The tunnel is deep and secluded, like a creeping black python, a never-ending black serpent that covers everything beyond the flames and light bulbs, making it seem particularly peaceful. The occasional sound of falling stones could be heard in the depths of the darkness, like a drop of water in a calm puddle, stirring up layers of ripples.

A drop of water began to gather, drip, and shatter ........ "Rubbing the ......

The "rubbing ......" leather rubbed against the stones and cement, and the darkness deepened, and the people around the flames couldn't help but be more cautious. Standing in the light, they could not see who came in the shadows.

"Click.......

"Name it......," the man said in a slightly trembling voice, gasping for breath and pulling the bolt hard, trying to scare off the comer with the sound of bullets boring.

"I ...... Ahem....... It's a survivor from the Gray River Station....... "It was a strange and pale voice, and the strange man's eyes were pure black. It was as black and strange as his oily black hair, his face was as pale as rotten milk, and his forehead was covered with mud and dirt from a slight scratch.

"Another .......," muttered a man, pulling open the fence, "come in, you're in luck, there's someone in the station giving alms." The others were glad to breathe a sigh of relief, not those things.

Yesterday morning, or perhaps in the afternoon, or perhaps earlier in the day, it was an hour of obscurity, and the news of the bad news of the Gray River Station had reached the Feishui Station, and in a panic men and women rushed out of the darkness, so frightened that the sentry shot and wounded one of the fastest runners. Even if the man's leg was wounded, the pain couldn't bring back the fear he had hidden deeper, the guy looked like he was crazy, and the sentinels were willing to bet that this man wasn't the first to go crazy.

Covered in sweat, blood, and fear that could not be concealed, the men begged the guards of the Feishui Station to let them in, ignoring the bruised wounds on their hands and feet, and their ragged clothes, begging for the Feishui Station to send troops to support the Gray River Station.

The stationmaster agreed to take them in, but he did not send troops, and the stationmaster of the Gray River Station guessed wrong, but now her life and death are uncertain, the Gray River Station has been destroyed, and right and wrong are meaningless.

"Be quiet when you get in," the sentry thrust him with the butt of his rifle forcefully, "don't run around, or you'll look good." ”

The young man nodded busily.

Feishui Station is not as bright as Gray River Station, from a distance, there are only a few lonely lamp holders, and the scorched black marks on the lamp holders have not been wiped for many years, he vaguely remembers that the light bulbs at Gray River Station are much cleaner, but overall, there is not much difference between the two.

After walking two hundred or so meters, he passed two outposts, and the soldiers only glanced up, and sat by the campfire to watch some kind of dice game, and some chatted.

Ahead, several soldiers strictly controlled the square entrance that sealed the valve, "Report the name and origin, and we will register." ”

Their impatient tone was heart-wrenching, and the young man had to be careful after all, knowing that if he said something wrong, he would probably be detained.

"Name?"

"Summer."

"Age?"

"Nineteen."

The interrogator had a messy hair, his eyes were cold and light, his nostrils were like two upturned pipes, he sniffed his nose gently, his eyes looked around, it looked as if he was searching for something, the man paused, and continued to interrogate, "Which station are you from?" ”

"I'm ......" Summer swallowed, "I'm from Gray River Station, I escaped from there, and I want to seek protection." ”

"Where were you before, why are you here now?"

"I'm hiding....... In the warehouse on the platform, I used a few boxes against the door of the warehouse, and I stayed there for a long time," Summer's eyes tried to show that he was very dull, his lips were pale and slightly shaky, and his speech was a little unpleasant, sometimes a little trilling.

"I just remember that I ran out, I kept running this way, I ran for a long time, I was tired."

"Where's your stationmaster?"

"I don't know....... I didn't see ....... I see a lot of ....... A lot....... That kind of thing then hid. ”

His words made several soldiers whisper.

"Another coward!"

The other soldier spat on his knee with an angry face, "Coward, phew. ”

Others are more sympathetic.

"You've made a wise choice, young man," the inquisitor said understandingly, patting Summer on the shoulder, "go to the Third Partition and rest, everyone who fled here is there, remember, keep quiet, or don't blame me for blasting you out." ”

"Yes," Summer lowered her head and hurried out of here.

The so-called Third Partition is just a messy and cramped warehouse, well, at least there are lights. But the smell here is not good, the smell of sweat, blood, and feces and urine are left behind, and a variety of smells are mixed together like a fermented dry toilet, sour and unpleasant.

People huddled in the corners, leaning against the cold walls, hugging their relatives and friends, most of them dull and silent, in a scene that is clearly unforgettable.

Gray River Station has stood for many years, but it was destroyed in one day, and there are only a few hundred people left, this is definitely a rare time in this underground world for decades, and it is also the most tragic one.

Summer found a corner to lean aside, and listened intently to their whispers, hearing only the murmurs of pain and the almost silent sobs. These people lost almost everything, except for their lives. They were just rootless ghosts, hungry and cold, helpless, with only the cold stones to help them resist the pervasive clammy cold, and only the wails and sobs of each other to help them resist the pervasive fear.

The soldiers who maintained order whispered about the monsters at Grey River Station, but feared that they would come this way; They swore to tear the creatures of darkness apart, and they laughed at the weakness of the survivors of Grey River, but when there was any movement in the darkness, they were like panicked bunnies.

Summer heard someone say that he was able to survive because a strong light temporarily dispelled the beast.

Others say that there is a valiant stationmaster at Grey River Station, who is more like a man than most of the cowards at the station.

The girl resisted desperately, even if she was bitten on the left cheek by a vicious beast, she struggled to stab a knife into the eye of the black monster, the survivors of Grey River Station said that she died a glorious and heroic death, but she was now mostly just one of countless bones, worthless, she should have called on the remaining survivors here to rebuild Grey River Station, instead of turning into a pile of useless bones.

And that light, Summer suspects it's because of the communicator. It is possible that Verri turned the communicator's lighting mode to the maximum, and used the bright light to disperse some of the monsters.

Both sisters could die, and the summer was a bit unpleasant to hear the news.

After all, those two were the first friends he had met since he came to this ruined land, and Werna was cautious and suspicious, but she was responsible for the Grey River Station, and the caution was only to make the Grey River Station more calm.

And Villerie, hey, lovely Villerey, naïve Villerey, brave Villerey...... She is an innocent girl, she doesn't have too many constraints, so she is pure, she just wants to see the outside, and willfulness is the privilege of a girl of her age.

Irrefutably, both are very good girls.

I should mourn for them, Summer sighed, and he touched his body, and now the security robot was possessing him, its metal tightly wrapping around his not strong torso, and hiding his metal skin with a dull yellow.

He's safe, Summer thought, at least he hoped. After a while, Summer leaned aside and continued to listen to the whispers around her.

The next day, the stationmaster gathered them, and around him stood a dozen or so heavily armed soldiers.

The stationmaster was born with a very ugly, almost vicious round face, two big eyes like the eyes of a raging wild boar, this is just a man who makes people think he is cruel at a glance, and he also has a very funny name - Wild Man - The Man Picked Up from the Wild, which usually means that he was abandoned by his parents as a child. People in the subway often say that such a man who has not been loved since childhood should be more selfish and more violent.

But surprisingly, he spoke softly.

"I'm sorry for your current situation," he said, "I'm aware of your affairs, and I'm asking for reinforcements from the surrounding stations, and soon a large army will be coming, and we'll be providing the best support to help you rebuild the Greyriver Station and block the dark creatures." ”

The remnants of the surrounding Grey River Station whispered to each other in a worried manner, were his words really credible, and could they deal with the terrifying monsters? No one knew, and for this, the survivors responded to the stationmaster with silence and skepticism.

"We'll provide you with enough food and tents," he added, "I'll take out the cured meats and mushrooms from the warehouse and distribute them, as it stands, it will take some time for the Grey River Station to be rebuilt, and until then, I want you to help me guard our station in case of the next monster attack, and for those who are willing to help, I'll provide five times as much food, including some small desserts." ”

After that, the food distribution to everyone at the fertilizer station was only a pitiful few pieces of dried mushrooms and a small thumb-thick sausage, which could not meet the food consumption of normal people, and if it was three times, they could barely fill up three points a day.

One after another, people came forward, and even so, Summer noticed that more people were still lying in place, fear shattering their courage and taking away their knee bones.

Summer stood up and looked at the stationmaster named Noo, who raised his hand.

.......

For the rest of the day, he was responsible for carrying the stone piles in the summer and helping the caravan carry supplies from other stations. Suddenly, there were more than 100 exiles, and the supplies at the Feishui Station were already stretched. Although he was not physically strong, he still had some strength, so he was responsible for unloading all kinds of tents and food from the Hanting Alliance, and sometimes transporting domestic garbage to a garbage transfer station in the distance.

During this time, he tried to listen to the conversations of the people around him, including the current situation of the Gray River Station, the news of the head of the Nadawan Station and the aquarium on the other side of the Gray River Station.

More time, he would look at the layout of Feishui Station, and he would also listen to people talk about the past of Gray River Station.

If he wants to disguise himself as a survivor of an underground subway, he must be able to tell the normal state of an underground station, and in order to avoid attracting the attention of others, he will do his best to remain silent, and he will never take the initiative to talk about himself unless it is necessary to talk.

In fact, he also heard a lot. For example, the stationmaster of Feishui Station, Noo, looks cruel, but in fact he is not a stern stationmaster, he will not severely reprimand his subordinates who have made mistakes, but he will not spare them.

He attached great importance to his reputation, because he was abandoned and even abducted when he was young, so he explicitly forbade the sale of human beings, and he also hated being a smuggler of smuggling people, and he caught and hung one after another such people. He also has a wife and a child, and in the summer he heard a survivor talk to someone about his child, a child who looked as ugly as he was.

During this time, he heard all sorts of news. For example, there are no survivors left at the Gray River Station, only corpses stinky and rotten all over the ground, and no one dares to clean them up now, for fear of contracting the plague from the flesh and bones eaten by maggots and corpse moths.

For this reason, several stationmasters have decided to burn down the Gray River station with a single fire.

On the other side, the Dawan Pier Station was also destroyed by the monster, and the Aquarium Station further away suffered huge losses, the link point on this trade ring line was temporarily interrupted, and the two neutral stations were completely destroyed, of which no one survived at the head of the Dawan Station. And the aquarium station on the other side suffered huge losses, but stubbornly survived.

And those sudden monsters, according to the reliable analysis of a veteran stalker, their lair is at the end of a dead end located at the Great Bay Pier near the side of the Aquarium Station, there are rumors that it was once sealed there, it is possible that the monsters opened the tunnel to reach the human ring tunnel, there are other theories, and now many people believe that the patrol members of the Aquarium Station were attacked by these monsters not long ago and the whole team disappeared.

In short, the monster's lair was there, but no one dared to go over and explore it, and the caravan did not dare to take this path at all.

Summer also heard that a joint announcement from a nearby station invited the Rangers to solve the lair at a high price.

(Ranger is a profession, similar to the mercenary in the past, this profession is a relatively free and loose neutral profession, under the command of the Ranger Guild, and most of them focus on solving the crisis of the underground world, claiming to be a knight walking underground, generally taking on some more dangerous tasks, and sometimes helping people fight for money, and destroying the nest can be said to be their old job.) ）

In short, the incident at Grey River Station shocked nearby stations large and small, and grief and panic began to spread throughout the stations, and some people began to step up their purchases of supplies, store war reserves, and strengthen their defenses, believing that the next wave of counterattack by the dark creatures would definitely come, and it would be even more turbulent.

Summer struggled to rummage through what she had seen and heard in the past few days, while considering her own thoughts. "Synth, do you have any good ideas?"

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid I can't do anything about predicting human social behavior at the moment, but Your Majesty can consider exchanging our food for their trust."

Maybe this is an opportunity? Rubbing his hands in the summer, the ruins of the Gray River Station are being cleared, and they will soon be unimpeded, but if the nest is not removed, this trade route will be impassable for a day.

Here, more than 100 survivors of Grey River Station need food, most of them children and women.

The wild man stationmaster is willing to be merciful and provide food, but it doesn't mean that he has enough food.

Feishui Station, Gray River Station, Dawan Station, and even the Aquarium were a shortcut to trade between Red Square and the military station, from which merchants smuggled goods from Red Square to the station in the area of the military station, or pulled some products from the military station to Red Square for sale, so the neutral station along the way was built and developed.

Now that this neutral trade route is on the verge of being cut off by those monsters, it is only natural that the Feishui Station will be devastated, and the merchants will turn to another trade line with supplies and food, and the rivers that should be flowing to Feishui will be drying up, and the tax revenue here will become poorer. If you can bring cured meat and fruit from the ground........

I don't know what the other party will think, what they will do, whether they will doubt themselves, but it seems that the most suitable method is the only way to do it.

The abacus in Summer's heart was finalized, and he understood that the only thing to do now was to wait, to wait for the Fat Water Station to sink into deeper hunger, and at that time, maybe talking about these things would come naturally.