In the early hours of the morning, Lu Pingchuan returned to the periphery of the main city after a five-day absence. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The town was still the same familiar town, and if you deliberately ignored the craters and burns on the exterior walls of the buildings, it looked just as good as it had been when we first met two months ago. In order to avoid the possible sniper range, Lu Pingchuan chose to take a detour to the south of the main city and enter the city, but this is the place where he and Situ Nan and others built a trap six days ago. Stepping into this ruin again, everything in front of me is a silent reminder to myself that every comrade-in-arms and partner who has passed away here has left their own mark in this yellow sand where blood and fire spread.

The trap belt was designed by Lu Pingchuan himself, and he knew very well how to walk around all the mines that were still in place - although the last attack of the Black Sheep had almost detonated them all. He deliberately chose to go through the minefield instead of taking the passage opened up by the Black Sheep group with off-road vehicles, because he was worried that the unconventional "Sapphire" would re-bury a trap under the passage. Although it is unlikely that he will do this with Victor before, it is extremely stupid to set limits on himself in advance in the face of an opponent like "Sapphire". Lu Pingchuan would rather step on the minefield he set up than take the risk of believing his opponent, so it took four or five minutes, but fortunately, he passed the trap belt unharmed and officially entered the main city.

After many days, the bombed-out house had either completely collapsed or burned to the ground. In order to affect the normal performance of other players due to the disease caused by the decay of the body, the logistics staff of the Black Sheep Company have been dutifully coming to isolate and clean up the battlefield after the battle. At present, in the entire periphery of the main city, at least as far as the eye can see, there are no remaining remains. However, on the edge of the terrace that was half destroyed, there were still long and narrow black-red blood stains that flowed all the way to the ground; Lu Pingchuan walked around a ruin and accidentally kicked a foreign object among the rubble - it was a bloody boot, the leather of the entire upper seemed to have been cut by a sharp blade, the sole of the shoe was burned, and it was half stuck to the rubble, it was hard to imagine what kind of terrible scene the foot that once wore it had experienced.

Lu Pingchuan silently walked through the silent wreckage, and he had to focus all his attention on the steps he took to force himself not to think about what happened to Situ Nan and his brothers...... After passing through the outermost building defense line, Lu Pingchuan did not go straight to the core area, but made a detour to the east along the periphery of the main city - he did not forget the purpose of his trip: he had no time to mourn or nostalgia, and the only goal of returning to the city this time was to defeat the "sapphire" and give an explanation to all the souls who were forced to stay in this desert.

In the process of making a roundabout journey, Lu Pingchuan deliberately slowed down his pace - the route he chose happened to be interspersed with the patrol route of the rangers, and since returning from the arms trading field, he now only had a revolver and three hermit crab robots on his body, and it took a lot of effort for Lu Pingchuan to get some grenades and bullets at one of the neutral supply points in the supply station along the way. What he urgently needs to solve now is the firepower gap between the two sides.

Using three hermit crabs and some patience, before dawn, Lu Pingchuan finally gathered three "puppet rangers". Squatting behind the armor of one of the rangers, listening to the footsteps of the steel body crushing the rubble, Lu Pingchuan gradually felt some confidence in his heart. It kept the three rangers at a distance of tens of meters and traveled slowly to ensure that they were not detected by the "sapphire", and then steered them to his secret base, the "sheriff's office", which contained spare equipment and secret safes.

However, when he saw the current situation at the police station through the hermit crab's camera, he knew he didn't need to make another trip - "Sapphire" seemed to know something about his situation, and the town police station where the sheriff's office was located had been razed to the ground. The two-story building, which used to have white walls and blue tiles, has now become a ruin in the open space. Lu Pingchuan knew that he could not afford to spend time risking his life to find weapons on this uncovered ruin, so he had no choice but to retreat again and find another place.

The sky has gradually brightened, but today's dawn looks a little different from the past: the heavy clouds on the horizon make Chaoyang unable to raise his head in shame, the number on the dial of the system is close to seven o'clock, but the town is still shrouded in hazy night, as if the gods are showing their last mercy to Lu Pingchuan.

Unconsciously walking through the familiar streets, unconsciously hiding in the shadows of the buildings, in this apocalyptic gothic background with uniform tones, a warm light unconsciously pierced into Lu Pingchuan's eyes: the crooked house with low eaves blocked his way like a drunken singer - this is a small town bar.

Victor's inexplicable parting message turned out to be a reminder not to miss this place: where all chance and necessity begin. (To be continued.) )