Chapter 2 The weak have no dignity
Not long after falling asleep in a daze, Li Ba was awakened by a noise, turned over and sat up, and scolded: "These miscellaneous pieces don't let people sleep!" He had just pulled a piece of fat suckling pig in a dream, and he was about to feast, and he was woken up, and the anger in his heart can be imagined.
When I walked out of the door, it was already dark at night, and I looked through the moonlight, and I saw six or seven skinny men in the distance, who were moving to an old man and a young man.
"The old guy is dying!"
"Kill him! There's meat to eat tonight! β
The men, one by one, like wild beasts, radiated a greedy gaze in their eyes, threw themselves at the old man who had fallen to the ground, tearing and scolding, as if they were crazy. A small figure next to him kept intervening to stop them, trying to block the beasts and prevent them from violating the old man on the ground.
Man eats man!
In the last days, it has become very common. Such evil things happen every day in the refugee camps outside the city, and Li Ba is powerless to stop them, and he has no intention of stopping them. People have long been tormented by this damn world.
"Give me a little silence! I'm in a hurry, I'll chop you one by one into meat sauce and steamed buns to eat! β
Li Ba opened his voice and scolded. His figure is rare in a refugee camp, and he is a man with his tail between his legs in the city, but here, no one has dared to provoke him so far. This is also the reason why those women called him 'Overlord' earlier. In fact, Li Ba's name is domineering enough, but he is not domineering at all, he is timid by nature, he is tactful, and he never meddles in things.
If these guys hadn't shattered his dreams, I'm afraid they wouldn't even be able to roar out this voice.
Not to mention, his domineering figure and loud voice really made those guys afraid and stopped. But when he turned back and walked into the house, the beastly fellows pounced on the old and the young again.
"Help! Help me! β
The cries for help passed through the cracks in the wooden planks of the hut and fell into Li Ba's ears. With a tireless expression on his face, he lay down directly, covered his ears with his hands, and continued his sweet dream.
The second rule of survival in the last days, don't be nosy, don't get into trouble, so that you can live a long time.
"Aha, this kid turned out to be a chick!"
"Brothers, have fun tonight...... this little one first, be happy and happy, and then enjoy her fine skin and tender meat, the taste is absolutely first-class! β
"Helpβ"
The cries for help, as well as the wild laughter of the beasts, reached Li Ba's ears word for word. When he let go of the hands covering his ears, he immediately heard the little girl's terrible scream.
"These brutes!"
In his mind, a long-term memory emerged, which was the pain of Li Ba's life. At this moment, his fat face showed indescribable anger, and he took out a dagger from under the bed with his backhand and strode out.
When he arrived, the old man was already lying on the ground, his eyes wide open, his lips trembling, as if he wanted to ask for help, but he couldn't utter a word. Several other beastly men were pulling the clothes of a little boy with short hair, and the little boy was struggling desperately, and his shrill voice betrayed 'him', which turned out to be a little girl.
Several beasts were enjoying the pleasure of their prey's dying struggle, and they didn't notice that Li Ba had already arrived quickly.
Burst! Burst! Burst!
Don't look at Li Ba's heavy body, he shot with anger at this moment, his movements were neat and ruthless. Three times in a row, he directly stabbed the three guys through the heart with a dagger. The three guys were suddenly killed by a fatal blow, their bodies went limp, blood gushing out, and they were killed instantly. There were a few guys left, and when they saw Li Ba with a murderous dagger in his hand, they were so frightened that they fled away.
Li Ba didn't chase after him, and killed three people in a row, he didn't have the slightest sense of guilt in his heart, but was inexplicably happy. Stepping forward to help the little girl up, he asked, "Are you okay?" Through the moonlight, he saw that the little girl's face was dirty, and she couldn't see clearly, but her big eyes were extraordinarily bright and clear, and they were full of tears, which was endearing.
"Grandpa!"
The little girl tugged at her torn clothes, barely covering her body, and then ran to the old man who had fallen to the ground, crying bitterly. Li Ba walked over, he only glanced at it, and he had already decided that this old man only had half a breath left and would not live long.
"It's better to be dead! Away from this damned end times, less pain, and liberation! β
He felt inexplicably gloomy in his heart, squatted down, touched the little girl's head, and comforted him silently.
"Giggle......" The old man saw him crouch down, as if he had returned to the light, his throat squirming, desperately trying to make a sound.
"Old man, what are you going to say, take your time, don't rush." At this moment, Li Ba seemed to have forgotten the rules of survival in the last days that he believed in, and his face showed a rare look of pity, and his ears came up.
"Send ...... To...... You...... You...... Be...... Good...... Shine...... Take care of ......," the old man said these words intermittently. Before the last and most critical word was spoken, his head was tilted, and he had already died. Before he died, he actually grabbed Li Ba's hand and stuffed something. It was a bracelet, with an ancient style and many strange patterns engraved on it, and it looked like it should be an old thing, that is, an antique as the saying goes.
"This thing, you can't eat it, you give it to me...... You want me to take care of her for you, is that possible? β
Li Ba regained his composure at the moment, and felt a little remorseful in his heart, and he took care of this idle matter and caused trouble. Looking at the old man's dead eyes, staring straight at himself. He struggled in his heart for a while, and finally squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "I promised you!" β
After saying this, it was really a little strange that the old man's round eyes slowly closed, and there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.
The human heart is made of flesh!
This situation and this scene made Li Ba, who adheres to the law of survival in the last days, also gloomy. In the last days, the human heart is sinister, and those who are inferior to animals exist, and there are also those who live and die together with each other.
"Perhaps, I should really do a good deed, and I can be considered worthy of the old man...... His words, I am a good person! β
Li Ba picked up the old man's body and strode towards the night. The little girl stopped crying, seemed to know what he was going to do, and followed closely.
Walking out of the refugee camp, Li Ba found a vacant lot, collected some firewood, and cremated the old man's body. There are all kinds of despicable people in the refugee camp, and if the corpse of the old man is buried, it is inevitable that some people will dig up the grave and move the idea of cremation, or cremation, and it will be a hundred.
In the raging fire, the old man's body turned into ashes little by little. The little girl cried silently, Li Ba saw it in his eyes, gently took her in his arms, and said softly: "In this damn world, your grandfather is gone, it may not be a good thing for him!" β
The little girl stopped crying, raised her head, looked at him with big eyes without blinking, and nodded for a long time.
"Girl, what's your name?"
"Ji'er."
"Are you hungry?"
"Hmm!"
"Uh~~ I still have half a piece of steamed bun here, take it and eat it!"
Looking at the little girl named Yan'er, gobbling up the chaff bun, Li Ba swallowed her saliva, her stomach was hungry, and an indescribable bitter smile appeared on her face.
Early the next morning, the wooden door creaked open. Li Ba walked out listlessly, his eyes swept away, and the bodies of the three guys he stabbed to death yesterday had already disappeared.
"You cannibalism, you should have realized a long time ago, and you will have the day when you will be eaten!"
Li Ba shook his head, turned around and said to the house: "Girl, I'm going to work, stay at home by yourself and don't run around, Uncle Li will bring you delicious food at night!" β
Uncle Li is the name given to him by Yan'er, the little girl he rescued last night. After listening to it for the first time, Li Ba couldn't cry or laugh, thinking to himself, if Lao Tzu really had Uncle Li's skillful ability, he would not have fallen to this.
Thinking about it, Li Ba still accepted the title of Uncle Li calmly. I looked at the bracelet on my left wrist, which glowed with a faint silver halo in the early morning sun. I heard that some people in the city bought gold and silver, and this bracelet looks like it must be silver, and if you take it, you may be able to exchange it for some food.
Li Ba doesn't think he's a good bird. But after getting along all night, he found that he was very close to his sister-in-law, and he couldn't say why, but he felt that this little girl was very cute.
Since he accepted the bracelet, he didn't want the old man to die blindly, and become a demon pestering him every day, plus he fell in love with his sister-in-law, so he gritted his teeth and made up his mind to take care of the little girl for the old man.
In the last days, it is difficult for Li Ba to survive himself, and now he is carrying a drag oil bottle, which can be predicted without thinking about it.
"Hey, take a step, count it as a step!"
He sighed softly and prepared to get to work. But at this moment, a thin figure ran out of the house, and his small hand gently tugged at the corner of his clothes, refusing to let go.
"You want to come with me?"
"Hmm."
Seeing that the little girl's big eyes were full of begging, Li Ba thought about it and agreed. It's too chaotic in the refugee camp, and the little girl stays at home alone, so it's hard to guarantee that she won't be targeted by those man-eating beasts, and it may be safer to take it with her.
"Let's go!"
touched Yan'er's head, one big and one small, facing the morning sun, and walked slowly.
The West Port settlement has an inner city and an outer city. The inner city is a settlement. The outer city has just been built, and it is a curved protective wall, and the upper floors of the settlement are modeled after the ancient city walls, and they are mainly used to resist zombies. Li Ba's place of work is in the outer city, and in order to prevent trouble, the high-level of the settlement decided to strengthen the outer city wall. In this way, even if the corpse tide hits, there are two walls to protect it, especially the outer wall is strong and can effectively resist it.
Even if you can't resist it, there is still the inner city wall to block it, and there will be enough time for the survivors of the settlement to evacuate.
Outside the city gate, two teams of armed police officers and soldiers in camouflage uniforms, armed with firearms, looked at the coolies coming from all directions of the refugee camp, their expressions indifferent, and there was no expression on their faces. Even if Li Ba was carrying a small oil bottle, he was not stopped. Laborers from outside the city come and go in and out, and they don't need to be guarded against. There are also guards in the inner city, with real guns, and if they find the slightest transgression of the refugees, they will immediately shoot them.
The last days make people's hearts cold, even these soldiers, no exception.
Thousands of laborers poured into the outer city, according to their respective jobs, to different positions on the city wall. Li Ba's place of work was on the south city wall, and when he came with Yan'er, he saw a few people sitting on the other side of the shed from a distance, all wearing camouflage uniforms and fully equipped, and the fat on his face immediately trembled, and he trotted over.
"Good morning, Brother Chao! Good morning everyone! β
Last night's exhaustion did not make the smile on Li Ba's face less than half a point. He hunched over like a pug and nodded hello to the people in the shed. Among them, he was especially enthusiastic about the guy who sat on the table and crossed his legs, and had a flattering smile on his face.
"Fat Pig Li, why do you still bring a child with you when you go to work today?" The guy sitting at the table said slowly. The fair-skinned face looked at Li Ba, who nodded in front of him, and showed a grim smile.
This guy's name is Li Chao, and he is still Li Ba's colleague, but the relationship between the two sides is not good. Before the apocalypse, Li Ba's business department had a manager and two deputy managers, in addition to Li Ba, the other deputy manager was Li Chao, and the two sides had been secretly competing at work. After the manager was promoted, his position was won by Li Ba after some competition, and Li Chao held a grudge because of this.
Originally, in peacetime, Li Ba controlled the power of the business department, and there was an opportunity to kick Li Chao away, so he was not afraid of the other party's jealousy. Unexpectedly, the plot reversed, the damn end came, Li Chao didn't know what shit luck he had, and he woke up to become an evolutionary, but Li Ba was an ordinary person. There is resentment and revenge, there is revenge and revenge, when he fled that day, Li Chao wanted to destroy Li Ba more than once, because there were several evolutionaries in the same team, two of them were still colleagues in the company, if the shot was too obvious, he would inevitably be spurned by his colleagues. In this way, they escaped all the way out of Wucheng and came to the Xibu settlement. Li Chao was reused because of his identity as an evolutionary, eating fragrant, drinking spicy food, and worry-free food and clothing. Li Ba was trapped in a refugee camp outside the city, surviving on his behalf.
When Li Ba joined the coolie labor army, Li Chao didn't know where to get the news, and he actually took the initiative to ask to serve as the captain of the city defense team, responsible for supervising the hard labor. For evolutionaries, it is obviously overkill. And the calculation in his heart was to take this opportunity to torture and humiliate his old rival in order to dissipate his resentment.
With such a family to take care of, the days of hard work in Li Ba can be imagined. But adhering to the law of survival in the last days, no matter how great the humiliation is, he will bear it, as long as he lives, one day, he will be able to take revenge.
Facing Li Chao, Li Ba was mentally prepared, and explained with a smile on his face: "This kid's parents owe me half a piece of chaff, and it doesn't count if he says it's good to return it, so I will arrest this kid and take care of it, if his parents don't pay the bill, I'll let this kid work and exhaust his mother!" β
"Yo, I can't see that you're a dead fat pig and you're quite ruthless!"
After Li Chao heard this, he snorted lightly and beckoned to Ji'er, "Boy, you stay in the shed today, you don't have to go anywhere, when you get to the meal, you can't be afraid of this dead fat pig!" β
Ji'er cowered and walked over, squatted in the corner, lowered her head, and said nothing.
"Brother Chao, this ......"
"Shut up, dead pig!"
Seeing this, Li Ba was about to speak, but when he saw Li Chao's face cold, his hand was like lightning, and he slapped Li Ba with a 'snap', which made him fall to the ground directly.
"The rules of Xibu City, no one is allowed to oppress and exploit compatriots, you dead fat pig is so bold that you dare to do such evil things!" Li Chao stood up, stepped on the table, and scolded Li Ba with his fingers. Looking at his righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, people who don't know still think that he is upright and upholds justice for the poor child. In fact, only Li Ba knows this guy's rough behavior in his heart, he said it bluntly, he definitely pointed to the black, and he said that he would abuse Ji'er, and the other party would never let him get his way.
"Brother Chao, the little one is wrong, you have a lot of adults, don't worry about me, this waste!"
Li Ba got up in panic and begged for mercy again and again. Inadvertently, he lowered his head, showing a hint of smugness on his face, coupled with the blood flowing from the corners of his mouth, extremely hideous.
The strong in the last days are respected, and the so-called Xibu City rules are not allowed to oppress and exploit compatriots, which are all nonsense. If we can really achieve selflessness, there will be no such laborers and coolies in the outer city, and they will not have enough to eat for heavy work.
Li Chao was intent on finding fault, and Li Ba couldn't hide if he wanted to.
"Knowing that mistakes can be corrected, good is great!" Li Chaowen came to such a sentence, condescendingly, leaned over and patted Li Ba's fat face, and said ruthlessly: "Li Ba, Li Ba (your father), you dead fat pig name takes advantage of people, Lao Tzu listens to it." β
Li Ba shuddered, his face trembled, and he said with a sad face: "Brother Chao, it's all my fault for my dead ghost father, what is the name that is not easy to come up with, such an annoying name...... You can rest assured that the little one will change its name immediately when it goes back. β
"Well, the attitude is still good!" Li Chao snorted and pouted at the leather boots he was wearing. Li Ba immediately understood and began to use the sleeves of his Armani suit to wipe the leather boots for the other party.
Li Chao looked extremely proud, took out a melon from his pocket, and after taking a few bites, he shook it at Li Ba and asked, "Crisp and delicious melon, fat pig Li, do you want to eat it?" β
"Yes, yes." Li Ba raised his head, staring at the juice-dripping melon without blinking, and his salivating appearance made Li Chao laugh.
"If you want to eat, lick Lao Tzu's leather boots clean with your mouth!" Li Chao deliberately took another bite, and the juice from the melon dripped on Li Ba's face. Li Ba licked his mouth, looking like a cheap person with endless aftertaste.
"I'll lick, I'll lick, Brother Chao, you have to talk about it!" Li Ba really stuck out his tongue and licked the leather boots on Li Chao's feet, just like eating ice cream, licking it deliciously and seriously.
"Dead fat man, your tongue skills are good, no wonder Lilac's cheap guy promoted you to be the manager of the business department, it seems that you are a dead fat man who licks the plate for her on weekdays!" Li Chao laughed wildly, and when Li Ba licked it almost, he picked up the leftover melon, shook it in front of Li Ba, and suddenly threw it to Yan'er, who was shrinking in the corner, and said viciously: "Dead fatty, you pig's head, Lao Tzu can't wait to skin you alive, how can I share such a good thing with you, dream of it in the next life!" He would rather throw it to Li Ba and bring the kid who was ready to abuse him to eat, rather than give it to Li Ba, who had been licking his leather boots for most of the day. It can be seen from this that this guy has a dark heart and hates Li Ba to the core.
Ji'er picked up the melon from the ground and immediately devoured it. Li Ba looked at him viciously, his face full of resentment. Li Chao saw it in his eyes, and his perverted mind seemed to be greatly satisfied, and he kicked Li Ba to the ground, laughed and said, "Fat pig Li, come here today, get out and work!" β
Li Ba reluctantly stood up and turned to walk towards the construction site.
"Brother Chao, you don't want to see this waste so much, the little brother is willing to serve and solve him for you!"
"No, no, if you want to kill him, it's a matter of every second. Leave this dead fat pig and have some fun every day to see how long he can hold on, wouldn't it be more relieving of hatred! β
Li Chao's loud laughter came, as if he deliberately let Li Ba hear it. Li Ba seemed to be unaware, dragging his heavy legs, step by step away. It's just that inadvertently, a hideous look flashed on his face.
"Li Chao, you wait, if one day Lao Tzu becomes stronger than you, you will definitely not be able to survive, you will not be able to die!"
The third rule of survival in the last days, the weak have no dignity, and if they want to live, they can only endure!