Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 1615: The Wolves Are Cunning, and the Water-Taking Is Shocking (5000 words)
The sun was scorching, and there was dead silence under the sky.

The sun of the last days shines on the earth, the grass and trees wither,

The river is no longer the trickle it once was. All that remains is a dry riverbed, and the cracked soil silently tells the sad song of water shortage.

On a cracked asphalt road,
A dilapidated pickup truck was driving alone, and next to it was a river, but it had long since dried up.

The roar of the engine was particularly abrupt on this empty riverside road.

The wheels rolled over dust and dead branches, which were ruthlessly rolled up as the truck moved forward and scattered in the flying dust.

The pickup truck's shell was mottled and rusty. It bumped forward, and the friction between the tires and the dry and hard ground was heavy and firm.

The exploration team drove northeast, their destination being Dongshan Reservoir.

Along the way, we passed three rivers, large and small, but all three rivers were dry, and the trees along the rivers were withered and rotten.

"Alas, I always thought that rain was bad before, but it's not good either if it doesn't rain for such a long time. God is really torturing us." Ge Xiang sighed from behind.

Nan Dou put down the map and looked at a landmark on the roadside ahead. It had "Youfangshan Road" written in white letters on a blue background.

Checking the map, they were on the right route.

Nan Dou looked out the car window and responded, "If you ask me, a little rain once a month is just right."

However, the moment he looked out the car window, he saw a skinny wild dog staring at them greedily.

"Brother, brother, there are animals!"

Upon hearing this, Sha Xin, who was sitting in the passenger seat, quickly looked over there and saw that it was indeed a wild dog.

"Second brother!" Sha Xin shouted at the second brother on the truck bed.

"hunting!"

The vehicle suddenly stopped and the second brother looked at the wild dog behind him on the left.

Nock the arrow and raise it.

The skinny wild dog realized that these people were not easy to deal with, so he turned around and ran away.

Whoosh!
The arrow lodged itself in the cracked field stalks. The arrow feathers swayed.

"Reverse!"

boom!
The third brother immediately put the car in reverse gear and backed it up.

Before the vehicle stopped, the second brother Gu Jia jumped out of the car, staggered, and ran towards the abandoned farmland on the side of the road with a crossbow in his hand.

He became even more excited when he saw the wild dog running away.

Zombie dogs will never run away, and will usually pounce on any living thing they see.

And the dog that chased after me as soon as it saw me must not have been infected by zombies.

Lao Liu, Lao Qi and the other two people in the truck also ran out and chased the wild dog together.

There is meat to eat!

These people usually don't have much food in their stomachs, so how could they let go of the opportunity to eat meat?

Tread-tap-

After the second, sixth and seventh brothers jumped out of the car, they followed the wild dog closely.

The wild dog was skinny and looked like it had very little flesh on it.

At the end of the field, the wild dog turned its head and looked at them.

Whoosh!
An arrow shot out.

"Damn! Just a little bit more." The second brother clenched his fists and said hatefully.

The wild dog looked skinny and extremely weak, but it ran so fast.

Of course they couldn't just throw away the meat in front of them, so the second brother and his men continued to chase it, shooting an arrow at the wild dog from time to time.

After the second and third brothers ran for a few hundred meters, they suddenly came to a small forest.

The second brother and his men rushed in without hesitation, because they saw that the wild dog was running much slower, and it seemed that if they chased it for a while longer, the wild dog would be exhausted.

But when they ran into the woods, the wild dog suddenly turned its head and even bared its teeth at them.

"Run, you beast, keep running! I'm going to kill you!" The second man was about to draw his bow and shoot an arrow at the wild dog.

"Second brother, you...you...look around." Lao Liu said to Gu Jia with a trembling voice, holding a machete.

Gujia looked around and found that there were more than a dozen wild dogs coming out from behind the trees.

These wild dogs had ferocious and cruel eyes and were approaching them with their teeth bared.

It looks extremely ferocious. It doesn't look like a dog but more like a wolf.

"Back to back!" Gu Jia shouted to the two people behind him.

At the same time, he picked up the intercom and called Shaxin: "Brother Sha, we've been ambushed. There are more than a dozen creatures, I don't know if they are wolves or dogs, surrounding us! They are in the woods on the left!"

at the same time.

After hearing what Gu Jia said on the intercom, Brother Sha ran out of the car without saying a word.

"Old Three, you stay here and watch over the car. Everyone else, follow me!"

Sha Xin, Ge Xiang and Nan Dou immediately ran towards the grove in the distance.

In the woods.

The three Gujias stood back to back, guarding against the dozen or so wolves in front of them.

"Second brother, are these wolves or dogs?" Lao Liu asked, shrinking his neck.

Gu Jia's whole body was tense, and he looked at the wolves with eyes full of vigilance.

"Generally speaking, dogs are not so cunning. Only wolves use tactics to lure people into traps. But... but it's the end of the world. The dogs that can survive are almost the same as wolves."

As he spoke, he looked around. The wolves were very close, so if he shot at this time, he would definitely hit them.

But he didn't dare shoot the arrow. He was surrounded by a pack of wolves. If he hit one of them with an arrow, it would definitely irritate the other wolves.

When that time came, they would rush forward and they would not be able to face the attack of so many wolves at the same time.

The best options now are:

drag!
Wait until Brother Sha and the others come to support us!

The tall and burly wolf in the lead snorted a few times at the wolves on the right.

rustling --

The wolves on the right slid their claws backwards, rubbing against the dead branches and leaves on the ground, and it seemed that they were preparing to charge and attack.

"Second brother, they seem to be rushing over to attack us!" Lao Qi held the machete tightly, staring at the wolves that were ready to make a move.

Ouch——

The leading wolf howled, and the wolves on the right rushed over instantly.

whoosh-

Gu Jia shot an arrow without hesitation, and at such a close distance, it accurately hit the head of a wolf.

The wolf fell to the ground, and there was no time to reload the crossbow that had shot the arrow. He simply threw the crossbow to the ground and pulled out a dagger from his thigh.

stab-

The other wolf bit his sleeve and tore it madly.

Pfft!

He stabbed the wolf madly with the dagger.

at the same time.

The other four wolves also rushed towards the sixth and seventh brothers, who waved their machetes desperately.

Ah!
One of the wolves pretended to attack to attract attention, while the other wolf suddenly jumped up and knocked down Lao Liu.

The bloody mouth bit towards Lao Liu's neck, and Lao Liu quickly blocked it with his arm.

The wolf bit Lao Liu's arm, and blood dyed his arm red.

Ouch!

The leading wolf, seeing this, roared and signaled all the wolves to rush over.

"It's over!"

Gu Jia, who was dealing with two wolves at this time, wanted to rescue Lao Liu, but three or four more wolves rushed towards him, leaving him with no chance to save Lao Liu.

A dozen wolves that had been hungry for a long time rushed over together, and it seemed that they could not hold on any longer.

Just at this time.

boom!
A gunshot!
A bullet hole appeared on the head of the wolf on Lao Liu's body.

The loud gunshot frightened the hungry wolves and stopped them from moving.

With murderous intent on his face, Sha Xin continued to shoot at the wolves.

boom! boom! boom!
He was an excellent marksman and hit the target with three consecutive shots.

One of them was the leader wolf. Once the leader wolf died, the remaining wolves immediately scattered and fled in all directions and ran into the dense forest.

This was not over yet. Shaxin randomly chose a direction and chased after it, quickly opening fire.

They killed two more wolves, including the skinny one that had lured them.

Shaxin walked over, grabbed the bodies of the two wolves and dragged them back to Gujia.

At this time, there were a total of nine wolf corpses on the field, including the two wolves he dragged over and the seven wolves on the ground.

He killed one with his ancient crossbow and another with his dagger. In total, he killed two wolves.

Lao Qi killed a wolf with a machete.

Killing heart shot and killed six wolves alone.

There were so many wolf corpses, and the smell of blood was strong.

Lao Liu stood up with the help of Lao Qi and Nan Dou.

The bloody wound on his arm made Sha Xin frown. The bite wound was quite serious.

If not handled properly, it may cause inflammation and pus.

In mild cases, the entire arm may be lost, and in severe cases, life may be in danger.

In the end times, supplies are in short supply, and anti-inflammatory drugs are even rarer.

Ok?
They have a first aid kit! The first aid kit I just found this morning just happened to contain anti-inflammatory drugs, bandages and other things.

Thinking of this, Sha Xin immediately said to Nan Dou, "Old Four, take Old Six back to the car and treat the wound. Don't we have a first aid kit? Use it."

Lao Liu heard that he wanted to use the first aid kit and said with some distress:
"Boss, I'm fine. The wound isn't deep. If I use the first aid kit, the contents won't be a complete set. If I sell them separately, I won't get a good price at the market." Nan Dou pointed at his bloody arm and said, "You say you're fine, but you've been arrested like this!"

The wolf bit Lao Liu's forearm and he tried to shake it off but failed.

The wound was irregular, the wolf's sharp teeth had bitten through his sleeve and torn the skin of his arm, at the deepest point, one could even see the bones.

Shaxin said in an unquestionable tone:
"Listen to me, go and treat the wound quickly, don't waste time here!"

"But." Lao Liu felt a little ashamed. It was not easy for them to find this first aid kit, and it was an item that could be sold for a lot of points.

"Don't say but, we are brothers! It will be the same if other brothers are injured." Sha Xin said calmly.

But his calm tone warmed the hearts of Lao Liu, Nan Dou and others.

The second brother, Gu Jia, came over and said, "Sixth brother, stop being so fussy. What the eldest brother said is right. We brothers don't need to be so particular about each other. Besides..."

He looked at the wolf corpses that were gathered around him and said with a smile on his face:

"The corpses of so many wolves can be exchanged for a lot of points."

"Yeah, Lao Liu, let's go quickly." Nan Dou helped Lao Liu pick up his machete.

"Okay." Lao Liu looked at Sha Xin with some emotion, then looked at the other brothers.

Follow Nan Dou towards the pickup truck.

In this apocalyptic world where everyone is out for themselves, it is extremely rare to have a group of brothers who are willing to stand by each other's backs.

However, in this kind of team, there must be a core soul figure to lead everyone.

And this core soul figure is Shaxin.

After Nan Dou and Lao Liu left, Sha Xin and Lao Er and others dragged the wolf corpses on the ground and pulled them back to the pickup truck.

The third brother was a little worried when he saw the sixth brother was injured, and wanted to rescue Sha Xin and the others.

But he was stopped by Nan Dou.

A few minutes later, the third brother saw Shaxin and others, each of whom was carrying the corpses of two or three wolves.

His eyes widened instantly.

"Fuck, why are there so many wolves?"

"Didn't I just tell you? We were ambushed by wolves, and Brother Sha shot and killed quite a few of them." After Nan Dou disinfected Lao Liu with iodine, he wrapped his arm tightly with a hemostatic bandage.

Kaka-

He opened the package of anti-inflammatory drugs, took out two pills from it and handed them to Lao Liu.

"There's no water now, just swallow it dry."

Lao Liu nodded, put two anti-inflammatory pills into his mouth and swallowed hard.

It got stuck in my throat due to my dry mouth.

With a little saliva accumulated, he swallowed the anti-inflammatory medicine with difficulty.

thump—

They dumped the wolf carcasses into the car.

They got on the bus quickly one by one.

"Old Third, light the engine and hurry to Dongshan Reservoir to refill water." Sha Xin said to Old Third after getting in the car.

"Brother, do we need to continue searching for supplies?" Nan Dou asked in the back seat.

"No."

After thinking for a while, Sha Xin said:
"After we add the water, we will find a shelter to spend the night and return to the market tomorrow. There are so many wolf carcasses in the car. We must take them back to the market and sell them as soon as possible."

"Okay." Nan Dou nodded.

Apart from Lao Liu's injury, the trip was generally very smooth.

It can even be said to be a great harvest.

The meat from so many wolf corpses could be sold for at least a few hundred points.

This is much more valuable than a first aid kit.

Half an hour later, they arrived near Dongshan Reservoir.

Although they managed to seal the bleeding parts of the wolf on the way, there was still some bloody smell.

Zombies have an extremely keen sense of smell. If they drive to the Dongshan Reservoir, they may attract a large number of zombies out of the lake before they even start drawing water.

So for safety reasons, they had to park the pickup truck nearby.

"Nandou, you and Lao San stay here to watch over the car, we'll go get some water." After Shaxin got off the car and gave some instructions, he said to Gu Jia behind the car:
"Second brother, take the bucket down."

slam-la-

Gu Jia and his men untied the four buckets on the roof of the car.

These four buckets are the kind of replaceable blue buckets that were used in household water dispensers before the apocalypse.

Narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.

The entire barrel is tied with ropes so they can drag it easily.

Sometimes when getting water from a river, they would throw the bucket down from the bridge and then pull it up after it was full.

If people go to the shore with buckets to get water, they have to wait for a long time.

It is too dangerous and it is easy to be attacked by zombies in the water and dragged into the water.

Sha Xin, along with Gu Jia, Lao Qi, Lao Wu Ge Xiang and four others, got out of the car, walked through a small forest, and came to the bottom of the reservoir dam.

After climbing up the embankment, we saw a wide lake with calm water, which looked completely harmless.

The water level of the reservoir was very low, and there was a slope of at least ten meters from the water surface to their location.

Sha Xin looked around and turned around to plan his retreat route.

"Brother Sha, let me go and put the bucket down." Gu Jia said.

Shaxin thought about it and realized that if he just threw the bucket down from such a long distance, it would definitely create waves when it hit the water surface and attract the attention of the zombies.

It is not that dangerous to put the bucket down at a close distance and then turn around and run.

After thinking for a few seconds, he nodded and said, "Okay, be safe."

"Old Five, you use the crossbow, and we will cover them."

"it is good."

A few seconds later, the second and seventh brothers, each carrying two buckets of water, ran down in small steps.

There were steps under the reservoir, and they walked on them as quietly as possible.

Two meters away from the water surface, the second brother stopped.

Throw two buckets down.

Snapped!Snapped!
Two small splashes of water appeared on the water surface. They added a piece of iron at the head of the bucket to make it easier for the bucket to sink to the bottom and fill with water.

After dropping the bucket, the second brother immediately turned around and ran towards the embankment.

Whoops!

On the way back, Lao Qi fell down, crashing—

Get down there.

Gu Jia followed behind, quickly grabbed his arm and helped him up.

careful!
When Shaxin and Laowu on the shore saw this scene, their hearts almost jumped out of their throats.

It’s thrilling. So thrilling.

If you roll down from here, whether you can get water successfully is another matter.

There is a high possibility that Lao Qi would roll into the lake, alarming the zombies under the water and killing himself.

Many rivers are dry now, otherwise it would be relatively safe for them to get water on the bridge.

There is no need to risk life to fetch water like we do now.

Lao Qi rolled down and his knee hit the step, which was very painful.

He rubbed his knees and, with the help of his second brother, climbed up the embankment.

"Seventh brother, you are too careless. If second brother hadn't supported you, you would have rolled into the lake." Fifth brother Ge Xiang said with lingering fear.

"Fifth brother, there happened to be a rock over there, I didn't see it"

"Don't talk." Shaxin stared at the lake.

"There's movement!"

The four buckets they had thrown into the lake were gurgling and bubbling with water.

The water in the bucket slowly increased, and more and more of the bucket sank under the water.

However, bubbles also appeared around the bucket.

As they were experienced, they knew that the zombies under the water had been alarmed.

They were on high alert and ready to pull up the buckets at any time.

wow-

A zombie walked out of the water, and water from its body dripped onto the steps.

Seeing Shaxin and others on the embankment, the zombie roared and rushed towards them quickly.

When Sha Xin saw the zombie's extremely fast speed, his pupils shrank.

"Oh no, this is a speed-type zombie!"

Speed-type zombies run extremely fast, especially when they have just crawled out of the water. Their speed at this time can be comparable to the fastest speed of an adult male.

whoosh-

An arrow shot out.

Hit the zombie in the chest.

"Shit, I missed the shot!"

Lao Wu Ge Xiang originally wanted to shoot the head, but the zombie moved too fast and the shot missed.

The attack missed and the zombie had already rushed in front of them.

What’s even more terrifying is that there seemed to be more zombies in the reservoir awakened by the noise, and a large number of bubbles appeared on the water surface.

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