Chapter 62: Despair
"Despair?"
"Yes, you should know that our survival actually depends on the protection of the Stone of Life. It is precisely because it is the largest stone of life that this fortress is called a shelter. ”
The soldier behind the bar was a little uneasy and shouted, "General Yu? ”
"It's okay, he's not an outsider."
Seeing Yu Jia say this, the warrior closed his mouth, looked at Huang Quan with curiosity and confusion, mixed another glass of wine, and pushed it to Huang Quan.
There was no need to take the mouth, and Huang Quan knew that this glass of wine was stronger and more prone to flare-ups. It seems that this warrior will maintain respect for Yu Jia, but he wants to give Huang Quan a dismount, or just wants to test his strength, either way, Huang Quan doesn't like it.
He looked at Yu Jia, picked up the wine glass, and drank it all.
This way of drinking made Yu Jia also surprised. She stared at Huang Quan for three minutes, but Huang Quan's face was not red, and her breath was not unstable, as if what she had just drunk was not wine, but water.
The warrior behind the bar had his eyes straightened, and he involuntarily picked up a few bottles and looked at them to make sure he was indeed mixing a mixture. There were still a few of the bottles left, and the strong smell of wine emanating from the mouth of the bottle proved that it was not water at all.
Yu Jia stared at Huang Quan for a while before he said reluctantly, "Okay, maybe you can drink better than me." ”
Huang Quan smiled and didn't answer, the biochemical organs in his body had already extracted the alcohol, decomposed it into nutrients that the body could use, and then stored it.
This is actually cheating, and Huang Quan certainly won't tell the truth.
If the old guys of the Imperial Research Institute knew that he used those biochemical organs in the digestive system like this, they would probably nag a few words, this device is not to increase the amount of alcohol, but to speed up the absorption and decomposition of poisons.
"You haven't said why you're desperate." Huang Quan continued the topic.
"Hundreds of years ago, the sanctuary decided to split off some of its people to form a settlement because the power of the Life Stone was inexorably declining under the siege of the cannibals. Our most elite warriors are dying in battle, but the number of cannibals is growing, and if this continues, it is only a matter of time before everyone perishes. ”
"When did this happen?"
"I can't remember the specific time, there are fewer and fewer historical materials preserved in the shelter, all the energy has to be used to survive, and you can't even live, what's the point of history?"
It's pretty much the same as the people of the settlement, except that the shelters are bigger, the infrastructure is better, they've been around longer, and they're not yet under pressure to survive on a daily basis.
Yu Jia took a sip of wine and said, "Settlements are like seeds. We sow the seeds in the hope that they will grow stronger, build new shelters, expand the power of the Life Stone, and even create new Life Stones. With the Life Stone, our race can continue. ”
"And then?"
"Later? That's what you see. ”
She gestured to the darkened neighborhood, "About a hundred years ago, we didn't send out new settlements. Because the number of people in the shelter has been reduced to a critical point, and any less of them will make it difficult for us to survive. ”
"Has the shelter always been there? How have you managed to stay afloat over the years? ”
The soldier behind the bar interjected, "What's so hard about this?" You have seen it, we have all factories here, and there is a lot of inventory, whatever you want, you can make it yourself. ”
Huang Quan shook his head, "Impossible, it is impossible to collect all the raw materials in one place, you should have external supply channels." ”
A strange light flashed in Yu Jia's eyes, and she said slowly, "I'm becoming more and more curious about your origin now." ”
"I'm the one from the settlement."
"The settlers can't have the insight you have."
The various factory facilities inside the shelter seem to be complete, but the raw materials required are also diverse. The parts of a chariot are not just metal, and various raw materials simply cannot be found in the same area.
Such is the difference in the natural environment, and in the empire a slightly educated citizen would have this common sense. But in this world, common sense has become rare insight.
Huang Quan did not answer.
Yu Jia stared at him for a long time, knowing that he couldn't ask an answer, so he didn't ask anymore, but said: "We do have an external channel, that is, the Holy Land ......"
"General!" The warrior behind the bar reminded again.
Yu Jia said indifferently: "Don't worry, I won't violate the rules." The existence of the Holy Land is not a secret in itself, and it is up to the consul to decide whether to tell him or not. ”
The warrior stopped talking.
Yu Jia got up and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to see the consul." ”
Huang Quan got up as he said and followed her. Now, he can see that Yu Jia didn't come to him on a whim, and it wasn't just for an obscure dream, and the final answer should be from the consul.
The two of them didn't go far, when suddenly the window of a barracks a few dozen meters in front of them exploded, and a figure crashed out of it and fell to the ground. Then the door of the barracks opened, and several soldiers rushed out of it, outflanking the figure.
Huang Quan only glanced at it from afar, and his face changed instantly.
Rushing out of the window on the third floor was Haruka.
Yu Jia was calm at first, and when she saw Huang Quan's face change, she made a move. She was about to say something, but the Yellow Spring had disappeared from its place.
Haruka rolled on the ground a few times, dissipated most of the momentum, and then turned over and stood up. She was covered in scratches, her hair was disheveled, her clothes were untidy, and a large piece of her back was torn off, exposing almost her entire back. The tear was torn open at first glance.
Haruka barely stood up, her feet were weak, and she almost fell, she held her left leg, and her face turned pale in pain. It seems that she jumped from the third floor too hastily, did not do any protection, and fell directly on the hard concrete floor, and the fall was not light.
She swayed, then fell backwards, a large hand holding her from behind.
I didn't want to think about it, so I swung my elbow and hit it back, but halfway through the hit, I screamed out. The warmth and firmness of that big hand are so familiar that even the feeling of skin contact can even imagine its lines from afara.
"It's me, it's okay." Huang Quan's voice was magical, and it calmed the girl down in an instant.
Several fighters from the shelter rushed over and surrounded the two men, both disheveled and some topless.
"Who are you? Why haven't I seen you? ”
"At a glance, I knew that it was a wild man who came back from outside, probably sneaking in."
"Damn, he won't get any disease, will he pass it on to us?"
"Whatever, dare to sneak into the core area, kill first! Go to the eyesore, let's have fun with this little wild chick again! ”
"Yes, that's it!"
Several warriors surrounded me with a fierce light in their eyes.
There is no need to ask more, listen to them, and look at their appearance, Huang Quan can also know what is going on. His eyebrows slowly raised, and a dark red glow began to glow in the depths of his pupils.
"Wait!" Yu Jia finally arrived, and shouted to several fighters first: "Line up, stand up!" ”
The soldiers of the shelter were stunned, although they were a little reluctant, but Yu Jia's prestige was obviously heavy enough, and they put away their previous evil appearance and stood in a row.
Yu Jia first glanced at Yao before saying to Huang Quan, "She has a good relationship with you?" ”
"As I said, there are a few people in the settlement that I care about." Huang Quan felt that this was enough, and there was no need to repeat the threatening words.
"It seems that your relationship is very unusual, this is your woman?"
"It doesn't matter."
Yu Jia nodded and said, "Okay, then this matter will be settled." As I told you, the people in the shelter are desperate now, some of them can't control themselves, and when the people in the settlement have passed the observation period, they will be their own people. ”
"That's it?"
Yu Jia sighed: "They fight every day, and it is rare to encounter something new......"
Those soldiers listened to the conversation between Yu Jia and Huang Quan in their ears, and although they didn't say anything against it, they stared at Huang Quan and Yao's eyes, which was extremely fierce and untamed.
Yu Jia is strong enough, so they can't refute her face to face, but it's hard to say where she can't see.
Huang Quan looked at them, and several of them all stared back, without hiding their hostility at all, and some even directly compared the middle finger to the girl, and shrugged upward, which was extremely obscene.
Huang Quan looked at everything, turned his head to Yu Jia and said, "You just said that the people in the shelter are desperate, and these should be the same. ”
"Yes." Yu Jia didn't understand why he said this, and subconsciously replied.
"Okay, I'll help them get rid of it." Huang Quan's voice was calm.