Wuwuwu——
As the whistle blew, the train, which was riddled with holes and scars, started to run at full power after carrying new passengers, leaving the desert and heading for unknown distances.
Boom! Boom!
The train left, and everyone in the Scorpion Gang who got on the unfamiliar train stretched out their hands by the window, hugged the iron tower several kilometers away, and shouted loudly:
"Goodbye! Desert!"
"Bye now!"
"Woah! We will come back one day!"
"Boss, one day in the future, I will definitely drive out these damn rats, leaving no one behind!"
At this moment, an inconspicuous man named Allen made great aspirations with tears in his eyes.
But before the "Scorpions" could get over their emotions, there was a roar, and the tide of rats crossed the tower. The tower, which had stood for hundreds of years, suddenly collapsed.
The air in the car suddenly solidified.
Someone cried louder.
Although the rat tide is terrifying, the harsh desert environment still slows down the progress of the rat tide to some extent. After the train picked up speed, the distance from the rat tide gradually widened.
The survivors struggling in the apocalypse escaped from the rat's mouth at a critical moment. While they breathed a sigh of relief, many of them had confused looks in their eyes.
Where can they escape to in the end?
There is always an end to the ends of the earth.
They may not even reach the end of the world. Once there is no railway ahead, most of them will not be able to escape from the terrifying rat tide.
Qing Shisan once again threw the materials piled in the last two carriages into the "Bund" and returned to the first carriage listlessly.
In the first carriage, the atmosphere was depressing and dull.
Everyone behaves in different ways.
"Shashasha..." Mia was using a portable radio device to search for nearby signals, quietly and attentively.
Yue Linglong looked as usual, holding her white chin with one hand and looking out the window with a slight smile.
An orange cat with a bulging belly squatted on the table. Several cans were already empty on the table. The orange cat still scratched the opening of the can tirelessly with his nails, trying to open it. From time to time, he stuck out his pink tongue and swirled it for a few licks.
Zheng Xiu sat in front of Pei Gaoya, and his thigh became Shirley's pillow. Shirley seemed indifferent to the movement of rats outside the train, muttering "The Sound of Evolution" from time to time, and fell asleep.
In the corner of the carriage, Gu Qiutang, with long and flowing hair, stood in the corner like a wax figure, holding a serious book of "Physics" in his hand, motionless, studying with wide eyes.
When Qing Shisan stepped into the carriage, the movement in the carriage came into view. Zheng Xiu raised his head and waved to Chao Qing Shisan.
Qing Shisan sat down next to Pei Gaoya.
"Qing is so exhausted."
Qing Shisan increased his presence in front of the leader without leaving a trace, shook his sore shoulders, and flexibly rotated his slender cigarette rod in his palm. "What are you talking about?" Qing Shisan vaguely heard the conversation between Zheng Xiu and Pei Gaoya before coming in. Just when he asked this question casually, he lowered his head and suddenly saw a small box with twenty sides sitting quietly. on the desktop.
"Eh? Why are you so interested in showing off your baby today?"
Qing Shisan recognized this box. This box seemed to be a relic left by a senior named "Ms. Night". Ever since he got this box, he has been holding it in his hand like a treasure and playing with it all day long. How can he reveal it today? Out?
"Puch!"
Yue Linglong smiled while looking at the scenery and couldn't help it.
Pei Gaoya scratched his head in confusion: "Lao Qing, what are you talking about! This is what we worked so hard to get back from the rat's nest!"
Qing Shisan was stunned when he heard this: "Huh?"
Zheng Xiu smiled and shook his head. He silently placed the other twenty-sided box next to the first small box.
When the two boxes came closer, the sharp-edged gaps between the two boxes slightly emitted a blood-red light. The blood-red light condensed slightly, and two straight thin lines gradually appeared, crossing from Zheng Xiu's Passed through the chest.
Everyone was stunned when they saw this.
The speed of light was so fast that it penetrated the master at once, catching people off guard.
Although Yue Linglong said she was looking at the scenery, her thoughts were always on her husband.
Her husband was "attacked", Yue Linglong suddenly stood up, her face pale: "Husband!"
"Don't worry, I'm fine."
Zheng Xiu looked down at the "red line" crossing his chest. Knowing that everyone had misunderstood, he quickly spoke out to prove that he was fine. Except for himself, everyone present had lost the memory related to "Feng Bei". Only he knew that this box was the clue left by Feng Bei's incarnation as "Ms. Night". Of course, he was sure that Feng Bei would not harm him.
Others don't know, so of course they are anxious.
Zheng Xiu stood up and moved away. When everyone saw it, they all let out a sigh of relief. It turns out that the two red lines converged, not because they passed through the master, but because the master just happened to block the intersection of the red lines.
I saw two red lines running straight through the seats, through the train, and extending outside the train.
In the cab at the front of the train, the Gigi brothers and Franky suddenly exclaimed over the radio: "Boss! Boss! Call the boss! Strange infrared rays suddenly appeared in front of the train. We suspect there are snipers in the distance!"
"Attention everyone! Attention everyone! We are being targeted!"
"We are being targeted! Please give instructions, boss!"
The sudden appearance of the "red line" caused confusion among believers and survivors for a moment. Zheng Xiu, dumbfounded, asked Mia to go to the cab to make a broadcast to stabilize people's hearts, and then explained to the three tool men who drove the train.
The train became quiet again and continued moving.
"These two boxes refer to Direction Meow, stupid humans."
The orange cat gave everyone a look of disdain. The arrogant expression combined with the furry face made everyone involuntarily clenched their fists and resisted the urge to beat the cat.
The orange cat was unaware of her arrogance. She continued: "It should be her, haha, who left you the guidance."
No one could tell that Lady Anne looked as lazy and elegant as before, but in fact she was filled with hatred and was trying hard to "manage the expression of the master".
As we all know, this box was the thing that once chipped two of her teeth. Now the number of "teeth-breaking boxes" has changed from one to two. Anne's ability to restrain herself from getting angry and throwing the box out in front of everyone is already adhering to the "self-cultivation of a master" .
Lady Anne made a pun and revealed the truth that Zheng Xiu was too embarrassed to tell in front of Yue Linglong. What Yue Linglong still doesn't know is that "Ms. Night" can indeed be called her "predecessor" in every sense.
"Ms. Night...the guidance she left for her husband?"
The orange cat's words dropped a pebble into Yue Linglong's calm heart. She became inexplicably alert. Even she herself couldn't tell where this strange alert came from.
"Wait a minute," Qing Shisan bit the cigarette rod: "Lao Pei, tell me, how did you get this box?"
"Well, tell me."
Zheng Xiu knocked on the table.
Lao Pei burst into tears and recounted his tragic experiences in the past three years.
It turns out that it has been three years since Pei Gaoya landed in this world.
His "birth point" is thousands of kilometers away from where he is now.
Using the translation function of "Brand", he soon integrated into the world and survived as a "survivor".
The area where Pei Gaoya is located has serious radiation and pollution, similar to Area 32. The ground environment is harsh and cannot allow normal human beings to survive.
In order to compete for insignificant supplies and "airdrop boxes", wars broke out in his district again and again. He experienced corpses strewn in the fields and rivers of blood, and watched corpses rotting and blood drying up.
Pei Gaoya is considered experienced in many battles and quickly made a name for himself in the local area.
Finally one day, the area where he lived was short of supplies and could no longer survive, so he decided to seek a way to survive in the next area.
Of course, Lao Pei never gave up on reuniting with Zheng Xiu and others. However, in the last days, the transmission of signals was seriously interfered with. The communication between their apostles seemed to be subject to some strange barriers, and he was unable to contact them. other people.
After going through all kinds of hardships through the radiation-contaminated area and arriving at the next door area, Pei Gaoya suffered from severe "radiation disease" and festered abscesses all over his body. In his words, he just barely mutated.
Moreover, the district next door is extremely xenophobic. When the local armed group heard that a "powerful humanoid" was going to cross the district, they united and launched a brutal attack on Pei Gaoya, who was infected with radiation sickness. siege.
"We can't remember how many people we killed that day." Pei Gaoya looked sadly at his calloused hands: "I didn't like killing people with my hands in the past. I always felt dirty when cooking. But that day, We couldn't help but broke the precept, this hand broke the necks of seventy-two people, and this hand broke the spines of fifty-six people."
"As for those under my feet, they are even more numerous."
"Their firepower was too strong. After we started killing people, we took advantage of the fact that they threw many grenades and the street was full of smoke, so we opened the manhole cover and slipped into the sewer."
"We don't remember how long we crawled in the sewer, and our wounds were covered with white bugs. We wanted to press 'Escape' several times and go back in despair. The worst we could do was put a few more sticks of incense in front of the graves of my wife and children. Let them not blame Lao Pei for being incompetent."
The carriage fell silent, except for Pei Gaoya's slightly hoarse voice as he recalled the past.
They all seemed to be immersed in Lao Pei's desperate situation at that time. Mia seemed to be touched by Lao Pei's words, remembering her miserable time living in the sewer, and couldn't help turning her head and secretly wiping tears.
"Oh! But as expected, if you believe in the master, you will have eternal life!" Lao Pei suddenly grinned: "As expected, we have been protected by the master. What do you mean by this? There is no perfect path for mankind?"
"In the sewer, we vaguely saw a man sitting there motionless, as if he was dead. We crawled toward him inexplicably, thinking at the time that if this guy died, we would leave some behind. How about two bites of bread or something?"
like a statue?
These four words instantly triggered everyone’s impression of someone, wow! Everyone's eyes turned to Gu Qiutang, who was motionless in the corner.
Destroy the wolf!
When Qing Shisan heard this, the corners of his eyes and mouth couldn't stop twitching.
His words were not directed at Pei Gaoya, but at Gu Qiutang.
Qing Shisan never expected that Gu Qiutang would hide in a sewer, a dark and smelly place where human willpower is extremely exercised, saying that he would not move even if he did not move.
This guy was rewarded by Zheng Xiu before leaving the house and became a [Knighter] with a different sect. However, his cultivation method has not deviated from the "sect rules". He still diligently restrains himself and abides by the rules. and restrictions, worthy of the evaluation of "killing the wolf".
Qing Shisan rubbed the corners of his mouth that were throbbing with pain, and finally couldn't help but pat Pei Gaoya on the shoulder and sighed: "He is more suitable to be a 'gravekeeper' than you."
"No!" Pei Gaoya also wondered why he had become a "gravekeeper" inexplicably, but he quickly shook his head, Chao Qing Shisan blinked mysteriously: "Hey, don't say it, 'gravekeeper' , we did develop something trivial..."
"Don't mention the things for now, let's continue talking about the boxes."
Seeing that Pei Gaoya couldn't help bragging about his "gravekeeper" ability, Zheng Xiu was not very interested and knocked on the table again to remind Pei Gaoya to continue talking about the box.
"Okay, sir!"
Pei Gaoya didn't brag in front of Qing Shisan, and felt itchy in his heart, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He smacked his lips and continued: "Later, we recovered from the illness under Lao Tang's care. Unexpectedly, our health was worse than usual after being exposed to radiation. Stronger.”
Pei Gaoya calls Gu Qiutang "Lao Tang", and Gu Qiutang calls Pei Gao Ya "Lao Pei". It can be seen that in the years when Zheng Xiu and Qing Shisan were not around, the two relied on each other, became more familiar, and became life and death friends.
This is why Gu Qiutang was able to completely hand over his body to Pei Gaoya, allowing Pei Gaoya to carry him and run wildly, motionless for more than 20 days, not even risking his life.
After Pei Gaoya recovered from his illness, he naturally wanted revenge. It took several months for Pei Gaoya and Gu Qiutang to join forces and dominate the area. They established a firm foothold and killed all the predators who had surrounded and attacked him in the past. .
Later, Pei Gaoya discovered that there were more and more rats in the ruins of the city, causing a plague. Pei Gaoya, a brave and talented person, guessed that there must be a big one behind the group of rats, so he thought about exterminating the rats and made a detailed plan to kill them all, hoping to kill them all.
Pei Gaoya worked hard and finally found the rats' base camp.
It was at this time that Pei Gaoya told what he saw in the rat's nest, a scene he would never forget.
Pei Gaoya scratched his scalp and said with lingering fear: "That was an old hydropower plant. There used to be a huge reservoir underground. In the pool... damn, Pei, I have never seen so many rats in my life. .”
"One thousand? Ten thousand? One hundred thousand? Old Pei, I really can't count them." Pei Gaoya recalled the scene: "Countless rats squeezed hard into an open space in the middle, squeezing out their internal organs. , eyeballs, bones, blood foam, they kept squeezing and rushing towards the middle, as if something was attracting them in the open space, but the mouse at the front seemed to be blocked, as if there was an invisible side. wall."
"It stinks! It stinks so much! In the reservoir, rats eat the carcasses of dead rats and then breed and give birth to babies. The babies grow up quickly and push forward."
Pei Gaoya tried hard to describe the scene that he would never forget with a lack of vocabulary, but his words were feeble.
"Can you imagine that scene? Rats are squeezing. If they can't squeeze in, they will be squeezed to death. The dead rats will be eaten. Those who eat the rat meat will give birth to babies where they are. After giving birth to new rats, they will start to squeeze forward... It's like It's... it's like..."
Gu Qiutang, who was reading "Physics" silently, suddenly said two words: "Cycle."
"Yes! Loop!" Pei Gaoya slapped his head and gave a thumbs up in the direction of Gu Qiutang: "It's a loop! They seem to be looping! For that thing in the middle."
"Old Pei, I knew the thing was very important as soon as I saw it. It's probably a treasure. Try to go in and have a look."
"I never expected that there was no invisible wall there. I just jumped in and jumped in."
"In the open space, surrounded by countless rats, is this broken box that cannot be opened."
Pei Gaoya paused suddenly and lowered his head, thinking of something.
"As soon as we picked up the box, the circulating rats suddenly and strangely stopped moving at all."
"Really, one second they were squeezing around, and then in the blink of an eye, in an instant, swoosh! It seemed like they were all frozen and didn't move."
The more Qing Shisan listened, the more curious he became: "What happened next?"
Gu Qiutang walked towards Pei Gaoya, with a smile on his face: "Later, Lao Pei was like poking a rat's nest."
Qing Shisan was startled when he heard this: "What do you mean?"
Pei Gaoya smiled coquettishly: "Have you also seen the frenzy of rats in the desert today? Hehe, it's similar to this. After taking the box, all the rats ran out. I grabbed Lao Tang and ran away without looking back. , ran out of the city, and when I looked back, I saw that the entire city had been eaten by rats. You can probably guess what happened next. I was chased by rats for thousands of kilometers, all the way to here."
(End of chapter)
