Xinchin

The original site is Qinzhou, 316 kilometers away from Zemara, and was originally a transit station connecting several small settlements such as Zenum, Baise, Banna, Hongji, Beihai and Zhanjiang.

In the early days of the recovery of the remnants' technology, mutated monsters were rampant, and both the sea and the land were forbidden areas everywhere on the earth.

Therefore, in terms of transportation, we can only vigorously develop space technology and relatively safe coastal shallow water transportation technology.

The ocean's large monsters tend to be much larger and rarely move in shallow waters.

However, in the early days, both the distance and capacity of transportation were far from satisfactory, and the amount of raw materials used in construction was often huge.

Therefore, when building these small settlements, places like Xinqin, which are close to the sea and have a very advantageous geographical location, have become the first choice for the establishment of transfer stations.

After 4013, the League gradually abandoned the small settlements of less than 100,000 people.

Next to Xinqin, slowly only one settlement in Zhanjiang remained, and after losing its role as a connecting hub, Xinqin was also listed as an abandoned option.

By 4084 AD, four years after the swamp was abandoned, the relocation of Xinqin was completed, and only one space transport station and one shallow water transport station remained in use.

And the reason why these two features have not been abandoned is:

The tropical jungle behind Xinqin is a great place for exploration and research on flora and fauna, and many scientists and explorers need to travel from here every year to get supplies.

There was a time when Xinchin was also known as an 'adventurer's paradise'.

However, with the rapid development of science and technology for the remnants, and the space transportation capacity has also increased significantly, even these two functions are in danger of being obliterated.

Now, Ma Ping'an is on his way to Xinqin.

Although it is only 316 kilometers from Sawanuma to Sinchin, it is a straight-line distance, and if you follow this winding road through the mountains, the actual distance is almost a multiple of 316.

Due to the poor physical strength of Hu Si and Sisi, Ma Ping'an has estimated that it will take at least a week to walk from Zenuma to Xinqin.

Although the trees along the roads were cut down and sparse during the boom of the swamps, the trees in the rainforest grow very fast, and in a few decades, they are not much worse than the depths of the dense forest.

Ma Ping'an walked forward carelessly with his bag on his back, thinking about it in his heart.

After walking for an afternoon, it was about thirty kilometers away from the swamp, the sun was very strong in the afternoon, and the road was difficult to walk, and Hu Si and Sisi already showed signs of being unable to support it.

According to the map, there is an abandoned gas station 10 kilometers further on, and it should be a good idea to get there for a night's rest.

As he thought, he avoided a deep pit in the ground.

When the road was built, the main purpose was to transport some large building materials in the early stages of construction.

Most of the people of the swamp use space transporters to go out, and the quality of the project is also so-so because of the small effect.

After being abandoned for a long time, the road was full of potholes and cracks, which caused a lot of trouble for the trip.

Ma Ping'an couldn't help but scold his mother in his heart, with the ability of the second old man, the three old men must be hiding some means of transport, but they had to set off on foot by themselves.

Although he probably knew in his heart that this was also a kind of test, Ma Ping'an was still very unhappy in his heart.

Young people's mood changes quickly.

Originally, when they walked to a place where they couldn't see the swamp, Hu Si and Sisi had already put aside the sorrow of parting, and began to fantasize about a beautiful new life, and they were doubly energetic when they walked.

But after an afternoon of running, the speed of the two has slowed down a lot, and the happy little songs in their mouths have been replaced by the wails of ouch and ouch.

The last ten kilometers of the road took more than two hours until it was completely dark, and then I saw the shadow of the gas station.

Looking for a more decent room in a pile of wreckage, Ma Ping'an found a pile of firewood from outside, lit it with a fire-taker, and the room suddenly became bright.

Hu Si couldn't hold it anymore, so he sat by the fire and rubbed his feet as soon as he took off his shoes.

Sisi also leaned against the wall and found a slightly more comfortable position to rest.

Although she really wanted to be by Ma Ping'an's side, with Hu Si, she was embarrassed to be too intimate with him.

Ma Ping'an looked at her, smiled, and reached out to take off her shoes, Sisi's face was red, but she didn't struggle.

Sisi's feet were white and delicate, and after walking for an afternoon, there were already a few blisters on the soles of her feet.

Ma Ping'an took out a medical tool from his bag, gently cut the blister, and asked gently: "Does it hurt...?" ”

Sisi shook her head gently, her face full of happiness.

He can treat himself so gently, but what is the value of these little pains?

Ma Ping'an took out another ointment, smeared it carefully, then put her feet in his arms, and threw the ointment to Hu Si.

If you want a girl to be dead set on you, gentleness and thoughtfulness at the right time is more effective than if you buy her a ten-carat diamond ring, Ma Ping'an naturally won't understand this truth.

In the midst of Hu Si's complaints such as 'forgetting his righteousness' and 'girlfriend before his friend', the three of them nibbled on compressed dry food.

In the early difficult period, this compressed dry food, which was easy to store and nutritious, was the main food of the remnants, and it was also what Ma Ping'an was accustomed to eating since childhood.

Ma Ping'an has always suspected that the three old men must have a secret warehouse in the swamp, otherwise they haven't seen any supplies for more than ten years, but there is no shortage of daily necessities.

Hu Si chewed a few bites, took another sip in a compressed water bag, shook his head, and said, "Brother Ma... It's too unpalatable, isn't it?"

Ma Ping'an swallowed the contents of his mouth and said with a smile: "What are you going to eat if you don't eat this?" ”

Hu Si licked his face and leaned over: "Brother Ma... There's food in the woods outside, you go hunt one, take it here and roast it...

Hehe, doesn't that taste much better than this dry thing? ”

After Ma Ping'an trained with the three old men for two years, he often went to the dense forest to hunt some game to improve his food.

When he gets older, there is no shortage of game.

Near the swamp, there are many mutant monsters with large bodies and delicious flesh, and hitting one is enough for a dozen or so people to gnaw on for a few days.

The old man's craftsmanship is also very good, so in recent years, this compressed dry food has been useless, and even Hu Si's mouth has been raised a lot.

Ma Ping'an smiled, nodded and said, "Okay... I'll go.

But when I'm away, some monster suddenly appears and gnaws you for supper, so don't blame me then..."

Although this room is relatively complete compared to the next few rooms, the walls are still full of large and small holes.

Just as a gust of wind blew, the fire suddenly swayed, casting the shadows of the three people and shaking.

Hu Si couldn't help but shiver, looked outside the house, and said suspiciously: "This is near the road, there won't be any powerful monsters..."

Ma Ping'an shook his head, hugged the fearful Sisi in his arms, and then accentuated his tone and said, "It's not that there won't be, but there must be!" ”

Feeling the body of the girl in his arms trembling slightly, Ma Ping'an smiled, lowered his head and comforted: "Don't be afraid, even if there are monsters, they will kill one by one, just stay by my side..."

Sisi nodded vigorously, and drilled his little face into his arms again, Ma Ping'an suddenly had a wicked smile on his face, moved his body, let her face close to his crotch, and then lifted his clothes in front.

Sisi can feel the heat through her pants, where would she not know what it is?

The pretty face suddenly turned red, but she didn't avoid it, but turned her head slightly, and gently rubbed it with her pink lips, but her eyes were still looking at Hu Si's direction from the gap in Ma Ping'an's clothes from time to time, for fear of being seen by him.

But when he did this, he forgot a trace of fear just now.

Hu Si didn't have time to look at the movements of the two, and his frightened voice trembled a little at this time, and he looked around and said, "Brother Ma... Don't scare me... How can you tell there must be..."

Ma Ping'an enjoyed it while laughing, and pointed to the holes in the walls and the houses outside the holes that were only half left.

"For your own purposes, according to the records, the gas station was not officially discontinued until 4080 when the swamp was abandoned.

As far as I can remember, there haven't been any earthquakes or anything like this in the vicinity of Sawanuma in recent years, but if it were a natural influence, could this kind of concrete building become like this in a few decades? ”

As he spoke, he pointed to some other marks on the wall, and continued: "There are these, at a glance, you can see that they are gun marks made by electric energy scattering guns, and there are thirty-six such gun marks in this room.

If it's a small monster, one shot can be fatal, and you don't need to fire so many shots..."

Speaking of this, Ma Ping'an suddenly raised his voice, looked directly behind Hu Si's back and shouted, "Ah... You look at the back, what is that. ”

Hu Sizheng was listening attentively, and when he shouted like this, he screamed 'ah', jumped up and turned to look.

There was nothing in front of him, but there was a sound of Ma Ping'an laughing 'haha' behind him.

Knowing that he was shaken, Hu Si made a gesture, 'leaned' fiercely, and sat down again, but this time he was a lot closer to Ma Ping'an.

Seeing that he was already a lot more relaxed, Ma Ping'an moved to the side with a smile, but his eyes were still looking at the marks on the wall, what he said earlier was not intended to scare Hu Si.

As soon as he entered the gas station, he already felt that something was wrong, but further on, it was a wilderness, and now the night had fallen, but he could only rest here.

Hu Si muttered a few words, and suddenly lost the desire to continue eating, opened the box he was carrying, and found a lot of bits and pieces.

Ma Ping'an didn't know what was inside, so he poked his head over curiously, the box was full of all kinds of tools and some strange-shaped metals, except for these, there was nothing else.

Ma Ping'an looked at Hu Si a little unexpectedly, originally thought that the box was just some clothes, but he didn't expect it to be all these things.

After a rough estimate of the weight of these things, I couldn't help but think a little higher of my brother.

Hu Siren is long and thin, and in the past few years, he has been soaked in machinery and oil every day with the second old man, and his skin looks dark and thick, but his hands are extremely slender and beautiful, and he is extremely flexible when he moves.

After a while, those bits and pieces of metal turned into a gun-shaped thing, Ma Ping'an glanced at it, and said strangely: "Oh, a mini version of the heavy electric energy scattering gun..."

Hu Si raised the mini gun and gestured twice, and said triumphantly: "Don't underestimate this gun, although it is ten times smaller in size, it is only half less powerful..."

Ma Ping'an's eyes flashed with joy, and he said with a smile: "Not bad, then I'll sleep, and you are responsible for protecting us..."

Hu Si immediately made a bitter face, hurriedly handed over the gun, and said, "... I'll pretend, but I won't use it... Brother Ma, or you come... Here you come..."

Ma Ping'an laughed and said, "Okay, okay... Well, this thing will be useful in the future, but you won't need it today, you still have it.

If there is a monster, it must be very big, and you don't need to aim, so press the launch button and you'll be sure..."

Hu Si looked at him strangely and said, "Then if there is really a monster today, what do you use?" ”

Ma Ping'an whistled, picked up the firearm from the fire, shook it, and said with a smile: "I use this!" ”

At some point, the bright moonlight was blocked by the clouds, and the three of them in the house were a little drowsy, and it seemed that the fire was also darkened.

Sisi had fallen asleep in Ma Ping'an's arms, Hu Si yawned, and slowly closed his eyes, still holding the mini electric energy scattering gun tightly in his arms.

I don't know how long it took me, but suddenly a call came from my ears: "Wake up... Here it comes! ”

Hu Si shuddered, immediately came to his senses, opened his eyes, and saw Ma Ping'an squatting next to the fire, picking up the firewood next to him and adding it to the fire, but he looked left and right, and he didn't see anything abnormal.

Thinking that he had been deceived again, Hu Si scolded and muttered, and wanted to close his eyes again, but was woken up by Ma Ping'an with the firewood in his hand.

"You sniff..."

Hu Si yawned and inhaled vigorously in doubt.

In the air, in addition to the smell of burning firewood and the fragrance of the trees in the dense forest outside, there really seemed to be something more. ”

Ma Ping'an nodded, picked up the baggage of the three people, ran to the next room to find a clean place to put it away, and then moved two stone bricks to put on it, and then walked back.

Awakening Sisi, he pointed to the room next to him and said, "When the monster comes, Sisi will run there...

Hu Si, you follow me to deal with him, don't worry about anything else, just shoot..."

Hu Si clenched the mini electric energy scattering gun in his hand tightly, and nodded nervously.

The moonlight is hazy, the trees in the distance dance with the wind, drawing a series of strange trajectories, in the dark night, it seems that there are really countless monsters showing a hideous smile, slowly approaching...