Ita Era

Chapter 53 Going Home (16)

Chu Yu calculated the time and distance, and there were still 90 kilometers to go before the exit of Heishuigou Road. It was 1:30 pm. So he said, "Ding Shi and I will go into the village to scout, and Mu Mu and Kai Ge will guard the car." They had two reasons for going into the non-signal area: one was to take a shortcut, and the other was to collect resources.

The signal zone is an area of ​​order, where it is almost impossible for people to obtain valuable items such as weapons and coins for free.

The village is called Baishuigou Village. The roads within the village are like leaves, with one main road and many branching roads. The village is mainly composed of wooden and tiled buildings, with several small Western-style houses.

Chu Yu, wielding a police baton, kicked open the door to the village chief's small Western-style house, with Ding Shi following behind, gun in hand. Chu Yu was immediately met with a shock upon entering; the living room contained two coffins. She turned to leave, but Ding Shi, blocking her way, shoved her inside.

Ding Shi was curious about the coffin. Wasn't it said that there were no ghosts or spirits? So he found a rusty nail-pulling hammer nearby. Chu Yu squatted to the side, her chin resting on her hands, watching Ding Shi's performance. She now believed Ding Shi's ghost encounter in Peach Blossom Village. Normal people, upon seeing a coffin, would either avoid it or ignore it, searching the rest of the house first. Ding Shi, however, immediately tried to find a way to open the coffin.

Why is it such a coincidence that there's a nail-pulling hammer? Because one coffin had nails in it, while the other didn't.

Ding Shi said, "The person in coffin B sealed coffin A, and then lay down inside the coffin to wait for death."

Ding Shi lifted a crack in Coffin A and peeked inside. Good, it was just bones, no Third Sister.

Chu Yu took a stool, stood on it, looked inside, and said, "It's a woman."

Ding Shi glanced at it casually, saw no visible oil or grease, then lifted the B coffin and Chu Yu said, "It's a male, there's a piece of paper."

Ding Shi reached out and picked up the paper, which was covered with writing. After reading it, Ding Shi said, "He is the village chief. He said that a month ago, several planes flew around the area, and then some people in the village fell ill. The road out of the village was blocked by several large trucks. There weren't many people in the village to begin with, and they were mostly elderly people with no resistance. They died within a few days."

Ding Shi: "The village chief was a doctor in Nanyue County in his early years. He prescribed herbal medicine to alleviate the symptoms, but it only treated the symptoms and not the root cause. In the end, he was the only one left in the entire village. After burying his wife, he lay in the coffin and waited for death to come."

Chu Yu took the letter and read it through; there was no information about supplies. However, Ding Shi found a set of keys in the coffin. Using these keys, they opened all the rooms in the village chief's house and found 120 dungeon coins in an iron box.

Chu Yu stood at the second-floor window of the small villa and looked out, saying, "At Ding Shi (3-5 AM), the fog is getting thicker."

Ding Shi walked to the window and said, "Either hurry up and leave Blackwater Ditch Road before sunset, or rest here for the night."

Chu Yu: "Do you think Fernando the Axe-Thrower will attack us again?"

Ding Shi said, "Not only will he attack us, but I always feel that he is nearby, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any time."

Chu Yu asked, "What kind of transportation does he use?"

Ding Shi said, "I don't know, but I think it's a motorcycle. Do you remember the dwarf siblings? They survived because of the X virus mutation. Ferrand also survived; does he also possess some special ability?"

Chu Yu nodded: "We have to leave here."

Ding Shi asked, "Aren't we going to search the other houses?"

Chu Yu: "Let's stop searching. We need to leave as soon as possible."

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At 2 PM, the Fish Team set off again, passing through three villages without stopping. According to road signs, they were 40 kilometers from leaving the Blackwater Gully Road and 10 kilometers from Blackwater Gully Village.

Because he was considered a dangerous individual by the team, Ding Shi's abilities were naturally recognized, so he served as the driver for this leg of the journey. Mu Mu sat in the passenger seat, a pistol in her hand, vigilantly observing her surroundings.

Heishuigou Village is built along Heishuigou Road. There are many brick buildings along the roadside, which used to be restaurants, auto repair shops, fruit shops, etc. Overall, Heishuigou Village looks like a pair of wings.

At the village entrance, three black sedans were neatly lined up across the road. Ding Shi pulled over, got out, and Chu Yu, his partner, followed him, while Mu Mu and Kai Ge protected the vehicles. Chu Yu was chosen as Ding Shi's partner because everyone was still wary of him.

All the windows of the three vehicles were boarded up from the inside, preventing outsiders from seeing inside. Ding Shi stretched out his index finger and touched the hood of the first vehicle; it was slightly warm and dusty. This indicated that the vehicle was being maintained, and that someone had driven it to the village entrance to block the road within two hours.

Chu Yu: "Ding Shi (7-9 AM)."

Ding Shi looked over and saw that Chu Yu's hand was on the handle of the back seat of the car. The door was not locked, and she could easily pull it open.

Ding Shi hurriedly said, "Don't move around."

It's obvious the three cars were deliberately set up; they're most likely traps. The problem is, we don't know where the traps are. Is Ferrand hiding in a roadside house preparing to ambush? Or is he concealed in a car ready to deliver a fatal blow? Or is he in the ditch right next to him? Is it possible he's using a diversionary tactic to ambush Kai and Mumu?

Chu Yu said, "We should always open the door and take a look."

As she spoke, she carefully opened the car door and shone her flashlight inside.

Suddenly, a venomous snake darted out of the car door and bit Chu Yu's forearm. Ding Shi kicked the car door shut, grabbed the snake by its hilt with his left hand, tore it off Chu Yu's arm, and threw it aside. He put away his pistol, drew his dagger, grabbed Chu Yu's forearm with his left hand, and clamped his right arm between her forearm, slicing off a piece of flesh with the dagger.

During this process, Chu Yu was in so much pain that she lost her voice. After being released, she collapsed to the ground, tears streaming down her face like a waterfall, her screams shocking the entire village.

Ding Shi shouted, "Medical kit!"

Kai drove over and met up with Mumu. Mumu got out of the car and picked up Chuyu's arm to take a look. There was a hole cut in her forearm. The location was near the elbow joint, which is the fleshiest part of the forearm.

Kai and the others were about 50 meters away and hadn't seen the situation clearly. Ding handed Chu Yu to Mu Mu and explained, "There's a poisonous snake in the car. This Ferrang is not easy to deal with."

Now, it's obvious that there are venomous snakes in all three cars. How do you plan to deal with that? To move the vehicles, you have to get inside, or at least release the handbrake. And there are plenty of places for snakes to hide inside a car. Even if you manage to clear one car and move it, there are still two left. You have to focus on dealing with the snakes and the vehicles, while also being wary of Ferrand lurking nearby and suddenly throwing a flying axe.

Kai stood on a large rock and looked out: "Can we take a detour?" Adversity brings people together.

Ding Shi: "No. The only way now is to find a sturdy rope and use our car to pull the car blocking the way away."

Kai said, "In other words..."

Ding Shi said, "We need to go into the village to find a rope."

Kai said, "This is that madman's home turf. Now there are only three of us left. At least one of us needs to stay and protect Chu Yu and Ri Tian."

Chu Yu said, "I'm fine."

Mumu, without any instruction, sewed five stitches for Chuyu. Although her technique was rough and the holes between the stitches were quite large, at least it was sewn up. She applied disinfectant ointment, wrapped it with gauze, and it was done.

Ding Shi admired Chu Yu. Firstly, the girl was brave and daring. Secondly, she had a good eye for talent; everyone on the team performed better than the average person.

Ding Shi said, "This village should be the biggest obstacle for us to leave the Blackwater Ditch. Ferrand chose his most familiar home ground and forced us into the village. It is almost certain that he wants to ambush us or our vehicles in the village."

Ding Shi said, "We must resolve this before nightfall, or we will suffer further casualties."

(End of this chapter)