The mayor's residence, in the utility room.

There is not much space here, there is a small lamp hanging from the ceiling, and the light is very weak, which shows that there are all kinds of miscellaneous things piled up here, basically things that have not been touched for a long time, and thick dust is accumulated.

Alien to the surroundings was a corner, with boxes piled up on three sides, rather spacious in the middle, a low bed, a simple long table, and a small wooden cabinet.

The sound of footsteps was accompanied by the sound of steel rubbing against hard objects, and after a while, a thin figure dragged an object into this space, which was the city.

Leaning the machete on the head of the bed, Cheng sat down, took out the dagger at his waist, and stared at it blankly, his thoughts flying somewhere.

I don't know how long it took, but he fell asleep from exhaustion.

The next day, Cheng came to the backyard of the bar early, and in order to avoid owing some time to others, he decided to come to work early from now on.

It was still early, there were no guests in the bar, and there was nothing to break down, so he leaned against the wall with the machete, quietly waiting for the daily prey to be brought in by the hunters.

There aren't many hunters in the town, but each of them has their own two brushes, so they don't have to dig deep into the dangerous mines like the ordinary residents. Most hunters will choose to sell the rest to the House of the Night, in exchange for something they need, such as bitter ale and bullets.

Half an hour before the official start of work, the back gate of the bar's backyard was kicked open, and the person came with a bald head tattooed with a demon pattern, and the muscles of his whole body bulged as if he was about to tear his clothes.

Cheng saw this person from the side, the corners of his mouth hooked a flash of smile, stepped forward, bowed slightly to this person and said, "Uncle Ma Straw." ”

The man was Ma Straw, who was wearing an old-time jacket and beard, and the rest of the place had not changed much. After the city was taken away by Fernanke, he didn't care much about the child at first, but the more time passed, the more he remembered the little thing that had sucked his finger as something in the first place, and finally he couldn't help but take a look, and the first time there were several times later.

Ma Straw looked at the city in front of him, his eyes showed joy, he reached out and pinched his cheek, and shouted: "Stinky boy, I haven't seen you these days, I've grown a lot taller!" Did the old Fernanke's baby bump bully you during this time? Tell Uncle and I'll get your revenge! ”

Cheng shook his head, but did not speak.

Ma Straw looked at the city in front of him behaving like this, and sighed helplessly in his heart, he guessed that the city would still answer like this.

"Doge, you guys bring that thing in!" Ma Straw touched Cheng's little head and shouted outside the door.

"Hey! Drink! Hey! Drink! Outside the door, there was the sound of several people's neat passwords, and I saw Doge and three strong men blushing, carrying in a large object, and putting it on the ground with a bang.

I saw that this thing had a big head and horns, thick hooves, and thick armor on its back, which was a mutant bison.

Mutant bison, a terrestrial high-level mutant creature, active in groups, with thick armor and hard horns, average speed but amazing strength, leather can be made into clothes and hats and boots, and its meat quality is almost the same as that of mutated wild boars except for a very small part.

This was the first time that the city had seen such a huge mutated creature, and he couldn't help but drum in his heart: "Can I handle it?" ”

But he didn't know what Cheng De was thinking at this moment, and shouted in the direction of the bar: "Mrs. Fernanke, come out and receive the goods!" The sound was so loud that Cheng didn't feel comfortable and covered his ears.

After a short time, Mrs. Fernink came to the backyard through the door of the back kitchen, and saw the huge mutant cow corpse in the yard, and her face was happy, but she immediately put it away, walked up to the hemp straw and said: "Hemp straw, this thing is too difficult to handle, give you a fair price, two barrels of bitter bare!" ”

Ma Straw laughed angrily when he heard this: "Haha, Mrs. Fernanke, this mutant bison is a high-level mutant creature, not just a rookie can hunt it!" Its value, a businessman like you should know better than me! Two barrels of bitter ale are not enough at all! ”

Mrs. Fernanke's heart was weak, and she said, "Hmph, that's three buckets, no more!" ”

Ma Straw smiled when he heard this: "This is a big guy worth five barrels!" But people like us, who live only to be happy, and don't bother to argue with you, a woman, sell you. However, the whip of this cow has been barbecued and eaten by the brothers, haha! ”

When Mrs. Fernanke heard this, her heart ached, and she turned and walked away.

"Dog, you go back first, I'll sit with this kid for a while!" Ma Straw said to Dogge and the others.

When they heard this, they dispersed.

He sat on the ground and said to the city, who was carefully observing the mutant bison, "Stinky boy, are you sure you can get it right?" ”

Cheng Xiao's face turned gloomy, and he shook his head and said, "No." ”

"Haha, what's the so hard about that? Go get it, I'll watch from the side! "Ma Straw said.

Cheng nodded, drew his dagger, climbed onto the cow, and his expression became focused.

Groping around the city found a place that he thought could be used as a breakthrough - the tail root (chrysanthemum), the dagger tip pierced into the cortex, the city cut along the strands of the ox, pulled it all the way to the throat, and then gave the cow a ring cut at the four hooves, and began to peel the skin.

Seeing this, Ma Straw showed appreciation and said: "This kid, the position he chose is quite tricky!" ”

For some reason, after saying this, Ma Straw suddenly felt a chill coming from a certain part of his body, and he couldn't help but shake his body.

After a long time, under the observation and guidance of hemp straw, the city completed the work of peeling and removing dirt, and began the most onerous process - division.

Sho wiped off his sweat, walked over to the machete, and dragged it over.

When Ma Straw saw this knife, he couldn't help but sigh: "Stinky boy, where did you do such a stylish thing?" It looks like it's a lot of weight, wow, can you make it move? ”

"Uncle Fernanke." Cheng replied vaguely, he had always been like this, and he didn't say much.

The movement of his hand did not stop, he used all his strength, picked up the machete, slashed heavily on the leg of the ox, and cut into the muscle tissue, but the ox strand was abnormally hard, and there was no change at all. Seeing this, Cheng gritted his teeth and picked up the machete again.

Seeing that he could challenge himself like this, Ma Straw couldn't help but have a thought: "If he challenges so overloaded, will it produce that kind of thing in his body?" ”

After thinking about it all his life, he could no longer sit still, and hurriedly got up and came to the front of the city, and asked, "Do you often use this thing to cut things?" ”

Cheng nodded.

"Can you hold on to your physical limits?"

Cheng nodded again.

"Did you notice any strange movements in your body?"

Cheng shook his head.

Ma Straw showed a look of disappointment, but he was immediately relieved, and secretly said in his heart: "I didn't become a first-order warrior until I was forty years old, how could this little guy be able to appear like that kind of thing at such a young age?" Haha, it's me thinking too much! ”

He sat down on the ground again, and looked at the work of the city lazily, smiling from time to time, and pointing from time to time, and in this way, after all the oxen had been decomposed, the city that had completely lost its strength lay on the ground.

It was past noon, and the old man and the young man lay on the ground, looking at the black and gray radiation clouds in the sky.

Cheng opened his mouth and asked, "Uncle, has the sky always been like this?" ”

Ma Straw thought for a little and said with a smile: "Uncle doesn't know, this day has been this virtue since the day I was born, and it is black and numb, which makes people look unhappy at all!" There are some rumors, but you haven't grown any hair now, so I can't tell you! Haha"

Hearing this, Cheng looked at the sky with a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

After a long time, Ma Straw got up, patted his back and buttocks, took out a black package from his arms and threw it at the side of the city as if he was juggling, and said: "Stinky boy, such a big man is still running around barefoot all day long, Lao Tzu has long been unpleasant, Nuo, this thing will be given to you, so that you will not be embarrassed everywhere!" Uncle, I'm going to get something from Mrs. Fernanke's ugly woman, and I'm happy by the way, haha! ”

With that, he turned around and left the backyard.

Cheng got up, took the package that still had the residual body temperature of the hemp straw, opened it and saw the contents of it, and unconsciously, looked at the direction of the hemp straw leaving, and bit his lip.

Packing up his knives and washing his body, Cheng returned to his nest.

Today was the most tiring day he had ever had, and as he plunged into bed, Cheng was about to close his eyes and fall asleep, when he suddenly felt a hot sensation born out of thin air in the limbs of his body, and he was frightened to his feet.

When he felt it seriously, the burning sensation never came again.