Chapter 20: It's Time to Grow Up
In the uninhabited field, the bitter north wind swept up the scattered snow on the ground and ran rampant between the empty heaven and earth. Looking up, there is a gray sky, and in the distance is a gray mountain, and there is no road under your feet.
February in the northwest is the coldest time of the year, because the sky is covered by heavy radiation clouds, this year's temperature is colder, and the daytime temperature is also minus 20 degrees, and the sputum falls on the ground and turns into ice lumps.
No one wanted to come out at this time, only a dilapidated flatbed truck slowly moved through the wind and snow and on the field, the carriage was tightly hooped, but it could be guessed from the two shallow ruts left on the frozen hard ground that the car must have been full of supplies.
Without warning, the truck suddenly stalled. The driver reluctantly got out of the cab, but after coming out, he acted resolutely, just fiddling between the front and the body with his hands, and then separated the front and the body directly.
The corner of the closed tarpaulin of the carriage was suddenly lifted, and three men came out from under the tarpaulin one after another. It seemed that the flameout had been expected for a long time, and after several men got off the car, they did not discuss, and directly took out thick ropes from the car and tied them at the four corners of the car.
After tying it, the four men each grabbed one end of a rope and put it on their shoulders, dragged the truck like this, and slowly walked forward, gradually disappearing at the end of the field.
Although it was a tow, the speed of the truck was not slow, and the four men did not communicate, just walked forward at a constant speed until they suddenly stopped in front of a pine forest.
The four men lowered the rope on their shoulders and watched with interest as a group of men suddenly emerged from the woods.
The group numbered about thirty people, all wrapped in layers of clothing, with various hats, scarves, and thick gloves, but the peeks of the clothes still showed that they were emaciated by chronic malnutrition. These people all had homemade weapons in their hands, machetes, axes, iron guns, everything, and even a kitchen knife in their hands, but the man in them was holding a homemade shotgun.
The man with the gun shouted first: "If you don't want to die, leave the things in the car, and then get out of here." ”
"It's not easy for anyone to survive in this world, can you leave us some?" One of the four men was of medium stature pleading, but there was no hint of request or fear in his voice.
"Don't talk nonsense, or I'll shoot you. Also, keep all your cloaks! The man raised the muzzle of his gun and shouted a threat.
Hearing the second half of the man's words, the man who spoke frowned, obviously displeased. I saw the man knock on the carriage with his hand, "Li Xiaofei, it's time for you to get off the car!" ”
The corner of the tarpaulin was suddenly lifted, revealing a big round head from the inside, looking at the group of men holding murder weapons with puzzled eyes, and muttering in their mouths, "There are still people who don't have long eyes to rob us?" ”
"If you are not a stupid person, how can you rob in such a place, and you may not be able to meet people for many days." Chi Hua spoke below.
Li Xiaofei got out of the car slowly, stood in a row with Chi Hua, and still kept complaining, "Why do you let me have a child?" ”
"Pull the cart or do it, do you choose?"
"Then I'd better do it."
"Don't talk nonsense, be quick." Chi Hua kicked Li Xiaofei in the ass and kicked Li Xiaofei directly towards the robbing crowd.
The man with the gun saw that several people were talking to themselves and were mocking, and he didn't pay attention to them at all, and just about to scold, he saw that the little fat man who got out of the car was kicked and rushed straight to him from the air, and subconsciously pulled the trigger. At the same time as the muzzle fire sprayed, a white spider silk wrapped around the barrel of the gun, and as soon as the muzzle of the gun was deflected, a large piece of steel sand hit directly into the air.
The man was stunned, and the little fat man on the opposite side crashed into his arms like a little calf, and he pushed his head against his face, and the man fell out holding the broken nose bone.
"No Abilities!" Chi Hua's voice sounded again in the back.
"You bully children!" Although Li Xiaofei complained about the movement of his hands, he was not slow, and while he hit the man with the gun, he rushed into the crowd with two flying knives.
After several strengthenings, Li Xiaofei's physical fitness has already far exceeded the normal number of times, coupled with Chi Hua's continuous training, now he is also fighting in the crowd, and when he sinks his shoulders forward, he knocks a machete in his hand, jumps up and dodges a shot from the side, and sweeps down to two or three of his sweeping legs, and as soon as he opens his hand, a flying knife is pierced in the chest of the big man who is lifting a stick.
Li Xiaofei used both hands and feet, rushed left and right, like a young tiger entering a flock of sheep, beating the robbers in front of him with blue noses and swollen faces, and people turned over on their backs.
As soon as someone took the lead, they ran away, Chi Hua and the others did not stop them, and let them escape, and in the end there were only seven or eight people left who could not get up on the ground, among which there was a man with a gun who took the lead, still covering his nose and lying on the ground screaming.
Chi Hua walked up to the man, squatted down, and used a knife to pick open the scarf that covered most of his face, revealing the face of a man about thirty years old, thin lips trembling, and a pair of narrow eyes showing a frightened look.
The man hugged Chi Hua's calf and cried, "Please, please let me go, I'm forced to do it, we haven't found food for many days!" ”
Chi Hua stood up and kicked the man away in disgust, "Xiaofei, I'll finish all my work, kill it." Chi Hua's voice was indifferent and unquestionable.
Li Xiaofei stood still and didn't move, his hands trembled a little, and he stammered: "Brother Hua, either or let him go." ”
"Brother Hua, forget it, they are also forced to do so." Xie Xiaodan and Qin Yurou got out of the car at some point, and also helped Li Xiaofei intercede.
"As a last resort? Can you rob and kill people as a last resort? Have you ever thought about the feelings of those who have been robbed and killed? They have met us today, what if they meet someone weaker than them? Will they let others go? Too many Chinese use compulsion as an excuse for their crimes, mistakes, and even cheapness! ”
The crowd was speechless for a moment.
"From the moment he opened his mouth to snatch the cloak, he had actually been sentenced to death, did he ever think that the person who robbed the cloak would freeze to death in such cold weather? Xiaofei, do it! ”
Li Xiaofei stood still in place, his hands trembled even more, "Brother Hua, I haven't killed anyone yet, my hands are shaking......"
"No, you killed, that one is already dead." Chi Hua said and pointed at a man on the ground with a flying knife in his chest, who was out of breath at this time.
"That, that, that's different." Looking at the man on the ground, Li Xiaofei's face turned even paler.
"Chi Hua, what kind of ability do you have to force a child to kill someone, I'll come!" Qin Yurou came up and was about to make a move, but was stopped by Luo Zhigang, who shook his head firmly at Qin Yurou.
"In this last days, in this cannibalistic world, there are only the dead and the living, only the strong and the weak, no men and women, and no so-called children! Li Xiaofei, you either do it or get out of here immediately! Chi Hua roared loudly.
"Ahh Li Xiaofei screamed and rushed over, stabbing the flying knife in his hand into the man's chest, one, two, three times...... Li Xiaofei repeated the actions of inserting, pulling out, and inserting again like crazy, until he was grabbed by an arm by a big hand. Li Xiaofei raised his head with difficulty, his eyes full of tears......
Chi Hua hugged Li Xiaofei in his arms and gently stroked his head, "If you don't kill him today, the one lying on the ground tomorrow may be you, Xiaofei, you can't go back to school, you should grow up!" ”
For Chi Hua and others, this robbery is just a small episode, and countless such things are happening all the time in this world, the strong bullying the weak, the more people bullying the less, the men bullying women, and the adults bullying children...... Chi Hua just hopes that this incident can make Li Xiaofei see the world more clearly.
As the truck slowly disappeared into the woods, the people who had just escaped turned back one after another, and the people looked like wolves around the two corpses on the ground......