At this moment, the refugees also noticed Chen Luwen's unusual behavior. They were curious about the identity of this young man, who could make even members of Congress speechless and stagger backward in fear.
Thus, the refugees finally saw what Qingchen looked like.
Isn't this the ruthless Qing clan member who fought his way out of Base A02?!
But the refugees reacted differently from Chen Luwen. Their first reaction upon seeing Qing Chen was... they were saved!
This ruthless person was able to lead more than 900 people to survive in a place like Base A02, so he can certainly lead them to survive now!
Qing Chen calmly said, "Keep moving forward. After a long period of exercise, do not rest for more than five minutes, and do not sit on the ground, otherwise you will not be able to run at all."
As dusk settled, Qingchen led the refugees on a stop-and-go journey, finally arriving at the border between the fourth and sixth districts after four hours.
They can reach the Lower Three Districts by traveling more than 30 kilometers through the Sixth District.
Along the way, Qing Chen led three puppets to kill small swarms of rats. The rats were scattered throughout the city, and it was impossible for him to avoid all of them.
Moreover, new refugees would occasionally bring swarms of rats to seek refuge there.
Fortunately, Qing Chen kept a relatively low profile and did not attract the Rat King's attention.
The number of refugees gradually reached six hundred.
They waited quietly behind Qing Chen, and the refugees would tell the newcomers: "You must follow orders. We survived because we followed orders." This is Qing Chen... Yes, yes, the Qing Chen who broke out of Base A02 and kidnapped Shindai Yasushige.
Just then, a roaring sound suddenly came from behind them.
Everyone looked over in surprise, only to find that Chen Luwen was already sitting in an SUV parked by the roadside, and a bodyguard was opening the hood and starting the diesel engine under the hood.
That was a wilderness hunter's vehicle. To improve survival capabilities in the wilderness, these off-road vehicles have as few electronic devices as possible to reduce the failure rate.
Furthermore, the engine can even be started by hand to prevent it from failing to ignite if the battery runs out.
No one knows what kind of incredible luck Chen Luwen had, but he managed to find such a car by chance on the roadside.
The congressman, sitting in the back seat of the car, observed Qing Chen's expression and said to the bodyguard, "Quick, quick, get in the car, let's get out of here!"
The bodyguards abandoned the two actresses and hurriedly got into the car. Wang Wenwen and Zhou Jieyi struggled to get up and opened the car door: "Councilor, take us with you!"
But Chen Luwen kicked Wang Wenwen, shoving her aside: "Didn't you see there are only five seats on the bus? Liu Chong, get on the bus!"
Chen Luwen looked at his C-level bodyguard team leader, but to his astonishment, he found that Liu Chong quietly stood next to Qing Chen, completely unmoved by his words.
Liu Chong looked at Qing Chen: "Boss, Harrier from the Secret Service is reporting to you, Operation Number 127..."
Qing Chen nodded: "No need to memorize the number anymore. I've seen your file and I remember you."
This scene sent chills down Chen Luwen's spine. It turned out that there were people from the Qing Clan's secret intelligence agency around him all along!
Chen Luwen gritted his teeth and closed the car door, showing no intention of taking Wang Wenwen and Zhou Jieyi with him, even though he had made room for them.
At this point, bodyguards and car speed are the most important things. In this kind of worldview, as long as you can survive, what kind of woman can't you find?
Wang Wenwen and Zhou Jieyi collapsed to the side of the road in despair, watching the car drive away. They reacted quickly; without the help of their bodyguards, they turned their attention to Qing Chen.
But Qingchen ignored them and said in a low voice, "Let this vehicle attract the rat swarm ahead, and then we'll move on immediately."
The next moment, the roar of vehicles exploded on the street, and the rats that were eating opened their scarlet eyes and ran in the direction the vehicles had left!
"Forward!" Qing Chen strode forward.
He had already seen the headquarters of the Qing Bank in City 10, a bank large enough to allow more than 600 refugees to rest and catch their breath for a few hours.
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In the Wilderness Hunter's off-road vehicle, Chen Luwen looked back at the swarm of rats behind him and pounded on the driver's seat: "Hurry, hurry, damn it, don't let those rats catch up!"
One of the bodyguards said, "Boss, if we stick with their group, we might survive. That Qing Chen is very capable; he managed to bring so many intelligence agents from A02..."
Even the bodyguards felt that their chances of survival were much greater if they followed Qingchen.
Chen Luwen roared, "What do you know? The Chen family just besieged him in the wilderness a few days ago. Kashima Lee Byung-hee died in that battle, and Chen Yu also lost half his life. Do you think he will let me go? Hurry up and drive to the immigration gate. As long as we can leave the city, we still have a chance to live!"
The bodyguards were stunned when they heard this secret; Qing Chen was even more formidable than they had imagined!
If they had known it would be like this, they should have abandoned Chen Luwen, but now it's too late!
The swarm of rats seemed to harbor immense hostility towards all vehicles, the black tide gathering behind them like a snowball, and the bodyguards didn't even have the courage to look in the rearview mirror.
As the SUV gradually approached the immigration gate, they could even see the towering city walls from afar inside the vehicle.
But the bodyguard driving the car gradually felt something was wrong. He looked at the end of the road and saw thousands of human skeletons piled up in the direction of the immigration gate, densely packed and quite horrifying.
"Boss, something's not right."
"Charge!" Chen Luwen shouted. "Don't stop!"
With a loud crash, the SUV smashed through the bone wall in front of it, shattering the bones into pieces that flew into the air.
The next moment, the bodyguards suddenly saw that on the city wall 500 meters away, the terrifying metal storm had changed direction on its own and locked onto their movement trajectory!
A deafening roar erupted, followed by a barrage of bullets raining down from the metal storm. One after another, the bright yellow shell casings were ejected from the black machinery, covering the city wall in a thick layer.
In just one second, the metal storm turned the off-road vehicle into a sieve!
Chen Luwen never understood why he didn't die at Qing Chen's hands or from the rat swarm, but instead died amidst the pride of human industrial civilization.
Countless refugees wanted to escape the city, but were stopped by a conspiracy at the city walls.
Chapter 683, Late Spring Cold
Return countdown: 160:00:00.
Only eight hours have passed since this time travel.
For the first time, Qingchen felt that time travel was so difficult.
"Forward!" Qing Chen said coldly.
More than 600 refugees followed him across the road and arrived at the bank that Qing Chen had chosen earlier. The door was open, and inside were seven pale skeletons.
“Mengqian, you must tell me if any rats are eyeing you,” Qingchen said.
He and Zhang Mengqian stood at the door, each relying on their sixth sense to confirm whether they were being followed by rats.
"Speed, speed, run! Don't talk!" Qing Chen kept directing the refugees into the bank's doors. Only after everything was safe did he and Zhang Mengqian slip inside.
In such an environment, Qingchen could finally relax for a moment.
After eight hours of intense mental activity, Qing Chen felt exhausted: "Liu Chong, let's rest here for four hours, and then head straight for the third district after the rat swarm moves away."
Liu Chong asked, "Boss, have the Lower Three Districts not fallen?"
Qing Chen pondered for two seconds: "It won't fall. There are trustworthy people guarding it."
Will his parents disappoint him?
Qing Chen turned to everyone and said, "During the rest period, no one is allowed to make loud noises or approach the gate. I will notify you when it's time to leave. No one is allowed to touch anything in the grain storage room without my permission."
The refugees sat on the cold floor of the bank, and several adult men, taking advantage of their strength, grabbed the few benches in the bank and lay down on them, completely ignoring the elderly and children.
Qing Chen glanced at it but didn't pay any attention to it.
Just then, a struggle came from the bank manager's office; it sounded like a woman whose mouth had been covered and who was trying to call for help.
Someone lowered their voice and said inside, "You saw how I helped everyone fight off the rat swarm. If you encounter any danger on the road, I can save you. This world is in chaos; you need to rely on men."
Although the sound was faint, it did not escape the ears of Zhang Mengqian and Qing Chen, who were blessed by the dragon fish.
Qing Chen said without even opening his eyes, "Xiao Mengqian, go and break the man's arm in the room, and gag him... remember to gag him first."
Liu Chong, the falconer, was stunned. The boss hadn't asked him to take action; instead, he had asked the 14-year-old boy to handle it.
The little boy seemed used to it and didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with it.
Zhang Mengqian nodded, picked up the fire extinguisher from the ground, and walked into the house.
Soon, a muffled wail came from inside the house, then stopped abruptly.
Actress Wang Wenwen, gathering her torn clothes, limped out of the office, covering her mouth and crying.
She had long since thrown away her high heels and put on a pair of ill-fitting sneakers on the street.
Upon seeing this, Zhou Jieyi walked directly towards Qing Chen, but Liu Chong blocked her way. Liu Chong turned to look at Qing Chen: "Boss?"
Liu Chong is a reasonable person; he could easily let Zhou Jieyi leave, but he's worried that his boss might have other motives...
Zhou Jieyi, separated from Liu Chong, asked Qing Chen, "Can you protect me? I can..."
Qing Chen said calmly with his eyes closed, "Leave."
He didn't even listen to what the other person had to say, nor did he offer any explanation or comfort.
Zhou Jieyi pursed her lips and looked at Liu Chong, the bodyguard from before. She saw that he was no longer the obsequious man he used to be, but was staring at her with a serious expression: "Please leave."
At this moment, Zhang Mengqian returned with a fire extinguisher. He glanced at Zhou Jieyi and said, "Don't do anything unnecessary. The boss will naturally get you out."
As night fell, Qingchen originally planned to go out and scout ahead, but then he suddenly heard a swarm of rats marching in the distance.
He suddenly raised his arm, and everyone in the bank lobby instinctively held their breath.
Qing Chen slowly stood up in front of the bank and looked outside through the blinds.
The dense swarm of rats headed straight for the Lower Three Districts.
Qing Chen was stunned for a moment.
These rat hordes are going to attack the lower three districts!
If the mistress and her gang follow their plan, then the Lower Three Districts will definitely be the toughest nut to crack in the entire city right now.
The Rat King is now commanding a portion of the rat horde to launch an attack on the Lower Three Districts!
At this moment, Qingchen was surprised to see that although City 10 had clearly entered early spring, snowflakes were falling from the sky, and the temperature was much lower than during the day.
A cold snap has arrived in early spring.
Qingchen recalled the meteorological data he had read. The chance of a cold snap in spring in the Federation was 57% in previous years. The nighttime temperature would drop below 3 degrees Celsius, and it would be very difficult for parents to fight off the rat infestation.
Spring snow will immediately turn into mud and water on the ground.
It will soak people's clothes when it falls on them.