Under the pale blue morning light, Lin Sanjiu dragged Yu Yuan toward the corner of the street with an expressionless face. The young man's feet made a rustling sound as he stepped on the road. His footsteps stirred the air.
The warehouse in her field of vision was very close, but she felt as if she had been walking for a long time. Yet, it was still standing at the corner of the street.
It seemed like a long time had passed since the last word from the black speaker faded away. After all, this was a dream, so time was not always accurate. Faces began to gather at the corners and behind the houses. Unbeknownst to Lin Sanjiu, a group of people with pale faces slowly followed behind them.
Even though the girl said that she had no more bullets, no one dared to risk their lives.
There were no righteous people here. No one was willing to risk their lives to pave a path for others.
The group of people following them from a few dozen meters away were all men. Each of them held some crude weapons in their hands. There were clubs, razors, bricks, and even bows and arrows made of wood. Lin Sanjiu suddenly remembered that other than the young girl, she had not seen any other women or children for a long time.
She was like an injured lion on the grassland with a long string of hyenas trailing behind her.
Yu Yuan groaned softly. Lin Sanjiu quickly looked down and saw that his brows were furrowed tightly as if he was struggling with some kind of anxiety. However, he could not wake up. One of her shoulders was aching from his weight. Sometimes, she could not hold on to him, and he would slide down.
Taking a deep breath, she stopped and looked back.
The group of people behind Lin Sanjiu stopped in their tracks when they felt Lin Sanjiu's piercing gaze. Hesitation flashed across their skinny faces. Without giving them any time to react, Lin Sanjiu raised the muzzle of her gun, and a bullet pierced through one of their thighs.
That person's howl immediately reverberated far away under the greenish-white sky.
He fell to the ground, his hoarse screams piercing everyone's eardrums. The rest of the people immediately scattered in all directions, like a group of startled ants or flies, but no one stretched out a hand to help him.
Lin Sanjiu turned around. She held Yu Yuan's body tightly and continued to walk slowly towards the corner of the street.
The gunshot just now had successfully frightened the townspeople who were hiding in the dark. The rustling footsteps and blinking gazes were all dispersed, and they did not appear for quite a while. The scream of the man behind her suddenly rose to a higher pitch. She quickly turned her head and saw two or three muscular men pulling him up and dragging him to a corner of the street.
Her feet moved, and just as she was about to chase after him, she abruptly stopped in her tracks.
Lin Sanjiu stood rooted to the ground. She stared unblinkingly as the figure and the man's cries grew further and further away. Then, she scanned her surroundings. Her gaze was like a poisonous gas. Wherever it swept past, there would be no one left.
It seemed that this shot had successfully scared everyone away.
She turned around and was about to continue walking forward when the loudspeaker not far away from her suddenly rang again.
"My fellow townspeople," the same female voice sounded more and more unfamiliar, "Listen to me! There is a large number of bullets from the Golden Age in the warehouse on the first floor of Townspeople Building No. 15 at the corner of the street. You don't have to be afraid of the few bullets in her gun. As long as you snatch her gun back, all the bullets in the warehouse will be yours! Think about it, when you have a gun and bullets, what can't you have — "
When the voice from the loudspeaker reached this point, Lin Sanjiu could no longer hold back the rush of blood that rushed to her head. She raised her gun and shot through the loudspeaker. The sound of electricity crackled for a while, and a few sparks flew out from the hole.
However, more loudspeakers continued to say, "… If you don't want to hurt yourself, there are many ways to think of. You can work together to surround her, or you can find some tools … "
Lin Sanjiu couldn't remember when was the last time she was burned by such intense anger. However, it was useless to shoot through one loudspeaker. Even if she destroyed all of them, it would just be a waste of bullets. When Lin Sanjiu came back to her senses, she realized that her hands were trembling slightly.
The dilapidated buildings stood silently in the pale blue morning light, and the dark broken windows were like countless eyes, closely following her every step forward.
A layer of sweat appeared on Lin Sanjiu's forehead. The scream of the wounded man still echoed in her ears. It was as if she was hallucinating. When she lifted her foot again, she suddenly sensed something from the corner of her eye. She turned her head abruptly.
A long black shadow suddenly appeared in midair and charged toward her. In the blink of an eye, it had already enveloped both of them. Lin Sanjiu did not even have the time to see what it was before she felt a gust of wind on her cheeks. Lin Sanjiu supported Yu Yuan with one hand and held her gun with the other. She was so anxious that her forehead was covered with sweat. She quickly pulled Yu Yuan behind her and fired a few shots at the black shadow.
The heavy gunshots tore through the air, and the force of the bullets caused the black shadow to tremble in mid-air. Almost immediately, it turned into a broken sack. However, the gunfire did not stop it. It took the opportunity to crash into Lin Sanjiu. Then, the two of them fell to the ground with a loud thud.
Lin Sanjiu felt her vision blur, and she found that half of her body was pinned down by the black shadow. She quickly struggled to free herself and saw a pair of bulging eyes.
It was the man whom she had shot in the thigh. Naturally, he was no longer alive.
Lin Sanjiu looked past the corpse and stopped at a two-story residential building behind her. In order to accommodate the new population in Peanut Town, the road had been narrowed again and again. Many residential buildings had been built on the road. The building was very close to the road, and the few men who dragged the injured townspeople away were looking down at her from the rooftop. The moment she raised her gun, the few of them immediately ducked down and hid behind the walls of the rooftop.
They were all muscular men, and it was obvious that they did not have to worry about food and water. It seemed like they dragged the injured townspeople away to use him as a sandbag.
"Throw a few more people down there," a faint roar came from somewhere. Lin Sanjiu had no idea who the person was, "Let's see how many bullets she can shoot out! If you can't catch her, just throw something. Make sure she dies here! "
The voice startled Lin Sanjiu. She jumped up and rushed toward Yu Yuan to check his breathing. The young man's face was as pale as a paper doll, which made the tattoos on his skin look even darker. Even though he was thrown to the ground by Lin Sanjiu, his weak breathing was still stable. Lin Sanjiu grabbed his arm and tried to drag him forward. However, before she could take a few steps, another black figure came crashing down on her.
Her eyebrows twitched, and she hurriedly dragged Yu Yuan two steps forward. A round dining table smashed into splashing pieces and wooden dregs at the young man's feet with a "clang".
"Run!" Mrs. Manas suddenly yelled at Lin Sanjiu just as she closed her eyes and dodged another piece of debris.
When she opened her eyes again, Lin Sanjiu's heart was in her throat. She was too focused on avoiding the dining table that she and Yu Yuan hid in the shadow cast by the residential building. She raised her head, hoping that she might get lucky, but when she looked up, she felt a chill run down her spine.
Under the sunlight, a few dark figures were standing at the edge of the rooftop, looking down at the two of them.
"Get back, or I will shoot!"
Lin Sanjiu immediately took two steps back, raised her gun, and aimed at the rooftop. The few people seemed to know the severity of the situation, so they quickly crouched down. Before Lin Sanjiu could heave a sigh of relief, she saw a few hands reaching out from the rooftop. Then, they threw out a black figure.
When she saw that it was a car seat that had been dismantled, it had already smashed deep into Yu Yuan's stomach.
He didn't even make a sound. His limbs just trembled a little before he fell silent again.
Lin Sanjiu felt as if her chest was on fire. For a moment, her consciousness was blurred by the heat. She felt so stuffy that she wanted to vomit. Just as she was about to rush forward to check on Yu Yuan, Mrs. Manas suddenly shouted, "He's dead!"
"No —"
"He's dead. It's useless for you to check on him. If he dies here, he dies outside the pocket dimension!" Mrs. Manas turned a deaf ear to Lin Sanjiu and continued to shout, "If you don't go to the storeroom now, you will die sooner or later! Go! "
Even though Lin Sanjiu knew that Mrs. Manas was right, she still gritted her teeth and hesitated for a few seconds. Finally, she turned her head and ran to the corner of the street.
Ever since she entered the Reverie Libretto, everything was so clear and real that it was as if she had seen it with her own eyes.
She didn't know why, but her vision started to blur. The scenery around her seemed to have lost its color and shape. She felt as if there was a sledgehammer hammering on her brain again and again. Her bones, mind, and soul were all hurting.
She wanted to scream. She wanted to smash something, and she wanted to bleed her knuckles. She did not dare to turn her head to look at Yu Yuan, who she had left behind, but she did not dare not to look at him either. The second before she reached the door of the storeroom, she cast a quick glance into the distance.
The car seat was lying beside the young man. Compared to it, the young man looked so thin and flat, as if he had never been alive. Through her blurry vision, she could see a few skinny figures sneaking toward Yu Yuan.
Lin Sanjiu spun her head around and smashed the lock with a few shots. Then, she kicked the door open.
Judging from the way the people in Peanut Town behaved, it was highly possible that the girl was lying to her. As if she had lost her mind, Lin Sanjiu rushed to the shelves in the storeroom. She kept thinking that there might not be any bullets in the storeroom. However, that did not stop her from searching frantically. After she had smashed countless boxes on the floor, she couldn't believe that she had finally found her target.
Perhaps the girl was so eager to become a member of the Provisional Management Committee that she didn't even lie to her.
Lin Sanjiu filled the magazine with her trembling hands and carried a box full of bullets on her back.
When Lin Sanjiu stood up and walked out of the room, a few figures rushed into the room. The moment they saw each other, they immediately reacted and hurriedly retreated out of the room. Judging from their figures, they were the muscular men from earlier.
Like a leopard that had spotted its prey, Lin Sanjiu sprinted out of the storeroom. As soon as the first ray of sunlight illuminated her vision, she fired a volley of bullets from the gun in her hand.
A mist of blood splashed into the air and dyed the morning red.
Like puppets whose strings had been cut off, the bodies of the men fell to the ground with a dull thud. Some of them were still twitching, but some of them stopped moving as if they were dead.
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