Chapter 282: One Hundred Dollars for a Madman

There are many similar abandoned cities in this era.

Based on a certain sense of security, more people, even if they gather together, prefer to choose villages or camps.

Regardless of whether there is really danger in such towns, just the feeling of emptiness and vastness makes people feel uneasy.

However, strictly speaking, such abandoned cities are safe.

When the red moon first appeared in the sky, a large number of lunatics appeared in the world. The collapse of civilization and the disappearance of order were all related to these lunatics. They once became the most terrible predators in the world and became the nightmare of people who experienced that era. Until now, there are still people who are deeply afraid of the wilderness and those dark, abandoned cities.

But by this time, the lunatics who ran around the whole earth at that time had almost been eliminated.

Occasionally there are one or two, all of which are rare animals.

And as far as Lu Xin knows, the pollution sources caused by mental mutations often appear in densely populated large cities or gathering points. Such empty but uninhabited cities do not have the basic conditions for the birth of such strange phenomena.

Although...

Looking up, under the layer of mist, buildings loomed, like unknown guards. The quiet city sat there silently. In places that could not be seen, there seemed to be something disturbing hidden, quietly sharpening its claws.

...It was really scary.

...

Trucks drove into the city shrouded in mist one by one.

Each car was about ten meters apart, and when driving on the main road, it was customary to keep a distance of a hundred meters.

In this way, even if they encountered an ambush, they would not be caught in one fell swoop.

"Uncle, this city looks very fat..."

Old Zhou in the driver's seat looked at the dark houses around him with some envy.

"I don't know where to rest at night. It would be nice if I could come over and search around..."

Lu Xin looked around and nodded silently.

Such a city, huge and empty, must have countless valuable things hidden.

Even though such a city must have been visited by many waste-scavenging teams, it is impossible to clean it out completely.

"Hey, don't be greedy, kid..."

Old Zhou educated his nephew at the right time: "You know, in the past, waste-scavengers would hide in such a city."

Xiao Zhou and Lu Xin looked at him curiously: "Why?"

"You two young people don't understand, right?"

Old Zhou was very proud and said to Xiao Zhou: "Roll a cigarette for your uncle..."

Then he began to narrate: "Such a city, everyone knows that it is rich, but there are many dangers. Before, there were lunatics running around all over the world. The lunatics in the wilderness were easy to clean up. They didn't run fast and couldn't use guns. A team of people with guns could easily shoot them, but in the city, there are too many corners. Suddenly, one popped out from nowhere and hugged you and started to bite..."

"..."

Lu Xin tried to understand and determined that what Old Zhou said should be a terrifying picture.

But why does it sound a little bit unserious?

"I thought it was nothing, it's just a madman, I've seen him in the circus, he's nothing powerful, he can't beat a hound..."

Xiao Zhou listened, and put the cigarette he was about to hand to his uncle into his mouth.

"Hey, you young man..."

Uncle immediately glared: "You were born in a good time, you haven't seen those crazy people when they were fierce."

"The years before you were born were the most chaotic times, how many people were eaten by crazy people?"

"Your uncle, that's how I met your aunt at that time, fortunately I have a good gun skill, I can shoot wherever I point, I'm not bragging, more than a dozen crazy people surrounded me, I only had a gun, four bullets, but I didn't panic, a few shots..."

"..."

Lu Xin was interested and asked curiously: "Then what?"

Old Zhou glared: "Then I started shouting for help while running..."

"..."

Lu Xin was silent, and showed a contemptuous expression with Xiao Zhou.

"I'm quite good. How many people would tremble with fear when they see a madman? We are different. We run very fast and shout for help very loudly. If I hadn't shouted for help so loudly, how could I have met his aunt?"

Old Zhou was very proud: "It was worth shouting. I got a wife and a daughter in a short time..."

"..."

Xiao Zhou listened thoughtfully: "So aunt said you have the old problem of wetting your pants, and it was not wrong to accuse you?"

Old Zhou was angry: "What are you talking about? Give me the cigarette..."

As Old Zhou talked about his heroic deeds in the past, the truck gradually went deeper into the city.

People usually don't drive too fast in the city.

Although the pathfinders who came here before had confirmed that there was no problem with driving on this road through the city, and some small obstacles had been cleared, the truck still drove very carefully. In the thin mist, it slowly passed through the silent steel forest.

The wind swirled through the city, rustling the curtains in the windows.

Although it was broad daylight, this empty and desolate city still made people feel a little creepy.

Xiao Zhou put his face against the car window, swallowed his saliva, and said, "I wonder if there are any crazy people in these empty houses..."

"Tsk..."

Lao Zhou couldn't help laughing: "What year is it, there are still crazy people?"

"If there are really crazy people, then it's profitable. Catch them and sell them to the circus, one for a hundred yuan..."

"This is more valuable than the rags we looted..."

"..."

Listening to this, Lu Xin couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart: "Is there such a business opportunity?"

"Beep..."

Suddenly, a sharp whistle sounded in front, which sounded extremely harsh in this empty city.

"What's the matter?"

All those who heard the whistle slowed down and looked over with a blank look.

This kind of whistle is usually blown in an emergency.

"Toot..."

The whistle suddenly became more piercing and closer.

In the vision of a group of veteran drivers, they saw a motorcycle rushing over desperately from the front.

On the car, a scout was in a panic, holding a loud speaker in his hand, shouting desperately: "Quickly retreat, quick retreat..."

"There is a madman in front...!"

"..."

"What? Madman?"

Lu Xin, who was looking at the abandoned city outside, and Xiao Zhou, whose face was pressed against the car window, were stunned at the same time.

At the first moment, their expressions were even a little confused.

"Is there really a madman?"

What you think will happen?

Now, most of the madmen have long disappeared, and occasionally there are one or two, but they are just a matter of raising their hands and shooting.

Now there are madmen in this city?

Shouldn't it be a matter of catching and selling them to the circus?

...

Although thinking so, Lao Zhou still changed gears suddenly and shouted: "Be careful."

The usual training and strict orders in the team took effect.

Even though he didn't know what happened, Lao Zhou decided to retreat immediately.

It wasn't just him. The cars behind him more than 20 meters away and the cars in front of him more than 10 meters away, the experienced drivers also reacted, but the car bodies shook slightly and stopped. Their cars were too big and it was difficult to turn around on the road in the city.

They could only retreat to the main road in the city to have a chance to turn around, but that would also waste a lot of time.

Lao Zhou was so anxious that he sweated all over.

The habit of their convoy was to keep a certain distance, but not too far away.

If they were too far away, when they encountered some attacks from the Knights, they would easily be eaten by the other side, and others would be too late to save them. If they followed too closely, they might be calculated or surrounded at the same time. Therefore, when the convoy was driving, keeping a distance of dozens of meters was a habit they had developed over the years. But now, it has become their biggest weakness.

They couldn't turn around, and they couldn't retreat.

It can be said that this abandoned city is a natural place to restrain their caravan.

"Damn it, forget it, we can't get out."

Old Zhou, who discovered this, picked up his gun and shouted, "Grab your weapons, where are the lunatics, fight them."

"Where are they?"

Little Zhou also picked up his gun and shouted, "Catch them and sell them for money!"

"Swish!"

Before the two of them finished speaking, there was a loud noise outside the car, mixed with screams.

Looking down from the driver's seat where Old Zhou was, he could see a gray shadow rushing out. The spy who was riding a motorcycle and shouting all the way forward was directly thrown to the ground by the gray shadow, and he let out a scream of extreme fear.

Such an abrupt scene made Old Zhou and his nephew stunned for a moment.

Looking at the way the spy fell on him and bit him, they felt their hair stand up.

It was a tall man, or a humanoid monster.

He was wearing a gray-black jumpsuit, and his limbs were obviously stronger and thicker than others.

Bald, his body was twisted in an unnatural way, but he ran very fast, like a wild animal.

After he knocked down the spy on the motorcycle, he immediately opened his mouth and bit him.

The numbing sound of bones being chewed, accompanied by the swallowing of blood and flesh and painful cries, rang out.

Old Zhou and Little Zhou were stunned at the same time, their expressions were a little dull.

The blood color on Old Zhou's face faded at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if it had brought back some bad memories.

…

"Bang!"

Suddenly a ball of blood bloomed on the monster's bald head, and its body fell to the ground suddenly, twitching constantly.

The gunshot also woke Old Zhou up, and he turned his head suddenly, and saw Lu Xin retracting his body from the window.

There was still a wisp of smoke coming out of the muzzle of his gun.

It was Lu Xin who leaned out of the car window at an extremely inconvenient angle and shot the monster to death.

"Don't panic, wait in the car."

Lu Xin said to Lao Zhou, then retracted his body and pushed open the car door.

"You..."

Lao Zhou was surprised: "What are you going to do?"

Lu Xin got out of the car and said calmly: "I'm going to see how many crazy people there are."

"Ah, you..."

Lao Zhou and Xiao Zhou were a little scared by Lu Xin's behavior.

But Lu Xin didn't find anything wrong.

Whether from the perspective of dealing with danger or the economic perspective, his behavior is reasonable...