Since the barbecue banquet, Li Ru will teach Li Ya all kinds of things as soon as he has time and opportunity, more than a month, although the effect is not good, but at least Li Ya has been able to take care of herself in life, can dress herself, eat more gentle, but still can't speak, can understand some of her simple instructions.

Li Ru originally planned to teach her to be self-reliant, and then be able to communicate, and have her own ideas and opinions, but at present, it backfired, she was close to herself, but it was different from the companion relationship with Li Wei, but closer to Xiao Hei's master-slave relationship, but unlike Xiao Hei, she still had a relationship with herself between men and women, let him treat her and Xiao Hei equally, so he was not like a beast? As soon as he thought of this, he had a headache, and the annoying things could only be left for later.

These days, with Li Ya's help, plus Xiao Hei, Li Ru has already stored enough food for the winter, and even the defensive ravines are basically completed, Li Ru plans to conduct a long-distance investigation, and go all the way along the avenue, he needs to know how the world has become, now that the temperature is low, the danger will be much smaller, take Xiao Hei and Li Ya, he thinks he can try.

After discussing with Li Wei, although she was a little reluctant, she still agreed, Li Ru didn't bring her, not because she was cumbersome, but because she needed to stay to keep the mansion, there would be no chaos with her, Li Ru estimated that it would take about a month to go back and forth, bring enough food and necessary weapons and tools, and have Xiaohei to consign, so there is more to carry.

Because Xiao Hei undertook the task of carrying supplies, Li Ru and Li Ya could only walk, and the two of them and a cat walked in the winter sun.

Since he really didn't know where to go, Li Ru chose to walk in the direction of the city highway, so that not only did he not have to worry about going astray, but it would also be much more convenient when he needed to return.

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Only two days later, Li Ru saw some black shadows slowly emerging at the end of the road ahead, and with the appearance of black shadows, Li Ru also heard the long-lost roar of the engine.

It didn't take long to find that the black shadow was very close, and when he saw the appearance of the black shadow clearly, Li Ru's eyes suddenly lit up.

The Black Shadow turned out to be a convoy, and it was a very large convoy, the vehicles looked to be modified, with two off-road vehicles at the front, followed by a large truck and five buses, and there were some cars at the back, but they couldn't see clearly.

When the convoy approached Li Ru and them, the speed of driving also slowed down, and someone in the front off-road vehicle stuck out his head to look at Bufan, and the minibus behind was full of people, and they all looked over.

These people, old and young, men and women, are supposed to be survivors, and they look like a patchwork team.

At this time, Li Ru didn't know what to do, leaned on the side of the road, and subconsciously beckoned to them.

The off-road vehicle in front stopped when it drove next to Li Ru and them, and Li Ru saw that there was a middle-aged man driving in the off-road vehicle, a middle-aged man in the passenger seat, and three young people in their twenties sitting in the back seat.

Li Ru noticed that in addition to the driver, the other four people in the off-road vehicle were carrying weapons such as knives in their hands, and no firearms and weapons were found.

The middle-aged man sitting in the passenger seat opened the door and got out of the car, and the three young people behind also got out of the car and stood behind the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man walked up to Li Ru and said: "Young man, I haven't seen you for a long time, my name is Wang Qiang, I am the person in charge of this team, where do you want to go?" If you're traveling with us, join our convoy and it's safer to get more people! ”

This middle-aged man is about forty years old, with a flat head, a square face, a height of 1.85 meters, a very burly figure, wearing a wide shorts on the lower body, and only a white sports vest on the upper body. And there is a faint trace of the momentum of the superior on the face of the middle-aged man, which is very majestic.

Li Ru found that he just glanced at Li Ya and Xiao Hei, and then focused on himself, and this person didn't look like a bad person, and there was no abnormal flickering in his eyes.

Hearing Wang Qiang's words, Li Ya and Xiao Hei both looked at Li Ru together, which seemed to have become a habit, no matter what happened, they waited for Li Ru to decide.

Li Ru had a good impression of this Wang Qiang at first sight, and said suspiciously: "We have met before? ”

Wang Qiang began to explain, and after he reminded him, Li Ru remembered that he was the middle-aged man he met in that supermarket, and he had only met Li Wei not long ago, and he felt like a world away, is this fate? Last time he refused to join them, and this time he was not ready to refuse.

"We're coming out of the city ahead!" Li Ru said.

Wang Qiang nodded after hearing this and said: "I see, if there is no exact destination, the two of you will follow us, and it will be safer if there are more people!" ”

Li Ya is okay, they didn't mean to ask about the existence of such a giant cat as Xiao Hei, he was going to explain about it, but they didn't seem to have the intention of asking, maybe because Xiao Hei was carrying a big bag behind him, this kind of obvious fact was in front of him, unbelievable? Or are they used to seeing all kinds of demons and monsters for a long time, and they are no longer strange? Li Ru was a little unsure, but since they didn't make a fuss, he didn't want to have nothing to do.

Li Ru smiled and thanked him, and then after getting permission, Li Ru let Xiao Heiwo have a spare place on an empty trailer behind, presumably the experience of hitchhiking should be interesting for it, and he also sat next to Li Ya, Wang Qiang returned to the off-road vehicle at the head of the row, and then the off-road vehicle continued to drive. The vehicles behind also drove over slowly, and many people looked at Li Ru, obviously curious about Li Ru's new partners.

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"Brother Wang, this person doesn't seem to be simple!" In the off-road vehicle at the front, the middle-aged man driving said.

"Xiao Zhang, why is it not simple?" Wang Qiang lit a cigarette and asked.

The person called Xiao Zhang thought for a moment and said, "That girl looks weak, and she has no weapons, so she is obviously protected by that man. And that big guy, it should be a cat, good guy, that kind of thing has been trained by him to obey, he can get here, and with a woman who needs protection, if he doesn't have any real skills, I won't believe it. ”

Wang Qiang nodded: "You guessed right, he is indeed not simple!" ”

A young man sitting in the back right seat asked, "You all say that he is not simple, why don't I see it?" ”

Another young man sitting next to him said: "It's not simple, I don't know, I've been wondering since just now, he doesn't look like he's on the run, it might be a little funny to say it, I think he looks like he's out on a trip!" ”

Zhang Jian nodded and said: "Yes, this is more strange, in this world, not only have to worry about food and drink, but also worry about their own safety, every day is worrying, even if there are so many of us, they are very afraid of encountering monsters, but they seem to be very relaxed, they don't seem to have any fear, and they don't seem to be malnourished." Oh, by the way, their clothes look very clean, I really don't understand, how did they survive without a village or a store in front of them? ”

Hearing these words, the young man sitting in the back right seat just now suddenly realized: "I understand after Brother Zhang said this, it seems that it is indeed not simple!" ”

Wang Qiang smiled and said: "He may seem to have some skills, but it is even more suspicious, you don't contact him for the time being, and remind others, wait for me to arrange!" ”

The young man asked puzzledly, "Brother Wang, why don't you let us have direct contact with him?" Since you also said that he has some real skills, if you pull him into our side, you can also increase the strength of Liu Heigou and them! ”

Wang Qiang threw the cigarette butt out of the car, spit out a puff of cigarette, and said: "Child, now is not as good as before, although all kinds of monsters are terrible, but people's hearts are more terrifying, that person was not particularly surprised when he saw us just now, which shows that he is not in a predicament, as for other aspects, you can learn more from your brother Zhang if you are fine!" ”

The young man smiled and said, "Aren't I learning this!" ”

Zhang Jian scolded with a smile: "I don't think you have the heart to learn this, you're just fooling around all day long!" Don't drill into them if you're okay in the future! ”

Another young man also followed Zhang Jian's example and said, "I said Geng Zhi, you can have a snack!" Don't look like the name."

The upright young man glared at him and said, "Don't you often run to those women, am I right, Qi Tian?" ”

Geng Zhi looked at the young man who was sitting on his right and had not spoken, and the young man he called Qi Tian suddenly came back to his senses and said, "What? I do not know! ”

and Li Ya, Xiao Hei sat on the trailer, it was quite comfortable not to hike, but it was only two days before he turned back, which made Li Ru a little depressed, you must know that you will not go for these two days, and wait directly to save two days of walking?

This group of people does look like good people, Li Ru doesn't believe in any kindness or anything, it's just that there are so many survivors on a few buses, and those survivors are men, women, and children, and they don't seem to be abused

Although he said that, Li Ru also found some details that he cared about, remembering that when the convoy drove past him, Li Ru deliberately took a closer look, and found that Wang Qiang and the people in the car in front of him looked at them with a little surprise, but there was nothing else. But the expressions of the people in the cars behind him looked at them a little uncomfortable, and he felt a little ill-intentioned, maybe Li Ru was thinking too much.

After thinking about it, Li Ru guessed that this group of people formed their own gangs, hugged together for warmth, etc., this kind of thing is normal if you think about it carefully, just pay attention, in today's world, there is no shortage of good people, and there is no shortage of bad people.

In the end, the team had two tanker trucks to follow, Li Ru was almost certain that there must be a lot of oil in it, so the speed of the team was so slow, Li Ru was not interested in fuel, but felt that if the fuel was sufficient, the future of the team should be good, they must have seen and heard a lot along the way, which is the most important reason for him to join this team.

After an hour or two of driving, the sun had climbed overhead, and it was already noon, and the winter sun was warm and very comfortable.

At this time, the convoy stopped, although Li Ru did not know the situation, he also took Li Ya out of the car, as for Xiao Hei, Li Ru asked him to stay in the car for the time being.

Li Ru found that many people got out of the car, some people began to guard the surroundings, and the rest of the people began to start a fire to cook, and for a while, smoke curled up.

It turned out that it was time to start the meal, and Li Ru brought a lot of ready-made food, and he didn't care about it.

Li Ru took this opportunity to find that there were indeed a lot of people in this convoy, at least two or three hundred people, but most of them looked like ordinary people, the elderly, children and women accounted for more than half, and there were only forty or fifty people who were really capable of fighting against the living dead and mutated creatures.

Li Ru also noticed that these people may not be a whole as he guessed, and they look like three gangs, among which the team headed by Wang Qiang is a team of more than 20 people, and the meals are separated from the others, which is easy to distinguish. After that, it was headed by a middle-aged man with a black face, and there were about twenty people, but they looked a little ruffian, Li Ru didn't like it, it didn't look like a good person, more people were scattered, like a neutral faction.

Li Ru saw all this, and probably knew what the situation of this team was, although that Wang Qiang said that he was the person in charge of the team, but it may only be to a certain extent, most of the people in other teams would not listen to him casually, these intrigues, Li Ru hated it, and he didn't plan to get involved.

However, this Wang Qiang does seem to have a lot of ability and prestige, those survivors are not flustered at all under his arrangement, they sit together in an orderly manner and wait for the meal, and some help cook together, Li Ru is very envious, he does not have this kind of command.

Li Ru didn't want to care about what was going on with them, he just followed them, as long as it had nothing to do with him, he didn't want to care, especially the group of people led by the middle-aged man with a black face, as long as he didn't provoke him, he wouldn't provoke them because he didn't like it, I hope they can all be safe, Li Ru is most worried about Li Ya, afraid that she will make a mess, so he always takes her with him.

At this time, Li Ru saw a young man walking towards him from the convoy in front of him, and it was one of the three young men sitting behind Wang Qiang.