Wake up from the dark chaos, the young man Ren Xiaosu wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then looked at the thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy at the door.
"Liu Yuan, is there something wrong?" Ren Xiaosu asked.
The child called Liuyuan is actually named Yan Liuyuan.
Yan Liuyuan looked harmless and innocent, but he was guarding the door with a bone knife in his hand. At this late night, he already looked very... He was sleepy but never closed his eyes because he had to keep vigil.
Yan Liuyuan shook his head and said, "It's okay. What's going on with this disease in your head? Can't the doctors in the market town figure out what it is?"
"You Don't worry about this kind of thing, I'm not sick," Ren Xiaosu said decisively, "It's almost dawn, I'm going to go hunting, you can get some sleep and go to school on time."
"Oh," Yan said. Liuyuan nodded lowly: "In this wasteland, what's the use of studying..."
"I say it's useful," Ren Xiaosu said in an unquestionable tone.
“I want to go hunting too,” Yan Liuyuan pursed his lips.
"If something unexpected happens to you, who will keep watch? Me in a coma?" Ren Xiaosu stood up and prepared to go to the center of the market town to fetch water. At dawn, the market town would not be so dangerous.
The night here is a lawless place.
...
Dark clouds were rolling in the hazy sky, and a drop of acid rain finally fell from the clouds. It kept swaying in the strong wind, and finally landed in front of Ren Xiaosu with a clatter. .
The young man Ren Xiaosu was lying on the ground in the wilderness. He frowned and said to himself that he was a little unlucky today. Before the prey could come, acid rain came first.
Some people say that you must be careful of wild beasts when walking in this wasteland.
But Ren Xiaosu felt that this person did not tell the whole story, because there were many things that could kill people in this wasteland, one of which was acid rain.
However, Ren Xiaosu still did not move. If there were no more prey today, before the acid rain brought diseases, he and Yan Liuyuan would starve to death.
Suddenly there was the sound of bird wings flapping the air, and Ren Xiaosu's eyes suddenly widened, but his breath remained undisturbed.
Not far in front of Ren Xiaosu, he was using a branch to support a black iron pot, with a little bit of black bread crumbs sprinkled under the iron pot.
The big bird landed next to the iron pot and watched warily, with sharp eyes. In fact, the bird may not be much smaller than the iron pot in terms of size.
It stood there combing its feathers for a long time, while Ren Xiaosu continued to wait motionless.
It seemed that Big Bird finally let down his vigilance and began to slowly move towards the iron pot, his steps as delicate as a thief.
However, when it entered the range of the iron pot and just lowered its head to peck at the bread crumbs, Ren Xiaosu suddenly pulled the rope in his hand violently., and then the young man jumped up and rushed towards the iron pot like a wild donkey. Before the big bird overturned the iron pot, he tried his best to use his body to press the iron pot firmly. Live!
"Hoo!"
Ren Xiaosu let out a breath. He had been waiting for this sparrow all night, but what is gratifying is that today's hard work was not in vain. You know Opportunities like this don't come around every day.
The sound of a sparrow struggling could be heard from under the iron pot, and its hard wings made a sharp sound as they rubbed against the iron pot. At this time, the sound of the chiming clock in the refuge barrier came melodiously.
Ren Xiaosu looked back and didn't know when he would be able to take Yan Liuyuan into the refuge barrier.
For Ren Xiaosu, the people in the refuge barrier are happy because they don't have to face the dangers in the wasteland.
However, not everyone can enter there if they want to.
At this time, the movement in the iron pot finally became much quieter. He sighed and once again confirmed that the rag strips on his hands had been wrapped, and then slowly opened a gap in the iron pot. Ren Xiaosu's hand reached in through the gap and tried to grab the big sparrow's leg!
It’s just that life will not always be smooth sailing. As soon as Ren Xiaosu put his hand in, he screamed.
Ren Xiaosu took back his palm and saw that his tiger's mouth was bleeding profusely, and the rag did not block the sharp mouth of the High Sparrow.
Ren Xiaosu became angry. He simply took off his tattered coat and wrapped it around his hands. He thrust his palm into the iron pot and this time he pinched the sparrow's neck.
He lifted the sparrow out neatly and put it in his arm, and twisted it hard. The sparrow's neck clicked and it never moved again.
At this time, Ren Xiaosu suddenly felt distressed, because his coat was dug out by the sparrow's claws.
Suddenly there was a thud in his mind, and Ren Xiaosu knelt down on the ground. It was like a huge bell was ringing in his mind, and he was completely plunged into dark chaos.
What’s bad, the disease used to come at midnight, but this time it came earlier.
This is not the first time he has been "ill". Almost everyone in the market town knows that he has some brain problems and suffers from pain attacks from time to time.
But Ren Xiaosu knew very well that it was not pain, it was pure chaos.
Wait a minute, this time was different from the previous times. The black fog in his mind actually opened, revealing a palace inside!
Ren Xiaosu suddenly opened his eyes, stood up and looked at himself in disbelief: "Did you wake up so quickly this time?"
He originally had the opportunity to take a good look at the palace. , but what he knew better was that falling into a coma in this wilderness was the same as committing suicide. He must now rush back to the market town outside Refuge Barrier No. 113 before the acid rain completely arrives!
Ren Xiaosu tied up the two claws of the sparrow and hung themon his shoulders, and then he picked up his big iron pot and turned it upside down on his head and started running wildly, the raindrops hitting the iron pot making a tapping sound.
At this time, the iron pot became his umbrella.
However, before he could run far, a figure stopped in front of him and held up a bone knife: "Give me the prey..."
Just this Before the man could finish his words, he saw a huge iron pot in his field of vision, slapping him hard on the face from far away!
“Fuck!” The robber rolled over backwards. He didn’t expect Ren Xiaosu’s movements to be so crisp! So powerful!
I saw Ren Xiaosu unloading the pot, throwing the pot, and then raising the pot again as an umbrella and running wildly without any pause... Seeing that the robber hadn't even laid down on the ground, Ren Xiaosu was already running away!
The robber lay face up on the ground, with acid rain hitting his face and a faint itching pain. There were some things he couldn't understand.
Don’t we all have some exchanges under normal circumstances? How many such situations has this young man faced before he had such an instinctive reaction? !
No, the boy’s footsteps are approaching again!
The robber hurriedly sat up and turned around to look, and he discovered that the young man had abducted him back!
Ren Xiaosu had no intention of coming back, but he clearly heard a voice coming from the palace in his mind: "The mission is to give the prey to others."
Who is speaking? Ren Xiaosu turned around and walked towards the robber with doubts.
The robber panicked: "We have something to discuss... No, I am the victim..."
Ren Xiaosu looked at the robber carefully, and there was no one else around him. ah.
"Do you want this sparrow?" Ren Xiaosu asked.
The robber's eyes lit up: "Yes!"
"Here you go," Ren Xiaosu stuffed the sparrow into the other person's arms without any explanation.
The strange and neutral voice sounded again: "The mission is completed, and you will be rewarded with a basic-level skill learning map, which can learn the abilities of others."
Ren Xiaosu was stunned for a moment, because he clearly understood I feel like I really have an extra piece of kraft paper in my mind!
Skill learning map, does it mean that you can use this to directly copy other people’s abilities? hunt? Survive? Or something else?
The robber held the huge sparrow tightly in his arms and prepared to say some words of thanks: "You are a good person..."
Before he finished speaking, he watched helplessly Ren Xiaosu then dragged the sparrow away again and walked away.
The robber: "???"
He looked at Ren Xiaosu's running back...who the hell are these people! What are you picturing?