Chapter 65: Juncheng on the Road to Despair

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The pitch-black front of the locomotive, devouring a large amount of coal, emitted bursts of white steam, pulling the long carriage all the way forward.

The swaying carriage is dark and airtight, with only a few small holes and a few finger-wide gaps in each carriage, allowing fresh air from the outside world to come in and relieve the stuffy smell in the carriage.

One after another, the bed frames were fixed on both sides of the carriage and welded together, making them look very solid.

In the dim environment, no one made a sound, except for the occasional cry or two children, who would be held tightly in their arms by their mothers, who would look warily out of the car through the gaps.

Until there was no movement outside, the mother's frown was loosened, and she watched lovingly as her child used her arms as a cradle, gently swaying, and coaxing the child to sleep.

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Sean, who was sitting on the ground leaning against the carriage, did not sleep comfortably, and woke up as soon as he left the unfamiliar space.

First of all, he looked around with his eyes, and found no damage to the carriage, and did not hear any screams, Sean let go of his nervous thoughts.

"How long has it been since I've slept so comfortably? It's been almost fifteen years, and now that I think about it, time really can't afford to be wasted. ”

Stand up, stretch, and then take three steps forward and three steps back, stretching your hands and feet in the limited space.

The carriages were packed, and the beds were excellent for women and children, and if there was any surplus, they were for the elderly.

A young and strong man like Sean, who is in his youth, can only find an open space to sit or lie down, and he will deal with it.

This is also a matter of no choice, another post city was broken by Kabane, but there are countless people in a limited position, compared to the unlucky people who were divided and eaten by Kabane, it is already the luck of these people to be able to board this Juncheng.

Who would complain that the carriage was too crowded.

Feeling his body stretch out, Sean returned to where he was sleeping, holding the long knife in his arms.

Straighten up slightly, and look at the environment outside through the gap in ventilation.

Juncheng, which is driving halfway up the mountain, is not fast, although the slope problem is solved by elongating the track and winding around, the slope of Juncheng, which is powered by steam, is also the strength to eat, and the whining sound keeps coming from the front of the car, and Sean who listened to it has no interest in sleeping back to sleep.

It was pitch black outside, too, and occasionally it became completely dark, and then the moonlight could be seen again.

Long tunnels are a common sight in these mountains.

If it's daytime, it's a good experience to get dark all of a sudden, and then return to the light for a while.

But at night, it's a little scary.

"Is it still night, I have been there for a long time, and it is only a moment in reality?" Sean guessed suspiciously, "But I feel good sleep, full of energy, maybe in the future, when the situation is critical, I can go to an unfamiliar space to refresh my spirits, and the next second I return to reality, I am the peak of my state." ”

Thinking about it, it's not a bad idea, although Sean doesn't know how to take the initiative to go to that active space, but knowing that there are other Sean, and even seeing the ontological Sean, he has regained his desire for the future.

It was a world of despair, and the human habitat shrank and shrank until they retreated to a fortress built with high walls, the so-called post city. The post city used high walls to keep the bloodthirsty beasts outside, so that the remaining humans could survive in panic.

When he first came to this world, Sean thought that it was just an era when technology was not very advanced and he was trying to carry out the industrial revolution.

But when he was less than five years old, he witnessed his first despair.

I don't know when there was a rumor circulating in the streets and alleys, I don't know where it appeared, and I don't know why it was a monster that was created on the other side of the sea, and the humans who were supposed to be dead were resurrected and turned into ferocious monsters to eat people. Inhuman things, immortal things, things that have become cannibal monsters - these "undead monsters" that were buried in the last era but thought to be superstition have reappeared in the world. At first, these were just rumors. But, as the small countries of Eastern Europe were swallowed up by the undead overnight, it was finally known that the rumors became true. As long as the steel-covered heart is not destroyed, it will not be destroyed, sucking the blood of the living and turning them into the same monsters, and these "corpses", which will later be known as "Kabane", have proliferated explosively, spreading unprecedented disasters across Europe.

Subsequently, it spread all the way through Europe and finally swept the whole world, and Sean's remote island nation was not spared.

Sean, who came into this world in a new life form, has a five-year-old body that is completely unable to turn the tide, even if he can't even save his parents in this life, he can only barely escape from the mouths of those terrifying and irrational monsters.

This escape is fifteen years long.

For fifteen years, Sean joined the forces fighting against Kabane, and counterattacked Kabane with most of his living forces, vowing to drive Kabane out of the island.

It was full of momentum, and for a time suppressed the troops of Kabane and regained a large amount of territory, but in the end it ended in failure. Gambling on the vast majority of the living forces, coupled with the use of the power of the whole people to supply this force, in the end in exchange for only the news of defeat, made the people of this island fall deeper into despair from the dawn of hope.

After the defeat of this force, Sean also retreated from the front line and came to a conclusion.

When human beings face natural disasters, it is definitely not natural disasters that destroy human beings, unless the planet under our feet no longer exists, with human survival and adaptability, no matter what natural disasters, this species will still survive tenaciously.

Just as only magic can deal with magic, only humans themselves can destroy humanity.

In Sean's view, the failure of this operation to destroy Kabane is not a crime of war, and the entire army is not very sophisticated, but when everyone's hearts are twisted together and strive for the same goal, the power of humanity will be infinitely magnified.

Kill the Kabane, kill the companion who is infected by the Kabane, kill the companion who is injured and doesn't want to drag others down......

On the front line, Sean kept repeating this thing, in addition to killing is killing, even if it is necessary to replenish the energy in the body, Sean will eat as fast as possible, and then enter the ranks of killing Kabane.

During that time, Sean had seen too many life and death farewells, and if there was one experience he wanted to forget, it would have been the time on the front line.

Similarly, if there is any experience he misses the most, it is also the time on the front line.

A fulfilling life, without intrigue with each other, everyone has the same belief.

Get Kabane out!

It's a pity that the failure was successful, and the army still failed, not defeated by Kabane, but defeated by the command of the rear.

With no supplies to supply and no equipment to replenish, the troops that kept pushing the front line turned into islands on this small island.

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Listening to the music played by the Wheel and the Iron Wheel, Sean shook his head, so much time had passed, and no matter how much he recalled, he couldn't change the despair of this world.

After the defeat of the front, Sean and Cabane are like the story of fugitives and pursuers.

Chased from the front line to the solid post city, and then the post city fell, Sean rode the horse city to the next post city, and then the next post city fell again, and so on, Sean is getting closer and closer to the center of power, no joke.

If the Xianjin Post is also breached, if he escapes further, he will almost arrive at the post city full of powerful people.

"Wow, wow, wow—"

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"Wow, wow, wow—"

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Another child cried, and Sean looked outside, hoping that there was no Kabane in the dark, and the child's cry was like a catalyst, Kabane's favorite stimulant.

"It's okay, it seems like we're lucky, there don't happen to be those guys out there. But I can't guarantee that there will be no cabane hiding on the road ahead. Sean smiled at the child's mother, pointed to the crying child, and motioned for her to hurry up and put him to sleep.

"Thank you, I don't know why the child is crying, it's right to be fed."

Looking at the young mother's panicked appearance, Sean knew that she was probably a first-time mother, and it was the norm to be in a hurry, but now they were fleeing to the Xianjin Post in Fusang City, and adapting to the harsh environment at this time was also a necessary quality for survival.

"Let's see if he's pulled in his pants, or you feed him again." Sean stretched out his hands, he couldn't deal with the child, the child didn't care if they were in danger or not, they would cry when they wanted to drink milk, they would cry when they slept uncomfortably, and they would cry even if their mother's shaking arms paused slightly.

All in all, Sean didn't think it was a good idea to have a child on the way away, but he couldn't persuade or convince the mother to throw the child away.

If she is to lose her child, lest the child's cry cause the Kabane to put everyone in danger, perhaps the mother would rather take the child and turn into Kabane than give up her child.

Mother's love is great, reality is cruel, the only thing Sean can do is to find something to eat for this mother, so that she can have extra milk and water to feed the child who is waiting to be fed.

"It seems to be peeing, you change a diaper for him first, and I'll go find you something to eat."

"Thank you so much." The mother holding the child was going to kneel down for Sean, food, what a familiar and unfamiliar word.

When the post city was breached, who had time to bring enough food to Fusang City, and it was a great blessing in misfortune to be able to save his life.

Fuso Castle was already in the process of being renovated, and the fleeing refugees who did not have extra food in the carriages and did not have food on them would face food shortages. Therefore, lying flat and sleeping, the best effort to conserve physical strength and reduce consumption has become an excellent choice for everyone.

Moreover, boarding Juncheng is only the first step, they need to take Fusang City to reach the Xianjin Post smoothly in order to be considered a temporary victory.

There, you can resupply and rest, and then whether to stay in the Xianjin Post or discuss the question of where to go with the city lord of the Xianjin Post can only take one step at a time.

"Don't kneel and worship all day long, Lao Tzu is not a Bodhisattva, it's good, I'm looking for you to eat to block that little ghost's mouth, don't cry and scream. Tomorrow at noon, he will be able to arrive at the Xianjin Station, and he will cry as much as he wants. Remember, when you eat Lao Tzu's things, take care of your children. Sean helped the woman and said "viciously".

He has seen a lot of such thanks, like despair, it should not be said that despair makes people humble thanks because of small actions.

The more he thought about it, the more angry Sean became.

If it weren't for the sudden interruption of the supply line and the supply of weapons, where would it be Kabane's turn to be arrogant.

He and so many people are desperately trying to live on the front line, not to have a space suitable for human existence, but also to involve a struggle for power when life and death are at stake, how not to make Sean feel desperate.

Bang bang

Fusang City continued to drive towards the Xianjin Station.

On tiptoe, Sean struggled to move around the carriage.

The smell of sweat, the stench, and the constant snoring are a true portrayal of the daily life of this Fuso city.

Walking from one end of the carriage to the other, a man with his head covered and snoring was sleeping soundly.

Then he felt that his chest was squeezed hard by some kind of heavy object, like a ghost pressing the bed, which made him breathless, and the man shouted in horror: "Ghost, ghost, don't kill me, I haven't taken a bath for a month, and my meat stinks." ”

"What nonsense, it's me, Takeda, open your eyes and take a look."

"No, no, no, I know the rules, I will definitely be killed when I see your face, I know your rules." Takeda's eyes were tightly closed, and he had a fearless spirit, and he wouldn't open them anyway.

"Hei-tui" Sean snorted Takeda, "Don't pretend to me, you kid, you just said ghosts, ghosts, you are talking about thieves." Hurry up and take out your treasures, I'm in a hurry. ”

"It's you, Sean, you're scared me to death. Don't you know that ghosts are scary and frightening at most, and people are scared to death. Takeda touched his face, opened his eyes and saw Shaun with an impatient face, and said with a smile: "What are you looking for me, why don't you rest well, and waste your energy to find me?" It's not like you at all. ”

"The more you know, the smarter you'll be." Sean raised an eyebrow, and his hand went into Takeda's arms.

"What are you doing, stop it, I don't like you, and I don't like that bite, it's rude, it's indecent, there are people here who want to scare me, are there any kind-hearted people......"

Sean ignored Takeda's ghostly screams, and instead of taking what he said seriously, it was better to ignore the efficiency of his business.

"Where's your baby? Why not? Sean glared at Takeda, who had almost touched Takeda's entire body and found no jerky.

Takeda is like a thin little girl, holding her clothes, and her clothes look like she wants to cry without tears and refuse to welcome, which makes people look pitiful, if this rough man is really replaced by a girl.

"Could it be...... Did you eat it? It's impossible, you hide that bit of meat as a treasure, and you can't eat it until you starve to death. ”

"My baby is really gone, we didn't bring dry food when we escaped, and the food in this Fusang City has gone from one hair a day to one every two days, and now there is no food distribution for three days." After Takeda understood what Sean was looking for, he cried aggrievedly: "It's been three days, and even the water is almost out of supply, and if you say you're about to starve to death, I'll still bite the jerky." Even if I can bite it, I can swallow it. Even if I can swallow it, what if I choke on the jerky. ”

Reasonably, Takeda thinks his logic is fine.

How could the jerky that he regarded as a treasure be hidden in his arms, it was the last food used to save his life.

"Really?" Sean glanced suspiciously at Takeda's lower three ways, if he didn't have it, would he hide in his body.

Sean has seen a lot of costume dramas, and in that majestic imperial city, there is a special creature, and their chrysanthemums can hide 10,000 kinds of items, which can be called the ancient version of the four-dimensional chrysanthemum.

Since the ancients could use chrysanthemums to hide silver and tickets, now, will Takeda use it to hide dried meat?

Sean feels that his logic is clear and his arguments are rigorous.

Takeda felt his lower three ways cold, and saw Sean's eyes that looked at him so much that he wanted to look deeper through his flesh, as long as he clamped it, he protested: "Impossible, can you not look at me so obscenely, how to eat in the baby stuff, you know me, even if I starve to death and die of thirst, I won't eat with that thing." ”

"Makes sense." Sean nodded and sighed, "It's better to hand over the jerky, anyway, I'll be at the Xianjin Post tomorrow, and I'll make it up to you when the time comes." ”

Seeing the sincerity of Sean's words, Takeda asked tentatively, "What do you want my baby for?" Don't play tricks, tell me the truth. ”

"There is a woman in front, I see that she has not eaten for several days, and I guess she has no milk or water to feed the child." Sean pointed to the young mother who was still coaxing the child, and said helplessly: "You know that thing that hearing the child's cry is like smelling blood, the kind that will go crazy after ten miles away, so I came to you and got her something to eat." I believe that when a child is well fed, it is easy to fall asleep. ”

Sean spread out his hands, he was also helpless, he couldn't really throw that kid out to protect Fusang City.

Still, Sean underestimated Takeda's shame.

"What are you doing with your shoes off?"

"Take the baby, aren't you going to give the woman food?"

"You hid the jerky in your shoes?" Sean frowned.

"That's right, so I'm not afraid that you will rob it, you are even more serious than my cleanliness." Takeda raised an eyebrow and said disdainfully.

Looking at the jerky that emitted an inexplicable smell, Sean couldn't help it, some eating is better than starving.

He tore off his clothes and was about to wrap up the jerky when a beastly roar came from both sides of the carriage.

"Gan! Kabane is here! ”

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