Just as he was about to turn around and return to the car, Chen Mao suddenly felt his calf hit by something. When he lowered his head, he saw that it was a mouse as big as a piglet.
The scarlet eyes revealed the desire for flesh and blood. When he opened his mouth, he held his calf with his burnt yellow front teeth and gnawed on it. Even if he was blocked by the alloy armor, he had no intention of giving up.
"Where the hell did that come from."
Chen Mao was furious, so he decisively moved the muzzle of the gun down and pulled the trigger. The bullet came out, easily blowing the rat's head off.
"act recklessly!"
As soon as he finished speaking, big fat rats emerged from under the truck and pounced on him one after another.
Soon, Chen Mao and the two mercenaries were covered with rats. Their sharp claws hooked into the gaps in the alloy armor, and they could not be driven away no matter how hard they were driven away.
"Quick, shoot each other!"
After all, he was an experienced mercenary. He quickly thought of a way to break the situation and decisively raised his gun and pulled the trigger at Chen Mao beside him.
Da da da--
For a moment, there was loud gunfire and bullets flying. The three of them fired at each other. The rats hanging on them exploded into rotten flesh and fell to the ground.
However, before Chen Mao had time to be happy, countless rats swarmed up, and the number became larger and larger, causing the three of them to lose their balance and fall to the ground.
"Damn, where did these rats come from? There are so many of them!"
"It was that kid who lured me here. Do you remember what he said?"
"There are a lot of prey behind? Is this prey!"
"I should really shoot that kid in the head!"
"..."
At this moment, the three of them were completely panicked, and they were no longer as relaxed as playing hide-and-seek.
The bullets in the magazine had been empty, and rats were crawling all over his body, making it impossible to even move his arms to change the magazine.
"Ah, this damn mouse is chewing on my finger, please think of something!"
In order to make it easier to hold the gun, the palms and fingers were not covered with alloy armor. These mice were clever enough to find the loopholes.
"Zha Zhengrong, you loser, where have you gone? Why don't you come and save me quickly!"
Chen Mao screamed at the microphone in his helmet. He didn't care that the other party had turned off the microphone for a while, just thinking that the other party would hear the sound and fly over immediately.
He is a resident of 'Utopia', the first settlement of the United Human Alliance, and his father is also a wealthy businessman. Even if there is no chance to use CRISPR-CaS9 to modify the aging gene to extend life, he can still replace it with bionic organs to achieve an alternative. Immortality.
There are countless glory and wealth waiting for him to enjoy, how could he die here!
"Zha Zhengrong, come and save me. If something happens to me, your whole family will not survive!"
A mouse's eyes flashed with vivid colors, and it suddenly tore open the tough and strong human gloves with its teeth, and tore off the flesh of its palm in one gulp.
Not to be outdone, the other rats tore open the combat uniforms covered with alloy armor along the holes, and dug their long pointed heads into the exposed flesh and blood.
"ah!"
Unprecedented fear and pain made Chen Mao scream loudly, but his wailing was like a stimulant that made the mice even more excited.
A few dozen meters ahead at the corner
Feng Yunhe poked his head out from the corner and looked at the trucks and people being submerged by the black rats. He couldn't help but smacked his lips and sighed:
"You are such a good man. He even sacrificed himself to feed rats to save me. When I get rich, I will buy some chili powder to sprinkle on it for you."
Wan Qingqiu, who was in the server, rolled his eyes and reminded:
"Stop making sarcastic remarks and run away before the rats' attention is diverted. The sewers are safe now and you can come back."
"Then help me navigate. Let's go around here and see if we can find some food on the way."
Feng Yunhe rubbed his belly, and now that he was relaxed, he felt hungry.
"Continue along this road and go around the viaduct."
"good!"
"..."
...
At dusk, the bright red sunset dyes the sky red, reflecting the tragic beauty of this city that has been abandoned for more than a century.
Three figures slipped out of a certain shop with their heads peeping out, and their eyes were invariably attracted to a piece of debris in the middle of the road not far away.
This wreckage is not terrifying. There is only one vehicle that has been chewed down to a steel skeleton, but not even a human corpse can be seen in the rest.
"They ran away?"
Not seeing the body he wanted to see, Hong Youwen frowned dissatisfied.
"No." Tank shook his head, "It was eaten by the rats until all the bones and scraps were left, and even the blood splattered on the ground was licked clean."
As he spoke, he pointed to the ground next to the vehicle's frame.
Gu Man and Hong Youwen looked in the direction of the tank's finger, and saw that the surface of the asphalt road was full of potholes, as if it had been shot by a large-caliber rifle for ten minutes.
"terrible!"
Gu Man's face turned pale, and she secretly decided in her heart that if she encountered a group of rats and couldn't escape, she would shoot herself.
"Tank, you know the rats very well. We don't have enough food. Can we eat this thing?"
Hong Youwen turned to look at Tank and cast a questioning look at him.
Tank took a deep breath, suppressed the pain in the back of his mind and recalled, "It's edible, but it tastes like eating dirt."
Why does he know that the taste of rat meat is similar to that of earth? Because he has eaten them all!
Rat groups would occasionally attack the Zha tribe, and the rats that were killed would be kept by Master Zha as delicacies for their slaves.
Rat meat is the only meat dish that slaves like them can eat.
"Then let's look for any lone mice, and we'll make do with it tonight."
Hong Youwen nodded and decided on the food for tonight. As long as it was not poisonous, there was no condition for them to choose.
Just when the three of them were choosing a direction to look for food.
"Good luck today, old wolf please eat chicken, Langgrilalanglang..."
The sound of leisurely singing came, and then the three of them saw a figure walking out from the corner in front, jumping happily in the sunset.
If you look carefully, you can see that the figure's left and right hands are holding a big bird. The bird is bigger than the old hen that the slave owner has fed well for three years.
"Gulu."
The hungry three people couldn't help but swallow.
I want to eat!
The three of them saw Feng Yunhe, and Feng Yunhe naturally saw the three people who were stunned. After looking at them for a while, he said:
"Hey, which one of you knows how to pluck, I'll treat him to chicken!"
"I!"
"I can!"
"I can do it too!"
The three people quickly raised their hands, but when they noticed that they had the same movement, they all smiled awkwardly.
"Okay, throw away the gun and follow me."
Feng Yunhe nodded, turned around and walked towards the entrance of the subway station. At the same time, he was ready to throw away the prey in his hands and shoot at any time.
As long as the drone alerts the three guys behind him that something is wrong, he will shoot back without hesitation!
He has now seen clearly that the human nature in this wasteland is a bit too ugly. If he didn't know how to pluck hair and butcher meat, he wouldn't even care about these three people.
The three of them looked at each other, and then Gu Man analyzed: "He is probably afraid that we will attack him. Let's hide the gun in the cabinet of the shop and pick it up again at dawn tomorrow."
Hong Youwen glanced at the man with his back to them, and after a slight hesitation, he nodded in agreement with Gu Man's proposal.
Others were the first to turn their backs to them, so they had no reason not to trust each other.
The three of them quickly returned to the shop and put their guns in. Only Gu Man thought twice and hid a dagger in his sock.
After walking out of the store, the three of them saw the man waiting for them at the entrance of the subway station, and quickly ran after him.
"Where are we going?"
Hong Youwen took the big bird from the other party and asked out his curiosity.
After entering the subway station, the other party still had no intention of stopping and seemed to be leading them into the tunnel.
Feng Yunhe took out the flashlight from his trouser pocket and turned it on. He jumped off the platform and said, "Go to me...go to her house."
He almost thought the shelter was his home, but then he realized that it was actually Wan Qingqiu's home, and he didn't even have the key.
"Home?"
Gu Man and Hong Youwen were stunned for a moment, and then they thought of the drone flying next to them, and their faces showed expressions of ecstasy.
"Are you a shelter dweller!"
The leader of the Free Army is the resident of Vault 9. Their stronghold is also located in the Vault, and the entrance to Vault 9 is also in the underground tunnel.
"So be it."
Feng Yunhe blinked, raised his chin and motioned for the three of them to follow.
"How about you, why do you look a bit like a wandering poet?"
Hearing the word 'wandering poet', Hong Youwen couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. This person is quite nice. He was afraid that he would hurt them by saying that he was a wandering poet, so he deliberately added a poet.
The three of them jumped from the platform to the track and followed Feng Yunhe. Hong Youwen considered his words and answered:
"We are residents of the settlement established by Shelter 9. We encountered some trouble when we passed here. I would like to thank you for taking us in."
"Vault 9? What's the name of your manager?"
Wan Qingqiu's voice came from the drone.
"Liu Huan, do you know our manager?"
Gu Man turned his surprised eyes to the drone.
"I don't know." Wan Qingqiu replied simply.
She just asked casually and analyzed whether these people were lying based on their facial expressions and voice intonations.
"All right."
Gu Man nodded sadly, then said with sad eyes.
"Mr. Manager was a very good man. He died trying to cover our escape during a wave of slime mold."
Hearing this, Wan Qingqiu's mood also dropped, and he murmured: "It seems that we are not doing well."
"Yes, but I think there is still hope to rebuild civilization by following leader Guan Wei."
Mentioning the leader of the Free Army, a smile appeared on Gu Man's face.
"That's pretty good."
"..."
The group of people walked and chatted through the tunnel and into the sewer. After spending more than half an hour, they finally saw the gear-shaped metal gate buckled on the wall.
Through the flashlight light, Gu Man and Hong Youwen saw the '34' number on the gear-shaped door, and couldn't help but feel excited.
"How many people are still in your shelter?"
If the residents in this shelter can be persuaded to join the Free Army, their team will become even stronger!
Waiting for the gear-shaped door to slide open to the side, Feng Yunhe grinned and said meaningfully:
"There are a lot of people, but there are just a few living people."
The three of them were about to ask what the saying "there are a few living people" meant, when the door opened and the scene inside was revealed, which immediately took their breath away.
There were many corpses lying on the white alloy ground. They had been dead for a long time and had turned into white bones. They looked very eerie and terrifying under the blazing white light.
In an instant, the three of them took a step back and looked at Feng Yunhe with vigilant eyes. Gu Man raised his leg and pulled out the dagger hidden in his sock.
The clothes of the corpses were all shabby and stained. They were almost the same as their own clothes. They were obviously dressed like wasteland wanderers.
They were deceived, and the other party took pleasure in killing the survivors!
Feng Yunhe walked into the shelter by himself and said without looking back: "These are the corpses of predators. They pretended to be ordinary people and were rescued by the managers. Then they revealed their true nature when the residents of the shelter lowered their guard. .
The matter is very complicated and cannot be explained in a sentence or two. We have surveillance video to prove it. Of course, if you feel unsafe, you can leave directly. "
Glancing at the rifle hanging on the man's body, Gu Man and Hong Youwen looked at each other and lowered their guard slightly.
If the other party has a gun, you can just raise it to threaten them. There is no need to do anything unnecessary.
The three of them walked into the shelter and saw the blazing white light suddenly dimming, followed by a holographic projection cast on the dome of the hall.
It's exactly what was recorded by the surveillance cameras in Vault 34 a century ago.
Beating, raping, killing...
The video played made the four people present, including Feng Yunhe, look angry. The atrocities committed by these predators made people want to throw them away to feed the rats.
Being suffocated to death by running out of oxygen is simply an advantage for them!
After the video was played, Wan Qingqiu's low voice came from the shelter broadcast: "The residents of Vault 34 are very kind and lovely people. They could obviously rebuild civilization on the land above, but they died tragically here with hatred. .”
However, Feng Yunhe heard an implicit message from her words, which was to keep the existence of Shelter 0 below secret, so he immediately changed the subject:
"Let's throw out the bodies of the looters."
"Good! The rats will love chewing on their bones."
Hong Youwen rolled up his sleeves, picked up the body closest to him, and dragged it toward the door.
Feng Yunhe, Gu Man, and Tank also followed, identifying the predators based on their clothing, and then roughly threw the bodies into the ditch outside the door.
More than ten minutes later, the shelter door slowly closed, and the four people who had cleaned up the body went to the bathroom to wash their hands.
"You actually have clean water in your shelter!"
Seeing the clean and clear water flowing out of the faucet, Hong Youwen quickly bent down to catch it with his mouth. He was very thirsty.
Wan Qingqiu's voice came over the radio: "There is an underground river below Shelter 34, and the water is pumped up from below."
"The water source in Shelter 9 dried up a long time ago, and now it's connected to water pipes."
Gu Man looked around for the bathroom. She hadn't taken a bath for a month. Now that she had the conditions, she had to clean it properly.
