Sun Mo immediately followed the direction of the gunshot and rushed over.
In the White Birch Forest stood a seven or eight-year-old girl. She was holding a hunting rifle and was hurriedly reloading it. Not far from her was a Radiation Ghoul that was already injured and was pouncing towards her with its bloody mouth wide open.
Sun Mo quickly placed the rifle on his shoulder, raised it, and fired cleanly.
Da da da!
The radiation ghost's head exploded, and its skull flew out.
Fresh blood splattered on the little girl's face. Not only was she not afraid, but she also aimed the loaded hunting rifle at Sun Mo.
She was very cautious!
"Hello, I have no ill intentions!"
Sun Mo put down the rifle.
"Sun Mo, why are you running so fast? Are you born in the year of the rabbit? "
Yun Yao rushed over, panting. She held onto a birch tree to catch her breath.
"Where are your parents?"
Sun Mo didn't believe that a child could survive alone in this apocalyptic world.
"I..."
The little girl's voice was interrupted by the sound of a gunshot.
A bullet brushed past Sun Mo's head and hit the tree trunk beside him. The broken sawdust hit his face, and it was a little painful.
"Stay away from my granddaughter!"
An old man with white hair walked out with a gun aimed at Sun Mo.
"Grandpa, he saved me!"
The girl explained.
"Come over!"
The old man shouted at his granddaughter. After that, he took out ten bullets and threw them at Sun Mo. "This is a thank you gift. We don't owe each other anymore."
"You can keep it!"
Sun Mo shrugged and turned to leave.
He saved her purely because he was kind-hearted. He didn't do it because he wanted something in return.
Yun Yao followed. If it wasn't for this old man's vile attitude, based on her personality, she would definitely give him a box of bullets. After all, it was difficult for the elderly and children to survive in the apocalyptic world.
This scene caused the hostility in the old man's eyes to disappear.
These were two good people.
In this era, bullets were hard currency. Those who were willing to give up were definitely people with a bottom line.
"I'm sorry, I overreacted just now. Do you guys want to stay and have a meal together?"
The old man invited.
...
The old man's food was all wild animals, and his barbecue skills were not bad. Yun Yao ate until her mouth was covered with oil. She even drank a small bottle of white wine.
"Awesome!"
There was nothing more comfortable than drinking baijiu in the middle of winter. Therefore, Yun Yao, who was dizzy, spoke without thinking.
"Let's look for Kindling again."
Yun Yao had a slip of the tongue. Just as she was thinking about how to fix it, the old man shook his head.
"Fire Seed? You're too late. Three years ago, it was taken away. "
Yunyao immediately sobered up from her drunkenness.
"Who is it?"
Sun Mo asked.
"Grandpa, don't mess with them!"
The little girl covered her mouth and snickered. She used a dagger to cut a piece of barbecued meat for Sun Mo. "We don't know what a fire seed is, but there's a storehouse here. However, the resources have all been moved away. If you guys are looking for it, you might return disappointed."
"It can't be?"
Yun Yao glanced at Sun Mo and revealed a bitter expression. "The fire seed is gone, what should we do?"
Seeing that Yunyao didn't ask about the reserve and was still thinking about the fire seed, a trace of surprise flashed across the old man's eyes.
"What is a fire seed?"
The little girl was called Su Ji. She blinked her innocent and curious eyes and looked at Yun Yao.
Yun Yao's thoughts were simple. To put it bluntly, she was a little stupid. She felt that there was no need to keep things like fire seeds a secret. Besides, this grandfather-granddaughter pair didn't seem like bad people. Hence, she decided to tell them.
"Uncle Zhang is a person with ideals!"
After Su Ji heard this, tears flickered in her eyes. "I hope nothing will happen to him!"
...
After dinner, Su Ji and Yun Yao went to sleep. Sun Mo went to look for the old man.
"You're not preparing to have a showdown with me?"
Sun Mo was holding onto a pistol with the safety off.
"That's why I hate interacting with smart people!"
The old man's lips twitched. He sipped a mouthful of wine. "Do you want some?"
"No!"
Sun Mo shook his head.
"Who on earth are you?"
The old man was curious. "I keep feeling that there's an aura that's incompatible with us from your body."
"I'm a savior sent by the heavens!"
Sun Mo boasted.
The old man felt that it was strange because everyone in the apocalypse had to struggle for survival. A single bite of food might cause conflict. Anyone could become an enemy. However, Sun Mo was too friendly toward food and strangers.
"Hehe!"
The old man laughed. After that, his expression turned solemn. "I don't know where the fire seed you found is, but I know where Eden is!"
"Eden?"
Sun Mo frowned.
"The power of a country is something you can't imagine. For something like the third world war, even if it erupted suddenly, the country would have an emergency response plan. Eden is such a paradise. It preserves all sorts of technologies, genes, and seeds of plants. In fact, there might even be a group of people living there."
The old man explained.
"Since you know where Eden is, why didn't you go there?"
Sun Mo stared at the old man suspiciously.
"In the apocalypse, all survival resources are precious. Why would they make an exception for an old man like me?"
The old man mocked himself.
"Actually, it's because you don't have to worry about food and drink, right?"
Sun Mo mocked.
"It's winter and resources are scarce, but the two of you don't seem to have lost weight at all. Moreover, you're very generous in using resources. I don't believe that you don't have a fixed source of resources.
"That's why I said I hate talking to smart people."
The old man sighed and revealed, "That's right, I have a storehouse all to myself."
"What do you want me to do?"
Sun Mo asked.
"It's so easy to talk to smart people!"
The old man sighed. "My request is very simple. I'll give you guys the true coordinates of Eden, but you guys have to bring Susu there."
"Why me?"
Sun Mo didn't understand.
"I'm sick and will most probably die in one or two years. At that time, no one will take care of Susu."
The old man had a desolate look on his face. He didn't care about life and death, but he was worried about Susu's future.
"Aren't you afraid that I'll abandon Susu after knowing the coordinates of Eden? After all, a child like her would be a burden in the apocalypse. "
Sun Mo's expression was cold. This was an act because he wanted to figure out the old man's true intentions.
"Firstly, from Yunyao's situation, you're a good person. Also, you guys have sufficient equipment and resources. I can tell with a single glance that you guys have obtained the storehouse. You won't harm Susu for my 'savings'. After all, it doesn't take a lot of food to feed her. Also, I have no other choice."
The old man didn't have much time left. It was rare for him to meet Sun Mo. If he didn't lay his cards on the table, it would be even harder for him to meet a better traveler in the future.
"You're a scholar?"
Sun Mo noticed that there were many books in the old man's luggage. Also, before Susu slept, she had even done a few math problems.
In any case, Sun Mo wouldn't be able to understand them.
"Do you know about this?"
Sun Mo passed a piece of paper to the old man. On it were the coordinates that Big Brother Zhang had solved.
"I know!"
The old man nodded. "Back then, when the nuclear warheads massacred the land, the country gave some encrypted coordinates to different people."
To put it bluntly, the more important a person's identity was, the more precious the coordinates they knew.
For example, Big Brother Zhang's coordinates had found a storehouse that was even bigger than the previous one. It could provide for more armed people.
However, the old man's coordinates pointed straight to Eden. This was because his grandfather was an academician and was an indispensable talent.
"Let's go to Eden together?"
Sun Mo suggested.
"No need. I still want to stay here and continue to wait for people like you. If they are kind and worthy of being entrusted, tell them the location of Eden."
The old man didn't say that he had lived here for 30 years. However, there were only seven people who were worthy of being told the coordinates. They were all people who still had humanity in the apocalypse.
...
For the next week, the old man brought his granddaughter, Su Ji, to play to their heart's content. He also brought her to dangerous places that he didn't allow her to go to in the past.
After that, it was time to say goodbye.
"Grandpa, why aren't you coming with us?"
Su Ji cried. She was a smart girl and had long since guessed some possibilities from the change in her grandfather's attitude.
"I still have to be the guide here. This is a great job."
The old man rubbed the girl's head.
"Don't cry. You have grown up and should be strong!"
"Grandpa!"
Su Ji hugged the old man tightly, not willing to leave.
"Let's go and find Eden. Turn yourself into firewood and do your best to reignite the fire of human civilization."
The old man pushed his granddaughter away. "Sun Mo, bring her away!"
The jeep that had been refilled with gas moved on its way. Looking at it disappearing at the end of the road, the old man's tears flowed down his face.
He didn't want to go with Su Ji because he didn't want to see Su Ji die, or be seen by Su Ji die. It was better to separate on a beautiful day. Both of them would hope in their hearts that the other could live happily.
...
With supplies and the correct coordinates, Sun Mo drove the jeep and sped toward Eden at lightning speed.
On the way, they encountered quite a lot of trouble. Other than a large number of radiation ghosts, there were also the aboriginals of the apocalypse who robbed them.
After a month, they ran out of gas. Sun Mo and the other two had to travel on foot, and their situation became even more dangerous. After all, they couldn't run fast while carrying a seven-year-old girl.
"Big brother, why don't you guys leave me behind?"
Looking at the radiation ghosts chasing after them, Su Ji, who was lying on Sun Mo's back, started to struggle.
Yun Yao slapped Su Ji's forehead. "What nonsense are you talking about? Do you think Sun Mo and I are cold-blooded people? "
"If you don't want everyone to die, move around!"
In the end, Sun Mo still managed to escape. However, his left arm was bitten by a radiation monster and it was torn off forcefully.
Nine months later, Sun Mo and the other two arrived at a hilly area after crossing mountains and rivers.
In the mountains, they found a cave and entered it. After walking for half a day, they finally saw a metal door.
"Is this Eden?"
Sun Mo opened the metal door according to the secret key the old man had given him.
The three of them continued to walk in, but not long after, they were blocked by a door. There were densely packed symbols on the door, and Sun Mo didn't recognize them.
"It's over!"
Sun Mo felt a headache. He definitely wouldn't be able to solve this. Hence, he looked at Su Ji. "Did your grandfather tell you how to open this door?"
Su Ji shook her head.
Sigh!
Sun Mo sighed. He had guessed it as well. Su Ji had no solution.
In the past, he felt that the old man would definitely give Su Ji a heavy price so that he wouldn't abandon her at a critical moment. However, on this journey, the three of them had established a deep relationship. Su Ji even wanted to give up her life for Sun Mo and Yun Yao.
If she had the secret key, she would have told him long ago.
"Something's not right. There must be something I've overlooked!"
Sun Mo sank into contemplation. The old man must have placed some information in a place he didn't notice. Otherwise, what was the use of a Eden that couldn't be entered?
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