Chapter 19: The Crossfire (I)
"I didn't expect to see each other again." Ren Wei said.
"I didn't expect you to leave yet." Avril said, then frowning slightly. "How are you going this way?"
"There are already monsters in front of you, and the chances of success are too small to follow the road out of town according to the original plan." Ren Wei explained.
"What?" Avril exclaimed. "We didn't encounter any monsters all the way, how could there be monsters blocking the road to Deszin City in advance?"
Charles and Houghton's faces also became very ugly when they heard the news.
So Ren Wei quickly told Avril and the three of them what he had said about the Kusa couple.
"You mean that the first people to evacuate now have become an obstacle to our escape?" Avril asked.
"I've inferred from my experience in Hurricane that monsters that mutate not far from town will almost always return to the town to prey because they feel that the town has the most 'food'." Ren Wei said.
"If we just count them, we might still be able to rush out." Horton had fought with the monsters, and knew the monsters' combat power, and felt that with the heavy machine guns and remaining bullets on the Humvee, coupled with the speed of the Humvee, it was not impossible to kill from the blockade of several monsters.
"It's not just the number of monsters that the problem is." Ren Wei shook his head. "We were caught off guard by a few monsters before, and we couldn't escape by our own abilities, and we were already gone. At that time, it was because of a sudden huge explosion that burned the monster chasing us and gave us a chance to escape, and we survived......"
"Explosion?" Avril and Horton glanced at each other, and Avril interrupted Ren Wei's words and asked, "What kind of explosion is it?" ”
"This, like an underground volcanic eruption, arches the ground and shoots out huge flames from it." Ren Wei recalled. "At that time, it seemed that the building next to it also exploded, and the broken glass that was crumbling outward fell from the air and almost covered the road. The road then collapsed, creating a huge crater filled with fire. ”
"It seems that yes, it was the explosion caused by the gas pipeline. I didn't expect such bad luck, it was really the pipeline to the east that was ignited first. Avril said in her heart.
"So, if we decide to get out of town now, we can't go straight to it, we have to take a detour. Let's not talk about whether we can reach it smoothly along the way, even if we reach the intersection out of the town without any obstacles, who can guarantee that the number of mutated monsters is still a few? Once you miscalculate the situation, it will be difficult to get out again. Ren Wei tried to persuade Avril and the others to stop moving towards the intersection out of town.
It is useless for Ren Wei to persuade him, and Avril and the others will not continue to move forward. Because although Ren Wei didn't know, Avril and the others knew the reason for the explosion, in this way, if they chose to take a detour, it would not be just a detour as Ren Wei imagined, and with the passage of time, they were more likely to be buried in the fire.
"Where were you supposed to be? Without further ado, we'll be off right away. Avril asked.
Ren Wei was refreshed when he heard this. At the end of the road, there used to be a trail into the mountains for hunting, which was open to traffic, but Kusa said that there was basically no more prey in the mountains now, so few people went there anymore. I'm going to leave from that place, and as for how far I can go after entering the mountain, it's up to fate! ”
"Let's go!" With that, Avril started the Humvee and began to run wild.
Ren Wei hurriedly chased forward behind, but he had been thrown away for a long distance, Ren Wei had to step on the accelerator suddenly, not wanting to just step on the end, he saw the Hummer in front of him brake sharply and stopped, Ren Wei hurriedly hit the steering wheel to the right, so that he could avoid the Hummer and avoid rear-end collision.
"What's going on?" Ren Wei asked in surprise.
Horton got out of the Humvee and walked to the frame of the car Ren Wei was driving. "You go to the Humvee, I'll drive this car."
Ren Wei was stunned for a moment, and instantly understood that it was indeed more reasonable to do so. So Ren Wei didn't say a word, jumped out of the car, ran to where the Hummer was, and then got into the car.
Set off again, the two cars one after the other, at high speed to the intended destination.
At the same time that Ren Wei and the others gave up taking the main road, a large number of residents of Green Town began to drive to the road leading to Deszin City, and to the west, monsters were also pouring into Green Town.
"There are more and more cars in front of you, so it doesn't work! Rota, hurry up again! Carl, tell the brothers in the back to follow up, leave everything else alone, and the top priority is to leave Greentown in the shortest possible time. Seeing that the people in the town began to panic and the traffic situation became more and more chaotic, Mock was in a hurry and hurriedly gave orders to Carl and Rota.
"But Captain Mock, that, there's still a car in front of you!" Rota said with some embarrassment.
"Squeeze through the cracks in the car, and if you can't squeeze through, you'll knock out of the way." Mock replied coldly.
"But......" Rota turned to say something, but Mork didn't give him another chance.
"Nothing but, this is an order, give me strict execution." With that, Mock ignored Rota and observed the situation outside the window again.
Rota, who was reprimanded, looked at the front of the car, gritted his teeth and finally gritted his teeth, and manipulated the police car to start rampage, relying on the high performance of the police car to squeeze out a road.
Seeing this, Carl hurriedly told Neo and Li De over the phone that the car he was in was about to speed up and be careful not to fall behind.
After two streets of hard work, the convoy of Mork and the others was blocked on a main road.
"Captain, there's a car accident ahead, and I really can't get through it." Rota reported to Mork.
"Cut through the side of the path and change to another street." Mock said without hesitation.
Rota turned around and entered the lane, leaving the two cars in close behind. Just when the third car had just turned the corner, the ground shook slightly, and then a "bang" was heard, and a hard object flew up on the ground until it was in the air, and then fell, smashing on the roof of the third car driven by Li De.
The people in the car were startled, and they couldn't speak when they saw the deformed roof, and after a while, Li De, who reacted, quickly drove the car and chased after Rota and Neo.
The police officers sitting in the car naturally did not know that what hit their car was a gas manhole cover that had been blown away by the air wave generated by the underground explosion. Not long after they left, the well began to spew flames and spread around, so that the people who were blocked in the road had to abandon their cars and flee.
Rota pulled the car off the trail and turned back into the direction of the town and drove sharply. At that moment, the occupants of the car heard a loud noise behind them, looked back, and saw in the distance a jeep that had been burned to scrap metal and fell from mid-air. Before everyone could figure out what was going on, another pillar of fire appeared in everyone's sight.
The two cars were lifted by the pillar of fire at the same time, flipped several times in the air, and rolled to the side of the road with the flames. In the buildings on both sides of the street, the sound of explosions also came and went, and tongues of fire were spat out from time to time.
Just as everyone thought the explosion was over, the ground shook even more violently, and a large number of cracks appeared in the smooth road surface in an instant, and it quickly expanded along the street. Not only that, but in the process of the crack spreading, there are also places where huge deep pits suddenly appear, and some cars or people located above the pit fall directly into it, and some cars can still see the traces of being buried after falling, as for the people, they are completely gone.
"It was the explosion caused by a leak in the gas pipeline! Let's get out of here! Don't look at the explosion point is still far away from us, maybe it will soon affect here. When Mork saw this scene, he remembered that he had smelled the pungent smell of gas more than once before, and in a moment he guessed that it was not a disaster, but Avril had caused it, and the leak covered the entire town of Green.
Lota had already raised the speed of the car to the limit of what he could drive in this road condition halfway through Mock's words, but his legs were shaking uncontrollably when he stepped on the accelerator. In this case, anyone who says that they are not afraid at all is absolutely false.
The police car traveled a long distance and finally got away from the explosion. Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, a modified off-road vehicle like a mad cow rushed out of the path on the right. A sedan driving on the road collided with a police car driven by Neo in an attempt to avoid the car.
Neo's car was squeezed onto the sidewalk and nearly hit a lamppost on the side of the road.
"! What kind of son of a son is driving a car! In normal times, Lao Tzu must make him look good! Neo, who had regained control of the car, slapped the steering wheel hard and cursed loudly.
The other police officers in the car had some bumps and bumps, and they were also extremely annoyed, at this time, one of the police officers caught a glimpse of another car in the small road rushing towards this side without slowing down, and opened his mouth to shout: "There is another one behind me, it is estimated that it is together, don't let him run." ”
Neo felt that there was nowhere to vent an evil fire, and when he heard this, his mind was hot, and he steered the car and turned away from the car coming from the path.
Li De had already overtaken the front in the commercial car, but he saw that Neo's police SUV almost had an accident, so he stopped on the side of the road and waited for Neo to follow. As a result, through the rearview mirror, he saw that Neo's car had changed the route, and hurriedly poked his head out of the window and shouted: "Neo, why are you going?" The captain told us to keep up with him, and you don't get out of the way. ”
Neo didn't hear what Li De shouted at all, but even if he heard it, he probably wouldn't change his mind, and the SUV blocked the sedan at the intersection of the road.
Neo and the policeman who saw the sedan from the window just now took out their guns, and when they got out of the car, they wanted to teach the owner a lesson, but as soon as they appeared, someone in the sedan shouted: "Neo, Lothar, what do you two want to do?" ”
When the two of them heard the visitor call out their names, they couldn't help but look at each other, and then scolded and said, "Hans, why are you this guy?" ”
Hans in the car was even more angry. "You two bastards, get out of the way! Don't want to live anymore? There are monsters in the town, and you two still have time to make trouble here? ”
Neo was angry, poked the front cover of the sedan with the muzzle of the gun, and said to Hans with a big mouth: "How old are you! When will it be your turn to teach us a lesson? Besides, it wouldn't take me ten minutes to get on the highway out of town from here. I'm afraid of hair! ”
"You know! If you don't go, you'll never get on the highway. Get out of here! If you don't get out of the way, Lao Tzu won't be able to live anyway, so it's not bad to pull you to be a cushion! Hans's face contorted when he saw Neo's behavior, and he yelled at the two of them in an almost roaring voice.
Neo and Lothar had never seen Hans look so hideous, and they were all frightened for a moment. Hans didn't care what the two of them thought, and after saying that, he started the car and drove forward with one foot on the accelerator. Neo and Lothar subconsciously dodged to the side, letting the car pass by.
Hans's car crashed off the SUV's crash bar, and from the position between the front of the car and the intersection wall, the space where the car passed through was forced to open, and the sides of the sedan were scraped and tattered, but Hans didn't care at all, and drove away.
At this time, Neo, who had just come back to his senses, hurriedly beckoned Lothar to run back to the car.
"Don't worry about him this time, there will be a chance to clean him up in the future." Neo, who got into the car, did not forget to save face for himself, but his face was not good-looking, and he hurriedly chased forward with his hands and feet, and it seemed that he realized that the development of the matter was probably much more serious than he thought.
As soon as the car started, Mock's voice was heard on the intercom: "Neo, where did you drive the car!" Didn't I order you to follow my car closely? ”
"Boss, I'm not far behind, I'll be there soon." Neo responded.
"Hurry up! We're going to get out of town, give you two minutes, I won't wait for you if you delay. Mock finished and turned off the intercom.
"yelling at Lao Tzu, sooner or later, one day Lao Tzu will make you look good." Neo angrily smashed the walkie-talkie, and after the fall, he realized that there were other colleagues in the car, and knew that the words could not be recovered, so Neo had to continue to pretend to be disdainful, snorted coldly, and then concentrated on driving.
Soon, Neo caught up in the car driven by Rota and Lide, and at the same time, he also heard a chaotic noise of gunfire and bursts of roars.
"All ready for battle! Once a monster attacks us, listen to the command to concentrate fire. Mock ordered the officers in the other two cars.
"Roger!"
Turning the corner of the street, everyone had a panoramic view of the scene in front of the highway.
Before they arrived, at least twenty monsters blocked their path and desperately attacked the vehicles that approached them. Soon, some people noticed that the monster seemed to be guarding the area, so they shot at the monster a little further away from the intersection. At first, there were only a few people, but as time passed, a large number of residents swarmed in, and the fire suddenly increased, raining down on the monsters.
At first, the monsters were still resisting, but it didn't take long for more than a dozen of the monsters to pounce on the crowd from the intersection and start to massacre people who used weapons.
Suddenly the inhabitants became overwhelmed, and some of them had no time to drive, so they had to run back into the town; Some people reacted quickly or were close to their cars, and returned to the car in time, some wanted to take advantage of the decrease in the number of monsters at the intersection to rush out, and most of them still retreated to the town, wanting to find another way.
That's what they saw, and that's what Mok saw.
"Captain! What are we going to do? Rota asked.
Mock also felt very embarrassed: the way out was in front of him, and he was really unwilling to retreat, but if he rushed hard, even if he rushed over, the casualties would definitely be huge.
In the end, is it advance or retreat?