After Stronghold 74 was completely destroyed, the escapees were saddened to see their homes destroyed. But at least there would not be any Experimentals coming out of the stronghold to continue threatening them. Everyone felt a little more at ease.
However, Old Li and Qin Sheng urged the escapees to continue on their way. Although they were very far away from Stronghold 74 and the nuclear bomb did not seem to have a high yield, the radiation would still affect them.
Therefore, they could not stop fleeing. They had to look for reinforcements from Zhou's Army.
The members of the Pyro Company had already disappeared. No one knew if they had died in the stronghold or if they had found another way to escape. This was not within Old Li and Qin Sheng's scope of consideration.
Old Li did a headcount of the escapees and found there were about 3,000 of them.
As a matter of fact, there were hundreds of thousands of people in the stronghold, yet only 3,000 of them managed to escape. The losses were incalculable.
Along the way, Ren Xiaosu was in charge of leading the way. Meanwhile, Old Li and Qin Sheng volunteered to look for food.
The two of them often survived in the wilderness, so they were very familiar with the place.
They found some wild vegetables and even hunted a lot of game. But when Ren Xiaosu saw this, he shook his head. The amount of food that the two of them could find was simply a drop in the bucket for a group of over 3,000 people.
Moreover, what Ren Xiaosu was most worried about was not the lack of food, but that it would not be distributed evenly.
If it could not be distributed evenly, it would be better for all the escapees to starve.
After Old Li and Qin Sheng found the food, they gave the women priority to the wild vegetables. As for the meat that was roasted, they cut it up and distributed it to the children among the escapees.
Just as Ren Xiaosu was worried about, someone immediately rushed out and asked where their food was.
Old Li patiently explained, "We have limited manpower. How about this? I'll tell you what wild vegetables you can eat, and you can go out into the wilderness to pick them yourself, alright?"
When those people saw that Old Li and Qin Sheng were being very easy to talk to, they pushed their luck. "We don't know what wild vegetables are. Are you going to take responsibility if we pick something that's poisonous?"
Then, Lao Li and Qin Sheng beat them up.
When they were all lying on the ground begging for mercy, Old Li patted the dust off his hands. "If you want to eat it, go and pick it yourself, understand?"
Ren Xiaosu, who was watching from the side, was amused. He was a little worried that Old Li and Qin Sheng were good people. He already knew that they were members of the Knight Organization. This had refreshed Ren Xiaosu's view of the Knight Organization …
However, something unexpected happened when they set up camp that night. Ren Xiaosu was lying by the campfire and getting ready to sleep when Li Ran suddenly limped over to his side. Then, she lay down on his back and hugged him from behind.
Li Ran asked softly, "Can you protect me?"
Today, the plainclothes guards had taken turns to carry her, and they were exhausted. Occasionally, they would grumble about it, which made Li Ran feel very uncomfortable. In times of helplessness like this, even Fang Zhi could only stay silent at the side. So she thought of Ren Xiaosu.
At the most critical moment, it was still Ren Xiaosu who led them out of the encirclement. The sight of Ren Xiaosu running at the front of the group and blowing up the stronghold's gate was something that Li Ran would never forget for the rest of her life.
But just as Li Ran finished speaking, Zhou Yingxue, who was keeping watch at the side, picked Li Ran up and walked her to the side. Li Ran was easily lifted up by Zhou Yingxue. She watched dumbfounded as she got further and further away from Ren Xiaosu.
Zhou Yingxue put Li Ran down beside her and said earnestly, "Ms. Li Ran, according to the contract, I'm the one protecting you. My master has no obligation to do so. He already has someone he likes, so don't be like this."
Li Ran said in a daze, "M-Master?"
Although she knew Ren Xiaosu was definitely not Zhou Yingxue's assistant, she did not expect the disparity in their identities to be so great.
Wasn't Zhou Yingxue a supernatural being? How could a person as high and mighty as a supernatural being be subdued by someone else as a maidservant?
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu was lying beside the campfire. He had not fallen asleep because he had something on his mind. Even when Li Ran hugged him from behind, he could not divert his attention away from her.
Ren Xiaosu was recalling the scene of the nuclear explosion. This world was becoming more and more dangerous. In just an instant, that god-slaying weapon had wiped out the Experimentals.
Would such a weapon appear in other strongholds in the future? And would his lost friends and family be affected by this chaotic world?
He wondered how Old Wang, Yan Liuyuan, Sister Xiaoyu, Wang Yuchi, Jiang Wu, and the others were doing. Without him by their side, would they be able to protect themselves?
All of these thoughts were running through Ren Xiaosu's mind. He was getting more and more anxious to find these people. Ren Xiaosu would only feel at ease if he went to protect them.
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu saw a young man sitting in front of the campfire. He was holding a notebook and a pen in his hand and was scribbling something anxiously.
Ren Xiaosu recognized him. He was a reporter from Hope Media. He had witnessed "Old Xu" killing the Experimentals with his own eyes, and the photo of "Old Xu" in Hope Media's newspaper was also taken by him.
Ren Xiaosu sat up and asked, "What are you writing?"
The young reporter said, "I'm going to write an article about what happened today. My other colleagues have already died in the line of duty, and I'm the only one who witnessed it. The outside world probably doesn't know what happened here yet, so I'm going to write an article and hand it over to the chief editor when I get back. This is a day of suffering for humanity. The death toll of the stronghold residents has exceeded 200,000 in just one day. All of humanity should remember this day. "
Off to the side, Old Li and Qin Sheng listened in silence. Along the way, Old Li and Qin Sheng knew it was Ren Xiaosu who had opened up a path for them, so they became even more friendly with Ren Xiaosu.
Meanwhile, Ren Xiaosu looked at this reporter from Hope Media and suddenly thought of a way for him to use Hope Media to find Yan Liuyuan and the others!
If he could find them, he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble to make use of the Anjing House.
…
At this moment, outside Stronghold 144 in the Northwest, four trucks were driving towards the stronghold's entrance.
When the four trucks came to a stop, a group of people jumped out of them. A young man shouted to the middle-aged man in the lead, "Uncle Fugui, is what you said reliable? Why don't I see any caravans passing by here?"
Wang Fugui wiped his face with a towel from the truck and said with a smile, "Don't you believe in Uncle Fugui's capabilities? I used my savings to buy these four secondhand trucks, and they're all loaded with good goods from the Central Plains that you can't even find in the Southwest or Northwest. Don't be fooled by this run-down place. Give it a try in half a year. Fortress 178 is going to open up a transportation lifeline to the Central Plains, and Stronghold 144 is the closest stronghold to the Central Plains. In half a year, this place will definitely become the largest cargo distribution center in the entire Northwest! "
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