Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 261: Stay alive

"Boss, we just ran into the management office's patrol team. They said that the Liu Feng team was attacked an hour ago while clearing a chemical plant in the suburbs of Ancheng. The leader was a foreigner, and there were eight people in total: one earth elementalist, one fire elementalist, and the rest were mostly strength-based."

Because Zeng Mei was attacked shortly after leaving Kyoto and chased all the way to Takagi, north of Ancheng, combined with the information provided by Zeng Xi's later investigation, and the fact that when Liu Ying picked up the child, a group of foreigners who came to chase the woman, Jiang Minglang simply went out of the city for a stroll.

He led his men to destroy both laboratories. He anticipated that there were other people behind them, but he never expected that they were from overseas.

Damn, they've got a long reach.

He only brought Zhang Shaoda, Lao Sheng, Ren Bin, and Shi Jiashu with him today. Before they even left Ancheng, Lao Sheng, who had gone out to scout, ran back to the car and pointed east, saying, "It's right there. Liu Xu isn't willing to suffer a loss. He had the patrol team take their injured teammates back, and he led his men to chase after them."

He saw the patrol team from the management office carrying the wounded back to the city, but before he could ask, the patrol team leader ran over to ask if they should send someone to meet Liu Xu.

When they went over after hearing the commotion, the group had already run away. Liu Xu was furious and, without saying a word, led his men to chase after them.

No, he said something like he told one of the team members to go home and take care of his child, and to replace him with Liu Ying.

Of course, there's no need to tell Lao Sheng these things.

Another foreigner!

Jiang Minglang narrowed his eyes and ordered, "Go and take a look."

When the car passed the chemical plant where the battle had taken place an hour earlier, Lao Sheng went in intending to take a casual look, but he was shocked as soon as he peeked out.

He turned his head and said, "A bunch of rats are licking blood on the ground. Boss, let Ren Bin burn them. Their eyes are all red, they look disgusting."

It's unclear whether they were originally in the chemical plant or attracted by human blood, but either way, leaving so many densely packed rats unchecked will inevitably cause them to go berserk and attack survivor settlements when it rains.

The mutated rats were much larger than before the mutation, each one as big as an adult cat, which looked creepy and disgusting.

A ring of cacti belonging to Lei Jia surrounds the base of the city wall, and soldiers on patrol every day find dead rats of all sizes impaled on them. A special rat-catching team was even formed to nip the problem in the bud before the rats cause a large-scale infestation and attack humans.

Therefore, there are very few rats in and around Shenzhen.

However, the chemical plant is located east of Ancheng's suburbs and is not currently within the area targeted by the rat-hunting team.

"You two stay here and clean up, we'll go find someone."

Zhang Shaoda felt it was a bit of a pity. He should have brought Qiqi and Jiji along. There were many rats, and they were agile. It would have been perfect for one of them to practice with a dagger and the other with lightning. He believed that after killing this wave, the two of them would definitely improve their accuracy.

However, Qiqi Gang's powers were exhausted in just two days, so he needs time to rest and recover his energy.

So let's finish exploring today and bring him out tomorrow.

The three continued driving forward, and soon they saw a plume of smoke rising in front of them, appearing intermittently.

Clearly, this is a battle between fire-type ability users.

It seems that Liu Xu has caught up with those people.

This guy had been in Pengcheng for two years and had almost never suffered a loss (except for being beaten by Bai Li). He was very resentful when he was suddenly tricked.

When Jiang Minglang arrived with his men, Liu Xu was already in a frenzy. Many of his own men had fallen, but he showed no sign of retreating. He was fighting three opponents single-handedly. One of the foreigners, who was at least 1.9 meters tall, was kicked four or five meters away by Jiang Minglang. His tall, muscular body crashed into a tree before slamming heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust. The foreigner was stunned by the fall and didn't get up for a long time.

The other two, one of whom was an earth-type ability user, were not as fast as his fist when he swung the stone at Liu Xu. The punch landed directly on Liu Xu's face, causing blood to spurt from his nose.

The earth-elemental ability user took two steps back in an attempt to escape, but was grabbed by the arm and lifted up and thrown towards another person.

The man was about to throw a punch at him, but instead punched his own companion in the chest, causing the chest cavity to cave in and leaving a fist-sized dent.

The earth-elemental ability user closed his eyes before he could even utter a sound.

"Shit!"

The man cursed and kicked Liu Xu in the stomach. Liu Xu dodged to the side and then slashed at him with his sword.
"This kid's got some skills now."

Jiang Minglang, Zhang Shaoda, and Shi Jiashu stood not far away watching, all of them with a hint of admiration in their eyes.

His speed, reaction time, and the force of his strikes have improved significantly compared to before. It seems that Liu Xu did not slack off in his training during his two years in Pengcheng, and even awakened his speed-related abilities.

Just when they thought that the remaining superhuman would soon be dealt with by Liu Xu, a fireball suddenly flew toward Liu Xu's back at an extremely fast speed.

Just then, the superhuman he was fighting seized the opportunity to grab his wrist, making it impossible for him to dodge.

Just as the fireball was about to reach Liu Xu, suddenly a pile of soil fell from the sky. With a "poof," the fireball was covered and compacted by the soil, and wisps of black smoke rose from it.

The two fighters were stunned at the same time. Liu Xu flipped his wrist and suddenly a dagger appeared in the hand that was being held. The power user quickly released the hand and stepped back, but it was too late!
The dagger plunged into his chest with incredible speed, and blood gushed out instantly, dripping down in a series of splatters.

Liu Xu raised an eyebrow. Why was the bleeding so profuse, like a tap had been turned on?

But who cares, let's kill him first.

With a soft "plop," he pulled out the dagger, and blood spurted forward, splashing two meters away.

Luckily, Liu Xu dodged quickly, otherwise he would have been sprayed all over.

Without time to think about why this was happening, Liu Xu turned around and swung the long sword in his other hand at the fire-type attacker who had just ambushed him.

clang!
Before the long sword could pierce the fire-type ability user's body, it was suddenly blocked by a flying dagger.

Liu Xu turned to look at Jiang Minglang and the other two who were walking towards him, and asked, "You want to leave them alive?"

Before Jiang Minglang could speak, he added, "He can stay, but I have to break two of his ribs first."

After speaking, he flashed forward and kicked the injured fire-type ability user who was leaning against a tree. There was a cracking sound, as if something had broken.

The fire-type ability user turned deathly pale instantly, let out a muffled groan, closed his eyes, and fainted.

Jiang Minglang and the other two:
"This guy is one of the ones who killed Little Blue's mother. Do you want to keep him alive? Or do you want me to kill him?"

Liu Xu was referring to the tallest, burly foreigner who had been kicked by him earlier and was still unable to get up.

However, he hurt Cheng Le last time, and for that he was scolded by Ying Tao for being useless and not taking good care of her.

Cheng Le and the other three were all recruited into her team; they were her people. Even now that they've entered military academy, they're still her people.

That brat's maternal instincts are overflowing now; she can't stand seeing the child she took in suffer. So she has to avenge Cheng Le, at least by breaking that bastard's legs.

Without waiting for Jiang Minglang's reply, she stepped on his shin with a cracking sound.
Jiang Minglang watched his actions expressionlessly, while Zhang Shaoda and Shi Jiashu's lips twitched.

You can't call this guy cruel, because he was taking revenge.

The group was experienced in combat, and they could tell at a glance that the people he had crippled were all injured in similar ways to his companions.

As the saying goes, "an eye for an eye," well done.

It just so happens that they don't need these people to be completely unharmed; if they're crippled, they'll be easier to control.

Jiang Minglang walked up to the superhuman who had been stabbed to death by Liu Xu, squatted down, looked at the still bleeding wound, and frowned.

"Captain Jiang, do you also think there's something wrong with this guy?"

Liu Xu lifted the hem of his shirt, casually wiping the blood from his face, and said, "I've never seen anyone bleed like this after being stabbed. That guy seems fake. And this guy, normally strength-based ability users are always very strong and good fighters. But he's not like that. He fought our people for a few minutes at the beginning, then hid. It was only when I forced him into a corner that he seemed to have made up his mind to fight me to the death. And yet... his body is like tofu!"

Liu Xu's words were not an exaggeration. At first glance, this person's body appeared very muscular, with well-developed chest and arm muscles. However, as soon as Liu Xu made his cut, blood gushed out like a dam had been opened, and at the same time, his body seemed to shrink, becoming increasingly withered.

Jiang Minglang stood up and said to Liu Xu, "Go back and call someone to bring these people, along with your wounded, to the patrol team to take them back."

Liu Xu was taken aback, then pointed at himself, "Go back and call for help? I just finished a fight, are you saying I'm exhausted?"

Zhang Shaoda said with a smile, "The capable should do more, right? Who else would go if you're the only speed-type ability user here?"

"Didn't you come by car? Go and call them."

"There's not much gas left in the car, and we have other things to do."

Liu Xu:
Are you worried about wasting gas, but not about straining my legs?

Enraged, he kicked the foreigner who was lying on the ground again, and there was another cracking sound. It was unclear which bone in his waist had broken.

Jiang Minglang's eyes twitched, and he scolded, "Don't kill him."

"Okay," Liu Xu replied irritably, and resignedly ran back to call for help.

He hadn't been gone long when Lao Sheng and Ren Bin arrived.

After instructing Liu Xu to keep an eye on the men whose injuries were relatively minor, Jiang Minglang and his group continued eastward.

Previously, Xiao Lan's mother wanted revenge and killed several people who were tracking her, but two of them escaped, including this foreigner who was 1.9 meters tall.

Now he's brought a group of people to ambush Liu Xu, and they're fleeing in this direction.

Jiang Minglang instructed Lao Sheng to continue exploring along the small path, while they openly took the main road.

"Ren Bin, that Liu Ming from last time, what family is he your cousin from?"

In the car, Jiang Minglang suddenly asked a question that startled Ren Bin.

He blinked and said, "He's from my maternal uncle's family, but we hadn't been in contact for many years before the apocalypse. My mom and my uncle weren't close to each other; they're half-siblings, and my maternal grandmother was my maternal grandfather's second wife. After my mom remarried and my maternal grandmother passed away, my mom and my uncle barely kept in touch, practically like we were cut off. To be honest, the only time I'd ever seen him was when Liu Ming came to visit me, or when we bumped into each other on the street. I wouldn't even recognize him as my cousin. We only met once when we were little, I've forgotten how old we were, and then we never saw each other again."

Liu Ming was the garrison commander who came from the western base last time. Before the apocalypse, he and Jiang Minglang were not in the same system, so they did not know each other at all.

Last time, he came with Hu Ziyi, the deputy base chief of the western base, and suddenly went to Yunxi Village to find Ren Bin to recognize his relatives.

It wasn't really a family reunion; it was just a friendly visit to see my cousin.

Ren Bin was completely confused, not knowing what his purpose was.

After talking with him for a while, I only asked his aunt, Ren Bin's mother, about her life before the apocalypse and after the apocalypse. After the apocalypse, everyone was gone, so there was nothing more to say.

It's really inexplicable.

Because Ren Bin wasn't very enthusiastic and didn't even ask about his parents, Liu Ming felt bored and left after only a few words at the gate of Yunxi Village.

Before leaving, he said a couple of things that made Ren Bin want to laugh: "If you can't stay in Pengcheng, come find me at the western base. Your uncle misses you a lot; he'll be very happy to see you."

They couldn't even get a single line of traditional Chinese culture out of Ren Bin.

His mother said that before his maternal grandmother passed away, she would send gifts to her so-called elder brother every year for holidays and gifts for his children's birthdays.

But they never returned the gift, and when Ren Bin was born, they didn't even make a phone call or ask a single question.

So when his maternal grandmother passed away, his mother immediately cut off all contact with this older brother.

How ridiculous! Saying you miss him?
After discussing it with Shi Jiashu and the others, they all came to the same conclusion: this guy was trying to poach their boss's employees.

Because of Jiang Minglang, these people are quite well-known in the four major bases; otherwise, Liu Ming wouldn't have known where he was.

But didn't we talk about this before?
Why is the boss asking again?

"Boss, do you think there's something wrong with Liu Ming?"

"It's hard to say, but I always feel that he might not be simply trying to poach your partner."

"What does he want to do?"

Jiang Minglang voiced his suspicions, "I think that Hu Ziyi is very suspicious, the one from the Western Base."

Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Minglang suddenly called out to Zhang Shaoda, who was driving.

The two worked in perfect unison. The moment Jiang Minglang shouted, Zhang Shaoda jerked the steering wheel, and the car veered to the right. A wall appeared on the right side, and then with a soft thud, a thin iron rod burst through the wall, only to be knocked to the ground by a dagger just before it reached the windshield.

"what"

The next second, a scream rang out from a mutated banyan tree about twenty meters away from their car.

It was precisely because of this large banyan tree with its branches and leaves that Jiang Minglang misjudged the situation and failed to notice the person hiding in the tree.

After being wounded in the arm by his dagger, the person in the tree gritted his teeth, covered the wound, and jumped backward, landing precisely on another banyan tree.