"Squeak, squeak." The companion shouted, and the short, high-pitched chirp forced the squirrel to turn his head and glare fiercely at the daring fellow, baring his white front teeth, alerting him to the fact that the territory was his, and to take another step forward, and not to blame it for being unsympathetic.

The companion still did not flinch, but tentatively stretched out his paws, so trampling on the provocation of authority, the gray squirrel had to fight back strongly, bending its hind legs slightly, the gray squirrel pounced, and the ground-pressing companion flipped to the other side, and after a few seconds, the companion "squeaked" and escaped from the gray squirrel's control.

The Grey Squirrel was so proud that it had taken over the area, and at the end of the road there was a glowing orb that meant it could maintain enough body temperature on a cold night, which was necessary to survive and could not be snatched by its kind. The gray squirrel stood up on its hind legs, straightening up for its unusually tall body of its kind, sniffing the air for a different scent. Soon, he discovered that near the sphere of light, there was more to explore.

So the gray squirrel resumed its crawling stance, and out of cautious instinct, the gray squirrel chose to move forward against the corner, although it touched the cold metal from time to time, but it was better to suffer a little flesh than to suffer a sudden bad luck, after all, in this desolate and remote place, there is not only a population of gray squirrels.

The grey squirrel quickly passed through the heath, rounded the vertical peaks, and reached the sphere of light, feeling the precious heat of winter, the gray squirrel's body gave birth to more motivation to continue, following the passage marked by the funny smell, the gray squirrel did not hesitate to crawl to an area it had never been, and there might be a lot of food that its kind had never touched.

Food, always food, the gray squirrel does not know whether its stomach is full or hungry now, because consciously it has rarely received enough food to cover its stomach, and in the end, it has automatically ignored the hunger response. Thankfully, the energy Squirrel has spent exploring the new area is about to be rewarded, and a piece of meat is stacked on a hill in the distance.

Meat?! The gray squirrel's mood suddenly stirred, meat! Look at the color of the meat, maybe it's the meat of a predator? Joy filled the little heart of the gray squirrel, and it rushed over as if it were flying, and now it was most afraid that a damned fellow would appear out of nowhere and snatch the meat, and then the gray squirrel would have to fight again.

As for why a piece of meat was put in, this high-level question has gone beyond the biological limits of the gray squirrel.

The gray squirrel climbed up the hill, there was no reason to feel dangerous, the gray squirrel tried to sniff the cold air, it was very gratifying, there was no predator, the gray squirrel gently stretched its head to the piece of meat, bite, still no problem, the gray squirrel took a few steps forward more reassuringly.

The pain struck suddenly, the world suddenly overturned, and the gray squirrel was so frightened that it "squeaked" and frantically tried to break free, but the gray squirrel found that its two legs were firmly clamped by the claws growing from the hills, and what was even more terrifying was that in the darkness, a predator's face was slowly revealed.

The squirrel explorer suddenly remembered the legend that had been passed down among its kind, and that around the sphere of light, there was a top-notch predator for whom even predators would run, and the squirrel regretted it.

The world is turned upside down and the mountains are falling.

Simon picked up the hammerhammer and smashed the squirrel's head, unhooked the trap, and collected the loot. But Simon knew very well that he was missing another food source, and the Vault Grey Squirrels would never go to a place where the same kind of smell existed.

Simon walked out of the room in silence, the porch light was dim, Simon tightened his collar, the power supply to the shelter was very slow, and it was impossible for him to turn on the lights during the trip in order to keep the house warm.

There was a rustling sound outside the corridor, Simon glanced at the dark hall, to be honest, he was now very similar to the gray squirrel in his hand, running for survival, there was no temptation to never go to the unknown place, the hall was the nest of giant cockroaches, not that Simon was afraid of this creature that was at the top of the food chain in the old days, but the predator spider would sweep the cockroach nest from time to time, for the sake of his life, Simon would not wander around.

Following the footprints he had made, Simon tiptoed to the door of the residence, and after confirming that the doorknob had not moved, he pulled the door open a crack and flew in.

With a long exhalation, the frozen body gradually warmed up, Simon lowered the heating level, put the gray squirrel on the table, took out the saber, and skillfully disassembled the gray squirrel's corpse, peeled the skin, gutted the internal organs, and skewered the sticks. Unfold the folding grill, transfer the electricity, and start baking dinner.

While waiting for it to be cooked, Simon crossed out a corner of the cabin map, and Simon carefully examined the cabin map, almost all of which were crossed out, indicating that he would need to go further and go deeper into the more dangerous shelter for his next hunt.

The rat meat exudes aroma, and Simon eats his hard-won dinner with a glass of white water, of course, the taste is very bad, but Simon will never touch the reserve cans lightly unless he has to.

Two months ago, Simon woke up from the medical module, nay, the cryo-dormant pod, and the General Hughes hibernation pod next to him had long been emptied, and Simon walked in the dim and cold shelter in a daze, completely unaware of what was going on.

But the shelter immediately surprised him.

A giant rat half a man tall attacked Simon, just came out of the sleep pod, Simon was cold and hungry, not the opponent of the giant rat at all, Simon was full of me at that time, did he want to be killed by the rat?

Then the Predator Spider crept in, and while the two giant creatures were fighting to the death, and had no time to care about him as a weakling, Simon crawled to the nearest cabin, which was now his residence.

Five years in the military, which taught Simon to be calm in any bad environment, Simon recalls everything he saw before he lost consciousness. Thinking of the cabin next door is General Hughes, the answer is about to come out, he should be frozen and dormant with General Hughes, after all, he is an outsider, General Hughes can't even hide his weakness, and it is understandable to eliminate the unstable factors before hibernation.

Maybe it's really a big-hearted general?

Simon then tried his best to contact the outside world, and the Fort Kent Vault was extremely large, with enough survival resources to support an armored regiment, and even if something unexpected happened, there should be a gathering of people somewhere. Simon racked his brains to activate the indoor communication, but the sound seemed to fall into the Atlantic Ocean, without a single wave, and Simon even ventured to the communication center according to the chart in the cabin, and the result was still the same.

Since no one responded, Simon always had to ensure the inventory, and searched every cabin that could be reached, and Simon only found a few backpacks of canned water, as for the food storage, it was the nest of the predator spider, and he couldn't send himself to the door to feed the spider in order to have a full meal.

In the past few months, Simon has been sending signals to find others, and so far, nothing has been found. However, there were some surprises, such as Simon picking up his Colt python in the power transfer room, and the three bullets left in the nest, plus five or six human remains in the room, proved that there must have been a battle in the vault that forced people to leave.

After eating the roast rat meat, Simon cleaned up the scraps on the table and bent his head in a daze. There was no day or night in the shelter, but Simon had figured out the pattern of dangerous creatures, and it was best not to set foot outside the cabin for the next few hours anyway. Simon didn't know how these giant mutated creatures appeared. If it was caused by radiation, there should have been abnormalities in the body for two months, but Simon was alive and well. Simon thought about it, but still thought that there might be a biological leak in the vault, and with the habits of the military, it was really a waste not to put a laboratory.

Simon lit the lamp, took out the revolver, and now the only entertainment is to disassemble and assemble the Colt python, and after dozens of seconds, a bunch of parts appeared on the table, and after it was completely disassembled, Simon put it back on. After tinkering with the revolver, Simon began to disassemble the watch, this traser brand military watch was still issued by Simon when he first joined the 71st Ranger Regiment, an old man.

The hands of the watch stay at 4/21/56, 5/47/23, which is the time when Simon enters the hibernation pod at 5:47:23 on April 21, 2056. The vault was filled with electronic clocks, and Simon had no way of knowing how much time had passed.

Decade? Twenty years? A hundred years?

For Simon, it's enough to be alive.

Lying on the hard bed, Simon stared at the ceiling with his eyes open, he didn't think about escaping the shelter. First of all, Simon has no idea about the world outside the vault, Simon has seen the nuclear explosion on the east coast with his own eyes, and the ghost knows whether the shelter is covered with nuclear radiation dust, and the nuclear winter has brought Blue Star back to the Ice Age.

Secondly, according to the memory of the time he came, Simon's living area at this time, to the lifting platform, the distance is at least a few kilometers, halfway through the giant rat's nest, the predator spider haunt, and what the hell exists in the depths, Simon does not know, with the revolver of three bullets in hand, plus an iron rod with a sharpened head...... Rather than being eaten by a rat or spider, Simon would rather shoot himself with one shot.

There was no time to refer to, Simon had no way of knowing when he woke up or how long he had been asleep, in short, now he was not sleepy, bored playing with bullets, Simon rolled over and stood in front of the cabin diagram, planning the escape route again.

Follow the corridor of the L2 zone where you are currently located to the adjacent L1 zone; Enter the power transmission room from the ventilation duct in the L1 area and start the lifting platform; Continue along the ventilation duct to the A4 area, hike through the vehicle parking lot and take the lift platform to leave.

The plan can never catch up with the change, the predator spiders in L1 are too frequent, once the spiders are in a swarm, Simon has no time to climb into the ventilation duct, especially since one of the three bullets has to be left for himself, the power transfer room is not safe, and the most terrible thing is the vehicle parking lot, the more empty it is, the more difficult it is to escape.

Looking at the armory in L1 Sector, there is no doubt that the door is locked, and the identification system is still running, but not only Simon's identification card is demagnetized, but so is the remains identification card, according to the principle of command submission, there must also be an identification card to prove identity, reminding the system to detect signs of life.

Even if Simon has the ability to physically pick locks, he stays in place for too long, and secretly, predators are everywhere.

The bean light flickered in Simon's steel blue pupils, shining a trace of helplessness, tenacity, and pain in the depths of the pupils.

He must find a way out before he runs out of food and water.