bookrandom Chapter 253 Simple and Brutal
Chapter 253 Simple and Brutal
This is not what he expected!
Who are they showing off all this land to?
Is it just because they're bored out of their minds?
Isn't their goal to inspire empathy in the rest of the team?
That way he can ask for food!
But what's the situation now?
The color drained from Qiu Biao's face instantly.
He understood; it meant that the mountains of dried sweet potatoes would no longer be their concern.
"Captain Fu!" Qiu Biao's voice became sharp, with a slight, almost imperceptible tremor.
Behind him, Ganzi and three other men surrounded him, their faces equally grim.
The two women turned deathly pale, their eyes filled with terror.
The seven people in the Changsheng convoy stopped what they were doing and watched from a distance with complex expressions, including sympathy and, more so, despair, like the saying "a rabbit mourns the death of a fox."
They knew that with their strength, there was absolutely no chance of them forcibly taking it.
"Are you really going to watch us starve to death?" Qiu Biao tried to use moral blackmail.
"You're not a child anymore. You should know that you have to take responsibility for your actions, right?" Fu Xiaojian's voice seemed devoid of any warmth.
"Besides, what do I care if you starve to death?" He calmly swept his gaze over each of them.
There was no anger or contempt in that gaze, only a kind of cold clarity.
"Get this straight, this is the apocalypse. We don't even have an obligation to protect you, do we?" Fu Xiaojian said slowly.
"You chose this path yourselves, and I respect that."
Fu Xiaojian turned around and walked back to the side of the convoy. His back cast a long shadow under the setting sun, his resolute stance leaving no room for maneuver.
Qiu Biao stood there, mouth agape, all his prepared remarks and emotionally charged words stuck in his throat.
The faces of the people behind him turned from white to green, and finally to ashen.
The two women's legs went weak, and they collapsed onto the freshly turned muddy ground, trembling silently.
On the other side of the Changsheng caravan, Lu Xun had somehow arrived at the edge of the pond and was quietly watching this scene from a short distance away.
His face remained expressionless, but a subtle hint of understanding flashed deep in his eyes, as if he had long anticipated this outcome.
Yue Li leaned against a car, yawned, and lazily said to Xiao Zhou next to her, "Look, it crashed."
Xiao Zhou crossed his arms, his cool face showing no sign of pity. "What he said makes perfect sense! It's like we owe them something."
An eerie silence fell over the camp.
No one could imagine how cold their hearts were, just like the sun that had now completely set.
Tashan sighed heavily, pondered for a while, then stopped looking at Qiu Biao and the others, walked back to the convoy, plopped down, and took a big gulp of water from his canteen.
Then he lay down on the ground and fell fast asleep, as if he were drinking a fine vintage wine rather than water.
"One, two, three, four, five, six..."
"One, two, three, four, five, six..."
This left DouDou and the others completely stunned.
"Brother Shan...?" Kaochang asked, somewhat confused.
"Don't worry about it! Brother Shan is fine, let him sleep if he's asleep!" Dou Dou seemed to understand but not quite.
Good night!
Sleeping brings peace of mind!
……
"Let's discuss this! We can't stay trapped here forever!"
Tonight, the campfire at the Changsheng caravan was unusually not extinguished early.
The four extraordinary beings seemed to know that Fu Xiaojian was coming, and they waited by the campfire.
After repeated verification by Ya Ya, Xu Si, and Fu Xiaojian, this place seems to be truly unsolvable.
However, judging from Lu Xun's state, he doesn't seem to have failed to find the answer.
Therefore, Fu Xiaojian chose to come and learn from their experience, and the lives and deaths of those people were no longer their concern.
Tie Yuan, Yue Li, and that cool boy Ge Xiaozhou all looked at Lu Xun.
Lu Xun didn't say anything, but simply picked up a clod of dirt from beside the campfire and threw it into the nearby pond.
"You mean the lake?" Fu Xiaojian asked bluntly, standing by the lake and staring at it intently.
"There is only one explanation!" Lu Xun's tone, both certain and uncertain, left Fu Xiaojian and Shao Bing behind him somewhat puzzled.
"Then why don't you go out?" Fu Xiaojian asked again.
"..." Lu Xun looked at Fu Xiaojian with an expression that said he was an idiot. If they could have left, they would have left long ago!
"Have you tried attacking this body of water?" Lu Xun asked.
"No." Fu Xiaojian shook his head. Chen Pei had tried to investigate, and Xu Si had scanned it with his Star Pulse, but a direct attack would require a reason, right?
"We've tried," Lu Xun said softly.
"I've used guns, sequence abilities, and even thrown explosives." Ge Xiaozhou's expression became even more arrogant as he spoke of these things.
"However, all attacks will disappear without a trace, not even a splash. It's like... being attacked into another dimension," Lu Xun said.
Fu Xiaojian's pupils contracted slightly.
He recalled Qiu Biao and his men working feverishly to reclaim the wasteland during the day, turning over the soil...
These idiots.
"So your attack didn't reach the threshold this place can withstand?" Fu Xiaojian understood.
"That's roughly the idea!" Lu Xun said.
"We need to go back and discuss this!" Fu Xiaojian said solemnly.
"..." Lu Xun gave a dismissive look.
They don't seem to care whether Fu Xiaojian's team can break this "nightmare".
He gave Fu Xiaojian the illusion that it was better to live than to die.
It's like a wise person who has seen through the world and transcended worldly concerns to cultivate immortality.
It gives off a "don't bother me" vibe.
"There's another problem: could this be the real entity of the monster?" This was Fu Xiaojian's own guess.
"It might be, it might not be!" Lu Xun's words were essentially meaningless.
His guess was that this place was more like a strange realm.
Fu Xiaojian returned to the camp. A number of people were gathered around the campfire, and Jiao Jiao was idly picking firewood.
He relayed Lu Xun's words to everyone verbatim.
"Attack the watery area?" Yang Fan scratched his head.
"Will this work?"
"Anyway, we don't have any better options right now!" Fu Xiaojian said.
"The Land Cruiser said all attacks would disappear, which means..."
Before Fu Xiaojian could finish speaking, Su Su threw a punch directly into the pool of water. Sure enough, it didn't splash at all; it was as if it disappeared into the water.
"I'm afraid we'll have to rely on Old Xu again..." Fu Xiaojian had no choice but to look at Xu Si.
Xu Si and Lu Xun's guesses were the same: the problem must lie in this lake.
I didn't expect it to be so simple and straightforward!
I wonder if he can withstand the 'Starburst' of Sequence 3.
Or, let's try another enhancement potion tonight and see if we can reach Sequence 4.
Sequence 4 is definitely more powerful than Sequence 3!
"Let's leave it at that for tonight! We can conserve our energy and try again tomorrow!" Seeing that Xu Si was somewhat tempted, Fu Xiaojian quickly stopped him.
If Xu Si were as reckless as Su Su, and caught the convoy off guard, they might just have to say goodbye to this world.
Upon hearing this, Xu Si was actually somewhat disappointed.