"What?!"
For a moment, Bai Xiaolu could not believe it.
It was not that he could not believe that "cannibalism" existed in the world, but that he could not believe that the underground race would actually eat people.
"Of course they eat people, and they eat more elegantly and cleverly than the Butcher and Lord Snake in Tombstone Town," the older brother sneered.
"If they weren't better at eating people than we are, why would they be able to hide comfortably in the underground shelters and enjoy themselves, while we have to suffer under the threat of the scorching sun, radiation, and mutated beasts?"
Bai Xiaolu was speechless. He looked at Wanzanghai, who was walking in front of him with his shoulders heaving up and down, and felt that he was more and more like a lizard.
"But this is good," the older brother said calmly.
The elder brother said unhurriedly, "He treats us as' mules' and 'lambs', and so do we. He can share half of our weight, and if necessary, we can even kill him and cut his flesh, which will greatly increase our chances of survival. So, we are not in a hurry to take action."
"We …"
Bai Xiaolu was at a loss. "Are we going to eat people too?"
"If necessary, of course," the older brother said.
"This has always been a cannibalistic world. Don't you want to return to the village alive and save your sister and the children in the village?"
The ugly but extremely young faces of his sister and the children in the village appeared in Bai Xiaolu's mind.
He had regained his strength. Carrying the heavy bag, he staggered and struggled to walk between the Gobi Desert and the desert.
The boy and the teenager walked for a day and a night in the direction they thought was the west.
During this period of time, Wanzanghai talked to Bai Xiaolu many times to ask about his family's situation and his life in New Golden Mountain, but Bai Xiaolu evaded him every time.
Wanzanghai did not seem to be suspicious. In other words, for the "mule" and "lamb" in his eyes, their true identities were not important at all. As long as they could be carried and eaten, it was fine. After all, the guns and bullets were in Wanzanghai's hands. He was completely in control of the situation.
Perhaps because he was in a good mood, Wanzanghai talked a lot about his family and school, so that Bai Xiaolu could have a better understanding of "New Jinshan". Of course, most of the things that Wanzanghai talked about were things that Bai Xiaolu had never heard before. She was stunned and confused, thinking that it was a fairy-like life.
After one day and one night, the two had reached their physical limits and were on the verge of a mental breakdown.
Although they had been constantly replenishing themselves with food and water, they still gradually felt like they were about to collapse. Facing the boundless desert and the Gobi Desert, they felt even more desperate.
"Damn it. We've probably gone the wrong way."
Wanzanghai mumbled, "If this is really the west, we should've seen some unmanned automatic sentry posts or the sentry cannons of the alliance after walking for one day and one night. But right now, there's nothing. Nothing at all!"
It was impossible to rely on the sun to identify the direction.
The edges of the leaden clouds in the sky were rippling in the color of blood. They could even see the silvery remains of cities appearing in the clouds.
It was a mirage, a very common phenomenon in the Bloody Wilderness.
Perhaps they had been misled by the mirage a day ago and walked in the opposite direction, which was the uninhabited area in the north of the Bloody Wilderness. The further they walked, the deeper they sank.
Wanzanghai looked at Bai Xiaolu with more and more abnormal eyes.
He was probably evaluating the most accurate 'input-output ratio' between the speed at which Bai Xiaolu consumed water and food and the resources that Bai Xiaolu could carry. He was calculating when exactly he should kill Bai Xiaolu, suck his blood, and cut his flesh.
His brother was ready, too. He could aim at Wanzanghai's cerebral vessels and perform a minor 'activation' at any moment.
But at this moment, the boy and the young man heard rumbling noises coming from behind the sand dune in front of them.
"Someone's here?"
Wanzanghai hurriedly dragged Bai Xiaolu to the ground and hinted at him to hide. "Ha. It's the sound of an engine. There's a car!"
In the boundless Bloody Wilderness, cars and gasoline were more precious than lives and blood.
It was impossible to walk dozens of kilometers in a day with only two legs, but it would be a different story if they had a car.
"We have to get a car."
Wanzanghai's eyes were immediately bloodshot. He shushed Bai Xiaolu and gestured for Bai Xiaolu to climb up the sand dune with him.
In the sand dune ahead, a fierce battle was going on.
More than a dozen motorcycles embedded with spikes and three off-road vehicles welded with bulletproof steel plates circled around and besieged a single target.
The motorcycles and the off-road vehicles were all decorated in the style of the devils. Naturally, the people sitting in the vehicles were not regular soldiers, but bandits wearing scorpion shell armor and covered in feathers.
After seeing clearly who was besieged by the bandits, Bai Xiaolu almost screamed out loud.
The Golden Tooth!
He was not dead yet, but he was more dangerous than before, like a wounded wild boar that had gone mad.
Although he was besieged by dozens of enemies, he did not seem to be at a disadvantage at all. Instead, it was as if he had surrounded all the bandits by himself.
He was still wearing the plasma glove of the Magnetic Storm Infantry on his right arm, but he was wearing a small flame launcher on his left arm. Thunder and fire intertwined, forming an area of absolute destruction within a dozen meters. None of the bandits could stand in front of him for even a second.
However, weren't those bandits The Golden Tooth's men? Why were they attacking each other in this place?
"Of course," the elder brother said coldly.
The elder brother said coldly, "Those guys who are wearing scorpion armor and wearing colorful feathers are not from the Citi Gang but other gangs on the Blazing Blood Desert. They are only greedy for the wealth in the new gold mountain. That's why they listened to Boss Gold Tooth's command and looted the place together.
"But The Golden Tooth's intelligence was wrong. He did not expect that there was a factory for the Magnetic Storm Infantry in the 'New Gold Mountain', which caused all the gangs to suffer heavy losses. I reckon that the city was destroyed before it was conquered. They lost most of their assets for nothing, and they did not get any benefits at all. Those guys must have been mad. How could they not seek revenge on The Golden Tooth?
"Even if they were not seeking revenge, hehe. The Citi Gang should have suffered the greatest losses in the battle. The Golden Tooth is now alone. It is a great opportunity for the gangs to eliminate him and replace him. It is rare for a strong man like The Golden Tooth to be in such dire straits. If he can catch his breath for a year and a half, he might be able to rise again. So, of course, we have to kill him now!"
Seeing The Golden Tooth's current situation and remembering how he had been waving the Citi flag and roaring a battle hymn while sitting on an armored tank a day ago, Bai Xiaolu did not feel very good.
Naturally, he did not have a good impression of The Golden Tooth.
But it was a fact that the man had saved his life.
Anyone who saw the scene of a tiger being bullied by a dog would have mixed feelings. It had nothing to do with whether the tiger was a good or bad person.
No matter how much he sighed, and no matter how angry Wanzanghai was, neither of them could change the outcome of the fierce battle.
The Golden Tooth had one person in each hand. He tore apart seven or eight people, including the people, the motorcycle, and even the armed off-road vehicle.
He had also been hit by at least dozens of bullets. Even if he wore a bulletproof vest, a few of his bones might have shattered.
"Bastard!"
Wan Zanghai gritted his teeth. "Don't destroy the motorcycle and the off-road vehicle, you bastard. Go to hell, go to hell obediently!"
Unfortunately, The Golden Tooth's vitality was so tenacious that he was like a weed that grew out of poisonous soil and was contaminated by radiation.
When he broke the neck of the last robber, he stood for a full half a minute before he fell to the ground.
The wasteland instantly returned to silence. There was only the sound of the eternal whistling wind.
The crimson sand quickly covered the scattered corpses in a thin layer and gradually merged with the dried blood.
The motorcycles and off-road vehicles had been turned into scrap metal. Even the burning fireballs were unknown if any of them were still intact and could still be started.
Wanzanghai and Bai Xiaolu looked at each other. The two of them shrank their heads and waited for a full ten minutes.
Wanzanghai rolled his eyes and asked, "Do you know how to drive?"
Her brother actually knew how to drive. Bai Xiaolu shook her head. "No."
"Is that so …"
Wanzanghai still smiled and pointed his chin forward. "Go down and see if these devils are completely dead. Then look inside the vehicles. See if there are any that are intact on the outside and have no oil leaks. Remember, don't touch the gun. Once you touch it … it's easy to misfire."
He did not say who exactly would "misfire," but Bai Xiaolu already understood what he meant.
"Me?"
Bai Xiaolu asked, "Me alone?"
"How can you be alone? We're a team. Of course we have to work together and fight side by side."
Wanzanghai waved the gun in his hand and pointed the muzzle at Bai Xiaolu. "We just have different roles. You're in charge. My shooting is more accurate. I'm in charge of covering you from behind. If there are still devils alive, as soon as they sit up, I'll immediately tear off their skulls. I won't give them a chance to hurt you. Don't worry. Go, go!"
Wanzanghai's eyes became sharp again.
Bai Xiaolu could only bite the bullet and go down the sand slope. Trembling with fear, he approached the corpses of the robbers.
For some reason, he was not afraid of the other corpses, but he did not dare to get close to The Golden Tooth's corpse. The leader of the Citigroup Gang should be dead. Even if it was a real wild boar, bull, or even elephant, it should be the limit of its endurance.
The Golden Tooth's corpse, which was as strong as a hill, was covered by a layer of red sand. At first glance, it really did look like a small fortress.
Bai Xiaolu swallowed hard. He did not dare to test whether The Golden Tooth was dead or alive. He circled around the wreckage of the car hastily and signaled to Wanzanghai, who was on the sand dune. "There's one!"
Wanzanghai squatted for another three minutes before he slowly stood up. Holding the gun, he moved step by step to Bai Xiaolu.
"Well done, Bai Xiaolu. You've made a great contribution. You saved yourself and me. Thank you!"
Wanzanghai said with a smile. Although he said "thank you," there was no gratitude in his eyes. There was only excitement and greed. "Which one? Which one?"
"This —"
Bai Xiaolu only said one word, but his throat, heart, and every pore on his body froze.
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