In the past, when Ren Xiaosu heard about "Dawn of the Gods," he felt the Saboteurs had been too careless with the name.
Usually, when people saw "Dawn of the Gods," they would associate it with "Twilight of the Gods," which sounded rather inauspicious.
And the problem was, how should they name the period between dawn and dusk?
Early Morning of the Gods?
That didn't seem appropriate.
Noon of the Gods?
That didn't seem appropriate either.
Besides, what kind of era was "Twilight of the Gods"? Was it "Second Night of the Gods"?
When Ren Xiaosu was seriously discussing this topic with Yan Liuyuan, they were still running a pharmacy in Stronghold 109, and Luo Lan was still crawling in the sewers.
When Yan Liuyuan heard Ren Xiaosu say this, he nearly laughed his head off.
But now, the young man who told bad jokes to Yan Liuyuan could only lie unconscious on Jiang Wu's back. He did not even know where he was.
Yan Liuyuan led everyone away from Stronghold 108 and blended in with the fleeing crowd. Now that Ren Xiaosu could no longer lead everyone, it was only right for him to step forward as his younger brother.
They had to leave. The Li Consortium's forces in Stronghold 108 had not been completely destroyed. Currently, the Li Consortium's and Yang Clan's nanosoldiers were still fighting each other in the wilderness. It would not be easy for the Yang Clan to retreat after their victory.
But if they waited until the battle was over, they would probably regroup and put out a warrant for their arrest.
Ren Xiaosu did not hold back when he used his shadow clone, so there was a risk that some of Ren Xiaosu's secrets would be exposed.
After all, some of the Li Consortium's nanosoldiers had managed to escape at that time.
Of course, Ren Xiaosu was covered in armor at that time, and his face was not even revealed. It would make sense to say that he was Xu Xianchu.
Although he turned his armor into a shield in the end, the Li Consortium did not have time to pay attention to who Ren Xiaosu was at that time. They did not have any image of Ren Xiaosu that could be used to identify him.
Moreover, the Li Consortium's nanosoldiers who participated in the battle might not have survived either. When Yan Liuyuan and the others fled, the Yang Clan's nanosoldiers had already arrived and started fighting with the Li Consortium's nanosoldiers.
Of course, that was just what he thought. Whether or not anyone had discovered Ren Xiaosu's secret had yet to be confirmed. Moreover, at the moment, the secret was no longer the most important thing for Yan Liuyuan to consider.
What he needed to consider was how to stabilize Ren Xiaosu's injury and bring everyone away safely.
As their vehicle had broken down, they could only follow the escapees on foot as they moved north. Along the way, Yan Liuyuan also tried to find a vehicle. However, the vehicles they found by the roadside were all damaged and could not be driven.
Without Ren Xiaosu to bring them along, they did not even prepare much food this time. It was a little different from their previous escapes when they were prepared. This time, Yan Liuyuan and the others were just as disheveled as the other escapees.
Sister Xiaoyu had made a lot of preparations, but there were a total of six injured people, including Ren Xiaosu. Just taking care of the injured was too much for them, and they even had to take turns carrying them.
So while they were escaping, they abandoned some of their supplies and only kept some food and necessities for survival in the wilderness, such as matches.
It was not that the supplies were not important, but they felt that the people were more important.
Yan Liuyuan was wearing gloves that covered all the skin below his neck. That was because in the event of a conflict with the escapees, the entire group could only rely on the nanomachines on Yan Liuyuan.
Wang Fugui, Li Qingzheng, and Sister Xiaoyu did not have much combat power and could only rely on their pistols for the time being. As for the others, there was no need to mention them. The number of nanomachines on the few male students combined was not even as many as Yan Liuyuan.
Moreover, there was a delay of half a second for them to control the nanomachines. If they were to get into a fight with someone, before the nanomachines could react, the other party's fists would already be landing on their faces.
However, Yan Liuyuan had some talent in controlling the nanomachines. He could even focus the nanomachines on specific parts of his body. When he was fighting, as long as he wore gloves, there would not be any silver markings on his face.
In the past, Ren Xiaosu would always be in charge of clearing the way in front of the group of escapees. This was to ensure that the group at the back would not get separated by the crowd. But this time, it was Yan Liuyuan who was in charge of clearing the way.
"Liuyuan," Wang Fugui said, "why don't Li Qingzheng and I take over for you for a while while you rest?"
Yan Liuyuan turned around and said, "There's no need. I'll do what my brother did in the past."
The group of escapees headed all the way north. In the cold winter and with the accumulated snow, they could not travel far in a day.
But they did not dare to look back as those terrifying Experimentals might be following them. Although there was a huge commotion in the stronghold, most of the escapees who escaped did not even know what had happened, nor did they know who had saved them.
A small group of people knew that the monsters might have been driven away by someone. But wasn't that person already dead? What if the monsters returned?
On the same night, the escapees stopped at a place not too far north of the stronghold. All of them stared blankly at the dilapidated stronghold from afar.
Yan Liuyuan walked into the wilderness alone with a pot, rope, and the shriveled buns that Sister Xiaoyu had brought with her.
Their rations would only last them for another two days. If he wanted to last a little longer, he would have to learn from Ren Xiaosu and hunt. Moreover, the injured Ren Xiaosu needed to eat meat and not just dry rations.
Yan Liuyuan recalled that Ren Xiaosu had only taught him how to catch sparrows because catching sparrows was the simplest hunting technique.
Sparrows were not migratory birds, so by winter, some of them had already run out of food for a long time. This was the best time to catch them.
But after Yan Liuyuan set up the pot, he lay down in the snow for four hours without seeing a single sparrow pecking at the bottom of the pot.
During this time, Yan Liuyuan clearly saw several sparrows land on the snow. But when his breathing became slightly irregular, the sparrows would be scared away.
Birds were one of the most vigilant animals to begin with. After The Cataclysm, birds became even more cunning.
Yan Liuyuan did not give up. He readjusted his breathing. In the past, Ren Xiaosu would always tell him that catching sparrows was a piece of cake. But when he tried it himself, he realized that Ren Xiaosu was only pretending to be relaxed.
It was very difficult for a person to lie down in the snow alone. As his body sank into the snow, the biting cold seeped into his body through the gaps in his clothes. It was like a knife cutting his skin again and again.
Meanwhile, there was no one around him in the wilderness. There was no one to talk to, nor was there any form of entertainment to pass the time. All that was left was loneliness.
For the entire night, Yan Liuyuan lay down in the snow and did not move an inch. His hands and feet were numb.
Once, a sparrow came to pick up the crumbs of the steamed buns under his pot. But when Yan Liuyuan wanted to pounce on it, he realized he had lost his ability to move nimbly. The large sparrow flipped the pot over and flew away.
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