The mountain road was muddy and dangerous, and it was winding all the way to the Central Plains.
Hulu Kouzi was the last exit in the mountains. It was originally a village, but later, in response to the call of the Great Development of the West, the leaders came up with a good idea. They simply merged the two nearby villages with Hulu Kouzi and upgraded it to a town. For this reason, they even gave it a name that kept up with the times. It was called Xijin Town. When they reported it, they received a lot of praise.
However, the people who had lived here for a long time couldn't change their habits. Other than getting the words "Xijin" when they changed their second generation ID card, they still kept asking, "Where are you from? Where are you going? Hulu Kouzi!"
When the disaster came, Hulu Kouzi was in a mess. Even when they were fighting against the Japanese, it was not so chaotic. Some people said that they should go to the provincial capital to hide, and some people said that places with a lot of people would die faster. The whole town was in a state of panic, and the rich and the small people didn't know whether to leave or stay.
In the early days, there were a few insects, and a lot of people died. The younger generation who grew up watching TV learned how to hide from the Japanese in the TV. Every two or three days, they would lead the whole town to hide in the mountains. Later, after a long time, they felt that it was not a big deal. A few good pig farmers keenly discovered that the insects and pigs were not much different. There were some places that they liked to go, and some places that they didn't like to go. Other than the mountains, there was only "water" that they didn't like to touch.
They were lucky. There was a small river beside the Hulu Kouzi, and it flowed from the west to the east all year round. So a few influential people organized the labor force and dug a wide moat around the whole town. This solved the drinking water problem, and it also didn't attract the insects' attention. It could be said that they killed two birds with one stone.
But strangely enough, after the moat was dug, the insects didn't come a few more times. Only a few times, the insects were just passing by, so the moat was useless. Fortunately, they all flew to the west. Everyone said that it was the foresight of the district leaders to come up with a good name, Westward Advance. In the end, they did a good deed for the people. Look, even the insects "Westward Advance".
But if the insects didn't come, people would still die. Apart from various illnesses, the most critical thing was the lack of food. In the first two years, the food collected from the countryside was enough to support them. But as time went on, their lives became more and more difficult. At the worst time, there were incidents of people eating human flesh.
It wasn't easy for the old farmers to survive until they found some plants and spore forests that appeared out of nowhere. They used their great ability to find food that could resist hunger, and the agricultural technology station carefully cultivated them for people to eat and livestock to raise. But good times didn't last long, a group of degenerated beasts came to the north of the mountain. They roared and gathered in the wild, and the people who went out of the town to collect food were attacked again and again. There were countless casualties.
The mayor, Qiao Weimin, was originally one of the three villages before the Xijin Town was merged. Normally, he wouldn't be able to get the position of the mayor. Even if he spent a lot of money, he could only get the position of the deputy mayor. But he was involved in the troubled times, and the leaders from the top kept running away. In less than two years, he was promoted like a rocket.
Of course, there was no official appointment from the top, because there was no letter from the top for a long time. Fortunately, his son worked hard and became a famous energy manipulator. He didn't want to be a phoenix tail in the provincial capital, but rather a chicken head in a small town. Qiao Weimin, the mayor, had a stable position.
That night, Qiao Weimin couldn't sleep. In the afternoon, the earth shook, and a blue light flashed in the west, and then the sky turned dark. Dark clouds rolled in, like thousands of soldiers and horses, and the sound of killing could be heard. The whole town was in a panic, and there were more than a dozen people who came to him to inquire about the news.
But how could he know anything? He still heard someone shouting outside. He ran out and looked up, and saw four lights, one in front and three behind, fighting fiercely in the sky.
The younger generation said that it was a UFO, an alien, and those who knew a little about the inside story exaggerated, causing the town to sigh and make up countless stories.
Qiao Weimin wasn't worried about this. He couldn't sleep, so he kept stomping his feet on the town's gate. That was because his son had brought a few energy manipulators from the town to the provincial capital. This was the old rule of once every three months to buy some necessities. And this time, it was even more important. The town needed to buy some weapons to deal with the degenerated beasts on the northern mountain.
The more he waited, the more he didn't see anyone, and the more anxious he became. Qiao Weimin couldn't stop worrying, so he stayed up all night and didn't sleep.
The next day, Qiao Weimin was taking a nap at the militia sentry post with the quilt that his family had given him. Suddenly, he heard a series of rapid footsteps. When he opened his eyes, he heard the deputy captain of the militia, Fang Jinshan, shouting from afar, "Mayor, Mayor, Captain Qiao is back!"
Qiao Weimin was startled, he lifted the quilt and rushed to the town gate. From afar, he saw a few familiar figures, who were rolling and crawling back.
"Old Fang, lower the drawbridge, let us in!"
When Qiao Weimin heard his son's voice, he immediately felt relieved. Seeing Fang Jinshan was still in a daze, he hurriedly said: "What are you waiting for? Lower the drawbridge!"
"Sigh, sigh!" Fang Jinshan might have been scared. Wouldn't they have to face the insects again with such a pathetic formation?
The militia quickly lowered the drawbridge and opened the town gate. Qiao Weimin and the others quickly went out to greet them. They saw their son Qiao Zhen Xing sitting on the ground as soon as he entered the gate. He was panic-stricken.
"It's over, it's over, it's all over!"
"It's all over? Aren't you all fine? "Qiao Weimin was also scared. What if there really was an insect? What would happen?
"Dad, it's all over, it's all over this time, they are all dead, they all flew to the sky!" Qiao Zhenxing said incoherently.
"What the hell is going on? Are they going to pass the insects? Did you see them? "Qiao Weimin asked nervously.
"Insects, yes, there are still insects, there are so many of them! I have never seen so many insects in my life, it's like an ocean! "Qiao Zhenxing's eyes were wide open.
As soon as he said this, the expressions of the militias around him changed. White and green, like a sea of insects. Not to mention rushing over, if they even touched the edge of Gourd Kouzi Town, it would not take more than half a cup of tea's time to turn it into ruins.
"Really, really, really, are they insects?" Qiao Weimin's heart was pounding, his mouth was also trembling.
"Not only insects, there are also flying machines and battleships, such a huge battleship, more than a thousand meters long, they all flew to the sky with one shot!" Qiao Weimin said while swallowing his saliva.
"Battleship? No, Sa, didn't you just say insects, why again? Calm down, Zhenxing, tell me slowly, what is going on? " The more Qiao Weimin listened, the more shocked he became. The more he listened, the more confused he became. His composure as the deputy chief of the village also showed some color.
"Mayor, Brother Zhenxing is anxious. Let me tell you. To put it simply, we saw a thousand-meter-long battleship on the top of the mountain. With one shot, a blue light flashed, and the entire provincial capital was blasted into the sky. Then, a black mass of robots, the kind that looked like Transformers, and countless bugs rushed into the ruins. Then, the sky suddenly turned dark. When it was light again, the mountains were covered with robot fragments and dying bugs. Even the thousand-meter-long battleship was destroyed. It was all over, completely dead!" A young man behind Qiao Zhenxing said while gasping for breath.
After listening to him, Qiao Weimin and the militia were stunned for a long time, but they still couldn't come back to their senses.
"If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it even if you beat me to death." Qiao Zhenxing finally recovered and said, "We thought it was not safe, so we didn't even dare to go, so we took advantage of the night and hurried back."
"Zhenxing, is what you said true?" Qiao Weimin couldn't believe his ears and asked in surprise.
"Absolutely, Dad, I'm afraid this time is troublesome, the provincial capital is gone, the insects are also gone, there is no source of weapons, and there is no insect to balance those degenerate beasts, we have to quickly think of a new way." Qiao Zhenxing seemed to have other thoughts.
"We should think about it carefully, but, you say, this provincial capital is such a big power, how can it be gone just like that? Er Chang Zi's family is still over there … Let's go back to eat first, I'm afraid they are all hungry, after eating, we can think about it. "Qiao Weimin's mind was a little confused. Such a big provincial capital was gone just like that, and he couldn't accept it for a while.
"Mayor, bro Zhenxing is very anxious, didn't he have a lover in the provincial capital? He was afraid that sister-in-law would know about it, so he didn't bring her back, and now, she is probably gone." The young man whispered in Qiao Weimin's ear.
Everyone had their own thoughts, and just when they were about to go back, they saw the famous liar Bai Ertiao gathered a group of people and said loudly, "there must be something wrong with this blue light, I am sure that the disaster is coming from the west!"
Qiao Weimin was very annoyed, hearing him talking nonsense, he angrily scolded, "Bai Ertiao, if you continue to talk nonsense, I will ask the militia to send you to the north mountain!"
Bai Ertiao shivered, he quickly smiled and said, "Mayor, this is just a divination, don't we still have you, you are the diviner, no matter how big the problem is, you are the one who can stabilize the situation!"
"Go, go, get lost!" Qiao Weimin waved his hand impatiently. Suddenly, he heard someone shouting at the entrance of the town, "Mayor, come here quickly!"
Qiao Weimin's heart skipped a beat, he looked at his son, and then quickly climbed up the entrance of the town. Looking at the entrance, he saw a person coming out from the west mountain. Or a monster?
While he was trying to figure out who it was, he suddenly heard Bai Ertiao running away, "Oh my god, there really is a monster!"
"What monster! Dad, that's a combat armor! Only a high-level energy manipulator can have that kind of equipment, I am afraid that this person is a survivor of the provincial capital. " Qiao Zhenxing knitted his brows and said. In this world, there were countless cases of people robbing people openly and secretly occupying the nest of a magpie. No one dared not to be careful when it came to a stranger.
"First, ask him why he is here, if you can avoid offending him, try not to offend him. Nowadays, who knows if there is rain in the clouds? We can't afford to offend him, "Qiao Weimin nodded his head and said.
The person who came was Chu Yunsheng, who walked all the way from Shu Du city.
Because of the damage caused by the blue light, Dark's wings were broken in order to protect Chu Yunsheng. Later, Chu Yunsheng used his Source of Life to heal Dark. In order to maximize his attack power, he concentrated all of his energy on his body. Therefore, when he used the fusion technique, he didn't have to use a lot of energy, so he could only walk.
After walking all the way here, he was very hungry. When he saw a small town on the top of the mountain, he decided to come down to find some food.
Originally, his storage talisman contained the food that he "stole" from Tang Yi's coming of age banquet, but before he left, he gave it all to Gen Zi's girl. He had never been very concerned about food, and Gen Zi's life was indirectly because of him. When he died, he still used his last breath to tell him the way to solve the pain.
Chu Yunsheng had always treated people well when they were nice to him. He knew what was right and what was wrong. He knew what was right and what was wrong. The last thing he could do to help Gen Zi was to give him some food. It was nothing to him, but to the girl, it was a fatal thing.
However, he never expected that not only did he not encounter any living creature along the way, but he also didn't expect that even though he was at Yuan Tian stage three, he still couldn't withstand the hunger.
According to the traditional Yuan Tian stage three, the body should have already changed from Rong Yuan body to Pure Yuan body. Although the situation had changed a little, and the Pure Yuan body had become Ni Yuan body, in essence, those flesh and blood cells would not easily starve to death by relying on Yuan Qi.
However, that was not the case. After he came into contact with the Source of Life many times, he faintly felt that the hunger was not only caused by his body, but also some kind of demand from the Source of Life. His body was just an intermediary.
However, he didn't know what the relationship between food and the Source of Life was.
He only knew that he was very hungry, very hungry. He needed to eat something immediately, and then find a way to separate him from Dark as soon as possible. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to walk to the United States on his own.
^ (To be continued.)
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