Tuesday, February 1, 2022 Sunny

"Haah~, Brother Zhou, the weather is good today, are we going there next?" Under the blue sky after the heavy rain, Zhou Hong and the fat man were walking on a dilapidated highway, and the fat man was yawning and touching his stomach while asking in a relaxed tone.

In the past two years, they have experienced more than 100 battles before and after: they have cut down mutant zombies, mutated plants, and mutated animals, and countless ordinary zombies have fallen in their hands.

And it is precisely the various life and death trials in the past two years that have made Zhou Hong and the fat man grow rapidly; This kind of growth is not only that they become more mature with continuous training in the use of their abilities, but also that the actual combat effects they play become stronger and stronger; More importantly, it has honed their hearts, giving them less of the youthful shyness of ordinary teenagers before the end of the world, and more of the tenacity of killing decisively in the face of all monsters.

"Whew!"

The dagger swung out with a trace of afterimage, and suddenly a slender black shadow that suddenly catapulted towards Zhou Hong in the grass next to the road broke into two, but the ferocity of the alien beast made it continue to twist its body even after it broke in two and fell to the ground, making a "sizzling" sound while winding towards Zhou Hong's feet.

"Smack!"

An obese foot next to him stepped on it suddenly, and suddenly the half-writhing body was directly trampled open, and blood splashed out from the soles of the feet.

It is a mutated green snake, the green snake has a triangular head, small scales on the top of the head, grass green on the back of the body, and a pale yellow-green belly, the combination of these two colors makes it more difficult for people to detect it hiding in the grass; And this slender green snake, which is only 90 centimeters long, is also one of the more troublesome beasts in the last days.

Because not to mention its concealment and aggression in the wild grass, just to say that this snake itself has a certain amount of toxin before the end of the world, and now with the mutation after the end of the world, its toxin will become more violent, once bitten, it is enough to make an otherwise healthy adult die in a few seconds; At the same time, its attack speed has become faster and more unpredictable.

These two points alone are enough to make the surviving humans in the wild smell it different.

"Well, let's go there and have a look, I'm a little curious about what kind of place is like with such a name," Zhou Hong said lightly, inserting the dagger into a daggard he had made himself tied to his right leg.

…… Just an hour ago, Zhou Hong and the fat man were still walking on the highway......

They had been on foot for months; Since the Wrangler was cut in half and destroyed by a mutated and gigantic flying mantis raid a year and a half ago, they have also changed vehicles several times along the way, just because these vehicles are either seriously damaged, or the fuel is not much, and they have not been driving for a long time.

After all, it is still more difficult to find a relatively intact vehicle half a year after the end of the world, but with the passage of time in the end times, there will be more and more zombies on the road and in the city.

Looking back on that encounter now, it can also be regarded as the most dangerous and severe battle that Zhou Hong encountered after the end of the world, and during the entire battle, the terrifying speed of the mutated flying mantis completely crushed the "power-type" Zhou Hong.

In the end, thanks to the successful pull of hatred, the fat man who became the target of the attack was penetrated by the flying mantis's double knives with his ribs, and his hands and feet jammed the arms and body of the mantis with his hands and feet, limiting its speed, and Zhou Hong, who was already dying of excessive blood loss, suddenly broke up and smashed the mantis's head with his fists......

But this battle also made them a blessing in disguise, the fat man who did not die slowly began to mutate and strengthen his body after this battle, and what surprised Zhou Hong, who woke up after being in a coma, was that he actually obtained the "speed" ability of the flying mantis, and then on the heart in his body, a blue-green circle pattern appeared outside the "purple circle", of course, this is what Zhou Hong didn't know.

Fortunately, the bodies of both of them have been strengthened in the last days, and they can still bear it after a few months of walking quickly.

Originally, the two of them also walked down the highway early in the morning, by the way to see if they could find some cars that could still be driven along the way, but at the entrance of a ramp that could leave the expressway, they found a white iron road sign that was obviously erected there in the later period, with some black font on it: "Polestar City," and then an arrow pointed to it, a distance of 80 kilometers......

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The 80-kilometer journey is nothing for Zhou Hong and the fat man, who have now been strengthened in all aspects of their bodies, and the strengthening of their bodies has brought about an increase in speed, and now they are only a little more than three hours on foot, which will not affect their physical strength at all.

After three and a half hours of walking and stopping, the figure of Polestar City finally appeared in the sight of Zhou Hong and the fat man.

"Brother Zhou...... Am I hallucinating again......" The fat man on the side looked at Polestar City from afar, dumbfounded.

“…… That's a lot of...... This kind of thing ......" The moment he saw the figure in Pole Star City, even with Zhou Hong's indomitable mind, he couldn't help but jump twice, thinking that he was wrong.

The reason why Zhou Hong and the fat man are so out of shape is that the Polestar City in the distance is a bit like imitating the ancient city type, and the city built with this construction style is smaller than the city that our modernization requires to have the characteristics of denseness, efficiency, centrality, and diversity.

But if it's just like this, it just surprises Zhou Hong and the fat man.

What really stunned them was that this city, which was smaller in their eyes, was actually shrouded in a layer of pale green fluorescent circular light curtain, and the entire light curtain was evenly divided into countless equilateral triangle patterns with lighter colors, and there would be dazzling white light spots at the connection points between the lines and lines.

At the entrance to the edge of the city, about twenty centimeters above the ground, dozens of huge rectangular metal-like smooth slabs of unknown material were suspended vertically around the city.

Each beige metal plate, which is about 3 meters thick, is covered with incomprehensible complex patterns, and if you look closely, you can see that some blue light spots flicker from time to time in these lines.

From Zhou Hong's position, the main body of the city located in the rear is 80% obscured by these giant metal plates that are hundreds of meters high and hundreds of meters wide, and only a corner of the city can be glimpsed from the gaps between these plates.

"Is this still the Earth I'm familiar with...... This end times...... What the hell is going on...... "The closer he got to the gate of Polestar City, the more Zhou Hong felt that his head was not enough, and his breathing became heavier and heavier;

A pale green fluorescent light curtain that hangs over the city...... Giant metal plate ...... suspended A large spire emerges above the metal plate...... Guarding the passage between the metal plates, it resembles an iron lump like a war robot in a game I used to play a game...... There are also floating cars that are visible in the sky from time to time...... All this shows that the Polestar City in front of me is a "science fiction city" with far more technological content than it is now. ”

Obviously, Zhou Hong was stunned by the Polestar City in front of him, and he and the fat man just stood not far from the city gate, looking at the "future city" in front of him, which would have only appeared in science fiction films, silent for a long time;

He suddenly recalled the scene when they first met Xinxian two years ago, and it was as incredible and unbelievable as in a dream; Obviously, the outside world has come to the end of the world, and zombies are everywhere, but the new county at that time was still like a "paradise" to show them that there was no disaster...... No zombies...... No virus......

And now, compared to the "paradise" like a new county, there is no doubt that the Polestar City in front of him makes Zhou Hong feel more shocked, confused and unbelievable; You must know that this is a very sci-fi city, and the level of science and technology represented in it is not known how many hundreds of years ahead of today's self-proclaimed most developed countries, and now it has suddenly appeared on the earth that he is familiar with, which makes Zhou Hong accept it for a while?

“…… Let's go...... Let's go in," in Zhou Hong's concept: existence is reasonable; For things he didn't understand, he never spent too many brain cells, so he said lightly to the fat man next to him, and he walked to the city gate first; "Huh? Really go in......" Looking at the dozen or so war machines with great visual impact at the door, the fat man subconsciously asked, but unfortunately Zhou Hong didn't reply to him and just walked towards the city gate by himself.

When the two arrived at the city gate, they found that there were not only these tall iron bumps at the city gate, but also a human sitting on a suspended motorcycle-like vehicle in the aisle separated by suspended metal plates.

Regarding the arrival of Zhou Hong and the fat man, who were covered in blood stains, the middle-aged man who was also very sci-fi in his dress just glanced up, then lowered his head to operate the LCD panel in his hand, and asked: "People of red-level civilization?" ”

Zhou Hong and the fat man looked at each other, neither of them spoke, but they were puzzled by the problem of the person in front of them.

After waiting for a while, he probably didn't hear the answers of the two people in front of him, and his eyes had to leave the LCD panel in his hand and swept towards Zhou Hong and the fat man, "First-level civilization? This time he asked a different question.

Still didn't answer, Zhou Hong and the fat man still felt confused; The human guarding the aisle only frowned, but before he could think about it, he asked, "You want to enter the city?" ”

This time, Zhou Hong finally reacted, nodded to the person in front of him and replied: "Yes, we are going to enter the city, do you need ......" "Oh, there are no restrictions on entering the city, as long as you are not 'aliens' in disguise...... Oh, that's a zombie, now you check my pupils, and then scan the handprint on the LCD plate to register, and you can go in. ”

The two of them were inexplicably illuminated with a laser pointer similar to the one they played with when they were children, and inexplicably scanned a handprint on the LCD panel in the man's hand, Zhou Hong and the fat man left the passage and walked into Polestar City.

As soon as they stepped out of the passage, the two of them felt their eyes light up.

"Phew!"

The fat man gasped: "Nima, this is the real 'science fiction city', this is more urban science fiction than what science fiction movies and science fiction novels I have seen before......"

And Zhou Hong on the side didn't expect that it would be so huge after leaving the passage, and the location they are now in is a huge square behind the passage, and in the far side of the square are several passages that diverge in all directions, and there is no end in sight, and there are no less than ten transparent crystal passages crisscrossing the sky overhead, which is full of traffic and endless streams.

In front of me alone, there are many things that are clearly beyond the current level of science and technology. Looking at the pedestrians in front of them dressed in all kinds of clothes with a sci-fi atmosphere, Zhou Hong and the fat man, dressed in bloodstained and tattered sportswear, sweatshirts, and jeans, stopped here, it was like two dirt buns entering the city and incompatible with the surrounding environment.

He obviously looked small outside Polestar City, but after leaving the passage, what he saw in front of him was a sci-fi metropolis that could not be seen at a glance, and the technical level contained in it also made Zhou Hong breathtaking.

"Brother Zhou, what should we do now?" The fat man asked a little embarrassed, although the pedestrians around him didn't pay too much attention to the sudden appearance of his two "dirt buns", and there didn't seem to be any unusual eyes; But when he arrived in a city full of science fiction, the pedestrians around him and the "sense of incompatibility" in his heart still made the fat man feel a little cramped.

"......" Seeing the people coming and going in front of him, Zhou Hong suddenly didn't know what to do now, because this kind of thing Zhou Hong also encountered for the first time, and his heart was still full of "I came to the 'future' for no reason?" "The idea; I want someone to ask what's going on...... I don't know if these "future people" take care of themselves, and want to buy a dress to change into and blend in here...... All right...... When I didn't say it......