Chen Jiansen told Ding Xiu about some of Zhang Zhixiong's deeds and the country's past, and the memories also made him feel emotional.

"It was the best of times and the worst of times."

Mankind once formed a unified community of destiny in the polar city of Longyearbyen, the "Blue Star Alliance", and everyone is committed to jointly fighting the zombies and viruses that ravage the earth.

Unfortunately, the Alliance only lasted for a little over a decade before it collapsed, and it was founded on the basis of a lie by a great scholar, and its dissolution was due to the premature discovery of that lie. Human selfishness has re-emerged and is rampant, and the rapid development of genetic technology in the past ten years has also given them arrogant capital.

When the nuclear war began, the world became a barren land in an instant, but there are still genetic weapons in the hands of mankind, and the war has not stopped.

Yes, the war has not stopped.

Thinking of this, Chen Jiansen's heart suddenly tingled, and he also felt a little sorry for Zhang Zhixiong.

As a veteran who survived the disaster 40 years ago, Zhang Zhixiong could have enjoyed a more decent life, because his comrades-in-arms were now all in high positions, and he was the only one who had traveled to this far area to eat sand.

"This 'strong' old man......" Chen Jiansen sighed in his heart, he was very clear about the reason why Zhang Zhixiong did not go to the big city to become an official, but ran to stay in the border guards.

The war that made Chen Jiansen's heart ache not only existed on the battlefield where the guns roared, but also on the table where the big men were sitting, the swords and swords were as fierce as lightning and thunder.

Zhang Zhixiong resented the hypocrisy of politicians, so he insisted on returning to the barracks to continue his happy life.

Chen Jiansen persuaded him, but he couldn't persuade him, so he stayed with him.

Time flies, and finally some greenery appears outside the car window. The two chatted all the way, and the topic turned to Ding Xiuxin's newly obtained ability.

"Abilities have to be trained through actual combat, and only then will they get stronger and stronger." Chen Jiansen said: "I brought you out to broaden your horizons, and you still have to rely on your own efforts to improve your abilities."

Ding Xiu nodded, thinking to himself if he had practiced yesterday.

"Remember what I told you the other day? The ability "Focus" and the ability "Madness" can play a role where 1+1 is greater than 2. ”

"And how do I get the madness ability?" Ding Xiu asked, he had already felt the improvement effect of this special ability in the battle with Wu Mo and the others yesterday, and he couldn't help but feel a little itchy in his heart when he heard Chen Jiansen say that he was so good at using madness and concentration.

"Look at your creation." Chen Jiansen smiled, "There is such a thing as ability, which can be encountered but cannot be sought. Because the probability of condensing a crystal nucleus in a mutated organism is very low, the probability of the crystal nucleus giving humans an ability is even lower. ”

"Of course, there's another way." Seeing that Ding Xiu was a little disappointed, Chen Jiansen continued.

"By what way?" With the special ability of Focus, Ding Xiu's acquisition of the Frenzy ability became the next goal he desperately wanted to achieve, so he was very curious about the other way Chen Jiansen mentioned.

"Some abilities can be implanted by modifying the structure of the genes, and madness is one of them. Unlike the way the crystal nucleus gives humans abilities, there is no probability of modifying the genetic structure, it is a directional implantation, but this method requires very high technology and a large number of modified materials. ”

"That ......"

Chen Jiansen knew what Ding Xiu wanted to say, so he waved his hand, "I don't have that ability, and I don't have that condition in the camp." ”

"Uncle Chen, where is it?" Ding Xiu was still unwilling to be disappointed, and continued to ask.

"The outside world will definitely have those big cities. So I'm giving you the opportunity to go to the big places and see them, and take a walk. ”

"I see." Ding Xiu nodded.

He was not interested in the outside world, but Chen Jiansen's words in the car touched his heart.

Coupled with the attraction of the madness ability, Ding Xiu's more conservative thinking began to change.

"Luxu Town is almost here." Chen Jiansen had already seen the shadow of the town in the distance, he turned his head to Ding Xiu and said, "Later, I will go to the town magistrate for some business, and you can walk around the town by yourself." ”

"Hmm." Ding Xiu responded.

The layout of Luxu Town is not large, and even some roads connecting to the outside are lacking in repair. But it's already the best town on the ground around, and it's much more populated than anywhere else in the vicinity.

After disasters and wars, the number of human beings has plummeted, and Grells, who once boasted the world's largest infrastructure capabilities, can now only use his capabilities in a few metropolises near the metropolitan area. The State cannot afford to take care of cities in remote areas, let alone towns and villages close to the border.

The lack of infrastructure has also set back the telecommunications and transportation conditions in remote areas by decades, and if it had been in the past, Chen Jiansen would have been able to solve these things with a phone call, but now he can only spend a day or two on his own trip.

The town's residents are all living here because of the abundant underground water resources, and after more than ten years of hard work, this town has a very different atmosphere than when it was founded.

The wheels ran over the dust on the ground, and the car stopped in front of the town hall building.

It is said to be a building, but in fact it is nothing more than a two-story cement house, and the town's sheriff and public officials are crowded into it.

"Oh, Lao Chen, what kind of wind blew you over." As soon as Chen Jiansen and Ding Xiu got out of the car, they were seen by a man walking through the corridor on the second floor.

The man greeted Chen Jiansen warmly and hurried downstairs.

"Lu Zhicheng, the sheriff of Luxu Town. You go shopping, I'll talk to Mayor Lu about something. Chen Jiansen said that he still had a lot of things to negotiate with the sheriff, so he let Ding Xiu go to free activities.

Lu Zhicheng came downstairs, and Chen Jiansen also greeted him.

"Who is that?" Lu Zhicheng shook hands with Chen Jiansen, handed over another cigarette, and looked at Ding Xiu, who had just left.

"Ding Xiu, the captain of the fourth squad of our camp." Chen Jiansen took the cigarette and put it on his ear, "I asked him to go about his own business." ”

"Young and promising." Lu Zhicheng boasted that when he saw Chen Jiansen taking Ding Xiu with him to do errands, he knew that this young man should be very valued. "Let's go upstairs and talk, here, please."

Ding Xiu walked on the road of the town, he hadn't been here for a few years, and the surrounding environment made him a little unfamiliar.

"Where's the bar?" Ding Xiu remembered Chen Jiansen's words, and the first thing he did when he arrived in the town was to find a place like a bar to see if he could recruit soldiers.

Walking forward for a while, there was no shop with a bar sign on the side of the road, and Ding Xiu stopped a passer-by to ask.

"There's only the 'Old Iron Bar', south of town." The passer-by helped Ding Xiu point out the way, and Ding Xiu thanked him and looked for it.

Alcohol is a product of food surplus, and not every town in the remote area has a bar.

The old iron bar in Luxu Town is more famous in the surrounding area, Ding Xiu has never been to this bar, and when he found the sign of the bar, he hesitated for a long time before finally pushing open the door and walking in.

Unlike the hustle and bustle of the street outside, the environment inside the bar is another kind of noise.

The heavy metal music mixed with the smell of inferior cigarettes made Ding Xiu a little uncomfortable, and he walked around the girl who walked among the guests with a wine tray, and found a place to sit down next to the aisle.

"Handsome guy, what do you want?" As soon as Ding Xiu sat down, a scantily clad girl nearby walked over and asked sweetly.

Seeing that Ding Xiu was a new face, the girl showed an ambiguous smile at him, "You can order wine, or anyone." ”

"I don't drink, just sit down for a while." Ding Xiu smiled back politely, and began to look at the guests who were drinking and having fun around him.

He had never been to such a place, but according to Chen Jiansen's suggestion, he could see if he could recruit soldiers.

Seeing that Ding Xiu didn't order anything, the girl immediately put away her smile, left with a calm face, and muttered quietly before leaving: "It's a joke to come to the bar and say that you can't drink." ”

Ding Xiu was unmoved by the girl's complaints, because he really didn't know how to drink, he just didn't understand the rules of the bar.

The girl went back to the bar and talked to the barboy inside, and pointed at Ding Xiu. Ding Xiu didn't see this scene, his gaze was falling on a nearby guest.

Just now, a sneaky guy reached into the guest's clothes and quietly pulled out a money bag from inside.

"Thief!"

Ding Xiu was about to rush up and catch the thief, but after thinking about it, this was not the camp of the border guards, and he was worried that he would cause trouble for Chen Jiansen, so he suppressed the impulse in his heart.

After getting the money, the man hurriedly walked outside, and when he passed by Ding Xiu's side, Ding Xiu's fingers also rubbed against his pocket.

The previous guest's money bag had been transferred to Ding Xiu's body, but the thief didn't know it, but left the bar in a hurry.

After Ding Xiu waited for the thief to leave, he stood up and walked over to the guest, then threw the money bag from the thief on the ground and patted the man on the shoulder.

"You've dropped something."

The half-drunk guest raised his head and glanced at Ding Xiu, then leaned down to pick up the money bag on the ground, "Why did Lao Tzu's money bag fall to the ground?" ”

He muttered, but there was no word of thanks.

The atmosphere of the bar was depressing for those who were not used to it, but Ding Xiu had to recruit suitable soldiers for the team, so he could only continue to look patiently among the surrounding guests.

The sexyly dressed girls around him never came to "disturb" Ding Xiu again, because the guy who didn't even order alcohol in the bar was bound to be able to pick out the oil and water on his body.

"Life is short and urgent, don't get drunk and don't give up, my beauty on the left, and there are girls on the right." On one side of the bar, the voice of the male duck came to the voice, and even though the tune could no longer be found, the girls who accompanied the singing man flattered one by one.