Chapter 131: Chapter 131: Racing Against Time Chapter 131: Chapter 131: Racing Against Time The situation at hand left Zhou Tao no choice but to set up camp and wait for Cai Jiang to regain consciousness while searching for clues.

However, thinking was always his least favorite activity, so Zhou Tao immediately passed the pressure onto the team medic.

“…” the team medic.

As Zhou Tao raced against time, Bai Junjun and her party were also racing against it.

In the past few days, everyone had been running for their lives with a speed that was completely different from the first few days.

Although the long-anticipated pursuers had not yet appeared behind the Seven-Person Team, the constant acceleration made everyone feel the urgency, and they all gritted their teeth to keep up.

Gradually, the figures of other refugees began to appear on the road.

From scattered individuals to small groups of twenty or thirty, the road became busier and busier.

These refugees more or less recognized the leading horse carriage, as there was only this one road for escape, and it was inevitable for people to encounter each other.

Moreover, speaking of horse carriages, apart from those escaping from the Seven Cities, no other teams had them.

However, those poor wealthy merchants had long been replaced by vicious refugees.

Along the way, in their struggle for horse carriages and food, the refugees continued to kill each other, resulting in the complete destruction of the carriages in the repeated assaults.

By this point, there was almost no sign of horse carriages on the road.

Yet this group boldly used a horse carriage to lead the way, which could not be considered anything but ostentatious.

The refugees’ hearts were itching to plunder, but as soon as they saw the war god atop the carriage, they immediately put their thoughts to rest.

Those who had suffered silent losses from the Seven-Person Team knew that anything could be robbed except for the carriage with people sitting on top of it.

This was the Seven-Person Team’s carriage!

Who would have thought the Seven-Person Team would catch up so fast!

On the previous stretch of road, many short-sighted individuals saw a few kids managing a horse carriage and got greedy ideas.

But those devilish kids ended up slaughtering the robbers, showing no mercy whatsoever.

At that time, quite a few people were lurking nearby, planning to act like a mantis stalking a cicada, with the oriole behind.

However, what they witnessed was a one-sided crushing contest.

As a result, they all fled in panic, and to shake off the Seven-Person Team, some even ran day and night for several days.

So when the Seven-Person Team suddenly reappeared, the refugees who had once harbored intentions toward them panicked, thinking the Seven-Person Team had caught up for revenge.

But seeing that the team was merely passing by without a sideward glance and not taking the others into account, they secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

However, since the Seven-Person Team had accelerated, the guilt-ridden refugees slowed their pace.

After all, although they had not succeeded as the orioles, they had somehow assisted the mantis, shouting at them. What if the Seven-Person Team was the vindictive type, and one displease swipe of their sword would settle the score?

Or what if they hunted them down for food out of hunger?

Thus, the guilt-stricken ones slowed down.

Li Wenli didn’t care about these minnows, whether they were fast or slow.

All he cared about was that they had only two more days to reach the North-South Bridge, and they had to go faster.

The rest of the people naturally didn’t know about the Seven-Person Team’s grudges. Especially those individuals who missed the Seven-Person Team now watched with envy as these few hundred people strode forward with a mighty air.

However, before their envious feelings fully dissipated, suddenly a strange pushcart in the latter part of the procession caught their attention.

Typical carts have the wheels leading at the front and the pusher at the back.

But this cart was the other way around, with the pusher walking in front and the wheels trailing behind.

It looked like a horse carriage, but horse carriages are pulled by horses, whereas this little cart was entirely dragged by people.