The wilderness in the wasteland has always been dangerous. Mutated beasts are scary, and even more scary are humans!
Qu Jianlei could roughly determine the opponent's position based on the impact point of the bullet and the sand and soil stirred up.
It should be hidden on an inconspicuous small slope in front.
The reason why it is inconspicuous is that there are two slightly taller slopes next to it.
However, high quality does not necessarily mean that it is absolutely good. Qu Jianlei understands this truth very well. The right one is the best.
In his haste, he couldn't figure out why the other party chose this place to ambush him.
But he can be sure of one thing: there are not many people on the other side, only one or two people.
If there are too many people, I will definitely kill him at a close distance instead of shooting him from a distance.
It was precisely because of this that he believed that the person who fired the shot was a sap, not a degenerate.
The Fallen also use firearms, but they have no supplies and rely entirely on captured bullets, so they won't waste them like this.
Moreover, the Fallen are good at hugging together to keep warm. They usually go out in groups of three or five, and it is rare to go alone.
However, even if he judged that the opponent's number was small, Qu Jianlei had no intention of counterattack.
The enemy's situation is unclear and the terrain is unclear. To rush back to counterattack is irresponsible to oneself.
In this wasteland, those people who fight sap... are really countless.
Any inconspicuous person, once he is in the wild and has a gun in his hand, will easily have thoughts that he shouldn't have.
Even a businessman like Fat Sister, or even a coward like Morrison, might suddenly act as a robber.
Qu is a solitary traveler himself, and he has both good and bad qualities, so it is normal for him to be regarded as prey.
That is to say, as the fat lady said, you may die faster if you have a gun - the sneak attacker will kill you immediately.
Ordinarily, with Qu Jianlei's temperament, he should hate the sap: I didn't provoke you, you want to kill me?
However, he knew better that as long as the order of the wasteland did not change, this situation would continue forever.
Every survivor may transform into a bandit under certain suitable conditions.
This phenomenon is repeated and cannot be changed by him alone, and he has no responsibility to change it.
Instead of sulking, it's better to retreat quietly.
As for who the other party is, he has no interest in knowing. There are too many possible suspects. Thinking too much is just asking for trouble.
But if you want to run away, you have to work out a plan. What is certain is that the opponent who chose to ambush here must be very familiar with the surrounding environment.
Qu Jianlei has been here several times in the past, and his memory is not very deep, but after thinking about it carefully, he still came up with memories.
Then he suddenly realized... No wonder he was hiding on that small slope!
The small slope is not the best ambush point, but compared with high places, the difference is not big.
The key is that the place is very conducive to evacuation. If the attacker wants to fight back, he must consider being ambushed a second time.
On the other hand, Qu Jianlei was in a position where it was not very convenient to attack or escape.
Of course, convenience and inconvenience are relative, not absolute.
But it's already pretty good that the opponent can find such a location to ambush in the wilderness.
Qu Jianlei instantly thought of three escape directions, but after thinking about it, he decided not to choose these three places.
The reason is very simple. What if the opponent sets up a trap or a mine?
For these sap guys, never overestimate their bottom line.
Killing a person for an oscillating knife is a good deal for them, even if the price difference is only a nutritional supplement.
As long as the output exceeds the input, you can do it, let alone he has a gun on him.
If there is enough time and space, Qu Jianlei is not worried about traps, but it is too late now!
He rolled forward a few more times, then raised his hand and threw a low-quality smoke bomb.
When the smoke started to thicken, he began to attack sideways and forward.
He really has no intention of fighting back, it's just that it's safer to evacuate from here. He really understands the human nature of the wasteland.
"Tsk, I met a vigilant one," the ambusher sighed.
This is a middle-aged short and stocky man with a simple and weathered face, and his clothes are also very shabby.
He was holding an old Gauss automatic gun, a short knife stuck in his leggings, a small waist bag, and a grenade.
To outsiders, this is a relatively embarrassed survivor.
Although there are weapons such as swords and guns, they definitely don't give people a "powerful" feeling.
If it weren't for that old gauss gun, it would basically be a low-level survivor with a little self-defense weapon.
Most people would never imagine that he has hunted five survivors, and today is the sixth.
Just as Qu Jianlei thought, he was not a murderer, but...it was easy to get foreign wealth this way.
Whenever money gets tight, he hunts down a lone traveler.
When he saw the other party throwing smoke bombs, he knew that he might return empty-handed today.
Immediately afterwards, the opponent actually fired another rifle grenade, which hit not far away from him, and it was also a smoke grenade.
Do you want to attack? He sneered in his heart, just a lone traveler... Do you know how many people I have here?
So, it was just a bluff before retreating.
But be careful, he is here to make extra money, not to fight to the death.
If he wanted to evacuate, he must have a plan, so he rolled twice and changed positions.
Then he raised his Gauss gun and fired two more bursts - I'm still here.
Immediately afterwards, he rolled a few more times, ducked and left quickly.
He is also a cautious person. Even if he kills without blinking an eye, he is serious about cherishing his life.
The other party may be "advancing before retreating", but he doesn't dare to bet, it must be like that.
I just want to make some extra money, it's no fun if my life is at stake.
Therefore, he did not make a regular retreat this time. Instead, he hunched over and moved three to four hundred meters, then quickly ran away in a zigzag pattern.
The numerous small slopes around him protected his figure well.
He was very good at escaping. Even though he had a lot of pieces on his body and his clothes were shabby, he was tied up very well and close to his body.
After running for almost three thousand meters, he turned to a depression under a slope.
This small pit is not big. You can just curl up to hide it from observation. Cover it with an earth-colored rag and it will be perfect.
He panted heavily and came around, but he never thought that he would see a black muzzle in front of him...
Qu Jianlei was also helpless. He swore that he ran here randomly and was about to take a rest here.
He was just angry with the person who slapped him. He really didn't think about investigating, let alone taking revenge.
But less than a minute after he sat down, he heard light footsteps in the distance.
The opponent's kick skills are really good, but his violent breathing cannot be stopped no matter what.
Qu Jianlei pointed the laser pistol at the head that suddenly popped up, and both of them were stunned.
The honest man recognized the other party at a glance, but the distance between the two parties was too close, and the other party was holding a pistol.
He wanted to turn around and run again, but it was already too late.
Qu Jianlei was stunned for a moment and then sighed, "You run pretty fast."
The honest man honestly raised his hands, and then he decided to lie.
"This is my resting place, my friend, we have no grievances... If you want to rest, I can lend it to you temporarily."
Qu Jianlei didn't care at all what the other party said. How could there be such a coincidence in the world?
Especially since the opponent does have a Gauss gun on him and will be out of breath when running - even if it's not you, it's you.
He curled his lips helplessly, "To be honest, I really didn't want to fight back against you... there are too many people who are sapling."
The honest man was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and replied honestly, "I really don't know what you are talking about."
Qu Jianlei curled his lips indifferently, not expecting to force the other party to admit it - does it make sense?
He just sighed and said, "I'm sorry, it's just your bad luck... you didn't run fast enough!"
If the other party gets here first, he will be the one who is passive... and will die.
Seeing that he was talking to himself all the time, the honest man also realized that if the conversation continued like this, he would be ruined.
He decisively admitted his defeat, "I just wanted to rob a small amount of money. It's not easy to survive in the wasteland. I didn't intend to kill anyone."
After a pause, he added, "It's like you didn't plan to take revenge on me... I was planning to run away."
Qu Jianlei looked at him silently, and after a while he uttered two words, "That's it?"
"I can buy my life," the honest man finally got to the point. "I have some good things that I hid in the camp."
Qu Jianlei didn't believe this. Except for gangs, few wasteland survivors kept good things in their places of residence.
As for hiding in the wild, it's still possible.
Seriously, if he follows the other party, he might meet the other party's accomplices, and it's not easy to kill people casually in the camp.
So after he disarmed the other party, he asked the other party to tie him up.
Then he raised his hand and slashed the opponent's thigh directly with his knife, muttering, "It doesn't matter if you get hurt a little bit, right?"
Even if the sap guy didn't want to kill him, he would inevitably be injured if the Gauss gun hit him.
If he is not injured, how can the other party steal something?
Then he spoke expressionlessly, "Tell me where your belongings are, or I'll let you bleed to death!"
As soon as he stabbed him, the honest man's face changed - you still want to kill someone.
He often fights sap, but he really doesn't necessarily kill people when he robs. After all, his purpose is just to rob.
Of course, it is inevitable to injure someone, and killing someone may lead to retaliation.
He should have tried to resist just now! He felt a little regretful, even though he might have died on the spot.
However, there is no regret after all. He laughed miserably, "How can you promise not to kill me and silence me?"
"Then you can only take a gamble," Qu Jianlei's face still showed no expression.
The honest man drooped his eyelids and said nothing. He was obviously lying down and letting himself be beaten.
Qu Jianlei was not polite to him, and started rummaging through the bits and pieces on his body.
This person was really poor. Apart from two tubes of nutritional supplements and some bullets, he didn't even carry any water.
However, he unexpectedly found a brown stone the size of the belly of a pinky finger in the box on the other party's waist.
"What is this?" Qu Jianlei touched it carefully with a dagger.