Earth, western North America, 6 a.m. Western Time. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the foot of the Rocky Mountains, there is a stronghold built against the mountain, and the houses in this stronghold are all built in the style of semi-basements, and the part exposed to the ground is only about a meter high, and it is made of a strange reddish-brown material, which looks unusually solid.

Judging from the roof exposed on the ground, there should be at least 1,000 households in this stronghold, which should be regarded as a large stronghold in the vast and sparsely populated North American region, and there are thick walls more than four meters wide and more than 20 meters high around the stronghold.

These walls are not made of a single material, the innermost layer of the wall is a wall of pure metal, but judging from the mixed patterns, the metal source of the metal wall is very complex, the middle is a reddish-brown material similar to the house, but the color is a little darker, and the outermost part is composed of some thick trees with an average diameter of more than a meter.

The outer layer of trees is covered with all kinds of marks, including scratches and gnawing marks left by unknown beasts, as well as some marks of burning and corrosion, and many other blood stains remain on it, it is obvious that this wall has suffered a severe impact, and many creatures have died in front of it.

However, the most important feature of this wall is that there is no similar door on it, only some rope ladders or ropes and other things hang down from the top of the wall to the ground, and the people in the stronghold should also enter and exit the stronghold through these things.

At six o'clock in the morning, the sky had just been polished, and at this time, one hundred and forty or fifty figures suddenly appeared on the high wall, judging from their size, they were the earthlings that Li Muran suspected had been exterminated.

The whispers kept coming to mind from the crowd, and if you listened closely, you could hear that most of the whispers were words such as "be careful", "stay safe", "don't be reckless", "you must come back alive", "it's okay", "I will definitely live", "just rest assured", and occasionally mixed with some soft sobs.

An air of sorrow permeated the whole crowd, and it was not difficult to see that some of them must have done something very dangerous, so their relatives followed them to the fence to see them off for the last time they could see.

Outside the crowd, there was a lonely leaning on the protrusion of the wall, quietly watching the people who were parting, he took a hard breath of the cold morning air, and then reached out and took out a crumpled cigarette from his bosom for a long time, held the cigarette to his mouth, and suddenly a flame appeared from his fingertips to light the cigarette.

"Good! Kevin, you old guy still has this kind of good stuff hidden! The man had just taken a sip when suddenly a large hand slapped him on the shoulder, and at the same time a pretended fierce voice rang in his ears.

By the faint light of the sky, and the flickering flame on the cigarette, it could be seen that the man named Kevin was a middle-aged white man in his forties, and the owner of the big hand was a blonde young man in his twenties.

The young man reached out and wanted to snatch the cigarette from Kevin's mouth, but Kevin just flicked his fingers, and a red spark bounced towards the young man's outstretched hand.

It's just that his reaction was a little slower after all, and the spark still fell on the back of his hand, and then a thumb-sized blister instantly appeared on the back of his hand, and he was also so hot that he grinned, and gasped vigorously.

Only then did Kevin smile and say happily, "What's wrong?" Your Lucy didn't come to see you off? Do you even have time to bother me? I remember it was you last time, and the whole team was half an hour late. ”

The blonde young man showed a wry smile when he heard this, shrugged his shoulders and said: "That's why I didn't let her come, I just knocked her out before she came out, otherwise if I come again, I Jack won't have to mix here, I will be laughed to death." ”

"Hah! It's always good to have someone thinking about your life or death. Jack's words seemed to remind Kevin of something, and he showed a bitter smile, pointed to the crowd who were still saying goodbye, and said, "I'd rather be laughed at, but unfortunately I don't have this opportunity anymore, and it's good if I can die outside this time, so I don't have to watch these guys chirp crookedly every time." ”

"Hey, don't be such a buddy, Lucy and I still want to bring it to you when the time comes!" Seeing this, Jack quickly patted Kevin's shoulder vigorously and relieved that the blister that had been scalded just now had disappeared, and the skin on the back of his hand had become as bright as ever, as if the previous blister was just an illusion.

"Hahaha, you kid can talk." Kevin laughed again, but this time there was a hint of joy in his laughter, "Don't worry, even if I want to die, I shouldn't be able to die this time." ”

"We just killed a nearby Demon Tree seedling last month, we should be safe here in the last few months, this time it's just this time to go out and collect a little food, it shouldn't be too dangerous, come, here you go." Seeing that Jack was a little nervous, Kevin pretended to be relaxed and handed Jack the half-smoked cigarette at the same time.

Jack knew that what the other party said was just reassuring his heart, every time he left the stronghold, it basically meant death, and people like Kevin, who had nothing to worry about, had the highest mortality rate, but he didn't say anything, just took the other party's cigarette and turned to other topics.

……

The farewell on the wall lasted about half an hour, and when it was already completely light, they were about to officially leave the colony to search for food, and the Lucy that Kevin said came at the last minute.

This time Lucy did not let Jack leave like last time, but just gave Jack an affectionate kiss, then untied a pendant from his neck, put it on Jack's neck very seriously, and said reverently after folding her hands: "May God bless you, Jack!" ”

This sentence seems to have some magical power, under the leadership of Lucy, more than 100 people on the wall all folded their hands, reverently whispered something, praying for the protection of the so-called gods, even Kevin, who has always looked down on life and death, also bowed his head and prayed silently at this time, and some even directly lay on the ground and made a five-body bowing ceremony.

It's just that some people simply put their hands together, and some people pray with their hands wrapped around a pendant, and those people's pendants come in a variety of materials, but all the pendants are the same style.

When the men had finished praying, they all put the pendant back into their bosoms, and the pendant looked like a young man riding a bear, and above the young man's head was a golden eagle! (To be continued.) )