Not long after the believers headed by Japa left, it happened to be a mixed bath. It was not long and not short, and there was a burst of intensive gunshots deep in the jungle.
Mia and others who were guarding the train were waiting and resting in boredom when they heard the sound of gunfire. They all jumped up and subconsciously hid behind the train, using the train as a cover to be vigilant about their surroundings.
Just at this moment, Zheng Xiu, with wet hair, followed by the red-faced "Madam", walked carelessly from the river onto the bank.
Zheng Xiu used five fingers to comb his wet hair back, giving himself a "big back" hairstyle. Looking at the nervous people, he couldn't help but laugh: "This is the shot fired by Gapa and the others." .”
Boo hoo hoo hoo——
At Zheng Xiu's feet, the aloof, immortal, eternal and elegant lady Anne also took a bath for the first time in a long time. She was shaking all over like an electric shock, shaking from her forehead to her tail, shaking off the water on her body.
"Gapa...?"
Mia was still enjoying the fresh air for a long time, breathing on the surface without wearing a protective mask for a long time. After hearing Zheng Xiu's words, Mia and the others around her suddenly became nervous.
Yue Linglong lowered her head and patted her red face with her hands, which were very hot. She hid back in the carriage secretly while others were not paying attention.
Zheng Xiu began to arrange work.
"Ji..." Zheng Xiu pointed at the two brothers, who also had black heads and black faces, and said, "Brother Jiji."
Jim and Jimmy looked at each other.
"You're responsible for getting the train repaired."
Jim: "Huh?"
Jimmy: "Huh??"
Mia: "Huh???"
Zheng Xiu smiled and said: "Believe in your own potential. As long as you work hard, there is nothing you can't do. Didn't you drive this broken car out of Area 32 with your own efforts?"
When the confused Jiji brothers heard it, it seemed to make sense, but there seemed to be something wrong. They couldn't explain it at the moment, so they could only nod vigorously in confusion and agreed.
"Mia, after you settle down with your sister, send a message over the radio."
Mia was stunned when she heard this. Why did she suddenly become the exclusive correspondent of the Orange Cat Club? But when the boss spoke, Mia didn't dare to disobey. She nodded: "Then... what frequency band should I use? What should I send?"
"Broadcast all the frequency bands that can be searched, and tell everyone who can receive the radio nearby, tell them that we are from Area 32, request a call, and look for mechanics who know maintenance skills."
After a pause in his tone, Zheng Xiu thought for a moment, thought about it, and said, "In addition, tell them that we are looking for 'Paradise'."
"As for the others," Zheng Xiu clapped his hands, as if he was a shopkeeper, and let whoever he pointed do the work.
"You, bring a few people and be responsible for surveying the surrounding landforms."
"You are responsible for collecting fresh water resources."
"You, arrange for people to take turns on guard duty, don't let anyone lose this car."
Zheng Xiu arranged things one by one. Mia listened quietly and felt something was wrong. After Zheng Xiu finished arranging things, Yue Linglong regained her cool look and walked down carrying a dark green military kettle. In the carriage, he handed the kettle to Zheng Xiu's mouth just right.
"Thank you, Madam." Zheng Xiu blinked at Yue Linglong and took a sip of water to moisten his throat.
"What about you, boss?"
"Me?" Zheng Xiu looked calmly in the direction of the dam: "Go for a walk in the jungle. When 'Madam' and I are away, Mia will be in charge here."
Uh-huh.
In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on Mia.
Entering the jungle, the damp soil smells of decay.
Looking up, the dark red dust cloud is far less decadent and spectacular than the city ruins in Area 32, but the sunlight projected through the dust cloud onto the earth is still refracted with either colorful or gray brilliance.
About half an hour later.
The couple, together with a cat, walked in the dense forest like a picnic.
Yue Linglong had not been alone with Zheng Xiu for half a year. Now that they were reunited, the two walked on the path in the forest leaving the others behind, which made Yue Linglong involuntarily feel happy that "a little separation is better than a new marriage".
In her memory, Zheng Xiu did not have an ex-wife named "Feng Bei", and she did not know that the "senior" she called her could be called her senior in every sense.
Now Yue Linglong naturally holds Zheng Xiu's hand, the corners of her mouth are slightly raised, her gait is graceful, calm and decent.
The orange cat sat on Zheng Xiu's shoulder, looking down at the "ignorant" Yue Linglong, shaking her head in amusement, sneering in her heart, "Ha~ stupid human beings", pointing to a certain direction in the jungle, Guide Zheng Xiu.
Going deep into the dense forest, the orange cat suddenly meowed: "Break it here."
Hearing this, Yue Linglong asked puzzledly: "What's broken?"
The corner of the orange cat's mouth tilted, half-smiling but not smiling.
Zheng Xiu held down the orange cat's head: "Ignore this stupid cat."
"What did you say?"
"Shut up, mascot."
"..."
Under a towering giant tree, there was a mound-like bulge. A large number of decaying leaves buried the mound. It was obvious that something was hidden inside. Zheng Xiu flapped his palm lightly, and a gust of wind blew by, causing the fallen leaves to roll up and the sky to wither and turn yellow, revealing the buried things.
What was buried under the fallen leaves was a rusty oval cabin. The cabin was hollow and its contents had long been lost. The lid was missing and it was unknown where it went. There is a row of thin hooks left on the edge of the cabin, and it is not difficult to see what was once hung on the hooks.
Zheng Xiu used great strength and easily turned the cabin over.
boom!
The orange cat got sick and slapped a big hole in the rusty cabin.
"..."
Where the orange cat was photographed, there was a striking bat-shaped trademark a second ago.
"Dead bat!"
The orange cat couldn't understand its hatred, jumped onto the rusty cabin, and stepped on it hard one after another.
Yue Linglong secretly tugged on Zheng Xiu's clothes: "Has our cat been bitten by a bat?"
The orange cat was covered in anus and looked at Yue Linglong with an unkind expression.
Zheng Xiu suppressed a smile: "Absolutely. Don't mention those two words in front of it."
Yue Linglong showed an expression of sudden realization and nodded to express her understanding.
Naturally, the orange cat would not vent its anger on the innocent Yue Linglong for the hatred that happened so many years ago. After completely trampling the cabin into a cake, the orange cat let out a long sigh of relief and felt happy again. Jumped onto Zheng Xiu's shoulders.
"What did you see?"
the orange cat asked.
"Probably... there used to be a parachute attached to it." Zheng Xiu observed the shape of the cabin. This thing was probably something like a "material delivery cabin" during his "life".
"Judging from the extent of the rust, it should have happened in recent years." Zheng Xiu ran his fingers over the rust on the surface and fell into deep thought: "Actually, when I was in Area 32, I had already suspected the production date of those cans."
"Isn't there no production date?" The orange cat looked confused at first, but soon figured it out, gritted his teeth and said: "Wait, the dead bat is still there!!!!"
"Not necessarily." Zheng Xiu appeased the orange cat: "I suspect that somewhere in the world, there should be a place that produces these cans, and they are distributed all over the world in this way from time to time."
At this time, Zheng Xiu seemed to have remembered something, and a faint smile appeared on his face. This is very similar to Feng Bei's style. Feng Bei has always been cold on the outside and hot on the inside. Since she has come here and faced the false gods, when she saw the decay and desolation of this world, she must have left something behind and done something.
Beside Zheng Xiu, Yue Linglong silently looked at her husband's faint smile without any warning, feeling a bit sour that even she didn't know why.
"Ahem, meow!"
Lady Anne coughed twice angrily.
Zheng Xiu came back to his senses and put away his smile.
"Husband."
At this moment, Yue Linglong said with a slightly stern expression.
"Ok, I know."
Zheng Xiu nodded, and there was no other change in his expression after he put away his smile.
"To be honest, it is more difficult to suppress the ability to a 'friendly' level than to go on a killing spree."
call out!
Figures flashed in the jungle, and an arrow with a green light at the end shot towards Zheng Xiu's front door without any warning.
Zheng Xiu raised his hand and held the arrow firmly in his hand.
He looked at the tip of the arrow, soaked in a layer of colorful color: "Is it highly poisonous?" After breaking the poisonous arrow, Zheng Xiu moved and knocked down a big tree like a tank, heading straight towards the place where the arrow was shot. Rushed over.
From the treetops, following Zheng Xiu's brutal collision, there was a sudden burst of exclamations. A petite figure screamed and fell from the tree.
Zheng Xiu had quick eyes and quick hands and caught the man in his hand.
The person caught in Zheng Xiu's hand was a woman as dirty as a savage. Only the chest and lower body of the woman were covered with simple rags. Her hair was unkempt, and her face was painted with dark green paint.
Also dropped with the savage was a well-maintained and lethal compound crossbow. The poisonous arrow shot at Zheng Xiu obviously came from this crossbow. An infrared sight is also installed on the top of the crossbow. Zheng Xiu exclaimed, this crossbow is considered a precious killing weapon in this world. It is not like a product that can be manufactured with the current level of craftsmanship. It is more likely that it was left behind by the previous civilization. relics.
The savage screamed strangely. She was currently being held up by one leg by Zheng Xiu and hung upside down in the air. She was struggling crazily and biting towards Zheng Xiu in a pendulum motion. Zheng Xiu casually threw the savage not far away, and the savage was thrown aside. She seemed to have no idea that Zheng Xiu, who had caught her, would let her go so easily. She was obviously stunned for a moment, then rolled over and quickly landed on the compound slave. He took an arrow and shot it into Zheng Xiu's chest.
Zheng Xiu smiled and swatted away the poisonous arrow.
call out!
The third arrow and the fourth arrow.
Zheng Xiu waved his palm and the arrow fell to the ground.
The woman was dumbfounded, the composite crossbow hanging in her hand, and she stared blankly at Zheng Xiu. Her frightened eyes seemed to be looking at a monster.
"You, you are also humanoid!"
The savage said something Zheng Xiu could understand.
Zheng Xiu smiled slightly and was noncommittal.
If others misunderstood, just misunderstand him. He couldn't personally admit that he was a "humanoid" and such a low-level thing.
Zheng Xiu's silence became a different kind of silence in the eyes of the savage. The savage gritted his teeth, grabbed the last poisonous arrow in the quiver behind his back, and stabbed himself in the neck.
"Why bother?"
Zheng Xiu shook his head, flicked his finger, and a faint white mist popped out. In an instant, the poisonous arrow in the savage's hand was frozen into powder, and the savage's original act of committing suicide turned into a punch on her neck. The severe suffocation made her lie on the ground, retching and coughing. It took a long time to recover.
You can't beat him again and again, and you can't die even if you die. The savage lay on the ground panting, looking up at Zheng Xiu with a look that seemed to be cannibalistic.
The orange cat's nose twitched slightly, "Meow?"
Zheng Xiu also moved his nose.
He looked at the savage's face carefully and was silent for a moment: "Do you know a man named Qing Shisan?"
ten minutes later.
The savage twisted his hips and led the way.
The dense forest is sparsely populated and there are no so-called roads to speak of. The road that Zheng Xiu is walking now is filled with savages who use arrows to poke at the short bushes to separate the paths, leading Zheng Xiu and Yue Linglong to go somewhere.
The savage looked back from time to time, looking warily at Zheng Xiu, Yue Linglong, and the kitten that behaved strangely and was as agile as a human. The savage looked at the chubby flesh on the kitten, swallowing saliva from time to time, but soon turned his head away with difficulty.
The savage turned around every ten steps, and his greedy eyes made Lady Anne alert.
She pointed at herself in confusion, narrowed her left eye and opened her right eye: "Isn't this stupid human being so bold as to covet my flesh?"
"Ahem, misunderstanding, misunderstanding." Zheng Xiu hid the orange cat in his arms, firstly to prevent the savages from getting greedy, and secondly, to prevent Lady Anne from going crazy.
Yue Linglong followed Zheng Xiu closely. The forest was eerily quiet, not even a grass fly, bird, snake or insect could be seen. Yue Linglong came closer and lowered her voice and asked: "Husband, how did you realize that this... girl is related to Brother Thirteen?"
"The smell of smoke."
Zheng Xiu smiled.
"The kind that Brother Thirteen usually smokes?"
"Of course not." Zheng Xiu smiled and shook his head: "First it was the smell of smoke, and then it was intuition." Zheng Xiu tapped on his temple: "Although it is intuition, in the final analysis, after becoming a god, you are not aware of these things. I have a keen sense of 'reason', and when I smelled that smell, I naturally thought of Qingpi. I asked casually, and it turned out that it was indeed the case. Her expression was inseparable, so that was it."
Zheng Xiu's rhetoric was quite metaphysical, and Yue Linglong couldn't understand it. But her husband's tone was firm, and she believed him.
The savage led the way. Gradually, the messy trees began to form a certain pattern, vaguely showing the shape of a road. In the distance, red and green roofs can be vaguely seen, as well as a dilapidated bell tower.
The hands above the bell tower stopped beating, and the surface of the clock was covered with moss.
Click.
Zheng Xiu stepped on the mud and stepped on something. When he removed the boots, he saw that it was a plastic doll, old and worn out, with half of its once cute face broken. In this dead jungle, the baby's face looked a bit ferocious and terrifying.
"Here we are, 'Beard Thirteen' is inside."
When the savage said this in a jerky tone, the sullen Yue Linglong suddenly burst into laughter, her eyes twitching desperately, unable to hold it in any longer.
This was the third time she heard Qing Shisan's new nickname called out from a barbarian's mouth. She could endure it the first two times, but this time, it was difficult.
The savage brought Zheng Xiu, Yue Linglong, and Lady Anne to an abandoned town.
The dilapidated town has long lost its former prosperity. It seemed that it was still a resort town in the past. At the entrance of the town, Zheng Xiu saw a sign lying on the side of the road. On it was a picture of a hot girl missing her upper body. Only two legs were left on the sign. There was a missing line of small words next to it: Welcome to X Day X, grid X town.
Probably a pleasant resort town, that's what it means.
When they were about to enter the town, the savage whistled twice.
Yue Linglong's face tightened, Zheng Xiu was slightly startled when he heard the whistle, and then showed a nostalgic look.
That's right, this was the secret whistle of their Zheng family that once resounded throughout the capital.
"Master! Madam!"
"Woooooo! You are finally...finally here!"
The whistle sounded loudly, and a man wearing cowhide military boots and a thick beard shouted in surprise, crying and laughing, and rushed towards Zheng Xiu and Yue Linglong.
