Doomsday America

Chapter 32 Protective Fence

Gavin quickly abandoned Ennistown and focused his attention further ahead.

In contrast, the people in the Ford RV focused more on the increasingly distant Ennis.

Looking at the familiar town, William raised his hand to cover his forehead, his lips trembling as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Originally, he was a very talkative person. At least when he first met his idol, he talked so much that it was impossible to keep up, and it was even a bit chaotic.

But it only lasted a few hours.

William's silence made everyone who met him for the first time think that he was a man of few words.

Beside William, Eugene sat up from the sofa and walked towards the back of the RV.

Arriving at the bedside, he stood by the bed and looked out the rear window, gazing longingly at the small town where he had lived for decades.

But what he looked at and was reluctant to leave behind was far more than just one city.

It is also his life over the past thirty years.

Meanwhile, at the RV's dining table, Winnie's mouth agape slightly as her gaze drifted past the window to Ennis, who was driving further and further away.

Noticing her daughter's gaze, Doris took her little hand and whispered.

"Stop looking, darling."

"It's okay, Mom, I was just looking, you don't need to worry about me."

Winnie responded calmly, but it was precisely her calm tone that stirred Doris's emotions.

At that moment, Doris's expression changed emotionally, and she growled softly.

“I told you not to look, child, that’s not your father’s grave, that’s hell, damn hell!”

As soon as she finished speaking, Doris helplessly slumped onto the dining table, burying her eyes in her arms and closing them tightly.

Hearing her mother's sudden roar, Winnie paused for a moment, then turned around, ran her hands through Doris's hair, and said.

"Mom, Dad and my brother would be so happy if they knew we were still alive."

After saying that, Winnie didn't wait for Doris's response, but moved closer to Doris and lay down there, pressing her head against her mother's.

At the rear of the car, listening to the voices of two women, Eugene took a deep breath and turned around.

He first gave a disdainful smile, but a moment later, Eugene's smile turned somewhat bitter.

He simply stopped his inappropriate smile and went to sit at the table opposite Doris.

Eugene said, fiddling with the roses on the table.

"I was just about to yell at you for being worse than a child, but then I thought about it again, damn it, I guess I'm not even as good as a child."

"Believe it or not, I almost cried when we passed through Ennis!"

"It's so embarrassing, I'd rather pee my pants than have water leaking out of those two holes. Do you know why?"

At this point, Eugene tapped the table with his finger, causing Doris to look up at him with a hint of fear.

In the driver's seat, Madison heard Eugene's words and took a moment to turn around and say something.

"Eugene, you can actually be this serious?"

"You haven't seen much of this. Answer my question, Nige, do you know why I hate crying so much?"

Eugene continued to ask Madison questions, and then, without waiting for Madison or Doris to answer, he continued in a self-answering manner.

"Because when I was fighting in the Middle East, I discovered something interesting."

“Whenever one of my comrades is driven to the brink of mental collapse by the continuous suicide attacks and hides in a tent or trench crying like a baby, then he is not far from death.”

"This is not a coincidence, nor is it an isolated case. The battles I fought were not like those depicted in the movies."

"The more a soldier cries in a movie, the more likely he is to survive to the end and gradually become stronger."

"And the comrades I know in real life, once they become fearful or even begin to break down, they will not have time to become strong, because death always finds them with precision, without exception!"

"so……"

Eugene tapped the table again, looking into Doris's evasive and timid eyes.

Do you also want to die like my comrade?

As soon as he finished speaking, Eugene stared intently into Doris's eyes, while Doris gasped and hurriedly shook her head.

"No, I..." "Haha, I was just kidding you. You're a woman anyway, so cry however you want!"

"I'm saying this for William, right, little William? Ever since you saw your deadbeat father, you've been acting like a sissy, unable to wait to put on sexy lingerie!"

"It's one of those pairs of underwear where pieces of fabric are tucked into the cleft of your buttocks, haha!!!"

Amidst laughter, Eugene left the table and went to William's side, giving him a good rub on the head.

After being manipulated for a while, William finally reacted. He exhaled in annoyance and kept dodging Eugene's hands.

Seeing that William looked genuinely annoyed, Eugene finally let go of him, then casually leaned back on the sofa and pulled out a cigarette.

"I'm not going to smoke in the passenger seat. After all, I'm not as particular as a quarterback. Besides, times have changed. You two women will see more bastards like me sooner or later!"

He muttered something to himself, took out a cigarette, and slowly lit it.

Exhaling a puff of smoke, Eugene looked at the driver's seat and asked.

"Madison, do you want to learn to smoke?"

"Believe me, you'll need this thing in the future. It will slowly take your life while burning, and it can also fill in the missing piece of your heart."

"Even if it stuffs shit into your heart, believe me, shit is still much better than emptiness. The two feelings are worlds apart... huh?"

At this point, Madison suddenly slowed down the RV!

In the blink of an eye, everyone in the car forgot about the time of philosophy and rushed to the front of the car to look at the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

The Tyrannosaurus Rex slowly slowed down and then stopped at the side of the road, while Gavin jumped out of the car.

With his feet on the highway, Gavin walked to the roadside and frowned as he looked at the guardrail beside the road.

When we approached Ennis, there were no guardrails on the highway. Why are there guardrails when we leave Ennis?
Just as he leaned closer to examine the railing, the others got off the RV one after another, leaving only Doris and Winnie still inside.

Before the group could get close, Gavin waved to them and said.

"Don't worry, I'm just taking a look at the guardrail. I never really paid attention to any section of the road with guardrails or anything like that when I drove on this road before."

Gavin wasn't one of those top geniuses who could be on The Brain; his memory was just at the level of an average person, he was just a little more cautious than the average person.

At this moment, Gavin glanced at the material of the guardrail.

The guardrails are not made of plastic barrels to cushion and slow down the vehicle; they are made of hard metal, making them difficult to damage.

Madison hesitated before asking Gavin a question.

"What's wrong with the guardrail? There are always guardrails on the roadside; they're so common."

"Yes, it's all too common."

Gavin nodded, then shook his head, pondering as he spoke.

"The guardrail itself is not a problem, but if we reach the vicinity of Costa Rica and have to choose to avoid the city and leave the road to find a way to cross Costa Rica."

“At that time, I worry that the guardrails will become a problem for us, locking us on the road, leaving us only able to go forward or backward.”

At this point, Gavin turned to look at everyone and asked.

Do you remember these guardrails on the roads near Costa Rica?

"Ha, I actually have a little bit of that."

Eugene counted on his fingers as he returned.

"There are indeed a lot of guardrails over there, and they are all very sturdy. After all, many trucks pass through that city, and besides, Costa Rica's economy is much better than Ennis's."

"Unlike our Ennis, there's only one straight road in and out of the city, making it difficult to have a car accident."

"Coscany is a maze of roads, the city planning is a mess, the city hall and state legislature are utterly useless, the politicians are all liars and the state government is just a bunch of idiots who collect taxes, Mazefako."

At this point in his tirade, Eugene spat out a mouthful of saliva.

Upon hearing this, Gavin nodded, then walked towards the Tyrannosaurus Rex and said.

"It's okay, let's keep going, there are still more than 30 kilometers to go."

After saying that, Gavin and the others got into the RV and continued on their way.

But after getting back into the car, they drove less than eight kilometers.

Gavin stopped again.

(End of this chapter)