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"Ahhhhhhh!!!! Monster!!!! No!!!!"

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Hearing a loud crash behind him, Chadwick tensed up and shouted, "Faster! Faster!!!"

"If we go any faster, we'll overturn!!!" Oliver shouted, his voice trembling with tears. He had just swerved to avoid that sports car, which nearly caused the bus to overturn. It was a close call, and his body was still trembling slightly.

The sound of soft sobbing came from inside the carriage; it was Joanna covering her mouth.

Chadwick was also somewhat helpless at this moment, knowing how dangerous it was to drive on the highway in such foggy conditions.

The bus honked its horn as it drove forward, advancing relentlessly through the thick fog.

Just then, the taillights of a car appeared in the fog ahead. It was a six-seater minivan, but it was driving slowly and was straddling the center line of both lanes.

"Beep! Beep! Beep beep beep beep!!! Beep beep beep beep!!!" Oliver honked his horn desperately, trying to urge the person in front to make way, while having to slow down slightly.

However, the vehicle in front seemed not to hear it. Perhaps the continuous honking from behind angered the driver in front. Instead of accelerating, the vehicle slowed down significantly and even moved to the middle of the two roads, clearly engaging in road rage!

"Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep!!! Beep beep beep beep!!!" Oliver practically honked the horn to death, but the vehicles in front just wouldn't give way.

"Run it over!!! Run it over now!!!" Chadwick yelled.

Oliver cursed and slammed on the gas pedal. A dull thud echoed as he slammed into the rear of the car in front, sending it veering into the adjacent lane.

At the same moment, from the thick fog behind, the monster that was still chasing suddenly lowered its body and, whoosh! flew over like a giant sledgehammer to demolish a house.

This time, because the bus slowed down, it finally landed on the top of the bus!

"Bang!!!"

The bus windows shattered one after another, and the roof was torn open by the monster's pincers. The bus body could not withstand its weight and made a tooth-grinding creaking sound. The ceiling at the rear of the bus was torn off and then collapsed!

Screams erupted inside the carriage. Joanna's head was directly above the collapsing ceiling. She screamed and was about to be crushed underneath when, at that moment, Eleanor in front of her pushed her daughter with all her might. However, in that split second, Eleanor herself was crushed inside...

Volume Two: The Truth Hidden Behind History Books: Chapter 951 Fierce Battle

"Ahhh!!! Mom!!!!" A series of screams came from the side. Joanna reached out to try to pull her mother away, but her brother Pete grabbed her shoulders and dragged her backward.

Pete's eyes were bloodshot, yet he still grabbed his sister and pulled her back, shouting, "Joanna!!! Danger!!!!"

At that moment, the enormous monster pierced through the severely deformed vehicle shell from the outside with its pincers, tearing it apart as if it were ripping two pieces of paper.

The enormous monster now stood clearly before everyone; even when crouching, its massive body was large enough to reach the top of the carriage.

Joanna screamed again, and this time, not only her, but also the driver who was tightly bound on the ground nearby was equally dumbfounded. He was writhing like a maggot, trying to crawl towards the front of the carriage, as if he had just woken up from a dream...

The monster simply lowered its head and plunged its huge crab claw downwards, piercing the driver from behind and pinning him to the ground!

"Bang!!! bang bang bang bang!!!"

At that critical moment, gunshots rang out. Pete, holding a black pistol, began firing repeatedly at the monster in front of him. The weapon in his hand was the one he had recently obtained from the bald man.

The bullets struck the monster's armor, creating a few cracks, but otherwise had no other useful effect.

"call!"

With another leap, the monster opened its two giant pincers and pounced on Pete. At that moment, the vehicle suddenly made a large serpentine maneuver.

Almost everyone in the carriage rolled to one side in an instant, and the monster that was leaping up to pounce also lost its balance, violently swinging its huge pincers to tear a huge gap in the right side of the middle of the carriage, a gap that even went all the way to the top of the carriage.

The monster tried to use its pincers to grab the vehicle to maintain its balance, but ultimately failed and rolled out of the carriage.

Falling directly off a speeding vehicle would be fatal for an ordinary person, but it didn't seem to harm this thick-skinned monster at all.

It started running as soon as it landed, chasing the side and rear of the car, clearly preparing to climb back onto the vehicle.

At that moment, Pete roared, raised his pistol, aimed it at the monster's head, and fired continuously, unleashing all the remaining bullets in one go.

Although the monster was large, its movements were not clumsy at all, but extremely agile. In addition, the vehicle itself was in an unstable state due to high speed, and most of the bullets missed as it swayed. The few bullets that did hit it did not seem to cause much damage.

It leaped up again...

"puff!!"

Like a boulder falling to the ground, the monster's right pincers were stuck in the rear of the vehicle, while the other pincers were dragged by the speeding vehicle, leaving a ditch in the hard ground.

The monster struggled, trying to adjust its position and climb back onto the vehicle, but Pete had run out of bullets and had no spares!

The bus was swerving wildly from side to side, making extremely dangerous maneuvers on the highway. A car traveling in the opposite direction was almost hit by the bus's swerving maneuver and nearly went off the road!

Under such large-scale serpentine maneuvers, the monster at the back of the carriage was also greatly restricted in its balance and could not immediately climb up to the back of the carriage. However, it was unwilling to let go of the pincers, so it hung at the back of the bus and kept trying to climb up!

At that critical moment, Chadwick, holding onto the seat at the front of the carriage, came to Pete's side, holding a short-barreled shotgun.

This shotgun fires a cluster of spherical bullets. He found the weapon on that bearded man, and he didn't know how the man ended up with such a weapon!

However, at this moment, this weapon is more effective than a pistol!

Chadwick took a deep breath and walked straight toward the monster that was struggling to climb up.

“Mr. Spencer, be careful!” Pete shouted from the side.

Because of the monster's fall, the last section of the vehicle completely collapsed, becoming somewhat like a flatbed truck. In addition, the vehicle was still maneuvering at a high angle, which greatly restricted Chadwick's movements, making it extremely dangerous, and he could be thrown off at any moment.

Chadwick lowered his center of gravity, grabbing onto whatever he could use to steady himself—a handle, a chair, a piece of hardware, or something else…

With a solemn expression, he walked to a distance of only five meters from the monster. The monster's huge pincers were constantly swinging and striking the back of the vehicle, trying to grab a point of leverage. In the huge metal impact, the back of the vehicle was torn to shreds!

Chadwick half-crouched, grabbed a collapsed, twisted chair on the ground with one hand, and used the other to control the shotgun, aimed at the monster, and pulled the trigger!

Using a shotgun with one hand at such close range, the recoil caused Chadwick himself to sway violently and nearly lose his balance.

This time, the monster was finally severely injured. A shotgun pellet struck the right shoulder of its head, and even cut a deep gash in the side of its neck, from which foul blood gushed out instantly.

Compared to the power of a pistol, the deterrent effect of this shotgun is far greater!

However, the monster did not stop. Completely ignoring its broken wounds, it only paused slightly before struggling to climb up again, like an injured insect.

Chadwick continued firing! Another dull gunshot rang out, this time the monster seemed to have been hit in some area of ​​its leg. Under the enormous impact of the shotgun pellet, it finally screamed, lost its balance, and fell to the ground.

After falling, the monster rolled over and tried to catch up again, stumbling along. However, it was clear that its movements had changed. It seemed to have some injury to its leg, which inevitably affected its speed. It began to fall significantly behind the bus until it completely disappeared into the thick fog behind it.

"Hoo..." Chadwick let out a long breath. In just that short time, he felt as if he had consumed a huge amount of energy, and his body was trembling.

Breathing heavily, he carefully steadied himself with the support of those around him and walked towards the front of the carriage...

The bus finally returned to the normal lane, but the surrounding fog remained thick. Although the monster's pursuit was temporarily over, who knew? Would it catch up again at any moment? And what new dangers lay ahead?

Volume Two: The Truth Hidden Behind History Books: Chapter 952 First Aid

At this moment, Pete and Joanna had no time to recount their near-death experience to Chadwick. Instead, they rushed to tear at the collapsed roof of the rear of the carriage, trying to rescue Eleanor who was trapped underneath.

Chadwick then went to help, and the group frantically tried to pry open a gap in the severely crushed rear compartment. By this time, the compartment was already damaged in many places, and with the bus still traveling at high speed, the howling wind rushed into the compartment, causing the hair and clothes of the people inside to flutter.

Lacking tools and unable to stop the vehicle, the people inside had to use their hands to forcefully pry apart the steel bars and sheet metal that were pressed together. By this time, blood was already flowing on the floor of the carriage. Even with the strong wind blowing into the carriage, the stench of blood could not be dispelled, which made the people in the carriage even more terrified, especially Joanna and Pete. Joanna was already in tears, constantly muttering something...

At the same time, everyone heard groans coming from the severely compressed rear compartment...

"Mom!! Mom, hold on, we're coming to save you!!!" Pete shouted, using his bare hands to try and move a twisted steel beam. Chadwick, who was nearby, came to help. Together, they managed to bend the steel beam!

"Joanna! Quick, find something to prop it up!!!" Pete shouted. Joanna frantically searched left and right, and finally gritted her teeth and dragged over two suitcases.

The suitcases are made of metal, and stacking two suitcases together helps to support the steel beams and the metal covering on top.

After some effort, they finally managed to pry open a corner of the twisted carriage wide enough for a person to get in. Chadwick used his shoulder to hold it in place, while Pete hurriedly knelt down and crawled inside, trying to drag Eleanor out.

After a struggle, Eleanor was finally dragged out, but her condition looked dire. A sharp piece of car slats was embedded in her leg, and blood had soaked through her jeans. Furthermore, she was hunched over, suggesting that her bones had also been damaged.

Seeing this, Joanna tried to rush forward, but Chadwick grabbed her arm, saying, "Be careful, or you'll cause further injury!"

Upon hearing this, Joanna stopped, while Pete, who was standing nearby, tried to stop the bleeding but didn't know how. He could only try to plug the wound with his clothes, which were quickly stained red with blood...

At this point, Chadwick, who was standing nearby, knew some first aid. As someone with wilderness experience, he had learned some basic outdoor first aid, though not an expert, but better than Pete. So he stepped forward to check, and after observing the speed of the blood seeping out, he frowned: "It might be a ruptured vein..."

Even though Pete and Joanna didn't know much about treating external injuries, they still understood what veins meant, and their faces immediately turned pale, their expressions becoming increasingly tense.

“Mr. Spencer… please save her, please save her…” Joanna covered her mouth and choked with sobs.

“I can only do my best…” Chadwick frowned and instructed, “Lift her leg up, elevate the bleeding area to reduce blood backflow and help slow the bleeding…”

As he spoke, he instructed Pete on how to press down on Eleanor's leg veins to limit the rate of blood flow. After searching for a while, he found a rope to use as a tourniquet, tying it above the wound. Lacking bandages, he had to use clothing as a substitute; Pete took off his own clothes, tore them open, and used them as bandages.

Joanna even dragged the driver, who was already a corpse, over from the side, stripped off his clothes, and tore them off to use as makeshift gauze.

Eleanor was now completely unconscious, her body trembling slightly. Chadwick frowned at her pale face and said to Pete and Joanna beside him, "I'm not a professional doctor, I only know some basic first aid, so I can't do any further examination on Mrs. Patrick. However, from what I've observed, she may have some internal injuries besides the wound on her leg, but I can't be sure. She still needs to be taken to the hospital as soon as possible..."

As he spoke, he glanced at the drafty vehicle around them, then at Eleanor who was still shivering, and frowned. "Mrs. Patrick is more sensitive to the cold because of blood loss. The wind is too strong here. It will be dangerous if she continues like this. Her body temperature will drop too quickly and she will suffer from hypothermia..."

"Then... what should we do?!" Pete asked nervously.

"Give me a hand, let's move her to the front... We also need to find something to keep her warm..." So the group hurriedly lifted Eleanor to the front and placed her on two adjacent seats.

Then they took off their coats and covered Eleanor with them. Eleanor was still shivering slightly, but not as badly...

"Oliver, hurry...to the hospital!" Pete shouted at Oliver in the driver's seat.

"Look at this! What's wrong with the hospital?!" Oliver shouted. "I don't know the way!"

Joanna frantically searched for an electronic map on her phone, but communication was still not restored, and even navigation was unusable. In the thick fog, it was as if all signals had been blocked by some unknown force!

"Keep going, keep going!!! There's a fork in the road ahead!!!"

Joanna and Pete huddled together, searching on their phones for a long time. There weren't many hospitals on Misula Island, only two, and the closest one was about a 20-minute drive from their current location.