Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus
Chapter 387 - 378: Firefight!

The sky was gradually darkening.

Li Tie was driving the giant loader at a slow pace on the national highway.

There was no helping it; the loader's top speed could only reach 50 kilometers per hour.

They were only seven or eight kilometers away from the base. According to their current speed, they could arrive in about ten minutes.

The other two vehicles, driven by Li Hang and Dapao, also slowed down to wait for Li Tie's truck.

Though they were moving slowly, they had calculated they would reach the base before sunset.

Suddenly.

A roaring sound came from behind them.

Rumble rumble～

Inside the giant loader, the engine's loud noise drowned out the sound coming from rear.

Then, a long line of vehicles appeared behind them, with Hua Chuanlong at their forefront catching sight of the vehicles ahead.

An excited look spread across his face as he shouted loudly, "Speed up, surround those vehicles ahead."

In these times, it was harder to encounter a person than a zombie. Having stumbled upon several vehicles at once, they definitely knew where that force was located, and it was very likely they were people from that force.

Vroom vroom vroom～

The vehicles suddenly accelerated.

Meanwhile, Dapao, who was driving the lead vehicle, glanced at the rearview mirror and saw a long line of vehicles behind.

He quickly took out the walkie-talkie and said, "Xiao Hang, Tiezi, there's a convoy behind us, a convoy, be alert, be alert!"

Upon hearing Dapao speak, everyone hurriedly looked back.

What they saw surprised them all.

Behind them, atop a slope, came a long, end-to-end fleet of vehicles barreling toward them.

"Tiezi, get out of your vehicle and hop on with us. Let's hurry and run, it looks like they have a lot of people. Plus, we don't know what they're planning. Let's retreat first," Li Hang said.

As he spoke, he picked up the rifle seated next to him.

Lai Dongsheng and Ding Jiu, who were sitting in the backseat, also grabbed their guns, opened the windows, and looked out behind them.

Li Tie, driving the loader, which was very slow, saw the gradually approaching convoy and without a second thought turned off the loader's engine and ran towards Li Hang's vehicle.

However, the vehicles behind were moving quickly, closing the gap to less than thirty meters in a blink of an eye.

Bang～

Hua Chuanlong saw someone getting out of the large loader and fired a shot in their direction.

But the vehicle was shaking, and the person was running, so he missed.

Li Tie, who was running at full speed, heard a gunshot. The bullet nearly hit him, striking the ground and sending sparks flying.

Li Hang and the others, who were stopped waiting for him, heard a gunshot from behind.

They thought to themselves that this was bad, these people not only outnumbered them but also had guns!

How could five of them possibly defeat them?

Moreover, these people, not even knowing the situation, dared to shoot, which meant they were up to no good!

Looking at Li Tie, who was still running towards them, Li Hang's heart hardened, and he started to reverse the car to pick Li Tie up.

Upon hearing the gunshots, Ding Jiu and Lai Dongsheng opened the car doors, using them as shields, and fired at the vehicles behind to cover for Li Tie, who was still running towards them.

Bang bang bang～

A bullet grazed past Hua Chuanlong's ear, leaving a bloody mark.

Hua Chuanlong, somewhat frightened, touched his earlobe, smeared with blood, and ducked his head down, bellowing, "Tell the brothers to hurry, I want them alive, goddammit.

Lao Han, you, yes you, drive faster, let the brothers behind us surround them. Damn, these dead men walking."

Old Han in the driver's seat saw two bullet holes on the car window, his legs trembling. He had narrowly escaped death himself.

Glancing at his boss with his head down, he complained in his heart: Damn it, making me take the risk while he hides.

But he dared not disobey the boss's order and pressed down on the accelerator.

The vehicle roared forward.

The brothers in the vehicle aimed and fired at the several vehicles ahead.

Bang bang bang～

Gunshots rang out incessantly.

Bang～

A bullet struck Li Tie directly in the leg; just as he was about to reach the vehicle, he tumbled to the ground.

Ding Jiu, being the closest to Li Tie and less than two meters away, hurried over to help him.

"Don't come over," Li Tie yelled.

Bang bang～

As Ding Jiu stepped out from behind the car door,

Bullets poured over densely towards their direction.

Seeing this, Dapao in the other vehicle quickly yelled, "Cover him!"

As he spoke, he kept firing towards Hua Chuanlong's direction.

The convoy behind, including Hua Chuanlong, was closing in rapidly.

They even drove to their front, blocking the entire national highway completely.

The highway was probably about ten meters wide, with Li Hang and the others on the right-hand side.

They stopped on the right side, constantly returning fire.

Ding Jiu, who had just left the car, braved the bullets and had just grabbed Li Tie's arm.

A bullet came his way, striking Ding Jiu directly in the shoulder.

Ding Jiu's eyes instantly reddened; he clenched his teeth and dragged Li Tie by the arm.

Li Tie planted his feet firmly, stood up with his other leg, and both of them headed for the car.

The bullets from behind kept flying, albeit less frequently.

This gave them the chance to leave.

Huff huff huff～

Ding Jiu and Li Tie finally reached the back of the car, panting heavily.

Ding Jiu's shoulder was soaked with blood, his face pale, sweating profusely.

Li Tie, who was on his side, also had a small leg soaked with fresh blood. He was now leaning against the right side of the vehicle, firing back with his handgun.

Bang Bang Bang~

In the midst of the gunshots, several people on the opposite side were hit and fell to the ground.

But Li Tie and the others found it strange that although not everyone on the opposite side had guns, there were still dozens of people armed.

Their rate of fire wasn't high, almost as if they were reluctant to use up their bullets.

Li Hang looked around and saw that they were surrounded by their people both in front and behind.

A dense crowd of at least a few hundred people.

Firing without a word, damn lunatics.

The vehicles from behind kept coming, more and more of them, blocking them tightly both in front and behind.

The people on the opposite side seemed to have a firm grasp of the situation.

No longer firing.

Just surrounding them.

Li Hang and his men also stopped shooting to avoid provoking them.

Li Tie felt somewhat desperate; it didn't look as though they would make it back to the base.

Next to him, Ding Jiu, out of breath, said, "Li Tie, look to our right. Let's go to that house, otherwise, we'll end up as live targets."

Li Tie suddenly looked to the right.

Right, even though they couldn't make it back to base now, they could hide in the house beside this national road.

Beside the national roads, there often were some houses, built right next to them.

This three-story white house, with farmland at the back. It's just a pity there weren't many trees around, or they could have run away directly.

But if they were to run towards the farmland now, with nothing to cover, they might get shot before they could escape.

This white house? Perhaps they could take shelter inside and resist.

Li Tie quickly said, "Hang, let's take shelter inside this house. Just for a while."

Li Hang nodded and looked a few meters away at Brother Pao in another vehicle, saying, "Brother Pao, let's go inside this house."

Then he spoke to Lai Dongsheng, "Uncle Lai, help Brother Tie in later."

He then turned to Ding Jiu, "Uncle Ding, can you still move?"

Ding Jiu took a couple of breaths and said, "No problem."

Li Hang nodded and said, "Okay, I'll throw a hand grenade and then you run. Brother Pao and I will cover you."

"Cough cough, okay."

Hua Chuanlong, who was hiding behind a car, yelled at them through a megaphone, "Stop resisting. I just want to ask you one thing, have you ever heard of this person: Hua Chuanxiong?"

Li Hang, who was just about to pull out a hand grenade, was startled by these words, and so were Ding Jiu and the others nearby.

Damn it, they really were tough, coming from Safe City.

Li Hang was a rather impulsive man, naturally courageous. He pulled the pin, and the grenade paused in his hand.

One second.

Two seconds.

"Throw it!" Li Tie was getting anxious watching from the side.

Those two seconds felt incredibly tense for Ding Jiu and Li Tie nearby. Damn, too brave.

A hand grenade only has 3.5 seconds before it explodes, and it takes about a second to fly through the air after being thrown.

As soon as the words were heard, Li Hang threw the hand grenade in the direction where Hua Chuanlong had been speaking.

There, having just spoken and waiting without hearing a response, Hua Chuanlong was getting impatient.

Just about to speak again, suddenly a warning shout was heard.

Boom~

The right side of the car exploded.

Glass shattered everywhere, and the two people in front of him were pierced all over by flying glass shards, bleeding profusely.

Hua Chuanlong had a narrow escape, thankful that he had ducked behind.

But the next second, he became furious with embarrassment.

Damn it, refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit.

With an angry shout: "Kill them. Damn it, just leave one alive."

Simultaneously with the explosion.

The noise drew the attention of the people in the vehicles behind.

Lai Dongsheng, supporting Li Tie, hurriedly ran towards the white house nearby, with Ding Jiu, his shoulder covered, close behind.

And Li Hang and Dapao exchanged glances, understanding each other's thoughts.

Each pulled out another hand grenade and after waiting a second, they threw them behind.

Boom. Boom. Two loud blasts.

Then, holding submachine guns, they retreated while fighting back.

The equipment that Li Hang and his group possessed was indeed much better than their opponents'.

Not only were they wearing bullet-proof vests, but they also had at least 6 magazines each. They didn't bring any helmets since they weren't far from the base, and they didn't carry many bullets either.

Like when they'd previously gone to Harmony Garden, each person was equipped with 12 magazines, each fully loaded with 30 bullets.

Nearly 360 bullets in total.

While Hua Chuanlong and his group had scrounged around Safe City to find about thirty-odd guns.

But they had never gotten a resupply of ammunition and were now low on bullets, which is why they had been cautious in their consumption just now.

But this also gave Li Hang and his people a glimmer of hope.

At this moment.

Two grenades exploded to the left and right.

Li Hang and Dapao promptly stood up.

Running back, Ding Jiu and others had almost reached inside the white house.

Li Hang and Dapao joining up, they fired wildly, their vigor somehow overwhelming these people.

The two kept fighting and retreating.

Suddenly, a bullet whizzed by and struck Li Hang in the chest.

Li Hang grunted, the force of the bullet knocking him to the ground.