46 A mysterious death (1/2)

These people hadn't even believed that Ren Xiaosu was the only doctor in town because they had a preconceived notion of him. When they first met him, he was still living in a shack, so how did he become a doctor just a few days later?

Why weren't you practicing medicine if you had actual skill?

But right now, everyone just felt desperate. There's an old saying that can perfectly sum up the current situation: ”Desperate times call for desperate measures.”

However, Ren Xiaosu's answer shocked them. What the hell is a witch doctor?

”Get up.” Liu Bu brushed Ren Xiaosu aside. He then went to the injured driver and asked in concern, ”Are you alright? Does it hurt?”

Ren Xiaosu looked around. They had started with five off-road vehicles and a pickup truck in the convoy, but only four vehicles remained.

From the look of things, it would be quite difficult to fix the two damaged vehicles. But as Ren Xiaosu did not have any knowledge of automobiles, he would have to wait and see what the private troops had to say about it.

Second Lieutenant Xu Xianchu led some of his men over to inspect the vehicles. They found that it would be impossible to repair the vehicle that had been thrown upside down by the huge deer as there were several holes in the engine.

But the huge deer did not get away completely unscathed either. Ren Xiaosu saw a small segment of its antler on the ground. It looked like it had been broken off by the recent impact.

Liu Bu went up to Xu Xianchu and asked, ”Can they be repaired?”

”We'll have to take a look at the flipped vehicle first.” After checking the vehicle, Xu Xianchu said, ”This vehicle is definitely beyond repair. But the damage on that one isn't too serious since it didn't hit the tree that fast. The only thing we can do now is salvage parts from the flipped vehicle to fix this one.”

”Only one of them can be repaired?!” Liu Bu was taken aback. ”What should we do then? There are so many of us here!”

Xu Xianchu thought for a moment and said, ”There's still some space in the pickup truck bed….”

Ren Xiaosu raised his hand. ”I'll go!”

”Go to hell!” Liu Bu said angrily.

This time, Liu Bu would rather sit in the bed of the pickup himself than let Ren Xiaosu sit there!

Xu Xianchu quickly had his men grab some tools to repair the vehicles. While they were carrying out the repair works, he ordered the soldiers under him with a frown on his face, ”Stay alert to your surroundings, everyone. If any unknown creatures approach us, shoot to kill.”

Perhaps there was a deeper sense of bureaucratic order among the troops as everyone was focused on carrying out repairs. However, Xu Xianchu didn't seem like he was an idiot either. If he didn't remind everyone to stay alert at a time like this, it might be too late if any large creatures approached them while they were repairing the vehicle. That could very well result in many deaths for them.

Ren Xiaosu was squatting beside the vehicle and watching the private troops make repairs to it. He wanted to understand how a vehicle worked as he has always been very eager to learn about more things. In his eyes, ”large machinery” like off-road vehicles held a unique charm.

All of these details represented the essence of humanity's knowledge in the rebuilding of civilization.

Beside him, Liu Bu folded his arms and sneered, ”Do you even understand what they're doing?”

Ren Xiaosu turned around and asked him, ”I don't, but do you?”