All the way out of the city, there were many more people on the streets.
"Why are there so many people now?" Chu Xiang suddenly asked.
"Ah!" Leng Ruyue was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said, "The snow is a bit light."
"anything else?"
After thinking for a while, Leng Ruyue said awkwardly: "I don't know."
"Not everyone can eat and drink for free like you." Chu Xiang said.
"Yes, the wild beasts outside will also come out to look for food at this time. It is the time to hunt." When there is heavy wind and snow, the wild beasts will come closer to Wucheng in order to hunt for food.
"If you are so stupid again, I will throw you into the herd." Chu Xiang's tone suddenly turned cold.
Leng Ruyue's expression changed drastically. She knew that Chu Xiang was not joking. He could do anything. She understood that she was a little presumptuous, so she quickly calmed down her expression and followed quickly.
After leaving the city, Chu Xiang suddenly said: "There are three people following you. Please solve the trouble you caused yourself."
"What, which three?" Leng Ruyue asked in surprise, then felt that she had said the wrong thing again, and hurriedly added: "Let's lead them away first. If we are following, it is impossible for three people in the same group to follow together. Usually, One person is following us, and the others are waiting outside the city. There are two of us, and the chance of one person trying to deal with the two of us is very small. In other words, there are three groups of people who want to attack us. We need to lure them away first and open their arms. distance, and then pick them up one by one."
Chu Xiang said nothing and continued to move forward.
After successfully making up for the mistake, Leng Ruyue breathed a sigh of relief and quickly followed. It is normal for a woman to be stared at when she leaves the city. If she had known that someone was following her, Leng Ruyue would have returned to the city long ago and not dared to go out, but today, she knew that there was no need to be afraid.
"This way, let's go separately. You go around to the right and intercept the other two groups. I'll deal with one group first." Leng Ruyue thought for a moment and said.
Being able to live to this day and become the eldest sister of a group of people, Leng Ruyue is naturally not a stupid person. As soon as she turned her head, she understood what she should do. She knew that Chu Xiang wanted to see her performance, and she also wanted to prove it to Chu Xiang. my ability.
Chu Xiang did not speak and quickened his pace. Leng Ruyue chased him for a while, but was pulled further and further away by Chu Xiang. He soon disappeared. Leng Ruyue stamped her feet angrily and walked forward slowly.
"Hey, beauty, what are you doing alone in this wilderness? It's getting dark and it's very dangerous outside." Not long after Chu Xiang disappeared, a man's voice sounded from behind. Leng Ruyue looked back and saw that it was a man. A young man with a well-proportioned figure, gentle appearance, clean shaven appearance, and a handsome appearance.
"Hey, I got lucky today and met a handsome guy." Leng Ruyue laughed and turned around to curl her fingers at the handsome man.
The handsome man hesitated for a moment, laughed, and walked towards Leng Ruyue: "Beauty, it's so cold in this cold weather. It's nice to stay at home. Why are you here?"
"There's nothing we can do. Life is difficult and men are unreliable." Leng Ruyue said with a grimace.
"You don't want unreliable men. Why don't you follow me from now on and be popular and drink spicy food." The handsome man said with a smile.
"Then it depends on whether you have this ability." Leng Ruyue said with a smile and hugged the handsome man's waist.
"I guarantee you'll be satisfied." The handsome man showed a proud smile and reached out to hug Leng Ruyue, but the muscles in his body tightened.
The handsome man hugged Leng Ruyue, and the two of them rolled on the snow. After a moment, two men from a distance ran over. Just as they approached the two, Leng Ruyue suddenly burst out, the cold light of the dagger flashed, and a tall man fell to the ground. Then he pounced on another man, dodged the oncoming punch, stabbed back, and inserted the dagger into the man's liver from the back of his waist. He used too much force and cut half of the man's waist open, causing his intestines to flow out all over the floor.
After killing three men cleanly, Leng Ruyue was a little surprised by the strength of her own. When she looked up to look for Chu Xiang, a familiar cold voice sounded: "Kill her."
Leng Ruyue looked at the sound and saw seven men with weapons in their hands, killing her. Chu Xiang's figure was looming in the wind and snow behind.
"You are indeed a pervert." A few minutes later, seven men fell on the snow, Leng Ruyue said to Chu Xiang while bandaging their arms. Although it was one against seven, knowing that Chu Xiang was right next to him, Leng Ruyue's confidence greatly increased and he killed seven of them at the cost of two wounds.
"I look forward to your future performance." Chu Xiang said nonchalantly.
"Why do those people listen to you?"
"Because they don't want to die."
"But they still died."
"That just means they were unlucky."
"Have you always been so cold-blooded?" Leng Ruyue asked.
"Cold-blooded, what does it mean to be cold-blooded? You killed the people, and I didn't touch a single hair on them."
Leng Ruyue concluded, this is a fact.
The two of them went south, and there were more and more mutant beasts on the road, and the roars of mutant beasts were everywhere. Leng Ruyue hesitated in her heart, but seeing that Chu Xiang had no intention of stopping, she had no choice but to follow and use an information collector to collect information about the mutant beasts she saw along the way.
The sky is getting darker. Another consequence of the nuclear war is that a huge amount of smoke and other floating objects form thick clouds in the sky, which isolates the sun from the earth. In winter, it starts to get dark at four o'clock in the afternoon. After the sky is completely dark, visibility is extremely low. .
"There are so many mutant beasts, do we still want to continue?" Leng Ruyue asked with some anxiety.
"Go kill them all." Chu Xiang said.
Leng Ruyue was shocked. She looked back and realized that Chu Xiang was not joking. She immediately regretted why she had asked such a stupid question. She had no choice but to move forward. After walking forward for more than ten steps, the mutant beasts around him seemed to have smelled the fragrance of human flesh and gathered around them. Leng Ruyue looked back at Chu Xiang and saw Chu Xiang standing there with no intention of moving. She knew that there was no room for maneuver in the matter. I can only fight for my life on my own.
"If you look back again, I will kill you." Chu Xiang's emotionless voice sounded in Leng Ruyue's ears.
Leng Ruyue's heart trembled. She knew that Chu Xiang was going to cut off her support and was not joking. She quickly concentrated on pulling out her dagger to deal with the mutant beasts that were coming to kill her.
The battle broke out. The mutant beasts didn't care whether you were a man or a woman. They just wanted to fill their stomachs. After Leng Ruyue killed a few mutant beasts, the smell of blood attracted a large group of mutant beasts. They were suddenly surrounded by mutant beasts and were in a dilemma. , many mutant beasts have evolved protective armor and thick hair. It is difficult for a dagger with a foot length to cause fatal damage to larger mutant beasts. A dagger that is too short cannot be used to block attacks. The situation is precarious. Fortunately, those While attacking Leng Ruyue, the hungry mutated beasts also hunted each other, giving Leng Ruyue some room to move.
Chu Xiang watched from a distance as Leng Ruyue struggled among the beasts. There was no wave on her calm face, and she had no intention of taking action. If she couldn't handle it at this level, then it wasn't worth her effort.
After escaping the attack of a mutant wolf, Leng Ruyue suddenly felt a sharp pain in her shoulder. An unknown mutant beast scratched her clothes and took off a piece of flesh on her shoulder, and blood suddenly poured out like a fountain. Under the severe pain, he stopped moving and was knocked down by a mutant beast. The mutant beast almost slapped Leng Ruyue's face to pieces when he grabbed it. At the critical moment, Leng Ruyue blocked the blow with his arm, and his arm was almost broken off. A few pieces of meat were taken away.
Leng Ruyue ignored the severe pain and rolled away. The dagger slashed open the abdomen of the mutated beast that fell on her. However, the thick fur of the mutated beast prevented the dagger from exerting its power at all, and it only cut open the outer skin of the mutated beast.
The blood was gushing out from the shoulders and arms, and there was no time to bandage them. More and more mutated beasts joined the battle group. If this continued, they would definitely die. Forcibly suppressing the panic in her heart, she dodged and observed the beasts. Leng Ruyue made up her mind, grabbed a dead mutant beast, swept away the mutant beasts around her, smashed a way out, and fled.
Mutated beasts came in like waves, and Leng Ruyue was almost knocked down several times. However, she was very smart and quickly found the weakness of the mutated beasts' attack. When the mutated beasts pounced, they immediately changed directions. The mutated beasts that had already been pounced could not change. Direction, such a zigzag turn back and forth, the effect is surprisingly good.
Running wildly, Leng Ruyue quickly rushed to where Chu Xiang was with the chasing mutant beasts. Chu Xiang looked at Leng Ruyue expressionlessly, unmoved. Leng Ruyue knew that Chu Xiang would not help her, and just wanted to use Chu Xiang to stop the beast herd.
Rushing past Chu Xiang, unexpectedly the mutated beasts did not attack Chu Xiang. When passing by Chu Xiang, they all walked away from both sides. Although it did not achieve the desired effect, the mutant beast took a detour and slowed down a bit. Leng Ruyue seized the opportunity of the mutant beast being slow for a moment, and while running wildly, he tore off the cloth strips of his coat and tied the wound to prevent blood loss. excessive.
Fleeing all the way, Leng Ruyue felt a little weak in her hands and feet due to the large amount of blood loss in the cold weather, and her body temperature began to drop. However, the mutant beast chasing behind him had no intention of giving up and could only run to Wucheng desperately.
The beasts roared non-stop, and more and more beasts merged into the beast flow. The beasts running behind them flowed across the earth like a torrent of steel, forming a huge awl. Leng Ruyue, who was at the tip of the awl, could only run with all his strength. If you take a step slowly, you will be crushed by the beasts.
The fierce running pulled at the wound, and the frozen wound continued to bleed. The large amount of blood loss made Leng Ruyue break out in cold sweat, and her body's strength was gradually disappearing. Leng Ruyue suddenly regretted that she had led the three groups too far away. If they had been closer, they would have reached the city gate by now.
When Leng Ruyue felt a little desperate, she finally saw the tall buildings on Wucheng Mountain. A wave of energy surged out of her exhausted body, her eyes glowed red, and she ran towards the city gate with all her strength.
At this time, we can no longer control the lurkers that may exist in the snow. In such a situation, lurkers dare not come out. The only result will be to be buried in the belly of the beast. However, the result was no different. The ferocious iron current flowed through, and the entire snowfield was overturned. All the lurkers hidden in the snow were crushed by the beastly flow and became food for the beast's mouth.
Running hard, Leng Ruyue finally saw the tall city gate of Wucheng when she was about to lose her breath. Just as Leng Ruyue approached the city gate, fire suddenly shot down from the mountain like lightning, and then the roar of cannons rang out. The thundering sound of cannons brought Leng Ruyue's frozen consciousness back to reality. Balls of fire bloomed among the mutated beasts, blocking the beasts from the city defense range. The ferocious beasts could not cross the thunder pool.
The furious cannon shook the sky and the earth, the ground beneath his feet was trembling, and the powerful shock waves continued to rage. Knowing that it was the city defense troops that were clearing out the threat, Leng Ruyue breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly fled the affected area, hid under the shadow of the city wall, and re-opened the wound. Wrap it up. Leng Ruyue was about to return to the city for treatment when she remembered that Chu Xiang was on the way the beasts passed by just now. Now the beasts were bombarded by artillery fire. She didn't know if Chu Xiang would be killed.
Although Chu Xiang's strength is unfathomable, under the bombardment of devastating artillery fire, anyone who is still a human should be killed. Leng Ruyue was a little worried and a little conflicted. She wanted Chu Xiang to die in the gunfire, but she didn't want Chu Xiang to be killed.
Leng Ruyue decided to wait for five minutes. If Chu Xiang didn't show up, she would leave.
Soon the sound of artillery stopped, and the city defense troops routed the invading herd with a few shellings. The permeating gunpowder smoke and the pungent smell of blood penetrated Leng Ruyue's nose, as if death would come at any time. After the artillery fire stopped for a while, Chu Xiang still didn't appear. Leng Ruyue couldn't help but feel a little anxious. People in the city heard the sound of artillery fire and knew that it was the defenders who opened fire to clear out the invading mutant beasts. Many people ran out and saw that the artillery fire stopped. City gate, go out and pick up the corpses of mutated beasts.
Although there are many beasts outside the city, there are not many opportunities to pick up food for free. Most of the time, you have to hang your head on your belt to get enough food. It has been snowing heavily for several days in a row, and food is even more rare. Many people I was too hungry to hunt any more. How could I miss such a good opportunity to pick up free food?
Seeing more and more people leaving, Leng Ruyue's heart was in her throat, and she huddled quietly in the shadow of the city wall. In her current state, it would definitely not be fun if someone discovered her.
More and more people were going out of the city to pick up food. Leng Ruyue stood silently in the shadows. Five minutes had passed and Chu Xiang hadn't appeared yet. Leng Ruyue wants to go back to the city, but she dare not leave the shadows. There are too many people around her. In the current situation, she has become a hunted object. If she is not careful, she will become someone else's slave or even food, just like Chu Xiang captured her.
This made Leng Ruyue very nervous. She thought of Chu Xiang again. Although she felt uncomfortable when following Chu Xiang, she never felt any other threats. Even mutant beasts did not seem to exist. The danger was the danger Chu Xiang gave her. Now this sense of crisis lingers like a tarsal leech.
Frightened, anxious, and panicked, time passed by, and the crowds who poured out of the city gate to pick up food clashed. Under the weak firelight on the city wall, there were shadows, and someone started fighting. White knives went in and red knives came out. There was a fresh smell of blood spreading, and no one knew how many people fell down in the darkness. Someone secretly cut off the flesh of the dead. Fresh human flesh was much more delicious than fried mutated beast meat.
The small-scale riot gradually spread, and the crowds grabbing food became more and more chaotic, and soon evolved into a large-scale riot. Many people did not grab the food, but became food for others. The condensed blood dyed the snow black and stung. The smell of blood was overwhelming in his nose, and soon more blood was shed during the riot than when the city defense troops attacked the herd of beasts.
Watching those people put the bloody human flesh into their arms, Leng Ruyue felt her stomach cramping, and the city wall behind her was like ice, making her whole body cold. She had heard of people eating human flesh, but she had never seen anything like it. Now it happened before her eyes, which deeply stimulated her nerves and made her feel like she was going crazy.
The crazy and rioting crowd attracted more people who were ready to join in. People kept pouring out of the city, and people kept adding fuel to the fire. More people fell, and more food appeared. This dark snowy land seemed to suddenly turn into Purgatory on earth.
This was the first time Leng Ruyue saw such a cruel scene. Although she had always heard about it, she had never experienced it personally. Leng Ruyue became even more frightened, staring nervously at everyone who approached, ready to kill each other when they noticed her.
For the survivors who have stronger power than before the great change, life and death only take a moment. If you don't kill someone, they will kill you without any chance of hesitation.
Leng Ruyue's alertness did not last long. Seeing those people acting like demons in the dark, she couldn't help but start to vomit, her stomach and intestines violently spasmed, and her whole body curled up tightly like a cooked shrimp.
Suddenly, the searchlight on the city gate sentry tower turned on, and a bright white light shined straight on the rioting crowd. The dazzling lights came on, and every detail was visible on the snow. The rioting crowd quickly quieted down, quickly dispersed, and left the bright area illuminated by the lights.
Realizing that the city defense forces had begun to intervene, some people decisively returned to the city, while others dispersed into the surrounding darkness, waiting for an opportunity to pick up another arm or leg.
Under the bright light, there are red patches and black patches on the snow. The red ones are blood, and the black ones are corpses, the corpses of mutated beasts, human corpses, and the soil blown up by cannonballs.
This is human nature after great changes. Once the light leaves, all ugliness will happen. Although light cannot guide human nature, it can dispel the terrifying darkness.
The commotion slowly stopped, the crowd dispersed, the searchlights scanned, then slowly went out, and the snow was once again shrouded in darkness.
After vomiting out all the food in her stomach, Leng Ruyue finally stopped the spasm in her stomach, slowly adjusted her breathing, and looked at the people around her cautiously.
Just because the military government has quelled the riots does not mean that it will intervene in the small matter of killing one or two people. Once someone sees her, the result will still not be fun given her current situation. Outside the city, as long as nothing serious happens and the authority of the government is not challenged, the military government basically turns a blind eye.
Suddenly, someone looked over. Leng Ruyue's expression changed. She secretly held the dagger and prepared to fight. Unexpectedly, the person didn't seem to see her and turned around and left. Leng Ruyue was very confused. Could it be that Chu Xiang was looking around in the dark and couldn't see anyone. After a while, thinking of the situation just now, Leng Ruyue suddenly understood what was going on.
A dozen people passed by her just now, but none of them saw her. It wasn't that they couldn't see her intentionally, but they really couldn't see her. The nearest person was only ten meters away. At this distance, many people would not be able to see anything given the visibility at night. She could see it, obviously because of the strange change in the snow. Thinking of this, Leng Ruyue looked around again, trying to find Chu Xiang's figure.
After the lights went out among the dispersed crowd, some small-scale riots broke out in the darkness, and there were many more skeletons on the ground. These hungry crazy people will not give up even if they only have a 1% chance of getting food. In order to survive, they can abandon their humanity and destroy their conscience. There is nothing they can't do, only you can't think of it.
The life-and-death hunt on the snow lasted for more than half an hour before it gradually calmed down. Leng Ruyue carefully observed the crowd with fear, but in the darkness, it was impossible to tell who was who. After realizing this, Leng Ruyue realized that she should not be here. wait.
Putting on the hood of the jacket and trying to cover the wound as much as possible, Leng Ruyue tried her best to follow the flow of people entering the city as usual. She quickly walked to the mobile station, opened the door and went in. Leng Ruyue breathed a sigh of relief.
In the city, the military government has strict regulations and restrictions. Few people dare to kill people and set fire. The places run by the military government are even stricter. Even fights are not allowed. Of course, there are some desperadoes who do whatever they want. Many of these people are hanging on The cliffs west of the city are dry.
After scanning the entire restaurant, Chu Xiang was nowhere to be seen. There was no one at No. 14 where he and Chu Xiang had dinner in the afternoon. Leng Ruyue sat down at No. 14, ordered something to eat, and then carefully bandaged the wound again.
"Beauty, do you want some help?" Not long after Leng Ruyue sat down, a slender young man wearing a wilderness camouflage jacket and a benny hat came over and asked.
There were not many people in the restaurant, and the woman was very eye-catching. An injured and embarrassed woman was even more eye-catching, not to mention that this woman was not ugly.
"That couldn't be better." Leng Ruyue laughed and glanced at the man. He had sharp eyebrows, starry eyes, a high nose, and strong facial lines. He looked pretty good. She smiled sweetly and said, "Brother, please go and buy some bindings for me." Bring styptic."
"It's easy, just wait a moment." The man smiled appropriately and went shopping without further entanglement.
Leng Ruyue frowned and looked in the direction of the door. She was about to sigh, but then she thought of her situation and quickly straightened her face to make her face look unapproachable. However, excessive blood loss made her face extremely pale. .
The handsome and elegant man had been there for a while. Leng Ruyue kept looking at the door, but the person he was expecting did not show up.
