Chapter 13: The Last Hope
Cannibalism is very rare in mammals, and it is not a matter of ethics, but of biological instinct. Mammals, as the most evolutionary life group on Earth, come at the cost of their growth cycle and fertility numbers being far inferior to oviparous animals. Protecting the cubs and maintaining the colony, and not using their own kind as food, is a law engraved in the genes of mammals.
Humans, as mammals, have broken it many times. Since ancient times, the story of "eating from a child" has been widely circulated, and in the face of the disease of hunger, the organ we use to think has changed from the brain to the stomach.
Time returned to the present, when the leader heard that Lu Buping was going to starve him to death, he recalled the fierce fighting and human feast at the beginning, and remembered the pain like pins and needles in his stomach. Rather than let him experience some unbearable pain again, it would be better to kill him with a knife.
He was scared.
Of course, Lu Buping didn't know about these experiences, in his opinion, the hard bones in front of him were finally cowardly, and he could see from the leader's eyes that there was obvious despair.
So Lu Buping struck while the iron was hot and continued: "Have you thought about it, answer the questions and I will guarantee that you will not be tortured." ”
"Hmph, then you ask." The leader replied.
"Four years ago, in the factory of S City, you robbed a grain warehouse, and there was a girl and an old man in it, what happened to them?" Lu Buping asked coldly.
"Hahaha, you're really interesting, I've robbed the warehouse, I've killed too many people, how do I know which one?" The leader smirked sarcastically.
Lu Buping was angry when he heard this, and he gave the leader a positive punch with all his might, only to hear a click, the bridge of his nose was broken, and the blood flowed like an infusion in an instant. Lu Buping tugged at his neck, and then asked, "You brute, I'll give you one last chance, or you'll starve to death." “
Then Lu Buping repeated the location and name of the original warehouse to the leader word by word, and then stared at his eyes tightly, not wanting to let go of a detail. Sure enough, after Lu Buping recounted the specific location, the leader's expression changed from confused to extremely shocked, as if he had thought of something, and his eyes when he looked at Lu Buping were a little different.
Sure enough, he knew! Lu Buping was in a good mood, and after four years of searching, the whereabouts of Daddy and Xiaofang were finally found.
At this time, the leader was full of crooked nose and eyes, and blood flowed, and said to Lu Buping: "I remember, we did rob a granary at that time, and I have also seen the old man and the little girl you mentioned. "Tell me, where are they?" Lu Buping urged. Of course, he wanted to ask them whether they were dead or alive, but he didn't dare to ask, he was afraid that his last hope would be dashed.
"Come closer, I'll tell you." The leader said, Lu Buping was in an urgent mood, so he leaned over, not noticing the madness and distortion in the leader's eyes.
I saw Lu Buping leaning over, trying to hear what he said. Suddenly, hearing a pop, Lu Buping only felt that his face was warm and hot, his eyes were covered with red, and the air emitted a sweet smell like rust. Lu Buping hurriedly retreated, but found that he had no wounds on his body. Looking at the leader's mouth full of blood at this time, it was still flowing downward, and his chest had been stained black and red with blood, but a distorted smile had solidified on his face.
Lu Buping didn't care about wiping his face, so he hurriedly rushed over and found that the person was dead.
Swallow your tongue and kill yourself! This extremely evil person, this guy who he hated for four years but didn't even know his name, chose to commit suicide by swallowing his tongue in the end, not only did not tell Lu Buping the truth of the matter, but sprayed his face with blood. For this kind of wicked person, dying on the day of the end is the best choice, but it is a pity that he died four years late, causing many evil things. Maybe he didn't expect that the last piece of meat he ate in his life was his tongue.
Lu Buping looked at the dead leader of the seven guns, his brain was splitting, and the nightmarish scene of the past few years clearly emerged at this moment. is the person in front of him, the person he has wanted to end with his own hands countless times has died like this, and the hateful thing is that he didn't tell the whereabouts of his father and Xiaofang when he died. What happened that day, has it really become an unsolvable mystery that will haunt you for the rest of your life?
Lu Buping couldn't accept it and couldn't believe it, he roared and rushed towards the corpse, punch after punch, and roared angrily in his mouth: "You brute, how dare you die so comfortably, why are you?" Where are my dad and sister, you talk, talk! "Lu Buping approached the mad demon.
Now if the leader can come back to life, Lu Buping will definitely raise his hand and cut him with thousands of knives, and save his backhand with thousands of knives. It's a pity that there is no if, after some punches and kicks, Lu Buping gradually stabilized. It's just that he was originally a very smart person, but at this moment, he seems to have lost the puppet of three souls and seven spirits, and there is no trace of brilliance in his eyes. He sat in front of the leader's corpse and was silent. With the scars and blood stains all over his body and his pale face, if someone said that these were two corpses, I am afraid that there would be no disobedience.
The first to come over was Zhao Langtou, his younger brothers commanded the seven-gun organization to carry the goods, and he saw that the overall situation had been decided and slowly approached Lu Buping. patted Lu Buping's shoulder with his hand and said, "Third Brother Zhang, I also understood the grievances between you and this guy just now." You were robbed by him in the first place, right, and your family's whereabouts are unknown. If you want me to say, people are already dead, and it is useless for you to whip the corpse, but you will exhaust yourself. ”
Zhao Langtou saw that Lu Buping didn't react at all, and sighed secretly: "Hey, Brother Zhangsan, in this world, as long as you are a living person, who has not experienced life and death parting." I saw my wife die in the mouth of a living corpse, and my daughter was dragged away. I took this hammer and rushed to the pile of living corpses, and I kept killing and killing, trying to get my daughter out, but I couldn't find her......"
The man stopped when he said this, and his eyes were red: "I was originally trying to persuade you, why did you feel uncomfortable instead." I mean, if you haven't seen your family die, then they might still be alive, just like my daughter, and she must be alive. ”
Hearing this, Lu Buping finally reacted. He slowly raised his head and looked at Zhao Langtou, and his eyes were rejuvenated: "Thank you, I feel much better." ”
Zhao Langtou let out a sigh of relief, he and the young man in front of him originally had no festivals, and they couldn't talk about good feelings, it was originally a mutually beneficial business. But after fighting side by side, seeing his lost soul, he inevitably remembered his original self, and then enlightened. Seeing that Lu Buping had returned to his soul at this time, he was also relieved and said: "That's right, I'll let those little rabbits load the goods into the truck now, and let's prepare to take over the camp with seven guns." ”
"Accept the camp?" Lu Buping wondered.
"Yes, I've inquired clearly, and now there are only a few strong laborers left in the seven-gun camp, and the rest are the old, weak, sick and disabled in captivity. But after all, it's a camp stronghold, and there are a lot of materials and defense capital, so we don't have to be scavengers in the future. Zhao Langtou seemed to attribute Lu Buping to "us" as a matter of course.
"I'll go back with you to help first, but then I'll have to continue looking for my family, and I'm afraid I won't be able to garrison the stronghold." Lu Buping politely refused.
After hearing this, Zhao Langtou was not disappointed, after all, he took over a camp for nothing, and he also got a gun, and he had already made a lot of money. So he said, "Well, maybe someone else knows the whereabouts of your family besides that dead bastard, and it's always good to have hope." “
The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. Lu Buping suddenly thought of something after hearing Zhao Langtou's words, got up and jumped three feet high, hugged Zhao Hammer, and said excitedly: "Haha, I am sorry for you to remind me, there are indeed people who know the whereabouts of my family, you are really amazing." “
Lu Buping's actions startled Zhao Hammer, thinking that this Zhang San was crazy again, and almost took out his pistol and shot him. Hearing Lu Buping finish speaking, he was also confused, so he could only pull the corners of his mouth and laugh dryly twice, then turned around and continued to command the little brother.
Lu Buping was excited in the spot, feeling that the world was going to be implemented too fast and exciting. Just after Zhao Langtou finished speaking, he suddenly remembered another person, a woman "Wang Jiaoyan".
This person was the secretary of the factory leader before the apocalypse, and he had no intersection with ordinary workers like Lu Buping on weekdays. After the outbreak of the apocalypse, it was also a coincidence that he and Lu Buping were guarding a granary. After staying for a while, he couldn't stand this kind of worrying life, and fled with two young men. The next time I saw her, it was the day of the seven-gun robbery of the warehouse, and she followed the chief, or rather, she brought people back.
The original Lu Buping couldn't wait to kill the adulterer and adulteress hundreds of times to vent the hatred in his heart. But with the suicide of the leader, Lu Buping realized that he valued the whereabouts of his father and Xiaofang's sister more than bloody revenge. If there was a choice between stabbing the enemy and finding a relative, Lu Buping would undoubtedly choose the latter.
Lu Buping clearly remembered that Zhao Langtou said just now that the camp with seven guns had the old, weak, sick and disabled in captivity, of course, they didn't know what the purpose was. Lu Buping only knew that Wang Jiaoyan's woman was very likely to be in the camp with seven guns, and she was also one of the parties involved in that day's incident, so she could give Lu Buping an answer.
Thinking of this, Lu Buping couldn't wait to fly to the seven-gun camp immediately. Even if he knew that the probability of Wang Jiaoyan having died was very high, after all, in this apocalyptic world, the more beautiful a woman was, the more tragic the ending would be, but he was unwilling to think about it.
This is his last hope.