Andrei's hiding place was a cave with a steep cliff with a hollow inward cavity and a huge stone wall outside, very hidden. If you look up from the bottom of the cliff, you can only see the rock wall, and if you look down from the cliff, you can't see anything.

It's just that the cliff is very steep, and ordinary people will definitely not be able to climb it.

Entering the cave, Chu Tianjiang found that this was a huge grain warehouse, which was stacked with grains, dried wild fruits and root plants, and the walls were full of cured meats and bacon, as well as some sausages. This food is enough for more than a dozen people to consume for several months.

Andrei asked his two younger brothers to make a fire and cook a few pieces of cured meat.

When the hot meal arrived, Nichole devoured it. Obviously, Nichol didn't know that she no longer needed to eat, just like Chu Tianjiang.

"Where are we now?"

"About a hundred kilometers to the north is the Ob Sea."

"What?" Chu Tianjiang was stunned for a moment and said, "We are in the territory of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region?" ”

Andrei nodded and said, "The nearest city is Nadem to the east, but it has been abandoned, and most of the survivors have gone to Salehard. ”

"Why didn't you go?"

"A place with a lot of people is not necessarily safe." Andrei smiled reluctantly and added, "In addition, it has to do with what is on us. ”

"It's true, the more people, the more dangerous it is."

The three Andrei brothers, originally residents of this area, are herders who live on the Great Siberian Plain and live by herding reindeer. Before Judgment Day, the Russian authorities issued a national mobilization order and the country entered a state of war, after which the Russian army confiscated all the livestock of Andrei's family under the pretext of collecting war materials and ordered them to go to the resettlement site. Out of distrust of the government, Andrei's father, an old man who died tragically in a mountain village, made a decision to lead the family to the north.

They are herders and hunters.

While civilians are strictly prohibited from owning firearms, there are no strict restrictions on herders living in remote areas and ethnic minorities who hunt for their livelihoods, and herders and hunters are allowed to possess hunting rifles against wild animals as long as they are registered with the administration.

Without the deer, André's family could still make a living from hunting.

In fact, Andrei's father, as well as the three Andrei brothers, are very good hunters. When reindeer breed their young, they rely mainly on hunting for food.

Migrating north, Andrey's family survived.

That is, with the onset of winter, the wind direction changes, and for the next few months, it is a northerly wind, so it is difficult for the DNA virus that spreads in the south to enter the Arctic Circle. After the spread of the DNA virus, only a small number of people living in the Arctic Circle, such as the Eskimos, were not infected.

Andrei's family has already entered the Arctic Circle and is not infected.

In addition, staying away from big cities also keeps them away from invaders.

For more than forty days after the arrival of the invaders, Andrei's family settled down in the small mountain village and built a cottage in preparation for settling there.

Although life is very difficult, sometimes there is no last meal but no next meal, but there are no government troops who come to collect food, let alone rogues to harass them, and the three Andrei brothers are extremely good hunters, the life of the family is also passable, at least there is no need to worry about cold and starvation.

More than twenty days ago, the peaceful life of Andrei's family was shattered.

"It was night, and we followed the footsteps of a herd of wild reindeer to the northern tip of the Yamal Peninsula near Cape Skuratov."

"How far is it from here?"

"About 500 kilometers." André sighed and said, "At this time of year, the reindeer herd has already moved south, but this year it is very unusual, the reindeer herd is still in the far north, and it seems that they are afraid to go south. Every time we went out to hunt, we had to walk hundreds of kilometers, and it took 10 days to make a round trip. However, we are very familiar with the environment on the peninsula and know the favorite places of the reindeer herd, so we have a good harvest every time. If it weren't for the fact that a few children were too young and didn't have enough warm clothing, we would have continued to migrate north. ”

Chu Tianjiang nodded and let Andre continue.

"At that time, a very bright object lit up the entire night sky and looked like a meteor, but it was falling more and more slowly, so it was definitely not a meteor."

"What's that?" Nicol hurriedly asked.

Chu Tianjiang patted Nichol's thigh and told her not to interject.

"We don't know what to do, Leonid proposes to leave it alone, so as not to get into trouble, and Valentin thinks that it should be investigated. That kid has been curious, bold, and impulsive since he was a child. Andrei smiled reluctantly and said, "I didn't think much of it at the time, so I took them over." Instead of a meteor, a pale white sphere that emits a white glow fell from the sky. ”

"How big?"

"About ten centimeters in diameter, the pale white object on the surface is still flowing, and the central light source emits a white light, which is very harsh."

Energy source!? Chu Tianjiang was very surprised.

Nicol was even more surprised, and couldn't help but glance at Chu Tianjiang, because she knew that Chu Tianjiang had an energy source in his body that was exactly the same as the sphere that Andre had said.

"At that time, we didn't know what it was, so we picked it up when we tried it a few times with sticks and hunting knives and thought there was no problem."

"Pick?"

Andre sighed and said, "I thought it might be a glass ball, and I didn't care, but after touching it with my hand, I realized that this was not the case." ”

"Those white objects melt into your body?"

"No, it just attached to my body, covering my body to be exact, and wrapping me up. Leonid and Valentin must have been frightened, and they tried to drag me away, but they also got on the white object, and I was wrapped in it. ”

"And then?"

"At that time, we didn't know anything, we were just desperately resisting. We don't want to die, because our parents, our sisters, our wives and children can't live without us, and if we do, they will soon starve to death. Andrei sighed and said, "I don't know how long it took for me to hear the roar of helicopters, as if there was also the whistling of fighter jets. Then I woke up, and so did Leonid and Valentin. ”

"You ran away?"

Andrei nodded and said, "We were all terrified, there were all soldiers nearby, and there were helicopters in the air. Although I don't know what happened to Lu Dao, I know that if we were caught by those soldiers, they would definitely not let us go, and for the sake of our relatives at home, we could only escape. ”

"And then I realized that you were running much faster than before."

"Yes, we fled in one fell swoop, not to mention those soldiers, even the helicopter couldn't catch up with us." Andrei shook his head with a wry smile and said, "After escaping, we hid in a cave for a day. It wasn't until it was confirmed that the army had withdrawn that they went out to catch up with the deer. ”

"What did you do after that?"

"Because we didn't know what was going on, we decided not to tell anyone else for the time being. It's just that those soldiers must have known that we had been to the scene, and even that we had touched the sphere. If that sphere is from an extraterrestrial civilization, the army will definitely not let us go. So we decided to hide, and we found the cave, and we started stockpiling food and moving all our families over. It's just ......," Andre paused for a moment before he said, "Within a few days, those mutated wolves appeared, as well as mutated bears, tigers, leopards and other fierce beasts nearby. Later, we also found a strange troop of troops. Fearing that their families would be threatened, we tracked the unit and found that they were attacking Eskimo villages and also inhabited towns. ”

"Is it the special forces, or is it Julian's men?"

"Five days ago, we ambushed a lone guy, only to know that it was Julian who commanded this unit, and we also learned the origin of these guys." Andrei sighed and said, "Yesterday afternoon, we went back to the cave and prepared to transfer all the family the next day. The small mountain village we built is small and remote, so it has not been discovered for the time being, but that does not mean that it will not be discovered. It's a pity that we were still a step too late, they came to the door last night and we were all here at the time, if ......"

"We will make Julian pay for his atrocities!" Nicol said.

Chu Tianjiang also nodded and said, "I promised you that no matter how difficult it is, I will kill Julian to avenge your relatives." You still don't know me, but when you understand me, you will know that I will do what I say, and if I can't do it, I won't agree. ”

"I believe in you."

"Really?"

"Because you have that white object on you just like us, and much more so than we do, even more thoroughly." Andrei hesitated for a moment, then said, "That white object should be integrated into your body, maybe your body is made of that kind of object." ”

Chu Tianjiang was stunned for a moment, and then said, "You're right. The sphere was from an extraterrestrial civilization, and the white object was a pure energy body. I was the first person to acquire a white object, and the most thorough, and my body was made of white objects. ”

"If you can't kill Julian, we can't do it." Obviously, Andre did not have confidence in Chu Tianjiang, but there was no better choice.

"Don't worry, we'll kill Julian." Nicol interjected again.

Andre smiled reluctantly and said, "I know that you are very powerful, but you don't know Julian, he is definitely not easy to deal with." ”

"Really?"

"If nothing else, just those mutants are hard to deal with."

Chu Tianjiang's brows jumped a few times, obviously Andre knew more about mutants.