Chapter 1: Hunting the Gold Eater
In the vast expanse, one of the broken walls covered everything in front of him with purple branches of unknown plants, their roots deeply planted in all places where they could cling.
Except for this broken wall, almost all of the surrounding buildings had collapsed, turning into powder, undulating like sand dunes, filling every pothole or gap in the earth.
Even the surface of this broken wall has begun to crack, and from time to time sand and dust fall from it, as if to foreshadow its future fate.
Li Muyun's back was clinging to this broken wall at the moment, and ten meters in front of him, a strange animal was staring at him with wide eyes, it looked like a tiger, but it was purple all over, and there was no word "king" on its forehead, but it was replaced by an unusually sharp single horn like a recurved dagger.
Regarding this animal, the surviving humans called it the "Gold Swallowing Beast", which devoured all visible metal substances, and was fanatically aggressive towards humans, and would never stop if they did not chase and kill to death, so at this moment, Li Muyun's whole body was tense, his brain was highly concentrated, and he did not dare to slack off in the slightest.
The gold-swallowing beast just jumped down from a big tree beside it before, this big tree is as slim as a cover, straight into the sky, the pine needle-like branches and leaves are dense and dense, the whole body exudes a purple and faint light, the heat of the sun seems to be absorbed by it, at this time when the afternoon sun is the strongest, but under this tree is dark and cold, almost no signs of sunlight can be seen, only a few rays of sunlight strive to break through the sniping of this branch and leaf, hard to reach the ground, forming a few faintly visible spots.
Trees like this one at intervals, sparsely spaced, but surprisingly numerous and numerous, form a vast forest, and beneath this forest are the ruins of a once-thriving city.
The Gold Eater began to attack, its stick-like tail swept back and forth a few times, its mouth growled, and the leaves on the purple branches seemed to sense this intimidating sound, and from time to time it fluttered back and forth, responding.
The Gold Devouring Beast suddenly burst out with an earth-shattering sound, its front two paws scratched the soft sand, its hind legs kicked the ground violently, and then a leap forward, rushing towards Li Muyun with great speed.
Li Muyun's cheeks seemed to have felt the hot breath exhaled by the Gold Swallowing Beast, and he silently recited in his heart, "Closer, closer", and at the same time, his body gave way to the left, revealing a piece of wood where he was standing, the tip of the wood was sharpened incomparably sharp, and the rest of it was deeply embedded in the broken wall, it was hidden behind Li Muyun before, and at this moment, it was like a sharpened pencil, completely exposed.
When the gold-swallowing beast found the danger, it was already too late to dodge, and the whole head hit it, it can only be said that Li Muyun's position and the timing of the dodge were judged quite accurately, only to hear a terrible scream, the gold-swallowing beast's jaw was completely penetrated by this piece of wood, the sharp tip of the wood was exposed on the neck behind the gold-swallowing beast's head, and the wound flowed out of the yellow thick mucus, and the limbs were hanging in the air and waving weakly, no longer as brave as before.
Li Muyun did not hesitate at all, his left hand stretched out suddenly, and accurately grabbed the horns of the gold-swallowing beast, holding a shiny blade in his right hand, and skillfully twisted at the root of the horns, only to hear the powerless roar of the gold-swallowing beast like a breathless, and the whole horn was completely lifted out of its forehead by Li Muyun, and the gold-swallowing beast suddenly became lifeless, half-hanging there, motionless, and the mucus that flowed out slowly solidified, emitting a shiny white light.
Li Muyun carefully put away the blade, and at the same time threw the horn into the pocket of the crossbody, and there was a "ding" sound of metal intersecting inside.
Li Muyun is eighteen years old this year, with thick eyebrows, a straight nose and a broad mouth, a height of 210 cm, a weight of 150 kg, a huge head, a huge biceps, and the strongest men on earth at the beginning of the 21st century are like immature children in front of him.
It's 2245 AD, exactly 7 years after the last nuclear explosion.
With a loud bang, another boy about his size jumped from the tree where the Gold Swallower had been, and threw the soft ground out of a large bathtub-like hole, God knows how he had climbed up before and not noticed.
"You can climb down slowly, why use such dangerous movements, Mom's health is very poor, if she knows that you do this, her heart will not be able to stand it." Li Muyun glanced at the boy, the two looked almost identical, but the boy was younger, his name was Li Kaishan, Li Muyun's younger brother, sixteen years old this year.
"I won't get hurt, where these gold-swallowing trees grow, all the hard things will be broken down by their roots, I dare to assure you, I will dig thirty meters down the ground now, and I won't find a single hard object, here, except for the horns of the gold-swallowing beast, the hardest place is here." Li Kaishan pointed to his lower body.
"Little brat, talk hooligan all day, let's get out of here, we have to go to the hospital again, and we have to get home before sunset." Li Muyun said as he began to move.
"Let's take a little more this time, so as not to run to that place frequently, anyway, someone will always refill it every time we finish it." Li Kaishan muttered.
"There are more people in need of help, and if we run out of them, what about those who don't get the medicines?" Li Muyun turned his head and glared at him, "Don't say these words again in the future, there are fewer and fewer human beings, and if we can't unite yet, we will face annihilation." ”
"I think we're probably going extinct, and the last time I saw a woman was half a year ago." Li Kaishan said a little unwillingly, but he was annoyed in his heart why he didn't arrest the woman back at that time.
Li Muyun smiled bitterly, did not make a sound, and ran up by himself, Li Kaishan followed closely behind, the two brothers were astonishingly fast, reaching 80 kilometers per hour, and the sand was flying under their feet, because the speed was too fast, two dust lines were derived, and the dust lines continued to extend, and they continued to disappear, looking from a high altitude, like two foraging pythons meandering forward.
The place where they had hunted was already at the edge of the forest, and it was not long before they left the forest far away and came to a savannah.
At this moment, the sky and the earth are truly visible, the blue sky covers the four fields, and the white clouds seem to be floating overhead, the endless prairie, and the emerald green extends to the horizon in the distance.
Such a vibrant prairie is an excellent habitat for animals, but there is nothing alive to see at the moment, and occasionally one or two huge giant birds pass by from the sky in the distance, the cry is hoarse and gloomy, mixed with a little panic and fear, in this empty world is clear to the ears, making people feel extremely uncomfortable.
"Brother, look, the bird is flying again, the big robot won't be gone yet, right?" Li Kaishan pointed to the end of the prairie, where there seemed to be some building complexes, at the moment when the sun was at its most blazing in the day, the sun seemed to be unable to shine on that side, gloomy, without a trace of fireworks, lifeless.
"It's not going to go, we've been there so many times, every time he's there, and this time will be no exception." Li Muyun said lightly.
"Damn! Last time he shot Zhou Xiaolong's leg, we must avenge him this time! Li Kaishan said hatefully, his eyes were a little red.
"It depends, I've been studying it for a long time, and I don't have a good way to deal with it at the moment, but I can try it." Li Muyun patted the backpack he was carrying cross-body as he spoke.
The two of them were still running as hard as they could, and despite the constant conversation, they showed no sign of slowing down, and after about an hour, the buildings that loomed in the distance were fully visible in front of them.