The Marshal’s Wife is The Real Boss

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Zhou You now had a big appetite. Two pounds of roasted meat just for appetizer, he then held a big basin to load porridge to eat. 

The people in each vehicle were a group, they ate and slept together. But the personnel often changed, because new faces joined from time to time. Everyone was used to seeing a stranger. 

So when Zhou You came with a basin of porridge, they didn’t even raise their heads in curiosity, and continued to stuff the food into their mouths numbly. 

The chicken porridge, but in fact, only a few pieces of meat in each pot, and the meat taste was pitifully light. But what Zhou You wanted to eat was rice, it didn’t matter if the meat was so little. 

Seeing the intoxicated look on his face, several people next to him gradually stopped eating and stared at him. They probably wanted to see if the porridge in his basin was the same as the porridge in their own bowl. Otherwise, how could it look so delicious?

Zhou You finished his basin of porridge and blurped, looking around in embarrassment, “Did I eat too much that it frightens you? Sorry, I have a big appetite.”

The middle-aged man sitting on his left shook his head and tried to pour the remaining half of the porridge into his mouth. He chewed it unconsciously and swallowed it. “Unfortunately, if my son were still here, I would definitely be able to eat roast meat today, rather than this goddamn rice porridge with pitiful meat.”

Zhou You then asked, “Is your son a martial warrior? Is there anyone else in your family?” 

The middle-aged man looked into the distance and murmured in a low voice, “My son, that was a great man who was once praised as a gifted youth. Unfortunately, in order to save people, he died like a candle blown by the wind. Now no one will remember him.”

“Old Qiao Tou, don’t talk about your past. Your son has been dead for several years and the people he saved have also died. This is the way of the world. Good deeds don’t necessarily pay off. Now we are the luckiest to be escorted by the Chenxi Exploration Team.”

“I wonder what’s the meaning of living like this.”

“Don’t talk too much. After eating you should pack up your things quickly, we’re about to leave. It is not easy to save our lives these days. Anyone who has time to grieve about the lost ones should think about how to live well in Yangcheng.” A man chewing tobacco leaves urged him. 

Zhou Yu spontaneously helped to clean up the pots and bowls, carried and tied them to the roof of the car. The man who was chewing tobacco saw that he was diligent and asked, “New here?”

“Hmm.” Zhou You nodded. 

The man generously took out a crumpled tobacco leaf from his pocket and handed it to him. “Want some?”

“No, I don’t smoke.”

“Oh, I have nothing else but this. Actually, I want to ask you for help.”

In the truck, Old Qiao Tuo stuck his head out and shouted, “Young man, ignore him, he will ask for help whenever he sees someone new, no one can help him.”

“Bah! How do you know he can’t help? Old man, do you expect others to die when your family dies?”

Seeing that they were going to quarrel, Zhou You jumped into the truck and sat down in a corner, as if did not care about anything. 

Sure enough, seeing that he was not concerned, the two men also quieted down, while the rest of the people looked like they did not care. 

Zhou You also knew that survival was not easy for anyone in the world right now, and he didn’t think he had the ability to help others. As the man just said, better to save his own life. 

After a few minutes, the truck started, and the long convoy drove out of the city from the potholed road. A bumpy ride, but everyone seemed to be used to it, and one by one closed their eyes to rest. 

After an hour riding, Zhou You had motion sickness. The smell in the compartment was too strong and he could not breathe well. He climbed from the edge of the compartment to the roof and sat down. The fresh air came to his face and cleared his mind. 

The person in charge of monitoring in the armoured car in front saw him and scolded, “Fuck you, truck number 3256, what’s wrong with that person on top of your car? Don’t want to live anymore?”

“3256 here, I’ll deal with it.”

Zhou You had no earpiece, so he wouldn’t hear the conversation on the channel. 

A head sticking out of the passenger seat window and looking at the roof. At the moment when the person saw Zhou You casually sitting there, his eyes widened bigger than copper bells. He pointed a gun at him and scolded, “Stinky boy, are you tired of living?”

Zhou You subconsciously raised his hands and explained, “I got motion sick and came out for fresh air.”

“Fresh air? Goddamn kid… Do you know where you are? This is the most dangerous Yunlan Mountain in the country. Believe it or not, a mutant beast will snatch you away in two minutes. If you want to die just go away, don’t bother everyone!”

Zhou You knew that the wild animals in the forest would take the initiative to attack humans, but he didn’t know that they would dare to come when they saw so many vehicles. Although he had the ability to protect the people in the truck, he obediently retreated back into the truck.

As a new member, it was better to keep a low profile. 

As soon as the man closed the window, he heard the anxious voice of his teammates in the headset, “Boss, there is a black spot 500 meters ahead, presumably an ant colony, the number… indeterminable.”

Li Hongxi took the telescope and climbed up the roof of the car. At a glance, he saw a dense black spot in front, rushing toward the convoy. 

Li Hongxi’s scalp was tingling. A black ant was easy to cope with, even ordinary people could kill, but a swarm of thousands of ants was a disaster. They could eat everything. 

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He had seen an ant colony crawling over human corpses, and finally there was no bone residue left. 

“All vehicles immediately turn right, give up the road and hide in the woods, avoid the ant colony about 20 meters and try not to alarm them.”

The vehicles suddenly made a sharp turn, and the people inside were tossed everywhere, and then very self-disciplined grabbed everything that could be grabbed, maintaining a solemn silence. 

Zhou You suddenly understood. They were also afraid, but they had experienced a lot, they knew what was best for themselves and others. They didn’t even care about what they encountered outside, at this time, obedience to the command and not adding unnecessary chaos was the best they could do. 

Zhou You listened to the movement outside. He could hear a group of things approaching them. As the saying goes, the unknown was the most horrible thing. So, he climbed up on the roof of the truck again, and this time, no one had spare time to monitor him. 

Then he saw that the original road had turned into a black river, and the black river was flowing forward. It was a large colony of black ants, each of which had the size of a former southern cockroach. 

The vehicles collectively gave way to a passage, and everyone breathed lightly, hoping that the ant colony would ignore them and move on. 

When they approached, a large patch of darkness appeared. The people in the vehicles had their scalp numb and closed their eyes without daring to look. 

Everyone was relieved to see that the ant colony did not come towards them, but passed in a straight line. Just when everyone thought the disaster was going to pass, the outermost ant suddenly looked towards the convoy. 

“Don’t make a sound!” Li Hongxi said in a low voice. 

There were hundreds of vehicles on their side, pulling from head to tail, the ant colony had such a long line. If they couldn’t avoid this, they would suffer heavy losses. 

“Boss, it looks like a King Kong Ant, the kind of black ant that the research institute has just updated that can even chew off steel, their teeth have evolved. Oh, it’s horrible.”

“Oh no, it found us.” 

Li Hongxi saw the ant rushing towards their convoy. The antenna on its head emitted blue light, and hundreds of ants soon followed behind it. 

Translator note:

Boss: Don’t make a sound!

Member A: Boss, but you just speak.

Boss: Shhh, be quiet or they will find us!!

Members: Shit, crow mou-

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