The shaking became more frequent.
Zhizhizhi——
The harsh sound of sharp nails scraping against the wall came from all directions.
Tick, tick, tick, the water melted and seeped into the ground, mixing with the sound of scraping nails, making it messy and particularly permeable. Mia and others suddenly felt like they were surrounded by distortions.
"If you want to survive, you have to find a way to get this train moving and do whatever you can."
Zheng Xiu's calm expression gave people the impression that he knew something. He gently tapped the steel plate of the locomotive, causing a dull echo to attract the attention of the horrified people. "The sooner the better."
After Zheng Xiu said that, he took the orange cat and left the place.
The little daughter-in-law Yue Linglong followed Zheng Xiu step by step.
"Husband, what happened?"
"I'm not sure. If you can release your spiritual consciousness to investigate and cover the whole city, you can naturally see everything clearly, but in this way, I'm afraid of alerting Him. But if I guessed correctly, there should be something The 'thing' is chasing you, coming from the south."
Zheng Xiu walked to a deserted place and flicked his finger. The "little eyeballs" arranged in advance a few days ago came to life quietly, slowly protruding from the safety door, passing through the concrete of the sewer, crossing the surface, and coming to the ground.
While operating the "little eyeball" in the air, Zheng Xiu didn't even look back and asked carefully: "Have you noticed anything special all the way from the south?"
Yue Linglong's mind was in a mess at the moment. When she heard Zheng Xiu say, "Something is chasing them from the south," she thought it was her fault that put Zheng Xiu in trouble. She brought Zheng Xiu trouble. The very fact of "bringing trouble to her husband" was enough to make Yue Linglong fall into deep self-blame.
She didn't want to be a woman who would only hold things back. In the Kingdom of God, the reason why Yue Linglong took the initiative to attack regardless of the danger was just to prove that she was not a vase, not just "Mrs. Zheng".
So when Zheng Xiu said this result casually, Yue Linglong was stunned for a moment, and she didn't even want to answer the second half of the sentence.
Zheng Xiu gently took Yue Linglong into his arms and put his ear against her cold cheek.
"It's okay, I can handle it."
"Yes." Zheng Xiu's embrace instantly calmed Yue Linglong. While feeling the strange shock and chaos in the outside world, her expression changed slightly and she said: "Husband, I am ashamed to say that although Yue'er has spent half a year in this world, , but more time was spent on adapting. Only after Yue'er became the spokesperson of 'Lady of the Night' in a daze, did she have a clearer impression of the world."
Moistening her lips, Yue Linglong continued: "The elders of believers said that there are followers of Lady of the Night in every corner of the world. The 'elder' asked me to find them, save them, and restore the glory of Lady of the Night."
"Where's the elder?"
"Dead." Yue Linglong did not say how the elder died. But Zheng Xiu didn't ask. In this world, "death" is more common than "living", and the reason is not important.
"What a pity." Zheng Xiu shook his head, expecting that the elder must know more inside information. "Then what?"
"Area 12 has long become a purgatory. Rats breed, plagues rage, and the sky is full of terrible distortions. The reason why Yue'er took the believers to risk leaving the underground shelter where they have lived for more than ten years is because the corpses are almost eaten. Once the body is gone, it will be difficult for Yue'er to exert her strength. When the body is really eaten, Yue'er will have no hope of even protecting herself."
"Yue'er led the believers and found a route from District 12 to District 17, but the scene in District 17 was the same as that in District 12, and no one had survived. In this huge city, everything as far as the eye could see was deathly silence and silence. Desolate, it has long become a paradise for aberrations and rats. Yue'er was helpless and did not stay in Area 17 for too long and fought her way out of Area 17."
Halfway through, Yue Linglong's face became a little sad, as if she was sad, and her voice became a little weaker, and she said: "Believers are just flesh and blood after all. They are short of supplies, food, and sometimes even clean water." I couldn't drink either. In that harsh environment, believers died one after another. When we left District 12, there were originally 372 believers following Yue'er, but now, only 101 are left. "
"After passing through District 17, Yue'er arrived at District 32, covered with dust. To Yue'er's surprise, there were many more survivors here than in District 17. Yue'er sent out followers to investigate, and soon used a method called The communication tool of 'radio' made contact with a shelter. They called themselves the 'Iron Hand Gang'. When they learned that we were the 'Followers of the Lady of the Night,' they immediately cut off the call."
Zheng Xiu was slightly startled when he heard this. It seemed that Fengbei's believers were in the hearts of the survivors. The only difference between Lady of the Night's followers and lunatics was that lunatics would not stick together, while fanatical believers would swarm forward.
At this time, Yue Linglong smiled slightly, and her mood gradually improved due to Zheng Xiu's hug, comfort, and tolerance. "Later, they took the initiative to contact us via radio again."
"They need food."
"So, I used two bottles of water and three cans to exchange information about Area 32 with them."
"The survivors of the Iron Hand Gang told me that the most powerful gang in District 32 is the 'Fire Rat Gang' with its base in the subway station. The 'Iron Hand Gang' knew that we were anxious to leave District 32, so they told us about the Fire Rat Gang. There is a 'train' that is still running in the gang's camp."
Zheng Xiu understood the cause and effect.
Yue Linglong succinctly and concisely explained the experience that she had not had time to explain clearly when they hugged each other to sleep last night.
At this time, the "little eyeball" controlled by Zheng Xiu had reached the ground.
Zheng Xiu tilted his head slightly, pondered for a moment, and smiled: "Haha, this is a coincidence."
"Oh?" Yue Linglong looked puzzled.
"The Fire Rat Gang and the Iron Hand Gang have just finished fighting, and they have a grudge. So the Iron Hand Gang initially told you that there was a working train hidden in the Fire Rat Gang, which was most likely false."
Yue Linglong was surprised, then nodded in understanding: "I see, are you killing people with a borrowed knife?"
She curled up her pink fist in annoyance, knocked on her head with a bang, and blamed herself: "Yue'er thinks that we have no enmity with the Iron Hand Gang, and they won't lie to us for the sake of supplies. Yes, I didn’t expect to be tricked.”
"It doesn't matter. Every time you take a bite, you gain wisdom. Human beings are such complex creatures. Not everyone can be trusted, and not everyone can be trusted. Fire rats usually can't even trust their own people, but this train can still run. If they don't even know it internally, how could it be known by the Iron Hand Gang? But this can be regarded as unintentional. There is indeed a car hidden here, but it saves a lot of trouble on the road. "
At the same time as he said these words, deep in Zheng Xiu's dark eyes, black light quickly washed down like a waterfall.
"Husband, what did you see?"
She knew her husband, Yue Linglong, and she knew that her husband had various unknown methods after becoming a god. Now the husband's eyes are blank and out of focus. It is impossible for the husband to be distracted at this moment, so he saw "something else".
Zheng Xiu remained silent and didn't answer, but gently tapped Yue Linglong's eyebrows with his fingertips.
Suddenly, the scene in front of Yue Linglong's eyes changed, and she found that she had actually seen another field of vision. It's like floating in the sky, overlooking the earth.
But what surprised her was not the sudden change in her field of vision, but the "picture" in her field of vision.
Under the thick dark red dust cloud, above the ruins of this desolate and dilapidated city, swarms of "demons" were like billowing black clouds, whizzing past in the sky.
Frozen elevated highways, collapsed skyscrapers, roads filled with rusted car wrecks, and grotesque, deformed creatures running wildly, howling, and neighing in panic on the ruins that should belong to humans.
Looking down from a high place, there are ferocious-looking monsters in the sky and on the ground, trampling the earth like a tide. The sound of their running and flapping wings spreads to the ground, becoming a mess of vibrations and sounds.
"The monsters... are they crazy? Are they hungry? Are they looking for food? No..." In an instant, Yue Linglong looked down at the earth through the vision shared by Zheng Xiu, and saw everything clearly. Her mind was spinning, and various thoughts emerged. , but soon, these unthinking thoughts were instantly rejected by her, and a terrifying thought finally settled in her mind: "They are running for their lives!"
At this moment, Yue Linglong's palms were filled with cold sweat, and a feeling of fear came to her heart.
Combined with what Zheng Xiu said before, the reason why the aberrant creatures escaped can be easily revealed.
It was the "thing" they attracted from the south that made the aberrant creatures run frantically for their lives!
what exactly is it?
Yue Linglong couldn't figure it out. She didn't encounter anything particularly scary along the way.
At this time, a demon hit the eyeball in a panic, and the vision in front of the two of them went dark, and the chaotic scene outside dimmed.
He was already aware of what was going on outside, and Zheng Xiu had no intention of checking outside again.
Back at the camp, Zheng Xiu found that every carriage was powered on and lit up.
"Sended!"
Yue Linglong said in surprise.
Many carriages are in disrepair and their electrical wiring has aged. There were sparks in some places, and lights flickered on and off in some places. But no matter what, as long as it can be transferred. The lights were turned back on, filling the camp with an atmosphere of celebration, as if praising the long-gone human civilization in the doomsday civilization.
There were many oily screwdrivers, wrenches and other tools scattered around Jimmy and Jim. Jimmy lay on the rails and got under the car, knocking and banging, making a banging sound.
Wherever it gets stuck, knock twice hard and it’s done.
Jim was flipping through a crumpled book on the side. The cover of the book translated as "Train Maintenance Manual". They are obviously not professional train maintenance workers, and they are rushing to do the repairs at this moment.
Seeing Zheng Xiu and Yue Linglong approaching, Jim, who was looking down at the manual, raised his head blankly, straightened his helmet, and said seriously: "Boss! We..."
Zheng Xiu waved his hand, interrupted Jim, and asked: "We will leave in two hours."
ha?
Big question marks appeared on the heads of Jim outside and Jimmy under the car at the same time.
They were not sure whether the train could run, but the boss decided to leave in two hours?
What if... what if I can't leave?
Soon Mia heard the noise and walked towards this side without looking past Shirley. Zheng Xiu gave the instructions in an orderly manner, and Yue Linglong also listened quietly.
"Yue'er, what other supplies do you have over there?"
"Husband, Ms. Night's followers have a lot of supplies. They also store a lot of canned food, water, fuel, cotton, filters, bullets, parts, etc."
"Aberrant creatures also have the instinct to survive. Even if you encounter them on the road, as long as you don't take the initiative to provoke them, they should have no time to attack you." Zheng Xiu waved his hand: "Take the believers and go back to carry supplies. The more the better. The sooner the better!”
Finally, Zheng Xiu focused his gaze and looked into Yue Linglong's eyes: "Once you encounter an overwhelming danger, don't forget..."
Zheng Xiu pointed to his chest. Yue Linglong understood that what her husband was talking about was the "emergency escape route."
She nodded and neatly led a group of believers away.
"Notify everyone in the Orange Cat Club that if you want to survive, you should put the remaining supplies on the train. We will start the train in two hours and evacuate Area 32."
When Mia heard this, confusion about the future filled her head for a moment.
Although she had a premonition about this, when Zheng Xiu decided to leave Area 32 in two hours without any warning, using a method he had never seen before, Mia was stunned for half a minute. She shook her head vigorously: "Yes! Boss!"
Jim gritted his teeth. Although he didn't know what was going on, Zheng Xiu's method of freezing everything outside the mall, like "a god coming down to earth", completely captured the hearts of the two brothers. Jim thought that even such a powerful humanoid wanted to escape from Area 32, and combined with the chaotic movement outside the concrete, something unimaginable must have happened outside.
Jim also got under the car, turned on the flashlight with a hand-cranked generator, looked at the maintenance manual, and went through the pre-operation inspection procedures line by line, quickly making final maintenance preparations before the train started.
Those who were born and raised in a doomsday civilization and survived to this day would not dare to say that they are experts in a certain field, but at the very least, they can do a little bit of everything, including shooting guns, sneaking, repairing radios, and opening bottle caps with bare hands. All in all, I am proficient in everything. As for driving a train, the principle is the same. Just turn the switch up and face the manual to drive forward.
Yue Linglong took away half of the believers, leaving more than fifty believers. Under Yue Linglong's instructions, they also followed Zheng Xiu's command. Moving supplies and clearing the camp were carried out in an orderly manner.
Mia carefully carried Shirley into one of the carriages of the train. After covering it with a dirty blanket, Mia wiped the sweat from her forehead and walked off the train. She said to Zheng Xiu: "There are a few women who don't want to leave." , they would rather stay in the camp. Boss, what should I do?”
Zheng Xiu said calmly: "Then stay, life or death is determined by fate."
Mia was stunned when she heard this, but nodded and said nothing more.
There were still a few young people from the Orange Cat Club who were willing to follow, and they rushed towards the train carrying large buckets and small buckets.
At this point, Zheng Xiu doesn't care whether it's gasoline or diesel or whatever, as long as it can burn. He directed several strong men to pour fuel into the tank one after another.
The movement coming from behind the wall alternated between loud and small, and waves of distortion ran through the underground and the ground. From time to time, creepy and creepy sounds came from behind the wall.
About an hour later, Yue Linglong came back with the believers one after another. There were many people and strength. They carried a lot of supplies and stuffed them into the carriage at the back. They forcibly closed the door and used an iron rod on the handle outside the door. Weld it tightly to prevent materials from being shaken out during bumps.
"Oops!" Brother Jiji, who had finally completed the test, got out of the car in disgrace. The two of them stuffed the wrench and hammer into their crotches. At this time, Jim slapped his head and turned pale: "Oops! There are barricades in front of the track. It’s full. If we go by the two hours the boss said, we won’t have time to clear it! It will take at least three hours to clear those roadblocks!”
Zheng Xiu let everyone pile into the carriage, and calmly waved his hand to let brother Jiji, who had temporarily learned how to drive a train after reading the maintenance manual, to get on the carriage.
He was alone, under the horrified eyes of everyone, sitting cross-legged, with one person and one cat sitting on the front of the car, enjoying the most beautiful scenery to himself.
Zheng Xiu smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, the roadblocks will be cleared."
"drive."
Jim gritted his teeth, closed the switch, and pushed the lever.
Wuwuwu——
The abandoned subway train made a harsh roar, and the wheels that had not turned for hundreds of years... just like a lost civilization, started turning again.
