Chapter 141: Hope followed by despair

So, what if I gave him an RV?

It’s just that there probably won’t be such an opportunity.

Meanwhile, at the village entrance.

This group of people was busy moving the corpses, completely oblivious to the drone above.

The next moment, as they were about to leave, flames suddenly lit up around them.

The red glass spheres placed on the drone had already been dropped.

As they fell, they made a crisp cracking sound.

The liquid they contained instantly spilled out.

At the same time, the fire began to spread.

In just two or three seconds, they were enveloped by the liquid.

The liquid touched the soles of each person’s shoes and the corpses they still held in their hands, not yet lifted.

The ensuing fire quickly ignited them all.

Only a few lucky ones stood on the small hill of piled-up corpses, thus avoiding the flames.

The fire grew larger and larger, and they were trapped inside.

Some people, disbelieving this reality, bravely charged out.

However, the result was that the liquid splashed up while running, accompanied by the flames, ignited their bodies even faster.

They hadn’t even run half the distance before their entire bodies were engulfed by flames and they fell down.

The only proof that he was still alive at that moment was the wailing sound coming from the sea of fire.

The others dared not continue to run out at this point.

In their panic, the corpses in their hands dropped directly to the ground, splashing some liquid onto them.

The flames on the soles of their shoes might not have been enough to throw them into complete disarray.

But as the liquid splashed from the corpses ignited their pants, these people could no longer maintain their composure.

In their panic, the untouched ‘small hill’ also caught fire.

Originally, only the corpses on the periphery were burning, and it would have taken a lot of time for the fire to reach the pile of people.

But now, it was as if fire had been directly set in various places on the ‘small hill’.

As if it wasn’t burning fast enough, not thoroughly enough.

Now the entire ‘hill’ had turned into a mountain of fire.

Their cotton clothes were the best fuel; once ignited, the fire spread rapidly.

More than ten people at the higher position continuously stripped off their clothes.

After they discarded most of their clothing, their bodies were finally free of flames.

However, another very important problem appeared before their eyes.

The fire had already spread over, and it was for this reason that they experienced a rare warmth.

And a choking smell.

They had no other way to escape now except to wait for death.

At this moment, the disheveled village chief looked at the remaining people, feeling very upset.

At present, they could only take a gamble.

“I still have one method left; whether we live or die is up to fate.”

“Find a piece of cloth, soak it with your own urine, cover your face with it, and then rush out.”

Soon, someone pointed out the contradiction in this method.

“Village Chief, it won’t work. The fire is too big.”

“When the fire first started, someone already tried, but they were all swallowed by the sea of fire.”

The village chief stomped his foot, his shoe deformed by the heat.

“Aren’t we stepping on the best stepping stones?”

“It will burn here sooner or later. Throw them over to pave the way as stepping stones, and let us rush through.”

“Instead of waiting for death here, it’s better to try. This is the best method I can think of.”

“It’s probably the only way.”

After the village chief finished speaking, they immediately began to act.

First, they prepared the wet cloth to cover their mouths and noses, wrapping it around their bodies.

Then, these people, in pairs, lifted the corpses on the ground and approached the fire circle.

Waves of heat washed over them; although they wore protection on their faces, they could still feel it.

At this time, under the village chief’s leadership, these people systematically completed their preparations.

Soon, the first corpse was thrown to a position about eighty centimeters away.

Immediately after, the second was thrown to a similar distance, about eighty centimeters from the first position.

However, starting with the third, they encountered difficulties; they could only continuously throw down corpses.

In less than a minute, a path was roughly paved.

At this point, the corpses that were thrown down first had already begun to burn.

These people understood that they could no longer delay.

One after another, they continuously leaped over the corpses, but this method was not suitable for everyone.

Some with poor motor skills or bad balance fell down before reaching the third position.

Their entire bodies landed on the ground, engulfed in flames.

However, no one had any extra thought to spare for others.

At the moment, they could only look out for themselves.

Two minutes passed quite quickly.

But for these dozen or so people, it felt incredibly long.

Ultimately, only seven of them safely reached the outer perimeter of the fire circle.

Three or four people could have also made it safely.

It was just that the person behind them was too anxious and bumped into them.

This caused them to lose their balance and fall into the sea of fire.

The village chief watched the remaining six people relax.

He immediately shouted sternly.

“Don’t stop, we need to leave quickly.”

“It’s no longer safe here.”

Someone else also reacted.

“Right, right, right!!”

“Hurry up, if we don’t leave before the other party comes out, we won’t be able to.”

“Damn it, I need to leave quickly and have a big fight with my wife when I get home.”

“Don’t just talk, run faster with your legs too.”

However, at this moment, someone with sharp eyes noticed an extra snowman under the illumination of the firelight.

And the snowman looked a bit strange.

So he asked,

“Why is there an extra snowman here?”

“Don’t you think it looks a bit strange?”

The person next to him quickly pulled him.

“What snowman, no snowman.”

“Now is not the time to care about this, hurry up and retreat, if we don’t leave now, it might be too late.”

The person he was pulling widened his pupils and looked in the direction of the snowman.

“The snowman moved!!”

At once, this exclamation attracted everyone to turn their heads.

They all stopped at that moment and looked at the moving snowman.

Upon hearing this, the village chief immediately had a bad premonition.

Just as he was about to speak, the snowman had already shaken off the accumulated snow.

Mario, holding a submachine gun and wearing sunglasses, appeared.

It was too late for them to escape when they saw him.

The speed of the bullets, at nearly four hundred meters per second, meant that at this short distance, it would take less than a second.

This amount of time was barely enough for them to react and turn around.

“Da da da da da da da da da!!!”

The rhythmic gunshots once again dominated the entire space.

The village chief, who was at the very back, wanted to ensure that someone could return.

Knowing that he could no longer escape, he spread his arms before Mario opened fire.

He tried to stretch his body to make himself larger.

He hoped to intercept more bullets so that the younger people behind him would have a chance to survive.

However, this idea was too idealistic.

If it had been Liang Yu, the village chief might really have succeeded with his marksmanship.

But it was Mario who was shooting at them.

Not a single one of these seven people could escape from Mario’s gun.