Eee~Eee~Eee~
Entering the room, the rotten wooden floor bore the weight of the three people, causing them to scream in agony. The walls made of nailed wooden boards once had cracks due to the erosion of time. At the same time, some people used simple wooden boards to re-seal the cracks and repair them. Now they can barely be used to protect against wind and rain.
Qing Shisan led Zheng Xiu and Yue Linglong into the town and came to a small house with a blue roof. They picked up dry firewood and filled it into the stove. Bang, Qing Shisan casually took out a square metal lighter from his pocket, lit the dry wood in the stove, and turned it into a raging fire.
After a while, the wild woman who attacked Zheng Xiu and his wife in the jungle lowered her head and honestly and silently picked up a kettle, filled it with water, and placed it on the stove.
While Qing Shisan was busy lighting a fire and boiling water, Yue Linglong sat quietly in the living room, stroking the orange cat's messy hair from time to time. Lady Anne does not reject Yue Linglong. After all, Yue Linglong was also a human who made "fish cakes" for Lady Anne. What bad intentions would a human being who can make fried fish cakes have? So Lady Anne's eyes were closed, as if she was enjoying Yue Linglong's caress.
"Canned! Canned! I want that kind of canned!"
After being caressed for a while, Lady Anne suddenly raised her head, her paws connected with the "fish cake", and she seemed to smell Feng Bei's "cooking smell".
Qing Shisan, who was blowing fire from a pipe, was stunned when he heard this, and then whistled a few times.
Soon, the same wild woman grabbed a intact can in each hand and placed it on the table.
"Bo~" "Bo~"
As usual, the orange cat took out his claws when he disagreed, slapped the bat LOGO off the can, enjoyed the pleasure and double pleasure of the bull-headed cat, and then tore open the can and started enjoying the food.
Zheng Xiu was currently looking at the furnishings in the house through the dim light of the afternoon.
The dilapidated house is clearly a relic left by the previous generations. After simple renovation, it is barely inhabitable. It can be seen that Qing Shisan has lived here for some time. A family portrait hangs on the mottled wall. Naturally, the family portrait has nothing to do with Qing Shisan. The family photos have long since turned yellow, and the figures of the parents, a family of three, have been washed away by time and cannot be seen clearly. The child standing in the middle squatted on the ground, holding the forearm of a big yellow dog, showing an innocent and somewhat shy smile.
This photo captures the most ordinary moments of human life in this small town before the disaster.
The kettle makes a high-pitched sound, which means the water is boiling. Qing Shisan found four clean cups, took out a jar from under the table, and distressedly took out a few pieces of bark-like stuff from the jar, threw it into the cup, poured in hot water, and the "bark" was absorbed by the hot water. After soaking, a circle of light brown color emerged.
"What is this?"
Zheng Xiu sat down and asked.
"Chen Pi, old Chen, this is a rare treasure in this world."
Qing Shisan showed off his treasures.
Zheng Xiuxiu wanted to pick up the cup and take a sip, but suddenly remembered something and asked again: "How old is it?"
"Probably, more than a hundred years."
Zheng Xiu and Yue Linglong put down their cups at the same time and said in unison: "Change to a glass of water."
At this time, the orange cat had finished drinking, burped, and looked at the couple with a confused look on his face.
"Tell me about it."
Reunions are understated, often without too many pleasantries and courtesy. Zheng Xiu tapped the table gently, Qing Shisan recalled, holding his thick dark beard, pondering for a moment, and recounted his wandering life in the past two years.
Yes, two years.
They were mentally prepared before they invaded this world. In order to ensure the confidentiality of the "invasion", the world nodes they enter may not be the same. Not long after Zheng Xiugang "landed", Yue Linglong had been living for half a year, and Qing Shisan had been walking alone in this world for two years, struggling to survive. No wonder he has a beard full of vicissitudes of life and is nicknamed "Thirteen Beards".
"When Qing first landed, he was in the ruins of a city. The city's style was completely different from that of Daqian. Iron monsters could be seen everywhere, towering pavilions, and bridges that once could not be seen to the end. Qing was shocked. It was only then that Qing truly understood what it means to have a sky outside the sky. We used to be like frogs at the bottom of a well, sitting in the well and looking at the sky without knowing it."
Qing Shisan's opening remarks were a little emotional.
"Qing later discovered that this world cannot be inhabited by ordinary people. They can only live underground. The scorching sun, low temperature, poisonous gas, and radiation can cause unprotected ordinary people to suffer from serious diseases in the blink of an eye and die in pain." Qing Shisan He showed an expression of lingering fear: "Fortunately, with the help of the master, Qing became a 'stranger'. He is gifted and has a certain resistance to those things. Otherwise, Qing would have been a newbie in this world and would not have survived for three days." .”
"The 'imprint' left by the master allowed Qing to gradually understand the language and characters of the foreign land. Qing spent several months fabricating several identities for himself, and finally blended in with the local survivors. Here, ask for news."
"Qing has been trying to find out about the master, madam, and other people, and to find a way to join you, master. Unfortunately, things have gone counterproductive. This place is too vast, and at the same time extremely closed and narrow. Qing wants to find out more about it outside the city. news, it’s almost impossible.”
"Until one day, I learned about the largest gang in the area, the 'One-Eyed Snake Gang'. Their leader had a map leading to the 'Valley'. That was the direction they inadvertently learned through a radio eavesdropping. From this direction The valuable information obtained after repeated deliberation and investigation of the route.”
"Qing sneaked inside and secretly overheard them saying that there is free breathing air, clean water, a lot of food, and many... ahem, women and children in the valley. As the saying goes, there must be monsters when things go wrong. The thing that created such a movement in this apocalyptic world is either the work of the master, or it is related to our goal."
Qing Shisan took a sip of the century-old tangerine peel water, showing an expression of enjoyment, and continued: "Master and Madam, you must have guessed that the 'valley' recorded on that map is here."
Qing Shisan took out a crumpled cigarette box with three exquisite cigarettes hidden inside. Qing Shisan conjured up his precious cigarette stick as if by magic, tore open the cigarette paper and stuffed the tobacco into his cigarette pocket. Just when he was about to light it, Qing Shisan seemed to remember something, stared at Yue Linglong and asked: "Madam, it's convenient No?"
Yue Linglong pursed her lips and smiled and nodded.
Under Qing Shisan's control, the swirling smoke transformed into various strange shapes, lingering in the room.
"Unfortunately, Qingmou guessed wrong." Qing Shisan said rather sadly: "Qingmou spent a lot of effort, grabbed the map, and arrived at the 'valley', but he didn't find the master and his wife, nor did he find Lao Pei and Gu Qiutang. "
"I never expected that the master and his wife would be here today. It seems that it is destined. God bless you!" Qing Shisan finished speaking subconsciously and suddenly cast his eyes on Zheng Xiu's calm face. He changed his words and said: "Ah, bah, bah, bah! It's my blessing!"
He almost forgot that Zheng Xiu is their god now, a serious god.
Zheng Xiu roughly understood Qing Shisan’s experiences in the past two years and the causes and consequences of arriving in the valley. Qing Shisan twitched twice and suddenly coughed violently. Zheng Xiu frowned. Qing Shisan just talked about the experience of "grabbing the map" lightly, in one sentence, but according to Zheng Xiu's understanding of Qing Shisan, it was not that simple.
"What happened to the group of people you led? Does it have anything to do with your injury?"
Zheng Xiu asked.
Qing Shisan was stunned when he heard this, and the smoke froze. Then he smiled helplessly and knocked the cigarette rod on the corner of the table, letting down the cigarette ashes. "As expected, I couldn't hide it from the master. When I was trying to grab the map, I encountered some setbacks and got a little injured."
He opened his clothes and exposed his skin. There were several thumb-thick scars on his chest and belly, running from the front to the back. Although the wound had long since healed, Yue Linglong couldn't help but gasped when she saw the wound. She couldn't imagine what could have left such a terrible wound.
Qing Shisan calmly put his clothes back on, revealing a somewhat self-deprecating smile: "Qing was indeed careless. He underestimated the aborigines here at first." Qing Shisan touched the healed wound through his clothes: "Wan I never imagined that there are aberrant creatures in this world. Of course, aberrant creatures are not scary. The most terrifying thing are the 'humanoids' who have even more unreasonable abilities than thaumaturges."
Hearing this, Zheng Xiu and Yue Linglong looked at each other.
The two of them are also called "humanoids" in the eyes of others.
But neither Yue Linglong nor Zheng Xiu had ever encountered a serious humanoid species.
Of course Zheng Xiu has no fear, but Qing Shisan can be said to be one of his most capable men. Even Qing Shisan almost capsized in the gutter, which shows that this thing called "humanoid" does have some skills. So Zheng Xiu gently raised his chin and signaled Qing Shisan to continue.
"Humanoids are human beings in this world who possess various strange abilities. But to explain it in terms of this world, 'humanoids' have long been separated from the category of 'mortal'. According to Qing, the abilities of humanoids , compared to Ye Weiyang's 'Shangxian' in the past, it's only stronger but not weaker."
I don't know since when, "Ye Weiyang's Shangxian" has become the unit of comparison in Qing Shisan's heart.
"The leader of the One-Eyed Snake Gang is a humanoid. He has the ability to emit strange light when he whistles. It was the whistling light that seriously injured Qing."
Qing Shisan said with lingering fear: "The speed of the light was faster than any hidden weapon Qing had ever seen. It was like a beam of light. The moment Qing heard the whistle, it had already fallen on Qing."
Zheng Xiu laughed dumbly: "Change the 'whistle' into a 'laser'?"
"Ah, yes, yes!" Qing Shisan heard this and echoed: "Master is wise! That's what they call that ability, laser, yes, it's laser."
Zheng Xiu picked at the knot on his forehead, pondered for a moment, and then smiled: "It's interesting."
Qing Shisan glanced outside the house. There were many people in savage costumes walking around outside. They were similar to the first savage who attacked Zheng Xiu. They were wrapped in simple rags and their faces were painted like chameleons to hide themselves. They used compound crossbows or crossbows as weapons, and the arrows were filled with poison. In Zheng Xiu's opinion, their behavior was like a special forces group in the jungle, a bit like a "brotherhood". It seems that he has been carefully trained by Qing Shisan.
Yue Linglong took a sip of warm water and asked curiously: "Brother Thirteen, how did you kill... the 'laser' you mentioned?"
"Hey!" When Qing Shisan heard this, he was happy and puffed up his chest: "The opponent's ability is weird, and we are not bad either! Although Qing was careless and did not dodge, and was hit twice, Qing has experienced many battles after all. , I learned from my master’s teachings. After being injured, Qing made a quick decision and dragged the thing into the Bund with all his strength, threw it into the river and soaked it for a while. When he went back a few days later, he saw that he was drowned.”
Yue Linglong: "..."
"Qing was seriously injured and fought his way out of the ground, but they didn't dare to chase him. With bullets raining from behind, Qing didn't dare to stop. He followed the map and rushed out of the city."
"On the edge of the city, Qing passed out, but was accidentally rescued by Xia Sha... Xia Sha, Xia Sha, I still find this name difficult to pronounce after more than a year. Xia Sha is a believer of Lady Night, and even you won't believe it. , it turns out that before we invaded this world, there were other 'predecessors' who came here! Qing accidentally gained their trust with his well-spoken and well-spoken language, and was regarded by them as the spokesperson of 'Ms. Night'... Eh. ? Master, madam, why do you two look so... so weird? "
Qing Shisan didn't realize it before, but the expressions of the two at this moment made Qing Shisan think of three words involuntarily: husband and wife.
Yue Linglong did not conceal the fact that she was also mistaken as the "spokesperson" by the followers of "Ms. Night".
When Qing Shisan understood the whole story, after a moment of astonishment, he couldn't help but feel a little funny. After chuckling for a while, Qing Shisan suppressed his smile and said sternly: "I don't know who this lady of the night is. If she is my ancestor, or an ancient person from the previous dynasty, she must be amazingly talented and beautiful, different from ordinary people, it is impossible to He has no name. How come he has never left his name in the annals of history?"
"Well……"
Zheng Xiu huffed.
Qing Shisan became serious at this moment, frowning and murmuring to himself: "Oops! This mysterious lady of the night arrived first. She has been working here for a long time, leaving countless legends and followers everywhere. Qing is worried..."
"Well……"
Qing Shisan stroked his thick beard and said while stroking: "Qing is worried that our Zheng's Kingdom, which is what you are planning to do, has already fallen into the hands of this senior? After all, that senior landed first, She is a person from hundreds of years ago, and she may even ascend to godhood like you, sir... Huh?" Qing Shisan raised his head and looked at Zheng Xiu's hesitant expression. He couldn't help but interrupt his thinking and asked: "Sir, why do you look so embarrassed?"
"Uh... It's not awkward, it's not awkward."
"Sir, you must have great supernatural powers. You have already had an affair with Ms. Night..." Qing Shisan showed a sudden look on his face. He glanced at the "Madam" who was immersed in drinking water, and quietly made a gesture that everyone understood.
The orange cat on the side rolled with laughter, its snow-white belly turned over, and it meowed with a smile.
"Ahem, don't talk nonsense." Zheng Xiu coughed twice and winked at Qing Shisan. Qing Shisan understood in seconds and immediately shut up: "By the way, sir, there is actually something to do with what happened to Qing." halfway."
"Yeah, tell me." Zheng answered calmly.
"Beyond the dam, there is a residential area. It is said that there are various technological artifacts left by the predecessors. This valley is as pure as a paradise in the end of the world, but it has not been discovered by the world for two reasons. First, There is a device called a signal jammer on the other side of the dam, which prevents radio signals from being transmitted in the valley. Secondly, it is because there are three terrifying humanoids in the residential area of the dam. Once they find outside intruders, they will personally kill them. Intruders eradicated.”
At this point, Qing Shisan turned around and exposed his back. It turned out that there were other scars on his back: it was an eschar like an electric shock.
"When I arrived here after going through all kinds of hardships, I had a fierce battle with one of the three humanoids. I won by luck and was allowed to live in the valley."
Oops.
Zheng Xiu suddenly stood up and said to Qing Shisan: "Open the door and go to the train."
"?"
Zheng Xiu smiled: "According to what you said, there should be a fight over there."
(End of chapter)
