Bai Xiaolu felt that he was not just running, but flying.
No one had ever held his wrist as tightly as The Golden Tooth did. It was as if he would rather die than let go. He was even channeling his strength and life force into Bai Xiaolu's body. His heart was beating wildly, and adrenaline was secreting crazily. He felt as if he was stepping on cotton.
He could not describe what he was feeling, but he kept asking himself, "He believes me? I believe him? Why? "
"Ding!"
There was a strange sound behind him. It seemed to be the sound of a landmine's combat component being bounced up high.
But Bai Xiaolu was not afraid at all. He could hear The Golden Tooth's firm and powerful breathing, feel his incomparably vigorous fire of life, and hear his thunderous roar echoing in his ears. They can do it, they can definitely do it, they can definitely survive!
"Jump!"
The Golden Tooth yanked him violently. At this moment, the two of them were about twenty to thirty meters away from the foxhole.
"Boom!"
The landmine exploded violently behind them. The shockwave was like a rolling heatwave, pushing them out and smashing them right into the foxhole.
Bai Xiaolu felt that his entire back was burning. The flames quickly seeped into his lungs. It was so painful that he could not speak at all.
But the intense pain told every strand of his nerve endings that he was still alive!
"Hehe, hehe, hahahaha!"
After lying in the foxhole and gasping for breath for a long time, he finally let out a difficult and twisted laugh. The boy breathed in the scorching hot air and enjoyed the fresh pain in every part of his body.
The Golden Tooth did not lie to him. They really could do it. They survived!
"8.6 seconds."
While he was thinking, The Golden Tooth's head appeared above his foxhole. The wasteland overlord spat out blood and grinned. "Kid, if you had participated in the Olympics before the war, you would have been the champion."
Bai Xiaolu waved her hand at the Golden Tooth boss, expressing her heartfelt gratitude and gratitude. However, she faintly felt that something was wrong. After pondering for a moment, she widened her eyes and said, "8.6 seconds? Didn't the boss say that landmines take at least ten seconds to explode? "
"Really?"
The Golden Tooth scratched his burnt beard and said casually, "I'm just guessing. There's bound to be a mistake, right?"
"You … guessed?"
Bai Xiaolu was stunned. "Actually, you don't know when the landmine will explode?"
"Nonsense."
The Golden Tooth said matter-of-factly, "Did you think that I had done something as ridiculous as using sticky gel to delay the explosion of a landmine before? If not, how would I know when the landmine would explode? "
"This …"
Bai Xiaolu was dumbfounded. She was half angry and half depressed. "You, you lied to me!"
"So …"
The Golden Tooth grinned. He extended his trembling hand and slapped Bai Xiaolu's face twice. "Brat, I told you not to trust anyone."
Wan Zang Hai staggered towards the two of them.
His body was covered in guns and bullets.
Bai Xiaolu and The Golden Tooth looked at each other and instantly forgot about the dispute between them. Instead, they activated their brainwaves to the limit and locked onto Wanzanghai.
Wanzanghai's eyes kept moving. He looked at the two people who were covered in wounds but still mentally healthy. Then, he looked at the Vulture Gang's reconnaissance falcon circling in the sky behind him. He hesitated for half a second and squeezed out a sincere smile. He first pulled The Golden Tooth up, then opened his arms to Bai Xiaolu.
"Congratulations on your narrow escape, Xiaolu. It seems that we're going to have a silver lining!"
…
"Clang, clang!"
There was the sound of chains being dragged.
"Creak, creak, creak, creak!"
The sound of winches and pulleys grinding and rolling could be heard.
The wind and sand dispersed, and a cool breeze blew in their faces. An underground wine cellar and a small shelter appeared before the three of them.
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, there's always electricity here. We're saved this time!"
Wan Zang Hai danced with joy, shouting and screaming.
They did have a silver lining. It was as if all the bad luck had been exhausted the moment Bai Xiaolu stepped on the landmine.
After wandering around the wind power plant for a short while, they found the ruins of the old winery. They followed the traces on the ruins and found the entrance to the wine cellar and shelter.
This was a large wine cellar. It was about the size of half a football field before the war and relied on the wind power plant to provide energy. Although most of the wind turbines were destroyed in the nuclear war, there were still one or two that maintained normal operation. It was enough to support the daily use of a small wine cellar and shelter.
In the later stages of the war, the governments of various countries encouraged the people to dig and modify their own shelters to stabilize the people. The authorities would provide the greatest amount of support in terms of energy supply. This wind power plant was built for this purpose and was fully automated. Even so, it was still a miracle that some of the units could be maintained until now. Perhaps it was a miracle that was specially prepared for them.
The wine cellar was still maintained at a constant temperature and humidity. Most of the wine was not spoiled. Even if it was spoiled, it could still be used as daily water.
A corner of the wine cellar had been remodeled, forming a small living area with complete amenities. There was a bedroom, a living room, and a bathroom. There was also a small warehouse filled with a dazzling array of materials. It could be considered a small supermarket.
It seemed that the owner of the winery had been prepared to stay underground for a long time and did not plan to go out for ten or twenty years.
Unfortunately, they were still dead.
The three of them found a corpse in the bedroom. From the rotting clothes, it should be the owner of the winery.
Her corpse emitted a faint blue light, and some of the bones were deformed. This indicated the cause of her death. It was either radiation syndrome or the bacterial invasion of various biochemical weapons, a virus infection, or a combination of both.
Next to the bedroom was the living room. There was a colorful carpet in the middle of the living room. It was covered with colorful cartoon patterns. There was an unfinished game of chess on the carpet. Dice, toy bills, and toy land deeds were scattered all over the floor.
There were also two corpses curled up in the corner, one big and one small. It should be a middle-aged man hugging his child tightly. There were also a few open medicine bottles scattered around, and green pills were scattered everywhere.
"VE44 neurotoxin antidote."
The Golden Tooth knelt on one knee and picked up a medicine bottle. "Within the safe dosage, it can be dissolved in water and injected into the muscle. It can effectively alleviate the damage caused by most neurobiological weapons. However, if it is directly taken orally with more than five times the safe dosage, it will be a highly effective suicide drug. It will directly paralyze the central nervous system. There will be no pain or feeling, and it will cause one to fall into an eternal sleep."
"I don't understand."
Bai Xiaolu said, "They still have so many supplies. Most of them are vacuum-packed canned food. They also have enough compressed drinking water. There is no shortage of energy supply. They have everything. They can stay here for ten or twenty years, or even longer. Why would they commit suicide?"
"No, they don't have everything. They prepared everything, but they lost the most important thing."
The Golden Tooth whispered, "Hope. They lost hope."
Bai Xiaolu was speechless for a moment.
He did not understand what "lost hope" meant.
Because he had never had hope.
He had never had hope, so there was no sense of loss.
"If I remember correctly, the owner of this winery seemed to be called 'John' or something. He loved his wife very much. His wife was also an expert at making wine back then. She knew all the wineries nearby."
The Golden Tooth said, "Poor John. He prepared everything like a squirrel preparing for winter. It must have taken him all his effort to transform this shelter. In the end, he found that his beloved wife was attacked by virus or radiation before she could enter the shelter. In the end, he could only guard so many supplies and watch his wife mutate, wither, and die.
Maybe he suspected that he and his son were infected, too. Maybe he did not think that he could last until the end of the war. Or maybe he knew that the war was over, and the outside world had become hell on earth. As a wine-maker, he could not fight against those with guns and drones no matter what. His winery would sooner or later become the nest of the demons, and his son would become the prey of the beasts. Therefore, he played a last game of chess with his son. While he played, he tricked his son into taking an overdose of nerve antidote. Just like that, he went to reunite with his child's mother without any pain. "
After The Golden Tooth finished speaking, he sighed. He took a blanket from the sofa next to him and gently covered the dead father and son.
Bai Xiaolu was silent for a long time. He could not help but say, "Let's carry them to the bed. Carry them to his wife and his mother."
The golden-toothed boss gave Bai Xiaolu a deep look.
"Yes."
Wanzanghai also said, "This living room is not bad, but it's creepy to see two corpses in the corner. Let's get them out of here. We can rest here."
"Okay."
The Golden Tooth's eyelids drooped. He picked up the two corpses, which had become very light, along with the blanket.
Bai Xiaolu went up to help. She carefully held the heads of John Senior and his son and sent them back to the bedroom with The Golden Tooth. They lay down next to the female body and covered the family carefully with a rotten and moldy quilt.
At this time, Bai Xiaolu saw a dust-covered picture on the bedside table. She brushed the dust away and saw that it was John Senior and his family before the war.
It was a very healthy and happy couple. They had the dark skin and white teeth unique to the locals. Their blond hair seemed to be shining on its own.
The child in the middle was holding a bunch of grapes that looked like rubies. He picked one and stuffed it into his mouth. He was smiling even more happily than the adults.
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