Early the next morning, it was just as Ren Xiaosu had expected. Many of the people who got up from the ground felt weak, and their bodies were also aching.
The consequences of their long journey and catching a cold were fully felt. Some of them had better physical fitness and could withstand it, but a small portion of them could not.
Ren Xiaosu realized the stronghold residents were not very muscular. At least, they were not as muscular as the refugees in town. Even a woman like Sister Xiaoyu was slightly stronger than them.
At this moment, the group of people who had a campfire to keep themselves warm yesterday started to feel different. Even Jiang Wu's group of students were fine.
"Let's hurry up and leave." Ren Xiaosu got up and looked around. "This place has become an outbreak area. If we don't leave quickly, we might get infected again."
These people were hopeless.
"Master, saving a life is better than building a seven-storied pagoda!" Chen Wudi said, "We can't leave them behind!"
"The Western Paradise is just ahead." Ren Xiaosu said as he walked, "I'm going to the Western Paradise to obtain the Buddhist scriptures. You can stay if you want."
Chen Wudi was taken aback. He thought for a long time before finally catching up. It seemed that escorting his master to the Western Paradise to obtain the Buddhist scriptures was a higher priority for him.
When Ren Xiaosu saw Chen Wudi catching up, he heaved a sigh of relief. He was really worried that Chen Wudi would foolishly try to save those several hundred people.
How were they supposed to save them?
Wang Fugui still had some antibiotics with him, but the problem was how much medicine could one person carry? Besides, that was the money Wang Fugui had saved up his entire life, so how could he selflessly give it to these people?
When they got up and prepared to leave, Jiang Wu immediately organized the students to follow them. In any case, Jiang Wu would lead the students to do whatever Ren Xiaosu wanted to do now.
Everyone looked at the sick people around them and inevitably felt a little heavy in their hearts. But what could they do?
Some of the kinder students said to Jiang Wu, "Teacher, why don't we stay and help everyone?"
Jiang Wu clenched her teeth and struggled for a long time. Then she said firmly, "No, we have to learn to protect ourselves first. Perhaps what I'm teaching you is not correct, but you have to leave with me now."
The world had forced a gentle and kind female teacher to this point, but she did not regret it.
"Keep up. Everyone, don't fall behind. Do you still remember what the wild vegetables we ate yesterday looked like? If you see them on the roadside, you must pick them," Jiang Wu said.
"But that wild herb tastes awful," a student muttered with his head lowered.
"No matter how disgusting it is, we still have to eat it," Jiang Wu said firmly.
As soon as Ren Xiaosu left, the refugees who could still move all followed him. This was because they did not have a goal at the moment. They only knew that if someone took the lead, they would follow.
In the end, only those who were sick were left lying on the ground.
At this time, Ren Xiaosu was puzzled. He already knew that the wolves had been following them, but they had never attacked them. Why was that? The crowd clearly posed no threat to them at all. Could it be that there were too many of them that caused them to shrink back?
Then what about the Experimentals? Ren Xiaosu hoped that the Experimentals had followed the Kyung Clan consortium north of the Jing Mountains. That way, he wouldn't have to worry too much about the threat from the Experimentals.
Of course, it would be even better if the Experimentals had died in that volcanic eruption.
Even now, Ren Xiaosu could not confirm how many Experimentals there were, nor could he determine who had created them.
He only understood that this world was not as simple as he had imagined it to be.
At this moment, the escapees were basically avoiding Ren Xiaosu and the others as they walked along the road.
Ren Xiaosu deliberately did not show off his superpower to the escapees because they still had to get to Stronghold 109. Who knew how Stronghold 109 treated supernatural beings? What if they arrested any supernatural beings they saw like they did in Stronghold 113?
There was a hidden danger now. Chen Wudi had already exposed the fact that he was a supernatural being. This made Ren Xiaosu feel a little conflicted, but he could only take it one step at a time.
Suddenly, Ren Xiaosu saw another off-road vehicle parked in front of them. He found it funny at the time. When the Kyung Clan consortium passed by, there were only three off-road vehicles and two military transport trucks. But now, more than half of them had broken down.
Yesterday, they had seen an off-road vehicle and a military transport truck on the road. Now, another one had been wrecked along the way. Ren Xiaosu suspected that if they hurried along, they might even see the Kyung Clan consortium's people in front of them.
After all, the three vehicles could no longer accommodate so many people, so there would definitely be people on foot.
Perhaps Luo Lan would let the soldiers walk slowly while he drove one of the off-road vehicles and a military transport truck to Stronghold 109 first.
When the evening sun was setting, chaos suddenly broke out at the front of the group of escapees. Someone shouted, "Look!"
"It's the Kyung Clan consortium's people!" Someone shouted, "Let's go and ask them for help!"
"We've finally met up with the troops!"
They did not even consider whether the combat brigade would be willing to meet up with them. They just ran forward frantically as though they had grasped onto a life-saving straw.
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu heard the commotion and looked up. He was surprised to see Luo Lan and several hundred of the Kyung Clan consortium's soldiers sitting in the orange-red light of the setting sun.
Why did this fatty only get here now? Moreover, Ren Xiaosu felt that Luo Lan's pants were a little strange. When he took a closer look, he realized they were actually made from two leather car seats sewn together!
At this moment, Luo Lan was instructing the soldiers to set up camp. When he turned around, he nearly jumped in fright. Not far behind him, there was a dense crowd of people!
He hurriedly said to the troops, "Hurry up and take out your guns if you have them. We have to prevent these escapees from charging into our campsite!"
The Kyung Clan consortium's troops were very well-trained in combat. Just as Luo Lan said that, they heard the sound of guns being cocked.
When the escapees saw the guns being aimed at them, they stopped in their tracks and seemed a little at a loss.
A middle-aged man shouted from afar, "Boss Luo, I'm Little Zhang from the Planning Division! You've seen me before! "
Luo Lan spat and shouted, "Aren't you ashamed to be called Little Zhang at such an old age? All of you, back off! If you take another step forward, we'll shoot!"
With that, none of the escapees dared to move. The Kyung Clan consortium did not care who they were in the wilderness. If they were not on their side, they would all be treated as enemies.
Ren Xiaosu hid behind the crowd and observed this scene. He was actually quite hoping that the Kyung Clan consortium would not come into contact with the escapees. After all, the Kyung Clan consortium might very well be trying to arrest him right now. Of course, Ren Xiaosu felt that these people would not have much energy to spare at this moment.
Many of the Kyung Clan consortium's soldiers were wrapped in bandages. It looked like they had been injured while escaping from the stronghold.
However, Ren Xiaosu was a little curious. He was surprised that Luo Lan did not abandon his soldiers and run away.
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