Chapter 269 Heading West
Chapter 269 Heading West
Unexpectedly, the place was safe and sound, without any damage at all. Everyone was overjoyed and started knocking on the door. After knocking for a long time, someone finally came to open the door, which made them a little impatient.
Upon hearing this, Huo Yu said, "I've rented this house for half a year, and there's still a month left before it expires. Come back in a month."
After saying this, without giving these people time to react, he prepared to close the door.
Seeing this, the man quickly blocked the door and said, "We didn't ask you to move out. There are so many houses inside and you can't live in them all. Just give us one to live in.
There's no place to live in the city now, and this is our house after all, so you should at least give us some respect, right?"
Huo Yu didn't intend to give face and said directly: "If you are in a hurry, come back in five days, otherwise come back in a month."
The entire city was burned down, and it is unknown how long it will take to rebuild, so they definitely cannot stay in Xia Cang City. They had originally planned to leave in the next few days, and it is impossible to let these people stay here.
Then he used some clever strength to push the man out of the door and then closed the door.
Then he said to Zhou Youfeng, "Pay attention to the situation these days and don't let anyone in."
"I understand," Zhou Youfeng said.
The person who was rejected outside the door complained: "Why is this person like this? Isn't this our house? Why does it feel like theirs?"
"Do we really have to wait a few days? Where are we going to sleep during these few days?"
"It's so hot, you can't sleep on the street, right?"
The group of people discussed the issue one after another, but in the end no conclusion was reached.
When Ning Qian and the others woke up again, it was already afternoon.
Ning Jian was awakened by the heat. The temperature has been rising continuously in the past few days and has completely turned into the weather before the snow disaster.
I didn't put on a cooling patch before going to bed, so he woke up because of the heat.
When they got up, Bai Lifen had already prepared dinner, and the family sat down to eat.
While eating, Ning Jian said, "We can't stay in this city anymore. We'll pack up and leave in the next two days."
The weather is so hot, and there are a large number of corpses in the city that have not been dealt with in time. Coupled with spiders and cockroaches, it is easy for bacteria to breed. It won’t be long before a plague breaks out here, and maybe another wave of cockroaches will be attracted. They have to leave here before the plague breaks out.
Bai Lifen said, "Okay, I'll start packing tomorrow."
The rest of the family nodded in agreement.
"Xiaoqing." Ning Yan shouted in his mind.
Qing Ying replied immediately: "Host, what's wrong?"
"You said before that there will be constant natural disasters in the next few years. How many years will it take?" Ning Yan asked.
"I don't know the exact time." Qingying said, "When it's time for peace, it will naturally be peaceful."
Ning Yan was speechless after hearing this. Doesn't saying it mean not saying it?
Then Ning Yan asked again: "Then tell me, why do you have to flee the famine?"
He doesn't want to flee the famine now, but he has to. It's really speechless. After thinking about it, he still doesn't understand why he should flee the famine.
Can't we just find a place to hide and survive? Wait until the disaster is over before we come out?
Qing Ying replied lazily: "I don't know about that either. Maybe it's because it wants the host to find a place suitable for survival!"
Ning Yan asked, "Where is the best place to live?"
Qing Ying said: "This needs to be found by the host himself, I can't help."
Ning Yan stopped asking questions after hearing this and simply blocked the system.
Qing Ying: “….”
It is really necessary to use the unified front instead of the unified back.
The next morning, after getting up and having breakfast, the group began to pack up and prepare to leave.
In fact, the things had already been packed the night before, and some things had not been unpacked yet, so they didn't have to do much cleaning.
After everything was packed, the group prepared to set off.
They will head west next. It is unlikely to go north at the moment because the situation in the north is not very good and the drought is quite severe.
There are floods and insect plagues in the south, and the sea is just to the east. Ning Jian was afraid that a tsunami or typhoon would occur in the east, so he simply removed this option.
So the best option now is to go west.
After going out, I unexpectedly found that there were many people lying outside the villa. These people were all lying on the ground and sleeping, including the family from yesterday.
The noise from inside woke them up. The man from yesterday looked at Huo and the others and immediately stood up and asked, "Are you leaving?"
Huo nodded and said, "Yes, you can move in now."
Then he said no more and prepared to leave.
Seeing this, Fu Yuanbao quickly stepped forward and asked, "Brother, where are you going?"
"Is there something wrong?" Huo asked.
Fu Yuanbao chuckled upon hearing this and said, "I just wanted to ask where you guys are going. If you don't have anywhere to go, you can continue to live here. We don't mind being crowded."
In fact, he wanted to ask Huo where they were going because he wanted to find them later and follow them.
Most of the city was destroyed, and only the villa where they lived was safe and sound. He felt that these people must be extraordinary. The world is not peaceful now, so he wanted to follow these people. Perhaps he could avoid the disaster and keep his life in this world for a few more years.
But he has to wait until he buries his father first.
Thinking of his father, he was overwhelmed with grief. His father had died accidentally yesterday. He was bitten by a spider and his body was not intact before he died. Later, he was burned in a fire, leaving only a handful of ashes.
The ancestral hall at home was also burned down, so there was no place to relocate. The villa was relatively quiet. After he settled his father in the villa, he planned to find these people and follow them.
Huo? He didn't know why this man suddenly looked so sad. Then he looked down at the box in his hand, which looked very much like an urn. He suddenly understood that it was likely that a relative of this man had passed away.
Huo said, "We are going to head west, but we are not sure where to go."
The daughter-in-law said she wanted to find a place to survive, but she didn't know where exactly, so they could only take it one step at a time.
The man in front of him was quite polite, so it would be okay for Huo to tell him where he was going.
What's more, the situation is so chaotic now. We may meet each other today, but no one knows where we will be tomorrow. Moreover, they themselves don't know where they will go next, so it doesn't seem to matter much.
After chatting for a few words, Huo and the others said goodbye and left, and the man brought his family into the house.
There were still quite a few people standing outside the house. They all had nowhere to go in the city for the time being. Seeing that the house here was safe and sound, they felt that it was safer here, so they ran here and used it as a refuge.
Now seeing Huo and the others leaving, these people hesitated and didn't know what to do.
I wanted to stay, but most of the city had been burned down and it would definitely not be able to recover in a short time.
I want to follow them, but I don’t know where to go. I have nothing at home and I can’t even get a travel permit. Once I get to the place, I will be an illegal resident and may be arrested as a criminal.
Huo? They walked directly west without taking a detour. They went directly to Lanyun Peak, passed through the mountain over there, and went to Guangfeng Prefecture.
In the afternoon, they arrived near Lanyun Peak. To reach Guangfeng City, they had to cross a forest. After resting for a while, they continued to move forward.
When it was half past the hour of You, the sun was about to set and the light in the forest was dimmer than outside, so everyone stopped to rest and then eat.
Two torches were lit around at night. It was quite quiet at night and everyone was sleeping soundly. Zhou Youfeng and Ning Yu stayed on guard for half the night.
It was almost midnight, and Ning Yu was leaning against a tree branch with his eyes closed, resting. The branch was 6 feet above the ground.
Zhou Youfeng sat on the ground, leaning against a tree, playing with the finger-biting toy out of boredom.
This toy belongs to Ning Yan. He saw Huo Yun often playing with several dolls, so he took it to play with it out of boredom.
Then he suddenly noticed a shadow approaching his feet. His first reaction was to grab the knife beside him and at the same time wanted to call for help.
But before he could open his mouth, the person behind him was much quicker than him. He covered his mouth and knocked him unconscious. The finger-biting toy in his hand fell to the ground with a slight sound.
The last thing Zhou Youfeng thought before he passed out was: Why do this person's hands smell so bad? It smells like a rotting corpse.
After knocking Zhou Youfeng unconscious, the man did not leave in a hurry. Instead, he took two steps forward and prepared to attack Huo Yun and Ning Jing who were sleeping on the ox cart.
The slight sound of the toy falling to the ground was not enough to notice anything unusual.
But the sense of danger made Huo Yun quickly open his tightly closed eyes, and then he saw a stranger's hand reaching out to Huo Yun who was sleeping on the ox cart.
Bai Lifen was sleeping with two children on the ox cart, while the others were sleeping leaning against the cart or trees. Seeing this, Huo?'s face turned stern. He stood up and picked up the knife beside him and chopped at the man's arm.
However, this man reacted quickly, dodged Huo's attack, and wrestled with Huo with his bare hands.
However, as Huo? was once the number one killer in Donglin Country, not everyone could withstand his kung fu. After a few blows, the man could not withstand it anymore and was injured in the arm by Huo?.
Seeing that he couldn't beat this man, he wanted to escape. Huo? Naturally, he didn't give him a chance and hurried forward to chase him.
Then he saw a surprising scene in the goose. The way this person escaped was actually crawling on all fours, and his movements were very fast. He could also climb quickly on the branches with his hands, which was even faster than Huo's flying.
Ning Yu woke up when Huo Yu stood up to fight with the man. Although he did not take action, he was always paying attention to the battle situation. When he saw that the man wanted to escape, he quickly leaped in the direction of his escape, ready to intercept him.
Then he saw the man turn a corner and run in another direction, and he also saw how the man escaped.
Although they were surprised, it did not prevent Huo? and Ning Lu from quickly stepping forward and blocking the man's way.
Then, in a few seconds, Huo broke the man's legs and tied his hands with rattan.
When they brought the man back, Zhou was worriedly asking Ning Jian, "Brother Jian, is my husband okay?"
The others were also looking at Ning Yan. When they woke up, they saw Zhou Youfeng lying on the ground with his body tilted, unconscious, and no one responded when they called out. They all thought something had happened to him and hurried forward to check.
Ning Yan squatted down and felt Zhou Youfeng's pulse before saying, "He's fine. He just fainted from the knock. He should wake up soon."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
Seeing Huo Yu and the others coming back, Ning Yan stood up and asked, "Brother Yu, what happened?"
Given Huo Xi and Ning Yu's alertness, they shouldn't have realized it only after knocking the person unconscious.
Huo Yu threw the person in his hand to the ground and said, "This person is not normal. He was crawling when he escaped. His speed was very fast. I almost couldn't catch up with him."
In addition, this person's movements were very slight. If Huo had not been extremely sensitive to danger over the years, he might not have been able to discover him in time.
Crawling and running? Everyone was very surprised when they heard this.
Ning Gang took a torch and approached the person lying on the ground.
The man was thin, over seven feet tall, with a pointed face and a shrewd and mercenary look.
However, this person's skin color is different from that of ordinary people. It is redder than that of ordinary people, as if he has a high fever.
Thinking of what his brother had just said about crawling, and looking at the man's appearance, Ning Yan looked at him and asked, "You were bitten by a spider, but didn't die, so you ended up like this?"
Li Mazi, who was lying on the ground, said, "If you let me go, I will tell you."
Ning Yan said disdainfully: "You are not qualified to bargain."
Li Mazi rolled his eyes when he heard that, and then said, "It's okay if you don't let me go. I can follow you and act as your bodyguard. All you have to do is give me something to eat."
Ning Jian shouted, "Brother."
Upon hearing this, Huo? stepped forward and stepped on Li Mazi's broken leg. Li Mazi screamed in pain, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and rolled on the ground.
When everyone present heard his screams, they couldn't help but tremble in their hearts and felt a cold pain in their knees, but no one had any objection to Huo Yu's actions.
This person's sense was too abnormal. He could actually get close to them silently and knock Zhou Youfeng unconscious. If it weren't for Huo's quick reaction, they wouldn't know what would have happened.
Ning Yan waited until the people on the ground had finished shouting, then asked, "Can you tell me now? How did it become like this? Why are you arresting us?"
Li Mazi's voice trembled as he gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know the details. I was bitten by a spider and woke up like this."
"Anything else?" Ning Yan asked.
"Also, I want to eat meat." In order to avoid suffering further, Li Mazi simply told him everything.
When everyone present heard the word "eat meat" and thought about the man's intention to arrest someone, Bai Lifen, Sun Xiaoxi and others couldn't help but feel nauseous, and at the same time felt a chill and fear.
If they were caught by this man, they would be eaten until not even a bone was left.
When Huo and the other men heard what Li Mazi said, they all frowned and felt uncomfortable in their stomachs, but the discomfort was quickly suppressed.
Ning Yan seemed to have expected his answer and his expression remained normal.
Then he squatted down and took Li Mazi's pulse.
The pulse is strong and powerful, and it feels like there is an abnormal force traveling through the body. It won't kill you, but it also makes you feel like you're not a normal person.
This pulse does not seem to be what the body in front of him should have. This person is so thin and somewhat weak, but he couldn't detect it at all.
After taking the patient's pulse, Ning Jian stood up and exchanged glances with Huo Xi, then Huo Xi bent down and carried the patient away.
Li Mazi didn't know where Huo Yu was taking him, so he begged for mercy: "Sir, can you please let me go? I promise to stay away from you from now on."
Huo? After finding a place to deal with the people, he went back directly.
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