Ye Yu didn't care about the old man's attitude towards him, in line with the principle of knowing himself and knowing his opponent, he carefully observed this small group first. There were sixteen people in total, and there were only three women among them, all of whom were in their forties, and only Xia Lu and the young man looked a little younger. And according to his observations, except for the strong man who was like a devil's muscular man, everyone else looked quite thin and malnourished. Their hair was unkempt and greasy, and they had a strong stench, and it seemed that they hadn't showered in months.

What surprised Ye Hao even more was the numbness in their eyes, which was a lifeless, hopeless, and passionless look. They didn't chat, they just sat quietly, or stared blankly into the distance, only in Xia Lu and Heizi's body, Ye Yu felt a trace of young people's anger.

Soon, Ye Yu found Xia Lu, a young girl who was weaving a rattan of a green plant on the side, looking like she was going to make a dress or something. Ye Yu was not polite, and sat beside her. Xia Lu glanced at him and continued to do the work in his hands.

"Ahem, that, thank you so much last night."

Xia Lu responded in a low voice, Ye Yu was cheeky and began to ask, although he is not a scheming, cunning person, but at the moment under the pressure of survival, he has to work hard to raise his spirit, and every question is carefully considered, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the other party.

Fortunately, Xia Lu also seems to be a simple-minded person, and he didn't pay attention to some small doubts in Ye Yu's questions at all, and answered Ye Yu's questions without a match, coupled with the addition of sunspots on the side, soon, Ye Yu figured out a lot of situations, plus some of his own reasoning,

The world seems to have been completely deserted into a vast wilderness. What was once a human civilization has become something that remains only in legends, leaving only fragments of relics. And in this vast wilderness, "cities" have been built, in the city, with high walls, plenty of food, safe shelter and comfortable beds, but the city needs "quotas" or can only wander in the wilderness, become wilderness wanderers.

In the wilderness, there are countless dangers, and the resources are extremely poor, I don't know why, there is no food in the earth, and all the animals in Ye Yu's memory have disappeared, at least Xia Lu has never heard of creatures like pigs and dogs. And now most of the plants growing in the ground are highly poisonous and cannot be eaten at all. Although the water is not so rare, most of it is also polluted, undrinkable, and can only barely survive, as for washing and other things, it is a dream.

But the scarcity of resources is only one of the most insignificant aspects of the wilderness, and the most terrifying thing lies in the countless hidden killing opportunities. The first is the evolution of plants, and in this last age, carnivorous plants have evolved by leaps and bounds. The man-eating flowers that envelop the building spread miles of blood-sucking vines underground, with corrosive spores. The same terrible plants popped out of Xia Lu and Kuroko's mouths, although some of them were only what they had heard about, but they still made Ye Yu break out in a cold sweat.

Insects are also a group of ferocious killers, and the earth's ecosystem seems to have completely collapsed, leaving only countless killing machines that feed on flesh and blood, fist-sized bloodsucking insects, swarms of locusts that cover the sky and the sun, and leeches that can devour people whole. In fact, because Ye Yu woke up in the cold winter wax moon, he just avoided most of the most active plants and insects, otherwise he was afraid that he would die inexplicably without leaving the school gate.

Even more terrifying than these is the kind of beast that Ye Hao encountered, according to Xia Lu, this kind of monster is called "soul beast", as for why it is such a strange name, it is unknown, the devil dog is still a relatively low-level category of soul beasts, and can even be hunted by a group of people, if it is a more powerful soul beast, it will not dare to save Ye Yu if Xia Lu and the strong man are given a hundred dares.

Hearing this, Ye Yu couldn't help but wipe a handful of sweat, he was simply blessed with a great fate, and if there was a slight mistake, he would have been exposed to the wilderness and become fertilizer.

"Xia Lu, you have traveled so many places, you should have seen a lot of cities, right?" Ye Yu organized the language for a long time before asking this key question.

The girl wrinkled her nose, looked at Ye Hao with the eyes of a fool, and said, "Do you think that the wilderness is full of cities? Even the nearest 'shelter' is more than a month away from here, and there are only a dozen of us in the area, so it's good to walk around here, where do you dare to travel long distances to other cities. ”

Okay, got it! Ye Hao was overjoyed in his heart, "Shelter Station" was obviously the name of the nearest city, as long as he asked about the situation of some cities, he could temporarily deal with that old fox.

"Have you ever been to the city?"

"No, only Grandpa Shan has been to the city in our group." Xia Lu put down the work in her hand, hugged her knees with both hands, and had a yearning expression on her face. "I've heard that the city is a very beautiful place, with food, clean water, and no worries about danger, it's a really happy place." Saying that, she suddenly turned to Ye Yu, looked at him pleadingly, and said, "Aren't you from the city?" Can you tell me what it's like in the city? ”

Ye Yu opened his mouth wide, and there was a gurgling sound in his throat, but he didn't expect him to do everything, but he lifted a stone and hit his own foot. How did he know what it was like in that ghost city, and if he wanted to make it up, he was afraid that if Xia Lu told the old man these words, wouldn't it be revealed in an instant?

"This ...... Not...... This one. Ye Yu scratched his head frantically, almost scratching his scalp, and finally thought of a good reason. You know, Grandpa Shan asked me to give you a place in the city, and I promised him to help with all my might, after all, you are my savior, and when you get the place, I will personally take you to the city for a walk. ”

"Well, thank you, I'll wait." Xia Lu's eyes showed a deep joy, her face was red like a big apple, and Ye Lu's heartbeat suddenly accelerated a little.

Xia Lu was happy for a while, and suddenly showed a wave of hesitation and sadness, she glanced at the old man by the fire in the distance, and said in a low voice: "But if I leave, won't I never see Grandpa Shan and Uncle Ma again?" I'm the only one who goes to such a good place, and they still have to struggle in the wilderness. As he spoke, his eyes were filled with tears.

"What are you afraid of, I will protect them in the future!" Kuroko patted his thin chest beside him.

Looking at Xia Lu's tears, Ye Yu suddenly felt a pain in his heart, but he didn't even know how to comfort him, in this cruel world, he couldn't even tell that kind of beautiful lie. After thinking about it for a while, he had to find a way to change the subject.

"I don't think you're very strong, but why is Uncle Ma so ...... Forehead...... Robust? It was really hard for Ye Yu to find a suitable adjective to describe that strong man.

This trick also worked, Xia Lu suddenly stopped crying, and her eyes widened in surprise: "Uncle Ma is a soul warrior, don't you know?" He's the only soul warrior among the dozen or so wilderness wanderers in the vicinity, and he's very powerful. If he weren't so powerful, he wouldn't have dared to lure away the devil dog to save you, you know, one devil dog can kill five or six nomad tribes without soul warriors. ”

Soul Warrior ...... Ye Yu deeply instilled this fresh word in his mind. I don't know what it is, but it sounds amazing.

"Then he's so strong, doesn't he eat a lot?"

"yes." Xia Lu's little face floated a little depressed, "Uncle Ma's food alone is higher than that of all of us, so the food is always tight." But it is precisely because of Uncle Ma that we can ensure safety and ensure that we have food every day, so no one will blame him, and other tribes want a soul warrior very much. ”

"Since the soul warriors are so powerful, why don't you merge with the other tribes?"

"This is the wilderness, you young master from this city." Xia Lu lightly knocked Ye Hao's head, "The most important thing in the wilderness is flexibility, it is inconvenient if there are many people, and it is useless if there are many people, and it is not enough for soul beasts to kill, so the fewer people, the stronger the tribe, the easier it is to survive in this wilderness." ”

Ye Yu was taken aback slightly, the crowd tactics were useless against soul beasts, that is to say, except for soul warriors, there was no other way to fight against soul beasts.

Just as he was about to get more information, the old man had already walked over on crutches.

"Boys and girls, it's time to go, the monkey just came to report that he found traces of a group of wood insects, let's hurry up, don't let other tribes take the lead."

"Wow, wood worm, go fast, I can't wait." Kuroko jumped up from the ground and wiped the corners of his mouth, looking like he was having a greedy attack. Xia Lu also stood up with a look of surprise, only Ye Yu was still sitting on the ground in a daze.

"Xiao Ye, what are you doing in a daze?" The old man smiled and said, "After catching this group of wood insects, we will have half a month's food guarantee, and then we can take you to find what you want." ”

Ye Hao's eyes lit up, he hurriedly stood up, patted the soil on his clothes, and said loudly: "Okay, let's go immediately!" ”