Chapter 1615: The Wolves Are Cunning, and Fetching Water Is Terrifying (5000 Words)

The sun was blazing, and there was a dead silence under the sky.

The sun of the end of the world was shining on the earth, and the grass and trees were withering.

The river was no longer the trickle of the past, only the dry riverbed, and the cracked soil silently told the sad song of water shortage.

On a cracked asphalt road,

a dilapidated pickup truck was driving alone, and there was a river next to it, but it had long been dried up.

The roar of the engine was particularly abrupt on this empty riverside road.

The wheels rolled over dust and dead branches, which were ruthlessly rolled up as the truck moved forward and scattered in the flying dust.

The shell of the pickup truck was mottled and rusty. The pickup truck bumped forward, and the friction between the tires and the dry and hard land was heavy and firm.

The exploration team drove all the way to the northeast, and the destination was Dongshan Reservoir.

Along the way, they passed three large and small rivers, but all three rivers were dry, and the trees by the river were withered and rotten.

"Alas, I always thought it was bad to have rain, but it's not good to have no rain for so long. God is really torturing people." Ge Xiang sighed in the back.

Nan Dou put down the map and looked at a landmark on the roadside in front of him. The blue background and white characters said Youfang Mountain Road.

Comparing the map, they were on the right route.

Nan Dou looked out the window and responded: "If you ask me, a little rain once a month is just right."

However, the moment he looked out the window, he saw a skinny wild dog staring at them greedily.

"Brother, brother, there is an animal!"

Sha Xin, who was sitting in the co-pilot, heard the words and looked over there. It was indeed a wild dog.

"Old Two!" Sha Xin shouted to Old Two on the truck bed.

"Hunting!"

The vehicle stopped suddenly, and Old Two looked at the wild dog on the left rear.

Nock the arrow and raise it.

The skinny wild dog saw that these people were not easy to mess with, so he turned around and ran away.

Whoosh!

The arrow stuck in the cracked field stalk. The arrow feathers swayed.

"Reverse!"

Boom!

The third brother immediately put the car in reverse gear and reversed the car.

Before the car stopped, the second brother Gu Jia jumped off the car, stumbled, and ran towards the abandoned farmland on the side of the road with a crossbow.

Seeing the wild dog running away, he became even more excited.

Zombie dogs will never run away. They usually pounce on living things.

And this kind of dog that chases after seeing him must not be infected by zombies.

The sixth and seventh brothers on the truck bed also ran off the car and chased the wild dog together.

There is meat to eat!

These people usually don't have much oil in their stomachs. How can they let go of this opportunity to eat meat?

Tap tap tap -

After the second brother, the sixth and seventh brothers jumped off the car, they followed the wild dog closely.

The wild dog was skinny and looked like it didn't have much meat.

At the end of the ridge, the wild dog turned its head and looked at them.

Whoosh!

An arrow shot out.

"Fuck! Just a little bit more." Lao Er clenched his fists and said angrily.

The wild dog looked skinny and weak, but it ran so fast.

The meat in front of them could not be lost, so Lao Er and his men continued to chase, shooting arrows at the wild dog from time to time.

After Lao Er and his three men ran a few hundred meters, they suddenly came to a small forest.

Lao Er and his men rushed in without hesitation, because they saw that the wild dog was running much slower, and it seemed that the wild dog would be exhausted if they chased it for a while.

But when they ran into the woods, the wild dog suddenly turned its head and even bared its teeth at them.

"Beast, run, keep running! I'll kill you!" Lao Er was about to draw his bow and shoot an arrow at the wild dog.

"Second brother, you...you...look around." The sixth brother held a machete and said to Gu Jia in a trembling voice.

Gu Jia looked around and found that there were more than a dozen wild dogs coming out from behind the trees.

These wild dogs had fierce eyes and cruel eyes, baring their teeth and approaching them.

They looked extremely fierce. They didn't look like dogs, but more like wolves.

"Back to back!" Gu Jia shouted to the two people behind him.

At the same time, he picked up the intercom and called Sha Xin: "Brother Sha, we were ambushed. There are more than a dozen things that are not sure whether they are wolves or dogs surrounding us! In the woods on the left!"

At the same time.

After hearing what Gu Jia said on the intercom, Brother Sha ran out of the car without saying a word.

"Old Third, you watch the car here, and the others follow me!"

Sha Xin, Ge Xiang, and Nan Dou immediately ran towards the small woods in the distance.

In the woods.

Gu Jia and the other two stood back to back, guarding against the dozen wolves in front of them.

"Second brother, are these wolves or dogs?" Lao Liu asked, shrinking his neck.

Gu Jia was tense, looking at these wolves with a wary look.

"Generally speaking, dogs are not so cunning, wolves will use tactics to lure people into traps, but... but it's the end of the world, and the dogs that can survive are almost the same as wolves."

As he spoke, he looked around. These wolves were very close, and he would definitely hit them if he shot them at this time.

But he didn't dare to shoot an arrow. Now he was surrounded by this group of wolves. Once he shot an arrow and hit one, it would definitely stimulate the other wolves.

At that time, they would rush forward, and they couldn't face the attacks of so many wolves at the same time.

The best choice now is:

Drag!

Drag until Brother Sha and the others come to support!

The tall and burly wolf at the head snorted a few times at the wolves on the right.

Swish-swish--

The claws of the wolves on the right slid back, rubbing against the dead branches and leaves on the ground, and it seemed that they were preparing to charge and attack.

"Second brother, they seem to be rushing over to attack us!" Lao Qi held the machete tightly, staring at the wolves that were ready to attack.

Aww--

The head wolf howled, and the wolves on the right rushed over instantly.

Swoosh--

Gu Jia shot an arrow without hesitation, hitting a wolf's head accurately at such a close distance.

The wolf fell to the ground in response, and the crossbow that shot the arrow had no time to re-arrow it. He threw the crossbow directly on the ground and pulled out a dagger on his thigh.

Swish--

Another wolf bit his sleeve and tore it madly.

Puff!

He stabbed the wolf madly with the dagger.

At the same time.

The other four wolves also rushed towards Lao Liu and Lao Qi, who were swinging their machetes desperately.

Ah!

One of the wolves pretended to attack to attract attention, while the other wolf suddenly jumped up and pounced on Lao Liu.

The bloody mouth bit Lao Liu's neck, and Lao Liu quickly blocked it with his arm.

The wolf bit Lao Liu's arm, and the blood stained his arm red.

Awooo!

The leading wolf, seeing this, roared and signaled all the wolves to rush over.

"It's over!"

Gu Jia, who was dealing with two wolves at this time, wanted to rescue Lao Liu, but three or four more wolves rushed towards him, leaving him no chance to save Lao Liu.

More than a dozen wolves who had been hungry for a long time rushed over together, and they were about to collapse.

At this moment.

Bang!

A gunshot!

A bullet hole appeared on the head of the wolf on Lao Liu's body.

The huge gunshot shocked the hungry wolves and stopped them.

Shaxin's face was full of murderous intent, and he continued to shoot at the wolves.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

His marksmanship was excellent, and he hit the target with three consecutive shots.

One of them was the leader wolf. Once the leader wolf died, the remaining wolves immediately scattered and fled everywhere, running into the dense forest.

This was not over yet, Shaxin randomly chose a direction to chase and quickly fired.

He killed two more wolves, including the skinny wolf that lured them.

Shaxin walked over, dragged the bodies of the two wolves, and dragged them back to Gujia.

At this time, there were a total of nine wolf bodies on the field, including the two wolves he dragged over, plus the seven wolves on the ground.

Gujia killed one with a crossbow, and one with a dagger. He killed two wolves in total.

Laoqi killed a wolf with a machete.

Shaxin killed six wolves with a single gun.

There was a strong smell of blood from the bodies of so many wolves.

Lao Liu stood up with the help of Lao Qi and Nan Dou.

The bloody wound on his arm made Sha Xin frown. This bite wound was a bit serious.

If it is not treated properly, it may become inflamed and pus will flow.

At the least, the whole arm will be lost, and at the worst, life will be in danger.

In the end times, supplies are scarce, and anti-inflammatory drugs are even scarcer.

Hmm?

They have a first aid kit! The first aid kit just found in the morning just happened to have anti-inflammatory drugs, as well as bandages and the like.

Thinking of this, Shaxin immediately said to Nandou: "Old Four, take Laoliu back to the car first and treat the wound. Don't we have a first aid kit? Use it." Laoliu heard that he wanted to use the first aid kit, and said with some heartache: "Boss, I'm fine. The wound is not deep. If the first aid kit is used on me, the things inside will not be a complete set. If it is sold separately, it will not be sold at a good price at the trade market." Nandou pointed at his bloody arm and said: "You said you are fine, but you are caught like this!" Laoliu's forearm was bitten by the wolf, and he tried to shake it off but failed. The wound was irregular, and the wolf's sharp teeth bit through his sleeve and tore his arm skin. At the deepest position, you can even see the bones. Shaxin said in an unquestionable tone: "Listen to me, go and treat the wound quickly, don't waste time here!" "But." Laoliu felt a little ashamed. It was not easy for them to find this first aid kit. This is an item that can sell for a lot of points. "Don't say buts, we are brothers! It's the same if other brothers are injured." Shaxin said calmly.

But his calm tone warmed the hearts of Laoliu, including Nandou and others.

The second brother Gujia walked over and said: "Laoliu, don't be so fussy. Big brother is right. We brothers don't need to be so particular. Besides."

He looked at the wolf corpses that were collected around him, and said with a smile:

"So many wolf corpses can also be exchanged for a lot of points."

"Yes, Laoliu, let's go quickly." Nandou helped Laoliu pick up his machete.

"Okay." Laoliu looked at Shaxin with some emotion, and then looked at the other brothers.

Follow Nandou to the pickup truck.

In this doomsday where everyone is for themselves, it is extremely rare to have a group of brothers who can trust each other with their backs.

But in this kind of team, there must be a core soul figure to lead everyone.

And this core soul figure is Shaxin.

After Nan Dou and Lao Liu left, Sha Xin and Lao Er and others dragged the wolf corpses on the ground and pulled them back to the pickup truck.

The third child was initially worried when he saw the sixth child injured and wanted to rescue Shaxin and the others.

But was stopped by Nandou.

A few minutes later, Lao San saw Sha Xin and others walking over, each carrying the corpses of two or three wolves.

His eyes suddenly widened.

"Damn it, why are there so many wolves?"

"Didn't I tell you just now? We were ambushed by wolves, and Brother Sha shot and killed many of them." After Nandou disinfected Lao Liu with iodophor, he wrapped his arm tightly with a hemostatic bandage.

Kaka——

He opened the package of anti-inflammatory medicine, took two anti-inflammatory medicines from inside and handed them to Lao Liu.

"There's no water now, just swallow it dry."

Lao Liu nodded, threw two anti-inflammatory pills into his mouth, and swallowed hard.

It got stuck in my throat because my mouth was dry.

After accumulating a little saliva, he swallowed the anti-inflammatory medicine with difficulty.

Boom——

They threw the wolf carcasses into the car.

One by one, they got on the bus.

"Lao San, light the fire and hurry up to Dongshan Reservoir to replenish water." Sha Xin said to Lao San after getting in the car.

"Brother, do we need to continue searching for supplies later?" Nandou asked from the back seat.

"No."

Killing Heart thought for a while and then said:

"After filling up the water, we will find a shelter to spend tonight and return to the trading market tomorrow. There are so many wolf carcasses in the car and they must be brought back to the trading market to be sold as soon as possible."

"Okay." Nandou nodded.

Except for Lao Liu's injury, the trip overall went very smoothly.

It can even be said to be a great harvest.

The carcasses of so many wolves and their meat could be sold for at least a few hundred points.

This is much more valuable than a first aid kit.

Half an hour later, they arrived near Dongshan Reservoir.

Although they tried to seal the bleeding parts of the wolf on the road, there was still a smell of blood.

Zombies have an extremely keen sense of smell. If they drove to Dongshan Reservoir, they would probably lure a large number of zombies out of the lake before they even started collecting water.

So for safety reasons, they parked the pickup truck nearby.

"Nandou, you and Lao San are watching the car here, and we're going to fetch water." After Xia Xin got off the car and made some explanations, he said to Gu Jia behind the car:

"Boy, take the bucket down."

Crash--

Gu Jia and the others untied the four buckets on the roof of the car.

These four buckets are the kind of pre-apocalyptic home drinking fountains, replaceable blue buckets.

Narrow above and wide below.

The entire barrel is tied with rope so they can drag it easily.

Sometimes when getting water from the river, they would drop the bucket on the bridge and wait for the bucket to be filled with water before dragging it back up.

If people walk to the shore with a bucket to get water, they have to wait for a long time.

It is too dangerous, and it is easy to be attacked by zombies in the water and dragged into the water.

Killing Heart took Gu Jia, Lao Qi, and Lao Wu Gexiang. After getting off the car, they walked through a small forest and came to the bottom of the reservoir dam.

After climbing up the embankment, we saw a wide lake with calm water and no danger at all.

The water level in the reservoir was very low, and there was a slope of at least ten meters from the water surface to their position.

Killing Heart looked around, then turned his head and planned his retreat route.

"Brother Sha, let me go over and put the bucket down." Gu Jia said.

Killing Heart thought for a while, if he dropped the bucket directly, from such a distance, it would definitely create waves when it hits the water, attracting the attention of the zombies.

It's not that dangerous to put the bucket down at close range, then turn around and run.

After thinking for a few seconds, he nodded and said, "Okay, pay attention to safety."

"Lao Wu, you use your crossbow and we'll cover them."

"good."

A few seconds later, Lao Er and Lao Qi, each carrying two buckets, ran downstairs in small steps.

There are steps under this reservoir. They stepped on the steps as quietly as possible.

Still two meters away from the water, the second child stopped.

Throw the two buckets down.

Snap! Snap!

Two small splashes appeared on the water surface. They added a piece of iron to the head of the bucket to make it easier for the bucket to sink to the bottom and fill with water.

After dropping the bucket, the second child immediately turned around and ran towards the embankment.

Ouch!

Lao Qi fell down on the way back and crashed——

Roll down there.

Gu Jia followed, quickly grabbed his arm and helped him up.

careful!

When Sha Xin and Lao Wu on the shore saw this scene, their hearts almost jumped into their throats.

Thrilling, so thrilling.

If it falls from here, whether it can be successfully obtained is another matter.

It is very likely that Lao Qi will fall into the lake, disturb the zombies at the bottom, and die.

Many rivers are now dry, otherwise it would be relatively safe for them to get water from the bridge.

There is no need to risk your life to get water like now.

Lao Qi rolled down and hit his knee on the step, which was very painful.

He rubbed his knees, and with the help of his second brother, he climbed onto the embankment.

"Lao Qi, you were so careless. If your second brother hadn't helped you, you would have rolled into the lake." Lao Wu Gexiang said with lingering fear.

"Fifth brother, there happened to be a stone over there, but I didn't see it."

"Stop talking." Sha Xin stared at the lake.

"There's movement!"

The four buckets they threw into the lake were filled with gurgling water and bubbling.

The water in the bucket slowly increased, and more and more of the bucket sank into the water.

However, bubbles also appeared around the bucket.

With their experience, they knew that the zombies under the water had been alarmed.

They were on high alert and were ready to pull the bucket up at any time.

Splash——

A zombie walked out of the water, and the water on its body dripped onto the steps.

Seeing Shaxin and others on the embankment, the zombie roared and rushed towards them quickly.

Shaxin saw that the zombie was very fast, and his pupils shrank.

"Oh no, this is a speed-type zombie!"

Speed-type zombies run very fast, especially when they just climbed out of the water. At this time, their speed can be comparable to the fastest speed of an adult male.

Whoosh——

An arrow burst out.

It hit the chest of the zombie.

"Damn, I missed it!"

Old Five Ge Xiang originally wanted to shoot the head, but the zombie moved too fast, so he missed it.

The attack missed, and the zombie had already rushed in front of them.

What was even more terrifying was that there seemed to be more zombies in the reservoir awakened by the noise, and a large area of ​​bubbles appeared on the water surface.

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