13.Thugs
Following the map skillfully, he drove towards the gas station where Chaoying used to work. On the way, Gu Zhuo told her about his thoughts on upgrading the navigation system.
Chaoying listened to his thoughts and nodded in approval. Indeed, now due to some unknown reasons, navigation satellites have lost their function, and it is impossible to rely on the original method for navigation. The engine measurement system proposed by Gu Zhuo is feasible.
And as far as she knew, companies had been researching this technology before the end of the world.
The two of them discussed the future direction of the Doomsday Fortress' transformation. When approaching the gas station, Gu Zhuo frowned when he saw the thermal imaging display on the screen.
"It's a little weird."
He couldn't help but say as he looked at the thermal imaging display.
"What's wrong?" Chaoying saw him frowning and followed his gaze to look at the thermal imaging display.
Gu Zhuo pointed at the screen. There were three obvious red dots on the screen. These three red dots seemed to be in the supermarket. But around the red dot, there were no other signs of life.
"If I remember correctly, this is close to the gas station. When I came yesterday, the thermal imaging display showed some signs of life, including you, especially in this area."
As Gu Zhuo spoke, he focused on an area on the screen with his finger. At this time, there was no red dot in that area.
Chaoying saw the area and answered him: "That should be a nearby residential area."
"It should be, but you see, when we came here today, there were no signs of life in the residential area. Instead, there were three people in the supermarket. This is not right."
Gu Zhuo lowered his tone and continued:
"It's impossible that all the people in the residential area died in one night, and there were only three people left... There must have been some accident that we didn't predict, and those three people might not be ordinary people. ..”
Hearing this, Chaoying realized the seriousness of the matter. If the three red dots were not residents, but thugs occupying the supermarket, their hasty intrusion might bring great risks to themselves.
What's more serious is that the power of the three thugs is not enough to make all the people in the residential areas leave. There may be more powerful forces behind them. Those three people might just stay here to guard the supermarket.
"Gu Zhuo, what do you think we should do now?"
Chaoying asked Gu Zhuo. He is the master of the Doomsday Fortress and a powerful combatant. The most correct choice is to obey his command now.
Gu Zhuo didn't say anything. He stopped the Doomsday Fortress in place. He was worried that if he drove further ahead, the three people in the supermarket would hear his voice, and he would be in trouble.
He glanced at the thermal imaging display screen again and determined that there were only these three people around the supermarket at the gas station, and there were no other ambush.
The two were silent for a moment. Gu Zhuo suddenly raised his head, exuding a murderous aura, as if a fierce soldier was standing on the battlefield with a gun:
"Chaoying, isn't this your trap?"
Hearing this, Chaoying was stunned for a moment before he reacted:
"Are you doubting me?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Gu Zhuo suddenly rose up from his seat, like a swift cheetah. He picked up the air gun, put it directly on Chao Ying's head, came close to her, and said fiercely:
"I just rescued you yesterday, and something happened today. You just asked to go to the supermarket to get supplies. When you arrived at the supermarket, you found three people guarding you. So many coincidences, I have to doubt you! We have only known each other for a day. , I don’t know how many truths and how many lies you said! I don’t want to throw away my life in vain!”
Seeing Gu Zhuo's ferocious look, although Chaoying prided himself on having a strong psychological quality, he still couldn't help but feel a little frightened.
But she doesn't hate Gu Zhuo for doing this, which at least proves that Gu Zhuo is not a saint, nor a fool. In the apocalypse, such a person is the right companion to choose, otherwise even if he has a mobile aircraft carrier, it will be useless.
Soon, Chaoying regained his composure, stared straight at Gu Zhuo, and looked at him:
"Gu Zhuo, I know in this current environment, it's normal for you to doubt me. I have no way to prove that what I'm telling the truth is true. If you really doubt me so much, then throw me under the bus. You can do it now Just drive away!”
Hearing this, Gu Zhuo made no move, and the two just looked at each other.
After a moment, Gu Zhuo relaxed, removed the air gun, and sat back in his driver's seat:
"I know, I currently believe you didn't lie to me."
He had been in the army for so long and learned many ways to judge whether someone was lying from the veterans in the army. In the confrontation with Chaoying just now, he found no signs of her lying.
Although it is not ruled out that she has received professional training and may be faking it, after all, this possibility is not very high, so Gu Zhuo chooses to believe her for the time being.
After ruling out the possibility that Chaoying had lied to him, Gu Zhuo began to think about his next step.
It would be the safest choice to drive directly to the Doomsday Fortress and use the Doomsday Fortress to attack those three people. But the price of this is that it is too conspicuous, and it is simply telling others blatantly:
"My chariot is very strong, come and beat me!"
Gu Zhuo doesn't want to provoke so much hatred yet.
Moreover, they did not know what the situation of the three people in the supermarket was, whether they were thugs or survivors, let alone what happened in just one day.
In order to understand the current situation in the city so that he could better deal with it in the future, Gu Zhuo sighed, then his eyes became fierce again and he made a decision:
"Get off the car here. There are only three people in the supermarket. As long as we quickly get rid of those three people in the supermarket, and then quickly return to the Fortress of Doom, there will be no problem. The place where the Fortress of Doom is currently parked is about 30 meters away from the gas station. It’s not far, there’s enough time!”
Hearing this, Chao Ying nodded, having put aside the unpleasantness just now, and asked him:
"Is there any way to fight? You can't just rush in like this."
After all, Gu Zhuo has been in the army for so long, so he naturally knows not to force his way in, but to use some tactics. He rubbed the air gun, which made him feel a little relieved, and said:
"Yes, you go to the supermarket first to attract their attention. When those three people see you, whether they are men or women, their first thought is definitely not to kill you. All you have to do is walk in and let me find out what's going on inside. The approximate combat strength of the three people."
Chao Ying had no objection when she heard that she was being used as bait. She knew that Gu Zhuo was right. My appearance is both a fatal flaw and sometimes an advantage.
The advantage is that it ensures that when a person is still human, the first reaction when seeing her is not to kill, but to possess her. In today's world, the method of possessing her is naturally tough, even completely like a beast.
Hearing that Chaoying had no objections to her decision, Gu Zhuo spoke in a deep voice and continued to talk to her in a very serious tone:
"I won't give you any weapons. I want to ensure that all my weapons are on me, because I am confident that I can deal with them straightforwardly after finding out their combat strength. So you may have to feel aggrieved."
"I see."
Chaoying nodded, and she didn't seem to be dissatisfied with this arrangement. She still had a determination and attitude of death on her face.
Seeing this, Gu Zhuo couldn't help but admire Chaoying. After all, in his impression, women are relatively fragile and easily dissatisfied.
But Chaoying is like a well-trained female soldier. Only such a person will not hold him back in the end of the world.
"Let's go, get out of the car."
After explaining the details to Chaoying, the two of them got off the Doomsday Fortress.
This is the first time since the apocalypse that Gu Zhuo has been so far away from the fortress of doom. No matter what happened before, the Fortress of Doom was parked in front of the supermarket and it was just a short distance to go to the supermarket to find supplies.
After getting out of the car, luckily the snow had stopped. Although the wind was still blowing, the wind was much lighter and the visibility was much improved. It was not as blinding as the previous few days.
The two walked in tandem in the snow, Chaoying in front and Gu Zhuo behind.
After a while, the two of them could already see the supermarket at the gas station.
"Let's go, come over. I will lie down in the snow to observe the situation in a while. Just find a way to drag those three people to the entrance of the supermarket, so that I can see more clearly and move in a more timely manner. "
Gu Zhuo and Chao Ying once again emphasized what they should pay attention to.
"Yeah." Chaoying nodded.
When he was approaching the gas station and supermarket, Gu Zhuo hid behind the pillar of the gas station. From here, Gu Zhuo could clearly see the situation near the entrance of the supermarket, but the supermarket had a blind spot looking this way.
Not only that, it's not far from the supermarket. If anything happens, Gu Zhuo can take action immediately.
Hiding behind the pillar, Gu Zhuo glanced at Chaoying. Chaoying understood and went to the supermarket alone. Seeing this, Gu Zhuo squatted silently behind the pillar, carefully observing any movement in the direction of Chaoying and the supermarket.
Chaoying walked towards the supermarket. Her face was pale, partly because of fear and partly because she was pretending.
Only by acting in such a harmless and cowardly manner can people in the supermarket lower their vigilance to the greatest extent.
When she finally reached the door of the supermarket, she saw that the door of the supermarket was closed, and the body of the man she killed was also missing. It seemed that it had been cleaned up. Through the supermarket door, no one was seen inside the supermarket, but Chaoying smelled something, as if someone was lighting a fire.
Taking a deep breath, he pushed the supermarket door open. As the supermarket door was pushed open, the door of the room where the sundries were stored was also pushed open. There was a fire inside.
It seemed that the three people were lighting a fire in the utility room to keep warm!
"who!"
The voices of two men rang out, and then Chaoying saw two thin and wretched figures approaching him.
"Hey, Brother Liu, the one who came here seems to be a girl!"
One of the figures said teasingly, and the man next to him had already rushed over. He looked like a monkey, shrewd and thin, and had a mean look, and he suddenly appeared in front of Chaoying.
"Fuck, what a beautiful girl!"
The man who came over shouted and his saliva spurted out in excitement.
"Lao Liu, Lao Ba, what are you doing!"
Upon hearing that it was a girl, and a very beautiful girl at that, the man called Brother Liu immediately walked out of the utility room.
Brother Liu is bigger than Lao Liu and Lao Ba, a little fat, with a sinewy face and a fierce look.
At this time, his eyes were narrowed and gleaming. He pushed Lao Liu and Lao Ba away and looked towards Chaoying.
"Fuck, she's the best, Old Liu, I've never played with such a good woman in my life!"
The moment Brother Liu saw Chao Ying, he immediately said these words.
The three of them all looked at Chaoying with lewd smiles. Although Chaoying hated them from the bottom of his heart, he could only swallow his saliva and said:
"Can I go in and have something to eat? I'm too cold and hungry..."
"Hahaha! Okay, I'll give you something to eat, I'll give you something good to eat! Brother Liu, I have something delicious under my crotch, you and your mother can eat whatever you want!"
Brother Liu said such dirty words while reaching out to pull Chao Ying's arm. After all, he was a big fat man, so it was easy to hold Chaoying back.
Chaoying wanted to struggle a few times, but he really didn't have the strength and was about to be dragged into the supermarket.
"You hooligans, let me go, let me go!"
Chaoying was in pain from being caught, and she subconsciously wanted to get the saber at her waist, but remembering that Gu Zhuo told her not to reveal that she had a weapon, lest it arouse the suspicion of the three people, she gritted her teeth and held back.
"Brother Liu, can you give us some soup after you're done playing with such a superb thing?"
After seeing Chaoying's appearance, Lao Liu and Lao Ba couldn't bear it for a long time. It was so rare to see such a top-notch beauty.
"Go away and wait until I've had enough fun!"
Brother Liu spat at them, then grabbed Chao Ying's arm with one hand and her legs with the other, picked her up from the ground and carried her on his back:
"You little bitch, you brought it to your door yourself, but don't blame your brother Liu for playing hard!"
With that said, he turned around and walked toward the utility room with Chao Ying on his back.
Chaoying felt a chill in his heart and just hoped that Gu Zhuo would take action quickly.
Brother Liu was still humming a little song, his face shaking with laughter. The next second, something unexpected happened.