Chapter 17: Miserable Humanity
Chu Tianming and Jiang Yuan glanced at each other, and the other team members also looked at each other, not knowing where this young man wanted to take them.
Lao Pi was a little uneasy, and said, "Captain, you ......"
Jiang Yuan waved his hand: "It's okay, you guys are looking at the armor here, and Xiao Chu and I can just go." ”
However, on the young man's side, the bald head also seemed to be persuading something, but he also failed to succeed, just stared at Chu Tianming and Jiang Yuan coldly, snorted and walked away.
Chu Tianming took off his armor and followed Jiang Yuan as he followed the young man deeper into the village.
During the day, the Black Wolf team had carefully inspected the village and found no place to use it as a place to hide.
The young man introduced himself as he walked: "My name is Liu Jian, and I am from this village. I'm talking about the village where we came from. ”
With Liu Jian's introduction, Chu Tianming and the others got some information. The village used to be in this place, and it was huge. It is surrounded by fertile farmland, and although the village has been renovated and the old houses have been demolished and replaced with buildings, people still work here.
When the war came, they moved all their harvest and storage into the ground, and the ground was quickly leveled, but they did not suffer any harm.
"You went underground?" Jiang Yuan was a little shocked, it was not so easy to dig space underground, and the manpower and material resources consumed must be countless.
Liu Jian glanced back and said, "It's not what you think, there used to be an air-raid shelter in the village, which was left over from the war a hundred years ago, and we just re-strengthened it." ”
Chu Tianming and the two of them both looked like "so it is".
In a corner of the village, in front of the door of the most inconspicuous small house, Liu Jian stopped and looked back and said, "Come on, the entrance is here." ”
Although Liu Jian led the two of them and told them the most confidential things about himself, this did not mean that he could trust them unconditionally. Chu Tianming also knew this, so the two of them didn't care about Liu Jian's wary face and some disciples.
The entrance to the bomb shelter was inside the room, under a table. Liu Jian lifted the wooden board under the table, revealing a black iron plate. The iron plate was pulled upwards with a creaking sound.
Beneath the iron plate is a staircase that winds down, and the black hole is like the open mouth of a monster, choosing people to eat.
Descend the stairs and turn the corners to get brighter. Torches were planted at intervals on the wall below, glowing with a dim yellow.
Chu Tianming and the others took out the flashlight, which was much brighter than those torches, but things like flashlights needed to cost more materials in exchange.
Liu Jian stared at the flashlight for a few moments before turning his gaze away. Underneath the staircase is a straight passage, and further inside is an iron fence door, behind which a faint fire shines through.
The iron door opened, and the light of the torches and flashlights made it possible to see the situation inside.
A group of raged surviving humans, crammed into such a dark place, will break down anyone after a long time.
Chu Tianming's flashlights swept across the crowd, and there were men, women, and children, but without exception, they all looked at them nervously with panicked expressions on their faces. Chu Tianming believed that if it weren't for Liu Jian following him, these people would definitely scream and scurry.
Liu Jian next to him sighed and turned his head to walk out the door. Chu Tianming and Jiang Yuan also walked out, and the iron door was closed again, but someone began to whisper.
Liu Jian leaned against the wall of the air-raid shelter and sighed: "You have all seen it, they are no longer angry, they are all frightened to death." ”
After a pause, he continued: "Now only those people outside can summon up some courage and go outside to fight those people, but what's the use, we can't beat them. ”
Chu Tianming turned off his flashlight, and the corridor immediately fell into darkness, only those torches emitted a faint light.
"Looks like it's time for us to talk." Chu Tianming said, "What's the matter with you and those people in the warehouse? ”
Liu Jian seemed to be quite resentful about this, and there was a strong hatred in his tone: "That's a group of bastards!" Scum! Brute! At first, we were really uncomfortable in the bomb shelter, so we went outside to get some air. Who knew that when they ran into those people, they not only robbed us of our food, but they even robbed people! ”
Liu Jian seemed to cry: "The old village chief was killed by them, and the village chief's youngest daughter was captured by them!" There are also Lao Gao, the third uncle, and a few of them, who were either killed or captured! The bald head you have seen, his surname is Hao. Others are just like his last name, and he is a good person. But his son, a child who had just turned three, and his wife, were taken away by them, and what has become of him now? They're all the ones who hurt it! ”
After speaking, Liu Jian sat on the ground and cried against the wall.
Jiang Yuan also sighed, this Liu Jian doesn't look very old, he is only in his twenties, facing this nightmarish world, but also facing nightmarish encounters, and then leading such a group of survivors who have either become frightened birds or have become distorted personalities, this kind of pressure is definitely unimaginable.
When Liu Jian's crying became smaller, Chu Tianming patted him on the shoulder and squatted down next to him.
"You can help us, right?" Liu Jian asked suddenly.
Chu Tianming pondered for a moment: "We have seen those people in the warehouse before, there are many of them and their vigilance is also high, we can't catch them all." ”
"You've got weapons, you've got armor!" Liu Jian jumped up, "They don't have anything!" ”
Jiang Yuan patted him to signal him not to get excited, and said, "Yes, they don't have weapons, but it's just that we saw the surface situation, and besides, we didn't see all their members yesterday." ”
Afterwards, Chu Tianming added: "We need to check their real situation." ”
Liu Jian suddenly squatted on the ground like a deflated ball.
"The best thing to do now is for you all to go to the base, it's safer there than here." Chu Tianming said, "But in that case, all your supplies will have to be handed over, and you can only join the mercenary team or work for the base like us, in exchange for the necessary survival support." ”
"Think about it, if you decide to go to the base, we can help you and escort you there. After all, it's still the world of mutant beasts outside, and you're too dangerous yourself. ”
Liu Jian was silent, as if he was considering Chu Tianming's suggestion, and said after a while: "We need to discuss." ”
Chu Tianming stood up, greeted Jiang Yuan, and then said, "Yes." Then the two of them walked towards the outside of the bomb shelter.
In the bomb shelter, the people led by Liu Jian were all inside, surrounding him, but everyone had a dignified face.
The bald head suddenly said: "Boss, are they really reliable?" ”
Liu Jian nodded and said: "After all, it's better than those people in the warehouse, nesting in this place, it will indeed make people collapse after a long time." ”
The bald head was silent, and the faces of the others kept changing and flickering, and after a short silence, the bald head was the first to express his attitude: "You are the boss, you have the final say!" Anyway, I'm alone, as long as they can avenge me, even if they die! ”
Liu Jian glanced at him, then at the others. He doesn't need to ask for everyone's opinion, he just needs to agree with them. The people behind the iron gate were no longer thinking, and he said that he would do whatever he wanted.