The sky was as gray as ever, and the Tartarus moor was as desolate as ever.

For those struggling to survive in the last days, the destruction of a human settlement is not enough to give their scarce compassion, and life must go on, even if it is bitter.

Beside the ruins of the "Ho ......" gathering area, the low roar of humans sounded.

It was Si Moxue, who was holding a short blade and confronting a mutant mouse.

The rat was huge, standing more than half a man's height. At this moment, it was lying on the ground, its blood-red eyes staring straight at Si Moxue, its long beard trembling slightly, and it put on an offensive posture.

Si Moxue's originally fair and clean little face was covered with dirt, and her clothes and pants were so tattered that only strips of cloth remained, barely hanging on her body—and at this time, it was only a week before the gathering area was destroyed.

Despite this, Si Moxue's eyes were frighteningly bright, reflecting a determined light - the mutant rat took her as a prey, why shouldn't she?

The rat was the first to attack, pounced forward, and a pair of sharp teeth bit straight at Si Moxue's neck. Si Moxue was not afraid, took a step back with her right leg slightly, avoiding the vital point, and then held the knife in her right hand and plunged it into the open mouth of the mouse. With the force of the mouse's forward pounce, the blade broke through the mouse's upper jaw and inserted it into the brain.

The mutant rat lost its strength in an instant, and its heavy body fell from mid-air, making a muffled sound, squeaking and struggling a few times, and then it lost its breath.

"This one is really good to kill!"

Si Moxue pulled out the knife, didn't have time to care about the wound on the back of her hand cut by the rat's teeth, and made a knife on the neck of the mutant mouse, then leaned down and gulped down the blood that had not yet coagulated.

After a while, Si Moxue, who had replenished the water, straightened up, wiped the remaining blood from her mouth, grabbed a handful of sand and pasted it on the knife edge, and after making sure that the mouse was not bleeding, she dragged the mouse's long tail and walked towards her hiding place.

After the corpse beasts retreated, Si Moxue came out of the cellar, her eyes were full of devastation, and her once familiar companions and elders lay lifeless on the ground, becoming a broken corpse.

She cried as she walked, calling out her mother's name, but only the hovering vultures and the lonely wasteland responded to her.

She screamed for an unknown amount of time, until she could no longer make a sound, and found her mother in a half-collapsed shack, lying on her back in the ruins in her dark red pajamas, with round eyes and wide eyes.

Si Moxue hugged her mother's cold body and called for a long time, only to realize that her mother had already died, and the blood that flowed out dyed her pajamas red.

Her mother's slightly shriveled eyes due to water loss revealed the fear and unwillingness before death, and Sim Moxue tried several times, but she couldn't close her mother's eyes.

"Mom, I'm going to live!" Si Moxue said with a sob. She tried again, and finally closed her mother's eyes.

Si Mo Xuecao hastily buried his mother, took a knife he found, and left the gathering area where the corpses were strewn and settled in an abandoned cement pipe nearby.

The cement pipes are half-buried in the ground, and the entrance is blocked by a clutter of dead grass, making it difficult to spot. Every time she left, she carefully hid the entrance.

But today, the withered grass that Si Moxue had carefully tended at the entrance of the pipe was set aside, and there were still a few blood stains on the ground.

"Who is it?"

A few meters away from the entrance, Si Moxue noticed something unusual, she put down the rat corpse, squeezed the knife, and asked sharply.

"I—I'm just here to take a break......" A hoarse male voice came from the pipe, a middle-aged man with a sallow face and sunken cheeks turned out from behind the dead grass with his hands raised.

The moment she heard the voice, Si Moxue subconsciously stepped forward and blocked the rat corpse behind her—this was her food source for the next few days.

When she saw the man's face peeking out of the grass, Si Moxue's whole body was at its peak, she held a knife in front of her, her legs bent slightly, and she was ready to attack at any time.

The middle-aged man was wearing a knee-length coat that was so dirty that he couldn't see the primary color, and his elbows and hem were torn in several places, revealing a light blue undershirt.

He came out with his hands raised, and the moment he saw Si Moxue, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he stretched out his hand to walk towards Si Moxue.

"Stand there! Hands up! Si Moxue raised the edge of the knife and snorted.

The middle-aged man hurriedly stopped his pace and raised his hand - he had to be cautious, the innocent and lovely child had already been in the wilderness, and the child who could survive alone in the last days must have his own extraordinary means, and he didn't want to lose his life carelessly.

"My name is Will, and I'm on the run from a zombie beast in the gathering area." The middle-aged man squeezed out a kind smile and took the initiative to explain, "I have no malice, I just settle down here to rest." ”

Si Moxue looked at him for a moment, and found that his face was sincere, coupled with a similar experience to him, he slowly relaxed his vigilance: "Then you can leave when you are rested!" ”

"Okay, okay, okay." Will nodded like a peck of rice, and replied again and again.

Noticing Will's gaze staring directly at the mutant rat corpse behind her, Sim Moxue wanted to pretend not to see it, but Will's gaze was too eager, she hesitated for a moment, as if she had made up her mind, and said, "Do you want to eat rat meat?" ”

Will: "Yes!" ”

Si Moxue cut off a piece of lean meat on the mouse's thigh and threw it to him far away: "Then, don't come here." ”

Will caught the rat meat with an agile volley that did not match his age, and did not wipe the remaining blood stains on it, and gnawed directly on his mouth.

Si Moxue watched him gobble up, choked and rolled her eyes, and couldn't help asking, "How long have you not eaten?" ”

Will held out three fingers as he ate, indicating that he hadn't eaten in three days.

"Why don't you catch mice? Very good to catch. Si Moxue asked again.

Will swallowed a large mouthful of rat meat in his mouth and took the time to reply, "No." ”

Si Moxue showed a puzzled look - he couldn't even catch mice, how did he survive?

Before she had time to think about it, Sim Moxue heard Will ask her, "Little girl, what kind of genetic hybrid are you?" ”

"Me? I didn't mix breeds. ”

Will scraped off the flesh foam sticking to the corners of his mouth with his fingers, and cherished the residue into his mouth: "Then how did you beat the mutant rats?" ”

"I have a lot of strength, much more than the average person." Si Moxue said, waving her fist at Will threateningly, "You can't beat me, don't think of any bad ideas." ”

Will hurriedly laughed: "Don't make a bad idea, don't make a bad idea." Then he changed his words, "Then you're an evolved human?" ”

"I don't know." Si Moxue didn't want to play Tai Chi with him, so she gave an eviction order, "Since you have eaten and rested, let's leave quickly." ”

The host's family had already opened his mouth to chase away the guests, and Will was embarrassed to rely on it any longer, he got up and dusted off the broken grass that stuck to his body, and walked towards Sim Xue: "I'll leave now." ”

Si Moxue grabbed the knife suddenly: "Don't come here." ”

"But little girl, you're stuck in my way." Will spread his hands and said helplessly.

Si Moxue consciously took care of the loss, put down the knife in a sneer, and made way to the side: "I'll get out of the way, you hurry up...... Uhh ”

Will was holding a stun gun in his hand at some point, and the stun bullets fired were attached to Sim Xue's body.

The powerful electricity emitted by the electric shock bomb made Si Moxue's whole body spasm and fall to the ground uncontrollably. There was a blue arc of electricity beating in front of her, and the sharp pain like being burned by the fire made her scream.

Through her blurred vision, Smolxue saw the ecstasy in Will's eyes. He squatted down and watched Si Moxue struggle on the ground like a locust in a salt heap, and was amazed: "I haven't fainted yet, my physical fitness is really good!" ”

"You ......" Before she finished speaking, Si Moxue lost consciousness.

Before she was completely unconscious, Si Moxue felt Will laugh wildly and smash a stream of cold liquid into her arm: "They would never have imagined that I could encounter pure-blooded humans in such a wilderness...... Hahaha......"

When Si Moxue regained consciousness and woke up, she was lying in her own abandoned pipe, her face burning with pain.

She opened her eyes, and a young man was raising his right hand.

Seeing that a slap was about to fall, Si Moxue weakly stopped: "Don't ......"

When the young man heard the voice, he withdrew his slap and reached out to probe Si Moxue's snort. After making sure that Si Moxue was still breathing, he turned his head and shouted outside the pipe: "Brother, alive!" ”