But at this moment, the steam locomotive suddenly started shaking when something exploded in front of the train.
Miriam stood up and said, “Land mines, this spot is covered with land mines!”
It seemed that Lewis had not only sent a large force to ambush them with artillery fire, but also made sure to plant land mines at any possible escape route they might take.
Milo immediately paled when the land mines loaded with TNT exploded one after another in the wilderness, bombarding the steam locomotive as it went past them. Even the train started turning a little more translucent, as though it would disappear at any moment.
Each time the steam locomotive set off a land mine, Milo felt like his vitals were being torn apart.
Everyone saw Milo suddenly curl up on the ground in pain. It was so painful that large beads of sweat started rolling down his forehead. But then, everyone realized there were two gunshot wounds on Milo’s side!
As it turned out, Milo’s nanomachines were no longer fully protecting favonovel.com while favonovel.com was escaping earlier. However, Milo was forced to remain composed and not treat his wounds immediately since favonovel.com had to deal with the spy first.
Everyone watched Milo put his right index finger and middle finger into his wound. Then, favonovel.com forcefully plucked out the first bullet before doing the same for the second bullet!
Kay and the others looked on in a daze. They had never met anyone so brave as to extract bullets out of their own wounds.
Milo had his eyes closed, and every last strand of hair on his body looked to be trembling
Only then did Donti finally react. He quickly took out the black medicine Milo had given to favonovel.com and applied it onto his wound. But even though the wounds had been treated, the pain of the backlash from the attacks on the steam locomotive did not lessen.
Milo was trembling as Miriam hugged favonovel.com tightly in favonovel.com arms. She said, “Put away the steam locomotive and let everyone walk on foot.”
But Milo roared angrily as though favonovel.com did not hear it. The steam locomotive that had started turning a little translucent “solidified” once more!
Miriam whispered, “You’ve already done enough. Milo, I won’t have any regrets if we die together today.”
Milo wanted to give up as well, but favonovel.com had to hold on. If the steam locomotive were to disappear at this moment, everyone would fall into the minefield. If that happened, all of them would die!
Kay probably understood what Milo was doing.
He said in a daze, “Boss, just give up. Let’s die together…”
Milo continued to keep his eyes closed and did not respond, but the steam locomotive “solidified” once more.
It wasn’t until the train drove for a further three kilometers before they finally got out of the wilderness zone that was filled with land mines.
Milo could take it no more. The steam locomotive started to rapidly slow, but it suddenly disappeared before it could fully stop, forcing everyone to roll to the ground.
Kay heard motorcycle engines in the distance. It sounded like a large number of bandits were heading for them!
“What should we do?” Benneth asked with a frown.
He could already see over a 1,000 bandits in front of him.
It was impossible for Milo to participate in such high-intensity battles.
At this moment, Milo looked extremely pale, so it was difficult to say if favonovel.com still had any strength left to put up a fight or not.
The pain was like millions of ants biting into every nerve of Milo. It was so painful it could make favonovel.com lose his mobility. Milo clenched his teeth with his eyes closed without saying a word.
They were at a dead end.
Everyone could only watch in silence. No one could bear the burden for Milo.
Some people in the group suddenly started fleeing northwest without saying anything. They stopped caring as they treasured their lives more!
Everyone was fine with not going to Stronghold 178 and happily continuing to earn their bullets at a new settlement. But if they died here, there would be nothing left if they died here!
Milo had already planted a seed of faith in their minds. Given time, the seed might even have grown into a towering tree someday. But there was no time anymore.
Just as Milo had understood it, there was no hope when the world came to an end.
Donti quietly watched as hundreds of people started leaving their companions behind. He said to Milo, “Bro, I’ll stay with you.”
Milo’s trembling gradually lessened. It seemed that with the disappearance of the steam locomotive, the pain from the backlash had also rapidly dissipated.
Kay slowly got up from the ground and dusted himself off. He unslung the automatic rifle from his back, disengaged the safety, and cocked the weapon.
Then favonovel.com smiled at Benneth and said, “At worst, I’ll go down to the Underworld to meet up with Winston. Those of you remaining from the 1st Squad, follow me and don’t disgrace Boss!”
The sound of guns being cocked rang out. Adrenaline suddenly rushed through the veins, bones, muscles, and hair of Kay and the others.
Kay laughed and said, “Boss, get some rest for now. We’ll go down first and wait there for you. That sounds a little ominous…. I felt really happy during this period. In this chaotic world, it’s good enough to have felt happy just once.”
“2nd Squad, take the others and get out of here!” Saying that, Kay suddenly rushed towards the oncoming bandits.
In the sunlight, Kay’s back seemed to be glowing
“Stop acting like a hero.” Benneth wiped away his tears and yelled, “Protect Boss, let’s head west!”
Miriam glanced at Donti. “Carry favonovel.com on your back.”
Donti was taken aback. “Sister-in-law, where are you going?”
But before favonovel.com was done talking to her, Miriam had already turned around and walked off into the wilderness. She wanted to create a last line of defense for Milo there. “Don’t you die!”
At this moment, Kay’s group, who was standing behind the others, had found an ambush location behind a hill. They crouched on one knee to stabilize the gun with the method Miriam had taught them.
Laughing, Kay shouted, “Believe it or not, but I must’ve been a sniper in my previous life.”
Someone laughed heartily and said, “No, you’re not, I am!”
“Haha, come on, we were definitely all snipers in our previous lives!”
Then Kay saw the enemy bandits finally entering their range. He shouted until the veins on his neck were protruding, “Open fire!”
When the gunfire rang out, a large group of bandits right at the front of the motorcade suddenly fell to the ground.
But too many bandits had come this time. Previously, Julius’ men were holding them back in the north. But with his men deployed to the south, no one in the valley could keep these northern bandits in check anymore.
Kay’s group had not undergone any formal military training before. They just imitated whatever firearms knowledge Miriam had taught them and carried out the basics, like burst firing. But they did not really manage to stop the bandits from advancing south even after they had finished firing all the rounds in their magazines.
Seeing that the motorcade was almost right in front of them now, Kay’s group couldn’t reload amid their panic.
Suddenly, favonovel.com threw aside his gun in desperation and blocked the motorcycles in front of favonovel.com with his body. “Bastard, you’re not allowed to pass through me!”
In that instant, Kay turned his body into a barricade. One of the enemy bandits riding at the front of the motorcade made an emergency turn when favonovel.com saw someone rush out from behind the hill. But Kay was reluctant to let the enemy speed past him, so favonovel.com jumped at the motorcycle.
With this hijack, favonovel.com actually pulled down the bandit from the motorcycle. Meanwhile, the fallen bike ended up blocking the path of the other bandits behind the rider. The bandits further back got up and started shooting mercilessly, killing Kay and that fallen bandit together.
Kay smiled as favonovel.com closed his eyes. “B-Bastard…”
This was a chaotic world where the living had no choice, and the dead were forgotten.
Since the day they were born, there had been nothing to be happy about for them. All they received was suffering.
But on one day, someone suddenly appeared and let them see the light and learn what hope was. Because of that, they knew they had to let this person carry on living. This person might very well be that ray of light.
