Chapter 13: The Abandoned Town of Victory
Si Xingfeng and Ning Liuli said as they walked, and before they knew it, they had gone far away, and they also encountered a dilapidated town that had been abandoned for many years.
And as they went deeper, they also became aware of all kinds of strangeness in this land. Even though it was full of plants, it seemed very different from the wilderness they were used to.
Although most of the creatures in the wilderness are fierce, they are at least normal creatures, and most of them have bright red blood flowing through their bodies. But when Si Xingfeng threw out his dagger and pinned a strange creature that wanted to attack them to the thick trunk of a tree, their expressions became a little unnatural.
It was a creature they had never touched, and it looked like a strange funnel with a decaying grayish-black color throughout.
When Si Xingfeng slashed its body with a dagger, he found that there were no bones and muscles in this thing's body, and its cortical body kept flowing from its wounds. The yellow-brown liquid dripped on the mottled trunk, leaving many traces of small potholes, which were obviously extremely corrosive.
After the yellow-brown liquid in its body was exhausted, Si Xingfeng carefully used a dagger to decompose it, only to find that the other party's funnel-shaped body was actually divided into several belly sacs of different sizes, and these belly bags seemed to be its existence similar to various functional organs of the human body.
After only looking at it for a long time, Si Xingfeng still couldn't figure out the principle that this creature could quickly leap through the forest.
But the only thing he knows for sure is that this is not a creature that would exist in the wilderness.
"Ruri, this thing shouldn't be a variant too, right?" Si Xingfeng wondered.
Ning Liuli also frowned on the side, "It looks like a variant of some kind of slug." ”
"No matter, but be careful, I'm always feeling a little uneasy!" Si Xingfeng looked at the bushes and grasses that were growing unusually luxuriantly around him, and said in a low voice. "There should be an abundance of water nearby, and there are probably no more strange variants."
Ning Liuli nodded, and silently took out the Ice Punishment Short Sword and held it firmly in his hand.
It stands to reason that nearly a thousand years ago, the old town should have completely collapsed into ruins. But Si Xingfeng and Ning Liuli walked along the almost mottled and crumbling stone road, and they could still vaguely see that there were many buildings in the depths of the town, still standing upright.
It was already late at night, and being in such a strange and weird place, Ning Liuli couldn't help but feel a little scared.
As if sensing her panic, Si Xingfeng firmly held her palm, "Don't be afraid, let's go find a place to rest for the night first!" ”
Si Xingfeng has an extremely charming trait, no matter what bad the environment is, he will maintain absolute calmness and calmness, which is extremely convincing.
Although he had just experienced a battle, he was already very tired at the moment, but Ning Liuli still felt inexplicably relieved.
With the last afterglow of the setting sun, Si Xingfeng found that many buildings in the town had completely collapsed, so he simply took Ning Liuli and walked directly towards the tall building in the center of the town.
Compared to the buildings that no longer looked like they once were, this high-rise building with an intact appearance clearly gave them a sense of security, and was good enough to be their shelter tonight.
When the two of them finally walked in front of the old office building dozens of meters high, Si Xingfeng did not enter directly.
After all, after all the time, even if the best materials are used, and the most conscientious developers and construction teams are hired, I am afraid that this once high-end office building has long since become a veritable dangerous building.
With some doubts and inquiry, he raised the short blade in his hand with his left hand, and Si Xingfeng unceremoniously slashed it towards one of the walls of the office building, revealing its internal structure roughly. "It seems to be okay, it seems that the use rate of metal inside is not low, no wonder it has been standing all these years!" Si Xingfeng nodded with satisfaction, "Liuli, we can rest here tonight." But we had to climb a few more floors to be safe. ”
Ning Liuli nodded, "But the energy of this building should have been exhausted a long time ago, there is no light source, is it too dangerous for us to rush upstairs?" ”
"Yes, so I'm going to make a few torches first!" Si Xingfeng smiled, picked up a few thick dry branches from the ground, and dumped all the contents of his backpack.
Then, Si Xingfeng's left wrist turned slightly, and he cut the solid backpack into several strips of cloth of different lengths. After tying the branches together with strips of cloth and firmly fixing them, Si Xingfeng picked up a thick insect foot covered with a carapace from the debris on the ground. "I met a cockroach demon seed before, and it's not easy to kill, but its legs and feet were cut off by me, and it can just be used as fuel."
After Ning Liuli saw the oil-rich insect leg in his hand, he had to secretly admire Si Xingfeng's delicate thinking. But what she didn't know was that Si Xingfeng was going to use that worm foot as food at first......
After simply making two "roasted insect legs" torches, the two of them couldn't help but feel a little worried, they didn't seem to have a fire source. Fortunately, the Flame Hell Sword that Ning Liuli carried with him was inlaid with a Flame Stone, which contained extremely strong heat itself, and could barely be used to ignite fire.
In this way, the two of them successfully got two small light sources and climbed up the stairs one by one.
Unlike the cold and damp outside the town, this office building, which is made entirely of various metals and ceramics, is clearly sturdy and airtight. Even after hundreds of years, in addition to the slightly depressing environment, there is not even a lot of dust in the corridor.
The entire office building has a total of 15 floors, and according to Si Xingfeng's idea, it is safest to go up to the top floor. But somehow, there was a large area of damage to the building from the thirteenth floor upwards, so the two of them chose an empty room on the twelfth floor to rest.
In the blink of an eye, it has been a long time since they got off the floating boat, and both Ning Liuli and Si Xingfeng were already hungry in their stomachs, and the insect legs that had been roasted by the flames for a while still emitted a unique fragrance from time to time, tempting the taste buds of the two, and their stomachs actually screamed in unison.
"Ruri, are you hungry?" Si Xingfeng smiled, "There is no other food, I still have two bottles of high-concentration nutrient solution!" ”
With that, Si Xingfeng took all his nutrient solution to Ning Liuli. "You drink this, although the taste is a little worse, after all, it is better to be safe."
Ning Liuli was not stupid, he saw Si Xingfeng change his hand and took out another worm leg, and hurriedly exclaimed: "You don't want to eat this, right?" ”
Si Xingfeng nodded, "Don't look at this thing as a little unsightly, the tender meat wrapped in the carapace of a lot of insects is actually quite delicious." I'm just a little entangled right now, and I don't know if the flesh of this demon seed will be very different from ordinary insects. ”
Ning Liuli hurriedly handed over a bottle of nutrient solution to Si Xingfeng, "Of course there is a difference!" Now is not the last resort, you better be safe, in case you eat bad body, but you will lose a lot! ”
Si Xingfeng thought for a while, "Well, too!" Then let's use the nutrient solution first, and then you rest first, and I'll keep watch for the middle of the night! ”
"Hmm!" Ning Liuli drank up the nutrient solution in one go, and finally made herself feel a little full. Then she tightened her clothes, wrapped her hands around her shoulders, and leaned against the corner to rest.
Xu was a little too tired, and after a while, the girl's breathing became more and more even, and she fell into a deep sleep.
And Si Xingfeng, who was guarding the door, could just see her picturesque side face by the bright moonlight. Even though he was very tired, he couldn't help but smile with great satisfaction.
Although they often perform tasks together on weekdays, the opportunities for the two to be alone are really handful.
……
As if setting an alarm clock, at about one o'clock in the morning, Ning Liuli suddenly opened her eyes and replaced Si Xingfeng for the rest of the night.
The abandoned town was quite safe, and there was no sudden situation overnight, but the strong sense of crisis that shrouded Si Xingfeng's heart never dissipated. After just over four hours of rest, he woke up when it was slightly brighter.
"Ruri, do you feel that something is not right?" There has been no water for too long, and Si Xingfeng's throat is a little itchy.
Ning Liuli, who was pretending to be asleep, also stood up slowly, took the only remaining bottle of water, walked to Si Xingfeng's side, and handed it to him.
"Something is wrong?" Tilting her head, Ning Liuli looked puzzled, "Except for the fact that it was a little too quiet at night, I didn't find anything too abnormal." ”
A word woke up the person in the dream, and Si Xingfeng immediately realized the problem.
Yes, no matter how safe this town is, it won't be without the slightest sound!
And, it seems, since the two of them entered the town, they hadn't seen a single beast!
The more Si Xingfeng thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, "Liuli, let's go, we need to explore this town." ”
"Yes!" Ning Liuli packed up her equipment and found that the two of them had nothing to carry. After a moment's hesitation, she reached out and picked up the nearly charred insect foot torch that had not burned out last night, and threw it down the broken window with a strong lift.
With a "snap", the worm-footed torch suddenly fell to the ground, and the crisp sound spread far and wide in the empty street.
Seeing that she was acting abnormally, Si Xingfeng stopped what he was doing, and cast a puzzled look.
Ning Liuli shook her head, stretched out her finger and pointed to the ground downstairs that had already cracked, "I just feel that something is not quite right, make some noise and take a look." ”
Si Xingfeng suddenly understood, the two of them rashly broke into this strange town last night, although they didn't encounter any danger, it didn't mean that the town was necessarily safe.
And with the fall of the torch, Si Xingfeng also keenly felt that the ground under his feet seemed to tremble, as if the ground had moved.
As if thinking of a possibility, Si Xingfeng hurriedly came to the window and looked out cautiously. At the same time, he also saw a very shocking scene, or rather, he saw a huge creature.
It was dark last night, so they didn't notice that there was a huge artificial lake behind the building where they had rested last night. And this once man-made lake has long since changed beyond recognition, and has become a huge crater.
And what almost frightened Si Xingfeng was a strange creature in this huge pit.
The big creature was curled up in the huge puddle, barely half exposed. But even if this half of his body was enough for Si Xingfeng to be sure, this must be the biggest creature he had ever seen.
Like a crocodile and a lizard, Si Xingfeng could only see the other party's brownish green scale armor and a huge head similar to a diamond, as well as a huge forepaw that was five or six meters long.
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And when Si Xingfeng and the two of them found this big guy, on the giant floating boat above them that was responsible for observing the situation of all the students, there were also observers who discovered the huge lifeforms hidden in this town.
"Instructor Zhong Chen, Victory Town has discovered a giant species of unknown race and unknown intelligence!" An observer hurriedly turned on the communicator and reported to Zhong Chen, "Suspected giant lizard, request for backup!" There are two students in the area, namely Si Xingfeng, a special recruit student numbered T3001, and Ning Liuli, a key student numbered Z3077! ”
"Repeat, Victorious Town has discovered an unknown giant species! And there are two important students in the area, ask for support! ”
"Got it!" Zhong Chen heard the observer's report, and still seemed unhurried.
After calmly eating his breakfast, he casually opened the light brain in front of him, "There is a giant species in Victory Town, which of you is going to take a trip?" ”