The room was lit up by a faint oil lamp. From downstairs, the voices of guests could be faintly heard.

Hans, who was sleeping on the bed, frowned slightly, felt a little chill, and couldn't help curling up a little.

It didn't alleviate the chill, which came in like a tidal wave and curled up like a shrimp. It seems that someone who protected her is gone. The familiar loneliness and danger came again.

For the previous 16 years, she had lived like this every day. Danger lurks and displacement. Except for these two days.

Now, it seems that everything will return to normal.

"Don't!"

With an exclamation, Hans woke up from his bed.

She searched around in horror and was relieved to see a figure sitting at the table with its back to her. Then I saw the figure shatter like foam.

"No!"

With an exclamation, Hans woke up from his bed.

She was relieved to find out that it was a dream. Then he looked nervously at the table. There were a lot of supplies and equipment on it, but there were no familiar people.

Maybe like yesterday, he's out.

Hans comforted himself, but he didn't even care about putting on his shoes, and rushed out of the room in embarrassment, and ran downstairs and out of the hotel.

She took nothing, stumbling and running in the dark. The ground was rough, and the stones and sharp bumps pierced the soles of her feet to blood. Ignoring it, she finally touched the gate of Nuke Town after hitting objects several times. With great difficulty, he pushed it open and drilled out.

Nothing could be seen in the darkness, as black as ink. Only the sound of stumbling footsteps could be heard in the distance.

At night in the wasteland, most predators return to their nests to rest. But only mostly. There are still small numbers that come out to feed. These creatures either have the gift of vision like owls, or they use ultrasound to distinguish the terrain and creatures around them. Or use the light to lure other creatures closer.

Wang Yao had encountered the latter, and in the distance in the dark wilderness, a little fluorescence flickered like a ghostly fire, and it could be seen from a distance of several kilometers. As he approached, Wang Yao turned on the flashlight, and a hideous beast appeared under the pillar of light. There are no lips, hideous sharp teeth are exposed, and the fingers are thick and long, and the sharp teeth do not make one doubt that a human thigh can be bitten off in a single bite.

The light is its nose. Like deep-sea fish, the nose is lit up with bioelectricity.

It has extremely short limbs. Can only crawl at a slow pace. But it can burst out with great power in a short period of time, like a cheetah bursting out. Devour the creatures that are attracted to the light.

It's just a pity that it came with an uninvited guest today.

Faced with a creature within five meters, the mutant creature unceremoniously kicked out its hind legs, allowing its body to rush towards its prey like a cannonball. Huge mouths. If you want to bite your prey, you won't let go.

It responds with a fist wrapped in black.

A punch was swung out, breaking the mutant creature's teeth, and the fist was castrated into its mouth, piercing its throat and shattering its internal organs, killing it with a single blow.

Drag the mutant creature the size of a wild dog down. The black keratin on the arms gradually melts into the skin. Blood dripped down the tip of the fist.

……

"What the hell is that, ghost fire?" At the mouth of a cave, two Germans whispered in German.

The cave was halfway up the mountain, leaving two vigilers behind, and the others were buried in sleeping bags. Sprinkle a special potion around the area to avoid mosquito bites. The smokeless stove with a faint flame exudes warmth.

The cave was so quiet that even the whispers at the entrance could be faintly heard.

Outside the cave lies a wilderness below. From here, you can see countless fluorescent lights distributed in this wilderness, faintly flickering.

"That's 89, a creature that resembles a deep-sea fish." Another night watchman sat on a rock. Holding an automatic rifle. As he spoke, he reached out and took a flattened cigarette case from his chest pocket, pulled a cigarette out of it, and then froze. Greedily, he put the cigarette on the tip of his nose and sniffed it, then put it back in the cigarette case and put it back in his pocket.

"Generally speaking, as long as you don't get curious, there won't be any threat."

"They don't kill each other?"

"Generally, no. Every night there is always a silly animal or insect approaching the past. And one hunt is enough to keep it from eating for a week or two. ”

"It looks so laid-back, not even a natural predator."

"Their worst enemy is themselves. Moves extremely slowly, and due to its predatory nature, it barely counts. This means that they have a hard time bumping into mates during their short lifespan of eight to ten years. ”

"I don't even know when you're going to be a biologist." Suppressed laughter came from the side.

"What are you talking about?" At this moment, some broken English came from behind him.

“Scheisse！” The two men who were on vigil were taken aback. One of them cursed in a low voice: "Oh my! I was so scared that my native language came out. ”

"I'm sorry." The man who spoke was a little embarrassed. "It's shift time, it's time for you to go to sleep."

"Time flies...... Let's go back. "Two Germans jumped off the rocks with their butts patted on the back. The lights were not allowed to be turned on, so they had to go back to the cave in the dark.

"What's that?" The other man wondered when he saw the starlight-like fluorescence of the wilderness.

"Ku Ye-kun. That's number 89, and it's their body organs that glow......"

The two leaned against the rocks, one talking, the other listening. It lasted for a few minutes.

"Then ......" Ku Yejun's puzzled voice sounded, "You mean to say that this creature usually doesn't move, just waits in place?" ”

"That's right."

"Then why are these fluorescences approaching us?"

"Oops!"

……

The dark wilderness, the sound of violent gasps and footsteps echoed. Hans didn't know where he had gone. I don't know where Wang Yao is. Maybe he ran backwards and went against Wang Yao.

The stinging pain in the soles of the feet was constantly transmitted to the brain. She clenched her teeth, allowing them to leave a shocking trail of bloody footprints on the ground behind her.

She was fed up with a life of upheaval and displacement, and she was fed up with a precarious life. Just when she knew that she was going to die, Wang Yao appeared and brought her back to life. She doesn't understand anything and has no fighting power. You can only be a wanderer, picking up things that you can eat or can't eat around Nuke Town.

She felt safe beside Wang Yao, as if he didn't have anything to fear.

"Where are you...... Please don't go ......"

As if praying for an answer, a fluorescent spot suddenly lit up a hundred meters away.

Hans looked surprised and sped up to run there.

"I'm here! Wait, wait for me! Don't abandon me! ”

……

"Huh?"

Wang Yao turned his head and looked at the wilderness. Fluorescence is like the distribution of stars in the night sky. A hint of doubt appeared on his indifferent face.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Wu asked.

"Nothing, my delusion." Wang Yao shook his head, turned around and continued to move forward. (To be continued.) )