Shadows of JiangXi

[Vladimir]

The journey to the city wasn't an easy one. There was a hospital right next to it, there was ammo and food there, there were even some ATV's, but Vilen thought against using one of them. When the thing you need is stealth and the way ahead is destroyed city, you don't really want to use any big, loud venicles.

Yes, it would probably make his journey longer, but as one wise man of old Sol said, "I walk slowly, but i never turn back".

So he went on, taking just the ammo and food/water supplies from there.

Rubble everywhere, wrecks and garbage all over the place, it'd be not nice to walk here even without the movement you could see sometimes. And not all of this movement was evasive, too - he had used 3 clips of ammo for his AK by the time it got dark. And when it got dark, he still didn't get out of the city.

This was bad news.

Night goggles helped a bit, but he had to use flashlight instead because of all that cold rubble nightvision couldn't really see well. A broken leg there would totally be the end of the trip. And no surprise the light was seen by someone...

That was the worst mutant he has seen, ever. The vision of reaching for the knife to break free from his tentacles holding his leg and then frantically fighting with the safety of his TT would probably haunt him for the next few nights. But he didn't end up being that thing's supper, and it was a good thing.

Finally, he managed to get out of the city, taming the light and turning goggles back on. He didn't stop, however, and walked 4 kilometers more before setting up a temporal resting place like the previous one, with camo amd traps. He really needed rest.

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