"He started an 'evolution' in this apocalyptic world!"
Shirley's words made Zheng Xiu understand.
But the deeper purpose is still unknown.
Zheng Xiu comforted Shirley and came outside the house.
"I heard it."
Walls have ears, and for existences at the level of Zheng Xiu and Orange Cat, it’s even more so. There are no walls at all.
"Is He preparing for 'all-out war'?"
When Zheng Xiu wasn't paying attention, the orange cat pulled an unopened can from somewhere and was scratching the seal of the can with his sharp nails.
Zheng Xiu was stunned when he heard this, then shook his head and smiled: "If it is really possible to prevent problems before they happen... I admire Him."
The orange cat's paws spread out, indicating that the pseudo-god's rank was too low, and she couldn't put herself into the pseudo-god's rank to think about the problem. She was powerless, so she ran to the roof and enjoyed cans with Fengbei flavor in peace.
"Although you are a cat, you are really a dog."
Orange Cat's "hands off shopkeeper" look was completely ruined, which made Zheng Xiu grit his teeth a bit. But when he thought about the identity of the other party's "mascot", he couldn't get angry anymore. It’s enough that the mascot is auspicious, so what’s wrong with cats?
From Shirley's description, Zheng Xiu now knew that there were two types of "humanoids".
The first is the level of "Head-Drill Man", who has only awakened "ability" and belongs to the lower-level "humanoid". Shirley, on the other hand, is an upper-level humanoid who has both awakened "powers" and been given "artifacts".
Although Shirley herself didn’t know what the “ability” she had been given was, the “voice of evolution” she heard told her that there was a clear inclusive relationship between upper-level humanoids and lower-level humanoids.
The only difference between upper-level humanoids and lower-level humanoids is whether they have awakened the artifact. Awakening the "artifact" will inevitably lead to a higher level. Upper-level humanoids can awaken abilities, but currently Shirley has not discovered her "abilities" yet. What is it.
"Sacred weapon." This card was played openly, and it was difficult for Zheng Xiu to convince himself that the abilities given to Shirley were not related to the false gods of this world.
What is He planning?
Zheng Xiu sat under the eaves, playing with the mysterious relic box with two broken "Teeth of the Dominator", becoming more and more curious about what was inside.
The purpose of coming to this world has naturally changed from one thing to two things.
The "valley" is very good. For Mia, Xiasha, Shirley and other survivors who once lived in the dark sewers, they can breathe freely without wearing protective masks. This mountain valley is their ideal place, it is them Paradise is their destination.
But for Zheng Xiu, his end point is further away. Feng Bei has left this world long ago. Feng Bei left something at the end of the world in a place called "Paradise", or the key that can open this mysterious relic box. Therefore, Zheng Xiu must first reach the place passed down by the followers of the Lady of the Night for hundreds of years. "paradise".
"Come out."
Zheng Xiu, who was deep in thought, calmly put away the relic box, while Mia walked out from the shade of the tree with a nervous look on her face.
"Worried about Shirley?"
Mia nodded.
"Don't worry, she will be fine for now. But if what you want to ask is whether she can return to a normal human being, then I'm sorry, it's not possible."
Mia opened her mouth wide, then bit her lower lip, nodded slightly, her struggling eyes seemed to be thinking about something.
The two were silent for a while.
Zheng Xiu looked at Mia with burning eyes.
Mia's thoughts were as if she were naked and defenseless in front of Zheng Xiu. Zheng Xiu didn't spend much effort to see through Mia's thoughts. Thoughtfully, he said: "If you doubted me, wouldn't you have already Here I am, I can tell you that I was watching shortly after you were attacked."
Mia was shocked when she heard this, with "why" written all over her eyes.
Zheng Xiu smiled and raised an index finger: "Mia, you may have misunderstood something."
"I appear in front of you not as a saint, nor as a savior. In this world, there is no giving without reason, and there is no giving without reason."
"In this world, no one can live as a matter of course. As long as you are a human, you will die. This is the way of heaven and the law. This is the 'principle' of all things."
"You are my believer, I can give you appropriate help, but they are not."
"I may act on a whim to save them, or I may act on a whim as a bystander, quietly watching them approach the end of their lives."
"Facts have proved that human beings are always such a kind of creature, and they often bloom bright and charming sparks in adversity. Survival of the fittest, the weak and the strong, there is a being who started this game called 'evolution', you, Either follow the rules of the game, or, like me, not be bound by the rules of the game from the beginning and jump outside the rules, these are the only two ways."
Zheng Xiu said this with a smile.
When she said these words, Mia couldn't feel any emotion from Zheng Xiu's tone. Either mocking, indifferent, or heartless. No matter which one it is, Mia will feel that it is normal if she has any emotions. This is the end of the world, a world where people cannibalize people, and only by peeling off the skin of hypocrisy can one survive in this cruel world. But, Zheng Xiu said this as if he was stating a matter of course.
Mia couldn't help but have an illusion. When Zheng Xiu said this, Mia thought of a superior person who controlled everything, overlooking the sand table called "the end of the world", watching with cold eyes, and commenting on the "sand table" without changing his expression. Everything is happening in the middle.
I don’t know why, Zheng Xiu’s gesture makes Mia... very fascinated.
There was a blurred color in her eyes, and she asked in a tone that sounded like she was talking in her sleep: "Boss, are you really... a humanoid?"
"what you think?"
Mia lowered her head and hesitated for a moment, feeling torn about whether she should say something or not. After a while, he cautiously tried: "...it doesn't look like it."
Zheng Xiu smiled: "Ms. Heiye and I come from the same place."
Mia was stunned for a moment.
Zheng Xiu looked at Mia's stunned expression with wide eyes and open mouth, and blinked: "I'll tell you a secret."
"ah?"
"Ms. Night, she is my wife."
"ah???"
Since Feng Bei was completely forgotten by everyone, this was the first time Zheng Xiu showed off to a stranger that Feng Bei was his wife.
Even Zheng Xiu himself found this complicated mood a bit baffling, and a strange sense of pride surged into his heart.
The town said it was big or small, so Mia and others chose an unclaimed room to temporarily settle in, giving the deserted town a bit more life.
At night, the dim light shines through the dust clouds into the valley, staining it with a sickly blood red color.
A signal flare was fired high into the sky from the other side of the dam and lingered for a long time.
Zheng Xiu stared at the signal flare in the sky.
"master."
Qing Shisan came to Zheng Xiu and looked in the direction of the dam: "The purpose of this signal flare is to negotiate with us. They should have noticed that something happened to the head driller. There are only three humanoids in the Hyena Gang. Let us kill them." One, it’s hard to get over this matter. Qing ventured to speculate that they probably suspected that we were working together."
"If you doubt it, just doubt it. It just so happens that I also want to go up and recruit some talents."
"Talent?" Qing Shisan asked in confusion.
"Someone who can fix trains."
Qing Shisan was not surprised by Zheng Xiu’s decision. Although Zheng Xiu lightly used the two seemingly harmonious words "just right" and "collect", but how to collect just right, Qing Shisan thought about Zheng Xiu's style for a moment, and guessed the fate of the Hyena Gang, and couldn't help but secretly A few seconds of silence were observed for the hyena gang on the dam.
Qing Shisan grinned: "By coincidence, Qing learned that the side of the dam used to be a military base, and there were a lot of equipment left behind by the ancients. In addition to the signal shielding device that can cover the entire valley, there should be a Radio communication equipment used by the Taiwanese military. As long as we snatch that communication equipment, we can use that military radio equipment to contact the outside world and find a way to contact Lao Pei and Gu Qiutang."
"Should?" Zheng Xiu glanced at Qing Shisan without leaving any trace.
"Hehe! I have a sharp eye!" Qing Shisan scratched his head a little embarrassed: "Qing sneaked in and looked for it. There was a heavily guarded room, and things should be hidden in it. Qing took a sneak peek, and there was a machine everywhere. Qing was not familiar with the light-emitting machine and was not sure about it. But after knocking around and asking others, he found that it must be a military radio equipment. It was unmistakable. Because Qing didn’t know how to use it even after he snatched it, he never took action. .”
Zheng Xiu had an expression of "Sure enough," he knew Qing Shisan. Cong Liang Qing Shi San is an outlaw and a madman. In this world without legal and moral constraints, it is strange that he would be a good person.
"But sir," Qing Shisan calmed down the laughter on his face and said seriously: "In addition to the head driller that the kid killed, the Hyena Gang also has two humanoids. One of them, Qing, has fought against him before, and he is quite capable. Terrifying, moving, thunder and lightning, frightening power. Ordinary people, let alone living names, even have a lot of trouble getting close. That person is the leader of the hyena gang. If the master was in his heyday, this little trick should be included I can’t help you, but now I’m entering the game as an incarnation, and I have many concerns..."
"What do you think?"
Zheng Xiu asked.
Qing Shisan calmly lit the cigarette, took a puff, and raised two fingers: "Split them and kill them."
After a while.
Qing Shisan and Zheng Xiu went into a small dark room to plot. He spread out an old map, and it clearly showed the landscape of the valley.
Qing Shisan pointed to a wooden house-shaped sign near the dam and said:
"After Qing moved into the valley, every time they fired a signal bomb, the meaning of the bomb was to ask Qing to come here for negotiations. Now that their three leaders are dead, the Hyena Gang can only make two guesses without knowing the master's background. One is Qing took action, and secondly, among the external organizations riding the train, there were humanoids who could kill the third in command. No matter what the possibility was, the one who came to negotiate with Qing must be one of the remaining two humanoids. one."
After a few words, Zheng Xiu understood Qing Shisan's thoughts: "You plan to drag one by yourself, and I will lead others around, go straight into the camp, kill the humanoid in the camp, and then return to support you?"
"That's probably what it means. Qing doesn't dare to say anything else. His ability to escape and save his life is no longer inferior to anyone else, except for the master, of course."
Qing Shisan emphasized the emphasis on the word "人" in "anyone".
Zheng Xiu nodded, but something suddenly sounded wrong: "What do you mean?"
"No! Absolutely not!" Qing Shisan blinked innocently, then sincerely.
It was getting dark, and Qing Shisan was ready to set off.
Xia Sha was worried and originally wanted to go with Qing Shisan. But after Qing Shisan persuaded him, he finally reluctantly joined the "raid on the dam" team.
After Xia Sha rescued Qing Shisan, Qing Shisan spent two years giving "Assassin's Self-cultivation" to Xia Sha without reservation. The result was to train twenty people walking in the night. jungle assassin.
Twenty people led by Xia Sha are good at hiding and shooting, just like Qing Shisan brought the inheritance of "Brotherhood" from Daqian to the doomsday world.
"This is not Daqian. The distance Qing can open the door is limited by the size of Qing's bund. So Qing can only open the door and send you to the top of the dam when he is near the hut."
Qing Shisan briefly explained to Zheng Xiu the difference between the two worlds of [The Ferryman].
Zheng Xiu from the Orange Cat Club only brought Mia and Shirley. In fact, Zheng Xiu originally wanted to go alone, which was more convenient. But Shirley took the initiative to follow him. For various reasons, Zheng Xiu took Shirley with him. Mia was worried and decided to go together.
She patted her chest and promised that she would never be held back.
Under the cover of night, a group of people entered the jungle. In order to preserve his strength, Qing Shisan walked all the way on foot, and when he approached the hut under the dam, he activated the smoke and opened the door.
Qing Shisan also uses the term "humanoid" to explain his innate alien skills to outsiders.
The group headed by Xia Sha was not surprised by Qing Shisan's door-opening skills. Before stepping into the door, they looked pious, pressed their fists on their chests, and whispered softly:
"We are a 'fraternity,'"
"We hide in the night, we yearn for the dawn,"
"All things are false, all things are permitted."
Hearing the familiar lines, Zheng Xiu was slightly startled. He didn't expect Qing Shisan to bring this set of "rules" into the world. It's just a different thing. When the Zheng Brotherhood said these lines, they regarded the lines as "rules", while when Xia Sha and others recited these three lines in a low voice, they gave Zheng Xiu the feeling that, They saw this as...faith.
They were born in a dark world, they look forward to the dawn and believe in the dawn.
With a slight smile, Zheng Xiu walked through the door and arrived at the top of the dam in a blink of an eye.
Above the dam, there is a building surrounded by barbed wire. The strict architectural style is just as Qing Shisan described, and it looks like a military base. Bright and dazzling spotlights move around the base. Contrary to the dark environment of Area 32 at night, the night here is bright and clear, like a sleepless city independent of the apocalypse.
Well-equipped raiders patrol the watchtowers. From time to time, there was loud laughter, melodious music played by an old gramophone, and noisy curses from a group of people laughing, playing and gambling.
Zheng Xiu picked at the knot on his forehead. He was considering whether to go in directly or take a roundabout way. After all, he still has to search for talents among the looters who can repair trains, but he can't kill them.
Zheng Xiu had only been thinking for a few seconds when the camp suddenly became quiet. An angry curse came from the intercom inside.
rub! rub! rub!
Wuwuwu——
The alarm sounded in the military base, and the messy spotlights quickly focused on Zheng Xiu, making Zheng Xiu suddenly become a firefly in the dark night and the focus of everyone.
"Huh?" Zheng Xiu was a little surprised to be discovered suddenly. He frowned slightly and moved his right foot away. The next second, he showed a look of realization. His right foot was stepping on an ordinary coin.
Coins from various eras and countries were scattered around. Zheng Xiu's intuition told him that these coins exposed his existence.
"do not move!"
From the sentry tower, angry curses were heard. Click, the sound of a gun being loaded, the looters on the sentry tower aimed their guns at Zheng Xiu and others under the spotlight.
The expressions of Mia, Xia Sha and others instantly became solemn, and they raised their guns and compound crossbows respectively, and they were unafraid to take counter-aims, as if they were fighting to the death. There was a tense atmosphere in front of the base. Only Shirley, who was following Zheng Xiu, looked around, biting her fingers, and seemed very curious about everything.
Zheng Xiu stood calmly under the spotlight with his hands behind his back, smiling slightly.
After a while, the alarm suddenly stopped, and the heavy barbed wire gate opened with the sound of mechanical gears clicking. A blond young man wearing a crisp suit and glasses, surrounded by a group of predators, walked out of the base gate step by step.
