Chapter 46 Artificial Selection
Gu Tianbai pushed Xiao Qi's face back, "Concentrate on driving. Is that piece of black coal your boyfriend in city A?"
"No." Bai Zhi played with the key in her hand. The key was a silver flat pendant the size of a fingernail. There were no patterns on the front and back, and there was only a hanging ring on the top. Looks very ordinary.
Gu Tianbai took out a small box and gave it to her, "I think you might like this one."
Bai Zhi opened the box that contained the warmth of her loved ones. There was a rose gold bracelet in the box, with several small diamonds gathered into a wave. Bai Zhi picked up the bracelet, and the cold and thin chain slipped between her fingers, "I like it very much."
"Tie it on. It looks a bit like a dog tag." Gu Tianbai rolled up his sleeves and showed his dog tags. A thick steel chain slipped from the cuffs, and a similar pendant hung on the chain.
"However, it seems that mine is not strong." Bai Zhi shook the bracelet gently.
Gu Tianbai laughed and pulled away the cloth at the bottom of the box, revealing a steel chain made of the same material, but more slender. Bai Zhi entwined the chain with the diamond bracelet and passed it through the key, clasping it on her wrist. She looked at her wrist and said, "A dog tag with gold and diamonds is still a dog tag."
"Third Brother, you can't bribe Fifth Sister." Xiao Qi said, "Fifth Sister, actually my uncle bought you the bracelet."
"Dad, is he okay?" Bai Zhi picked the waves with her fingertips.
"It's good. You can see him when you go back. He just has gray hair." Gu Tianqi took out a gun from the base of the car, "Go home and chat with my uncle more."
"Bai Wei...are you at home?" Bai Zhi looked at him.
"No. She is with Wang Chengpeng." Gu Tianqi sneered, "Wang Chengpeng has been pretty good to her in the past two years. She thinks she has hope of marrying him. She is so stupid."
"Fourth sister is different from us." Xiaoqi didn't look back this time, "Let her do whatever she wants. If she likes it, that's fine."
"You two have always had different requirements for me and Bai Wei. Why?" Bai Zhi hid the bracelet in her sleeve.
"Third brother, let's talk to fifth sister." Xiao Qi said quickly, "You always have to say something."
Gu Tianbai sighed deeply, "I am obviously the boss, but I am ranked third. Bai Zhi, have you ever thought about it?"
"Isn't it a big ranking?" Bai Zhi was surprised, "Dad told me that our family and grandpa's family were ranked together."
"There is no great grandfather." Gu Tianbai said, "The eldest sister, the second sister, and the sixth sister died when they were born."
"What does this have to do with Bai Wei being different from us?" Bai Zhi grabbed his arm tightly.
Gu Tianbai patted her hand and said, "My father and my mother have been married for ten years and have no children. At that time, a domestic research institute was quietly conducting experiments on in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. It was said that the success rate was very high, and a son was also guaranteed. The eldest sister and the second sister died at birth, but my mother was very insistent. When it was my turn, the institute used new technologies, screening and other things. Experts said that the children we gave birth to were all very healthy, smart, and beautiful. Also Indeed."
"So?" Bai Zhi added for him, "We...are all?"
"No, Bai Wei." Gu Tianbai said, "My aunt and uncle got pregnant just after they got married. But grandpa wants grandchildren. He has three sons, and he wants at least three grandchildren. He put the second uncle, second aunt, and uncle All the aunts were sent away. You were born half a month earlier. The sixth sister did not survive. The second aunt went again two years later, and Xiao Qi was born. The younger aunt refused to go again, divorced her brother-in-law, and still I took Bai Wei and you away with a strong attitude."
"It turns out they got divorced because of this." Bai Zhi smiled bitterly, "But just because Bai Wei is not the same, it doesn't mean that she is different from us."
"We are indeed different from Bai Wei." Gu Tianbai said, "For example, smell." He sniffed and smiled, "We can find you by smell. Bai Wei can't."
Bai Zhi shrank to the side, "Don't go too far."
"Fifth sister." Xiaoqi smiled evilly, "What should you change?"
Bai Zhi gritted her teeth, "Being with people like you doesn't mean anything."
"You often stole the beef jerky I hid when you were a kid." Gu Tianbai's expression became much more relaxed, "Find a place in front for your fifth sister to keep." He half stood up and looked behind him, "Wu Chudong drives the bus very well. Yeah. How did you meet him and Lin Yunlai?"
"I met Wu Chudong outside the military subdivision. Lin Yunlai was near Shicheng yesterday." When Bai Zhi mentioned Lin Yunlai, her disgust was very obvious, "This person is really annoying."
Gu Tianbai looked at Bai Zhi with a smile and said, "Then if you are still staying in the car, is there anyone else in the car that you really like?"
"Yes." Bai Zhi answered very calmly, "We are having a quarrel."
"The only thing that causes trouble is falling in love." Gu Tianbai's relief was also very obvious, "When did it happen? Last month Liu Qiang said you were single."
"In the past few days, it's that awkward Curly Hair." Bai Zhi pursed her lips and smiled, "What do you think?"
"She looks pretty good." Xiao Qi smiled, "Third brother, it seems unkind for us to separate Fifth Sister from others like this."
"Stop the car and see if he brings your suitcase." Gu Tianbai smiled evilly, and he reached out to rub Bai Zhi's hair, "That's great. Don't always think about Bai Wei, she is happy by herself."
Bai Zhi nodded, sighed, and leaned against the car window to look outside. Snowflakes fell softly on the car window, turning into crystal water droplets. The guardrail of the highway has turned white, and the woods outside the guardrail are like a eucalyptus forest, and the earth is pure white.
Their car went around an overturned car, and Xiao Qi cautiously pulled over to the side.
The bus passed them, Wu Chudong honked the horn and stopped. Zhang Tianzhao walked over carrying Bai Zhi's backpack and her top. Bai Zhi opened the door and got out of the car. Zhang Tianzhao handed her the top first. Bai Zhi put on her shirt and stretched out her hand to him. He held the backpack and said softly: "It's a bit heavy. I'll help you carry it to the car."
"Reason." Bai Zhi looked at him, "I want a reason."
"No." Zhang Tianzhao walked around her and opened the car door, "It's cold outside, come in."
Bai Zhi took the bag and threw it into the car, closing the door. "Come here." She walked dozens of meters in the direction they came from.
Zhang Tianzhao followed her silently, stepping on her footprints every time he raised his feet.
"I don't know what Lin Yunlai said to you." Bai Zhi turned to face him, "But I have to make it clear to you. I had a fiancé, but we broke up. I thought clearly when I promised you , I will agree to you only if I like you."
Zhang Tianzhao was silent. Bai Zhi approached him, jumped up and hugged his neck. Zhang Tianzhao's body suddenly stiffened and he raised his head. Bai Zhi hugged his neck tightly and stood on tiptoes to reach his lips, "I don't agree to break up."
"Don't be like this." Zhang Tianzhao said coldly: "Men cannot resist temptation."
Bai Zhi quit the team, took a few steps back, and knocked him down. Zhang Tianzhao was knocked back more than ten meters. He lay on the highway facing the sky, letting the cold snowflakes fall on his face. Lin Yunlai jumped out of the car and ran towards them.
Bai Zhi walked to Zhang Tianzhao and said, "We broke up." She walked straight to the car door that had been opened for her, closed it gently, and said, "Now I don't have a boyfriend. Let's go."
Xiaoqi started the car, wiped the door of the bus forward, and quickly threw the bus away.
Lin Yun came to help Zhang Tianzhao up.
"Yunlai, you should go after her." Zhang Tianzhao touched his neck.
Lin Yunlai said viciously, "I want to kill her right now."
Soon, they saw Bai Zhi again in the lobby of the rest stop. The three of them, brother and sister, were in a corner, warming themselves around a small alcohol stove, taking turns drinking wine from a silver flagon. Lin Yunlai didn't go up to kill anyone. He stood at the door for a few seconds and silently returned to the bus.
Yue Xiang was innocent and lively like a happy bird. He greeted everyone he met in the lounge and soon became mingled with the people who were in the lounge.
Zhu Cuicui and Yan Baisen came over together, handed them three cups of hot water, and asked Bai Zhi: "Are you okay?"
"It's okay." Bai Zhi took the hot water, "Thank you."
"Actually, you can get in our car." Yan Baisen smiled and invited Gu Tianbai, "Let's go together."
"No." Xiao Qi smiled even more enthusiastically than he did, "It's more convenient for the two of us to take care of each other. I won't squeeze in with you."
Gu Tianbai suddenly stood up and said, "Zombies are coming. Let's go back to the car."
The fishy smell in the air is also mixed with the smell of birds. This smell seemed familiar, "It's a flock of mutated birds." Bai Zhi said nervously.
"Go out and take a look first." Gu Tianbai dropped the tea cup and ran towards the door.
There was a commotion among the people in the lounge. Someone asked: "What's wrong, what's going on?"
"Are the zombies coming?" someone cried.
Yan Baisen pushed Zhu Cuicui to Bai Zhi and ran to Haifengqiu's side. They just lit a fire, and a dozen people gathered around the fire to warm themselves up and discuss the next step.
Bai Zhi took Zhu Cuicui's hand. Xiao Qi whispered: "Let's go quickly, there are too many people in the hall."
"But..." Zhu Cuicui turned to look at Yan Baisen. Yan Baisen was talking to Zhang Tianzhao and Haifengqiu. Zhang Tianzhao's expression became more and more serious. Haifengqiu looked towards them, while others were shaking their heads.
"Let's go first." Bai Zhi pulled her. Xiaoqi turned back from the door and said, "Hurry up. I smell it too. You can't stay in the car, you have to find a small room."
"What is the third brother taking?" Bai Zhi asked.
"Flame thrower." Xiao Qi kicked open a door and stuffed Bai Zhi and Zhu Cuicui inside. "You guys stay in the room." He ran towards Gu Tianbai.
Zhang Tianzhao chased after him and asked, "Are they a group of mutated birds?"
Bai Zhi nodded. He glanced at the two of them and said, "Just stay there." He turned around and ran towards the bus.
"We... Bai Zhi, everyone..." Zhu Cuicui said anxiously, unable to convey her meaning at all, but Bai Zhi understood.
"We have an aunt, and it's too dangerous to stay with everyone." Bai Zhi said quickly, "I'll block the window." There is only one window in this room, and a security net is installed. There were several desks in the room, which looked like an office. Bai Zhi put her desk up against the window, making a loud ping-pong-pong-pong-pong sound. Hai Fengqiu ran out with someone. When he heard the noise, he came back and said, "I'll come." He moved the upright desk away, grabbed a metal cabinet by the wall, and melted it into a large metal plate and stuck it to the window. superior. Ran out again.
Gu Tianbai and Xiao Qi ran over with two boxes. Xiao Qi threw the boxes at the door and ran out again. Hai Feng's comrade-in-arms family and Fatty's family were all in the car. The whole family of comrades-in-arms was old, weak and pregnant, so it was very difficult to get off the bus. The comrade was supporting his wife with one hand and holding his wife with the other, and his speed was not much faster than walking. Zhang Tianzhao got out of the car with the two fat guys in his arms, and they both ran faster than them. Hai Fengqiu went over and picked up the old lady and ran with Zhang Tianzhao. When Zhang Tianzhao passed by Bai Zhi's door, he glanced at Bai Zhi and went in without stopping. Xiaoqi held a girl in her arms and strode past the fat man who was holding his wife. He picked up the fat man and threw him on his back. The fat man stretched out his helpless hand to Ou Lei on Xiao Qi's back and said, "Honey, run." Wu Chudong and a bodyguard ran at the end with the old man between them. Lin Yunlai and Yue Dongting were still on the roof of the car. Yue Dongting's mother turned around halfway and cried for Yue Dongting to come down.
Sun Heping led people to move tables from the restaurant next door. Someone shouted in the lounge: "It's not safe here. I want to hide somewhere else." A bald middle-aged man ran out and no one stopped him. He ran into the toilet. Someone ran out after him, found Bai Zhi's small room, and ran towards the house. Bai Zhi kicked him out and closed the door. The man banged on the door and begged, "Let me in, let me in."
Gu Tianbai squatted on the ground and arranged the flamethrower, turning a deaf ear to the chaos around him. Xiao Qi came out and took the man back to the lounge. Gu Tianbai put the injector on his back and retreated to the door of the lounge, saying, "You block the door. We won't go in."
"Cui Cui is still outside!" Yan Baisen shouted.
"She can't come in." Zhang Tianzhao grabbed Yan Baisen who wanted to follow Xiao Qi out, "I'll go."
Haifengqiu grabbed Zhang Tianzhao, handed him a backpack, and said, "Lan."
Zhang Tianzhao followed Xiao Qi with his bag. Xiao Qi asked him to go into the room first. He sent Bai Zhi an invitation to form a team.
Bai Zhi did not hesitate and immediately joined the team. Yue Dongting ran over with his mother in his arms, glanced over there, and ran to the small room.
Lin Yunlai looked at the sky, walked over slowly, and said, "About two thousand." He went into the house and stood with Zhang Tianzhao.
Gu Tianbai closed the door and the room immediately became dark. Bai Zhi pops up a thunder ball and floats it to the roof. Gu Tianbai and Xiao Qi glanced at Bai Zhi in surprise and both smiled.
Zhang Tianzhao piled several tables in the corner, separated a small compartment, and said, "Zhu Cuicui, you and Auntie stand in the corner." He looked at Bai Zhi. Bai Zhi moved to his side. "Gu Tianbai? You guys also go to the back. We can't hold you back anymore."
Gu Tianbai and Xiao Qi looked at each other and stood behind Bai Zhi. Yue Dongting pushed his mother to the corner. The aunt held Yue Dongting's hand and cried. Yue Dongting pushed her away hard and said, "Don't make a sound, I can't die."
The sound of birdsong is getting closer. The sound of flapping wings came and went. The man who hid in the toilet shouted for help, but soon the cry for help turned into a scream. Someone was screaming loudly in the rest hall, which was extremely loud among the noisy birdsong.
"I'm going to open the door." Zhang Tianzhao squeezed the door handle and bit the mouth of the blue bottle, and a mist appeared above his head. Bai Zhi used the thunder net the moment the door opened. A faint blue thunder net moved out of the door with small lightnings sizzling everywhere, and merged with the water mist. The first mutant bird crashed into it. After a loud bang, half of the roof of the corridor was ripped off. The steam wave generated by the explosion threw the dense flock of birds dozens of meters away.
Zhang Tianzhao drank the blue wine. Yue Dongting squeezed to the front and threw the trap. Bai Zhi made up a dragon pond for herself, walked to the front of Yue Dongting and launched a group attack. Gu Tianbai wanted to stop her, but Zhang Tianzhao held him back, "Don't go there."
The birds broke into small groups of a dozen or so and pounced on them. Yue Dongting's mechanism group attack is very powerful, coupled with Bai Zhi's group attack, basically a dozen mutated birds will not come within ten meters of them.
The largest of the mutated birds was as big as a rooster. Part of the side was cut off by Bai Zhi's group attack and fell to the ground, and then was broken into pieces by the machine's attack.
The fishy smell is getting stronger and stronger. A large number of mutant birds came from the toilet. Someone in the lounge shouted: "A bird has come in, please help!"
Haifengqiu's mother huddled in the corner and vomited.
The number of birds in the flock changed from a dozen to dozens. Bai Zhi and Yue Dongting's group attack could no longer clear out all the mutant birds. Lin Yunlai carried a spear and poked at the mutated birds that had leaked in. It only took him two pokes to kill a bird, and when he threw the dead bird out, he could knock away one or two birds. Bai Zhi can also throw one or two thunderballs when she has time.
Zhang Tianzhao filled up the blue, condensed a second piece of water mist and moved outside the door. This time the water mist was much larger than the one before, and it slowly moved to places where the birds were relatively dense. As soon as Bai Zhi's thunder net appeared, it was detonated by a mutated bird that rushed in. The damage caused by this explosion was much less than the last time. Just blowing up dozens of birds to death. Bai Zhi made up a thunder ball and shot it into the middle of the water mist. Another explosion blew a big hole in the dark cloud of mutant birds.
Zhang Tianzhao took out the blue bottle and gave it to Bai Zhi. Lin Yunlai reached out to him and asked for a blue bottle. The three of them drank and played together, and they cooperated very well. A few minutes later, the pile of bird carcasses in the corridor was half as high as a person. The mutated birds did not attack again. They circled and screamed on top of the rest stop. After a while, dozens of them pounced down to their deaths.
"There are eight hundred more." Lin Yunlai shook off one bird and said, "It's time to fight to the limit. Do you still have enough blue?"
"It's not good, it's not good. Someone has turned into a zombie." The rest hall became chaotic again.
"Don't mess up. Disperse!" Haifengqiu's voice was very loud.
"There's half left." Zhang Tianzhao drank the most blue wine. He threw the empty bottle into his backpack and took out another bottle, "Baizhi, you only have one-third left. Come down and rest for a while."
Gu Tianbai rushed forward and sprayed a stream of flames towards a mutant bird that was close to Bai Zhi. Bai Zhi came back and sat down, took the blue bottle and drank it in a big gulp. She drank it very quickly.
Birds would fall wherever Gu Tianbai's flamethrower swept them. The pressure on Yue Dongting also decreased, and he even had time to launch a few group attacks against the circling flock of birds.
"Something's wrong, there's a big bird, and I can't hit him." Yue Dongting said, "It can't be the BOSS."
