Chapter 4: No Accidents, Still Accidents
"Tang boy!"
Just when Tang Ming was puzzled, he heard someone in the crowd calling him.
Tang Ming looked sideways and found that it was Lao Yutou who called himself.
It was an old man with a crossbow on his back, a black beret on his head, and a cloak draped over his shoulders.
No one knows the real name of the old man, but he is the scavenger who has been in the area for the longest time.
When Tang Ming first crossed, if it weren't for the other party who happened to pass by and taught him some survival experience, he would have died under the mouth of a certain mutant creature.
"Old Yutou, what's going on here?"
Lao Yutou said that he should also be for this matter, and Tang Ming directly asked the question in his heart.
"There was a collapse on the line down there to the market."
Lao Yu's brows furrowed tightly, this news was bad news not only for him, but also for any scavenger on the scene.
Because most of their food and drinking water are obtained through trading markets.
Without the source of this supply, their survival will be extremely difficult.
Tang Ming's face was also a little unpleasant when he heard this, and the safe line was broken, which meant that he needed to take the risk of going to the trading market from other routes.
He had previously put some seawater in his game backpack by bringing out the remaining volume of the game, distilling it to deal with the drinking water problem in a short time, but he had already eaten all the food yesterday.
So this trading day, he must go, or he can only starve to death.
"Can the landslide be cleared?"
Tang Ming asked, if he could, he really didn't want to take risks.
"Probably not, the collapse is too serious, just relying on our people, it is impossible to clean it up in a short time, and we will definitely miss this trading day."
Old Yu shook his head.
Those at the scene are all at home with little material storage, because those who have surplus food are cleaning up the landslide below.
And they, who are running out of ammunition, obviously can't wait that long.
"So?"
"We've got to go around in circles."
Old Yu said, pointing to Tang Ming's subway line beside him.
"Originally, we could go directly to the destination through Line 10, but now it is blocked, if we still want to go to the trading market, we have to go through the station where Line 10 and Line 3 interact, and change to Line 3 to go to the trading market."
Tang Ming looked at the subway map, and after Lao Yutou's explanation, he quickly understood the danger.
Although the two stations are adjacent, both stations can reach the trading market through their respective lines, and the distance is the same, if the previous station goes to the trading market through their station, it will take two or three kilometers more to walk, and the gain outweighs the loss.
This means that the tunnel that connects their site to the site behind them has not been visited at all.
A place that no one has ever been to is very likely to be dangerous.
But for them, this is already the least dangerous line at present.
"How long will it take?"
While Tang Ming asked, he also swept his eyes over the surrounding people again, this was already one-third of the scavengers in his area, and it was estimated that there would not be many people coming over any longer.
And the situation was the same as Tang Ming estimated, and after waiting for about half an hour, it was just one more person in the team.
"Don't wait, let's go, wait any longer, I'm afraid that when we arrive, the market may be scattered."
The one who opened his mouth was a strong man of more than one meter and eight meters.
His name is Wang Kai, and he is said to have a very good nose and ears, just like a dog.
Behind his back, everyone called him Mad Dog, in addition to the above reasons, but also because he fought like a mad dog.
There were several scavengers around, all of whom were bitten to death by him.
It can only be said that since the advent of the Wasteland Age, this kind of mentally abnormal guy has basically become the norm among human survivors.
So everyone looked at him with a little fear in their eyes.
No one dared to object to his mouth, and in addition to agreeing to his proposal, he was also worried about being hated by him.
"Since no one has an opinion, let's go"
After Wang Kai finished speaking, he took the lead in entering the platform.
When everyone saw this, they also followed in turn.
There was only a glimmer of light in the subway station, and this glimmer of light still came from the tunnel in front of it, the scavengers who were cleaning up the landslide.
If you listen closely, you can also hear some tapping sounds.
There was no light source in the subway, so everyone had torches ready in advance.
At this time, they were all lit up, and the orange fire instantly dispelled most of the darkness around them.
"Let's go."
Wang Kai spoke, but this time he didn't move, clasped his hands, and looked at the others on the scene with bloodshot eyes.
At this time, no one dared to speak, and they were afraid of becoming the one who took the lead.
Because everyone knows that in this case, the one who takes the lead takes the biggest risk.
There was silence for more than a minute.
Wang Kai's eyes scanned the crowd with contempt, and finally landed on the only two female scavengers in the group.
The two are together, a mother and daughter.
The daughter is seventeen or eighteen years old, and the mother is already in her forties, and her father lost his life in an accident during a scavenging trip, leaving only the two mothers and daughters to depend on each other.
The two were on the underdog side in a team of twelve.
Seeing Wang Kai looking at the two, the eyes of the others changed, and then they looked at the mother and daughter one after another.
It's a bit of a bully, but it's better than doing it yourself.
The mother saw that everyone around her was looking at her, and a slight struggle flashed in her eyes, and finally took a step forward.
In this case, even if they want to quit, they have no chance to quit.
Because once he speaks, with Wang Kai's character, he will definitely do it directly to them.
"Let me come, old man, I won't live for a few days anyway."
However, just as the mother was about to open her mouth to deal with this matter, the old man suddenly stood up.
Tang Ming also didn't expect that at this time, Lao Yutou would stand up and subconsciously tug at the corners of the other party's clothes.
However, this small action was only exchanged for a reassuring look from Lao Yutou.
"I'll be with you."
Seeing this, Tang Ming knew that he couldn't be persuaded to come back.
Lao Yutou is a warm-hearted person, otherwise he would not have taught himself how to survive in the wasteland.
Wang Kai saw Lao Yutou stand up, his face became a little unsightly, his gaze swept over the daughter's body without leaving a trace, obviously in addition to wanting to find a cannon fodder, his motive was also impure.
Although the daughter's face was dirty and she couldn't see the beauty and ugliness clearly, many scavengers said that the sows were clear-eyed, let alone a girl in the prime of her life.
"Since the old man wants to take the lead in the front, then speed up and don't waste everyone's time."
Wang Kai urged in an unkind tone.
In this regard, the old man didn't say anything, just held the torch with a vigilant face and walked slowly towards the darkness behind him.