Chapter 12: The Civil-Martial Brothers
The three of them walked all the way south along Linghu Lake, and after walking for about 2 hours, a broken bridge appeared not far away, and the entire bridge deck had been broken into three sections. Each pier supports a short section of the bridge. The steel cables at the top of the bridge are gone. The dilapidated bridge is entwined with mostly unknown green vines, making it seem as if the bridge has been abandoned for a long time.
Chen Feng stopped, looked at the bridge in the distance and muttered, "This is the Linghu Bridge?" No, even if you are hit by a meteorite, you can't grow so many plants overnight, right? ”
"Brother Feng, have you noticed that only the plants over there are green." Wang Xiaoling, who found the problem, reminded Chen Feng.
"Well, I know, be careful, take a closer look." Chen Feng nodded and continued to walk forward. Twenty minutes later, they stopped two hundred meters from the bridge. I saw that under the bridge piers, there were white bones everywhere, and there were all kinds of bones hanging from the plants on the bridge. There are people, there are animals, and there are things that can't be named. "It seems that's why it's staying green." Chen Feng said.
"Danger~"
"Shut up and don't meddle." Not far away, there was a voice in a house with only two walls left.
"Who? Come out. Chen Feng turned his head in shock, and the three of them were ready to fight at any time. If you don't come out again, I'm welcome. Chen Feng glanced at Wang Xiaoling. Wang Xiaoling comprehended and took out the crystal ball.
"Don't, I'll come out." Two young men in their 20s came out from behind the wall. One of them had dyed yellow hair and was dressed edgy, looking like a rebellious youth. The other person's appearance and yellow hair are eight or nine points imaginary, but the dress is normal. "It's all your fault, if it weren't for your mouth." Huang Mao said angrily to the other person.
"Huh~Twins." Li Cheng said in surprise.
"You two, what are you doing? Why are you hiding there and peeking at us? Chen Feng motioned for Wang Xiaoling to stay where he was, and walked towards the two with Li Cheng with a short axe in his hand.
"Haha, this big brother, we are also fallen people at the end of the world, and we are also passing by like you." Looking at the short axe in Chen Feng's hand, the yellow hair on his head said with a flattering face.
"Second, you're lying again." Another man came out weakly.
"Damn, how many times have you said it, don't call me second, weren't you born 10 minutes earlier than me. If you call me the second child again, believe it or not, I'll beat you up. Huang Mao was furious as if he had been stepped on his tail.
"Okay, dick."
"I ......"
"Hey, hey, hey, can't you see anyone else here? What did you two take us for? Li Cheng looked at the two brothers and was a little speechless. He pointed to the normal man and said, "You can say it." ”
"My name is Xiong Liwu, and this is my younger brother Xiong Liwen. The two of us came out of the Gathering Place 8310857 in District 3. Came here yesterday morning. Xiong Liwu said. Chen Feng stared at this yellow hair named Xiong Liwen, didn't let him speak, and then continued to ask.
"Came here yesterday? Just warned us of the danger, right? Can you explain the situation over there? Chen Feng pointed to the bridge pier and asked Xiong Liwu in a friendly manner.
"Do you have anything to eat? We brothers haven't eaten for a day and a night. Xiong Liwen asked. Chen Feng glanced at Li Cheng, and Li Cheng reluctantly took out a piece of barbecue and handed it to Xiong Liwen. Taking the barbecue, he gave half of it to his yellow-haired brother, and then continued. "Do you see the plants over there? We came together in more than 30 of us yesterday, and now it's just two of us brothers standing here. Everyone else was eaten by that thing. Can you believe it? If I hadn't been cowardly and dragged my brother a little slower, we would have died there. ”
"But I didn't see any fresh corpses, did I?" Chen Feng turned his head to make sure that he was not mistaken, he really didn't see any fresh corpses, and in the green plant, there were only piles of white bones.
"That's because they're all sucked dry." Huang Mao said disdainfully.
"What about the clothes? Even if all the flesh and blood are eaten, then you have to leave clothes, right? Why are there no clothes left? Chen Feng asked suspiciously.
"That's because these plants absorb all the organic matter, and if I'm not mistaken, the bones are empty. Everything that can be burned by fire, these plants can absorb. Wang Xiaoling, who came from a distance, heard their words and expressed his opinion.
"He's right, we didn't lie to you." Xiong Liwu said.
"This is a problem, we have to go through this road to go south." Chen Feng didn't know what to do for a while, he felt very powerless in the face of such a dangerous plant blocking his way.
"You're going south?" Xiong Liwu asked. "I know there's another way, but it's a long way off, and there's monsters in that area. If you can take both of us with you, I'm willing to show you the way. ”
Hearing Xiong Liwu's words, Chen Feng's eyes lit up. It's a heaven-shattering road. After thinking for a while, Chen Feng said: "It's not impossible to bring the two of you, but if you encounter an enemy and need to fight, if you two don't participate in the battle or run away." Unless I die, I will not spare you. Chen Feng stared at Xiong Liwu. He will not harm his brother for his own selfish desires, so it is necessary to make it clear before cooperating that he will salute first and then soldier.
"Well, I promise, my brother and I won't be holding you back. After all, if we don't cooperate, we will die here sooner or later. Xiong Liwu sincerely promised Chen Feng.
"Alright, let's go. Please~" Chen Feng stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please. In this way, a group of five people continued to move forward in a different direction. Xiong Liwu and the two brothers, with Chen Feng and the others, bypassed the place where they were hiding and walked into a dilapidated street. The houses here are also in ruins. But it was obviously much better than the place where Chen Feng and the others woke up. And the further you go in, the more complete the house is, but none of them are more than two floors.
"The square in front of us is our gathering place." Xiong Liwu pointed to a vacant lot not far in front of him and said, "When I first woke up, there were hundreds of people. Later, everyone went in batches from all directions. ”
"You just woke up, why do you know there are other ways to go south?" Chen Feng asked.
"I'm a local, and if you look at the houses around here, they still look like they used to be, so it's not surprising that I know the road. As for why we should go to the bridge, it is because, first, it is closer to the city to the south by taking the bridge. Second, there are more people going to the bridge. Follow the big army, it's more or less safe. Xiong Liwu explained to Chen Feng.
"Follow a crowded place, you agree with what we started thinking. It's just that now it seems that the more people there are, the more dangerous it is. Chen Feng said. Let's go, where is the way you are talking about? ”
Xiong Liwu pointed to the other side of the square. "There's a road that leads to a textile mill, and there's a family area behind it, and outside the family area is another road to the city to the south."
Chen Feng raised his head and glanced in the direction that Xiong Liwu was pointing. It was an alley, about the width of three people side by side. Subsequently, Chen Feng asked Li Cheng to walk in the front, the Wenwu brothers in the middle, and himself and Wang Xiaoling in the last. The five of them walked through the square and down the alley.