Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 254 Distress
Xi Yu was restless when he woke up this morning. He was distracted during training and was even punched by Ren Bin without realizing it.

"Holy crap, I beat up Brother Xi."

Ren Bin looked at his hands in disbelief, then his eyes widened in surprise.

As others looked over, Xi Yu touched his chin, which had been hooked. It hurt a little, but it was nothing serious. However, given his fair skin, it was obvious that it would be very red now.

He sneered, and the sight of Ren Bin's eyes sent chills down his spine.

Next, Ren Bin was passively beaten on his own. After it was over, Lao Sheng gloated to his partner, whose face was bruised and swollen, and said, "Are you out of your mind? Sister-in-law Xi was coming today, and Brother Xi was preoccupied with something, so you accidentally took advantage of him. Instead of keeping quiet at a time like this, you were making a scene. You were just asking for a beating."

When Zeng Xi went back last time, Xi Yu also sent a letter to Zeng Mei. They had originally agreed to come over with Zeng Xi's family when Bai Lisheng gave birth to their second child, and then they might settle down here.

Although Zeng Xi was very unhappy, firstly because he didn't want his sister to marry far away, and secondly because Zeng Mei's departure would mean he would lose a key surgeon.

Just as they had predicted, the hospitals were in chaos at the beginning of the apocalypse, and many doctors and nurses were lost at the start. So now, as each base has become more and more stable and independent, the shortage of medical staff has become the first thing to be exposed.

Nowadays, each base has a limited number of doctors, and the base leaders are not likely to easily give away such talents.

This is why Zeng Xi was willing to make the painful decision to give up his sister for her own happiness.

However, Zeng Mei didn't want to wait even three months. Having experienced the initial chaos of the apocalypse and narrowly escaping death several times, she was even more eager to see her beloved and not be separated from him for even a moment.

Love brain!
If it were a younger brother, Zeng Xi would have already taken advantage of him. But there was no way around it. His family and his second uncle's family had many brothers, but he only had this one sister. Since she was little, his brothers had protected her like a treasure, and no one was allowed to touch her.

So Zeng Mei wanted to come to Pengcheng immediately, and Zeng Xi and his brothers couldn't stop her. After a final discussion, they decided that his youngest cousin would personally lead a group to bring her over.

According to the plan, they would depart from Kyoto for Pengcheng early this morning. So last night, Jiang Minglang instructed Xi Yu to take a few people out of the city to pick them up, since the girl was coming for him and there was no reason for her to just wait at home.

The plan was good. Xi Yu also planned to leave Pengcheng at nine o'clock, take the shortest highway, and should be able to meet the person in a few hours.

However, for some reason, from the moment he woke up and opened his eyes in the morning, he felt extremely panicked.

So he decided to leave after having breakfast at 7:30.

He also brought Jiang Qi and Lin Zhe, who were supposed to have classes in the morning, into the car. The original plan was for Kang Erbao and Shi Jiashu to go with him, but he changed it to Zhang Shaoda and Lao Sheng instead.

After leaving Shenzhen, the group sped towards Beijing.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the car exited the Ancheng Expressway and arrived at Gaocheng, a city north of Ancheng. The road after that was not as smooth as before, but with Zhang Shaoda with them, it didn't have much of an impact, just that their speed was a little slower.

Because Gaocheng is adjacent to Ancheng, the city's war teams sometimes come here to look for supplies. Many survivors from the north also pass through here. A city without an army stationed and no one to manage it is bound to suffer unavoidable destruction due to fighting.

Leaving aside other places, even the service areas not far from the highway have been almost completely leveled. The highway itself isn't much better; it's full of potholes and gets stuck in traffic frequently. Although it gets cleared up soon after, it gets stuck again shortly afterward.

For example, it is now.

Because the traffic jam was quite severe this time, it took Zhang Shaoda a lot of effort to clear the road and get through.

Jiang Qi, who was about to turn eleven, frowned as he looked at the situation outside, and then said in a serious tone, "It's not far from our Pengcheng. How about Gigi and I come here to explore next time? Hmm, we can also bring Xiaoxiao and Jinfeng along. Uncle Xi, didn't you say that a person has to go through hardships to truly grow up? What good is it to always stay under the eaves?"

Using his words to refute him, you've got some nerve!

Xi Yu glanced at him but didn't say anything.

Zhang Shaoda glanced at the rearview mirror but didn't say anything. These children were currently under Xi Yu's care, so he had the final say on what to do and how to do it.

Seeing that Uncle Xi remained silent, Jiang Qi boldly continued his analysis, "Look, since you've put us in a squad, you have to give us a chance to show our skills, right? Although Lin Zhe and I always go to Ancheng, the Liu Feng team has cleared it out almost completely, so there's no danger there at all, and it doesn't count as training. I'm the squad leader, so I'll take them to Gaocheng for a spin, and you can also test my deployment and our teamwork. How about that?"

His words surprised the others. However, given that Qiqi had been treated like an adult by his mother since childhood, and the deliberate training they had given him since the apocalypse, it wasn't surprising that he would have such thoughts.

Zhang Shaoda wondered if his son would be just like this little brat when he was born.
Of course, it could also be a daughter; whatever it is, he likes her.

Yes, that's right, Xia Min is pregnant. She just found out, and she's less than two months pregnant.

This made Zhang Shaoda extremely happy. Having lost his parents at a young age, although he was loved by his grandmother as he grew up, he still lacked a complete family, which was a regret for him.

Now that I have a wife and children, I can finally live a life without regrets.

Xi Yu thought for a moment and was about to answer Jiang Qi when the car suddenly lurched and then came to a sudden stop.

At the same time, a thin knife flew out from the crack in the window next to Jiang Qi and silently stuck to the outside of the car window.

He learned this trick from his father, so that he could be ready to launch a surprise attack at any time when he was unsure of the situation.

His dagger was also specially made for him by Jiang Minglang; it was thin, small, and easy to handle, yet incredibly sharp. However, he was only given one, since he was young and manipulating a dagger was extremely taxing on his mental energy.

It's true that Qiqi is a dual-elemental ability user, but if he uses both abilities at the same time, it also means that his abilities will be depleted faster than others.

Therefore, before his metal-based superpowers could advance further, Jiang Minglang only allowed him to use one dagger.

boom!
Less than three seconds after the car stopped, Xi Yu heard the sound of a trigger being pulled and immediately said, "Watch out for the left front wheel."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Shaoda and Jiang Qi simultaneously erected an ice wall and an earthen wall in front of the left front wheel. The bullet passed through the earthen wall but got stuck in the ice.

"Lin Zhe, fifty meters to your right, behind the birch trees."

Crack!

As a purple lightning bolt flashed, a scream came from the direction Xi Yu pointed out.

At the same time, Lao Sheng quickly opened the door and got out of the car, disappearing like a gust of wind.

More bullets flew in, aimed at Lao Sheng, but he was too fast to be hit. He didn't need Xi Yu's reminder; based on their past battles in the hail of bullets before the apocalypse, he had a natural sensitivity to bullets.

This gave Xi Yu an advantage, allowing him to pinpoint the enemy's location based on the source of the gunfire, enabling Lin Zhe to hit his target accurately. Jiang Qi, meanwhile, placed ice around the four wheels to prevent further ambushes.

Because he needs to carefully protect the car with ice, it will be difficult for him to control the dagger for a surprise attack, since he is not yet suited to activate two superpowers at the same time.

But that's alright. Zhang Shaoda's skill with clods of earth is now unparalleled. If someone shoots at him from behind, he'll throw one or more large clods at them, while also keeping an eye on Lao Sheng and providing him with cover.

In an instant, gunshots, the sound of rocks shattering, and the crackling of purple lightning rang out in the area, making the screams that were interspersed among them less noticeable.

In less than ten minutes, the area returned to quiet from the chaos of war. However, the smell of gunpowder, the scorched flesh of people struck by lightning, and the stench of blood still lingered in the air, a testament to the turmoil and unrest that had just occurred.

"Was this a premeditated attack?"

After examining the group, Zhang Shaoda found nothing of value on them that could identify them. He frowned and asked Xi Yu, "Who would have known we would be going out today?"

Xi Yu frowned. These ten people seemed to have been lying in ambush here for some time. One of them was an earth elementalist and seemed to be the leader of the group. It was he who hindered Zhang Shaoda's plan to level the road, causing their car to have to stop.

However, because he was slashed by Lin Zhe, before his body could recover from the numbness, Lao Sheng finished him off by slashing his neck.

Once this person dies, there aren't many left worth watching.

The reason they were able to hold out for ten minutes was because they were all carrying guns.

The fact that everyone has guns proves that they are not a small force.

Even so, it was impossible for ten people with relatively weak combat power to kill them.

The person behind this must have thought of this as well, otherwise they wouldn't have sent so few people, but rather thirty or fifty, to kill them all.

But they didn't do that, which means their goal wasn't to kill them, but to stop them.

"Something might have happened to Zeng Mei. Let's go quickly."

Xi Yu felt his heart racing even more. Besides being Zeng Xi's sister and his fiancée, Zeng Mei was also one of the top surgeons at Kyoto Hospital.

Given her status and her own abilities, it's not surprising that someone would try to take her away.

"Don't worry too much. Didn't Captain Zeng send his cousin, who is also Zeng Mei's younger brother, to take her? What's that guy's name again?"

“Zeng Bei, before the apocalypse, Captain Zeng originally wanted to send him to our boss’s place, but then the apocalypse happened, so he couldn’t be sent there.”

I heard he's a fire-type ability user, and his abilities are quite good, otherwise Zeng Xi wouldn't have sent him to escort their precious child.

Thinking this way, Xi Yu's panicked heart calmed down a little, but he still focused on looking ahead and kept his ears perked up, alert to his surroundings.

Two hours later, Xi Yu and his group saw a car parked on the side of the highway in the distance. No, to be precise, the car was hanging diagonally on the half-broken guardrail. The front of the car was half-dented, the windshield was completely shattered, and there was no one inside.

When Xi Yu saw the character '京' in the license plate, his pupils contracted.

Zhang Shaoda parked his car about five meters away from the other car. Xi Yu immediately opened the door and got out. As soon as he walked to the other car, he saw a pair of very familiar glasses under the front wheel.

Those were sunglasses; he recognized them almost immediately as the ones he had given to Zeng Mei.

Several years ago, when she was injured, Zeng Mei took good care of him. When she was about to be discharged from the hospital, she said that her birthday was coming soon and asked him if he could give her a birthday present.

She herself said she needed a pair of sunglasses, so he bought them for her. So many years have passed, and I never expected she'd still have them.

The sunglasses had been trampled to pieces. Xi Yu bent down and picked them up from the ground. Sure enough, he found two names on the two temples: one was Zeng Mei, and the other was his.

This was carved by Zeng Mei herself later.

Xi Yu gripped the temples of his glasses, turned and looked around, finally focusing on the small road leading west below the highway. He said to Lao Sheng, "There's movement to the west. Take the shortcut there, but be quick! Zeng Bei is a fire elemental, so there will definitely be traces of burning on the road. Just follow those traces."

Seeing the panic and forced composure on Qiu Yu's face, Lao Sheng dared not be nonchalant anymore. He nodded solemnly and then dashed off more than a hundred meters away.

Zhang Shaoda also increased the car speed to the maximum, and following Xi Yu's directions, headed west, managing to keep up with Lao Sheng by not much.

Because the atmosphere was somewhat tense, the two children behind them couldn't help but become nervous.

No one spoke in the car because Xi Yu was focused on listening to what was happening.

After driving for about twenty minutes, Lao Sheng disappeared from sight. Zhang Shaoda parked the car on the side of the road, and the four of them got out and surrounded the area with four earthen walls.

Without further ado, they followed Xi Yu into a grove of wild trees.

These forests were formed in the last two years or so since the apocalypse. As for what was here before, there's no trace of it anymore; now, all kinds of trees grow here. Occasionally, a mutated tree tries to extend a branch to block their way as they pass by, but it's immediately struck by a crackling purple lightning bolt, causing its entire trunk to shudder and its leaves to rustle. Then, it's encased in ice and frozen solid, instantly turning into a tree sculpture, never to move again.

The two kids were very perceptive; they knew Uncle Xi was in a hurry to find Aunt Xi, so they automatically went to clear away the obstacles in their way. These guys really seemed oblivious; didn't they realize how rushed and busy they were?

They were even stretching their arms and kicking their legs; they were practically asking for death.

About five minutes later, Xi Yu probably heard the exact sound and began to speed up.

The two children displayed extraordinary physical abilities and managed not to lose track of the others.

Zhang Shaoda glanced back at them every now and then, his eyes full of satisfaction. As expected of the students they had trained, they were not even eleven years old yet, and their physical fitness was already at this level. It was truly impressive.

After running for a short while, even Jiang Qi and Lin Zhe heard the sounds of fighting coming from ahead, as well as the familiar smell of burning meat.

The reason why the burnt meat smells familiar is because Lin Zhe always smells like that when he's electrifying people.

good night!