Wasteland Survivalist: A Scientific Guide to Post-Apocalyptic Survival

The gunshot perfectly masked the other sound.

Just as the bandits opened fire, a cold crossbow bolt silently shot out from behind a low wall twenty meters away!

"Pfft!"

The bandit leader's neck was pierced by a crossbow bolt, and he collapsed to the ground without uttering a sound, his revolver falling to the ground with him.

The other three were stunned and hadn't reacted yet.

"Whoosh!" "Pfft!"

The second crossbow bolt struck another man precisely in the back, and a long spear made of steel pipe fell to the ground.

"Behind him! He's behind him!"

The remaining two bandits, armed with homemade guns, sought the nearest cover and hid, attempting to reload their ammunition.

But Gu Lang was faster; he cocked the crossbow again and loaded it.

With a gleaming boar-hunting spear on his back, he charged out of his hiding place like a cheetah.

A Molotov cocktail landed, driving the two men out.

Gu Lang shot the third man in the head with an arrow at close range, then dropped the crossbow without hesitation.

The heavy spearhead, carrying all its strength and momentum, pierced the chest of the fourth thug.

With a standard thrust, the boar spear pierced precisely between the bandit's ribs, penetrating straight through his internal organs.

The spearhead pierced through his body, protruding from his back.

The three bandits lying on the ground, wounded by arrows, were not quite dead yet.

Gu Lang showed no mercy, delivering the finishing blow to each of them.

With a sudden twist and pull, the spearhead spurted blood.

In the blink of an eye, all four bandits lay dead in pools of blood.

He was breathing heavily, looking around warily.

The surroundings were quiet, and there were no other bandits in the SUV.

I pulled the Geiger counter out of my bag; the screen showed a reading of 10 microsieverts per hour.

The radiation levels in the air have dropped to within safe limits.

Gu Lang removed his blood-stained protective suit and pulled the crossbow bolt from the corpse.

However, only two were successfully recovered.

The arrow that was stuck in his forehead was damaged during the process of pulling it out.

He then quickly searched the bodies of the four bandits.

They found two homemade guns, a revolver, a spear, two daggers, and two walkie-talkies.

I found some homemade shotgun shells and gunpowder in the backpack.

In addition, there are some bottled water and compressed biscuits.

He packed the items into his backpack and then threw them into the SUV.

I glanced at the back seat of the SUV, where a black shoulder bag was placed.

There are three white letters "DJI" in the bottom right corner, which should be a folding drone.

Gu Lang picked up the tire breaker from the ground, folded it up, and turned it into a briefcase.

He opened the trunk and threw the tire deflation device inside, only to find a plastic bag inside as well.

Upon opening it, it was found to be filled with a large amount of gold jewelry.

It was still stained with blood, which looked rather gruesome.

Without time to examine it closely, he jumped into the driver's seat of the SUV and started the engine.

I glanced at the Phaeton wreckage, where the thick smoke was gradually dying down, the wheel rims were almost worn flat, and it was still spinning wildly in place, shooting sparks.

Without the slightest hesitation, Gu Lang slammed the steering wheel, and the SUV roared as it completed the U-turn.

Instead of leaving the city, he turned back along the road he had come from.

The reason is simple, as can be learned from the conversation on the walkie-talkie.

This group of bandits is rushing towards us from all directions.

At this moment, the previously exposed used car market is actually quite safe.

He kept honking his horn and revving his engine, mocking Gu Lang like a "train king".

This mobilized all the thugs in the city.

He quickly figured out the situation in the area.

The city center and the northeast side of the city were each hit by a nuclear bomb, resulting in extremely heavy losses.

Due to the risk of dam failure at the upstream reservoir.

The city government and military organized the evacuation of survivors 36 hours after the nuclear explosion.

The southwest corner of the city is the only available evacuation route.

The area I live in is currently in a state of anarchy.

It was occupied by a group of dozens of escaped prisoners.

They hid in the ruins, constantly intercepting and killing individual travelers trying to escape south.

With one-way transparent communication, he safely returned to the used car market.

"They don't even understand frequency switching and frequency hopping; it's terrifying how uneducated they are."

Over the walkie-talkie, the thugs were already announcing the death of their comrade, and curses filled the air.

Gu Lang unloaded the useful supplies and hid them in the guard booth at the entrance of the trading market.

They then drove their SUV to a nearby river.

Use red bricks to press down the accelerator and sink the car into the river.

"That son of a bitch drove his car into the river, right here in Dongshan Park."

He lowered his voice and shouted into the walkie-talkie channel.

Taking advantage of the moment when the bandits gathered by the river.

Light trucks loaded with various supplies evacuated along a planned route.

With the range extender engine turned off.

The light truck arrived silently at the exit from the city.

The newly welded ram cut through the air, its edges gleaming coldly.

With a loud crash, the tree trunk blocking the road snapped.

Various debris flew everywhere, scattering towards both sides of the triangular ramming point.

The light truck drove over the road and left the city.

Heading south along the city roads, it eventually merges into National Highway G102.

After leaving Siping City, the next stop is Kaiyuan City in Liaodong Province.

The terrain began to sink, and muddy water flooded the road.

Gu Lang had to slow down and carefully choose a higher route.

Several hours later, he finally arrived at the old town of Kaiyuan on the north bank of the Qinghe River.

Once you cross the Qinghe River ahead, you will be able to enter the Kaiyuan New City.

However, the sight before him made him gasp in shock.

The reinforced concrete bridge that once spanned the Qinghe River is now just a twisted and broken skeleton.

The bridge piers and deck are riddled with huge cracks and collapses.

Even more fatally, the continuous torrential rains caused the water level of the Qinghe River to rise sharply.

The turbid and swift floodwaters carried trees and car wreckage.

It crashed violently against the already crumbling bridge structure.

The river has long since overflowed its banks, turning the low-lying areas into a vast swamp.

Gu Lang pulled the handbrake, changed into a new set of protective clothing, and got out of the car to check.

At the point where the bridge deck broke, the surging river water churned with white waves and roared deafeningly.

Let alone driving there, it's extremely dangerous even for people to climb on foot.

Thick silt and garbage washed ashore were piled up at the bridgehead.

He tried to get closer to observe the condition of the bridge, but his foot slipped and he almost stepped into the mud.

He immediately stepped back and gave up the attempt.

His experience and the sight before him told him that the bridge was completely ruined, and that forcing his way across would be tantamount to suicide.

"Damn it!"

Gu Lang wiped the sweat from his face, rinsed his feet, and then returned to the car.

He took out the drone that he had just seized from the bandits.

The model is the older Mavic 3 Pro, which comes with four batteries.

Inside the backpack carrying the drone was also a remote control with a screen.

It has already been paired with the drone, and the flight control program has been cracked.

The advantage is that it can ignore official altitude and no-fly zone restrictions.

The downside is that it loses many protective features, making it more prone to crashing.

However, all GPS satellites were destroyed due to the impact of a solar storm.

In the absence of location signals and wireless networks.

Since drones can only be operated visually anyway, the impact is minimal.

After exploring for a while, Gu Lang began to survey the surroundings.