished speaking, Qiao Fei, who was in the front passenger seat, turned around and looked at the two of them. He asked Gigi, "Who did you see?"

Gigi looked at Qiao Fei, pursed her lips, and whispered, "My uncle's family, but I didn't see my maternal grandparents."

The little boy was his uncle's son, half a year older than him. His cousin, who used to be half a head taller than him, now looked shorter than him.

Clearly, their family's life hasn't been very good during these two years in the apocalypse.

Of course, that's not the point. The point is, where are my maternal grandparents?

Even though his maternal grandparents abandoned him, they were still his mother's parents, elders he loved dearly before the apocalypse. Even though they were separated and no longer lived together, Gigi hoped they could live well.

But now it seems.
He turned to look out the window, his eyes filled with thoughts. Two more of his blood relatives were gone!

Or rather, it no longer exists.

He disliked his uncle's family, so all his relatives died.

Qiao Fei's eyes turned cold as he recalled the heartless family who had sent Gigi there.

However, he didn't say anything and turned back to look ahead.

This child has his own ideas; he doesn't need to say much.

Qiqi could tell that his good friend was in a bad mood, so he quickly changed the subject. He sighed and said, "I wonder how Yueyue and Aunt Xiaolin are doing. It would be great if they came to Pengcheng, so that Mom wouldn't have to worry about them all the time."

Sure enough, Gigi pulled herself out of the sadness of her grandparents' passing and comforted Qiqi instead, "Don't worry, they'll definitely be fine. After all, Aunt Xiaolin isn't an ordinary person; she even dared to chop up her ex-husband."

Qiqi nodded seriously, "That's true. Aunt Xiaolin is very strong. She will definitely be able to protect herself and Yueyue."

Gigi, "Do you miss Yueyue?"

"Kind of."

"She must miss you too. She once said that she would marry you when she grew up."

Zhang Shaoda and Qiao Fei, sitting in front: ? ? ?
No, are kids' topics of conversation this intense these days?

Before the two adults could recover from the fact that "Aunt Xiaolin is no ordinary person; she even dared to chop up her ex-husband," they were suddenly talking about how Qiqi had a wife.

Qiao Fei really wanted to ask: You have a wife, have you told your mother?
Zhang Shaoda was thinking: In these two kids' minds, the standard for not being an ordinary person is daring to kill their ex-husband?

The two were still savoring those two sentences when the topic of conversation shifted again, seamlessly transitioning to Xiao Wu and Liu Li—
“Last time I took Xiao Wu out for a while, when we came back I saw that Liuli was always clinging to it.”

"I saw it too, weren't they kissing?"

These words jolted Qiao Fei awake. He turned his head sharply, and heard a snap as he realized he had twisted his neck from the sudden turn.

After that 'click' sound, the car fell silent.

Jiang Qi and Lin Zhe stared at Qiao Fei with wide eyes and open mouths. The two children were extremely uneasy. After a while, they asked weakly, "Uncle Qiao, are you... alright?"

"puff!"

Zhang Shaoda couldn't help but laugh out loud, and Qiao Fei said irritably, "Shut up!"

He raised his hand and rubbed and pinched the back of his neck. After feeling a little better, he turned his neck around.

Then she brought the topic she had been concerned about back to the present, "Did you two see clearly? Liuli and Xiaowu really, well, they were lying together? I mean, were they, well, stacked on top of each other?"

The two children nodded and then shook their heads, then looked down at Xiao Wu lying at their feet.

Qiao Fei grew anxious. "You two are nodding and shaking your heads, what does that mean? Is it yes or no?"

Qiqi replied very seriously, "They weren't stacked on top of each other, but their butts were touching. They didn't kiss, but they kissed each other's anuses."

He scratched his head, puzzled, as if he didn't quite understand why the dog's kiss was on its anus.

However, after he finished speaking, he saw Uncle Qiao's eyes light up, and then a bright smile appeared on his face. He even reached out and patted Xiao Wu's head, praising, "Good Xiao Wu, you're so capable!" By the time they got back, their Liuli might already be pregnant.

Qiqi: ? ? ?
"Uncle Qiao, what do you mean?"

Just as Qiao Fei was about to speak, Zhang Shaoda coughed lightly and said to him, "You'd better take it easy, or your sister-in-law will beat you up when she finds out."

Qiao Fei immediately turned around and sat down, remaining silent.

Bai Li's beatings now aren't just about beating people; he's afraid she'll tie him up and throw him over the wall in the middle of the night—that would be too humiliating.

good night!