Area A, upstairs from Xiao Xiao's house.

In the corner of the living room where Zhao Ziheng was alone, he bit his cuffs to prevent himself from making a sound.

His gaze was glued to the half-open door of the kitchen, unable to take his eyes off it no matter what.

'Tick-A-'

The sound of falling droplets echoed through the room, repeating itself like an echo in a valley.

Zhao Ziheng covered his ears, wanting to expel the voice.

'Tick, tick,'

The sound of the water droplets falling became more and more rapid, and the rhythm of the drops gradually coincided with Zhao Ziheng's beating heart.

Squeak –

The sound of the door opening suddenly interrupted the sound of water droplets, and Zhao Ziheng's heartbeat seemed to miss a beat.

He struggled to lift his head, but as far as he could see, nothing came out of it except for the kitchen door, which was still gently shaking.

"Ahh

Zhao Ziheng screamed, grabbed the teacup on the table next to him and smashed it forward without looking.

Phew-

The teacup fell to the ground and shattered into a drop.

With the shattering of the teacup, the strange sound and shadow just now seemed to have all disappeared, and Zhao Ziheng's heartbeat gradually calmed down.

Zhao Ziheng swallowed: "Yes... Hallucinations, probably because I didn't sleep well last night."

He fumbled around on the table, and it took him a long time to find his phone, turn up the flashlight mode, and a beam of white light hit the kitchen.

Nothing.

Zhao Ziheng took a few steps forward and stopped, a little hesitant.

"Forget it, it should be just a mouse, just scare yourself."

Zhao Ziheng comforted himself like this, but he still kept facing the direction of the kitchen and retreated to his bedroom step by step.

"Bang-"

He locked the door from the inside.

The fan wasn't turned off yet, it was still 'buzzing', but as time passed, the room was quiet, as if nothing had happened.

"Tick-a!"

A drop of water dropped on Li Mingyao's head, and a chill ran straight into his heart along the top of his head.

Li Mingyao shuddered, and the hand that reached into his pocket subconsciously tightened, this time he was able to make up his mind to follow Taozi to run this order, and the biggest confidence was still an arcane awakening stone left to him by his father before he disappeared.

The stone had been left to him by his father five years ago, before the Arcane Mage category had existed, so he didn't know that it would allow him to awaken as an Arcane Mage.

Now even if he wanted to, he couldn't use it, and in the ritual of awakening magic, he was attacked by a black lightning method, and lost the opportunity to become an elemental mage, and at the same time, he also lost the opportunity to become an arcane mage.

Because whether a person succeeds in awakening an elemental mage or not, they cannot awaken the arcane again, otherwise they will be hit by the void and reduced to a monster that has no consciousness and only knows how to plunder.

No one knew what the hell was going on, but the only thing that everyone knew was that even an existence like the Arcane Emperor could hardly resist the erosion of the Void, so how could ordinary people like them be lucky enough to survive that kind of violent power?

Most of the common arcane awakening stones on the market only have a 120% probability of awakening, and even then it is difficult to find a stone, so most of the arcane mages are children of official families, except for the geniuses who awaken independently.

And the Awakening Stone in Li Mingyao's hand, judging from the letters left by his father, the pure energy in it can provide a 100% awakening rate!

If others knew that he had an Arcane Stone with a 100% awakening rate in his hand, it would be difficult for him to see the sun the next day.

But even if he couldn't awaken, according to his father's letter, it would be enough for him to use three powerful arcane magic.

He'd already used it once on the way to escape, and now he had two more chances.

This is the last thing his father left him, and Li Mingyao will not use it casually.

If it weren't for Xiao Xiao's tuition this time...

Squeak –

The car stopped.

Li Mingyao raised his head and looked out the car window, they had already arrived at the junction of Area A and Area S, and then passed through the two large areas to the outer wall, and then drove along the outer wall to Area E, about a day's journey.

Two sheriffs approached to check the car for contraband.

Under the gaze of the law enforcement officer's sharp gaze, Li Mingyao subconsciously swallowed his saliva.

Some nervousness is too much.

Taozi licked his lips: "By the way, brother, I will stay in District D for a few days this time, why don't you call your sister first?" ”

"What are you doing in Zone D?"

One of the officers asked.

"Oh."

Taozi pretended to point to Li Mingyao and the box in his hand with pity: "The world is unpredictable, don't you want to return to the roots, the two of you-"

Taozi skillfully took out two boxes of cigarettes from the co-pilot and handed them to them.

"We don't dare to tell my sister about this, after all, they have successfully awakened, and they are cultivating in the past few days, if she knows that her mood fluctuates too much, it will not be good for the entrance exam later, right?"

Taozi insisted on pulling the topic to Xiao Xiao's body, and as soon as the four words of awakening success came out, the faces of the two law enforcement officers, who were originally as cold as ice, suddenly softened.

There are benefits, there is a reason to pass, and this is enough, anyway, even if this world is really something terrible, it is not something that the two of them ordinary people can manage, so after a few words of greeting with Taozi, he waved his hand and let the two pass.

After that, the two of them touched the cigarette case in their pockets, and they both smiled contentedly, as if they had already established a relationship with a future magician and were about to live the life of a human being.

"Nima just died."

After the car drove through the gate, this was the first thing Li Mingyao said to Taozi.

"Hey, isn't this what the plot needs, Brother Yao has a lot of forbearance."

Taozi smiled indifferently, for a person like him who didn't even know who his parents were, the performance just now was enough to be called an actor.

"The next passes are all arranged by the boss, and it can be said that the road is unimpeded."

Li Mingyao nodded, took out his mobile phone and sent a text message to Xiao Xiao, and thanks to Taozi's reminder just now, he remembered to send a message to Xiao Xiao, after all, the time to go out this time is not short.

Looking at Xiao Xiaohui's words 'I know', Li Mingyao couldn't help but smile at the corners of his mouth.

After that, as Taozi said, the two were not interrogated too much at the next few large passes, and soon the two drove out of the city wall.

As the door behind them slowly closed, both of them instantly tensed their nerves.

"It's going to be accelerated."

Taozi said, raising his hand and pressing an unknown button.

The cyan lines spread all over the body, and then the speed of the car instantly soared to an unbelievable level, and Li Mingyao also fell backwards between the two rows of seats under the impact of the inertia that burst in.

"Hold the grass!"

"How's it going, isn't it strong enough?"

Taozi said with great interest: "Last time I came back to help me carve it, it was a wind magician, how about helping my car carve the magic circle?" Hahaha! ”

As he spoke, Taozi stepped on the accelerator again, and the speed of the car increased again.

"Niang Xipi, if it is at the previous speed, it would be good to be able to get to Area E in three days."

Li Mingyao climbed up from the ground clutching his almost twisted waist, this time choosing to sit in the last row with a backrest.

At first, Li Mingyao was a little worried about whether there would be an accident or something, but the streets outside the wall were already deserted, and it could be regarded as unimpeded all the way.

After a few hours, the night had receded.

Tick - Answer -

Another drop of water fell, dripping on Li Mingyao's neck, and a chill spread all over Li Mingyao's body for no reason.

"Brother Tao, your roof is leaking."

"What kind of water is leaking, what water can be leaking, you tell me, has it rained..."

Taozi said, his voice getting quieter and quieter.

The two swallowed involuntarily.

Li Mingyao slowly stretched out his hand, picked up the pistol that had accidentally fallen under the seat of the car just now, and aimed it at the roof of the car.

Taozi turned off the acceleration of the circle and prepared for the jump.

"Damn, I knew I wouldn't be able to open it so soon. ! ”

Taozi patted the steering wheel as if venting.

Even if the two of them were lucky enough to survive from the men in the car who didn't know anything, how could they rush back from outside the wall? Walk? I don't know what year or month it will be?

However, the two of them still forced themselves to calm down, and the people who were alive on the outer wall had been attacked by Warcraft to a greater or lesser extent, so everyone knew in their hearts that the important thing was not how to survive in the future.

It's about how to live now.

So now, abandoning the car and running away is the best way to go.

“3！”

Taozi gritted his teeth and said, after seeing Li Mingyao's gesture of answer through the rearview mirror, he put his hand on the doorknob.

And Li Mingyao also pointed a box in one hand and a gun at the roof of the car in the other, and slowly moved to the side of the door.

There was no verbal communication, and when Li Mingyao pulled the trigger and poured out the bullets in the magazine, Taozi had already pulled the handle, and the four doors opened at the same time, and the speed of the car also dropped suddenly, and after the two of them rolled out of the car, the speed increased again, and rushed forward with the monster on the roof of the car.

Li Mingyao struggled to get up from the ground and took out a magazine to replace it.

"Do you see what it is?"

He scooped up the taozi and asked.

"Who can see it clearly."

Taozi scolded in a low voice and looked around.

Highway, woods on both sides, good, land of death.

"!"

"When did that monster climb on the car?!"

Li Mingyao touched his neck: "Area A." ”

"Huh?"

Taozi looked at Li Mingyao in disbelief: "Are you kidding." ”

"Something dripped on my neck when I was in Zone A, and I didn't care about it at the time."

He took out his mobile phone and looked at it, wanting to call and ask Xiao Xiao what the situation was there.

But the phone only has a signal in the inner walls.

Taozi detoured behind Li Mingyao and sniffed at his neck.

"It's a glue bug, Made, no wonder no one sees it."

Glue Worm is another name for a low-level Warcraft, although this kind of Warcraft is not high in all abilities, but it is the only Warcraft among all Warcraft that can evade all the detection methods of humans, and it is difficult for even magicians to pay attention to it when they stand here.

If it weren't for the two drops of its saliva falling on Li Mingyao's body, I'm afraid that the two of them would have turned into white bones in the stomach of the glue worm.

"Okay, it's not like this hasn't happened before, take a look around the area closer to the ruined city, and see if there are any cars left by adventurers.

Lee Mingyao proposed.

Whether it is an ordinary people's out-of-town mining team or a magician's hunting team, there are unfortunate times when there is an accident, and the means of transportation they leave behind will become a lifesaver for those who come after.

Taozi nodded, and took out a map from his jacket pocket.

"Fortunately, there is a ruined city in front of it, and there shouldn't be any powerful demonic beasts on a small scale. It takes about an hour or so. ”

"That's good."

The two men pulled out their pistols and walked forward vigilantly with each other.

"Brother Yao, don't worry, Glue Worm, it should just be lucky to sneak in, if it was really a Warcraft attack, the other districts would have fallen a long time ago, after all, other Warcraft don't have the hidden ability of Glue Bugs."

Taozi looked at Li Mingyao, who was a little uneasy, and comforted.

"Hmm."

Li Mingyao nodded and did not reply.

Although they are only two fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenagers, the two of them will praise the handling of emergencies by any veteran hunter - both of them sprinkled odor powder on themselves for the first time, and the hand holding the gun was also stretched out to the ground, as if crawling, so that in the eyes of some magical beasts with poor eyesight, the two are ordinary low-level magical beasts, and the two of them always walk in the middle of the road, keeping an absolutely safe distance from the woods on both sides, so that in the face of sudden attacks, they can also leave enough time for the two to react.

It was the good survival experience of the two of them, so in the next hour's journey, although they encountered a wave of unscathed demonic beasts, both of them survived unscathed.

"Here we are."

Taozi, who was walking in front, said.

Li Mingyao breathed a sigh of relief, straightened up and rubbed his sore waist, which had been bent all the time.

Due to the natural hostility and resistance of Warcraft to humans, except for some special existences, there are generally no Warcraft living in the ruined city.

"I don't believe it's still like this this time."

Taozi said scoldingly, and followed Li Mingyao to a room that was not closed.

It's almost dawn, so it's best to stop and rest.

Acting at night, with the help of odor powder, it is enough for them to deal with a lot of magical beasts with poor eyesight, and during the day, they not only have to face the magical beasts on the ground, but also beware of the existence in the sky, the probability of survival is undoubtedly lower, as for the magical beasts at night, they are even more powerful... Two ordinary people, as long as they encounter Warcraft, it is almost a dead end, and they still need to care about these.

Taozi carefully closed the door, trying not to make a sound, and after a full ten seconds of the crack of the door closing, the two people standing like puppets breathed a sigh of relief and moved around the room.

The scale of this abandoned city is not large, about the size of a small town, and the location of the two is in a small two-story bungalow on the edge of the town.

Taozi stayed on the first floor to set up a vigilance mechanism, while Li Mingyao went to the second floor and took out a telescope to observe the situation in the town.

The center of the town is a small square, the trees on both sides of the street have been left untended for a long time, growing freely into what they want, the stone bricks on the sidewalk are covered by weeds, and the sidewalk can no longer be seen, and there are cracks on the road, and the shops on both sides of the street are in a dilapidated scene, I don't know how many adventurers have been patronized.

"Well, is there a suitable target?"

Taozi's voice sounded behind him.

"Nope."

Li Mingyao rubbed his dry, somewhat sour eyes, and then continued to observe the scene around him.

"Let's rest first, and then look for it when we get up in the evening."

Taozi found a place to sit down, opened his shirt, and the clothes were sewn with large and small pockets, which were filled with all kinds of self-help items.

He opened one of the pockets, took out two beef strips, and threw a pack to Li Mingyao.

"Look for it first, and then go out at night to be safe."

Li Mingyao tore open the package and said with the beef strips in his mouth.

"Okay, I'll go to sleep first."

Taozi nodded, chewed casually a few times, and then took out a small palm-sized bottle and took a sip of water.

He also has to drive, and he has to make sure he has enough energy.

The room fell silent.