The night spreads.
The sound of rain, pattering.
Shenzhen.
A slender figure loomed on the top floor of the Diwang Building in the city center. The glass was broken and his figure swayed in the wind.
He had short hair and was dressed in black. His face could not be seen clearly in the dark.
He stared at the patter of acid rain outside the window, dumbfounded.
Before the end of the world, there were many people in the world. Walking among the bustling crowds, there would always be an inexplicable sense of unreality.
Some people enjoy the excitement, while others rack their brains to learn how to speak in order to survive in the hypocritical excitement.
After a busy day of work, one person returned to his single dormitory alone in the moonlight and the evening breeze, and ate takeaway in a daze.
The long night is like poison. Human life requires not only food, but also abundant spiritual satisfaction.
He is lonely, but he enjoys being alone.
Only those who have loneliness can have their true self. This is something he firmly believes in.
A black shadow rushed over from a distance, but the man did not dodge.
This dark shadow crashed into his arms.
Touching the furry German shepherd in his arms, a smile appeared on his face: "Xiao Hei, you are so dark. If I hadn't heard the sound, I wouldn't have been able to see you."
The man rubbed the dog's head and remembered that on the third day after the apocalypse broke out, he picked up this two-month-old German shepherd in a room.
The whole body is completely black.
At first, he just wanted to keep the food he had stored up, but after raising it for a while, he got used to being alone, and he actually felt dependent on the puppy.
When I was most nervous about food, I still didn’t kill it to eat dog meat.
He didn't kill the dog. After a while, the dog actually brought him many surprises.
After touching the dog's head, the man said: "It's almost time, let's go hunting!"
The man was carrying a gun and a black bag, and slowly walked towards a part of the building.
The man's nickname is Ant, and he is a retired special forces soldier.
The battle before the end of the world left behind the psychological trauma of the war, so he later became anonymous and hid in the city.
He walked lightly, wearing night vision goggles, in this building several hundred meters high.
This building was once the king of buildings in Shenzhen City before the end of the world.
At one time it was the tallest building in the city.
He walked silently, as if he were a ghost in the night, coming and going without a trace.
The German shepherd on his right has four paws, which he puts down carefully every time.
One person and one dog came to a hall at the corner.
As soon as I entered, I smelled the smell of bird droppings.
The man stood at the door without entering, took a deep breath, and then held his breath.
In the hall, there is a group of crows building a nest and making their home inside.
Perhaps because the weather was too hot before, many birds began to choose to build nests in high-rise buildings in the city.
This hall is densely packed with crows.
The window not far from the hall is open.
The man held his breath and slowly walked towards the group of crows.
One step at a time, two steps, approaching silently.
The patter of rain outside became an excellent aid for him.
He didn't dare to walk too fast. If he walked too fast, the sound would scare away the crows.
Finally, more than ten seconds later, he was less than three meters away from the group of crows.
Suddenly, one of the crows seemed to notice it and flew up.
The other crows were immediately alarmed, and a large group of crows flew outside with a clatter.
It's too late, but it's soon.
When the man saw the crow flying, as fast as lightning, with a strong wind, he immediately covered a piece of cloth in his hand, and then pressed it on top.
Swish——
The piece of cloth directly covered the four crows. Just as they were about to fly up, they were suppressed by the man's hand.
The man moved very quickly. After wrapping up the four crows, he immediately covered the four corners tightly with his hands and body so that the covered crows could not escape.
at the same time.
As the first crow flies.
The dark-skinned German Shepherd Xiaohei also rushed over like an arrow.
Biting the crow's head directly with his teeth, click——
One bite broke the crow's neck.
This is not over yet.
After biting the crow's neck, it quickly rushed to the window, jumped into the air, and bit the wing of a flying crow.
This crow flaps its wings, full of desire to survive.
He tried hard to escape, but his wings were bitten and he was pulled down by Xiao Hei.
Wow——
The feather of the crow that was bitten by Xiao Hei instantly fell off.
The crow wanted to seize the opportunity to escape, but Xiao Hei, who was biting a feather, gave it no chance to escape.
With two claws, he grabbed the crow directly.
Boom——
Xiao Hei grabbed the crow and threw it heavily to the ground.
After landing on the ground, Xiao Hei grabbed the crow's neck with both claws, lowered his head, and clicked.
Killed the second crow.
And that man at this time.
Looking at the crows struggling crazily under the cloth, without any hesitation, he slapped one of the crows to death through the cloth, like a game of swatting a gopher.
Then he continued shooting and killed the remaining three.
The force of the slaps was very strong. After four slaps, the cloth stopped moving.
Bada——
The man saw Xiao Hei holding the carcass of a crow and dropping it at his feet.
He couldn't help but smile and said: "Xiao Hei, I caught more than you this time."
Xiao Hei didn't seem too happy. He ran to the window and picked up another crow, waving his little tail proudly.
It's so dark that you can't even see it looking interesting.
But the man, wearing a night vision goggle, could see its sultry appearance and said with a smile, "Wow! Xiao Hei is so awesome!"
Then he touched the puppy's head.
Xiao Hei's dark dog face showed an extremely useful expression.
The man wrapped the four crows under him, together with one of the crows that Xiao Hei had picked up, in cloth and walked out of the hall.
This time it was fruitful.
This place is a temporarily stable hunting ground for men.
Every time they come here after a while and hunt crows for food.
Naturally, he also knew that by closing the windows, he could harvest more crows, but that would be killing the goose to obtain the eggs, which would only be enough for a short time.
But as long as he controls the number, and kills a few each time he comes over one week apart, he can continue to obtain food.
This crow hunting ground was also discovered by Xiao Hei.
This was a surprise brought to him by Xiao Hei.
Return to the top of the building and close the access door on the top of the building.
Then he locked it with a chain and walked straight to an innermost room.
This building occupies a huge area.
The area of one floor is thousands of square meters.
After he walked to the innermost room, he closed the door tightly again.
After entering, I relaxed.
The room was filled to the brim with some things.
There were some cans, some water in large barrels, and various tables and chairs, which he split and piled into a pile to serve as fuel.
The man hung his satchel by the door.
Then he habitually placed the rifle in a weapons cache on the ground next to a door.
This arsenal is all the weapons he has collected since the end of the world.
Among them were two rifles, three pistols, two long knives, a spear, and a bag of bullets.
After hanging the rifle.
The man took a few pieces of wood from the pile of tables, chairs and benches that he had chopped up, and then tore off a large pile of cotton scraps from the messy sofa.
Xiao Hei behind him was wagging his little tail proudly, following behind the man. He had a black dog face with no expression, but looking at his tail spinning like an airplane propeller, you can feel that this The little black dog is in a good mood.
The man was in a good mood, sitting on the carpet in the hall of the room.
Then he pulled out an iron bucket from the side.
I touched the keychain on my waist. There were various gadgets on it, such as a multifunctional knife and a fire stick.
The man took out the fire stick, put it close to the cotton he had just brought, and rubbed it.
Kaka——
When the fire stick was rubbed, sparks flew everywhere.
The cotton was quickly ignited, and a cloud of white smoke rose up.
The man carefully held the ball of cotton and blew it gently.
Wow——
A small flame appeared.
In the firelight, the man's face was also illuminated by the firelight.
Gently putting the cotton in the iron bucket, the flames grew stronger and stronger, and the man immediately put two wooden sticks into it.
The fire burned bigger and bigger.
Xiao Hei watched the fire appear and stared blankly. He didn't even feel when the crow fell from its mouth onto its lap.
When the man saw the fire burning, he quickly took out a small iron pot with a triangular fork, poured some water into it, and put it on the fire to burn.
Then he plucked the feathers of the crows, and the feathers of these crows were plucked out in a few strokes.
嘤嘤嘤——
The man felt a ball of fur next to him, rubbing against him.
Seeing Xiao Hei holding a crow in his mouth, under the firelight, Xiao Hei's eyes had a hint of "I want it too."
The man smiled.
Plucking the two crows that Xiao Hei had killed together.
These hairs were not wasted, but put into the fire to be burned as fuel.
Then he took out his dagger, briefly processed the crow's internal organs, dug out the crow's stomach, rubbed it, and then threw it to Xiao Hei.
The other offal is thrown into the iron pot for steaming. The crow's offal is rich in iron and other nutrients.
Then the carcasses of these crows were pierced with steel bars and placed horizontally on the fire to smoke.
There were six crows in total, four of his and two of the little black ones.
This was their food for three or four days.
After being smoked, it can be stored for a longer period of time.
Xiao Hei also likes cooked meat.
It is more dangerous to eat this crow raw, and it is unknown what pathogens it may carry. It is safer to cook it.
Night is still the same.
He hadn't seen the sun for a long time.
He still remembered that a few days ago, he was on the roof of the building, watching the sunset with Xiao Hei.
The sunshine seems to be a memory from a long time ago.
The fire burned. After the man put the crows on the fire to smoke, he sat on the sofa with blankets and looked at the flames quietly.
Next to him, Xiao Hei didn't make any fuss, lying at his feet, with his ears down, watching the flames with his master.
The fire crackled and burned.
These woods are all high-end logs.
There are also some precious and famous trees before the end of the world, such as pear tree and agarwood.
But now they have only one identity, fuel.
The soup containing the crow's entrails is cooked.
Xiao Hei bit a dog bowl and took it over.
The man got some water and some internal organs into the basin, and reminded him: "It's just boiled, it's very hot."
Then he took the iron pot himself.
He took out an iron spoon, dug out some crow's internal organs, put the soup in his mouth.
At that moment, he looked at the fire and the dark night outside the window.
My heart suddenly felt empty.
It seems that he is talking to himself, and he seems to be talking to Xiao Hei:
"Why does crow taste like dusk?"
It had been a long time since he had seen the sun, and it had been a long time since he had seen dusk.
The long dark night is a catalyst for emotions.
The loneliness that penetrated his bones gradually overwhelmed him.
If a person stays in the endless darkness for too long, he will long for sunshine and light.
(End of chapter)
