It was noon, and the sun was getting higher. In winter, the warm sun shines brightly, dispelling the thin black fog and making the people running a little hot.

On a street corner in the north of Shashi City, footsteps and a few words of conversation gradually came out.

"Sister Qian, hurry up, you're going to lose it."

"Xiaoxiao, which way did that person go?"

"Here! Brother Lang Hua, you follow closely, I'm going to speed up. ”

If you can look down from a high altitude at this moment, you can see four figures in front of you, three in front and four behind, passing through this block in an instant.

The figure in the front seems to be very familiar with this area, and the running and climbing movements are very flexible, so that the distance between the two groups is not long or short. And after Yang Xiaoxiao uses the "Phantom" ability to accelerate, you can observe that this distance is shrinking at a speed that is also visible to the naked eye.

Is it because I have a face that I am clumsy?

"Alas, Xiaoxiao, this girl ......" Lin Qian sighed inadvertently, urging the sleeping evolutionary energy to follow.

It turned out that when Lang Hua and the three of them left from Heijie, they rushed all the way to Shashi People's Hospital, which is located in the north of the city. Halfway through, Lin Qian found out that someone was spying on them secretly.

Lang Hua remembered the "black-robed man incident" he encountered before, so he wanted to find out.

Who knew that this figure was extremely slippery, and as soon as he saw that he was exposed, he immediately withdrew and retreated, without the slightest hesitation. The vigilance consciousness is so strong that Lang Hua can't help but praise secretly. But before they saw the true face of the other party, how could Lang Hua and the three of them stop there?

The person being chased was too familiar with the terrain of this place, if it weren't for Yang Xiaoxiao's speed-type ability "Phantom" blessing, I am afraid that he would really be thrown off.

But after such a back and forth, Lang Hua was sure that this person should not be in the same group as the previous black-robed man.

Suddenly, in front of an old-fashioned bungalow, the figure stopped. "He" wore a hemp gray hoodie, a thick peach skin velvet sweatshirt that was a little wide, and a simple wooden sheath sword on his back. If Lang Hua's expectations are good, what "he" is wearing under his body should be a pair of wide-legged trousers from the ancient swordsmanship hall.

Turned around, revealing half of his face under his baseball cap. looks delicate and cute, and it turns out to be a girl.

Lang Hua couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that the person who peeped at them was this girl who looked harmless to humans and animals?

The girl kept panting white air from her mouth, like a wounded trapped beast, nervously scanning the faces of the two people in front of her.

Lin Qian is not good at speed, so she arrived at this time and joined Lang Hua and Yang Xiaoxiao.

Then she exclaimed, "It's actually a little girl." ”

Yang Xiaoxiao seemed to be very dissatisfied with the word "also", so she pouted and asked the person opposite, "Hey, what's your name?" Why spy on us? ”

"Lan Xi." Lang Hua said lightly.

Lin Qian was wondering how Lang Hua knew, and suddenly her eyes swept and saw a graffiti-mottled wall, and she suddenly understood and stopped speaking.

The wall was full of foul language smeared with paint, and even though it was later painted with white paint, and one place after another, the rest was as dazzling as the midday sun:

"Lan Dahe, if you don't repay the money a year ago, you will use your daughter Lan Xi to pay off the debt!"

"It's only right to pay back debts!"

"The deadline is December 31, and if you can't get the money, ask your daughter to sell it quickly and pay the interest!"

"If you don't pay back the money, you won't be ashamed to ask for money."

"Lan Dahe, you rotten person who doesn't pay back. Your daughter Lan Xi must also be a bitch and a shit! ”

Debt collection and debt owing? So is it loan sharking or gambling?

Lin Qian vaguely guessed some truths in her heart.

"Girl, you ......"

Before she could speak, she was interrupted by the screams of the girl Lan Xi.

"Let's go! Get out of here! You are not welcome here! ”

The figure trembled, as if enduring great humiliation and fear. She pulled out a long sword behind herself and pointed at Lin Qian and Yang Xiaoxiao: "Get out of here!" Get out of here! ”

Lang Hua's eyes narrowed, and he reached out to grab Yang Xiaoxiao and block him behind him. Then he took a step forward and stopped in front of Lin Qian and Yang Xiaoxiao.

He said: "We don't care about your family's private affairs, but Your Excellency has spied on us before, so you always have to give an explanation, right?" ”

"Let's go, let's go! I didn't want to mess with you, don't push me! ”

Such a tone is not a request. Inexplicably driven away...... It made the three-person team feel a little unhappy.

"Good sword!" Lang Hua looked at the sword and said slowly.

His expression was a little playful: "It's just a blade that I opened after the catastrophe." It's a pity for this good sword. ”

"Shut up, you!"

Seeing that the three of them had no intention of leaving, Lan Xi was in a hurry, and stabbed out with a sword.

"It's good to come."

Lang Hua pulled out a bayonet at random, leaned over and waved his hand lightly, and the blade of the sword was swung away by the back of the knife. The long sword, which was tilted to the other side, lost its accuracy.

He chuckled and said, "With this little force, is the girl embroidering with me with a sword?" ”

"Die!" The girl was angry, turned around and took out her sword, but was also blocked by Lang Hua.

Stab, slash, wipe, sweep, a few rounds passed. Lan Xi failed to touch Lang Hua in the slightest, but was pushed by Lang Hua slowly, and retreated for a full six steps.

"The foundation is good, but it's not very familiar. Your advantage is that you are agile, and the clinging to the swordsmanship routine is really tyrannical. ”

Lang Hua commented: "The three-foot plum frost sword is suitable for a girl like you, your master is not stupid enough to fool you with the bulky seven-star dragon yuan." ”

He suddenly turned his head sideways and said to Yang Xiaoxiao: "I'll leave it to you." Then he crossed Lan Xi and walked towards the house.

"I'd like to see what secret you're hiding." He said in a deep voice.

Lan Xi was immediately stunned, anxious, got up and took out his sword, but was stopped by Yang Xiaoxiao, who was holding a double dagger.

"Now your opponent is me." Yang Xiaoxiao said with a smile.

"Get out of the way!" Lan Xi was flustered, and his subordinates were even more disorganized.

She is just an ordinary evolutionary after the cataclysm, only a slight increase in speed, where is the opponent of a speed ability person like Yang Xiaoxiao.

Yang Xiaoxiao also deliberately released the water, lest she hurt this girl. Anyway, her task is just to "stop Lan Xi".

Lin Qian also walked through the foyer at this time and entered Lan Xi's house.

Suddenly, Yang Xiaoxiao heard Lin Qian exclaim: "Xiaohua, how can there be a black corpse here!" ”

This sentence only made Yang Xiaoxiao slightly stunned, but it stimulated Di Lanxi to almost go crazy.

Lan Xi's swordsmanship was suddenly messy, and Yang Xiaoxiao couldn't control his strength under distraction, penetrating Lan Xi's sleeve and drawing a big gap.

Blood flowed down suddenly. And even if Lan Xi was desperately beaten by Yang Xiaoxiao's knife, she would stumble into the house.

"Don't!" Lan Xi cried out.

When Yang Xiaoxiao entered the house, what she saw was such a scene:

A black male corpse tightly tied to a circle chair with a thick hemp rope.

Lan Xi, who fell on the leg of the chair and was on guard with a sword.

and, Brother Lang Hua, who stood still and stared at the spot, and Sister Qian, who was at a loss......

Lang Hua was silent for a moment, and finally spoke: "Lan Dahe? Your father? ”

"Don't hurt him, don't hurt him." Lan Xi's sword-wielding hand trembled, and blood meandered down his sleeve and finally fell to the ground.

The black corpse was salivating over the blood she was dripping, and it couldn't stop roaring, and its body struggled to make the solid wood hoop chair tremble.

Yang Xiaoxiao suddenly stopped talking, I don't know if she also remembered her father who she had never met.

Lin Qian comforted: "Miss Lanxi, calm down......"

Lang Hua suddenly interrupted her: "That's not your father." ”

He pulled out his long knife behind him and said lightly, "Lan Xi, you get out of the way." ”

"No, don't. It's my fault, it's me who provoked you. Lan Xi burst into tears unconsciously, "Big brother, please go." Please, please let us go......"

Lang Hua frowned: "Let you go, is it to wait for him to eat you, and then come to clean up the bones?" Look at what it looks like now! It just wants to drink your blood now! ”

He seemed to be a little angry: "Lan Xi, you show me clearly!" It's not your dad now, it's a black corpse, a corpse-turned-monster that wants to eat your flesh and drink your blood! ”

"Don't kill him, don't kill him. Please, please spare him. It's my fault, it's all my fault......"

The girl suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to Lang Hua in front of her. Seeing that Lin Qian was distressed, she pulled her up.

"If you can't do it, we can do it for you......" After a pause, Lang Hua suggested, "Or you can let him go, leave him, and live elsewhere." I can act as if I didn't see what happened today. ”

This girl, who was about the same age as Yang Xiaoxiao, had a somewhat numb and sluggish expression on her face at this time.

She repeated the words of pleading: "I will take care of him, I will not let him eat people...... Don't kill him, I beg you don't kill him. The master was torn apart and eaten by the black corpse, and I only have him. Please, please, please......"

Tears rolled down her cheeks one by one, falling on the peachskin velvet sweatshirt and shattering and splashing, becoming even finer droplets, making the surface fabric look like a velvet coat that had been wet on a foggy day.

Lin Qian said softly: "Miss Lan Xi, why are you spying on us, can you give us a reason?" ”

"Could it be", Lang Hua suddenly narrowed his eyes and asked in a deep voice, "Is it to kill us who are passing by, so that we can use it to feed your corpse 'good father'?" ”

"No, I'm not spying on you." Lan Xi shook her head desperately, and her words gradually became a complete sentence.

She stumbled and said, "I didn't want to kill ...... I thought it was them...... They're back. They're fierce...... I didn't feel comfortable checking it out. ”

Lang Hua sighed and said, "I don't care who those people are, I can also ignore your tracking and monitoring today." But you have to be clear that we are saving you now. ”

"My dad won't eat people, I won't let him eat people. Really, you believe me. I beg you, let him go...... I beg you to ......"

Lan Xi kept sobbing and choking, and she didn't know how many words she had heard from Lang Hua.

"You! Why don't you understand? Lang Hua gritted his teeth and was puzzled.

He took a deep breath, shook his head and said, "The black corpse only wants to eat people, if you don't kill him today, he will eat you in his stomach tomorrow!" ”

Seeing that Lan Xi was about to lean down and kowtow again, Lin Qian couldn't see it, and pulled Langhua's sleeves.

She whispered: "Xiaohua, or forget it." ”

Never mind? How to forget it? Do you let Lan Xi and her black corpse fend for themselves......

Although he regarded the black corpse as a corpse mutant, he was an enemy who did not share the sky. But this time it is indeed someone's private matter, and it is not his turn to make his own opinion......

"That's it, that's it." He thought so.

Lang Hua was about to turn around, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw Lan Xi's tattered sleeves in the battle.

The wound exposed by the gap in the sleeve was long but not deep, and the bleeding had stopped. But at that wrist, there were clearly several smooth cuts! Some even look like they've just healed.

He thought about Lan Xi's panicked answer - the black corpse that can't eat people? How not to eat people? How does Lan Xi guarantee that it won't eat people?

"Really?"

Combined with Lan Xi's previous words, and the black corpse Lan Dahe ignored the living creatures that were close at hand, but only roared at the blood stains on the ground.

Lang Hua suddenly thought of something. He rushed into the Lan family's kitchen, and a moment later threw a piece of raw pork with blood on the surface at everyone's feet.

"Pig blood?" Yang Xiaoxiao was puzzled.

"It's human blood. The blood of the Evolver who slit his wrists and released it! He shook his head.

As soon as the words landed, Lin Qian was frightened and took half a step back. She didn't fully understand the meaning of Lang Hua's words, but at that moment, she instinctively felt a little frightened.

Lang Hua frowned and asked Lan Xi, "I said why are you lacking in blood and qi, and you are weak and weak like a sick seedling." I said how it only reacts strongly to your blood, and it turns out that it is actually a marrow eater! ”

He couldn't help but be a little angry: "Do you know what you're doing? You actually fed this black corpse with your own blood! Genetically similar evolutionary blood food will only accelerate the evolution of black corpses, do you know? ”

"I ......"

The latter looked up at this time, his eyes wandering and flustered, and he did not know what to answer.

"Feed the black corpse with blood, stupid! Why are you so stupid! Wait until you're out of blood, when you're too weak to bleed. It's still going crazy and breaking the ropes, and you don't even have a bone left to eat, do you know? ”

Lan Xi was speechless at the moment, but Lang Hua seemed to hate iron and steel: "Don't you want to live like this?" With such a capital enemy seeking death, why didn't you chop yourself up and feed it in the first place? ”

"I can't die, my dad would have died without my care. I...... I can't help it...... If I don't put my own blood on it, he won't eat ......."

Lan Xi said in a panic: "My dad will starve to death if he doesn't eat...... I can't let him starve to death. He has never eaten anyone...... I've never let him eat people. Please, don't kill him...... I beg you to ......"

"Your dad is dead! He was dead the moment he turned into a black corpse! Lang Hua also roared unexpectedly.

Orphans in two lives, Lang Hua, who has never seen his biological parents, Lang Hua, who was bullied alone in a black-hearted orphanage...... I can't even hear such a thing.

"Don't kill him, don't kill my dad. Please, I can't do without my father's ...... "Lan Xi" and throw the Meishuang sword aside.

She kowtowed heavily to Lang Hua and the others: "Don't hurt him, please...... I beg you to ......"

One by one, the blood gradually penetrated the skin on the forehead and the crooked bangs, imprinted on the rough cement floor, staining patches of blood-red "flowers".

Lang Hua looked at her, watching Lin Qian and Yang Xiaoxiao pull Lan Xi up. Then he watched her kneel down again, pressing her forehead against the ground, refusing to lift herself.

A pair of fists clenched and contracted, and the nails were deeply embedded in Lang Hua's flesh......

Finally, his clenched fists were released again, and as if deflated, he took out a vial of trauma medicine and placed it beside the girl, turned around and walked out the door.

"That's it," he whispered, "Miss Lanxi, you...... Do it yourself. ”

The voice floated lightly in the air, as if it had no weight.

The group of three left silently, and before going out, Yang Xiaoxiao took off his bag of dry food and put it beside Lan Xi.

Lan Xi didn't raise her head again from beginning to end. And her "loving father" was still tied to the chair behind him, struggling and screaming as usual, begging for the next meal......