bookbashuk Chapter 11: A large quantity and a full control
Chapter 11: A large quantity and a full control
Behind them, the stone golem reformed into a giant rock monster and continued to chase after them.
The familiar sound of tanks grew closer and closer behind them.
As they approached the canyon entrance, Xu Si witnessed a comical scene: a "Optimus Prime" carrying a small car sped off from the front of the convoy.
This scene seemed familiar, the only difference being that last time it was a small leather bag, and this time it was a car.
Xu Si could even see through the broken glass window that the two girls inside looked pale and distraught.
Meanwhile, above the canyon, a lithe figure leaped down from the cliff, landing precisely on the roof of the pickup truck, yet feeling as light as if it were nothing.
Xu Si even saw her look at him with a puzzled expression.
However, Xu Si did not let go of the back pocket of the pickup truck. The convoy was still accelerating to get away from the strange creature behind them, and it was almost time for Brother Tongzi's aura to dissipate. Letting go now would be tantamount to feeding himself to the strange creature.
This speed is his future goal; he wishes his "super knife" could reach this speed.
The tram's tires screeched against the ground, and if it weren't for the reinforced frame, it would probably have fallen apart long ago.
The car's infotainment screen lit up again; the charging speed was much faster than he was pedaling.
Shi Gui's furious roar was left behind by the convoy, and the crisis was temporarily averted.
The convoy stopped in a relatively open wasteland quite far outside the canyon.
The relief of surviving the ordeal and the grief of losing companions were intertwined on everyone's faces. Although everyone was used to death, the loss of the convoy was still unacceptable.
Needless to say, the four-wheeled vehicles are all damaged, and it's unknown how much longer they can operate. Only the Warrior and the Sharp-Tongued Loli's Pikachu are in slightly better condition.
The school bus and the cars of the two urban ladies who were carried out from Tashan were both severely damaged.
As for the two-wheeled ones, only Xu Si remained.
The team has lost more than half of its personnel.
"Hey! You're the one hanging on the back of the truck!" Jiao Jiao jumped out of the pickup truck's cab, walked up to Xu Si, and put her hands on her hips.
"Was that you just now?" Even the most oblivious person would notice something was wrong with that kind of abnormality.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" Xu Si ignored him and could only pretend to be stupid. He couldn't possibly admit that Brother Tongzi existed!
He couldn't care less how they imagined it.
"Thank you... although I don't know what method you used." She naturally knew the order of the core members of the team, and the two sisters couldn't possibly have done it, so at that time, only Xu Si could have made the move.
Before contacting them again, he caught up with the group alone, and everything became clear.
Xu Si waved his hand, too tired to argue with her.
His gaze swept over the convoy, his heart heavy.
Fu Xiaojian got off the warrior, his face not looking too good.
He glanced at the survivors and said in a deep voice, "Take a headcount of the number of people and supplies. The wounded will be treated first. We'll rest here tonight."
"Boss Fu, aren't you a pioneer? Can't you be a little more reliable? We almost all died this time!" The little girl was still a bit shaken; she really thought she was going to die.
"My sequence sense is definitely safer in the canyon!" Fu Xiaojian said somewhat embarrassedly, because this time it had indeed been too dangerous.
The group frowned. Fu Xiaojian had no reason to lead them to a dead end, which could only mean one thing: the danger in other directions was greater than that in the canyon.
If the canyon path offers a slim chance of survival, the other paths are likely to result in certain death.
This is not good news; it means the supernatural is becoming increasingly dangerous.
"Hey little sister, do you have any gasoline? I'd like some more," Xu Si said.
Among the team members, only the sharp-tongued loli was close to Xu Si, so even though he was embarrassed, he could only suppress his smile and speak.
"I can't make the decision, ask my aunt!" Gasoline is a scarce commodity, so the little girl naturally can't make the decision.
He just checked and found that the electric vehicle's fuel tank only has a mere 15 liters, and its effective driving range is only about 250 kilometers. At their driving speed, that's only enough for one or two days.
However, something is better than nothing.
"Brother, thank you so much for earlier. Without you, we would probably have been doomed!" After arranging the camp, Fu Xiaojian came over and thanked him sincerely.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" Why is everyone so convinced that he did it? It really wasn't him, it was Brother Tong.
"You should have awakened your sequence by now, right? Are you a Mechanic? Or a Spirit Master? Or something else?" His gaze fell on Xu Si's electric scooter, which was now completely different from what he had imagined.
If he was a poor boy before, he's not so poor now.
"I don't know!" Xu Si said.
"You're short on gasoline, aren't you? While we're resting, let's distribute the supplies you brought from Happy Town and hold an internal trade fair!"
Fu Xiaojian assumed he was unwilling to talk about it and didn't care. Anyway, it was good news for the team.
Taking advantage of this time, the big guy Tashan erected a stone tablet by the camp for the convoy members who had died in the past two days, but he didn't know what to write on it.
Because many of these people did not leave their names, and no one will remember them.
Beside the stone tablet, the male head of the family of four was digging a hole with a broken entrenching tool.
His movements were mechanical and numb, his face expressionless, with only a deep, bone-deep sorrow frozen in his eyes.
His wife and son both died in that desolate canyon.
His once neat clothes were now tattered, with a dark red stain on his shoulder.
No one came forward to help.
In the end times, grief is a luxury, and burial is the last vestige of dignity for a human being, which is also a luxury.
The little girl who had once given Xu Si some warmth was now being comforted and embraced by the two urban beauties.
Both of them experienced a terrible ordeal, and if it weren't for Tashan, their fate would have been unimaginable.
They harbored some resentment towards Xu Si, but who could they blame?
In that situation, who would risk their life to save you?
As the radio broadcast said: Don't try to salvage the situation.
Xu Si silently withdrew his gaze, suppressing the slight ripple in his heart; his saintly heart was acting up again.
He's the kind of person who's bad but not completely bad, and not really good either.
This is the end times, Xu Si has warned himself more than once.
He walked to his "super knife" and checked the vehicle's condition.
Apart from some scratches, the upgraded car body was otherwise undamaged, which put him at ease. Tongzi's self-inspection also showed that the car was fine, except for being low on fuel.
The most exciting moment has finally arrived.
"Brother Tongzi, how many purification points do I have left?"
[Remaining Purification Points: 1760, Use Now?]
"no"
These are all purification points contributed to him by the stone golem.
The thousand I earned in Happy Town, I spent one hundred escaping Happy Town, seven hundred upgrading my vehicle, and two hundred escaping the canyon, which was exactly what I spent.
The remaining 1760 were replenished little by little by the stone golems in the canyon. Don't underestimate the small amount each one gives, because the quantity is plentiful and enough to fill you up!
He even wanted to emulate Zhao Zilong by making seven incursions and seven exits, and then frantically level up his character.
What a pity, such a wonderful eerie experience!