Returning from the abyss

Chapter 100 Stronghold
From the deep underground, the bearded man shouted excitedly, and both men and women happily followed suit.Lu Ning squatted down, walked slowly down the sloping stairs in the basement, and slowly took out a shock bomb from her pocket.

"Did you find anything?"

Following her voice, her footsteps were heavy, and a water pipe slammed out from behind the wall. The height was exactly at the position of Lu Ning's head—if she took two more steps forward.

The water pipe swung into the air, and the "fourth child" lost his balance. Obviously, he used a lot of force, and the woman behind reached out and grabbed him.Immediately afterwards, the light of the flashlight below suddenly disappeared, and the voice of the bearded man came from below:

"Damn it! She found out! Don't stand at the door! She can't shoot us from this angle! How did she find out..."

The clothes were already close to winter clothes, the corpse was dry but there was not much sign of decay, no sign of bone armor, it was obviously a human corpse that was shot when winter was coming.

Lu Ning squinted her eyes, the environment was dark, and she was standing in a position where she couldn't go up or down the stairs. This bearded man really thought about taking advantage of the terrain. No, he should just say... Hu Ze is.

A beard can't change the age and contour of the face, and the shape of the eyebrows and eyes is exactly the same as that on the driver's license. It is not too difficult to recognize his appearance with Lu Ning's observation skills.

A woman's scream came from below, then disappeared quickly.

"Listen to me, little girl! We have hostages! I know you may have bombs, and if you want to bomb us, these people will die too! Haha, it's great not to kill them immediately! Listen Little girl, put down the bomb in your hand now, obediently—"

boom!
The light and sound from the shock bomb instantly deprived him of the rest of his words, and even his vision became blurred, so blurred that he could only see a ball of light knocking on the wall and turning into a bigger light.

"Do you like Molotov?"

The burning pain crawled all over his body, which made Hu Ze feel unbelievable. He knew that the woman he hugged in front of him must also be ignited. The body that had just been knocked unconscious had already started to twist violently, and even broke free from his restraints!
Don't think about it, the two men and women next to him are naturally in the same situation.

Just when Hu Ze rolled on the ground and tried to put out the fire on his body, a gunshot sounded, and the sound of falling to the ground came from beside him.

"Wait, wait, I surrender! I don't—"

"Come down with you just because my car blew up and I need a new one."

The second bullet went into Hu Ze's head.

The dirty but not dusty bedding in the room is particularly awkward in this hotel without air conditioning.Although the three of them searched through each room, they only opened the cabinets and looked under the bed. Compared with searching for the "secret room", such a search was too hasty.

Based on the above, it is not difficult to draw the conclusion that they originally lived here and harbored malice towards themselves.Going into the basement and trying to cheer yourself in is pretty much the same thing, it's just so badly set up.

Lu Ning cautiously stepped on the edge of the fire, complaining in her heart about the shoddy incendiary bombs in the shelter, and put away the pistol after killing the woman with the last shot.

It burned for less than a minute, and the fire started to die down. Was this incendiary bomb mixed with water?
But the remaining flames were enough for her to see the situation in the basement clearly.In addition to the three dead kidnappers, there were three men and two women who were all tied up with ropes. Four of them were all affected by the flames and were still rolling on the ground. They had few clothes on them. Slowly no longer twisting, just humming on the ground.

Lu Ning walked over and tore off the tape from the eyes and mouth of the last man who was not burned, and ignored him screaming in pain, and asked directly, "Can you drive?"

In the last days, as long as you are alive, no one cares about getting hurt.After the four burnt people extinguished the flames on their bodies, they also expressed their thanks to Lu Ning.Lu Ning didn't know if they still had resentment in their hearts, but they couldn't see it on the surface.

The man who was not burned stood on the side, wrapped in a coat taken from the pile of dirty clothes in the basement.The rest of the people were almost the same. They tried to tell Lu Ning about their experiences, but Lu Ning was not interested in knowing.

"I have two options here."

She spoke frankly to these people.

"First, from here to the west, pass through a wasteland where zombies and monsters are entrenched, but the number may not be particularly large. There is a refuge over there. It is no problem for you guys to be accepted. Second, stay here , rely on the supplies left by those guys as a basis, and then find other ways to survive."

"I, I'll go with you!"

"Let's go to the shelter!"

Everyone hurriedly began to express their opinions, for fear that Lu Ning would leave someone here.

"It's not with me." Lu Ning frowned, and added, "I still have something to do here, you go by yourself—the one who can drive will stay."

When she said that, the other four panicked.

"Wait! We don't have cars, we don't have weapons, how can we get through the wilderness?"

"I can also drive, why don't you keep me!"

"Save people to the end, at least save us..."

Lu Ning turned her head and walked out the door.

The man followed immediately, for fear of being left behind.Lu Ning threw him the car keys found from the dead body of the bearded man, and jumped into the co-pilot by herself.

The four chased after them, but when they saw that the car had started, they began to yell and curse, but they were quickly left behind.

In the car, Lu Ning leaned on the seat, opened the window to let the cold wind blow in, and blow away the stale air in the car.The man driving was shivering from the cold, but he didn't dare to say a word.

"what's your name?"

"Me? My surname is Zheng, and my name is Zheng Yonghe." The man said quickly.

Lu Ning rolled up the car window, pointed to the way, and asked:
"Where are you from?"

"Azure base in the east."

"Why did you come out?"

"The base... is gone. There is a monster, no, it is a monster! I, I saw it hovering in the clouds, the body of the snake, the mouth of the crocodile, the horns of the deer, and the claws of the eagle... just There is a shadow, you can't see the real body at all! But the whole base is covered by ice and snow!"

As if thinking of the fear that day, the man trembled all over.

"How big is it?"

"Hundreds of meters! Absolutely! I can guarantee it! I desperately looked back at it! Just one look!"

Lu Ning folded her arms and remained silent.

With the car, she was back in front of the shed in no time.Hearing the sound of the car, Chu Jianting stood guard behind the door, and was a little surprised to find that it was Lu Ning who came out of the house after returning.

"The new car is back, how is Xuan Zitong doing?"

"Slightly...better. How are you? You're not hurt?"

"Well, move Xuan Zitong to the car. I found a suitable place to use as a stronghold in front of me. Let's arrange it first. Then instead of going east, we will go north and find another place."

"it is good."

Zheng Yonghe hurried to help, and helped to move all the backpacks into the car. Now he just wants to keep up with these three people, and the most important thing is to live.

They drove back to the previous hotel.

The four people who were left here have long since disappeared, and the basement has been cleaned up. The three bearded were originally poor ghosts without bullets, but now there is nothing left, and even the corpses have been turned over. again.

Lu Ning didn't like those things either, so she asked Chu Jianting to find a room to put Xuan Zitong down, and directed Zheng Yonghe to get tools in the backyard to start tearing down the iron and wooden boards on the fence, and moved them back to repair the broken doors and windows.

It does not require tight fit, but it must have the ability to keep out the cold.

The corpse of the restaurant was thrown into the basement. This place with only one entrance and exit is actually very dangerous, and Lu Ning is not going to use it anymore.Adjoining the utility room behind the reception counter is a small lounge with doors and windows in good condition and a fireplace.Chu Jianting chopped up the wooden cabinets of the two houses and used them as firewood, brought them here and piled them here.

In this way, a stronghold for temporary settlement is completed.

There is no need to keep any materials, as long as Lu Ning can light a fire when the time comes, it can be dismantled if it is not possible, anyway, there are still wooden furniture in the room.

After finishing all these, Lu Ning went to check on Xuan Zitong's condition.

She was weak, and after running for so long in the severe cold yesterday after being attacked by the infrasound, she contracted the disease.After a whole day of rest, she felt much better, and when she heard Lu Ning's plan to go north overnight, she immediately agreed.

"I don't want to be a drag."

Xuan Zitong was also aware of the importance of time at this time, and she did not doubt that if she became seriously ill, she would be sent back directly.Lu Ning will give her a hand when she can, but she will not continue to act with burdens, Xuan Zitong can be sure of this.

In addition, after Chu Jianting moved the last batch of firewood to the lounge, Lu Ning also talked to him a little bit about the cold wave.

"If there is no accident, there is a monster in the form of a 'dragon' to the east. I don't know if it will come to attack the shelter, because this is a completely out-of-spec existence."

Traveling through the clouds, creating strong cold weather, and having a huge body, such a monster cannot be dealt with by a shelter that doesn't even have many heavy weapons.And the tourists——it's not that Lu Ning underestimated himself, and without special abilities, even two hundred of them would not be enough to fight that kind of thing.

"But it will definitely pass by—the cold wave warning is the harbinger of the monster's coming, and the monster will definitely pass the refuge. I will prepare as many hiding places as possible in the eastward direction, because I don't know What will happen in the future, I will tell you first."

Lu Ning unfolded the map and pointed at the current location.

"The refuge has fallen, and we are likely to be separated for various reasons, but no matter where we escaped to, after determining the direction, try to find a place that can avoid the cold and hide. Once the temperature rises, go east immediately—that's where the monster came from." The direction is also the direction in which it is least likely to exist. This time there is no regional restriction on the scene, and you can run as far as you want, even if you are separated, don’t look for each other.”

"The hunting mission..."

"Yes, the hunt must be completed when the evil claws strike. This time we go back and start preparing the means to deal with them. It doesn't matter to tell Lu Wenshuo these words, just treat it as my return for his invitation. "

After speaking, she folded the map, stuffed it into her pocket, and stretched out a finger.

"One day, we have one more day before we have to retreat to the shelter to prepare hunting 'tools'."

(End of this chapter)